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! ) ....THE YOUNG SOCIALISTS' MAGAZINETHB YOUNG SOCIALDTS' IdAOAZnrzITHE PEOPLE OF THIS NATION CAN FEED. CLOTHEAND HOUSE THEMSELVES.-Allen 1. BensonTHE VE.RDIC!: COWARD OR HERo?---A True Sto;~~~~~1By ALLEN CLARKE. . ~You tell liS that the people of thetinited State!', acting through theirgovernment, cannot (O,CX>O each - fortresses ;11which death is dealt out to hulUallheing:", W hy cannot thel -"tted States government as wellhuild houses ill which life andl'Ol1lfort a re dealt o ut to humaniJei:lgs ?\ Vhy cann'!t the Uni\e4 S.tatesgovernment as well take over allof the great industries now owner lby pri\'ate indhoiduals that arenecessary to the maintenance ~fI-'~Oi)lc or wars fought by the ~1 ~ lc"It thdr ow n e.." Territorial sen'ice no longersquared with hi:, awakened conscicncl',he wOllld leave the regi-1\1(,l1t as ~OOti as he coulc!.TilC'tl came the thl1THlerholt.I:nlaill, allied with France andRt1~


.,. THE YOUNO .o'CIAUITi· KAp'.U!lNE .said Jenny-her brother To~ wasalso in the Territorial!. "1'11reckon you~lI be going too, Lu\.:t."toNot yet," said Luke, "I'm considering."""lb,t is there to--consider ~Jasked Jenny. HThOSt wicked Germanstr.t slayhtg- and destroying.and wanting to invade Bngland.'''Ie must stop them. Ever-y-manwho is 'abl. to fight oill!ht to goto the front."1 think att war is murder androbbery/.1 ,said Luke. "It is wholealemurder. It is not right.. Itis not Christian.""What are yo).l talkinK :.~bo~t r'asked Jenny. _ ~'~re YC?u afrai,! togo? Shalt I pfesent ' you with awhite feather?" -"Oh, Jenny. you don't un~lerstand,"said Luke.i. And I don't want to, neither,"said Jenny, contemptuously. "1only know that you decline to. goand fight for your country. Thai'senough for me. I have done w~thyou.""Let me explain," cried Luke."No, I have finished with you."and off Jenny rushed, leavingLuke standing dejected on the oldstone bridge over the river.So passes Jenny Eccleston OUtof this episode. but we may havethe story of her fate some othertime.Luke ~\'8lked slowly home alongthe riverbank. He was miserable,but he felt that he was right. Hewould not go to shoot fel10wmenwho had done him no harm-menforced or tricked by their rulersinto thi, ghastly business of slayingone another in regiments.But it was hard to have Jenny'sscorn, and t'o lose her. For he feltthat she ""as lost to him forevernOW."'hen he reached home, hismother sai4c. u The vicar has beenhere and put thy na~e down togo to ~h~ War."l'And what do you think of it,mother?""Eh, lad, I think it's an awfulthing, but I gt;ess it canlt behelpedr said' Mrs. Hambleton."I suppose it's 'tny du'ty to gO."nCood'nigfit, mother." s~aid 'poorLuke, and lvent off to bed.In t h"e mOrllin'g, "wIlt:n Urs.Hambletoil was preparin~ 'thebreakfast, she inquired for Ltike."J've not seen him thi.:; morning,"she said to her husband. "1 don'ttliink he's got up yet, and 'as arule he's 'tip first, Perhaps lte'sill."She called at the foot of thestairs, but there was no resp


10Another interval elapsed, in orderto arrange the nC\.-essary .modificationsof the plan. whicl, wasthis time successful.A room was hired on the thirdstory of the building directly oppositethe hospital. From the windowcould be seen not only tht: fivesentinels, but also the court-yard.The signal was to be given bymeans of a violin, which one of hisfriend!> was to play whenever 1\11the signals of the sentinels werefavorable, and to cease when anyof the signals became unfavo rable.On the appointed day Kropotkinwent into the court-yard full ofhopes. No sooner had he enteredthan he heard the violin playing.J'he music lasted for five minutes,then it stoppc


12ri,ht across aU the political andsectari&n lines.. in Europe. exceptthe line between our Socialist futureand, our Comm«trcia1i&~ past.M.~eriahst France, metaphysicalGermany, muddle-htaded E~g·land, Byzantine Russia may formwhat military combinations theyplene; the one thing they cannotform is a Crusade; and all attemptsto represent this war ~anything higher o r more signifi­(l.1\t philosophysically o r politiclUY,or religiously for our Junkersand our Tommies than a quitesimple primitive contest of thepugnacity that bullies and th!pugnacity that will not be bnllic'\a{e foredoomed to the derision ofhistory. However Jar-reachingthe consequences of the war Illay~e; we in England .tr. fighting toshow the Prussians that theyshall not trample on us nor allour neighbors if we can help it.and that if they are fools enoug-hto make fighting tfficiency tht!test of civili7.atio n, we can playthat game as destructi\'ely a ..they. That is simple. and thl!truth, and by far the jolliest anJmost inspiring ground to recruitOR. It stirs the blood and stiffell"the back so effectively and quick ­iy as hypocri~y and cant anrlhumbug sour and trouble anddiscourage. But it will not carryUI farther than the end of thefight. ",Ve cannot go on fightin g­fore.ver, or even for very Ion:!"whatever Lord Kitchene.r l1l:lythink; and win, lose, or tie, th~parties, when the fight is ovet,must faU back on their civil wisdomand political. foresight for nsettlement of the· tenns on whil hwe are to live happily togetherever after. ~he practicable conditionsof a stable comity of nationscannot be established by thebayonet, which settles nothingbut the h:1sh of' those who rel fon it. They are to be found, as 1THE YOUN,G SOCIALISTS' llAGAZINE .-have atready explained, 10 lhesubstitution for our present Militaristkingdoms of a system otdemocratic units delimited bycommunity of language, religion,and habit; grouped in federationsof united s.tates ,vhen their extentmakes them politically un·wieldly; and held against war bythe bond of internatio n a l Socialism,the only ground upOn whichthe identity of interest betweenall workers never hecomes ob­"{' n,.('~l.SABOTAGE\Valker C. Smith, writing in.. Direct Action," published at Sidney,gins the following definitiono f "sabotage":"Sabotage is the destruction ofprofits to gain a definite. revoltttionary,econom il~ end. It hasmany form!'. It may mean thedestroying of raW materials destinedfor a scab factory or shOp.It may mean the spoiling o f a finishtdproduct. I t may mean thedestruction of parts of machineryor the disarrangement of a who lemachine where that machine isthe one upon which the other machinesare dependent for material.It may mean working slow. Itmay mean poor' work.It maymean missending packages. givingoverweight to customers,pointing out defects in goods. usingthe best of materials wherethe employer'desires adulteration,and also the telling of. tradesecrets. In fact, it has as manyvariations as there are differentlines of work."The above 'is a definition -of"sabotage" in a journal whosecolumns are ronstcrated to the 1.W.W.Sabotage as- defined by "DirectAction" wilt not appeal to menof intdligence, and any' mov~c;~tthat is founded or built- on~ the.destruction of "the products of laboris doomed to meet its 'Waterloo."Sabotage" is but the pettyspitework ot disgnllltied employeswho have no conception oft he philosophy of unionism.­Miners' Journal.BALTIMORE MD.Thc growing need for a Youn;cPeople's Socialist LeaRue in Baltimorehas resulted in the organiutiond ~uch a Rroup. The necessity forI ~'achinl{ the youn/{ folk has been felttime after time during the past fiveyeOlf~.As a re sult a Socialist SundaySchcol was orKanized. However thisol)ly took in the folk up to 16 yearsof aKe. \Vhat was needed wal someor~aniza t ion to hold the younK folkbl'tween 16 and 21 especially.A MarJ(ian Literary Club was or­R:lIIized anu out of thill emerKed theYOllng Peo jlle', SO('.ialillt Leal{ue, allof the 11le.mhers of the former or­I{arization joining the new body.tln.ugh still continuLliK to keep theMarJ(ian Club in existcnce.The orl{ani%ation of a LeaKue W:l!lgreeted with grl':!t enthusiasm on thepart of all local <strong>Socialists</strong>. The firstmeeting was held October 30, andwith Dr. Neistac.lt from the City CentralCommittee of the Party 3$ advisor,the League proce.eded with iuwork. Dr. Ndstadt is lilled with enthusiasm,whic:h the young peopleseem to absorh.The League started with 16 membersand before <strong>Jan</strong>uary I, they hopeto in crc:lSe it to SO. The Leaguemeets at the Mandan Club. 13 N.Caroline Street. A\I young folk ofIhe city are invited to attend themeetinlts, which are held evcry Fridayevening. I~pplic:ations mlty htsecured at the rooms from the secretary,Charles Bernstein.Preparations are being made to hold:I. Series of meetings with the most.prominent Socialistl possible to. u­eure ... speaken. Look to Baltimorefor bill" thinKI.Y. P. S, L. OF THE BRONX, N. y ,"H~re hath been dawning another• blue dRY,Think. wilt thou let it slip uselessaway~". As the coming yur is but a day illthe life of eternity, the above quotationfrom Longfellow is particularlyappropriate for the Bronx Y. P. S. L.This Lugue will not let it "slip IIseleuaway," for it has al ready preparedan excellent program fOf thecoming month. There will be a lecture.by a very well-known comradeof the Bronx, J. j. Coronel, who willspuk on "Slavery and Empire." Toencourage. the newer members of thcLeague we have arranged a '·soapbox" night. Members will he pernlittedto sl)eak on any topic con·cerning the working clHS for ters coming in at everyFlors C. Frackenpohl elecled chairman.with the amount of ca~h actually onmeding, with good prospects of hay­hand. The books to be audited h)'' IHg a memb'e rship of 100 within sixMinntu of previous meeting acceptedas read.the Circle under whosc auspices themonth&.. '" -No efforts arc spared in makingnext State Committee !Hecting is toSeating of new delegatt'S-Co m~ade he hcld. Carried.thina. as pleasant d possihle for~ theClub-Morris Wolf and Wm. Schu-Mt,tiol1 Ihal the disputed Patersonjncmbenhlp. After e"uy businesshert in place of A. Kielsen and C.Ludwil{. r esi~ lI ed. Elizabeth-I. J.Bal)" Rud. A. Koller, E"e!yn W .Weeks. Minnie Housley. Delegatcssl'att-d.The following hill s ordered paid:!\ational Office l'uay medals, $HXI;Fred Krafft. speaking at picnic. $2.00;Kruse, postage and sundries, $1.20:Kruse. eX I)enses in organidng MorrisCount y. $1.92. Total. $8.12.Holl call showed the following delegat


1& THE YOUNG SOCIALISTS' MAGAZINEtarer Offcnheit stehcn sic vorein- 1 n diesem .. Sinnc m'iissen wirander.Zeitgenossen dieses gewaltigstenDarum kann man aus den Krie· aller Kriege, dieses gewaltsamengen der Vergangenheit viel ler- U mformers, diescn Krieg miterlenen.Viel iiber den jeweiligen ben. 'Vir ,miissen in ihm uod sei­Kulturz:ustand, viei tiher die ncn Wirkungen ' VeltgeschichteMenschen jener Zeiten/ vie1 tiber schen, wie sic die Burger kiinfti.Schuld ultd Fehler einze1ner. Oft ger Zeiten nur aus dicken Bilglaubenwir kluge" Spatgebore- chern "acherlehen konnen. Wahnengenau zu wissen, wie es hatte rend' jene abcr ats die dann lebengcmachtwerden mllssen, damit den . kliigeren Spfitcrgeborenendie Menschheit cineo besseren durch miihevolles Studium herundweniger leidensvollen Gang auszubekommen versl1chen wergegangenware.den, wie es hattc sein mussell,In diesen Tagen, in den b!uti- si nd wir als die Miterlebendengen Mona ten des Weltkriegs heute bcrufen, dieses Strtck vVelt-1914, erleben wir aile miteinander geschichte durch unsere ~ Iitar ­Geschichte, lebendigste \Veltge- beit zu gestalten. Und hierfiirschichte. Dieser Krieg, mag er sollen wir den V-/incn nnd die Tatausgeheo wie elf. will, wird Hir die 3nfbringen!ga.~'ze zttkiinftige C?r4n~mg der ~icht kann jeder die sich uhcr­Vol~er .der Erde, fur dte g.anze sturzcnden Zeitereignisse in ihrer.zukunft~~e Mensehengesc~tchte Totalitat erlehen und mitgestalvongrosster, von allergrosster ten wollen. Das ware toriehte.Hedeutung sdn. Kein Krieg. \'ermessenheit eben50 toricht.ko.um irg~ndein Erc i~is d~r ': er- wie die Besehrinktheit,


