Young Socialists Magazine 1913 July Dec.pdf

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, . Tlm TOtnrG aoou:LD~II' .... OA..Im'B•THE80VI.A..L DEVOL "UTI.ONThe contrast between rerormand revolution does not consistin the application of force in onecase 'and not in the other. Everyjuridical and political measure isof revolution an'd the contrasl betweenit and reform. This revolutionwas preceded by a seriesof efforts at reform, among whicht h(' best known are those of Turgot.a force measure, which is carriedThese attem.pts, in manythrough by the force of the State.Neither do any particular formsof the application of force, as, forexample, street fights, or executions... constitute the essentials ofrevolution in contrast to reform.These arise from particular circumstances,are not necessarilyconnected with revolutions, andcases:. ailm:d at the same thingswhic.h the revolution carried out.\\'hat distinguished the reformsof Turgot from the correspondingmeasures of the revolution?Uetween the twO lay the conquestof pulitical power by a new class,and ill this lies the essential differcncebetween revolution aridmay easily accompany reform reform. r..leasures whicJl seek tomovements,The constitution ofthe delegates of the Third Estateat the National Assembly ofFrance, on June 17. 178c), was aneminently rnolutionary act withno apparent lise of force. Thissame France had. on the contrary,in 1774 and 1775. great insurrectionsin order to stop therise in the price of bread.ThC' rdr-rence to street fightsand cxC'cutions. as characteristic;'lI:just the ju ridical and politicalsuperstructure of society tochanged economic c.onditions arereforms if' they proceed from theclass which is the political andecollomic ruler of societ~'. Theyarc reforms whether they aregiven freely or sccured by thepressure of the s ubject class, orconquered through the power orci rcumstances. On the contrary,'.11'.)::-(: measures are the results ofof revolution, is. howcvcr, a clue re volution if thC'y proceed fromto the source from which we can the class which has been econobtainimportant teachings as to omically and politically oppressedthe essentials of revolution. The· and who have now captured po­(feat transformation in France Iitical power and who must inin 1789 has become the classical their own interest more or lesstype of revolution, It is the one rapidly transform the politicalwhich is ordinarily in mind wht' nand juridical superstructure andrevolution is spoken of. From it create new forms of social cowecan best study the essentials °IH:ration.The conquest of the governmentalpower by an hitherto oppresSedclass, in other words, apolitical revolution, is accordinglythe essential characteristic ofsocia! revolution in this narrowsense, in contrast with social reform.Those who repudiate politicalrevolution as the principalmeans of social transformationor wish to confine this to suchmeasures as have been granted bythe ruling dass are social reforme"s.no matter how much their socialideas may antagonize existing!'ocial forms. On the contrary, anyone is a revolutionistwho seeks to conquer the politicalpower for an hitherto oppressedc1i\ss, and he does not lose thischaracter if he prepares and hastellSthis conquest by social reformswrested from the rulingc1assc:s. It is not the striving aftersocial reforms, but the explicitconfining of one's self to them,which distinguishes the social reformerfrom the social revolutionist.On the other hand, a paliticalrevolution can only becomea !=;oocial revolution when it proceedsfrom an hitherto sociallyoppressed class. Such a class iscompelled to complete its politicalemancipation by its socialemancipation, because its previoussocial position is in irreconcilableantagonism to its politicaldominion. A split in theranks of the ruling classes, nomatter even if it should take onthe violent form of civil war, isnot it social revolution.i'B:E rOUNG BoCIALlS'1'I' JlAGHDB,A COLLEGE FOR WORKINGMEN"Why, therc's the Rand Schoo:~That'~ the school even'Qne is·talkingabout." _ to.,lYes, I conte here in the winter,but I wouldn't like ~y boss toknow it."A Socialist agitator from thl:West. sitting at the open window ofthe reading-rool1l of the old-fashioned,comfortable-looking privatehouse which is the home of theRand School of Social Science ofNew York City, heard these wordspass between t~o young girls passingthe house. This agit~tor wasone of the many who pass throughNew York on their way to cam·paign work in other sections, andhad dropped into the Rand Schoolto find out what it reall y is like. forthere is much interest in the RandSchool in all parts of the country.So he .... came to the office and re opeated these words, saying, "Youmust be dangerolls in here,"'"\\"e try to be," we answered.Then. taking ,a few momentsfn'lll the hll~ines s of sending outci rculars for next year's work, weshowed him why the bosses do notlike their employees to come to thICRand School either as students orvisitors, as readeT's or as striker~.\Ve told him of the many times theRand School has se rved as one ofthe centers of activity in big strikes,affording meeting places, distributingstrike editions of Till' Call, seilingtickets for big strike affairs. anddoing all it could to aid the workersin their struggles.Then we told him the real reasonwhy the Rand School is to befeared-btcause it tcochrs revo/u­I;omlr), Socialism. Seven yearsago, when a wise. large-mindedwoman, Mrs, Carrie D. Rand.wanted to devote some money sh~had to the best use for Socialism,By Uertha MaiHyshe decided to found a !.chuulwhere many things should betaught, but always from thc··!.tandpuint of Socialism!'So with thi:. touchstone alwaysapplied. "frum the standpoint ofSocialism."' the Rand ~hool,through ... jx months of the year,from ~ ktuher 10 April, offers to theworking- da,,:, of New York andthe neighburing cities and townsevclling cU\lrses in subjects o f vital;I'terc"'l to Ihc wu rk ers.Cniled Stale" History is taughtas it gn'\\ lilt! of and was inRuencedby Ihe change;, in industry inEuro]l\' :l11d .\lIlerica and the con­~ t'qllcnt .~trll~g'c" of the wo rkers.The Ili~tUf\ and Theorv of EI.."Onomk.,.::-'o(iali;'111 in Tiu!ory andPractirc. :O:ricnct'. Civics. the His­H'rv of the l.'lbor ~loveLllent andthe- Pr ~b\erm \)f the Labor Movement.modern go"erllLllental problems.all of Ihe~e ~ uuje c t ~ and moreare ui ..(\!~~t"d frum the workingda ~;, ha"'l~ I'ublic Speaking i~laught. not a:. ;111 urnament or amean.., lu .I remullcrative prufes·siun. Inll a~ an in;,lruLllent to reachthe worker" with the "tory of Sol·ialislll.ElI~h~ h i ~ taught, uutonl \' in urt\l"f Ihat the wurkers mayha,:e

4. .. A~ T01Jl(C) IIOO'lALDftW' ~P.· \Vard, Franklin H. Giddings, the course of it, intcD'sivc study of01~~ A. S.ard, ne.j. C. Gruen- EnR"ls' "Origin of the. Family,"berg, Henry Newman. Arthur and "Socialism, from Utopia toYoung and Charles Zueblin in sci- Science," 'and other Socialist classence,1literature and art. These arc ics will be given. The full-timeonly a few of the long list which' students arc giycn free use of theirthe Rand School has secured dur- mom:ng hOOfS to stud)" read andiog its 5e-\'cn years' life.write themes upon their work.And we informed our out~f- This year special organizationtown comrade that the bosses work, both theoretical and fieldwould ha\"e good need to fear the work, will be given under the guid­Rand School more and more, for ance of one of the finest organizersnot anJy. iS' its educational work be- in the Socialist Party. The Sojngspread all over the country by cialist Partr. the Labor 1ll0,'c:mentmeans of its correspondence work and the Young Socialist uaguesand exten~ion classes, but from all all need good organizers and theparts of the United State! young Rand School will this ycar try toworkers are co\ning each year to traill workers to meet that need.the Rand ~h oo l to use its courses The full-time st udents of theto fit' th:m~eh'es for better wo~k in last t\yq. years are giving good actheSoclahst and taoor !llqveroenl. count of themselves, Some ' areIn I~t 1-12 there, ''!r:. t~ " !.htde n~s employed on Soci~ li st- pubLicali'~~,l'OItl~n6' from as' far a,,:ay ~s --.caf ,: ~Dle afe speakers ... sol).te.p~g1lt.ri~.!orll1~ and ~q~~. ~~d . Sou~ .. D~. I a couple hO\,'e nlll (ot: : iffiti..qg:: ~lleota. In. )9~~:'3 :tbe,re ,~'ere a~am Socialist Part·r ticker ~(~'1r J:~~\'­ten . . 9 1.ar!estO!1.I, _,~ I,I~ . C~r~hnil, ever .. ~ing elected) and the. ~,ersand C~lcago, 1Umt?'s, ~1II(}~!: _ out. are doing their share as s~'d.)·'-.comrade,': said he, "if 1 coUld,I'd make every worker in a shopstop his work for six months ' andcome to the Rand School': ThenI'd have him go right back into theshop again and take up his work.Then he'd tec\\ ith ,\Igefllon Lee. the E.duc~- of th e working cJas.s,birthday this is :r" asked thetional Director of the school and T ile opinion of the students who teacher.~pecial Instnlctor of the full-time lake the cour.')es is always sugges­ A lillie girl arose timidly, _:;.tudent::. TIle afternoon confer- ti\'c ami so we repeated to our ""'ell, Margaret, you ritaY' tcllcnces this year will con!r inten.')i"c ~'om rade what one of them said on u ~." said the-teacher.stud)' of what can best be tenned. Ica"ing the school at tbe d ose of .. ~Line," was the unexpecled"The History of Ci\'ilization." 1n the term.r('ply.THE YOUNG BOQULISTS' lIAG.AZIlfBTHiNGSrWDRTH KNOWING ABOUT SWIMMINGAmong the countless thousands 01,,"'omen who have gained health andbeauty through a proper ob5ervance ofNature's laws, and through indulging inoutdoor life and athletics, there is probablyno one so deservedly famous asAnnette Kellerman. And as this giftedyOU"r woman is well fined to clearlyexplain the euential, of the natatorio.lart, of which she ;8 !H1ch a skillful exponent,we are fortunate indeed in beingable to present to our reader! the followingcontributio~l fro~, he! p:.'n,To be a good swimmer insuresoiQ much enjoyment. such splendidopportunity for self-development.and is so useful a safeguard against.accident that one would thinkst rong men and healthy womenwho have every facility at their disposalwould devote their best effortsto mastering the sport andthat they would really feel ashamedof admitting ignorance of even ihrudiments. Yet we have but to goto any of the popular beaches insummer to reali7..e how little peoplecare about it. O n every hand onewill see grown up folk of bothsexes fooli shly disporting themselvesinside the roped enclosures.evidentl y afraid to venture beyondand totally oblivibus to the sorryfigure they cut. Pride appears toh,l\!e deserted them altogcther.It seems almost t;resome to haveto point out year after year themany rcasons for which everyoneshould know how to swim. Stili,the non-swimlllers continue in thegreat majority, and if the repetitioncan only make a few convcrtsthe time will not be wasted.The fi rst plea must of c6urse bethat ,af the great value of natationin .protecting and saving li fe. I'have no patience with those whoare constantly claiming that it is thegood swimmers who usually lo~their lives by drowning. as if thiswere a good argument for rt.'fllain ~By Annette Kellermaning ignorant. As well say thathorse-back riding. rowing, bicyclingand other forms oi exercise shouldbe abanrloned because they increasethe danger to life and limu. Theidca is . ~ impl y ridiC"ulous. As amatter of fact, we are so much in,on, or about the water. particularlyin ~umll1er, that at any time we mayh:,\ e to depend on swimming fornlr pcr.;onal safety, and it is certainlynece~sary that wc knuw howto take care of oursel\'es.A great de;,! has been writtenand said about the easiest way to1(';:Irn. hut it is my advice to all beginncrs to place themselves in thehands of a good in structor, if pos­~ibl('. and to faithfully fotlow direl'lioll$.As. however, not everyoneha.') the facility to secure COI11 -petent assi!)tance, 1 will try to givea few hints that wi ll enable one to!earn alone.Dry-ground swimming is so uni­\ t·r~:J.lIy recognized as the he

..•Use solne artificial means of supportat first, such as water-wings,cork btlt, air-cushion, etc., as it willrive you as~urance. Choose a spotabout three (~t d~Pt where youcan find bottom readily if you beromenervous.Now procttd to lower yourselfgently to swimming position andtry to relax all muscles. Rigidityspells failure. Then perfonn thel'troke very. very slowly. Neverhurry. it is the death of progress.Begin with only a few strokes, thenrest. After you find that you canmove along. increase the numberuntil you afC able to discard yoursupport. And always rememberthat 311 positive or propelling movements~hould be vigorous. and allnegative or recO\'cry ones slow andeasy.Many good instructors now advocatethe use of the arms andhands dog-fashion. instead of usingthe breast stroke formerly recommendedfor beginners, and it hasits advantages. It is m~n's naturalstrokt. And ~a s ier to acquire thanthe artificial breast stroke. In the"dog-paddle" the anllS perform thesarne movement..: that docs the dogin ~'\'iOlming, while the legs aremoved so as to thrash up and downalternately.As the object in teaching thebreast stroke is merely to preparethe novic:c for the more moderntypes by fluin, him to handle him·5elf in the water, it makes little differenceif another is substitutedand thert: is good realOn to use thedoc-pactdle, for ni .. tenths ofthose who have learned to swim bythem!elves will tell you that theystarted on it.The dog-paddle i. 0100 the best.tewi." stone to the crawl, which.n ambitious !lwimlllen aspire toand which i. u~bly themo.t satisfactory all-roond strokeDow in existence,"'1'JDI YOlJNO BOOIALIa,):,B' XA.GAZIllWRacing men have found it thefastest for all di stances, and it isequally ad"pted for pleasure bathing.Age or sex are immaterial.anyone call master it and enjoy usingit. 11 is the old double-overamlwith a narrow alternateup :l.Ild down thrash of thelegs, instead of the scissors kickformerly used,It is generally co nc~ ed thatswimming is one o( the most enjoyablef)( sports (or the promotionof health and strength. And last,but not least. mastery of the sportenables one to thoroughly enjoy thl!pleasures of bathing. This is notpossihle f(lt those to whom sw immingis a closed book.One who can swim can dive,plunge and sport about in deepwet, it will 'soon dry; and after youhave acquired confidenCe ' it ischild's play to learn the supportingand propelling movements,Just bear constantly in mind, inlearning, that the body floats natur·ally, unassisted, and that people donor drown because they sink, butbt>eause their frenzied .s truggle~force their mouths under waterwhere they cannot breathe, andthey asphyxiate. To become convincenof this note how a good"aterman can lie motionless onthe surface, either face down as inplunging. or supine as in floating.ST. PETER AND THE CAPI­TALIST.water, secure in one's ability to A Chicago capitalist who is, or;>tmaster the treacherous element and Itast thinks he is. charital.M,exhilarated by its refreshing touch. (1 reamed one night that he was dea·lWhy. 1 wouldn't give up that feel - nnd had knocked at the pearly gatc1ing that comes from the knowledgc for admission.of one's .. trength in the water for "Who are you ?" said St. Peter.anything on earth."I am a Chicago financier.II i .. reall y vcr)" ea.:;y and simple "What do you want?"to learn to sw im. Just a little will " 1 want to get in!'power, a short pe;iod of applica- "What have you done that ention,and the thing is done. And titles you to admission?"once a swimmer, always a swim- " \Vell. 1 once saw a decrepid olt!mer; one never forgets. . woman in the street and 1 gave herFear aPod lack of confidence are two cents."the great stumbling blocks in the "Gabriel, is that on record?"path of the beginner. "Yes, St. Peter ; it'5 markedOnce'these are overcome it is all down to his credit."plain ~iling. J believe that the first "What e1se have you dooe?"thing for the would-be. swimmer to "Well, when I was going todo is to get rid of the feeling of church the other night, I met a littledread that SO many, and particu- ooy half frozen to death, and I gavelarly women, experience at the him one cent."start. This feeling should be "Gabriel, i!i that on record ?':fought, for it is senseless. It is an "Yes, St. Peter."excellent practice' to stand in shal· "\\'hat else have you don.e?"low water and get used to the sen- "\Vell, I can't ~lIect anythingsation of it splashing about the else just now."mouth and eyes by ducking the "Gabriel, what do you think we:head beneath the surface, and try· ought to do with tbis fellow ("ing to look about under water, "Oh, give him back his three~ ' t . bc afraid ot (ttting ro,!~ hajr:., ccnts, and tell him to go elsewhere,"TJIB YOUNG 80ClALlBTS' ..... O.&.ZIlllIOR, WOULD I WERE A BOY AGAIN IjjOh, would I were a boy again,'When lifc seemed formed ofsunny ycats,And all the heart then knew ofpain\Vas wept away in transientteats 1"-:\lark Lemon,How peculiar is mankind : Theboy tugs at the chains of disciplineaud restraint and wishes hewere a man. But when heu ·aches man's estate he usuallylooks back longingly to his boyhooddays.The poet, :\Iark Lemoll, hasvoiced hi s thoughts of most menin the lines quoted above, "Oh.would I were a boy again!"Wishing impossible t h i n g sdoesn't bring them to pass; nevertheless,as 1 think of the broadgreen fields, the long bright sunnydays, the inviting brooks andbeaches, and the lot in which Iused to play baseball, I confcss Icannot help wishing I were a boyagain, There are other reasonswhich I shall explain later . •However, the~e is another sideto this question of childhood andits freedom from care, The poetpictures the bright happy days ofI youth, when all the days weredays of play. and "all the heartkn~w of pain was wept away intransient tears." This joyousperiod of life does belong to somechildren-the children of the well·to-do. But the poet forgot tomention.-or perhaps he did Dotthink of them-the child.... ofBy William 1. Sackheilllcreasing hardships, worries. andresponsibilities. They have butto observe their parents and theirmi ser), to sec the futility of wishingfor manhood or womanhood.-" or do thcse parents look backwith ally great measure of happi ­nc!'s to thc days when they wercchildren. These men, women anochildren of the working classha"e vcry little to look forwardto as children, and less to lookback to as men and women.Their lives seem destined to be~ pcnt in mi sery, squalor and unremittingtoil.The children of the worker!'.instead of playing baseball int'mpty city lot :-; or on green countryfields . are bending over hugewt'3\'ing looms in stifling fa ctories:or inhaling germ-laden airin dark sweatshops; or prickingtheir fingers trying to help theirparents finish the home work sothat the landlord will not placetheir household goods out 0 11 thesidewalk; or performing thelllany other unpleasant dutieslittle chi ldren are suffered to doby the Capitalist system so thatthe masters may send their littlechildren to private schools, toEurope and to furnish them withcom(ort and luxuries.But the world is awakening.The great Socialist movement isforcing society to realize the injusticeand the immense waste ofhuman vitality under Capitalism.The Socialists aie educating themasses to be ready to take overthe means of production, themines, the mills, the factories andthe railroads. When the workersown and manage the industrieswhich they have built up, theywill thm be able to send theirchiJctren to school instead of torfactorit':-, and to afford lhe young­!Her'" all the rest, recreation,Sport ... and '"xuries that are nowthe inlwritance of the wtalthyslli rkt·r ....The ':-;orialist movement hasvariou ... means of agitating fortil t' Co·operative Commonwealth.It ila" it ... press, its political party,its ('COllomi(' activities, its Iiteraturt'.it:' ~ trt"ft meeting!, its lec.tllrt· .. ;\Ill! it~ sc hools and youngpeopk·... ~oci('t ie s. The latterhan' 110\ y~~t been sufficiently developedto the point of efficiency,but \, ~ afC making progress everyday. Thilt i:; w l ~y I wish-althoughi1 i:, foolish to sigh for theimpo:< ... ihle-tilat I were a boyagam.Ii I "er{' a hoy lo-day 1 wouldget Hltt) the young S

,'1"JD YOl1lf1t IOO':UXOlBTIl' lIU.G.&SJlDI•111 y...... inltl' ",lIIll' ~ ~• • ' POR BOYS AND "GIRLS II Current Events and ttf 't(I II0. .. of .... ""''-.1100''"'' s. ..., 't(I 't(I 't(I Editorial Remarks......... y~ peop .... F"n~Published Monthly at •.15 Spruce Sum, N .. York.by theSodaUadc Co.opcrativt Pubt A ..'n.John ' Nalel, Pru. O. Knoll. SC'c'y.E. Ramm. Treat.& ~:;~SC:;r~~~~~' :ndO~!~:~6Oc.., on account of the higher po.talt.Mexico and other fani," countriu.7S c:ent~BUNDLE RATES-Jc. per copy.ADVERTISING-IOc. a line. $1.00an inch. For o!,c year ont inch $10.?O.Sotialists I have alway!' advisedas much autonomy and as littleinterference by the elders 3S POl;'sible. The directors should actas guiding stars to the young. tohelp them Ollt of their difficulties.and not to meddle in all the littledetails that the youngsters shouldattend to themselves.Yu. my young friends, if ~'o uwish to b~ of rul service to themovem~t get in the fight rightnow. Start to ptrfect your o r­ganization.Get your frie nds interested..:\Iake your meetings instructive.and entertaining. so thatthe newcomer will be attracted tothem.Don'l depend toO lUuchupon your directorl". Do thework yourseh·es.Yes, J ,~ould that I were a boyqain I For with the splendidgoal. the emancipation of theworkers,ever before me 1 wo uldwork every moment of my life. Iwould bend every effort to thebuilding up of the Young Socialistmovement of America. Howman'" of VOli fet'l that wav abo mit? ' . .~ . hThe holiday o f American holi ­days, the Fourth of July. Ourboys shOOl fireworks. our girlswear American flags and red.white and blue ribbom on theircoats, om respectable citizens decoratetheir home!' with the nationalcolors, pol iticians and prominentgentlemen delivcr spirited orationsto cnthusiastic crowds. For isn'tAmerica the " land of the free" ?l 'm't our glorious country the rt:­fuge o f all who seek to escape fromoppre!'!'ion: Of cour se- there ' ~West V irginia, where worker ~were killed and wounded becausethey dared to fold their arms, be4cali se they dared to refuse to work,ThC're's Paterson, too, where hundredso f men and wOlllen are be-­ing arrested by the dozen everyday for using their p rivi lege ofpicketing th~ir factori~ s. They haveb~en forbidden to hold meetings.have beel'l brutali zed, c\ubb('d, andtC'rrorized.Uut. surely, our American heroe,o f the revolution did not shed theirprecious blood fo r these " fo reigners."T hey fought for the "Ameri(all"spirit. And those few Americanswho have joined these foreignanarc.hists in Iheir struggles-it"C' rves them right. \\'hy will theydo anything !'o ull-American as togo on st rike ?:-:.0 let us rcjoil'e, This is still th eland o f the free. Capital is still freeto exploit women and children.Capital is still free to throw mill·ions of people UPOIl the ~Ilreet whenthey. poor slaveo::, have producedmore than the market demanded.\\'orkers are still free to sla" e, tohunger. to offer their bodies to thegreat machine!l-. to be coined intoproht!l-.Our young ' Socialists of ,NewYork are, as usual, adjourning fo rthe summer. \Ve a re glad to nolethat all over the country the Young~ oc iali s t Leagues are reportincfeveri iih activity. ' Reports of suc ­cessful picnics and outings. agitationand propaganda work comefrom cver), corner of the countr> ,\\'hy iii it: Cannot our New Yorkcomrades follow their example :Are wc thc kind o f revolutionisto.;'who work for the cause when wel'an finr\ no more pleasing pastime ~Are we young wo rker .;. wewonder:Labor is sllpcrior to capital and1possess that sixlh sense thai make ~a true poet.BUI, then. it isn't really a sixths(;nse. It is rather a helper, an a~~sistant, to the eye~. the ears. th('hand and the no,~e; a fairy. afriendlr spirit. ''''ho tramports us.a:> if by magic away-far, faraway from the dizzy ing whirl oireality into the bright land of jO)'­i lll dreams.The nose ? Ah. yes. indeed, Tnfact. it is your most willing helper.It stores th e ll\emory of a thou·

,0 ~ no; YOlJlfO IIOOIALlBTI' .... G.&.ZDIlI ' , "it towers up on a line with thel'waying tree-tops. Laughing anr\:!ohouting they scramble up and licdown on the comfortable, wideb,-d. Slowly the wagon s\\'a~,along the road down to the "illag\'".:.treets, .. .Slowly the wagon sway!; alo n ;the street under the roaring ele­\'ated train,To be sure, I am in the cil Y. onm)' wa)' to work, not in the comfortableold town of my boyhood.Sadly I look after the wagon. Behindthe hay wagon an empty roaldraw rolls down the street. TheIs Political Action Necesaary?drive r tries to pass. He ha

