Young Socialists Magazine 1916 Jan June.pdf

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\\ cib und meille Kinder. die 

Frauen und Toc-Mer des \ 'olkes 

~agt ihr. und ihr fordert mith auf, 

tlie 'Vaffen zu ergreifcl1, urn sie z.u . 

"crteidig-el1. ~ un, gerade lhT habt 

aile Crsache, Zlt wuuschen, dass 

cuch dies erspart bleibe. denn die 

Fcinde del' Frauen und Tochter 

de! V olkes sind nicltt jenseits der 

Grenzen Zl1 sltehen. Das sind diejenigen, 

die sic auf den Felderu,' 

in den ,Fabriken, im Bureau, in 

dC!n Magazinen. tiberall mit 

schwerer Arbeit iiberburden, 

ihren Karper Tuiniercn und die 

Schuld daran tragen, dass sic nul' 

t'chwachlichc Kinder ill die V" elt 

set zen. die jill vo~hineil1 d'azll be 

,li1111111 sind, die Opfer im Kampf 

lllll!; Dasein xu we'rden. . 

. Die Feillde del' Frauen und 

Tochter des Volkes sind aile Kapitalisten. 

pic dercn Schwache 

una uniahigkeit sich selbst Zll 

vcrteidigen, missbraucbclld, ihllen 

Hunge,rlohne zahlen: sic zum 

Elend und oft zor Prostitution 

v~rdalllmen. 'Cnd solltet ihr mich 

7.\o,:lngen. die \Vaffen zu crgreife:n. 

um sic zu verteidigcll, we:rde: ich 

sic gewiss nicht'gegen dicjenigen 

kehren, die ihr

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THE' YOUNG SOCIALISTS' MAGAZINE 

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i 

FOOD.·. 

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'rhe average person lias little 

idea of the nutritive value of the 

things he eats. He does not know 

how his food should he combined 

in quantity or element, or how it 

should be varied to give him the 

best return. He just stumbles 

along in the dark, eating and 

drinking according to the custom 

of his countrymen, blindly following 

hi s appetite. which is 

often an unsafe guide because 

improperly trained. 

During the acti\'c growing 

period of a h ~a lthy childhood 

and young adult years, and in 

older p~plc who fotlo\\' 3n 

energetic physical and mental 

lif~ of work and play. a good cooilitution 

somehow survives the 

f"Ough abuse to which the ordinary 

individual subjects it in 

feeding. ~liddlc life is safely 

reached and passed. O ld age 

comes shuffling 0 11 with more 

deliberate step and silvered 

crown. "And when those robbers, 

Time and Death. athwart the 

path. cOIl!'piring. !Otand;' their 

prospective victim is--a watch 

run down. a bullet spent, a bios· 

sam born to bloom and drop its 

peta.ls in decay. Men say. l'He 

fitlcd full his allotted time and 

died at a ripe old age:' This is 

the resu1t w'hicfi the average man 

would like to have for himself. 

But what of the people handicapped 

from birth by faulty digestive 

and eliminating organs 

How abollt those who inherit fine 

appetites, but are cursed with 

occupations which steat their 

chances for normal exercise ~ 

How about a dozen other kinds 

of folks. who, to li ve out their 

threescore and ten, must have a 

better system in dining 

An excessive di et of carbohydrates, 

if digested, will rUIl to 

excessive fat ahout the heart, as 

well as elscwhere, and burden the 

heart in nourishing it. It is prone, 

also. to disturb digestion. It is 

bad for dyspeptics. Those with 

stomach trouble wi ll oft en bcnefit 

by resorting to a judicious 

meat diet. 

On the other hand. an excessive 

meat (protein) di et overworks 

the eliminating organs a nd 

brings on degeneration of the 

heart, blood vessels and kidney, 

with high blood pressure. This. 

in a broad way. means Bright's 

disease ~nd premature old age. 

Look at the many in dividuals 

in the class of "forty, s~out. " 

Their prominent abdomens are 

burdens of useless fat. Bulky, 

paunchy, flabby people, short of 

breath and long on appctitethey 

are onded and lInd er~ 

worked. 

:\. pi g has appetite plus. and 

little brai n. A man is little more 

than a porker, if he rUll s to banquets 

and neglects hi s biceps. 

Forty inches about the waist 

in a mall five fcet eight inches 

tall. whethcr t wenty year~ old or 

fift y, is a porcine proportion. If 

he is not lazy. hi s energy rUlls to 

pushing a pcn, eatin~ enough fo r 

twO a nd "sitting tight." He rides 

to and from hi s office. behind a 

chauffeur, if he has one. 

Ten to one he has to consult a 

doctor suddenly, some day, for 

gall stones, kidney stones, 

Bright's disease. or other serious 

trouble. "He spends the last 

ten years of his life trying to 

escape premature decay. 

Added to these pudgy people.: 

pampered on sweets, and t l·· 

seder'ltary people who make the 

meals on meat, there is a thi,' 

class. These habitually su fi" 

fro111 faulty elimination. Thl 

are constipated, bad breathed an· 

coated of tongue. The 111otioll : 

of their eliminating tracts arc 

slu gg-ish, and there is sand in the 

gearin g of their gray matter. 

Ch ronic absorption from their 

thirty feet of scwer poisons their 

hrai ns and vital organs. Their 

scant exercise, careless habits ~!!4 

faulty quality of food catcr to the 

undertaker. Man's muscles, mind 

and meals Illust be well balanced 

to in sure comfort. comeliness 

and long life. 

Finally, food is a misfit wh en' 

worry. fear, anger, hate or disappointment 

dominates. They 

check the Row of stomach juices 

just as they interfere with appetite. 

Good appetite and good 

digestivn ,line with good cheer. 

(October Bulletin. Department 

of Health, Chicago.}' 

BALl.OTS WILl. EDUCATE. 

By Will. E. Bohn 

1 n the public schools we ar ~ 

!lpending more mOlley on the eelu· 

cation of girls than on that of boy~. 

O ne of twO things is true. Either 

the educated female is a good prodtlct 

pa rtly wasted. or she is a poor 

product and our monty is wasted. 

As a matter of fact, she is a good 

product. But she is not as good 

as she might be. Give the girls the 

prospect of active participation in 

our political life and a wide range 

of studies will gain new meaning 

for more than half our pupils. They 

wi ll learn more without the expen· 

diture of an additional dollar. Anli 

what they learn will gain in mean· 

ing. The girl graduate will lean 

~ hool a fitter person becau!'e she 

ha .. seen from the start a reahln 

for intelligent cithenship. 

'l'ltE YOUNG SOCIA.Ll8TB' J[AOAJinB 

I ! THREE LITTLE WAR PICTURES' ;s 

• • date itself to their pace, the tune 

very slow, sad, and ",ou:~lrul, 

sounds Illm:h more hke a 

; - By Allen Clarke . funeral march than a battle 

~ ._ • challe n g"~. 

I. 

heen in a ('amp in a rura.l district. 

This batch represent!' those 

In the seaside town where 1 

Their faces were brown and red; 

who havc been to "the front" and 

li ve, there were last winter some 

their eyes bright; their step vivacious; 

thcir voices brave and jolly 

through the fire. They are ~ lIrthousands 

of troops in training. 

\'ivors. remnants of just such an· 

as they sang a Illusic·hall ditty as 

other fi nc .mel strong" fivc hundred 

as the re gim ent 'Ipprnaching 

Early in the 1'.;' ew Year they 

they marched along. !\ot a limp, 

went away. 

not an llllsound limb. not a faltering- 

foot amongst them all. All at The fi\'c hundred who ha\'c nnt 

them. 

Most of them ha ve now "died 

for their country," as the news· 

th eir best. all in splendid condition- 

ready to go to " the front," ing- !'pecilllclls who havc. 

yct "been in it" stare at th e~e liv· 

papers say, and will come back to 

Britain no more. 

read)' to he transformed into- .\nd !,nme of the1l1 beg-in to 

This autumn there are again 

what 

wonder. 

some thousands of troops here ill 

It i~ not an encourag-ing' specta("le. 

f,lr thong-II it rOIl~es 

training. Fresh batches; fresh 

IT . 

their 

fuel to feed the great war·fire, the 

mad bonfire of kings. They arc 

being got ready ~o s~!!d to "the 

front," to the line of sl~tlghter. 

They are being well fed. They 

are being drill ed and exercizerl to 

make them fit and strong. They 

are marched about inhaling the 

rich seaside air that many of them 

would neve r have ta!'tecl but for 

the war. They are being de\'cIoped 

to their ph y!'i~a l best , into 

as fine specimens of manhood as 

good food. fresh air. ilncl exercise 

can make them. \\'hat for That 

they may become healthy ci tizens 

and thl' progenitors of a sounder 

race Are they thus heing pre· 

pa.red that they may ble!\s the 

world with healthy useful li fe ~ 

O h dear. no! Xothing so 

uto:)ian as that in this practical 

age! 

:\0, it is for death they are being 

made so fit and strong. 

The other day I saw a regiment 

)f them marching along the prom· 

cn ade. The. bugles blew; the 

1rl1lnS rattled; the thousand feet 

\\'c n ~ forward rhythmically. These 

men had been in training for 

!ilonths. All the summer, before 

coming to our town, they had 

The answer is !'omewhat sup· 

plied by another batch of soldiers 

('oming- in the opposite direction. 

These are not so numerous as the 

others-there are not five hundred 

here-there arc only about 

three dozen. The other fo ur 

hund rcd anti odd of this lot have 

not answcre d ihc roll·cal!. They 

lie in France and F landers. 

This batch is coming from the 

(OIl\"a lescent camp at the other 

end of the town. They. and others 

like them. come out on ly for an 

airing. T hey wear a rcd tie and 

hlue tronsers-the badge of the 

w()l!n(kd. 

The..:e art" not walkin~ hri..:kly 

alonr,-far fmlll it. They are not 

e,"en in step-their injurie!' prevent 

marching in uni~ o n . Some 

:'Ire limping. somc hohhling. other:- 

drag-ging a foot. others helpin~ 

thelllseives along with sticks. 

\~hile still ot hers have an arm in 

a !'Iing. or a bandage round their 

head. Some of them look vcry 

pale. \'ery weary, as they march 

along. They have no bugler and 

no drums with them ; but they are 

whistling a tune as thet creep 

along. But, in order to accommo- 

• 

pity it also raises questions. 

Are they-bri ght. strong-. actin 

Tllcn- to run the risk of being 

tllrned into slIch !'trkken weal, 

crc;-otures as the!'e. by bayonet 

and Indict all(1 shel\ 

I ~ there IW wa\' to seltk inter· 

nati(lnal quarrel!' iltlt this 

III. 

It i~ three o'dork in the !11 ~1r Iling. 

I t is a Su nday mOr!\mg. 

am awakened fr om sleep by a 

..:hrill whistl e. I know that 

wh istle. It is the whistle SUnlmoning 

(he soldiers \0 a5sefllhlc 

for paradc. There arc nlany 

~o ld ier:- billet('"d in Ollr street. 

O ppo~ite our window,; i~ a hotlse 

used a..: onlerly-ro

., THE YOUNG ~OClALISTS' MAG~INII. 

ing into line, 1 ' he~r the cal1iug oi 

the roll, 1 sec,' shaClowy, vague., 

women and men gathered Tound 

-iMenUs, wives; swceth..cart !$, of 

the. n~~n w ho are going 'awaythe 

m ~ n who have beefl training 

here and getting ready. Yes'ter':' 

day the train' brought mothers. 

sister.; (at hers: relati\'es, from inland 

towns. for a good-bye ' after- 

1\090 with those wllo were to depart. 

O n the promenade I saM' a 

pretty arid 'yet' a' vetS pathetic 

sight .... a young soldier carrying a 

baby in his left ann, while hi, 

rigj1,t a'rm ' e n c!r~ l ed tl~e waist of 

hi s young wife, to whom he was 

talking earnestly, T~e girr"s face 

was white and solemn . . It was an 

unusua,l sight to 'see in lhe daylight, 

in a Ilublic tho(ough{are, a 

man. with a bah~' in one arm ' and 

the otIt er round' its mother. 

Yet the con pie were utterly oblidous 

of the folks who passed 

them. ' T he\' were ah!'orhed in 

their fond farewell. >:eve rm ~ r e 

might the father hold his child 

oren fold the mother with h i~ arm. 

"God bless thcm," I :;did tl) my· 

self i;s l passed. 

Perhaps thdt yOU11g' father was 

olle Q£ these ~oh1i cr ~ now assclll· 

hting in' .the dark lIi~ht to mardI 

to the rai lway :-tation and depart 

fo r ",'tl,e frOlll." 

' 

1 heard the officer give hi ~ coml~and 

~; ' ''Form fours-righ t. turn." 

and the~ I watched through the 

wind~w, the reginumt. dim in the 

glOQm, march towards what 

~e.e med a terrible doud of blackness_il'hpenetrable 

I:'loon~-at the 

bottQI11 .of the street running 

down t~ the sea, 1 heard \'oices 

c~l'iing out. "Good-bye, Dick." 

,lAre '· ,w ~ dO~"·ll.h~art~d ". And 

the men · started si ng-in'g ' as they 

n)archc;d .away. 

~ Thct\ they quickly disappeared 

into that tremendous bla.ck cloud. 

WHYI 

~ .... '4 

Ry Tom Robin!'Oll. 

The scene, a slum room in 

Canning Town on Christmas 

E\'e; ami the docker's wife(whose 

husband is "fighting for his COUIltry.") 

and he.r {our wee bairns a{e 

seated round a fire that barely 

kee.ps grim King Frost from invading 

the soldier's empire-his 

home. 

"~laIllIllY," says J ack, aged 

twelve, "wherc's my daddy :" 

" He's-l dun no c:

atives who will-hed to submerge 

the socialistic planks and, if necM 

essary, fuse with one of the old 

parties on the free-silver issue; 

and the Middle-of-the-Road POPM 

ulists or uradicals" who, like Tom 

Watson, would have not one of 

the Omaha planks cast in the 

shade, and who abhorred amalgaM 

mation with Democrats or Republicans 

as temptations of the 

Devil. The censen'atives wished 

to make the currency qt1e~tion 

the one and only issue of the 

party. This policy might drive 

out the socialisls but it would 

make the party an "orthodox" 'orM 

ganiation which any \'oter cOllld 

enter without losing caste. 

When the party met in natio",ll 

convention at 51. Louis on June 

22, 18¢, the internecine st mggle 

again broke out. ,. The con se r\'ativ e~ 

urred that the con\'entio~l put forward 

but one issue--free silver. 

They demanded that the party endorse 

the Democratic nominees, 

Bryan and Sewell. Tom 'Watsoll 

and his middle-o fMtheMroad followM 

ers would have the whole Omaha 

platfonn or nothing. They would 

have none of Sewell's ilk. as he 

was "a railroad magnate and a 

national bank president.·' \Vatson 

et al were beaten. They seceded, 

but the pany was doomed. The 

conservatives merged with the 

Democrats and in timc disappeared. 

'Vatsen and his worshippers stood 

by the ship for several years. 

But the Socialists were di ~gusted 

and were done with the movement. 

Those o f them who remained with 

the Populists up to 1&)6 now had 

a Socia1i!>t -party to join-the Socialist 

Labor Pany which put out 

its shingle in 1&}2. But many had 

lost hope and had left the Populists 

by ones and twos before. They 

had lost faith in "orthodox" panie!' 

which annexed Socialistic idea~ and 

tacked to their platfonns social rCM 

fonn planks with which to catch 

votes. For this reason the Progressive 

movement of 1912 could 

not allure the Social\st from hi s 

own party by holding 0';11 a chance 

of realizmg many of IllS demands 

at once. 

.. T'BZ TOtJNO eOCIALD1'S' litAoAZINZ 

VICTOR HUGO'S ORATION ON 

VOLTAIRE 

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(Continued from December) off one of hi ~ Ilonds; thC'r. t\1,'Y t ,re 

DELIVERED AT PARIS. May 30, 1878 

• 

THE HUNDREDTH ANNIVERSARY OF VOLTAIRE'S DEATH i 

(Translat~d from til~ Fr~nch by Jamu Parton) t 

AnOlher ract. After th~ 010 man, 

th~ young man. Three )'\'an later. in 

1763. at Abhc\'iJle. the oay :titer a 

night of .!!torm and high wind. there 

was found upon Ihl' pa,'~ment of a 

bridge an old crucifix of worm-eaten 

wood. which for three ~C'nturiu had 

bC'en fa.!!tened to thC' parapet. ,Vho 

I'ad thrown down this crucifix \Vho 

committed this s::r.crilege It i~ nOI 

known. Puhaps a passerby. Perhaps 

the wind, Who is the guilty 

one Tht" ni~hop of Amit'n.'J 1:lllnches 

a monitoire. 1\01t' what a mcniloire 

IVIIS: it wa, an order In nil Ihe fai thlui, 

on pain of hC'II, to declare what 

Ihey knC'w O. heliC'Hd th C'y knC'w of 

such or .'Juch a fact: a llIurdC'rous injlHll·t'lJl1, 

when addrl'!"cci by fvnatici~1ll 

to ignorance, Thl' monitoirC' of the 

ni~hop of Arniens doe.'J iu work; the 

town gossip asSUI1lf:~ the character of 

crime. chargt'd. Ju~ticC' di9covers, or 

belir\'u it discover!', that on t!w 

night when the crucilix was thrown 

down. twO nlC'n. twO officers, an,' 

namC'd La Harre. tILt' other u'Etallonde., 

pall~ed OVC'T Iht~ bridge of Ab· 

heville, that they "!l're drunk :11\.1 

that Ihey .!!ar.g a g"uard- rvcllI lIn;H.~, 

ThC' trihullal \\'a~ the Se1H:sdl::ky "i 

.'\l1hr\·;lIe, ThC' Ser~"e 1a~t·y of Abb~\'illC' 

wu eqll;\,aiqt It) the cour : 

of Ih e Capite>uls of TOIII"tl~e, It w;,!' 

not less just, Two ~rd, r ~ for arre .. t 

we're iuue:d. D'EttalhJllj,! ,·.eapcu. 

La Barre waa taken, Hi':l they de 

Ih'ered to judicial C'x.lmiu:ttic,n. lie 

denied having crossed t!'e hri\lge: he 

confe~sed to ha\'ing s tm ~ the !lJn;!'. 

The S~neschalcy of Abbc~' id~ c )11- 

demned him: he appraled t.., IIII'! ]larliaml'nt 

of Paris, HC' wac; eont!uctl'd 

10 Paris: the senttnce was found good 

and cot'lirmC'd, HC' was eOllducteel 

back to Abbe"il1e in chains. I 

abridge. The mon~tf OUJ hour arrives. 

.ThC'y begin by suhje.cting the 

ChC\'alier de La narre to the torture. 

ordinar)' and extraordinary. \0 mnke 

him re,'eal h~, aC"01llpliC.~i. Ac.:um· 

,~Iices in whil.r~ 1n havin~ cr,),s.·d ,'\ 

l. riuge and "UII~ ;, !l.ong fJnnnq' the 

torture (lne of hi ~ :: lee'! \\,,1'\ hr,·k,.n: 

hi:l conf~S!lu", 'In hf':lr'''t' Ihe 1)O,1es 

crack, fAirr.,.d a"";.r. rr. '! n':~ l 'IIY. 

June 5, 11M, I. ... Barre wa§ drawn t o 

tht' grut Iqual e {If Al)l)e":11t, whert 

flamed a pen;t..:n ti:.1 lire: t"~ renten'-": 

was read' lo :.:, l:brrr; tllcn Ihey em 

out his tonglH: with iro l! 1 in,~rr _.: 

then. in nlC'fey, hi s iH:!lO W;li ".~ r-,fl 

and thrown into the firf'. So died I'w 

Che,'alier dC' La Barre. H C' was nine 

teen y'ears ot 3"e. 

Then, 0 Voltaire! thou did~t ' Itt.~r 

a cry of horror, and it will h~ lhine 

eternal glory! 

ThC'n didsl thOIl ent.,r IIIH,n thr ,lIlpallillg 

trial ,r the pUI: ,h'll1 or:t;'!!. 

th at unC'on,ciou, p" ..... e.r, the blil1 \ 

multitude: that terrible ntalristra d ', 

so se"ere to slIiljC'cts. so docile 10 Ih~ 

l1last~r, c ru shing and flatt~r;nu. knC'(" 

ing upon the people bdore the k:ng: 

that c\c.r/:fy, \'ill: mc\an,Q'e (Ii bypcai,y 

and fanatici~m: "olta;re alOlle, r rl! 

peat it. drclared war II.fu.inst thaI cnalilion 

of all the lucial illi()uil i

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I From the Day, For the Day! 

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Christmas and Peace Talk have 

come and gOlle. And they who 

yesterday prayed for .. Peace all 

Earth, Good Will to :'.Ien," are 

again iustil y blowing the preparedness 

horns .that the annament 

interests of our nation ha\'e 

obligingly furnished. 

A year has passed, the bloodiest 

year of the world's history. 

And fateful as the year just 

past, the coming year will be. The 

questions that it will decide, with 

fire and with sword, will playa 

great part in' the future of humanity 

and of chrilization. 

This w'ar- hif l£ht.:'thi bond!> 

that bound the worki,lgnlen ,of all 

nations with ties tHat s~~I1lei:l ill- . 

dissoluble. For \1s ' the new year ' 

must be a year of zealous work. a 

constant striving to rebuild what 

the war has torn down, The 

International 6f Labor 'Olust arise 

to a new life. must make of a 

workillg c1~s s that was W,eak and 

unable to accomplish the task it 

had 'set itself, a mo\'ement strong 

and self-co'ilfident, a n10 veme~t 

that wi ll in the ,'ears to come 

force its will, its i ~lca l s. upon the 

ruling classes, 

I t all seemec\ so simple, so 

easy to understand, \Vhere was 

the Socialist, two years ago, who 

wOldd have dared to s ug~e!'>t preparedne!>s 

~ And now that the 

crisis ha:; come, many of our com· 

mdes here in America are wor:;e 

than the most hitterlv co ndcmn ~ d 

Sc il eiclemnnn ancl l;uesde. Not 

e\'cn they C\'er fa:vorcd preparedncss. 

It is possible that we, the materialists. 

ha\'e somewhat 'mdercstimated 

the :o;tr('n~ th of n ... tional 

prejudices, \Ve who slvlUlti have 

known better. fo r~o t that tl-e 

mind of the child becomes the 

soul of the man. \Ve spent om 

time and our encrg-y hrin~ing men 

into the party, mcn whose sallis 

and hearts hac! been moulded.. by . 

the schools and the books of our 

ruling class, And then we wonder 

that a year or two of exceedin~ly 

haphazard Socialist education has 

not driven out the old ideals. 

StattS who are daily bec! ming a 

more formld'ati1e" ri\;dl, .and would 

subdue it, were '-it . li npr~ pared. 

Then Russia would take . back 

Alaska, ~lexico the territory fhat 

was once stolen from it by . the 

Coited States, a.nd England. 

through Canada. might tak,. pos· 

session of the , ;,otthern part. of 

our nation, 

The fir~t two arguments ' arc 

hardl), worth di scussi ng. In 'the 

first place it ill behooves a Socialist 

who "nows the stupidit), 

of _thc working class-of the COUIltry" 

to speak 6r.i- militiu of the 

people. A militia Q.f tjlC people in 

the L!nited St ak~ would he under 

... 11 ci-rel1n}Stanl.!~ ~--Il~ilitia owned 

atlll controlled hy "the capitalist 

class. ' Altcl 'wb'e', l)I!tide the ··So· 

Ci3~is.t . r~~fn l·~ ,llt i'.' ~hnt mil::ht desire 

to give expression to the 

"",ill of ,the wc;trking c!ass," On 

the other hand there,is no haltin j:! 

on an incline. Once ,\'e han :tucrificed 

a principle ~fo r the sakeof 

gaining somcthing ' fer IH)thillg'. 

we are· Gil -a .dOW.l1.W3Cl\ path titat 

mllst lead to dcslrlu:.tio lt Hebel 

and Licuknecht spoke at a tii;,e 

when it seemed that the Socialist 

ideal might he realized in G~r 

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SPARGO GALLS ON SOCIALISTS TO COMBAT @ By John SP"'" . : 

(A ddr u~ tlch\"C'Ted lotlore Inlt'fI o· • 

: I ..._________ MILITARISTIC PLAN ...-...-___________ EOR AMERICAN NATION iitln

10 .) ~ TOUll'G &OOlALI8TS' IU.QASIlf'B 

truc, t hCi-t is nothinr ntOft certain 

than that tldensh'e ntilitary and na 

".1 prtparntion will not I\'llii to pre 

,'cnt wllr with Jallan, but will, on the 

contrllr)" make that war certain, 

Oncc mort I remind you that pellce 

can only be insured by .piritual, 

nevtr by mnte:rial, prellaration, Is It 

not our duty, nay, i. it not the high 

Cit wi.dom, to ask oursclvu how it 

tOUles to pus that this natinn, remo\'ed 

..!r011l us by 5,000 milts of 

ocun, has comt to hate us'so hittHly 

as to cherith the idel\\ of lOuing war 

upon us~ 

Fault Lies in United Stilt •• 

If we loC'k into our hurts and seek 

~n answer to that question, we shall 

know how to prepare again .. t war 

with japan. h japan's hostility to 

til ~due te the fact that we have 

treated thu proud and independent 

nation with insult and ignominy If 

we answer thllt qucstion honestly, we: 

shall loo)n find ways to rl!move all 

peril of altack hy japan, by remo\' 

ing the cause of ~he hatred of UI. 

Suppc'le that. instead of rd¥in ~ 

upon thi'l ' Ilil'itual preparldnus, you 

rely upon armed might, lIS Comrade 

Ruu(' lI ad" i£('d, what then SUPPOJ(, 

you Iprnd twenty-five hillions to 

arm and fortify the Pacific COltSt 

Suppose YOII build a bigger arm:l(hI 

than Great Uritail1 e\' ~ r dreamed 0 : 

-do you Ihink that will avail to 

R\'e n war anfl m::r.intain peace II it 

not r at h~r c,'rtain to ('aUie Jallan to 

make ::Iliiulln:!I wit h other I)owcri UIIfriellrlly 

10 us, or draid of our great 

arm:\nlenu 

But suppose we spend only twt ntyfi 

ve ·milli .:ms through a dellurtment of 

peace to promote good relation s and 

a right understanding with Japan, to 

draw ever tighter the bonds of fri~l\tI 

ship b~tweclI the two pcoplu, is it 

not c(' rlam that you will do fl\r more 

to a,'erl war and to in surl' peace than 

twenty-fi" c billions spent by a Oe· 

partment of \Var on war preparations 

could do~ To you in this audience 

who ha ve come from 1:lnds torn by 

the fierce passions of racial antag 

OniS}l15 I car. safely appeal for answer 

to thi.s question, AU hiltory bears 

witMs!! to the futility of roy friend 

Russell'l r-olicy, 

Lead. "to Dntruction 

And lurely it is well within my 

right as a IPokuman fOT the $0- 

dalillt party of this country to point 

out the tragic fact that for this utterly 

futile military preparedness we 

;'Ire ca\lc-d upon to barter aU hopes of 

!Ioodal reoonstruction, I hav," lo,'ed 

Comrade Russdl u truly as ever 

man loyed man, I think. 1 have admired 

and loved him for the manner 

in which he has championed the 

cause of the downmott and disinherited. 

Enr hil voice has been heard 

ur.ing the great remedial rdormsthe 

It cps to be taken toward industrial 

denloc:raey and brotherhood. 

But now all is to be sacri ficed, 

If we ar( to follow his present 

lenderlhip ~ nd consent to this vast 

;ncrtaIJe of military and naval exl,endilure, 

then we mult abandon all 

hope of old ace pensions for the victims 

of the industrial , truigle, of 

sieknl'U :'Inu accident insuraneC', and 

so on, The proiram of the Navy 

Bonrd requires an annual expenditure 

of some 265 millions on the na\'y 

alone, and the army expenditures 

will he no 1(,51. Here, then, we arc 

tn slll'nd upon this hideously Wil 'lteiul 

work of death and destruction 

each ye3.r fa r more than the total 

cost of the Panama Canal. \Ve must 

ahandon the work of ~ocia l re.::onslrllction 

and conl('cratc 311 our energies 

10 the work of dcstn:clion, 

sla\'{'s an ti Man , 

Socialism Is Menaced 

It is told in the gnspels that n n nne 

(\ccas:on Jd llS 83ther{'d His disciple\ 

around 11;111 and watn{'d them thai 

there were peril ous tim e'S ahead of 

them. timu of war and of rllmor~ 0' 

war, when they would ne('d 10 be 

careful not to permit th('nudves to 

h(' swept from the meorings of th(' ir 

faith_ Surely, my comr3.tles, we oi 

the Socialist mo\'cmcnt of Americ;'1 

Ilel'd to he on Huard kst we be swept 

from the moorings of ol1r grcal faith. 

ns the br:lve and heloved enm!'ad e 

who has .. poke to us. nnd 10 many 

(lthen, han' been. It is easy to affirm 

intl'ff'ational solida rity in times 

of peace, when the skies nrc uncl 

ouded. hu t the test of our faith 

comu ..... ith war and the threat of 

war. And now more than e\'er we 

nce d tn ol ffirm ollr faith nnshnkf n 

to set om h,ces and our hearts 

a!la in.!! t h:.tred, against war, against 

mi litarism, pnd trust in the swo rd, 

I alll of those wh o believe that out 

o f Ihi~ war the dt'moeracy of Europe 

will emerqe victorious; that it will 

rife triumphant over the prostrnte 

form of militarism: that the wnrweary 

and prncc-hunRry millions will 

h : able 10 institute grea~ ll.nd elfecti"e 

canwstigns for disarmament in 

;'Ill the hellig-erent nations, "ictorious 

nnd defeated alike, 

' 

In that cHnt I would ha"t thi'l 

Am('ricn th;'\t I ha" e chosen for my 

hahitatinn nnd sphere of sen'ieethill 

Amem:a that 1 10\'1.', that is mine 

no leu than it is Comrade \Valling's 

-(ree to lead in the great realiution 

nf the prnpheu' IIges-old v;'ion. t 

would have her hold out dean hand5 

to all the other nations. and say Itl 

them, "0 ,ister nationl, r, Amuic.a, 

wht) in timel of peace took you' 

weary and hungry children and lo\'e 

them as my ow n, welding their hear 

together in the fl.anu: of my it .. , l 

eauling their strh'ings and anger I 

die, now come to you and lay do ..... ,I 

my wen pons with your w\!apon 

unite your heartl again in a comma 1 

joy and w:th you walk in peace and 

fellowship," 

How to R~ the Nines 

Examine anyone of the statements 

of equality in the multiplication table 

of nine, up to a:ld including nine time .. 

tcn. Select, for example, 9x7 equals 

63; o r 9x2 equals 18, 

Obsen'e that in ea -h case the first 

digit in tht product is, one leu than 

the number by which nine is multiplied: 

and the second digit in thl' 

T .. roduct is such that when added to 

th e first digit, the sum of the tw o i ~ 

nine_ 

FROM THE DAY, FOR THE DAY 

(Continued from pag~ 8) 

liun, There is a possibility, Wl' 

admit, o f jttst StIch event ~ a.s \\'1.: 

ha\'e pic tured. But we den\' m tl~t 

emphatically that Alaska - could 

ever be Russianized, t hat ;" Icxico 

could ever bring :'.Iexican rule and 

~ 'exican condition s to an Y of o ur 

Southern States. Ru.ss ia h~~ nenr 

succeeded in Rnssianizing Finnland, 

Finnland still has its own 

diet. s till elects its Socialists to 

parliament, h as woman suffrage 

and w o rkingmen's compensatio n 

laws, In short, it i!' a historical 

fact that no politically unde"~I 

o ped natio n has ever been able to 

force its own oppressive laws upon 

a more civilized. more highly 

developed people, 

So let u s ~o on, undaunted, in 

our struggle against war, "Ve 

have but one enemy, and that is 

the capitalist system. We- have 

but one thing to fear, and that is. 

that our comrades may forget that 

the highest ideal. that the m ost 

beautiful phase of the Socia1i!'t 

movement is its international 

spirit, its world·wide solidarity, 

Fight Capitaliam. 6gh~ Nationalism. 

fight ,War! 

Th

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THE YOU;NG 6llClA.LItiTS' .IlAOAZIHE 

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practiclllly unaniJuouJly. to join iht 

S13te and National Orgllniutiont. 

l m3y add that Syracuse i. an ex· 

cellent Ci ty for :Po bcnl1hy lu8''lc t'o 

grow in. and would not be surprise d 

to Ste thit k agut" 5Urpll5S all the alit., 

lugues in weSie rn Ntw York Stat.e. 

t:tccpting the incompar:lble Rochedl!r 

Ilggreg;uion. Their organizH; "Cbm· 

rnde Ungle ich. is an c'Al'cient worker. 

:lnd we milY rest lusured that he ~ whl 

do all in hi s power to make: tbe Sialt 

Federation proud 10 incl ude Syracuse 

in their ranko;. 

j 

y" P. S. L. Wilkes-Barre. Pa. 

This city will soon h~\'e a Y. P. 

S. L. if Comrade John Hug hes. now 

Socialist Party O rganiur of Luzerne 

Count)', Pa.. fOTl!\Crly sc:.crclary of 

New York Sl3te. Y. P. S. L .. makes 

Bood Ih c promi!\c he made to .me ;n 

October. This s~ction is in e.xcell~'H 

condition for tht fo rmatio n of 3 Y. 1'. 

S. L .. and cOluiurring the good "ark 

Co mrade HlIghrs has -J)ccn doi nA' 

slIch as orJ;:3nizing plIrt)' 

bra llches. and conducting well-attended 

lecturt'.'l, I can set' no reason 

\\'h)". with the aid o i this estecmetl 

comrade. that we cllnnO! soon includr 

a Y. P. S. L. of :u least o ne hundred 

young people in our National Organizalion. 