" THE YOUNO SOCIALISTS' NAOAZIN)!'MOTH ER JONES(Cnittd 1Aine 'Workers' journal)For OUT co,-er page of this weekwe reproduce a late picture ofthat graJld pld \ya~rrior oft ~nc.l for.tb~ wprking class, ~lother Jo.nes.\\' e miners l on~· to claimMother for our very 0..\\"0. but she .~oe s not belong to the minersalone.\\'heoe"cr and wherc,'er 1 heworkers in anY of the induslric!'are fighti ng ;gainst oppressionth,t has become unbearable.there wi1l be found, in the forefrontof the struggle. encouragingtl-e men', consoling and succoringthe wOmen and children. thi~woman of over four-score year:;:full of me. vigor and ,able rcsi5ta.nce.And. where opprc::'sioll . harT'l'too long. has crushed out th~5pirit that makes for re~islallct':\ here misery. dire poverty. OHI'­work, has apparently reduced~omc of the workers to the black:\'Iother Jone!'.· life ha5 beendedicated to the g reat struggle 10aid the self ilplift of those wlll..1toil. Many of her friends have advisedfor her rest for the iewyears we still rnar hope to keepher here.But for i\lother Jones there ,'allbe no rest. Her message to theworkers she will delinr with herlast breath: she will die in theharness : her only regret. then,t hat she has not been able \0 a(­compli5-h more.PASTEURBy HOUlton pe:ckhamHe: led no le:cion. forth to maim andkill;He: burned no citr. «arred no fc:nUefarmWith tram.plinl, N.,.. he never knewthe tbriUOf throbbinl drum, of fifc. of,trump'. alarm,In findinl how to lc:nl(lhen our .hortda,."In c:uinl human pain, be .pent hi.tim •.Therefore, proud Clio live. him feebleprai,e.And bard. nellect him .. a themefor rhyme.But God, who . mile, with scornfulpity downOn an our fooli'h way •• knew wellhi, worth.And crowned him with a brightlier'hinin, crownThan aU the rc:la1. . d~de.m, of earth,Bonat>atttl ChaHemaln ' - Oh, ~h.twere thue 'Bc:tide this douahty conqueror ordiauac:?Why <strong>Socialists</strong> Support UnionsThe Sociali:;t Party thus ha


4 TilE YOUNG ~O"lA""T.· MAGAilNEY. p, S. L.Ha\"(~ yoU"'c"cr tried,to take theseiour letters- and make a sentenceby u:!ing ·each of them as the- in.i ­tial lelter of. a word ? ..: Itor c"­ample~YOUllg 'people sing lo\'c.l y~You prea ~h ,so lovely ; •. :oupractice so little.Your plans seem lifcles:;.Y Oli pass SO I~Cliterature." ·cl1. here's your chali ce.Write me a letter SOOIi . Sendme at least two of these sentences.Thc~\' should hayc somesense about t hem, and if thc~ 'can be made to refer to the aimsor the methodti or the work orplar,.of the members of. the Y O \1I1~People's Socialist Leagues, :Wmuch the better. I wi ll agree tohave a com mittee appointed tlljudge them. and will send a copyof my Socialist Songs, with music(a large book of onr 80 pages ',to each of the fi,'c winnersmembers,of COll r ~ e , o f <strong>Young</strong>­People's Socialist Leagues in or&u t of X c \\' York State,So here is your chance. "'5oe nllthem in at ollce. if yOIL can.When the jlld;e!) !laq: ):,ivcl1their decis io n , we :;hall Pllhli:-ht he sentences of t he willner~ IIItht' <strong>Young</strong> People's :'. Iagazi n c .Dirge of the UnemployedE. ,\i1ll ce PilaO ur llcart:, \\ ilh care arc sure1n \'ain we t ry each door'ft) have IIC!W hopes destroyed.To be ~tilJ nllcmployed, :Yet ri ch f~t t hink' \\7'~ - shirk ll)ocs God kno\\ we want " o rk :'.\n answer to our call.\n honest chancC:- lh at' ~ all!A VISION OF THE FUTUREJly 'Robert G, lnlersollI see ' a world where thronesha.ve cn.unbled and where kingsare du~t . , The aristocracy of idlenessbas perished from the earth,I .sec a world without a slave,M~n ',at last is free. Nature'sforceS have by science been en·slaved, Lightning and light,wind and' wave. frost and ftame.and all the secret subtle power::of earth and air are the tirelesstoilers for the human race"I see a world of peace adornedwith e\!,ery form of art. with music'smyriad voices thrilled, whilelips are rich with words of lifeand truth-a world in which noexile sighs, no prisoner mourns :a- world· on which no gibbet'sshadow laUs; a world where laborreaps its full reward : where workand worth go hand in hand :where the poor girl in trying towin bread with the needle-theneedle. that has been caUed "theasp for the breast of the poor'­is not driven to the desperatechoice of crime or death, of slIicideor shame, I see a worldwithout a beggar's outstretchedpalm, the miser's heartless, stonystare, the piteous wail of want.the livid lips of lies, the crueleyes of scom.I see a race without disease offlesh or brain-shapely and fair,the married harmony-of form andfunction. and-as I look, life-lengthens,joy deepens. love canopies theearth; and over all in the greatdome. shines the eternal star ofhuman hope,Enough!Willic- " I'aw, "hal i:; the Liiiirreneebetween g:cl1ius and tal·ent :"P.n\·-"Talcat )!eb paid ('vcry:-:3.lIudil)' , Jl1): sou.'-' -::- CincinllatLEnquirer .Die illl fr tih~itlid n::11 Sinne ge·I('itelenVereinigten ... · Freien DeutschenSchulenvon New York und Umgegendcrtcl1en L'lIttrr;..::!1t ;1\\ Am .. dl:illulIg ~·Ilnlrrri;:11I ill \ . t'rbind ung 11\;1 VortriigclI~ow ;(' Gc ~ ang, unci hti gtnuGender Bt'·lelliglllH' al1("h Turnen, Zeichnen undI [alldarbt';ISUllltrnrht filr ~ l al.khcl\ . Die\ure ,~Cl\ der d llldllell Schlilell sind ii':\fanhattall : R;md Srhoo1. 1010 O ~ t l!1.Str . SaIllS\;!.j:: 'Clrlll. : Lahor Ttlllflte .~ Ii O~t RI. Sir .. Sal1l:>lag I1tHl SOlintas\· Of1I1 ~ : :-io. ~:1'!9 :!. A\e .. Sa11\ "~lal:! l1achlll.: ~o . 8&t Columbus AI·e ..SOllllta,-,: lorm.Br"llx ; 964 \\'bhillgtOIl ." \c., 5;1.1\1'0'lag \lIId S,>nntag ,urlll.Brookh I:; Labor LyceulI1. !Wl \\'il1 ·ol1ghh~ A\C.' .• SaIllS!:1g lor· IlIId naeh·11I1I1ag.;.Long I ~!all d Cit~·; Hettlllg(f'~ lIallt.Broadway and -;. A,·e .• Sanlsiag lor'mittag s.I];r.ilhelh . :0.: J . tOo':' Eliubeth Arc~ .,Son1l1ag ,of1nittaR ~·l;r('~111 ilk: Laoor L)' ... t(1 :;I"t p:tct theall. They h e1i~\ · e . in .. hort, that ceo!'Ors.


. 8 , TKB YQVWO BOCIALlBTS' JU,.O~IlB ,. _.- . . .- .~ND IT ":~,~') S;l!m~I~"MAS DAY.The road from the war-ruinedvillage lay straight across thesnow toward the south, towardpeace; perhaps, but not so surely,toward plenty. For, when theI,Htsband .. and father, Pierre. hadleft them to hasten to the trenchesA few hours before, he placed inthe mo'lher's hand a small map.saying, " Follow this," Withclumsy and knotted hands he haddrawn a line tipon it from northto south. This line, followingroads for the most part seemednow almost their only friend,leading out of. a world of cold,desolation and desp~ir. wherePierre had kissed them good·hye,ThC're were six in the littlegroup, not counting the d onkc~',~ necessary to their present pro­Ject, The white·I13,ired grant!­father (the aged and tremblinggrandmotherhad died the daybefore from ('xhatl!'tion andfright. and now lay hastily buriC'c1in the ruins oi their garden).l\.Jarie. lhe mother of four littlestools, badly broken, a smalltable. two large bags of straw toserve as beds. sC\'eral quilts andblan kets, a few dishes and cookingntensils-these made the SUIllof the worldly possessions of thefamily,Now and then the grandfather.iahering with 1I11(;crtainty. andbending his ~aunt figure to theg-round, picked up a stray piece ofwoocl, the poor offerings o f thetrees o\'C~head to the alter of thcfirC' which \Va:' to comfort them,These he thrust into the cart aswell a ~ he could hetween the leKSof the stools. Xllmll from unact'lI~tomedcold. the natnral frostsl)f his age were bllt accentuated,dtllling hi!' eyes a little more. a:tul'l"lngealing his time·frozen hrain,The -"ollng- hut broken Inother.her matted hair lying- in tan~lesI1pon her shoulders, tried to keepher little brood befo re her, Hertortmed mind dwelt alternate'"IIpon her husband ha.:k t her'esomewhC'rc. lost amon~ thetrenches. whom she would pro!.>·a!.> ly never see again, and her.:hildren. each of wholll she lookedtlJ>ll1l despairing, woncll'ring ",llatmight gather her brood togetherfor the night. The words "fire"and ··a bed" made brave littleHenri, a child of six, g rasp a sticklike a man and stride stu rdilyalong. while his twO smaller sistersfollowed exactly in his footsteps,shouting in their ch ildishtreble. "We are going to find St,:\'icholas and ask him to give \1S awhole bag of toys I"~The watchful mother at lasts pi ce! an old pile of straw hy theroadside j~lst ahead. and, decidingat ol1\:e upon that as their restingplan', she wid the o ld mall. anddi\'erted the little cavalcade tothe ~ide of the road, The donkeywelcomed the sight of food withprolonged and strident braying,The\' were soon 011 the shelteredside' of the mass of straw: andwhile the grandfather scraperl the~n(IW fro m the ground :0 make aplal'e ior their teut the motherkindled a fire at a safe distance,filling the big iron pot with snow.and began to prepare a kind ofl"0 1l]) from her poor store of food,Thc children. gathered in aninclependent group beside the:;:otraw pile. disconsolately viewedthe ~ettling up of the tent.T hough for twO nights pre\'iouslythey had ~ I ept in the cellar oftheir little home, still it hacl beentht'ir home, familiar and lo\'cd illit s evcn' door and window,ones, and ~Iignon. Henri. \ ' iolel.and Rose. they trudged :llollK,the mothC'r with dumb despair i11her face. the children alternatelycr)'ing with cold, and then, was to become of thel1\, As ~Iignon,warmed by each other's ki sse~,the elder. turned back andprattling of Christmas Day, placed her s mall cold hand withinwhich lay only one sunset and onesunrise beyond them,her mother·s. the woman'l" evestlooded with tears. am\. liftingThe two wheels of the donkey her and crushing her cOllvlusivelycart creaked dubiotlsly as the t(I her breast, she cried in a sob­ "\\'llI.·re ~\'''s the hig bed in whichstun'" little animal stumbled Ling whi5:per, ":\Iy child! :\1,­ they, the four, \ ha ~1 always slC'ptalong onr the hummucks of a habies! 0h, where is your 109-ether: Where was the happyruined road, plowed into furrows father!"fireplace around which they had' by the weight of g reat cannOll, They struggled along until the al"".a~ crowded when it wasThe flimsy \'Chicle was piled high SU!I , le~J with the-ir eyes, made cold? \Vh~& was - the o ld cat.with a few poor belongings of the now more resolute and guar· which -us;d W lie ~~ the fOQt ofthe f"mily. sayed from the gen~ dian mother look about in all directionst he bed. purring so loudly that iteral c,arnage, Two OT' threefor " place where ~he sang them tosleep?THE YOUNG SOCIALISTS' MAGAZINE'And then the terror of the car· ,he had taken from the hody of anage rose before them again. andsmall Henri saw as in a dreamthe scene when the hordes of soldierscieal! ~oldier.Tht' mother, :\l ig-llnn :'Illd Hl'llriwere alone,seized their home and tht' Ilellri broke Ih(' strange ::.i·garden had ben to rn to pieces by klll'C, .. "laml11a. will then' he-th e · men who dug trenches, la ­ ...... hristmas Day wherC' we ~o 10·boring like oxen, quickly. anti morrow? Will the hells ringp~in ting and sweating as theytoiled as fast as they could, Th('booming o f the can~lon was in hi ...ears again as he stood abstact ­edly. th e horror ui the prt'\'iou ...days ill his eyes,\Vhen the tent had been rai"edat last the children sat wide·cyetlat their new surroundings, Tht'.ilOther produced a hag of ..:harcoalfrom her precious l·a rt. andplacing ~o t1le oi it in :lIl old CO\'­ered pan at the opelling o i thl'tent, and hringing a little firl'rrom beneath tht! !")\, tried tilc,reate some warmth inside thepoo r shelter. They had their'10llt> in ~ mllil earthenware bowls."lignon helping 10 feed her twoyounger :;istt!r,s, who took tl)eirblack bread alHI soup without aword. sitting 011 thc bags o istraw, The mother ate little ornothing, while i-lC'nri and "lignonSlipped frolll the same h()\\'\. Th('grandfather querulously pleadedfor a secoud helping. but the eyesof the mother ~ilen~ed him erehe had spoken fi \'e \\'ords,Taking a candle irom her bosom,the woman with thoughtiulinvention tied it in all upright positionto the center pole of thecrowded little tent, The poorlight dazzled thC' eye:- oi \'io\(·tand Rose, who, lying down atonce on the straw pile to avoid it.were' sOOn in each other's arm~fast asleep, The old grandfatherturned dumbly to a far corner ofthe tC'nt. and lay down upon thestraw with a groan. covering him·self with a WNIl great C'('Iat whicht'ady; Will the Christ ,,: hild,'Ollie again to bless lillie .:Ilil·drell? \Vil\ there be wil1(" lI\1t~ .and l'akes? Tell 11", \Ialllnla!""Yes," l:himed ill .\Iig-nun, "Ih('anl tht' prie"t :;.ay 1,,