•An InterestingMuseumA trip to the museum should besomething more than just pastimefor an hour or two-somethingmore than an idly curious glanceat the specimens shown there, witha second look, perhaps at the thing",that arc a little more brilliantlycolored, a little more extraordinarythan the rest. The museum hasbeen built, enormous sums , ofmoney ha"e been spent and are beingspent year "her year to affordto the student. to the teacher. b\1tabove all , to the general publir amuns of cu!ture and education.Many museums, it is true. catermore to the former than to the latterclass of \'isitors. \\'e find collection$.Ihere worked out to thes malle ~ 1 of details. l'pecimens sovaried, and yet w similar that to theordinary person wh o sees onlytheir similar iI\', their closer exam­.4I'lD TOll'!'G aOCIALD'1'I' llAO~a number of ·reasons, was not assuccessful as it should have been.The greater therefore is our appre·ciation of the kindness of Dr. )IIorris,the curator of the Nature andScience Department, who. in amanner so interesting that we re­~retted the snl.'lll number of his·Iisteners. explained. with referenceto the collections. the modem scientifictheories of adaplalion and inheritanceand their effects upon theanimal and plant life of our pre s~ent times. So simply, that even thechildren who were presC!nt under­!;tOod it. he showed how, throughklllg generation!'. those animal ..who we-re best adapted to their sur ~rounding ~ ):.urvived in the strugglefor existence- how their peclliiar.ities had impressed themselves upontheir progeny, so that entirelynew !'pt'cies, entirely new classeshad gradually developed. He~ h (l\\' ed how different surroundings·(hanged members of the same spe­.:ies in a comparative\v short time.This intere!;ting ta'lk was deliveredbe fo r(' onl y a very small secinationbecon'l e~ exceedingly tiresome.To the ('3sual visitor, smalltion of the museum. Yet, we arerroup~. carefully arranged to illl1 ~ ­sure. that all of his listC!ners under ~trate some principle. some law ofstoot ill'cn hal·i ng th~ir I,l·r. 1'1\.' ..• re'lue~1 \\;1_ made thaI 1111'Ihe North a nd \\ ·e~ t Si d ... Young reu· lIr'l rdlearsals. Their " music·' will I. ••",' ·'PI""l1l a .:.)I1\IIII\(el· 10 1001..pic's ha;,eball t(' am s. r"l11e III 'cry h;lIldy for thc pan)'. lilt ... Ih,. I'",\I"I'III.'S ,,; l·~tahlishing a:\t 12.00 m., a recess will he tak~, ,-pl',la!)) "here it litt lc noise in the \ I' ... I. '11 Ihls cit.1;, nd h~ad~d by a hand of music. a ;1 -Iree\ is needcd to (all aHcntion to nit· ,.,nllllll\t·t'. (OIhhtll1).: of ~Ir s."'ill march across the s tr~u 10 \\'ash- Ih~ mectlngs ;nld u n ckn"ki ll g~. The Krul.'" \\ 111 i .• III Shurthff. [J r , Klr~chington Park. Luncheon will he in· I,,~_ hal~ Cl1t"fl'c! 111\(1 I Ill' ~piT11 of hel"K. 11"r\,·~ S.mmons .1nd !\. M.(\ulg~d in until J o'dock. Th t.' fl·U\lOn th,' \lork and c,",p,·.:t to 1l1 akl' a iinc TllOlIl." ..,il, r .1 ~"fI,'" ,)1' IIIN·tingj.I h~ follow ing program will " ~re n · al'l'eU:II11·l·. ...·(01)1111'11 '1,·,1 1.1 Ih,' J.o,·al that adefed : '~~,•. l'''''''' 1'(';' ),(11

uparliamentary law class and the dancingc1.Uti ha"e betn diatinct l uecu"csl1\0 words can be .aid in toOhiah p ra lle of the spi rit of our 0,,"'11Ind the Roin~S5 mccting ofthc club was call~d to o r d~r on lhe cveningof JI1Il~ 5th. with Comrade Wm,Ei l1lt r 111 thr chllir. Oue m!w membtrwu prollO:.-ed.A bill oi $1.00 for printin~'h!~~~ i ri~l~(b E~;~:r~~~l~I~~~t P~~;nlllit -tce rel>ortet.! that It had secured 100IIcket~ for the excursion of Orandt 166,\\'. S. &: D. B. F., ..... hich tickets hadbeell placed on ~alt. The Constitution~r~lf:m~;r~h:c:~~~1IUli~:lh a~d b;r!~~willeh were accepted with CQrrection'and rt"ferred to the Socialist EducationalClub and the: Centrlll Committ«. ofLocal Qu«ns S. P. for lIPProval.Comrade Schneid C' r reporled that hehad hetn informed that Ihe: Young So·cialist ~laglliTle would cost thrtt centsI'tT CO\,y. pos tpaid, Owing to the stre,'of bU~l1IbS , t~ malttr was iad O\'Cf tothr 11 (':0:1 l1leC'ting.Till' election of permanent officers ilnd~ta l1 c.hng cOnlmiUee:s took place ilnd re­~ulted as follow,:FI;;;I~~ra~in~c~~~~~·~t)·AI~~~ ~\~I:~~:r ~rlJrre~II0l111il1R" Secretary. ~I. F~ rn sle r:Treasurer, Marie Schrimpf. Executi \'eCommittee-E. SChl1C'idC'r. O. Foernsler.\\' EilllC'r. Kath Eil11C'r. \y, Schnepp::-.Entertainment COlUmiuce-O. Fcx:nt~ ­ler. Marie Eimer. Kath. E.ime r. M.FOtrn~ler. Marie Stehle:, Ca rrie Burkle:,W. SchuC'p!)t'. AuditinR" Committee­.\lalC' Stehle :\1. Foe:rn sler. ~larie Eimer .A ,uggestion that the large hall o rIhe Queens Labor Lyceum be enalgedjor lhe third Saturday in November fora baJl or othcr affair. was referred tothe new Entertainme:nt Committee.A CQl1Imilttc of two was elected 10 11:0III the Central Committee of Queens Co.S. P., 10 ask for a sut. voice and votein that body and to act as delegates fromthis dub, should thc.'sc be grant~d.After Innouncinlt" the date of the nextmee:till(l: as J Illy :lrd, the mce:tin, was.. diourl1ed.W. Schneppe, R«, Sec.YOli NG PEOPLE'S EDUCATIONALASSOCIATION OF YORK­VJLLE~;~~io~ OU;!I ~:e~~~fe E~~~t~::~~dinlo 3 \·try solid and ~ll·orpllittd~~~ioll·~I:e t~~in~e~~:5bc:°sft ~~rb~lf~~a strong organization of young people.~~os~hiil~:~r~~~e!i~p!~ro! r:'~i~ :: l!~ ~~~well be proud. \Ve nOw ha\'e a menlbenhipof thirty. Our m ceti~g ~ areconducted so that the membeff will notonly find it educalional, but will alsobe a pleasure to be pre! .. t at OUfmtctings. During May OIl r June \\ ehad the following topics:~ Ia y ~I -A reading - subject : "ThC'I.ord and tht; Laborer."May :? I-:\ readi ng - subject : ,..-\(jf!Od Laugh."-Yollng Soci~1ist ~ I abI\ la\' :?9--:\ t~lk b\' Comulic Jull":!lSubject-" Purpose o( Lectures."Ju ne 4-;\ lecture by Comradc Julu.:hSubjecl-"~lining and Its Dallser ~ . "ThC' l11 e1l\ben wtre greatly illtC'rC'~lellill all thesc readings. talks and lecturC',.and ha\'e arranged for qilite a fcow suh·jects for the coming meetings.The menlben attende-d the outing IIIVan Courtl:mdt Park, arranged by IhtSocialist "Unterstiitzungs Verein,"' Ih t:picnic arranged by the Dramatic S~c·liOll W, E. A., in honor of the S(\'e-I1':ie:lh birthday of the well known Ger·man poet Geori e Bitdenkapp. and la~thut not leil51, we attended Ih~ picnic ujthe Socialist Party, where many of ourmtmbcrs ..... ere on committ« dutyTh~ members of the club hawdecle:d an Athletic Commi tt~ ~. to wlllch,,11 our boys and girls will gh'e U5 ~helping hand. At ou r last lIIt-eting tht'club menlbtrs decide:d to St:nd a delc·gate 10 the State COil\'entioll whichwill probilbly be hdd in Schencctady 011Jill)" ·hh, 5th and 6th, 1913. All youngptople who wil'h to join our orp:anil;i'tion which will at the same: tim C' be3~sisting the $o(:ialist Party can reportevcry \"cdnesday evening at~ P.1\1. at ou r headquarters. at Branchu. Socialist Party. 14,j9 3rd Ave., btt.8:?nd ,md sard St., or can re«ive full~~~~~nC\~~~II'e5b\V ~ P~~:; ;~h,t~heE.lic81:I~51., City......... " ...... 1" •••••••" Auf meinet. Reisen habe ichhinen Tropft:n Alkohol - in kdnerForm . - mitgenommen. leltweiss illl Gegensatz zu dem, wasman oft. hort. dass der Alkoholll'tatt die physischen und seelischenKra ftc zu erhohen, sic vemlmdert,'f-. Sven Hedin, Asienforscher,Fur das Konnen gibt es nur(inen Beweis: das Tun.~et 'tieg.:hn geschickter Kunstler in seinCIilFache, cin ~Ieislcr des l;cmctzels,I lerr ~ I oltke. alll­\ - on ~ Guy de Maupassant Ilortett' cines Tags den Augc­-illldtell c1cr Friedensfrelltlde mit\Venn ich nur an das \\'ort folg-('I](Jcn sonderbarcll \\'orten :"Krieg" denke, erfasst mich Uestiinung,als spriiche man mir von.. Dt.'r J\ ri('g ist heilig, ist cine gottlichcEinrichtllllg; cr ist cines dcrZaubcrei und Ketzerve rbrenllung. ,i.:ehciligten Ge.;.;ctze cl er \\'clt; crvon Dingen, die weit hinter lIn~ crhalt in dell Menschen aile grosliegen,die langst vergangen sin d.'t'li. edlcn ( ;efii hle: die Ehrenhaftigkcit.\'on ctwas Abschelllichem, Flirch ­die L:neigenlllltzigkeiLterlichem, t ;nnaturlichem.du' Tug-end. den .\!tH, lIlit cinclll\Venn man \,on Menschenfre ~­ \\"urt. er hindcrt sie. in die .'I.bsernspricht, hicheln wir stolz und 'l"hclI!it"hstc Serbst- und Cell u:>spreisenunsere Ueberlegellheit libel''Ufill ;til \·crfal!cn.'·rlie Wilden. Wer sind die Wilde". .\I,u .id1 ill Herdcll \'vll \'ierhUlldertlau-;cnddie wahren Wilden ? Die, weicht'.\lcll:o.chell ZUl':lll t-sich l'chl agen, urn die llesiegten 1.tI 1ll('IlIUIl. Tag 11 1(.1 \""adlt ohne Ra stverzehren, oder dic, welche ei ll ­ lIl11.:('r wgrllllde richlell - da,Ebene fallen, das Haupt \'on einCI1lSabelh ieb gespalten oder die BrU:-l11\'11111 man ,,;11 dco .\Iell~i,: h ell ;tllf'g-n""('Il. edlen t;efuhle erhaltell"von einer Kugel dlln::hbohrt. L'ml lind .. nidl\ ill rlic auscheulich ..\cdas sind junge Manner, die arl>eiten,~1·l!l',t· lind (;cllthssudu \'cr-schaffen. niitzlich s('in lallrl1 !.. ]);11111 cincnl anclen' llkonnten. 1hre Vater sind alt undJ I;m iell \'\ III ,\1 cllschcnRei ~ch bearm;ihre Miitter, von dell en sie ]:"rgncn. :mf ihn I O'~lil r zen. Secnzwanzig Jahre geliebt, angebetet I, ,11 1 :Iut \·('rgie,.,scl\. \\ cite ~t rct:kcllwurden, wie nur Miltter anbetendc.'~ ler'lalllpftcll , hluigeroletel lkonnen, werden in sec.hs Monatel1 . Ilpucll _ III it lermalnnelll Fleischyielleicht in einem Jahre erfahren. dllng-(,II. J laufell VOIl Leichnalllc:1dass der Sohn, das Kind, das allflllrl11('I1. ('inell Arm oder ei ngrosse, mit soviel M iihe, mit soyielOpfern und soviel Liebe erzogeneKind, in ein Loch geworfen wurdewie ein verreckter Hund, nachdemihn eine Kartatsehe zerrissell halle,nachdem er von dner Kavallerie­Belli \'crlieren lind mit zerschmet­Icrtem Hi rn in einem Winkel desFeldes c1end zugrunde gehen, wahrenddie a lt ~n Eltern, das \Veiblind die Kinder Hungers sterben _dal> Ilt!nnl man " in den MtriSchenAttacke zerstampft, zertreten, Zli aile grossen, ed len Gef tihl e.. .~er...Brei zermalmt worden war. Warumhat man ihren Jungen getotet,ihren schoneo Jungen, ihre einzigeHoffnung, Hiren Stolz, ihrLeben? Sie weiss es niehl. Ja,w3rum: . . ,THE YOUNG SOCl.ALI8T8' JU.G.&..ZIJfEhalten" und " nicht in die abscheu~lich ste Selbsl- und Genusssucht,'erfal!en I"Die Kriegshe1den sind die Geisst!der '¥elt. Da. riDgen wir mitcler Nattlr, da kiimpfen wir mit d(rIJ!L·nl\"l'~ellh('it. gegen 1 Jinderni.;sealltr \n. 11111 unse r clendel> Lebenl\"elligcr hart zu gestalten. ~ I en­M:11("1I. \\"o11lt;ller. Gclehrte \'erwcndell Iilr Lcbc\1 zur A rbeit ... u\."llel1nadl .\1 itt('ln. ihren Brlldcrn Zllhelfc.'ll ..' Ie zu unterstlltzcll, ihr 1.0 ..ZIt erlt.'jl'l1lcrll. Eifrig bcdacht aufda .. \\:,)111 der AlIgcllleinhei t fugenl'it' 1':l1tticckllllg I II Enldeckung. berei("hern"ie dell mcnsl'hlidlen(;c1:-t. \'rl\eltrnl .. Ie die Crelll.en dcr\\" ll"elhl"iwft. lidern sic Tag furTag cI('m \ cr'lalldnis ei nc SlIl1llllenellcn \\ i .. ~en-. ~t: henkel1 ~ ic Tagfllr Ta~ ihre1\l \'aterl

"16 • THE YOUNG SOCI~LISTS' MAGAZ.::.IN::.E=-________ _In tin land cindrincen. dell),1,110, der scin Haus vcrteidigt, crwilrgen.wei I er mit ciner Bluse bekltidetist und keinen Helm auf ,dem Kopfe tragt. die Behausunge.uanner Leutc. die keio Brot haben,in Brand sleeken, allerhand Nutllieheslind Schones zerbrechen oder!ltthlen. den im Keller ge.fundenen\rein Rl1strinken, die auf denVon Max Winter(Forilletzung.)Ilics \ erslein sagl. dass damal!d1l: Ilauptnahrung aller arbeitenden-'lens-chen die Erdfrueht war.die narh der Entdeekung Amcrika'~die ..:anze " 'cit eroberte.~elb s t \'o n dicser Frueht gab c~ni-.:.ht ~('nu~ auf dem Tische Koh­It:'rs. SC'1.:hs ) lauler sperrtcn sichaui. welln die ,\lutter die dampiende~thiis~el \'om Herde aufetcn Tisch hou, und oft Il\ussten \ 'aterlind ) llltter ihr Geluste unterdniden,lim l1ur die Kinder ZllsfittigclI. In so1chell )lomentcn,erwunschte Kaspar Kohler, desHauern Mathias Sohn, sei" ~cllick·sal. Er war dieses clcmte!1 Le·bens satt und wle .1'1·11· 1.\ I (onen andererMenschen traumte er da­,'on, dass auc)t er TeicJt seillwotlte. so reich weniggten15, limKnrtoffeln genug auf den Tischstellen :tu konnen.,Eines Abends war es wieder so.Allerlei Triibseliges durchkreuzteI('r seinen \Vunsch erIunen, soscin Gehirll, Dann erhellte sichweit meine ~Iacht reicht, aber so~ros:\~e in Blick und plotzlich 1mb erist nicht mein Reich, dass~tr.aS;i.eD ge£angencn Frauen schanden,Milliont" ,"on Mark in Pulver jetzt eine g'l1te Fee crschienc und \\'ahrhcit mae hen konnte:'an "Kind('r, das ware was,ieh restlos den " ' unseh zurWCIIIInrpl1ffen und hinter sich das mich naeh meinem 'Vullsehe "Eine Kartoffel , llnd das wareElend und die Cholera lassen ­ Cragte, so wie es in den alten nllch ZII " iel ;'; dachte bei sich diedas nennt man "Ilicht in die ab­:>cheulichstc Selbst· und Genuii5-)tiirch('n war.einen " ·unseh.",1elzt hittte ieh Fral\. abcr sic hutete sich, der glltenFee da:o: zu sagen. Diese abersuch I verfaJlcnl" . , ..\\'all habc:n sit den" geleistet. dieKriegshelden. UIll tin wenig \ 'cr­.. Ein Haus \'011 mit Gold." rieflIi(' :\ Itltter, die des Elends Jam­Iller !chrte, wie "iel man skh mit(';'riet den l;edanken der Frau und:-agtc : "Eine Kartoffel warc nich tZII \·il'!. abcr der Jahre Rcihe iSl.. tand III bcwcisen? . Kichts. \\'a:. Gold ~c haffe n konne .III lang. liebe Frau,"haben sie 'erfunden? Kanonen und "Eil\ Sl.'hrank \011 mit Biidll~rI\,"riet dcr :litCstc Jungc... Zl·hn kllru: Jabrl'hen und da!:l;cwehre. - . Das ist alles!\, ~i n..' loU lange;"lIat der Ernnder des ~chul>karren:tdun.'h den einfachen. hand­da ~ u," die er:'t~('uo\'(.·llc Toduc\', .. kh ~e h(' ~thOIl, Ihr habt nie"Ein IlCll('~ K!t'id tlnd ('inclI I {\Itlidlen 'Gedanken, den zwei Handh

-Thi, i. the tree of the fortlt.cd YOUJ" .............. U;...-,THE HOUSE THE CARPENTER BUILT~This is the axe whose sfMdy blo."Cut down the: tree of the forest.Thi, is the woodman, who. e,'eryoneknows.Wielded the axe whOle ~t tady blowsCut down the tr~ of the forest.Thi. is the loa-to the river'l sideRolled by the woodnlan, who, every­Ofte knows.Wielded the axe whose Iteady blo ..... 'Cut down the tree of the foreat.Thll is the river whose "owinl tideCarried the lor that ....... 1 rolled to its.. ick.- ~ ~ ~Rolled:by the woodman. who. "_cveryoaeknow ..Wielded the axe whose steady blowsCut down the tree of the forest.Thi, is the wheel that went whirrinr'round.Turned to the Tiller whose Rowin, tideCarried the loti that wa' toned to it,,ide.-Rolled by tlle woodman, who, cweryoneknows,CHARITYCame two young children to theirmothers shelf(One wa:s quite little the othHbig) .And each in freedom calmlyhelped himself... (One was a pig.)Tl1e foorl was free and Illeu\y forthem both.But one was rather dull antivery small;So the big, smarter brother, noth­. ing loath,He took it all.At which the little fellow rabetla yell'Vhich tired the other's mor~.csth~tic eln;Wielded the axe whose Itea4Y biowlCut down the tue of the forest.Th«e are the IaWI which, with buuinrsound,Were moved by the wheel tbat wentwhirrinr 'round,Turned by the river whose flowinr tideCarried the lor that was rolled to itsside.-Rolled by the woodman, who, every­OM kn:lWI,Wielded the axe whOle heavy blowsCut down the tree of the forest.Thu~ are the boards, so strairht andlonl.Cut hy th'! n ..... s which. with buuinasound.\'r'ue moved by the wheel that wentwhirrinl' 'rounet.Turned by the river ..... hose RowinI' tideCarried the lOS' that was rolled to itssid ~.- .Rolled by the ..... oodman. who, everyoneknewl.\""ielded the axe whOle sludy biowlCut down the trtt of the fortst.This i. the (arpenter. skillful and stro,ll,Who planed all the board, 10 Itrai.htud Ion,.Oy Ch~rlotte Perkins GilmanHe gave him here a crust, andthere a shellTo stop his tears.He gave with pride, in mIDuercalm and bland,Finding the other's hunger adeiightiHe gave with piety-his full lefthandHid from his right.He gave and gave-O, bl~ssedCharity IHow sweet and beautiful Ithing it islHow fine to see that bir boy riv·inr free"'hat is not hia!Cut by the IAWI whidt. with buninrsound,W tU m(lved by the whtt.1 that .. tntwbirrin, 'round.Turned by the Tiver WhOK ftowinl' tideC.rritd the 101' that was rolled to its.ide,-Rolled by the woodman, who, everyonekno".,Wielded the au whem .teady bl~w tCut down tbe tr~ of the foff:st.This it the houllt with- its .. inoo.s ",ddoors.With timbe:u and ,.ftCH and roo" andAoora. -Which ,,'as built by t_ carpenter, skill­I,,: '1'1(\ ,trong.Who r'':Ulcd all the board! so straiJ:ht',nd Ion., -Cut by the •• w; wnidi. with bunin,sound. .'Were ' moved - hy \o),cl's M he pleasu, the unn ..6trkled right to exploit men,wut11(n and children o( the work ..in~ das~. and to be free (rom theInterference of the state in hitfproces:iof (xploitation... ,. Inthe hands of the capitalillt Jndi ...vidual liberty has degenerated iflooto individual license, its philotopbyis Ihat of shortsightedegoil'i t11.The frequent and heated moderndiscussions on the meritsof the "svslems" of individualismand soc i'a li sm are, therefore, .. tbottom only the theoretical andsomewhat veiled expressiOn. ofthe political struggles between the ~ruling and the dependent c1assfllof our tim~~.My WorkFrecdom hath yet a work for met o Jo;So :-pak~ Ihat inward voice whichnC\'cr yetSpake falsely ; whcn it urged the~ pirit onTo hope enterprise for countryand mankind.All t rue whole men succeed fQfwhat is worth,Su c ce l>~ ' name, unless it be thethought.The inward surety, to have catriedoutA noble purpose to a noble end.JamC,5 Russel LowelL

,'"HE YOUNG sQClALlSTS" Mloll/lZlNETHE GIPSY~ BEAR---A STORY'A new RUPian author of note has recent.,.bees broucbt to the attention of~ . .. adu.. His name I, W: M.c...nIaiIl aDd., aco::n·diD:.ff to • Britilh re­"net, "i. quality of Tilton and viJOtof iateJpmation he setms fully Tohtoy'seca-J." U[lf9rtun~tell the ouwut of hilpea consists, sO far ., known, of onlyabout twenty published storks and.b:tchu. and we _oeed not look for anyadditions. 'G.nhin inherited an unstablentr"OUI system and in a Ilt of melancholi.ended his life more than twenty yearsaao at ' the agc of thirty-three. Hisstories, of which tht following is ontoh.Y't but lately ~ been tnnslaltd inl -)f.:n&:lisb 'and publisMd iT' England unckrthe title "The .sisna\ and, Other Stories."In the steppe the town of"Bielsk ' nestleii ~n the river·Rp~hla. 10 S~pte mber '~f l.Bj7the town was in a slate of unwontede:

I.... T~ftJt 4YOUNO SOCIALISTS" MAGAZINE•MODERN EXPLOITATIONI.Biology, the science that treats.of life or of organized beings.teaches 11S that man is the kingot art an·tmals. The possession ofintellectual, moral, and spiritualfaculties differentiates him fromthe lower animals. Sociology, th~science that treats of the conditionsand development of humansociety, agrees to all the qualitiesascribed to man. But it finds thesefacultitS uncultivated, and undevelopedin the mass of the people.In the animal kingdom there e~istswhat is known as a strugglefor c-'(istence in which the fitt fstsurvive, Our ci "ilized society hasnot progressed much further inthis respect, for a constant classstruggle is taking place ami is becomingfierc.er every day. The en­"ironment which surround the individualis "social" i. e" said individualis dependent for his necessitiesas well as luxuries on thegreat mass of producers, But j.is C'ntirely different with themean:: of production. The toolsnecessary for producing th ~things we consume are owned byindividuals: or by C'Ompanie~which consi!t of comparativeh'small numbers of individual>:.The workers to secure the meansof livelihood are involuntarilycompelled to apply to these indi,viduals fo r what is commonlyca ll~d a Iojob" or "position". Atthis point the ~xploitation begins.The result of this exploitation is~rhaps in a m~asure responsiblefor the stagnation of the higherfacu1ti~s in the mass of the work~ing people,By Abraham PollockII.B), exploitation we mean theappropriation of the surplus valuethe workers proonce. The methods tmployed by the capitalist in~~ploiting or in squeezing outmore surplus value in the form ofpro fit~ are various-for instance,intensification of labor, competitionof the unemployed, child labor,The result to the laborers tgd i ~ a st rou s. HowC"ve r, h~forelooking- into the reguits we shallfirst ana\\'7.e the methods. It willbe well f~ r ),ou to remember thatthe manufacturers make theirprofit not from the raw materialthat is being lISl'

•111 f ••lISt&' Jlij~I~QPOI! BOYS AND GIRLSP!a- ., It.. A.a ....... SoelaU.t Sud.,........... Youc peop .... l! .... ti.fublished Monthly at11 SpMlce Street. New York.by' theloeialildc Co.operad.. PubL A ..'n.John Nagel, Pru.· O. Knoll, Sec') ..E. Ramm, Treas.•;!!~SC:~t~~~~Ci~~ :ndO~!~~ :-60c., on account o f the higher postaKt-·lfexico and other foreisn countries.7$' cents:.... B1JNDL£ RATES-Jc. per cop),.-=- :ADVERTISJNG-IOc:. a liM, $LOrt.. inch .. For one year on~ ineh $10.00.Yfh&t Oreat Men Say About War- " 'liz fer war-l call it murder,":--1,:s, Russel Lowell.: ':"Thc: hero. is a spc:ciu of assassin."-;-VictorHugo.."An' you'lI die like a fool of a~ ~dic:r."-R udyard Kipling.TogetherCome, shoulder to shoulder erethe.earth grows older IThe Cause' !\prealls- over 1andand sea; " .No.w the world shaketh, and fearawaketh,And joy ~t last for thee and m~.William Morris.. The Politician .( must, .when. I go out f to play,.Get my MaQlma's consent ... , . .Although wlieni '&!,ow up~ I mayBtcome a prTs"'tderif-1It does see,;it- ~ry queer to meThe way the world is run" .That fmust ask her'leave, and sheCan't even vote for one!Helena Sharpsteen.I "Haft a heart that nevu ba'rd~lU . atelQptt that ne\'t'I' tlres.~ a touch that_v.,. hurU." -Q,arl~ , Dtdct'RLoro YOlfXCJ aocIALJllTI' .... CU,.I1lD,; v ~-- '"IICurrent Events and '. ~ ~~ ~ ~ Editorial Remarks\\. .. . , ' .' . ,'.. hSix weeks have passed since the Just a!\ i~ industry where smallcompetitors kill each of her to tht'benefit of the large capitalist (or·poration which controls the mar'State!\. Civilizati?n rej.oicecl. ht. so here the nations of th·Christianity had again won a Ualkans arc killing off thl'ir SOIl~,klorious victory ,over the pagan, fl'eding their worker" to thl'the heathen. the unbeliever. The enemy's cannon. draining the la·qTurks had been driven out of Eunvesti ge of strength from tlu'ir.pe. A Europ~an conflagration 'own working class. for the rightto exploit ~ew masses. new lan (L~had been avoi(ied. EnthusiastsAnd behind them stand. like \'\11 -\V.ere dreaming of a Balkan Republic,of a new power in the far ropt' , rrady to spring upon thCIll ,tnn's, the great nations of EII­East which was,o carry the mes­ ready to swallow them when tht'\"~:Ige of Christiaility, was to bring ha\'e become tOO weak to defendthem!'e\ve!'. ~Ioney. territon'othe culture.of a new century topower. greed, the~e only arc th ,'the people's of the East.motive!' of modern warfan:,signing ~f the treaty of Pea~e b~tween'Turkey 'and the BalkanSix weeks! And to-dav, likehungry wolves who, having kille.ltheir prey, tlley tt:ar each other topieces for a lion;s share of the remains.Oulgaria, Greece, ROll'maqia and Servia are fighting forthe booty. land: territory', newn,eans of exploitation, wealth andpower.Forgotten are .their ideals; theirdreams of a new civilization, forgotten,the. new Balkan. Repuillic,forgotten christianity. .religion,. evuything • but the d,esire forwealth and power. Or, let usrather say that we .. re · to,~ ,ay•.for the first time since .the beginni~gof ,the ~tru'Jles: .bro~({htface tei face with the real ·motive.the root of the matter.Bared of its pious mantles, thell alkan question stands before ~us111 . hideous " o~~ntss , the oldstory of sacrifice, of brutalitr,ofhorror, of weath and slaughter att!1e altar of capitalism.ELECTRICITYIt has been discovered that if :Isteel knife and a ~i \v e r fork be insertedin a' I~rg~ orange, an elel- ­tric curren t will De generated. Iithe end of the fork and the ent!of ,the knife sticking from thl!,orange be cO'nnected' with an elec·tric measuring instr,ument, quitea perc~ptible current will befound to ']>a&5.: .The same' kind ofa batle.ry may b'e m:t4e by subst,itutinga cucumber for the orang~.1n fact, any _ acid ' fruit· may beused. . ~ .In order to ' mak~ . a voltaic piieit is only necessary to procure tenor ' more' piec·es of zinc aPeut ininch square, the same number ofpieces of copper, and a like num·her of piec~.

