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- 16 - 11'HE YOUNG SOCIALISTS' MAGAZINE<br />
\\ cib und meille Kinder. die<br />
Frauen und Toc-Mer des \ 'olkes<br />
~agt ihr. und ihr fordert mith auf,<br />
tlie 'Vaffen zu ergreifcl1, urn sie z.u .<br />
"crteidig-el1. ~ un, gerade lhT habt<br />
aile Crsache, Zlt wuuschen, dass<br />
cuch dies erspart bleibe. denn die<br />
Fcinde del' Frauen und Tochter<br />
de! V olkes sind nicltt jenseits der<br />
Grenzen Zl1 sltehen. Das sind diejenigen,<br />
die sic auf den Felderu,'<br />
in den ,Fabriken, im Bureau, in<br />
dC!n <strong>Magazine</strong>n. tiberall mit<br />
schwerer Arbeit iiberburden,<br />
ihren Karper Tuiniercn und die<br />
Schuld daran tragen, dass sic nul'<br />
t'chwachlichc Kinder ill die V" elt<br />
set zen. die jill vo~hineil1 d'azll be<br />
,li1111111 sind, die Opfer im Kampf<br />
lllll!; Dasein xu we'rden. .<br />
. Die Feillde del' Frauen und<br />
Tochter des Volkes sind aile Kapitalisten.<br />
pic dercn Schwache<br />
una uniahigkeit sich selbst Zll<br />
vcrteidigen, missbraucbclld, ihllen<br />
Hunge,rlohne zahlen: sic zum<br />
Elend und oft zor Prostitution<br />
v~rdalllmen. 'Cnd solltet ihr mich<br />
7.\o,:lngen. die \Vaffen zu crgreife:n.<br />
um sic zu verteidigcll, we:rde: ich<br />
sic gewiss nicht'gegen dicjenigen<br />
kehren, die ihr
• .' F and<br />
THE' YOUNG SOCIALISTS' MAGAZINE<br />
•<br />
i<br />
FOOD.·.<br />
• •<br />
'rhe average person lias little<br />
idea of the nutritive value of the<br />
things he eats. He does not know<br />
how his food should he combined<br />
in quantity or element, or how it<br />
should be varied to give him the<br />
best return. He just stumbles<br />
along in the dark, eating and<br />
drinking according to the custom<br />
of his countrymen, blindly following<br />
hi s appetite. which is<br />
often an unsafe guide because<br />
improperly trained.<br />
During the acti\'c growing<br />
period of a h ~a lthy childhood<br />
and young adult years, and in<br />
older p~plc who fotlo\\' 3n<br />
energetic physical and mental<br />
lif~ of work and play. a good cooilitution<br />
somehow survives the<br />
f"Ough abuse to which the ordinary<br />
individual subjects it in<br />
feeding. ~liddlc life is safely<br />
reached and passed. O ld age<br />
comes shuffling 0 11 with more<br />
deliberate step and silvered<br />
crown. "And when those robbers,<br />
Time and Death. athwart the<br />
path. cOIl!'piring. !Otand;' their<br />
prospective victim is--a watch<br />
run down. a bullet spent, a bios·<br />
sam born to bloom and drop its<br />
peta.ls in decay. Men say. l'He<br />
fitlcd full his allotted time and<br />
died at a ripe old age:' This is<br />
the resu1t w'hicfi the average man<br />
would like to have for himself.<br />
But what of the people handicapped<br />
from birth by faulty digestive<br />
and eliminating organs<br />
How abollt those who inherit fine<br />
appetites, but are cursed with<br />
occupations which steat their<br />
chances for normal exercise ~<br />
How about a dozen other kinds<br />
of folks. who, to li ve out their<br />
threescore and ten, must have a<br />
better system in dining<br />
An excessive di et of carbohydrates,<br />
if digested, will rUIl to<br />
excessive fat ahout the heart, as<br />
well as elscwhere, and burden the<br />
heart in nourishing it. It is prone,<br />
also. to disturb digestion. It is<br />
bad for dyspeptics. Those with<br />
stomach trouble wi ll oft en bcnefit<br />
by resorting to a judicious<br />
meat diet.<br />
On the other hand. an excessive<br />
meat (protein) di et overworks<br />
the eliminating organs a nd<br />
brings on degeneration of the<br />
heart, blood vessels and kidney,<br />
with high blood pressure. This.<br />
in a broad way. means Bright's<br />
disease ~nd premature old age.<br />
Look at the many in dividuals<br />
in the class of "forty, s~out. "<br />
Their prominent abdomens are<br />
burdens of useless fat. Bulky,<br />
paunchy, flabby people, short of<br />
breath and long on appctitethey<br />
are onded and lInd er~<br />
worked.<br />
:\. pi g has appetite plus. and<br />
little brai n. A man is little more<br />
than a porker, if he rUll s to banquets<br />
and neglects hi s biceps.<br />
Forty inches about the waist<br />
in a mall five fcet eight inches<br />
tall. whethcr t wenty year~ old or<br />
fift y, is a porcine proportion. If<br />
he is not lazy. hi s energy rUlls to<br />
pushing a pcn, eatin~ enough fo r<br />
twO a nd "sitting tight." He rides<br />
to and from hi s office. behind a<br />
chauffeur, if he has one.<br />
Ten to one he has to consult a<br />
doctor suddenly, some day, for<br />
gall stones, kidney stones,<br />
Bright's disease. or other serious<br />
trouble. "He spends the last<br />
ten years of his life trying to<br />
escape premature decay.<br />
Added to these pudgy people.:<br />
pampered on sweets, and t l··<br />
seder'ltary people who make the<br />
meals on meat, there is a thi,'<br />
class. These habitually su fi"<br />
fro111 faulty elimination. Thl<br />
are constipated, bad breathed an·<br />
coated of tongue. The 111otioll :<br />
of their eliminating tracts arc<br />
slu gg-ish, and there is sand in the<br />
gearin g of their gray matter.<br />
Ch ronic absorption from their<br />
thirty feet of scwer poisons their<br />
hrai ns and vital organs. Their<br />
scant exercise, careless habits ~!!4<br />
faulty quality of food catcr to the<br />
undertaker. Man's muscles, mind<br />
and meals Illust be well balanced<br />
to in sure comfort. comeliness<br />
and long life.<br />
Finally, food is a misfit wh en'<br />
worry. fear, anger, hate or disappointment<br />
dominates. They<br />
check the Row of stomach juices<br />
just as they interfere with appetite.<br />
Good appetite and good<br />
digestivn ,line with good cheer.<br />
(October Bulletin. Department<br />
of Health, Chicago.}'<br />
BALl.OTS WILl. EDUCATE.<br />
By Will. E. Bohn<br />
1 n the public schools we ar ~<br />
!lpending more mOlley on the eelu·<br />
cation of girls than on that of boy~.<br />
O ne of twO things is true. Either<br />
the educated female is a good prodtlct<br />
pa rtly wasted. or she is a poor<br />
product and our monty is wasted.<br />
As a matter of fact, she is a good<br />
product. But she is not as good<br />
as she might be. Give the girls the<br />
prospect of active participation in<br />
our political life and a wide range<br />
of studies will gain new meaning<br />
for more than half our pupils. They<br />
wi ll learn more without the expen·<br />
diture of an additional dollar. Anli<br />
what they learn will gain in mean·<br />
ing. The girl graduate will lean<br />
~ hool a fitter person becau!'e she<br />
ha .. seen from the start a reahln<br />
for intelligent cithenship.<br />
'l'ltE YOUNG SOCIA.Ll8TB' J[AOAJinB<br />
I ! THREE LITTLE WAR PICTURES' ;s<br />
• • date itself to their pace, the tune<br />
very slow, sad, and ",ou:~lrul,<br />
sounds Illm:h more hke a<br />
; - By Allen Clarke . funeral march than a battle<br />
~ ._ • challe n g"~.<br />
I.<br />
heen in a ('amp in a rura.l district.<br />
This batch represent!' those<br />
In the seaside town where 1<br />
Their faces were brown and red;<br />
who havc been to "the front" and<br />
li ve, there were last winter some<br />
their eyes bright; their step vivacious;<br />
thcir voices brave and jolly<br />
through the fire. They are ~ lIrthousands<br />
of troops in training.<br />
\'ivors. remnants of just such an·<br />
as they sang a Illusic·hall ditty as<br />
other fi nc .mel strong" fivc hundred<br />
as the re gim ent 'Ipprnaching<br />
Early in the 1'.;' ew Year they<br />
they marched along. !\ot a limp,<br />
went away.<br />
not an llllsound limb. not a faltering-<br />
foot amongst them all. All at The fi\'c hundred who ha\'c nnt<br />
them.<br />
Most of them ha ve now "died<br />
for their country," as the news·<br />
th eir best. all in splendid condition-<br />
ready to go to " the front," ing- !'pecilllclls who havc.<br />
yct "been in it" stare at th e~e liv·<br />
papers say, and will come back to<br />
Britain no more.<br />
read)' to he transformed into- .\nd !,nme of the1l1 beg-in to<br />
This autumn there are again<br />
what<br />
wonder.<br />
some thousands of troops here ill<br />
It i~ not an encourag-ing' specta("le.<br />
f,lr thong-II it rOIl~es<br />
training. Fresh batches; fresh<br />
IT .<br />
their<br />
fuel to feed the great war·fire, the<br />
mad bonfire of kings. They arc<br />
being got ready ~o s~!!d to "the<br />
front," to the line of sl~tlghter.<br />
They are being well fed. They<br />
are being drill ed and exercizerl to<br />
make them fit and strong. They<br />
are marched about inhaling the<br />
rich seaside air that many of them<br />
would neve r have ta!'tecl but for<br />
the war. They are being de\'cIoped<br />
to their ph y!'i~a l best , into<br />
as fine specimens of manhood as<br />
good food. fresh air. ilncl exercise<br />
can make them. \\'hat for That<br />
they may become healthy ci tizens<br />
and thl' progenitors of a sounder<br />
race Are they thus heing pre·<br />
pa.red that they may ble!\s the<br />
world with healthy useful li fe ~<br />
O h dear. no! Xothing so<br />
uto:)ian as that in this practical<br />
age!<br />
:\0, it is for death they are being<br />
made so fit and strong.<br />
The other day I saw a regiment<br />
)f them marching along the prom·<br />
cn ade. The. bugles blew; the<br />
1rl1lnS rattled; the thousand feet<br />
\\'c n ~ forward rhythmically. These<br />
men had been in training for<br />
!ilonths. All the summer, before<br />
coming to our town, they had<br />
The answer is !'omewhat sup·<br />
plied by another batch of soldiers<br />
('oming- in the opposite direction.<br />
These are not so numerous as the<br />
others-there are not five hundred<br />
here-there arc only about<br />
three dozen. The other fo ur<br />
hund rcd anti odd of this lot have<br />
not answcre d ihc roll·cal!. They<br />
lie in France and F landers.<br />
This batch is coming from the<br />
(OIl\"a lescent camp at the other<br />
end of the town. They. and others<br />
like them. come out on ly for an<br />
airing. T hey wear a rcd tie and<br />
hlue tronsers-the badge of the<br />
w()l!n(kd.<br />
The..:e art" not walkin~ hri..:kly<br />
alonr,-far fmlll it. They are not<br />
e,"en in step-their injurie!' prevent<br />
marching in uni~ o n . Some<br />
:'Ire limping. somc hohhling. other:-<br />
drag-ging a foot. others helpin~<br />
thelllseives along with sticks.<br />
\~hile still ot hers have an arm in<br />
a !'Iing. or a bandage round their<br />
head. Some of them look vcry<br />
pale. \'ery weary, as they march<br />
along. They have no bugler and<br />
no drums with them ; but they are<br />
whistling a tune as thet creep<br />
along. But, in order to accommo-<br />
•<br />
pity it also raises questions.<br />
Are they-bri ght. strong-. actin<br />
Tllcn- to run the risk of being<br />
tllrned into slIch !'trkken weal,<br />
crc;-otures as the!'e. by bayonet<br />
and Indict all(1 shel\<br />
I ~ there IW wa\' to seltk inter·<br />
nati(lnal quarrel!' iltlt this<br />
III.<br />
It i~ three o'dork in the !11 ~1r Iling.<br />
I t is a Su nday mOr!\mg.<br />
am awakened fr om sleep by a<br />
..:hrill whistl e. I know that<br />
wh istle. It is the whistle SUnlmoning<br />
(he soldiers \0 a5sefllhlc<br />
for paradc. There arc nlany<br />
~o ld ier:- billet('"d in Ollr street.<br />
O ppo~ite our window,; i~ a hotlse<br />
used a..: onlerly-ro
., THE YOUNG ~OClALISTS' MAG~INII.<br />
ing into line, 1 ' he~r the cal1iug oi<br />
the roll, 1 sec,' shaClowy, vague.,<br />
women and men gathered Tound<br />
-iMenUs, wives; swceth..cart !$, of<br />
the. n~~n w ho are going 'awaythe<br />
m ~ n who have beefl training<br />
here and getting ready. Yes'ter':'<br />
day the train' brought mothers.<br />
sister.; (at hers: relati\'es, from inland<br />
towns. for a good-bye ' after-<br />
1\090 with those wllo were to depart.<br />
O n the promenade I saM' a<br />
pretty arid 'yet' a' vetS pathetic<br />
sight .... a young soldier carrying a<br />
baby in his left ann, while hi,<br />
rigj1,t a'rm ' e n c!r~ l ed tl~e waist of<br />
hi s young wife, to whom he was<br />
talking earnestly, T~e girr"s face<br />
was white and solemn . . It was an<br />
unusua,l sight to 'see in lhe daylight,<br />
in a Ilublic tho(ough{are, a<br />
man. with a bah~' in one arm ' and<br />
the otIt er round' its mother.<br />
Yet the con pie were utterly oblidous<br />
of the folks who passed<br />
them. ' T he\' were ah!'orhed in<br />
their fond farewell. >:eve rm ~ r e<br />
might the father hold his child<br />
oren fold the mother with h i~ arm.<br />
"God bless thcm," I :;did tl) my·<br />
self i;s l passed.<br />
Perhaps thdt yOU11g' father was<br />
olle Q£ these ~oh1i cr ~ now assclll·<br />
hting in' .the dark lIi~ht to mardI<br />
to the rai lway :-tation and depart<br />
fo r ",'tl,e frOlll."<br />
'<br />
1 heard the officer give hi ~ coml~and<br />
~; ' ''Form fours-righ t. turn."<br />
and the~ I watched through the<br />
wind~w, the reginumt. dim in the<br />
glOQm, march towards what<br />
~e.e med a terrible doud of blackness_il'hpenetrable<br />
I:'loon~-at the<br />
bottQI11 .of the street running<br />
down t~ the sea, 1 heard \'oices<br />
c~l'iing out. "Good-bye, Dick."<br />
,lAre '· ,w ~ dO~"·ll.h~art~d ". And<br />
the men · started si ng-in'g ' as they<br />
n)archc;d .away.<br />
~ Thct\ they quickly disappeared<br />
into that tremendous bla.ck cloud.<br />
WHYI<br />
~ .... '4<br />
Ry Tom Robin!'Oll.<br />
The scene, a slum room in<br />
Canning Town on Christmas<br />
E\'e; ami the docker's wife(whose<br />
husband is "fighting for his COUIltry.")<br />
and he.r {our wee bairns a{e<br />
seated round a fire that barely<br />
kee.ps grim King Frost from invading<br />
the soldier's empire-his<br />
home.<br />
"~laIllIllY," says J ack, aged<br />
twelve, "wherc's my daddy :"<br />
" He's-l dun no c:
atives who will-hed to submerge<br />
the socialistic planks and, if necM<br />
essary, fuse with one of the old<br />
parties on the free-silver issue;<br />
and the Middle-of-the-Road POPM<br />
ulists or uradicals" who, like Tom<br />
Watson, would have not one of<br />
the Omaha planks cast in the<br />
shade, and who abhorred amalgaM<br />
mation with Democrats or Republicans<br />
as temptations of the<br />
Devil. The censen'atives wished<br />
to make the currency qt1e~tion<br />
the one and only issue of the<br />
party. This policy might drive<br />
out the socialisls but it would<br />
make the party an "orthodox" 'orM<br />
ganiation which any \'oter cOllld<br />
enter without losing caste.<br />
When the party met in natio",ll<br />
convention at 51. Louis on <strong>June</strong><br />
22, 18¢, the internecine st mggle<br />
again broke out. ,. The con se r\'ativ e~<br />
urred that the con\'entio~l put forward<br />
but one issue--free silver.<br />
They demanded that the party endorse<br />
the Democratic nominees,<br />
Bryan and Sewell. Tom 'Watsoll<br />
and his middle-o fMtheMroad followM<br />
ers would have the whole Omaha<br />
platfonn or nothing. They would<br />
have none of Sewell's ilk. as he<br />
was "a railroad magnate and a<br />
national bank president.·' \Vatson<br />
et al were beaten. They seceded,<br />
but the pany was doomed. The<br />
conservatives merged with the<br />
Democrats and in timc disappeared.<br />
'Vatsen and his worshippers stood<br />
by the ship for several years.<br />
But the <strong>Socialists</strong> were di ~gusted<br />
and were done with the movement.<br />
Those o f them who remained with<br />
the Populists up to 1&)6 now had<br />
a Socia1i!>t -party to join-the Socialist<br />
Labor Pany which put out<br />
its shingle in 1&}2. But many had<br />
lost hope and had left the Populists<br />
by ones and twos before. They<br />
had lost faith in "orthodox" panie!'<br />
which annexed Socialistic idea~ and<br />
tacked to their platfonns social rCM<br />
fonn planks with which to catch<br />
votes. For this reason the Progressive<br />
movement of 1912 could<br />
not allure the Social\st from hi s<br />
own party by holding 0';11 a chance<br />
of realizmg many of IllS demands<br />
at once.<br />
.. T'BZ TOtJNO eOCIALD1'S' litAoAZINZ<br />
VICTOR HUGO'S ORATION ON<br />
VOLTAIRE<br />
- -.<br />
(Continued from December) off one of hi ~ Ilonds; thC'r. t\1,'Y t ,re<br />
DELIVERED AT PARIS. May 30, 1878<br />
•<br />
THE HUNDREDTH ANNIVERSARY OF VOLTAIRE'S DEATH i<br />
(Translat~d from til~ Fr~nch by Jamu Parton) t<br />
AnOlher ract. After th~ 010 man,<br />
th~ young man. Three )'\'an later. in<br />
1763. at Abhc\'iJle. the oay :titer a<br />
night of .!!torm and high wind. there<br />
was found upon Ihl' pa,'~ment of a<br />
bridge an old crucifix of worm-eaten<br />
wood. which for three ~C'nturiu had<br />
bC'en fa.!!tened to thC' parapet. ,Vho<br />
I'ad thrown down this crucifix \Vho<br />
committed this s::r.crilege It i~ nOI<br />
known. Puhaps a passerby. Perhaps<br />
the wind, Who is the guilty<br />
one Tht" ni~hop of Amit'n.'J 1:lllnches<br />
a monitoire. 1\01t' what a mcniloire<br />
IVIIS: it wa, an order In nil Ihe fai thlui,<br />
on pain of hC'II, to declare what<br />
Ihey knC'w O. heliC'Hd th C'y knC'w of<br />
such or .'Juch a fact: a llIurdC'rous injlHll·t'lJl1,<br />
when addrl'!"cci by fvnatici~1ll<br />
to ignorance, Thl' monitoirC' of the<br />
ni~hop of Arniens doe.'J iu work; the<br />
town gossip asSUI1lf:~ the character of<br />
crime. chargt'd. Ju~ticC' di9covers, or<br />
belir\'u it discover!', that on t!w<br />
night when the crucilix was thrown<br />
down. twO nlC'n. twO officers, an,'<br />
namC'd La Harre. tILt' other u'Etallonde.,<br />
pall~ed OVC'T Iht~ bridge of Ab·<br />
heville, that they "!l're drunk :11\.1<br />
that Ihey .!!ar.g a g"uard- rvcllI lIn;H.~,<br />
ThC' trihullal \\'a~ the Se1H:sdl::ky "i<br />
.'\l1hr\·;lIe, ThC' Ser~"e 1a~t·y of Abb~\'illC'<br />
wu eqll;\,aiqt It) the cour :<br />
of Ih e Capite>uls of TOIII"tl~e, It w;,!'<br />
not less just, Two ~rd, r ~ for arre .. t<br />
we're iuue:d. D'EttalhJllj,! ,·.eapcu.<br />
La Barre waa taken, Hi':l they de<br />
Ih'ered to judicial C'x.lmiu:ttic,n. lie<br />
denied having crossed t!'e hri\lge: he<br />
confe~sed to ha\'ing s tm ~ the !lJn;!'.<br />
The S~neschalcy of Abbc~' id~ c )11-<br />
demned him: he appraled t.., IIII'! ]larliaml'nt<br />
of Paris, HC' wac; eont!uctl'd<br />
10 Paris: the senttnce was found good<br />
and cot'lirmC'd, HC' was eOllducteel<br />
back to Abbe"il1e in chains. I<br />
abridge. The mon~tf OUJ hour arrives.<br />
.ThC'y begin by suhje.cting the<br />
ChC\'alier de La narre to the torture.<br />
ordinar)' and extraordinary. \0 mnke<br />
him re,'eal h~, aC"01llpliC.~i. Ac.:um·<br />
,~Iices in whil.r~ 1n havin~ cr,),s.·d ,'\<br />
l. riuge and "UII~ ;, !l.ong fJnnnq' the<br />
torture (lne of hi ~ :: lee'! \\,,1'\ hr,·k,.n:<br />
hi:l conf~S!lu", 'In hf':lr'''t' Ihe 1)O,1es<br />
crack, fAirr.,.d a"";.r. rr. '! n':~ l 'IIY.<br />
<strong>June</strong> 5, 11M, I. ... Barre wa§ drawn t o<br />
tht' grut Iqual e {If Al)l)e":11t, whert<br />
flamed a pen;t..:n ti:.1 lire: t"~ renten'-":<br />
was read' lo :.:, l:brrr; tllcn Ihey em<br />
out his tonglH: with iro l! 1 in,~rr _.:<br />
then. in nlC'fey, hi s iH:!lO W;li ".~ r-,fl<br />
and thrown into the firf'. So died I'w<br />
Che,'alier dC' La Barre. H C' was nine <br />
teen y'ears ot 3"e.<br />
Then, 0 Voltaire! thou did~t ' Itt.~r<br />
a cry of horror, and it will h~ lhine<br />
eternal glory!<br />
ThC'n didsl thOIl ent.,r IIIH,n thr ,lIlpallillg<br />
trial ,r the pUI: ,h'll1 or:t;'!!.<br />
th at unC'on,ciou, p" ..... e.r, the blil1 \<br />
multitude: that terrible ntalristra d ',<br />
so se"ere to slIiljC'cts. so docile 10 Ih~<br />
l1last~r, c ru shing and flatt~r;nu. knC'("<br />
ing upon the people bdore the k:ng:<br />
that c\c.r/:fy, \'ill: mc\an,Q'e (Ii bypcai,y<br />
and fanatici~m: "olta;re alOlle, r rl!<br />
peat it. drclared war II.fu.inst thaI cnalilion<br />
of all the lucial illi()uil i
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"1 • . THE YOUNG SOCIALISTS' MAGAZINE<br />
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I From the Day, For the Day!<br />
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Christmas and Peace Talk have<br />
come and gOlle. And they who<br />
yesterday prayed for .. Peace all<br />
Earth, Good Will to :'.Ien," are<br />
again iustil y blowing the preparedness<br />
horns .that the annament<br />
interests of our nation ha\'e<br />
obligingly furnished.<br />
A year has passed, the bloodiest<br />
year of the world's history.<br />
And fateful as the year just<br />
past, the coming year will be. The<br />
questions that it will decide, with<br />
fire and with sword, will playa<br />
great part in' the future of humanity<br />
and of chrilization.<br />
This w'ar- hif l£ht.:'thi bond!><br />
that bound the worki,lgnlen ,of all<br />
nations with ties tHat s~~I1lei:l ill- .<br />
dissoluble. For \1s ' the new year '<br />
must be a year of zealous work. a<br />
constant striving to rebuild what<br />
the war has torn down, The<br />
International 6f Labor 'Olust arise<br />
to a new life. must make of a<br />
workillg c1~s s that was W,eak and<br />
unable to accomplish the task it<br />
had 'set itself, a mo\'ement strong<br />
and self-co'ilfident, a n10 veme~t<br />
that wi ll in the ,'ears to come<br />
force its will, its i ~lca l s. upon the<br />
ruling classes,<br />
I t all seemec\ so simple, so<br />
easy to understand, \Vhere was<br />
the Socialist, two years ago, who<br />
wOldd have dared to s ug~e!'>t preparedne!>s<br />
~ And now that the<br />
crisis ha:; come, many of our com·<br />
mdes here in America are wor:;e<br />
than the most hitterlv co ndcmn ~ d<br />
Sc il eiclemnnn ancl l;uesde. Not<br />
e\'cn they C\'er fa:vorcd preparedncss.<br />
It is possible that we, the materialists.<br />
ha\'e somewhat 'mdercstimated<br />
the :o;tr('n~ th of n ... tional<br />
prejudices, \Ve who slvlUlti have<br />
known better. fo r~o t that tl-e<br />
mind of the child becomes the<br />
soul of the man. \Ve spent om<br />
time and our encrg-y hrin~ing men<br />
into the party, mcn whose sallis<br />
and hearts hac! been moulded.. by .<br />
the schools and the books of our<br />
ruling class, And then we wonder<br />
that a year or two of exceedin~ly<br />
haphazard Socialist education has<br />
not driven out the old ideals.<br />
StattS who are daily bec! ming a<br />
more formld'ati1e" ri\;dl, .and would<br />
subdue it, were '-it . li npr~ pared.<br />
Then Russia would take . back<br />
Alaska, ~lexico the territory fhat<br />
was once stolen from it by . the<br />
Coited States, a.nd England.<br />
through Canada. might tak,. pos·<br />
session of the , ;,otthern part. of<br />
our nation,<br />
The fir~t two arguments ' arc<br />
hardl), worth di scussi ng. In 'the<br />
first place it ill behooves a Socialist<br />
who "nows the stupidit),<br />
of _thc working class-of the COUIltry"<br />
to speak 6r.i- militiu of the<br />
people. A militia Q.f tjlC people in<br />
the L!nited St ak~ would he under<br />
... 11 ci-rel1n}Stanl.!~ ~--Il~ilitia owned<br />
atlll controlled hy "the capitalist<br />
class. ' Altcl 'wb'e', l)I!tide the ··So·<br />
Ci3~is.t . r~~fn l·~ ,llt i'.' ~hnt mil::ht desire<br />
to give expression to the<br />
"",ill of ,the wc;trking c!ass," On<br />
the other hand there,is no haltin j:!<br />
on an incline. Once ,\'e han :tucrificed<br />
a principle ~fo r the sakeof<br />
gaining somcthing ' fer IH)thillg'.<br />
we are· Gil -a .dOW.l1.W3Cl\ path titat<br />
mllst lead to dcslrlu:.tio lt Hebel<br />
and Licuknecht spoke at a tii;,e<br />
when it seemed that the Socialist<br />
ideal might he realized in G~r<br />
THE YOUNG SOatALI8Ta'-,~~4%n:rS ._________....::._'--<br />
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SPARGO GALLS ON SOCIALISTS TO COMBAT @ By John SP"'" . :<br />
(A ddr u~ tlch\"C'Ted lotlore Inlt'fI o· •<br />
: I ..._________ MILITARISTIC PLAN ...-...-___________ EOR AMERICAN NATION iitln
10 .) ~ TOUll'G &OOlALI8TS' IU.QASIlf'B<br />
truc, t hCi-t is nothinr ntOft certain<br />
than that tldensh'e ntilitary and na<br />
".1 prtparntion will not I\'llii to pre<br />
,'cnt wllr with Jallan, but will, on the<br />
contrllr)" make that war certain,<br />
Oncc mort I remind you that pellce<br />
can only be insured by .piritual,<br />
nevtr by mnte:rial, prellaration, Is It<br />
not our duty, nay, i. it not the high<br />
Cit wi.dom, to ask oursclvu how it<br />
tOUles to pus that this natinn, remo\'ed<br />
..!r011l us by 5,000 milts of<br />
ocun, has comt to hate us'so hittHly<br />
as to cherith the idel\\ of lOuing war<br />
upon us~<br />
Fault Lies in United Stilt ••<br />
If we loC'k into our hurts and seek<br />
~n answer to that question, we shall<br />
know how to prepare again .. t war<br />
with japan. h japan's hostility to<br />
til ~due te the fact that we have<br />
treated thu proud and independent<br />
nation with insult and ignominy If<br />
we answer thllt qucstion honestly, we:<br />
shall loo)n find ways to rl!move all<br />
peril of altack hy japan, by remo\'<br />
ing the cause of ~he hatred of UI.<br />
Suppc'le that. instead of rd¥in ~<br />
upon thi'l ' Ilil'itual preparldnus, you<br />
rely upon armed might, lIS Comrade<br />
Ruu(' lI ad" i£('d, what then SUPPOJ(,<br />
you Iprnd twenty-five hillions to<br />
arm and fortify the Pacific COltSt<br />
Suppose YOII build a bigger arm:l(hI<br />
than Great Uritail1 e\' ~ r dreamed 0 :<br />
-do you Ihink that will avail to<br />
R\'e n war anfl m::r.intain peace II it<br />
not r at h~r c,'rtain to ('aUie Jallan to<br />
make ::Iliiulln:!I wit h other I)owcri UIIfriellrlly<br />
10 us, or draid of our great<br />
arm:\nlenu<br />
But suppose we spend only twt ntyfi<br />
ve ·milli .:ms through a dellurtment of<br />
peace to promote good relation s and<br />
a right understanding with Japan, to<br />
draw ever tighter the bonds of fri~l\tI <br />
ship b~tweclI the two pcoplu, is it<br />
not c(' rlam that you will do fl\r more<br />
to a,'erl war and to in surl' peace than<br />
twenty-fi" c billions spent by a Oe·<br />
partment of \Var on war preparations<br />
could do~ To you in this audience<br />
who ha ve come from 1:lnds torn by<br />
the fierce passions of racial antag<br />
OniS}l15 I car. safely appeal for answer<br />
to thi.s question, AU hiltory bears<br />
witMs!! to the futility of roy friend<br />
Russell'l r-olicy,<br />
Lead. "to Dntruction<br />
And lurely it is well within my<br />
right as a IPokuman fOT the $0-<br />
dalillt party of this country to point<br />
out the tragic fact that for this utterly<br />
futile military preparedness we<br />
;'Ire ca\lc-d upon to barter aU hopes of<br />
!Ioodal reoonstruction, I hav," lo,'ed<br />
Comrade Russdl u truly as ever<br />
man loyed man, I think. 1 have admired<br />
and loved him for the manner<br />
in which he has championed the<br />
cause of the downmott and disinherited.<br />
Enr hil voice has been heard<br />
ur.ing the great remedial rdormsthe<br />
It cps to be taken toward industrial<br />
denloc:raey and brotherhood.<br />
But now all is to be sacri ficed,<br />
If we ar( to follow his present<br />
lenderlhip ~ nd consent to this vast<br />
;ncrtaIJe of military and naval exl,endilure,<br />
then we mult abandon all<br />
hope of old ace pensions for the victims<br />
of the industrial , truigle, of<br />
sieknl'U :'Inu accident insuraneC', and<br />
so on, The proiram of the Navy<br />
Bonrd requires an annual expenditure<br />
of some 265 millions on the na\'y<br />
alone, and the army expenditures<br />
will he no 1(,51. Here, then, we arc<br />
tn slll'nd upon this hideously Wil 'lteiul<br />
work of death and destruction<br />
each ye3.r fa r more than the total<br />
cost of the Panama Canal. \Ve must<br />
ahandon the work of ~ocia l re.::onslrllction<br />
and conl('cratc 311 our energies<br />
10 the work of dcstn:clion,<br />
sla\'{'s an ti Man ,<br />
Socialism Is Menaced<br />
It is told in the gnspels that n n nne<br />
(\ccas:on Jd llS 83ther{'d His disciple\<br />
around 11;111 and watn{'d them thai<br />
there were peril ous tim e'S ahead of<br />
them. timu of war and of rllmor~ 0'<br />
war, when they would ne('d 10 be<br />
careful not to permit th('nudves to<br />
h(' swept from the meorings of th(' ir<br />
faith_ Surely, my comr3.tles, we oi<br />
the Socialist mo\'cmcnt of Americ;'1<br />
Ilel'd to he on Huard kst we be swept<br />
from the moorings of ol1r grcal faith.<br />
ns the br:lve and heloved enm!'ad e<br />
who has .. poke to us. nnd 10 many<br />
(lthen, han' been. It is easy to affirm<br />
intl'ff'ational solida rity in times<br />
of peace, when the skies nrc uncl<br />
ouded. hu t the test of our faith<br />
comu ..... ith war and the threat of<br />
war. And now more than e\'er we<br />
nce d tn ol ffirm ollr faith nnshnkf n<br />
to set om h,ces and our hearts<br />
a!la in.!! t h:.tred, against war, against<br />
mi litarism, pnd trust in the swo rd,<br />
I alll of those wh o believe that out<br />
o f Ihi~ war the dt'moeracy of Europe<br />
will emerqe victorious; that it will<br />
rife triumphant over the prostrnte<br />
form of militarism: that the wnrweary<br />
and prncc-hunRry millions will<br />
h : able 10 institute grea~ ll.nd elfecti"e<br />
canwstigns for disarmament in<br />
;'Ill the hellig-erent nations, "ictorious<br />
nnd defeated alike,<br />
'<br />
In that cHnt I would ha"t thi'l<br />
Am('ricn th;'\t I ha" e chosen for my<br />
hahitatinn nnd sphere of sen'ieethill<br />
Amem:a that 1 10\'1.', that is mine<br />
no leu than it is Comrade \Valling's<br />
-(ree to lead in the great realiution<br />
nf the prnpheu' IIges-old v;'ion. t<br />
would have her hold out dean hand5<br />
to all the other nations. and say Itl<br />
them, "0 ,ister nationl, r, Amuic.a,<br />
wht) in timel of peace took you'<br />
weary and hungry children and lo\'e<br />
them as my ow n, welding their hear<br />
together in the fl.anu: of my it .. , l<br />
eauling their strh'ings and anger I<br />
die, now come to you and lay do ..... ,I<br />
my wen pons with your w\!apon<br />
unite your heartl again in a comma 1<br />
joy and w:th you walk in peace and<br />
fellowship,"<br />
How to R~ the Nines<br />
Examine anyone of the statements<br />
of equality in the multiplication table<br />
of nine, up to a:ld including nine time ..<br />
tcn. Select, for example, 9x7 equals<br />
63; o r 9x2 equals 18,<br />
Obsen'e that in ea -h case the first<br />
digit in tht product is, one leu than<br />
the number by which nine is multiplied:<br />
and the second digit in thl'<br />
T .. roduct is such that when added to<br />
th e first digit, the sum of the tw o i ~<br />
nine_<br />
FROM THE DAY, FOR THE DAY<br />
(Continued from pag~ 8)<br />
liun, There is a possibility, Wl'<br />
admit, o f jttst StIch event ~ a.s \\'1.:<br />
ha\'e pic tured. But we den\' m tl~t<br />
emphatically that Alaska - could<br />
ever be Russianized, t hat ;" Icxico<br />
could ever bring :'.Iexican rule and<br />
~ 'exican condition s to an Y of o ur<br />
Southern States. Ru.ss ia h~~ nenr<br />
succeeded in Rnssianizing Finnland,<br />
Finnland still has its own<br />
diet. s till elects its <strong>Socialists</strong> to<br />
parliament, h as woman suffrage<br />
and w o rkingmen's compensatio n<br />
laws, In short, it i!' a historical<br />
fact that no politically unde"~I <br />
o ped natio n has ever been able to<br />
force its own oppressive laws upon<br />
a more civilized. more highly<br />
developed people,<br />
So let u s ~o on, undaunted, in<br />
our struggle against war, "Ve<br />
have but one enemy, and that is<br />
the capitalist system. We- have<br />
but one thing to fear, and that is.<br />
that our comrades may forget that<br />
the highest ideal. that the m ost<br />
beautiful phase of the Socia1i!'t<br />
movement is its international<br />
spirit, its world·wide solidarity,<br />
Fight Capitaliam. 6gh~ Nationalism.<br />
fight ,War!<br />
Th
19 ; ~THE YOUNG SOCIALISTS', MAGAZINE<br />
THE YOU;NG 6llClA.LItiTS' .IlAOAZIHE<br />
18<br />
practiclllly unaniJuouJly. to join iht<br />
S13te and National Orgllniutiont.<br />
l m3y add that Syracuse i. an ex·<br />
cellent Ci ty for :Po bcnl1hy lu8''lc t'o<br />
grow in. and would not be surprise d<br />
to Ste thit k agut" 5Urpll5S all the alit.,<br />
lugues in weSie rn Ntw York Stat.e.<br />
t:tccpting the incompar:lble Rochedl!r<br />
Ilggreg;uion. Their organizH; "Cbm·<br />
rnde Ungle ich. is an c'Al'cient worker.<br />
:lnd we milY rest lusured that he ~ whl<br />
do all in hi s power to make: tbe Sialt<br />
Federation proud 10 incl ude Syracuse<br />
in their ranko;.<br />
j<br />