I'ncYOII, S8cllllsts' lllllileFOR BOYS AND GIRLSOra. or .be Alllerieaa Soci.lilt Sued.,Sdloolt _rt You •• People'. Fed .... lto.Published Monthly at15 Spruce Street. New Yorlr:.by the ~ .Sodalistic Co-oper.ti,ve . Publ Ass'n.j ohn N~ge l . Pres. O. K noll, Sec'y,£. Ram m, Trus.BUNDt,E RATES-3c.. pe r copyADVERTISING-JOe. a li ne, $I.()t)I n inch. For o ne year one inch $10.00.TO OUR READERSWe arc glad to be able toannounCe that Comrade KendriCk. H . Shedd wiU take an active partIn the editorial work of this magazine.Several of his articles,signed and nClt signed. appear inthis issue and will. we are surc~.help to impro~ e it :",cry c~side r.ably. H is rich experience in thework with a nd for the j'oungpeople, his understanding of theyoung people which makes himpractically the only American So.cialist prominent in this work,will, we hope, encourage ouryoung people's organizations toassist in sprnding the {!lagazi nc:and thus help To r,n.ake it biggerand more v~a:.t.!ile.:.M~ ComradeShedd's entranCE imOducc .f-newperiod of prosperityJ or-'th.e maga.zine. and thus ~elp3 o 'stre ngthenthe young people's movement .Remember. a strong magazinewith a big circulation will be oneof the mOl t valuable ~ssetl in thepropaganda and ed.~ci.'tiona! workof the young people's movement,T1D YOVlio'SOCI.ALIaT.' ll.&.&4SIlf'&i BEGINNING AT THE ~EGtNNING :' 1 ____ I I • __ ...-...-_+~.---------~---.. --.T he ~ystem must he ch a nged: (5) I n a g a rden the best timt'IllU~t he aboli!'hecl and 'replaced, for removing w ~ ed s is when th e\':-;ol1le ~av bv industrial action 'are )'o~n g and smal[ So w ith tn't.mly, ~ O-I1l(, ~ !l." by politil'al ac~'weed ~ of ~ r TO r \ a~d wr~gli{IIl, Other:- "'ay by iorce. e\'At thought. Believe me. the re art'h,\ dyn;Ullite. \\lho knows?"\'l' ..:t,'. main I," h ~' educatiol1and enlightenment. This methodwill be too sl(lw 10 "'lIit some, butSlJ8SCn I PTJON_ 5c. II copy, SOc.• YCOlt. For N. Y.·City 2nd Canad3,6(k., on account o f the higher postage. il i:" il1, the lin~ of scienl'e and e \'olution,\\ t' h:I\'(' hi !'to r~ ' o n ou rMexico and other foreign countrie •.75 cents... Hit'.\\'e I1IU"1 ('d Ul';He the-adults?\"t· ... :t." ll1\1dl as WC La n. Butli ::.kn I(l tht' wi;;t' man of t h t:.. aipture:ot: "Train up a child illlh(> wa,\' h(' ~ h(\\dtl go, and whenhe i:" o ld 11(' will not dcpa rl fromil." I lcre follbw l eu reason!',;l1l1ong many, \\" h ~ ' we should be·g-in al P IKe \\1 ('(h H.'ate the young­- Ihe .\'o\llh and tht' kiclcl ies-to~o,'ia l i:"tic thinking :( I ) Becau!'e 'lht' church and the!'odlOOI are Cd uc;lling IhelTl awayirom I\ !l- a~ ia!'t a!' tht'y can. .i.n , ~Bec.a.u st' the ,p r ~n ti n g IlTt'!'!'.\\'ith it:' hook~. maJ,ta1.i n'tS'" andpapc.r!"\, i:" ill the hands ot o url'lIemie..:,i.n Becau:--e th~ hoy stoutlI\(\ \'{'11lcnt ior the hoys, a nd t hel'am p rire and other rno\"em~ nl Sior the girlio1- are taki ng the yonngaway from u:" i1l dro\"t's,t .. ) Hccnu!"'l' I he enemy art'feeding '"[oPt''' 10 the young da~':Llld nig-ht. .. 0 a:- to keep t hem in~lIhjectiol\. B~ ' means of fu nn y·paper:" basl'ball anc! ot her formsof bal l. 1lIotio n pirtures, the tangol'Ta7.C and it!' all iclI. and fun ing-elleral. the young ha,,~ no t imeand no ~Ilergy and no t ho ught for\'ital things. They are kept partiallyparalyzed so that t hey l11 ayIIf:t think. !'ee?plenty of them growing up in thl'young m i n d~.(6) T h ~ child mind gr.:l.5.P"ideas easily, and it is j ", .. H as ea:,~'to ins t il or implant right notion:":.I:" wrong on e!l-,Ii) E vo lu tio n is scientiri ,'. 311Q\.::-!'ay:" n o thill~ .hlall h andway and helps to make t hem well. the dass,cOll sciol1:' pro lel:lrial is The I'rillt:(":" T11t o r - "Quiltright,Now, every kid is going to bea grown·up l'ome fine da ~ '. and 'heuniting the (' ll(ls of the earth,Greetings!yntlr I lighlll'''''.inexpre .... ihl(' \\ot:,"It hrn\1ght


10AND IT WAS XMAS DAY.(Continued from page 7)TlDl YOUh 800lALlSTB' lU.GAZIlBWm, F. Kruse: anks of men ; their steel clash ..p rop('r term for the clod who ftars toi11g. the roar of their voices bitterstrike for hi. own liberty, We a reA s tra nge scen e meets our t::yes and c;tiz('ns : each the soYer(';gn of hi,with rage and hate, Clutching convey' a.n inlpreuion of weird unreality.Yel. here is tht:: massi\'eown sou I."the C"","vas flap slie stepped out 'I n that weak king" toast a revo,~""'tti looked in the opposite direc .. salo n, jUlt as o ur memory r(:ealls it:hllion was won. The thronu. so terrible';a burden upon the backs of thehe re a re lhe heautiiul honrds. which,lion. There on the hei~ht s in the I:l.de n with choicest viano.. ha\'eo ~'p r eued p('ople, were shaken then.,sl1n light of dawn great gt111 S begal,to shriek the. message of rtalm's nobility. Whal a chan ge haloiten been g raced by the cr eam of theas they were by no oth('r ag('lIcy." l:e\low citiz('ns," gasped the king, "tocOllie! In place of the soft curls anddeath unto life. The o ncomingIht" health of Ihe Nation." And so thescented wigl of tht: graciou s courtiersthere gleam the hlood·red cupsrushing thousands were near herloast was drunk.now. She turned gaspingly towardthem again to see the shrap­hangs Ihe red h:l.nner un which is eOl' perately to his hule spark of lif~, i·of the Jaco bins. In 1)lace of the silk"n tn that utterance. wrung from thestandards of king and noble thert" lilH of a weak mo narch, clinging du·nel tearing great bloody gaps in blazoned but a single wo rd : "Liherle:' ~Yl1lholized Ih(' " ic to ry of mankindtheir ranks. ~ow the lines were In plaCt~ of the ~howy staffs and. o\'u all fo rnlS of human despotism,gliSlening sid~·a rl1l s of Count and I t is in Ihis s pirit that tilt' m odern illoustr;alking, the g reat capitalist. isalmost even with the tent. Demoneyes she saw. Cursing, stained pikes and scy thes of the rel'a­forced to reeogn;%(' the existe nce andHaron th~re arc seell oll!y the hlood·bleeding devils ther ::.ec1\1cd, lutionisu. 1 n I)lacl' of the flower), the rights of tht workers, It i~ in~peech and cultured hallalitic~ of the Ihis spirit Ihat th~ e mplo ycr of childpushing all, on ~ even on toward L·ou rl. there ar(' heard hut gU(lural lahor is obliged to Imt aduhs in thetllOF-C hell-dreadful h ei~ht s whit'!l a,'cent!l and Iht" rouRh, powtriul pro· place o f the tin), \'ictil11s o f his ",r('ed.n:ust bc taken at any cost.IC~U of an o utragl'o, rch~lIiou5 people. It is in t his spirit that tl,e smug. r(""She knelt in the ~ n o\\' rig'h t Ah !! if hilt the king would apl)ear sllcct:lhlc exploiter o f tht. unfortunate10 5ilellc(' the!'c riolous distur hcrs. ""oman's hnrter of sex f0r hrtad i,befo rt.' them, ('fos~ing her arm~UUt. 10. when h t Ilocs come forth. inforced to flee frolll Ih(' Ih ~ft s of theupon hcr bre:l:-t. Her cye..;; harmoll)" with Ihis stranllt" lIphe;l\·al. " lI hlie', 5cornful accusau.)n. It is illd Ol'ed.he I're~clIlS II truly startlinf,: appear­ this wittt (hat th(' \·\ct"ri"us hosts of;"\11(...... In 1)lal'e of tho: ~'lltkn ... "tWIl.boor will forct" Ihe m a~ l ('rs o f theirA '~ hell bllr!tt (lirN'lI y ahc,,",,:hr('ad 10 abdicate their !ol'erdgnl),;1 I.Iood· r .... d liht'rty \"al) gra ... es hi~her with an awful iletonatit"lIl. l1('aJ: in 1)I;l c(' " f the jell dle,1 ~('('pl rt".and "I"c(' tht": llI st l\'t'S 011 a plant": w;(hseallering flame of death ever y· a winc'Rlas,; h;I" heen Ihr\l~t into hill:111 ()Ih(' r eiliuns of our futu re COllihand.He C011leA. pale ;'Ind If\'mhlin){, IlInnwt"alth.where :lr01l1l(1. The ~a Jl made hy par"y push cd :Ind partly ;::trri('d. to TIlt' Fr('nch I)eople suff(' red untoldthe exp!\)si tiOIl ~h() \\' t"d ollly va­ tht' \It'ad of Ihr fO:ro:at labl,'.\, ron~' for cenlUries btiore thty~·"n("\· where woman, little chi\­ "('iliull CaIH·... griml) ann(\UllCC" ..... iped 01\1 Ih~ monarchy that op·ctfl"l1' asleep and wi hl-ey("(\ soldi("r~had hreathed hut a mo menttI". leader, ")'ou will kindly drink the Ilre~ se,1 thtm. The peOI)It" of lo·dayhuhh of th,- Nati.l n ." .-\nu a dlorus $uff('r und(' r an oppren;oll el· .... n mo rel~f auellt ,'(IIIU~S from ,h,· ;'Issl'lIlhll'tl heartk~s. btc"ult": of its impersonalbdore.Ihrong. Tht health of Ih· N;&tion~ f(lr lll ;IS a social spt elll, But tht re·There wa!' ~tI1o th er hurrah. \\' hal lIati(ln ~ Tell thl'm. Louis. :\f\' \011 IUUSI come, I.Ot. ir this ~'a5~)'ou no t tht" lIatl01l' "The IIllPlld"lI1 :IHllinst ;111)' individua l, but against theOn, 011. o n. the tii!hting tholl'\leggars! H ow dare Iho:), (1lICSlioll condilions Ihat m ak(' the indh'idual!'a l1Ses of it~e!j Frum Ihe ~e'mailer mas~es, by the S'1I11


Itimproved. that dvitiution ~tIl ll y ' ('a",e 'into uistence': . . By menns of ihe writtenlanguQ.a:e ne c:b"Uld more ~e3sil)'preatrve a record of put achic\'clnentsand in\'entioni, 'iiHI ' pass on toposterity a knowled8"t or the prolteuhe had made. A lone with the u_e ofthe' 31ph:l.bct, ch~il'j;ation hu Sro\l&htabout an innumer3ble :101ol,lnl of inventions and di scoveries. Prolreuhas dC\'cloped at a quicker pace thanner before in the history of the urth.The invention of printing, gunpo\\,dtr,machinery. the discovery of \'ut continentsof land - liS an o}'llet for thet.ltpansion of the population; 3nd thewonderful 3d'·3.nCemcDt in the 3.rts,sciences and culture of the uce hasbrought about such a mognitude ofknowledKt and progrtu :r.s to m~\.;efor !'Ouch a n advanctmtnt in Ihe future.th::l.l will makt it possible for thehuman ract to livl" in com fOr! and incrt:;l!'edhappiness.... fttr :;I study o f the earth a nd il~penples. a nd of ihe tremendous pro!;­rl"U th;lI h~ s been U1:1de, there i~ 000.:hi .. question which 1001115 aoon' all.and t h:u is: Why is it thai in thi ..age of eI\·mution th:lt boasts of itsadvanced knowledge 3nd cuhurt, with{1'13chintry ~uc h as the world has nevNuen bdore. 3nd cap3ble of prodm:­ini' enough foo d.' dothing. and shehtrfor all, why is it Ihat with such anabund3nee (If wealth. we find in OlLfso.c3\1ed c ivi liutioll million'! oi peo·pie in acute want 31HI ne-ed? \\'hy i~it that we lIa,'e snch e-xcruciating POl 'erty, millions of unemployerl willingto work bill can't get it? Wh:,'~Why?This; is the inue that is :Ilways the-~~s:e y~~: \.erfom~~:~;. 0:h r;'5 i ;!\~:Y \:.~must pkdge ourseh,u. There i~ onlyo ne sdentiflc solution to t his ( Iu e~ 'tion, and that is Socialism. Sociali~nlis the o nly remtdy for pO\'ert)', lin ·ul\ployment, W:l.r. prostitluion :lTIdt!'Cploit3tion. It is the dllty of t"erythinking ami b road· minded perc on tostudy this question thorough I),. Iiupon thinkin){ it out ior themsdHitltey lind it to he Ihe o nly remedy forour present social condition!" it illlhcar o n til('program we have secure('r~I') wt'II'I)lalll1t