10 l ftDI youn IOGLUoJII'1'II' JUGUDnImagic a pool of ..vater, a great.glorious pool of water appeared ~ntheir vcry midst, their own to uscand to enjoy.• • •Suddenly. in the midst of theirdeafening, happy noise rose a newsound, the only sound whichcould ride ovu the clAmor of their,·oices. It was a brass throatcompeting with throats of ftuhand blood and brass won out.\Vith the clangor of the gang. thepitch of their voices fell. Toowell they knew the sound and allit meant for them."Oh! Oh I Olts t" in wailingchorus took the place of happyscreams, but none hastened toobey it!t summons. The gongclanged louder and more insistentlyand a few girls cl.mberec~reluctantly from the pool. Feetthat were fairly winged a halfhour before became heavy as leadand refused to drag themselv~sfrom the water. The ever pruentpoliceman and the lifesaver begauto drag the I1nwilling little bodies(rom the water, one by one, onlyto have them slip back again likefloundering fish into their nativ l!"elenlent. Hut th'e voice of authoritynll1~t prevail and the pool wasfinnlly left alone while the girl:'wifh huvy feet sought their lock·H~ to dres:'l and go forth again intothe world of grime and dU~!land heat.Meanwhile, in the inner court,where the sun streamed down hispitilesa rays, a new crowd a­waited their turns, while outsidethe gates stiU another crowd wasbeginning to (arm. For all ofthese the brazen gong me~nt joy.and the dying laughter. was butthe prelude to their own choru~which would soon begin. But notuntil the last girl had emugerlfro~. !ler locker could the waitingcrowd in the inner court take theirplaces in the dressing rooms, orthe outer crowd ho'pe to press in·to the inner court where the heat\vas a little le!ls Serce.At last the inner gate wasopened and the second mob filedeagerly through for suits andtowels on the way to dressingrooms. Finally emerging in mi~fitbathing suits they filtered in·to the shower bath where theymade a pretense of washing feetand leg!' with soap and water. A,the water streamed down upouthem the babel of noise beganagain; it arose in deafening can·fusion al1ft the program was repeatedin its entirety, with a ny thisdifference, that the state of bli!l!'couh] be declined in three tenses,the past, the present and the future.Cleanliness must be next togodliness, for it is said that whenthe Pool had been opened but

tl ' T1m 'YOvji"~; i:t.e>UlinI , :11TO TOUlfG IiOCULlaTl' XAO~ •• rR~ ;1 II ....... ..Editor, Younl Socinlists' M.ruint-.DellI' C~mrldt:!-Like the weather. there has betn awhole lot udd about the Young S~d.liu,· Movement i n America, butmil+UY little ever done ahout it.Durinl the put ten yurs therehaVe been hundreds of oraaniutionsfounded, (or the purpose of prOll'lot·inK' the principles o f Socialism amongthe youth of America. Some of thueor'ganization!. throllgh the u rReatwark of a few individuals. really grewin : numbers and became very popular.Itul with all the larllc memhcnhilland popularity, thue o rganizations(('II and soon disappeared. One fol·1(.wed the other. and thl' nme situ:'!·tion confronts us to·day. That this isthe casr, we all OI,r(' c. and becausc ofIhi. there must be a reuon and a \'try'181'ificlnl ont:.In the New York Call of April 2htapp~an :l l ~ttH writt~n by FrankSchulman, wilh an ~ditorial comm~lltthereon, The editor of th~ Call .ummariusor at I~:ut CO lJlm~nt a uponth~ impo rtanct' of Ihe Young Socialist.'movt'ment, and Comrade Schulman,who I know hu given up agrnl dul of hi s tim~ and ~n~rgy towardsorganiu tion, makt's an urgenlappeal to the Socialist Party for aid.That the' Soria list Parly can helpU~ a gr~at deal. with moral a nd, ifnC't"('I!iary. linanrial ~urpo rl , is 0111 flfclu('stion; but we art' not 50 much innt'ed of organizer!. nor t he willingnusto organi ze. but we are in net'11of th e' right kind of an organizatio".An orga nization with the righl ki nllof a system, the right kind o f a programme,and the rilCht method of followingup, or developing into realitytha t programme. That, and only Ih ~;i. what has bt'en lac king in all of thl'Young Peo ple's Socialist Organizations that wert' founded in the pUI.And thai was the principal caul(' forfa ilure and alw ays will be, until nrwmethods are in\'oh'rd. 'That programme is this: T o de-;i~ft~ t fOr~~~:al~~~I\~ar~~li:.li~tions: to make of these organiutionllin.tud of only study du,sC'S. debat·ing clane. and lecluring cluse', andconstantly listtn to the e.XPflundin.rof the class stnuur1c wtek aftte ....'eek,from speaken who know little e noughabout the lubj e'ct-.o Ihat it beconl"~monotono u., e"en . ickening-to m ak~of thue orpniution • • educational"'.oc.iatio n. , in the. full "nM of theword. ( H you cannot ifttere. t olrlmt ... and wome'n in polities, in Socialism.tt'll mt', how ('an you inl ere~tl ('un, Pt'OPIt', b)' poundin, the cla.is' Irunlc;. into their ~TIl·nium J . 'week inOI nd wC'tIC o~t?L An,cduc,tional .inslitution.in the full It'nse of the wordeducational, i. the de\'elopment or:;~r;~g , r~~n~~~~'g mpOerr~I!~, ~sh~r:i~~~:mt' ntally, morally, and physically, intht' right way, uhdt'r the influence o£a Sodali.t orranizaiion, it will no t beneceSlary to inake Ihem bite the dustin ord('r to drive Soeialism skin deep.That is how the capitalist organizationsare doing it. And that i. whywt' have' 5Q many patriots 'and 50 f~wSocialisu. Now, it is Ull to ,the Sociali.1Sto do the same thing in thC'Socialist way.Let me give j ust a littlC' e'xamplcof wh at such a Socialist EducationalJ n.titution could start with: A PhysicalTraining o r Athletic Department,a Dramatic or Theatrical Department,a Singing a nd Mu sical D~partment, :tL~cturi ng Dt'paftment for public le.::­turu, a Study Clau of Social SciencC',:I Debating C1au, a Speake'rs' Cla .'~ 'an Enter t ainm~n t Department. {Thatmight Slart enough propaganda to in­Iluence municipal da nce halls, thC'­:t lre ~, elc.) A Propaganda Departmentfor Socialist "-gitation, etc., anrl;t. tho usand and o ne othtr things canlit" t:1 ken up. Such an organizationt no ont can contradict ) would bebound to caust popularity amongstthe ignornnt m:t!lses of young peoplethroughoul Ihe cit)', a nd popularityfo r an orga ni.ution under the conlrolof tht' Sociali st Parly, its member!iand tht' prt'5S is also hound to helturces.!>ful.I am oprn 10 con\'iction all tht'tillle. If you ca n con\'ince me con­Irary to,the abo\'e I am with you. Iam a nxious to hear from othe'TI. Th ~Young People', Socialiu mO \' emt'ntin :\muica is a ~ard nut to c rack, but.. important onto\ 't'ry frattrnally youn,Jefferson W. Obrisl.CHILDREN IN THE CO~NTRYOft times we think of the poor citychildren, crowded' in dark 4 tenement!,try1na to play in rfarrow alle),s, orromping through the dirty streets ~little beings who could be oh, ao bappyin the btallti.ful , rten C'Otlntl"')'., - ,J thought ao tOO, and often··J remarkedhow m~ch pd, fr~h air andpure food would improve their whitefa«5, and their boditt.Lei m... lell you about four littlegirls whom l see at work ev~ day intht' coulltry.Their agC1l a r~ 6, 8, 9 ilnd 11 )"(";I.n.None of them have e\'er beell 10 IChool,and can scaret-Iy r~ad tht'ir own namu.Aoout four o'clock in the .morning,bC'forr the sun climbs over the hill, myfou r little friends arise and dreSl, elltbreakfast and at six go to the fit'ld5 topick berries.Thry pick until noon, then "Test a ft wlTlinult's after dinner and work in thrfields again until dark. .These chi ldren arc compelled t o workas t he father earns only . a few ..dollaua wt'ek. He is employed by a ""ulthyfarmer, who exploits his workers andin turn their children.Thrir faces are pale and c1 lee rle s~.Thry work unsheltered under the glaringsun ')r under heavy rain. The~'seldom rest under a shady tret:' andrarel), e\'rn bath in the cool brook.There is little happintn on this tanhfor the workers and len in sight fo rIhei r children.Whether in the city or in the ('(juutry,plrasures a r~ for the rich only.Let m be more determined thai thet'a rth will be ours. Dun 10 live in andOUTS to enjoy. Ours in the city andours in the country.Let us be dcterminrd that our livt' ~lmd our childre n' lI livu will be outs,and not owned by masten. This earthwas Ill:lde for the worker!, we made it,now, r e;'"' 'n en joy it.Ge rtrude Kram.,~Rather Dilconcerting")'13mm3," said little Ethel.with a ditl(ouraged look on h ~ riace, " I ain 't ~i n g to ,chool anym o re."'· \~.' hy . my durie, what's thematter :-" the mother gentl: inquirc(1.;, 'Cause it ain't no use at all.t can ne\'f'r learn to spell, l'het~acher keep!' changing the wordson mr all the time:'~O=:~(lQ ai~~()t~H~"'·)!##~O~'~~P:i:o>;~;P:J:~,:¥~..;;:;;n;~~~~~~;~;;:~~(!q)#i!itO'.~~~ ..aI..aI..aI YOUNG PEOPLE"S CLUBS ..aI ..aI..aI Iit~;«~.J

l'MILWAUKKilPlan! lor grutet' I!o-optration be.twun the god,lI,t 'OURIl tleople l • or­,anlutlon. and the Sod.I·Dentocratic.patt1 'Wltl be .,tt.ented to the nutmutlnr ot the tount¥ organlutlon . a~the .... ult ot I dilcussioh of thispro~l.m b, lh. Iilount,v ~xecuth'e commltt~t.It I. "'Iilognl.. d th.l the faun. I>eopit:lH I lIt'owlng factor In the So'cMi1l1t lUov,ment In MiI",au.ke~ coun.tt and that the S>att,. thould take10m. dennlt. ''Iltlon to let that thework 01 the youn, I. dir.ct.d alongthe S>rop.t channel.,Th. quutlon 01 ullnl them toluater advanta.e In carry in. on lh.prop,randa of lh. part)' will aho b.dl.culled,Th. I:Ollnl), executive committee intaklna \lp the dlvilion at profitt fromthe alate picnic to b, held July ~dtclded that .. J pet cent, wu to goto the Soctal-Democratlc PublishingCOml)ant. pubUlhtu of ail the party·owned Socl.lill p"pcn, -45 per cent, 10the Mllwauket County ofllanlutionand 10 per cent, to the Ilate organintlon,It wu provided that out of the"S pct cent, to ao to tho Soda listprt ... the per c~nt, each be given tothe Poli.h Ilnd German SodaliSfw .. kliu.Thl' y, 1', S. L, of Milwaukee can·sists of our branchu l oca~ed one onthe North. onc on the South, one onIh9 Eut and one on the Wut Side ofIhe city. Also under way of organ­Iz.ti/)n al prelent arc " Polish andJ~wi5h branch. The different bun\'he,(j( the organization arc known a.,Club •• nch Club having its officer,and dele,atet to the Central organjutionknown a. the Young People',\Velfare Commiuion. Thi. Welh.reCommission is appoiated by the PartyI'D YOUNG aooIA.LD'!I' ...... A.UlI:aploy~. He said it wu often impos-­ and thereb, the , workln,. of thesible for, the . r~portu to .Iet the ,I.: Young People are in aec~rd.nce withh9rtf'''t aide of the p:pqtl, in ~tbe nent Uu~ Part' iRonment:of .It p.rr"tl .. aUI ifter the . repor~ EacH Chlb i. orpnlacd under Ii\nt atal~ therdorq 'bi DC'!'; I. 't-cri Oarter I"tt~cl ~ lhe Social DWle~1ik~'.f ~d be r,vonltle to the "essd tor.lIe: Partrand,\utfnora.b1e t9 the wqrl.ef4:'the IlIl~rti'trs hbtf • bl .. lnAucndovu the poliC=1 of the paper becauscof the ract tbat the income of tbe~r.tt I. mdnl, duincl (rent .~'U.r: Loa ANGELBS. ~ALtl, at.Ort Thtluda;i Junt 215, i9h11. twi,li,ht"" 'l Ot Falk inoted the Iot.ltt;with twd trlcetion. on tbe ():.nD\ and haJ '~r'ie l , faded when the lI.uleMin M\ \v.nach tendered l \ooeal knot ~f tagef bn~~ began fJtpanding,,ot~ helk oi which ,,'cre appreel.tedIn !Spite of tbe rain. large numberbt the mem\.tr',of hlemben, ladiu and lIentleme~,showed bp to cut their 'Yotu .t theirIi. It.!;eml-annual elcetion which was heldat thl! lut meeting In lune, Br !iI•.1do'clock Ihe I.'rush was ucilln;, 'rht'officers elected arc! Organlur\ NathanUucllOlt:r1 Athletic Department,il~" DL:ci:~t ~~~~~fc g:p:~::::~tBUIllIl Martini Educatlonar DepAf'~Inent, S. Hahn I Enterlainment De­I)a rtmenl, Mre. C. J. Earlel Headquartersl)epartment, Harrt RichmondlUhrary Department, Mildred'rrtvu I Muslu Department, L, Pow.~ral Publldl), DepartnlCnt. Will 1...l>ollard I Chairman. Hynlln LevIn:V l c~-Chai rman, Ted Por~lh I Record­InA' Secretary. Gertrud. Lcvlni FinantialSecretary, Charlel Earlet Treat­Ilru, Sam Harrl"Comrade M, Lusdl. o rganiz.er 01the Y. p, S. L. o f San FrandlCo, h ..been In town during the week justr,.ued to study the tondilionl ex.ht ~ng In our league. and to inveltlgatethe poulbility of organiz.in, a Stateleague, Comrade LUltig ."y. thatthey ha\'o a m~mbenhip of about onl!hundred and fifty young people InSan Fundlco. and that the league IIRrOWU,j', A, yel Ihe )'oung peopleha ve not ,ecured permanent headquarter!.but expect to leale a hallloon, Prospectl lIeem.iood for a liveleague in the northern dty, and we ofthe Los Angelu y, p, S, L. wilh ourSan Fr .... ncisco comradu all the IUC­CUI in the wortd,BUFFALO. N. Y.A special rnert;ng of the y, P. S. L.was held on Tuuday, July I, to electdeleg&tCl to the 'tate convention andafar the usual preliminariu, Comrade.,Aluanderson, Hainrs and Warkwerc electrd ... ,. Again we wantto urge upon the Comrades the necu·tity of joining the y, p, S, L, It youfcel- tllot you arc 100 old to assod;I!""ith the ,oung (olkl, join anyway andhelp them b, p,a,ing dues. ~ is the,ounB' people of to;-4a, wPio wm UlherIn th~ eo.operatl.e tIlmmonwulth,and un.iu, ,ou prep.Fe them .tor it.thet will be URal td !!:epe with theproblems which II .rlse, Join the.league, work for e league. and thushelp in this gloriou, work of edue:!·lion for emandpation:NEW "lORK STATE CONVEN­'1'101'1'fhe VOlInA' Soe/alist.! of New YorkState are calling it convention tor the~u,pose of lormlng a State Federatlort,Th. Buffalo Lugue I, havln.th,rge 01 the calling of It, while IheSchenectady Club, In whose city it\TIll he held. Is having charge of thereceh·lni and II ceemodating ut thedeleg'ilte8.The convcntlon will last three day •.beginnlnll with Sunda1, August 10th.and ,endi nA' Tuelda1, August 12th'Th, Soci.lill IJarty will be representld by a membet of the StaleCorumit\ee, whil e e;lc h of the dulu..... iII ha\'e three ddegatC!l a piece.Six citiu ha\', already signified theirInt~ntion oE bein&' repruented, amoni'which the Young People's SocialistFederation of Now York is the larg­Cit ,inille organi:u.tion.'The convention wilt elect St4te 0('ficen, adopt 'a State constitution.and will transact othet bus inc II suitablefor the character of the con\'enlion,The con\'ention Is expected to bea tremendous lueceu, as over onethousand Young Socialists will berepresented by their delegates, :\few cities, and large counties likeKinKS and Oueens ha\'( as yet notbeen hurd from, but it is expectedthat they will also be represented.Any New York: tlubs desirinr informationr~garding the convention.hould write to Frank Shulman, 116Ludlow Street. New York City, whoi. Ibe apecial Publicity Agent forKew York Citr,Fraternally youn,Fn.nk Shulman,Publicity ABent ~r N. Y.To YOtllfG 1OOIALIa'H' JlAG.uun:OIl NIMMER RAST[NDE SONNEVon August" LilicnthalEs ilt Hoch50mmtr, Eine son·nig.t I.andschaft breitet 5ich "o.>rschneebedeckter Alpenkettc all~.1m \Viesengrunde leuchtcn dieBlumen im Sonnenschein lindbieten ihre susse Gabc dem ~ i cumschwarmenden Volk e der Bie·nen, Falter und summenden Kaferdar. Auch dort tiber die wciteilKomfelder giesst die Sonnt: ihrcStrahlcnfiille, 11m die Reife tiergoldenen Aehren zu "ollcnden.Auf den platscherndcn Welle'ldes Baches, dtr am ,Viescnrant!zwischen Steinen cilig hi nabrallscht,der sonnendunstigcnEbt:nt: entgegen, spiden

1.g&~ ·"nd 1m fUnltell ]alIt bn~lt~},:,I5I>U cin ''Feld. um 'd'as herun''''7.IIkomm.en i\1t~ ~~lYlertel St'UI'"d~n h Qtig 'Wa~~ Et hattt, ;.a48.,z9I.l Quadratmeter, mthtsl'hon' also als einen Quadratkllo ..nieter. ,Da cr die, sal'l, wurde unsc~",KaspAr KOhler blngtich «umuttlind ct hitt. bcreits ~wiinscht.d:lSS die g\tte Feo nichl weitel'Tlchncte... \Vic t(!cht hattc sic dochgc:habt, dass cr ein gutcr Bauer,abet dn schlechter Rcchncr sci.1m scchstcn Jahre brauchtc crschon 40 Quadratkilometcr Land.urn allc Kartoffcln bauen zu kon·nl'n, oder eine Ftichc. auf die mall... wei Drittcl du damaligen StadtB~rlin stellen konntc. Seine Emtl:im ,sechstcn Jahre abet hatte JOni\t illioncn Kartotfdn betragtn ; im~ic bcntcn Jahre batte cr schon eillFcld gebraucht. das 1278 Million~1\Quadratmeter gross gCWCSCllwarc, cine FHichc. die zu durch.tjt\eN:n dn riistiger Fussgangcrs..ine gutcn 4 Stunden brauchte.m~hr aIs drcimal so gross wic d:!rhamburgische Staat.Oem gutcn Kaspar standt'[\~ ': hon die Schweisspcrlen auf der::itirne. Er war wirklkh einfurchtbar unbescheidenerMensch.".'\ber ich muss es ja nkht furmich aUein haben, dicses riesi~eF~ld:' trostete er sich ... Das soliallen gehoren die mir helfen. csxu bebauen.·· Bei die:sem Cedan·I"~n jubdle er und auch der gutl!UI'"ee gefiel die.scr Gedanke gar:!!ehr. ::iie hatte ihn langst erta·hn.··.... W·J39.iJi.y68 Kartoffcln amEnde des sieben ten Jahres,"~ hrie eben Franz. Auch .:r~chwitzte schon untcr der Lastdles~r Rechnung."Von .H Tausend Miltionenb'a.'rtoffeln konnen schon ein paar geben -kann.. i.~Iehschen cin paar Jahre lang !e­!"en," n£1e Hichelnd die Fee.I!U YVUlIIU IluClALlII'l'B' .... 1JUI:!I1I ' . .'I,C.nua', IItnUg," ~ K.~po".. wmn ei auch aH't\\ reh&t ee I!~tcllUg." •,.~·och hlch~ Dclne Rtehnulls(hlUSS eriullt werden. dann magst"ntl dit Entscheidung treffen ,"e nd lnt acMen Jahre waf cbF~'d notlg, gro9l:et .al~ BrandenbUl1'lgr&ttr ci:ls Sdl!eslen. und dlo!Embl: bdrur mehr als cine MiIIiOI\MlUiOl'len R:artoffeln\ oder cine uil ..lioni im n~ntel1 wire das Feld flJgross gt~sen. dasa es rom Balkanbis zur NotdsC'e, V'Oo det Adria bi ~~ut Ostseo gtrcicht hattt. \"Ot1 Sicbenbilrgenhis libel' den Rhein, Cl\hane Ocsterreich·Ungarn samt130snicn und das i:3nte DeutscheReich von damals bedeckt, nnltF1ilssen und Seen, samt Firnen unl'lBergen, sount nor( und Stadt. unll!