y" P. S. L. Wilkes-Barre. Pa.<br />
This city will soon h~\'e a Y. P.<br />
S. L. if Comrade John Hug hes. now<br />
Socialist Party O rganiur of Luzerne<br />
Count)', Pa.. fOTl!\Crly sc:.crclary of<br />
New York Sl3te. Y. P. S. L .. makes<br />
Bood Ih c promi!\c he made to .me ;n<br />
October. This s~ction is in e.xcell~'H<br />
condition for tht fo rmatio n of 3 Y. 1'.<br />
S. L .. and cOluiurring the good "ark<br />
Co mrade HlIghrs has -J)ccn doi nA'<br />
slIch as orJ;:3nizing plIrt)'<br />
bra llches. and conducting well-attended<br />
lecturt'.'l, I can set' no reason<br />
\\'h)". with the aid o i this estecmetl<br />
comrade. that we cllnnO! soon includr<br />
a Y. P. S. L. of :u least o ne hundred<br />
young people in our National Organizalion.<br />
Y. P. S. L. Albany. N. Y.<br />
] regret to rel)Ort'lhe sudden death<br />
o f the above leaRtlt. which occurred<br />
somewh~re bctwet'n September ht<br />
and NO \'ember lst.· 'According to<br />
Comrade \\'m. Bellsle),. it was causcd<br />
by most of the acti\'e mCl1lbt'tlI att~ndin8'<br />
night school. and' "bo·to the weak<br />
co nditio n of the local SOl';alist Party.<br />
H e will. if circulllstanct:; ;tfford. dIvide<br />
his time to org3nizing 3 I e'tgut. in<br />
Alb:any.<br />
Respectfully submitted.<br />
A. J. Frackcnpohl.<br />
Specia l S tate O rganizer.<br />
Y. P. S. L. QUEENS<br />
The first an nual enttrta inm ent :and<br />
dance oi the Y. P. S. L .. held jointly<br />
by Circles I and 2., at the Labor<br />
Lyceum. o n NO\'cmbcr 28th. l)rO\'ed<br />
to be a 5ucces~ financi311y and 1,0·<br />
cially. The Q ueens Lcagut' was honored<br />
wilh Ihe presence of a nuntber<br />
of members o f the \'arious leaghcs.<br />
particularly "IU8Iy-Iunged yo uths from<br />
the Bronx."<br />
Now that Ih~ hig lilll ~ is Cj) \' ~r . IIU:I11-<br />
be rs are setlling down to ~ducation.l<br />
work. Both circles hilV~ s ubscrtbet!<br />
fa the Int~r-Local Study ClarA Course<br />
of the Rant! School. So tbat all nlfmben<br />
would be e n ~ bled to lake tHe<br />
course, the circle treasury pays haH<br />
of the luition ftc. wj.h the result thte<br />
\'en: n,arly all .m ~m l1trs arc t aking<br />
Anna Malty's course. ··Elemen t.s of<br />
Socia.lism." It is encouraging to se:<br />
the Qu~enl Yilutls de\· ... le them'1.eh·c.!s<br />
a5 wholtheart), to the iiud)' of Socialisnl<br />
u they do to a good l illie.<br />
Respt'etfully s ubmillcd.<br />
Lillian Urich!. f ress Agent.<br />
NEW JERSEY DOINGS<br />
The next llIt'eting of the 5t3te Commince<br />
wi ll he held at the Lahor Lycemn.<br />
South 14th 51.. Newark. on Sunday.<br />
janu:ay 9. <strong>1916</strong>. heginning at<br />
2:.10 P. ~1. sharp. Delegates a re re<br />
(juest t'd to he o n dOlt'. \ 'i5i!ors :Ire<br />
a lw3Y ~ welcome and will find nur<br />
meclings intt'rc5ting.<br />
Bdo w is' a hrief SUl1llllllry o f the<br />
a.c ti\·ilies of the fourtce n ~ew Je r .~ey<br />
leagucs;<br />
Bergen Co. Circle<br />
The ps.ychology of Bergen Co. Yip<br />
.iels diffcrs :norc or lo ss from the<br />
I)[hcrs. They do not want th e S ta tl.'<br />
Ollin' to know much (Ii the good work<br />
Ihey a re doing. Two successful<br />
dances ;1I1d se\'{' r31 kctllres havc heen<br />
held within the la sl fcw mo nths.<br />
Tht'y art' gre-al I(l\'ers of naturc,<br />
which 'is ill accord with Iheir em'ir o n-<br />
IRt'ut. . .<br />
Camden<br />
This iii a rtcord city. as thr~e circle!<br />
h"\'e hee-n formt'd \hcre within 3<br />
}'ea r ·s ~ tilht' . They ar~ .. l1 doing splend<br />
id wo rk.<br />
. The yoUn!lc:a t hUI th-e 111051 active is<br />
Circlr No.3 .• Tbc:y h"" e found deha<br />
l e~ a good way to nltrllct int:!rest.<br />
Comrade 'Ciub, Je~sey City<br />
As usual. Ihis i$ onc oi the most<br />
a\~ti \'('.. I~nguo: s in Ihe S ale. H allowe·I,.'11<br />
e ntertainme nt. a matcur ni ~hl 3tlll<br />
tlral1l:t tic "t!vell ts lun'c heen Iheir re<br />
{'Cilt attractions-and smile lIl o re to<br />
\ o llie. .'\ l1UlIIl!er of the Yil)sc1s I,arlidvate<br />
ill the Jet5\·y City Public<br />
S I)cakins C ia);!;. .<br />
Elizabeth<br />
Dllc 10 thc faci II-at I am a ml.'l11-<br />
hcr oi thb circle. I ha\'c h('(' n able 10<br />
k('\'p an eye' on their acti\·itics. \Ve<br />
thillk OUf' circle i" the but ill the<br />
Statt-lnlt action, speak 10llder than<br />
wortIs. H er e are some of them :<br />
People arc stii1.ta lking ahout o ur suc<br />
':C$~fll l a lln i\'e r ~a ry affair. A$ a re-<br />
slIlt: dramati'c c;ircle \yas formed wilh<br />
a \·ie w t.o discovering' new lalenl. The<br />
Yipsels Me. ~lrOhgly reprc::st' ntcd in<br />
the lural pullik Speaking Cla:>S. Will<br />
c(\t;hq.t.-: ~h Idn:h's Pity. ~<br />
CIRCLE N.o. I, N~Yl
u<br />
I A RE!'!1f!Ali~Iu2tRU~! RBARISM 1<br />
I'llE YOUNG 8UCIALlBTS' ILAGAZllB<br />
and mandate. They must insist<br />
that no man shall have t he right<br />
to hasten ' -Va r, through being<br />
given too much power, and thal<br />
~~ .<br />
III early times men went out<br />
hunting and fishing for food, as<br />
ing work quickly by means of<br />
machinery. Heaps of things were<br />
ali serious questions shall be d ealt<br />
with slowly, carefully, and opcnly.<br />
they now do for sport. They made easily by fewer people than Then the chances of \ -Va r will be<br />
killed animals, caught fish , and before, hut these things did not reduced. and the people will have<br />
then went home and cooked them find their way to those who a lead, while p ressing forward by<br />
in the best way they could. The needed them, Food was sold to the use of every means open to<br />
women and children, who remained<br />
at ho me, shared their a ll kinds of articles. Many articles<br />
those who could buy, and so were<br />
them, towards the time when War<br />
shall indeed be a remnant of barbarism;<br />
men, women, and chil<br />
meail ;ometimes one lot of h unters<br />
could not find buyers, tho ugh<br />
disputed with another lot. there were many needy people.<br />
dren li ving a common life. with<br />
They rought with rough weapons, Xew ma rkets must be found. Sold<br />
iers could p repare the way. It<br />
education free as the air . we<br />
and there were wounded and dead<br />
breathe. useful work fo r all, overwork<br />
for none, le,isure and pleas<br />
to be cared for or buried.<br />
was only necessary to work up a<br />
How could they settle thei r C]uarrcl. and then send soldiers to<br />
ure shared by a ll. and the olt! dark<br />
grievances, in these early times. settle it by sword, cannon. and<br />
days appearing but as a shadow<br />
in any wiser way Th.cir everyday<br />
bayonet. In this way modern<br />
from the past.<br />
life made them friendly with ,vars began.<br />
Die im frtihtitlichen Sinne geleite<br />
ten<br />
the rough kni(e and the arrow. Still , as in early times, war<br />
There were not many steps between<br />
means cruelty and inhumanity. Vereinigten Freien Deubchen<br />
killing animals and fi ght<br />
which we shudder to think of.<br />
Schulen<br />
ing with each other. These hunt Sorrow, ruin, destruction. death, von New York und Umlea:end<br />
~ rs were brave and hardy, faithfui Illad couRicL an c! loneliness ilnd erteilen Unterricht im An.cha.l1ungsunterricht<br />
in Verbindung mit Vortra·<br />
to their side of the contlict. anguish to innocent as well as<br />
gen ~ow ie Guang. und bei gellilgcn·<br />
Sometimes religious fa naticism guilty. It is a remnant of barbarism-something<br />
der Beteiligung auch Tllrnen. Zeich<br />
left over from nen und Handarbeitsunterricht filr<br />
caused them to fight, or; they sacrificed<br />
human life to their gods. the savage ages.<br />
Schulen si nd, in:<br />
Madchen, Die Adressen der einzelnell<br />
We sometimes say that they lived If food, clothes. houses, were Manhattan: Rand School. 140 Ost<br />
in a barbaric, or rO\lgh, uncivilized<br />
age.<br />
the work, unless those too yo ling lind Sonntag \'orm.: No. 2329 2.<br />
made for use, an d if all shared in 19. St.. Sam. tag \'orm. ; Labor<br />
Temple, 247 Ost 84. Str., Sam;;taq<br />
In quieter times. when the people<br />
or two infirm. there would be no An" Samstag nachlll.: No. 88-4<br />
learned to cultivate the land, wa rs. though human passions<br />
Colum bus Ave., Salllstags " OfTll ,<br />
9- 12 Uh r,<br />
life became more kindly. till a would not disappear. The <strong>Socialists</strong>,<br />
who arc striving and working Ave. \\'111. Stdlwagen's Hall.<br />
Bronx: Ecke 158. Str. und Fore"t<br />
class began to claim special rights<br />
in the land, making o thers work for this time, "more true and Sam'tag und Sonntag vorm.<br />
for them, and taking a large part fair:' are on the side of Peace, because<br />
they arc on the side of nachmittags.<br />
Brooklyn : 1..'\bor Lyceum, 949 Willoughby<br />
Ave.. Samstag vor- und<br />
of the produce to themselves. So<br />
much was produced that markets human wel1~beillg.<br />
Long Island City: Hettinge r's Halle.<br />
had to be found, and thus wars But till Socialism is realized, Broadway und 7. Ave .• Samsta~<br />
vormittags.<br />
were again engaged in, this time the horrors o f \Var should be prevented.<br />
The <strong>Socialists</strong> should Sonntag "ormittags,<br />
Elixabeth, N. J.: 605 Eliubeth A,·e ..<br />
on behalf of wealthy people. But<br />
in these wars, pain, suffering.<br />
death, ruin, were the lot of the<br />
make Sllre that the workers are<br />
represented directly in the councils<br />
Green\·ille: Labor Lyceum, IZ9 Linden<br />
Str .• Samstag nachmittags.<br />
of those who make, and those Union Hill: Frommchens Halle. New<br />
people of the coulltries, while<br />
York Ave. lind Union Str., ";onntag<br />
vormittags.<br />
some began to talk of the foolishneSs<br />
who have the power of avo iding,<br />
of killing. Still more men \ Var. They must join their Die Vereinigung hat auch ein'<br />
became owners of land. Factories thoughts and actions in all countries,<br />
linked together by joint un<br />
hubsch augestattetes Liederbucb illl<br />
Verlag. Nibere Auskunft erteilt d ~r<br />
were added with the introduction<br />
Sekretir Reinhard Meyer, 301 East<br />
of steam power, and ways of doderstanding,<br />
through conference 83, Stree t, New York. (Advl)<br />
SIND AFFEN DENN AUCH<br />
LEUTE<br />
Von Wilhelm Dusch.<br />
Ber Bauer sprach zu sein c11l<br />
Jungen:<br />
Hcut' in tier Stadt, da wirSl dn<br />
gaffen.<br />
Wir fahren hin uud seh'n die<br />
Affen.<br />
Es ist ge1ungen<br />
L'ud urn sich schief zu lachen.<br />
'Vas die fur Streiche machen<br />
L'nt! fUr Gesichter.<br />
Wie rechte Bosewichter.<br />
Sie krauen sich,<br />
Sie uusen sieh,<br />
Sie hauen sieh,<br />
Sie lausen skh,<br />
Beschnuppern dies, beknuppcrn<br />
das,<br />
L'nd keiner gonnt del11 anoern<br />
was,<br />
L' nd essen tun sic mi t clcr H antl,<br />
l'nd alles tUIl sic mit \' ersland,<br />
Cnd jeder stiehlt :tIs wic ein<br />
Rabe,<br />
Pass auf, das siehst du hettte!<br />
o Vater. rief dcr r.;: nabc,<br />
Sind Affen denn auch Leutc<br />
Der Vater sprach: ~u n ja.<br />
1\'icht ganz, doch so beinah.<br />
DER MEISTERDIEB<br />
\'on Jakob nnu Wilhelm Grimm.<br />
THE YOUNG 80CIALIBT8' MAGAZtlfZ<br />
ein l.1nd liches Gericht zu gel1iessen,<br />
Bcreitet mir Kar:offelll,<br />
wic Ihr sie zu essen pflegt. danll<br />
will ich mich zu Eurem Tisch<br />
~ctzc n unci sic lI1it Frettde verzehrcn."<br />
Ocr Haner liichelte Hnd<br />
"a.~tc: "Ihr scid cin Graf oder<br />
Fiirst oder gar cin Herzog: \'or<br />
Iichl1le Hcrren habell manchmal<br />
.. olch ein lieliisle!l. Euer \ Vunsch<br />
"011 aher crfliill werden." Die<br />
Fran ging in die Kuche lind sic<br />
fil1[.!' all . I,artotldn Zll waschcn<br />
11:111 hi ... \<br />
wahrhafllJ! 1l1cin Suhn," ull,1 die<br />
Liehe III scin C111 l,il1,le re~tc<br />
sieh ill "l'incm Il erzcn. ·'.\l'er.··<br />
setzte cr hinzu. "wie kanll:.t Dn<br />
111cil1 :-;,,[111 seill . DII bi:'it (' 11<br />
grosser II err geworden 111111 Ich~ t<br />
in Reichhl111 1111
18 TU YOUNG IOCIALl8TS' MAGAZINE<br />
nUr vorn Ucberftuss der Rechen. , %u seiu, ~ so will ith Deine Kunst<br />
Arme Leute )"ind si~er: ieh. gebe<br />
ihoen lieber, ak dass, ich ill,l:o<br />
ctwas nehme. So aucb, was icp<br />
ohoe M uhe, List nnd Gewa"rttheit'<br />
auf die Probe stellen; wenn Du<br />
abet nieht· bestehst. so m'ltsst Du<br />
m\t des Seilers Tochter Hochzeit<br />
halten lind das . Gemehle def<br />
haben kann, das riihrt ieh Retien soil Dein~ Musik '-dabei<br />
nicht an." - . seia1'<br />
II Ach, m.::in Sohn," sa"gte I der ,uHerr Graf," aU'tworte~e def<br />
Vater, lies gefaUt' nlir ~loch 'nicht<br />
tin Dieb bleibt dn Dieb ; ' ich<br />
sage Qir, es nimnlt keip. · gutes<br />
Meister, fldenkt Eu'eh drei Sti.icke<br />
aus, so schwer lltr woUt, und<br />
wenn ich Eure Ailfgabe nieht<br />
.. Ende." Er fUhrte il'm zu def losc, 'so ' tnt mir, "' wie ' Euch ge·<br />
Mutter, und als sie t(ortt; d,a 5s ~ es . f~lIt." Der Gral sann eiuige<br />
iht Sohn war: ,veiott' ,' sit VOt Augenblicke nach, dann sprach<br />
Freude; a'ls er ih~ a'be'r ' sagee. Cjr: "\\'ohlan, zum ersten sollst<br />
dass er tin ~leisterdieb geworden<br />
ware. so 'flo!Jsen ihr z\'vei Strome<br />
tiber das Gesicht. En~tli
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• I' .....<br />
JliiiEMORY OF ~T.YAL~NTINE i<br />
In a deep forest, uncJer shady<br />
trees, surrounded by grass and<br />
I This month we dedicate the roads where the fruits of )'our velvety moss, is a spring. A<br />
f~urteenth day to the memory of g3therinf.! will be delayed and never ending stream of cry ~ ti'l <br />
St. Valentine. He was not: a perhaps lost forever." Verily t clear water flows down the slope<br />
ailltesman br a soldier. It is said say unto you. HEvery heldles5 act, into the vaUey below. waterin~<br />
that he won his way to "the hearts every h roken promise mars your trees and plants that the)' ma)'<br />
of the people of his time through work nnd leaves g'reat rents and bear ri ch fruit. And all who drin\i'<br />
h~s kindness and sympathy. He gaps through which our enemies its waters become so strong, so<br />
attained immortal fame: through thrust their swords of malice and brave. so IlQble, that they ~an li\'e<br />
th.· l.tters of Jove and cheer and !'Iander and undo our work and only in freedom, in purity, in SUIlshine<br />
and light. Dut the sJlr illR<br />
good council which he sent to steal OUT stores." Forget not to<br />
thOle in need. Of course most of heed the words of those who have \\'as poisoned. The crops ill' lil'C<br />
htt! letters are lost, but we found /irone before yotl and profit hy v .. Ucy were ruined, no ft o}~~rs<br />
thi. 9nt addressed to the Y. P. their work and greater experience.<br />
Be ever mindftl1 of the poisoned waters became ill, cow<br />
bloomed. and those who drank it ..<br />
S. L. of Ameri~a :<br />
My 'dear young comrades and<br />
plan and forget not the scheme ardly, and blind, as they att~ded<br />
friends:<br />
of the whole les-;t you build your alld tore each other like wild anima<br />
ls. But the jo'y that was ill<br />
to!y heart is always with you in<br />
O WI1 head i!1to the wall and it<br />
your great and worth~' work.<br />
will come to pass that you will hell over this senseless carnage<br />
Full well I know that you and<br />
mar the \lI1it~ of~ the -work and was of short duration. l'nceasingly,<br />
day and night. , the spriil S"<br />
your elders are building the<br />
make the wall crooked and unsilifhtly.<br />
Bear in mind that thCl in the forest Sent down its clear.<br />
stately m~'l :;jo Il 9 in which the<br />
human family shall some day<br />
time for ornamentation and di4 fresh ,vater. In a short time it<br />
dwell in greater perfection than<br />
g-ression has not yet come and our had carried off the pOison trom<br />
any which was ever' known. So<br />
great task still is the building of the brooks and streams, and there<br />
] say unto yOli each and all, be of<br />
plain , solid, invincible wall s of<br />
where human blood had dyw thc<br />
good , courage. build s t ~a di1 y and<br />
faeis and deeds, Neither ntllst<br />
meadows a horrible red, flower:<br />
patieQtly and you shall accolTIpli~h<br />
great things. "Tis true that<br />
trees b:ore ·· fruit; thousandfold.<br />
blossomed' in a ri ot of colors a nd<br />
you !lpend too mueh vahlable time<br />
in the contcmpl'atiolt ttio n. This c):a1llple oi jo; tilt more firmly he becomes<br />
like a 8tone wall in the midst of Europe show~ the religion of the l'()Il\'ilh·td that woman is his intelleClllal<br />
just such pressure and told their rll iing das!'I of th(' \\'orld . J( you<br />
inferior, [{ thi!'> country<br />
countryinen that nor one dollar art O\'er ,S and under 45 you are is a democracy it IllUst clothe<br />
would they \'ott" for war purpOlltl, flolelit;ally a !loldier--=yolt ma ~. \\'"Oll1en with tile franchise, \Ve<br />
To my mind they ~ h o uld have not know it. but you are. ' Vait han ~Ol a strange and remark <br />
nlaintained th~jl' international 1Inlil sufficient time hal pal sed able country here in America in<br />
Standing.<br />
and VOll will find o ut. \Vhat does many wa~'s. for Itss than half of<br />
11 this country of OUTS \\'ere at it stand for, religion or no re all the ,\'orkus receive more than<br />
. 'ar I would not \'ote one penny ligion, fhat of all the shot-ridden $500 a year. Qf the women, les!;<br />
toward financing such a war u is Rags on t~e Emopean batt1efield5. than one-half receive more than<br />
in prog'TtU in Europe at the pres- on not one is there the red flag of $6 per ..... eek for their work.<br />
ent time. 1 would rather be shot Socialism The present war has no P05-<br />
a tb'ousand time.! for treason. if I am speakini for a party that sible justificatior in ~o rals, and<br />
this were con'trved as treason, has never bought a vote. It i5 the there is in fact n0 concei vablt: tx.<br />
t)efcre casting such a :vote. Bet- only democratic party in the Ctl5e for the appalling a.s!lau lt upteT<br />
by far to. be shot for treason world. In time to come th~e will . on modl!rn civili zation. The world<br />
to the capitalilt da" .titan to Un be but two parties in this country,<br />
learns slowly but surely and out<br />
and b~ a traitor to the workin, the capitali,t party and the work- of the terrible catastrophe, out of<br />
dass, ... - _. inimen', party: And out of this this indescribable 51aughter there<br />
vt~.- SodalJt4ta . art opposed to order of procedure ther.e must w.ill ar.i~ as never before a de<br />
'fIar; and that bring. to P'1y mind come a change. There must come mand for world-wide democracy,<br />
that the continued exis.tencl of a change whereby the capitalists world - wide brotherhood and<br />
war·iS· anothe'r reason why woman Qf thecolmtrylia,'e co.niiOlled .-tb-e _--world-wide peace.
.; .. . TRI\.· YOUNO iOCIALISTS' IIAGAZINJ<<br />
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_I .• ' •• , _ .. ~_ ............__...._ .. _ ..__.. ~"!"~<br />
. :ipni-wa, in Europe, ,t,hich cOm- everyone who dare!) to breathe a<br />
pl.~eif dlsorganibd t.the- Socialist ,..'(H'd a~ainst ' the fair name of hi!;<br />
lntemational, Jiktwife made it falher<strong>Jan</strong>d. E\'eri Bulgaria, Greece<br />
"imPoSsible to carry onltt;e work and 'Italy follow the example, set<br />
·tif ~ ... th'e ~<strong>Young</strong> Peopl(c', fflJ,rna- b; · th~ more' power,fut _nati~n s.<br />
tional">~jch" hao- it's~ hea(f: in " The Italian <strong>Young</strong> Socialist<br />
Vi,:,fna The ' b~lsines~ of the l~lqvement ,held a nafiollal ~OI1-<br />
Youn,g .PeopTc's Int em ~ t ronal has g~essin Reggio "Emilia in )'Iay,<br />
t,h~~f~re. ~een . transferred to '~ hjch .. was an il11:posing mani<br />
Beme, J ~wltzerland , · where the festation of the unity and broth<br />
'<br />
~OQ1 r.aile~ are working ~ !;ple ndlr Int.,.<br />
na\lonal dj:lp.onstra,tio'ns ·,gn Qc,.<br />
io~er 3rd ~ .. as c~r~i.!~ . o(Jt .it.' ~1t<br />
('9un1f,i!-f"~& tb~ following re~rfs<br />
wW show :<br />
Yn ..1fa1y .. ~n~ ~~~i. the st-a~e<br />
of sieEe rendered demonstrp:tions<br />
jmpOssible:' -I; spite Ipf the m.ost<br />
earnes..t efforts it Wfl~ impossible<br />
to get ·the.lnterJl;\tjonal manifests<br />
int9, tl~~ , h ~,t1.ds qf ,*.1)( Italian comrades,<br />
• 1 ~ Derunarlr: .about,.'40 demonstrations<br />
'were held, JO.(¥)() I,:aflets<br />
wer~ «is~ribtlted "nd 1,000<br />
large .pl,.~r.d8 hung and 1,200<br />
Francs collected . for tht Liebknecht,<br />
Fund. " ,<br />
In Norway were ,held 25 meetings,<br />
withr,. participatjon of' onr<br />
J 5,000 people, About 1,000 FraJ'lcs<br />
were coUected l(or'the Liebk'necht<br />
(eit....\:6~~w- ' ~ep~.Ilted ~"~ lhe ' , ' .<br />
B'elgian' n1(yem~nt!, . w~d~~~ ti ~""''''~~ -~fiJoh . In Germany It was partlculari)<br />
,<br />
"lr. O\~f ~nti-militarislic ~gita·<br />
'P. ' .. ~ 1T~ '-:'~~ ""1""" .~---. dIfficult to - arrange demonstra-<br />
\~a9-: . , . I~asli'::ed~ ~!fLe tions. MHitary control, I pol4!e<br />
ti~ ~J Ii!l!llllu ·pay particular at- ne,~~~s~y.t ~of 'lJo,urceasJl1g aC~l .,ty and t he. nationalist 'blindness of<br />
ten~i~~ to the s tri~i~lJ ...faCt. ,that d.~, ~u !: ~ fQr the ~e~~~o f '\vell-known" 1.~bo r ' leaders made<br />
all bt:Uig~r:enl natiops, whetber r, • the organ f~ a public demonstration' impos<br />
.~~~b!i£! or monar~hies, ~'h~ t bFr o~ . ~M~~~e't ~f}t~ •.:;.:. sible. However, in, mpny ci~ies in<br />
r~l!p 9>: ; Jmpe~or or Czar, h flY~ · .{'.i~ti~v!~.rli;g'l*i~~~le G.ermany demonstrations in the<br />
b.eF.!hu~~niIP.o_ '! S in ll~ iUl l the war ha,n.np ni.ous rel~ti ons ,~ that ,exist spirit of the Inte~atipnal prac.laall/8<br />
t~~ '~~' cr> it JLves to, the ,mili,. be$wt;ell the YOll~lg , Soc,ialist .. and mation were heW on Octob~[ 3rd.<br />
.ta~y _~~I~rities for the oppression th,e ' ,reKul.~r 'p.arty organizations ,olf 1n Holland it was impossi!'1e'.to<br />
01 ~~J pe~e at'hOflc, a{td Cor tire It~JY, This is no accident. 'W here arrange de,monstratiol1s in. more<br />
o,v~r~lp'pw. 5>f a!l>Y,and all liberties in ,the other large belligerel~t , na. t,han nine cities, 10 ~ num,iter of<br />
~ 9f..)~ ·~cen , soo.bittf:ly fought tior)s, in Germany, Austria and citi .. ~s delJ1onstratiJls whic,h h,ad<br />
~1l~n.9 :'1:_o , durly '\\~on in the year, France, the Socialist movel'"ents been pla'nned were frllstrat~ be.<br />
gou--:h.)i:"" l;lundreus -of comrades ha\'e made concessions to their cause the owners of the mew'-og<br />
'h~vle ~~s.~ 'j!l: r~ifOn~4 lQf 10D8' re sf..ectiv~ governments have al: halls had beeh intimitated 'by tl~<br />
t..e~. ,!lq.qtr, ~he ' D:}OItJI(\U,,1 (On- lo''''ed ~ themselves to be sub- p'olice an~ did not,d'are op~n - t"e,ir<br />
,d!t~8 f·,. fqr ,anti-mjl;t4ristic ' and merged by the wave of patrioHsl1l halls to these demonstratra~. ,<br />
re_':9 hlHO:l~.!-r,y ' p"'rqp~ap .d,a, that has swept their nations, the In Switzerlp.nd splend.!d.deIPon<br />
-"':' !,#i1~~!_Ge rmany" i~ .i.t ~ dei~nse Y~un1 Socialist · or¥~qizations strations wer~ held, about 'JO in<br />
01... ~usOpeaJA , M..'llt~r~ par France , tbro~ghout Europe have held fast number, 30,000 proclamatiqn"s<br />
In it~. "'~aiupaig-n a.g'i.UJ,t. Ge rm an to International principles: The were distribu·t~d: fa-rge quantitie~<br />
,mi'itari&m<br />
,- 'J 'J .,!!~<br />
'<br />
)<br />
have -, heljtated . to Italian mOHment, however J<br />
will of other literature di'tributed and<br />
p , .,' ", 0;. o{ L" ."T, ~<br />
.c~~~~~r ·thle .. ~Jigb:tJ.s~mJ!r .. ~~! : rem.,in ~ve r "lemorable in t~~ap.- . &o.oFra.!!.c~OJ1~(effor the~-t..ieboC<br />
_i:Ji;S&~.$jsfaf~,Loo · ,,',:it,.hin their nals J<br />
of the International for the knecht fund. Everywhere nf"<br />
-9.~.'i: ri'!t~on!},wit~ _ r~l~n ,tless b,u- brave stand it took agail~st mili- members were enrolled, aQd eig~<br />
'i.lit)'-. w'\1i1e ~tlSitria ~ io4 _Russia tar~m and war befQre all(J -af,ler ne'lt' circles were organi.z,.~.<br />
,.·r'iak L terrible ~-~ ,!ge~an:c~ ' upo" - ho; tiliti-es we're ·dec·la-red: _ •. r About 2,OOO people participated,<br />
r AY.AL1~"~ 'FIGHtE;";OR' :rH~<br />
.-. .. ' ...<br />
Tilese untiappy days ha\c<br />
brought us so many uhier di!up·<br />
ppint,hertts. so Ihany shattered<br />
ideals, have drh·en so many of Ollr<br />
co:ilradts into the enemies· camp,<br />
tlUl"t )\'.e somet im e~ feel as if na <br />
tional (eding had entirely wiped<br />
Oll't In ternational brot herhood.<br />
\.'Ye forg~t that in e\'Cry nation oi<br />
Europe <strong>Socialists</strong> are suffering<br />
long months of ,imprisonment for<br />
s.p.cakil\g and wri ting as International<br />
ists. that more than O IlC<br />
comrade has given his life rather<br />
thall sacrifice his ideals,<br />
Alexalidra l":o)lolltay is. we:<br />
" ·hell the war broke Ollt Com·<br />
rade 1-\011011\(1\' was arrested, ' a~<br />
were a ll Ru ....;ians in Berlin, hU I<br />
was relea~cd a few d;),s afterward,<br />
with the friendly and lilt.- ar~ standing firm for gC'l<br />
leadl'rs may have fallen, the rank<br />
perl1li~<br />
..,ioll 10 '·lea\,e Gc rma,ny," Bnt<br />
lidOlr it~ and international broth(,fhool<br />
l. To h.we rerallt d :\meri·<br />
can ~Ol.'ill li slS to rhrir mission, ·t,.,<br />
liave turn the n'il ~ of natlunalioct<br />
ph~jt1dil'l" (1'11111 the eyes of delu ·<br />
ded l'umrati ("s, this hn'! been rhl'<br />
nlat' sa~ it wjtt,Ollt re s~ r\'ati o 'l ,<br />
grfOal -"t'r\'il'e that sill' ·has "('11-<br />
olle of the heroic .figure s of oll r<br />
Illternational movement. A Ru s~<br />
s~an by birth,"a daughter of tlli'<br />
ancieilt (eudii nobility, she early<br />
became drawn into the revolutioliarv<br />
dertd If! ollr :\mcril'an 1I1(.\le1lltnt.<br />
In a jl'W days l'nlllrad{' J{(llIontay<br />
will relllrn In 1':l1rope where<br />
the work oi reconstruction l'alls<br />
for all hUlIcI ... lin ded.:. Hut hdort<br />
moveO)ent of her country.<br />
she--·Iea\·e$ our s';orcs she- ·has lin·<br />
~f'he -breaking: 9£ all '{.lfl1i1y· ties<br />
olber IllcSSRj.fe to delinor: :l me l\.·<br />
w~s inevit,ble and. with nothing<br />
sage to the yOl.1I1~ ~ol·ialist~ of [he<br />
to live for but the' hi6CtJnent<br />
nation: ··In the hands of the conting<br />
wi,ich had become her life, she<br />
went to 'Switzerland where she<br />
gl:lleration lies the fllt.tlre of<br />
the :-iocia li:,t muvement and its<br />
spe·nt ·a short time in-the study oi<br />
problcms. But th at the Interna·<br />
social sqiences, Btit after two<br />
tional of the flllute Illuv be fit to<br />
years 'she returned to her nath'e<br />
larid to take art actiJ.'e part in<br />
wbere wa~ she to go, this woman<br />
without a rountry Fra,l.ce, BcIlive<br />
;md to la).;c IIp th~ ~t rl1gg1e<br />
against our t'nemics it must build<br />
its revolutionary propagand",.<br />
t11ou"h her a~tivity for ti!e :Ru.ssian<br />
Social -Democratic Labor<br />
.Party endangl!ted life a'nd liberty.<br />
Qfte ne ~ thin We ha'V ~ time to tbll<br />
"pe was arrested, 'She'\vorked un4<br />
de~ a constant' cloud of" suspicion<br />
and persecution until in 1906 she<br />
fled from Russia. a:ha toole 'up her '<br />
hoine in Berlin.' RUSSi";s'ldss Was<br />
Germa'ny's gain, at- lbst so fa t- as<br />
th,e mdvement was . con.cerned,<br />
I he brilliant young 'speaker<br />
toflred the ~tintry for the German<br />
-SOCial 1etnocracy and was<br />
TID YOUNG aoOI..&..LUTW 1lACt~<br />
-----------------<br />
-J<br />
li kewise active in England: Belgiulll,<br />
Swit ze rland, France ,and<br />
t\orway. Here her extraordinary<br />
lalent for languages was of 'great<br />
\':lllle to her in her work.<br />
IN~~N~tl~NAi l<br />
--------...- -----.!....-----.~<br />
Comrade KollolHay is no\ ..' ~ l os.<br />
illg a splendidly successful tQur<br />
through the l'nited Statts, I H.er<br />
(·nthll .. ia:-.tk meetings are proof ()f<br />
til t' 1:lct that..herr, as t'vervwhere,<br />
th(, i-:"rcat mass o{ lhr d~~.(,'on.<br />
Sl.'illl1,> \\orkin!; dass hlls 1I0t for·<br />
g-OItCl1 it!> 11lis~ion, that: though<br />
gitlln aud England were c1osed 'tt) three f1tI1(Jalll('lllal~, lItU~H ,Ia\'<br />
I\(~r .' ~Q she went to Sweden ' but th~ee I.'onlcr 5101l es lIpOIl it 1~<br />
wa!' driven (r01l1 there for ' her build lip tj1f~ !'lIpe r .. tntl·tllr~ of edanti<br />
- militaristic agitation, . · In l1Cae )11 and :lgitation, Fir!'t, . a<br />
~tock h o lm and ' in ~Itflmij she tinited , internatio'1:iil orgailizatiol1<br />
!Opent a number Of wee~s behird 01 the \\'orkil1~ dR~", an ofglliiza.<br />
prison bars fQr the · same pn'p'ar- tioTt . whoge highe!it d\tty t-hali be<br />
d ~)Ilable . offense, ~ 111 ~orw~y, to sub:-litute internatiolt.al s,oli·<br />
""here Comrade Kollontay, fil1ally darit\' for chauviniSll1' allllnarrow<br />
toOk LIp her abdde,' she' again , tlO~ ~airi~ti"m, whi("h ~ hall placi! d asif<br />
Ol~~r ~ activi.ty! ~u.t _ a : li ,ttJe , ~~e _ ie~Jipp... al>O~·.7- ~ I)e i(d~ll g, f
• - - :-: -,~ 1:0v.'o. 'I'ICl .... ft· -~aoUJJr.t -", .. ~<br />
•• ," r ... ~_ _ • '.<br />
:~~)~gl::i:~:Ct~::aJlo"<br />
It'on; :\nd th:\t in the e-ycs of Ihe Cl('rn:\1<br />
God, the tiJ;:ure of a murdcrer is<br />
not ch:angetl hecaust', in5teau oi :l wallow's<br />
cap. Ihere is placed UI)on his<br />
head an emperor's crown.<br />
:\h1 lei us proclaim Rhsolutc truth!'l.<br />
Lei us dishonor war. t\c.o; glorious<br />
war does not el(ist. !'\o: it is 1'101<br />
good. alld it is not Ilsdul. 10 makc<br />
corp~e.. l'\o: it cannOI lit' Ihal life<br />
Ir::l\·:\iI5 for death. ~o; oh, Illolhe-rs<br />
who ~ urround m~. it cannol he Ihat<br />
war. Ihe rohb('r, should ~-tlntinlle tl)<br />
takc frorn you your children. Xo: it<br />
ca nnot bt' 'h~' wO lntn sho\\l(\ hear<br />
children in v' .., that 1110.' 11 should he<br />
born. that people 5hould plow anJ<br />
sow, Ihal the fannCT shoull! fertilize<br />
the fields, and the workmen enrich the<br />
cily, Ihat ind uslry should produce<br />
1l1:\r\"cl ~. that /{clliu. lihnuld produce<br />
prodigies, thai Ihe \':aSI hum:U1 ac tivity<br />
should. in prt~cnce of Ih(' starry<br />
~ky, multiply cffort ~ and cr"::Ition •.<br />
:111 10 result ;11 that frighlful intl'rn:\<br />
tiona I exposition which is call~d 3<br />
field of battle!<br />
PERSONAL HYGIENE<br />
By Arnold Loral1d. M. n.<br />
IU Ventilated Quarters<br />
That living in the vitiated ::lir<br />
oi a close room is deleteriotls to<br />
health i:'l proved by a simple ob<br />
--en-ation of the faces of tho!'c<br />
:'topping' for a long" time, or habitually<br />
cioing so by r~ason of their<br />
professions. in close localities.<br />
They will prel'cnt a pale. gray.<br />
l'id.:ly appearance. and it is a fal't<br />
that they \'cry rapidly aC(luire all<br />
sorts of infections: especially jg<br />
tuberculosis vcry prevalent in<br />
sudl cases. We observe precisely<br />
the !lame thing in the case of<br />
plants which, if kept in a close<br />
room, especially wh~re little light<br />
reaches them, soon lose their<br />
color and are destroyed by para~<br />
sites; and exactly the same hap.<br />
li"ing and laboring in large nllt1l ~<br />
hers ill small and dose quarteh,<br />
waiterll and similar employees,<br />
are those in whom fllh~h- 'tiTosis i~<br />
musl frequently found. In r(,!lpel:t<br />
to wurkmen, thi ... l11a\· be Illore<br />
truly the case in Etlr~pe, whrre<br />
thl:~ li\'r untll'r more miserable<br />
cl.HltlHiOtt~ thal1 in .\merica.<br />
WhNl' tht-i r positio n is possil)ly<br />
the Illu~t em'iabl\,' o f all wage<br />
carner ....<br />
l 'l"sc air, ju:-:t as I1ltlt'h as<br />
~tag'llatll wata, ptf)1ll0ltS the<br />
g rowth (I f dal1gerolls miaobe:-..<br />
ant! the ~'hancts o f infection :lre<br />
gn'ath' t'Tlhanced where a nlllllbcr<br />
of pe~plc are gathered tog-tther in<br />
511(h places. :\ Iany of thrm Illay<br />
be "utTering from inlel·tious di$case:.<br />
of the respiratory o rgans:<br />
they exhale. and also eject , by<br />
coughing' nr !lnec7.in g, an ~normotH.<br />
number of microbes, which<br />
mingle with the air and multiply<br />
at their leis ure in such close a1-<br />
mospheres: and this i!l especially<br />
so whell they are as!listed in their<br />
growth by {he great heat prtvalelll<br />
in such places, particularly<br />
in wintcr time. Bacteriological<br />
examimltions made of the air of<br />
stich localities have shown an<br />
enormollS lIumber of dange rou'\<br />
microhe.... \\'e nee:d. therefore,<br />
not be surpri sed when perions,<br />
and tl'pecially children whose resistance<br />
i ... diminished, often contract<br />
tonsillitis , diphtheria, bronchitis,<br />
or pneumonia, etc., after<br />
having' passed ·an ('vening in sllch<br />
a plare. the air heing hot. and<br />
particl1larly if. at the same time,<br />
the temperature outside was vcry<br />
low,<br />
Living in 3 dose room will<br />
soon tell on the /:;,crieral health.<br />
and thiii is easily visible in thc<br />
appe:arance Ot slIch pers(Ml!.<br />
Their paJe faces form.: a strik'ing<br />