aBERGEN COUNT YTh ~y pro\'C that the Y. P. S. t..can hold its o ..... n in the suburban andrural districtt as Yo'ell u in tht; higcitits. Interesting meetings and e!l ~lutatnments art heJd cser y month.Olany of the members travelling mile ~in order to attend.Wm. F. Kruse.Statt Stc'y Y. P. S. L. of !\'. J.Y. P. S. L., Circle 1, ElizabethT he <strong>Young</strong> Peoplc's Socia l i~tL COI lfUt of E lizabt'th was o fltaniztdon October 23rd. 1914. with a membershipof 1pliclltil .. l"II N t received at the La rk en l11ettillJo::,On FC'hruary Ibth \ " arren will"p C" '. U1H\t' r the auspices oi t h ~ ~ \Call. Our membt' rs will all atttnd,Activities of the Say Cities' Federationof Y. P. S. L:s.Vallejo. San Francisco. OaklandCoJlmu~ncing Satllrday. FC'b. :!". I!I\:,.and cOlllinuil1!{ IhrooJgh F C'h . .2 1. II,'will hold a two-day cOI1\cntioll of ,h('\'OUIl!l: reoplC"" S ... l'ialist Leagllt'" IIIthC' Bay District of I..',l!ifornia at :-::111Franc;,;co,Events:SaWHill\' ailern oon. FC'b . .20--1. IIlIImittC'C' lllC'e \s 10 1'Hlish Il ll iu .... ork ;\1San Frandsco <strong>Young</strong> P C'oplC"s L (';q.::\I('Hcad Quarters. 31 Bcal C'r St.Satllrday C'1'C'ntn/l, Fcll, l O . •'1 Sr. ~1.. we will hold Ilic Fi rsl :\ l1 l1l1al13:1.11 of Ihc Hay l~i t ic~' Ft'th:r ;'lti"11 oi\'oun .:: PC'oplC"s So.:ialist L C'a J::: u,'~ atIhe S~o !l i:fh K;IC' T C' Ill P\e. Ihc Ilh,qlallt;ful ball-room in San Fr all~I_(".SUlIer SI .. al \ an :\C'S5 Ave. CO\lplr~.hill' a nti; extra lady. twent y.ti l ":;e nt5, Info rmal.Th;! will he Ih C' la rgesl ~o.:ial e\tl1\e\'er held by the Soda\i:.'" in Ihi~DiS lrie l.Sund ay. a t noon, FC'h. ~ 1 . t ill' lou­\(ntion will hC' callC'd TO ()rdrf 11\Com. O. Smith. Temporary O r J::ani~("rat S(:ouish Rit C' Hall (\C'dUf t' hall).,. tt1 ~ addrell. All pro minC'nl Socialis l ~ of the Bay Di.trict h,,\,t' he('11 m·"ired to speak. The constitlltion \1 ;11be adopted, officers e\C'e t~ d. ~H' .1'lIl!l YOUNG 800I.&.LI8T8' ItAtiAZIlntEach LuJ{Uc is entit1~d 10 onc dele­Kale for evcry !il'e members ill good! Iandini!'. The public and all L~agu emembers are in,·ittf.\ to altend. AdmissiOn freC'.This is hoped to be Ih~ biggesthoom to Socialist ac lil'ities the PacificCoast has ever ~x p c:r i c n c ~d ,O ur purpose III 10 organi ze aLca/lue in every eily and lawn aroundSan F r an ~ is eo Oay and 10 s tr ~ lI g thenthose al rC'ady organiud, to !'tlS;St illSocialist propallanda. and enKagc ini nt e r-I ~ a p' u t' a c ti\, it i~s. \\'e pl an 10work in harmony wi th Walter Mills,OrJl:l n i~e r of thC' Central District ofCali fo rn ia for the Socialist Part y.Proanm Youn R'Le . ~c32 Beaver StrectP eople's SocialistF C'bruar\' J, \\'tdnesJal' t'IC" 831}­Debate. Y. P. S. 1... affi rm:!.tice. \.~.Y. :\L H. A" :\c~alil ' C', "Resolved thatthe f'1)wt' r ni Iht SUIJ rcl11e COlirt 10IJrdarc La w~ l'nconstl ttllional Sholl 1.1Itt' ·\ hol ishetl." Ku tC'.-Th;!' dC'lIalc\\' i1\ hI' h C' ld :\1 Y. M . rI , A. HC'adqu:tr­ICr.S. El1;5 $tr. 10. Salllnla\' I"\'C., R:OO- First .o\n-1111al Da ncc Ima'; n, hall room). COllplr~:,tk : ,hn'i1llil'lH''; Frh-hlll" ~ Fillleil'!tu'r \\ Illtl \Iiril 111., .... 110: h"Ill'\\ ('lkllllll!-f(·1 alii 1 )il' ~p\1r 111I"C'fl.> :-:'~'hl(ft'" Ze\l'l!lll'! "i\ll \\l'\\ ,\11,hi,. ,he \1 \'l .... l· 1.lIIie iq.:ell,}\\" ,!Ill\1"\\1'11illlg-l'n ill I1I1ermlUllldll'lnFIII,I.;"" \ Jamp;l'r la'lI'h~'11 in ~krFerl1t' ;\ld, cr"l "lela lll'ln dlrf'J{.Itll'iliailIH' . dallil i


.ttTHE YOUNG SOCIALISTS:' MAGAZINEcbcr~. ncbell tiner schwarzen Ha~. fC:11I;1~l!er. Die grosse ~ l aschil1C:unseres Schifics ist endlich zurRnhc gegangcl1. DafUr tasselnaber die Kett.tn dcr Kram', 'Men·schell lau(cn hin' UlH.i her. und" 'a n~n we:rden auf .d as L:Ulll hill·\\?ir" sind i;, G rim b sou ,',Die cl1glischclI l-la(cl~ ~ l a dt e:schc:incn milcillander J:TOSSCAchnlichkcit :ttl habell. In l ~l1gCI1Stras8cnzcilcn stchcn die ni cdri·gen Hanser ncbeneillandcrgereihl .\\' enigc tier Bauten zcidl11 cn sidldurch architcktonische Sch l.inhcit" on audcrcn aus: \'ul 7. lll cnschcllund ~c i n. e GCI! lIs SmclI:"chen sehei ­lien III Ihnen zu woll11cn . .\ Iansidll viele :\ rbei t :-;Iusc' a ll lien " ai ­mauern und a lii Pliit y.en hc rtllllstellen : man mochtc nnnchmcn,dass das :irmstc "roletariat hi er!loch ~tiirker yertreten ist a l5 inullserer Heimat. Doell das si!l{1nur Rii f: htigc Eintlriil.:kc. lell halH~Ei le: e!'l drangt mid1 naeh mei­Ilent Zicl('. clem ":-;m'iali:-otHoli ­day Camp" ( Soziali~ti sc h es Fl'­rienlager). das hei dem DoricC ... ister. in tier :\-ill1C \'on (;reatYarmouth, dent g-ro;.:;stcll Fis-e hcreihafenan der ()$Ikustc EIl).:­lands, !iegt .:\Ian kanll aud1 a\l andercn (JrtellGrossbritannicll" ahnJici1('nEinrichtungclI hC~ l· gl1cn . .\ uiden Fliis:ooen ..:chwillllllcn klcim'Hausbootc. Ilic T3~ lI ud :\"achlhcwo hnt sind_ \llltl in dencll lIl tgarizc Familiell ihr(' Fericn l.citvcrbrillgcll. Odcr C." tUIl :--i l..· 11e:inige FrCUlIl1c 7. U:-ilnllllcn.


ITHE YOUNG SOCIALISTS' IIAG~INELincoln and Democracy; " ' hen the white, mall governs• •• • ; himself, that is self-government;i HUNGER' ! '1' ._______.__...________..-1 but when he govems himself and\\'hat a world of tragedy is l'()n- power to awaken the working class also govems another man, that istained in this word 1 If we knew to the fact that it is all unnecessary. morc than sclf-governlllent-thatthat' the owner of some bo r~e s in There is enough and mo re T'r~- is despotism.this city was IItarving them; if we duced in these united State!.' for Many free countries hav~ lostknew that they were erowingtheir liberty. and ours may losegall1ll every man. woman and child in alland hungry~looking ; if we knewhers; but if she shall. be it mythis broad land. There is nothingthat the)' were sick for food. proudest plume, not that I waswha~ wrong with our production: it is ;'; 1a storm of protest would arise o\'erthe last to desert, but that I lle\'Crthe distribution the trouble lie:;,the city bcc.au~e of the. inhutlHlIl;tyt.le:'erted her.With the working class receivingatit.If there is anything which it i ~o nl y 'about one-fihh of what theyYet to-night men ar~ walking thethe duty of the whole people toI roduce. we can easily see that~ treds of the cities, tran,lpillg,ne\'er intrl\~t to any h:mds butthere is no chance for "he:n to buytramping, tramping, they know notlhei r own. that thing is the ]:)re·buck the product o f their own toil,where, in the endless ~earch for asen-at ion and perpeluation o fand this surplus keeps piling lItl ,place to sleep and a' bite to eat.their own liberties and insthu·up, up. until the factories, warehou;;csand stores bf:col1le filledtioll~ .with the good thin!!s of life thatI am for the people of the , ...·holethey themselves have produced. andnation doing just ~s they pleasethey are laid off becaus-e they havein all matters which concern theproduced too much good5.whole nation ; for those of eachThere are' hundreds of these llICll.who are not tramps, who are notvagabonds; a few short weeks agothey wert clean and rcspectnblClworkingmen, many of them married,whose homes have been brokenup by the hard times of this winter.and who ha\Ic been forced to sendtheir wives and babies either backhome to the old folks on the farlll.if they were so fortunate as to ha\'ethem. or place them in thc handsof other relatives o r friends. wh ile\.hey take up the search"holy gran"-a job,for theMany of them are yO\lng­-,plendid workmen. mechanics of allkinds. and yes. even ne ..... s-paper I.'dilor~.for we had a visitor the olherday in the person of a fonner editorof a country weekly, who Iwoshort years ago was in a position a~editor o'f a weekly newspaper. andis now on the road in search o fwork.The line is 50 thin between tho,!:who have and those who ha,'e not.that none of u s ever know whell~"e, too, will have to hit the longtrail, leaving our wives and babie!>behind us.But we are doint all ill ourIt j ~ not beeall~e they hnve producedtoo much: it is becau s-e theyhave produced more than they ,,-anbuy back,If every man rc(eived the full!Offi.'ial value o f the product of hi ..toil there would never bf: any deadlQ(kin production. because theworking class would receive a ..much in wages as they produced.and they could thtn bu)' back theproduct of their toi\.The end of rhe private owner­~hip of the means of life will alsomean the end of hunger.Another version : " \\'orker5 ofthe world. go and fight: you ha\'enothing to lose but YOUT brain~ ."-:'\Ielbo llrne Socialist,Ye~, there is a war in progress inthe Cnited States. It is a c1a!\swar-the workers to Jlet jobs andthe masters to !let w hnt thc joh~produce.part doing just as they choose inall matters which concerl\ n'oother part: and for each in'Ti~ h.l· thc lighl '1f Ihal lifled l'yCT hat errur' ... Illi~t!i are rent;A gllide In the l:th!C-land~ of tnohIs the Angd pf lJi~n)l1tel1lAnd o;{ill he h)k~ with hi~ Idtedeye,And hi~ glaJlce j.; far away,On a light that ... hine" lin the j{lilll­TJ1ering hill~Of a diviner day,


ITHE YOUNG SOCIALISTS' IIAG~INELincoln and Democracy; " ' hen the white, mall governs• •• • ; himself, that is self-government;i HUNGER' ! '1' ._______.__...________..-1 but when he govems himself and\\'hat a world of tragedy is l'()n- power to awaken the working class also govems another man, that istained in this word 1 If we knew to the fact that it is all unnecessary. morc than sclf-governlllent-thatthat' the owner of some bo r~e s in There is enough and mo re T'r~- is despotism.this city was IItarving them; if we duced in these united State!.' for Many free countries hav~ lostknew that they were erowingtheir liberty. and ours may losegall1ll every man. woman and child in alland hungry~looking ; if we knewhers; but if she shall. be it mythis broad land. There is nothingthat the)' were sick for food. proudest plume, not that I waswha~ wrong with our production: it is ;'; 1a storm of protest would arise o\'erthe last to desert, but that I lle\'Crthe distribution the trouble lie:;,the city bcc.au~e of the. inhutlHlIl;tyt.le:'erted her.With the working class receivingatit.If there is anything which it i ~o nl y 'about one-fihh of what theyYet to-night men ar~ walking thethe duty of the whole people toI roduce. we can easily see that~ treds of the cities, tran,lpillg,ne\'er intrl\~t to any h:mds butthere is no chance for "he:n to buytramping, tramping, they know notlhei r own. that thing is the ]:)re·buck the product o f their own toil,where, in the endless ~earch for asen-at ion and perpeluation o fand this surplus keeps piling lItl ,place to sleep and a' bite to eat.their own liberties and insthu·up, up. until the factories, warehou;;csand stores bf:col1le filledtioll~ .with the good thin!!s of life thatI am for the people of the , ...·holethey themselves have produced. andnation doing just ~s they pleasethey are laid off becaus-e they havein all matters which concern theproduced too much good5.whole nation ; for those of eachThere are' hundreds of these llICll.who are not tramps, who are notvagabonds; a few short weeks agothey wert clean and rcspectnblClworkingmen, many of them married,whose homes have been brokenup by the hard times of this winter.and who ha\Ic been forced to sendtheir wives and babies either backhome to the old folks on the farlll.if they were so fortunate as to ha\'ethem. or place them in thc handsof other relatives o r friends. wh ile\.hey take up the search"holy gran"-a job,for theMany of them are yO\lng­-,plendid workmen. mechanics of allkinds. and yes. even ne ..... s-paper I.'dilor~.for we had a visitor the olherday in the person of a fonner editorof a country weekly, who Iwoshort years ago was in a position a~editor o'f a weekly newspaper. andis now on the road in search o fwork.The line is 50 thin between tho,!:who have and those who ha,'e not.that none of u s ever know whell~"e, too, will have to hit the longtrail, leaving our wives and babie!>behind us.But we are doint all ill ourIt j ~ not beeall~e they hnve producedtoo much: it is becau s-e theyhave produced more than they ,,-anbuy back,If every man rc(eived the full!Offi.'ial value o f the product of hi ..toil there would never bf: any deadlQ(kin production. because theworking class would receive a ..much in wages as they produced.and they could thtn bu)' back theproduct of their toi\.The end of rhe private owner­~hip of the means of life will alsomean the end of hunger.Another version : " \\'orker5 ofthe world. go and fight: you ha\'enothing to lose but YOUT brain~ ."-:'\Ielbo llrne Socialist,Ye~, there is a war in progress inthe Cnited States. It is a c1a!\swar-the workers to Jlet jobs andthe masters to !let w hnt thc joh~produce.part doing just as they choose inall matters which concerl\ n'oother part: and for each in'Ti~ h.l· thc lighl '1f Ihal lifled l'yCT hat errur' ... Illi~t!i are rent;A gllide In the l:th!C-land~ of tnohIs the Angd pf lJi~n)l1tel1lAnd o;{ill he h)k~ with hi~ Idtedeye,And hi~ glaJlce j.; far away,On a light that ... hine" lin the j{lilll­TJ1ering hill~Of a diviner day,


