Young Socialists Magazine 1913 July Dec.pdf

...• , ,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