contral't to ih~ fresh rosy (:bt:ek~<br />
pens in the case of man, Prisoners,<br />
of those w ho habittla11~ lin in<br />
unfortunate work-people, the frel'h<br />
air,
. -. •<br />
111 Yn. 61GI8I1SIS'lI\8gIZI_.<br />
FOR BOYS AND G~RLS<br />
ar,,,,, .f 'be A .. eri_n Soel.Ji.1 h .. d .. '<br />
Seltoo .... It You';'- Pceopl.'. FedentioB<br />
Entered as Second· CluJ Mail Mauer<br />
<strong>June</strong> 2. 1911, at the IlOU oillet at New<br />
York. N. 'I., uncler the Act' of March<br />
J, 18ip.<br />
Publis~cd MODth1, at<br />
15 '-Spruce Street. New York.<br />
by the<br />
lodaliatic Co-operative PubL AI.'n.,<br />
JobD NaGd, Pfta. . O. Knoll. See'y.<br />
E. Ramm, Trcaa.<br />
• ~!-!~SCJ~~rP~~~~Ci~;' :n~O~!~:~:<br />
6Oc., on account of the higher pouagc.<br />
Mmco and olhc:, foreii'D countrlu,<br />
1$ centa.<br />
BU'NDLE RATES-Jc. per copy.<br />
ADVERTISn/G-IOc .• line. i1.00<br />
all inch. For one year one-illcb $10.00.<br />
schools; and even from their v('ry<br />
youngut days this should be installed<br />
into the minds of yo1t!"h,<br />
together with the contra-adyantages<br />
of fresh air. By these mea::s<br />
the.y will be accustomed to the<br />
fresh air and its beneficial efi"~c :s.<br />
as much as tRiy ,/ill learn to Jetest<br />
the hc-:-r-ors -;,£ me air exhalrd<br />
by other people, ' whicb ·js -. tile<br />
sour~e ' of SO m~ny iJ\fections,<br />
Every one who wishes 'to enj!)'<br />
life during youth, and live to a<br />
:rHE YOUNO SOCIALISTS' MAGAZINE<br />
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(The Youl;'g Sodafbt or Grt'at Britain)<br />
The Labor ~ember's Lor~ly ~n,oke '<br />
By Allen 'Clarke '<br />
The Labor )lember, leaning a week, cOllld a~ord' ,to paX inorc<br />
back in his easy' chair, began his rent than a laborer ,with twentyrep'osef~11<br />
re,:el in the cigar, _!lIC. _. t~re-e __ or t.wenty-four shill:hgs a<br />
sublimely special cigar whjch h~d we,d.,<br />
beeh graciously gh'et; to him hy ... Th.e 'time was. .e~even o'clock at<br />
a lord-a real hall-marked. prop- night, an,d the{ La}}or i'lember,<br />
crly - labelled, proudly _ p: digrc..:d •. J;\'hose nahle wa..! Joshua ~ uttall ,<br />
lord. It was. ~the[eiore ,' ,9111y - Uao ~l:It COllle.:r.lO~le wlfh tht:<br />
felicitously. filting that' it shotJL<br />
children, But it is also well to<br />
rememb~r that there are other<br />
folks' children besides bne's own,<br />
a41d to ~.sk why should these .not<br />
h'aYe fine 'opportunities also.<br />
Xhat thought set him thinking<br />
of jack Croft, whom he had met<br />
TlIl! Y0O:>l0 IIOCI4LI8T8' .JU!U.ZDOI __. ___________<br />
in the tralll, J ~cl{ wa ~ a worJWng.<br />
Wan of thirty-three, with a wife<br />
and two children: and one of La·<br />
bor's hardest caJl\'assers at election<br />
time,<br />
The Labor ~ lel1lbf!r asked Jack<br />
if he was going to en list.<br />
Jack, who hac! re.ae! a bit, and<br />
thought a bit. replied that he saw<br />
no reason why he should,<br />
" l1l1t if the Germans s hould<br />
heat Ib--:"<br />
.Jack said he wasn't l'0I1cerned<br />
:lbollt that ([u e:- tion, "' \Ve have<br />
w()rse enemies at home than the<br />
{;crm:lll:. nbroadi' he !'aid. "The<br />
... weat ing- employers, greedy laQd·<br />
Illrds. ra scally contractors, food·<br />
l'o rt1 erers, (ottoll-comerer:. - the<br />
l"ilap:' you've oftell told us we<br />
:-hould eomhat l'\·erlastillgly, Yet<br />
.,·ou\·e hec l! sitting on the same<br />
platfurm with 'cm to.oi:;:-ht."<br />
'·Yes, ~'es," said the Labor<br />
:\ Il' mher, "that's all ri q-ht at ordi·<br />
nary tillles, htH thi s i:, all extra·<br />
i rdillary ti llie, ,\11 patriots must<br />
Joi n tn.~e th er to crush the COIll-<br />
11\(111 foe."<br />
,,[ don't s('e it," sairl J:lck. "The<br />
~ra l,b c r s g'r.,hhcd hefore the war:<br />
lhl'.I' arc ):!,rah hin g- now the \\'ar is<br />
ill!: t11i.'Y wi ll grah just the same<br />
II!Je n. it'so,·er, Theil the lm s il\e s~<br />
of l.al 1\1r i
10<br />
offices. For lordly influence went<br />
• long way. Some day-wben his<br />
son was .(ter some big municipal<br />
.ppolntm('nt-a word -from his<br />
10rtll~hip would be helpful. •<br />
Yes, it was just 3S well for Labor<br />
Members to be tolerant to<br />
,,7.;ds lords. Not only was it businch;<br />
but it WilS christian to be<br />
charitable:<br />
"""hat a splendid cigar it is,"<br />
said the -Labor \Lember. blowing<br />
out a fragr:ant .ncbula of !\moke.<br />
And aoy such democratic views<br />
as remained in the Labor Men.<br />
ber's soul were clouded, and obscured<br />
by the lordly smoke.<br />
THE COMIlADE'S WORTH<br />
Do you know tht: \t ah~t: and tht:<br />
worth o f a rtal Ih'c cro;"'d of young<br />
<strong>Socialists</strong> Thl:' kind th., ("an go out<br />
in a bunch and comc hom~ the §Rille<br />
way without the leut bit of damage<br />
done to health. happinul or friend<br />
.biP~ The 50rt of a crowd that will<br />
sing an" dance, .wim and study, hike,<br />
read, play, run, row arid be aame for<br />
&II)' ord kind" of ' fun a't aflY old time<br />
and place If you can tnuhfuIJ)' say<br />
yes. 1 conaratulat~ you, and only<br />
hope that you may ne"~r h."e to<br />
leave them. 1 ha\'e been uud to<br />
that lort of a crowd and ha\'~ had<br />
to quit them-and now, take it fron1<br />
me. you can ne\'er mealur~ the true<br />
worth of a Yipici crowd until you ...·e<br />
left them far behinq you, and you<br />
know you can't get buk onr the<br />
wuk end.<br />
' Thil is how it works oul. You'r~<br />
,ent way down into the countr), to<br />
do the bOlSes' ~ wo rk, and incidentilly<br />
to earn your bread. You don't want<br />
to ao part:.:ularly-tbt:re's a number<br />
of ',ood tilues jU·lt ahead, and per·<br />
hap; you',vc' already ' ""ed lhe best<br />
airl of all to go along with you.<br />
You are nOt crazy about lea\'inr<br />
town just then, but you ,4>-You bet<br />
)'0\1 CO. ,,.11 th.t week it i,,,'t 50 bad<br />
-of course. when lU(,etjn' night C01lle5<br />
;.round you JUI' fa ll a thinlJln' about<br />
wbo'U all be there .nd who they'U<br />
have for chairman, and how 1000a the<br />
meelin' will take.<br />
But then Sunday comtl aroundand<br />
it'. no usc-the bluff don't go<br />
any further, you know by that time<br />
you're rul homesick. No U5e cryin'<br />
about it tboulh, 10 you ju.t pick out<br />
the dandielt .ort of a place or trip<br />
SO' take in, and you set out bold u<br />
~ !'OVl!'l 1OOU1.III .... ~uoq J<br />
ever yOu pleue, You're. not alone,<br />
either, t)ecause your side partner ia<br />
in exactly the same ho:u as you. H.,<br />
too. has be·en used to life and , la uBh~rer.<br />
10 you're partnen in mi5ery as<br />
wdl as work. You -pick out a long<br />
excursion trip and think eYerything<br />
will be all rieht. You settle down<br />
cnrnfortably and start to talk about<br />
.cenery and carne.r.;, and work and<br />
Shows -anagirll-oh, loti o· things.<br />
You leave as the lua is jui t about<br />
lettling down to relt, and you figure<br />
out that the hikers back home are<br />
b\9\ftt!i' "Tap," 9~ the bugh;s to sig.<br />
t1al for the return journey. They<br />
mun ha\'e had lome .port, you muu·.<br />
Then you try to . ettle down and rut.<br />
No use, it can't be done; 10 you start<br />
10 wander round the limited deck<br />
space of the boat. You (lm into a<br />
cro ..... d or fello ...... and girls, about<br />
Ihirty of them. That'5 strange, JUII<br />
about the size of your crowd. There<br />
il gou again. They slart to 5ingnot<br />
your Socialist songs. to be 5urestill,<br />
the tllnes are familiar. And<br />
they're \'ery rrienlily ..... ithin their own<br />
circle, thi5 crowd.<br />
At last the m·o-o-n comu up-hig<br />
and round and white. The crowd<br />
ulkes a hint from him and 5w inKI into<br />
a lIong.· What i5 that melody .0<br />
.trangely familiar "Santa Lucia,"<br />
d-n them, couldn't they try some·<br />
thing el se Hut your mind goes back<br />
to another river nnd another crowd<br />
and other ..... ord. to the lame tuncthey<br />
just keep rinKing into your ears:<br />
Comradu so dear to me.<br />
Hearts. warm and tender.<br />
To them where'er I be,<br />
My Ion! I 'll render.<br />
U nder broad Hea\'en's dome,<br />
\Vhere'tr on earth I roam.<br />
With them I fed at home,<br />
\Ve're Comrades' e"er.<br />
"With them you fe el at home," yes<br />
- and without them you don't.<br />
You're ju. t perfectly rni.euble, and<br />
you're lona.:ing ner 50 hard for the<br />
hearty laugh of your boYli and the<br />
.wish of the girls' dresses as they a:o<br />
d:ancing and skipping past. But the<br />
longest exile mu.t conle to an end<br />
• ome time, and in a few weeks you're<br />
bal'k ag:a in. They're all glad to see<br />
yOll, but you're a whole lo t gladder<br />
to he back with them. And the mi5·<br />
erics of the put are: soon forlouen<br />
in the pleasuru of the present.<br />
But there cQmu :a time when you<br />
can't 10 back-and you know you<br />
ca n' t. Your life: t",ku you far awa,y<br />
from the happy scenell and eompan~<br />
ionship. The crowd regretll your I e-.<br />
iDe. of coune. There is a short<br />
period of farewdh, wbe~\!l'Drtin" is<br />
suth .;w(el -OrlOW"; tht'n they .ru<br />
'DIck .to their round, and you face a<br />
world of (old . trangen aloae, You<br />
w.nder from place to p1ace, never<br />
resting~ ne\'er ·'at ·home." . Sllcced' fn<br />
.onle -measure ~atteQdl your· efforu,<br />
bnt ne\'er anyone to -rtjolce in it with<br />
you. You feel the . tinrl of defeat<br />
occasionally, and tbey r,nk\e deeply.<br />
'cause there'l no hand of comrade·<br />
ship to lIlap you on tht. b,l.ck 20114 bid<br />
you ' ~b race up, it will aU come oul ,II<br />
righl" You tty to - buy what'\'er<br />
ph:asure you. think you' wafat-but<br />
there- -il a 'dilferenee-and you : lind<br />
that you cannot buy true comrade·<br />
s hip. You think of the younKsten<br />
back ·home-picture them aU perched<br />
on a rence 'preparing for a race acroRS<br />
the meadow. You lee them. like true<br />
proletarian5, putting their lunchu to·<br />
gelher in a communal pile: from<br />
which everyone may h('lp himself.<br />
Hut a Ijiht dawns-you lIettle down<br />
in one 1)lace finally and you hunt for<br />
your kind. You come to the:m with·<br />
out any 'bl:are '01 trumpets. You only<br />
lIt r~tcb out your 'hand and uk to be<br />
one of th~m-the Italt If need bebut<br />
one of then1. And they t:ake you<br />
in and make you fed :at home. and<br />
they (all you "Comrade," Gee! that<br />
sounds "oed to your eatl a,ain.<br />
You ha \'e n't heard it for a long time,<br />
you nc\'er paid much attention to it<br />
in the: old days. but ii's the sweetest<br />
kind of music jult now.<br />
,,",n~ tfle)' take yOu in. Soon you<br />
ha\'e your regular pl3ee in their<br />
he.rtl and lh('y in youn, The otheu<br />
back ill the old home alway. remain<br />
a most pleasant. memory; atld, when<br />
tht! Rtory circle forms round the fireplace<br />
you never tire of tellin .. yotlr<br />
new C01l1radu about the efforts and<br />
Rrank:l 01 those you left behind you.<br />
You take your place in their .ong and<br />
. tor)', you do your share of work and<br />
play, and loon lOU just belon", that's<br />
all-you just belong. ' ..<br />
The story is almost done-an. counted.<br />
This nferendum was propOHd by<br />
the Pennsylvania State Cornmittet!,<br />
It WI' aeconded by the followiDr<br />
Leacuea. their mamberahlp ,iv~:<br />
St. Paul. Minn., 35; Lawrence. M .....<br />
15; Jamestown, N. Y .• 56: Chiclro,<br />
UL (North Side), 40; Pitt.burch, PL<br />
(J"'ah), 110: Cincinn.ti. 0., 21;<br />
Peoria. Ill., 1': Waahinrton, D. C.,<br />
24, Total. 319,<br />
R.port Cardl<br />
All Luguu iilre hereby warned<br />
th:at untu. a report card hearing an<br />
accurafe acc:ount of their good stllndina<br />
membership is sent to tht' Na·<br />
tjollal Office )'efore F~brtl:lfr 10 11('\<br />
ballots will be ' the Direct..,r of thi, Ucpartment.<br />
PROGRAMMES<br />
This i, th\' la ~ t n il for l1l:atC'rial<br />
fOr Ihe Fthruary program. Somo!<br />
stuff .... l~ sent in by 50111(' of our lo)·al<br />
worhn, hut not uutly en ough to<br />
lI1akt' up the whole thing. Get bus)'<br />
T ht' progralJl i. to include<br />
an im prollll'tu mock-Iria l. subJecl,<br />
"P~OI)lt \ ' 5, Tht' Reminl!{ton .'\.m"<br />
Co." L~haqte: Aidin" :and abttrina<br />
murder through the manufacture of<br />
ml\nit l0n~ oi war.<br />
---<br />
Commemoration: Birthda),s. W2Ihington<br />
and Autun Uebel, FdJru·<br />
ary 2lnd<br />
Vulenline's Party, Fehruary Hth;<br />
Leap '{ear Dance, February 29th.<br />
A call for Ilate~ for Ihe Krust lecture<br />
tour will go out immelliatel)<br />
after the new year. The lour will<br />
take in only the Ea~le rn Statu 2011,1<br />
will h('gjn ahout the iniddle: of .,",pd\.<br />
The numbl'r of datu is strictly 11111-<br />
ited. lIO immedialC' :action shl'uld be<br />
taktn on rtceipt of tue p:arriculat5.<br />
PLAYS<br />
Sinclair's no\·cl. "Samuel. the<br />
S('tktr." hai betn drumatizecl by<br />
Comrade J. C Frost 9' -.'ew York.<br />
1t will recei\'e it s firH productiun b),<br />
Ihe ('omrade Club of Hudlon Coun'<br />
ty. K J.<br />
:\ new :Inti-military pl.y by \\'m.<br />
F. Krusl". enlitled "Prelu.rednC'S5," i,<br />
no ..... ready fo r sale. '(':an be gi\tn in<br />
one act or two and plays for ont'<br />
hour. A rulin~ clas~, bent on war.<br />
find5 thtir efforts (rustrated by the<br />
org:anized worken, ..... ho are willing<br />
to ddend their Ow n countr), tlUt<br />
rduse 10 attack anybody cl.e·l.<br />
Twelve \'ery nsy speaking p3rB and<br />
two good ludl. Can C'l\lily be pro·<br />
duced by allY Y. P. S. L. Price 25c.<br />
Fitchburg. Man.. though bUI recently<br />
or~3nil('tI. is ~ howinK good<br />
growth. They W(,T~' rCl' rl'Sen tc: d at<br />
the Stlltt· t " n ~('nt' 'I' '11111 :IT(' pr.·<br />
p:lrinR 3 1 d ll fCS and<br />
uehatel.
12<br />
J<br />
TIlE_Y,OUNO aOCI4L1.8TS' MAOAZlNB<br />
THE V: P. S. L. MOVEIlENT IN next cotwention ro ill H~> Buffalo -'hjls<br />
NEw YORK STATE betn men,tioned. But'tlt :any rate let<br />
By G. L Tishler. Rochutir, :::.~~I i~~~'~n ~~tr~~b~~~!f:lh~h'!~)~t~~<br />
-. ~. ". ...<br />
.. ~<br />
-<br />
S~~~~Vi~~ ·Pa;~:. ~~,~~a1e:~~!);~I~e °O~~<br />
ficeu of our Lra&'f e.!, anif With th):<br />
officers of th e Sf"'e ~Tld Natip nal 110-<br />
crations. and s'4p.ptl ~ ~~". pubhcationl.<br />
And re!Utlll!)er "'and fullil tb,e<br />
spirit of our sloKin., Edupt!oJl. O'fg;1I11zat;on,<br />
and Solidarity!<br />
State Secretary<br />
previou. one, although I do not sec<br />
Our movement IS o nly a !ntle 0l·er ho,,' th:at C3.n be dont. '(1 ~1\1 from<br />
two years "young," but even al this !{ochdter, you know.)<br />
tarly age, although handicapped by At pre.ent we have pr3.ctie:ally no<br />
the lack of sufticient fund§ and l1Ia- plan for systematie ,edueation. Evc.t)·<br />
terial for building, it is ahowinR Lentue followl its owh
"<br />
. lin ,-,- ' -<br />
But du DOt think f~r a momcnt.<br />
btu,," W~ ha,'c hcrtin made: special<br />
mentiol\. of two social airai,s, ih,t we<br />
.r~ in any waYnCA'lcctinlt our ~duc.·<br />
,'iona' futurta. Our regular )\'t'dnt:l·<br />
day even in,. art .,-i\·cn O\'e:r to cduea<br />
,tonal prOl'ram •. aDd ' our nc\\,o t:o m<br />
.. tctd~ dn thl. work hils Rrrinrcd (or<br />
• ..tit'. of Iclentific: Ireturn for<br />
J/cbruary and 1.hrch. the .pcnkC'fs to<br />
h .. ".riou. profc u ou or the l:nh-trsh,.<br />
01 Rochcatct. It may be mcntloned<br />
here Ihllt we find the profulor,<br />
mon courteou, at- all times.<br />
They .eem to be inlcrutt'd in us<br />
and our work. and arc "cr~ wil F n ~<br />
to rive: Ut tbfi, time. which, "f<br />
cOuru. II without charge. It is needle"<br />
to say that their lectures, al <br />
though not directly on Socialism.<br />
ire alwa,., of great int ~ rul. and another<br />
vel''' important f~ " tllrt about<br />
the In il thlt tht'), nr(" a dtawinjf carJ<br />
for \'Ilitor, Ilne non. membt':rI.<br />
On SundRY ("\'en ing, january 2Jrd,<br />
our Y. P. S. 1... 1("1111 d ("; h;"It('d wilh<br />
Local J{oche , tt':r Sociali.u Pitrt.)' 0 :1<br />
th("; ,ubjtct "Ruoi;td. thM this na.<br />
tioll .hal! immediately ("lIlhar1.: On a 'l<br />
IIctequat(" program or prcp:lI'cun(",u 1\'<br />
rt!t.l.t aUad, by any fo rC" ;r,rn pow ("u."<br />
LOCI' ·Roche. ter's team Ilphtld th e<br />
affirmath' C" side. ;'\nd I) f course it w as<br />
II Iplrntlirl ( I~b;'\te . Th(" tllree judlle <<br />
d cc id~cI th;., the Y. p , S. L. fi r Ilc t:
0<br />
Der Meister Uichelte .. uod gab<br />
kcillc Anhvort.<br />
Als die Nacht allgebroch~n<br />
war, kam cr mit cinem <strong>Jan</strong>gen<br />
Sack auf dem Ri"tcken. einem<br />
Bunde! unter dem Arm und cincr<br />
Laternc in deT Hand zur Dorfkirche<br />
geg::mgen. In dem Sack<br />
batte er Krebse, in dem Bunde1<br />
aber kurze \Vachslichter. Er<br />
setzte sich auf den Gottesacker,<br />
holte einco Krebs hefaus und<br />
k!cbte ihm eill Wachslichtchcn<br />
auf den Riicken; dan" ziindclC er<br />
cia:; Lichtchen an und scute den<br />
Krebs auf den Boden und ' liess<br />
ihn kriechcll. Er holte cinco :Lwciten<br />
aus dem Sa~. machte es mit<br />
tliu'icm cbcnso und {UhT, fort, bi~<br />
3nch der lettte aus dem Sacke<br />
w .... r. Hierauf 7.og er ein lauJ:;"es,<br />
schwarzcs Gewand an, das w:l'<br />
e~ne 'i\lonchsk utte al1ssah, uud<br />
~Iible sieh einen grauco Bart au<br />
qaf. Kinn. Als er cndlich gall:t.<br />
tl::kenntlich war, nahm er den<br />
Sack, in dem die Krebse· gewescn<br />
\\ aren, ging in die Kirche lIn~<br />
~lieg aui die Kanzel. Die Turmnlll<br />
schlug eben zwolf; als .:ier<br />
iU Yote' Schlag verklnngen war,<br />
rief er mit tauter. gcllenrie"<br />
Sl1mllle: "Hart an , Ihr siindigen<br />
i'.lcn .. chen, das IEnde aller Dinge<br />
ist gcko11111lcn, der Jiingste Tag<br />
ist nalle. hart an, hort an! \Ver<br />
mit mir in den Himmel will, der<br />
kriechc ill d~n Sack. Jeh bin<br />
Petnts. der die HimmeistUre offnet<br />
und schliesst. Seht Ihr,<br />
draussen auf dem Gottes3cker<br />
wandell' die Gestorbenen nnd<br />
sanlll1Cl1l ihre. Gcbeine Zllsammcn.<br />
Koml1lt. kOlUmt und kriecht in<br />
den Sack, die \Velt geht unter!"<br />
Dils Geschrei erscha11te durch<br />
das gal17.e Dorf. Der Pfarrer und<br />
cler Kii~ter, die' zt1l1achst .an der<br />
Kirchc \vohnten, batten ,es. zuerst<br />
yernommen, und als sie die Lichter<br />
erblkkten. die auf dem Gottesacker<br />
I11nherwandelten, ' merkten<br />
sie,) dass . etWa5 Ungtwohn<br />
Ijches vorging, und tuten in die<br />
Kircbe ein. Sie horten der' Predi~<br />
ein~ Wc;.ife' %u, dt!- s ti~ ss der<br />
Kuster den 'Plarrer an lind<br />
sprach:> "Es wire" nieht' ubel,<br />
wenn wir die Gelegenhdt beniitzten<br />
und %usa~men vor dem Anbruch<br />
des Jiiqgsten Tags auf eine<br />
leichte Art in den Himmel ~amen."<br />
.<br />
"Freilich," envi~rte der Plarrer,<br />
"das sind 3uch meine G~<br />
danken gewesen j habt Ilir Lust,<br />
so wonen wir uns auf den "Veg<br />
machen."<br />
"Ja," antwortete dtr Kuster,<br />
" aLer fhr, Herr Pfaner, habt den<br />
\"ortritt, kit folge nach."<br />
Der Pfarrer schritt also 'lor uud<br />
stieg auf die Kanzel, wb der Meister<br />
den Sack offnete. Der Pfarrer<br />
kroch zuerst hindn, dann der<br />
I
, THE YOUNG SOCIALISTS' MAGAZINE<br />
left, dO.wJl to <strong>Socialists</strong>-has been<br />
strl}i;~ . ~y ,such extraordi:lary<br />
bli.ndness that it calls this terrible<br />
hltman slaughter a ;'sacred" waf<br />
of " Jibc{,3tion," and calls upon<br />
men to lay down their lives-for<br />
what For some phantom ideal<br />
of "liberation," forgetting that<br />
inner freedom is the sole true<br />
freedom, and tha t. nnally . no one<br />
llrcvcnted th«: gonrnments from<br />
gi"ing. to the oppressed nations<br />
-before the war and wilholtt tile<br />
war-at least that external freedom<br />
which is now, presumably,<br />
being secured. at the price of the<br />
criminal shedding of a sea of<br />
hlood .<br />
f<br />
People dream o f dis3r11)ament<br />
which the war is supposed to<br />
bring. Brothers. do nOt belie;'e<br />
it. F or the governments of today<br />
to disarm the nations is tan·<br />
tamount to dc!>troying thelll·<br />
selves. hecau!>c these go\-ern~<br />
ments arc upheld solely by state<br />
vi.ol('nce. \l1ld do not enjoy the<br />
free l'(lIlfidence o i their peoples.<br />
H o~v l'an they affo rd to cast a.s i (~c<br />
theIr sale prop--the soldIer s<br />
bayonet ~<br />
The Germans arc no t our enemies.<br />
and the Russians anll the<br />
f'rench arc no t the encmie:s of<br />
tbe Ge rl)\all ~. The commo n<br />
ent:lll)' t - U!l all. to whatever nationality<br />
we u1ay belong, is the<br />
brpte i)l o u rselves.<br />
This truth has never ueen so<br />
dear1): confirmed as nj)~Y, when<br />
the meu of the twelllieth century;<br />
intoxicat('d with their fal se sci·<br />
enct', extre!:Il~ly, pro ud of it. of<br />
their external culture and their<br />
machine civilization. ha"c "Iuldenty<br />
discovered the true plane<br />
of their development; this plane<br />
has turned o ut to be no higher<br />
than that on which our ance!lto r s<br />
stood in the time- -Qf Attila and<br />
Genghi~-Khan. "It makes one extremely<br />
sad to know that 2,000<br />
years of Christianity ha"e passed,<br />
scarcely leaving a tral;O 0 11 men.<br />
13m this is int
l'<br />
r -.. ~~<br />
TH.E YO'UNG SOCIALISTS' llAGA2;INB<br />
"" u _. ==--_. ____ _<br />
·.:....:. ,-r .. . .. . ' half staTHd to tliupport idlcr! in<br />
: ' I~ ~ ~ ~ f.N. )"1 ilA.I-a ... ~S. 'Cls.n £. .' ' ,,1.' 'other ."Ia~ .. and lands, and to en·<br />
. .,' , . - 1 all'1e l;o\'ernmen(s to destroy un-<br />
'_ ;: ~f !1: I' ll.>! )ij{,FEa~cl !' 'a]I~ , . IH, . : ~irendl ntr Arabs in LibYa for<br />
~~ . .-<br />
~<br />
__..__.__.____ J_. "prestige': ' .<br />
.... v;~. arc u p here among t~~ .. aying th,!t he h~d only taken Un thi5 glorious day oi an Ital-<br />
\'inek,.....resting aft~r ary ~x:elle lH what already had bcen stolen ian -- s umm·cr. the ~ Princess, the<br />
rut'i 'c~ . eaten under the halian iLo01 the PO~:>r h Parsoll, and I, solemnly pas s~rl a<br />
;k"y _ , Below can be seen the l.azily we discll 1)!l~ d thi~ proh- resolution that sometl-oing \\o'as<br />
w h,ole ~ f a gol~(11 \'~II~y, ~ith it~ I~m after ...our meal, with tnl! as- wroog ,..,ith 1t all, that (\,hile we<br />
Llisy h~tle t""ms, Its , co~mtJe~s li~Hance QiJ..ht peaSallt \\,1)0 I\O~" :f)' mpat{.lited' with the o ld baron!'.<br />
ca,Olpt.nll~ It!'! funny life of owns -th~ ~a~tl~ and, grows hi!' we had to admit that they Hr_\<br />
cheer)' se1f·i mponan~t' , and, Alas! \·ines and ..:urn on the wall:, \\hich ir~nkl\' stole: but, on the other<br />
i'u grinrl'inl;' I>o\'nty_ . hi!" predeces:o:ors lined with arUled hand. -they were supplanted by a<br />
Here we are in a really feullal men. and gets but a starveling s\,stem which had elevated thcit<br />
~ t!~gh old. the wills of whic.h livclihODd. alit oi it. f~f)m the simple art o f the solLher<br />
arc n ow level ....·ith the gr~lInd, The~t' o ld baron~ had \' drawn til).<br />
111 spite of war and oppression. the<br />
total membershil) has incre~sed<br />
from 40,000 to iO,oou, Two tb~.<br />
-and l'opie:s l)f the Hem Conference<br />
I{('port were sold,<br />
4 In the .\n.1 of (klOber anti·war<br />
dcmOIl..;1 rations wer~ held in Swt"·<br />
dt'll. ~"rway. Denmark . .'\meril·a,<br />
~wit7.i."rla nd, I ;ermany a.nd Porlug.d.<br />
'J hc illl'l)1l1{' fur tht: ve;lr ha!><br />
Ilt'cn 3.,\2t).05 Fralll'~, ex~ellditurr"'<br />
..1. ,\41.115 Fral1~!'>. leaving It balalll't'<br />
uf abvut 1,000 Franc~.<br />
Hepurt:-. show that the <strong>Young</strong><br />
~'ll';al;st \lo\,clIlent eve.rywh.ere b<br />
lIlak ing splendid progre!Js. E:i.p~ <br />
l· ial l.~ true is thihip w('re di ,\u~~(''',<br />
and Illl' ,til nnpo inl •,i the fl'!'!llt'r<br />
\Va. l'xprc,.,ed 111 Iht' t(lll"wing' jen<br />
It''n,~!- . Y,)ung ~n~: ia1i :- 1 (Jrgamzatlul\,<br />
art' tight ing organizatiun~ .<br />
TheIr tir'I, their highl~ ... t dill y i!'><br />
das.,-\,. 11I'I·i. ) ll ~. ~I)l"ial;~t propa·<br />
gancla \"lIe aClivity of tht' .V0\111~<br />
I>copl\' anrl their thurough t'ciul'alion<br />
j. a nece~,arv parI (If tb i ~<br />
~ truj.! gh' and l'au 1.1(' al·l·l)ll1plisl.t'd<br />
nnl)' h,\ ,epa.rale vrj.f/ill i.t.atiyu~\ ~VC;<br />
rel'olllll l(' nd 0.:0 tlpt'rallon with Ih('<br />
()ider \-',111radc:- by me. .. uh .. uf 11lUIUal<br />
delegalt·. with idcntic,ll right,."<br />
:\ 111I1IIilt'r ,.f lllNUIJIl'. ,tJoll\'~1i"II <br />
;11/0:;\11 111I(,;lIallonal cmhlelll. a \W,,·<br />
card .:.\ ·telU . t't
I<br />
•<br />
, !'mI T01I1nt 8DCIULJftII' JUlI_<br />
SATAN ' S<br />
L- By Mary<br />
deot portal guarcl. and the imp ~<br />
cowered with haoitual '{ea w ,;, i nd<br />
l'I'aited . to ~e called. ' _Through<br />
twice three hundrcd · vellow<br />
lames they marc!'ed up to ~h.e<br />
festal ttu-one of. His Majesty. The<br />
-.royal drum and fife corps pbyed<br />
• mqclern medley of the booming<br />
of cannon and the shriek of fac·<br />
&My whist1es. It was a hdlish-<br />
R~nh~d ~ ICE<br />
_]<br />
gold he grinds out little c11il·<br />
deco's lives in his: great factodes ';<br />
demoralizes the legislatures.<br />
adulterates the food of others.<br />
MajC!:stically the thick clouds noise, and Satan praised the mu. Su.re~r this wilt please your lordsieian!<br />
for their efforts. slup' r<br />
of sulphur and brimstone fumes<br />
h • 't<br />
.0 l ' • "<br />
rose from the great polished<br />
"Nay, not so, es qUl e an an-<br />
N~w b.:tng forth your gifts I cieot show," said -Satan. "SincG<br />
brass caldrons on either side of<br />
he c:led. L~t each be .~alled ae- men have worshipped money,<br />
the broad staircase that led to the<br />
~ordmg to hiS num~er, AU ~he made monty power. they have<br />
antichamber, The iron steps were<br />
~mps had numbers like the enOl- tempted each other to just such<br />
dazzling in their white heat.<br />
mals and gang workers o~ t.he acts. The' clever ones defraud<br />
Lone tongues of flame ' of every<br />
ear~h. Satan had found th.l~ 10- the others; t~le manufacturer who<br />
hue and the roar of the fires filled<br />
-gcmous m~thod of degradation so underpays His men ; the swindler,<br />
tht air, like the full tones of a<br />
~~ch t~ hIS favor t~at he adopted th~ highwayman are all the same.<br />
great organ. But above this rose<br />
tt In Ius latelit effiCiency scheme. I've seen them time and time<br />
a gnater noise-the tread of<br />
"Number 2585 I" caHed the again. Dogs will ' be dogs as I<br />
hundreds of hurrying feet. If'was<br />
master oi ceremonies.<br />
have said before, men will be<br />
the imps' returning from their<br />
" What ha.ve you brought me" men. They all will die for gold.<br />
quest. Every year on Satan's<br />
shouted Satan.<br />
It bores me ; bnng me something<br />
birthday the losF souls who had<br />
One of the largest imps s ter~d new, What have you in your<br />
served an apprenticeship of one<br />
forth leading . a large brindled bag there"<br />
century are entered in a contest<br />
bulldog.<br />
"r have a man," piped a tremfor<br />
the office of sheriff of the underworld.<br />
Then they go forth for<br />
"Here, master, is a fitting prize bling voice, "just a plain ordinary<br />
for you, This bull of ancient man."<br />
four and t,wenty hours, and he<br />
lineage was mad and ~it the hand "\Vhat is his name Why have<br />
wlio brings the choic~t gift to<br />
that cared for him and several you brought him here i\ lind<br />
His Majesty is decorated with<br />
innocent children."<br />
how 'you word your reasons, imp,<br />
the badge of honor.<br />
"Away with it, dOg!i will be in this contest for the highest<br />
Now tbey wC!:rc hurrying back. dogs. There's nothing new in offite of my state, and I am not to<br />
SQrne came merrily. confident of that. Call on the nC!: ~ t one." be trifled with! U nless you prove<br />
their success; others bent wearily<br />
under their heavy bm:dens,<br />
"Number 2969 1" ,. tailed the him guilty of the greatest crime<br />
mllster of ceremonies. "<br />
and show tha't he has lost both<br />
also hoping to win Satanic favor.<br />
H~ came br~athlc~ss ane! p ~ r- heart and sol)l. your rest in hell<br />
As they crowded to the portals in spiring, tugging a great machine. will be the ·forfeit.' ~ .<br />
·their eagerness to be first, they<br />
"Here i~ ' 3 prize for you, my " Ay, mast~r, b~ it so. You<br />
pushed and jostled one. another master. This is the machine gun yourself sh~l1 judge," said the<br />
and 'shrieks were heard, "What's which was aimed at helpless men, imp trembling stilt more. "I ~ J ave<br />
'your' hur:ry!l "Stop your pushwomen<br />
and. children. Toilers of brought you Henry Dubb. These<br />
,ing ,n uGet off my tail! This is<br />
the mines who had asked for a are the c,rimes I've found him<br />
n'ot the New York sub'Y· ... . little more pay."<br />
guilty of: He crings before those<br />
' ·S;lence.. all t" shouted tht an· "Say no more!" cried Satan. of his own image who daily rob<br />
"Take the·thing away. 'Tis but a him. He belieVe! everything he<br />
machine; hadst brought the hand is told. He yates for the legis lathat<br />
made it. the soulless wretch tors who betray him. He supwho<br />
profited by its use, that pOrts a government under which<br />
would have pleased me more. Be filth and dirt and mjsery contmu~<br />
gone I What has the next for year after year, He bows his head<br />
me" ':'"- ;-~ .. :.:.:;;-~ _ ~:ttrcharifJ', : l.Y~de has nothing<br />
~ "I have it.!" cried 'l vpi~e. "Cet' ·~to eat ... when~.hjs "' wifc and chilme<br />
be next. 1'\'e got the man ren suffer •. the thinks it must be<br />
w.ho seUs .his- soul for, gold. For so. He \'otes his wife and daulirh-<br />
imp, eager to save his soul. "In<br />
days gone by. man was oppressed<br />
by man. He co uld not' help himself.<br />
He could not read. He had<br />
no means of communication. He<br />
·had no say. But now all that i!'<br />
changed. Men have books, tele·<br />
phones, newspapers. railroads.<br />
Each can be informed. He know -;<br />
who is oppressed, and who is the<br />
oppressor. And every year he<br />
may registe[ his opinion at the<br />
polls. O h, master, is not he who<br />
does this carelessly, this act upon<br />
which the d-estin), of his kind. hi!;<br />
flesh lind blood, depends for their<br />
wellbeing. is not he the greatest<br />
of all criminals 7"<br />
"You are a wise imp, indeed,"<br />
responded Satan. "Bring me that<br />
fellow Dubb that 1 may chasti ze<br />
him and satisfy my lust. YOll<br />
have not only saved yom seat,<br />
but you shall be the sheriff of the<br />
underworld. Away with all the<br />
rest! Start the music for the<br />
festal dance 1" And frOI11 all the<br />
factories the whistles began to<br />
shriek, the cannons renewed their<br />
roar, accompanied by the weeping<br />
and crying of millions of<br />
widows and orphans. SMan was<br />
at hi s best.<br />
Nothing to Fear<br />
"They say George has brain<br />
fever."<br />
" Fat chance. Can an angleworm<br />
have water on the knee"<br />
' THE YOUNG SOCIALISTS' MAOAZINK 1<br />
ters into the sallle class with the . ,<br />
senseless and criminals. lie is so<br />
conceited . that he thinks that WALTER C· RANE By Robert Heele<br />
. (Thl' Soria/ist RNJir.u) Engl3nd.<br />
,yhat he does is right. The sui, I<br />
ferings of his brother never affect<br />
him, while he is comforta"le. has left a sad gap in the ranks of noth ing but Hepublicanislll and<br />
• The passing of \Valter Cmlle but his audiences would listen to<br />
He is the caUSe of all evils, and it those who built up the Illodern Royal Grants. At the next election.<br />
when he introduced these<br />
worries him not."<br />
Socialist movement in this country.<br />
Vlhen he joined U!!., our topics, he was told to confine<br />
""Veil S
11_ .llIts· 11.1<br />
~R BOYS AND OIRLS<br />
~ ...... A..ric .. Soei.tist SuM.,<br />
.......... V .... p.., .... F ..... tlo.<br />
£ater~d as S~(ond .C lass Mail Mattu<br />
J .... Z. 1911. at the post office at New'"<br />
YOf'k. N. Y •• under the Act of Man:h<br />
J, 1879, .<br />
"'.li.li"d Month1x at<br />
J5 'pnacc Street. New York.<br />
by die<br />
IodaUetic. Co-opei.ative PubL_ A ..'n.<br />
laha Naatl. Pru.· O. Knott. Sec'y,<br />
, Eo Rahun. Trus.<br />
SUBSC.RIPTlON-St. • copy, SOc.<br />
• ,ea~: For N. Y. City and, Canada.<br />
6Dc., on'ac:c::ount ~f the hieller poslagc.<br />
.u.ico·'and Olhtr~ foreigll countries.<br />
75 cut.:.: . .<br />
BUNDLE RATE5-Jc. per copy<br />
ADVERTISING- IOe. a line:. Sl.OO<br />
aa lath. For one year one: illch $10.0!l.<br />
II. NEW MARKET FOR TES<br />
TIMONIALS·<br />
-.L-<br />
Johndee Makes Another Grab<br />
Rockefeller j ;.; ,at 1ailt in the<br />