lTHE YOUNG SOCIALISTS' MAGAZINE[ POWER, WnH~Ul KNOWLEDGE OR RESPONSIBILITY 1e' ~. . -- •ReCore the Commission on I ~l ­llustrial Relations appeared aileman in particular whose own tvi­LIenee proved the disparity betweenhis knowledge of econo'lli~'conditions and hi s power to helpor to obstruct the hundreds ofthousands of men and womenwho arc directly or indirectlyemployed in the industries \vhicharc financed bv the corporationshe dircct5l, in -their attempts lOwardself-elevation.This m3n , J. P .. ~ I organ, is adirector of the L'nited StalesSteel CQrporation. the Al1anlil.:Transportation Company. theXorthcrn PaciJi~ and the PullmanCompany. Of thi~ nIuch he \\'3


lT!lE YOUN'G SOCIALISTS' MAGAZINE. I' POWER, WITHOUT- KNOWLEDGE' OR"'RESPONSl8ll1TY 1... '; . . , .ReCore tpe Commission on I~ ­dustrial Reiations appeared oneman in particular whose owo evidenceproved the disparity betweenhis knowledge of teonO'llicconditions and his power to helpor to obstruct the hundreds ofthousands of men and womenwho are directly or ipdir(ctlyemployed in the industries ,


8 TO 'I'OVlfO SOCIALISTS' IlAGAZIJlBzens." I was a dangerous lunatic.a vilifier of the glorious banner,an anarchist. an atheist. [had mentioned the dreaded andawful thing in a school house ! I!Yes, my name v.'as Dinois. Itwas Mud. It was Outcast. It wasDtvil. From that glorious dayon I was a sort of .IWanderingJew." so to '!!peak, in nly owntOwn and country.. I had hit sacredcapital, and I was to sufferfor it.•Not in two week! was I put outof the university, nor in twomonths; but I was being watched.The enemies of Socialism were onthe job with both feet and therest of their anatomy. EverythingI said from that time on. ifradical, was likely to appear exaggeratedand distorted in thepress. The evident object was to"put me in bad" with the university,and (o rce the trustees tofire me.\ Success came to the conspiratorslOelf lIpo n what pos!I' ihte' g-rounc!after n time. 1 made o uespeech too many. Auburn did meup. ] spoke there olle night with almost a quarter of a ceutm)"Frank Bohn, My innocent re­Illarks were distorted and twisted can always find a reason, when' into crimes in the next morning's 'papers. The college groilll ~d, considerable capacity along theSpies were sent o ut to sneakabout and find what awful thing'sI had (not) said. ilnd f was duly e'l tlal to the situation, however.called before the committee of theboard of trustees,After a few da)'s, I was toldall1 going to put it before yOIl. sothar YOII ntav reali ze the enormit'·that my resignation \ya! desired.J wrote it-with a gun behind me, "The methods yflll have chosen30 to speak, \Vere the thing toI appen again. the college couldkick me alit bodily, hut r wouldand convictions are inconsi ~ tentwith the sober, thoughtful. scientificnot resign, \Vhy? Listen, Forattitude to trmh for which thewhat crimes should it teacher lose uni versity Olust .stand,"his »Osition ? For being a had There vou have it, How's thategg morally i or an efficientteacher: or for using his positionto spread heretical and dangero llsdoctrines ? Y cs, of course, Butthe. president of the college and their system (and incidentallythe spokesman of tile trustees ad- . their belo"ed Mayor Edgerten,mitted the following six point~: the figure-head of the party thatI-I had been a highly salishc- carries Rochester in its vesttory teacher ; 2-l was 0, K, mor- pocket). The president of theally, in fact. had always been a board was the bosom friend of thesplendid example and influence mavor, and the man who hadfrom t he n1 0ral viewpoint in and nO~linated him in the conventionalit of the coll ege-; 3-1 had al- was the legal officer of the trllSwaystaught my subject (lan- tees. See? But wait, T he colguage. and literature) and had lege was looking for a mi\liol~neverattempted in any way to dollar cndowm~nt. From whompropagate Socialism or any other was the million to come? From"unsound" doctrine in my classes: the working class? Not o n your4-the _trustees thoroughly be- tinn.n-tyy),ppeec ! I ~ Carnegie andli eved in the untrammeled consti- Rockefeller and George (Kodak)ttltional right of free speech, and Eastman had already gi\'en liberaccordedthe same to all of tile ally to the college, and it wasfaculty: 5-thcy had no fault to IOllking for evell greater thingsfind with Illy convictions; a nd 6__ fro m the same source, Hark,they had no objetltions to my be- The president and the spokesmaning a Socialist!!of the trustees told me with theirP lease take another squint at OWI1 lip ~ that moneyed and infiuthesesix fatal adl11is~ion:; macle ential men had told them thathy the authorities of the Cuiver- they would no longer support thesity of Rochester. Then a ~ k yonr- in stltntion as long as " that wit(lIn di;tl1 was 011 the faculty"-andthey cotlld force me 011 1 of a pfl- I was the wild Indian, See?sidon T had held sati~facto ril y for See? See? )'foney was shouting,The coll ege wanted to grow andnut the mouthpiece of capitali~1l1 have increased ·'succees." I stoodin the \\ay. 50 I was sacrificed!looking for it. But it takes 5-01llC Expediency was struggling withprinciple, and ' expedienf:y won,rhetorical lin e to phras.e the Simple as A B -C. It is almost alsame,President Rush Rhees was ways so'In le!!-s than a year after 1 wasHe wrote out the reason. and r fired, the college had the millionin the hank, (Query: H ow muchof Ill;' crime',was [ worth?)He said: . Another splendid illustration ofthe talking and controlling powerfo r giving publicity to your ideas' of monc)" of the economic,Think it over,for a~stat~'s-pri'son offense? fsn'tit a dandy? That's some crime,And that's some rhetorical abilityalso, Tbe fact is, I had atu,ckc:d"Pe-ople who live in glasshouses should undress in thedark." '"Satan is a scarecrOw set up bythe clergy in the spiritual vineyard.• THE YOUNG SOCIALISTS' MAGA2INR ..L,N 0 INTiRES'r IN SO~!_ALISM .. ]'Ve find a multitude of peoplewho say [hat they have no intere~tin Socialism.O ur reply is this: If you have nointerest in the question of sociali z­ing industry to the end that tIl('highest good of all the people maybe con~erved, will \'011 tell lI S ",hatremedy you have t ~ offer :-'Vie arc not sticklers fo r amparticular indu:urial dogma, .long as the resuhs in the way ofdecent life and ennobling condition ..lIlay obtain.\Ve sec no other way out of tht'chaos of our present order than toin forward to\\'ard J=:O


nc Y181188c111lstS' JDagl8llnFOR BOYS AND GIRLSOrllu. of 'be Aa:aericeo Soelalilt Su.d"Soboo .. ud YOU_II People', Federalion£nltrtd u Second-Clas$ Mail ~la tl cr<strong>June</strong> 2, 1911, :u the post office at New)'ork, N. Y., u ndtr the AC I or MardiJ,1879.P ublished Monthly atIS Spruce Street. New York.by the. Soclalittic Co-operative PubL AII'n.J ohn NI,.el, Prear O. Knoll, Sec'y.E. Ramm, Treas.SUB SCR1PTION_Sc. a copy, SOc.• y ear. F or N. Y. City and Canad;t.6Oc., o n account of the higher postage.Mexico a nd other foreign countries,7S cent s. .BUN DLE RATES-.3c. per copy.ADVE~TISING-l Oc. a line, '$1.00In inch. For o ne year 'one inch $10.00.THE END OF THE WAR(Ttnnyson's "Locksley H all Sixty~ YC'ars After.".When the Ichemes and all the I YI'tema, kingdoms and republici fa ll.Somethina kindLier, hi,her, holieraUfor each a nd each for all?AU tbe full.brain, half· brain raC.I, ledby JUl tice, Love a nd Truth;~11 the miUlon. one at lcnath. withall the viliona of, m y youth?All dileaaes quenched by Science. noma n halt, or deaf, or-blind; .Stronaer ever born o f weaker, IUltierbody, luau m ind ?E arth at last, a w arlesa world, a sin·ale race, a , ina le toprue,I ha ve "en her far away, for il notEarth as yet s o youn,?Robed in universal harve. t up toeither pole she I miles,Univeraal ocean . oftly washina a llher warleu laln.W,r.rlesl? When her t~n l arc thou­:~~ ' t:~~u thou~d. arc mil·All her barvest aU too narrow-whocan fanc), watle .. men?Warlels? Wu will die out late then,Will It ever? late or .oon?Can it till thil outworn earth be deadas yon dead world' the moon?:.l'HE 'YOUNG SOCIALISTS' KAG.&.ZINllI•. -----+iLL LEAGUE MEMBERS I- ATrE~TION! II By John H uahes. -. ---.iThe Y. p , S. L , has been OtliCaniJ:edo.n a nationa l basia for aome timenow, but l omeho w thcre baa not beenthe proiress that. we expd son!! lS Ihe~n:,all'~\ ~oc iali lt" r .T he ment.al journey is not yel C01l1 .plele, however. and the ne .'u scene IhatpresenlS itseli to vie ..... is Ihe grrat i\'iayDay Parade in Xe"" York CiIY. )1anyIhousands of wo rktrs are marchingherr, and 10 gel enough 1J)11 ~ ician s to~lIequately cater 10 their need ~ is limlll'"i;tlly, If not aC lUally, impossibl('. BUIl hi~ little handicap does IIOt dlllmi thespirit o f our crowd. If Ihtre is no one10 iurnisll march music for 11~, ..... e makeOllr o ..... n. A few br:l\'e soul s lift Iheirw ices 10 the strains of the .\larseillaiscaud Ihe Int~rnational and soon Ihou.~a l1t1s o f marchers join m the ",li rriuK:I11\helll, .'\nd as we march along. sillginK,no heed is given Ihe ~ l1hr}' day, thewugh pavelllt"nl5, o r the long di st.allcethelopiri t o f song ri ses like W1IIC II) ourheads. il gladdens our sl)uls anrl fl r e~our hear l~ ..... ith ne ..... enlh\l si a ~ lIl fllr IhePi"ture, if you can, a Sociali;;t PanyCon\'elllion during il~ noon reens. Din·ner i~ Ol"er. the drlegates :l1ld \·isilQrs("ongregate in small group, to talk"shop" and while alVay a half-hour orlllor~ until the body ('Q" VCll(,5 again.Tmle hangs 50mewhal Ilea\'ll)' 011 ourhand~, SO a sollg is proposed and immediaceiyeverybody joins in. Vet eran,grown grey in th~ mo\·ement. ;wd ~'(l llngrecruit, still in the fir st nush o f enthu·siasm, stand shoulder to "holiider : lawyerand laborer comrade, "red" and"ydlow:' all join in together. Forgot.len are all questions of tactics, laid asideare all personalitie..--their voices a re, lifted in the $;tme·song and, for the time.e\'en their hurt. beat in unaninlity.whert' Ih e blrd~ ~I ill ~ ing . ..... hefe thejJo\\"cr ~ are nOl ,Ifraid 10 hloom and Ihemen 10 thInk l"ht"rt, I~ :1 crrlain at11105'ph"re o f irredrull aboUl Ihis li ll ie Bor.oURh of lIaledon : 10 bt" SU fe. Ih i~ l ~only 10 be expc(ted wht'rr tile workershilI t' tleeled tlleir 0\\ n SO('I:lli(1 lI1ay(lraud rOllucillltt'lI , 111 Ihr II1;'art lJi tht"Borollgh Iht'r.· i~ a l}t'autiful open HrOlr'tlanked nn all "Hit·, by 1I1ollr1tains, Ilrr(Ihe \" OIl11g P~} I )le'~ Sot'ialist Leagu~ vfS"w Jt'r ~ t'y Ild.1 lI S annual Ill cnic. Fromall lIarh of Ihe ~ !al l" Ih(' YOll11g Social.i~t~ hitd tral'elll'd here. :1 \l"rltal,Je pil.Rrllll:ll(r I" IIl .. lr ~lcl"("a; they '":Imr uniO'I. Ii) Holle}. lrain all,1 alllO-true!.Suddt'nly. I\hcn lJ!"rr il11akin ~ st"t'JIled 31i l ~ ht' lghl, a fl'''''' .... ords are pa s~ t" d from111,111 IU 111;111 ' "\\'c'rc goill' In ~ 111" " ThedTI'