Y. P. S. L. Albany. N. Y. 

] regret to rel)Ort'lhe sudden death 

o f the above leaRtlt. which occurred 

somewh~re bctwet'n September ht 

and NO \'ember lst.· 'According to 

Comrade \\'m. Bellsle),. it was causcd 

by most of the acti\'e mCl1lbt'tlI att~ndin8' 

night school. and' "bo·to the weak 

co nditio n of the local SOl';alist Party. 

H e will. if circulllstanct:; ;tfford. dIvide 

his time to org3nizing 3 I e'tgut. in 

Alb:any. 

Respectfully submitted. 

A. J. Frackcnpohl. 

Specia l S tate O rganizer. 

Y. P. S. L. QUEENS 

The first an nual enttrta inm ent :and 

dance oi the Y. P. S. L .. held jointly 

by Circles I and 2., at the Labor 

Lyceum. o n NO\'cmbcr 28th. l)rO\'ed 

to be a 5ucces~ financi311y and 1,0· 

cially. The Q ueens Lcagut' was honored 

wilh Ihe presence of a nuntber 

of members o f the \'arious leaghcs. 

particularly "IU8Iy-Iunged yo uths from 

the Bronx." 

Now that Ih~ hig lilll ~ is Cj) \' ~r . IIU:I11- 

be rs are setlling down to ~ducation.l 

work. Both circles hilV~ s ubscrtbet! 

fa the Int~r-Local Study ClarA Course 

of the Rant! School. So tbat all nlfmben 

would be e n ~ bled to lake tHe 

course, the circle treasury pays haH 

of the luition ftc. wj.h the result thte 

\'en: n,arly all .m ~m l1trs arc t aking 

Anna Malty's course. ··Elemen t.s of 

Socia.lism." It is encouraging to se: 

the Qu~enl Yilutls de\· ... le them'1.eh·c.!s 

a5 wholtheart), to the iiud)' of Socialisnl 

u they do to a good l illie. 

Respt'etfully s ubmillcd. 

Lillian Urich!. f ress Agent. 

NEW JERSEY DOINGS 

The next llIt'eting of the 5t3te Commince 

wi ll he held at the Lahor Lycemn. 

South 14th 51.. Newark. on Sunday. 

janu:ay 9. 1916. heginning at 

2:.10 P. ~1. sharp. Delegates a re re 

(juest t'd to he o n dOlt'. \ 'i5i!ors :Ire 

a lw3Y ~ welcome and will find nur 

meclings intt'rc5ting. 

Bdo w is' a hrief SUl1llllllry o f the 

a.c ti\·ilies of the fourtce n ~ew Je r .~ey 

leagucs; 

Bergen Co. Circle 

The ps.ychology of Bergen Co. Yip 

.iels diffcrs :norc or lo ss from the 

I)[hcrs. They do not want th e S ta tl.' 

Ollin' to know much (Ii the good work 

Ihey a re doing. Two successful 

dances ;1I1d se\'{' r31 kctllres havc heen 

held within the la sl fcw mo nths. 

Tht'y art' gre-al I(l\'ers of naturc, 

which 'is ill accord with Iheir em'ir o n- 

IRt'ut. . . 

Camden 

This iii a rtcord city. as thr~e circle! 

h"\'e hee-n formt'd \hcre within 3 

}'ea r ·s ~ tilht' . They ar~ .. l1 doing splend 

id wo rk. 

. The yoUn!lc:a t hUI th-e 111051 active is 

Circlr No.3 .• Tbc:y h"" e found deha 

l e~ a good way to nltrllct int:!rest. 

Comrade 'Ciub, Je~sey City 

As usual. Ihis i$ onc oi the most 

a\~ti \'('.. I~nguo: s in Ihe S ale. H allowe·I,.'11 

e ntertainme nt. a matcur ni ~hl 3tlll 

tlral1l:t tic "t!vell ts lun'c heen Iheir re 

{'Cilt attractions-and smile lIl o re to 

\ o llie. .'\ l1UlIIl!er of the Yil)sc1s I,arlidvate 

ill the Jet5\·y City Public 

S I)cakins C ia);!;. . 

Elizabeth 

Dllc 10 thc faci II-at I am a ml.'l11- 

hcr oi thb circle. I ha\'c h('(' n able 10 

k('\'p an eye' on their acti\·itics. \Ve 

thillk OUf' circle i" the but ill the 

Statt-lnlt action, speak 10llder than 

wortIs. H er e are some of them : 

People arc stii1.ta lking ahout o ur suc 

':C$~fll l a lln i\'e r ~a ry affair. A$ a re- 

slIlt: dramati'c c;ircle \yas formed wilh 

a \·ie w t.o discovering' new lalenl. The 

Yipsels Me. ~lrOhgly reprc::st' ntcd in 

the lural pullik Speaking Cla:>S. Will 

c(\t;hq.t.-: ~h Idn:h's Pity. ~ 

CIRCLE N.o. I, N~Yl

u 

I A RE!'!1f!Ali~Iu2tRU~! RBARISM 1 

I'llE YOUNG 8UCIALlBTS' ILAGAZllB 

and mandate. They must insist 

that no man shall have t he right 

to hasten ' -Va r, through being 

given too much power, and thal 

~~ . 

III early times men went out 

hunting and fishing for food, as 

ing work quickly by means of 

machinery. Heaps of things were 

ali serious questions shall be d ealt 

with slowly, carefully, and opcnly. 

they now do for sport. They made easily by fewer people than Then the chances of \ -Va r will be 

killed animals, caught fish , and before, hut these things did not reduced. and the people will have 

then went home and cooked them find their way to those who a lead, while p ressing forward by 

in the best way they could. The needed them, Food was sold to the use of every means open to 

women and children, who remained 

at ho me, shared their a ll kinds of articles. Many articles 

those who could buy, and so were 

them, towards the time when War 

shall indeed be a remnant of barbarism; 

men, women, and chil 

meail ;ometimes one lot of h unters 

could not find buyers, tho ugh 

disputed with another lot. there were many needy people. 

dren li ving a common life. with 

They rought with rough weapons, Xew ma rkets must be found. Sold 

iers could p repare the way. It 

education free as the air . we 

and there were wounded and dead 

breathe. useful work fo r all, overwork 

for none, le,isure and pleas 

to be cared for or buried. 

was only necessary to work up a 

How could they settle thei r C]uarrcl. and then send soldiers to 

ure shared by a ll. and the olt! dark 

grievances, in these early times. settle it by sword, cannon. and 

days appearing but as a shadow 

in any wiser way Th.cir everyday 

bayonet. In this way modern 

from the past. 

life made them friendly with ,vars began. 

Die im frtihtitlichen Sinne geleite 

ten 

the rough kni(e and the arrow. Still , as in early times, war 

There were not many steps between 

means cruelty and inhumanity. Vereinigten Freien Deubchen 

killing animals and fi ght 

which we shudder to think of. 

Schulen 

ing with each other. These hunt Sorrow, ruin, destruction. death, von New York und Umlea:end 

~ rs were brave and hardy, faithfui Illad couRicL an c! loneliness ilnd erteilen Unterricht im An.cha.l1ungsunterricht 

in Verbindung mit Vortra· 

to their side of the contlict. anguish to innocent as well as 

gen ~ow ie Guang. und bei gellilgcn· 

Sometimes religious fa naticism guilty. It is a remnant of barbarism-something 

der Beteiligung auch Tllrnen. Zeich 

left over from nen und Handarbeitsunterricht filr 

caused them to fight, or; they sacrificed 

human life to their gods. the savage ages. 

Schulen si nd, in: 

Madchen, Die Adressen der einzelnell 

We sometimes say that they lived If food, clothes. houses, were Manhattan: Rand School. 140 Ost 

in a barbaric, or rO\lgh, uncivilized 

age. 

the work, unless those too yo ling lind Sonntag \'orm.: No. 2329 2. 

made for use, an d if all shared in 19. St.. Sam. tag \'orm. ; Labor 

Temple, 247 Ost 84. Str., Sam;;taq 

In quieter times. when the people 

or two infirm. there would be no An" Samstag nachlll.: No. 88-4 

learned to cultivate the land, wa rs. though human passions 

Colum bus Ave., Salllstags " OfTll , 

9- 12 Uh r, 

life became more kindly. till a would not disappear. The Socialists, 

who arc striving and working Ave. \\'111. Stdlwagen's Hall. 

Bronx: Ecke 158. Str. und Fore"t 

class began to claim special rights 

in the land, making o thers work for this time, "more true and Sam'tag und Sonntag vorm. 

for them, and taking a large part fair:' are on the side of Peace, because 

they arc on the side of nachmittags. 

Brooklyn : 1..'\bor Lyceum, 949 Willoughby 

Ave.. Samstag vor- und 

of the produce to themselves. So 

much was produced that markets human wel1~beillg. 

Long Island City: Hettinge r's Halle. 

had to be found, and thus wars But till Socialism is realized, Broadway und 7. Ave .• Samsta~ 

vormittags. 

were again engaged in, this time the horrors o f \Var should be prevented. 

The Socialists should Sonntag "ormittags, 

Elixabeth, N. J.: 605 Eliubeth A,·e .. 

on behalf of wealthy people. But 

in these wars, pain, suffering. 

death, ruin, were the lot of the 

make Sllre that the workers are 

represented directly in the councils 

Green\·ille: Labor Lyceum, IZ9 Linden 

Str .• Samstag nachmittags. 

of those who make, and those Union Hill: Frommchens Halle. New 

people of the coulltries, while 

York Ave. lind Union Str., ";onntag 

vormittags. 

some began to talk of the foolishneSs 

who have the power of avo iding, 

of killing. Still more men \ Var. They must join their Die Vereinigung hat auch ein' 

became owners of land. Factories thoughts and actions in all countries, 

linked together by joint un 

hubsch augestattetes Liederbucb illl 

Verlag. Nibere Auskunft erteilt d ~r 

were added with the introduction 

Sekretir Reinhard Meyer, 301 East 

of steam power, and ways of doderstanding, 

through conference 83, Stree t, New York. (Advl) 

SIND AFFEN DENN AUCH 

LEUTE 

Von Wilhelm Dusch. 

Ber Bauer sprach zu sein c11l 

Jungen: 

Hcut' in tier Stadt, da wirSl dn 

gaffen. 

Wir fahren hin uud seh'n die 

Affen. 

Es ist ge1ungen 

L'ud urn sich schief zu lachen. 

'Vas die fur Streiche machen 

L'nt! fUr Gesichter. 

Wie rechte Bosewichter. 

Sie krauen sich, 

Sie uusen sieh, 

Sie hauen sieh, 

Sie lausen skh, 

Beschnuppern dies, beknuppcrn 

das, 

L'nd keiner gonnt del11 anoern 

was, 

L' nd essen tun sic mi t clcr H antl, 

l'nd alles tUIl sic mit \' ersland, 

Cnd jeder stiehlt :tIs wic ein 

Rabe, 

Pass auf, das siehst du hettte! 

o Vater. rief dcr r.;: nabc, 

Sind Affen denn auch Leutc 

Der Vater sprach: ~u n ja. 

1\'icht ganz, doch so beinah. 

DER MEISTERDIEB 

\'on Jakob nnu Wilhelm Grimm. 

THE YOUNG 80CIALIBT8' MAGAZtlfZ 

ein l.1nd liches Gericht zu gel1iessen, 

Bcreitet mir Kar:offelll, 

wic Ihr sie zu essen pflegt. danll 

will ich mich zu Eurem Tisch 

~ctzc n unci sic lI1it Frettde verzehrcn." 

Ocr Haner liichelte Hnd 

"a.~tc: "Ihr scid cin Graf oder 

Fiirst oder gar cin Herzog: \'or 

Iichl1le Hcrren habell manchmal 

.. olch ein lieliisle!l. Euer \ Vunsch 

"011 aher crfliill werden." Die 

Fran ging in die Kuche lind sic 

fil1[.!' all . I,artotldn Zll waschcn 

11:111 hi ... \ 

wahrhafllJ! 1l1cin Suhn," ull,1 die 

Liehe III scin C111 l,il1,le re~tc 

sieh ill "l'incm Il erzcn. ·'.\l'er.·· 

setzte cr hinzu. "wie kanll:.t Dn 

111cil1 :-;,,[111 seill . DII bi:'it (' 11 

grosser II err geworden 111111 Ich~ t 

in Reichhl111 1111

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nUr vorn Ucberftuss der Rechen. , %u seiu, ~ so will ith Deine Kunst 

Arme Leute )"ind si~er: ieh. gebe 

ihoen lieber, ak dass, ich ill,l:o 

ctwas nehme. So aucb, was icp 

ohoe M uhe, List nnd Gewa"rttheit' 

auf die Probe stellen; wenn Du 

abet nieht· bestehst. so m'ltsst Du 

m\t des Seilers Tochter Hochzeit 

halten lind das . Gemehle def 

haben kann, das riihrt ieh Retien soil Dein~ Musik '-dabei 

nicht an." - . seia1' 

II Ach, m.::in Sohn," sa"gte I der ,uHerr Graf," aU'tworte~e def 

Vater, lies gefaUt' nlir ~loch 'nicht 

tin Dieb bleibt dn Dieb ; ' ich 

sage Qir, es nimnlt keip. · gutes 

Meister, fldenkt Eu'eh drei Sti.icke 

aus, so schwer lltr woUt, und 

wenn ich Eure Ailfgabe nieht 

.. Ende." Er fUhrte il'm zu def losc, 'so ' tnt mir, "' wie ' Euch ge· 

Mutter, und als sie t(ortt; d,a 5s ~ es . f~lIt." Der Gral sann eiuige 

iht Sohn war: ,veiott' ,' sit VOt Augenblicke nach, dann sprach 

Freude; a'ls er ih~ a'be'r ' sagee. Cjr: "\\'ohlan, zum ersten sollst 

dass er tin ~leisterdieb geworden 

ware. so 'flo!Jsen ihr z\'vei Strome 

tiber das Gesicht. En~tli

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• I' ..... 

JliiiEMORY OF ~T.YAL~NTINE i 

In a deep forest, uncJer shady 

trees, surrounded by grass and 

I This month we dedicate the roads where the fruits of )'our velvety moss, is a spring. A 

f~urteenth day to the memory of g3therinf.! will be delayed and never ending stream of cry ~ ti'l 

St. Valentine. He was not: a perhaps lost forever." Verily t clear water flows down the slope 

ailltesman br a soldier. It is said say unto you. HEvery heldles5 act, into the vaUey below. waterin~ 

that he won his way to "the hearts every h roken promise mars your trees and plants that the)' ma)' 

of the people of his time through work nnd leaves g'reat rents and bear ri ch fruit. And all who drin\i' 

h~s kindness and sympathy. He gaps through which our enemies its waters become so strong, so 

attained immortal fame: through thrust their swords of malice and brave. so IlQble, that they ~an li\'e 

th.· l.tters of Jove and cheer and !'Iander and undo our work and only in freedom, in purity, in SUIlshine 

and light. Dut the sJlr illR 

good council which he sent to steal OUT stores." Forget not to 

thOle in need. Of course most of heed the words of those who have \\'as poisoned. The crops ill' lil'C 

htt! letters are lost, but we found /irone before yotl and profit hy v .. Ucy were ruined, no ft o}~~rs 

thi. 9nt addressed to the Y. P. their work and greater experience. 

Be ever mindftl1 of the poisoned waters became ill, cow 

bloomed. and those who drank it .. 

S. L. of Ameri~a : 

My 'dear young comrades and 

plan and forget not the scheme ardly, and blind, as they att~ded 

friends: 

of the whole les-;t you build your alld tore each other like wild anima 

ls. But the jo'y that was ill 

to!y heart is always with you in 

O WI1 head i!1to the wall and it 

your great and worth~' work. 

will come to pass that you will hell over this senseless carnage 

Full well I know that you and 

mar the \lI1it~ of~ the -work and was of short duration. l'nceasingly, 

day and night. , the spriil S" 

your elders are building the 

make the wall crooked and unsilifhtly. 

Bear in mind that thCl in the forest Sent down its clear. 

stately m~'l :;jo Il 9 in which the 

human family shall some day 

time for ornamentation and di4 fresh ,vater. In a short time it 

dwell in greater perfection than 

g-ression has not yet come and our had carried off the pOison trom 

any which was ever' known. So 

great task still is the building of the brooks and streams, and there 

] say unto yOli each and all, be of 

plain , solid, invincible wall s of 

where human blood had dyw thc 

good , courage. build s t ~a di1 y and 

faeis and deeds, Neither ntllst 

meadows a horrible red, flower: 

patieQtly and you shall accolTIpli~h 

great things. "Tis true that 

trees b:ore ·· fruit; thousandfold. 

blossomed' in a ri ot of colors a nd 

you !lpend too mueh vahlable time 

in the contcmpl'atiolt ttio n. This c):a1llple oi jo; tilt more firmly he becomes 

like a 8tone wall in the midst of Europe show~ the religion of the l'()Il\'ilh·td that woman is his intelleClllal 

just such pressure and told their rll iing das!'I of th(' \\'orld . J( you 

inferior, [{ thi!'> country 

countryinen that nor one dollar art O\'er ,S and under 45 you are is a democracy it IllUst clothe 

would they \'ott" for war purpOlltl, flolelit;ally a !loldier--=yolt ma ~. \\'"Oll1en with tile franchise, \Ve 

To my mind they ~ h o uld have not know it. but you are. ' Vait han ~Ol a strange and remark 

nlaintained th~jl' international 1Inlil sufficient time hal pal sed able country here in America in 

Standing. 

and VOll will find o ut. \Vhat does many wa~'s. for Itss than half of 

11 this country of OUTS \\'ere at it stand for, religion or no re all the ,\'orkus receive more than 

. 'ar I would not \'ote one penny ligion, fhat of all the shot-ridden $500 a year. Qf the women, les!; 

toward financing such a war u is Rags on t~e Emopean batt1efield5. than one-half receive more than 

in prog'TtU in Europe at the pres- on not one is there the red flag of $6 per ..... eek for their work. 

ent time. 1 would rather be shot Socialism The present war has no P05- 

a tb'ousand time.! for treason. if I am speakini for a party that sible justificatior in ~o rals, and 

this were con'trved as treason, has never bought a vote. It i5 the there is in fact n0 concei vablt: tx. 

t)efcre casting such a :vote. Bet- only democratic party in the Ctl5e for the appalling a.s!lau lt upteT 

by far to. be shot for treason world. In time to come th~e will . on modl!rn civili zation. The world 

to the capitalilt da" .titan to Un be but two parties in this country, 

learns slowly but surely and out 

and b~ a traitor to the workin, the capitali,t party and the work- of the terrible catastrophe, out of 

dass, ... - _. inimen', party: And out of this this indescribable 51aughter there 

vt~.- SodalJt4ta . art opposed to order of procedure ther.e must w.ill ar.i~ as never before a de 

'fIar; and that bring. to P'1y mind come a change. There must come mand for world-wide democracy, 

that the continued exis.tencl of a change whereby the capitalists world - wide brotherhood and 

war·iS· anothe'r reason why woman Qf thecolmtrylia,'e co.niiOlled .-tb-e _--world-wide peace.

.; .. . TRI\.· YOUNO iOCIALISTS' IIAGAZINJ< 

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:l~ ' y'(j~'NQ~ ~!~~£.'$ ·iNyERNATi.OltAi. i 

_I .• ' •• , _ .. ~_ ............__...._ .. _ ..__.. ~"!"~ 

. :ipni-wa, in Europe, ,t,hich cOm- everyone who dare!) to breathe a 

pl.~eif dlsorganibd t.the- Socialist ,..'(H'd a~ainst ' the fair name of hi!; 

lntemational, Jiktwife made it falherJand. E\'eri Bulgaria, Greece 

"imPoSsible to carry onltt;e work and 'Italy follow the example, set 

·tif ~ ... th'e ~Young Peopl(c', fflJ,rna- b; · th~ more' power,fut _nati~n s. 

tional">~jch" hao- it's~ hea(f: in " The Italian Young Socialist 

Vi,:,fna The ' b~lsines~ of the l~lqvement ,held a nafiollal ~OI1- 

Youn,g .PeopTc's Int em ~ t ronal has g~essin Reggio "Emilia in )'Iay, 

t,h~~f~re. ~een . transferred to '~ hjch .. was an il11:posing mani 

Beme, J ~wltzerland , · where the festation of the unity and broth 

' 

~OQ1 r.aile~ are working ~ !;ple ndlr Int.,. 

na\lonal dj:lp.onstra,tio'ns ·,gn Qc,. 

io~er 3rd ~ .. as c~r~i.!~ . o(Jt .it.' ~1t 

('9un1f,i!-f"~& tb~ following re~rfs 

wW show : 

Yn ..1fa1y .. ~n~ ~~~i. the st-a~e 

of sieEe rendered demonstrp:tions 

jmpOssible:' -I; spite Ipf the m.ost 

earnes..t efforts it Wfl~ impossible 

to get ·the.lnterJl;\tjonal manifests 

int9, tl~~ , h ~,t1.ds qf ,*.1)( Italian comrades, 

• 1 ~ Derunarlr: .about,.'40 demonstrations 

'were held, JO.(¥)() I,:aflets 

wer~ «is~ribtlted "nd 1,000 

large .pl,.~r.d8 hung and 1,200 

Francs collected . for tht Liebknecht, 

Fund. " , 

In Norway were ,held 25 meetings, 

withr,. participatjon of' onr 

J 5,000 people, About 1,000 FraJ'lcs 

were coUected l(or'the Liebk'necht 

(eit....\:6~~w- ' ~ep~.Ilted ~"~ lhe ' , ' . 

B'elgian' n1(yem~nt!, . w~d~~~ ti ~""''''~~ -~fiJoh . In Germany It was partlculari) 

, 

"lr. O\~f ~nti-militarislic ~gita· 

'P. ' .. ~ 1T~ '-:'~~ ""1""" .~---. dIfficult to - arrange demonstra- 

\~a9-: . , . I~asli'::ed~ ~!fLe tions. MHitary control, I pol4!e 

ti~ ~J Ii!l!llllu ·pay particular at- ne,~~~s~y.t ~of 'lJo,urceasJl1g aC~l .,ty and t he. nationalist 'blindness of 

ten~i~~ to the s tri~i~lJ ...faCt. ,that d.~, ~u !: ~ fQr the ~e~~~o f '\vell-known" 1.~bo r ' leaders made 

all bt:Uig~r:enl natiops, whetber r, • the organ f~ a public demonstration' impos 

.~~~b!i£! or monar~hies, ~'h~ t bFr o~ . ~M~~~e't ~f}t~ •.:;.:. sible. However, in, mpny ci~ies in 

r~l!p 9>: ; Jmpe~or or Czar, h flY~ · .{'.i~ti~v!~.rli;g'l*i~~~le G.ermany demonstrations in the 

b.eF.!hu~~niIP.o_ '! S in ll~ iUl l the war ha,n.np ni.ous rel~ti ons ,~ that ,exist spirit of the Inte~atipnal prac.laall/8 

t~~ '~~' cr> it JLves to, the ,mili,. be$wt;ell the YOll~lg , Soc,ialist .. and mation were heW on Octob~[ 3rd. 

.ta~y _~~I~rities for the oppression th,e ' ,reKul.~r 'p.arty organizations ,olf 1n Holland it was impossi!'1e'.to 

01 ~~J pe~e at'hOflc, a{td Cor tire It~JY, This is no accident. 'W here arrange de,monstratiol1s in. more 

o,v~r~lp'pw. 5>f a!l>Y,and all liberties in ,the other large belligerel~t , na. t,han nine cities, 10 ~ num,iter of 

~ 9f..)~ ·~cen , soo.bittf:ly fought tior)s, in Germany, Austria and citi .. ~s delJ1onstratiJls whic,h h,ad 

~1l~n.9 :'1:_o , durly '\\~on in the year, France, the Socialist movel'"ents been pla'nned were frllstrat~ be. 

gou--:h.)i:"" l;lundreus -of comrades ha\'e made concessions to their cause the owners of the mew'-og 

'h~vle ~~s.~ 'j!l: r~ifOn~4 lQf 10D8' re sf..ectiv~ governments have al: halls had beeh intimitated 'by tl~ 

t..e~. ,!lq.qtr, ~he ' D:}OItJI(\U,,1 (On- lo''''ed ~ themselves to be sub- p'olice an~ did not,d'are op~n - t"e,ir 

,d!t~8 f·,. fqr ,anti-mjl;t4ristic ' and merged by the wave of patrioHsl1l halls to these demonstratra~. , 

re_':9 hlHO:l~.!-r,y ' p"'rqp~ap .d,a, that has swept their nations, the In Switzerlp.nd splend.!d.deIPon 

-"':' !,#i1~~!_Ge rmany" i~ .i.t ~ dei~nse Y~un1 Socialist · or¥~qizations strations wer~ held, about 'JO in 

01... ~usOpeaJA , M..'llt~r~ par France , tbro~ghout Europe have held fast number, 30,000 proclamatiqn"s 

In it~. "'~aiupaig-n a.g'i.UJ,t. Ge rm an to International principles: The were distribu·t~d: fa-rge quantitie~ 

,mi'itari&m 

,- 'J 'J .,!!~ 

' 

) 

have -, heljtated . to Italian mOHment, however J 

will of other literature di'tributed and 

p , .,' ", 0;. o{ L" ."T, ~ 

.c~~~~~r ·thle .. ~Jigb:tJ.s~mJ!r .. ~~! : rem.,in ~ve r "lemorable in t~~ap.- . &o.oFra.!!.c~OJ1~(effor the~-t..ieboC 

_i:Ji;S&~.$jsfaf~,Loo · ,,',:it,.hin their nals J 

of the International for the knecht fund. Everywhere nf" 

-9.~.'i: ri'!t~on!},wit~ _ r~l~n ,tless b,u- brave stand it took agail~st mili- members were enrolled, aQd eig~ 

'i.lit)'-. w'\1i1e ~tlSitria ~ io4 _Russia tar~m and war befQre all(J -af,ler ne'lt' circles were organi.z,.~. 

,.·r'iak L terrible ~-~ ,!ge~an:c~ ' upo" - ho; tiliti-es we're ·dec·la-red: _ •. r About 2,OOO people participated, 

r AY.AL1~"~ 'FIGHtE;";OR' :rH~ 

.-. .. ' ... 

Tilese untiappy days ha\c 

brought us so many uhier di!up· 

ppint,hertts. so Ihany shattered 

ideals, have drh·en so many of Ollr 

co:ilradts into the enemies· camp, 

tlUl"t )\'.e somet im e~ feel as if na 

tional (eding had entirely wiped 

Oll't In ternational brot herhood. 

\.'Ye forg~t that in e\'Cry nation oi 

Europe Socialists are suffering 

long months of ,imprisonment for 

s.p.cakil\g and wri ting as International 

ists. that more than O IlC 

comrade has given his life rather 

thall sacrifice his ideals, 

Alexalidra l":o)lolltay is. we: 

" ·hell the war broke Ollt Com· 

rade 1-\011011\(1\' was arrested, ' a~ 

were a ll Ru ....;ians in Berlin, hU I 

was relea~cd a few d;),s afterward, 

with the friendly and lilt.- ar~ standing firm for gC'l 

leadl'rs may have fallen, the rank 

perl1li~ 

..,ioll 10 '·lea\,e Gc rma,ny," Bnt 

lidOlr it~ and international broth(,fhool 

l. To h.we rerallt d :\meri· 

can ~Ol.'ill li slS to rhrir mission, ·t,., 

liave turn the n'il ~ of natlunalioct 

ph~jt1dil'l" (1'11111 the eyes of delu · 

ded l'umrati ("s, this hn'! been rhl' 

nlat' sa~ it wjtt,Ollt re s~ r\'ati o 'l , 

grfOal -"t'r\'il'e that sill' ·has "('11- 

olle of the heroic .figure s of oll r 

Illternational movement. A Ru s~ 

s~an by birth,"a daughter of tlli' 

ancieilt (eudii nobility, she early 

became drawn into the revolutioliarv 

dertd If! ollr :\mcril'an 1I1(.\le1lltnt. 

In a jl'W days l'nlllrad{' J{(llIontay 

will relllrn In 1':l1rope where 

the work oi reconstruction l'alls 

for all hUlIcI ... lin ded.:. Hut hdort 

moveO)ent of her country. 

she--·Iea\·e$ our s';orcs she- ·has lin· 

~f'he -breaking: 9£ all '{.lfl1i1y· ties 

olber IllcSSRj.fe to delinor: :l me l\.· 

w~s inevit,ble and. with nothing 

sage to the yOl.1I1~ ~ol·ialist~ of [he 

to live for but the' hi6CtJnent 

nation: ··In the hands of the conting 

wi,ich had become her life, she 

went to 'Switzerland where she 

gl:lleration lies the fllt.tlre of 

the :-iocia li:,t muvement and its 

spe·nt ·a short time in-the study oi 

problcms. But th at the Interna· 

social sqiences, Btit after two 

tional of the flllute Illuv be fit to 

years 'she returned to her nath'e 

larid to take art actiJ.'e part in 

wbere wa~ she to go, this woman 

without a rountry Fra,l.ce, BcIlive 

;md to la).;c IIp th~ ~t rl1gg1e 

against our t'nemics it must build 

its revolutionary propagand",. 

t11ou"h her a~tivity for ti!e :Ru.ssian 

Social -Democratic Labor 

.Party endangl!ted life a'nd liberty. 

Qfte ne ~ thin We ha'V ~ time to tbll 

"pe was arrested, 'She'\vorked un4 

de~ a constant' cloud of" suspicion 

and persecution until in 1906 she 

fled from Russia. a:ha toole 'up her ' 

hoine in Berlin.' RUSSi";s'ldss Was 

Germa'ny's gain, at- lbst so fa t- as 

th,e mdvement was . con.cerned, 

I he brilliant young 'speaker 

toflred the ~tintry for the German 

-SOCial 1etnocracy and was 

TID YOUNG aoOI..&..LUTW 1lACt~ 

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li kewise active in England: Belgiulll, 

Swit ze rland, France ,and 

t\orway. Here her extraordinary 

lalent for languages was of 'great 

\':lllle to her in her work. 

IN~~N~tl~NAi l 

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Comrade KollolHay is no\ ..' ~ l os. 

illg a splendidly successful tQur 

through the l'nited Statts, I H.er 

(·nthll .. ia:-.tk meetings are proof ()f 

til t' 1:lct that..herr, as t'vervwhere, 

th(, i-:"rcat mass o{ lhr d~~.(,'on. 

Sl.'illl1,> \\orkin!; dass hlls 1I0t for· 

g-OItCl1 it!> 11lis~ion, that: though 

gitlln aud England were c1osed 'tt) three f1tI1(Jalll('lllal~, lItU~H ,Ia\' 

I\(~r .' ~Q she went to Sweden ' but th~ee I.'onlcr 5101l es lIpOIl it 1~ 

wa!' driven (r01l1 there for ' her build lip tj1f~ !'lIpe r .. tntl·tllr~ of edanti 

- militaristic agitation, . · In l1Cae )11 and :lgitation, Fir!'t, . a 

~tock h o lm and ' in ~Itflmij she tinited , internatio'1:iil orgailizatiol1 

!Opent a number Of wee~s behird 01 the \\'orkil1~ dR~", an ofglliiza. 

prison bars fQr the · same pn'p'ar- tioTt . whoge highe!it d\tty t-hali be 

d ~)Ilable . offense, ~ 111 ~orw~y, to sub:-litute internatiolt.al s,oli· 

""here Comrade Kollontay, fil1ally darit\' for chauviniSll1' allllnarrow 

toOk LIp her abdde,' she' again , tlO~ ~airi~ti"m, whi("h ~ hall placi! d asif 

Ol~~r ~ activi.ty! ~u.t _ a : li ,ttJe , ~~e _ ie~Jipp... al>O~·.7- ~ I)e i(d~ll g, f

• - - :-: -,~ 1:0v.'o. 'I'ICl .... ft· -~aoUJJr.t -", .. ~ 

•• ," r ... ~_ _ • '. 

:~~)~gl::i:~:Ct~::aJlo" 

It'on; :\nd th:\t in the e-ycs of Ihe Cl('rn:\1 

God, the tiJ;:ure of a murdcrer is 

not ch:angetl hecaust', in5teau oi :l wallow's 

cap. Ihere is placed UI)on his 

head an emperor's crown. 

:\h1 lei us proclaim Rhsolutc truth!'l. 

Lei us dishonor war. t\c.o; glorious 

war does not el(ist. !'\o: it is 1'101 

good. alld it is not Ilsdul. 10 makc 

corp~e.. l'\o: it cannOI lit' Ihal life 

Ir::l\·:\iI5 for death. ~o; oh, Illolhe-rs 

who ~ urround m~. it cannol he Ihat 

war. Ihe rohb('r, should ~-tlntinlle tl) 

takc frorn you your children. Xo: it 

ca nnot bt' 'h~' wO lntn sho\\l(\ hear 

children in v' .., that 1110.' 11 should he 

born. that people 5hould plow anJ 

sow, Ihal the fannCT shoull! fertilize 

the fields, and the workmen enrich the 

cily, Ihat ind uslry should produce 

1l1:\r\"cl ~. that /{clliu. lihnuld produce 

prodigies, thai Ihe \':aSI hum:U1 ac tivity 

should. in prt~cnce of Ih(' starry 

~ky, multiply cffort ~ and cr"::Ition •. 

:111 10 result ;11 that frighlful intl'rn:\ 

tiona I exposition which is call~d 3 

field of battle! 

PERSONAL HYGIENE 

By Arnold Loral1d. M. n. 