patent medicin e hu si n e~s. It ~J<br />
estimated that $IOO,OOQ.ex>b .... a<br />
year is spent for p~te nt medici nc:-;<br />
in this coull try. That was morc<br />
money tha n .l a wn O. coul d sta~lI d<br />
to see gettiuS' away from "hill!<br />
with equanimity, . so' the "Standard<br />
O il Company Ot :\ew J eTsey,<br />
one ... of. the hyphenated bits into<br />
wnlch the old Standard O il Serpent<br />
,¥ro'as chopped nIl. is now put<br />
.--_ .. ------._. .<br />
• TI;III_.!'~tt~o ~IOCIALISTS' . 1II; was~ vigorously tier ,- '~t)n oI:ni ilil-ihr,:Traini~ g irrut th.t<br />
nied . .l ame" E, \\'esl. the chief ex- pl1b lic $(:hool5; ~(o ur Statc:.:::-3' he<br />
ccutive: declared that th.eir pro- -Slal~ Board o f · t«gent ~ .....:.. caregram<br />
for "the development of full" con:,i
10 ) 'T" 'I'ovwe 1IOa1Al.JIIft' .... eA&lJm ','"<br />
Morric,'s formal conversion to<br />
Socialism in 1882-he joined the<br />
Democratic Federation in <strong>Jan</strong>uary,<br />
1883- "'85 the next great influen<br />
ce on Crane's life. It happened<br />
at a time when he had become<br />
discontented with the conditions<br />
under which art existed,<br />
with the relations of art and life.<br />
During '83 and '84 Crane was<br />
again in Italy. but when he returned<br />
the perusal of "Art and<br />
Socialism" and a correspondence<br />
with Morris on the difficulties he<br />
felt soon converted him into an<br />
ardent adherent, and from then<br />
to the day of his death he never<br />
faltered ~ r tumed back. Socialism<br />
had brought liim from the<br />
verge of pessimism, as regards<br />
human progress, to a real hope<br />
for the futnre of art founded on a<br />
reco~stit\ltion of society.<br />
T he next ten years or so wCl"e<br />
ptl"haps the most fn1itful in ef·<br />
fort of Cl"a ne's life. O UI" numbel"<br />
was so small that no one among<br />
us capable of taking any part in<br />
public life was allowed to remain<br />
idle, and a man of Crane's activity<br />
and powers came to the front,<br />
He was not naturally a good<br />
speaker, bt{t h ~s Socialist Icchues,<br />
illustrated as they usually were<br />
by blackboard sketches, were always<br />
interesting from their personal<br />
note, the quaint ,and humorous<br />
turn of his mind, One<br />
lecture of his-1 fo rget the official<br />
titl~n the Bag Baron and the<br />
Crag Baron, was particularly delightful,<br />
and the picture of him<br />
standin g' at the B1ackboal"d and<br />
drawing with both hands at once<br />
will always survlve in the memory<br />
of those present. His cartoons,<br />
freely contributed to "Justice,"<br />
uCommonweal," . " Labor<br />
Leader," "·Clarion," etc., were<br />
merely a part of the services of<br />
his pencil to the cause, He was<br />
always ready to contribute a de--<br />
sign or an illustration to any publication<br />
which seemed to require<br />
it, In one of these cartoons, "The<br />
Triumph of Labor" (1891), Crane<br />
reached the highest level of his<br />
powers in design and execution.<br />
The unrest among artists, of<br />
which something has been said,<br />
came to a head in the early" Eighties,<br />
and di vided into two main<br />
currents of di scontent-dissatisfaction<br />
with the Academy as the<br />
representative of English art, and<br />
di ssatisfaction with conditions<br />
which tended to make sound art<br />
impossible. T he latter began to<br />
center round T he Art Workers'<br />
Guild, founded in IBB4, a body of<br />
art-workers with which "Morris<br />
and Crane soon associated themselves,<br />
An attempt in 1886 to<br />
unite all sections of artists in an<br />
open exhibition failed, but it had<br />
the very important result of<br />
bringing about the fOl"mation of<br />
The Arts and Crafts Exhibition<br />
Society, of which Crane was the<br />
first president, and to which he<br />
rendered invaluable service.<br />
The machine industry of the<br />
nineteenth century had brought<br />
about a state of thi,ngs in which<br />
the artistic element was neces·<br />
sarily eliminated from nianufaclured<br />
goods, even when a conscious<br />
effort to obtain beauty in<br />
them was made. This had a<br />
double cause : the divorce of the<br />
designer Crom the craftsman and<br />
his material, so that he lost the<br />
inspiration which the accidents of<br />
the ·material affords, and evaded<br />
its restraints; and the divorce of<br />
the producer from the user, which<br />
freed him from another set of res<br />
traints no less important and<br />
useful. Morris's lifework in · art<br />
was the restoration of these fundamental<br />
conditions, the subjection,<br />
even the elimination, of the<br />
machine element in decorative<br />
arts and crafts i and The Arts and<br />
Crafts Exhibition Society took up<br />
his work on a wider scale when he<br />
had created a public for it, and<br />
carried it on with conspicuolls<br />
success. Their exhibitions put<br />
designers and executants ' in the<br />
same position as other artists,<br />
and gave an opportunity of personal<br />
distinction for artistic work<br />
in design and craftsmanship.<br />
They have vindicated English art<br />
at home and abroad, and the success<br />
of the Retrospective E~ hibilion<br />
at Ghent two years ago, re·<br />
peated at Paris last year, was a<br />
striking proof of the soundness of<br />
the principles by which it was<br />
animated.<br />
Cran e's direction of the arts and<br />
crafts movement, his constant insistence<br />
on the vulgarizing influence<br />
of the machine industry<br />
in any decorative work. however<br />
wel l.intentioned, was perhaps the<br />
greatest public service of his liCe.<br />
As a writer and a poet his illfll1 ~<br />
ence was confined to a limited circle,<br />
D-nd his various tellures of<br />
office as the head of art schools in<br />
l\lanchester, Reading, and London<br />
had little lasting effect, T he real<br />
value of hi s life·work lay in thisthat<br />
being a man who could, and<br />
did, produce beautiful things, he<br />
was able to claim the attention of<br />
the world at large when he expounded<br />
the conditions under<br />
which great art could exist, that<br />
sound art is only possible in sound<br />
conditions of life for artist and<br />
public alike.<br />
Endlesl<br />
'·.Paw, what's the longest period<br />
of time"<br />
"From one pay·day to the<br />
next."<br />
THE YOUNG S00IA.LI8TS' lU.GAZINB 11<br />
L_~ -OUR OWN AFFAIRS<br />
INTERNATIONAL GREETINGS<br />
to the State Secret.uiu, But all<br />
lC'aguea in organized states should be<br />
sure to send in their tabu laud returns<br />
to th c! ir State Secretaries, and not to<br />
th~ National Office. Th~ State Secruaries<br />
will tabulate the ,' ot~ of their<br />
e ntir~ s tat~ (by C i~ cle leagues) and<br />
send it to the National Office not<br />
later than April 24th. This applies<br />
only to New York, New Jersey.<br />
Pennsylvania, Massachusetts and Indiana.<br />
All other Ic,.gutS should send<br />
a tabulation of their "ole to the Na·<br />
tional Officc direct, and lIot latC'r than<br />
April 24th. State Secretaries will do<br />
we ll to notify their leagues to this<br />
effect.<br />
The rouic on thC' lecturc course is<br />
just about mad~ up, and th~ \·C' ry few<br />
op~ n dat ~s left in ce rtain localiti~s are<br />
b~i n g offered to h~a gues and locals as<br />
their last chanc~ to get in On the big·<br />
gest undertaking e,'er attemp t ~d by<br />
th~ y, P. S. L. If your IC'ague gC't s<br />
one of th~ offers, make sure that you<br />
accept. You do n't know what you'll<br />
be cutting yourself out of if you don't.<br />
Ballots on the National Y. P. S. L.<br />
Rderendum ;'.>\-<strong>1916</strong>" ar~ to be sent<br />
out within a few days. Owing to<br />
some delay in g~uing out the ballots<br />
the time limit is ext~nded for ten days<br />
beyond that printed on the balloU,<br />
D~tr oi t , Mich., is holding a fi ne pro-<br />
granl of educational nnd social affairs.<br />
They are supporting the local in run·<br />
oinr the Goebel.Maley Course.<br />
ThC' regularly organized leagues of<br />
Chicago are to fedel"ate themseh'es<br />
imo a strong city mo \'~m ent, and big<br />
things may be looked for fro III them.<br />
Their first annual city cOII\'e ntion is<br />
10 take place on Sunday, March 12th.<br />
The Central \Vest Side League is to<br />
Swilt:erland, Feb, 7, <strong>1916</strong>-<br />
Dear "Yiplc1 H<br />
Cpmradea:<br />
Heartfelt fraternal greetingl from<br />
the firlt IHllion of the International act as host, and our mOM prominent<br />
Younl Socialist Congress. Our conference<br />
i, marked with enthusiasm<br />
spenkers have b~en invited,<br />
and practical work, and marks a cnat GENERAL NOTES<br />
step forward in international Y. P. S.<br />
The Boy Business<br />
L, afl'airL<br />
Wilh, MUnzenburg,<br />
CO lllrad~ Schader of Dillon, Monl.,<br />
International Secretal"Y, approves so highly of the plan to or·<br />
T. 16: Schweide,<br />
ga nize the boys of tfi'e land that he<br />
Eugene Olausen,<br />
stands rudy to pledg~ ten dollars a<br />
Ernst Chri.tian.<br />
yea r or more to help the work just as<br />
soon as a comm ittee of ou r ~d u cato r s<br />
Rderendums have bee n se nt out on get rudy to lake th~ matter in hand .<br />
the proposed amendment to the Na· There is no time to waste on this<br />
tional Y. p, S. L. Constitution 50 as question, all suggC'st ions and opinio ns<br />
to provide for" Exempt Due Stamps." on the m;.ttC'r should be sent to the<br />
In orde l" to have time they we re se nt <strong>Young</strong> People's Department, Na·<br />
direct to the Circle lenguC's and not tional Office.<br />
Unde Sam as Teacher<br />
Few people realiu thai not only in<br />
thC' public sc hools but ~ \' en in home ·<br />
courses of reading o ur governnlC'nt<br />
is preparing the way fo r better education<br />
among the workers. The De·<br />
partment of Education has issued spC'·<br />
cial reading li st!, and after examin·<br />
ing the pa rticipants, g ranlS ccrlifi.<br />
cates of proficiC'll cy, Literature is<br />
also issued 0 11 social games, preparation<br />
of food, care of children, and<br />
many othu topics of general intercst.<br />
\\'rite 10 the Congressman of your<br />
di,.trict about it.<br />
GOOD FICTION WANTED<br />
MallY Socialist parC'nts are worry·<br />
ing thenuelvC'! sick because their<br />
young hopduls express a prdcrence<br />
for reading of "Dia mond Dick" rather<br />
than thC' third volume of Marx. There<br />
is nothing to be gained by scolding<br />
or nagging-the thing to do if fictiOn<br />
i§ deman d~d by the youngstC'rs-is to<br />
substitute radical, worth-while fiction<br />
for the trash usually dished out as<br />
best seners thesC' days.<br />
I f you know of any good radical or<br />
Socialist fic.tion, make a li st of it and<br />
5~nd itin to this department. If you<br />
ha\'e read through the books yOUf·<br />
self and are familial" with the plot,<br />
make a short synopsis of it as fol·<br />
lows:<br />
The JunKie (Upton Sincla;r), expose.<br />
of Pnckingtown conditions and<br />
powerful story of poor worker's<br />
life.<br />
i<br />
. . I<br />
@<br />
The Chasm (George Cranl Cook),<br />
class of ideals between Ru ssian<br />
nutoerat and American rebtl, in their<br />
battlC' fOI" hen rt of a gi rl.<br />
Ragged· Troullered Philanthropist<br />
i Roht. Tressal), story of lire of a<br />
skilled mechanic, a painter. and his<br />
r llbbin~ against the 5)'stelll. A soul·<br />
IIlory of the "Jimmie HigHins" of<br />
ollr RlO \'CIllC'nt.<br />
So a grea.t many nlore should be<br />
lisll'd. Furthermore, Ih ey should bC'<br />
graded for young fo.lks and old in :tccordam:e<br />
to th eir effects on people of<br />
different ages and stages of dc\' c-I <br />
opmen!.<br />
T he ~ Iory is o ne of the best forms<br />
of education. Thrre is not a speaker<br />
on tht· road to·day but who reeog·<br />
nizcs and mak es use of this fact can·<br />
tinuously. Our fiction is far more<br />
interesting ·and absorbing than the<br />
mushy Ir:iSh usuall y indulged in b)'<br />
thc young. \\' ha t we need now is<br />
an adequate lin of our available<br />
material. .<br />
All lrachC'rs, students and r~ade r s<br />
are urK ed 10 makC' up such lists and<br />
sent.! thC'ilI in without delay.<br />
START A CAMP<br />
One of the 1lI0s t inlerestin ~ and<br />
valuaille activities of thc foreign<br />
<strong>Young</strong>- PCf)p le's Socialist Leagues i ~<br />
the ma in laining of lillie cottages ami<br />
sh~lt er houses for the usC' of their<br />
lIl C'mb("r~ on long hikes and journeys.<br />
The ~~ little cottagC's are generally<br />
built by th e memhers, and arc localcd<br />
high in the mou ntains or by the banks<br />
of a beautiful ri\'er. Their lise is free<br />
to all m~m!iers of the oqpllizalion.<br />
Thert' are steps being takcn by Ihe<br />
Yipsels of this counl ry to embark on<br />
the same sort of ente rpri l~s, alld it<br />
s ~em s 10 me that it would hC' one of<br />
the best Ihings that CQuld be under·<br />
taken,<br />
The :\orfolk, \ 'a., Y. P. S. L. lIIai n •.<br />
tained a l·ollagC' on the James !linr<br />
al\ last sumTliC'r, nnd it wa s a SI)lendid<br />
liuecus. One of the northcw XC'w<br />
Jerscy Leagues had a base at ShaJy.<br />
sidC'-on.thl'- Hudson, from whence<br />
many interesting land and wate r trips<br />
ha ve been started,<br />
Plans are being made to extend<br />
this sen·ite this year, and e\'ery<br />
league ought at least to look around<br />
for a chance to do something of Ihis<br />
kind. I n Chicago the Yip s~h are<br />
thinking oi establishing a permanent<br />
camp at Fox Lake, about fi fty milea
II<br />
from tht city, whilt tbe Junio', y . p,<br />
S. 1.. will probably be taken Caft of<br />
in a ltnt city on tht iuplainn<br />
Mi"u. • .~••<br />
It may not ahuys be; ,practi£al tOi<br />
take up •• ark of this kind. tu,l1 where<br />
it is )'0\1 will find it Qf great help in<br />
"e~ini your mtmheu togelh'fr. You<br />
do DOt ncd to huild a palace. :a few<br />
little shatkl or lrn15 ,,·ill do, or elst<br />
the homt'yf a Socia1i~t miy be put<br />
It your di~sa1. The objl:ctof the<br />
wholf' hUlin.1S is to promote com·<br />
n.duhip, and the spirit of lh~ affair<br />
should not be lost !light of in arranging<br />
the ' det3irl. PI3.nl" should be<br />
madf' as early as pouible. right now<br />
is the bt'St time. elu all availablt'<br />
THE YOUJ'lG 80C;IALIIT8' IIJ::;.:;:IW:;:.:;:'-'::,IN=E_' ________ _<br />
sitC's will be taken up. In no two<br />
IUKUC'S will the ('on'dilion5 be found<br />
the same-thili letter is only a l ugaestion<br />
that )'OU ICrt busy and il1\'~s<br />
is going to gt.t it'<br />
The 8 . of C. hal arrallg~d for ~O IllC'<br />
tig:tt~ lh~ m:l1t~r.<br />
. thing oo,'el aud original: something<br />
that hasn't beC'n triNI btfor~. as far u<br />
---<br />
Slal~ con"~nlion s s;:hed ul~d for the we know." It is a. 'report blank to be<br />
coming yur : Indiana. al Lafayc1tt, ~C'nt out e\'~ ry month to each Icague,<br />
Sepl. 1-4: ~e ..... jer¥y, al Elizabeth, which shows the lr.tanding of c"~r)' in ~<br />
May 14th : Pennsyh·ania. al Reading, di"itlual league and the whole StatC'.<br />
T h ~<br />
April 29-30: Ne ..... York, at - Ruffalo,<br />
fir ... t bunch is f&I~ady om. Bt Jur.:<br />
to s~ iI. It is probahly on yOllr hul'<br />
July 1-·1.<br />
leli n bo~l.td . . You will notice that, it is<br />
Fred Krafft. ' I('cturer. playwright,<br />
IIQt cou~plete, That ii because .\11 the<br />
leagll~ !' did not Jeud in theit . Tepo~i:<br />
and authttr of national reputation is<br />
cards. \Ve nlus! have the.~e cards to<br />
to I~c ture ,: 011 "The M od~r n Drama<br />
('olll pil~<br />
and 'Mod~rn Probl~tlI s, " iIIustntins;<br />
our figur~s. Without them<br />
his lecture ~itb selcction from ollr<br />
ltading udic~ dramatists. Thi .. 'ii<br />
held under the :auspices of thc Elizabeth,<br />
No J" Yipsels,<br />
NEW YOIt~ ITATE PEDERA<br />
TION OP Y. P. 8. ·J. API'AIRS<br />
'.---<br />
Tht: .Y. p, 5."4 "tarq.wina, ·:E~er!"<br />
thilll; is comi", .. long in line itlal)('·<br />
Tbt' whol~ State. wilb Iht: excCI.tion of<br />
QIIt" o.r tWQ I~aa"el. i~ t.('~rtil\&" RroKr~<br />
ss. This bids fair 10 be a b3.nnt'r<br />
ytar for the. Y. P. S. L of this State.<br />
Wbl.l ak _SO\1 doin,lt to furth~r advaln.~<br />
our mon~ullm( Arc you doing your<br />
shart' If you a~ not, thell get hllsy.<br />
Tl:tof(~ is always wMk)n the Y. P. S. l..<br />
for those who wrml f O do il.<br />
Did. )'our I~aglle g~t in - on Ihe fir"t<br />
month of the lllt'mbcrship C'ont~st ~ If<br />
not, why not' Ij~ 'sure to aN :11 for<br />
MardI. It i§ th~ month for st"Cu ring<br />
nC'w l1Iembccs. Th~ league securinll the<br />
I:.rgtsl percent:t!lt' iCetS a pennant. Who<br />
WC' cannot do a thiilg. We are willing<br />
to do our ~hare . ,Are you going to do<br />
yours Let us hi"e a little co-op·<br />
eration,<br />
Here is .ome mO.rC' good news. AI·<br />
though you hne ~ee n l11emh~r. of the<br />
State F~d~ration for som~ time you<br />
haven't as yet r~C'ci,'ed )'~ur charter,<br />
Vo'e have had these handsomely en·<br />
General Note.<br />
e!rclt' 7, Philaddphia, r~ports 100<br />
members.. weeki), meetings at thdr<br />
own headquaru~ f5. 3 lihrary, St udy<br />
cluI, chorus and dramuic section.<br />
gra\'ed and Ih~y are by this time in<br />
C'irclt' Paterson, N. J" is not at all the possession of every lugue. The<br />
bluffed by this showing, Till y ha"e '<br />
li on tr\le ~ No! Decide:dly no, On<br />
the contrary, invite your non·Sodalist<br />
friends. who are: of th e:\ same opin.<br />
ion, to our lacturcs, dehates, discussions<br />
and ,o(.:iablu and they .. will 01,·<br />
set\'e that the member'll of the Y. 1'.<br />
S. L, possess t'nthusiasm and _vigor,<br />
They will find a spirit of optimilm<br />
that lei dam pr.e"aill c1se~ hC'r~ among<br />
young bo)' s and girls.<br />
l'hest' YiP5t'1!, me:mbC'rs of the<br />
". p , S. L.. are encouraged by thc<br />
fact that there is a mo\'e:mcnl that<br />
i.ntends to put aside all obstaclu t>l<br />
abolilh wage.slave:ry, crcatu within<br />
them a fig hting spirit.<br />
\Vith tht naked facts of I)re\'ailin)t<br />
economics and ,ocia~ conditions con·<br />
fronting them, Ihey hopcofully stri\e<br />
for a cau~e that rnay, in some ti ll,e<br />
10 come, afford them and Iheir de·<br />
s«ndanb a happier life than they<br />
have: nov.',<br />
The s,"iablu held in Circle 5 are<br />
for the purpose of promoting a fra·<br />
ternal feeling. the fou!,dation of<br />
unity and Itrength, The:' members<br />
of Ihe: circle should go into tJtem wi th<br />
vim, and disprove the assertion<br />
that 50cial1! 1S "leepy-beads,<br />
kickers. et(,<br />
Israel Diamond.
-<br />
u<br />
.<br />
I Sources of Power I<br />
• •<br />
From the carliest times man has<br />
had huviu work to do than the<br />
strength of his body could bear or his<br />
patience endure. As the nted for<br />
transportation arose, he tamed the<br />
horse and ox and spread a sail that the<br />
wind would drive his ship and sa\'c:<br />
him Ihe rowing. Later he built waterwheels<br />
and windmills to grind the<br />
grain for bread. his most essential ar<br />
,:_1_ .. r ;ood. Tht:n. long aftu, ncar<br />
the end of the eighteenth century.<br />
lhcrc camc a great demand for a dri\t.<br />
ing power for new and rar more extcnsh'c<br />
UIU. The first spinning and<br />
wuving machine. had been invented<br />
and others were following in rapid<br />
succession. It was then that Jalllu<br />
Watt perfected the stc;un cn5rinc.<br />
which not only filled the demand, but<br />
rla\'C a new impulse .to the further de·<br />
yelopnunt of labor·.!I:l\'i ng duices,<br />
from t.hat time t3 the pruent the<br />
application of power to our 1\eeds has<br />
betn goinS' on so persi5lently that it<br />
has entirely changed Ollr daily life,<br />
In view of the fact that this prOce$.!l<br />
is still continuing and that we Me be·<br />
cORl ing more and more dependent<br />
upon the lise of power, it may be interesting<br />
to take a look into the<br />
sources and nleans at our disposal.<br />
Nature has supplied us with but three<br />
forms with which we are as yet ac·<br />
quainted. They are coal, petroleum<br />
and Olher fuds. water power and wind<br />
power. As for the means of utilizing<br />
this energy, we ha\'e the steam engine,<br />
steam turbine and internal combus·<br />
TO T0111fO IOOU.LI8ft' KAIlA&IJm<br />
tion engine t1) convert the energy<br />
Stored in the natural fuels into work.<br />
waterwheels and water lurbinu to<br />
operate on watu power, while wind·<br />
mills and sailing veuels still use the<br />
pOWN of the wind direct. \.<br />
The steam engine of James \"'att<br />
hn been the principle power device<br />
from the time of i1.5 invention, .. century<br />
and a quarter ago to the present<br />
day. and that in practically its origi·<br />
nal form. . The impro\'ements that<br />
have been madt' in it to make it more<br />
tfficient or to adopt it to other usn.<br />
sllch u the locomotive Rnd stumboat,<br />
ha\'e been luch as to lea ve the e$5enlial<br />
character of the machint.' un·<br />
changed. For example. the properties<br />
of steaI11 with reference to tempera·<br />
ture and preuure ha\'e been Itudif:d<br />
with" view to geninlt' the most d1icitnt<br />
method of operation, A,Iso, notable<br />
progress has betn made in de<br />
.ijrning boilers and furnact. '0 as to<br />
ule the: 8reattst posiible part of the<br />
heat available in the fuel. Most everyone<br />
knows now that smoke jssuinJ{<br />
{rom a smokt.'st:H:k is a li ..'11 of incolIIplett<br />
burning of the coal and there·<br />
,fore means wastdulnell. but in the<br />
case of largf: power plants, the t.est,<br />
applied are much finer, conlisting of<br />
chemical analysis of the fuel USed and<br />
the RllSes formed by combustion. One<br />
of the most grateful results of this<br />
work has bt.'en making possible the<br />
USf: of coal which formerly was not<br />
nlined or was separatt.'d out !II waste<br />
product on account' of its poor character.<br />
Waterpower has only begun to<br />
come into its own .ince the df:velopment<br />
of electricity. The power avail·<br />
ahle in a stream depends upon two<br />
thingl: quantity of water flowing. in<br />
othcr words, size of the stream and<br />
height through which thf: water falls.<br />
Building a watf:rpower plant requires<br />
a high initi,,1 in\'cstmf:nt compared<br />
with a steam power plant of equal capacity.<br />
This explains in part why<br />
steam is !It ill a live compf:titor of<br />
water power. It is proportionally<br />
smaller as the waterfall is higher and<br />
for thil reason we find extensive<br />
waterpower development in mountainous<br />
regions such as Switzer<strong>Jan</strong>d and<br />
ou r Rock Mountain Statu. Niagara<br />
Falls is all excf:ptionally fine source<br />
of energy because it is fairly high and<br />
the quantity o f water Hawing is immense.<br />
One of the most important<br />
problem5 now being worked out in<br />
this connection is to transmit electricity<br />
ovtr gnat distances f:conomi.<br />
cally so as to make it uailable in<br />
places rar removed from its source.<br />
The power of Niagara is now being<br />
used in placet over a hundred miles<br />
"wny from the source and the range<br />
is tonstantly increasing.<br />
The steam turbine is like II water<br />
whef:1 or water turbine, but as the<br />
name implies operates on steam. As<br />
the t.'quipment for furnishing it with<br />
'team is the same as that used with<br />
the stcam engine, moat of what has<br />
been said above under the steam en·<br />
gine applies hert.'. The turbine itaelf<br />
operates at extremely high speed onl)'.<br />
and i5 therefore limited to two chief<br />
Ules, w,ith electric generators and propelling<br />
ship!§.<br />
Thcre remains but one other prime<br />
motor; namely, the internal combustion<br />
engine, SQ called because unlike<br />
the stum engine, the fuel is not<br />
burncd in a fu rnace and the heat<br />
transmitted to steam as a working<br />
medium. but the fuel itself, in the for'm<br />
of a gas. is the working medium. The<br />
advantages of this type of engine are<br />
high efficiency and with the be.t kine\.<br />
of fuel, brge power with Iman weight<br />
and small size. It is perhap. super<br />
Huous to say that this is the engine<br />
used in automobiles •• mall boats and<br />
aeroplane!f. but on account of its<br />
j:trea,t efticienc),. there is a tendency to<br />
develop it for stationary power purposes.<br />
While ga.olene is the most<br />
suitable fuel, alcohol, coal &,U, crude<br />
oil and other kinds may he used with<br />
Ilight modification of construction.<br />
..... side from its special fitness for<br />
propelling .mall ,'ehicles on land, in<br />
water and air. the internal combustion<br />
engine is destined t'o. be of g reat im·<br />
portance in days to come for other<br />
reasons. The world's supply of coal<br />
and natural fuel oils is limited and<br />
will at some time approach exhaustion.<br />
The large demands for power<br />
will then probably be supplied by<br />
water power, but the internal combustion<br />
engine will still hold its preient<br />
field, using alcohol for fuel. The rUson<br />
th:at it is not used at present is<br />
because the o nly kind suitable for use<br />
in enginn i. classed by the government<br />
with liquors and there is such .l<br />
high tax on its manubcture that the<br />
COlt is prohibitive. As soon as it be·<br />
cornu imperative to abolish this rel'<br />
enue tax, alcohol will come into wide<br />
use and continue 10 indefinitely as it<br />
can be distilled from almost any vegetable<br />
matter and from many of the<br />
products of industry which' now go<br />
to waste,<br />
•<br />
Youne Socialiab': You Will Be the<br />
Party of To-morrow<br />
STUDY SOCIALISM BY MAIL<br />
Twenty-two lea.on. on Sodal Hi.<br />
tory and Economics, by Algernon<br />
Lee.<br />
Tweh'e lenon. on the Elements of<br />
Social;snl, by Anna A. Maley.<br />
For full particulars. address '<br />
Bertha M. MaUly,<br />
Ex. Scc. Rand School of Social Science<br />
140 E. 19th St .. N. Y. C.<br />
Parents and children :ue invited t(1<br />
inspect the method! of the Ferter<br />
Modern Sunday School, Yorkville. a<br />
school conducted on strictly Soc:ialisl<br />
principles. Look what we offer yOIl:<br />
Object Lessons (AnlchauunR'sunterricht)<br />
rendered by four Sociali5t<br />
tcachcrs. All objects concerning the<br />
life and struggle of the working<br />
class.<br />
Sineine of Engli!h and German<br />
songs with Socialist tendency.<br />
Eaperanto, Violin School Stenoeraph,.<br />
Kindetlarten (Sundays only).<br />
An excellent Gtrman School OR·<br />
Iprings of eight different nationalities<br />
visit this departmeCnt with the<br />
most brilliant results.<br />
}>'ees are so minimal that e\'err<br />
worker can afford to send his chil~<br />
dren to this school.<br />
Rf:giltration. Sundays. betwf:en 9<br />
A. M. and t P. M. Saturdays, from<br />
Z to 4 P. M .• at Sackl'. Union Hall.<br />
'59' St.'cond :\"c.• lietween 82nd and<br />
SJrd Su.<br />
(Advl.)<br />
Ich bin der Krieg! - Ieh fliege<br />
durch die: Lande,<br />
\'011 Gier und Hunger zehr' ieh<br />
euer Gut ....<br />
~fit harter Faust greif' ieh nach<br />
jedem Leben,<br />
Vnd sauge diirstend jeden Tropicn<br />
B1ut .....<br />
Ich bin der Krieg I -<br />
Leid die Fr.eude,<br />
Ich kehr· in<br />
Des GlUckes Becher schutt' ieh<br />
jedcm aus<br />
Vnd geb' ihn leer zuriick -<br />
dann<br />
ohne Miihc,<br />
Mach' ieh geschwind ei; Tranenkriiglein<br />
draus.<br />
Ich bin der Krieg! - Ich mach'<br />
aus F reien Knechte,<br />
Die mir geduldig folgen in den<br />
Sumpf --<br />
Die auf Kommando ihre Bruder<br />
morden,<br />
Bald ziigellos gemein, bald ticriseh<br />
stumpf.<br />
Ich reiss' die Kraft, die beste, aus<br />
dem Volke,<br />
Vom Knabenalter bi s ZlIlll Greis<br />
hinan -<br />
Aus den Fabriken, aus dem<br />
Schacht der Erde,<br />
Hal' ich sie mir, ve rschone keinen<br />
Mann.<br />
Die Schwachen und die Gr.eise,<br />
Frau 'n und Kinder,<br />
Die iiberlass' ieh meiner Schwester<br />
traut -<br />
Die gierig hangt an meines Man·<br />
tels Falten,<br />
Vnd auf den Krieg als ihren HeIfer<br />
baut , .•.<br />
THE YOUNG SOCIALISTS' llAO.A.ZlD<br />
Si.e weiss den ''''eg zu jeder kleinsten<br />
Hutte,<br />
Hohlwangig schleicht sic hin -<br />
ihr<br />
folgl der Tod.<br />
Die .M ikh muss in der Mutterbmst<br />
versiegen<br />
l,;nd Kinder jammern urn ein<br />
Stuckchcn Bra t.<br />
\\·0 sic sich zeigt, da welken Rosenwangell,<br />
Oa stirbt das HoA'.t:n schon beim<br />
~Iorgenrot -<br />
Die diirren Ha'nde greifen nach<br />
dem Herzen,<br />
Cnd sliercn Auges blickt · eueh an<br />
- die Not. -<br />
~ flieg' ich hin! Und wo mcin<br />
Atcm wehet,<br />
\ . crbrennt, v.erdorrt, vcrblutet<br />
rings 11l1lher,<br />
\\'as Icbensfahig, was in ~c h o nheit<br />
strahhe -<br />
\\'as ihr crschuft in Jahren sorgenschwer.<br />
-<br />
kh bin die Ge issel, die die MJrhte<br />
schwingen<br />
~obald das "olk l Ur Freiheit wiJl<br />
erst.ehn,<br />
end Ulll so fester stehn des Thrones<br />
Stiitlen.<br />
Je mehr der Freiheitskampfer<br />
untergehn.<br />
Greif aus, mein Rappel Gut stehn<br />
unsere Felder,<br />
Zerstampf - zertritt - und was<br />
nicht bricht, das bieg'. -<br />
Ich schwinge driibcr hin des Brandes<br />
Facleell<br />
Weh, wer mir nahtl Hopheil Jell<br />
bin der Krieg I - -<br />
I~<br />
DER FALKE UND DIE<br />
SCHLANGE.<br />
Von Maxim Gorki<br />
H oeh hinauf in die Berge krorh<br />
die Schlange und legle sich dort,<br />
zum Knauel gerollt und aufs<br />
11cer blickend, in dner Fe1skluft<br />
nieder.<br />
Hoch am H illlmel glanztc die<br />
Sonne, lind heisse Glut at11lcten<br />
rings die Berge. und unten am·<br />
Gesttin brachen sich die Wogen.<br />
Und durch die Felskluft im<br />
Dunkel Ross rausehend lind<br />
hiipfend yon Stei n Z lI Stein ein<br />
Bacb dem Meere entgegen.<br />
Weiss war er ganz \'on Sch:ll1t1l,<br />
und rarnte hurtig dahin ZUIl1<br />
Meer. mit zomigem Gcheul dell<br />
Berg durchschneidend.<br />
Da plolzlich fiel in die Kluft.<br />
in der die Schlange geringelt lag,<br />
vom Himmel ein Falke mit zerschmettcrter<br />
Brust, .Slut.am Gefiedcr<br />
. .<br />
l\'lit kurzem Aufschrei ftcl cr Zli<br />
Boden lind schill&, in machtlo"clIl<br />
Zorn seine Drust gegcn dell harten<br />
Felsen<br />
Die Schlange ersduak lind<br />
kroch Rink da\'on, oegriff aber<br />
rasch,
\1<br />
krochcl1 oc.ler gf'AO(rcn'- das<br />
Epdc h~t doch glt"k h! Zur llrd..:.<br />
kehn aile .. zuruck, lUm Stluix.<br />
Aber der kuhoe Falke btpl1n<br />
mit den Fittichen piotllic.h 7.U<br />
schlagen und rh::htete cin wenig<br />
~kh auf Ilnd schaut r ich lun in<br />
der Felsklu!l,<br />
t: cher das gralle Gt;.,stcin quoli<br />
das '''asser, lind dump£ war's in<br />
dem chlOklen Gekliift und rcx:h<br />
uueh Faulnis.<br />
L' nd Sebnsucht .packte t.ien<br />
(,aiken und Schmerz. lind aile<br />
:;C'illc Kraft zusammenfassend,<br />
schrie cr:<br />
.• 0, k(inn!' ich \loch einmal<br />
zum Himmd cmpor mich schwingen<br />
und in der Freude lies Kalllpfe~<br />
den Feind an die wunde<br />
Brust driicken. (tass er in mdnem<br />
Hlut erstickte! • . :;<br />
Die Schl a'nge aber dachte bei<br />
~idl: .,Schon muss es wohl scin<br />
dllft oben am tIimmel, wenn er<br />
also danach skh schnd."<br />
l;nd sic sprac h t um (rden Falke<br />
n : .. So heb' di eh e.mpor doch<br />
:tum Rande der Kluh, und stiirz'<br />
llich hinab dann I .<br />
" ie.l leicht. dass deine Flugel<br />
,'on selbsl dieh tragen und du ein<br />
\\'eilchen nuch glucklich kannst<br />
sein in deincnt Reiche !"<br />
,'1'HII YO,,"O aoc;IAUITI' MAOAZlNE<br />
Weh.klagend achlu,en die \\' 0-<br />
gen des Meern ans Gestein;<br />
doch (ler Falke, der ' tote, war<br />
rfimmer .zu .. ~chauen : ..<br />
z",.i 'I;rliber.<br />
In eirr Musenrrab," da's eben geschIO~4jen<br />
werden soll~, \\urde<br />
ganl l.uletzt noch ein sc.hmales<br />
Sirgltin gesenlct-·, .und Leute. die<br />
der Arbeit' lusahen, fragten : "Wer<br />
war da!, • det' so wenig Platz beaD<br />
:,prucht in der Mutter Erde"<br />
,.ja,'· antwortete ein Handlan·<br />
ger,.,.das, war d~r Zeisi. Taglohner<br />
seines Zeichens, haben ihn aber<br />
nirgends behaltcn. 1st dann herumgezogen<br />
mit der' Gharre und hat in<br />
den Ha fen der Hauser gesul\gen<br />
11111 ein Stuck 'Drot, urn tin Paar<br />
~t ie£el. sellr p ft Ulllsonst.'l<br />
\Vie der Mann so e·rz.ahlte, tral<br />
eine verhiiUtc Gestalt heralJ; warf<br />
Blumen auf den Sarg und blickte<br />
lange wchmutig lU .ihm nieder.<br />