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tilY. P. S. L. OF THE STATE OFNEW YORKMeetinC of the Board of ControlThe Board of Control or th.e Y. P.S L. of the Slate of New York helditi founh regula.r mct.tinll" on <strong>Jan</strong>uary24.<strong>1915</strong>. .Miss Borns.tein was elected Chair­Indy.,.\11 members present under roll call.The Committee of Organiution forQueens reported very good progrU5.an~ a very active' ci rcle . is nC?w doin,~ctlve propaganda work. Motion madeto turn efforu to try Kings and trytC' organize that territory,A motion was lU3.de to tally thenlt'-mberahip of the League. for representationat the Convention and forthis purpose a motion was made tomake representation according tostamps purchased for the last threemonths preceding the Convention.It was abo decided to request someof the Leagues to settle their a(:(:ounlSor the Board may at its discretionwithdraw the 8ending of stamps de­. fred.The motion in rdert'nce to runningor partaking ih an affair on Ma.y lstrderred to Diu. Committee: of NewYork.The following charges were placedbdore the Board:Comrade Against the ManhutanLeague. ,Comrade Dickes collected $8.20 forthe affair of ihc Convention. NewYork demanded the money so as tofinance an afb.ir they arc holding.Comrade Bickes refused to turn themoney over to the Leagl1e butbrought to the proper Cotlunittce.Contrade Bickes was deprh'ed of thevote and a reff;rendum put in motionfor recall of Organizer.Comrades \Veiss. Born'stein andSubkow as Grie"ance Com mince 10investigate this affair.Charges plnced against ManhattanLeague for the dissoh'ing of Ci rcle ~of New York League. Charges filedfor investigation with the 'sam e grir\"­a nce committee.Comude Lore l1l::lde a motion for aCentral Lecture Course for Distric tof Ne"W ):·ork. Motion accepted. Arrangingcommittee for arrangingcoune consiMI of Comr3del \Veiu,Ortlandt. Rheinhardt.Motion made to request tlre StateCommittee to arrange 3. state tour forIhe lecturers for the [.ea/.tUe. 'Motionmade to communicate _with .King-! andtry to call a meeting. Motion to adjourn.Mcetin,' of Feb. 21, <strong>1915</strong>.The · fifth regular meetina- of theBoard of Control of the Y. P. S. L. oi,. TKE_¥OUNQ .SOCIALIs:tS'-.MA-GAZIN.t::\the State or_Now York was hdd at theresidevee of State Secretary on Sunday,February 28.. <strong>1915</strong>.Comrade 'Weiss elected chairman,All mem\leu pruent under ron caU.Communication received from Rochut ~r in "r~ference in ac.cotin1; placedon file. , .Communication received from theNew Jersey Y. P. S. L. in referenceto the calling of a confe rence to takeover the work of building up thcYonng <strong>Socialists</strong>' <strong>Magazine</strong>. O n molionit was decided t o requut thedelcgatu to report back to their re·spectiyc League!l to stnd a representativeto this conference and ask up·state Leagues to send sUGgeltions andideas. This meeting is called forMarch 1-4. <strong>1915</strong>, 3.t the Rand School at10 A. M. Letters for suggestion dc.be lent to the State Secrctary. Communicationsreceived from' NationalOffice of Socialist Party, a.nd on motionit was decided to requelt full informationin reference to National Y.P. S. L.. and to make application tormembership. In reference to the tour·ing of Comrade Barnard it was de·cided to request l.eagues to makec.lates during April. Communicationn.'cei,·ed from Jamestown ..".here l\new Y. P. S. L. ha!l been founded.Motion made to grant Jamestown Y.1l S. L. a charier and to send all necelSarys upplies at once. Communicalionsreceived from Circle 4, NewYork, transferred to Grie\'ance Committee.-Comr3de Reinhardt was chosen 3.St he rcpruemati" e to ~ the <strong>Young</strong> 50-dalists' <strong>Magazine</strong> Conferenee.COlllrade Weiss reports in referenceto the organizing of Kings CounlYthat we communic3tc witH the Localso as 10 c3.11 a joint meeting, a.s theform of organi zation is' very poor andnot in conjunction with our otherLeagues. .Comrade S tate Secretary reportsthe I Arrangement of a lecture forGreater Ncw York and vicinity hasblen arranged in conjunction with thestate office orthe SOcialist Pat;ty. Thef Lrst of tliese lectur u to be held S unday,March 14, <strong>1915</strong>, at 2 P. M. sharpin the New York Labor Temple, 2-U-4,' East 84th Street.In rdercntc to '3 committee for IheMlty·-Day ceJebratiOTl it W:l!I decided toelect. a eommith!e to work in conjun(:.I\on with the present committee. TheComra(les Reinhardt, Ortland andWeiss were elected.The c.ommittee for the in\,·cstiga·tion of Local New \'otl(s dissolutionoi Circle" of the Y. P. S. L. of Manh:1tta'nwas requtsted to.reP.orl on thi,maiter at .ihe ·nut me~lif.i"Sbte Secretary glv.tn "p~fmi'SliQt! tQsend tetter throughout the' b::ag:ucswhich he. read to Board'. . '.,Q n motion it wa.s decided .to ..holdour meetings in a branch Qr. office ofthe Socialist Party in the future so asto gi\'e no League member ' a chanCefor argument thal'wc' might ·be doih8'unduhand work..'Motion made to requut RQchesterfor date of Convention. G riev~nces ofBickes dropped because his action W:lS~us t ni ned in the referendum . .Motion for adjournment.Carl H. C. Ortl;i~d.State Secrt:tary.STATE COMMITTEE OF THEY. P. S. L .. OF N. J.Res:;ular meeting of the State Committeeof the Y. P. S. L. of N. J .. heldat 256 Central Ave .. Jersey City, onSunday. February 21.Meeting c311ed 10 ordcr at 1 :30P. M .. by Secretary Kruse.:\lex. J. [o'rackenpohl elected Chairman.Minutes of pre\'ious meeting acceptedas rC3d.New dclegntes ~eated: Ci rcle Elizabl:lh-ErnaA. SemnCf. in place of~-linnie Housley; Comrade Club-M.D. Newman, Alice Lavery, Cha!oEdl:rle, Morris Wolf. There being aconlested representation from Pater­SOil. it was decided on motion to seatneithu faction, but to allow both\'oice but no "ote in the proceedings.Motion that the investigation of thi;;contest be left in the hands of theState Ex('cuti\·c Committee. Bothsides to present their case ( in writing)10 the Secretary within three weeks.Carried.Bills: Flora C. frackenpohl. postagt.etc., 75c.: WIU. F. Kruse, ('xpcnses.$1.45; £. J. Brock, expenses.~a rf are, etc .. $1.06.Communications niNred to Secretaryreport.1


l'11t:linquent memben, try to get themto pay up, or else clenr them out. AIh't organization cnnnot tolerate deadwood to hinder its growth. They· hn.veformulated a new constitution Ilndhave new officers. The Sunday nightledufe course by Fred Krafft hascome to a suctessful c:on Lied VillI der(Schluss.)~trci \ bcmcrkl. \\';1 .. Ill:lll \'~n n ,tcn I;lagj.!.('. uao; llarll der ~l('­C1l1l.'!' ... oziali :.li:-dlCII (;e... cllschaft lo die .. l} Tannenhaum . ., Tannl'nbalUn'·l't\\arten mudal', d;I .,:- jcdcr ci ll­gCSI1Ilg-Cll winL Eo., 111\1 ...:;/.cll1e :-cine \ Vi.inschc dcn Jnteres­ be"'(Jnders crwahnt wertlcn.


• 18rHE YOUNG SOCIALISTS' !oI"GAZ-:.:;IN::;E:..._____......____Harmonie unler den Casten z.u·ruckzufiihren!In besonders angenchmer E rin·nerung 'sind mir die Abende imCamp geblieben. Bei scltonem\Vetter lagert man sich im Mee·rtssande. Die ' See ist in dieserliegend ausserordentlich belcbt.Kriegs5chiffe ziehen am Horizcnt"oruber, Kiistendampfer sto.sscnschwre Rauchwolkcn aus, Sthif·ferboote kreuztn \'or dem \.yinde.L' nd das Meer ist in ewiger Gn·fuhe. Auf -und ab sleigen sein t\Vasser; mit nimmcrllludem An ­griff wirft es ~eine \Vellen gegcnden Strand. In dieser Stimmungpflegten dann unser~ ' engiischenFreundc ihre "olksliedcr 7.U sin ·gen, denn man darf nicht clwa~laubell. dnss solche nur inDeutschland Zlt Hause sind. l)annging man nach dem Camp zttrikk.wo man in def heiteren Gesrllsdtaftnoch rinige Zeit bei' l;csangund Tanz, bei Spiel undScherz, zuweilen auch in ernstcr.erUnterhaltung- verbrachte. Hi!'die Gloch II _ Chr schlug: dal1l1mussle alles in die Zelte. KurzeZeit horte man n o~h ein verlorcnesFlUstern, dann $Cnkle sieh delFriede der !\acht auf diese Vcrsammlungfroher ' ~Ienschenherab.'Venn auoh Ja ~ Leben im :-'0-c.ialist· Camp \'erhaltnismassigbil1ig ist - 2t i\lark die ''''ochebei "olier Verpftegung: A usl!.­ben fUr Get6inke hat man {a:-t ~ar!lieht und fii!' Trillkgelder iibcrhauptnicht -. so konnen sidldoch inllnerhin leider verhti llll istnassigwenig Arbeiter den Besuchdes Camps erlauben. ]edochkennt man noch ahnliche Ferienerholungen.So ist B 1 a c k­pool. das im industriereichellLancashire liegt, ein Seebad drr ·A rbeiter geworden. 1m ,"origcnJahre sollen mehr als vier MillionenBesucher dort gewesen scin,die mejsten Arbeiter, aus Man- Die im . {re ih ;:i t lich~n Sin_ne geclu~sterlutel den anderen Text;l- I~it~ tenstadten des Bezirks. Die Fabriken Vereiniattp. Freien Deutachenwerden in der Regel auf eilfe Schulen '.\-Voche g"esthlossen, und die Ar- yon Ne.w Y~rlC ~nd Umlea end. .... ertellen Unt~rr lcht 1m Anst'.h;lUIH1IBbelterund Arbeltermnen koonen. unterricht in V~rbindung mit Vcirtragenfreilich fur ihr eigenes Geld. F e- 1'oVo'ie G~ung. lind bei leniigender Berienmachen. 'Vohl die meisten teiliS ling aut'.h 'furnen, Zeichnen und. • 1 h.ndlfbeitsunterricht fur Miidchen. Diezlehen oaeh l3tacl(pool, und was \"dre- s~e n .der eiUlclhen Schulen sind illin Deutschland fast unmoglich er- Manh attan : Rand School. 140 Osl 19.scheint, class A rbeiter skh auf ~t ~ .• Samslall vorm.; Labor Tl!tnl}le.eine ''''oche im Seebade aufhalten, ;:; ~~:m~:' ~~:. 2~~;s~~~,,~~~ .~ -~~!~.~ :das iSl h ier zu ciner gewohnten ta~ nachm.: No. 8&1 Columbus A,·e ..Einrichl.Ullg geworden.SOllnt llg \·orm.Bronx : 964 \Vashington A\~ ., Sams-Es mag in England manches tag und S.:lnntag ,·orm.~c hleehter seill als bei liDS, wie ia Brookh'n: Labor Lyceum. 9.&9 WilljedesL and -seine Lidll- und sein e o\~ghby -",\'~., SOItnstag' "or- und nOlch-S h . , A.b .mttags.C a.llen se~ t e ll tat. . er e~ Long Island Cit~.: H~ttillger ' s Halle.Broadw;l.y and i . A\'~ .• Samstal vor-lIlim.!I'II.schellll Illlr, a ls wenn Englandmil seinem Ferienleben uns Ocut-'~c hen weit "oraus ist. Es gibt Eli.ulxlh. :-.l' . J:: 6(),j Eliui>tlh :'-"e.,tlo\'h lIort s~ho n eine i\lenge Ar- c :so"n~~g ";rn:ta~. 29 L' dbeiler. die wissen, w.s Ferien ,rS~; ~.'·S:I ~1St;~ It~ Ch~·~~;~~I~. I:. III enheisst. lind salehe Einrichtungen Union Hilt: Frommch~n~ Hallt. N~wwie das Socialist H o liday Camp York . .'\,' ~. lind UnKm Str., Sonntiliill Caisler lehren sit:. wie sie ihre ,·ormillilgs.Ferieuzeit nut zbrin~end fur KorperDie Vereinigulig hal auch ein hub..~c: hund Geis t \'erbringen konnen.ausgeJtattett:'~ Uederhuch jill V uiag.Nih~re.. Auskllnft t:'rt~i1t d~r S~kr~tarZweimal war ieh bereits dort, und Reinhard Mey~r , 801 E:ut 83. Slreet,jedesmal war es mir heim Abschied.als ob ieh aus einem LandNew York.(Advt.)"oller SOllne in cine K' ebelheimat P ar~ nt ~ and children are invit~d 10llIriickkehren muss te. 'L'nd dochi n~Pt c t the methodl of the Ferrerweiss ieh, dass es auch beiModern ' Sunday School-Yorkville, aUIISschool conducted on strictly Socialist!\Iillionen \'on ~len sc hen gibl. die principJ~ !'. Look ""hat we ofter you:nicht nur arbcitcl1 und immer nur Objeet Lel.an, (A n $chauung s llnt~ r­arbeitell woll en. sonliern die aut.:h richt) r eiid~ r ed ' by four Sociillistl~a c her~. Ail obj~c t . con c~ rning thelif~ and struggle of I h~ working clau.gem einmal eill Stiiekchen Lebcnsgentlssill ihr einformigcsDasein bringen ll1ochten.Sine;nc o( English ;Lnd G~r11lansong. with Socialist t~nden cy.Elperanto. Violin School. St~nocraphy.Kindusarten (Sundays onl y).An exc~lI~nt German School: Oftsprings1')( eight d ifter ~ nt n~lionaliti~~visit this depa.rtm~nt with the mostbrilliant result •.F~es are so minimal. that e\'eryworkt:'r can afford to se nd his chi1dr~n. to this school" 'en auch die Alten dieses ZidlI icht mehr erreichten, an der arbcitendcnJugend muss es liegen.fti r :-einc Vcrwirkli ehung unablassigzu wi rken !.Eugen P rager.Reformers are con5tantly ior· R~,istration. Sundays. i>~tween 9getting that the hour hand can ' A.1oI: and 1 P. M.. Saturdays. fromnot fa.il to make progre!;s ~f onl,Y i5;~ ~:C~~d' ~,,~~c~~:w~en~o~n~al~the mmute hand keps mov ing. 8Jrd St.. (Adv\.)__ JVol. VIII AI'K II .. 1I11 ~ No. I@If=(===~ r-- ' ~""""""""""""" ....... .......................... ~: ~ NEMESIS ~By r . G. G. F ..--_...................-.... _- ..................................... .... ........;IIjYouSoldier! Soldier I011 1 of thr tre-cll.Why art' you r lips !l0 slill)The srourinl/: is done and Ihr fl~ld i" won .And the fOt:'man ther~ lies "lark in the sun.You have end~d the life that had harely hegunBut-Why are your lips' 0 sldl)Sweetheart! Sweetheart! hrrolhng al homeWhy are your cheeks so pOlk)A,. your dear eyes galt:' in 111(" firelif"ht hla7 eAr.d you pictur~ the scene i"l the- hallie ha7e.You are th t:' r~ wilh your 10vI"r and "hare in th:praise.So--why are your cheek~ ~o pale)Mona rch! Monan:h! bend 10 your god­BUI wh y do you tremble ~O.)VOII ha~'e worked hi s wi ll ..... ith your tirt:' andslet:'l.Hi .. chil