IU Ventilated Quarters 

That living in the vitiated ::lir 

oi a close room is deleteriotls to 

health i:'l proved by a simple ob 

--en-ation of the faces of tho!'c 

:'topping' for a long" time, or habitually 

cioing so by r~ason of their 

professions. in close localities. 

They will prel'cnt a pale. gray. 

l'id.:ly appearance. and it is a fal't 

that they \'cry rapidly aC(luire all 

sorts of infections: especially jg 

tuberculosis vcry prevalent in 

sudl cases. We observe precisely 

the !lame thing in the case of 

plants which, if kept in a close 

room, especially wh~re little light 

reaches them, soon lose their 

color and are destroyed by para~ 

sites; and exactly the same hap. 

li"ing and laboring in large nllt1l ~ 

hers ill small and dose quarteh, 

waiterll and similar employees, 

are those in whom fllh~h- 'tiTosis i~ 

musl frequently found. In r(,!lpel:t 

to wurkmen, thi ... l11a\· be Illore 

truly the case in Etlr~pe, whrre 

thl:~ li\'r untll'r more miserable 

cl.HltlHiOtt~ thal1 in .\merica. 

WhNl' tht-i r positio n is possil)ly 

the Illu~t em'iabl\,' o f all wage 

carner .... 

l 'l"sc air, ju:-:t as I1ltlt'h as 

~tag'llatll wata, ptf)1ll0ltS the 

g rowth (I f dal1gerolls miaobe:-.. 

ant! the ~'hancts o f infection :lre 

gn'ath' t'Tlhanced where a nlllllbcr 

of pe~plc are gathered tog-tther in 

511(h places. :\ Iany of thrm Illay 

be "utTering from inlel·tious di$case:. 

of the respiratory o rgans: 

they exhale. and also eject , by 

coughing' nr !lnec7.in g, an ~normotH. 

number of microbes, which 

mingle with the air and multiply 

at their leis ure in such close a1- 

mospheres: and this i!l especially 

so whell they are as!listed in their 

growth by {he great heat prtvalelll 

in such places, particularly 

in wintcr time. Bacteriological 

examimltions made of the air of 

stich localities have shown an 

enormollS lIumber of dange rou'\ 

microhe.... \\'e nee:d. therefore, 

not be surpri sed when perions, 

and tl'pecially children whose resistance 

i ... diminished, often contract 

tonsillitis , diphtheria, bronchitis, 

or pneumonia, etc., after 

having' passed ·an ('vening in sllch 

a plare. the air heing hot. and 

particl1larly if. at the same time, 

the temperature outside was vcry 

low, 

Living in 3 dose room will 

soon tell on the /:;,crieral health. 

and thiii is easily visible in thc 

appe:arance Ot slIch pers(Ml!. 

Their paJe faces form.: a strik'ing 

contral't to ih~ fresh rosy (:bt:ek~ 

pens in the case of man, Prisoners, 

of those w ho habittla11~ lin in 

unfortunate work-people, the frel'h 

air,

. -. • 

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Entered as Second· CluJ Mail Mauer 

June 2. 1911, at the IlOU oillet at New 

York. N. 'I., uncler the Act' of March 

J, 18ip. 

Publis~cd MODth1, at 

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by the 

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BU'NDLE RATES-Jc. per copy. 

ADVERTISn/G-IOc .• line. i1.00 

all inch. For one year one-illcb $10.00. 

schools; and even from their v('ry 

youngut days this should be installed 

into the minds of yo1t!"h, 

together with the contra-adyantages 

of fresh air. By these mea::s 

the.y will be accustomed to the 

fresh air and its beneficial efi"~c :s. 

as much as tRiy ,/ill learn to Jetest 

the hc-:-r-ors -;,£ me air exhalrd 

by other people, ' whicb ·js -. tile 

sour~e ' of SO m~ny iJ\fections, 

Every one who wishes 'to enj!)' 

life during youth, and live to a 

:rHE YOUNO SOCIALISTS' MAGAZINE 

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(The Youl;'g Sodafbt or Grt'at Britain) 

The Labor ~ember's Lor~ly ~n,oke ' 

By Allen 'Clarke ' 

The Labor )lember, leaning a week, cOllld a~ord' ,to paX inorc 

back in his easy' chair, began his rent than a laborer ,with twentyrep'osef~11 

re,:el in the cigar, _!lIC. _. t~re-e __ or t.wenty-four shill:hgs a 

sublimely special cigar whjch h~d we,d., 

beeh graciously gh'et; to him hy ... Th.e 'time was. .e~even o'clock at 

a lord-a real hall-marked. prop- night, an,d the{ La}}or i'lember, 

crly - labelled, proudly _ p: digrc..:d •. J;\'hose nahle wa..! Joshua ~ uttall , 

lord. It was. ~the[eiore ,' ,9111y - Uao ~l:It COllle.:r.lO~le wlfh tht: 

felicitously. filting that' it shotJL 

children, But it is also well to 

rememb~r that there are other 

folks' children besides bne's own, 

a41d to ~.sk why should these .not 

h'aYe fine 'opportunities also. 

Xhat thought set him thinking 

of jack Croft, whom he had met 

TlIl! Y0O:>l0 IIOCI4LI8T8' .JU!U.ZDOI __. ___________ 

in the tralll, J ~cl{ wa ~ a worJWng. 

Wan of thirty-three, with a wife 

and two children: and one of La· 

bor's hardest caJl\'assers at election 

time, 

The Labor ~ lel1lbf!r asked Jack 

if he was going to en list. 

Jack, who hac! re.ae! a bit, and 

thought a bit. replied that he saw 

no reason why he should, 

" l1l1t if the Germans s hould 

heat Ib--:" 

.Jack said he wasn't l'0I1cerned 

:lbollt that ([u e:- tion, "' \Ve have 

w()rse enemies at home than the 

{;crm:lll:. nbroadi' he !'aid. "The 

... weat ing- employers, greedy laQd· 

Illrds. ra scally contractors, food· 

l'o rt1 erers, (ottoll-comerer:. - the 

l"ilap:' you've oftell told us we 

:-hould eomhat l'\·erlastillgly, Yet 

.,·ou\·e hec l! sitting on the same 

platfurm with 'cm to.oi:;:-ht." 

'·Yes, ~'es," said the Labor 

:\ Il' mher, "that's all ri q-ht at ordi· 

nary tillles, htH thi s i:, all extra· 

i rdillary ti llie, ,\11 patriots must 

Joi n tn.~e th er to crush the COIll- 

11\(111 foe." 

,,[ don't s('e it," sairl J:lck. "The 

~ra l,b c r s g'r.,hhcd hefore the war: 

lhl'.I' arc ):!,rah hin g- now the \\'ar is 

ill!: t11i.'Y wi ll grah just the same 

II!Je n. it'so,·er, Theil the lm s il\e s~ 

of l.al 1\1r i

10 

offices. For lordly influence went 

• long way. Some day-wben his 

son was .(ter some big municipal 

.ppolntm('nt-a word -from his 

10rtll~hip would be helpful. • 

Yes, it was just 3S well for Labor 

Members to be tolerant to 

,,7.;ds lords. Not only was it businch; 

but it WilS christian to be 

charitable: 

"""hat a splendid cigar it is," 

said the -Labor \Lember. blowing 

out a fragr:ant .ncbula of !\moke. 

And aoy such democratic views 

as remained in the Labor Men. 

ber's soul were clouded, and obscured 

by the lordly smoke. 

THE COMIlADE'S WORTH 

Do you know tht: \t ah~t: and tht: 

worth o f a rtal Ih'c cro;"'d of young 

Socialists Thl:' kind th., ("an go out 

in a bunch and comc hom~ the §Rille 

way without the leut bit of damage 

done to health. happinul or friend 

.biP~ The 50rt of a crowd that will 

sing an" dance, .wim and study, hike, 

read, play, run, row arid be aame for 

&II)' ord kind" of ' fun a't aflY old time 

and place If you can tnuhfuIJ)' say 

yes. 1 conaratulat~ you, and only 

hope that you may ne"~r h."e to 

leave them. 1 ha\'e been uud to 

that lort of a crowd and ha\'~ had 

to quit them-and now, take it fron1 

me. you can ne\'er mealur~ the true 

worth of a Yipici crowd until you ...·e 

left them far behinq you, and you 

know you can't get buk onr the 

wuk end. 

' Thil is how it works oul. You'r~ 

,ent way down into the countr), to 

do the bOlSes' ~ wo rk, and incidentilly 

to earn your bread. You don't want 

to ao part:.:ularly-tbt:re's a number 

of ',ood tilues jU·lt ahead, and per· 

hap; you',vc' already ' ""ed lhe best 

airl of all to go along with you. 

You are nOt crazy about lea\'inr 

town just then, but you ,4>-You bet 

)'0\1 CO. ,,.11 th.t week it i,,,'t 50 bad 

-of course. when lU(,etjn' night C01lle5 

;.round you JUI' fa ll a thinlJln' about 

wbo'U all be there .nd who they'U 

have for chairman, and how 1000a the 

meelin' will take. 

But then Sunday comtl aroundand 

it'. no usc-the bluff don't go 

any further, you know by that time 

you're rul homesick. No U5e cryin' 

about it tboulh, 10 you ju.t pick out 

the dandielt .ort of a place or trip 

SO' take in, and you set out bold u 

~ !'OVl!'l 1OOU1.III .... ~uoq J 

ever yOu pleue, You're. not alone, 

either, t)ecause your side partner ia 

in exactly the same ho:u as you. H., 

too. has be·en used to life and , la uBh~rer. 

10 you're partnen in mi5ery as 

wdl as work. You -pick out a long 

excursion trip and think eYerything 

will be all rieht. You settle down 

cnrnfortably and start to talk about 

.cenery and carne.r.;, and work and 

Shows -anagirll-oh, loti o· things. 

You leave as the lua is jui t about 

lettling down to relt, and you figure 

out that the hikers back home are 

b\9\ftt!i' "Tap," 9~ the bugh;s to sig. 

t1al for the return journey. They 

mun ha\'e had lome .port, you muu·. 

Then you try to . ettle down and rut. 

No use, it can't be done; 10 you start 

10 wander round the limited deck 

space of the boat. You (lm into a 

cro ..... d or fello ...... and girls, about 

Ihirty of them. That'5 strange, JUII 

about the size of your crowd. There 

il gou again. They slart to 5ingnot 

your Socialist songs. to be 5urestill, 

the tllnes are familiar. And 

they're \'ery rrienlily ..... ithin their own 

circle, thi5 crowd. 

At last the m·o-o-n comu up-hig 

and round and white. The crowd 

ulkes a hint from him and 5w inKI into 

a lIong.· What i5 that melody .0 

.trangely familiar "Santa Lucia," 

d-n them, couldn't they try some· 

thing el se Hut your mind goes back 

to another river nnd another crowd 

and other ..... ord. to the lame tuncthey 

just keep rinKing into your ears: 

Comradu so dear to me. 

Hearts. warm and tender. 

To them where'er I be, 

My Ion! I 'll render. 

U nder broad Hea\'en's dome, 

\Vhere'tr on earth I roam. 

With them I fed at home, 

\Ve're Comrades' e"er. 

"With them you fe el at home," yes 

- and without them you don't. 

You're ju. t perfectly rni.euble, and 

you're lona.:ing ner 50 hard for the 

hearty laugh of your boYli and the 

.wish of the girls' dresses as they a:o 

d:ancing and skipping past. But the 

longest exile mu.t conle to an end 

• ome time, and in a few weeks you're 

bal'k ag:a in. They're all glad to see 

yOll, but you're a whole lo t gladder 

to he back with them. And the mi5· 

erics of the put are: soon forlouen 

in the pleasuru of the present. 

But there cQmu :a time when you 

can't 10 back-and you know you 

ca n' t. Your life: t",ku you far awa,y 

from the happy scenell and eompan~ 

ionship. The crowd regretll your I e-. 

iDe. of coune. There is a short 

period of farewdh, wbe~\!l'Drtin" is 

suth .;w(el -OrlOW"; tht'n they .ru 

'DIck .to their round, and you face a 

world of (old . trangen aloae, You 

w.nder from place to p1ace, never 

resting~ ne\'er ·'at ·home." . Sllcced' fn 

.onle -measure ~atteQdl your· efforu, 

bnt ne\'er anyone to -rtjolce in it with 

you. You feel the . tinrl of defeat 

occasionally, and tbey r,nk\e deeply. 

'cause there'l no hand of comrade· 

ship to lIlap you on tht. b,l.ck 20114 bid 

you ' ~b race up, it will aU come oul ,II 

righl" You tty to - buy what'\'er 

ph:asure you. think you' wafat-but 

there- -il a 'dilferenee-and you : lind 

that you cannot buy true comrade· 

s hip. You think of the younKsten 

back ·home-picture them aU perched 

on a rence 'preparing for a race acroRS 

the meadow. You lee them. like true 

proletarian5, putting their lunchu to· 

gelher in a communal pile: from 

which everyone may h('lp himself. 

Hut a Ijiht dawns-you lIettle down 

in one 1)lace finally and you hunt for 

your kind. You come to the:m with· 

out any 'bl:are '01 trumpets. You only 

lIt r~tcb out your 'hand and uk to be 

one of th~m-the Italt If need bebut 

one of then1. And they t:ake you 

in and make you fed :at home. and 

they (all you "Comrade," Gee! that 

sounds "oed to your eatl a,ain. 

You ha \'e n't heard it for a long time, 

you nc\'er paid much attention to it 

in the: old days. but ii's the sweetest 

kind of music jult now. 

,,",n~ tfle)' take yOu in. Soon you 

ha\'e your regular pl3ee in their 

he.rtl and lh('y in youn, The otheu 

back ill the old home alway. remain 

a most pleasant. memory; atld, when 

tht! Rtory circle forms round the fireplace 

you never tire of tellin .. yotlr 

new C01l1radu about the efforts and 

Rrank:l 01 those you left behind you. 

You take your place in their .ong and 

. tor)', you do your share of work and 

play, and loon lOU just belon", that's 

all-you just belong. ' .. 

The story is almost done-an. counted. 

This nferendum was propOHd by 

the Pennsylvania State Cornmittet!, 

It WI' aeconded by the followiDr 

Leacuea. their mamberahlp ,iv~: 

St. Paul. Minn., 35; Lawrence. M ..... 

15; Jamestown, N. Y .• 56: Chiclro, 

UL (North Side), 40; Pitt.burch, PL 

(J"'ah), 110: Cincinn.ti. 0., 21; 

Peoria. Ill., 1': Waahinrton, D. C., 

24, Total. 319, 

R.port Cardl 

All Luguu iilre hereby warned 

th:at untu. a report card hearing an 

accurafe acc:ount of their good stllndina 

membership is sent to tht' Na· 

tjollal Office )'efore F~brtl:lfr 10 11('\ 

ballots will be ' the Direct..,r of thi, Ucpartment. 

PROGRAMMES 

This i, th\' la ~ t n il for l1l:atC'rial 

fOr Ihe Fthruary program. Somo! 

stuff .... l~ sent in by 50111(' of our lo)·al 

worhn, hut not uutly en ough to 

lI1akt' up the whole thing. Get bus)' 

T ht' progralJl i. to include 

an im prollll'tu mock-Iria l. subJecl, 

"P~OI)lt \ ' 5, Tht' Reminl!{ton .'\.m" 

Co." L~haqte: Aidin" :and abttrina 

murder through the manufacture of 

ml\nit l0n~ oi war. 

--- 

Commemoration: Birthda),s. W2Ihington 

and Autun Uebel, FdJru· 

ary 2lnd 

Vulenline's Party, Fehruary Hth; 

Leap '{ear Dance, February 29th. 

A call for Ilate~ for Ihe Krust lecture 

tour will go out immelliatel) 

after the new year. The lour will 

take in only the Ea~le rn Statu 2011,1 

will h('gjn ahout the iniddle: of .,",pd\. 

The numbl'r of datu is strictly 11111- 

ited. lIO immedialC' :action shl'uld be 

taktn on rtceipt of tue p:arriculat5. 

PLAYS 

Sinclair's no\·cl. "Samuel. the 

S('tktr." hai betn drumatizecl by 

Comrade J. C Frost 9' -.'ew York. 

1t will recei\'e it s firH productiun b), 

Ihe ('omrade Club of Hudlon Coun' 

ty. K J. 

:\ new :Inti-military pl.y by \\'m. 

F. Krusl". enlitled "Prelu.rednC'S5," i, 

no ..... ready fo r sale. '(':an be gi\tn in 

one act or two and plays for ont' 

hour. A rulin~ clas~, bent on war. 

find5 thtir efforts (rustrated by the 

org:anized worken, ..... ho are willing 

to ddend their Ow n countr), tlUt 

rduse 10 attack anybody cl.e·l. 

Twelve \'ery nsy speaking p3rB and 

two good ludl. Can C'l\lily be pro· 

duced by allY Y. P. S. L. Price 25c. 

Fitchburg. Man.. though bUI recently 

or~3nil('tI. is ~ howinK good 

growth. They W(,T~' rCl' rl'Sen tc: d at 

the Stlltt· t " n ~('nt' 'I' '11111 :IT(' pr.· 

p:lrinR 3 1 d ll fCS and 

uehatel.

12 

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TIlE_Y,OUNO aOCI4L1.8TS' MAOAZlNB 

THE V: P. S. L. MOVEIlENT IN next cotwention ro ill H~> Buffalo -'hjls 

NEw YORK STATE betn men,tioned. But'tlt :any rate let 

By G. L Tishler. Rochutir, :::.~~I i~~~'~n ~~tr~~b~~~!f:lh~h'!~)~t~~ 

-. ~. ". ... 

.. ~ 

- 

S~~~~Vi~~ ·Pa;~:. ~~,~~a1e:~~!);~I~e °O~~ 

ficeu of our Lra&'f e.!, anif With th): 

officers of th e Sf"'e ~Tld Natip nal 110- 

crations. and s'4p.ptl ~ ~~". pubhcationl. 

And re!Utlll!)er "'and fullil tb,e 

spirit of our sloKin., Edupt!oJl. O'fg;1I11zat;on, 

and Solidarity! 

State Secretary 

previou. one, although I do not sec 

Our movement IS o nly a !ntle 0l·er ho,,' th:at C3.n be dont. '(1 ~1\1 from 

two years "young," but even al this !{ochdter, you know.) 

tarly age, although handicapped by At pre.ent we have pr3.ctie:ally no 

the lack of sufticient fund§ and l1Ia- plan for systematie ,edueation. Evc.t)· 

terial for building, it is ahowinR Lentue followl its owh

" 

. lin ,-,- ' - 

But du DOt think f~r a momcnt. 

btu,," W~ ha,'c hcrtin made: special 

mentiol\. of two social airai,s, ih,t we 

.r~ in any waYnCA'lcctinlt our ~duc.· 

,'iona' futurta. Our regular )\'t'dnt:l· 

day even in,. art .,-i\·cn O\'e:r to cduea 

,tonal prOl'ram •. aDd ' our nc\\,o t:o m 

.. tctd~ dn thl. work hils Rrrinrcd (or 

• ..tit'. of Iclentific: Ireturn for 

J/cbruary and 1.hrch. the .pcnkC'fs to 

h .. ".riou. profc u ou or the l:nh-trsh,. 

01 Rochcatct. It may be mcntloned 

here Ihllt we find the profulor, 

mon courteou, at- all times. 

They .eem to be inlcrutt'd in us 

and our work. and arc "cr~ wil F n ~ 

to rive: Ut tbfi, time. which, "f 

cOuru. II without charge. It is needle" 

to say that their lectures, al 

though not directly on Socialism. 

ire alwa,., of great int ~ rul. and another 

vel''' important f~ " tllrt about 

the In il thlt tht'), nr(" a dtawinjf carJ 

for \'Ilitor, Ilne non. membt':rI. 

On SundRY ("\'en ing, january 2Jrd, 

our Y. P. S. 1... 1("1111 d ("; h;"It('d wilh 

Local J{oche , tt':r Sociali.u Pitrt.)' 0 :1 

th("; ,ubjtct "Ruoi;td. thM this na. 

tioll .hal! immediately ("lIlhar1.: On a 'l 

IIctequat(" program or prcp:lI'cun(",u 1\' 

rt!t.l.t aUad, by any fo rC" ;r,rn pow ("u." 

LOCI' ·Roche. ter's team Ilphtld th e 

affirmath' C" side. ;'\nd I) f course it w as 

II Iplrntlirl ( I~b;'\te . Th(" tllree judlle < 

d cc id~cI th;., the Y. p , S. L. fi r Ilc t:

0 

Der Meister Uichelte .. uod gab 

kcillc Anhvort. 

Als die Nacht allgebroch~n 

war, kam cr mit cinem Jangen 

Sack auf dem Ri"tcken. einem 

Bunde! unter dem Arm und cincr 

Laternc in deT Hand zur Dorfkirche 

geg::mgen. In dem Sack 

batte er Krebse, in dem Bunde1 

aber kurze \Vachslichter. Er 

setzte sich auf den Gottesacker, 

holte einco Krebs hefaus und 

k!cbte ihm eill Wachslichtchcn 

auf den Riicken; dan" ziindclC er 

cia:; Lichtchen an und scute den 

Krebs auf den Boden und ' liess 

ihn kriechcll. Er holte cinco :Lwciten 

aus dem Sa~. machte es mit 

tliu'icm cbcnso und {UhT, fort, bi~ 

3nch der lettte aus dem Sacke 

w .... r. Hierauf 7.og er ein lauJ:;"es, 

schwarzcs Gewand an, das w:l' 

e~ne 'i\lonchsk utte al1ssah, uud 

~Iible sieh einen grauco Bart au 

qaf. Kinn. Als er cndlich gall:t. 

tl::kenntlich war, nahm er den 

Sack, in dem die Krebse· gewescn 

\\ aren, ging in die Kirche lIn~ 

~lieg aui die Kanzel. Die Turmnlll 

schlug eben zwolf; als .:ier 

iU Yote' Schlag verklnngen war, 

rief er mit tauter. gcllenrie" 

Sl1mllle: "Hart an , Ihr siindigen 

i'.lcn .. chen, das IEnde aller Dinge 

ist gcko11111lcn, der Jiingste Tag 

ist nalle. hart an, hort an! \Ver 

mit mir in den Himmel will, der 

kriechc ill d~n Sack. Jeh bin 

Petnts. der die HimmeistUre offnet 

und schliesst. Seht Ihr, 

draussen auf dem Gottes3cker 

wandell' die Gestorbenen nnd 

sanlll1Cl1l ihre. Gcbeine Zllsammcn. 

Koml1lt. kOlUmt und kriecht in 

den Sack, die \Velt geht unter!" 

Dils Geschrei erscha11te durch 

das gal17.e Dorf. Der Pfarrer und 

cler Kii~ter, die' zt1l1achst .an der 

Kirchc \vohnten, batten ,es. zuerst 

yernommen, und als sie die Lichter 

erblkkten. die auf dem Gottesacker 

I11nherwandelten, ' merkten 

sie,) dass . etWa5 Ungtwohn 

Ijches vorging, und tuten in die 

Kircbe ein. Sie horten der' Predi~ 

ein~ Wc;.ife' %u, dt!- s ti~ ss der 

Kuster den 'Plarrer an lind 

sprach:> "Es wire" nieht' ubel, 

wenn wir die Gelegenhdt beniitzten 

und %usa~men vor dem Anbruch 

des Jiiqgsten Tags auf eine 

leichte Art in den Himmel ~amen." 

. 

"Freilich," envi~rte der Plarrer, 

"das sind 3uch meine G~ 

danken gewesen j habt Ilir Lust, 

so wonen wir uns auf den "Veg 

machen." 

"Ja," antwortete dtr Kuster, 

" aLer fhr, Herr Pfaner, habt den 

\"ortritt, kit folge nach." 

Der Pfarrer schritt also 'lor uud 

stieg auf die Kanzel, wb der Meister 

den Sack offnete. Der Pfarrer 

kroch zuerst hindn, dann der 

I

, THE YOUNG SOCIALISTS' MAGAZINE 

left, dO.wJl to Socialists-has been 

strl}i;~ . ~y ,such extraordi:lary 

bli.ndness that it calls this terrible 

hltman slaughter a ;'sacred" waf 

of " Jibc{,3tion," and calls upon 

men to lay down their lives-for 

what For some phantom ideal 

of "liberation," forgetting that 

inner freedom is the sole true 

freedom, and tha t. nnally . no one 

llrcvcnted th«: gonrnments from 

gi"ing. to the oppressed nations 

-before the war and wilholtt tile 

war-at least that external freedom 

which is now, presumably, 

being secured. at the price of the 

criminal shedding of a sea of 

hlood . 

f 

People dream o f dis3r11)ament 

which the war is supposed to 

bring. Brothers. do nOt belie;'e 

it. F or the governments of today 

to disarm the nations is tan· 

tamount to dc!>troying thelll· 

selves. hecau!>c these go\-ern~ 

ments arc upheld solely by state 

vi.ol('nce. \l1ld do not enjoy the 

free l'(lIlfidence o i their peoples. 

H o~v l'an they affo rd to cast a.s i (~c 

theIr sale prop--the soldIer s 

bayonet ~ 

The Germans arc no t our enemies. 

and the Russians anll the 

f'rench arc no t the encmie:s of 

tbe Ge rl)\all ~. The commo n 

ent:lll)' t - U!l all. to whatever nationality 

we u1ay belong, is the 

brpte i)l o u rselves. 

This truth has never ueen so 

dear1): confirmed as nj)~Y, when 

the meu of the twelllieth century; 

intoxicat('d with their fal se sci· 

enct', extre!:Il~ly, pro ud of it. of 

their external culture and their 

machine civilization. ha"c "Iuldenty 

discovered the true plane 

of their development; this plane 

has turned o ut to be no higher 

than that on which our ance!lto r s 

stood in the time- -Qf Attila and 

Genghi~-Khan. "It makes one extremely 

sad to know that 2,000 

years of Christianity ha"e passed, 

scarcely leaving a tral;O 0 11 men. 

13m this is int

l' 

r -.. ~~ 

TH.E YO'UNG SOCIALISTS' llAGA2;INB 

"" u _. ==--_. ____ _ 

·.:....:. ,-r .. . .. . ' half staTHd to tliupport idlcr! in 

: ' I~ ~ ~ ~ f.N. )"1 ilA.I-a ... ~S. 'Cls.n £. .' ' ,,1.' 'other ."Ia~ .. and lands, and to en· 

. .,' , . - 1 all'1e l;o\'ernmen(s to destroy un- 

'_ ;: ~f !1: I' ll.>! )ij{,FEa~cl !' 'a]I~ , . IH, . : ~irendl ntr Arabs in LibYa for 

~~ . .- 

~ 

__..__.__.____ J_. "prestige': ' . 

.... v;~. arc u p here among t~~ .. aying th,!t he h~d only taken Un thi5 glorious day oi an Ital- 

\'inek,.....resting aft~r ary ~x:elle lH what already had bcen stolen ian -- s umm·cr. the ~ Princess, the 

rut'i 'c~ . eaten under the halian iLo01 the PO~:>r h Parsoll, and I, solemnly pas s~rl a 

;k"y _ , Below can be seen the l.azily we discll 1)!l~ d thi~ proh- resolution that sometl-oing \\o'as 

w h,ole ~ f a gol~(11 \'~II~y, ~ith it~ I~m after ...our meal, with tnl! as- wroog ,..,ith 1t all, that (\,hile we 

Llisy h~tle t""ms, Its , co~mtJe~s li~Hance QiJ..ht peaSallt \\,1)0 I\O~" :f)' mpat{.lited' with the o ld baron!'. 

ca,Olpt.nll~ It!'! funny life of owns -th~ ~a~tl~ and, grows hi!' we had to admit that they Hr_\ 

cheer)' se1f·i mponan~t' , and, Alas! \·ines and ..:urn on the wall:, \\hich ir~nkl\' stole: but, on the other 

i'u grinrl'inl;' I>o\'nty_ . hi!" predeces:o:ors lined with arUled hand. -they were supplanted by a 

Here we are in a really feullal men. and gets but a starveling s\,stem which had elevated thcit 

~ t!~gh old. the wills of whic.h livclihODd. alit oi it. f~f)m the simple art o f the solLher 

arc n ow level ....·ith the gr~lInd, The~t' o ld baron~ had \' drawn til). 

111 spite of war and oppression. the 

total membershil) has incre~sed 

from 40,000 to iO,oou, Two tb~. 

-and l'opie:s l)f the Hem Conference 

I{('port were sold, 

4 In the .\n.1 of (klOber anti·war 

dcmOIl..;1 rations wer~ held in Swt"· 

dt'll. ~"rway. Denmark . .'\meril·a, 

~wit7.i."rla nd, I ;ermany a.nd Porlug.d. 

'J hc illl'l)1l1{' fur tht: ve;lr ha!> 

Ilt'cn 3.,\2t).05 Fralll'~, ex~ellditurr"' 

..1. ,\41.115 Fral1~!'>. leaving It balalll't' 

uf abvut 1,000 Franc~. 

Hepurt:-. show that the Young 

~'ll';al;st \lo\,clIlent eve.rywh.ere b 

lIlak ing splendid progre!Js. E:i.p~ 

l· ial l.~ true is thihip w('re di ,\u~~(''', 

and Illl' ,til nnpo inl •,i the fl'!'!llt'r 

\Va. l'xprc,.,ed 111 Iht' t(lll"wing' jen 

It''n,~!- . Y,)ung ~n~: ia1i :- 1 (Jrgamzatlul\, 

art' tight ing organizatiun~ . 

TheIr tir'I, their highl~ ... t dill y i!'> 

das.,-\,. 11I'I·i. ) ll ~. ~I)l"ial;~t propa· 

gancla \"lIe aClivity of tht' .V0\111~ 

I>copl\' anrl their thurough t'ciul'alion 

j. a nece~,arv parI (If tb i ~ 

~ truj.! gh' and l'au 1.1(' al·l·l)ll1plisl.t'd 

nnl)' h,\ ,epa.rale vrj.f/ill i.t.atiyu~\ ~VC; 

rel'olllll l(' nd 0.:0 tlpt'rallon with Ih(' 

()ider \-',111radc:- by me. .. uh .. uf 11lUIUal 

delegalt·. with idcntic,ll right,." 

:\ 111I1IIilt'r ,.f lllNUIJIl'. ,tJoll\'~1i"II 

;11/0:;\11 111I(,;lIallonal cmhlelll. a \W,,· 

card .:.\ ·telU . t't

I 

• 

, !'mI T01I1nt 8DCIULJftII' JUlI_ 

SATAN ' S 

L- By Mary 

deot portal guarcl. and the imp ~ 

cowered with haoitual '{ea w ,;, i nd 

l'I'aited . to ~e called. ' _Through 

twice three hundrcd · vellow 

lames they marc!'ed up to ~h.e 

festal ttu-one of. His Majesty. The 

-.royal drum and fife corps pbyed 

• mqclern medley of the booming 

of cannon and the shriek of fac· 

&My whist1es. It was a hdlish- 

R~nh~d ~ ICE 

_] 

gold he grinds out little c11il· 

deco's lives in his: great factodes '; 

demoralizes the legislatures. 

adulterates the food of others. 

MajC!:stically the thick clouds noise, and Satan praised the mu. Su.re~r this wilt please your lordsieian! 

for their efforts. slup' r 

of sulphur and brimstone fumes 

h • 't 

.0 l ' • " 

rose from the great polished 

"Nay, not so, es qUl e an an- 

N~w b.:tng forth your gifts I cieot show," said -Satan. "SincG 

brass caldrons on either side of 

he c:led. L~t each be .~alled ae- men have worshipped money, 

the broad staircase that led to the 

~ordmg to hiS num~er, AU ~he made monty power. they have 

antichamber, The iron steps were 

~mps had numbers like the enOl- tempted each other to just such 

dazzling in their white heat. 

mals and gang workers o~ t.he acts. The' clever ones defraud 

Lone tongues of flame ' of every 

ear~h. Satan had found th.l~ 10- the others; t~le manufacturer who 

hue and the roar of the fires filled 

-gcmous m~thod of degradation so underpays His men ; the swindler, 

tht air, like the full tones of a 

~~ch t~ hIS favor t~at he adopted th~ highwayman are all the same. 

great organ. But above this rose 

tt In Ius latelit effiCiency scheme. I've seen them time and time 

a gnater noise-the tread of 

"Number 2585 I" caHed the again. Dogs will ' be dogs as I 

hundreds of hurrying feet. If'was 

master oi ceremonies. 

have said before, men will be 

the imps' returning from their 

" What ha.ve you brought me" men. They all will die for gold. 

quest. Every year on Satan's 

shouted Satan. 

It bores me ; bnng me something 

birthday the losF souls who had 

One of the largest imps s ter~d new, What have you in your 

served an apprenticeship of one 

forth leading . a large brindled bag there" 

century are entered in a contest 

bulldog. 

"r have a man," piped a tremfor 

the office of sheriff of the underworld. 

Then they go forth for 

"Here, master, is a fitting prize bling voice, "just a plain ordinary 

for you, This bull of ancient man." 

four and t,wenty hours, and he 

lineage was mad and ~it the hand "\Vhat is his name Why have 

wlio brings the choic~t gift to 

that cared for him and several you brought him here i\ lind 

His Majesty is decorated with 

innocent children." 

how 'you word your reasons, imp, 

the badge of honor. 

"Away with it, dOg!i will be in this contest for the highest 

Now tbey wC!:rc hurrying back. dogs. There's nothing new in offite of my state, and I am not to 

SQrne came merrily. confident of that. Call on the nC!: ~ t one." be trifled with! U nless you prove 

their success; others bent wearily 

under their heavy bm:dens, 

"Number 2969 1" ,. tailed the him guilty of the greatest crime 

mllster of ceremonies. " 

and show tha't he has lost both 

also hoping to win Satanic favor. 