9 tD YOVIO IC)CJUJ.l8Ti' JU,.OAZ:DrBREFERENCE I)OOKSOld Dr. Johnson. who is as wenknown to modem generations a:Iany man of his time, because ofthe biogfapny written by Boswell,said a great many wise things thiltwcre none the less wise bttauseSchool is a place for teachillgt.hildren how to know thing:ol.rather than for providing themwith knowledge; and after childrenIt'ave school they are tempted (0think they have thrown aW ilY agrut deal of timo. bttause the .­I,avt forgotten much over whid lIhey have spent many hours. Furim:tance, after once leaving school.a boy may never in his life be callt'rlupon to draw a map. and he may.therefore, think that l11ap-drawin~is a useless study.and in an atlas he would tind amap a hundred times better dra\¥n"than any he could construct with·out its aid. If, therefore. map·drawing was meant only to providethe student with a mental atlas, itwould be a great waste of time.The real object of such a study is10 teach the pupil what map-draw·ing reall y is-what the lines mean.hl\W the fact s are put down. and.il' general. the language used forcxpressing geographical fact:; Oillhey were said in big words. Agood joke at his expense was madeby Oliver Goldsmith when he saidthat if Dr. Johnson were to makelittle fishes talk, he would makethem talk like whales. One of themost frequently Quoted sayings bythis wise doctor is that in which poper. Having drawn a map. th~he said there were two kinds or Lther maps become intelligible.knowledge. "knowing a thing, and There are certain things, how·knowing where to hnd it."lind what you want and utilize itnccording to your needs; and do·ing thill, you have used books tHadvantage. But your son who i ~in school. though he has this samebook. will be set to memorize i:trom first to last. . ..."Yet. "ifwhen he gets into the field of ac'tual work he needs knowledg-::which this book contains, he cat!go to it and utilize it as you tit)now.All readers. speakers. editur ~ .and uther public teachers need toconsult books of facts continually.\Vithol1t these books they would ~.recver. which one Gught not to have I;early helpless. except, possibl v.to look up. Two simple in stances on one o r two fields ; for in ·are the l1luhiplication.table and the ~ tance. one man might know th e~pelling of common words. The history of a single country, anothertime spent upon these in school is might be fully infonned in OIlCgi\'en to acquiring knowledge; ,fur part of a science, and so on. Yct .if one had to refer to the table or even in these special instances th l·10 the dictionary to solve the easy knowledge of one man could 11('1(Iuestions that come up in keeping for a moment compare in fulln e~ ..dl"counts or in writing a letter, each ' or accuracy with that contained ;:1d these little questions would a volume costing, perhaps, a d o ll a~.ca.use a serious delay. These in· therefore, why the desk of a joUI":-lancCS will illustrate clearly the Halist, the library' of a minister o)rdifference between knowledge a doctor. the t~ble-of' a professional\'. hich should be carried in the writer, will contain a selected set .Jjhead, and knowledge which may books of facts. These books. uf~ :lfel )' be sought elsewhere. It is oourse, will vary with the man';to be feared that teachers often fail \;.ork. A naturalist making a sp...··To which branch o f knowledg('.a..i it is divided by Dr. Johnson.does map-drawing belong ~ Youwould naturally think, at tirst, th atwhen you drew a Illap of NorthAmerica the object was to learn the!!.hape of the continent and theill giving the proper amount oflime and attention to instructingtheir pupils in regard to knowledg!which is not to be memorized. Mr.cial studv of birds will have th e!.rest auth~rities upon his own sub­jtct; the politician will have tablc ..of Yotes, copies of laws, maps .)fboundaries of the natural and poii· William Hawley Smith, in the political divisions, and so ' on.tkal divisions. Dut a little thought " New York School Journal;' Whatever men have to do, if it bewill show you how unlikely itwould be that a man would e\'('rneed to refer only to his memo rymakes the plea that " schools shouldteach children not books them·sdves, but the right use of them."allY but the ~erest hand labor, theyne~d the printed report of what hasbeen -done by other men beforefor such infonnation. Unless he He says. addressing his grown·up them, or the he1ps that have beenhappened to be wrecked upon a reader : " You. in your library, de· r.!ade by workers in the same fielddesert island or becalmed upon Iyacht, it would take him only .\sire infonnation in chemistry o r . to save time and trouble.history, and )'ou reach out your.few moments to refer to an atla ~: hand, an~ , upon dll: s':arch ):ou(Continurd on Palt: 7.)'I'D "1:9~.P. ~TI' J14G~ a( .. AUGUST BEBEL ~ ]was busied with oth~r things. Th~gre~t world outside, the struggle.!!between man and man. class andc1~ s s. they claimed hi s whole int~res t. As a \'ery yo_ung man inr .eipzig he joined an organizationknown as the ":\rbtiter Bild~llgs·\ 'erein," a dub of young worker:;;who, under the direction of Liberalleaders. strove to educate them·selves, to gain an understanding ofsocial, scientific and economic con·ditions. He vehemently opposed atfirst the attempts of ' Jater well·known Socialists, Liebknecht andVahltekh amon&' ,th~m, to changethe character of the organization, 10make of it an Qrppj~tioo for agitatioo.. and ~~ . p~nd.arnone the la1:k>ring masso. I!eb:eJ Ias-L!Dmlber of the exeCutivt committee.was practieaTly fDrced lttspokr:sman in Parliament. He wasalways radical, aggressive. some·limes e,'en brutal in hi s condemna·tion of all that stood for capital·ism and its system. In 1870 he andLiebknecht were the only memberswho did not vote the extraordinarysubsidy required fo r thr: war withFrance. He was .the only Socialistelected to the Reichstag in [871. buthe ullr:d his position to protestagainst the annexation of Alsace·I.orraine. and to express his fullsympalhy with Ihe Paris Commune... Do not forget that the Euro·pean proletariat and everyone whobears in his breast a spark of lovefor freedom and independence islooking toward Paris. And whenthe up-risinr in Pari.s has been sup·pre5~, rem~mber that it was but askirinish, that the real EuropeanA comrade has gone from U5, afriend, a brother whO' understoodstudy the Marxian philosophy, toIry to understand the ideas of. theus and loved us. August Bebel; a class struggle. And, wh.t h.s hap ....son of the working class, the incar· pened to so many who set out tonation of all that it means; a living oppose our movement, 11(' foundexample of its sufferings, its strugrles,a prophecy of its future gt'cat·ness- he has left us, and his com·rades in the farthest corners of theearth are bowed down with grief.. Of Rebel's young days we willhimself befo re 'Iong, at first an unwilling.but l-inally an enthusia sticsupporter of the idea ~ he had triedto ~ Iamp oul.From that time his ri ... e to pr~)m·inencc in the working class move·say but little here. An extract of hi :; menl was rapid. In 1867 he I I as.. Reminiscences," reprinted cl se· cl~~lcd with Liebknecht 10 Ihewhere in this Illagazine, gi\'es a ReidlstCig where. with the exceptionpathetic picture of hi s boyhood nf the two ~ · cars from 1881.ISH,jdays.•• J became a turner for a veryhe represented the Soc iali ~ t Partyuntil the dar of his cieath .simpl~ reason. I assumed that a His wonderful organizing ICilentfriend of ours. who was turner bytrade. would take me as an ap-­and oratorical powers quil'kly madehim one of the leadr:rs of the SocialiHprentic~ . And so it happened,"movement and their dlief... ays ~~I in his "Remniscences."He confesses later that he never be·came a very good turner. His headstruggle .tands before you. Rememberthat erJ many deCades have'pa s*~ . th.lillltl~.t Iy ·of th~ P.ri.it.rpruletariat : ''''ar to the palace!'.peace 10 the hovels, death to starvalionand idle ne ~s.' will be the crv ofthe whole European pruletariat.:·I.augiltc r r rom th e Reich ... tagRreeted t hi~ pruphecy. But theHe iLh .... tag laugh .... no longer. Ittre l1lhl e~ \ 1 ith fl·ar. it ~ t e p ., ~'Hlti ou ~·Iy Ic ." it awake u IIl'C Blurc thc spiritof re \olution, !hc ~ pirit o f thc ParisLU lIlllHlnc.Hi .~ l1Iard. alten\anl sCiid th althis)oiJCCd l o f I:clx!]", wa :- a ray u f lighl.:'Ih/) \\'ill,l:" him lhal ~Ul' jalj !. m W il li anenemy tll bc fllught and cru ... hcd. InIHo;.! Il(.'oc l \\·a., acc useo ')f preparalionfur hgh In .. a ~u n and (ondcl1lllc

----~ wu _r 'physically a............- 1J!e.pr!~!c.>m of hit•• tt,. • IihIIdboocI had produced a....... w"'; ·dCr..i '~1 fl'Ol\l~ · liriin. . . Jr. ·Iift.! .........fo ..·• witll the: u"tmoot ...,lIority,""*.. = ft:Iost ric!>rous ~ .. of hisIooaid., dwed himself every pl ... -' ;d, micht hann. 'his bOc'lily or,"~i, en. 'For .nil .body a.n,dfiii' mi~ ' lonced to the movement.llefOR 'th-c needs of the movementevery other cOnsideration vanished,- , . ......... ' • " 0\ .i ~ ....• , ~ , • .. ,tHE YOUNG SOClALIan' JL\G+ZINE'T~at he liv'ed such a long, sucha wonderfully J:ich life is due toJulia Bebel. his wife · .. n(h:omrade,She was unceuil1l io .her .c.~ forh'i, qomfott, was his ftufit' in tiQle

...• , ,1'tUl: YO"UNG SOCIALIITS" "A~AZINEstudy, but this did not prevent me(rom sometimes giving answers,especially in the rehearsal of thecattthlsm by the superior pastor,which did not fit into his'thtology.and brought me many J.icolding sermon."justice fad." It is true that myorgani~t frequently had good('a use to pass sentence upon me,For in~tnn('e , one day, ob'eyingthe dark impulse to be "famolls,"I engraved into t he red sandstone~ tep~ in front of the cathedral myfull namt', place and date of birth,in la pidary letters. A large nailserved mt' a~ a chisel and a stonea~ a hotmmer. ()f course, the evildeed wns di sco\'e r~d by everybodygoing to church on the fol·lowing SI11ltlay. :\'Iy organist alson,)lkC!ver the wilingstruck II!' in tht: face right and left!'ophical reRections about thewith hi~ fat little hand~. makingnut one-Illust have an income anJfre-edom of the sparrows, thatthe room ring. Evell in slKh awonderful gem!; that flash,wert" noi:'ii ly disporting thtm·moment I "'auld not help admiringThe mothers don't ,:ount :wo Ihfsell'ei' in a crowd all over thethost' hand!,.(hildren don't count. IhcH",school-yard, Touched by my nothing that ~ol1nts but l"a~l1.)Iy bad reputation gradually fale. she at once obtained a fullbecame :-00 well established in the pardon for me from ber fatber, \Vhat of the crowded huu!,(,$,ol>inion of Ollr o rganist, that he aile! came herself to announce my what of the fetid slum :took it for g ranted that I wa .. in- freedom and dismiss me from my What of the reekin g courts anti\'ol\'t'd in ever): de\'ilt~y that I~k prison. This was the first and sinks wnere the great whittplace. If I tned to IIltercede: III only pardon which [ ever re- scourge will come?favor ~f som~ comra~e. and ~ro- ceived in my life, If the Etemat 'What of th~ children, born, thc~c.tect hIm agaillst unJust plllllsh- Feminine had more fre-Quentty with nevu a chance t h ~~ !,calr,ment, 1 ~vas merCilessly con- . - - - - - "Wlio11lnTg7bWTo a halr.5tan'~side-red as a participant in his al· had my fatt' to deCide, I sh~uld life in .. the....poisoned tenemen~leged crime, and included in the have been better ~tt many a t l[ne. air?- = ..._ ..:;::;.: :Jlunishment. ~\ten though I had "Oh, let us ~e CaT"m and 1")SIfien~not bt'en concerned in. the mattu Brbel'l "Rtmtn'i.cucu. rna,. ht and let'-us do nothine ras~ , ..:at all. In late.r ,year.s.. m.my puty - nured (rom thr' Socfaii.i Litcrat~t.The motb.tU doO count 'an.a liltactivit)'. my tendency to be just C .... mpany, 15 Spruce Street, New babies don't count, t'here's nothit:lOy prict, has been dubbed my York, for 75 Cfnu per. ceN. that counts but cish I,__ I THE YOUNG SOCIALISTS' MAGAZINE TREFERENCE BOOKS(Cont inued from Page 2.)arc never impatient, never unwilling10 answer questions, never tOObusy, but always slaves to Ih ~Itlagic lamp of knowledge. See toIt is certain that the ch il dren it tHerefore, that you make a begmning.who are- to succeed their father~Own and keep unde-rand mothers in doing the work (IfIhe world wi ll have to use thc:=;ebook .., whic-h are ('alled "books oi}(\ur hand a dictionary, an encyclo·Iledia, and an atlas. It is not nt!cessaryto advise as to buying allY parti~'ureference," i,'ontinually; and yet itl ar ones. Begin with any goodj ... unusnal to see a ~'o ung boy orgIrl who is awa re of how easy iri ~ to keep a great storehouse of(lncs, and you wilt soon find whic:lones suit you best. They will prov~tf' be a 5('hool which you will delight\0 attend. and in whidl theknowledge at command. Even til ..·majority of grown people have!.tudies are left entireh- to vo)l1rn'ry little idea how to go to workown taste- and discretion', .to answer the-ir I)wn question~.The daily newspapers and oth..'!" The Fox and the StrapsI fCriodicals give up much space I Inun' upon a time Ihert' was :l:lIlswcring 'lue"tiom: whi~'h mig:lIfox who boarded a strt'el ("ar andI ~ solved. wilh only the sligllle't1 ..)Okcli abollt in vain for a seat.IrI1l1ble, by th (l~e who ask them, ! It.\1 l ~nJ.! th he espi e:d aho\"e hie;i.::ct, nearly every edilo rial Oftil'i,"h~'aol :-(","eral hundH's (,i nnellluSIdC\'ole mn~iderable time :').,trJP~, He trit'd 10 readl Iht'Ol,I:nding nne;wt"rs 10 qlle stion~ for 11\11 l'ollltinot. He Iri~·tI again andpeople who should he ashamed 1l< )1tf) do this work for themselves,agnin, bUl they alway., t'llIdcd hi:­gra .. p.1t is nol very difficult 10 me ref. Filially he ga\ ' ~' il lip, "Oh.Hem'e book", A little practi~'e will ,'ery well." !'aid Ill', wilh sonlt'~O(I n teal'll any intelligent boy or heat. "I dou't ~·are. Th{"y'r~girl where to find Ihe (acts he ("on~ gt'rm·laliclI anywa.\',.... iders so interest ing when he meel ~, \(~'ordingly hl' got ofT. notthe-Illin hi ~ reading, Engli sh liter· \\'illbtandill~ he wanlt-d II) (al~'halure i" a s lore~ou se of riches be·e;ide which Ali Haha's cave is nomore than a poorhouse; and everyone may possess the "open sesame"Ii \" which to roll the rock awayf~om its entrance. Once withil;.you will stand like Ali Baba, onl\'puzzled to know which bag of gem'sis best worth rifling. Not only ie;there enough for you, but you mayinvite all your neighbors, and, inf"ct, all the world, 'to share thetreasure with you, since it increasesby use.The key to att these riches con­'gists /in knowing where to loofi for Iinformation, and this is best'~l~amed by turning to those silentleachers, books of relennce, whic;.a Irnin nnd had already paid hi ...f ;tr~',Ellis O. Jone!-1.I~e l"cntl)' a Dellvcr school girlwas in~trlH;lcd to wrile an essayon '").Ian". The essay began inIhis wise: ")'1al1 is the personthat woman marries. :\ian sprangfrom monkeys: so did woman, butshe sprang a good deal farther."THANKFUL"Finished at last '"The joyhll parenls of the beau·tiful ynung girl gathered arounelher with every seeming nlanifesta·tion .)i l' ~: lre-l1It' joy. Il seemed:Ilmosl too goud to be Il"ue." \nd "0. dear:' said Ihe mother,"you lIrt' i,u!t-cd edncaled,"""t'." ill!\t't"'Il. mamma dear."rt'plil'd lhl' Y'lIl1lg girl. hl'r eye ...ht'illllinj.!', "":,ee! Here is Ill"diploma." .l'ap3 was more: (aut ions. Hi 1lI'ra(l i~'al IHI~ine~~ ~'areer madehim ... Io\\, 11) al'cepl."I fi:'el tll:\I it must be so," 11l~:-aid, j.!'ayly: "~till. I ml1~t he~nr{', .\Iy liauJ.:'hter, ("an you~pt'ak I:rend,;" .'"I ,ike a nativt' of \\·a:-.hingtnn,"The parent., l"xdlanged pro\ldl ook~,'\1Iti ha\l" )011 .. llIdil'd PS.\dlUIogy:"11\11(1\\ all ahuUl it."'\nd ph) "iulogy, w;')logy, bi·,)l~)).:",\, J.!'i:'Onll'\r,', phY"i(-.., anddH'l11i"'lr) :.". , . ~.~, ,ndl'l"I."" ,\nd \·I\i\· ... :·" a ... kl'd papa hi ..\"oil"i:' trcmlillng,"I t(luk il il)r 1 \\,(, terll1~ , "" . \ 1\(t m\l"I~' ;""\\'.:Ii1. I. han' imprm'i:-('d IIpiel't' ()i Ill)' uWIl."TI1(' h:IPP.' papa lurned to Ihl't'qual!r h.:lPPY mnmma,"1.('1 n,)\ only prai:-t:He-an'n," he ~ait!, "that she hasacquired ~l1l"h nn educatioll , hntthat 1 hn\'c money enough lef:to 5\1ppOr! he-r in ca

nl Y .... I1Il111ata' lIagazlnaPOI\BOYS AND GIRLSPublbtitd Monthly !t15 $pnau,Street. New York,by theSoclali.tic Co.operative Publ. A,,'n.Jolin "Na'S'tl, Pru. O. Knoll, Sl!c·),.E.' R:lIl11n, Treull.DUNDLE RATES-Jc. pcr copyADVERTIS1NG-IOc, a linc. $1 :011an inch. l~r ,Olle year one;. inch $1000,COMPROMISEComp~omi~c ill normal. ea',,·and advisabl!.! if all you desire i'sS ll ~cess at the polls, But· howcan you compromise about a {U;Idamentalmoral faith? The twothings tlo not go' together, youmight as well talk about whileblackness o r hot snow. Sociali:;'l11il either right or it is wrong. Ifit is ri ght. then it is a thing fartoo noble and fine and far tooimportant to mankind to be mixedup with'sordid moti"es and ideabof parliamentary success, and iiit be wrong the men in it had betterdrop it.One thing or the other,It is not the least importalll: rthat John Smith should gratiiyhis ambition and become Premierof England, it is of the greateHimportance that wage-~Ia\'er.\'should cease, -}{l1ssell.Charles Edw;IrdA little group o f wise hcart~ i~better than a wilderness full oifool .. ; and only that nation gain~true t('rritM~'which gains itself."John Ru"kin.• ftlE YOtTNG SOCIALISTS' IlAGAZINB .L. ~ , - '-'!Iii •'=.. '.. ." ,-, -"II Current Events and- \If \If II~ \If \If \If Editorial 'Remarks~ ) I Ii - I }J"'ith the founding of a S tateur~alli7.ation of ' the Young Sociali~tI.cagues an important ~Hpforward ha~ been taken, ~ot onlywill it mean hetter work andSUBSCRIPTlON-5c. a copy. 50..:. ).!reater opportunitic:-o for the individualduh:, and their member:-o.a yu.r. For N. Y. City and Canada.6Oc .• on 3rt'ount of th e higher postage,Mexico and OthN fQrtia:" countries.7$ cents. ,hill it "'ill ~er\'c to call the attcnlit)nof hitherto indifferent partym("mher~ to the work the young'pl'{'ph: :uc lining.l.l'l 11:-0 l'ollg'ratlliatc the :'JOIlI ' !;'iolk:, who W\.'llt tu Ihe l'onveT1-li,)l1. The~' dit! ).!ood work. Therew:t.: a gTt'at IC1l1ptation It) \'lIth)!):-e irulII all rl':,pon ..;jhility tuIhe I'arty. to organize independcntly.The fa\'t th;lt in :-opite oithi~ the majorit), oi the delegate:;\'otelt in fa\'or ~lf a con~litutiollwhidl re~og'llizes the ~ocialistI'any a:' Ihe 1I10th(:r organization."hidl demand:, that all lIIell1\)cr:;oi thc Lea~ue. as soon as they arcof ;lge, shall \xoCOIIIC ll1elllbcr~of the party organi7.ation, i~ ag- r atii~\ing proof of the facI thatthe: effort.: {'If the dub~. weak antiinefficient a~ the\' have been. ha\'e~lh.'cecdct1 Ilc\'er"theless in preparingour young comrades for thediscipline and organization of a~ociali!'t movement b~; tcaching'them that g:reate~1 Ie ,,"011, llt;nof Solidarity,There :'Ire lll:'llly things a Stateorg'anization call and I11I1:.-t do,The la::-t Party Suite COllvention,more than a year ago, directedthe State ('ommittl!t! to take upthe qlle~tion of sending out an organil.crfor young people, Thl:;motion met the fal(' of all motionswhil'h arc I1l)t backed \1p hy ('on-~tant agitation on the part oftho~(' interested in the . matterit\\'a~ huried forthwith in the alllIal... of the (ol\\·ention.It i" the uutv of th; State Fed"eration to :,ho~v the Part,\' o rgan"ization how mudl ('onld be aI',ctlll1plishet.1 ii a ('omr:ule. whllkllOwoi ~11let hillg of o rganizationwork. a ('nmradt.· · who will wurl.;encrgeticallY. ami who ha:, th~'(;1I1"e oi tltt.' young people a t·ht"art , were :oenl-out.There :"tre countless ' dtlh~ an.!l'lnl,lct~ !-fattered m·cr the :'tate",hidl :trt' drifting aimle:,~ly :dong'Wh!l'll IllU!'t be brought ilno till'org-:.I1lized mu\'emeill. Thcn.~ art'parl~ : headquarters and party urg;lIlization~-(,lo7.ellsoi thelllwhl.'re~Ilcce~~fi. d work I.'oll id bedom'. where it n('ed~ -b\',t a· word10 hring the Young folks together.There ;Ire I;ian:oo ior ~\l,dy to' he:trranged. lecture courses to ht'1.lalllled. method!' of organi z'atiol1to be perfected, '\'e can do il.\\'ith the help of the older ('0111-ra"c~ we \\';11 build up our 1110' t'­Illl'lI!. \\'ill educate our yOlln~pl'ople, wil\ help the party whellc\'('r:llld wherC\'er we ('an:\\'1.' will !'t ri\'e to be with , themn\'ement, oi the movement. partoj the whole. a part.as necessar.\'to it. a~ i n dispe n ~ible in its worl..a:- the bnlllch alld local organiz:!-. ,t ll' Il~,'Self-s:\a;lil'e is' a ' eh;ar'actcristi.: .oftl!~ human race, · It :glorifies· manwhl're\'er he' is rrf!e, On,ly , a systemv.hrrr Ih,jng means' a struggle aeainst(l1)lJrI'SS;On c:l n kill it,- ..... BebeL~ltj1L. m Ton .. SocauaTII' )fAO,U1lI1I ,. r .FOR OUR YOUNGERShow Your Socia I SpirilFrequent visits to the parks duringthe early spring and. summerday .. are, to most of our workingda"s sisters and brothers, the onlyIXF.sible r«,reation and life outdoors, Ch ilrl ren and grown-up .~alike seem to ~hakt' off all restraint,I.ike young animals, after a longwinter indoors, they run alx )Ut.playing. shouting, running, untilthey are healthily hungry and ti red.One of the fi rst things that ~o"f lalists have done, wherever they~ u('ceeded in getting control of aIlll)nicipal government. has been toimprove, to increase the city'sparks. For they know that tht"best, the only way to waken th!!working class population out of it.:~ tupidity is to give it a taste of joy.a hint of the beauty the world hold,0111 to its children. It becomes, intilllC'. the Illost effective agitator for~ho rt cr hours, for better condition".It !-eems a pity, therefore. to seeItow some of Qur visitors, and particular)yhow some of the children.di!'figu re the parks. In spite of .1large force of cleaners. in spite of('Ountle s~ rubbish cans the paths are~ trewn with peanut-shells. withpapers and fruit skins, with litterof every variety and description,It isn't so hard to learn to takerare of things. just a little feelingof responsibility. a little respect forthe rights and comfort of others isall that is' necessary. \Ve, ' as S0-cialists, surely should starid as anexample before all .others. Wes~ould show to the world,' not' onlyby our word., but first of all by ouractions 1that to us the IIbrotherhoodof man" is something more than acatch-phraz'e. We should not onlyspeak as "social" being!', but act3nd think socially.To be a Socialist in the tru·sense of the word is one of thegreatest ideals to which man canaspire. The true comrade is 3. comradewherever he goes. He thinksof his fellow-workers not only onthe platform and in the meetingmOlll,He is a l'omrade in his shop.He is ~ l'omrade at home. Hethinks of those who live near him.m nsiders how his actions may affectthose who live and work abouthim. Even in recreation. even atplay, he must feel himself as butonc of many. a" but OOle link in agreat. unentiing l'hain of humanheings. who make up .he world.The 51 rength of the chain depend"(tPOIl its link": his weakness is the\\'eaknes" uf hi~ da~". The com'ing ~ocia l order i ... possibl~ onlywben. at it..; foundation~ stand menand women who wil\ sacrifice andendure for others. llIen and womenwho have oecome truly social. thel"l1Ilrade!> of the future.To Ma ~efleclricit~First. take a piece of zinc; on itpl:Jt:e a piece of vinegar-soakedpaper. then put 0 1' a piece of copper.then :'I piece of paper, thenallC'ther zinc and then paper, and~o on until all the pieces of zinc,(opprr and paper have been used,It is important that a piece of zincshould be on one end of a pieceof copper .on the other. After thepile is completed, again soak thewhole slightly in vinegar, thenclean it off on the outside.If the forefinger. of o ne, hand beheld against one end and the forefingerof tile other 'hand be heldon the other end of the pile. quitea p('r\'c"ptiJ)Jc '~lIrr('nt will be ielt.READERSf f several persons cla.sp hands andt he persons on each end of theline touch the voltaic pile, tht'current will Row through the boUiesof all those in positio n.The thermopile is another dec·trical c(tTrent producer that marh e made in any household at atriAing- ex pense. The clectril' (',frrenlis generated in this l'ast' byheat. :tnd anything frolll a candleto 3 live coal may be used 10 producethe heat. Take a lot uf l;crmansil ver and copper wire an.!('lit it into six-in ch l ength~, Thentake a l;t'rman sil ver length anda copper !ength and twist the en d:Jtogether. YOll will have a "­shaped arrangement of wire,Take another leng1h of Cermallsiln'r wire and twist o ne end ',fit tightly around the copper endof the ,., Continue the proce .. sulltil you have a Ion I s uccessionof what might be called Ws ordouble \-5 arranged with alternatepieccs of copper and German~ il n'r wire.~ow take two large curtainring". Uenci YOll r str in~ of wirelengthS nnttl it has a~S \lm ed thepo~ition of a star an t.! damp it bl'­tween tht' two cu rtain rin gs, On~end of the string of wires shottldbe copper ant.! the other {;l'rm3nsilver. YOII will find Wht'll theseare clamped between the clirtainring" that the inner points of thestar form a circle in the middle o fthe rings. The rings should heplaced on uprights and a candlesho uld be lightet.!, ~o that tl\('flame will play between till' inncrpoints of the star.Nt\'er in tht history of lht humaurace hits 3 c135! of opprC'~IIOf S frtl'dlheir "jC'tim! from 5uhjC'C'.tion."':'A, Hebel.