.• 'fHl:: YOUNG SOCIALISTS' MAG:.;..""_ ' _'N_"'________.-.....I WHEN WILL SOCIALISM COME? By K",D~ICK SIIEDD.. ... .. ... . IChildren. young people, when who or what is the! city? 'Vhy,witl Socialism come? LOlS of it's the people who dwdl in thept:ople are asking this question, city and pay the city ta1'\e!s, isn'tso let us talk about it for a min· it? Of course, \Vell, if that is so,ute or two.then it was true, wasn't it. thatSome of the. older I;omrades I owned a part oi that park? Andused to think that Socialism a part of the fish-polld in thewould be here in ten years, Some park? And a part of each andeveu said in fin'. Others were c\'ery hsh in the pond? A nd anot so cock sur~, ''''11M do YOU part of each Rowel" and each trecsay ? and each bush and each leaf ?Some yea!:s ago-not many"':'-'I Surely: And, say, child ren andwas down in Seneca Park one af- young people, do you kllOw thatternoon with my kiddie!, and I a thing like that is a piece of Sohappenedto say something like cialism? \Vell, it surely is.this: "Say, do you know that I ~ Another illustration. 1 hu\'cown some of'thi!) Park ?" And my just come home from skating onlittle boy loo'ed up with great -t he city rink-r one of them, iorinterest in hi s fa~, a-ud a.ked: we have sever.ot l city skatiHg rinks"You t:)o? \Vherd" j'\\'hy," in ollr city, The skaters 0 11 this ·$aid I, "I own some of that fish - ice were enjoying themselves\ative Stores, where they may buytheir necessities really for lessmoner than they would cost inthe regular stores of capitalists,for if the store makes profit. thatprofit comes back to the people.So. yOll set, that, too, is some·thil1~ like Socialism, and we maycall it anothc-r piece of Sociali~1la!rea


, • THE ' YOUNG SOCIAL-HiTS' MAGAZINEgreater and a worthie'r. bravery.He had the courage of his com'ic·tions. an unshakable \!alor to upholdhis opinions, wherever hewas, against any opposition andregardless of the many greatsacrifices that it required. Tht;Socialist view was not a part· ofhis heritage or education as it iswith many young workin~menand women of to-day. Socialiimwas regarded as a serious .meriac.eand was considered worse thanthe plague. To acknowledge Olle·self a Socialist required the fearlessnesswith which the earlyChristians embraced their faithand braved even the wild animalsof the persecutions.He who sen'ed 3!\ leader andChQmpion of the Socialist mO\'ementhad to bear the scanl of "s0-ciety"; the hatred of the middledass; the slander of vulgar blockheads,and the pri~on became a.familiar abode.Bebel valiantly and fearlesslyprofessed himself a Socialist assoon u hi ~ conscience had approvedit. He was for almost halfa century first as director andthen as foremost leader, the standardbearer of the strugglingproletariat. Contempt. slanci er,prison, what mattered they tohim ? These were the necessarysacrifices which he bore witholltcomplaint. No s lander could ap·proach the purity and nobility oihis "iews. No danger saw himtremble. He was a hero in thestrife, faithful, tenacious, untiring.steadfast and brave.Be like him.Hc enthusiastic as he was.Ko great cause c;an prosperwithout enthusiasm. Look backupon the history of mankind.When did it stride forward lInles!enthus\asm lent its wings? However,it is not the noisy enthu·siasttl which works wonders inhistory. True .enthusia$m is deepdown in the heart like an everwarmingfire. \Vhen sorrow anddiscouragement attcmpt to re.fchthe soul they melt, if the flame ofenthusiasJT1 has ~een kepJ awakewithin it. Moreover, when joyand inspiration smell within us, itis the true, deep, sincere enthusiasmwhich brings this impulseand joy to its greatest height, notonly fo r him from whom it comes.,but for;;all upon whom it is impartedwith an enli veLling. inspi.r·ing, propelling force.1f Rebel had not been giftedwith this strong personal magnetismhe would never have beenable to a.ccomplish what he did forthe working class and the world.\\' hen the clear, eager flame ofenthusiasm came from the iips ofthis mall, it took the thousands ofpeople who S'lt or stood beforehim, by storm. Each one felt thathere was one who gave the best,the deepest, and most sacredwithin him. Bcbel's inspiredwords aroused thousands uponthousands from the sleep of I)()liti.cal indifference to the conquest ofeven greater enelili es. Be as hewas, you youths of the workingclass! and you maidens also. Noman has done morc for you, torthe emancipation of woman, forher equality before the law.Youths and maidens honor thisman, hi s whole life was one brave,si ncere, keen and inspired battlefor you, for the working class andfor humanity.Honor him as best you may andin the best way possible for eachof you.Emulate him I Be as he ' was.Quit investigating and go tohelping. Investigations are notfood. Every workers knows he isrobbed:::.stop the robbery:.. That willmean food.THE STEADY BOARDERSBy Kendrick Shedd(Oedieatcl to those excellent Comrac.le6who ha\'c made a practice ofattending all the doings of thel.eague, or the School, as the easemay be.)Here's to the steadies ! Oh, longmay they thri ve!T hey've just done their best tokeep things ali\'e.Had they not been there, whatwould we have done?\Ve'd have lacked much in spirit,and likewise in " mull."Here's to the steadics! Oh, longmay they live!T hey've done what they cou ldsome attendance to give.Ii they had stayed at home, greatgaps there had been ;\\' hence then, I wonder, would wehave got " tin"?Here's to the steadies! Theymay not all shine ;But they are the back-bone; yea,they a re the spine.They\'c served as t he ballast tokeep the ship level ;1£ 't were not for t hem, we"d goto the-well, you know,'Ve simply couldn't do withoutthem I So there IA young surgeon received latconc e\·ening a note from three ofhis fellow-practitioners: "Pleasecome over to the club and join tISin a game of bridgc.""Emilie, d~ar." he said to hiswiie. "here I am called awayagain. It is an important casethereare three other doctors onthe spot alr~a4y ·JI"Even in summer it is just aswell to remember that hot wordsdo not make friends,"~. THE YOUNG SOCIALISTS' .... OAZJ:ltOr I N MIS S6--URI ~:=~;~1l:·t~~~~:::,~~n:-i. ~ ... ~.---------.Across the grass plains of Kentucky a wagon toiled, carry in g afamily of emigrants westw.tn.l.in the fall of 'MIS. T he hor3c3ran away wi ldly aU of a sl1ddcr ;the father threw the three cltil·dren out on to the grass andsprang out himself, though hewas already crippled in OIlCfoot. A wheel broke; screams reosOll n rl~d ; and much was the t u­mult ere order was restored.T he party moved on andcrossed the Ohio Ri ver. "Vic\~prairies were dotted with ver)'few dwellings. At one part of theroad the log cabins of settlerswere seen in little hamlet s~ fortymiles apart.On to 5t. Louis, \\ hi ch wa ~then a village of 4,OfX) people;~nd travellers with hon:.es, sheep.pigs, and the rest, were ferric.!over the ri ver Mississippi in aboat, worked by three Frenchmen,two rowing and one stec,:,­illg. Soon after this crossing, themoth er of the family fe U whil>!dimbing into the wagon to fetcilcookin g vessels, and the hurt sheleceived set up an illness thalendcd in death eighteen month ~later. The father and the thre ~motherless children-a girl andtwo boys--journeyed westward.and settled. One of the boyswas Alexander, who afterwar f \"wrote the story of hi s life ; and nthis he says of his mother :HEven to this day (and ( am anold man in my eightieth year) Ica nnot dwell 1ong' in conversation•• bout her with~u t tears comingtr; my eyes. There are no worusin the English language to expressmy estimate- 'and ~ apprec.iationof the dear mother who gaveme birth and nourishment,"Indi.ms were cncamp~d in thet~rritory of i\ lissouri, but, as allll~. were quiet and neighborly.Indeed, ) fr. ~ f ajor s (that is,Alexander) says that. :l !> long asthe White folk were le ~, s in !lUI11-ber than the Red, the Red menwere mueh better bcha\"ed thanafterwards; for, ",'hen the \Vhiten·.en were more numerous theyLegan to e.xploit the Indians. amiill -use them, and 110t pa y moneywhich they had promi sed to thel:tdian natiycs. The Red men~t r\ll: k back. A terrible scare occllrred oll e day, when PollyI toppcr, a girl of scvcnteen, rodc('11 a grey lIlare from cabin tocahin, yelli ng "lndians I" Peopletied to a place of safety; meng-ras pcd riflcs ; and, after all, noIndi ans appeared.cheating. I n truth, there wa ~1I0t much money to be stolen:and nohody could steal pairs ofhOliest hands and willing feet.Few wcre the bachelors .l1ld oldmaids, and the yOtlllg men seldol11waited beyond the ag-e of twcnty­(Ule or so, before marrying aneighbor's daloghter. The newlywedlIlan alld wife could !:oonn heIlrepari~!g a new log cabin, ncwfurniturl!. and new comralieship.5i;o.:ty-snell years later. Al exander:\ Iaj ors r('turned 10 the regioll , aIHI , at St. LOllis,' he !';nv:-ix steam ferry-b o at~ , and ar,reat railway bridge which borel-Il its road so me 100 to 1 SO train ~daily. Old times had g'one , andtile lime of companies, profit s.


••guilds, ilnd municipal industries,3nd national industries, and someindustries may be intenl&tionallsuch as parcel-post by air ' orw3ter round the globe, etc.).•:\nd, as in old l\'f issouri, so in thenew Socialist commonwealth,there \vill be little !iitealing andlittle cheating.All laboring for 311 ; all livingfor others-for family, for c;ountry,for humanity. Farewell forever:md " lI.di~u" to rent, interest,Jlfofi~ ' dividends. .'.e el II ____ ....! ChildrM aId World News I'f By J. Kocttgen............ ~~~~~~~~One of the chief tasks of <strong>Socialists</strong>chools and, institutionslike the " Freie deutsche Schulc"i!t to impart to our cbildren someund~rstallding of Soci3list philo


•n'F~~~!!II~!~' !~t~I.'flO YOtrJlG BOOI.A.LIBTS' XAO.a.zIllE------- --.---.'1 NEW PROSPERITY FOR THE YOUNG I._ a - ..-_. -----' -_.~k 0I';~ t.:::o;:.;;:':· ~~::-'~f:! . SOCIALISTS' MAGAZINEThe <strong>Young</strong> <strong>Socialists</strong>' ~\lagazinchas gone through manyyears of hard struggle. Therewerc many difficulties in itspath, for it was not only a newventure. It was ~ 11at unhappything, an organ without a move­Entered ;at 5«ond.CI:au Mail Matu~r<strong>June</strong> 2, 1911, at the post a'ffiee at NewYork, N. Y.~ und.~ .r the Act of March3,1819.P oblithed Monthly at15 Spruce Street. New York.by theSodaU. tic Co-operative Pubt Ass'n.John Nace!. Pret. O. Knoll. Sec·y.a Ramal, T rULa ~~~SC:;t~~~~ol~ :ndo~~~:~ ment back of it.6Oc •• on account of tbe higbcr postage.Mexico and otber foreip countries.75 c.entLBUNDLE RATES--3c. per cop~ADVERTISING-lOe.. a line. $1.00an Indt For ooe year onc inch $10.00.A SONG OF WAR.The banker sat in his parlor,And chuckled aloud with glee.He raised his glass,His wine he quaffed,For war is declared, said he.The soldier shouldered hi s rifle,And fared him forth to the fra)·.His pulse beat high,For war is declared to-day.H~ smiled and sang,TIle people awoke. ftam slumberTo answer the clarion call.They flew to anns,No cost too great,For war is declared for alt.L'EnvoiA woman sat and mourned alone,A child cried out fdr. bre