H~ came br~athlc~ss ane! p ~ r- heart and sol)l. your rest in hell 

As they crowded to the portals in spiring, tugging a great machine. will be the ·forfeit.' ~ . 

·their eagerness to be first, they 

"Here i~ ' 3 prize for you, my " Ay, mast~r, b~ it so. You 

pushed and jostled one. another master. This is the machine gun yourself sh~l1 judge," said the 

and 'shrieks were heard, "What's which was aimed at helpless men, imp trembling stilt more. "I ~ J ave 

'your' hur:ry!l "Stop your pushwomen 

and. children. Toilers of brought you Henry Dubb. These 

,ing ,n uGet off my tail! This is 

the mines who had asked for a are the c,rimes I've found him 

n'ot the New York sub'Y· ... . little more pay." 

guilty of: He crings before those 

' ·S;lence.. all t" shouted tht an· "Say no more!" cried Satan. of his own image who daily rob 

"Take the·thing away. 'Tis but a him. He belieVe! everything he 

machine; hadst brought the hand is told. He yates for the legis lathat 

made it. the soulless wretch tors who betray him. He supwho 

profited by its use, that pOrts a government under which 

would have pleased me more. Be filth and dirt and mjsery contmu~ 

gone I What has the next for year after year, He bows his head 

me" ':'"- ;-~ .. :.:.:;;-~ _ ~:ttrcharifJ', : l.Y~de has nothing 

~ "I have it.!" cried 'l vpi~e. "Cet' ·~to eat ... when~.hjs "' wifc and chilme 

be next. 1'\'e got the man ren suffer •. the thinks it must be 

w.ho seUs .his- soul for, gold. For so. He \'otes his wife and daulirh- 

imp, eager to save his soul. "In 

days gone by. man was oppressed 

by man. He co uld not' help himself. 

He could not read. He had 

no means of communication. He 

·had no say. But now all that i!' 

changed. Men have books, tele· 

phones, newspapers. railroads. 

Each can be informed. He know -; 

who is oppressed, and who is the 

oppressor. And every year he 

may registe[ his opinion at the 

polls. O h, master, is not he who 

does this carelessly, this act upon 

which the d-estin), of his kind. hi!; 

flesh lind blood, depends for their 

wellbeing. is not he the greatest 

of all criminals 7" 

"You are a wise imp, indeed," 

responded Satan. "Bring me that 

fellow Dubb that 1 may chasti ze 

him and satisfy my lust. YOll 

have not only saved yom seat, 

but you shall be the sheriff of the 

underworld. Away with all the 

rest! Start the music for the 

festal dance 1" And frOI11 all the 

factories the whistles began to 

shriek, the cannons renewed their 

roar, accompanied by the weeping 

and crying of millions of 

widows and orphans. SMan was 

at hi s best. 

Nothing to Fear 

"They say George has brain 

fever." 

" Fat chance. Can an angleworm 

have water on the knee" 

' THE YOUNG SOCIALISTS' MAOAZINK 1 

ters into the sallle class with the . , 

senseless and criminals. lie is so 

conceited . that he thinks that WALTER C· RANE By Robert Heele 

. (Thl' Soria/ist RNJir.u) Engl3nd. 

,yhat he does is right. The sui, I 

ferings of his brother never affect 

him, while he is comforta"le. has left a sad gap in the ranks of noth ing but Hepublicanislll and 

• The passing of \Valter Cmlle but his audiences would listen to 

He is the caUSe of all evils, and it those who built up the Illodern Royal Grants. At the next election. 

when he introduced these 

worries him not." 

Socialist movement in this country. 

Vlhen he joined U!!., our topics, he was told to confine 

""Veil S

11_ .llIts· 11.1 

~R BOYS AND OIRLS 

~ ...... A..ric .. Soei.tist SuM., 

.......... V .... p.., .... F ..... tlo. 

£ater~d as S~(ond .C lass Mail Mattu 

J .... Z. 1911. at the post office at New'" 

YOf'k. N. Y •• under the Act of Man:h 

J, 1879, . 

"'.li.li"d Month1x at 

J5 'pnacc Street. New York. 

by die 

IodaUetic. Co-opei.ative PubL_ A ..'n. 

laha Naatl. Pru.· O. Knott. Sec'y, 

, Eo Rahun. Trus. 

SUBSC.RIPTlON-St. • copy, SOc. 

• ,ea~: For N. Y. City and, Canada. 

6Dc., on'ac:c::ount ~f the hieller poslagc. 

.u.ico·'and Olhtr~ foreigll countries. 

75 cut.:.: . . 

BUNDLE RATE5-Jc. per copy 

ADVERTISING- IOe. a line:. Sl.OO 

aa lath. For one year one: illch $10.0!l. 

II. NEW MARKET FOR TES 

TIMONIALS· 

-.L- 

Johndee Makes Another Grab 

Rockefeller j ;.; ,at 1ailt in the 

patent medicin e hu si n e~s. It ~J 

estimated that $IOO,OOQ.ex>b .... a 

year is spent for p~te nt medici nc:-; 

in this coull try. That was morc 

money tha n .l a wn O. coul d sta~lI d 

to see gettiuS' away from "hill! 

with equanimity, . so' the "Standard 

O il Company Ot :\ew J eTsey, 

one ... of. the hyphenated bits into 

wnlch the old Standard O il Serpent 

,¥ro'as chopped nIl. is now put 

.--_ .. ------._. . 

• TI;III_.!'~tt~o ~IOCIALISTS' . 1II; was~ vigorously tier ,- '~t)n oI:ni ilil-ihr,:Traini~ g irrut th.t 

nied . .l ame" E, \\'esl. the chief ex- pl1b lic $(:hool5; ~(o ur Statc:.:::-3' he 

ccutive: declared that th.eir pro- -Slal~ Board o f · t«gent ~ .....:.. caregram 

for "the development of full" con:,i

10 ) 'T" 'I'ovwe 1IOa1Al.JIIft' .... eA&lJm ','" 

Morric,'s formal conversion to 

Socialism in 1882-he joined the 

Democratic Federation in January, 

1883- "'85 the next great influen 

ce on Crane's life. It happened 

at a time when he had become 

discontented with the conditions 

under which art existed, 

with the relations of art and life. 

During '83 and '84 Crane was 

again in Italy. but when he returned 

the perusal of "Art and 

Socialism" and a correspondence 

with Morris on the difficulties he 

felt soon converted him into an 

ardent adherent, and from then 

to the day of his death he never 

faltered ~ r tumed back. Socialism 

had brought liim from the 

verge of pessimism, as regards 

human progress, to a real hope 

for the futnre of art founded on a 

reco~stit\ltion of society. 

T he next ten years or so wCl"e 

ptl"haps the most fn1itful in ef· 

fort of Cl"a ne's life. O UI" numbel" 

was so small that no one among 

us capable of taking any part in 

public life was allowed to remain 

idle, and a man of Crane's activity 

and powers came to the front, 

He was not naturally a good 

speaker, bt{t h ~s Socialist Icchues, 

illustrated as they usually were 

by blackboard sketches, were always 

interesting from their personal 

note, the quaint ,and humorous 

turn of his mind, One 

lecture of his-1 fo rget the official 

titl~n the Bag Baron and the 

Crag Baron, was particularly delightful, 

and the picture of him 

standin g' at the B1ackboal"d and 

drawing with both hands at once 

will always survlve in the memory 

of those present. His cartoons, 

freely contributed to "Justice," 

uCommonweal," . " Labor 

Leader," "·Clarion," etc., were 

merely a part of the services of 

his pencil to the cause, He was 

always ready to contribute a de-- 

sign or an illustration to any publication 

which seemed to require 

it, In one of these cartoons, "The 

Triumph of Labor" (1891), Crane 

reached the highest level of his 

powers in design and execution. 

The unrest among artists, of 

which something has been said, 

came to a head in the early" Eighties, 

and di vided into two main 

currents of di scontent-dissatisfaction 

with the Academy as the 

representative of English art, and 

di ssatisfaction with conditions 

which tended to make sound art 

impossible. T he latter began to 

center round T he Art Workers' 

Guild, founded in IBB4, a body of 

art-workers with which "Morris 

and Crane soon associated themselves, 

An attempt in 1886 to 

unite all sections of artists in an 

open exhibition failed, but it had 

the very important result of 

bringing about the fOl"mation of 

The Arts and Crafts Exhibition 

Society, of which Crane was the 

first president, and to which he 

rendered invaluable service. 

The machine industry of the 

nineteenth century had brought 

about a state of thi,ngs in which 

the artistic element was neces· 

sarily eliminated from nianufaclured 

goods, even when a conscious 

effort to obtain beauty in 

them was made. This had a 

double cause : the divorce of the 

designer Crom the craftsman and 

his material, so that he lost the 

inspiration which the accidents of 

the ·material affords, and evaded 

its restraints; and the divorce of 

the producer from the user, which 

freed him from another set of res 

traints no less important and 

useful. Morris's lifework in · art 

was the restoration of these fundamental 

conditions, the subjection, 

even the elimination, of the 

machine element in decorative 

arts and crafts i and The Arts and 

Crafts Exhibition Society took up 

his work on a wider scale when he 

had created a public for it, and 

carried it on with conspicuolls 

success. Their exhibitions put 

designers and executants ' in the 

same position as other artists, 

and gave an opportunity of personal 

distinction for artistic work 

in design and craftsmanship. 

They have vindicated English art 

at home and abroad, and the success 

of the Retrospective E~ hibilion 

at Ghent two years ago, re· 

peated at Paris last year, was a 

striking proof of the soundness of 

the principles by which it was 

animated. 

Cran e's direction of the arts and 

crafts movement, his constant insistence 

on the vulgarizing influence 

of the machine industry 

in any decorative work. however 

wel l.intentioned, was perhaps the 

greatest public service of his liCe. 

As a writer and a poet his illfll1 ~ 

ence was confined to a limited circle, 

D-nd his various tellures of 

office as the head of art schools in 

l\lanchester, Reading, and London 

had little lasting effect, T he real 

value of hi s life·work lay in thisthat 

being a man who could, and 

did, produce beautiful things, he 

was able to claim the attention of 

the world at large when he expounded 

the conditions under 

which great art could exist, that 

sound art is only possible in sound 

conditions of life for artist and 

public alike. 

Endlesl 

'·.Paw, what's the longest period 

of time" 

"From one pay·day to the 

next." 

THE YOUNG S00IA.LI8TS' lU.GAZINB 11 

L_~ -OUR OWN AFFAIRS 

INTERNATIONAL GREETINGS 

to the State Secret.uiu, But all 

lC'aguea in organized states should be 

sure to send in their tabu laud returns 

to th c! ir State Secretaries, and not to 

th~ National Office. Th~ State Secruaries 

will tabulate the ,' ot~ of their 

e ntir~ s tat~ (by C i~ cle leagues) and 

send it to the National Office not 

later than April 24th. This applies 

only to New York, New Jersey. 

Pennsylvania, Massachusetts and Indiana. 

All other Ic,.gutS should send 

a tabulation of their "ole to the Na· 

tional Officc direct, and lIot latC'r than 

April 24th. State Secretaries will do 

we ll to notify their leagues to this 

effect. 

The rouic on thC' lecturc course is 

just about mad~ up, and th~ \·C' ry few 

op~ n dat ~s left in ce rtain localiti~s are 

b~i n g offered to h~a gues and locals as 

their last chanc~ to get in On the big· 

gest undertaking e,'er attemp t ~d by 

th~ y, P. S. L. If your IC'ague gC't s 

one of th~ offers, make sure that you 

accept. You do n't know what you'll 

be cutting yourself out of if you don't. 

Ballots on the National Y. P. S. L. 

Rderendum ;'.>\-1916" ar~ to be sent 

out within a few days. Owing to 

some delay in g~uing out the ballots 

the time limit is ext~nded for ten days 

beyond that printed on the balloU, 

D~tr oi t , Mich., is holding a fi ne pro- 

granl of educational nnd social affairs. 

They are supporting the local in run· 

oinr the Goebel.Maley Course. 

ThC' regularly organized leagues of 

Chicago are to fedel"ate themseh'es 

imo a strong city mo \'~m ent, and big 

things may be looked for fro III them. 

Their first annual city cOII\'e ntion is 

10 take place on Sunday, March 12th. 

The Central \Vest Side League is to 

Swilt:erland, Feb, 7, 1916- 

Dear "Yiplc1 H 

Cpmradea: 

Heartfelt fraternal greetingl from 

the firlt IHllion of the International act as host, and our mOM prominent 

Younl Socialist Congress. Our conference 

i, marked with enthusiasm 

spenkers have b~en invited, 

and practical work, and marks a cnat GENERAL NOTES 

step forward in international Y. P. S. 

The Boy Business 

L, afl'airL 

Wilh, MUnzenburg, 

CO lllrad~ Schader of Dillon, Monl., 

International Secretal"Y, approves so highly of the plan to or· 

T. 16: Schweide, 

ga nize the boys of tfi'e land that he 

Eugene Olausen, 

stands rudy to pledg~ ten dollars a 

Ernst Chri.tian. 

yea r or more to help the work just as 

soon as a comm ittee of ou r ~d u cato r s 

Rderendums have bee n se nt out on get rudy to lake th~ matter in hand . 

the proposed amendment to the Na· There is no time to waste on this 

tional Y. p, S. L. Constitution 50 as question, all suggC'st ions and opinio ns 

to provide for" Exempt Due Stamps." on the m;.ttC'r should be sent to the 

In orde l" to have time they we re se nt Young People's Department, Na· 

direct to the Circle lenguC's and not tional Office. 

Unde Sam as Teacher 

Few people realiu thai not only in 

thC' public sc hools but ~ \' en in home · 

courses of reading o ur governnlC'nt 

is preparing the way fo r better education 

among the workers. The De· 

partment of Education has issued spC'· 

cial reading li st!, and after examin· 

ing the pa rticipants, g ranlS ccrlifi. 

cates of proficiC'll cy, Literature is 

also issued 0 11 social games, preparation 

of food, care of children, and 

many othu topics of general intercst. 

\\'rite 10 the Congressman of your 

di,.trict about it. 

GOOD FICTION WANTED 

MallY Socialist parC'nts are worry· 

ing thenuelvC'! sick because their 

young hopduls express a prdcrence 

for reading of "Dia mond Dick" rather 

than thC' third volume of Marx. There 

is nothing to be gained by scolding 

or nagging-the thing to do if fictiOn 

i§ deman d~d by the youngstC'rs-is to 

substitute radical, worth-while fiction 

for the trash usually dished out as 

best seners thesC' days. 

I f you know of any good radical or 

Socialist fic.tion, make a li st of it and 

5~nd itin to this department. If you 

ha\'e read through the books yOUf· 

self and are familial" with the plot, 

make a short synopsis of it as fol· 

lows: 

The JunKie (Upton Sincla;r), expose. 

of Pnckingtown conditions and 

powerful story of poor worker's 

life. 

i 

. . I 

@ 

The Chasm (George Cranl Cook), 

class of ideals between Ru ssian 

nutoerat and American rebtl, in their 

battlC' fOI" hen rt of a gi rl. 

Ragged· Troullered Philanthropist 

i Roht. Tressal), story of lire of a 

skilled mechanic, a painter. and his 

r llbbin~ against the 5)'stelll. A soul· 

IIlory of the "Jimmie HigHins" of 

ollr RlO \'CIllC'nt. 

So a grea.t many nlore should be 

lisll'd. Furthermore, Ih ey should bC' 

graded for young fo.lks and old in :tccordam:e 

to th eir effects on people of 

different ages and stages of dc\' c-I 

opmen!. 

T he ~ Iory is o ne of the best forms 

of education. Thrre is not a speaker 

on tht· road to·day but who reeog· 

nizcs and mak es use of this fact can· 

tinuously. Our fiction is far more 

interesting ·and absorbing than the 

mushy Ir:iSh usuall y indulged in b)' 

thc young. \\' ha t we need now is 

an adequate lin of our available 

material. . 

All lrachC'rs, students and r~ade r s 

are urK ed 10 makC' up such lists and 

sent.! thC'ilI in without delay. 

START A CAMP 

One of the 1lI0s t inlerestin ~ and 

valuaille activities of thc foreign 

Young- PCf)p le's Socialist Leagues i ~ 

the ma in laining of lillie cottages ami 

sh~lt er houses for the usC' of their 

lIl C'mb("r~ on long hikes and journeys. 

The ~~ little cottagC's are generally 

built by th e memhers, and arc localcd 

high in the mou ntains or by the banks 

of a beautiful ri\'er. Their lise is free 

to all m~m!iers of the oqpllizalion. 

Thert' are steps being takcn by Ihe 

Yipsels of this counl ry to embark on 

the same sort of ente rpri l~s, alld it 

s ~em s 10 me that it would hC' one of 

the best Ihings that CQuld be under· 

taken, 

The :\orfolk, \ 'a., Y. P. S. L. lIIai n •. 

tained a l·ollagC' on the James !linr 

al\ last sumTliC'r, nnd it wa s a SI)lendid 

liuecus. One of the northcw XC'w 

Jerscy Leagues had a base at ShaJy. 

sidC'-on.thl'- Hudson, from whence 

many interesting land and wate r trips 

ha ve been started, 

Plans are being made to extend 

this sen·ite this year, and e\'ery 

league ought at least to look around 

for a chance to do something of Ihis 

kind. I n Chicago the Yip s~h are 

thinking oi establishing a permanent 

camp at Fox Lake, about fi fty milea

II 

from tht city, whilt tbe Junio', y . p, 

S. 1.. will probably be taken Caft of 

in a ltnt city on tht iuplainn 

Mi"u. • .~•• 

It may not ahuys be; ,practi£al tOi 

take up •• ark of this kind. tu,l1 where 

it is )'0\1 will find it Qf great help in 

"e~ini your mtmheu togelh'fr. You 

do DOt ncd to huild a palace. :a few 

little shatkl or lrn15 ,,·ill do, or elst 

the homt'yf a Socia1i~t miy be put 

It your di~sa1. The objl:ctof the 

wholf' hUlin.1S is to promote com· 

n.duhip, and the spirit of lh~ affair 

should not be lost !light of in arranging 

the ' det3irl. PI3.nl" should be 

madf' as early as pouible. right now 

is the bt'St time. elu all availablt' 

THE YOUJ'lG 80C;IALIIT8' IIJ::;.:;:IW:;:.:;:'-'::,IN=E_' ________ _ 

sitC's will be taken up. In no two 

IUKUC'S will the ('on'dilion5 be found 

the same-thili letter is only a l ugaestion 

that )'OU ICrt busy and il1\'~s 

is going to gt.t it' 

The 8 . of C. hal arrallg~d for ~O IllC' 

tig:tt~ lh~ m:l1t~r. 

. thing oo,'el aud original: something 

that hasn't beC'n triNI btfor~. as far u 

--- 

Slal~ con"~nlion s s;:hed ul~d for the we know." It is a. 'report blank to be 

coming yur : Indiana. al Lafayc1tt, ~C'nt out e\'~ ry month to each Icague, 

Sepl. 1-4: ~e ..... jer¥y, al Elizabeth, which shows the lr.tanding of c"~r)' in ~ 

May 14th : Pennsyh·ania. al Reading, di"itlual league and the whole StatC'. 

T h ~ 

April 29-30: Ne ..... York, at - Ruffalo, 

fir ... t bunch is f&I~ady om. Bt Jur.: 

to s~ iI. It is probahly on yOllr hul' 

July 1-·1. 

leli n bo~l.td . . You will notice that, it is 

Fred Krafft. ' I('cturer. playwright, 

IIQt cou~plete, That ii because .\11 the 

leagll~ !' did not Jeud in theit . Tepo~i: 

and authttr of national reputation is 

cards. \Ve nlus! have the.~e cards to 

to I~c ture ,: 011 "The M od~r n Drama 

('olll pil~ 

and 'Mod~rn Probl~tlI s, " iIIustntins; 

our figur~s. Without them 

his lecture ~itb selcction from ollr 

ltading udic~ dramatists. Thi .. 'ii 

held under the :auspices of thc Elizabeth, 

No J" Yipsels, 

NEW YOIt~ ITATE PEDERA 

TION OP Y. P. 8. ·J. API'AIRS 

'.--- 

Tht: .Y. p, 5."4 "tarq.wina, ·:E~er!" 

thilll; is comi", .. long in line itlal)('· 

Tbt' whol~ State. wilb Iht: excCI.tion of 

QIIt" o.r tWQ I~aa"el. i~ t.('~rtil\&" RroKr~ 

ss. This bids fair 10 be a b3.nnt'r 

ytar for the. Y. P. S. L of this State. 

Wbl.l ak _SO\1 doin,lt to furth~r advaln.~ 

our mon~ullm( Arc you doing your 

shart' If you a~ not, thell get hllsy. 

Tl:tof(~ is always wMk)n the Y. P. S. l.. 

for those who wrml f O do il. 

Did. )'our I~aglle g~t in - on Ihe fir"t 

month of the lllt'mbcrship C'ont~st ~ If 

not, why not' Ij~ 'sure to aN :11 for 

MardI. It i§ th~ month for st"Cu ring 

nC'w l1Iembccs. Th~ league securinll the 

I:.rgtsl percent:t!lt' iCetS a pennant. Who 

WC' cannot do a thiilg. We are willing 

to do our ~hare . ,Are you going to do 

yours Let us hi"e a little co-op· 

eration, 

Here is .ome mO.rC' good news. AI· 

though you hne ~ee n l11emh~r. of the 

State F~d~ration for som~ time you 

haven't as yet r~C'ci,'ed )'~ur charter, 

Vo'e have had these handsomely en· 

General Note. 

e!rclt' 7, Philaddphia, r~ports 100 

members.. weeki), meetings at thdr 

own headquaru~ f5. 3 lihrary, St udy 

cluI, chorus and dramuic section. 

gra\'ed and Ih~y are by this time in 

C'irclt' Paterson, N. J" is not at all the possession of every lugue. The 

bluffed by this showing, Till y ha"e ' 

li on tr\le ~ No! Decide:dly no, On 

the contrary, invite your non·Sodalist 

friends. who are: of th e:\ same opin. 

ion, to our lacturcs, dehates, discussions 

and ,o(.:iablu and they .. will 01,· 

set\'e that the member'll of the Y. 1'. 

S. L, possess t'nthusiasm and _vigor, 

They will find a spirit of optimilm 

that lei dam pr.e"aill c1se~ hC'r~ among 

young bo)' s and girls. 

l'hest' YiP5t'1!, me:mbC'rs of the 

". p , S. L.. are encouraged by thc 

fact that there is a mo\'e:mcnl that 

i.ntends to put aside all obstaclu t>l 

abolilh wage.slave:ry, crcatu within 

them a fig hting spirit. 

\Vith tht naked facts of I)re\'ailin)t 

economics and ,ocia~ conditions con· 

fronting them, Ihey hopcofully stri\e 

for a cau~e that rnay, in some ti ll,e 

10 come, afford them and Iheir de· 

s«ndanb a happier life than they 

have: nov.', 

The s,"iablu held in Circle 5 are 

for the purpose of promoting a fra· 

ternal feeling. the fou!,dation of 

unity and Itrength, The:' members 

of Ihe: circle should go into tJtem wi th 

vim, and disprove the assertion 

that 50cial1! 1S "leepy-beads, 

kickers. et(, 

Israel Diamond.

- 

u 

. 

I Sources of Power I 

• • 

From the carliest times man has 

had huviu work to do than the 

strength of his body could bear or his 

patience endure. As the nted for 

transportation arose, he tamed the 

horse and ox and spread a sail that the 

wind would drive his ship and sa\'c: 

him Ihe rowing. Later he built waterwheels 

and windmills to grind the 

grain for bread. his most essential ar 

,:_1_ .. r ;ood. Tht:n. long aftu, ncar 

the end of the eighteenth century. 

lhcrc camc a great demand for a dri\t. 

ing power for new and rar more extcnsh'c 

UIU. The first spinning and 

wuving machine. had been invented 

and others were following in rapid 

succession. It was then that Jalllu 

Watt perfected the stc;un cn5rinc. 

which not only filled the demand, but 

rla\'C a new impulse .to the further de· 

yelopnunt of labor·.!I:l\'i ng duices, 

from t.hat time t3 the pruent the 

application of power to our 1\eeds has 

betn goinS' on so persi5lently that it 

has entirely changed Ollr daily life, 

In view of the fact that this prOce$.!l 

is still continuing and that we Me be· 

cORl ing more and more dependent 

upon the lise of power, it may be interesting 

to take a look into the 

sources and nleans at our disposal. 

Nature has supplied us with but three 

forms with which we are as yet ac· 

quainted. They are coal, petroleum 

and Olher fuds. water power and wind 

power. As for the means of utilizing 

this energy, we ha\'e the steam engine, 

steam turbine and internal combus· 

TO T0111fO IOOU.LI8ft' KAIlA&IJm 

tion engine t1) convert the energy 

Stored in the natural fuels into work. 

waterwheels and water lurbinu to 

operate on watu power, while wind· 

mills and sailing veuels still use the 

pOWN of the wind direct. \. 

The steam engine of James \"'att 

hn been the principle power device 

from the time of i1.5 invention, .. century 

and a quarter ago to the present 

day. and that in practically its origi· 

nal form. . The impro\'ements that 

have been madt' in it to make it more 

tfficient or to adopt it to other usn. 

sllch u the locomotive Rnd stumboat, 

ha\'e been luch as to lea ve the e$5enlial 

character of the machint.' un· 

changed. For example. the properties 

of steaI11 with reference to tempera· 

ture and preuure ha\'e been Itudif:d 

with" view to geninlt' the most d1icitnt 

method of operation, A,Iso, notable 

progress has betn made in de 

.ijrning boilers and furnact. '0 as to 

ule the: 8reattst posiible part of the 

heat available in the fuel. Most everyone 

knows now that smoke jssuinJ{ 

{rom a smokt.'st:H:k is a li ..'11 of incolIIplett 

burning of the coal and there· 

,fore means wastdulnell. but in the 

case of largf: power plants, the t.est, 

applied are much finer, conlisting of 

chemical analysis of the fuel USed and 

the RllSes formed by combustion. One 

of the most grateful results of this 

work has bt.'en making possible the 

USf: of coal which formerly was not 

nlined or was separatt.'d out !II waste 

product on account' of its poor character. 

Waterpower has only begun to 

come into its own .ince the df:velopment 

of electricity. The power avail· 

ahle in a stream depends upon two 

thingl: quantity of water flowing. in 

othcr words, size of the stream and 

height through which thf: water falls. 

Building a watf:rpower plant requires 

a high initi,,1 in\'cstmf:nt compared 

with a steam power plant of equal capacity. 

This explains in part why 

steam is !It ill a live compf:titor of 

water power. It is proportionally 

smaller as the waterfall is higher and 

for thil reason we find extensive 

waterpower development in mountainous 

regions such as SwitzerJand and 

ou r Rock Mountain Statu. Niagara 

Falls is all excf:ptionally fine source 

of energy because it is fairly high and 

the quantity o f water Hawing is immense. 

One of the most important 

problem5 now being worked out in 

this connection is to transmit electricity 

ovtr gnat distances f:conomi. 

cally so as to make it uailable in 

places rar removed from its source. 

The power of Niagara is now being 

used in placet over a hundred miles 

"wny from the source and the range 

is tonstantly increasing. 

The steam turbine is like II water 

whef:1 or water turbine, but as the 

name implies operates on steam. As 

the t.'quipment for furnishing it with 

'team is the same as that used with 

the stcam engine, moat of what has 

been said above under the steam en· 

gine applies hert.'. The turbine itaelf 

operates at extremely high speed onl)'. 

and i5 therefore limited to two chief 

Ules, w,ith electric generators and propelling 

ship!§. 

Thcre remains but one other prime 

motor; namely, the internal combustion 

engine, SQ called because unlike 

the stum engine, the fuel is not 

burncd in a fu rnace and the heat 

transmitted to steam as a working 

medium. but the fuel itself, in the for'm 

of a gas. is the working medium. The 

advantages of this type of engine are 

high efficiency and with the be.t kine\. 

of fuel, brge power with Iman weight 

and small size. It is perhap. super 

Huous to say that this is the engine 

used in automobiles •• mall boats and 

aeroplane!f. but on account of its 

j:trea,t efticienc),. there is a tendency to 

develop it for stationary power purposes. 

While ga.olene is the most 

suitable fuel, alcohol, coal &,U, crude 

oil and other kinds may he used with 

Ilight modification of construction. 

..... side from its special fitness for 

propelling .mall ,'ehicles on land, in 

water and air. the internal combustion 

engine is destined t'o. be of g reat im· 

portance in days to come for other 

reasons. The world's supply of coal 

and natural fuel oils is limited and 

will at some time approach exhaustion. 

The large demands for power 

will then probably be supplied by 

water power, but the internal combustion 

engine will still hold its preient 

field, using alcohol for fuel. The rUson 

th:at it is not used at present is 

because the o nly kind suitable for use 

in enginn i. classed by the government 

with liquors and there is such .l 

high tax on its manubcture that the 

COlt is prohibitive. As soon as it be· 

cornu imperative to abolish this rel' 

enue tax, alcohol will come into wide 

use and continue 10 indefinitely as it 

can be distilled from almost any vegetable 

matter and from many of the 

products of industry which' now go 

to waste, 

• 

Youne Socialiab': You Will Be the 

Party of To-morrow 

STUDY SOCIALISM BY MAIL 

Twenty-two lea.on. on Sodal Hi. 

tory and Economics, by Algernon 

Lee. 

Tweh'e lenon. on the Elements of 

Social;snl, by Anna A. Maley. 

For full particulars. address ' 

Bertha M. MaUly, 

Ex. Scc. Rand School of Social Science 

140 E. 19th St .. N. Y. C. 

Parents and children :ue invited t(1 

inspect the method! of the Ferter 

Modern Sunday School, Yorkville. a 

school conducted on strictly Soc:ialisl 

principles. Look what we offer yOIl: 

Object Lessons (AnlchauunR'sunterricht) 

rendered by four Sociali5t 

tcachcrs. All objects concerning the 

life and struggle of the working 

class. 

Sineine of Engli!h and German 

songs with Socialist tendency. 

Eaperanto, Violin School Stenoeraph,. 

Kindetlarten (Sundays only). 

An excellent Gtrman School OR· 

Iprings of eight different nationalities 

visit this departmeCnt with the 

most brilliant results. 

}>'ees are so minimal that e\'err 

worker can afford to send his chil~ 

dren to this school. 

Rf:giltration. Sundays. betwf:en 9 

A. M. and t P. M. Saturdays, from 

Z to 4 P. M .• at Sackl'. Union Hall. 

'59' St.'cond :\"c.• lietween 82nd and 

SJrd Su. 

(Advl.) 

Ich bin der Krieg! - Ieh fliege 

durch die: Lande, 

\'011 Gier und Hunger zehr' ieh 

euer Gut .... 

~fit harter Faust greif' ieh nach 

jedem Leben, 

Vnd sauge diirstend jeden Tropicn 

B1ut ..... 

Ich bin der Krieg I - 

Leid die Fr.eude, 

Ich kehr· in 

Des GlUckes Becher schutt' ieh 

jedcm aus 

Vnd geb' ihn leer zuriick - 

dann 

ohne Miihc, 

Mach' ieh geschwind ei; Tranenkriiglein 

draus. 

Ich bin der Krieg! - Ich mach' 

aus F reien Knechte, 

Die mir geduldig folgen in den 

Sumpf -- 

Die auf Kommando ihre Bruder 

morden, 

Bald ziigellos gemein, bald ticriseh 

stumpf. 

Ich reiss' die Kraft, die beste, aus 

dem Volke, 

Vom Knabenalter bi s ZlIlll Greis 

hinan - 

Aus den Fabriken, aus dem 

Schacht der Erde, 

Hal' ich sie mir, ve rschone keinen 

Mann. 

Die Schwachen und die Gr.eise, 

Frau 'n und Kinder, 

Die iiberlass' ieh meiner Schwester 

traut - 

Die gierig hangt an meines Man· 

tels Falten, 

Vnd auf den Krieg als ihren HeIfer 

baut , .•. 

THE YOUNG SOCIALISTS' llAO.A.ZlD 

Si.e weiss den ''''eg zu jeder kleinsten 

Hutte, 

Hohlwangig schleicht sic hin - 

ihr 

folgl der Tod. 

Die .M ikh muss in der Mutterbmst 

versiegen 

l,;nd Kinder jammern urn ein 

Stuckchcn Bra t. 

\\·0 sic sich zeigt, da welken Rosenwangell, 

Oa stirbt das HoA'.t:n schon beim 

~Iorgenrot - 

Die diirren Ha'nde greifen nach 

dem Herzen, 

Cnd sliercn Auges blickt · eueh an 

- die Not. - 

~ flieg' ich hin! Und wo mcin 

Atcm wehet, 

\ . crbrennt, v.erdorrt, vcrblutet 

rings 11l1lher, 

\\'as Icbensfahig, was in ~c h o nheit 

strahhe - 

\\'as ihr crschuft in Jahren sorgenschwer. 

- 

kh bin die Ge issel, die die MJrhte 

schwingen 

~obald das "olk l Ur Freiheit wiJl 

erst.ehn, 

end Ulll so fester stehn des Thrones 

Stiitlen. 

Je mehr der Freiheitskampfer 

untergehn. 

Greif aus, mein Rappel Gut stehn 

unsere Felder, 

Zerstampf - zertritt - und was 

nicht bricht, das bieg'. - 

Ich schwinge driibcr hin des Brandes 

Facleell 

Weh, wer mir nahtl Hopheil Jell 

bin der Krieg I - - 

I~ 

DER FALKE UND DIE 

SCHLANGE. 

Von Maxim Gorki 

H oeh hinauf in die Berge krorh 

die Schlange und legle sich dort, 

zum Knauel gerollt und aufs 

11cer blickend, in dner Fe1skluft 

nieder. 