10TJDI TOtrNG SOCIALISTS' lIlAGAZ1NlITHE YOUNG . SOCIALISTS' CONVENTION Al SCHENECTADYFirst Row :-Photographt'r. Prok ssor K. P. Sheud. Mi ss Benha Y Ohler, Juhn Hughr!, Andr('w MC~311y,~orman M. Shedd.Sr('ono Itow :-\' ictor Ey, \V.:\ Po rtl, Ca rl Orlla nd, Arnold Obri:. t.Third I{ ow :-D. AI('lI::lnd('r~on, ~ harlt·s I-iainrs, Elil a nut'i UClluch. Mayl'r Steinman, Jacob H3ik.,.n, ~r.and Mr~. H. HoekhnTn ,F.lUrth n o w :-Roherl \Vark. l(q )O rtf~ of the 'Ti,iz('u" ; :\layor l.unn oi Sehcnel'tadv; \,ustave Sirebd,of the State Conl1l1illl':. S o.: i a li ~ 1 1':Lrl Y; JCffl' TSOIl Uhris!. Jlllis Troy, Ernest Boyntoll.'-'--:;i~ilisic "OF~~LABOR ~-----The banginJ::' of the hammer,The whirlinf{ of the plane.Tht" cra~ hing of the busy saw,The creaking of the crane.The ringing of the an\'il,The grating of the drill,The 1. .. lattering of the turnin :::­lathe.The whiTlin£, of the mill.The dippin~ vi Ihe tailor':; The bustling of tl~e market:-:hear:'.The tlri"ing oi the awl.The sounds oi hune!'t il1du~try1 lun-I 10\'e them aliiThe clinking oi the Ill:lgic type.The earne"t talk of men,The tOiling of a giant press,ThC' !'cratching of the pen.matI.\~ he hies to the town,The haloo from the tree·topA .. the ripened fruit comes down.The kind voice of the dairyman.The shepherd's gentle call­These sounds of honest industryJ' \lwe-l 100'e them aliiTO YOUNO 1l000AL~T.' IU.cU.ZlNJj IITHE STATE CONVENTIONof theYOUNG PFOPLE'S SOCIALIST LEAGUES OF NEW YORK.-'1. very &ifOiika nt ('om'('ntion ha ~ ;U'IdU$t'd in tht' cilY of Sch.:nt'ctady. 10b(' sllrt'. tflt't(' \o\'e-re- four ronl · t'nli,}11 ~tht'l~ this ....·et'k, and the- ('il), wa~btilli~r:.tly )illhtt'd and &'2ily dC"corall'tl spokC' for tht PIlTty aftathr ~).te-I'dl of ~Ia)'or LUlln. Of coursrhi .~ ~pecdl ..... as also lood. It al l'\'IY~ iii.for ··(;us:' IS many call him, Cln dt'1i\·t"rthe- goods with tht vtry best of them.Thtrt" wert' t i,ht anociations of So·cialist young prople rtprtsente!d ::It theCOIl\"('ntion. 10 1\'11 : tht Young Peoplt'·sF;lucational Association of tht 8 rOll l(.tht Young r'('oplp· $ Edu('ational ASlo­'·Ialion of :\tanhattan, tht Young PtO­Illt·~ Sociali·" Fed('ration of Ntw York,an.1 Young Ptop1t'· ~ Socialist lealUtSfrom Watertown. S~'hrntc tad)' , Glo\·er~·I"illt". 8uff,lo and Rochtsttr. Ea.ch asso­('iuion ..... as cot it ltd to thrre- dtleiattO(;!.w('r§villr came- Ia.lr to tht COnvtnttoll,,0 failtd to Ktt into tht follo ....·inl lillitTh~ convention lutt'd from Sun(l:iythe 10th thrott,h Tuuday the J2th. andthert' wu somethin, doinll all Ih C' Ilmt"T ht' Sehe-neclld)' younll people had laid~ong tn Itlt aif of "Tht f)utch Com·pany:· ..... hich madr a hit Iott thl' con­OU I In ~xcellent pfarram of ent('rtaillmenl,It"ntion :but Ihty were hindered from car­ryinl it all OUt by the i"rt'at pre-s~ of b\I~ineuThr y've come from Ruffalo and NC'wbroullht bc-fort Iht con\·tntu111 . Yort.: be~ldr tilt" Sota;Constifution' art nOt things that fall bepul tOiether in an hour--

tl TIm yo~a ~~' . ~G~._·\_"=w =· :...-,-____..."..-"_Nf'W York: :md nothin, in this consti·IIltion ,hall. in any ..... ay. conRict with theplntform. c:onstituliol1 and rdolutions ofsaid party," So it is plain enollsh thatthe Young Pt'Oplc's mo\'cmcnt of thisState of Ntw York. al lust. is .u.felyunder the s n~f\'i.ion of tht parentbody.The nl:\lttr th:lt arou!lw the mostdi SC II~.5inn was Ihe qut§tiol1 of the ageIimil" of League ml"l1\bers. The tr\\thie that there hac always been quitt a dif·ierentt ~Oloni the \';uiou" Itaillt' inrtrtrtn~ to the "It of the member!O.At RochtSIt'f. for tXlltnflk. we han h:adan undtr age limit of ,ilttetn yran. butno upprr agt limit at all. This hal' bttnlilt' tllCt' with all (If the up-state leagues_I think. Tho~e in the ci l), of New Yorkha\'(' hMl a younger Illcmllcrsitip. Therewa'i thrrdore bound to be :l. long di!;­('un ion On this point, nnd it wU acernluatt'dbtcaulIr Comradr Stre\K'I, rrprr:­stnting tht Stall' Comlllitt~. had ,omr,·try strongly srt vitws on Ihis matttr.Wdl. it turned Ollt that Ihrrt wtre twore-poru on Ihe :orction having to do witha&t' limits, and hoth thr: majoritr andtht minority rtport will be !;ubmitttd,alollg 'o\jlh tht r('~t of tht con5litUlionadopted. 10 a rt'ft'rrndum ,'ote- of thel.ngl1C' ml'lIllX'u of tllr: statt. The twoft'port~ rlifftr a ~ I ~ hall txplain. In themajorilY r('l)()rt yOl1ng peoplt may be­('omt and rtmain IlItmbt-rs of a League~tw~n the- asee-' of fourtttn andtwenty-two. At the laltc:r age they betamtp.3~ S i"e mt'ltlhtri without a vott',lind indigible to hold offict'. and remain~ up to the age of twenty-li'"e, at whicht;me- they drop oul of the League-.. who is ex-oftkid a rftfmbtrbf the·Board.11 wali decided by the eon\ttf1tion to 10-p-te th~ Headquaflln flir the pftKi1t al -RocheMcr. and to se~ the membersof the Board of Control from anlOngthe contiguous Luguel, This mily lookundemocratic. but it is in the 'inter~uof el'Onom), and convenicncc. Thc S0-cialist Party of the State dots the samethini in the ,matter of itll Extcillh'cComrnittt'e.Thc prt~e-nt Board 'Of ' Control willconsist of tht.lallo.w..il"l¥ )'ouna comradcs:~IcNally. of Schenectady; Btrtha Voss­It'r, of Rochtst('r; and Comradts 'Vark.Hainn and Alex:\I\derson. of Buffalo.Comradc john Hughu. of Roc::hc!ottr,\\'a~ el«t('d (i('ncral Secretary of theFc(]eralion. At presc-nt ht. is the effi­(:ienl ASlIiltllutt Orlanixer of LocalRo~,:hrstt"r. Socialist Party. It stems tohe Ihr I1IlanUllQu!S opinion tbat he willmake a ,'cry successful Gene ral S«r~tary.The next ('ol\\'enlion which will oc:curin Iht month o f August of next yur.will be held in tht Big Town on theI-\lIdsOIl. They ar(' a good bunch of)'oung c"oolTllde .~ irom down that way.aml if thc spirit an(] inulligencc of IheNew York dtkgate-i\ to the Schent'fladycon,·t"ntion is any criltrion. the youngcOlllradt ~ of Ihr big cit)' will know how10 hold a most succtssful St"Cfnd mtttingof Ihe r ... drraliol1.~urr r.i .5 ing. hl1~ the Smc:((('niusts in citin&, Karl ];farx. or wh~therthe YOllllg SociaHstl are un'dtr· the im·p'rri~ion that the Socialist "ictoT)' intheir home tQwn \!t'as' a ~i~ortt~ be('redite-d to their Leaaue and its mem'brrl .at any rate, wht.n that part of 't!it ~n!ot i ­tution wu rea.d. which makes thc:. ;tqungP«"Oplt', Socialist Leacut.s a put of theorganintion of the Socialill Party andthrrdore lIndtr the control of the ronstitlltion.platform and resolutions of iheSocialist Party-tht. dc-\egatcs fromSchell«tady were aU on t.I'I.c:ir ftet at,thesamt liOlt and almost. ealling tht: chair·nlan naTlll.' s ! Oh no! r/l,y did not wantto be part ot and UA.der_ tb£. ~D.tall. andsl1per\'ison of the Socialist Party. It rtmindcdmr of a dan of $(hool childl"tnwho arc I1l1dtr the 'impre:lSion that \1It")'know mort th an the·teachn,The sooner that Ollr yO\lnl comradc'in Sehen«tady and · elsewht~ ruli,t'th:lt it is our plaet to Itam and not totn,h. Iht quicker our or,anizations willgrow and the stronlt.r they will hecomt'.If they would only realite thc importanccattachtd to bein, a part of the SocialistParty and the Socialist movcmtnt. Th(':Ihought alollr of having a Youns: Pc-op!t.'sDrpartmtnl erca~d in the SocialistParty and thus bttominl a significantEditor. Young Socialist !>' ~Iagaline.part of tht grealcst educational instill!·D.:ar Comradr :-tion the world has ever known. the Socialist Party, sho)J.ld be ulfficitnt caliseThc first con"tntion of Young P«"Ople'sSo;..·ialist u"gue~ of. the State of Newfor ncry member of a Y. P. S. L. tokt.(:p on agitating until a rul SocialislYork. btld al Schentctady. the 10th. J1theducational institution is ereattd by IhtlIud I:?th of August. wu ctrtainly a suc­ Soda list Party for the purpose of !living~· t~ s. 11 markcd Ihr beginning of Ihe organiz:llion. of .' tht Young P«"Ople by the tion. The capitalist institutions are.tht American youth a Socialist rduca-(]o-tn Iht' minority report. young proplemay lX'conX' and rt'lllain activt nlt'nlbt-rshtty,"t'f'U tl-X' 3ge-.. of lihc:tn and thirtyindush·(,. and at thirty thty automatica\lyhe-,'Olllt' I)(lu i,·t mrl1lben, payingdut~ a~ htfure-. if thry (It~irr to I'Ctail1 ~oriali't Party in thr Empire State. Let ing tht:ir bc:~t to capturr the 'minds of thctht'ir nu.'mbt'r ... hip. but ha"ing no \'011.'.newer grnuation,-and we ca.n no\'" brcertainwith an organiution of yOUllg11 ~ hope' that the strtngth and enthusiasma nd btint: indilliblt 10 hold offict.Now. all bctwt'tn thur two 'rrportll.~ howl1 at this convention will also bring pt.OPlt that will soon be national-the.... hich art to be Stilled by reftrendum. about the rrution of a "Voung Pf!Op~'s Socialist movlment can also do its shareWI.' young pe'oplr of the up-state are Dt'parlment" in the Socialist Party of in training Socialists from their cradles.!'>trolll(ly of the opinion that the m~ority thi5 State, which would be a great asset Let us hope that the next oon;·entionr ~ port. if adopttd, will turn the Federatimlilllo a Young People's Socialisty, P. S, L. of New York State a muchin furthtring the work of that same Dep:trtmentalready created at tht Nationalin New Vork City in 1914. will tina theKindt"rga rtt"n Association. and it wouldgreattr oTVniution and a di,iinctive institutionunder the control and' suprr-lIlost certainly squrt'lt the very life out Of1ice, The organization .of thr variousnf Ihe Roche ~ tcr LUMU~. a5 well as leveralof th~ otheH. We fondly hope that OIlC FedrratlOIl. tht. adoption of a con- Olt.nt" of the Socialist Party of the StateYoullg Pcoplc', . Socialist . Leagues into \'ilion of the "YOllna: People', QeO!rttheCOlnrade~ o f tht state will thinktwkt--and lIt\'tral timu moreo-beforeslitution and the t"lection of State officers of Ntw York.. ~ .....Itickillg tht knifr into tht. vitals of the ill tbe result of. the ,,:oris ("1:~i~ on:"'bf.. _ J .c:t~t~inlY ~ fl tht .con".!!lti~ hap,!%Young P~opl",'s mo,·tnltnt 01 the Statt Ihe first con"cntion. .. -. Sociahst. ·... •of N~ ..... York.Ho ..... tver. harmony in all matteTS ean- Very fraternally yours. ITht uteuti,'c po ..... er of the Ftderationi~ nColrd in a Slate Board of Con­CilllSt' if Wt all agr«4 .on tvtry,thina: be--• .;. Deltp\(': {rom Bronx County,not br up«1td at any ' con"ention, be- jt ..... W' . O_IUST, .trol of 11,'1.' ptUOIl!l. whieh shall .Iso supiO(e-M Iwt-,wh .. " c-'::lIt If} be 3n :lu:-'I1i:lry Of­),:

Ifric lOIftthtr: but it is allOlclt that thetdllCl.tlon Qf the ),outh in SociaJism mustIlOC be Rtelerttd. that there muU beKhoob. t.p«laUy nillht Khool.. th~yonne nlUn aid the grown-up. tn thedistribution of literatiuoe and the ar­'.Rllmten! and carryillC' On of mtttinil.tlpt(ian, durin, campalp timc.. thatthty must he active in .upport of ttwpart)' I'IrtSl in the .. thtrl~ of .ub~crip-olion~ and other wayI', that thc), mUlt infact be the (or'« that mUlt be trained inall the: Activities of the party 50 that theywin be able to take it up immffiiate.ly,it i, I.id down by tho't who hava fl'owntoo old for the .truilit.The immediate aim of the MilwaukeeSocialist' in Gr"nbin, the YOU"' peoplei. to makt them • bir factor in the cityDOINGS AT ROCHEITER WITHTHE Y. P. a. L.By Kertdrick P. Shwd.\\"c ha"e not becn heard from for.fc\\' wefk:l, but we're still doinR' business:tt the old It~nd. We are lookin, backand loolcina ahead. both, but MOltly~hcad. as )'OU"' folic" shouldCOMRADE NEY'S DE ..... TH.First wt must ft.cotd tOmething sat!.Comrade Gustav W . Ney, who wa. thecffici~t mana,,,, of the Proafcuj\'eWorlcin, Peoplc's Lyctum. and one ofthe German ro:omradcs who "atarted>IOmcthinr" h~~ in the. Flow.er City, isd~ad. H~ waa killed l .. t Friday by bein.thrown from an automobile. a. it.i,,·una around a com~r here in to,,·n. Hisfuncral acrviccs wert. held yesterdayIftl\c hcnd,ncr 5 t icr :-tutzte - .. n:irri!'>c1h·rmand zu wissen, der mit uusIo\al11.. als oL cr bich "or \Ili!"t:t.ertinstimmt, mit dem wir aucit:,tillsch)l(eigend fortl.ebenj ,cia ..; fiirchIC !":'Ilittlcrweilc !tatte man illl Zi r ­m3cht uns dieses Ertlenrund er",tIw..; ClI1C1\ gc\\"altigcll Ei!>cnk:iil;lU einem bewohntclt Garten.auig-C"'lcilt . .\ Ian ~lIchtc die Tiereti;.1111: .'~I jag-clI. :-;ic Iralcn freiwilliJ.!",'011 :llId lIla~"ell die S ta bc nutdl.·n 11"r!1Cfll alo, I'kll zlk h g-in g­cill Z ltll'nl dnn'h ih rc ?,\ \i stern :1':'1)\ \\ ddgern..:h ?•.\111 ~allll\\t."il· l le l l I'fu tcil J..: anleill Tin hCfcillg:c ... ch lkhcn . \\' ;1 ;\\,11,1;.... ·· l>Cr er ... tl· :-;lier )..:'i ll ;': ihlllIl:t..:h. ",r"ll'hli;..: p rufl.·llIl: wahr·lidl. l'II1C I .· '1\ III ~1"l'lIil-l1 Illi ... ~rld dit" t ;t'!'clh,rhait.:-;IC II

10Arena u.nrl den meuschengefiilltenZirku5 hinaus zu.r Ginsterheide,wo d~r Mi~tral sci" W~esen treibt.lind wo stine Bruder bis zur\\ ' ~mpe durch die hehe" Faroewaten.nas . stumpfsinnige Publlkumfasste dieses gemfinsame Briillcnals cine Kriegserklirung auf.Ein Schrei war C5 oaeh Friedenlind Freiheit IDie :Menge harrte mit Span.mmg des kommendcn Kampfc3.Das sollte tin Schauspiel werden,\\'CI111 die wUlende Lowi" mitcineOl Satze dem Stier auf denRiicken sprang und ihn ins GcniL'kbiss! Wen" dano derschmcrzenstolle Bulle die Gegne.rin wie cinen BaH in die Lu(tschlcudcrte und auf scinen Hornetnkunstgerccht aufspicsste!lJas konnle famos werden; tinSchauspicl fur GOtter! .Doch klang keine Drohung au~dem Briillcn der Titre, nur cinedammernde Ahn ung des Spiels.dIS man mit ihnen treiben wollte,ein wachsendcs :Missbehagen, eindonnerndes Waru01.Das tatenlose Brullen dauertcder vergniigungslUsternen Mengel.U lange. Ein Pfeifen ging durehJie obersten Reihen, hetzende Zurufeschal1ten herab: Hetzt si.:.treibt sie. drauf, drauf - los I Daci)Ien die Fechter herbei, die Pikoremit der Lanze, und stachendie faulell Gesellen aus ihrer UIlheimlichenRuhe: An'dere bohrtenden Stieren Wurfspiesse inden Nacken und warien ' Feuer.bran de in den Kafig. .., Das verfing nicht. Die geplagtenTiere schossen bitterboseBlicke nach ihren Peinigern, fielenaber nieht iibereinander her inihrem geme'insamen Groll gegenden Feind, der ausserhalb desKiifiJfs auf sic loswiitete.Die wehrlose Lowin kroch mitversengter l\15hne und wundenTIm ypUI!lG 80CI~LI.~· ~~OA~lN!!oPfoten schwerfillig in 'eine anuereEcke, Die beiden Stiere ranntenmit vorniiber gcpeigtem Hauplgegen die eiseme Urnzaunungund wetzten ihre Homer an denStaben.lrnrner enger zog man denKreis urn sie her, feurige Banderilloswurden den 'Stieren auf denRucken gepftanzt. - Schusse e.rkrachten.IJohlen, Geschrei, Zttrufe hetztendie widerspenstigen Tiere,Die Lowin hielt sich vollkommenteilnahmlos, sie hatte nur, wie ahwehrend,ihre Pranken erhobenund drehte langsam und zahnefletschendihr Haupt gegen ihreAngreifer. als wollte sie sagen:"Erbarmli che V\' ichte. ich lusemich mit keinem Stier ein, ichkampfe nur mit meinesgleichen,\Vas soli die Gauklerei?"Die Stiere rannten umher undmachten vor der Lowin achtungsvallKehrt. ..\Vas geht uns dieLowin an? Wir wollen zur Weide,Platz da - gebt Raum !"Die Tiere langweilten sich. unddas Publikum allch, \Vie die Lowinin ihrem Winkel verharrte,schleiften sie die Knechte in ihren------------------BESSER DRAN IZwei Spinnen. welche in vcrschiedenenTeilen einer Kirchl'Hohnten, trafen einmal im St.:hinZllsammen," Wie geht's dir, Freundin ?,.fragte die eine,.. 0 danke, nicht allzugut," Wrtf(he Antwort. ,'sonntags' habe ielllS wahrlich schlecht, Jeh wohneill fle r Kanzel un'ter dem Polster,lind Sonntags kommt ,der Pfarrerund schlagt mit der Faust auf daslitlCh und fuchtelt mit den Armea:0:(0 heruin. dass ich "or Ang:-;tnidlt weiss. wo ich bleiben soil.1:. 1' trilll mich doch noeh, un rlclann zcrquetscht mich seineKrait .ttl Mus lH" Da solltest du doch lieber 1.11llIir kommen," sagte die ersle,"Ieh habe ein schones, ruhige!lLeben, rvlich stort ,jahraus, jahr·ein keiner.",,\,,'irklich ?" fragte neugieri;::die andere Spinne . .,\Vo wohnsl

•1'!CB ~OU1lG looU.LII'ft' ... GAZIlftSOCIALISM AND LIBERTY.One of the most common objectionsto Socialism is that it wouldtake away the freedom of thepeople. Now I will say right herethat this would be a very seriousobjection, and Communism atleast il. open to. that objection.There m~ be; alSQ certain kindsof Socialism that would takeaway the people's freedom, but;ocial-Democracy will never do it.BUI a!l to freedCSm and liberty,who has liberty and who is freeunder the present economic $)'5-tern ?Some time ago. an employerwho was on the witness standg-ave the following definition ofliberty:" 'Vhy. liberty is the right oian American to do as he d-­pleases." And he added, "Thisis the ideal of American manhood:'Ln one way, the man was right.Our present conditions have madeit possible for a sman class ofAmericans to do as they d-­please, and that is looked upon bythe press, the pulpit, and thes~hools as the ideal of Americanmanhoorl.Of course, it can never be realfreedom. It may be the liberty ofthe libertine-of the slave. whohas just got free-but it neveris the freedom of the free man.The e."(-slavu of the old Romanswere called libertines, and whenset at liberty they were noted fOItheir licentiousness. They diu"as they d-- pleased."If the capitalist right to oppressothers is liberty. then our 'presentcapitalist liberty is neht.By Victor L. B~rgercan he ultd or abused, and oureconomic conditions set a premiumupon the abuse of liberty byany ex-slave of the system whohas become free.But freedom as such can neverbe abused. Freedom is inbonlwith us. ~nd the only trouble is,we cannot enjoy it, because a ceru.insmall class, the capitalistclass-the libertines of the presenteconomic system-is absolutelyat liberty. And these menlise their liberty to oppress us.F reedom is closely connectedwith economic conditions. A Illallis not free who is dependent nponanother for a job-for a chance'to make a livelihood. Under thepresent economic system with itsunbridled competition ~ only thesuccessftll are free. Only the successfulcan throw off the shacklesLiberty of that kind, of course.of industrial slavery-and withthis liberty they often becomelibertines, in every sense of theword. For further detai1s ,- plus~read the columns of any metro.­politan daily.. But we cannol li ve moral li ves,unless we are free. Hence, freedomis the ideal of the Social­Democrats, and we win combatand defy anything and anybody,even within the Socialist movementand within the labor move·ment, that will curtail our freedom.Rut who has freedom under thePRESENT economic system?Take all the different classes ofour people, and in all of them youwill find the same lack of freedom-aUexcept a handful ofplutocrats who have succeededin gaining the monopoly of" liberty:' All the others, busintssmen, farmers, and wageeamen, are not free.Let us take the business menfirst. Now we all know that competitivebusiness is by its verynaturecorrupt. Every sincerebusi ness man will tell yOll thatit is im'possible to conduct hisaffairs as an upright man and besuccessful , for the simple reasonthat it is always the unscrupulousrogue who sets the standard. Iti~ the rascal who commences withadulterating goods, with' usingfalse ad,'crtising- bm the honestman must follow suit. The sameholds good for the manufacturer.It is the rascal who begins cuttingthe wages of the employes.endangering 'the Ih' es of theworkmen by neglecting tg put upappliances for their protection,and employing the labor 0-£women and children - but thehonest man must str'i~e the samepace.Another s uggestive fact. About90 per cent. of all business menat lea!.t once in their Jives go intoba ,kruJ>tcy. Still another; themammoth store-the departmentstore-is continually wiping outsmall merchants, and the I.argemanufacturing establishments andthe trusts are doing the samething for the small shops. So itis pretty clear that the businessmen, the merchants, the manufacturen.are not free.lt is hardly necessary to add,that the pryfessional class, law.yen, doctors, teachers, preacher!,are not free. They are of coursemainly dependent uPon the otherclasses. and especially upon theclass WITH MONEY, for a liv-(Co~ti nued on Page 14.)JLINCO'LN,LINCOLN, LAQOR. ANII SLAVER>'.t1t4~~:~~I;·Co.~~IS~~!~ ::.;~. vs:c:The history of our school days,the work of famous hi storians. thetales and traditions ha~ded downi rom generation to generation havealways told of great kings, grealleaders. great generals and ~ tate ;­men. It was a history o f ~rsons.great men and women, who~ bytheir individual ICts, turned th l!",orld in its course, changed thelives of whole races. whole nation ;;.~ t01/JrG IOOU.LUTII' JU.GASDB tLABOR,A fler a short sketch of generalpolitical and social conditions in."merica, in the early half o f thc19th Ce ntury. in which the authorshows how economic inter~sti\\'cre gradually driving the Nortiland South into the inevi table con·n;CI, the book carrie s us into theworld of organized labor. Spac(dees not permit our entering he r~ul::Jn the fundamental causes ofIhe war. The question of slaver,'"lrom which developed the conRict01 er neIY te rritories. and Ihegrowlh of new parties, Ihe ri ;;e ofc"pilaiisl indu :oitry in the North.and Ihe consequent demand agai n s~Rut with th~ spread o f Sociali 'ilthought comes a realization o f the{act thai history is not made byi:ldividuals. They are ~~t the puppets.Lhe "ehement opposition of th·'the representative!! of great Smuh. for a protecti ve' tariff. allsocial and economic forces. Historyuf these were polenl factor;; ;n theis not a story of individu ~ 1 laming struggle.hatreds. individual al11bitioll ~.\\'hile events i l ~ America we reTrue hi story is the story of th ·~~Iow l r coming to a cr i5i