-. In ehrfurcht!volter Scheu wichen<br />
die aodern luruck; ein iiberirdisches<br />
W.esen er.5Chien sie ihnen.<br />
niemand wagte sie antureden. Sic<br />
se:lbst aber sprach : "Hier ward cin<br />
POOl !Jegrabeo,"<br />
•<br />
. Eine Stb,Jide ' spater kam: ' VO~l<br />
C nd ein Zitte~ be6el den Fat. '10ft' ~nabsth~ren M.eng~ ~gtel-<br />
. . . tet, em prachtvol1er Lelchcnt:ug<br />
ken, lind leiS auf~chr.elend krallt - luf de: Friedhof an. Der koster<br />
eml>or am schlupfngen Felsen. bare - Sa~~~ PaI. bedeckLA;it Lor<br />
. L.:nd er err~ichte den ~and ~,er beerkrii.~ien ;- -barg cinen berUhm<br />
"Iuft. un~ . bhtzenden :"-ugc,s. tl~f IcO $chrihstcllcr. Er wurde in die<br />
.~t~m lichopfend. s~re u:!e er du: .Gruft-.. gesenkt. , ~I\d der beriihm<br />
"Iugel a:us, um nlederlttschwe- (c5te Redner der Stadt weihte d ~m<br />
ben. Dahingeschiedene~ einen Nachruf<br />
Doeh wie ein Stein. \'011 F cis voll dithyrambischem Schwung.<br />
Ztl Fels $pringcnd, stiirzte er Plotdic:h hielt er ione . ... Er<br />
jahlings den Abgrund hinuntcr hatte" die Hmliche erblickt,' die<br />
- zcrschmettert, zer&aU:!5t, mit nodr liii~" an 'der, Ruhestitte des<br />
gebrochtnem Fittich . . . Anne..--stand. ' ..<br />
Die " reHe dee: Bachs griff ihn ,.Gebt Raum: ' rid ' er ins Geanf,<br />
wU5Ch du Blut ihm ab ;- ~'iillt' drin~ . .. Die hOhe GOttin. deren<br />
in ~chaum 1h11 ein und ttng ihn (unSf unser!.n~jposse n TO$en' berun,<br />
~Ieer.<br />
ilUc"-tc, 'ttali[ -lier"b ;" niit un.: ' UI11<br />
°ihn 7.U trauern.<br />
hohen GoUin I"<br />
Die AnwtM!nde t<br />
und sofort offnek<br />
nachste, die edclste Leidtra~04e<br />
ein Wcg z.ur Gruft.<br />
Sit betrat- ihn<br />
s.chuttelte das H~ul>t; uber ilir<br />
schimmerndes' Ainlit%. flog ein u.~<br />
cheln beimlicher Verachtung. und<br />
sie sprach: "n c r :rote. war rnir<br />
frtmd i ihr habt cinco TagtOhner<br />
begral>en."<br />
. ,M. Ebner-Esc.henbach.<br />
"Mary," said the sick ma n to hie<br />
",!ifc. when the doctor had pro~<br />
nounced it a case of smallpox, "'if<br />
any o{ my creditors caU, tell them<br />
that I am at last in a position to<br />
give them something."<br />
Die im frciheitlkhen Sinnr: ge,<br />
leitcten<br />
Vereini(ten Freien Deutschen<br />
Schulen<br />
yon ' New York und Umc .. end<br />
erteilen Unterricht im Anschauunll'<br />
untC'rri c.ht in Vubindung mit Vorlri<br />
,Cn sowie Gcsang, und bei gcnu,ender<br />
Bcteiligung auch TurneD. Zeid,·<br />
nt-n lind Hlndarbtitsunterricht fflr<br />
Mi dchcn. Die Adresscn der einnlncJI<br />
Schulen si nd, in :<br />
Manhattan: Rand School. 140 Ost<br />
19. St.. Sam'tag varm.; Labor<br />
Temple. 2 .. 7 Ost 84. Str" Samstat<br />
und Sonntag vorm.; No. 2329 2,<br />
A,!t ., Samstag nachm.; No. 884<br />
. Columbus A,'e., SanlStags vorm,.<br />
' · 12 Uhr.<br />
Bronx : Eckt 158. Str. und FQrc§t<br />
A\!t . Wm. Stellwagen'. Hall.<br />
S.mstag und Sonntag yonn.<br />
Brooklyn: Labor Lyceum, 949 Will·<br />
oughby -A,·c., Sanutag vor· .und<br />
nachmittags.<br />
Long hland City: Hettinger's Halle,<br />
Broadway und 7 .• ",·e., Samstaa<br />
~ormittags, .<br />
Eliubeth. N. J.: 605 Elizabeth A,'e ..<br />
Sonntag ,"orminag •.<br />
G~:,~~~~.: ~,:", L':~U;h~:. Lin-<br />
Union Hill: Frommcbens Halle, New<br />
York Ave. und Union Sir., Sonnta,<br />
vonnittalt. .<br />
Die VereiDia'uDg hit auch cia<br />
hiibsch aIIgutattdes Liedtrbuch im<br />
, -crtafl'. Niherc Auskunft erteilt 'der<br />
Sekretir Reinhard Meyer, JOI .Eul<br />
83, Street, New V(lriL (AdvL)<br />
A.PR!L. No. ~ '<br />
,<br />
0==::1<br />
WHY<br />
"''''TO':TBE''UNITED STAtES OF AMERICA<br />
1915-<strong>1916</strong>'<br />
By CHARLOTTE , PERKINS-GILMAN<br />
Whl' does America sit SO still.<br />
. Wa.fchin~ ..:aIl1Europe die<br />
Doing nothing, ot good, or ill,<br />
To·· sto·p-· lied . D eath am::l [diot<br />
Waste, .<br />
While the fiHle nations, closer<br />
plac~d . .<br />
'Berior aiecu latin~ in Death Fre1erred;<br />
Refusing to let her voice be heafd<br />
1n tht; Council of Nations which<br />
may avail<br />
To end the Horror And. though<br />
itJa11,<br />
\Vhy should we fail to try<br />
Answer, Americal-Why<br />
/
f ' !<br />
• THK YOUNG 1000000ln' llAo.uID<br />
-I worst fUe (or maiden and wife courage them in the 1~<br />
flU'll liD "III DaY' at the hands of the all-powerful are too well aCCl1stol'ned to get-<br />
_ "enemy." Then COOltS -the call ting 'what they wa.nt. Their<br />
By WM. F. KRUSE to arms-the call to murder. Tn business plans require the exis-<br />
• the (ace of such a propaganda tenee of an "enemy," so they set<br />
there can be but little wonder to work quite rndhodic.ally to<br />
These .are dangerous time, for that young,hearts he~d tht call of manufacture one. On the one<br />
young folks. If collective mur- "preparcdncu"-preparednes5 to hand they arc punuing a meddleder<br />
were as clearly recognized a murder their fel1ow-beings, the some and trouble-making world<br />
crime u is individual murder, a "enemy." , policy, on the other they arc try·<br />
c:onliderable number of our lead. \Vho is the "enemy" ing to build up a military machine<br />
l<br />
i .. citizens would now 6e-..,doing This is a pertinent question at to carr)' out their de..;igns. The<br />
time behind the ban. From this time, "Who is the enemy r' jingoes themselves declare that<br />
c:ountleu newspapers, 'I'fIagazines, _ To look at the mo\tie terrors in Uncle Same is going throu gl~ \he<br />
lecture and school rostrums the- the "Battle Cry of Peace" - it is world with a chip 0 ,0 each shoul<br />
Itrea, pulpits, and every po~sible ~ i m~s~ible. to .recognize the.m, der and bot'h arms. tn a sling. The<br />
method of formulating public their Identity 1.5 concealed wlth • armamem manufaqurers want<br />
opinion there is being pre~hed a rt:eat care. .\V ho .a r~ our ene- him to hide a CQUple o( million<br />
solitary, ugly, devilish doctrine- mles On thiS continent we ha\'e soldiers and baUteships in. the<br />
murder. two next-door neighbors. yet our folds of those slings and then<br />
It i~ not called that-of course three thou~and-m~I.~ frontier t~ ~unt ~r.p someone to'jcnock off the<br />
ftot-our intelle~tual' prO&titutes the north IS prachcally un font- chips. That "will mean more armand<br />
arm-chair jingoes ate far too fl~d . while our sOllthern neigh- ament order:s and more profits for<br />
clever to commit such ,. blunder. ~rs ask on.lY to be left alone. 1t the patriots. Let us rather strive<br />
The time is long put when mer/. IS hardlr I~kely ~hlt our Arneri- to get rid of -the· ChlPS, then the<br />
without the slightest compunction can . captt~hsts wlll.grant the re- hands ~on't nee1 any slings. it<br />
CO- out and kill one another. Bu~ quests ; 011 _wells and ranch lands was playing -wi~h. ) ~lIn-po wder<br />
the day when one great mass of are cheap for the masters when that put them there in the first<br />
people will pennit itself to be used they . ~~n be purchased at so s~al ! place, Let \IS quit looking for<br />
to slaughter off another is still with a pnce ~s t'.!..e worker-soldier! fight and attend t~ the work at<br />
tiS. blood. VVlth sllch stakes, we need home.<br />
For this reason our appeal is not wonder that a handful of bandits<br />
oblige ,us with the de$i.red<br />
addressed to the youth of this provocation'. -<br />
country. In the fact o( all the Over the seas thc countries are<br />
jingo papers, sp~ lI-binders, ilnd sufficiently concerned with their<br />
movies we urge you-Sleer clear<br />
of murder.<br />
own affairs; if we do not meddle<br />
with them they will never molest<br />
There are most insidious infhlences<br />
now at work to plunge this<br />
country into the same unthinking<br />
hrutish conditions that now in<br />
us. The only thing that 'Could<br />
fest the :rest of the world. Militarism<br />
and its propaganda is<br />
rampant - everywhere. Go into<br />
the movi(, houses and you will<br />
see the hirelings o( Mammon cunningly<br />
playing upon the nobl.est<br />
emotions of man. love of home<br />
and veneration of womankind.<br />
First is shown the destruction of<br />
little cottages, the murder of innocent.<br />
beautiful children, and a<br />
possibly involve tbis country in<br />
war is our interierence in the economic<br />
development of for~ign<br />
countries. Unlcs$ we do this and<br />
provocate trouble tiy building ~p<br />
a murdcr machin'e with which' to<br />
fulfil such nefariolls srhemes, the<br />
"Cnited States. can reminn at peace<br />
with the rest o( the world until<br />
the end of time.<br />
Our mas~r s are thus deprived<br />
of the prime necessary e~cuse for<br />
armament: a likely looking<br />
enemy. Yet .that docs not dis-<br />
Our Tuk<br />
,"Ve have here a continent of<br />
unparalleled bounty and fertilit y.<br />
Our Fourth of July orators tell<br />
ns that we can (eed the entire<br />
world, allowing for the source.<br />
we may still be 'proud of ollr abil <br />
ity to harbor and feed a con:,iderably<br />
larger population than at<br />
present dwells \\ljthin our h Olll\·<br />
daries.<br />
This continent is· inhabited by a<br />
capable and intelligent people..<br />
capable enough to supply all their<br />
needs with a minimum of effort.<br />
intelligent en~ugh to be the ma!'<br />
ter~ of their own destiny. \\" hy<br />
do not these conditions prevail ';<br />
\\' e know th~ not even the<br />
wants of the people are met out<br />
(Continued on Page 7)<br />
I THE-<br />
________ ~----~~~~--__ ~----YO--VY ___• __ ~' ~~<br />
. -<br />
I<br />
REACTIONARY __ PEOPLE<br />
By John D. Barry<br />
A quaint" old cha'1cter diec1 a \'iews. And vet some or the wonder wh~ ther in hi s mind there<br />
few years ago. "His"'h'>:rme \\'a·s 'n o vie\V5 of these- !'coffers may also lurked other r~ se n .tOlents of<br />
\"1. Stockwell. He li,'ed in Au- be. cxploded and old-fashion.ed. changc.<br />
rora, Ill. For mahy rears he was Then, too, there is something Did he look with an 'alien and<br />
(amous a!J "the man that stood to be said for those who look a hostile eyc on the new civili zastitt"<br />
At th,t time of" the ci\'il with ~uspicion on what is new. ton ' that had gv>wn up about<br />
war he conducted a general mer· They create a consen 'arism that him Were the people that he<br />
chandise store in Aurora. There is not by any r'cans so deplor- met a~ fa ntastic and as unreal to<br />
he sold the hoop skirts worn at able as we are usually led to be- him as he was ro us<br />
the time_ He never !iucceeded in lieve. They are like ball3st ; they I.<br />
getting out of the hOOIJ.....skirt keep the tornadoes and the sud· 1'1 - . I<br />
period·. To the end o( his 1ife he d~n meaningless gpsts from over- . ,Iere t~ adceroftalO h<br />
pa.t JOSh" toboo,<br />
' . a . . . ~ , I 10 t 1(' attltu e t ose t at -<br />
co~tmlled tQ,. Oller fQ~ ~a l~ hQop turnlllg the shtp. From expen- 'ect to chan e. It resultl'l from<br />
!k~rts and ~ther I re!l~ s. :rhese ~nce they knoW th~t some of .thc !hei r lack of com tete harmon<br />
fhl ~gs he dld not recgnlz t;. ~. a s Ideas calledl new will be l a~ghed with life. - P 'I<br />
rehcs, however. _ He ~ Imply re- ~t to-morrow, and that befo,r e an Ru ski n was a notable exam Ie.<br />
fused to accept-- what was new.<br />
~atural1v. he saw his business<br />
Idea can be tested there IS requited<br />
a long ti me fori reflection.<br />
I . T · h<br />
n t he CIVI ltatlO:1 . t alat<br />
P<br />
was so<br />
. .' .''h . - rapil.ily an d sensation Iy de\1eldecline.<br />
. . He . . became a9 object Qf<br />
.<br />
1 e people<br />
' who - . resist change . oping . - un (ej " ' 15 . s., tU d V , ' Ie saw a<br />
rldtcul~. Vls lt~rs wou.ld go ~o !l1S are often ~aspera tlng . Bu\ they menace to eace and' to welfare.<br />
store to-gratlfy. t,h-eu - CUriosity h~\' e ~he l r work to perfo~ , . The introdl~ ti o n of steam as mOand<br />
to laugh. II hl~ "rrested de· hlghil' Important work, too. Their. . ' " .<br />
",:Iopment had n ~t inhibited en- nry·-opposition. be~irles hdpin'J; tl:e, power,' Insted·ddol.fi,lhn g hld m<br />
. . . . ' Wit 1 won( er an eilg H. 1\1a e<br />
terpnse he nllg~t ha ye turned It to weed O~lt the weak Ideas. gIves himi~ \' c. ~ow men that once<br />
-to profit.<br />
. .<br />
And If some adventur- the<br />
.<br />
true<br />
'd'<br />
Ideas greater strength.<br />
made<br />
gr..<br />
leisure Journeys<br />
.<br />
111 good<br />
ous SPlt1t had come along and " or an I en IS 1I0t worth much d fl· .. I<br />
succeeded In controlling h1m he _ unless it can sturdily make its o ~ - a~ Il on~d coaches Wit I<br />
might ha.ve been- exproited. He way through opposition and dis- p enty of ll,me to observe the<br />
. , countrv wou d be tempted to go<br />
went hiS way peacefully to the play toug mess of fiber. . . bo h .<br />
end. however, believing th;h the t~anng aut, t e ea r~h h,ke luna-<br />
• tics. Anc1 Wi th the iIItrodtlction<br />
wor Id was wrong·an d t<br />
right.<br />
h at he was.<br />
At thiS momen t I am reminded<br />
"<br />
of ma c~l1Ie there was sur~ to be<br />
of an aged man that 1 used to wee a. decline In these handlc.rafts<br />
.,.<br />
in the stretts of New Ycrk, a where men cou lct ~ake pleasure<br />
A good many of us are like "the weJl--known figure.. living out his ~nd pride. throu~h the expression<br />
man tnat stood s\ill" in at least last years in v.iealth and honor. of initiati ve anU personal skill.<br />
one' particul;r. Very few of us ' surrounded by grandchildren and Only a few years ago rome of uS<br />
keep up to the times in all ways. great-grandchildren. As a young were tempted to :;mile at Ru skin<br />
lr we could study the mind of<br />
man he ha~ become enamored o( (or these \'cry ideas. Now we ,are<br />
the mo~t advanced philosopher<br />
the neck stock, th(, kind that we wondering if he was not at least<br />
we should find that l in thi~ way now see in old portraits. He wore partl'y righl.<br />
or in that, perhaps in many ways,<br />
(0<br />
he w}t; reactionary.<br />
•<br />
my ow n acquaintance<br />
Often we hear the ad\'anc.ed<br />
know several people who grie,'e<br />
people scoffing at others fo r holdinC"<br />
old-fashioned or exploded<br />
o\'er the. invention of the -auto-<br />
4 mobile. One keeps the resOlve<br />
it to the day 4f his death. People<br />
used to tum and look after him<br />
as. straight and tall, he pas~esl<br />
down Fifth Avenue ... "a strange<br />
figure (rom the past.· 1 used to<br />
....<br />
.
.., I , " ~ . •<br />
:\<br />
TH& YOUNG S~C!ALllTa' II~GAZlIB,.<br />
"<br />
in~de several · }' t:~T5,n.~o. lltvl!r,:to ~.,.------'~, .. , - , -~ ", ':'- ~ ~ :.-- . :'" ;<br />
::~~~I>~':i'~:I;;f~h:.;=% / I - TBE INTE~N, A::T~O
Eatter (boy)-My voor. little rab·<br />
bit I ar~ '0 tired. All niaht they have<br />
bttn running Crom hoult to house.<br />
hidinr Ehter tliS Cor all the rood<br />
childrtn. Still, yrau "0 they had tu<br />
. 'ork much harder, ~ow peoplt want<br />
only chocolate: and candy eggl. That<br />
savu thtnl tht troubl(' of layin,-!htnl.<br />
at any ratt, I'll take th rm a ftw nice<br />
juicy letlus Ita\'es as a reward.<br />
(Th
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~ .• --,- - THE YOUNG SOCIALISTS'<br />
•.-<br />
'-TI<br />
.ntt T<br />
.... 11111' .IIIZ~I<br />
.: ' roR BOYS AND OIRLS<br />
Qt,. ., .... A •• ri .. lIoeiaIiec Suacl.,<br />
.............. Youa~ ,.. Ii', P ....,.t.lO.<br />
Enfered u 'Second.Oau Maii Matter<br />
It1n~"'2, 1911, at the POlt office at New<br />
York. N, Y., under the Act of" March<br />
, 3,1819.<br />
~ublIihid Monthly "a'<br />
:=- IS apnc. Street. New York.<br />
- by the ...<br />
~"'odaliIde Co-operad ...' Publ AII'I\.<br />
Jou NaceL "'Ptft..... 0: Knoll, Sec'y"<br />
It Ramm. Tre... •<br />
_ SUBSCRIPTI0&-sc. a C0fl'1. SOc.<br />
• year" For N. V: City and Canada.<br />
6Ot., 011 account of the hi8'her poltale.<br />
Nexico and other foreilil\ couatri.ea.<br />
'5 ~eat .. '<br />
BUNDLE RATES=JC: Def cop,.<br />
ADVERTISING JOe: a il'n~ $(00<br />
an inch. For one: year one inch $10.00.<br />
4iif:<br />
MY NEIGHBOR AND I<br />
' ,: 1 do nOt envy, my neighbpr the<br />
:o.w,\ership of any material thing.<br />
Bat'if my neighbor f~ces in for<br />
himself the mountain from which<br />
:the rarest sunset may be seen<br />
that ,pe may enjoy . alone what<br />
"was given to all ; if my neighbor<br />
takes the waterfall with the trees<br />
that shadow it and tries to keep<br />
for himself alone the wonders of<br />
the sunlight o n the (ailing waters;<br />
if my neighbor le"aves me no<br />
rocks along the ocean over which<br />
·1 ma.y climb, smell the sea, . look<br />
out upon the waters and feel the<br />
Infinite about me; if no pl;ce be<br />
left me where r may go in the<br />
mght hours and look up to .the<br />
stars; if there be no place ",here<br />
~r milgalhe r ~with thM{..Who live<br />
about me and sliare with them-the<br />
:music pf tl\i::.wol'ta., ~aha;e with<br />
I • th~m the. ~ ~uihts l!\o t~.<br />
world and feel myself 1:an~ with<br />
;them,-then I fed thar-l '~ha~e<br />
: suffered grie'«Uls;:JQSs, for in so<br />
~(ar - a.s my neighbor !IIht.lt~ me o ut<br />
! from the beauty of the world, he<br />
~ ktepi!l from me in Par.t a knowl·<br />
! tdge of the ftllness of God and<br />
-:fea.x,e$-my life b3rren. •<br />
i A" to U R A G E 0 US t£ T T E<br />
" . ' --.... .<br />
8";'1<br />
In the year 1896 a young Illan come ,(egctarian be
Ie · tit teiA ~ "Jb1:Ifto I •<br />
n. - 0 1'-'" ! · •. i<br />
Stafe Secretary'. fe-port continued<br />
conte.\, It i. hoped "that the Itapel York ,nd vieinity, but tblt was oilet<br />
.t follows: p.rticipa'tin& In the other two partl<br />
All l'i'lues wcrc circul,rin.d in or the contclt will ):ndtavor to send<br />
by thlt,. fau that an equal number of<br />
dele ... t" would have to come from<br />
up-St.te, tOme from II far wut as<br />
part Jamuto ..... n. The fact Ihl,t New York<br />
on. cont~$t i, nOI over, we here ..... ith out· City hu had one convention wat al iO<br />
Nincty·"y"o Spcialilt _P~rty loub line briefly what tfic third part will taken "into c.on.ideration. Ii well a.<br />
<strong>Jan</strong>uary and M.~h ftlllthoe to the<br />
~t'lc.widc conte.t that hal bun ro.<br />
In,<br />
in fttl0rU accurately and' promptly.<br />
Ahhouah the Ifc:Clnd of the<br />
in the State' wert lenr- a ,pecial dr- be. The object is to induce y, p, the letter received from he New<br />
.:ular urgi-n« t"(m to form y, p . s. S , L. members to join the ParJY, thit Vorl. Dittrict Committee. .,<br />
h·aguu. In February a genent re· be,lnni"" April 15th .,d endin" fday This lea,'e. Syncu'e as th~ o nly<br />
port., the new aharter and the coml 15th. It is planned to lecur' aid available convention city. ,There are<br />
pu:a lj.;·e, reports ... ere unt to al from the National tU1d Local Social· sevCIal jdvanuges which m!ke S,.ra·<br />
luru .. s In thl' Stale. ilt Party to make this pUt of the cUle the b u t possible 10c\hon ; fint.<br />
Ten thoun.rid Y.P, S .. r... lea'ftets contest a IUCCUI. The State Secre- because it is a rai1ro~d center and<br />
wen ordered and all \vere sold. tary was instructed to correspond very well .... situated with reference . t o<br />
Jamestown ukin, •. 000. R.ochester with the. America~ ~ialist and e~ · other leagues; ncpnd: it, haa a " I~ _vt'<br />
1.000. \\'atertown 1,000. Syraeuse dea\'or to "cure special ratel n. t.h ls an
11 1fif t~uifa iSC!ALiiil' .IIAOA%I~<br />
I( there is ,nythin; t~.i Out~n. can durina 1M. iime ~ey f6~ lht many Moved ind curied that a co,,!miibo~.t<br />
of it .is the ,fi ne c~rnr .. ctely spirit ballies bp\I(ecn theb: pwn. fc.aru'e · i t.,.e;e, 0." tw.o be c:lecte. - tQ' 'deci4t # ~n<br />
.KI.tin~ amdnr It, member... Rel.- members. And .then the loc:at wu books to be riven for tint, .ec~)Rd<br />
Cion. ber6un the \' ~ P. Sa- I:,~ a~d the kicking all the while till we said. ind third prizd in the elM.)' cOnfUt.<br />
Party are abo most !;'or la . Vhen "Telch \I~ 10 bf riaht and ~ ult'ful to Comrade- Ebi~ Knepper ' and ' Coui,<br />
tb! P,rty Orriniur has Il lar8'c batch the mOiemtnt," whidl they havt done. (:0!!.iwelected. _•. _ .. _.~ _ _<br />
'or a.w..uling and folding o( drculo.ra • ~ow our oraranizatioll ii bobnling. Moved and carr ied that i h,i"fo1fow-<br />
,to ~tdone h ~ .find. Ihe Yip.H~ a Hurrah! hurrah! hurrah I There inl' purpoU' of the InCe{-Cirde tom-<br />
Jnl~l\.. , Of ,.~iJb.nr... thQ.\I~h. _.,1101;", ....... o m~fhinr _dded to the Sociali.t miuee b~ reeommendtd .t.o OIU Slate<br />
>"Wor,kera. \. mO\'ementr On Februlry 27th then Committee for ill aect'ptanu:<br />
. The a~ud, c1~1S ~nder th.e i~slruc- ~ .. a Social .Scie.~ce ~chool ~rlran.. . To .provide for a men ~a.lf nd phX ~I<br />
"lion of hed Brlchl.15 al.w:,ys ",:ell- at- Iz~d. It had ~ n.ly ' IX chlld~en 10 . tart cal development for our ~in'embershlp<br />
' tcnded. Every third rfld~y In the \Yuh, but -now .. lh ~un~bu I' o"tr .the by. arraa,rirlr ,and e,onduct1iQI' Stayt<br />
m o.th Is devoted to a so~ 111. Hhe .., 100 mark. Tlh. ",,.n. In a sHo" tlmt and inter-circle debatin .. , ulaY Wflt;<br />
the memb~rt a nd the fnend. they strenelhen Ihe SoclllfSt' movem'tnt.' ina, o~a torical and athlefic cantuts,<br />
'Witt, make Ihe attendance 100 p.u Georle Slieler, O rganiur. indudi,rir -:other activit,t u wh~~h 'han<br />
tent. flu.. Last mont,h. we held a lend to .embli, h a clonr. unuy and ,<br />
Va)uhne Party, at which all mem- . harm'onious relalionship h monar Ihe<br />
ben received "aitnline caricature I. Syncuse, No, Y .. is working hard to C'irHe. ....<br />
On Friday, ~arc h 171h, we all upt'ct rt'gain iu ~ ne -timt' prestige . . 11 -1'1 i.n ltiov'td 'and C' rrit'd that a'n y<br />
memo<br />
"to b~ "wearm' Ihe grt'cn," and 10 be on the National Ltcture Tbur. and I' b " d' .a .. ,. I ' n any \..<br />
' doin~ I~e Irish jig. The 1i~rary i.. ~t'lti.ng in ~tw lIlt'mbers and re,·;,,- inet~r~;irc~: ::t'~~ !~:~, c~~a i: ~e or-<br />
.. rO,,!ln,. Members Me dona~mr and lOR Its ,:, 'd.tlmcrs. The)' hope to do aniZalio at It'ast two rri\.ntJ\l. :<br />
.Ioarune,aoed books to make It better, grt'llt things. g fl . I<br />
"by h'avinr.a larger number o'f ,'olumt'S The comrade. of New York City ~. t.t oved and camet. t~atcthe ~:c-<br />
~o IClect from,. , and northern New Jt'rsey have, ~tt'll ~are~o~O ' ;~:I~:t:;' i~~~r:l1t'do~~n~~!~~<br />
I ~ou~ : la ~t bUSiness meehne- tht granted Ihe. ~se of ~ ne c~!umn In, lhe in ~ c!'rerence to decide ",(ay ... nd<br />
""embers dec.lded 10 eng:lge Comradt Sun~~y edn,o,,:, o f I~e Ne ... t \ ode m ea~s 10 euablish a rreater inter-<br />
"Kruse for a lecturl The da'l has Call. A!I ~ Iplels In thc. easter.n irde u ilY _<br />
already been applied for, but.w ha\'e sUtts arc 1ft\'lttd 10 scnd tbelr contrl-
o<br />
' 16<br />
na npw. ~ ......... .t:mn.<br />
,-(T~U~!:.!d!~W~;!~~ ·P,;~~!}..!1~'~ '!hdld!i~ I: ,!<br />
was written by Co mrade Sa;'" Seidman. of Circle No. I. Newark. N. ),)<br />
•<br />
.. ... .<br />
. " .<br />
From the mOJl primitive times guise of "prepared nus," , The only Wh~th~r the youth of th~ future shall<br />
d()wn to our own day. throulh all the :vital oPPoling fo'ce in the civilized be the blind but enthusiastic reae·<br />
blood·sa.ked l!enturies o( human world to-day is the Socialist move- tio.nary instead of the conscious<br />
pro(T'eu:youth has pla,..d ,a most int· mcnt. This is the situation confront- champion of prolrelS d~pend, largely<br />
portltu part in the world' •• trulrle.. . in. the yeeth of tg.day. on how thoroughly wc. the younger<br />
E"ery "Cause" draw. much of it. Th~ problem thus ruolvu it,df men and women of the movement, do<br />
carll' .trength. if not its very' ~irth. into a hurc task of educational propa· our work'.<br />
from the enthu.iasm of youth. j"anda. It i. the educ:ational ~50e<br />
\Vhcthcr we .puk: of the modern that mu st be faccd by every Sociali,t. Oakland, Ca l .. has finally decided<br />
woman .uffral~ movement or in the yOllng or old, ",ho seeks a solution 11"1 10 join Ihf Y. P. S. L. of the United<br />
more strenuous terms of Russian re· t'he question of militari.m. and the Stales. And plcdgu ils hurty support<br />
to all its work.<br />
'·olt. we find invariably tbat it is "the youth. Tht philosophy of Sociali,m<br />
youth knockin, It the door. "can· must he widely spread among\, the<br />
Lanling, ~Iich ., has pro"idrd for<br />
sciou.lf or unconsciously struggling YOIlngcr elem~nl. E,,~ry young man<br />
for a bctter race. It is but natural and woman that we ca n reach must<br />
that newer and nobler ideals Ihould br made to realize that the titanic<br />
find their but support in the. younier strulll~ between militarism and So·<br />
heartl of humanity, heart. b\loyant cialism is be o"er~me ~h.ment the 50ciali~t Sunday •• chools<br />
only ~y the most tire leu O~poSltlon. and thc <strong>Young</strong> Pcople's Socialist<br />
~he history of youth. the blind rue- Leagues arc of great potential value.<br />
uonary. may I')ot he as pleasant as the 1 n thue two t)'pes of organizations<br />
other side of youth's activities. yet it we ha\'(~ in an undeyeloped .tage our<br />
is fully as important. To place youth most powerful wcapons for the un.<br />
upon a pedest."'1 and shut our e)'es ttl dermining of the militaristic spirit<br />
t.he. put. to plctur~ yout" as the con- ~mongst the youth. E,'en now. as<br />
s~ncc.'re ~t~dy of the. problc~1\ ('If thet~ organintions ad.,pL rhemsclyu<br />
11.mcs and In all placet I' fatal ~n any to different localitiu and peoples.<br />
Slnce.rre ttudy of. the problcm of they arc producing wO'nderful re.ults<br />
youth and militarism. throughout the world. As they de·<br />
If we once recognize thc two·fold -;. velop both can be brought to do much<br />
rolc of youth in the world" historic man intensiY~ and extcnsivc work.<br />
"strugglcs. the future is- not without The <strong>Young</strong> Moyement is fut be·<br />
its doubu. Thc forces- of reactionary coming reorganized u an active force<br />
militarism are strong. \Vr find e\'i- in international Socialism. It is rapdenec<br />
of it in e\-t:ry ,ditedio'n~ The idly producing its own leaders who<br />
se:hool.housc. the ncwspap'cr. the arc bmWar with iu problem. through<br />
• ta,e and the churc.b. all are con,id· personal contact. prOblem. inherent<br />
ered ill le,itimatc abiding ~ placu . in the <strong>Young</strong> Moyement and for<br />
With few exceptions. the radical·rt. which the exprriences of the ,older<br />
fprm'crs of the Roosevclt and Hearst comrades furnish little prec~dent.<br />
type in e\-uy country of the world This dissemination of proletarian<br />
&I:e in f\lll accord with the ructiooary hopei and idull amonr the: younger'<br />
elcment on thi. issue. They arc a generation is th e only solution to the<br />
.olid unit for militari.m under the problem of n~lita.ri5nl «I'd the youth.<br />
wrckly merlin gil in a per.mancnl<br />
headquaricri. They C'xpC'ct bener<br />
progrc,s frqm now on.<br />
New league orlanized al Nampa,<br />
Idaho, with 20 charter members. This<br />
i. the first league in the state, but<br />
Malta and u 'vera! other localities will<br />
loon be in line. SUIII' Secretary Sttw~<br />
lin 01 the Party ,~ in acttve co-oper.'<br />
tlon with the Y. P. S. L. work.<br />
A COURAGEOUS LETTER<br />
(Continued from Page 8)<br />
workers who, I am convinced. are<br />
absolutely within their rights <br />
Surely YOli cannot be so blind.<br />
' Vhy say more 1 certainly shall<br />
not consent to be made into the<br />
obedient 1\"ational Guard mall<br />
,thM you want and need.<br />
for these reasons r refuse to<br />
serve in the Nitional Guard and<br />
request you to excuse me from<br />
service, for I am firmly reso lved<br />
not to comply. Yours respeedully,<br />
) . K. van der Weer.<br />
The Sojial Democracy does not<br />
fig-fit militarism with the "pas·<br />
5.ive ruistance" employed by the<br />
writer ;f the above letter. The<br />
effect produced by the use: of this<br />
wupon 'is in no degree com men·<br />
surate to the sacrificf'! it entails .<br />
]\levertbeless w~ publish this ,-e.t·<br />
let for the tremendous courage<br />
a'nd the: high ideali!llm it portrays.<br />
The Socialist must needs admire<br />
the: idealism shown in these lines.<br />
. (<br />
-THE WAVING HAND<br />
By F. J. Gould<br />
'~'T is a hand wa\'ing Ol ~t oi<br />
th$ p&rj-hole." said some.<br />
"Surely not;' said others. "A II<br />
the/ nlen must b-e dead."<br />
"There ir i! again!" sh~lI t(:d<br />
\·oices. "It waves again !"<br />
It was, however. nOl at all ea~~<br />
to sec the hand. for the wavc!; ~i<br />
the Korth Sea tumbled round thc<br />
vessel, and splashed in foam.<br />
white and cloudy. on the little<br />
TO YOl1WG BOO'U.LUTa' )UGAZtln<br />
II{' was :ohm in fast. and the hull<br />
window.<br />
IIi the "ihip ""ao;. of .steel.<br />
The. ship was a sah·:t~e .5teamer<br />
~cience<br />
which was on its way from Belfast<br />
l':ame to tlH' rescllt.<br />
in ,the north oi Ireland. t l)<br />
l~lIt n(), nn. no! :'\ot scie:lce.<br />
Hull on the east coa:;;t of Eng·<br />
land.<br />
A howling galr. bl')\\';I\~ frotH<br />
\ nohle human heart. using sci·<br />
... nfe for the purpo.!O~ of reli .... mp·<br />
tlnn. came to the pri.!Ooncr·" aid.<br />
the sonthe ..:;;t • .5pr:ln~ lip on 3 :-'elence i .. careful. rxact. orderly<br />
Friday night. in February. 1915 . I.;n o \\'lcdgc I>f the earth and its<br />
In the blackness of darkness. and forces and it~ product.s. Rut this<br />
in the mad tempc:;t. "hip:-; large ..:: 1I",·cr •.5cience mav be lI.sed, and,<br />
and s mall made for thr nearest<br />
(l ! :t ~ ! i!'o "7,~ed ftlr' profit-making.<br />
harbors, whose tw;nkl illg- red and<br />
green lights im'ited to :,aiety.<br />
i" r l'xploiting'. fur ki-l1in!:.<br />
The ilran I\· a .. the he:ut of a<br />
The Hull ship. k nown a~ 5ialvor I'lnng boilermaker, Franci~ ~ I c<br />
·Rohbie. In ~collalld, and also in<br />
:'\0. I, had :-even ;;0111;; on hotlrci.<br />
Glad they WqfC when tile b()at<br />
rode unhanned into the Harbor<br />
of Rdugr at Peterhead. the ~ran.<br />
ite city of Aberdeen:-hire. Per·<br />
haps the boat mo\'rct I1neasily,<br />
a.nd the:' anchor dra~C:::ed. Thr<br />
master judged that he had hctter<br />
\'enture again into the open<br />
water. and he stea111~d out.<br />
A vast breaker rol1 ed up and<br />
carried the Salvor O\'er the harbor·bar.<br />
A second breaker .5hook<br />
it 50 terribly that ;t al\ but c'ap.<br />
sized. A third breaker swept it<br />
upside dowt).-and the helples~<br />
steamer, unable to right itself.<br />
was flung upon
"<br />
.~SOLD 'N:t
HE YOU",G SOCl,~LISTS' MAGAZh~E<br />
o<br />
"WJl1\T' FOOJ,S THESE MORTALS BE!" I<br />
By Jim" Howard Kehler<br />
.... ~l- ~assed a .store.-,wher~a window:'dresser<br />
was working, pathetically<br />
it teemed to me, with cheap'<br />
goods and cheap accessories. to<br />
"" malie a wi!ldo'w "thilt 'would ap<br />
~arto the pa~crs-by. H~ crept<br />
ih; ioiltd slnda1s:; o~er a cheap<br />
cn;.pe.:'ti55ue:tovercd ftoOf to lay<br />
,carefufly," tenderly, against a simnar<br />
crepe-tissue-co\'cred box in<br />
front, a limp imitation-leather<br />
handbag:<br />
- The scene was typical of what<br />
-i~ the ~_tten w1th our limited.<br />
........ " 1<br />
unsocIal and ,unciviliz.ed point of<br />
view as to what business is or<br />
.. ~.~ou.ld be . . That is why it was<br />
P'th~tic.<br />
I did not blame the: windowdr~sser.<br />
,. I did not blame his' employer.<br />
t did not blame the: poor shopgirl<br />
who was going to labor path~tically<br />
to sell this imitation<br />
handbac to some other sbopgirl<br />
who eould not 3ffold to buy il,<br />
hut who must have it to make an<br />
j mitation imp,ession upon imita·<br />
tip!,~ ~lc.<br />
, , I .did 'not blame the Imitation<br />
manufacturer who' made the<br />
.5hoddy handbag and who pro,<br />
posed get.ling rich through supp'lying<br />
tbe art.i6~i
he<br />
-4 • THE YOUNG SOCIALISTS' MAGAZINE<br />
TIlt 'SUl:hrl/st ·",o;••",.nt is the<br />
gre.test peace movement ever instituted<br />
among men. '
THE YOUNG SOCIALISTS' MAGAZINE<br />
-------... ., alignment we await the call to<br />
the ~am'p~rt' 01 privilege;<br />
..... ~e shall drIve mIsery and oppresluon<br />
from the happy face of<br />
Spring-visited earth forever.<br />
May Signifies the return of<br />
THE ,..BIRTHDAY OF YOUTH I storm<br />
In the. ranks of those workers<br />
who art: conscious of their historic<br />
mission the 5int of May<br />
.... 'has come tathe an adual division<br />
.... -point in ~ -the calendar. The day<br />
i~ rife with historical sjgnificance,<br />
and scartely 'a year goes by but<br />
is ma.rked with a renewal of. some<br />
ttruri'e. on the part of the workers<br />
for freedom.<br />
The hisfory of this day is<br />
bound up in ',ate 'years with the<br />
battle for the universal eight<br />
By \Vm. F. Kruse<br />