Hoch am H illlmel glanztc die 

Sonne, lind heisse Glut at11lcten 

rings die Berge. und unten am· 

Gesttin brachen sich die Wogen. 

Und durch die Felskluft im 

Dunkel Ross rausehend lind 

hiipfend yon Stei n Z lI Stein ein 

Bacb dem Meere entgegen. 

Weiss war er ganz \'on Sch:ll1t1l, 

und rarnte hurtig dahin ZUIl1 

Meer. mit zomigem Gcheul dell 

Berg durchschneidend. 

Da plolzlich fiel in die Kluft. 

in der die Schlange geringelt lag, 

vom Himmel ein Falke mit zerschmettcrter 

Brust, .Slut.am Gefiedcr 

. . 

l\'lit kurzem Aufschrei ftcl cr Zli 

Boden lind schill&, in machtlo"clIl 

Zorn seine Drust gegcn dell harten 

Felsen 

Die Schlange ersduak lind 

kroch Rink da\'on, oegriff aber 

rasch,

\1 

krochcl1 oc.ler gf'AO(rcn'- das 

Epdc h~t doch glt"k h! Zur llrd..:. 

kehn aile .. zuruck, lUm Stluix. 

Aber der kuhoe Falke btpl1n 

mit den Fittichen piotllic.h 7.U 

schlagen und rh::htete cin wenig 

~kh auf Ilnd schaut r ich lun in 

der Felsklu!l, 

t: cher das gralle Gt;.,stcin quoli 

das '''asser, lind dump£ war's in 

dem chlOklen Gekliift und rcx:h 

uueh Faulnis. 

L' nd Sebnsucht .packte t.ien 

(,aiken und Schmerz. lind aile 

:;C'illc Kraft zusammenfassend, 

schrie cr: 

.• 0, k(inn!' ich \loch einmal 

zum Himmd cmpor mich schwingen 

und in der Freude lies Kalllpfe~ 

den Feind an die wunde 

Brust driicken. (tass er in mdnem 

Hlut erstickte! • . :; 

Die Schl a'nge aber dachte bei 

~idl: .,Schon muss es wohl scin 

dllft oben am tIimmel, wenn er 

also danach skh schnd." 

l;nd sic sprac h t um (rden Falke 

n : .. So heb' di eh e.mpor doch 

:tum Rande der Kluh, und stiirz' 

llich hinab dann I . 

" ie.l leicht. dass deine Flugel 

,'on selbsl dieh tragen und du ein 

\\'eilchen nuch glucklich kannst 

sein in deincnt Reiche !" 

,'1'HII YO,,"O aoc;IAUITI' MAOAZlNE 

Weh.klagend achlu,en die \\' 0- 

gen des Meern ans Gestein; 

doch (ler Falke, der ' tote, war 

rfimmer .zu .. ~chauen : .. 

z",.i 'I;rliber. 

In eirr Musenrrab," da's eben geschIO~4jen 

werden soll~, \\urde 

ganl l.uletzt noch ein sc.hmales 

Sirgltin gesenlct-·, .und Leute. die 

der Arbeit' lusahen, fragten : "Wer 

war da!, • det' so wenig Platz beaD 

:,prucht in der Mutter Erde" 

,.ja,'· antwortete ein Handlan· 

ger,.,.das, war d~r Zeisi. Taglohner 

seines Zeichens, haben ihn aber 

nirgends behaltcn. 1st dann herumgezogen 

mit der' Gharre und hat in 

den Ha fen der Hauser gesul\gen 

11111 ein Stuck 'Drot, urn tin Paar 

~t ie£el. sellr p ft Ulllsonst.'l 

\Vie der Mann so e·rz.ahlte, tral 

eine verhiiUtc Gestalt heralJ; warf 

Blumen auf den Sarg und blickte 

lange wchmutig lU .ihm nieder. 

-. In ehrfurcht!volter Scheu wichen 

die aodern luruck; ein iiberirdisches 

W.esen er.5Chien sie ihnen. 

niemand wagte sie antureden. Sic 

se:lbst aber sprach : "Hier ward cin 

POOl !Jegrabeo," 

• 

. Eine Stb,Jide ' spater kam: ' VO~l 

C nd ein Zitte~ be6el den Fat. '10ft' ~nabsth~ren M.eng~ ~gtel- 

. . . tet, em prachtvol1er Lelchcnt:ug 

ken, lind leiS auf~chr.elend krallt - luf de: Friedhof an. Der koster 

eml>or am schlupfngen Felsen. bare - Sa~~~ PaI. bedeckLA;it Lor 

. L.:nd er err~ichte den ~and ~,er beerkrii.~ien ;- -barg cinen berUhm 

"Iuft. un~ . bhtzenden :"-ugc,s. tl~f IcO $chrihstcllcr. Er wurde in die 

.~t~m lichopfend. s~re u:!e er du: .Gruft-.. gesenkt. , ~I\d der beriihm 

"Iugel a:us, um nlederlttschwe- (c5te Redner der Stadt weihte d ~m 

ben. Dahingeschiedene~ einen Nachruf 

Doeh wie ein Stein. \'011 F cis voll dithyrambischem Schwung. 

Ztl Fels $pringcnd, stiirzte er Plotdic:h hielt er ione . ... Er 

jahlings den Abgrund hinuntcr hatte" die Hmliche erblickt,' die 

- zcrschmettert, zer&aU:!5t, mit nodr liii~" an 'der, Ruhestitte des 

gebrochtnem Fittich . . . Anne..--stand. ' .. 

Die " reHe dee: Bachs griff ihn ,.Gebt Raum: ' rid ' er ins Geanf, 

wU5Ch du Blut ihm ab ;- ~'iillt' drin~ . .. Die hOhe GOttin. deren 

in ~chaum 1h11 ein und ttng ihn (unSf unser!.n~jposse n TO$en' berun, 

~Ieer. 

ilUc"-tc, 'ttali[ -lier"b ;" niit un.: ' UI11 

°ihn 7.U trauern. 

hohen GoUin I" 

Die AnwtM!nde t 

und sofort offnek 

nachste, die edclste Leidtra~04e 

ein Wcg z.ur Gruft. 

Sit betrat- ihn 

s.chuttelte das H~ul>t; uber ilir 

schimmerndes' Ainlit%. flog ein u.~ 

cheln beimlicher Verachtung. und 

sie sprach: "n c r :rote. war rnir 

frtmd i ihr habt cinco TagtOhner 

begral>en." 

. ,M. Ebner-Esc.henbach. 

"Mary," said the sick ma n to hie 

",!ifc. when the doctor had pro~ 

nounced it a case of smallpox, "'if 

any o{ my creditors caU, tell them 

that I am at last in a position to 

give them something." 

Die im frciheitlkhen Sinnr: ge, 

leitcten 

Vereini(ten Freien Deutschen 

Schulen 

yon ' New York und Umc .. end 

erteilen Unterricht im Anschauunll' 

untC'rri c.ht in Vubindung mit Vorlri 

,Cn sowie Gcsang, und bei gcnu,ender 

Bcteiligung auch TurneD. Zeid,· 

nt-n lind Hlndarbtitsunterricht fflr 

Mi dchcn. Die Adresscn der einnlncJI 

Schulen si nd, in : 

Manhattan: Rand School. 140 Ost 

19. St.. Sam'tag varm.; Labor 

Temple. 2 .. 7 Ost 84. Str" Samstat 

und Sonntag vorm.; No. 2329 2, 

A,!t ., Samstag nachm.; No. 884 

. Columbus A,'e., SanlStags vorm,. 

' · 12 Uhr. 

Bronx : Eckt 158. Str. und FQrc§t 

A\!t . Wm. Stellwagen'. Hall. 

S.mstag und Sonntag yonn. 

Brooklyn: Labor Lyceum, 949 Will· 

oughby -A,·c., Sanutag vor· .und 

nachmittags. 

Long hland City: Hettinger's Halle, 

Broadway und 7 .• ",·e., Samstaa 

~ormittags, . 

Eliubeth. N. J.: 605 Elizabeth A,'e .. 

Sonntag ,"orminag •. 

G~:,~~~~.: ~,:", L':~U;h~:. Lin- 

Union Hill: Frommcbens Halle, New 

York Ave. und Union Sir., Sonnta, 

vonnittalt. . 

Die VereiDia'uDg hit auch cia 

hiibsch aIIgutattdes Liedtrbuch im 

, -crtafl'. Niherc Auskunft erteilt 'der 

Sekretir Reinhard Meyer, JOI .Eul 

83, Street, New V(lriL (AdvL) 

A.PR!L. No. ~ ' 

, 

0==::1 

WHY 

"''''TO':TBE''UNITED STAtES OF AMERICA 

1915-1916' 

By CHARLOTTE , PERKINS-GILMAN 

Whl' does America sit SO still. 

. Wa.fchin~ ..:aIl1Europe die 

Doing nothing, ot good, or ill, 

To·· sto·p-· lied . D eath am::l [diot 

Waste, . 

While the fiHle nations, closer 

plac~d . . 

'Berior aiecu latin~ in Death Fre1erred; 

Refusing to let her voice be heafd 

1n tht; Council of Nations which 

may avail 

To end the Horror And. though 

itJa11, 

\Vhy should we fail to try 

Answer, Americal-Why 

/

f ' ! 

• THK YOUNG 1000000ln' llAo.uID 

-I worst fUe (or maiden and wife courage them in the 1~ 

flU'll liD "III DaY' at the hands of the all-powerful are too well aCCl1stol'ned to get- 

_ "enemy." Then COOltS -the call ting 'what they wa.nt. Their 

By WM. F. KRUSE to arms-the call to murder. Tn business plans require the exis- 

• the (ace of such a propaganda tenee of an "enemy," so they set 

there can be but little wonder to work quite rndhodic.ally to 

These .are dangerous time, for that young,hearts he~d tht call of manufacture one. On the one 

young folks. If collective mur- "preparcdncu"-preparednes5 to hand they arc punuing a meddleder 

were as clearly recognized a murder their fel1ow-beings, the some and trouble-making world 

crime u is individual murder, a "enemy." , policy, on the other they arc try· 

c:onliderable number of our lead. \Vho is the "enemy" ing to build up a military machine 

l 

i .. citizens would now 6e-..,doing This is a pertinent question at to carr)' out their de..;igns. The 

time behind the ban. From this time, "Who is the enemy r' jingoes themselves declare that 

c:ountleu newspapers, 'I'fIagazines, _ To look at the mo\tie terrors in Uncle Same is going throu gl~ \he 

lecture and school rostrums the- the "Battle Cry of Peace" - it is world with a chip 0 ,0 each shoul 

Itrea, pulpits, and every po~sible ~ i m~s~ible. to .recognize the.m, der and bot'h arms. tn a sling. The 

method of formulating public their Identity 1.5 concealed wlth • armamem manufaqurers want 

opinion there is being pre~hed a rt:eat care. .\V ho .a r~ our ene- him to hide a CQUple o( million 

solitary, ugly, devilish doctrine- mles On thiS continent we ha\'e soldiers and baUteships in. the 

murder. two next-door neighbors. yet our folds of those slings and then 

It i~ not called that-of course three thou~and-m~I.~ frontier t~ ~unt ~r.p someone to'jcnock off the 

ftot-our intelle~tual' prO&titutes the north IS prachcally un font- chips. That "will mean more armand 

arm-chair jingoes ate far too fl~d . while our sOllthern neigh- ament order:s and more profits for 

clever to commit such ,. blunder. ~rs ask on.lY to be left alone. 1t the patriots. Let us rather strive 

The time is long put when mer/. IS hardlr I~kely ~hlt our Arneri- to get rid of -the· ChlPS, then the 

without the slightest compunction can . captt~hsts wlll.grant the re- hands ~on't nee1 any slings. it 

CO- out and kill one another. Bu~ quests ; 011 _wells and ranch lands was playing -wi~h. ) ~lIn-po wder 

the day when one great mass of are cheap for the masters when that put them there in the first 

people will pennit itself to be used they . ~~n be purchased at so s~al ! place, Let \IS quit looking for 

to slaughter off another is still with a pnce ~s t'.!..e worker-soldier! fight and attend t~ the work at 

tiS. blood. VVlth sllch stakes, we need home. 

For this reason our appeal is not wonder that a handful of bandits 

oblige ,us with the de$i.red 

addressed to the youth of this provocation'. - 

country. In the fact o( all the Over the seas thc countries are 

jingo papers, sp~ lI-binders, ilnd sufficiently concerned with their 

movies we urge you-Sleer clear 

of murder. 

own affairs; if we do not meddle 

with them they will never molest 

There are most insidious infhlences 

now at work to plunge this 

country into the same unthinking 

hrutish conditions that now in 

us. The only thing that 'Could 

fest the :rest of the world. Militarism 

and its propaganda is 

rampant - everywhere. Go into 

the movi(, houses and you will 

see the hirelings o( Mammon cunningly 

playing upon the nobl.est 

emotions of man. love of home 

and veneration of womankind. 

First is shown the destruction of 

little cottages, the murder of innocent. 

beautiful children, and a 

possibly involve tbis country in 

war is our interierence in the economic 

development of for~ign 

countries. Unlcs$ we do this and 

provocate trouble tiy building ~p 

a murdcr machin'e with which' to 

fulfil such nefariolls srhemes, the 

"Cnited States. can reminn at peace 

with the rest o( the world until 

the end of time. 

Our mas~r s are thus deprived 

of the prime necessary e~cuse for 

armament: a likely looking 

enemy. Yet .that docs not dis- 

Our Tuk 

,"Ve have here a continent of 

unparalleled bounty and fertilit y. 

Our Fourth of July orators tell 

ns that we can (eed the entire 

world, allowing for the source. 

we may still be 'proud of ollr abil 

ity to harbor and feed a con:,iderably 

larger population than at 

present dwells \\ljthin our h Olll\· 

daries. 

This continent is· inhabited by a 

capable and intelligent people.. 

capable enough to supply all their 

needs with a minimum of effort. 

intelligent en~ugh to be the ma!' 

ter~ of their own destiny. \\" hy 

do not these conditions prevail '; 

\\' e know th~ not even the 

wants of the people are met out 

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I THE- 

________ ~----~~~~--__ ~----YO--VY ___• __ ~' ~~ 

. - 

I 

REACTIONARY __ PEOPLE 

By John D. Barry 

A quaint" old cha'1cter diec1 a \'iews. And vet some or the wonder wh~ ther in hi s mind there 

few years ago. "His"'h'>:rme \\'a·s 'n o vie\V5 of these- !'coffers may also lurked other r~ se n .tOlents of 

\"1. Stockwell. He li,'ed in Au- be. cxploded and old-fashion.ed. changc. 

rora, Ill. For mahy rears he was Then, too, there is something Did he look with an 'alien and 

(amous a!J "the man that stood to be said for those who look a hostile eyc on the new civili zastitt" 

At th,t time of" the ci\'il with ~uspicion on what is new. ton ' that had gv>wn up about 

war he conducted a general mer· They create a consen 'arism that him Were the people that he 

chandise store in Aurora. There is not by any r'cans so deplor- met a~ fa ntastic and as unreal to 

he sold the hoop skirts worn at able as we are usually led to be- him as he was ro us 

the time_ He never !iucceeded in lieve. They are like ball3st ; they I. 

getting out of the hOOIJ.....skirt keep the tornadoes and the sud· 1'1 - . I 

period·. To the end o( his 1ife he d~n meaningless gpsts from over- . ,Iere t~ adceroftalO h 

pa.t JOSh" toboo, 

' . a . . . ~ , I 10 t 1(' attltu e t ose t at - 

co~tmlled tQ,. Oller fQ~ ~a l~ hQop turnlllg the shtp. From expen- 'ect to chan e. It resultl'l from 

!k~rts and ~ther I re!l~ s. :rhese ~nce they knoW th~t some of .thc !hei r lack of com tete harmon 

fhl ~gs he dld not recgnlz t;. ~. a s Ideas calledl new will be l a~ghed with life. - P 'I 

rehcs, however. _ He ~ Imply re- ~t to-morrow, and that befo,r e an Ru ski n was a notable exam Ie. 

fused to accept-- what was new. 

~atural1v. he saw his business 

Idea can be tested there IS requited 

a long ti me fori reflection. 

I . T · h 

n t he CIVI ltatlO:1 . t alat 

P 

was so 

. .' .''h . - rapil.ily an d sensation Iy de\1eldecline. 

. . He . . became a9 object Qf 

. 

1 e people 

' who - . resist change . oping . - un (ej " ' 15 . s., tU d V , ' Ie saw a 

rldtcul~. Vls lt~rs wou.ld go ~o !l1S are often ~aspera tlng . Bu\ they menace to eace and' to welfare. 

store to-gratlfy. t,h-eu - CUriosity h~\' e ~he l r work to perfo~ , . The introdl~ ti o n of steam as mOand 

to laugh. II hl~ "rrested de· hlghil' Important work, too. Their. . ' " . 

",:Iopment had n ~t inhibited en- nry·-opposition. be~irles hdpin'J; tl:e, power,' Insted·ddol.fi,lhn g hld m 

. . . . ' Wit 1 won( er an eilg H. 1\1a e 

terpnse he nllg~t ha ye turned It to weed O~lt the weak Ideas. gIves himi~ \' c. ~ow men that once 

-to profit. 

. . 

And If some adventur- the 

. 

true 

'd' 

Ideas greater strength. 

made 

gr.. 

leisure Journeys 

. 

111 good 

ous SPlt1t had come along and " or an I en IS 1I0t worth much d fl· .. I 

succeeded In controlling h1m he _ unless it can sturdily make its o ~ - a~ Il on~d coaches Wit I 

might ha.ve been- exproited. He way through opposition and dis- p enty of ll,me to observe the 

. , countrv wou d be tempted to go 

went hiS way peacefully to the play toug mess of fiber. . . bo h . 

end. however, believing th;h the t~anng aut, t e ea r~h h,ke luna- 

• tics. Anc1 Wi th the iIItrodtlction 

wor Id was wrong·an d t 

right. 

h at he was. 

At thiS momen t I am reminded 

" 

of ma c~l1Ie there was sur~ to be 

of an aged man that 1 used to wee a. decline In these handlc.rafts 

.,. 

in the stretts of New Ycrk, a where men cou lct ~ake pleasure 

A good many of us are like "the weJl--known figure.. living out his ~nd pride. throu~h the expression 

man tnat stood s\ill" in at least last years in v.iealth and honor. of initiati ve anU personal skill. 

one' particul;r. Very few of us ' surrounded by grandchildren and Only a few years ago rome of uS 

keep up to the times in all ways. great-grandchildren. As a young were tempted to :;mile at Ru skin 

lr we could study the mind of 

man he ha~ become enamored o( (or these \'cry ideas. Now we ,are 

the mo~t advanced philosopher 

the neck stock, th(, kind that we wondering if he was not at least 

we should find that l in thi~ way now see in old portraits. He wore partl'y righl. 

or in that, perhaps in many ways, 

(0 

he w}t; reactionary. 

• 

my ow n acquaintance 

Often we hear the ad\'anc.ed 

know several people who grie,'e 

people scoffing at others fo r holdinC" 

old-fashioned or exploded 

o\'er the. invention of the -auto- 

4 mobile. One keeps the resOlve 

it to the day 4f his death. People 

used to tum and look after him 

as. straight and tall, he pas~esl 

down Fifth Avenue ... "a strange 

figure (rom the past.· 1 used to 

.... 

.

.., I , " ~ . • 

:\ 

TH& YOUNG S~C!ALllTa' II~GAZlIB,. 

" 

in~de several · }' t:~T5,n.~o. lltvl!r,:to ~.,.------'~, .. , - , -~ ", ':'- ~ ~ :.-- . :'" ; 

::~~~I>~':i'~:I;;f~h:.;=% / I - TBE INTE~N, A::T~O

Eatter (boy)-My voor. little rab· 

bit I ar~ '0 tired. All niaht they have 

bttn running Crom hoult to house. 

hidinr Ehter tliS Cor all the rood 

childrtn. Still, yrau "0 they had tu 

. 'ork much harder, ~ow peoplt want 

only chocolate: and candy eggl. That 

savu thtnl tht troubl(' of layin,-!htnl. 

at any ratt, I'll take th rm a ftw nice 

juicy letlus Ita\'es as a reward. 

(Th

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6Ot., 011 account of the hi8'her poltale. 

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4iif: 

MY NEIGHBOR AND I 

' ,: 1 do nOt envy, my neighbpr the 

:o.w,\ership of any material thing. 

Bat'if my neighbor f~ces in for 

himself the mountain from which 

:the rarest sunset may be seen 

that ,pe may enjoy . alone what 

"was given to all ; if my neighbor 

takes the waterfall with the trees 

that shadow it and tries to keep 

for himself alone the wonders of 

the sunlight o n the (ailing waters; 

if my neighbor le"aves me no 

rocks along the ocean over which 

·1 ma.y climb, smell the sea, . look 

out upon the waters and feel the 

Infinite about me; if no pl;ce be 

left me where r may go in the 

mght hours and look up to .the 

stars; if there be no place ",here 

~r milgalhe r ~with thM{..Who live 

about me and sliare with them-the 

:music pf tl\i::.wol'ta., ~aha;e with 

I • th~m the. ~ ~uihts l!\o t~. 

world and feel myself 1:an~ with 

;them,-then I fed thar-l '~ha~e 

: suffered grie'«Uls;:JQSs, for in so 

~(ar - a.s my neighbor !IIht.lt~ me o ut 

! from the beauty of the world, he 

~ ktepi!l from me in Par.t a knowl· 

! tdge of the ftllness of God and 

-:fea.x,e$-my life b3rren. • 

i A" to U R A G E 0 US t£ T T E 

" . ' --.... . 

8";'1 

In the year 1896 a young Illan come ,(egctarian be

Ie · tit teiA ~ "Jb1:Ifto I • 

n. - 0 1'-'" ! · •. i 

Stafe Secretary'. fe-port continued 

conte.\, It i. hoped "that the Itapel York ,nd vieinity, but tblt was oilet 

.t follows: p.rticipa'tin& In the other two partl 

All l'i'lues wcrc circul,rin.d in or the contclt will ):ndtavor to send 

by thlt,. fau that an equal number of 

dele ... t" would have to come from 

up-St.te, tOme from II far wut as 

part Jamuto ..... n. The fact Ihl,t New York 

on. cont~$t i, nOI over, we here ..... ith out· City hu had one convention wat al iO 

Nincty·"y"o Spcialilt _P~rty loub line briefly what tfic third part will taken "into c.on.ideration. Ii well a. 

January and M.~h ftlllthoe to the 

~t'lc.widc conte.t that hal bun ro. 

In, 

in fttl0rU accurately and' promptly. 

Ahhouah the Ifc:Clnd of the 

in the State' wert lenr- a ,pecial dr- be. The object is to induce y, p, the letter received from he New 

.:ular urgi-n« t"(m to form y, p . s. S , L. members to join the ParJY, thit Vorl. Dittrict Committee. ., 

h·aguu. In February a genent re· be,lnni"" April 15th .,d endin" fday This lea,'e. Syncu'e as th~ o nly 

port., the new aharter and the coml 15th. It is planned to lecur' aid available convention city. ,There are 

pu:a lj.;·e, reports ... ere unt to al from the National tU1d Local Social· sevCIal jdvanuges which m!ke S,.ra· 

luru .. s In thl' Stale. ilt Party to make this pUt of the cUle the b u t possible 10c\hon ; fint. 

Ten thoun.rid Y.P, S .. r... lea'ftets contest a IUCCUI. The State Secre- because it is a rai1ro~d center and 

wen ordered and all \vere sold. tary was instructed to correspond very well .... situated with reference . t o 

Jamestown ukin, •. 000. R.ochester with the. America~ ~ialist and e~ · other leagues; ncpnd: it, haa a " I~ _vt' 

1.000. \\'atertown 1,000. Syraeuse dea\'or to "cure special ratel n. t.h ls an

11 1fif t~uifa iSC!ALiiil' .IIAOA%I~ 

I( there is ,nythin; t~.i Out~n. can durina 1M. iime ~ey f6~ lht many Moved ind curied that a co,,!miibo~.t 

of it .is the ,fi ne c~rnr .. ctely spirit ballies bp\I(ecn theb: pwn. fc.aru'e · i t.,.e;e, 0." tw.o be c:lecte. - tQ' 'deci4t # ~n 

.KI.tin~ amdnr It, member... Rel.- members. And .then the loc:at wu books to be riven for tint, .ec~)Rd 

Cion. ber6un the \' ~ P. Sa- I:,~ a~d the kicking all the while till we said. ind third prizd in the elM.)' cOnfUt. 

Party are abo most !;'or la . Vhen "Telch \I~ 10 bf riaht and ~ ult'ful to Comrade- Ebi~ Knepper ' and ' Coui, 

tb! P,rty Orriniur has Il lar8'c batch the mOiemtnt," whidl they havt done. (:0!!.iwelected. _•. _ .. _.~ _ _ 

'or a.w..uling and folding o( drculo.ra • ~ow our oraranizatioll ii bobnling. Moved and carr ied that i h,i"fo1fow- 

,to ~tdone h ~ .find. Ihe Yip.H~ a Hurrah! hurrah! hurrah I There inl' purpoU' of the InCe{-Cirde tom- 

Jnl~l\.. , Of ,.~iJb.nr... thQ.\I~h. _.,1101;", ....... o m~fhinr _dded to the Sociali.t miuee b~ reeommendtd .t.o OIU Slate 

>"Wor,kera. \. mO\'ementr On Februlry 27th then Committee for ill aect'ptanu: 

. The a~ud, c1~1S ~nder th.e i~slruc- ~ .. a Social .Scie.~ce ~chool ~rlran.. . To .provide for a men ~a.lf nd phX ~I 

"lion of hed Brlchl.15 al.w:,ys ",:ell- at- Iz~d. It had ~ n.ly ' IX chlld~en 10 . tart cal development for our ~in'embershlp 

' tcnded. Every third rfld~y In the \Yuh, but -now .. lh ~un~bu I' o"tr .the by. arraa,rirlr ,and e,onduct1iQI' Stayt 

m o.th Is devoted to a so~ 111. Hhe .., 100 mark. Tlh. ",,.n. In a sHo" tlmt and inter-circle debatin .. , ulaY Wflt; 

the memb~rt a nd the fnend. they strenelhen Ihe SoclllfSt' movem'tnt.' ina, o~a torical and athlefic cantuts, 

'Witt, make Ihe attendance 100 p.u Georle Slieler, O rganiur. indudi,rir -:other activit,t u wh~~h 'han 

tent. flu.. Last mont,h. we held a lend to .embli, h a clonr. unuy and , 

Va)uhne Party, at which all mem- . harm'onious relalionship h monar Ihe 

ben received "aitnline caricature I. Syncuse, No, Y .. is working hard to C'irHe. .... 

On Friday, ~arc h 171h, we all upt'ct rt'gain iu ~ ne -timt' prestige . . 11 -1'1 i.n ltiov'td 'and C' rrit'd that a'n y 

memo 

"to b~ "wearm' Ihe grt'cn," and 10 be on the National Ltcture Tbur. and I' b " d' .a .. ,. I ' n any \.. 

' doin~ I~e Irish jig. The 1i~rary i.. ~t'lti.ng in ~tw lIlt'mbers and re,·;,,- inet~r~;irc~: ::t'~~ !~:~, c~~a i: ~e or- 

.. rO,,!ln,. Members Me dona~mr and lOR Its ,:, 'd.tlmcrs. The)' hope to do aniZalio at It'ast two rri\.ntJ\l. : 

.Ioarune,aoed books to make It better, grt'llt things. g fl . I 

"by h'avinr.a larger number o'f ,'olumt'S The comrade. of New York City ~. t.t oved and camet. t~atcthe ~:c- 

~o IClect from,. , and northern New Jt'rsey have, ~tt'll ~are~o~O ' ;~:I~:t:;' i~~~r:l1t'do~~n~~!~~ 

I ~ou~ : la ~t bUSiness meehne- tht granted Ihe. ~se of ~ ne c~!umn In, lhe in ~ c!'rerence to decide ",(ay ... nd 

""embers dec.lded 10 eng:lge Comradt Sun~~y edn,o,,:, o f I~e Ne ... t \ ode m ea~s 10 euablish a rreater inter- 

"Kruse for a lecturl The da'l has Call. A!I ~ Iplels In thc. easter.n irde u ilY _ 

already been applied for, but.w ha\'e sUtts arc 1ft\'lttd 10 scnd tbelr contrl-

o 

' 16 

na npw. ~ ......... .t:mn. 

,-(T~U~!:.!d!~W~;!~~ ·P,;~~!}..!1~'~ '!hdld!i~ I: ,! 

was written by Co mrade Sa;'" Seidman. of Circle No. I. Newark. N. ),) 

• 

.. ... . 

. " . 

From the mOJl primitive times guise of "prepared nus," , The only Wh~th~r the youth of th~ future shall 

d()wn to our own day. throulh all the :vital oPPoling fo'ce in the civilized be the blind but enthusiastic reae· 

blood·sa.ked l!enturies o( human world to-day is the Socialist move- tio.nary instead of the conscious 

pro(T'eu:youth has pla,..d ,a most int· mcnt. This is the situation confront- champion of prolrelS d~pend, largely 

portltu part in the world' •• trulrle.. . in. the yeeth of tg.day. on how thoroughly wc. the younger 

E"ery "Cause" draw. much of it. Th~ problem thus ruolvu it,df men and women of the movement, do 

carll' .trength. if not its very' ~irth. into a hurc task of educational propa· our work'. 

from the enthu.iasm of youth. j"anda. It i. the educ:ational ~50e 

\Vhcthcr we .puk: of the modern that mu st be faccd by every Sociali,t. Oakland, Ca l .. has finally decided 

woman .uffral~ movement or in the yOllng or old, ",ho seeks a solution 11"1 10 join Ihf Y. P. S. L. of the United 

more strenuous terms of Russian re· t'he question of militari.m. and the Stales. And plcdgu ils hurty support 

to all its work. 

'·olt. we find invariably tbat it is "the youth. Tht philosophy of Sociali,m 

youth knockin, It the door. "can· must he widely spread among\, the 

Lanling, ~Iich ., has pro"idrd for 

sciou.lf or unconsciously struggling YOIlngcr elem~nl. E,,~ry young man 

for a bctter race. It is but natural and woman that we ca n reach must 

that newer and nobler ideals Ihould br made to realize that the titanic 

find their but support in the. younier strulll~ between militarism and So· 

heartl of humanity, heart. b\loyant cialism is be o"er~me ~h.ment the 50ciali~t Sunday •• chools 

only ~y the most tire leu O~poSltlon. and thc Young Pcople's Socialist 

~he history of youth. the blind rue- Leagues arc of great potential value. 

uonary. may I')ot he as pleasant as the 1 n thue two t)'pes of organizations 

other side of youth's activities. yet it we ha\'(~ in an undeyeloped .tage our 

is fully as important. To place youth most powerful wcapons for the un. 

upon a pedest."'1 and shut our e)'es ttl dermining of the militaristic spirit 

t.he. put. to plctur~ yout" as the con- ~mongst the youth. E,'en now. as 

s~ncc.'re ~t~dy of the. problc~1\ ('If thet~ organintions ad.,pL rhemsclyu 

11.mcs and In all placet I' fatal ~n any to different localitiu and peoples. 

Slnce.rre ttudy of. the problcm of they arc producing wO'nderful re.ults 

youth and militarism. throughout the world. As they de· 

If we once recognize thc two·fold -;. velop both can be brought to do much 

rolc of youth in the world" historic man intensiY~ and extcnsivc work. 

"strugglcs. the future is- not without The Young Moyement is fut be· 

its doubu. Thc forces- of reactionary coming reorganized u an active force 

militarism are strong. \Vr find e\'i- in international Socialism. It is rapdenec 

of it in e\-t:ry ,ditedio'n~ The idly producing its own leaders who 

se:hool.housc. the ncwspap'cr. the arc bmWar with iu problem. through 

• ta,e and the churc.b. all are con,id· personal contact. prOblem. inherent 

ered ill le,itimatc abiding ~ placu . in the Young Moyement and for 

With few exceptions. the radical·rt. which the exprriences of the ,older 

fprm'crs of the Roosevclt and Hearst comrades furnish little prec~dent. 

type in e\-uy country of the world This dissemination of proletarian 

&I:e in f\lll accord with the ructiooary hopei and idull amonr the: younger' 

elcment on thi. issue. They arc a generation is th e only solution to the 

.olid unit for militari.m under the problem of n~lita.ri5nl «I'd the youth. 

wrckly merlin gil in a per.mancnl 

headquaricri. They C'xpC'ct bener 

progrc,s frqm now on. 

New league orlanized al Nampa, 

Idaho, with 20 charter members. This 

i. the first league in the state, but 

Malta and u 'vera! other localities will 

loon be in line. SUIII' Secretary Sttw~ 

lin 01 the Party ,~ in acttve co-oper.' 

tlon with the Y. P. S. L. work. 

A COURAGEOUS LETTER 

(Continued from Page 8) 

workers who, I am convinced. are 

absolutely within their rights 

Surely YOli cannot be so blind. 

' Vhy say more 1 certainly shall 

not consent to be made into the 

obedient 1\"ational Guard mall 

,thM you want and need. 

for these reasons r refuse to 

serve in the Nitional Guard and 

request you to excuse me from 

service, for I am firmly reso lved 

not to comply. Yours respeedully, 

) . K. van der Weer. 

The Sojial Democracy does not 

fig-fit militarism with the "pas· 

5.ive ruistance" employed by the 

writer ;f the above letter. The 

effect produced by the use: of this 

wupon 'is in no degree com men· 

surate to the sacrificf'! it entails . 

]\levertbeless w~ publish this ,-e.t· 

let for the tremendous courage 

a'nd the: high ideali!llm it portrays. 