____."'~aric&n........ ~~~:.....:,-_ ~, _".Republic constitu-;;':"one01, tb. hrient ...' paces' iii the hist\,)ry:of the labor movement. It jja subject whiCh r.ai' nor' receivedthe attention it ' deserves at . thellaffiIJ of hourg

•THE YOUNG IOCIALIITI' MAGAZINEwhere animals big and Hule, goodand bad indifferently, were beingkilled and eaten by myriads ~11tht. time. 1 must understand.I reasoned out I part of theproblem that long night. Ma ynot we human beings have injtctedOUf personality. 10 tospeak, into the lower animab. at·tributing O\lr own high reasoningpowers, and especially our ownkun sensibilities. to action ~which in them art only iostine·live? \Ve think of the happylittle instct in his summer danceon the surface of the pool shrewdly:Eigugging ab~ut to avoid apossible frog or fish in the waterbelow. who yearns for flies fordinner but whose method of huntingthem is on straight lines. Thetty ilf afraid of death. we say, andcalculates carefully for its avoid­Ance. But can a fly possiblyknow anythIng about death? Noanimal has sufficient powers ofgeneralization to under~tand inIht fainttst degree what death i~,mueh less to grasp the idea thaihe himself rnust die. A borse ora dog will !oee bi!l team-mate orhis playmate drop at his sidewithout the .lightest concern,And while'there is much effort andItruggle in that which undoubtedlyre ~ \llts in the prolonging ofliff-mainly by that accumulatedwisdom of uncounted generationsof animals properly caUed instinct-yet it ("annot be put forth conl('iOllSI,to prolong life, Forthere ('an be no apprehension ofthe nlue or desiraoi1ity of life onthe part of animals, and no conscious.,'oidance of death,Why do they struC'gle, then ?Why doe, tho fish Rop so agoni7.ingly?J( it were genuineagony, such as a humatt being en ~dures when dying-but even thatill much le8~ than it looks to be,tht wise men tell us-who couldever go a-fishing again? But iti!t not. The explanation i. notdifficult, Some primiti\'e fish,happening to flop a little, savedhis life from the talons of a birdor beast of prey by his flopping,and transmitted a tenden('y toflop-dull at first . but graduallyacquiring intensity-to countle5~Keneration ~ after him. But thebrother of our primitive nsh.neKlecting to flop, wu promptlycaught and eaten, There wu notransmitting of ' hi s non-floppingdisposition to his descendants,for he had none. And graduallyall the non-floppers were destroyedby fish-hungry animalsor perished in drying-up pools,O nly the flopping fish survh'ed.and they arc our fish of to-day.If a man were a filth, still retaininga man's brains, he woulddoubtless Rop too, should occasionarise. but it would be becauseof his reason, But the nsh withthe nsh"s brains flops from in·stinet. which is not reason at all,but the dim accumulated temem·brance of millions of t1I;perience!)inducing prompt and wise. action.However much agility an animalmlY 'show, however much ofwhat in man would be shrewd·nellts. however much alertnessand desperation he may seem tomanifellt in his conflicts, it cannotbe (rom fear of death, sincehe haa not the faintest conceptionof the significan.;e of the word,whether II applied to himself orothers.My mind vaguely worked overthis question for months andyeO'lr!, tilt one day I fell on theice and was aroused tb the realityand decided quality of human suf·fuin", at any rate, As the longdlYs of conv.lescence came.) mynurst, .n exceedingly brighf andobserving- younr woman, told m~of an experience Ihe onct hadwith a big Swede during l\e('bAospitattraininr. It Slhed mud,Iirht on my problem. I Jivrthea.ccount in her words u nearlyall I can remember."ll was in my last yn.r oftraining," she said, "and ~ was incharge of the men', surgicalward. One night there wil\brought in a big fellow with oneleg terribl), injurtd-he had fallenund(r the wheels of a freightcar. "J'he interi;. said it WI! aperfe('tly ~ Iear case-the leg mustcome off. No need of calling thesurgeon on duty-the surgeonI'come only in the daytime, youkn'lw. except in emerlencie!!l.The leg waf! pretty well groundoff. anyway; and the operationwould be simple, But the mangot wind of what they were aboutto do, and objected 50 stronglyto the lOll of his leg that he finallywOll. T hey decided theywould wait till Dr. MOrich c .. mein the morning. Uut when hel·ame. hi8 verdict was the umetherewas n'o hope whate,'er forthe leg, and ' hope for the man'slife only by amputation. But thebig 1.lIow p, .. d.d desp

fie YIII .nall' _lI~. BOn AND OlliLaO"'.,t ... A .................... ,....... v .... r ..... ·.p ........Publi.hed Monthly atU 'pr\lCt atr .. t, Hew York.by thelodaUatic • Co-operati .. Pubt A.a.'n.John Nagt), Pru. O. Knoll. S~('·)· .£. Ramm, Trt ...SUBSCRIPTI0N-Se. R ('opy. SOt-.a )'ur. f'or N. Y. City and Can_d a.60(0., on ac('ount of the higher po.talt' ..Muico Ind otlar for~iin counlri~~.i'.5 etnts.BUNDLE RATES-Jc. per copyADVERTISING-IOc. a lint. S1.IYIan inch. For one ytar ont inch $10.00.Different Countries,Different MethodsRy Sidnc-y' Zimand.. The exploitation of the ' youngworkc-fS can bt fought suC('esdull von1» by the young workers then';·-selves. O nly !,J.v t~ucating and or·ganizing them can wt counteractthe militaristic, patriotic ideals implantedby the public sc hool ~ . th estupid. unthinking. unquestioningbelid. of' tht ~Iigioll!l lK: hoo l ~.Only by training them in ~­cia)ist clubs.can. we prepare for tilt'party! v}ri.le.l vigil~nt , enthusiasti('ann~ of T~~!.'( .,~or~en.In aU civilized countrie~. wher·e\·tr.lulnd. in .hand with the growthof Capitalism 'Socia,lism has denloped.our cOmrades. are beginningto understand the importance ofjuv~nile orgaffrmion~. In SOllieI,.'ountries due -e,.rtl! to economic.partly to histo'Dt::l.t peclt1iaritie~.theltt- organizationc:. hive grownfa!ller than in other~ their method !!of work. _ their .. modes of. attad,\'ary.. The Jeune Garde. Socialiste( Young Socialist .Garde) of ' B~I ·gium hal about J.dOO members andt''A'O organ~ which they' own ~ andcontrol. In llfolrium the rich :nmn! ~ 'l'Ov.. IIOCLtr..LIaft' X&OAZIllm.may buy hi, freedom (rom militaryservict. It is apparent then thatthe whole energy, the wholtstrength of the Uelgium Young So­("iaiisl movement is an . Unceasingattackupon this outraceous exploitationof the poor in the inter·eM~ of the we .. lthier dU.l!lt5, thnttheir propaganda work hu becomeanti-militaristic in character. Whenroadl year. the young workers arcdrafted into ~et\'ice as soldiers theyarrange farewell demon~tration ~.they distribute literature brondca ~ tover the land.Similar agitation is carried onwith splendid energy by th~Tchechian comrades in Austria.In this country the day on whichtht new recruits are drafted. is adRy of great celebration. 'Theyoung men .who are about to enterthe anl1y go through the st reet •.gayly decorated with ribbons andHower!. si nging and njoidng. The'Tchechian organizations have enl'Ouragedtheir ' membtrs and sympathisersto dress in mourningclothes on their way to and fromthe recruiting stations, to so ex·pre$~ their protest 'against the wastt'of the live!'. the strength and thefuture of thousand s of ~'oungworker.t. .. Tht AU51rian organizations, on'the ottlcr hand. lay emphasis UI>unthe improvement of trade andtechnical schools bv means ofwhich young workt~s may thoroughlylc:arn a good trade. Great~tress is laid upon decent treatmentI'or apprentices and every numbtr() f the Austrian juvenile organ./)rr j"urlldJiriu Arb,it,r. record;;:-e\'eral instance

a. ":I... _YOtJlfO aooauaTl' JU.G.t.zl:lB' 1A BIT OF SOCIAL PHILOS.OPHY.There is, nonnally, alwaysabout so much kicking-power inthe wurld. A scientist n;ight callit human kinetic energy.It. i!',like all (or(.'e, excellent; but its('x('cllen('c depends largely oh thedirection in which it is exerted.All of tiS must have. noticed. atone time or another, quantitiesof good, vigorous protest whichwere going to waste for the wantof the right thing against whidlto fulminate-sturdy fists whichseemed I1c\'er to find just the rightsolar plexus. It was 0\ sad sight.Splendid folk-they could ha\'eIt'd a carmagnole or heaped a barril"adehad they been born intothe right nation and age. and nowhere they are wasting their gunpowder,slHlttcring and scolding.If the ('hurch, or t.h e faJ11i1y unit,o r the milk inspection, or Anglomania,('or marriage, or the declineof tht' lIr:lma. or anything highhrowand IIl1iml)Ortant. All thi!t~ plendid energy and nothing iorit to do; wheels and shaftingdrintl fl1 11 :;;.peed and not a belt inthe i:tctory.; propellers madlyIhr:t~hit1g and th(' \,('silel in dr.,',dock.Dn·-c1o(,·k. This is where so·~'ictr' get~, onc(' in ~ often, An('ce!!'ary sojourn, no doubt. forscraping and , painting, but wehave fancy names for it which deceivepeople who should kilOWhetter. One favorite descriptionis: "An era of unparalleled materialprosperity:' meaning thatofficers and crew are lazing, eatingdOllhle rations, and growing'lotally unnt for. besides disinclinedto, acti\'e sea duty.RCglllarl)'. you will find by ~glance at history, human so('ietycomes to a point where it is heart.ily sick (If rotting at the wharf.\\' hat if the o ld hulk be crazy?.' Iake her sink or sail. \Vhat ifofficers and crew are wheezy anddoped? ~Iake them get on their:iea legs once more. " Launch Olllinto Ihe deep." Away with allIhese smooth and plausible for.llIulre-the dead inheritance of anage that is scarcely 1110re deadt han oms, Away with thebOllsted perfection of the presento rder,-Oullook,THE FINEST INCENTIVEI f we were a .. ked. what wa:­the strongest and finest incentin'fo r the human heing' next to' th('innate desire to aCl'omplish :lg reat r,iece oi work. we wonldsay it was thC' desire to obtainthe beautiful and pleasant thingsfor as many people as possible.You may notice that the \~retchedInoney incenti"e very rarely getsa man these beautiful things. IfYO II take 3. census of the menwho ha\'e kept the mon('y rewanlbefore them and ha\'e :lchievedtheir encl. you will find that mostof thcm do not even possess thefaculty for enjoying beauty.lIow can a man cnjoy the beauliesof Iht" world when he haskept his eyes glued to the mone~'bags all his life. Whenevera standpatter brings forward hissiaic talk aholl t incentive, justth in k o\'er the number of menYOII know who have made moneyIhtir incenti\'e throughout life:111(.1 then think over the men whohave di

tIIn the \'il. l aF.~ "'-, both 10\'«1 her bt'auty Ilf thelt m'ountainll that tMY ' de·tfnderly. ba~thtr had adn~itted thtfact of hi. loYe la tht Olher, but eachinMinttivcly felt that hiJi deartst friendtided to spend abo;ll ten day. thire ';;'dsltC1:ch the mountains in all their beauty.The two ·guldes were-·con.eqllt'..ntly ..ent....., his rival for Gr~tl'. favor.down to the- \'alley to ret mOrt. fOod11 wu the earl, part of the summer, supplies. Thcy immediately tied thedlt luvell and I'." were a tender rape around e-ach' othtr and starl~d backI"~n. the 1110W had di"ppurtd from t:~.::,,;~~:=:;e':«*~~.n:~~>q

I'\Vhen " "udent complctu • termor nnilht. a tour" in ..;y institutionof learninr he. h .... Il warrant ofhi, achiucmentl • promotion uttit1uteor diploma.1n our cue we have ntithtr.Yet we know that, we h,,,t pinedmort than the avttl&(. boy q(' air!,who spend their time in idle pl.y.,\hltnetl,. .pulcin,. we. have addtdbatt,rlc) to our intellectual powtrhoun-which.when called into actionwill nOt fail to respond.tel u. now Ice whertin we h.\,tnot betn lu('(udul and the C'UIe ~thertof. 1 must ..,. that the clubsuffered. rrut deal. due to the unloyaltyof lome of ill members andalso to lomt un. voidable nc.ligcntto n the part of 'your dircctor. who i.only a worker, and thirdly becau.eI!crtain condition. which arose in themother orl'lIniutioft have reacted onthe junior organbation in a mannerwhich w .. quite disagreeable.Howntr. theu an thingt of th epu t and ought to lerve as a warnin g:not to commit the tame erron in thefuture.Lei us, as I .uted btfore, dtdicattourstlves honeltly and tincere!y tothe Jolly purpose of raining know!­td,e, (or you nHut keep in mind th;1Iignoranct i. the mother of all nils-and the only safe and sound antitoxin alainn irnorance is kn owl·edle."He then pre.enttd hi, plans for theensuing three months, which arc as(ollows:For theoretical educa tion - :M or'.an', ';A ncient Society."For practical education-\'isits tvindu strial institution' with essayswritten on same.Provision. are tJllO made for ~odal(IItherinR's.The officers for the cosuiT\&' terman': Oraaniaer. hidor Markowitz ;Financial Secretary. hidor Fagan:.T~ .. urtr. Samuel Shenof(; Record ·Ing' Stcretary. David Abramoftky.Executive Committee : hidor Mark·nwitz, Isidor Fagan, Samuel Shenoft'.Dl\"id Abnmoftkr. Max Markowit z.Morris Sallman and Abraham We ber.Socialism and Libery.Continued from Pale' 2ing. Only in rare cases CAn theyfollow their own Inclinations, and('xpress their opinions witholltfur or fa,·or. Surely, none of themen here mentioned can in anytnle sense be said to be free.THE YOUNG SOCIALISTS' MAGAZIN~Xow let us consider the far·mers. In tinles of old, they werelooked upon as the "free and independentclass" par excellence.The present high prices for the~taple goods of the farmers have(or a moment relieved that class.They experience a temporaryprosperity. But let us recollectthe crisis of the nineties and themo urnful story of the presidentialelection of J8g6, when the poorfa rmers, burdened with debts andmisery. like a drowning manclutChing at the last straw. as aclass voted for "free silver." 11was IlIcky fo r the farmers morethan fo r anybody elie that they(li d not succeed at that time.But this present prosperity isonly temporary. The farmerswill det('riorate again. They arebound to deteriorate a5 long ast he present economk systemla~ts. The farmers are the serfsoi the trusts, the railroads and the.;pcculators. They a re not free.And how about the wageworkers? Are they free ? Wehard ly need to answer. Think oft he in security and dependencewhich day by day makes theworkman subject to his employ~ers favors. and tn every whim ofhi s. first in order to obtain hisdaily subsistence, and second, ino rder to retain it. And must nota wage worker gi"e up his identity?He must identify himselfwith his masters private interest,no mattt'r whether the master 1Sinferio r to him or not-nay, hemust help him and obey him e\'enwhen the master is a rogue whoadulterates goods. or in otherways carries on a warfare againstsociety.I n other words, the wage sys·tern poss.esses this miserable tea·ture which m~kes it so similaT _toa'ncient slavery, that the work·ttlan ~ i.s-\lsod.entirely ...for his .m&S~ter's private ends. This w as th..:definition of slavery.And how about those who haveNO work and clnnot find any ?Are they not in a still worse predicament? Are they free? Arethey not the slaves of misery.hunger and every other ill? Sure·1.\' no workman, whether em·played or not, can be called free.So to make a long story short.it is not so much the fact thatthere are rich and poor in theworld under the present system.but the fact that the poor have10 depend upon the rich for a li v.ing. that make! us all servantsand slaves. 1t is the terribleeconomic power of the capitalistdass that keeps tiS from becom·ing free. Only Socialism can helpus. And we shall become freeonly in the degree that we introduceSocialism and Social· Demo·cratic measures into our system.~j\\ME8Frnlch Blind Mo,.·s Bul! illSdlool-Roo,u.-One player is blind·folded and stands in front of thedass. The others are seated attheir desks. All of the players arenumbered. The one who is blindfoldedcalls two of the numbers :and the players whose numbershave been called stand up immedi~atel", and answer, " Here 1" Twomo;e numbers are called and theplayers so designated do the sameas the first two did. The one whois blindfolded then calls out, "Go I"At once the playeu who are stand·ing change places according to theorder in which tHey are cal1(.d, thefirst two changine witp. each otber,and the second two with each other.As they change, they pass .down the. ai ~d e~, and cross in front of thec1us, so that the one \vho' is blindfoldedmay have".J:ch.~e to catchone of them. 1£ h-e sycc,kos, theone who has been caught chancespJaces with him."Ich meld' mich ab!".Mit dies~n \\'orten vcr1ie ~,>l\t'eLers Hans das Zimmer.Meiers Hans gehorte sc.honjahn!lang al5 Mitglied unserm\"e'reine a ~ und war, wie man zu!'>Jgen .pAegt. ein ganz patenterHengel. Bei fest lichen Anlassen1rug er Couplets vor. rezitierte Ge­QI(:hte und haUe beim letztjithrigen~tiftungsfest die Hauptrolle il11Festspiel inne. Auf Touren un dAusfliigen wirkte sein ungezwungenerHumor und \Vitz immer CTheiternd~ uf die Teilnehmer. Andlkonnte er gut M undhamlOnika5pielen. Kurzum. er war einer un ·serer Schlager. Nur einen Fehlc,haUe cr. Er war ein unausstehlicherTrotzkopf. Fasste der Vertin einen Beschluss, der nichl gamin seinem Sinne war. dann spieltecr geradelu meisterhaft die grl-rankteLeherwurst und sein einziges\Vorl , das mall dann von ihm!loch hi:irte. war: .. 1t:h mel d'mich ab !.,So auch heute !In der \'ersanulliung haue mallcher den OsterausAug diskutien.Ein Teil schlug den Santis. e ini ~.~Redner wiederul11 den M"then al~Ziel der Osterwandcrung"v.or. 1:11

~"-=:.. --..:::..- ~- -?'"THZ YOUJO!U~~-~}. .. ~. . SchhIn"'-' ~en. tr war demiitig und tre" iind=-.tIeimtiickilch wlrien aie Stocke stampfte 'gern . dureh "die brauneip;lcheft ~.tic BeiJ1.~ der Titre. so . SCiboIle. mil dampf~nden Kuster"fa.u der eine BaUe In die Knit durch die dampfcnde junge .,Ertle...!Ich. Da stinteD die Wiitenden 'Cnd wiir

......... " ............... .THE YOUNG SOCIALISTS' JUOMINEOPPORTUNlTt[S FOR YOUTHBy Charl~s'Edward Russell.i •••••• i ............................ +++++ .......... .It is no longer pos!ible for aooor man to ap;:unlulatt a fon-unein America, Instead of ever), manhaving an' opportunity to get richit is iffiposslbk. t..-«cPt by gamblingor rarely by speculation. No newgrelt fortunes are being formed todayand we may safely say thatnone has been started in the last tenyears. 'l'he conditions in which aboy'·could start with nothing andbecome a multimillionaire havevanished in this country and willnot retUnl. How shall the_poor boynow start upon the road to forlun.e?Which way shall he take? Shall heenter a store and pliln to become.like A. T. Stewart or MarshallF~ld ~ a great men.:hant? The greatstores arc now department storesowned by companies affiliated withthe Central Interests. Shall he developan industry as John 0,Rockefeller devdoped oil? To dothat requires Illoney and the mon~y~upply is owned b)' the Centrcll Interests,which reserve all profitableindustries for themselves. Shall hedevelop a railroad enterprise as MeHill de.vtlo~ the present GreatNonhern? No man can now builda mile of new railroad nor acquirea mile of old ~xcept by the ('Onsentof the Central Interest, that controlal} •. Shall he hit upon a great in­\'~ntion as Mr. \Vestinghouse in­\'ented the .irbrake? Here againhis invention is useless withoutcapital, and all the capital is cpotrplledby the Central Intere."ls.who will take the im/cnlion (orrhemselves if i' be for their benefitor suppress it if it threaten theirprofits. Shalt he go into manu{actllringand seek to be an independentproprietor content with a mode~t fortune ;- In practically alllines the independent manufacturerhas been absorbed by or is vanishingbefore a trust. Shall he try tooperate in real estate? In nille case~in ten the future of his real estateinvestment depends not upon hisjudgment and foresight, but, uponthe movements and decisions of theCentral Interests. Shall he go intobanking and try to becOlllt: a greathnancier? I n all the country therei" no great hank uncontrolled b~'the Central Intere.9ut Jo. mil1t1tt'wl,leh 176 policemen mar~hC'd upto the crowd in .. doublt; quicks.tep, The captain commandedthe nleeting to disperse. F ieldenreto~ted .that the meeting was apeaceable one, At this junctutea bomb was thrown, alightingamong the policemen, killing oneami wounding many more.lnstantly an indiscriminate firingwas op.c.ued . 011 both. sides.wlii

(, THE YOUNG SOCIAUSTS',,¥AOAiINE •SamaelFieldtn, Michael Schwab, the industrial and.polilical .. l11ove • • wilhmake possible the rna'nufae­Albert :Parsons J,Adplph~~ f.ischort ments "" of their CGUntllY" irito , _ture. of .. cheaper grades to com­George' En'gel- &nth ~uis ' Cingg ~ movements which have ifor. th~eir . _petcJwith wood pulp paper are theguilty -of murd~er, an'~.!..fix~ . the _ hjghest pUTP,?se t~e ,. e\t.:!~ish~ _. Jlroblem~ u\pon Jwhich the experts~alty of death";'l{ Q.~c .. r ; Nee,be I ment of a new co.mmonwealth. are now at work.wu " conde:n~~ :~o " lin~n ':'years But we . h~nor " the' Chi~ago ' r;' has been -demonstrated thatin. ... the~iit~ntiUx ~,: .. ·.r-li~_ .ca.. ~e martyrs, bec~~e . th'cy · fJJ.ig~fr at _ a ~ Jmall co~mercial .. co'rnstalkwas ·_ap~lea. ; ~~ , ~~~ --~~.~.retpt a~ lirt;le ~1\i~' i~ JOO~.,"fo~r~ge ~~\C!. paper'mi11 can gel sufficient ~ st~lksCO'!rt, and the Jud~e~t w:aS.CC?n.- fight-~ecause they g~ye ... ,tl1~l. r. within a radius .. of ' eight or tenfirmed. ~n ap~!,~I , J:~~ ~~k~n to I!V~5 .to ,a movement ;.wh,i~~ u:n. J!1il~s tl) k:,i~o~n~en.t , 'VAS to follow: .. ... 7; ( been : discovered. They areLmgg , comnp,t~~d J S~~~!~~. ll~ ' h.tS t, shredded and' then dried. Thec~~_by;- ~pl~~~g ~ :~ ca~tr1jge m h.rst ~ process, .. however, is to exhiSm?-l~th. . : ~!J~\ ~Pa~s~ns, ~ tract the.juice. This is one of theFischer. J!,d Eng~L)IIere h~~nged . PAPER FROM richest of stock foods and even ifop the / q ,t11 ' (Jay"-of November, the farmer doesn't ge~ any money1887· , S!X y~~r' la}tt !tJhn · P. CORNSTALKS for his stalks, it will more thanAltgetd,. ~hen ... r~~e~t1y:_ electe~ PO!OY him to haul them to the millGO\~~rnor of, Il1.~n:.:~ts~;.g.r •• ~tle~a~ al)d receive the juice in return.absolltte pard~n •. 1:0 ~.!"ue . I~ ,- "'. . .. However) if the .f~rmer can real·de:n , Oscar N~ebe and "Michaet Coinciilent with the predictions ize only half a cent a pound on hi sSchw~b ; acco~panyin$ i~ with a of the crop experts that the corn stalks his grain is likely to becomesc~thll\g arral.gnment of the un- crop this year will pass t~e 3,000.- a by-product.fair and partial methods of the OOO,()(X) bushel mark, comes the .judge. announcement that. Uncle Sam's . 1 he use of cornstalks for. ma~-, The C~icago inc!dtn~ w ~s puc- experts have finally perfected a mg pap~r of all ~ades Will 3ulticp~lly the,closing chapter in the method of manufacturing .pape.r gnatly til I>reservmg our forests..hi5tory ~ of : anarchisin a!ll'an active from cornstalks SO th~t the .RroefeQ1entin. the tabor moy-ement of cus is commercially practicable.Every year we lise ~35,~,()(X)worth or raW. matenals III thethis" t~~ntry ~ the anar- Whil~ Some of the correspondence ~f t'h;e n~~nttfactu:~ of ~ood pulp paper ~.chilts disctaimed t responsibility department of agriculture is be. ~ornltffalk~ are no~ tlsed for packh.e,part eu ar act 0 t row;tng tng wntten upon CQrnsta~ paper:, .. f ' f" 1 "1 ' f ' h' . .. . . Ing co er dams. tn the manufac·for tthe fatal bomb, it! could not be which' is goosl enough fof'. book.i; ' lure; o s m~lCelrs ~w~er, ordenied'that"the act was in accord magazines, and letter ' plirposeS. ml\~lIlg "arlllshL fo~_ packl1lg ma-'th " th . thods l of " violenceWI , .. e me .0 '11 . t' d' b t\ : . _ ,terral, .and for -l vanous preparedne ml •. mam ~lOe . y \e go.v . fodCl:ers ,a.nd '· stock foods. Thecountenan.ced ~. bY~ them.\ The ernment , investigators _ at .. Port· . ~'. ',. .Haymarket tra'ge~ :~~-d :its :diTe- land, Me., ,iS ~iTIanl1'f~·c t ~t! .fl~g~tl).;.. :,· t1s,