Spring and the promise of approaching<br />
Summer. May is the<br />
month symbolizing Youth-the<br />
time when the sap in the trees<br />
flows freely. and blood courses<br />
wild and hot. It is the mating<br />
season, and any student of animal<br />
life knows that at no timb is<br />
strength and courage at a higher<br />
point than at this, the time of<br />
love and mating.<br />
Beauty, strength, courage,<br />
hope. love-these are the words<br />
conjured up by association with<br />
the thought of May Day. What<br />
can be more proper than that the<br />
<strong>Young</strong> Sodalist Movement claim<br />
it for its own bes,t day It has<br />
all of these things - beauty,<br />
strength, cO\irage, hope, and<br />
love-all these belong by Na<br />
hour day. T~ America belongs<br />
the hoo'or of initiating the modern<br />
obserVance of the day, at the<br />
St. Louis Convention of the A. F.<br />
of L. in' 1888 the date ' was set<br />
• aside ·.J.~rone on which two years<br />
- 'later-to begin a general battlC\. for<br />
the eight-hour day, and the Intematibnal<br />
Socialist Congress of<br />
Fari. in 1889 adopted it as the ture's mandate to May. Youth<br />
International Labor Day. from<br />
1900 on, every year has been<br />
belongs to May and Springtime<br />
-U1d these twain are the certain<br />
1'ftl.rked by great demonstrations heritage of Youtf. Every new<br />
In all parts of the world; parades.<br />
'meetings,' and strikes' for the<br />
".horter workday being the general<br />
fQrms taken.<br />
rebirth of the earth'5 gladness<br />
has brought with it a rebirth in<br />
the spirit of revolt so long dormant<br />
in the breast of the proletariat.<br />
Yet, we must not imagine that<br />
And now, in these most<br />
this modern significance tells the<br />
·whole 8tory of May Day. or that<br />
troublous times. it is again the<br />
youth. the organized youth, the<br />
it ihterpre~ the wh~le of its wonderlul<br />
messa~ to the youth of all over the world. that are in the<br />
<strong>Young</strong> People's Socia li ~t Leagues<br />
"I'" the world. Long before mankind "anguard of the fighters for freedom.<br />
.. ever thought of Socialist or trade<br />
,<br />
union conventions there was ob·<br />
--euv&4ce-of May Day. In almost<br />
Th~ spirit of the <strong>Young</strong> . Socialist<br />
Int~ma.tional is the hope<br />
all the.religions of the world May of the future; it must be, for,<br />
"'is' a ~cred ' month-it represents mothered by immortal Revolution<br />
the mOther principle iri life-the<br />
rebirth of all the beauty and herself, and fathered by the<br />
grim Experience of by-gone generati<br />
ons, theirs is th.e heritage of<br />
. .• ~~.ngt.h tJ).t Ii":~~' ire earth a<br />
;' "",,~b ,wni!.~ P@ffi. ,too live in. all the ages, the earth and al1<br />
1:hi .... ppli~. ,of C;~~. only to upon it. ~iay Day-the day of<br />
the northern hemisphere wttere Youth-is with us. In solid<br />
YELLS IN NEW YORK AND<br />
NEW JERSEY<br />
Like practically all college<br />
boys and girls and also many<br />
high school students the boys<br />
and girls of many Y. P. S: L.<br />
Leagues have a special "Yell"<br />
invented for themselves.<br />
The Greater New York leagues<br />
as represented in the District<br />
Committee adopted the following,<br />
originally introduced by the<br />
I Comrade Club of Hudson County,N.].:<br />
Org'aniz.ation lEd u ca t i on!<br />
Solidariiy. COM R A D E!<br />
' arc we in it Well, I gue5s! Socialism<br />
I Socialism I Socialism!<br />
Yes--Ves-Yel!!<br />
The Bronx Yell<br />
The Bronx League still yells<br />
its own yell, which yells:<br />
Rah! Rah! Rah I Sis! Boom!<br />
Bah I Who in the world do VOli<br />
think we are Well! \\;ell !<br />
Well! Yell! Yell! VeIl! We are<br />
the hoys of the Y. P. S. L.<br />
<strong>Young</strong> People's Socialist Leaguf!!<br />
Bronx! Bronx I Bronx I<br />
It is a generally accepted fact<br />
to-day that worry kills thousands<br />
and shortens the lives of thousands<br />
more. Ninety per c;.ent. of<br />
all worry is due to some economic<br />
cause-worry about making a li\'<br />
ing, worry about paying interest<br />
on the mortgage, worry about not<br />
being able to give wife and children<br />
the things they need and to<br />
which they arc justly entitled.<br />
Socialism will remove the cause of<br />
this worry. Under Socialism we<br />
will not only live better but<br />
longer. Do·you object<br />
"*<br />
~ Why should a chattel slave<br />
"prepare" his master for defending<br />
anything monopolized by his<br />
master<br />
Capitalism rests on ignorance<br />
and bayonets.<br />
Capitalistic "preparedness" is<br />
in the ignorance of the workers<br />
and in the bayonets for the<br />
workers.<br />
The present cunning shout of<br />
the ruling class for "preparedness"<br />
is intended to perpetuate<br />
the ignorance and guarantee the<br />
bayonets. "PreparedQess," as now<br />
defined and planned by the cap i ~<br />
utist class, deepens and solidifies<br />
the workers' ignorance and equips<br />
the capitalist state for operating<br />
capitalism - always, everywhere<br />
and under all circumstances<br />
against the fundamental int~re.st'<br />
of the working class.<br />
THE YOUNG SOCIALlSTS' MAGAZINE<br />
PREPAREDNESS it-<br />
Vice- President<br />
\<br />
By Geo~e R. Kirkpatrick, Socialist Candidate for<br />
"Thou shalt not k:II." EJc.cept<br />
by blocked exits, subway explosions,<br />
adulterated food, slums,<br />
fire-damp, fast trains, sweat<br />
;hops. In .hort, i~ the regular<br />
cOUrse of trade-."Lift:."<br />
that is, shout "preparedness" and<br />
call it "patriotism"-and the old,<br />
old trick will be turned once more<br />
against another generation of the<br />
horny-handed, gullible six·footers<br />
of tbe working--class.<br />
The recent and present swift<br />
growth of the working class<br />
GEORGE R. KIRKPATRICK<br />
movement of the world, con·<br />
vi need and now convinces the<br />
ruling class that it must either<br />
confuse the iS5ue or be destroyed<br />
by the working class; that it mllst<br />
As long as the working class<br />
can bf! confused and tricked into<br />
the pitiful attiturle "nn condition<br />
of political infant and intellectual<br />
either confuse the issue or he !'IlIckJing, it will be flattered,<br />
driven from the industries and crushed and robbed in times of<br />
legislatures of the world by the peate, and flattered. bled and<br />
Increasingly conscious and selfrespecting<br />
working-class.<br />
Therefore, confuse the issue:<br />
robbed again in times of war. In<br />
the present war. and in the "next<br />
war," and in the class war the<br />
The bookkeeper who had worked<br />
twelve hours a day for thirty<br />
years paused to Ic>ok at the<br />
captivity of a<br />
canary. " How<br />
pathetic 1" he exclaimed.-"LHe."<br />
•<br />
only thing the capitabt class<br />
sincerely fears, is a working class<br />
too cunning to fight for a civiliution<br />
which the workers are<br />
shrf!wdly kept too ignorant and<br />
busy to keenly, deeply and comfortably<br />
enjoy i-a working class<br />
too cunning to bleed itself into<br />
pale-faced stupidity, licking the<br />
boot that kicks it while it yawps<br />
patriotism and wallows in its own<br />
ignorance and poverty from<br />
which ignorance and J>9verty the<br />
working class can never escape<br />
whil~ the ruling alass is "pre.<br />
pared."<br />
A decision for "preparedness"<br />
now will throw the working clast<br />
under the boot and fist of the god<br />
of war and of the capitali5t cla5s<br />
-to cringe and groan, helples. as<br />
sheep before wolves.<br />
I refuse to be confused.<br />
Look at Europe and learn what<br />
"prf!paredness" prepare!! for.<br />
Look at Colorado and Ca1u~<br />
and West Virginia and learn what<br />
"preparedne51''' preparu for.<br />
Look also, with very special care.<br />
at the unholy brutality and cunning<br />
of the assassins of the sacred<br />
right ); of freedom of discussions,<br />
nnd ),ou must surely realize that<br />
the "preparedness" of militarism<br />
leads straight on to the lynching<br />
of liherty.<br />
Marx's favorite quotation:<br />
"Follow your course and let the<br />
people talk."<br />
It is the history of our kindness<br />
that alone make! this world tolerable.-RobCrt<br />
Louis ·Stevco5Of1.
THE YOUNG SOCIALISTS' MAGAZINE<br />
-------... ., alignment we await the call to<br />
the ~am'p~rt' 01 privilege;<br />
..... ~e shall drIve mIsery and oppresluon<br />
from the happy face of<br />
Spring-visited earth forever.<br />
May Signifies the return of<br />
THE ,..BIRTHDAY OF YOUTH I storm<br />
In the. ranks of those workers<br />
who art: conscious of their historic<br />
mission the 5int of May<br />
.... 'has come tathe an adual division<br />
.... -point in ~ -the calendar. The day<br />
i~ rife with historical sjgnificance,<br />
and scartely 'a year goes by but<br />
is ma.rked with a renewal of. some<br />
ttruri'e. on the part of the workers<br />
for freedom.<br />
The hisfory of this day is<br />
bound up in ',ate 'years with the<br />
battle for the universal eight<br />
By \Vm. F. Kruse<br />
Spring and the promise of approaching<br />
Summer. May is the<br />
month symbolizing Youth-the<br />
time when the sap in the trees<br />
flows freely. and blood courses<br />
wild and hot. It is the mating<br />
season, and any student of animal<br />
life knows that at no timb is<br />
strength and courage at a higher<br />
point than at this, the time of<br />
love and mating.<br />
Beauty, strength, courage,<br />
hope. love-these are the words<br />
conjured up by association with<br />
the thought of May Day. What<br />
can be more proper than that the<br />
<strong>Young</strong> Sodalist Movement claim<br />
it for its own bes,t day It has<br />
all of these things - beauty,<br />
strength, cO\irage, hope, and<br />
love-all these belong by Na<br />
hour day. T~ America belongs<br />
the hoo'or of initiating the modern<br />
obserVance of the day, at the<br />
St. Louis Convention of the A. F.<br />
of L. in' 1888 the date ' was set<br />
• aside ·.J.~rone on which two years<br />
- 'later-to begin a general battlC\. for<br />
the eight-hour day, and the Intematibnal<br />
Socialist Congress of<br />
Fari. in 1889 adopted it as the ture's mandate to May. Youth<br />
International Labor Day. from<br />
1900 on, every year has been<br />
belongs to May and Springtime<br />
-U1d these twain are the certain<br />
1'ftl.rked by great demonstrations heritage of Youtf. Every new<br />
In all parts of the world; parades.<br />
'meetings,' and strikes' for the<br />
".horter workday being the general<br />
fQrms taken.<br />
rebirth of the earth'5 gladness<br />
has brought with it a rebirth in<br />
the spirit of revolt so long dormant<br />
in the breast of the proletariat.<br />
Yet, we must not imagine that<br />
And now, in these most<br />
this modern significance tells the<br />
·whole 8tory of May Day. or that<br />
troublous times. it is again the<br />
youth. the organized youth, the<br />
it ihterpre~ the wh~le of its wonderlul<br />
messa~ to the youth of all over the world. that are in the<br />
<strong>Young</strong> People's Socia li ~t Leagues<br />
"I'" the world. Long before mankind "anguard of the fighters for freedom.<br />
.. ever thought of Socialist or trade<br />
,<br />
union conventions there was ob·<br />
--euv&4ce-of May Day. In almost<br />
Th~ spirit of the <strong>Young</strong> . Socialist<br />
Int~ma.tional is the hope<br />
all the.religions of the world May of the future; it must be, for,<br />
"'is' a ~cred ' month-it represents mothered by immortal Revolution<br />
the mOther principle iri life-the<br />
rebirth of all the beauty and herself, and fathered by the<br />
grim Experience of by-gone generati<br />
ons, theirs is th.e heritage of<br />
. .• ~~.ngt.h tJ).t Ii":~~' ire earth a<br />
;' "",,~b ,wni!.~ P@ffi. ,too live in. all the ages, the earth and al1<br />
1:hi .... ppli~. ,of C;~~. only to upon it. ~iay Day-the day of<br />
the northern hemisphere wttere Youth-is with us. In solid<br />
YELLS IN NEW YORK AND<br />
NEW JERSEY<br />
Like practically all college<br />
boys and girls and also many<br />
high school students the boys<br />
and girls of many Y. P. S: L.<br />
Leagues have a special "Yell"<br />
invented for themselves.<br />
The Greater New York leagues<br />
as represented in the District<br />
Committee adopted the following,<br />
originally introduced by the<br />
I Comrade Club of Hudson County,N.].:<br />
Org'aniz.ation lEd u ca t i on!<br />
Solidariiy. COM R A D E!<br />
' arc we in it Well, I gue5s! Socialism<br />
I Socialism I Socialism!<br />
Yes--Ves-Yel!!<br />
The Bronx Yell<br />
The Bronx League still yells<br />
its own yell, which yells:<br />
Rah! Rah! Rah I Sis! Boom!<br />
Bah I Who in the world do VOli<br />
think we are Well! \\;ell !<br />
Well! Yell! Yell! VeIl! We are<br />
the hoys of the Y. P. S. L.<br />
<strong>Young</strong> People's Socialist Leaguf!!<br />
Bronx! Bronx I Bronx I<br />
It is a generally accepted fact<br />
to-day that worry kills thousands<br />
and shortens the lives of thousands<br />
more. Ninety per c;.ent. of<br />
all worry is due to some economic<br />
cause-worry about making a li\'<br />
ing, worry about paying interest<br />
on the mortgage, worry about not<br />
being able to give wife and children<br />
the things they need and to<br />
which they arc justly entitled.<br />
Socialism will remove the cause of<br />
this worry. Under Socialism we<br />
will not only live better but<br />
longer. Do·you object<br />
"*<br />
~ Why should a chattel slave<br />
"prepare" his master for defending<br />
anything monopolized by his<br />
master<br />
Capitalism rests on ignorance<br />
and bayonets.<br />
Capitalistic "preparedness" is<br />
in the ignorance of the workers<br />
and in the bayonets for the<br />
workers.<br />
The present cunning shout of<br />
the ruling class for "preparedness"<br />
is intended to perpetuate<br />
the ignorance and guarantee the<br />
bayonets. "PreparedQess," as now<br />
defined and planned by the cap i ~<br />
utist class, deepens and solidifies<br />
the workers' ignorance and equips<br />
the capitalist state for operating<br />
capitalism - always, everywhere<br />
and under all circumstances<br />
against the fundamental int~re.st'<br />
of the working class.<br />
THE YOUNG SOCIALlSTS' MAGAZINE<br />
PREPAREDNESS it-<br />
Vice- President<br />
\<br />
By Geo~e R. Kirkpatrick, Socialist Candidate for<br />
"Thou shalt not k:II." EJc.cept<br />
by blocked exits, subway explosions,<br />
adulterated food, slums,<br />
fire-damp, fast trains, sweat<br />
;hops. In .hort, i~ the regular<br />
cOUrse of trade-."Lift:."<br />
that is, shout "preparedness" and<br />
call it "patriotism"-and the old,<br />
old trick will be turned once more<br />
against another generation of the<br />
horny-handed, gullible six·footers<br />
of tbe working--class.<br />
The recent and present swift<br />
growth of the working class<br />
GEORGE R. KIRKPATRICK<br />
movement of the world, con·<br />
vi need and now convinces the<br />
ruling class that it must either<br />
confuse the iS5ue or be destroyed<br />
by the working class; that it mllst<br />
As long as the working class<br />
can bf! confused and tricked into<br />
the pitiful attiturle "nn condition<br />
of political infant and intellectual<br />
either confuse the issue or he !'IlIckJing, it will be flattered,<br />
driven from the industries and crushed and robbed in times of<br />
legislatures of the world by the peate, and flattered. bled and<br />
Increasingly conscious and selfrespecting<br />
working-class.<br />
Therefore, confuse the issue:<br />
robbed again in times of war. In<br />
the present war. and in the "next<br />
war," and in the class war the<br />
The bookkeeper who had worked<br />
twelve hours a day for thirty<br />
years paused to Ic>ok at the<br />
captivity of a<br />
canary. " How<br />
pathetic 1" he exclaimed.-"LHe."<br />
•<br />
only thing the capitabt class<br />
sincerely fears, is a working class<br />
too cunning to fight for a civiliution<br />
which the workers are<br />
shrf!wdly kept too ignorant and<br />
busy to keenly, deeply and comfortably<br />
enjoy i-a working class<br />
too cunning to bleed itself into<br />
pale-faced stupidity, licking the<br />
boot that kicks it while it yawps<br />
patriotism and wallows in its own<br />
ignorance and poverty from<br />
which ignorance and J>9verty the<br />
working class can never escape<br />
whil~ the ruling alass is "pre.<br />
pared."<br />
A decision for "preparedness"<br />
now will throw the working clast<br />
under the boot and fist of the god<br />
of war and of the capitali5t cla5s<br />
-to cringe and groan, helples. as<br />
sheep before wolves.<br />
I refuse to be confused.<br />
Look at Europe and learn what<br />
"prf!paredness" prepare!! for.<br />
Look at Colorado and Ca1u~<br />
and West Virginia and learn what<br />
"preparedne51''' preparu for.<br />
Look also, with very special care.<br />
at the unholy brutality and cunning<br />
of the assassins of the sacred<br />
right ); of freedom of discussions,<br />
nnd ),ou must surely realize that<br />
the "preparedness" of militarism<br />
leads straight on to the lynching<br />
of liherty.<br />
Marx's favorite quotation:<br />
"Follow your course and let the<br />
people talk."<br />
It is the history of our kindness<br />
that alone make! this world tolerable.-RobCrt<br />
Louis ·Stevco5Of1.
: ~~ANz}1~RING<br />
, }HE YO~~C SOPALlSTS' __ ~_{_,~_G_A_'L_l_N_E~~~.~_-,-_-, __ ~_<br />
~ .<br />
.<br />
i r ADVISEio YOUNG' MEN i<br />
I • . .. •<br />
.. .<br />
II one can<br />
. h ' \ , ' II<br />
thlM~ of umaOity than enr. f II( you WI<br />
b<br />
e<br />
J ohn Peter<br />
b"<br />
Altgeld.<br />
h<br />
jurist.<br />
.<br />
in times like this, it is when we weaker, more ifllpotcnt than bc~ ~ tate s man, p~ .hClst, umanltar·<br />
think of men -like Franz l\Jeh- fore." To write as Mehring Ian ; foe of ~rl\.' ll ege and defender<br />
ring', t11e great Gennan Socialist wrote, to spJ3k as he spoke in f hlu~lan ~Ights; of whose sted·<br />
philosopher , and historian who those days was not only heroic, 109 kmd t~c:: ,~od~ ~as too few,<br />
r~ce!lt1y celebrated his 70th but it was the act of a man whos~ and the c haractenstl~s of w hose<br />
bir;J:h~y, that we feel pride and mind is finn and strong, whose make·tlp we shoul.d aim to emuhappiness,<br />
that we; too, are part principles are so deeply rooted late, died jU!}Lfour.tcen years ago.<br />
'Of the movement that cau pro- ~at 110 chaos of events, no voice<br />
\Vhat could be more beautiful<br />
duce men like he. In a time of a deluded people can confuse than the following sentiment ~x·<br />
when. so , many " l ea~din.g- sp"irits..{)f ,th(,lll. _ -T"': -::: _ proised-by hi'in to the youn~<br />
the Sociali&t International ha\'e \\' hat helped Franz }.lehring to generation:<br />
fallen, when so many failed to hold l~) his head ~n this terrible "Let me say to the young men:<br />
adopt their Socialist philosophy tTisis He .knew, as pe~haps no This age is weary of the polit~<br />
to existing facts, when a great other man in the whole Socialist and weak camp followers, weary<br />
historic moment found 50 many mo\'ement, the historical devel- of servility, weary of cringing'<br />
unprepared, Fral1z ~ J eh r ing re· npmcllt uf the working·class. necks and knees bent to corrup-<br />
f!1ai~ed true 10 his ~in~iple~, a~'.d His ,ideals were firmly founded tion. This .age is calling for com.<br />
earned out the .!Ipmt of hIS hIe upo.n ...... knowledge, u~on fact: age, calling for strong character,<br />
\V.ork, 1 h~ne~v "!1ter,natl~"al }Y.11I use ca!ling fo~ _ f!ien of high purpose,<br />
. Many of us have heard .of !he the spTenilal ,gIftS. fJraf-r'ranz calling~r men..:who have com'ic.<br />
$u1.g l e Ifop,v of the publicatIOn ".\Ielfdng has, III IllS twenty·fh'e liO~S or their ot\,n and who have<br />
"The Int~rni\tional," that was years of untirinl; work, u one of ~ the courage to act on them.<br />
published by ~ l ehring and Rosa ' the few things that are left out <strong>Young</strong> men, rife i; befor~ you.<br />
Lux~mbt1rg in April, 1915, as a of the wreck of the splendid Two \'oices are catling you-one<br />
rall.YlOg ' cry to .all who ,had rc· hui~ding of our movement, upon comin from the swamps of<br />
mamed International, wilich was wll1ch a newer and a better In~ ..... fi h g d I h<br />
~ . . .' . SCI S ness an orce, W ose' suc·<br />
coufi~cated by the (.enn~n mll.l - ternatlonal ~l,ay ~)e l>tult. cess means death' and the otht:r<br />
tary powe:s and was reprln~ted 111 ~ I ay he hvc for many ye~rs to frQm the hillto s' of 'ustice and<br />
~ern, Switzerland. Hut ~ewf work an.d. teach among us 10 the ro ress whe~e e';en failure<br />
us know that Franz :\1e'hrll1g, In ~all1e Spirit. p g ,<br />
the "ery first days of the \\'ar,<br />
~rings glory: Two lig~t s are seen<br />
called to the comrade!1i. who \\'crc FOR THE BOGIE MAN WILL III your honzon-one IS the fast·<br />
almost all carried away in a ttl- GET YOU IF YOU DON'T fadi~g marsh light of ~er, and<br />
mult of pat1;!otic fever, hack to WATCH OUT the oth~r the slowlY·TlslI1g sun<br />
tHeir duty as Socialist:,. of human brotherhood. Two<br />
]'n an ar<br />
yt;\r. I am .; u'r"e l hat if tht: war<br />
t"!P"'t· .. hefore that dOtl :: thl' Y. P.<br />
S. L of this country t:(,llld find<br />
:J way tv han' a reprt·!'ot·ntati\·e<br />
theft'. I alll al ::>o (t,nfilit'llt that<br />
[,ar! Lid,kl1echt will 11\: there,<br />
I"". \\hat ki nd III a :-lIowing<br />
\\ill \" . make when J"(·p,rt ... arc<br />
!"l·ad· Lt'l II:. kCI'P tl.i,.. ill mind<br />
and ~trJ. ill e\'ery ctl .... rt to make<br />
'JIlI" _"1J..!·:l1Ii1.:Jti'JII I'Cllt·r and<br />
plained and IIQc\C'r:-t(lud by a "Ir"n ~e r t, ) ~hj)\\, il\lr appTt'ciachild<br />
of tweh'r'. And he con· li" n :uHI Ilnl!er-it;tnding- i the<br />
tended that if n chilt! had '(Hlce ... ... pktHhd IIlc ....;ag-t: I,arl Lie])·<br />
grasped thcse two g-rC'al thong-ht:, klll· ,-ht lJrflll/.!ht 1I ....<br />
()(X), France £3,600,000. '.\",mtil'r<br />
what it costs the devil to run hell<br />
"The workers arc roLiled and<br />
"tar\i·d ti' death in Pl·;t'·l- (intl'"<br />
In \1 ;11" Illl'y ;H ~' gill'!l ;1 ' 11I1 1'k<br />
Ill''' P:ltdt il';;I,l tlll'ir · !;I\cr: . ...
1<br />
mE YOUNG SOCIALISTS' MAGAZINE<br />
=l<br />
(For Our <strong>Young</strong>er Ruders)<br />
-THE-'-BUGLE CALL Hot" the German Lad A...w"ed [t<br />
." By Russell Everett<br />
I(ji'l and his mother were walk·<br />
ioj alOll( one of the broad .treets<br />
of the city of Berlin. when suddenly<br />
... there came the .brill caU of the<br />
inc men. That 'was just the first<br />
fedmc, for Karl, though he was<br />
only twelvc years old, knew what<br />
IOldien and martial. music really<br />
meant-~r. War--yes, his father<br />
h.d t~d him what war was. He<br />
bad d...,ribod th •• battl.s to him.<br />
The fathers and brothers of the<br />
French boys and girls on one side,<br />
aud their own German fathers and<br />
brothers'o~ the other side. 11le-y<br />
had never seen udf other before,<br />
10 they had nev-er quarrelled; but<br />
tbdr rulers had told them to fight,<br />
and so they marched away from<br />
their homes, following their banners.<br />
Ahl fighting was awful. As<br />
Karl heard tho b
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12 THE YUNG SOCIALISTS' MAG.~ZINE<br />
- 0£ Socialisfs will have to do their<br />
y;d~lc : 'they. come int\') the field<br />
at,t'he irfat3.n~.hen a tremendous<br />
ecQnbmic c.ataclysm is conv\11sing<br />
,d ~ s.Ociety. 1 h unr)" be that in<br />
thi ~ \Vestem Hemisphere we So·<br />
da1i'sts ~'iI1 be !Spared the necessity<br />
of actually rr3~'ping new<br />
weaPons with which to fight ollt<br />
the' class stn~kgle, but there is no<br />
such pr~~bi!.i!YJ!la.t · the <strong>Socialists</strong>'·<br />
of •.f¥]!,.Q\}e:f!!' cOl!ntries will<br />
eS~"~~lt~~ .• tn~p~!a:tive necessity<br />
of. fJ.k~\II - ul>
"<br />
14 THE YOUNG SOCIALISTS' MAGAZINI!<br />
fiHi<br />
. · THESE<br />
THINGS SHALL BE<br />
:'HE B~ER ,:~R!.2~. !~E CHILDREN I B1 J. ~. Sy nond.<br />
.-.- Y I -+ These things shall be I A loftier<br />
Mflt is gOOd when' it happens,' tion among the "kiddies',' h'as.tv.:o Tha~ac~er the world<br />
say the children. 'That. we die be~ very grave aspects. First, It 15 known shall rise<br />
hath<br />
fore 'our time}" the brutal and inhuman phase vVith flame of freedom in their<br />
.. This subject was the topic un- that arrests the attention of the \ souls J<br />
der discuss-ion in the Church thinking person, to sec the suffer- And ' ligh~ of science in their<br />
House, at the Church ~f. the, Mes- ing of the child ren from cold and eyes.<br />
,iah.. on Sunday Evening, April hunger in a world of plenty. Secthe<br />
9th: . ond, it is the p~r business.~f so- They shall be gentle, brave, and<br />
Mr. -Edward F. Brown, Secre· ciety to allow It s future cltlzens strong<br />
tary of the .. New York School to grow lip amid the squalor and To spill no drop of blood, but<br />
lunc.h Committee, was one of the filth and misery, that is the inevi- dare<br />
speak"erS', and he made some state~ table result of poverty. All that may plant man's lordmen~<br />
tha~ are worth.Y of aeriou& Eight hundred million dlIars ship fir,!!<br />
cpnsrderatlon by all people 'who pu year to support the .. nefti- On earth and fire, and sea, an.l<br />
have the interlsts of society at dents in 'the U nited Stafes, and air. '<br />
heart. where do they cOllle from<br />
There are kown to ' be ..o~(X)() Mostly from the poverty-stricken<br />
children in the City of New York homes of the poorly-paid workers.<br />
who are suffering from malnutri- The children are hel pless; they<br />
tion j malnutrition means. to are born into families that, in<br />
.peak plainly. that the child so mi'iiY=iasK, do not care-~<br />
luffering does not have enough and cannot adequately care for<br />
to eat.<br />
them, but that is beyond them to<br />
John Spargo in his very valua· avoid. If they are to live and beble.<br />
book on the 8ubject tells us come worthy citizens instead of<br />
that tliere are ten_ million .in the inmatecntone of the·jnnnrneraJ>le·<br />
United States who live below the custodial Instltutions when it 'be·<br />
poverty line. hooves society in the U nited<br />
Thil situation al$umes very States, in the twentieth century.<br />
grave proportions, when we real •.' to think of sQ{"ething other than<br />
ize that it strikes at the most vital its lIhecoic mood" and open- its<br />
part Of societ.y when it reeks such eyesJo the (act th ~t its future cithavOC<br />
among the children. izens need attentinn.<br />
Last year $8CXl,()(X),OOO were One of the first steps toward a<br />
spent in the United States in sup- remcdy for this very harmful<br />
porting custodial institutions, state of affairs /will he laws reguwhile<br />
die public schoofs spent lating the wages, to the extent<br />
only $750,()(X),()(X). Society in the that fathers may obtain a living<br />
United States needs fifty million that will ensure the children<br />
doliars more to support its vic- against suffering from hunger:<br />
tim, than it uses to support its Then to make conditions that<br />
-school system. • will ensure the children a decent<br />
If we could add to that amount childhood and an education, sothe<br />
vast' su~s used ' by the chari- ciety must take cont rol of industable'<br />
orgariizatiims we could form try and use it to make child life<br />
sorne., Idea of what is becoming of and adult life "a thing of beauty<br />
the :werldng-clas~ qf Ar.nerica. and a joy forever," not a black broke out in 1914.<br />
This conditioJl .of sJW starva- night f mi sery and de!"pair. called spats."<br />
Nation with nation, bnd with<br />
land<br />
Unarmed shall live as com·<br />
rades free;<br />
In every ~eart' and brain shall<br />
throb<br />
'Jhe pulse of one fraternity.<br />
New arts shall bloom of loftit! r<br />
moultl;--... ·<br />
And mightier music thrill the<br />
skies,<br />
.,.nd every li fe shall be a song<br />
When all the earth is paradise.<br />
These things - they are no<br />
drean{-shall be<br />
For happier men when we are<br />
gone:<br />
Those golden days for them shall<br />
dawn,<br />
Transcending aught we gaze<br />
upon.<br />
Not. Dangerous..<br />
"You c. iticil.e us," said the Chinese<br />
visitor, "yet I see all your<br />
women have their feet bandaged."<br />
"That is .an epicfemic." it was<br />
explained to him. gently, "Which<br />
Those are<br />
TH E. VOUN'G SOCL"- L1 !iTS' MA~GAZI'NE<br />
IS<br />
"'--_ ... .J.~ .<br />
_*<br />
!<br />
KEEP THE RED Fi;AG FlYIN 'G ~ - ;-~ i~~r<br />
By Wl1liam Morris Feigenbaum ,<br />
• I __ u ~<br />
May Day, <strong>1916</strong>, find. a world Prussianization of the country<br />
do not like: we must not fo llow<br />
that is sore distracted. ~e"er in such as Germany and France together<br />
never dreamed of.<br />
them be(ausc they aded in a certain<br />
way. ' ''Ie must view their<br />
the history of the modern labor<br />
movement has there been such a The President of the Cnited<br />
a~t:.: and judge if il aided or<br />
year, excepting on ly 1915. The States, in his race for re-election,<br />
barred the onward ma r-ch of the<br />
w ()r k('r~. al1(\<br />
terrible slaughter of the past two makes an agitation t(lur for mili <br />
we llluSt profit by<br />
years continues with un\tbated tarism around the ('ountry. arouS·<br />
the1r mistakes. Thev are in the<br />
iury. The hideous carnage' oi ing terrible fears by \'eiled utterance!',<br />
backed up b~' lying- "n("w!\"<br />
b;lttleiinc, slaughteri;lg for king.<br />
k;ti~l'r<br />
"erdun has been, at this writing.<br />
and c~ar and banker. mi!lled<br />
h,\' the cry of " patriotism,"<br />
going on for fiity days . .and twu from the rumor fa\.'t o r~' at \\'ashington.<br />
until Ihe nation i~ ready<br />
Thl."refort'. we must learn how not<br />
hundred thoCtsand human being ...<br />
have paid the price of the mad tn break into war fo r no disccnlable<br />
reason whak"r-r.<br />
to hf mis\ the spark oi<br />
sity. At noted priest. the "50- this awful welter of hatreds, ffars.<br />
intemalional solidarity. We ha\'e<br />
6e(, 11 the sham and tht' fraud and<br />
(ialist ki ller," Vaugh:m. ShOllts at lies. betrayals. slaughter. The<br />
the aime of narrow, bigottt'd mya<br />
l.pndon throng. "Our busines!' workers a rc forbiddell to think of<br />
COUllt ry_rigbt_or_wfong "patriolism."<br />
Uut upon it!' nown with<br />
IS killing Ge rmans." Germans ill themsel \'e!\. They are told that<br />
a "charity" bazaar in ' ~ew York nothing come~ hefore the welfare<br />
show the sweet feclings engendered<br />
by war by tiring at wooden<br />
of "the country:' and they · are it !<br />
Om ('nem)' is the capitalist<br />
made to ac(:ept whaten'r the master<br />
class says is "th(' country."<br />
class of the world, Our comrade!l<br />
figu res of F rench and British soldiers<br />
in the shooting galleries. 1t is "America first." povert,'"<br />
are the militant workers of the<br />
world, Our task is to o"c:rth row<br />
French musicians say that they<br />
staryation. uncmploymellt. prostitution,<br />
hungoer, factory fires and<br />
never couid endure Wagnt'_r.<br />
capitalism. ~othing less.<br />
They tly the bla~k Rag of inhi<br />
People is{ set against people. Race lil1.<br />
f '<br />
is made to hate race. The bot<br />
passions of the human race are<br />
atriotism i!l; the<br />
last refuge of the scoundrel."<br />
Now is not the time to speak or<br />
our European comrades with<br />
either commendation or condem<br />
trough of I!lilitarist ties. The<br />
whole or public opinion i!! worked<br />
until It would, seem that shamelessness<br />
had reached its limit. tn<br />
nation. 'vVe must not condemn<br />
make the people acquiesce in them he(;l.\l!"e they di ll what we<br />
:!<br />
national piracy. They ule methods<br />
that would have made (aptain<br />
Kidd and Nero and. Tamburlaine<br />
green ..... ith envy. T~c:y han'<br />
deballched and poisoned IUld<br />
warped and infected the ""holt!<br />
human race. And the\' call liS to<br />
do tht'ir foul and rott;n WOfk. a~<br />
our comrades were fooled into tioing<br />
in Europe.<br />
Now. in this war-torn ti me. in<br />
this hatred-ridden time. ill this<br />
crimson time of death and destrudiOn.<br />
we have the holie't<br />
mis:.ion that cvtr man had.<br />
Comrades. keep the red Rag Rying!<br />
Keep the fight going! The<br />
battle is with an enemy within.<br />
not ",ith an enemv over the water.<br />
LOIl~ li\'r- the i~ternntional solidarity<br />
nj the wurkers!