The Socialist must needs admire 

the: idealism shown in these lines. 

. ( 

-THE WAVING HAND 

By F. J. Gould 

'~'T is a hand wa\'ing Ol ~t oi 

th$ p&rj-hole." said some. 

"Surely not;' said others. "A II 

the/ nlen must b-e dead." 

"There ir i! again!" sh~lI t(:d 

\·oices. "It waves again !" 

It was, however. nOl at all ea~~ 

to sec the hand. for the wavc!; ~i 

the Korth Sea tumbled round thc 

vessel, and splashed in foam. 

white and cloudy. on the little 

TO YOl1WG BOO'U.LUTa' )UGAZtln 

II{' was :ohm in fast. and the hull 

window. 

IIi the "ihip ""ao;. of .steel. 

The. ship was a sah·:t~e .5teamer 

~cience 

which was on its way from Belfast 

l':ame to tlH' rescllt. 

in ,the north oi Ireland. t l) 

l~lIt n(), nn. no! :'\ot scie:lce. 

Hull on the east coa:;;t of Eng· 

land. 

A howling galr. bl')\\';I\~ frotH 

\ nohle human heart. using sci· 

... nfe for the purpo.!O~ of reli .... mp· 

tlnn. came to the pri.!Ooncr·" aid. 

the sonthe ..:;;t • .5pr:ln~ lip on 3 :-'elence i .. careful. rxact. orderly 

Friday night. in February. 1915 . I.;n o \\'lcdgc I>f the earth and its 

In the blackness of darkness. and forces and it~ product.s. Rut this 

in the mad tempc:;t. "hip:-; large ..:: 1I",·cr •.5cience mav be lI.sed, and, 

and s mall made for thr nearest 

(l ! :t ~ ! i!'o "7,~ed ftlr' profit-making. 

harbors, whose tw;nkl illg- red and 

green lights im'ited to :,aiety. 

i" r l'xploiting'. fur ki-l1in!:. 

The ilran I\· a .. the he:ut of a 

The Hull ship. k nown a~ 5ialvor I'lnng boilermaker, Franci~ ~ I c 

·Rohbie. In ~collalld, and also in 

:'\0. I, had :-even ;;0111;; on hotlrci. 

Glad they WqfC when tile b()at 

rode unhanned into the Harbor 

of Rdugr at Peterhead. the ~ran. 

ite city of Aberdeen:-hire. Per· 

haps the boat mo\'rct I1neasily, 

a.nd the:' anchor dra~C:::ed. Thr 

master judged that he had hctter 

\'enture again into the open 

water. and he stea111~d out. 

A vast breaker rol1 ed up and 

carried the Salvor O\'er the harbor·bar. 

A second breaker .5hook 

it 50 terribly that ;t al\ but c'ap. 

sized. A third breaker swept it 

upside dowt).-and the helples~ 

steamer, unable to right itself. 

was flung upon

" 

.~SOLD 'N:t

HE YOU",G SOCl,~LISTS' MAGAZh~E 

o 

"WJl1\T' FOOJ,S THESE MORTALS BE!" I 

By Jim" Howard Kehler 

.... ~l- ~assed a .store.-,wher~a window:'dresser 

was working, pathetically 

it teemed to me, with cheap' 

goods and cheap accessories. to 

"" malie a wi!ldo'w "thilt 'would ap 

~arto the pa~crs-by. H~ crept 

ih; ioiltd slnda1s:; o~er a cheap 

cn;.pe.:'ti55ue:tovercd ftoOf to lay 

,carefufly," tenderly, against a simnar 

crepe-tissue-co\'cred box in 

front, a limp imitation-leather 

handbag: 

- The scene was typical of what 

-i~ the ~_tten w1th our limited. 

........ " 1 

unsocIal and ,unciviliz.ed point of 

view as to what business is or 

.. ~.~ou.ld be . . That is why it was 

P'th~tic. 

I did not blame the: windowdr~sser. 

,. I did not blame his' employer. 

t did not blame the: poor shopgirl 

who was going to labor path~tically 

to sell this imitation 

handbac to some other sbopgirl 

who eould not 3ffold to buy il, 

hut who must have it to make an 

j mitation imp,ession upon imita· 

tip!,~ ~lc. 

, , I .did 'not blame the Imitation 

manufacturer who' made the 

.5hoddy handbag and who pro, 

posed get.ling rich through supp'lying 

tbe art.i6~i

he 

-4 • THE YOUNG SOCIALISTS' MAGAZINE 

TIlt 'SUl:hrl/st ·",o;••",.nt is the 

gre.test peace movement ever instituted 

among men. '

THE YOUNG SOCIALISTS' MAGAZINE 

-------... ., alignment we await the call to 

the ~am'p~rt' 01 privilege; 

..... ~e shall drIve mIsery and oppresluon 

from the happy face of 

Spring-visited earth forever. 

May Signifies the return of 

THE ,..BIRTHDAY OF YOUTH I storm 

In the. ranks of those workers 

who art: conscious of their historic 

mission the 5int of May 

.... 'has come tathe an adual division 

.... -point in ~ -the calendar. The day 

i~ rife with historical sjgnificance, 

and scartely 'a year goes by but 

is ma.rked with a renewal of. some 

ttruri'e. on the part of the workers 

for freedom. 

The hisfory of this day is 

bound up in ',ate 'years with the 

battle for the universal eight 

By \Vm. F. Kruse 

Spring and the promise of approaching 

Summer. May is the 

month symbolizing Youth-the 

time when the sap in the trees 

flows freely. and blood courses 

wild and hot. It is the mating 

season, and any student of animal 

life knows that at no timb is 

strength and courage at a higher 

point than at this, the time of 

love and mating. 

Beauty, strength, courage, 

hope. love-these are the words 

conjured up by association with 

the thought of May Day. What 

can be more proper than that the 

Young Sodalist Movement claim 

it for its own bes,t day It has 

all of these things - beauty, 

strength, cO\irage, hope, and 

love-all these belong by Na 

hour day. T~ America belongs 

the hoo'or of initiating the modern 

obserVance of the day, at the 

St. Louis Convention of the A. F. 

of L. in' 1888 the date ' was set 

• aside ·.J.~rone on which two years 

- 'later-to begin a general battlC\. for 

the eight-hour day, and the Intematibnal 

Socialist Congress of 

Fari. in 1889 adopted it as the ture's mandate to May. Youth 

International Labor Day. from 

1900 on, every year has been 

belongs to May and Springtime 

-U1d these twain are the certain 

1'ftl.rked by great demonstrations heritage of Youtf. Every new 

In all parts of the world; parades. 

'meetings,' and strikes' for the 

".horter workday being the general 

fQrms taken. 

rebirth of the earth'5 gladness 

has brought with it a rebirth in 

the spirit of revolt so long dormant 

in the breast of the proletariat. 

Yet, we must not imagine that 

And now, in these most 

this modern significance tells the 

·whole 8tory of May Day. or that 

troublous times. it is again the 

youth. the organized youth, the 

it ihterpre~ the wh~le of its wonderlul 

messa~ to the youth of all over the world. that are in the 

Young People's Socia li ~t Leagues 

"I'" the world. Long before mankind "anguard of the fighters for freedom. 

.. ever thought of Socialist or trade 

, 

union conventions there was ob· 

--euv&4ce-of May Day. In almost 

Th~ spirit of the Young . Socialist 

Int~ma.tional is the hope 

all the.religions of the world May of the future; it must be, for, 

"'is' a ~cred ' month-it represents mothered by immortal Revolution 

the mOther principle iri life-the 

rebirth of all the beauty and herself, and fathered by the 

grim Experience of by-gone generati 

ons, theirs is th.e heritage of 

. .• ~~.ngt.h tJ).t Ii":~~' ire earth a 

;' "",,~b ,wni!.~ P@ffi. ,too live in. all the ages, the earth and al1 

1:hi .... ppli~. ,of C;~~. only to upon it. ~iay Day-the day of 

the northern hemisphere wttere Youth-is with us. In solid 

YELLS IN NEW YORK AND 

NEW JERSEY 

Like practically all college 

boys and girls and also many 

high school students the boys 

and girls of many Y. P. S: L. 

Leagues have a special "Yell" 

invented for themselves. 

The Greater New York leagues 

as represented in the District 

Committee adopted the following, 

originally introduced by the 

I Comrade Club of Hudson County,N.].: 

Org'aniz.ation lEd u ca t i on! 

Solidariiy. COM R A D E! 

' arc we in it Well, I gue5s! Socialism 

I Socialism I Socialism! 

Yes--Ves-Yel!! 

The Bronx Yell 

The Bronx League still yells 

its own yell, which yells: 

Rah! Rah! Rah I Sis! Boom! 

Bah I Who in the world do VOli 

think we are Well! \\;ell ! 

Well! Yell! Yell! VeIl! We are 

the hoys of the Y. P. S. L. 

Young People's Socialist Leaguf!! 

Bronx! Bronx I Bronx I 

It is a generally accepted fact 

to-day that worry kills thousands 

and shortens the lives of thousands 

more. Ninety per c;.ent. of 

all worry is due to some economic 

cause-worry about making a li\' 

ing, worry about paying interest 

on the mortgage, worry about not 

being able to give wife and children 

the things they need and to 

which they arc justly entitled. 

Socialism will remove the cause of 

this worry. Under Socialism we 

will not only live better but 

longer. Do·you object 

"* 

~ Why should a chattel slave 

"prepare" his master for defending 

anything monopolized by his 

master 

Capitalism rests on ignorance 

and bayonets. 

Capitalistic "preparedness" is 

in the ignorance of the workers 

and in the bayonets for the 

workers. 

The present cunning shout of 

the ruling class for "preparedness" 

is intended to perpetuate 

the ignorance and guarantee the 

bayonets. "PreparedQess," as now 

defined and planned by the cap i ~ 

utist class, deepens and solidifies 

the workers' ignorance and equips 

the capitalist state for operating 

capitalism - always, everywhere 

and under all circumstances 

against the fundamental int~re.st' 

of the working class. 

THE YOUNG SOCIALlSTS' MAGAZINE 

PREPAREDNESS it- 

Vice- President 

\ 

By Geo~e R. Kirkpatrick, Socialist Candidate for 

"Thou shalt not k:II." EJc.cept 

by blocked exits, subway explosions, 

adulterated food, slums, 

fire-damp, fast trains, sweat 

;hops. In .hort, i~ the regular 

cOUrse of trade-."Lift:." 

that is, shout "preparedness" and 

call it "patriotism"-and the old, 

old trick will be turned once more 

against another generation of the 

horny-handed, gullible six·footers 

of tbe working--class. 

The recent and present swift 

growth of the working class 

GEORGE R. KIRKPATRICK 

movement of the world, con· 

vi need and now convinces the 

ruling class that it must either 

confuse the iS5ue or be destroyed 

by the working class; that it mllst 

As long as the working class 

can bf! confused and tricked into 

the pitiful attiturle "nn condition 

of political infant and intellectual 

either confuse the issue or he !'IlIckJing, it will be flattered, 

driven from the industries and crushed and robbed in times of 

legislatures of the world by the peate, and flattered. bled and 

Increasingly conscious and selfrespecting 

working-class. 

Therefore, confuse the issue: 

robbed again in times of war. In 

the present war. and in the "next 

war," and in the class war the 

The bookkeeper who had worked 

twelve hours a day for thirty 

years paused to Ic>ok at the 

captivity of a 

canary. " How 

pathetic 1" he exclaimed.-"LHe." 

• 

only thing the capitabt class 

sincerely fears, is a working class 

too cunning to fight for a civiliution 

which the workers are 

shrf!wdly kept too ignorant and 

busy to keenly, deeply and comfortably 

enjoy i-a working class 

too cunning to bleed itself into 

pale-faced stupidity, licking the 

boot that kicks it while it yawps 

patriotism and wallows in its own 

ignorance and poverty from 

which ignorance and J>9verty the 

working class can never escape 

whil~ the ruling alass is "pre. 

pared." 

A decision for "preparedness" 

now will throw the working clast 

under the boot and fist of the god 

of war and of the capitali5t cla5s 

-to cringe and groan, helples. as 

sheep before wolves. 

I refuse to be confused. 

Look at Europe and learn what 

"prf!paredness" prepare!! for. 

Look at Colorado and Ca1u~ 

and West Virginia and learn what 

"preparedne51''' preparu for. 

Look also, with very special care. 

at the unholy brutality and cunning 

of the assassins of the sacred 

right ); of freedom of discussions, 

nnd ),ou must surely realize that 

the "preparedness" of militarism 

leads straight on to the lynching 

of liherty. 

Marx's favorite quotation: 

"Follow your course and let the 

people talk." 

It is the history of our kindness 

that alone make! this world tolerable.-RobCrt 

Louis ·Stevco5Of1.

THE YOUNG SOCIALISTS' MAGAZINE 

-------... ., alignment we await the call to 

the ~am'p~rt' 01 privilege; 

..... ~e shall drIve mIsery and oppresluon 

from the happy face of 

Spring-visited earth forever. 

May Signifies the return of 

THE ,..BIRTHDAY OF YOUTH I storm 

In the. ranks of those workers 

who art: conscious of their historic 

mission the 5int of May 

.... 'has come tathe an adual division 

.... -point in ~ -the calendar. The day 

i~ rife with historical sjgnificance, 

and scartely 'a year goes by but 

is ma.rked with a renewal of. some 

ttruri'e. on the part of the workers 

for freedom. 

The hisfory of this day is 

bound up in ',ate 'years with the 

battle for the universal eight 

By \Vm. F. Kruse 

Spring and the promise of approaching 

Summer. May is the 

month symbolizing Youth-the 

time when the sap in the trees 

flows freely. and blood courses 

wild and hot. It is the mating 

season, and any student of animal 

life knows that at no timb is 

strength and courage at a higher 

point than at this, the time of 

love and mating. 

Beauty, strength, courage, 

hope. love-these are the words 

conjured up by association with 

the thought of May Day. What 

can be more proper than that the 

Young Sodalist Movement claim 

it for its own bes,t day It has 

all of these things - beauty, 

strength, cO\irage, hope, and 

love-all these belong by Na 

hour day. T~ America belongs 

the hoo'or of initiating the modern 

obserVance of the day, at the 

St. Louis Convention of the A. F. 

of L. in' 1888 the date ' was set 

• aside ·.J.~rone on which two years 

- 'later-to begin a general battlC\. for 

the eight-hour day, and the Intematibnal 

Socialist Congress of 

Fari. in 1889 adopted it as the ture's mandate to May. Youth 

International Labor Day. from 

1900 on, every year has been 

belongs to May and Springtime 

-U1d these twain are the certain 

1'ftl.rked by great demonstrations heritage of Youtf. Every new 

In all parts of the world; parades. 

'meetings,' and strikes' for the 

".horter workday being the general 

fQrms taken. 

rebirth of the earth'5 gladness 

has brought with it a rebirth in 

the spirit of revolt so long dormant 

in the breast of the proletariat. 

Yet, we must not imagine that 

And now, in these most 

this modern significance tells the 

·whole 8tory of May Day. or that 

troublous times. it is again the 

youth. the organized youth, the 

it ihterpre~ the wh~le of its wonderlul 

messa~ to the youth of all over the world. that are in the 

Young People's Socia li ~t Leagues 

"I'" the world. Long before mankind "anguard of the fighters for freedom. 

.. ever thought of Socialist or trade 

, 

union conventions there was ob· 

--euv&4ce-of May Day. In almost 

Th~ spirit of the Young . Socialist 

Int~ma.tional is the hope 

all the.religions of the world May of the future; it must be, for, 

"'is' a ~cred ' month-it represents mothered by immortal Revolution 

the mOther principle iri life-the 

rebirth of all the beauty and herself, and fathered by the 

grim Experience of by-gone generati 

ons, theirs is th.e heritage of 

. .• ~~.ngt.h tJ).t Ii":~~' ire earth a 

;' "",,~b ,wni!.~ P@ffi. ,too live in. all the ages, the earth and al1 

1:hi .... ppli~. ,of C;~~. only to upon it. ~iay Day-the day of 

the northern hemisphere wttere Youth-is with us. In solid 

YELLS IN NEW YORK AND 

NEW JERSEY 

Like practically all college 

boys and girls and also many 

high school students the boys 

and girls of many Y. P. S: L. 

Leagues have a special "Yell" 

invented for themselves. 

The Greater New York leagues 

as represented in the District 

Committee adopted the following, 

originally introduced by the 

I Comrade Club of Hudson County,N.].: 

Org'aniz.ation lEd u ca t i on! 

Solidariiy. COM R A D E! 

' arc we in it Well, I gue5s! Socialism 

I Socialism I Socialism! 

Yes--Ves-Yel!! 

The Bronx Yell 

The Bronx League still yells 

its own yell, which yells: 

Rah! Rah! Rah I Sis! Boom! 

Bah I Who in the world do VOli 

think we are Well! \\;ell ! 

Well! Yell! Yell! VeIl! We are 

the hoys of the Y. P. S. L. 

Young People's Socialist Leaguf!! 

Bronx! Bronx I Bronx I 

It is a generally accepted fact 

to-day that worry kills thousands 

and shortens the lives of thousands 

more. Ninety per c;.ent. of 

all worry is due to some economic 

cause-worry about making a li\' 

ing, worry about paying interest 

on the mortgage, worry about not 

being able to give wife and children 

the things they need and to 

which they arc justly entitled. 

Socialism will remove the cause of 

this worry. Under Socialism we 

will not only live better but 

longer. Do·you object 

"* 

~ Why should a chattel slave 

"prepare" his master for defending 

anything monopolized by his 

master 

Capitalism rests on ignorance 

and bayonets. 

Capitalistic "preparedness" is 

in the ignorance of the workers 

and in the bayonets for the 

workers. 

The present cunning shout of 

the ruling class for "preparedness" 

is intended to perpetuate 

the ignorance and guarantee the 

bayonets. "PreparedQess," as now 

defined and planned by the cap i ~ 

utist class, deepens and solidifies 

the workers' ignorance and equips 

the capitalist state for operating 

capitalism - always, everywhere 

and under all circumstances 

against the fundamental int~re.st' 

of the working class. 

THE YOUNG SOCIALlSTS' MAGAZINE 

PREPAREDNESS it- 

Vice- President 

\ 

By Geo~e R. Kirkpatrick, Socialist Candidate for 

"Thou shalt not k:II." EJc.cept 

by blocked exits, subway explosions, 

adulterated food, slums, 

fire-damp, fast trains, sweat 

;hops. In .hort, i~ the regular 

cOUrse of trade-."Lift:." 

that is, shout "preparedness" and 

call it "patriotism"-and the old, 

old trick will be turned once more 

against another generation of the 

horny-handed, gullible six·footers 

of tbe working--class. 

The recent and present swift 

growth of the working class 

GEORGE R. KIRKPATRICK 

movement of the world, con· 

vi need and now convinces the 

ruling class that it must either 

confuse the iS5ue or be destroyed 

by the working class; that it mllst 

As long as the working class 

can bf! confused and tricked into 

the pitiful attiturle "nn condition 

of political infant and intellectual 

either confuse the issue or he !'IlIckJing, it will be flattered, 

driven from the industries and crushed and robbed in times of 

legislatures of the world by the peate, and flattered. bled and 

Increasingly conscious and selfrespecting 

working-class. 

Therefore, confuse the issue: 

robbed again in times of war. In 

the present war. and in the "next 

war," and in the class war the 

The bookkeeper who had worked 

twelve hours a day for thirty 

years paused to Ic>ok at the 

captivity of a 

canary. " How 

pathetic 1" he exclaimed.-"LHe." 

• 

only thing the capitabt class 

sincerely fears, is a working class 

too cunning to fight for a civiliution 

which the workers are 

shrf!wdly kept too ignorant and 

busy to keenly, deeply and comfortably 

enjoy i-a working class 

too cunning to bleed itself into 

pale-faced stupidity, licking the 

boot that kicks it while it yawps 

patriotism and wallows in its own 

ignorance and poverty from 

which ignorance and J>9verty the 

working class can never escape 

whil~ the ruling alass is "pre. 

pared." 

A decision for "preparedness" 

now will throw the working clast 

under the boot and fist of the god 

of war and of the capitali5t cla5s 

-to cringe and groan, helples. as 

sheep before wolves. 

I refuse to be confused. 

Look at Europe and learn what 

"prf!paredness" prepare!! for. 

Look at Colorado and Ca1u~ 

and West Virginia and learn what 

"preparedne51''' preparu for. 

Look also, with very special care. 

at the unholy brutality and cunning 

of the assassins of the sacred 

right ); of freedom of discussions, 

nnd ),ou must surely realize that 

the "preparedness" of militarism 

leads straight on to the lynching 

of liherty. 

Marx's favorite quotation: 

"Follow your course and let the 

people talk." 

It is the history of our kindness 

that alone make! this world tolerable.-RobCrt 

Louis ·Stevco5Of1.

: ~~ANz}1~RING 

, }HE YO~~C SOPALlSTS' __ ~_{_,~_G_A_'L_l_N_E~~~.~_-,-_-, __ ~_ 

~ . 

. 

i r ADVISEio YOUNG' MEN i 

I • . .. • 

.. . 

II one can 

. h ' \ , ' II 

thlM~ of umaOity than enr. f II( you WI 

b 

e 

J ohn Peter 

b" 

Altgeld. 

h 

jurist. 

. 

in times like this, it is when we weaker, more ifllpotcnt than bc~ ~ tate s man, p~ .hClst, umanltar· 

think of men -like Franz l\Jeh- fore." To write as Mehring Ian ; foe of ~rl\.' ll ege and defender 

ring', t11e great Gennan Socialist wrote, to spJ3k as he spoke in f hlu~lan ~Ights; of whose sted· 

philosopher , and historian who those days was not only heroic, 109 kmd t~c:: ,~od~ ~as too few, 

r~ce!lt1y celebrated his 70th but it was the act of a man whos~ and the c haractenstl~s of w hose 

bir;J:h~y, that we feel pride and mind is finn and strong, whose make·tlp we shoul.d aim to emuhappiness, 

that we; too, are part principles are so deeply rooted late, died jU!}Lfour.tcen years ago. 

'Of the movement that cau pro- ~at 110 chaos of events, no voice 

\Vhat could be more beautiful 

duce men like he. In a time of a deluded people can confuse than the following sentiment ~x· 

when. so , many " l ea~din.g- sp"irits..{)f ,th(,lll. _ -T"': -::: _ proised-by hi'in to the youn~ 

the Sociali&t International ha\'e \\' hat helped Franz }.lehring to generation: 

fallen, when so many failed to hold l~) his head ~n this terrible "Let me say to the young men: 

adopt their Socialist philosophy tTisis He .knew, as pe~haps no This age is weary of the polit~ 

to existing facts, when a great other man in the whole Socialist and weak camp followers, weary 

historic moment found 50 many mo\'ement, the historical devel- of servility, weary of cringing' 

unprepared, Fral1z ~ J eh r ing re· npmcllt uf the working·class. necks and knees bent to corrup- 

f!1ai~ed true 10 his ~in~iple~, a~'.d His ,ideals were firmly founded tion. This .age is calling for com. 

earned out the .!Ipmt of hIS hIe upo.n ...... knowledge, u~on fact: age, calling for strong character, 

\V.ork, 1 h~ne~v "!1ter,natl~"al }Y.11I use ca!ling fo~ _ f!ien of high purpose, 

. Many of us have heard .of !he the spTenilal ,gIftS. fJraf-r'ranz calling~r men..:who have com'ic. 

$u1.g l e Ifop,v of the publicatIOn ".\Ielfdng has, III IllS twenty·fh'e liO~S or their ot\,n and who have 

"The Int~rni\tional," that was years of untirinl; work, u one of ~ the courage to act on them. 

published by ~ l ehring and Rosa ' the few things that are left out Young men, rife i; befor~ you. 

Lux~mbt1rg in April, 1915, as a of the wreck of the splendid Two \'oices are catling you-one 

rall.YlOg ' cry to .all who ,had rc· hui~ding of our movement, upon comin from the swamps of 

mamed International, wilich was wll1ch a newer and a better In~ ..... fi h g d I h 

~ . . .' . SCI S ness an orce, W ose' suc· 

coufi~cated by the (.enn~n mll.l - ternatlonal ~l,ay ~)e l>tult. cess means death' and the otht:r 

tary powe:s and was reprln~ted 111 ~ I ay he hvc for many ye~rs to frQm the hillto s' of 'ustice and 

~ern, Switzerland. Hut ~ewf work an.d. teach among us 10 the ro ress whe~e e';en failure 

us know that Franz :\1e'hrll1g, In ~all1e Spirit. p g , 

the "ery first days of the \\'ar, 

~rings glory: Two lig~t s are seen 

called to the comrade!1i. who \\'crc FOR THE BOGIE MAN WILL III your honzon-one IS the fast· 

almost all carried away in a ttl- GET YOU IF YOU DON'T fadi~g marsh light of ~er, and 

mult of pat1;!otic fever, hack to WATCH OUT the oth~r the slowlY·TlslI1g sun 

tHeir duty as Socialist:,. of human brotherhood. Two 

]'n an ar 

yt;\r. I am .; u'r"e l hat if tht: war 

t"!P"'t· .. hefore that dOtl :: thl' Y. P. 

S. L of this country t:(,llld find 

:J way tv han' a reprt·!'ot·ntati\·e 

theft'. I alll al ::>o (t,nfilit'llt that 

[,ar! Lid,kl1echt will 11\: there, 

I"". \\hat ki nd III a :-lIowing 

\\ill \" . make when J"(·p,rt ... arc 

!"l·ad· Lt'l II:. kCI'P tl.i,.. ill mind 

and ~trJ. ill e\'ery ctl .... rt to make 

'JIlI" _"1J..!·:l1Ii1.:Jti'JII I'Cllt·r and 

plained and IIQc\C'r:-t(lud by a "Ir"n ~e r t, ) ~hj)\\, il\lr appTt'ciachild 

of tweh'r'. And he con· li" n :uHI Ilnl!er-it;tnding- i the 

tended that if n chilt! had '(Hlce ... ... pktHhd IIlc ....;ag-t: I,arl Lie])· 

grasped thcse two g-rC'al thong-ht:, klll· ,-ht lJrflll/.!ht 1I .... 

()(X), France £3,600,000. '.\",mtil'r 

what it costs the devil to run hell 

"The workers arc roLiled and 

"tar\i·d ti' death in Pl·;t'·l- (intl'" 

In \1 ;11" Illl'y ;H ~' gill'!l ;1 ' 11I1 1'k 

Ill''' P:ltdt il';;I,l tlll'ir · !;I\cr: . ...

1 

mE YOUNG SOCIALISTS' MAGAZINE 

=l 

(For Our Younger Ruders) 

-THE-'-BUGLE CALL Hot" the German Lad A...w"ed [t 

." By Russell Everett 

I(ji'l and his mother were walk· 

ioj alOll( one of the broad .treets 

of the city of Berlin. when suddenly 

... there came the .brill caU of the 

inc men. That 'was just the first 

fedmc, for Karl, though he was 

only twelvc years old, knew what 

IOldien and martial. music really 

meant-~r. War--yes, his father 

h.d t~d him what war was. He 

bad d...,ribod th •• battl.s to him. 

The fathers and brothers of the 

French boys and girls on one side, 

aud their own German fathers and 

brothers'o~ the other side. 11le-y 

had never seen udf other before, 

10 they had nev-er quarrelled; but 

tbdr rulers had told them to fight, 

and so they marched away from 

their homes, following their banners. 

Ahl fighting was awful. As 

Karl heard tho b

.. 

12 THE YUNG SOCIALISTS' MAG.~ZINE 

- 0£ Socialisfs will have to do their 

y;d~lc : 'they. come int\') the field 

at,t'he irfat3.n~.hen a tremendous 

ecQnbmic c.ataclysm is conv\11sing 

,d ~ s.Ociety. 1 h unr)" be that in 

thi ~ \Vestem Hemisphere we So· 

da1i'sts ~'iI1 be !Spared the necessity 

of actually rr3~'ping new 

weaPons with which to fight ollt 

the' class stn~kgle, but there is no 

such pr~~bi!.i!YJ!la.t · the Socialists'· 

of •.f¥]!,.Q\}e:f!!' cOl!ntries will 

eS~"~~lt~~ .• tn~p~!a:tive necessity 

of. fJ.k~\II - ul>

" 

14 THE YOUNG SOCIALISTS' MAGAZINI! 

fiHi 

. · THESE 

THINGS SHALL BE 

:'HE B~ER ,:~R!.2~. !~E CHILDREN I B1 J. ~. Sy nond. 

.-.- Y I -+ These things shall be I A loftier 

Mflt is gOOd when' it happens,' tion among the "kiddies',' h'as.tv.:o Tha~ac~er the world 

say the children. 'That. we die be~ very grave aspects. First, It 15 known shall rise 

hath 

fore 'our time}" the brutal and inhuman phase vVith flame of freedom in their 

.. This subject was the topic un- that arrests the attention of the \ souls J 

der discuss-ion in the Church thinking person, to sec the suffer- And ' ligh~ of science in their 

House, at the Church ~f. the, Mes- ing of the child ren from cold and eyes. 

,iah.. on Sunday Evening, April hunger in a world of plenty. Secthe 

9th: . ond, it is the p~r business.~f so- They shall be gentle, brave, and 

Mr. -Edward F. Brown, Secre· ciety to allow It s future cltlzens strong 

tary of the .. New York School to grow lip amid the squalor and To spill no drop of blood, but 

lunc.h Committee, was one of the filth and misery, that is the inevi- dare 

speak"erS', and he made some state~ table result of poverty. All that may plant man's lordmen~ 

tha~ are worth.Y of aeriou& Eight hundred million dlIars ship fir,!! 

cpnsrderatlon by all people 'who pu year to support the .. nefti- On earth and fire, and sea, an.l 

have the interlsts of society at dents in 'the U nited Stafes, and air. ' 

heart. where do they cOllle from 

There are kown to ' be ..o~(X)() Mostly from the poverty-stricken 

children in the City of New York homes of the poorly-paid workers. 

who are suffering from malnutri- The children are hel pless; they 

tion j malnutrition means. to are born into families that, in 

.peak plainly. that the child so mi'iiY=iasK, do not care-~ 

luffering does not have enough and cannot adequately care for 

to eat. 

them, but that is beyond them to 

John Spargo in his very valua· avoid. If they are to live and beble. 

book on the 8ubject tells us come worthy citizens instead of 

that tliere are ten_ million .in the inmatecntone of the·jnnnrneraJ>le· 

United States who live below the custodial Instltutions when it 'be· 

poverty line. hooves society in the U nited 

Thil situation al$umes very States, in the twentieth century. 

grave proportions, when we real •.' to think of sQ{"ething other than 

ize that it strikes at the most vital its lIhecoic mood" and open- its 

part Of societ.y when it reeks such eyesJo the (act th ~t its future cithavOC 

among the children. izens need attentinn. 

Last year $8CXl,()(X),OOO were One of the first steps toward a 

spent in the United States in sup- remcdy for this very harmful 

porting custodial institutions, state of affairs /will he laws reguwhile 

die public schoofs spent lating the wages, to the extent 

only $750,()(X),()(X). Society in the that fathers may obtain a living 

United States needs fifty million that will ensure the children 

doliars more to support its vic- against suffering from hunger: 

tim, than it uses to support its Then to make conditions that 

-school system. • will ensure the children a decent 

If we could add to that amount childhood and an education, sothe 

vast' su~s used ' by the chari- ciety must take cont rol of industable' 

orgariizatiims we could form try and use it to make child life 

sorne., Idea of what is becoming of and adult life "a thing of beauty 

the :werldng-clas~ qf Ar.nerica. and a joy forever," not a black broke out in 1914. 

This conditioJl .of sJW starva- night f mi sery and de!"pair. called spats." 

Nation with nation, bnd with 

land 

Unarmed shall live as com· 

rades free; 

In every ~eart' and brain shall 

throb 

'Jhe pulse of one fraternity. 

New arts shall bloom of loftit! r 

moultl;--... · 

And mightier music thrill the 

skies, 

.,.nd every li fe shall be a song 

When all the earth is paradise. 

These things - they are no 

drean{-shall be 

For happier men when we are 

gone: 

Those golden days for them shall 

dawn, 

Transcending aught we gaze 

upon. 

Not. Dangerous.. 

"You c. iticil.e us," said the Chinese 

visitor, "yet I see all your 

women have their feet bandaged." 

"That is .an epicfemic." it was 

explained to him. gently, "Which 

Those are 

TH E. VOUN'G SOCL"- L1 !iTS' MA~GAZI'NE 

IS 

"'--_ ... .J.~ . 

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KEEP THE RED Fi;AG FlYIN 'G ~ - ;-~ i~~r 

By Wl1liam Morris Feigenbaum , 

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May Day, 1916, find. a world Prussianization of the country 

do not like: we must not fo llow 

that is sore distracted. ~e"er in such as Germany and France together 

never dreamed of. 

them be(ausc they aded in a certain 

way. ' ''Ie must view their 

the history of the modern labor 

movement has there been such a The President of the Cnited 

a~t:.: and judge if il aided or 

year, excepting on ly 1915. The States, in his race for re-election, 

barred the onward ma r-ch of the 

w ()r k('r~. al1(\ 

terrible slaughter of the past two makes an agitation t(lur for mili 

we llluSt profit by 

years continues with un\tbated tarism around the ('ountry. arouS· 

the1r mistakes. Thev are in the 

iury. The hideous carnage' oi ing terrible fears by \'eiled utterance!', 

backed up b~' lying- "n("w!\" 

b;lttleiinc, slaughteri;lg for king. 

k;ti~l'r 

"erdun has been, at this writing. 

and c~ar and banker. mi!lled 

h,\' the cry of " patriotism," 

going on for fiity days . .and twu from the rumor fa\.'t o r~' at \\'ashington. 

until Ihe nation i~ ready 

Thl."refort'. we must learn how not 

hundred thoCtsand human being ... 

have paid the price of the mad tn break into war fo r no disccnlable 

reason whak"r-r. 

to hf mis\ the spark oi 

sity. At noted priest. the "50- this awful welter of hatreds, ffars. 

intemalional solidarity. We ha\'e 

6e(, 11 the sham and tht' fraud and 

(ialist ki ller," Vaugh:m. ShOllts at lies. betrayals. slaughter. The 

the aime of narrow, bigottt'd mya 

l.pndon throng. "Our busines!' workers a rc forbiddell to think of 

COUllt ry_rigbt_or_wfong "patriolism." 