J., t£ :" draiIIocI"'41 ......, had to be dwIItd.and 1111

~ • Tid rOVlfO aocn:.&Ltift' .... GAaQ'lI ":. ,JlI YtlllIIIIiIIII., ••. .0. IOYS AND OJaLSo.t- of .... "-- _Uot ...... ,....... -y_ r-a.'. P_I ..ADYERTIIiNG-lOe', • U.-.. $I:()I).p jQch. ~ot one yur .one inch ,19,00.SWITZERLAND.The Swiss Young Socialist or·can, the Fr~N Jugt nd .. will for thepresent devote one of its 8 pages. to Fr~nch articles and agitation. material to assist the French YoungSocialists of Switzerland who haveas yet no organ of their ow n., ST"'T'E~ENT OF THE OWNER-' SHIP, MAN,~GEM'ENT ; elR­Q,!.LA.TION. ETC., of "Yobo&, So· ..ct,ti'U" J Wa'1a1rie," puUIi.he-d: ~QCitll· .!~l~~e:i ~~,tNz~~'i,!Ji~uiEe~t!rLuilwit .. Lore. IS Sp.ruce St.. New~ork~, ft. y ... Man.!rlnl' Editor, LilyUou. n Uruce..st ... New York. N. Y.B.\iilne· .. . 1da1iai'er, 'lcob Obri.u. 15SprUce St. •.• New ,Yqrk... N. Y. Pub·HtlIe~ .• S.6dl.1i. .. tlt.. .Co-opcrative Pub·liihina. Allociation, 15 Spruce St ..New York. . N. Y. Owoera: S·ocial·latic Co-operative Publi.hinK' Auo·dation, 15 Spruce St.. New York.N. Y., The owner of thi. publ ication~ am~~rg~::t~~.~c ~ f ,!j~~r: h~l~ o;~~b~~d: :o:~~~ .'h~~~. o!r w~~;~than .l per

,. .,. TMJiI YOUllQ aoou..t.ll'J'l,l ... Q.&.aor •. _________ ~---thrown entirely on my own resourca,and they could fairly b,t.pronounced rather slender. Yet 1\\'a~ not afraid. That was themost intere;ting part of it all-myfeelings. [remember them perfectly.1 have ohen recanedthem. Rnd have used them' sometimes'in my sermons t.o il1ustratea psychological point. 'When 1was running 1 WI! afraid-horrihly,mi l'erably afraid. Byt as tfAced the liong every particle offcar left me, an(J 1 flashed into anexnlted state of mind and bodythat was. I think. courage in thehighest degree. I did not dreadthe moment of conflict. I waitedit with inten~e eagerness. just aswe-- wait sometimes for the end ofan exciting story. Every oUllceof my body was alertly 'ready. Inc\'er in my tife felt so big and soalive-so entirely confident. rsuppose psychologists would saythat ( wu no longer a man, thatr had dr~J!P~~I 'back into a purelyanimal cOhdition-the conditionof a creature that had had thou­-4anlls of experiences of conflictsthrough myself and my savageancestors. and had always comeoff victorious: Yet with thesepurely animal sensations and im­Iltllses I used my human reasonin pl:mning my courst, 1 knownow. of course, that I hadn'ta ' gho~t of a chance withthe beasts, •. A single mountainlion i" altogether too much forall unarmed man-l hadn't evena penknife-and here were twoferociou! creatures famished bythe long Montana winter! Yet rWR!\ perfectly confident-sure Ishould win in the conDic! ."T.tle... /9!e!1!osJ U2tl ~ !,.a;t:, On hi!'beU,.cra\Y-fil!8' towarfr me an inchat a time. The big muscles onhis haunches knotted themselvesfor the spring. But at what seemedthe "ery best moment there"'N." , a ' trem(,l\doJls whistle that!lJetl,lle( r

,. , TJD YOVlrG aocIALDTI' XA.OUDO--.--";;;;-ti~~~II~~;~~ITIII~~~£~!III~~,~,~~~".!l~~~~~aOCL\LI~ SU~DAY SCHOOL TEiCHERS. No ... c';"'radea. show your comrade.hip. Te.ch ....The YOWlC SoctaJiat MacHin. ii' determined to Ire human beings, but in their capacity I •. teachersbeiin • CUHf of uaefulneu to the SOcialist Sunday they mUlt be so humanely human as to De +aliiiOitSdaoola. It i~ anxloua to become. tool in the hinds luperhuman. What a neL:. job is the teachen LoC the Sod~lat _che... That they're in need of SOCIALIST SUNDAY SCHOOL P'UPIL~.j\aat lucb • tool. every teacher will conced~ The Youn& Socialist Magazine is planning to DC-There are all e~dle~ number and variety of come the most interesting as well as the mOlt helpacboola.All of them, from the parochial Ichool. to rul periodical for young people that will be found in~. public school .. ire eqlged in makin~ be~er the United States. This sounds like a great bigdtinnabip and all tlte while the country II bemg bo .. t , doesn't it? Well, it isn't a boast' at an. LettoUeci between, the l!epubUuo bod Ind the Demo- ua see ';"hy.cradc ~ at tbe bebeit of the men higher up, and NOthing c:an be best for you ; we mean you whoan the whUe 'crime il increal1nc, and aU the while are reading this. that you do not partake in. Thatwar murder ia bein, encouraced, ~y Icout. are is, unless you help in the making of anything it ca.nftowiahln, Ind patriotiam. moral II hydrophobia. i. never be IS interesting to you. You try this an.d seerampant, while fIIce prejudice Hrpent-like il visible if it isn't so. Try to make some dough and kneadIn th •. crau.it and roll it into a small loaf of bread and bake itThe. SodlU.t .choot. have I wonderful work to and see if it deesn't taste much better than theaccomplish. They are, however, It ill in their in- baker's bread. Get a small bottle cf cream. !;hake itfancy. Some people there are who would criticize up in your milk shaker until it turns into butter and~ beuuae they have I babyhood. They need im- see if tbat butter deesn't taste much better than theprovement, mOlt certainly. In efficiency they may butter you buy.be, in certain directiona, inferior to other .chools; You know in the dark ages, when nien were verybut In purpose they bave no equal. With a great ignorant and cruel they used to think most of thepurpoH, however poor the equipment. they are men that were lazy and gouty with having had toobound to IUrpaU in atwnmenf thoae with better much to eat. Some silly creature would feather him­.quipment ~ and smaUer aim.seU lip like an Indian, call himself noble, carry aWhat the Socialiat School needs to better its bloody a~rd about with him and eat so much tillequipment .iI the uchanle of idcas-e.xactly what the sight of food would make him sick. We don'tany new achool mUit have to &row. Som~ individual believe in noblemen any more and we are going toachoola may be doing beautifully. Why shouddn't get rid of the foolish monkeys that still inaist onotJier and weaker of the school. benefit by their ex- wearing tails and feathers that don't belong to them.~m~et . '" . In our times, from now on we will respect the manLet thi.a be the miaaion of the Young Socialist or woman who does things only.Jiquibe. AUow it to be Our round table. Let us All of which il supposed to lead us to where"weudlinae our id.eu.:iiere • . Let us know what you want to start with a sermon. Now don't be a luy,-" _ClijcdYeRcf r~i&".i;if;liIil of ethica an~ morals foolish monkey and content youraeU with payingOi"~ hY,.ti"'.' _o!. fUftCWi •.. J:>erhapa you have been for this magaline with the penniea your mother haafo:..s ihtO • comi'rt Sbme other teacher &om~ given you and witb sitting down in your morrisWhere ..... may bave had a limilar uperience and chair, your feet on the table. your mother juatmi.de hit way ·CJCIt It U~'Vantale. Let us alk for dusted, and read what other people wrote andbifOnDatioe anclCU-tt here.printed. Get to work and help in bringing out thisw. ~ ~ with the next number, conduct magazine. Write stories, ask questions. write let·• cIeparbiMDt ,. thia pUpo.e. One-baH of it will tera, and you just re.t assured that when the nextcoUiIIit·ot:quiiiiea .. to .. utything pertainlnc to the number comes out you won't take the time to' P"utachool utd the other half will consi.t of an&wen to your old shoes on the duated table. You'll be tum­~ querriM _d hinta in leneflll ing the paces hurriedly on your way home from the------- THE YOUNG SOOXALI8T8' llAO.&SIn jtlplace where you got it-look out for cars now andwagons, anti even other people, you'll surely run intdsomething. In fact, we are thinking seriously ofpaating up the edges with a motive in big letters:"DANGER I DON'T OPEN TILL YOU REACHHOME I" You will be so anxious to read your ownatory, your letter, your question, your picture, orthe number of YOUR Magazines your school sold;becauae the more your school will make use of it,the better will your magazine become. Now, alljokes aaide. Is it to be your magazine? Just watchand see I If it doesn't suit you, caU your best friendinto a private room amI ask him to apply his leg. toa much better kicking. you surely will n~ed it. Weadvise you to call in your O WN CONSCIENCE.The worst thinK in all this world is laziness. Thekind of laziness that says, Let my father, my minister,or my political party boss. cr our editor do thethinking for us. Now, young people, we grown-upshave been sick with this disease for thousanda ofof years--took what a poor job we have made of thisworld. You feel it every day in the year, and whenyou grow up you will know it, too.. "- 'j~n.Are you going to allow yourself to grow up thesam~ way. Are you going to let your teacher, oryour histc·ry bock, or your story book, or your magazinesto think for you? If you are, dcn't you jointhe owners of this magazine! You have a bad

u.!H£ YOUNG SOCIALIITI' MAGAZINEA MATTER OF VERY GIU!AT · menl.1 vision. W. aU know howBIPORT ANG);:. the child craves for them.There is not a Soe1.list teacherNow, don't ~rocrastinatel Areyou reatly teachers of the new age,Qr mother alive that has not or illothers of the beder race ~stumbled. fallen and bled O\ret the ThrPl Irl 113 Juror frotn you!problem of eood .stot.if'.A. lor chil­(Ada f'rss ail commlmicatioHs todren. All our Socialist efforts orefforts as morDI human teachersand parents must remain half realizedat best because there are viciouslyimmoral sforics afloat forchildren. Bloody fairy tales, or fullof perverted romanticism. reekingwhh slimy king worship Of emulat·ing a dead morality of a hapily dudage. You know alt about that; nodoubt Now I \omething must btdone, and the sooner the better.This magazine desireJ to encouragethe growth of a new child literatureand will do everything in its powerto consul1late that endeavor.Here's a plan. Teachers T \Y ritethe nicest stories you can compose.There is no doubt something in thememory of every teacher or motherthat. hap~ned in her own· childhoodthat would make a beautifulhealthy story. Write it and sendit in, \Ve will pUblish it and at theend of the year we will try to selectthe best qf the~ and put them int'Obook form. Let us feed our childrenon healthy stories, Storiesthat will put the struggling workingrace above the idle hypocriticaldummy kings and noblemen orother individuals ; for the race is."Iways and at all times superior.incomparibly so, to any individual.Never before has such a chancebeen offered. This. is aJield withwhich no other field can compare,in extent or importance.Le-t us hear front you. Mothersand teachers, write us what yOllhave eXperienced in thii ' direction.Do you agree with U5 in the importancewe claim for this work ?'Oon't forget that staries fonn thebal'k ground of the t:hild's wholetile S. T. D ~pl . Youug SocialistMoglJ;i/lt, 15 Spru('t St" Netll YorkCity. NMU York,) Typewrite themif possible; if not, write clearly andon one side of the paper. Do notroll ),our Ms.DON'T LET IDEALS GO.Don't let your ideals go, "Notfailure. but low aim is crime,"And though me may never reachthe highest summit of all, that isno excuse for staying idle in the\'a ll ey~ . There are hills that weea ~ 1 dimb, good inclinations thatwe can keep, faults that we callonrcome and difficulties that mayb~ vanquished. if we will only goon trying,"I get on well enough ," HFm110 worse than other people.""Other people are not a bit betterthan I am," Haven't YO ll~o m e time s used a nd heard otherpeople use just such phrases?""eed all these ugly phrasesout of your conversation in fu ­t ure. T he more pleased you arewith yourself. the less pleasedyOll will grow with your neighbors,The more YOU believe thatyOll are sure to be in tht right,the malie certain you will feel thatthey are wrong'.There is no happiness in self·content-and. alas! there is nomeri t in it.Not Hil Doin,.Howell~-.H Edison says tbat w'esleep- too much." - • • -"Powell-" \,-:ell, it isn't his fault :he has invented enough things toke-e'p, us aWake:' -':' Li/~:"Slowly the Bible of the race iswrit,And not on paper luves nor leavhof slone;Each age. each kindred. adds averse to it.Texts oi despair or hope, oi joy ormoan,While swings the sea, while mi ststhe mountains shroud,\\'hile thunder's surges burst oncliffs of cloud,~ti ll at the prophets' feet the nationssit."- James RU:iloel Lowell ,Collectors P... On.LJuring the rece nt epidemit: ofspinal meningitis in Dallas, Rep·resentative Burleson o f Texas isquoted by the New York' IVor/d assaying. "Secretary Paul Casey. ofthe Health Department. and a san i­tary inspector went to the shack ofa negro to raise the quarantine,They staned to remove the bighealth department sign. when anold negro mammy came to thedoor.•. 'No. sho'I.I . boss. you ~n ain'tgwine ler take dat sign down :'she asked,"'Certainly,' allswered ~ 6l~e)".' You are all well again and we aregoing to remove the quarantine.Don't you want the sign takenaway?'1/ 'No, sah. boss, 'cause dar ain'tbeen nary collectah 'round hea)'sense dat sign was put up.' IIPOdry ' for To-Day. __To market, to market', 'To buy a fat, big;Home again, home again.Price is too big,-)"dg".Present society, as a protectorof private property is, in Teamy.hut the defender of those whol}ave, against those who have not.SCHWALBENRAT.Die junge Schwalbe fliegt von H a u ~%u Hau!,Sio! scheint der eigenen Klugheitnicht IU traUen," lhr Schwestern kommt, slIdHeinen Ort mir aus,Wo ich mein erstts Nest kan llsicher bauen,"u nd emsig lwitschernd Aiegen ,ieher~i :Begrii ssen freudig diese n 5choncnGast.\'on allen Hausern bleibcn dir nurIw~i.Die Hiitte hier und clruben d~'rPalast."DoI.:h ciue alte Schwa lbe warnt 1Ilidspricht :" Bau nichl an jenell stolzel' loiebclhin.Dort liebt mall un f re braunenl\esler niehtL" nd hat fur Schwu lLenli eder kCI ­nen Sinn," lJi e Hi.ille wahl e: dir, Ilicr gielll '~ein Fest.\Venn man am Il ieueren Si ms dichbauen siehl ;Ein schoner Gla uue sichert dir da~Nest.end frohlich lau:.ehen ai le dei ncillI.ied,"--0--Arheiten. ohne dabei zu denkel'.ist so unniltz, wie Speisen 1 \1 51cht~e hm e n und sie nicht ve rdanenkonnen,---0---Die Abwesenden s.ind immer all ~­genommen : so sollte es heissen.NodI ist e50 Tag; da riihre sich derMann! .Die Nacht tritt ein. wo niemandwirken kann.Des echten Maimc ~ wahre FelcrioI die Tat.'1lHE l'QUNO $.QCIALISTa:· MAGAZINE:\111\ weilt er ni eht mehr unterlijlS. der i\ lann. fUr den ieh alsJ un ge st:hon ei ne hcisse Liebe inH n;chwiegener Brust fli hlte::\.lIfllst Uebe l. Seill Kame warpiner der ersten, der a1lS clem i;irmendel!I: rausen des Tagesstrr.iteshineinklang in die stille Weltmeiner J';:i ndheit.\\"ie wa r ieh als J unge stolzdarClui. d;ts~ idl gerade in dem\\'ahlkreise \\"ohnle. in dem,\ngust Uebe l seil Jahren ZU lliDcutscheu Reichstag- gesandtwurdc ! \\'ie b11'ichte id1 gernund freudig-, \Vel111 mein VaterIl];r en.:ahltc, wie c~ als jUllger:"Ialill zum erst en ~la l e wiihlell\..unnte nnd wie er fur l1ebel seine:-= till1m c ahgegehen haue! Dalllaiswar die \o\'ahl \'on AugustHe hel kei ne?wegs zweiiellos gewescn,Es war, als er Z\Hll erst en,\1 ale bei uns in Hamhltrg aufge­~tellt wmde, Das Ziinglein an der\\'age se hwankte zwischen ihlllI\lId sei nem Gegner: schon hattedieser bei

,..!lie.-,.THE YOUNG IOetALlaTa' IiAGAZHf'!:,:u.~~:.da;;;'I ....k&um winle se1bsl\t erstandlich~- dau wi;: w'enn hatten, .wieder heraus. ~.ai"a llev~f5i.nd~ h~!>tfI, '-Zwar 'war ich wir erst gro;~ waren, Mann . flir waren" A,-beiter: r '1hre . ~1Ifin~ .~ifrir... : ~eil!1llg.l ... r atld jel:I~nn) A\1g\1~t ]~-=bet;w~h.ltn witrden.Vor dem' 'Vahllokal, das wen li~ 'einander die Z4Kteh ~ vOl'.l~\tditct~h, . iin4. 1i1~~~s~~1!1c ,W'en;·nut' dau sievon M.iinl)~fn, ~ti1Jlnizett~lvert'~ i­ erh.al(j::tJ al~ ... all~. s~ ine"He1me~ "!Usamrnen.Das war fein t "Rasch.,~~ ihr· Fihr1!r ''A'ygus~ Bebtl ct·ler, Pla~attTii.ger. und : ~ndere. Ein~" , , .... . . ;' . . ~ t' .•"'r~"..1 Gutes :und : Gerc:chtes ··wollzelne,W~hler ging~n zw!~chcn lief ich nach H"use. Ol!t :Vaferihnen hindurch ; \'00 allen Seite. war nicht da. Der ~r~tteT ' teilte5treckt~n ~ ich Ihnen Ha..!lde mit ich jllbdnd mit, \V;t i~'6 'gef:t,rtStimm1.etteln entgegen ,. his sie imFlur des 'Vahllokals "ersehvia'neten.~9; 'dils ~1.tand" bei mit fest. Also' lI~rPcn und gehOrl h.be ich da·:4t.!t? ne"el nielil. Wohl aber .ah·~ t f die ~fas5en ·- dln'ch tlnsert~tr~s~ 'zle,heon urm' vat (fern Saale,t}l, (jem er ~Sp~t£ 1ie.n ~lltt. sich\,'l!!'l~~ voll I Erwartung und~~PJl"~g;; U11d wieder sah ich1}f. ,. ~~~ .sic zti~uckkehrttrl mitl""flJ!

THE YOUNG SOCIALISTS' MAGAZINEKARL MARX AND FRBDERItK ENGELSThere is not a chapter in thehistory of the Socialist movementmore beautiful than the onewhich tells of the friendship ofKarl Marx and Frederick Engels.In Stuttgart. Germany, "herewas published a short time a~oa collection of letters which werewritten by Marx and Engels dllr~i llg the years which the formerspent in exile in Germany.Karl ~larx had been exiledfrom Germany because of hisrevolutionary activity there andafter traveling with his wife andchildren from place to place.hounded by the German governmentthey finally found a refugein the worst district of London.lIere :Marx tried to support hi:;fa mily by "'riling. articles forpapers and periodicals. hy all.;orts of odd literary jobs whichca me his way. Dut his revolutionaryarticles were but little indemand and were poorly p:'Iill.The famitv of )'Iarx lived in hitlerwant 'for 1ll:lnr years. lIi

"W THR YOUNG .OCIALlaTS' MAGAZINEwert the principal owners of ourbeloved land. From the far northhad c:ome Mr. J. J. Hilly, prcsi.deat of the Great Pacific Merger.with his retinue embracing suchdiltinlfuished ecclesiastics asCardinal ] reland and ArchbishopPotterer. Aaron Rosenthal, bet·tet' know." a!J the Garment King,one of the foremost philanthropiafaof th~ land, had come fromPhiladelphia, accompanied byMonaigzlor Bambabotli, the Papaldelegate, and Major GeneralWoody of the U. S. Army.Among the guests from abroad,we may' mention Colonel WaldorfAstoria, Prince De Sagan, thePrinccss Marlborough ncc Ele:'liGoold,111e Archbischop of Canterburyand Count Bony Caste1ani.The reception committee properwa!! composed of Morgan the Second,'Andreas Karnegee, the SteelKing, Abram Cohen, CardinalGrabit. Rabbi Wiser. the learnedTalmudist, President Lc Ruin ofthe New York Central R. R., OgdenAnnour. Bishop Doolittleand Senator Smoot, all well knownpillars of ~urch and society.A golden throne stood on thel·m'ter of the stage. to be occupiedby the Messiah. Above this arosea gorgeous gold embroidered canopyof purple satin. In front ofthis stood Indian Joe with outstretched arms, his face turnedheavenwards in holy ~stasy.It is not known who gave thesignal. or why it was given, butatt of a sudden every bell in thecity began to ring. The five thousand-voicedchoir burst forth inHandel's inul10rtal Hallelujahchorus. Organs pealed, trumpetsflared. A tremor passed throughthe multitude. Every face turnedtowards heaven. High abovefloated a shimm~ing white cloud.Million. of eyes were riveted ontl~ shining speck. But the cloudpassed over the assembly and outof view bellind a towering skyscraper.Ju~ then a commotionstarted on the front of the stage.1t appears that while every onewas gazing into the sky some rudeperson had taken advantage ofthe situation and had mountedthe stage. HO\~ he managed toslip past the cordon of liveried servantsand plain clothes men, no onecan tell. Some one sought to ejecthim from the st~ae where he stoodin glaring contrast to the magnificentlygowned ladies and the dignitariesof the church attired insplendid vestments. There wassomething about the person whichoverawed the attendants. for presentlythey fell back and allowl"dhim to proceed.The man was ridiculous and outof harmony with his surroundings.He wore heavy, much·wornshoes, faded corduroy trousers, ablue, coarse shirt open at thethroat and a battered slouch hat.Apparently he belonged to thelower classes. The only strikingpart of the stranger was his strong,pale face-a face which spoke Qfsuffering and want. Dropping hisslouch hat on the carpeted floor.strewn with roses and, violets, hetook a few paces forward. He m0-tioned for silence and said: "I amhe for whom you are waiting."Some one snickered. A burlyman ncar the stage bellowed:t'Throw him·out.;"The stranger smiled sadly andrepeated: "I am he for whom youare waiting.'·At this juncture a few of lhesociety ladies on the stage calledfor their automobiles. Indian Joewas seen gesticuJating violently beforea group of ecclesiastics. Andagain there arose the strong clearvoice of the Stranger: fl J am he forwhom you arc waiting ...."Throw him oul"' yelled the burlyman who had spoken before.. flWhy donlt somebody arrest thetramp," came in a high thin voice."Give the man a show I" shoutedanother one. "That's right. givehim a show, let him talk,': came achorus of voices. •The stranger proceeded;"For many years I have beenamong you. I have tramped frol'none end of this land to the other.J have toiled in the cotton fiddsof the south and in the lumbercamps of the north. I have stoodin the bread line among the out·casts and dug coat in the mines ofPennsylvania. I have wa~redin the streets at night and m ledwith the homeless and the h :'Its.I have stood half naked before e Iroaring furnace in the mills . and \.shivered as I toiled in the tunnels "­beneath your river. I have seen thewaste of want and the waste ofwealth. I have seen the dau,ghtersof the rich selting their bodies fortitles and beheld the ' daughters ofthe poor selling their bodies forbread. I have seen the palace andthe hovel. I have seen dogs eatfrom golden plates and childrensearch for crusts in the gutters ofyour cities."I ha.ve seen babies toiling duringendless summer days in thepoisoned air of cotton mills, whilethose for whom they slaved playedlike children in the sand. fannedby the cooling ocean breezes."By this time .. some of the boxesbegan to empty. The crowd onthe stage diminished visibly. AsAaron Rosenthal was leaving thestage, accompanied by MonsignorBambabboUi. he was heard sayingto the latter: "The joke is on us,father." :Whereupon the ' greatdivine shrugged his shoulders andlaughed good.naturedly. Andagain the great voice of the strangerrose above the tumult:, ,. I have laood in the window·less room of a tenement at earlydawn and listened to the hackingcough of a dying mother bendingover a whirring machine.I "I have held in my arms thewasted body of a child Aowermaker,who had fainted at hertask."I have followed the joble'S!'Lllan, begging for the right to workuntil the dark waves of yonderriver closed above his weary head."Oh I You poor and oppressed.You build palaces and sleep inhovels. You weave silken gar·ments and walk in rags. You gohungry to fecd the' gourmandizer.You shear thc sheep and wearshoddy. You toil ceaselessly topile up wealth for the few whoeven now are rotting under themountain of unearned gain. Beholdthe tears of your wivessparrkling in the hair of yonderwomen. THe sparkle ofyour children's eyes are glimmeringat their milky throats. Your bloodhas dyed the purple canopy abovemy head. The hue of the rosesbeneath my feet is drawn from thecheecks of your maidens."The reserve seats were now quiteempty, but the common people farto the rear were 'pushing towardsthe front, so as to hear better. Acluster of church dignitaries helda hasty conference on the left of thestage. They now approached thestranger. Their spokesman, therector of the most fashionable tabernacleof the city, bowed sarcasticallybefore the speaker."I hope you will pardon the interruption,"he said in a perf~t1ymodulated voice, "but this is not aSocialist meeting. We did not('orne here to hear the harangue ofan irresponsible agitator, who apparentlyhas no othe{ ' object thanto enRarne ~ minds of- these goOhcl'ln:1I1 bythe namc ,.f l'cter f.lanigan. wa);reading the ~('rmon on the Mountfrom a ~()ap h.lX. when the policebroh up thi: mecting. The prisoners.II h., daim to be . followenof the ne\\ Ch ri",. have been sentto the workbOll