memowa..<br />
or hold.<br />
OM ~~ ctnL or more 01 the total'<br />
'~Dt of .toek, 'Pruidnt, John<br />
NICel. ~l61 Hancock Sc:.., Brooklyn.<br />
, N:- ,y~ - SCtfttar)', ' Olto l\noll, i3Z:<br />
Luincton An .. New ' York -City.<br />
N~ *Y., Tf"f:Uurer, Ernlt Ramrn, 214<br />
..... tIl St.. New York Cit,., N. Y.<br />
'.!t-=:'!:.t~':.;~~-;rt,~~~<br />
.1 ;. .... t: __ re ot toc .. l UIO\UIt of Itoad ..<br />
~~ 'tt. ~ .-ri~ "'';';:~bo.,.<br />
. c\~-.t. ._. Of: 0_" .\Ockbo.td..u.<br />
zt.ii7~tJ.~~.:n·=~ ":'1:~!<br />
~t..t -.=.. !'~ e:=. ~~ of u. ṯN .::,'i::<br />
WMc. Of ~ lMolder. awe .... opoo , die<br />
...... 'of'. ·_,.ar-....... 1M" i. ,.,<br />
«lilt ~"I.I_;dw ~ of tlM ~r_<br />
..._~ "".",.. -.II. tnIItu I.<br />
~a:-P ih.tiII;~tbat *..u two put._<br />
:.~~n:..:..~ta~~ ~<br />
.... ~ .tI' ..-..4IrioM' ~r .. hich<br />
~ .... -'*, boWen .who do lIot<br />
....., -~~~.r ~o::~.", a:<br />
il----.... ~ =-~ -:'.. -:..~u.., ~~<br />
~ i:J~':::ti~·ra~·,~<br />
i .. ,lbl .. id ';!,!l./ ktI ... .,. otbtr ...:witiu<br />
........... ~7h1_ -·· ;#<br />
.: '. - ,..<br />
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I A ' DARK MAY DAY ' !<br />
! - This Will Not Be a Joyous May nay !i<br />
.- -- /<br />
When the International classconsciom<br />
movement of the prolelariat<br />
first mel in au intemation~1<br />
~ongress in Paris, in tl889 it was<br />
dl!C':. for our wo~rktrs are, in<br />
the trenches. ha\'e forgotten rhat<br />
the earth holds anything but murder<br />
and _bloodshed, horror and<br />
disease. Our ,\130)' Day will 1I1)t<br />
he a proof of our ROwer, for w('<br />
know now that mimbers , alone'<br />
C;\Illlot conquer the earth.<br />
It wilfbe a ~a rk May Day. The<br />
h\'dra-headed' m •. nster of militari~1ll<br />
is raisi~g its headS on e\~c~<br />
side_ Schools an~ col1iges are~ <br />
("oming breeding pla~es for \\'arlike<br />
spirits. The grea\ ,press. or"<br />
our nation, with its unb9unded ;\1-<br />
fluence and power, is ' practical1~<br />
unanimous in i1s err for preparedliess<br />
.. Enn al our own rank~<br />
tqere are those who have forgotten<br />
tht; significance of international<br />
folidarity. Xo, it will Tl ut<br />
be a joyo~s ~Iay Day .<br />
But our ~Iay Day to-day will<br />
have a higher significance. It<br />
will be:: a day of protest, a day oj<br />
firm resolve to fight abov.e all. and<br />
at all costs, fhe horrors of .warfare<br />
and international s;trife'. Ott<br />
this .May Day of. 19J6 we" will cry<br />
to the world of labot "Be true t(1<br />
your cause. Love vour comrades,<br />
I,,(herever t~ey rna; ' bt;" b~1t fight<br />
with inexora.ble ~ zeal your only<br />
enemy, the . capitalist class" The<br />
worker has no ~o untry, ,His home<br />
is the world j hi ~ sortow~, his joys.<br />
his problems, ~hi~ ideall :tbo~~ Of<br />
a suffering strugrling . p'rolt;.-<br />
tariat. ~<br />
'"'<br />
THF. YOUNq SOCI6U~rS' MAG
• VV~~ ,'t. .:>v,........ ..... :.:>· ... ~ .... _ ....... ...<br />
Quution-What would yo", do if • , ~<br />
• molber Cum.n or w~' .lIler1 to try .nd violate your ! MY ' BOY By Morria RoeeaIeld - 1<br />
~n.w~r-That i. a .",ppo.itio",' • ...:========-_..1<br />
quution, and, ba. no reiennee to •• - •<br />
'atts; but<br />
military r,epruentativc<br />
please aUow<br />
~hat<br />
me to<br />
he<br />
a.k<br />
could<br />
the<br />
1 have a little boy at home,<br />
.'<br />
1 hear<br />
,<br />
her words--I hasten outdo<br />
if hi. superior officer .hould order A pretty little son' This moment mJst it be!-<br />
him Tribunal-That to .hoot hi. mother i. not or a .uter relevant 1 thmk . somettmes .' 'the world 15 . th e f at h er-1ft'<br />
ove ames m my<br />
que.tiOn. mine, breast:<br />
100t:;,lion-What chu"h do you In him, my only one, My child must look.at me I<br />
.~nlWer-None.<br />
I stand beside the tiny cot<br />
q",estion-I.ndud. How , can. you But seldom, seldom do I see And look, al\d list, an'd-ah!<br />
chum, then, to have a con'Clcnc::e My child in heaven's light; A dream-thought moves the<br />
~:~: :r:~n~: ;:!tttend the church I find h.im alway~ ~as~ asleep baby-tips<br />
AlUwer-l was traiMd in the Ful. 1 see hIm but at OIght. "0, where is my papa 1"<br />
harD S. S. s. t Loud eric. of "Oh 1<br />
ohl" f~m Ibt bulk of the. Trib~nal. Ere dawn m labor drives m~ 1 k~ss and kiss t~e sh~t blue eyes,<br />
one oC Its mem~erJ remarklng- Oh! y I kts'i them not to valn.<br />
they .bellcvt; in nothlng.l · . . f~rth; They open-O they see me then !<br />
VOice of mother of ,lad from back TIS OIght when I am free: '. .<br />
~f ba~l ...... "Oh, yu, they do,\ they be. A strang n am I to nlY child, And straightway close agalll.<br />
heve In love aDd brotherhood." . " .<br />
O",,,;on-'Oo ,00 .hink Enal.nd i, ,~nd strange my
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~The UI~y printed be!ow was tied for first prize in the New J~rsey Y. p, S. L. Essay Contut o n "Youth and ;<br />
, " ., Militarism:' It was writteh bYIComrade-Louis Conan of Circle Paterlon. N, ].) t<br />
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Whit!' the i.tn~orlant quution of maniled and shattred human wrc a_cause. Moden.1 h","l1l- ~n.d public nuittary cxh,blllOIH. Many<br />
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wi.e hi.. fed are lufferin, pa~. Mr. exclaim. Skinner, with a glitter in his<br />
Skinnu, bis bou. approaches him and eytl. _<br />
taU, bim:. .<br />
Podolkin, a.toni,bed at the' b.r~<br />
"Podolklnl" , baric ijcmandt of hi, bo" lo.t his<br />
"Hey'" •• In podolkin. 1 tense. for a moment, but '~D found<br />
"Do you know, llYo' Skinner, "the lufficient cbuUIt.. and retorted:<br />
Ituon will .oon be over It i. let,.. "Now, on the level, M .. r. Skinner."<br />
tine Ilow,"<br />
"On what Itvtl"<br />
Poc101k.in WII dumbfounded at the "It i, unju.t,"<br />
drudf~ ntw.. He dou not know "URjnat, what"<br />
what to aOlwer, and sad\y nodi hi. ..It i, .trodou....<br />
head.<br />
" What i. atrocious"<br />
"Sut, don't fur, I'll He: to it that "To demand ont of my limbs," rt -<br />
you .hall have work."<br />
plies Podol"in.<br />
"'in" inquires Podolkin. hardly Skinner burat out in a villainous<br />
'Delieving what be ~as just heard. laughter, but, Podolkin, growing more<br />
" WQrk .. a-plent,.. YOII'U work over- courageou., continued:<br />
time every day '" .peaks SkinMr "It i. simply outrageou.. My body<br />
mildly and ,000 nat~l;edly, And Po- il. my laic po •• ession, and you are<br />
. dolkin ·feel. that ddi,htful cue ovu- Wicked enouah to demand the .eparatakin&,<br />
hi. 10ul. He wantl to utter tion of my limb.. Npl 1 will not per<br />
.omethin., but he doe. not ju.t know<br />
whit. But l , loon hOo ntaina hit: voice<br />
mit iL"<br />
"Very well, then," responded Skinand<br />
lIy':<br />
ner, "America i. a free country. You<br />
" Mr, Skinner, r hope ' that ·you will can do aJ you choost· You can reo<br />
be lati,fied with me" - tain your body, but ~'ou mUlt leave<br />
But Skinner', face arow. dark at<br />
thoua h it -Nue covered wich heavy<br />
my factory."<br />
"So, 1 will leave I" retorted Podoldouch,<br />
and the boss umarks in an kin, with tvident .. tilfaction. But,<br />
entirely Itrance voice.<br />
after a moment'. rdlection he rel;ol-<br />
"Do you know, Podolkin, 1 want to Icc ted to hil memory the fa ct that<br />
let paid for thatr'<br />
there arc a wife a child at home, He<br />
" Paid ~ atka podolk'n, lookiQI in ncalled to his memory that on Tuuamazement<br />
It hil master.<br />
day next he must pay rent-an Sat-<br />
"Yu, paid, A load, .ttady posi. urday .'he arocer's WI. He recalled,<br />
tion luch as this, i. not obtained with- that hiS countryman, Ziftin, also an'<br />
out payment." oper-ator on kneepant., is already<br />
"But where ,hall 1 aet the monty idlina for two month', and looks ve.ry<br />
to payr" re-tOrted Podolkin. " You arc much grieved.<br />
well Iware, Mr. Skinner, that 1 blrely These thoughts and re(,ollections<br />
urn my meller liviDK bere." thrilled the poor laborer, The very<br />
"1 do not a.k for All)' of your blood chilled in hi, vein!.<br />
money," replied Skinner. '·Well." u k. Skinner, are you loing<br />
The worker feell much relieved and to It-ave my plueT' '<br />
anx.;oo,ly -sk,: '''Mr. Skinot-r,"<br />
"If you don't want any mond what "What is it"<br />
then do you want" ' "Do you still want<br />
" What do you possu." u k. limb."<br />
\ Skinner. :: Mo.st asl u~~dly 1 dO ."<br />
Podolkin dotl not comprehend his .,What .for , "<br />
of my<br />
malter'. quution, Ind, lookinl at bim "That 11 my bUSlnus,<br />
naively, uk.: .<br />
What part of my body do you<br />
" Hey "<br />
"What do you pOdell repeat!<br />
want'"<br />
':r want .to have your feet," replied<br />
Skinner. "What have ),ou that you Skinner ~numphan.tl y. .<br />
can ull your own"<br />
Podolkm was dismayed and ter,l-<br />
" N.o'hinc." Mr, Skinner, c.onfellel fie,~' ..<br />
Podolkin, "1 am a very poor man." ~r feet, he .tammered. "my<br />
"Bilt ~ou own your own bo~Y!" fe~,tBut I will, not be able to work<br />
lay., Skinner. a~d a contemptible without my f«t.'·<br />
In:,lle pread on hll countenance. "Well, then, aive me your hud,"<br />
Truly, no more than my own said Skinner,<br />
body,", an,wered Podolkin. ~ee~onin a A cold shower of perspiration. enthat<br />
lu. muter was merely Jolcinc, wrapped Podolkin,<br />
"Then I want part of your body," " My head " he impatientiy a.ked,<br />
JaYI Skinner. itarinc hi, eye. upon hi ~ ma. ter,<br />
"What do you mean I don't quite "Your head, your entire head, up to<br />
uDderstand," say. Podol;kin..<br />
your very neck," commanded Skinner,<br />
"A limb, a fraction of you.r body," with a devili.h Imilo.<br />
" What are you talkin, abou.t, ..Mr.<br />
Skinner'" , .- j<br />
"I know what I am talking about."<br />
"Take ,orne difterent timb, for pitfl .<br />
like."<br />
"There'L no pity about it. I want<br />
your head; the entire bead, with a part<br />
of the neck," _ ,\<br />
"Oh, 1 can't. I caq't'remain without<br />
a head," in.ilted Podol kin. with tuu<br />
choking hi. throat. .<br />
"Welt, then, rive me your feet,"<br />
broke in Skinner.<br />
"What are you talking about, Mr,<br />
Skinner; of what u.e il an opuator<br />
without hi li feet "<br />
"Weil, then, let it be your head."<br />
Podolkin cuntemplatel a while, and<br />
Skinner .peak, in a mHder tone.<br />
"You bloom ina jackall, What the<br />
devil'do you want your head for"<br />
"To be without a head-why, I<br />
would not be able to even thinlr: of<br />
anythinlt replied Podolkin.<br />
"What do you want to think for<br />
Surtiy, you can make kneepants without<br />
your brains<br />
"But 1 will not evtn b~.ablt to tat."<br />
"You should worry. That will en·<br />
able you to redu ~ e the hiab cost of<br />
livinS' and aav~ a little mon money,"<br />
"Nor will I be a'ble to h~ar ,"<br />
"What do you wan~ to hear You<br />
can be deaf and still mak~ knee pants,<br />
It docs IIOt matter."<br />
"But 1 will nOt be able to Ite:'<br />
"That'. not a creat lOll. Believe<br />
nte , Plodkin, you are 10 well trained<br />
into your work that you will be able<br />
, to make knetpants without you'r un.e<br />
of siaht.'1<br />
"So, J , haU rorfeit my hud" ask,<br />
Podolkin, and he feels the anat difficulty<br />
he will be obliged to encounter<br />
in parting with hi, head,<br />
" "Certainly, you chump, It is for<br />
your own benefit. You will rid..yourlelf<br />
of the huvy burdtn on your<br />
,houldu.,"<br />
Thu., Skinner tries to persuade hi,<br />
emp loy e~ ,<br />
" It'. a lOll," grumbled Podolkin,<br />
"Why do you fUll 50 much over the<br />
lOll"<br />
"1 only aot a hair cut la.t weekhad<br />
1 known it_to -<br />
a~~~I~re\OvSlr:i~~~r ,I~~o:J<br />
~5at~~:~~~:<br />
petting the workman on hi, 5houlder.<br />
"Will 1 be certain of work-" inquir~d<br />
Podolkin.<br />
;'Study work, till YODr very irave,<br />
You'll work Sunday,. Sahlrday" and<br />
overtime every sincle niabt," 5poke<br />
Skinner, in a kind and alsuring<br />
maDnu.<br />
I<br />
"Take itl Cutl" -conaented Po ..<br />
dolkin.<br />
I<br />
Skinner called hi. fo{eman. who<br />
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was also a cutter. Ifhe cutter held a .<br />
lon" sharp knife in his hand.<br />
When Podolkin obser ved the in<br />
,{rument a chill ran 'through his body, i<br />
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INTERNATIONAL NOTES<br />
Skinner whi.pered something in to ...<br />
I<br />
the cutter's ear. The latter smiled,<br />
IDd, swinaing his knife like a baton,<br />
GERMANY<br />
Ippro,ched the operator,<br />
The radical wing of the German<br />
The poor .fellow was .cared to death !'arty. wi th 18 Re ichstag rep resentatl\cS<br />
and was unable to utter a syllable out<br />
h,,\le hrokcn away irom the u<br />
of fear and anj:'Uish .<br />
tabli"hed Social Dt-mocnuic Party of<br />
"How fa r .hall I cut " asked the Gl' rmallY, so that the long-t-xpected<br />
foreman with his knif ~ raised and<br />
rudy for action, 1<br />
"Cut down to the very shoulder."<br />
"No, only up to it s neck, " are the<br />
word. that Podolkin duires to say.<br />
'Bot he cannot speajc:, A terrific fear<br />
comprcssed his heart :lRd rendered<br />
him unable to speak.<br />
Tht- fo reman grabbed Podolkin's<br />
head.<br />
"Wait!" shrieked Podolkin.<br />
"What's the matter " ye lled Skinner.<br />
'<br />
"Wait just one minute," pleads Podolkin,<br />
"Did you change your mind" asks<br />
Skinner. "But, you can't. It's settl~d<br />
. You have l}1ade a contract."<br />
T-hr cutttr prusrd Podolkin's head<br />
with "Teater fu ry,<br />
"Xo, I didn't change my mind,"<br />
apologizts Podolkin, "J only w311t to<br />
run over home fa,. one minute."<br />
"What will you do home" asks<br />
Skin ner, and in the meantime winks<br />
hi! cutter, who touches the knife close<br />
to Podol kin'. shoulder,<br />
~pli t in tnc German movement has<br />
nol\' become 3 f3ct.<br />
ITALY<br />
During tnc Christmas' holidays<br />
large lIuO\uers of Italian sold iers reftiveu<br />
le3\'e to spt-nd the holiday.<br />
with th eir families, In spite of the<br />
fart that the soldiers were fo rbidden,<br />
under the mO$t stringt-nt pt-naitiu,<br />
tu impart any informati on of condi·<br />
tions at the fronl. t-nollgh talk of<br />
brutalities and insurrt-ction percobtcd<br />
ntvCrthelrss to set tht- wh ole<br />
('onntry into a fcver of t-xdtemrnt,<br />
Ev(' rywhne thne were clashCl betl\Cen<br />
police alld "oldins who refused<br />
to return to the fr ont.<br />
From the traills that ce rritd the<br />
~oldicrs to the frollt cam ~' the cry<br />
irum a thousand vo i ce~ "Down with<br />
\Iar: In Lao!c 1,000 returning soldiers<br />
{,verturncu whole trains to<br />
lIlilk.· their return to the front illlp",~ibk<br />
Tht-n they went si nging<br />
Ihr ough the tuwn destroying everythHllo:<br />
that came into their path.<br />
"WO/it-stop! 1 only want to ('as t<br />
RUSSIA<br />
OIlC ilance at my child. I wil l never<br />
Russia has bt-en the scene of numbcr~<br />
uf political striku in which hun<br />
he able to sec her again-." And<br />
from beneath Podolkin'~ breast is· dred" of thousands of workers parti.:ipaled.<br />
manifesting the prott-st of<br />
,ued for th a deep convulsive sobbing.<br />
"Podolkin! what are you crying the Rus~ian worklllg-clas.s against<br />
about" heard the laborer the question<br />
of his wife and he awoke. But diliming an unceasing slrugj{le<br />
the )(overn mClllal policy, and pro<br />
he was I IHI under the inRuence of his against Czarism.<br />
dreadful dream, and commenced to<br />
ferl his body with his hands. .<br />
SPA1N<br />
"What are you searching after " On ~Iar c h 25th, 1906, a central<br />
asked Sophie.<br />
national organiz3tion of younK p ~o·<br />
"My limbs," anSW ered Podol kin, ple'9 c1ub~. (:omprising 20 Sections<br />
bali 311eep,<br />
and 1.109 mtmbers, was founded in<br />
l)oor Sophie felt a chill run throuKh Bilboa. In 1910 this wai moved to<br />
her veins upon hearing the brief reply Ma
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GENERAL NOTICE OF Y. P. S. L. for .n~ ,why each lca~u~ mcm~tr<br />
;,J Aft. appul i, lent 'out tb ali young<br />
Sociali'ts"to take. stand apinn the<br />
oom1nc dupolism, that is called in<br />
tt6ned I.ilga.ge .. Preparednep." The<br />
idlin, ~liu hal':l.lrta'dy takell-iu<br />
.rand. No ....., let the' ..... orking clas~<br />
ihow itself. • For years this great<br />
ac:ht-lrie Has been planned by a c1us of<br />
tJptJ'rf!SWtrs for their persbnal and Idfrtb'ihte1-ei1i:-<br />
THe,-' ha\'c .pent thoua.nds<br />
' bpdn ' thoul5iIl\ds of- d ~ na N to<br />
blind the youth. Thty ha,'e financtd<br />
thJ l:n e"fpip~ers so u 'to 'have thelll<br />
fa\Oor'thi~ ; dishtrou s 'm oveme nt to th e<br />
tr.t6rkinlt
Z6<br />
enlighlenmentin tnt midst of an fn·<br />
"ironment of • Y. 14. C. A., a Church<br />
Houle. and a Y. M. H. A. it has been<br />
, .,aminll' the daol'c't-.il1'al"'l I beacon<br />
li.ht upon the dark: fauah wateu.<br />
h thtre • par.llel in this great coun·<br />
try to this active young ,~ple's<br />
leapt<br />
, Y. P. S. L.'8 N~IC1t<br />
E • ..-y LMpe in O,.t New York<br />
~I!.d New. J ...,. lb. ~d. thr. of.<br />
. ' ffic~ , dalep.tea 19 npreI t them at<br />
• th,_ M"ulpe Commf meeting to<br />
~ h.ld od Satur'dq • oon. <strong>June</strong><br />
3. ,.t . th~ R.a:ad. School, to dlacu .. and<br />
:~!::ttl~~o~~:e: :: ::: ~~~<br />
various c.ommlttees and oflicen to<br />
• , •• up~. -:ne.<br />
... " In, ... tM 1;DcantiP\e ltJ1lCO_ ~ou1d dis-<br />
.·"Htu .... tti • . roOd and welfare Of the ma,-<br />
&do.' ana $Qltnlct thelr ... deleptel U<br />
to tbej.J;, vi..... -.. to it that the most<br />
~. cS81apteS are. .tec.ted al14 that<br />
th';~~ ...... 11 ~t< ·
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be Ml~JJv:,lth .. .\ r~ 'M'~ ,t J2 • . Mar.<br />
ket k at thc"Newark Soeialist- Party •<br />
be~uUt.,.; ., .<br />
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T 0 ~ 1T B/ B E A DEB • .r<br />
dress ... U 1 .. C. C. c.om.mltnjc::ations<br />
. to IKrd;!ry • •<br />
is CqUa. JO TwetJth ./lve..<br />
Tto the epitor. Fair and honest<br />
t;atc;~o ~,: N. J.<br />
criticism "Will h~lp a gr'ear,tieal' tb'<br />
'i "' ~ . t<br />
~.~~~.cpUlj:rY ....<br />
Taetd,y; )(a)' - 2'nd,~ Bili Kruse, the<br />
.. "' ..... \--nian r,r the rirht pl.ce." will<br />
1«~, on "'The EirTtting Cliance;" at<br />
256~<br />
: reNt .....:1[1· ,C.l "'ide< tb.<br />
.au. ,' ~ Whbe '¢ddinldtDbb, Y. P.<br />
S, T1\i"YitHll. 'btfltrMon. Go\lnty<br />
are laODia, a blg',public mectinl' on<br />
"M t.r)' ~- Ttainiflg in the Public:<br />
ScJipol"' Tueld,y. May 116.. at County .<br />
He~~t\·.r~r~~:.t PI'~f'~a.rc: un4er way<br />
ror.~~!.!..W.L! _Co'!.~ty_ St:!!dy ... OUb.<br />
whu:lr'pr
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DES KINDES REcHTE<br />
\Vir Kinder haben'a Recht zum<br />
Spiel-<br />
Das macht gesund ;.. .• .." .....<br />
,Zu schwach sindwi.r zu' schaffen<br />
.viet<br />
O~n' jeden Grund.<br />
Aber's Kapital braucht Gold.<br />
• Zwip(t ~t\S ' i" ,!eir'sotd.<br />
G.~\ ~~\~ dai w:.ng~ rot UDS<br />
macht<br />
, .Un.t' frisehF Luft;<br />
"' Fre';ld'" bei Tag unll Ruh' bei<br />
. .. ~acb t<br />
Und, Blumend~ft.<br />
Aber's Kapital brauc.ht Gold.<br />
Zyviqgt un" in ~ei{len $old.<br />
Wir h~be.R ' Re ~h!...~ u! gute Kost,<br />
Ve! u'.1~ und r~in, .,.'<br />
Gcschiitzt zu sein vor Hitz' und<br />
~. F(05t<br />
t:r,d .aller Jein. .<br />
Aber's "apital braucht Gold.<br />
Zwingt uns in sei~en Sold.<br />
pas Kind hat's Recht auf frohcn<br />
La,uf<br />
In \YaId tlnd Feld,<br />
Raid hugelab, bald hiigelauf,<br />
'Y~e'JJ iitm gefal1t. I<br />
Aber's .Kapita\ ~ra~eht Gold,<br />
~'\in~ US i,!, seinen\-Sld, !<br />
(X ~ch Prof. Shedd von J. JiB; ch.) 1),,....,-==<br />
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.l;nd ddiut def<br />
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sehr<br />
~Iit trolzigen Gebirden,<br />
~ L:nd streut cr -Eil' und, Schnee<br />
umher, ~.: ~l<br />
•. £S muss ·doch Fruhling werden.<br />
Und drangen die Nebel noch so<br />
dieht -<br />
51th vor den Blick, aer Sonne,<br />
.. i SSiZwecket doch IMt mfetfi Licht<br />
Einmal die \Velt zur \VorlOe.<br />
I<br />
'-<br />
Blast nur, ihr Stiirme, blast mit<br />
Macht!<br />
Mir soli darob nicht bangen;<br />
Auf teisen Soh len fiber Nacht<br />
Kommt doth der Lenz gegangen.<br />
Da wacht die Erde griinend auf,<br />
\-Veiss nicht, wie ihr geschehen,<br />
Uod lacht in den sonnigen Himmel<br />
hinauf<br />
l,;nd IllOchte "or Lust vergchen.<br />
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Sie Richt sich bluhcnde Kranze<br />
ins Haar<br />
Gnd schmuckt sich mit Rosen<br />
und Aehr~n<br />
Vnd l a~s t die Brunnlein rieseln<br />
klar,<br />
Als wijren es Freudenzahren.<br />
Drum still! 'C'nd- wie es fr!,eren<br />
mag. -' . ..<br />
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"Erlol~ der Achtstundenbew'eguoi,<br />
wie 'sic auf def cinen Seite<br />
durc,h die Beeioflussung der Gesettgcbung<br />
und auf der andc.tett<br />
~ite durs:h die selt dem Jahre<br />
t189 iib'erall ~ie!ig erstarkten 'fwerkschdtlichen<br />
Organisa:tion<br />
der Arbeiter erzielt wurden.<br />
''' 'NUt- bet Einem mOc:hten ~ wir<br />
gem k\,rz verweilen, 2el del' gtwaltigen<br />
inneren Ausgestaltung,<br />
die der Gedankc der proletarischen<br />
Maifei'er aelbst im 'i erlaufe<br />
d,cscr fiinfpndzwanzig Jahre er<br />
Eahren hat.<br />
_:Wir .h2Jt~,!1-' twie die- ~laifeier<br />
ins Leben tnt als Demonstration<br />
fur Arbeiterschutz nnd Achtstundentag.<br />
...Aber indem ' dicst Demonstration<br />
an einem Tage die<br />
Arbeiter alltr Linder vereinigte.<br />
wuchs sic gam: von selbst- weit<br />
hinl.u:s-fiber ihretl! urspriinglichen<br />
Zweck: sie wurde dad\1rch zu<br />
~i~r gewaltigen Kundtebung fiir<br />
die . Interessen- und Gedankenge<br />
'- mdnschaft _. des intemationalcn<br />
Profetanats: ru ei ner praktischen<br />
Betitigung des machtigen M'ahnrufes.-"den<br />
Karl Mar.< und Fri4tdrich<br />
Engej"s ' einst iiber die Eingang:si>forte<br />
det Arbe iterbew e~<br />
vi!ng ges~hneben . hatten, def<br />
"'lahniufes: Prolet\rier aller Land~,<br />
~:ereinigt euch I Vnd gerade<br />
(i1es~ t;eda·n.k.~ der intemationaren:SOlid~ntafi!11n<br />
· 9.F MItfeier<br />
von"·Jihr '1u'lanr 1U imnie; star<br />
~~!e'm' ..Au~dr;l~k ~ta!lgt. 1 Je mehr<br />
die=tnteressenkonAik\e und Konkllrren:tkampfe<br />
der herrschend~n<br />
K'lassen die internationaten Gegensatu<br />
inndhalb der kapitalisti<br />
Schen ·'\Viitsci,afts«ordn';lng" zugesph.~rhatrenJ<br />
~e (urchtb'arer die<br />
Rushingen zu Lande, 2:U Wasser<br />
und in der Luft werden, 'qUt de-<br />
. mn-1 die;-"Ch'mtlichen"- -Staaten<br />
einander fortgeset7.t bedr:ohen, je<br />
~'~h~~
i WHAT WAR H~S<br />
THE YOU KG SOCIALISTS' MAGAZINE<br />
DONE AND IS DOING<br />
.. .-- . .<br />
Its Blights<br />
\\'ar ha:- brought low our con·<br />
ccption of the preciuusness of<br />
human liie :to; :-Iavcry brought<br />
low our cllncl'pti~m \)f human<br />
li berty.<br />
I t has hClIlllnbc
they t\'en told applicants that tribunals<br />
had n9 pOWtr to grant ab.olute<br />
uemption, .tating they could exempt<br />
from comhatant sen 'ice only. No<br />
later than yeuerday (28th) t saw reported<br />
in the "Glasgow Herald" th20t<br />
Deacon-Convener _-'Iexander in- a<br />
Glasgow Tribun2.1 said to a cDnlcientious<br />
objector:<br />
"You are only entitled to claim u<br />
emption from combatant service. and<br />
a •• 00n as you. young men reali&e that<br />
fact the .ooner will matten be made<br />
t'a.ier for the court.:<br />
Now. tbat is contrary to the in<br />
. fructions issued by Mr. T. Mcinno n<br />
Wood to the TributYls.. Applic:anl.<br />
do not ~t fair play, and ca DDOf: pt<br />
fair pl.y when pllt before men so<br />
prejudiced. .<br />
The teaching and preCl.';pb of this<br />
SChOoI 'are: based on the highett I.';thia,1<br />
ideu of the ""orld', ITeatc:Jt<br />
mind .. and have consistently taught<br />
the ,oung under our charge the evils<br />
of WM". is uempli6ed in tbe follo ...·ing<br />
pr.ecepts: '<br />
"Do not think that those who love<br />
their own eountry mast hate and despi,e<br />
other nation., or wi.h for war,<br />
which i. a remnant of barbarism."<br />
And- .<br />
"'Look forward to the day when ... 11<br />
men and wom~n will be free citizen,<br />
01 one Fatherland, and li"e together<br />
as brothers and ~i~~r~ in pea« and<br />
righteousnesa."<br />
II """'D'tIld teem ~ tr:lnlf t' that young<br />
men tuined in Ihis School could have<br />
any other than a geQuine "con.dentioua<br />
objection" ro taking any ~rt in<br />
war, a proceedin .. which ""Ould viobit;"<br />
tbe "eepe.t and mun profound<br />
convic-rions of their be-ing. Olnd to be-·<br />
tray the relia"ioa~ ideal. of tMir life.<br />
Thu'School has also pasRd a resolution.<br />
'A' h.i~h dtmlands the rcpul of<br />
the Military Scrvice An<br />
J cloS'e .nIh an eame!lt appt"al that<br />
you si~ the above particulars your<br />
,"cry ,b,it consideration. I am,<br />
'YOIll"I respectfully.<br />
W. Morri. Dutr, Secy,<br />
Comrade Corrick, of Deptford,<br />
w~ o has ma.de a splendid stand<br />
against submitting h is. soul into<br />
the hands of the military, writes<br />
of his appeal heard at the H oust<br />
of Commons. :'\.pril 12th:<br />
M, Appeal Result<br />
• Non-combatant suvi('e ordered.<br />
Therefore, 1 endeavor to appeal 10<br />
('I.'; ntral Trihunal and await a",elt, I<br />
had nery opportunity to JaY aJI 1<br />
wisbed. But seeinl' that from the<br />
_ 'f.HE YQUKG SOCIALISTS' )L\GAZINE<br />
casn I h('lIrd hcfort' llIin~ came on,<br />
IhC' Trihunal w,'re not going 10 cxt'Tllpt<br />
anyune, howe\'er mu ch. Ihcy<br />
prol\'ed thC'ir co~wictions. I dId not<br />
U10lh a len~thy 'i)et'l:h. 1 I)ni llttd out<br />
Ih:al w:ar rC'suh~ fror", fur, FeOlr WlU<br />
Ih .. ruult of na tions arming 3gain~t<br />
t'aeh other. all\l the only way to ensure<br />
a 1.lting peace was to remove<br />
kar, and therdore di!arm. I I)ointed<br />
('lilt that one of the tl.';ntt! in the 50-<br />
ci ... l;s! Sunday School teaching wu<br />
that we WeTe again.t all ..... ar and the<br />
takina of Iifl.';, and that Comrade Goslip.<br />
President of tht' London Union,<br />
...'as in the room. and could "erify<br />
th.u, a"d also te:Hify to my working<br />
in tht schooh for ~ome )'ears. The<br />
military repre,centat;\"t asked me<br />
~ome quell tionc abollt S:a"ag~ of<br />
I ndia murdering pncdul people. I<br />
rtplied tbat the que.sllon WIS irrelevant.<br />
hut also that I did nol know<br />
that tht sa\'age,~ of I ndia did murder<br />
pt'oplt'. tte. How did I arri"e at my<br />
con"icli.lns My rt'ading and leaming-.<br />
and then uid. when people are<br />
htllt'r C'Clueattd ..... ar will ceale..<br />
A ~fr , Srok~s wail on the Tribunal.<br />
and ht c r o~-s-exllTll l1led lilt as to my<br />
memher'ihlp of politl~al partiu.<br />
(' halfln3n' ~ !;ut words were: "You<br />
...·ill h;l\'t to sen t a~ a soldier in nonl'll<br />
mhatanl ~en'ict,"<br />
~ty private ttpl)' 10) this is, "I tlon't<br />
thmk!"<br />
fmm Ih~<br />
('\cr loval and bra\'c<br />
I-\alek. who \-n ntl l1~e .. his trojan<br />
.. ef\' i c e~ for ~)ur sehoul:: at the<br />
Tribunals :-<br />
Dnr omrad('~ : ~ l again attended at<br />
the Honse of ommon! "'\PI>ul<br />
picnic. It is his only chance to<br />
breathe fresh air during the elltire<br />
year. Discipl!n~e is a joke. He<br />
drills two Or .three hour!> a day at<br />
most.' He is fed perfe("tiy g""d<br />
food and lives in a comfortablt'<br />
slldtcr tent. He wears goOd<br />
dCJll~es. plays much at cards. and<br />
s~nds ' hi s dollar a day (or drink.<br />
_ Refu'rning to ~ his· home. the<br />
member of the militia force finds<br />
that !thor, state furnishes him with<br />
a very good club house in the<br />
ior'm of an armory •. The means<br />
of social diversion are paid for Ollt<br />
oi the public treasury. If he remains<br />
in the militia for a COIIs<br />
id.erable length of time h e almost a blank wall.<br />
~-ut~atically becomes a non.<br />
com.inissioned oflicer. Puffed up<br />
with a Jitde. brief authority his<br />
patnOc:ism waxes as 'Cvery prolt>-<br />
.<br />
.._---- .....-----------.<br />
tari111 hCl~ nor yet perlllt'at~d the<br />
ruind oli \rncri(
army of ten millions of men in<br />
America, go and study th.e women<br />
at a West Point dress parade or<br />
at an Army'-Navy football game.<br />
~HE YOUNG SOCIALISTS' MAGAZINE<br />
cal and legal freedom. \Vith-"the<br />
call to the colors" all political and<br />
legal freedom comes to an end.<br />
T he next step in our sodal evolution<br />
in America is municipal<br />
state capitalism. We shall presently<br />
have municipal and national<br />
ownership of enormous industries<br />
employing millions of persons.<br />
Bills have already been introduced<br />
at 'Washington looking to<br />
Following th~ 'Vomen's Peace<br />
Conference at The Hague .Iast<br />
year one of the most luxuriouslygowned<br />
American delegates, on<br />
her return to New York expressed<br />
the opinion that wars<br />
would never cease until male citi.<br />
zens in civil life begarbed themselves<br />
in more beautiful and more<br />
interesting clothes.<br />
the preferment of ex- so~d i ers and<br />
ex-sailors in t he public service.<br />
The whole matter is si mplicity itself.<br />
Of all the horrible paradoxes of<br />
W e have two millions of<br />
militarism none is more i"defen<br />
$ible to a thinking mind than the<br />
pageantry of the army in times of<br />
peace. Three da)'s after YOUT soldier<br />
goes into his first fight no<br />
beast of the wilderness ' presents<br />
SO horrible a picture. Hi~ yellowgreen<br />
clothes 3re smeared with<br />
rai lway workers alone. Nationalize<br />
and municipalize industries<br />
employing five millions of men,<br />
select the railway employees and<br />
others with reference to their services<br />
in the citizen army, and<br />
slavery will be entrenched with<br />
militarism, as it is in Germany.<br />
mud and grime. His filthy and<br />
verminous pers,on reeks beyond<br />
the imagination of his friends at<br />
Responsible<br />
home. Pictures of heaps of men<br />
,frightfully mutilated by shell-fire U ncle Luke was going on a<br />
are now quite familiar to the ra il way journey on the accommodation.<br />
Presently, as he was<br />
newspaper-reading public. As a<br />
blind to this inevitable result of waiting at the station, the agent<br />
war. the showiness of militarism came out anI chalked a familiar (<br />
in time of peace is the cheapest sign on the bulletin board: "20<br />
swindle which our ruling classes<br />
employ in the process of misleading<br />
min. late." Luke appealed to a<br />
bystander.<br />
the ignorant. Yet . it has al<br />
"\Vhut's It say. boss"<br />
ways work'ed and still does work<br />
"Train's twenty minutes late."<br />
successfully.<br />
The agent came again and<br />
A Cit:izen Army and Strikes<br />