Uut upon it!' nown with 

IS killing Ge rmans." Germans ill themsel \'e!\. They are told that 

a "charity" bazaar in ' ~ew York nothing come~ hefore the welfare 

show the sweet feclings engendered 

by war by tiring at wooden 

of "the country:' and they · are it ! 

Om ('nem)' is the capitalist 

made to ac(:ept whaten'r the master 

class says is "th(' country." 

class of the world, Our comrade!l 

figu res of F rench and British soldiers 

in the shooting galleries. 1t is "America first." povert,'" 

are the militant workers of the 

world, Our task is to o"c:rth row 

French musicians say that they 

staryation. uncmploymellt. prostitution, 

hungoer, factory fires and 

never couid endure Wagnt'_r. 

capitalism. ~othing less. 

They tly the bla~k Rag of inhi 

People is{ set against people. Race lil1. 

f ' 

is made to hate race. The bot 

passions of the human race are 

atriotism i!l; the 

last refuge of the scoundrel." 

Now is not the time to speak or 

our European comrades with 

either commendation or condem 

trough of I!lilitarist ties. The 

whole or public opinion i!! worked 

until It would, seem that shamelessness 

had reached its limit. tn 

nation. 'vVe must not condemn 

make the people acquiesce in them he(;l.\l!"e they di ll what we 

:! 

national piracy. They ule methods 

that would have made (aptain 

Kidd and Nero and. Tamburlaine 

green ..... ith envy. T~c:y han' 

deballched and poisoned IUld 

warped and infected the ""holt! 

human race. And the\' call liS to 

do tht'ir foul and rott;n WOfk. a~ 

our comrades were fooled into tioing 

in Europe. 

Now. in this war-torn ti me. in 

this hatred-ridden time. ill this 

crimson time of death and destrudiOn. 

we have the holie't 

mis:.ion that cvtr man had. 

Comrades. keep the red Rag Rying! 

Keep the fight going! The 

battle is with an enemy within. 

not ",ith an enemv over the water. 

LOIl~ li\'r- the i~ternntional solidarity 

nj the wurkers!

memowa.. 

or hold. 

OM ~~ ctnL or more 01 the total' 

'~Dt of .toek, 'Pruidnt, John 

NICel. ~l61 Hancock Sc:.., Brooklyn. 

, N:- ,y~ - SCtfttar)', ' Olto l\noll, i3Z: 

Luincton An .. New ' York -City. 

N~ *Y., Tf"f:Uurer, Ernlt Ramrn, 214 

..... tIl St.. New York Cit,., N. Y. 

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~~ 'tt. ~ .-ri~ "'';';:~bo.,. 

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zt.ii7~tJ.~~.:n·=~ ":'1:~! 

~t..t -.=.. !'~ e:=. ~~ of u. ṯN .::,'i:: 

WMc. Of ~ lMolder. awe .... opoo , die 

...... 'of'. ·_,.ar-....... 1M" i. ,., 

«lilt ~"I.I_;dw ~ of tlM ~r_ 

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~a:-P ih.tiII;~tbat *..u two put._ 

:.~~n:..:..~ta~~ ~ 

.... ~ .tI' ..-..4IrioM' ~r .. hich 

~ .... -'*, boWen .who do lIot 

....., -~~~.r ~o::~.", a: 

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I A ' DARK MAY DAY ' ! 

! - This Will Not Be a Joyous May nay !i 

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When the International classconsciom 

movement of the prolelariat 

first mel in au intemation~1 

~ongress in Paris, in tl889 it was 

dl!C':. for our wo~rktrs are, in 

the trenches. ha\'e forgotten rhat 

the earth holds anything but murder 

and _bloodshed, horror and 

disease. Our ,\130)' Day will 1I1)t 

he a proof of our ROwer, for w(' 

know now that mimbers , alone' 

C;\Illlot conquer the earth. 

It wilfbe a ~a rk May Day. The 

h\'dra-headed' m •. nster of militari~1ll 

is raisi~g its headS on e\~c~ 

side_ Schools an~ col1iges are~ 

("oming breeding pla~es for \\'arlike 

spirits. The grea\ ,press. or" 

our nation, with its unb9unded ;\1- 

fluence and power, is ' practical1~ 

unanimous in i1s err for preparedliess 

.. Enn al our own rank~ 

tqere are those who have forgotten 

tht; significance of international 

folidarity. Xo, it will Tl ut 

be a joyo~s ~Iay Day . 

But our ~Iay Day to-day will 

have a higher significance. It 

will be:: a day of protest, a day oj 

firm resolve to fight abov.e all. and 

at all costs, fhe horrors of .warfare 

and international s;trife'. Ott 

this .May Day of. 19J6 we" will cry 

to the world of labot "Be true t(1 

your cause. Love vour comrades, 

I,,(herever t~ey rna; ' bt;" b~1t fight 

with inexora.ble ~ zeal your only 

enemy, the . capitalist class" The 

worker has no ~o untry, ,His home 

is the world j hi ~ sortow~, his joys. 

his problems, ~hi~ ideall :tbo~~ Of 

a suffering strugrling . p'rolt;.- 

tariat. ~ 

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Quution-What would yo", do if • , ~ 

• molber Cum.n or w~' .lIler1 to try .nd violate your ! MY ' BOY By Morria RoeeaIeld - 1 

~n.w~r-That i. a .",ppo.itio",' • ...:========-_..1 

quution, and, ba. no reiennee to •• - • 

'atts; but 

military r,epruentativc 

please aUow 

~hat 

me to 

he 

a.k 

could 

the 

1 have a little boy at home, 

.' 

1 hear 

, 

her words--I hasten outdo 

if hi. superior officer .hould order A pretty little son' This moment mJst it be!- 

him Tribunal-That to .hoot hi. mother i. not or a .uter relevant 1 thmk . somettmes .' 'the world 15 . th e f at h er-1ft' 

ove ames m my 

que.tiOn. mine, breast: 

100t:;,lion-What chu"h do you In him, my only one, My child must look.at me I 

.~nlWer-None. 

I stand beside the tiny cot 

q",estion-I.ndud. How , can. you But seldom, seldom do I see And look, al\d list, an'd-ah! 

chum, then, to have a con'Clcnc::e My child in heaven's light; A dream-thought moves the 

~:~: :r:~n~: ;:!tttend the church I find h.im alway~ ~as~ asleep baby-tips 

AlUwer-l was traiMd in the Ful. 1 see hIm but at OIght. "0, where is my papa 1" 

harD S. S. s. t Loud eric. of "Oh 1 

ohl" f~m Ibt bulk of the. Trib~nal. Ere dawn m labor drives m~ 1 k~ss and kiss t~e sh~t blue eyes, 

one oC Its mem~erJ remarklng- Oh! y I kts'i them not to valn. 

they .bellcvt; in nothlng.l · . . f~rth; They open-O they see me then ! 

VOice of mother of ,lad from back TIS OIght when I am free: '. . 

~f ba~l ...... "Oh, yu, they do,\ they be. A strang n am I to nlY child, And straightway close agalll. 

heve In love aDd brotherhood." . " . 

O",,,;on-'Oo ,00 .hink Enal.nd i, ,~nd strange my

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~The UI~y printed be!ow was tied for first prize in the New J~rsey Y. p, S. L. Essay Contut o n "Youth and ; 

, " ., Militarism:' It was writteh bYIComrade-Louis Conan of Circle Paterlon. N, ].) t 

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Whit!' the i.tn~orlant quution of maniled and shattred human wrc a_cause. Moden.1 h","l1l- ~n.d public nuittary cxh,blllOIH. Many 

(ban.n,t1s oJ naiionalltilre4 ""'raee prej- 1~les a~ cOII

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wi.e hi.. fed are lufferin, pa~. Mr. exclaim. Skinner, with a glitter in his 

Skinnu, bis bou. approaches him and eytl. _ 

taU, bim:. . 

Podolkin, a.toni,bed at the' b.r~ 

"Podolklnl" , baric ijcmandt of hi, bo" lo.t his 

"Hey'" •• In podolkin. 1 tense. for a moment, but '~D found 

"Do you know, llYo' Skinner, "the lufficient cbuUIt.. and retorted: 

Ituon will .oon be over It i. let,.. "Now, on the level, M .. r. Skinner." 

tine Ilow," 

"On what Itvtl" 

Poc101k.in WII dumbfounded at the "It i, unju.t," 

drudf~ ntw.. He dou not know "URjnat, what" 

what to aOlwer, and sad\y nodi hi. ..It i, .trodou.... 

head. 

" What i. atrocious" 

"Sut, don't fur, I'll He: to it that "To demand ont of my limbs," rt - 

you .hall have work." 

plies Podol"in. 

"'in" inquires Podolkin. hardly Skinner burat out in a villainous 

'Delieving what be ~as just heard. laughter, but, Podolkin, growing more 

" WQrk .. a-plent,.. YOII'U work over- courageou., continued: 

time every day '" .peaks SkinMr "It i. simply outrageou.. My body 

mildly and ,000 nat~l;edly, And Po- il. my laic po •• ession, and you are 

. dolkin ·feel. that ddi,htful cue ovu- Wicked enouah to demand the .eparatakin&, 

hi. 10ul. He wantl to utter tion of my limb.. Npl 1 will not per 

.omethin., but he doe. not ju.t know 

whit. But l , loon hOo ntaina hit: voice 

mit iL" 

"Very well, then," responded Skinand 

lIy': 

ner, "America i. a free country. You 

" Mr, Skinner, r hope ' that ·you will can do aJ you choost· You can reo 

be lati,fied with me" - tain your body, but ~'ou mUlt leave 

But Skinner', face arow. dark at 

thoua h it -Nue covered wich heavy 

my factory." 

"So, 1 will leave I" retorted Podoldouch, 

and the boss umarks in an kin, with tvident .. tilfaction. But, 

entirely Itrance voice. 

after a moment'. rdlection he rel;ol- 

"Do you know, Podolkin, 1 want to Icc ted to hil memory the fa ct that 

let paid for thatr' 

there arc a wife a child at home, He 

" Paid ~ atka podolk'n, lookiQI in ncalled to his memory that on Tuuamazement 

It hil master. 

day next he must pay rent-an Sat- 

"Yu, paid, A load, .ttady posi. urday .'he arocer's WI. He recalled, 

tion luch as this, i. not obtained with- that hiS countryman, Ziftin, also an' 

out payment." oper-ator on kneepant., is already 

"But where ,hall 1 aet the monty idlina for two month', and looks ve.ry 

to payr" re-tOrted Podolkin. " You arc much grieved. 

well Iware, Mr. Skinner, that 1 blrely These thoughts and re(,ollections 

urn my meller liviDK bere." thrilled the poor laborer, The very 

"1 do not a.k for All)' of your blood chilled in hi, vein!. 

money," replied Skinner. '·Well." u k. Skinner, are you loing 

The worker feell much relieved and to It-ave my plueT' ' 

anx.;oo,ly -sk,: '''Mr. Skinot-r," 

"If you don't want any mond what "What is it" 

then do you want" ' "Do you still want 

" What do you possu." u k. limb." 

\ Skinner. :: Mo.st asl u~~dly 1 dO ." 

Podolkin dotl not comprehend his .,What .for , " 

of my 

malter'. quution, Ind, lookinl at bim "That 11 my bUSlnus, 

naively, uk.: . 

What part of my body do you 

" Hey " 

"What do you pOdell repeat! 

want'" 

':r want .to have your feet," replied 

Skinner. "What have ),ou that you Skinner ~numphan.tl y. . 

can ull your own" 

Podolkm was dismayed and ter,l- 

" N.o'hinc." Mr, Skinner, c.onfellel fie,~' .. 

Podolkin, "1 am a very poor man." ~r feet, he .tammered. "my 

"Bilt ~ou own your own bo~Y!" fe~,tBut I will, not be able to work 

lay., Skinner. a~d a contemptible without my f«t.'· 

In:,lle pread on hll countenance. "Well, then, aive me your hud," 

Truly, no more than my own said Skinner, 

body,", an,wered Podolkin. ~ee~onin a A cold shower of perspiration. enthat 

lu. muter was merely Jolcinc, wrapped Podolkin, 

"Then I want part of your body," " My head " he impatientiy a.ked, 

JaYI Skinner. itarinc hi, eye. upon hi ~ ma. ter, 

"What do you mean I don't quite "Your head, your entire head, up to 

uDderstand," say. Podol;kin.. 

your very neck," commanded Skinner, 

"A limb, a fraction of you.r body," with a devili.h Imilo. 

" What are you talkin, abou.t, ..Mr. 

Skinner'" , .- j 

"I know what I am talking about." 

"Take ,orne difterent timb, for pitfl . 

like." 

"There'L no pity about it. I want 

your head; the entire bead, with a part 

of the neck," _ ,\ 

"Oh, 1 can't. I caq't'remain without 

a head," in.ilted Podol kin. with tuu 

choking hi. throat. . 

"Welt, then, rive me your feet," 

broke in Skinner. 

"What are you talking about, Mr, 

Skinner; of what u.e il an opuator 

without hi li feet " 

"Weil, then, let it be your head." 

Podolkin cuntemplatel a while, and 

Skinner .peak, in a mHder tone. 

"You bloom ina jackall, What the 

devil'do you want your head for" 

"To be without a head-why, I 

would not be able to even thinlr: of 

anythinlt replied Podolkin. 

"What do you want to think for 

Surtiy, you can make kneepants without 

your brains 

"But 1 will not evtn b~.ablt to tat." 

"You should worry. That will en· 

able you to redu ~ e the hiab cost of 

livinS' and aav~ a little mon money," 

"Nor will I be a'ble to h~ar ," 

"What do you wan~ to hear You 

can be deaf and still mak~ knee pants, 

It docs IIOt matter." 

"But 1 will nOt be able to Ite:' 

"That'. not a creat lOll. Believe 

nte , Plodkin, you are 10 well trained 

into your work that you will be able 

, to make knetpants without you'r un.e 

of siaht.'1 

"So, J , haU rorfeit my hud" ask, 

Podolkin, and he feels the anat difficulty 

he will be obliged to encounter 

in parting with hi, head, 

" "Certainly, you chump, It is for 

your own benefit. You will rid..yourlelf 

of the huvy burdtn on your 

,houldu.," 

Thu., Skinner tries to persuade hi, 

emp loy e~ , 

" It'. a lOll," grumbled Podolkin, 

"Why do you fUll 50 much over the 

lOll" 

"1 only aot a hair cut la.t weekhad 

1 known it_to - 

a~~~I~re\OvSlr:i~~~r ,I~~o:J 

~5at~~:~~~: 

petting the workman on hi, 5houlder. 

"Will 1 be certain of work-" inquir~d 

Podolkin. 

;'Study work, till YODr very irave, 

You'll work Sunday,. Sahlrday" and 

overtime every sincle niabt," 5poke 

Skinner, in a kind and alsuring 

maDnu. 

I 

"Take itl Cutl" -conaented Po .. 

dolkin. 

I 

Skinner called hi. fo{eman. who 

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was also a cutter. Ifhe cutter held a . 

lon" sharp knife in his hand. 

When Podolkin obser ved the in 

,{rument a chill ran 'through his body, i 

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INTERNATIONAL NOTES 

Skinner whi.pered something in to ... 

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the cutter's ear. The latter smiled, 

IDd, swinaing his knife like a baton, 

GERMANY 

Ippro,ched the operator, 

The radical wing of the German 

The poor .fellow was .cared to death !'arty. wi th 18 Re ichstag rep resentatl\cS 

and was unable to utter a syllable out 

h,,\le hrokcn away irom the u 

of fear and anj:'Uish . 

tabli"hed Social Dt-mocnuic Party of 

"How fa r .hall I cut " asked the Gl' rmallY, so that the long-t-xpected 

foreman with his knif ~ raised and 

rudy for action, 1 

"Cut down to the very shoulder." 

"No, only up to it s neck, " are the 

word. that Podolkin duires to say. 

'Bot he cannot speajc:, A terrific fear 

comprcssed his heart :lRd rendered 

him unable to speak. 

Tht- fo reman grabbed Podolkin's 

head. 

"Wait!" shrieked Podolkin. 

"What's the matter " ye lled Skinner. 

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"Wait just one minute," pleads Podolkin, 

"Did you change your mind" asks 

Skinner. "But, you can't. It's settl~d 

. You have l}1ade a contract." 

T-hr cutttr prusrd Podolkin's head 

with "Teater fu ry, 

"Xo, I didn't change my mind," 

apologizts Podolkin, "J only w311t to 

run over home fa,. one minute." 

"What will you do home" asks 

Skin ner, and in the meantime winks 

hi! cutter, who touches the knife close 

to Podol kin'. shoulder, 

~pli t in tnc German movement has 

nol\' become 3 f3ct. 

ITALY 

During tnc Christmas' holidays 

large lIuO\uers of Italian sold iers reftiveu 

le3\'e to spt-nd the holiday. 

with th eir families, In spite of the 

fart that the soldiers were fo rbidden, 

under the mO$t stringt-nt pt-naitiu, 

tu impart any informati on of condi· 

tions at the fronl. t-nollgh talk of 

brutalities and insurrt-ction percobtcd 

ntvCrthelrss to set tht- wh ole 

('onntry into a fcver of t-xdtemrnt, 

Ev(' rywhne thne were clashCl betl\Cen 

police alld "oldins who refused 

to return to the fr ont. 

From the traills that ce rritd the 

~oldicrs to the frollt cam ~' the cry 

irum a thousand vo i ce~ "Down with 

\Iar: In Lao!c 1,000 returning soldiers 

{,verturncu whole trains to 

lIlilk.· their return to the front illlp",~ibk 

Tht-n they went si nging 

Ihr ough the tuwn destroying everythHllo: 

that came into their path. 

"WO/it-stop! 1 only want to ('as t 

RUSSIA 

OIlC ilance at my child. I wil l never 

Russia has bt-en the scene of numbcr~ 

uf political striku in which hun 

he able to sec her again-." And 

from beneath Podolkin'~ breast is· dred" of thousands of workers parti.:ipaled. 

manifesting the prott-st of 

,ued for th a deep convulsive sobbing. 

"Podolkin! what are you crying the Rus~ian worklllg-clas.s against 

about" heard the laborer the question 

of his wife and he awoke. But diliming an unceasing slrugj{le 

the )(overn mClllal policy, and pro 

he was I IHI under the inRuence of his against Czarism. 

dreadful dream, and commenced to 

ferl his body with his hands. . 

SPA1N 

"What are you searching after " On ~Iar c h 25th, 1906, a central 

asked Sophie. 

national organiz3tion of younK p ~o· 

"My limbs," anSW ered Podol kin, ple'9 c1ub~. (:omprising 20 Sections 

bali 311eep, 

and 1.109 mtmbers, was founded in 

l)oor Sophie felt a chill run throuKh Bilboa. In 1910 this wai moved to 

her veins upon hearing the brief reply Ma

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· YOUNG' SOCIALI6TS . ~UNITEI NEW YORK shall explain what tht Patty "itaodl 

GENERAL NOTICE OF Y. P. S. L. for .n~ ,why each lca~u~ mcm~tr 

;,J Aft. appul i, lent 'out tb ali young 

Sociali'ts"to take. stand apinn the 

oom1nc dupolism, that is called in 

tt6ned I.ilga.ge .. Preparednep." The 

idlin, ~liu hal':l.lrta'dy takell-iu 

.rand. No ....., let the' ..... orking clas~ 

ihow itself. • For years this great 

ac:ht-lrie Has been planned by a c1us of 

tJptJ'rf!SWtrs for their persbnal and Idfrtb'ihte1-ei1i:- 

THe,-' ha\'c .pent thoua.nds 

' bpdn ' thoul5iIl\ds of- d ~ na N to 

blind the youth. Thty ha,'e financtd 

thJ l:n e"fpip~ers so u 'to 'have thelll 

fa\Oor'thi~ ; dishtrou s 'm oveme nt to th e 

tr.t6rkinlt

Z6 

enlighlenmentin tnt midst of an fn· 

"ironment of • Y. 14. C. A., a Church 

Houle. and a Y. M. H. A. it has been 

, .,aminll' the daol'c't-.il1'al"'l I beacon 

li.ht upon the dark: fauah wateu. 

h thtre • par.llel in this great coun· 

try to this active young ,~ple's 

leapt 

, Y. P. S. L.'8 N~IC1t 

E • ..-y LMpe in O,.t New York 

~I!.d New. J ...,. lb. ~d. thr. of. 

. ' ffic~ , dalep.tea 19 npreI t them at 

• th,_ M"ulpe Commf meeting to 

~ h.ld od Satur'dq • oon. June 

3. ,.t . th~ R.a:ad. School, to dlacu .. and 

:~!::ttl~~o~~:e: :: ::: ~~~ 

various c.ommlttees and oflicen to 

• , •• up~. -:ne. 

... " In, ... tM 1;DcantiP\e ltJ1lCO_ ~ou1d dis- 

.·"Htu .... tti • . roOd and welfare Of the ma,- 

&do.' ana $Qltnlct thelr ... deleptel U 

to tbej.J;, vi..... -.. to it that the most 

~. cS81apteS are. .tec.ted al14 that 

th';~~ ...... 11 ~t< ·

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THE YOUNG SOCt.~LISTS· " .. GAZINE 

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be Ml~JJv:,lth .. .\ r~ 'M'~ ,t J2 • . Mar. 

ket k at thc"Newark Soeialist- Party • 

be~uUt.,.; ., . 

1 

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T 0 ~ 1T B/ B E A DEB • .r 

dress ... U 1 .. C. C. c.om.mltnjc::ations 

. to IKrd;!ry • • 

is CqUa. JO TwetJth ./lve.. 

Tto the epitor. Fair and honest 

t;atc;~o ~,: N. J. 

criticism "Will h~lp a gr'ear,tieal' tb' 

'i "' ~ . t 

~.~~~.cpUlj:rY .... 

Taetd,y; )(a)' - 2'nd,~ Bili Kruse, the 

.. "' ..... \--nian r,r the rirht pl.ce." will 

1«~, on "'The EirTtting Cliance;" at 

256~ 

: reNt .....:1[1· ,C.l "'ide< tb. 

.au. ,' ~ Whbe '¢ddinldtDbb, Y. P. 

S, T1\i"YitHll. 'btfltrMon. Go\lnty 

are laODia, a blg',public mectinl' on 

"M t.r)' ~- Ttainiflg in the Public: 

ScJipol"' Tueld,y. May 116.. at County . 

He~~t\·.r~r~~:.t PI'~f'~a.rc: un4er way 

ror.~~!.!..W.L! _Co'!.~ty_ St:!!dy ... OUb. 

whu:lr'pr

JI) 

DES KINDES REcHTE 

\Vir Kinder haben'a Recht zum 

Spiel- 

Das macht gesund ;.. .• .." ..... 

,Zu schwach sindwi.r zu' schaffen 

.viet 

O~n' jeden Grund. 

Aber's Kapital braucht Gold. 

• Zwip(t ~t\S ' i" ,!eir'sotd. 

G.~\ ~~\~ dai w:.ng~ rot UDS 

macht 

, .Un.t' frisehF Luft; 

"' Fre';ld'" bei Tag unll Ruh' bei 

. .. ~acb t 

Und, Blumend~ft. 

Aber's Kapital brauc.ht Gold. 

Zyviqgt un" in ~ei{len $old. 

Wir h~be.R ' Re ~h!...~ u! gute Kost, 

Ve! u'.1~ und r~in, .,.' 

Gcschiitzt zu sein vor Hitz' und 

~. F(05t 

t:r,d .aller Jein. . 

Aber's "apital braucht Gold. 

Zwingt uns in sei~en Sold. 

pas Kind hat's Recht auf frohcn 

La,uf 

In \YaId tlnd Feld, 

Raid hugelab, bald hiigelauf, 

'Y~e'JJ iitm gefal1t. I 

Aber's .Kapita\ ~ra~eht Gold, 

~'\in~ US i,!, seinen\-Sld, ! 

(X ~ch Prof. Shedd von J. JiB; ch.) 1),,....,-== 

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'0. 

.l;nd ddiut def 

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Wipter noch so 

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i. t:LO F F NUN C §l §l 

sehr 

~Iit trolzigen Gebirden, 

~ L:nd streut cr -Eil' und, Schnee 

umher, ~.: ~l 

•. £S muss ·doch Fruhling werden. 

Und drangen die Nebel noch so 

dieht - 

51th vor den Blick, aer Sonne, 

.. i SSiZwecket doch IMt mfetfi Licht 

Einmal die \Velt zur \VorlOe. 

I 

'- 

Blast nur, ihr Stiirme, blast mit 

Macht! 

Mir soli darob nicht bangen; 

Auf teisen Soh len fiber Nacht 

Kommt doth der Lenz gegangen. 

Da wacht die Erde griinend auf, 

\-Veiss nicht, wie ihr geschehen, 

Uod lacht in den sonnigen Himmel 

hinauf 

l,;nd IllOchte "or Lust vergchen. 

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Sie Richt sich bluhcnde Kranze 

ins Haar 

Gnd schmuckt sich mit Rosen 

und Aehr~n 

Vnd l a~s t die Brunnlein rieseln 

klar, 

Als wijren es Freudenzahren. 

Drum still! 'C'nd- wie es fr!,eren 

mag. -' . .. 

o Her

32 rflE YOUNG SOClkLlSTS' M_'GAZINE 

die bishe"r erreichten praktischep 

"Erlol~ der Achtstundenbew'eguoi, 

wie 'sic auf def cinen Seite 

durc,h die Beeioflussung der Gesettgcbung 

und auf der andc.tett 

~ite durs:h die selt dem Jahre 

t189 iib'erall ~ie!ig erstarkten 'fwerkschdtlichen 

Organisa:tion 

der Arbeiter erzielt wurden. 

''' 'NUt- bet Einem mOc:hten ~ wir 

gem k\,rz verweilen, 2el del' gtwaltigen 

inneren Ausgestaltung, 

die der Gedankc der proletarischen 

Maifei'er aelbst im 'i erlaufe 

d,cscr fiinfpndzwanzig Jahre er 

Eahren hat. 

_:Wir .h2Jt~,!1-' twie die- ~laifeier 

ins Leben tnt als Demonstration 

fur Arbeiterschutz nnd Achtstundentag. 

...Aber indem ' dicst Demonstration 

an einem Tage die 

Arbeiter alltr Linder vereinigte. 

wuchs sic gam: von selbst- weit 

hinl.u:s-fiber ihretl! urspriinglichen 

Zweck: sie wurde dad\1rch zu 

~i~r gewaltigen Kundtebung fiir 

die . Interessen- und Gedankenge 

'- mdnschaft _. des intemationalcn 

Profetanats: ru ei ner praktischen 

Betitigung des machtigen M'ahnrufes.-"den 

Karl Mar.< und Fri4tdrich 

Engej"s ' einst iiber die Eingang:si>forte 

det Arbe iterbew e~ 

vi!ng ges~hneben . hatten, def 

"'lahniufes: Prolet\rier aller Land~, 

~:ereinigt euch I Vnd gerade 

(i1es~ t;eda·n.k.~ der intemationaren:SOlid~ntafi!11n 

· 9.F MItfeier 

von"·Jihr '1u'lanr 1U imnie; star 

~~!e'm' ..Au~dr;l~k ~ta!lgt. 1 Je mehr 

die=tnteressenkonAik\e und Konkllrren:tkampfe 

der herrschend~n 

K'lassen die internationaten Gegensatu 

inndhalb der kapitalisti 

Schen ·'\Viitsci,afts«ordn';lng" zugesph.~rhatrenJ 

~e (urchtb'arer die 

Rushingen zu Lande, 2:U Wasser 

und in der Luft werden, 'qUt de- 

. mn-1 die;-"Ch'mtlichen"- -Staaten 

einander fortgeset7.t bedr:ohen, je 

~'~h~~

i WHAT WAR H~S 

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DONE AND IS DOING 

.. .-- . . 

Its Blights 

\\'ar ha:- brought low our con· 

ccption of the preciuusness of 

human liie :to; :-Iavcry brought 

low our cllncl'pti~m \)f human 

li berty. 

I t has hClIlllnbc

they t\'en told applicants that tribunals 

had n9 pOWtr to grant ab.olute 

uemption, .tating they could exempt 

from comhatant sen 'ice only. No 

later than yeuerday (28th) t saw reported 

in the "Glasgow Herald" th20t 

Deacon-Convener _-'Iexander in- a 

Glasgow Tribun2.1 said to a cDnlcientious 

objector: 

"You are only entitled to claim u 

emption from combatant service. and 

a •• 00n as you. young men reali&e that 

fact the .ooner will matten be made 

t'a.ier for the court.: 

Now. tbat is contrary to the in 

. fructions issued by Mr. T. Mcinno n 

Wood to the TributYls.. Applic:anl. 

do not ~t fair play, and ca DDOf: pt 

fair pl.y when pllt before men so 

prejudiced. . 

The teaching and preCl.';pb of this 

SChOoI 'are: based on the highett I.';thia,1 

ideu of the ""orld', ITeatc:Jt 

mind .. and have consistently taught 

the ,oung under our charge the evils 

of WM". is uempli6ed in tbe follo ...·ing 

pr.ecepts: ' 

"Do not think that those who love 

their own eountry mast hate and despi,e 

other nation., or wi.h for war, 

which i. a remnant of barbarism." 

And- . 

"'Look forward to the day when ... 11 

men and wom~n will be free citizen, 

01 one Fatherland, and li"e together 

as brothers and ~i~~r~ in pea« and 

righteousnesa." 

II """'D'tIld teem ~ tr:lnlf t' that young 

men tuined in Ihis School could have 

any other than a geQuine "con.dentioua 

objection" ro taking any ~rt in 

war, a proceedin .. which ""Ould viobit;" 

tbe "eepe.t and mun profound 

convic-rions of their be-ing. Olnd to be-· 

tray the relia"ioa~ ideal. of tMir life. 

Thu'School has also pasRd a resolution. 

'A' h.i~h dtmlands the rcpul of 

the Military Scrvice An 

J cloS'e .nIh an eame!lt appt"al that 

you si~ the above particulars your 

,"cry ,b,it consideration. I am, 

'YOIll"I respectfully. 

W. Morri. Dutr, Secy, 

Comrade Corrick, of Deptford, 

w~ o has ma.de a splendid stand 

against submitting h is. soul into 

the hands of the military, writes 

of his appeal heard at the H oust 

of Commons. :'\.pril 12th: 

M, Appeal Result 

• Non-combatant suvi('e ordered. 

Therefore, 1 endeavor to appeal 10 

('I.'; ntral Trihunal and await a",elt, I 

had nery opportunity to JaY aJI 1 

wisbed. But seeinl' that from the 

_ 'f.HE YQUKG SOCIALISTS' )L\GAZINE 

casn I h('lIrd hcfort' llIin~ came on, 

IhC' Trihunal w,'re not going 10 cxt'Tllpt 

anyune, howe\'er mu ch. Ihcy 

prol\'ed thC'ir co~wictions. I dId not 

U10lh a len~thy 'i)et'l:h. 1 I)ni llttd out 

Ih:al w:ar rC'suh~ fror", fur, FeOlr WlU 

Ih .. ruult of na tions arming 3gain~t 

t'aeh other. all\l the only way to ensure 

a 1.lting peace was to remove 

kar, and therdore di!arm. I I)ointed 

('lilt that one of the tl.';ntt! in the 50- 

ci ... l;s! Sunday School teaching wu 

that we WeTe again.t all ..... ar and the 

takina of Iifl.';, and that Comrade Goslip. 

President of tht' London Union, 

...'as in the room. and could "erify 

th.u, a"d also te:Hify to my working 

in tht schooh for ~ome )'ears. The 

military repre,centat;\"t asked me 

~ome quell tionc abollt S:a"ag~ of 

I ndia murdering pncdul people. I 

rtplied tbat the que.sllon WIS irrelevant. 

hut also that I did nol know 

that tht sa\'age,~ of I ndia did murder 

pt'oplt'. tte. How did I arri"e at my 

con"icli.lns My rt'ading and leaming-. 

and then uid. when people are 

htllt'r C'Clueattd ..... ar will ceale.. 

A ~fr , Srok~s wail on the Tribunal. 

and ht c r o~-s-exllTll l1led lilt as to my 

memher'ihlp of politl~al partiu. 

(' halfln3n' ~ !;ut words were: "You 

...·ill h;l\'t to sen t a~ a soldier in nonl'll 

mhatanl ~en'ict," 

~ty private ttpl)' 10) this is, "I tlon't 

thmk!" 

fmm Ih~ 

('\cr loval and bra\'c 

I-\alek. who \-n ntl l1~e .. his trojan 

.. ef\' i c e~ for ~)ur sehoul:: at the 

Tribunals :- 

Dnr omrad('~ : ~ l again attended at 

the Honse of ommon! "'\PI>ul 

picnic. It is his only chance to 

breathe fresh air during the elltire 

year. Discipl!n~e is a joke. He 

drills two Or .three hour!> a day at 

most.' He is fed perfe("tiy g""d 

food and lives in a comfortablt' 

slldtcr tent. He wears goOd 

dCJll~es. plays much at cards. and 

s~nds ' hi s dollar a day (or drink. 