• 'rD 'rona B0au.LJ8ft' IU.(U,lnBJ :,.t!!~:s~p3IijoM>THE YOUNG SOCIALIST S' ",1:AGAZ INE----One day through the primevalwoodA calf walked home. as goodcalves !lhould';Rut made a trail all bent askew,A crooked tt:ail, as all calves do.Since tllen two hundred yearshave Red, "And, I infer, the calf. is dead.But still he left behind his trail,And thereby hangs my moraltale.The trail was taken up next dayBy a lone dog that passed thatway;And then a. wise bell-weathersheepPursued the trail o'er vale andsteep,And drew the Rock behind him,too.As good bell-weathers always do.And from that day, o'er hi11 andglade,Through those old woods a pathwas made,And many men wound in andoutAnd dodged and turned and bentaboutAnd uttered words of righteouswrathBecause 'twas sach a crookedpath:Btlt still they followed-do notlaugh-The first migrations of that calf,And through this winding woodwaystalkedBecause he wabbled when hewalked.This forest path became a lane,That bent and turned and turnedagain ;This crooked lane became a road, •"Vhere many a poor horse, withhis load.Toiled on beneath the burningsunAnd traveled some three miles inone,And thus a century and a hal(They trod the footsteps of thatcali.The year passcd on in swiftnessReet,The road b,ecame a village street,And this, before men were awarc,A city's crowd~d thoroughfare;.And soon the central street wasthisOf a renowned metropolis.And men two centuries and a halfTrod in the footsteps of that calf,Each day a hundred thousandroutFol1owed the zigzag calf about,And o'er his crooked journeywent - 'The traffic of a continent.A hundred thousand men wereledHy one calf near three centuriesdead.They fo llowed still his crookedwayAnd lost aile htfndred yurS aday;For thus 5\1ch reverence is lentTo well·established precedent.A moral lesson this might teach,'Were 1 ordained and called topreach.For men are prone to go it blindAlong the calf-paths of the mind,And work away from sun to sunTo do what other men have done.They follow in the beaten trackAnd out and in, and forth andback,And stilt their devious coursepursue,To keep the path that others do.But how the wise old w,ood-godllaugh'W ho saw the first primeval caUlAh ! many things this tale mighttcach-But I am not ordained to preach."Forever and Ever, Amen"F rom Til l': ~I A S:;l!; "i ,

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For one year one inc:h $10,00.! ••• , ••••••• " ••••••••••• ~Awakr. arise-ye sleeping slaves.Throw off your clanging chains.Throw off the yoke that bore youdownFor ages in the past.Awake--see ye the sun is rising.Its gloriou~ glow is sheddinglightO'er aU the earth, and penetratesAU human hearts.'And still you crouch in darkness.Still you stoop with toil..When only your awakening tothe light,'Vilt set you free.Then rise in many numbers,Strike with a monstrous blow,And shake 'the earth to t reOlhl illt-:'With your strength.d>If yoq...'re slaves,'Tis" yourselves you have toblame.So rise, awake, and greet the lightthat comesTo lOO1le your chains.-Gertrude Kranz.YOQa aoau.uaft' ~GunmNational Children'sDayOn December 28, the Sundayfollowing Christmas, thousandsof working men and women willcelebrate the first anniversary ofChildren's Day.It is fitting that an organizationwhose purpose is the rebuildingof society, in order that futuref::enerations m~ recctivcmore of the joys of life than hasthe past, should set aside one oayeach ' year to speak to the children,of the children: for the childrenand with t he children.It is also fitting that this dayshould be during the Christmasholidays. T he observation of theold-fashioned Christmas is grad- Iually dying out to the sorrow ofmany of us. The lowly Nazarenewith his message of "Peaceon earth; good will to men" hasbeen fo rgotten. The holy dayon which we celebrate His birthis being turned into a mockery,through the flaunting of wealthby the very rich ; the e.-cchangeof meaningless gifts by themiddle class or by the doling "aufof charity to the very poor, eitherthrough private or organizedcharity association's, or gifts fromemployers.IThe working class of our largecities, who are annually the subjectsof charity ' celebrations inone form or another, have cometo look upon Thanksgiving Dayand Chri stmas as days of sacrifice,days on which every shredof their pridc and manhood arestripped from them by the vicioussocial system which breedscharity faddists.There are those of us, however,,VIla would keep the yuletidesacred. The men and womenwith' the messaie of Christbllfned deep into their SallIs resentthe usurpation of our holyseason. We resent the hollownessof the Christmas sermons.Because of these facts, the SocialistPart)', representing thatgreat mass of humanity who nolonger participate in Christmascelebrations, have inauguratedNational Children's Day. Likeour annual Women's Day wehope that this day may becomean international day of celebra·tion for the wbrking class.On this day Socia.list locals,Young People's Socialist leag\les.colleg~te Socialist societlcLaQgSocialist study classes will throwOl}cn their dQOrs to the mothersand children. .Evcry man and wom~n in theSocialist Party able .to st,pJi . b~forean audience anl1 defiver his.message of "Peace on ea~t~" willaddress these gatherings.The children ' of the workingclass, fircd with the enthusiasmof the Socialist move-meht, willdo their share by way of songs,recitations, dialogues ' and readings.The smaller children witlgive (Jrills, group dances andshow the grown ups how to play.Mothers will do as they havealways done. They will bake,roast, boil and stew, vieing witheach other in the production ofgood things for everyone to eat.And.last, but not the least, S0-cialist and labor papers will issuea special children's edition.'rhese papers will be given away imillions of leaflets, dealing withthe conditions of child slavery ofthe present a~e and ' the hopewhich Socialists hold for the future,will be di,tributed free.No matter how large and im·portant your 10cal or how small,you should begin immediately tomake preparations to join withyour comrad~s in this annualChild~.n·. D"¥.;'e-TO YOUlfG BOOU.LIa~.' ~G.A..ZIJm , ' •I~~~~:cm=~~A~~THE . CHRISTMAS. . ~ESTIVAL,"~~gg~~r-~~;;~~~::.~.~Have you ever wondered why itis we have a Christmas tree, whatits lights and its good thi;lgSmean? Do rOll know why we givt'("ach other gifts at th e Christmas"eason. why "good cheer" has bt'·come the by· wore! of Christmasiime?Listen, ail e! I will tell you..Just close your eyes a momentand let me carry )'ou back thousandsof years, to the early dapwhen the northern pan of Europewas covered with dense forest ....when thcre wcrc no cities or tOWIl"',Hack to the days when Caesar invadedthe land of the Gauls andthe Britons, and forced RQman ci\'.iliz~tion upon them.There lived at that time in th~part of Europe called Germany to.day a race of people called Teutons.They lived from the products ofMother Earth, ate berries, rootsand the flesh of animals, nutsand the bark of trees, much as theIndians did at the time when Col·umbus discovered America.In summer they suffered no want.Mother Nature had stocked anample larder. But when the winter'ssnow and ice covered theground, when the animals hadcrawled into their dens for the winter'ssleep and the birds had flownto the south, when the food that Christmas.they had stored for the winter grewscarce, there often came bitter dayswhen Starvation sat among .them.I They knew why winter was here.They had noticed that the dayswere growing shorter, that. the sungre"; ';mOft a~d mot:e disfant,1' ~yby day as tl)e weather grew colder.Tbey- bad 'discovered -too, that inthe ('oldest weeks. when thingswe re at their worst. there came achange. the days we re growinglonger. l .ong days meant the retllrno r sun shine and spring, and~ pring meant fOO(l- meant plentyonce more.Can you imagine their joy then,when the ~ un once morc began to"hine ,lIld tht' days to grow longer ?It hecame a da)' of rejoicing, aday or worshi p of th e light and of('ternal life.\\'ild folk always symbolize theirideas. represent them by the thingsthat grow about them. To themthe fir tree stood for eternal lifefor the power of the earth to awakeeach year to new vigor. new productiveness.The lights upon thelir tree meant the return of thelight and wa nnth of summer days.Their Christ mas tree rcpresentedthe hope for better times, stood forthe overthrow of darkness by thelight.Our Ch ri st ma s trees too, shouldmean something to us, they shouldtell us that light will overcomedarknes.s, truth will win over falsehood,brotherhood of man overcompetition and hatred.. Some Socialists believe we shouldhave no trees, should celebrate noThey forget that theChristian religion adopted this oldcustom of the Teutons and used itfor their ow n purposes.But we, we shall think of it asthe old Teutons did m~y thousandsof yea rs ago as a day of ~ rejoicing .in the birth "r nature, -as the daywhich heralds the coming of a betteral:Co~~~~JIMMY THINKSBy Kate Baker HeltzelYes, I was there last Sunday.1 sat right back by the .door,'With the class of boys, on the Idthand side,You've seen me there before.AnJ now that wt're a talkin·.And no one ' round to hear.I want to ask a question,If yuu call make it clear.I 'vc got a lot of brothers.And sisters, as you know,That I'm oldest, and am strong·(:5t,-Is an easy thing to show.nut my mother always taughtme.That the strongest ont' shouldyield,And givc the easy places, to the\oVeakest in the ficld.Now l\'e been a clerkin' 'roundhere,In the stores for 'most a year,And 'twould just surprise you,~ l ister,At the curious things YOli hear.There's two Illen was in heretalkin'' Bout a kind of business deal,And it looked to me like nuthin'But the biggest kind of steal!And one mar) told the other111at-'Joncs was mighty slow,"And " the weakest kind of hrotherWhen it came to grabbin gdough."Now they really always taughtmeThat the plain mark of a beastWas to grab the best before you,As you sat -down.to- a- feast. . .So, won't YOll ten m .... _Misur,How old. I ought to be, ; . :'lfote I 'gin to 'take' advantage• Of those'-no't strong "as Ime:'

[~,_,*,_.,*,,*, _____toThe Young Firins. lTJm r011lfO 1tOOUU8T1' .... OA&DB--------The strongest section of theSocialist Party to-day js theFinns. There aTe over 13.500dues-paying members in their Let liS assume that none of us c1ysl1ls. and trace the devel~pmentof animal life from the tn­federation.know what is "Reform" and what. They have accomplished more is ·'Revolution.'· Those who are vertebrate to the \'ertebrate, andposted will understand all the from the lizard to the bird, fromthan any other part of the SocialistParty. They own three daily low all the easier.we come to the prototype of thehetter; those who are not will fol­the quadruped and mammal tillpapers. and many hans aud cooperath·tenterprises. The \'aluepooille. and finally reach the\¥ e hear people talk about the poodle hims.elf, and SO forwordthenlip we find radical changes"Reform Forces," about "Evolution"and about "Revolution" inof thei r property. totals almost amillion dollars.ways that arc highly mixed. Letat eac h step. changes from withinthat alter the very essence oftiSHow do they manage to do it?dear up our terms. Reformhis being, and that put, or willmeans II change of externals;is a question often asked. Thisput. upon him each time a stampRevolution-peilceful or bloody;is answered in part in the factthat alters the ve ry system of histhe peacefulness or the blooclinessof it cuts no figure whateverexistence, That is Revolution.that the FioniS'l1 movement isSo with society. Whenever apractically a young people's in the essence of the questiol\­c han ~e leaves the internal memovement.A grey-haired F innishSocialist is a curiosity. 95 per T ake. for instance, a poodle. form; whenever the internal me­means a change from within. (.'hani!'m untouched, we have Re­cent. of the membership being You can reform him in a lot of chanism is changed, we haveunder thirty-five years of age. ways. You can shave his whole Revolution.boclv anet leave a tassel at the tip or course, no internal changeThe Finnish Socialist Federationdeveloped out of social or­ throngh his ear. a nd tie a blue manifestations. The internal '(If liis tai l : you may bore a hole is possible without externalJ:anization of r.otlng Finns how 011 onl! and red bow on the changes denoted by the revolu­..,hrougham the country, which other; you may put a brass collararound his neck wilh your to the eagle go accompanied withLioll or evolution of the lizard in­, called themselves ··\Vorking·initials on and a trim little blanketon his hack; yet. throughout. And herein lies one of the pitfalisexternal marks, So with societ\'.men's Associations." The Socialistsmanaged to secure control a poodle he wa!S and a poodle he into which dilettanteism or " Reforms"invariably tumble. Theyof these bodies and made them remains. Each of these changesSocialist organizations. The first probably brought a co rrespondin,g'change in the pooclle's life. change with internals; and theihave noticed that external~association to join the SocialistWhcn shorn of all his hair except rest sati s6ec.l with mere externalParty was that at Cleveland in:l. tal\sel at the tail's tip he was dlanges. without looking behindJ9Q4. Others followed in quick owned by a wag who probably the curtain.order.ca reel only for the fun he could \Ve Socialists are not Refarm~There q,re 2 17 finnish locals, get out of his pet: when he appears~ai l y decked in bows. prob~ers; we are Revolutionists. "!Iewhich have 107 dramatic societies,23 singing societies, 28 ment is of tenderer sort ; when for forms. We want a change ofSocialists do not prC;>)lOse toably hh~ young mistre~s' attach~ . change forms. We care nothingbands and 53 gymna~tic and athleticclubs. The young people alit fit. the treatment hc receives society. \ Ve see in England alater we see him in the fancier's the inside of the mechanism ofare the life of all these subsidiaryorgani zations.yet again. and probably arc, dif­German>: a ~cept ered empeTor ;and the uses he is put to may be crowned monarch; we: see in,ferent. Each of these tran!'formationsor stages may mark a crowned president, and we fait towe see 111 tillS coulltry an un­There is no separate youngpeople's organization among the veritable epoch in the poodle's see the essential difference betweenforms. We are like grownFinns, 'all young people paying existence. And yet. essentially,a poodle he was. a poodle he is,d ues direct to the Party. The localsthen carry on their propa­T hat is Reform.we are skeptics as to the sensechil \he nnly powcr that can!WARBy Karl Kautsky\\"ar ili in~e p arable from the hi s­tory of modern production, becausethe latter re!'uhs not onl y in class,but also in national antagonism.\\'hell the economic interests of thepowers ruling twO ~ vc re ign statesclash. whcn the~' become iosur·monntahle, war is the only recourse.There i~ but onc way in which warcan be de!>t royed- to destruy. to removeits cau:;cs. the economic antagonismwhich are at its root.This can he rlone only by theworking clas'. because it willimplant common ideals, solidarityin place of competition. This canbe dont only by the Social Democracywhich will destroy competition,and will put in place theproduction of commodities by all,for all, production hy society, forsociety. Social and internationalpeace, can be reali:ted only by S0-cialism.

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u. THB YOOG aOou.LIlft' .... QAImzTHE YOVNG SOCIALISTS' JlAGASDJE 1.\play about on our first snow fall .They are very happy as they ftyAbout and dip into the whitenessns if they were fisher birds dip ..ving into the waves. Or they flyup into the branches and delightin shaking down the pearl fromthe elm tree twigs, and see thf:'tiny blizzard they stir up. Theyare happy because they have 110fears. Nature taught them howto get fOQd and how to keepwarm in spite of the anow.A yellow canary had been keptin a little cage for many years.Always it dreamt of freedom.Its cage hung near the windowand 'it could look out upon thefirst snow r.n and envy the happysnow birds. One day the cagedoor WIS left open and the canaryflew out and far away. It dashedup into the air and fell downwith great speed till it touchedthe snow and dipped into it as thesnow birds had done-on becauseit was 10 happy to be free. Thenit grew hungry, but it did notknow how to get food. It hadbeen a litle slave so long. it hadforgotten. All day it Aew aboutbut could see no food ~d thesnow birds made no attempts tohc:1p. At night the snow bird~all disappeared and the canarywas 10nMome and ha.d no placeto go to, to hide from the bitterwind that arose. It hid betweena twig and its branch,-but wasvery cold. Next morning it laydead on the ,now and eonle mo re!lnow came and c.overed it up.The first, second, third, Ilndfourth snow had fallen. It wasChristmaa Eve. A poor wretchedmother with a baby in her armssat on the closed door step of a&Teat establishment on the busiestcomer of Broadway. Pt..'lde 1I1e alld heavC'd a dctpAnd there. in the camp of famille.In wind and cold and rain,1>peak, whereas. what i" the horror h,,\\ llrt'd .111tcaJl, whate\'er may be lhe cause ofthe war. People who would nottake one step to rendcr a service totheir neigh bors, workers like themselves,march hundreds of miles inorder to get killed for the masterswho sweat tlrem.-Gustav Herve.When is a newspaper like a delicatechild? - When it appearsw~kly (w~akly).taught to sec in its vastne s~ o r pity:." it deserves.""1 envy the man who believesthat superstition aoollt Friday,"~a id ~Jr. Growcher."1 consider it depressing."" Not at all. A man ought to bemighty comfortable who can feelsure there's only one unlucky day inthe week."emply l)t)tt!cpccial ty of .. pring in; eternal inthe human breast. As he was carefullyexamining each bOUle by hold ­ing it to the light. the Illini~tcr sawhim. and called out:"They arc all dead one s, Pat.""They are. are they?" replied theIrishman. "\\·ell. there's one goodthing aboJut il. Ihey all had the ministerwith them when they weredying."

,Dlc' ltillia dIIqIoCken: V;OII Wilhelm' SChul~ !II.Es sind , in dunkl~r WinternachtDie ~ Weihnachtsglocken' all er~.wacht.Min' ¥rt sie singen allel\{it wundersussem Schalte.ds:;~! .::- stngen voller Freud'unLust,3.t~iet ... auch . in mancher 1\1 enschenbrustEin' Seufzen still und bangeBei ' ihrem .lrohen' Klange; IDie ·Glocken hangen hoch' . T\irm .Geborgon , gegenil11-~Wie ieh als Junge August Bebellieben lemte(SchIll,,)So gliihte in dem jungen Herzendie Begeisterung fur AugustDebel. Es war' die PersOhlichkeitVOT aHem, der Zauber, den dieaufopfemde Liehe so viettr Mensehcnurn ihn wob, def auch in mirdie Verehrung fur ihn weckte.Erst als icb ilter gewo'rden waruDd cifrig seine Reden un,dSchrilten gelesen hatte, ' gesellte5ich zu dieser Verehrung die Begeisterungfur die Gedanken, dieer verfocht, fiir sci" hohes Ideal,fur den Kampf der Arbciterklasseurn tine neue, bessere Gesell­Schnee unu schaft. Bis zum hcutigen Ta..,gcSturm, 'aber ist diese Verehrung fur denSie wissen nichts von Dingen,Womit dieVMenschen ringen.Mann, in dem die al1fstrebencleArbeiterschaft gleichsam verkor­Und' :-keine Not · bedrockt sic pert war, in miT. wie in so vielenTausenden Proletariern uod Prohinl~tarierinn~n ,, 'schwer"Sie ,schwir:tgeo fromm sichlebendig geblieben.lind her,Erst tin paar Jahre oach jenemSit konnen gut da drobenWahltage durfte ich August Be~Die liebc Weihnacht loben.bel von Angesicht Ztl Angesicht5chauen und seinen zundendcn... .. Da f'd~n~etft .fe Sanftmut und Worten lauschen. und seitdemDa1dtJifl au. ihttn Wolken und bringendem GQtte det Liebe Menac:hen­babe ich ihn noch ofters geseh.enund : gehort. Stets aber war ich~!l!:h~~r . wie .cinem feuerarnUl'tntraurig daruber, dass ich noch so·da. ptedicen aie Liebe des Nichatenu9d fhtclaen .dea· acbtlli,.iihrigen Blind-:.v:t~~:·~:j~:?J::~i't undjung1war und ihm bei der Wahlmtine Stimme nicht gebeu konnte.bis ich dann schliesslicb, am 12.~e~~nr:~,:~ ~~:ed~~ Sft~i::: ~i;~ ]anuar des Vorjahres. zum erstenZUtt~erb~~ci:::Q a~I:;: ~6~:,Q;ie Ma-le wihlen und :tum ersten -und letzten Male meine Stimme­~~e dN\:~Q~t'~~eh :&-:e-:~j~!~ei.~::~ti_ Ocbaftell, ••• Q:ht detachlimmste August Bebel geben konn teoLiebe zu ,dem feungen Kimpferwird vor allem in der ]ugend Iebendigblciben, in all den jungenMiinnern und Madchen, dieheranwachsen, um dereinst dasBanner :tum S.iege %u fuhren, dasAugust Bebel ein Menschenlebenin Sturm und Gefahren · vorangetragen.1st auch der Saemann gefallen,In guten Boden fiel die Sut;Uns aber bleibt die kuhne Tat.Heil'ges iV ennachtnis sei ' sicallen IRoland.WeihnachtalHtVon Rob. ReinickDer Wiriter ist gekommenlind hat hinweggenommenDer £rde gyfanes· Kleid.Schnee liegt auf Bliitenkeimen,Kcin Blatt ist an den Baumen,Erstarrt die Fliisse weit · undbreit,Da schaUen plotzlich KlingeUnd frohe FestgcsangeHell durch die Winternacht;In Rutten uod PaiistenIst rings in gronen AestenEin bunter Friihling aufgewacht.Wie gem doch 5eh' ich glinzenMit all den reichen Krin%enDen grunen Weihnachtsbaum,Dazu der Kindlein Mienen,Von Licht und Lust beschienen,Wohl schon're Freude gibt eskaum.unt~r ' i.a wirde den dreieini!f.en Nun . ist er todt, cr. zu dem Da denk' ich voner Wonne:Gott 11m ~eha Sil~rlinl(t: verr.telll'Ftiedlich Schiller in "Die Riuber." .Millionen als zu ihrem Vorbild Wie a1le Jahr die Sonne. aufschauten. Aber sein Leib nur Aufsteigt au! Wintemacht,Mutter (zum SOhnchen): "Sage ist tot; sein flammender Geist So geht auch Licht und .·,Wahr~mir "",r, wer ist dena eig.eDtlich in Kano nicbt· ve-rgehen; denn ~r ist heit -Eurer Klasse der bravstel u - Geist vom Geist des kiimpfenden Tn immer hohrer KlarheitSOhnchen: "Der Herr I..ehrerJ" und -hoffend~rr Proletariats. Die Al!f, trotz des Wahnes Machtl~~~::;(?~@~ii.'" ':):lj'~~~'~tt:;;.:;.~,:::, ~~~g;~n); le"~::;.1: ... ,'JANUARY, 1914.:~~~~~~~g :",:,;:;::;: ~;~gggggggftggg~~~~~;;;~t~s~~}~J¥~~'A SONG OF THE FACTORYBy James F. MontagueThe trees were white with blossoms, the meadows were broad and fair.And the care·free birds made music for the children that idled there.But a man had need of the meadows: his walls and chimneys sprangFrom among th'c swaying branches where the thrush and robin sang.And the man had need for the children; he gathered them in like sheepAnd .set them to work to earn his bread-for children are' many and cQeap.They crouched aU day by the spindles, wizened and wan and old :They have given their youth to a master who has minted it into gold .No longer they idly listen to a warbler's futile song.No longer their idle laughter rings out the whole day long,No longer they roam the meadows like idle gipsy bands,Fer the world is growing ric~er by the work of their puny hands.. And the man who found them idling among the feathery blooms,And brought them to watch their lives away beside his clattering looms-V':