We have seen in France and<br />
Italy the result of universal military<br />
service as employed in times<br />
wrote with his chalk.<br />
" He's made the train fifty minutes<br />
late now" the bystander infor<br />
med Luke.<br />
of large strikes. Practically A third -and a fourth time the<br />
every worker between the ages agent chalked a message against<br />
of twenty and forty-five is ;]. member<br />
the accommodation's number.<br />
of the re~e r ve. A call to the Then Luke became exasperated.<br />
colors puts an end to the strikes<br />
in twenty-four hours. The primary<br />
purpose of the political action<br />
on the part of the working-class<br />
is to preserve ,,:nd increase politi-<br />
"If some one ain' take dat chalk<br />
away f'um dat man," he said indignantly,<br />
"we folks ain' never<br />
gwine to get away f'um -dis yer<br />
place I"<br />
WHO IS WHO<br />
The masters will never take<br />
you into a fight for real freedoni.<br />
They always lead you in the<br />
other direction.<br />
Who is the best known hero in<br />
the present world war - Whose<br />
name has become most famous<br />
during this war Is it Von Hinden<br />
burg, Kitchener, Von Mackensen,<br />
Russky, French, Joffre <br />
No, none of them I The name of<br />
the real hero, whose name has<br />
become most generaHy kr\own<br />
throughout the ci\·ilized world, is<br />
Karl Liebknecht I<br />
The capitalist press states that<br />
some tribes of aborigines are<br />
anxious to go to war. If so, we<br />
can guess who put the notion<br />
into their heads.<br />
Lord Derby, the head recruiter<br />
in Britain, ha's nearly 2(» slum<br />
dwellings in Liverpool (England)l<br />
which the insurance companies<br />
positively refuse to have<br />
anything to do with. For all that,<br />
however, he is a patriot, and can<br />
flap a flag with the best of them.<br />
From the confiscation of the<br />
worker's labor power to the conscription<br />
of his body is but a step,<br />
The Universal Service Legion<br />
has published another manifesto,<br />
1t says a little more plainly:<br />
,"~ Iak e the workers go somewhere<br />
else to fight for freedom."<br />
The capitalists of the world<br />
are solid for the war. They are<br />
determined to fight to the last<br />
workingman.<br />
Plutes enjoy grand opera. The<br />
workers are given bras's bands<br />
and battles.<br />
If the workers spent more time<br />
in seeking knowledge, they would<br />
spend less time in see~i ng glory.<br />
-Brisbane Worker (Australia),<br />
THE YOUNG SOCIALISTS' MAGAZIXE I<br />
. i PIONEERS i<br />
' " .<br />
Turn the page that tells ('oi<br />
triumphs won by saint and<br />
pioneer:<br />
Re~d the message of the ages<br />
penned by prophet, poet,<br />
seer:<br />
They, the truly great, Who suffe<br />
red in their struggle<br />
'gainst the wrong-<br />
They, the martyr souls, \Vh"<br />
perished by the clamor of<br />
,the throng.<br />
Shall we count as naught their<br />
sufferings, and the glory<br />
they have Wall<br />
As a fad in g wreath, that," ither!l<br />
'neath the splendor of the<br />
sun'<br />
Shall we count as naught the<br />
spirit born of every noble<br />
soul,<br />
Leading to the land of promise.<br />
pointing to the social gual<br />
\-\ie have reaped the frui ts of<br />
labor. sown in hitler, barren<br />
years;<br />
l;Ve have reaped in joy and lal1J..('hter<br />
what was sown ill bluod<br />
and tears.<br />
Ye heroic si res who. battling-.<br />
smote the tyrant iii bi~<br />
might,<br />
Still inspire thy soilS of labor ttl<br />
'defend their sacred right.<br />
Time but teaches one great \(>:;<br />
son-'tis the noble who are<br />
great ;<br />
From their labors and their ~tl f<br />
ferings, Nature molds the<br />
perfect state.<br />
W~, partakers in thei r labor:;;.<br />
still must sha re their sufferings.<br />
too ;<br />
There are cruel chains to sever,<br />
there are shackles to undo.<br />
~-.~<br />
~
TflE<br />
~<br />
..<br />
~ '''' IIIIIn811' .1111111<br />
FOR BOY8 AND GIRLI<br />
z.. .,.:- :.:.~-:-..,.sw:;-...!:t: ·<br />
Eat.red .. Second-Clu. Mail Matter<br />
Joe 2. 1911, at the post office at New<br />
York. N. Y., under the Act of Marcb<br />
l.I819.<br />
"'blitbtd .Monthl, at<br />
15 IpnICe Street. New YOI'k.<br />
b, the'<br />
IodaIIatlc Co-opu.d.... PabL Au"n.<br />
Joba Nactl. Pru. • O. Knoll. Sec',.<br />
&. Ramm. Treu.<br />
~<br />
THE LABOR MARKET<br />
By T. H. Potter.<br />
:rhe monopoli\ ts said : "If we<br />
:ne:n they saki : "We won\pay<br />
~.t one woman. Ap.Pt-al to tbe<br />
public-'tis so-charitablb"<br />
.A.nd they ~.d~~.<br />
; Then the JOX)! ODe Ja.v a wake<br />
nights to t£iok of somt thing the<br />
- babies could worb t~~t _ be<br />
Jl!igbt coin a felY ~nies. off the<br />
IUds. - - ,<br />
• ),Iak-. the X~~';~elf."upport .<br />
iar. You know, it would be so<br />
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10 THE YOUNG SOCIALISTS' MAG .... ZINE·<br />
THE COWARD<br />
It was at a r~cruiting meeting<br />
that I first met. the h\lmble hero<br />
of this story. Bill Sharpies. Curiosity<br />
mol"e than _sympathy had<br />
t&ken me there; aDd 1 was not<br />
very much interested in the proiogs<br />
till a tall sergeant in the<br />
crowd clapped his hand .on Bill's<br />
shoulder, and said:<br />
·'Now. my lad, won't you make<br />
number six Shall we put your<br />
name down alongside those other<br />
five brave chaps who are stand·<br />
iog 'up there on the platform<br />
Come on. be a ·man, and step up!"<br />
Bill would han turned away.<br />
but the sergeant detained him<br />
with a tightening grip on his<br />
shoulder:<br />
t'Come on," he shouted, Udon't<br />
say a big fellow like you is<br />
ytfraid 1"<br />
" It's not that," said Bill. '; J<br />
iotend to take no part in this<br />
cruel war. I promised my mother<br />
so on her deathbed, and I mun<br />
to ke~p my word."<br />
",Father told us what war 'was.<br />
lie made me promise, too."<br />
J followed the young feUow<br />
for some fifty yards, and when at<br />
last I overtook him, I found him<br />
wi th his head bowed,<br />
"Cheer ~;p , my son," said I :<br />
'.'you tid a plucky thing just<br />
now,"<br />
"Plucky," he cried, with pale<br />
quivering li ps, "they all call me a<br />
coward dpwn Pearson's Rents,<br />
where 1 live, si r. And Tom .Bai·<br />
ley turned me out of hi s house<br />
last night, and now [ haven't a<br />
shelter to go to in all the world.<br />
r don't blame Tom a bit. You see,<br />
he is an old soldier who lost an<br />
arm in South Afri ca. He was my<br />
dead father's comrade, and hc<br />
wanted me to enlist. But to me<br />
war is wrong j b(sides, J can't<br />
br~ak my promis~ . "<br />
"You would be a coward, in·<br />
d~ed, if you did," I replied, and<br />
after offering him 3 small sum of<br />
mt;mey , which he ref\l sed~ to ,accept,<br />
I shook, -the lad's hand with<br />
kindly sympathy and left him.<br />
That night Bill Sharples was<br />
homeless. But he' c r Cj~ into the<br />
poor s h~lter of Pearso'n's Rents a<br />
The h~artle!\s crowd of "patri.<br />
ots" who heard the lad's answer<br />
Toared with mocking. derisive<br />
laughter; and the speaker on the<br />
platform, pointing to Bill, asked:<br />
"Have you no father; or if you<br />
have, is he, too, a coward like lilt'le before midnight, for the<br />
yourself"<br />
".My, father was a soldier:<br />
Octaves wind was piercing and<br />
the Iad's clothes were thin.<br />
that's why mother made me Seated on a door"y.ray, despite<br />
promise." ,<br />
his wretchedness, he fell as.l_eep,<br />
"Now, what are you giving U~.<br />
me lad. 'Vhat nonsense is this"<br />
"My father di~d for hi s coun·<br />
and it may have been two hours<br />
later he was awakened by the<br />
shrill sound of a woman's terri·<br />
try." went on Bill. fl He laid fi ed scream.<br />
down his' life (or the ,ountry that "What is the matter" cried<br />
teft mother and me to starve." Bill, shaking himself into wakefulness.<br />
"The degenerate son of a brave<br />
,<br />
father I" yelled the sergea'nt; "let<br />
the coward go."<br />
"Tbe room's a-fire, 'Bill I 1\'e<br />
just upset the lamp I" the woman<br />
By Tom Robinson<br />
shrieked, "an' my little Hetty's<br />
up there--asleep in her cradle 1"<br />
I' Why did you leave her" the<br />
lad demanded. "Why didn't you<br />
bring her wi th you " And the<br />
frantic mother, wringing ber<br />
hands despairingly, replied, . " [<br />
dunno why I did it-[ was mad<br />
. wi' fear."<br />
A great crowd had by this time<br />
gathered together, and the dingy<br />
court was dimly illuminated by<br />
the faint glow of Jight that<br />
flickered through the grimy win·<br />
dow·panes of the burning room.<br />
"If I'd ~oth my arms I 'd 'ave a<br />
try'" said Sergeant Tom Bailey ,<br />
"but a onc·anned cripple like me<br />
'd be worse 'n useless. Ain't there<br />
a' man among yer wot'll try ter<br />
save a pore little kid"<br />
"I will,!" cried Sharples. And<br />
the next mOlllent he had disap·<br />
peared inside the bunling house.<br />
Tw~three-four minutes the<br />
crowd stood there in a silent<br />
agony of sllspense, and then Bill<br />
reo·appeared with the -rescued<br />
child tied up in his ragged coat,<br />
the rest of his poor rags all<br />
aglow.<br />
"Where are you. Mag" he<br />
asked, oh, so faintly, lit he kid's<br />
all right, lass, but-l'm about<br />
done! Take her afore I drops."<br />
"J've fiat her, Bill! Oh 1- my<br />
blessed babby! alive 'n safe! And<br />
its mammy never thought to see<br />
'er precious mi,e again 1 W hy<br />
don't yer look arter the pore lad<br />
Can't yer see as 'ow 'e's faintin'"<br />
At that moment Bill Sharples<br />
fell in a huddled heap at Tom<br />
Bailey's feet; and the one·armed<br />
sergeant knelt by "the youn g<br />
hero's side, and raised the lad's<br />
scorched head on to his knee,<br />
'And big tears streamed fast down<br />
the old soldier's rugged cheeks<br />
as he asked pitifutly-<br />
"How are yer a-feetin', Bill-<br />
It's me a·axin'~ld Tom Baitey."<br />
"I know your voice, sergeant."<br />
said the lad, feebly. "The kid's<br />
a ll right, ain't it "<br />
"Ves ; 1 wi sh T could say as<br />
much for you, laddie, Shall r<br />
carry yer to t~e 'os pita I -wot :-"<br />
';No, let me lie still: it ain't any<br />
use takin' me anywhere-I'm goin'<br />
to die. P'raps it's as wellcowards<br />
ain't wanted tht'se<br />
times."<br />
"Cowards ! there ain 't man y<br />
wot's gone to the front ,as'd do<br />
\...·ot you've done down 'erc in<br />
Pearson's Rents. this night I"<br />
"Why, I cOllldn't stay 'ere, an'<br />
see a pore little kid like that burn.<br />
could J I ain't such a coward<br />
as that."<br />
"There's many as would, lad·<br />
die; aye, that there are. But,<br />
look 'ere, I want ler take them<br />
word s back I spoke to yef yester·<br />
day, I called you a cowardbut<br />
oh, 'ow I 'opes my lit lie Jack<br />
'II grow up to be jest sich another.<br />
Soldierin' ain't eV'rythink<br />
in the world. I'ye done my bit.<br />
but-why don't you people stant!<br />
off Carnt yer liee 'es faintin'<br />
Bill ! Bill!"<br />
"I'm going, sergeant - don't<br />
call me back-I'm tired! You're<br />
abQut the only friend J've had<br />
since father died-you were good<br />
to mother too-an' it 'urt me.<br />
sergeant. when YOll said that<br />
cowards like me weren't no use<br />
in the world-it 'urt me '"<br />
"Forgive me, Bill, I didn't know<br />
wot I was a·sayin',"<br />
, 'IThat's al1 right. Keep 'old 0'<br />
me, I seem to be slippin' fwayyou<br />
can kiss me ii you like-good<br />
bye."<br />
"Good bye, my 'ero!"<br />
\ THE YOUNG SOCI .... LISTS· MAGAZINE 11<br />
And with the bearded li ps of<br />
the old soldier presseU close to<br />
his che.ek, Bill Sharples passed<br />
out of Pearson's nents, and out<br />
of the world. And so died a reat<br />
hero,<br />
TWO WORLDS<br />
By O lga jorgenson<br />
Note-This poem was written by a 17·<br />
year-old Socialist girl of Omaha, Neb.<br />
T o smil e on battlefields and war,<br />
To lovc yourself and no one more;<br />
To live Oll toil of other men.<br />
T o spoil their lins and ho pe, a nd then<br />
To rob and plunda in your gre:t'd.<br />
To lake the bread from those who<br />
need,<br />
~it~u i!~ ~:~:nj;;~t~~dtl~ig~~!~' but" ~<br />
heart that's cold;<br />
A god Ihat says, "is right that Ihon<br />
Live by the sweat of your brother's<br />
brow:<br />
That' s Capitali sm!<br />
T o build a world wh('rt' a\l men ·ctributed " throw<br />
aways" adveTli sing their picnic with<br />
tht' iollowing song printed on re"trle<br />
siue : Y.I.P.S.E.L<br />
ITo th e tune of "Mothet'·)<br />
Y is of the young we're alwa)'s telh.<br />
ing,<br />
I ~t:lnds for ideals high and true.<br />
P is for tht' principles wc're teaching,<br />
S is Socialism-that's for you;<br />
E Ilio fo r our tmhlem - crimson colored.<br />
L Illeans that we'll .always loyal be;<br />
PUt thelll all logtther,<br />
Tht'}" !opel l "Yipsel,"<br />
:\ word lhat muns Iht' world to<br />
me.<br />
The tune being a popuiar air.<br />
makt', it easi('r for the Yipse!s (mosl<br />
o f them knowing it), Everybody<br />
th ou~h l it was good and 1 thuefore<br />
ask YVll to 1)lIhlish it in your next<br />
~SzYrl\: :yf s~h~h~' tV ~u:'~l1 S~cc;~ ~i S ~~; ~ .a~~<br />
Yip!>d s.<br />
l'ratt"rnal1y.<br />
G. A. Knepper.<br />
Die im frc ihtitl ichell Sinne ge·<br />
leite-t en<br />
Vereinigtcn Freien Deutschen<br />
Schulen<br />
von New York und Um&e,er.d<br />
erlei!"n Unterricht im Anschauungs·<br />
unlt"rridu ill \'erbindung mit Vortra·<br />
gell "Il wie Gesang, unu bei gtniigen·<br />
der llt'lt'iligung auch Turnen. Zeich·<br />
nen und Handarb~it s ulllur; ch t fu r<br />
Maddu:I\. Die Auresstn der d nzc ln en<br />
Schulen lIoi nd. in:<br />
Manhattan: Rand School. 140 OS!<br />
19. 51., Satn!lag vorm.; Ll\bor<br />
Temple. 247 OSt 84. Sir., SamllaR<br />
und Sonntag \·orlll.: No. 2329 2.<br />
Ave .. Sa rli_lag nachm.: No. 884<br />
Colull1bu ~ Ave., Salllitags \'orm..<br />
9-12 Uhr.<br />
BrOllle Ecke ISS. Sir. lind Fort st<br />
Ave. Will, Stel1wagen's Hall.<br />
Salllstag lind Sonntag vorm.<br />
Brooklyn : Labor Lycelllli, 949 \Vill·<br />
ouglrby Ave., Sat'llstag \'or· und<br />
nachmittags.<br />
Long Island City: Hettingu's Hallt.<br />
Broadway und 7. Ave., Samslag<br />
vormittags.<br />
Elizabtth. N. j.: 60S Elixabeth Ave.,<br />
Sonntag vormiHags.<br />
Green \'il1~: Lahor Lyceum. 11'9 Lin·<br />
den Str .. Sam5tag nachmitt:ags,<br />
Union Hill : Fronunchtns Halt ..., New<br />
York A\·t . und U nion SH., Sonntag<br />
vormittags.<br />
Die Ve-rei nigung hal auch ein<br />
hilb,ch augnlatiett'J Liederbuch im<br />
Verlag. ~liihere AU .'lkunft trtt ilt der<br />
Sekretar Reinhard Meyer, JOI East<br />
83. Street, ~ew York. (Advt.)
,.THE YOUNG SOCJ .~LIST S'<br />
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Iot4.GAZINE<br />
1 @ dUR' ·-OWN AFFAIRS @ _. ;:1<br />
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NEW YORK in lome dilHrictl Ihe ' w~rk or the Y. P. Place order (j{ 41 copies f9 r uch<br />
-- - S. 1... conBltts " 'llh that' of die S. P. month herealu~r. Vote as follo,wl:<br />
Lt" of Brooklyn Centra1 ~ Com. D(cidrd that Nmpaign cOllln\iuee be Zeitl':", 0: Roftlllan, 0: MuUer,ZO.tNc.w<br />
I, ' mitt Y P S L)I 7 <strong>1916</strong> given full power to arrange all circle director failed '0 .how up' at 'a,t<br />
H. • • • , ., • meeli"is. and lhal no circle be al· mCC'ting. MaHer rdt'rrcd to ars:au-<br />
'Ncctine called to order at 2:30 P. lowc.d to arrange muting. without iut. . _ ~<br />
~; , NOlkin in chair. Minutes- 01 pre- Ihe cO{llent,of th"i, COmmi1I.et'. so that_ Old BUlinc,'" Vote-OD UI!II.~t or-<br />
YIQUI meeting adopted .s rud. Cre, 'the cOllllniUec can work in harmony ~niztr RpOtted at follow .. . . Z~It(an,<br />
deatial from Circle 2, placine LapidUS witb the S. P. aa'd arrangt; meetings 26; Rohmalr: l.Zl; Muller, 47. " Muller<br />
ia place of Shapiro. re.ignt-d, •• delt:- that will not c:,onflct. , Decided that of Circle 9 declarrd elected to take<br />
late; 'to cenlr.1 committee, A('ccpted circle. bc uked what nigbt. are con- office at once and to remain in office<br />
all'd delegate Hated. Bills of officcrs vcnient for tbem for Open air nu:et_ until Ja.nuary, 1917.<br />
an:d .. committeemen all ordered p.id, iug.!! to he arranged in their districL 'New Business. Committees in<br />
Oreaniur reportCdl Sent leutor' to e irel"s .. ked 10 elrcl campaign man- strueted to gin Iheir repoi'tS in writ.<br />
Briebt. received no reply, Recei"ed ager. to hep in touch with campai&'n in" hereafter, Circle 2 orducL to fol.<br />
comDlIlQication froUl Kruu, again committee, <strong>Young</strong> Sodalist Day com· low out th.e , pro\·i.ions of Article, 5,<br />
ukin-, for n&~1 of officers of cin::lu nlttee re~rtl that the org.nizer hal Section I, of ,constitution, Meetlnl<br />
aDd, their addteSlel, Gave him at called I~ O IIlceting o f this committeee. adjourncd at 5,50 p, M .<br />
mueh Of Ihe info r'mation a.l he could. .'\,S" for some a~· tlQfl . Comp,juce in. Fraicrnal1y .ubmitted. .<br />
Orranizcr alkl for ~na ntial and mcm- lIructed to mt'et and prepare a report Louis E. "'Wei( Rec. Sec'y: '<br />
~tlbip reports of clfcl~s 10 be handed 10 be ru4,. by nut me~ting. Y. p, S. L, Brooklyn,<br />
jUt at n
I~ '!'HE YOUNG SOCIALISTS' MAGAZINE<br />
the circle .euetary .hould order the<br />
ticket •. Reqoeats for complimcDtariel<br />
""ill not be con.idered dtcr date of<br />
JUM 25. .<br />
We make this Nberal offer. comradu.<br />
a •• mea. ure: of inter .. citcle cooperation.<br />
Witl the nurby circles<br />
like advantage<br />
Show your interut. Get together.<br />
Come down in a body! Se nd in your<br />
order fot free tickets,<br />
The picnic and games will be held<br />
Saturday afternoon and evening, July<br />
ht, at W illard Park. Dancing by<br />
Professor Cockdt's full union belt orchestra<br />
will .tart at 2 P. M. , harp.<br />
Comrade •• conlC 10 our .ffair. It<br />
lurely will be a day of social enjoy·<br />
ment for you.<br />
'<br />
for complimentaries and further information,<br />
league sccret~riu should<br />
address all corrclpondenct' to the<br />
following: Louis Cohan, 10 12th Ave.,<br />
Paterson, N. J.<br />
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PENNSYLVANIA<br />
--'<br />
Second Annual Y. P. S. lr. State<br />
Convention<br />
The succt'ss of the convention was<br />
due in a great meuure: to the splendid<br />
spirit of co-operation that manifeitcll<br />
itself on every hand. The Soc:ialist<br />
Party of Reading donated the use of<br />
the Labor Lyceum and the Woman',<br />
Educational League prepared an elab<br />
_orate menu for the banquet that followed<br />
the four busy sessions of the<br />
convention.<br />
The Reading comrades extended a<br />
hurty welcome to the ,·i.iting delegates<br />
through their ipokcsman. Claire<br />
Spohn. which was responded to in a<br />
neet little speech by Theodore Swartz.<br />
in which he outlined the work for<br />
which the I!on\'ention was mct.<br />
The ca"\'ention promptly elected<br />
the cornmilees to prepare a constitution.<br />
and reports and plans 0"<br />
strengthening the organization, and a<br />
resolution committee was alao cholu.<br />
The Sute Secretary', report showed<br />
that the , tate organization consisted<br />
of 17 Circles. TwO Circle., di,banded<br />
and six new one, organized during the<br />
yur. The total membership of the<br />
organization is 147 in good standing.<br />
The reports of tht: ofncers .howed<br />
that the Penn.ylvania "Yipsds" are<br />
alive to their relponaibilities and th ::u<br />
the), wert: wilting to co-opera.te with<br />
the Socialist party to the. (lIl1eat u<br />
tent was .hown when they madt: arrangemelllii<br />
to confer with the Stale<br />
Executive Committee p f the S~ialist<br />
Party. Comrade Ringler, State Sec relI.ry<br />
of the Socialist Party and a fraternal<br />
delegate to the convention, immediately<br />
arranged for the mce.ting.<br />
The ou tcome of that meet ina w .. that<br />
the party will give the league their<br />
active co-operation, and that .peaken<br />
routed fronl the sute of nee will be<br />
given in.tructions 'to bring before<br />
audienc.es for which they apeak, the<br />
neceslily and the advi.ability of organizing<br />
<strong>Young</strong> People'l Socialist<br />
Leaaue5. The matter of puhlicity was<br />
also discus.ed and the director of public<br />
ity, a new department provided by<br />
the new constitution, was in.tructed<br />
to furnilh Socialist and labor papen<br />
with news and propaganda matter<br />
regularly.<br />
The revenue derived from the sale<br />
of dues stamps was not considered<br />
sufncient to carry on the work and<br />
pay the convcntion expenlu., 10 the<br />
new constitution provide. that the<br />
price of due stamps Ihalt be 5 cents<br />
to the leaguel, and that one-third of<br />
all the money derived from the sale of<br />
stamps shan be used to defray con<br />
"ention expenses.<br />
The next convention will be held at<br />
Pitt~burgh in 1918. unlus the referendum<br />
decidel otherwise, but the provision<br />
for biennial conventions seems<br />
to be a move in the right direction,<br />
,ince the resources of the organization<br />
are not large enough to stand the<br />
strain of yearly conventions.<br />
The reports of ofncers and com mittees,<br />
And particularly the report of the<br />
Ways and Means Committee will be<br />
compiled and published in booklet<br />
fo rm. The sua:gutionl contained in<br />
the!e reports were considered to be of<br />
so much val uC! to· the Circles and to<br />
ind i'4' idual members of the Y. P. S. L.<br />
that the convention electC'd a committee<br />
to compile these reports and to<br />
issue a ma nual, the cost of the booklets<br />
to be just enough to cover the<br />
COlt of publication. it was pointed out<br />
that a great need of our movement<br />
was some lort of a text-book to in-<br />
~~~~ o~~~~de s in various phases of<br />
ThC' following officers were elected<br />
to sC'rve until the next convention :<br />
State Secretary. Theodore Swartz,<br />
McKeesport; Financial Secretary<br />
Treasurer, Irvin F. Weber, Reading:<br />
Organil:er, Joseph A. Ploeger, Pittsburgh:<br />
Education,al Director, Natha'n<br />
Marks, Philadelphia; DirC'ctor of Entertainment,<br />
A. Levinson, Philadelphia;<br />
Director of Publicity, ChadeK<br />
Coo\'er, York; Ways and Means Director.<br />
H . Shneiwi", Pbiladelphia.<br />
The following were elected as the<br />
Grievnnce Committee : A. LeviMon,<br />
Ii. Dirtwhistle. Nat han Markl, Harry<br />
Perelman, and Theodore Hamberg.<br />
Irvin F. Weber was chosen as the<br />
fraternal delegate to the New Jersey<br />
State Convention. which ""ill convene<br />
May 14, at Elizabeth, N. J.<br />
,<br />
Harry Perelman of Philadelphia<br />
was choseo as the ConvC'ntion Secretary.<br />
William" F. Kruse was present at<br />
the last two &en ions of the convention<br />
and was seated as a fraternal delegate.<br />
He deli't'ered an inlpiring ad·<br />
dreas at Red Man'l Hall. His lecture,<br />
"The Fighting Chance'! was well received.<br />
Milton P. Neuman, State Organinr<br />
of New ]eraey Y. P. S. 1... and Chas.<br />
F. Sands, of Reading, were fraternal<br />
delegates. .<br />
.<br />
Bor n to Mr. and Mrs. Irvin Fred<br />
Webe r of Reading a daughter on May<br />
lrd. Mother and child are reported<br />
as doing nne. .<br />
"<br />
PENNSYLVANIA Y. P. S. L.<br />
... new cir e.le of the Y. P. S, L. has<br />
bC'en organized at Scranton, Pa., with<br />
leven members, and at the next meeting<br />
it is expected tbat they will<br />
ifouble their nlembership, as each<br />
comrade knew of one more tbat<br />
would join the orgalJ i.ution. They<br />
ha"e planned to take part in the May<br />
Party hcid under the auspices of th ~<br />
rarty, which will be held in one of<br />
Sc ranton"s parks. The Yipsel. and<br />
the children's dubs will enjoy an automobile<br />
ride to and from the park.<br />
York Circle<br />
A new cirde organized with 40<br />
charter members and doing work like<br />
a bu nch of well-seasoned ve teran s. A<br />
dance and musicale was given last<br />
week and a debate has been arranged<br />
fOr this week.<br />
Philadelphia<br />
A novel membership campaign is<br />
being ca rried on by the Philly Yipsels.<br />
The Central Committee asked each<br />
cirde to select a numb/r, and the<br />
number selected by the circle means<br />
that the circle will make a special<br />
campaign to secure that many new<br />
members in a given time. Cirde No.<br />
6 .was not a bit backward, and they<br />
selected number 100. We wish them<br />
,ucce$l, and if they accomplish their<br />
aim we think that the Central Committee<br />
should banquet them.<br />
A.. new plan for encouraging comrades<br />
to speak before audiencel i. being<br />
tried out by Circles 1 and 2. Tho:<br />
education31 director of each circl e<br />
has prepared a lilt of SUbjects. and<br />
each comrade is allow«\d to select the<br />
.aubjed that suits him best, and they<br />
are given two weeks to prepare a<br />
short 100minute talk, which will be<br />
deHvered at an educational meeting.<br />
Twenty-two new comrades have<br />
joined the circle during the montb of<br />
April.<br />
DIE JUNGEN AN DIE ALTEN<br />
'Vir sind Genossen,<br />
Fest angeschlossen,<br />
Z usammenhal tende<br />
Fur aUe Zeit.<br />
Glied einer Klasse,<br />
""-ir hatten zur Masse<br />
In jeder Lage<br />
Und bis Zl1m Tod.<br />
\ Venn Sturme sausen<br />
Und Wetter brausen,<br />
\Vir kampfen immer<br />
In Einigkeit;<br />
'Venn Gefahre n drauen,<br />
'Vir Muh' nicht scheuen;<br />
In treuem Bunde<br />
Sind Bruder wir.<br />
Gleic h Sonnenstrahlen<br />
I nallen Taten<br />
Die Lieb' 5011 schein en<br />
Auf unsern Pfad.<br />
Das Rechte tuen<br />
Und nimmt:r ruhen,<br />
Fur \~f ahrht:it streiten<br />
Zu jeder Zeit.<br />
Drum, g leich uns Kindern,<br />
Die Not Ztl Iindern,<br />
Sollt kampfen stets Thr<br />
M it starke r Faust,<br />
Bis dass die Freiheit<br />
U ns aile segnet<br />
Als ihre Kinder<br />
Fur ane Ztit. (Josef Julich.)<br />
Das Nilpferd.<br />
Von Sven Hedin.<br />
In den Seen und Fliissen Mittelafrikas<br />
lebt das grosse. plumpe.<br />
hassliche Nilpferd, der Behemoth<br />
der Bibel. In alten Zeiten kam es<br />
atlch in Unteragypten vor lind<br />
wurde hier Flussschwein genannt.<br />
Hente aber muSs man schon cine<br />
gan 7:C Strecke siic1warts iiber Nubien<br />
hinausgehen. Unt cs an7:utrerfen.<br />
In vielen fliissen unterl1immt<br />
es \Vanderungen. und es<br />
richtet sich dabei nach def Regenzeit:<br />
sinkt der Spiegel des Flu s-<br />
THE YOUNG SOCIAU~TS' MAGAZINE 15<br />
scs, dann begibt cs s ich bergabwart<br />
s, ltnd wenn der R egen das<br />
F lussbett wieder' fiillt, aufwarts.<br />
\Vahrend andere Tiere seit<br />
ihrem ersten Auftreten in froheren<br />
Zeitabschn itten der Erde<br />
grosse Formanderungen durchgemacht<br />
haben, hat da~ Nilpferd<br />
seilt friihe res Aussehen im wescntlichen<br />
bewahrt. Es macht darum<br />
auch heute noch einen urweltlichen<br />
Eindruck. Der rundli<br />
che plumpe Korper des Nilpfer <br />
(Ies ruht auf vier kurzen, unformig-en<br />
Beinen mit vier Hufen an jedem<br />
Fuss. Der Kopf 1st beinahe<br />
\'icreckig, Augen lind O hren sind<br />
klein, das Maul entsetzlich breit<br />
man an ruhigstro menden Fliissen<br />
\'orsichtig entlang, so kann man<br />
das T ier oft iiberraschen ; wenn es<br />
auftaucht, urn Luft zu schnappen.<br />
spritzt es unter starkem 'Pusten<br />
und Schnaube n StrahJen von<br />
\\·asser aus semen N'asenlikhern.<br />
Dann taucht es wieder unter und<br />
blcibt wohl drei bis vier Minuten<br />
unter 'Vasser. 1st es unmittelbar<br />
unter der OberAache, so sieht man<br />
iiber dem 'Vasser nUr sechs kleine<br />
Erhohungen : die Ohren, die<br />
Augen nnd die Na1'\cntikher. Fiihlt<br />
C1'\ !iO ich nlcht sicher, so steckt es<br />
nm die Nasenlocher ,,"us dem<br />
'Vasser und atmet '50 leise, wie<br />
ihm nur moglich ist.<br />
Oft liegen die Nilpferde in<br />
seichtem 'Vasser und platschern<br />
darin heruOl, oder sie klettern<br />
auch auf das U ier hinauf, urn sich<br />
zu sonnen Ulid sichs behaglich<br />
und bequ'Cm zu machen. Dann<br />
hort man si.e alle Augenblicke vor<br />
W ohlbehagen grunzende T one<br />
ausstossen. Gegcn Abend aber<br />
suchen sie die tieferen Stellen de5<br />
Flusses 'auf, wo sie umherschwimmen,<br />
einander jagen und sic h mit<br />
gros,!:ter Gewandtheit und Gelenkigkeit<br />
im \ Vasset\ t llm meln.<br />
Sie sdnvimmen ausserordentlich<br />
schnell lind s tosswcise und erfiitlen<br />
dabei die Lull mit hriillenden,<br />
gurgelndcn T onen. Gleichwohl<br />
konnen sie aber atlch so leise<br />
schwimmen. dass man cias \Va5-<br />
ser gar nicht ratlschcn hOrt. Ein<br />
verwu ndctes Nil~ferd bringt den<br />
\Vas~c r s piegel in so heftige Bewegung.<br />
rlass kleine Boote in den<br />
Schlagwellen kentctn ko nnen.<br />
'Venn mchrcre alte }.1annc hen zu<br />
lind die Xasenlocher gro~S . Die<br />
zwci Zentimeter dicke Haut ist<br />
unbehaart und schitlert je !lach·<br />
dem sic nass oder trocken is t grau,<br />
dunkelbraun oder schmutzlgrot.<br />
Den kleinen kurzen Sch wanz ab·<br />
gleich hriillen, durchdringt der<br />
gcrechnet wird das Tier "ier Meter<br />
lang; cs wiegt so viel wie<br />
Larm dl"n L'rwald meilenwcit,<br />
und es ro11t wie Donner tiber das<br />
dreissig ansgewachsene Manner.<br />
\Va'!:~er hin. Kein anderes Tier<br />
Die Xilpferde verleben die meiste<br />
Zeit im 'Vasser; nachts gehen<br />
kan.n !Oo1chen Larm mach en : 50-<br />
gar dC'r Lo we bleiht dann ho r<br />
sic aufs Land, besonders in Gegcnden,<br />
wo die F liisse selbst nicht<br />
chend stehen.<br />
Am obcren ~i l , oberhalb der<br />
,·iel Nahrung bieten. Schleicht<br />
Stadt Chartum, \VO der uppige<br />
Pflanzenwuchs die Cfer e robert<br />
und der Fluss sich oft in Secn und<br />
Siimpfen vcrliert, geht das NiI <br />
pferd gleich dem Krokodil nur selten<br />
ans Land. Es lebt hier von<br />
den B1.ittern cler L otospflanze<br />
und Papyrusstauden, den weichen<br />
Schilfsprossen und .den uhrigen<br />
saftigen Pflanzen, die- in Sumpfgegenden<br />
gedeihen. Es taueht<br />
unter, wllhlt minutenlang auf dern<br />
Boden des flusst'!\ und trubt das<br />
Was~t'r weit umher. llat es sein<br />
gewaltiKeo; ~ lalll mit B1attern lind<br />
Stengeln ~efllllt. dan n erhebt es<br />
s ic h wieder tiber lIie Oberfl ache,<br />
und das ' Vasser stromt in Bachen<br />
von seinem gewolbten L cib herab.<br />
Jetzt setzt es die Kiefer in Bewe-
••<br />
I'HlI und die Zahne nrmalmen<br />
.;:;, FUller; Speichel und l>J!.n<br />
"""t Lr,ufe1n jhm wit eine<br />
.,un~ Suppe von den dic1:cen Lip<br />
~. und die michtigen . E~uhne<br />
zei~ sicb in ih~er It~nzen Kraft.<br />
Der .Appetit des Nilpferdcs ~st un·<br />
nrwusUich. .<br />
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