_ Refu'rning to ~ his· home. the 

member of the militia force finds 

that !thor, state furnishes him with 

a very good club house in the 

ior'm of an armory •. The means 

of social diversion are paid for Ollt 

oi the public treasury. If he remains 

in the militia for a COIIs 

id.erable length of time h e almost a blank wall. 

~-ut~atically becomes a non. 

com.inissioned oflicer. Puffed up 

with a Jitde. brief authority his 

patnOc:ism waxes as 'Cvery prolt>- 

. 

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tari111 hCl~ nor yet perlllt'at~d the 

ruind oli \rncri(

army of ten millions of men in 

America, go and study th.e women 

at a West Point dress parade or 

at an Army'-Navy football game. 

~HE YOUNG SOCIALISTS' MAGAZINE 

cal and legal freedom. \Vith-"the 

call to the colors" all political and 

legal freedom comes to an end. 

T he next step in our sodal evolution 

in America is municipal 

state capitalism. We shall presently 

have municipal and national 

ownership of enormous industries 

employing millions of persons. 

Bills have already been introduced 

at 'Washington looking to 

Following th~ 'Vomen's Peace 

Conference at The Hague .Iast 

year one of the most luxuriouslygowned 

American delegates, on 

her return to New York expressed 

the opinion that wars 

would never cease until male citi. 

zens in civil life begarbed themselves 

in more beautiful and more 

interesting clothes. 

the preferment of ex- so~d i ers and 

ex-sailors in t he public service. 

The whole matter is si mplicity itself. 

Of all the horrible paradoxes of 

W e have two millions of 

militarism none is more i"defen 

$ible to a thinking mind than the 

pageantry of the army in times of 

peace. Three da)'s after YOUT soldier 

goes into his first fight no 

beast of the wilderness ' presents 

SO horrible a picture. Hi~ yellowgreen 

clothes 3re smeared with 

rai lway workers alone. Nationalize 

and municipalize industries 

employing five millions of men, 

select the railway employees and 

others with reference to their services 

in the citizen army, and 

slavery will be entrenched with 

militarism, as it is in Germany. 

mud and grime. His filthy and 

verminous pers,on reeks beyond 

the imagination of his friends at 

Responsible 

home. Pictures of heaps of men 

,frightfully mutilated by shell-fire U ncle Luke was going on a 

are now quite familiar to the ra il way journey on the accommodation. 

Presently, as he was 

newspaper-reading public. As a 

blind to this inevitable result of waiting at the station, the agent 

war. the showiness of militarism came out anI chalked a familiar ( 

in time of peace is the cheapest sign on the bulletin board: "20 

swindle which our ruling classes 

employ in the process of misleading 

min. late." Luke appealed to a 

bystander. 

the ignorant. Yet . it has al 

"\Vhut's It say. boss" 

ways work'ed and still does work 

"Train's twenty minutes late." 

successfully. 

The agent came again and 

A Cit:izen Army and Strikes 

We have seen in France and 

Italy the result of universal military 

service as employed in times 

wrote with his chalk. 

" He's made the train fifty minutes 

late now" the bystander infor 

med Luke. 

of large strikes. Practically A third -and a fourth time the 

every worker between the ages agent chalked a message against 

of twenty and forty-five is ;]. member 

the accommodation's number. 

of the re~e r ve. A call to the Then Luke became exasperated. 

colors puts an end to the strikes 

in twenty-four hours. The primary 

purpose of the political action 

on the part of the working-class 

is to preserve ,,:nd increase politi- 

"If some one ain' take dat chalk 

away f'um dat man," he said indignantly, 

"we folks ain' never 

gwine to get away f'um -dis yer 

place I" 

WHO IS WHO 

The masters will never take 

you into a fight for real freedoni. 

They always lead you in the 

other direction. 

Who is the best known hero in 

the present world war - Whose 

name has become most famous 

during this war Is it Von Hinden 

burg, Kitchener, Von Mackensen, 

Russky, French, Joffre 

No, none of them I The name of 

the real hero, whose name has 

become most generaHy kr\own 

throughout the ci\·ilized world, is 

Karl Liebknecht I 

The capitalist press states that 

some tribes of aborigines are 

anxious to go to war. If so, we 

can guess who put the notion 

into their heads. 

Lord Derby, the head recruiter 

in Britain, ha's nearly 2(» slum 

dwellings in Liverpool (England)l 

which the insurance companies 

positively refuse to have 

anything to do with. For all that, 

however, he is a patriot, and can 

flap a flag with the best of them. 

From the confiscation of the 

worker's labor power to the conscription 

of his body is but a step, 

The Universal Service Legion 

has published another manifesto, 

1t says a little more plainly: 

,"~ Iak e the workers go somewhere 

else to fight for freedom." 

The capitalists of the world 

are solid for the war. They are 

determined to fight to the last 

workingman. 

Plutes enjoy grand opera. The 

workers are given bras's bands 

and battles. 

If the workers spent more time 

in seeking knowledge, they would 

spend less time in see~i ng glory. 

-Brisbane Worker (Australia), 

THE YOUNG SOCIALISTS' MAGAZIXE I 

. i PIONEERS i 

' " . 

Turn the page that tells ('oi 

triumphs won by saint and 

pioneer: 

Re~d the message of the ages 

penned by prophet, poet, 

seer: 

They, the truly great, Who suffe 

red in their struggle 

'gainst the wrong- 

They, the martyr souls, \Vh" 

perished by the clamor of 

,the throng. 

Shall we count as naught their 

sufferings, and the glory 

they have Wall 

As a fad in g wreath, that," ither!l 

'neath the splendor of the 

sun' 

Shall we count as naught the 

spirit born of every noble 

soul, 

Leading to the land of promise. 

pointing to the social gual 

\-\ie have reaped the frui ts of 

labor. sown in hitler, barren 

years; 

l;Ve have reaped in joy and lal1J..('hter 

what was sown ill bluod 

and tears. 

Ye heroic si res who. battling-. 

smote the tyrant iii bi~ 

might, 

Still inspire thy soilS of labor ttl 

'defend their sacred right. 

Time but teaches one great \(>:; 

son-'tis the noble who are 

great ; 

From their labors and their ~tl f 

ferings, Nature molds the 

perfect state. 

W~, partakers in thei r labor:;;. 

still must sha re their sufferings. 

too ; 

There are cruel chains to sever, 

there are shackles to undo. 

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10 THE YOUNG SOCIALISTS' MAG .... ZINE· 

THE COWARD 

It was at a r~cruiting meeting 

that I first met. the h\lmble hero 

of this story. Bill Sharpies. Curiosity 

mol"e than _sympathy had 

t&ken me there; aDd 1 was not 

very much interested in the proiogs 

till a tall sergeant in the 

crowd clapped his hand .on Bill's 

shoulder, and said: 

·'Now. my lad, won't you make 

number six Shall we put your 

name down alongside those other 

five brave chaps who are stand· 

iog 'up there on the platform 

Come on. be a ·man, and step up!" 

Bill would han turned away. 

but the sergeant detained him 

with a tightening grip on his 

shoulder: 

t'Come on," he shouted, Udon't 

say a big fellow like you is 

ytfraid 1" 

" It's not that," said Bill. '; J 

iotend to take no part in this 

cruel war. I promised my mother 

so on her deathbed, and I mun 

to ke~p my word." 

",Father told us what war 'was. 

lie made me promise, too." 

J followed the young feUow 

for some fifty yards, and when at 

last I overtook him, I found him 

wi th his head bowed, 

"Cheer ~;p , my son," said I : 

'.'you tid a plucky thing just 

now," 

"Plucky," he cried, with pale 

quivering li ps, "they all call me a 

coward dpwn Pearson's Rents, 

where 1 live, si r. And Tom .Bai· 

ley turned me out of hi s house 

last night, and now [ haven't a 

shelter to go to in all the world. 

r don't blame Tom a bit. You see, 

he is an old soldier who lost an 

arm in South Afri ca. He was my 

dead father's comrade, and hc 

wanted me to enlist. But to me 

war is wrong j b(sides, J can't 

br~ak my promis~ . " 

"You would be a coward, in· 

d~ed, if you did," I replied, and 

after offering him 3 small sum of 

mt;mey , which he ref\l sed~ to ,accept, 

I shook, -the lad's hand with 

kindly sympathy and left him. 

That night Bill Sharples was 

homeless. But he' c r Cj~ into the 

poor s h~lter of Pearso'n's Rents a 

The h~artle!\s crowd of "patri. 

ots" who heard the lad's answer 

Toared with mocking. derisive 

laughter; and the speaker on the 

platform, pointing to Bill, asked: 

"Have you no father; or if you 

have, is he, too, a coward like lilt'le before midnight, for the 

yourself" 

".My, father was a soldier: 

Octaves wind was piercing and 

the Iad's clothes were thin. 

that's why mother made me Seated on a door"y.ray, despite 

promise." , 

his wretchedness, he fell as.l_eep, 

"Now, what are you giving U~. 

me lad. 'Vhat nonsense is this" 

"My father di~d for hi s coun· 

and it may have been two hours 

later he was awakened by the 

shrill sound of a woman's terri· 

try." went on Bill. fl He laid fi ed scream. 

down his' life (or the ,ountry that "What is the matter" cried 

teft mother and me to starve." Bill, shaking himself into wakefulness. 

"The degenerate son of a brave 

, 

father I" yelled the sergea'nt; "let 

the coward go." 

"Tbe room's a-fire, 'Bill I 1\'e 

just upset the lamp I" the woman 

By Tom Robinson 

shrieked, "an' my little Hetty's 

up there--asleep in her cradle 1" 

I' Why did you leave her" the 

lad demanded. "Why didn't you 

bring her wi th you " And the 

frantic mother, wringing ber 

hands despairingly, replied, . " [ 

dunno why I did it-[ was mad 

. wi' fear." 

A great crowd had by this time 

gathered together, and the dingy 

court was dimly illuminated by 

the faint glow of Jight that 

flickered through the grimy win· 

dow·panes of the burning room. 

"If I'd ~oth my arms I 'd 'ave a 

try'" said Sergeant Tom Bailey , 

"but a onc·anned cripple like me 

'd be worse 'n useless. Ain't there 

a' man among yer wot'll try ter 

save a pore little kid" 

"I will,!" cried Sharples. And 

the next mOlllent he had disap· 

peared inside the bunling house. 

Tw~three-four minutes the 

crowd stood there in a silent 

agony of sllspense, and then Bill 

reo·appeared with the -rescued 

child tied up in his ragged coat, 

the rest of his poor rags all 

aglow. 

"Where are you. Mag" he 

asked, oh, so faintly, lit he kid's 

all right, lass, but-l'm about 

done! Take her afore I drops." 

"J've fiat her, Bill! Oh 1- my 

blessed babby! alive 'n safe! And 

its mammy never thought to see 

'er precious mi,e again 1 W hy 

don't yer look arter the pore lad 

Can't yer see as 'ow 'e's faintin'" 

At that moment Bill Sharples 

fell in a huddled heap at Tom 

Bailey's feet; and the one·armed 

sergeant knelt by "the youn g 

hero's side, and raised the lad's 

scorched head on to his knee, 

'And big tears streamed fast down 

the old soldier's rugged cheeks 

as he asked pitifutly- 

"How are yer a-feetin', Bill- 

It's me a·axin'~ld Tom Baitey." 

"I know your voice, sergeant." 

said the lad, feebly. "The kid's 

a ll right, ain't it " 

"Ves ; 1 wi sh T could say as 

much for you, laddie, Shall r 

carry yer to t~e 'os pita I -wot :-" 

';No, let me lie still: it ain't any 

use takin' me anywhere-I'm goin' 

to die. P'raps it's as wellcowards 

ain't wanted tht'se 

times." 

"Cowards ! there ain 't man y 

wot's gone to the front ,as'd do 

\...·ot you've done down 'erc in 

Pearson's Rents. this night I" 

"Why, I cOllldn't stay 'ere, an' 

see a pore little kid like that burn. 

could J I ain't such a coward 

as that." 

"There's many as would, lad· 

die; aye, that there are. But, 

look 'ere, I want ler take them 

word s back I spoke to yef yester· 

day, I called you a cowardbut 

oh, 'ow I 'opes my lit lie Jack 

'II grow up to be jest sich another. 

Soldierin' ain't eV'rythink 

in the world. I'ye done my bit. 

but-why don't you people stant! 

off Carnt yer liee 'es faintin' 

Bill ! Bill!" 

"I'm going, sergeant - don't 

call me back-I'm tired! You're 

abQut the only friend J've had 

since father died-you were good 

to mother too-an' it 'urt me. 

sergeant. when YOll said that 

cowards like me weren't no use 

in the world-it 'urt me '" 

"Forgive me, Bill, I didn't know 

wot I was a·sayin'," 

, 'IThat's al1 right. Keep 'old 0' 

me, I seem to be slippin' fwayyou 

can kiss me ii you like-good 

bye." 

"Good bye, my 'ero!" 

\ THE YOUNG SOCI .... LISTS· MAGAZINE 11 

And with the bearded li ps of 

the old soldier presseU close to 

his che.ek, Bill Sharples passed 

out of Pearson's nents, and out 

of the world. And so died a reat 

hero, 

TWO WORLDS 

By O lga jorgenson 

Note-This poem was written by a 17· 

year-old Socialist girl of Omaha, Neb. 

T o smil e on battlefields and war, 

To lovc yourself and no one more; 

To live Oll toil of other men. 

T o spoil their lins and ho pe, a nd then 

To rob and plunda in your gre:t'd. 

To lake the bread from those who 

need, 

~it~u i!~ ~:~:nj;;~t~~dtl~ig~~!~' but" ~ 

heart that's cold; 

A god Ihat says, "is right that Ihon 

Live by the sweat of your brother's 

brow: 

That' s Capitali sm! 

T o build a world wh('rt' a\l men ·ctributed " throw 

aways" adveTli sing their picnic with 

tht' iollowing song printed on re"trle 

siue : Y.I.P.S.E.L 

ITo th e tune of "Mothet'·) 

Y is of the young we're alwa)'s telh. 

ing, 

I ~t:lnds for ideals high and true. 

P is for tht' principles wc're teaching, 

S is Socialism-that's for you; 

E Ilio fo r our tmhlem - crimson colored. 

L Illeans that we'll .always loyal be; 

PUt thelll all logtther, 

Tht'}" !opel l "Yipsel," 

:\ word lhat muns Iht' world to 

me. 

The tune being a popuiar air. 

makt', it easi('r for the Yipse!s (mosl 

o f them knowing it), Everybody 

th ou~h l it was good and 1 thuefore 

ask YVll to 1)lIhlish it in your next 

~SzYrl\: :yf s~h~h~' tV ~u:'~l1 S~cc;~ ~i S ~~; ~ .a~~ 

Yip!>d s. 

l'ratt"rnal1y. 

G. A. Knepper. 

Die im frc ihtitl ichell Sinne ge· 

leite-t en 

Vereinigtcn Freien Deutschen 

Schulen 

von New York und Um&e,er.d 

erlei!"n Unterricht im Anschauungs· 

unlt"rridu ill \'erbindung mit Vortra· 

gell "Il wie Gesang, unu bei gtniigen· 

der llt'lt'iligung auch Turnen. Zeich· 

nen und Handarb~it s ulllur; ch t fu r 

Maddu:I\. Die Auresstn der d nzc ln en 

Schulen lIoi nd. in: 

Manhattan: Rand School. 140 OS! 

19. 51., Satn!lag vorm.; Ll\bor 

Temple. 247 OSt 84. Sir., SamllaR 

und Sonntag \·orlll.: No. 2329 2. 

Ave .. Sa rli_lag nachm.: No. 884 

Colull1bu ~ Ave., Salllitags \'orm.. 

9-12 Uhr. 

BrOllle Ecke ISS. Sir. lind Fort st 

Ave. Will, Stel1wagen's Hall. 

Salllstag lind Sonntag vorm. 

Brooklyn : Labor Lycelllli, 949 \Vill· 

ouglrby Ave., Sat'llstag \'or· und 

nachmittags. 

Long Island City: Hettingu's Hallt. 

Broadway und 7. Ave., Samslag 

vormittags. 

Elizabtth. N. j.: 60S Elixabeth Ave., 

Sonntag vormiHags. 

Green \'il1~: Lahor Lyceum. 11'9 Lin· 

den Str .. Sam5tag nachmitt:ags, 

Union Hill : Fronunchtns Halt ..., New 

York A\·t . und U nion SH., Sonntag 

vormittags. 

Die Ve-rei nigung hal auch ein 

hilb,ch augnlatiett'J Liederbuch im 

Verlag. ~liihere AU .'lkunft trtt ilt der 

Sekretar Reinhard Meyer, JOI East 

83. Street, ~ew York. (Advt.)

,.THE YOUNG SOCJ .~LIST S' 

• 

Iot4.GAZINE 

1 @ dUR' ·-OWN AFFAIRS @ _. ;:1 

.----.... "I " 

NEW YORK in lome dilHrictl Ihe ' w~rk or the Y. P. Place order (j{ 41 copies f9 r uch 

-- - S. 1... conBltts " 'llh that' of die S. P. month herealu~r. Vote as follo,wl: 

Lt" of Brooklyn Centra1 ~ Com. D(cidrd that Nmpaign cOllln\iuee be Zeitl':", 0: Roftlllan, 0: MuUer,ZO.tNc.w 

I, ' mitt Y P S L)I 7 1916 given full power to arrange all circle director failed '0 .how up' at 'a,t 

H. • • • , ., • meeli"is. and lhal no circle be al· mCC'ting. MaHer rdt'rrcd to ars:au- 

'Ncctine called to order at 2:30 P. lowc.d to arrange muting. without iut. . _ ~ 

~; , NOlkin in chair. Minutes- 01 pre- Ihe cO{llent,of th"i, COmmi1I.et'. so that_ Old BUlinc,'" Vote-OD UI!II.~t or- 

YIQUI meeting adopted .s rud. Cre, 'the cOllllniUec can work in harmony ~niztr RpOtted at follow .. . . Z~It(an, 

deatial from Circle 2, placine LapidUS witb the S. P. aa'd arrangt; meetings 26; Rohmalr: l.Zl; Muller, 47. " Muller 

ia place of Shapiro. re.ignt-d, •• delt:- that will not c:,onflct. , Decided that of Circle 9 declarrd elected to take 

late; 'to cenlr.1 committee, A('ccpted circle. bc uked what nigbt. are con- office at once and to remain in office 

all'd delegate Hated. Bills of officcrs vcnient for tbem for Open air nu:et_ until Ja.nuary, 1917. 

an:d .. committeemen all ordered p.id, iug.!! to he arranged in their districL 'New Business. Committees in 

Oreaniur reportCdl Sent leutor' to e irel"s .. ked 10 elrcl campaign man- strueted to gin Iheir repoi'tS in writ. 

Briebt. received no reply, Recei"ed ager. to hep in touch with campai&'n in" hereafter, Circle 2 orducL to fol. 

comDlIlQication froUl Kruu, again committee, Young Sodalist Day com· low out th.e , pro\·i.ions of Article, 5, 

ukin-, for n&~1 of officers of cin::lu nlttee re~rtl that the org.nizer hal Section I, of ,constitution, Meetlnl 

aDd, their addteSlel, Gave him at called I~ O IIlceting o f this committeee. adjourncd at 5,50 p, M . 

mueh Of Ihe info r'mation a.l he could. .'\,S" for some a~· tlQfl . Comp,juce in. Fraicrnal1y .ubmitted. . 

Orranizcr alkl for ~na ntial and mcm- lIructed to mt'et and prepare a report Louis E. "'Wei( Rec. Sec'y: ' 

~tlbip reports of clfcl~s 10 be handed 10 be ru4,. by nut me~ting. Y. p, S. L, Brooklyn, 

jUt at n

I~ '!'HE YOUNG SOCIALISTS' MAGAZINE 

the circle .euetary .hould order the 

ticket •. Reqoeats for complimcDtariel 

""ill not be con.idered dtcr date of 

JUM 25. . 

We make this Nberal offer. comradu. 

a •• mea. ure: of inter .. citcle cooperation. 

Witl the nurby circles 

like advantage 

Show your interut. Get together. 

Come down in a body! Se nd in your 

order fot free tickets, 

The picnic and games will be held 

Saturday afternoon and evening, July 

ht, at W illard Park. Dancing by 

Professor Cockdt's full union belt orchestra 

will .tart at 2 P. M. , harp. 

Comrade •• conlC 10 our .ffair. It 

lurely will be a day of social enjoy· 

ment for you. 

' 

for complimentaries and further information, 

league sccret~riu should 

address all corrclpondenct' to the 

following: Louis Cohan, 10 12th Ave., 

Paterson, N. J. 

---- 

PENNSYLVANIA 

--' 

Second Annual Y. P. S. lr. State 

Convention 

The succt'ss of the convention was 

due in a great meuure: to the splendid 

spirit of co-operation that manifeitcll 

itself on every hand. The Soc:ialist 

Party of Reading donated the use of 

the Labor Lyceum and the Woman', 

Educational League prepared an elab 

_orate menu for the banquet that followed 

the four busy sessions of the 

convention. 

The Reading comrades extended a 

hurty welcome to the ,·i.iting delegates 

through their ipokcsman. Claire 

Spohn. which was responded to in a 

neet little speech by Theodore Swartz. 

in which he outlined the work for 

which the I!on\'ention was mct. 

The ca"\'ention promptly elected 

the cornmilees to prepare a constitution. 

and reports and plans 0" 

strengthening the organization, and a 

resolution committee was alao cholu. 

The Sute Secretary', report showed 

that the , tate organization consisted 

of 17 Circles. TwO Circle., di,banded 

and six new one, organized during the 

yur. The total membership of the 

organization is 147 in good standing. 

The reports of tht: ofncers .howed 

that the Penn.ylvania "Yipsds" are 

alive to their relponaibilities and th ::u 

the), wert: wilting to co-opera.te with 

the Socialist party to the. (lIl1eat u 

tent was .hown when they madt: arrangemelllii 

to confer with the Stale 

Executive Committee p f the S~ialist 

Party. Comrade Ringler, State Sec relI.ry 

of the Socialist Party and a fraternal 

delegate to the convention, immediately 

arranged for the mce.ting. 

The ou tcome of that meet ina w .. that 

the party will give the league their 

active co-operation, and that .peaken 

routed fronl the sute of nee will be 

given in.tructions 'to bring before 

audienc.es for which they apeak, the 

neceslily and the advi.ability of organizing 

Young People'l Socialist 

Leaaue5. The matter of puhlicity was 

also discus.ed and the director of public 

ity, a new department provided by 

the new constitution, was in.tructed 

to furnilh Socialist and labor papen 

with news and propaganda matter 

regularly. 

The revenue derived from the sale 

of dues stamps was not considered 

sufncient to carry on the work and 

pay the convcntion expenlu., 10 the 

new constitution provide. that the 

price of due stamps Ihalt be 5 cents 

to the leaguel, and that one-third of 

all the money derived from the sale of 

stamps shan be used to defray con 

"ention expenses. 

The next convention will be held at 

Pitt~burgh in 1918. unlus the referendum 

decidel otherwise, but the provision 

for biennial conventions seems 

to be a move in the right direction, 

,ince the resources of the organization 

are not large enough to stand the 

strain of yearly conventions. 

The reports of ofncers and com mittees, 

And particularly the report of the 

Ways and Means Committee will be 

compiled and published in booklet 

fo rm. The sua:gutionl contained in 

the!e reports were considered to be of 

so much val uC! to· the Circles and to 

ind i'4' idual members of the Y. P. S. L. 

that the convention electC'd a committee 

to compile these reports and to 

issue a ma nual, the cost of the booklets 

to be just enough to cover the 

COlt of publication. it was pointed out 

that a great need of our movement 

was some lort of a text-book to in- 

~~~~ o~~~~de s in various phases of 

ThC' following officers were elected 

to sC'rve until the next convention : 

State Secretary. Theodore Swartz, 

McKeesport; Financial Secretary 

Treasurer, Irvin F. Weber, Reading: 

Organil:er, Joseph A. Ploeger, Pittsburgh: 

Education,al Director, Natha'n 

Marks, Philadelphia; DirC'ctor of Entertainment, 

A. Levinson, Philadelphia; 

Director of Publicity, ChadeK 

Coo\'er, York; Ways and Means Director. 

H . Shneiwi", Pbiladelphia. 

The following were elected as the 

Grievnnce Committee : A. LeviMon, 

Ii. Dirtwhistle. Nat han Markl, Harry 

Perelman, and Theodore Hamberg. 

Irvin F. Weber was chosen as the 

fraternal delegate to the New Jersey 

State Convention. which ""ill convene 

May 14, at Elizabeth, N. J. 

, 

Harry Perelman of Philadelphia 

was choseo as the ConvC'ntion Secretary. 

William" F. Kruse was present at 

the last two &en ions of the convention 

and was seated as a fraternal delegate. 

He deli't'ered an inlpiring ad· 

dreas at Red Man'l Hall. His lecture, 

"The Fighting Chance'! was well received. 

Milton P. Neuman, State Organinr 

of New ]eraey Y. P. S. 1... and Chas. 

F. Sands, of Reading, were fraternal 

delegates. . 

. 

Bor n to Mr. and Mrs. Irvin Fred 

Webe r of Reading a daughter on May 

lrd. Mother and child are reported 

as doing nne. . 

" 

PENNSYLVANIA Y. P. S. L. 

... new cir e.le of the Y. P. S, L. has 

bC'en organized at Scranton, Pa., with 

leven members, and at the next meeting 

it is expected tbat they will 

ifouble their nlembership, as each 

comrade knew of one more tbat 

would join the orgalJ i.ution. They 

ha"e planned to take part in the May 

Party hcid under the auspices of th ~ 

rarty, which will be held in one of 

Sc ranton"s parks. The Yipsel. and 

the children's dubs will enjoy an automobile 

ride to and from the park. 

York Circle 

A new cirde organized with 40 

charter members and doing work like 

a bu nch of well-seasoned ve teran s. A 

dance and musicale was given last 

week and a debate has been arranged 

fOr this week. 

Philadelphia 

A novel membership campaign is 

being ca rried on by the Philly Yipsels. 

The Central Committee asked each 

cirde to select a numb/r, and the 

number selected by the circle means 

that the circle will make a special 

campaign to secure that many new 

members in a given time. Cirde No. 

6 .was not a bit backward, and they 

selected number 100. We wish them 

,ucce$l, and if they accomplish their 

aim we think that the Central Committee 

should banquet them. 

A.. new plan for encouraging comrades 

to speak before audiencel i. being 

tried out by Circles 1 and 2. Tho: 

education31 director of each circl e 

has prepared a lilt of SUbjects. and 

each comrade is allow«\d to select the 

.aubjed that suits him best, and they 

are given two weeks to prepare a 

short 100minute talk, which will be 

deHvered at an educational meeting. 

Twenty-two new comrades have 

joined the circle during the montb of 

April. 

DIE JUNGEN AN DIE ALTEN 

'Vir sind Genossen, 

Fest angeschlossen, 

Z usammenhal tende 

Fur aUe Zeit. 

Glied einer Klasse, 

""-ir hatten zur Masse 

In jeder Lage 

Und bis Zl1m Tod. 

\ Venn Sturme sausen 

Und Wetter brausen, 

\Vir kampfen immer 

In Einigkeit; 

'Venn Gefahre n drauen, 

'Vir Muh' nicht scheuen; 

In treuem Bunde 

Sind Bruder wir. 

Gleic h Sonnenstrahlen 

I nallen Taten 

Die Lieb' 5011 schein en 

Auf unsern Pfad. 

Das Rechte tuen 

Und nimmt:r ruhen, 

Fur \~f ahrht:it streiten 

Zu jeder Zeit. 

Drum, g leich uns Kindern, 

Die Not Ztl Iindern, 

Sollt kampfen stets Thr 

M it starke r Faust, 

Bis dass die Freiheit 

U ns aile segnet 

Als ihre Kinder 

Fur ane Ztit. (Josef Julich.) 

Das Nilpferd. 

Von Sven Hedin. 

In den Seen und Fliissen Mittelafrikas 

lebt das grosse. plumpe. 

hassliche Nilpferd, der Behemoth 

der Bibel. In alten Zeiten kam es 

atlch in Unteragypten vor lind 

wurde hier Flussschwein genannt. 

Hente aber muSs man schon cine 

gan 7:C Strecke siic1warts iiber Nubien 

hinausgehen. Unt cs an7:utrerfen. 

In vielen fliissen unterl1immt 

es \Vanderungen. und es 

richtet sich dabei nach def Regenzeit: 

sinkt der Spiegel des Flu s- 

THE YOUNG SOCIAU~TS' MAGAZINE 15 

scs, dann begibt cs s ich bergabwart 

s, ltnd wenn der R egen das 

F lussbett wieder' fiillt, aufwarts. 

\Vahrend andere Tiere seit 

ihrem ersten Auftreten in froheren 

Zeitabschn itten der Erde 

grosse Formanderungen durchgemacht 

haben, hat da~ Nilpferd 

seilt friihe res Aussehen im wescntlichen 

bewahrt. Es macht darum 

auch heute noch einen urweltlichen 

Eindruck. Der rundli 

che plumpe Korper des Nilpfer 

(Ies ruht auf vier kurzen, unformig-en 

Beinen mit vier Hufen an jedem 

Fuss. Der Kopf 1st beinahe 

\'icreckig, Augen lind O hren sind 

klein, das Maul entsetzlich breit 

man an ruhigstro menden Fliissen 

\'orsichtig entlang, so kann man 

das T ier oft iiberraschen ; wenn es 

auftaucht, urn Luft zu schnappen. 

spritzt es unter starkem 'Pusten 

und Schnaube n StrahJen von 

\\·asser aus semen N'asenlikhern. 

Dann taucht es wieder unter und 

blcibt wohl drei bis vier Minuten 

unter 'Vasser. 1st es unmittelbar 

unter der OberAache, so sieht man 

iiber dem 'Vasser nUr sechs kleine 

Erhohungen : die Ohren, die 

Augen nnd die Na1'\cntikher. Fiihlt 

C1'\ !iO ich nlcht sicher, so steckt es 

nm die Nasenlocher ,,"us dem 

'Vasser und atmet '50 leise, wie 

ihm nur moglich ist. 

Oft liegen die Nilpferde in 

seichtem 'Vasser und platschern 

darin heruOl, oder sie klettern 

auch auf das U ier hinauf, urn sich 

zu sonnen Ulid sichs behaglich 

und bequ'Cm zu machen. Dann 

hort man si.e alle Augenblicke vor 

W ohlbehagen grunzende T one 

ausstossen. Gegcn Abend aber 

suchen sie die tieferen Stellen de5 

Flusses 'auf, wo sie umherschwimmen, 

einander jagen und sic h mit 

gros,!:ter Gewandtheit und Gelenkigkeit 

im \ Vasset\ t llm meln. 

Sie sdnvimmen ausserordentlich 

schnell lind s tosswcise und erfiitlen 

dabei die Lull mit hriillenden, 

gurgelndcn T onen. Gleichwohl 

konnen sie aber atlch so leise 

schwimmen. dass man cias \Va5- 

ser gar nicht ratlschcn hOrt. Ein 

verwu ndctes Nil~ferd bringt den 

\Vas~c r s piegel in so heftige Bewegung. 

rlass kleine Boote in den 

Schlagwellen kentctn ko nnen. 

'Venn mchrcre alte }.1annc hen zu 

lind die Xasenlocher gro~S . Die 

zwci Zentimeter dicke Haut ist 

unbehaart und schitlert je !lach· 

dem sic nass oder trocken is t grau, 

dunkelbraun oder schmutzlgrot. 

Den kleinen kurzen Sch wanz ab· 

gleich hriillen, durchdringt der 

gcrechnet wird das Tier "ier Meter 

lang; cs wiegt so viel wie 

Larm dl"n L'rwald meilenwcit, 

und es ro11t wie Donner tiber das 

dreissig ansgewachsene Manner. 

\Va'!:~er hin. Kein anderes Tier 

Die Xilpferde verleben die meiste 

Zeit im 'Vasser; nachts gehen 

kan.n !Oo1chen Larm mach en : 50- 

gar dC'r Lo we bleiht dann ho r 

sic aufs Land, besonders in Gegcnden, 

wo die F liisse selbst nicht 

chend stehen. 

Am obcren ~i l , oberhalb der 

,·iel Nahrung bieten. Schleicht 

Stadt Chartum, \VO der uppige 

Pflanzenwuchs die Cfer e robert 

und der Fluss sich oft in Secn und 

Siimpfen vcrliert, geht das NiI 

pferd gleich dem Krokodil nur selten 

ans Land. Es lebt hier von 

den B1.ittern cler L otospflanze 

und Papyrusstauden, den weichen 

Schilfsprossen und .den uhrigen 

saftigen Pflanzen, die- in Sumpfgegenden 

gedeihen. Es taueht 

unter, wllhlt minutenlang auf dern 

Boden des flusst'!\ und trubt das 

Was~t'r weit umher. llat es sein 

gewaltiKeo; ~ lalll mit B1attern lind 

Stengeln ~efllllt. dan n erhebt es 

s ic h wieder tiber lIie Oberfl ache, 

und das ' Vasser stromt in Bachen 

von seinem gewolbten L cib herab. 

Jetzt setzt es die Kiefer in Bewe-

•• 

I'HlI und die Zahne nrmalmen 

.;:;, FUller; Speichel und l>J!.n 

"""t Lr,ufe1n jhm wit eine 

.,un~ Suppe von den dic1:cen Lip 

~. und die michtigen . E~uhne 

zei~ sicb in ih~er It~nzen Kraft. 

Der .Appetit des Nilpferdcs ~st un· 

nrwusUich. . 

In Gcgcnden. wo eli zur' 'Veide 

auf. Land ('(ht, veriibt et in den 

Getreide~ ~nd Gcrnjisefelflcm 

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