10did not know what to do. At lasthe decided to report the cas~ tothe judge, and dismissed thefarmer. The latter WC.lltout intothe crowd where the story of thelittle bit of string had meanwhilebeen told (roln mouth to mouthand created much amusement.Everybody now began to twit theold man with the story of thelittle bit of string. The farmerprotested his innocence 10 everybodywho wanted to listen, butbeing known as such a miser hecould not make anyone believethat it was not really he who had(olmd the purse.A day or two passed. Then thepurse with the $600 in it wa~ deliveredup by a baker of a neighboringplael. The baker's man,an ignorant young fellow whocould neither-read nor write. hadfound the purse on one of hisrounds. !>lIt it ill ·the cart, a!HIfinally delivered it to his masterwho then heard of the lossthrough aq ad:vertisement in thenewspaper and sent the pl1rse alit!money to the mayor.When that story got knowntbere was nobody more happythan the old farmer who had heenso unjustly accused. He forth·with went to nil his neighbor!; ande.'i:c1aimed: "You see It was not Iwho found the purse I " ~ He alsotried to show why it cOllld nothave been he who had found thepurse. B ut. strange to say. pea·pie .seemed to be more amusedthan ever. And the butcher cvenwent up to the old mi ser and toldhim : 4' \Ve ha\'c heard that yarnbefore. Somebody finds the purse:lnd when he is found out anotherone comes and dc1i,,'ers it tip. Youcan't tell me that kind 01 story."\Vhen the old farmer saw thatpeople would even then not be·lieve in his innocence he took itSO much to heart that he becameiflIB TOVWG .OOIALDTS' IlAGASDI'Ssick. He caught a fever of whichhe died. and the last words he issaid to have uttered were: "Be- .Ii eve me, mayor, it was only thislittle bit of string."Now, this s t o ry shows howdangerous it is to have a bad reputation.Had that old farmer notbeen known to have been a miserand a quarrelsome old man peoplewould never have believed him tohave been the dishonest finder ofthat purse. But it a lso shows howdangerous it is to judge frpmmere appearances, as the saddlerdid. Never jump hastily to con·elusions.AN INTERNATIONAL MEET OFTHE Y. S. L.Will the <strong>Young</strong> SociaU.ta succeedwhere their fathera have so far failed?The Youna: Socialist. of Switzerlandare invilina: representative. of theYoun, Sodalilt movement of allcountries to attend a conference atBerne on April 4, S. and 6. It i. hopedthat deleKates will be prennt fromItaly, Holland. Bela;ium, Norway.Sweden. Denmark, Spain. Germany,France, Aultria, and Swit.erland.AU information can be obtained fromW. MUngenbera:, Werd.tralle 40.Zurich.Parcn ts and chil.\ren are invited toinspect the methods of the FerrerModern Sunday School_Yorkville, aschool conduct cd on strictly Sociali stprincillkl'i. Look what we oHer you:Object Letsont (An5chauun gsunter·richt) rendered by four Sod:!.listtcachers. All objectll concerning the. li fe al!d struJl'H:lc of the working c1au.Sln"nl of Engli sh and Gemlansongs with Socialist tendency.Er,peranto. Violin School Steno.Iraph,.Klnder,arten (Sundays only).An excellent German School. O ft·springll of eight different natioR;alitiesvillit this department ..... ith 'the mostbrilliant results.Feu are so minimal. that e,'eryworker can aHord 10 s~ nd 1'.i5 childrento thIs school.Registration. Sundays. between 9A. M. and I P. M. Saturdays. From2 to • P. M .. :l.t Sackl's Union Hall.1591 Second Ave .• between 82nd &:P3rd Su.(Advt.)DEBIITTIIIG DEPaRTMEIIT 1Edited by NATHAN RICKS,518 E. Houston St., N. Y. C.•AD Appeal to th. Leal'l.'All education is iii. preparation {orself.expression. The most commonand ye t most difficult medium OfleU.alSe rtion is Ipeech. the vehicleof our thoughts and feelings, the purposeof which is to convey and con­\'lnce olhen of th e truth or' falsity ofa dilPuted matter.Like other talents and abilities,opportunities mUlt be present to en·courage the development of thespeech faculty by which alone do our\'ague ideas bloom and beconle real·ilies. Unfortunately the Y. P. S. L.'shave no't 5ullplied the opportunities.We h:we ~a dly neglected an int e ~le:l.gue activity which would providefor them. W e ha\'e fallen into leth·argy and thus ha\'e not !livcn ourmemhers thc widest range of thoughtactivity. The Leagues 'mU l t arousethenucl\'cs to the rcalintion that' rduc:nion and the spread of Socialistthought arc the IlUrlloses of themO"e mcnt. Tlte future is oun. \Vemust become acti\'e and develop thefac ulty which co mmunicates to othersour id ea l. and aspiration.. Arouseyoursel",,:s! Ucb;a te among your·seh'ul Intellectual &"),Illn::r.stics tl;)strengtl'ten our minds are just as nec·essary to the well·being of our mentallife as physical exercise is to ou rbod ies,W ho doub" the educational "alu~of debating? It is the one acti\'it:rwhich is exclusively induch'c to clearthinking and general mental discipline. The debaters learn to expreuIheir dear thoughts lucidly in un·equi\'ocal language.education.Debating is anThe purpo.e o f th i~ dep~;t;;nt ',.to create an inter·lesgue se.irit~spirit that wi'll stimulate tne a:rowihof the <strong>Young</strong> Socialist Movente'nLThis il our aim. And debiting .con.­tests are inllruntenu us~d in. l tiuin.1up the int e r ~1t and i1\du.cing _cntbu·siasm among the Leagues.We therdore urge the Leagues tosubmit to thi. dcpartment propoli·tions th ey would Iikc..-lo debate,. tbeside .they would like to support andthe "friendly" opponent. they preferto meet.Do it no-w!Do;.\ delay! s;;thepace for the other Lea,uta., THE YOUNG aOOlALISTS' IIlAGAZINE 10i O'U'R STU D -Y C-L A-'S-al. -------------. - -f Edited by ALGERNON LEE Educational Director of the Rand School of Social Science lThe Youn, People'. SocialiltLeague il to be heartily conlratu·lated upon its decllion to .. sume animportant .hare in the tuk of makingthe Youn, Socialilts' Ma,uine a trueexpression of the via:orous and prom·isin, ~ropaganda of the LeaKUe in theUnited States. Thil Itep il boundto relult in makina: the movementmore unified in itl aims and methods.The RanCl School is proud to beKranted the privilele of . harinl inthil work and to conduct a columnwhich shall promote the educational~ide of the Youn, People's SocialistLUJUe. The aim, .. we see it now,will be to stimulate the desire in thecircles to ltudy subje(;tl, in whichthey, .. future members and workenin the Socialist Party, mUlt be versed,and to impart luch information inreply to question .... may be conveyedin the brief Ipace which can bespared for this purpo.c.F or the present then, we shall u.eCoune 1 of the Rand School Corre·spondence Department, entitled "Elementof Socialilm" and composed byAnna A. Maley, as the basi. for quel·tionl, because it a:ive. us a definitestartine point and beaule t evera!Circles are now lakin, it.We .ball call the column "OurStudy Claas," until an inspiration fora better nam~ come. to us or fromone of the readers of the department.We hope that many . u"eations forit. conduct may (ome in and firstamon, them milht very well be a de-5iln for a heading from some one ofthe members of the LUlUe who h ..ideu and can draw.Many thin,s may be accomplilhedby this column. We trult th.t it willICrve not only a. a medium for theRand School to an.wer questionswhich arile in the coune of the .tudyby Circles of "Elements of Social·iun." but that i.t may develop into anopen forum in which the readen maythemselv .. answer the questiont put.We .hall try to a:ive lome opportun·ity for this in each i .. ue, but readersmUlt beu in mind that no carde .. orhasty work will be liven considera·tion.It ma, be that at timea we shallanawer question. here ariainC frommembers of older study groups, if wethink that auch anaw". will be helpfulto the readen of the Maeuine.B, theae mea.na and others that will~arise naturaUy, information can be arbitrary. The inlportant thing is th atgiven, a desire for .tudy can be we mutually understand thc sense inawakened, Circles and LcaCUe. can which any word or term i. used. Inbe broulht into touch with one an· the present cue (Course 1, Lesson \')other on an intellectual b.si. and the it jeems bt'tler to confine the use ofolder and younKer membera of the the term " raw material" to ohjectsSocialist movement can come c1o.er upon which labor has already beento one another.eXllcnded, 80 that they ha\'c come UI1-We beiln this month with a few der th~ general head of commodities,questions already on hand and invite bu t whic h arc not yet rc,ady for con·all membera of Younl Sociali.t sUlllption. This would exclude theLeague Clalle. to lend in the quCltionswhich punle them. Philadel· o r ore in th t' earth, tile fish in the n·OI.standing trC'e in tht- forest. the coniphia, Cleveland, Toledo, New Haven, dc .. whic h arc fI'ituflll objec ts as yelHartford, let us hear from you and untouched by t \bor. The 101{ is afrom other Circles which hne .tudy product frOI11 the point of vi


ttTHE YOUNG SOCIAl-ISTS' MAGAZINE Ii B~!}b!YAC~~~I!~I~!~ .. ~~ .t~nl~v! . !!. X, TNO~D i• ___ a ~.' ,.'A n enterprising anti-Socialist wasThe evening's mail bring. me the.hocking new. that I have been"clected" the comic editor of thenorpnized editing baud. 1 am notquitt certain that I can be consideredthe "elect" joker: There i. a feelingthat perhaps the New York Leaguecould fill this column bctter-u theoriginal joke.It i. only of recent date that Socialisuare turning their atu~ntioD tobumor. The "old~ timers" are as yetantagonisric to any reading-matterother than cut and dried economics.But we young people do like II. littlefun lor diversion. And the capitaliat.ystem with it'S c9ntradic.tions' i. alto­Icther too much II. fun-pro\'oking• ource, notbwith.tanding. its tragtdh~l.At any rate the editing of a humor­OUI colunln may be a attmulant forreading the more serious nlatter.It is our desire to keep the livestSocialist funny column in the country.\\'e hue tbe young people interestedin this-that is why we believein the succesl of it.Humor present. itself. There isno need to manufacture it. Lookabout you, at your job, the Socialistmeeting, while listening to a speak"",or rt~ading a report of one.To make an energetic start, we willItart a contest amon&, the membersof the Leagues throughout the country.We have the promise of the"nlosofer" Stake Han Jake, who willphilosophize on "fings doin';' ;lS hrwould say.We are printing in this illue hisfi rst contribution. Now the thing todo is to draw a picture suitable for acut to accompany the saying. ImagineStake H ou, the sage proletarianphilosopher, and give bim a penand ink sketch to top llis cohi.mn.For the picture which will be selectedat best we will give a free "sub"to this magazine for one yur.Draw pictures in ink, and try notto have them creased in the envelope.Material intended for publicationmu.t reach the editor not later thanthe .econd Wednesday of each month.Address all conlmunications 10Jack Wei .. , 1741 W.,hinlton Ave ..BroIlS. N. Y.p, S. _ I have ordered an extralarlemail box to make sure of storin&'the heavy mail I expect.at the height of his denunciation ofSocialism when he spied Jim Higgins,the live-wire Socialist approaching hisgathuing. Here Wit an opportunitythat could not be missed, so he fl unrout his chan enge in the fashion:"Now. gentlemen·, there gou JimH iggins, the famous Socialist orator.Has he any question. to uk?"Jim stopped, gave a. sly look at thesky, .a nd nid, "Well, as 10nr as youuk me, I reckon I will--er, 'Whattime is it?'"Jolly Jin11e1Laurens, old toP.An idea brings up,"Let's con"t'ne in Chicago, all hail!"A spltndid ideeIf we could but seeHow t.o get the so much-neede.dHow to get the so much-needed kale!Old K. P. SheddJust loves the red,That good old proletarian shade;Whl!n in his mannerH e wavu our bannerTht plutt'S ha\'e cause to be afraid.Headline" Girl tell. legislators how to liyeon $6 per weekI"Good information wasted; nOeh;:ance of their trying it.Stake Hou Jake, the ProletarianPhilosopherD'yer ever · observe that themclergymen allers gits yer to look upskywards? 1 tell your, Bud, thue'stWO reasons fer it. FUlt, when yerlook in' up ye r can't see what's goin'on ;:about yer; an' liecond, it gives the"smart set" a chance tel' trim yerpockets, See?EscapedOne of the old-line machine-menof the A. F, of L. was telling hi!! audioence of how "our honorable Presidl!ntrose from the ranks."Is that liO? "Ranks" is good IWe ;,:,st re'i,al1 that Sam Gomprr!was a cigar-maker once.Some men say they have toomuch respect for women to want tosee them in politics. Why not havemore respect for politics ?-Puck.. . . .;.:.... ..- _MASK MD. 50.6: ., \..Editrd by HERBERT M,ORAL,BO Elliott Ave" Y,onkers, N . ... Y~\. T."Shoot to Kill" is t he sk~tcb byF red Krafft, which the Newark. No. J.,Y. P. S. L ...... ill present at the NewarkLabor Lyceum on S. 14th Street, nearSpringfield Ave. Admission twentyfivecents.Henrik Ibsen's "Ghost" will be prest'ntedby the Modern D rama Leagueat the Berkely T heatre, 44th St., ncar5th Ave., New York City, on Saturdayevening. April 17. Ticketa are 35, SO,and 75 cents. The proceeds are forthe benefit of the Rand School ScholarshipFund."The Second-Story Man." a one-actsketch by Upton Sinclair, will beplayed by a company of competentplayers at the great Banner Dedicationand BaH of the Comrade Club,Y. P. S. L of Hudson County .. N. J .It is to be given on April 24, at 8p, M., at Arion Hall, Cambridge A,'e.and Hutton St., Jersey City. Admissionwill be twenty-five cents..This is what some of the Leagues inthe East are doing.It is to your pl:.y. and entertainmt'ntsthat you mnst turn to attractthe new members. The moat ,-' ogressiveLeagues are the onu which bestentertain their members and friend s.You must show prospective membersthat despite their worthy andserious aim the Y. P. S. L.'s are notan organintion of "high-brows," buta live, human gathering of youngfolkl I tri\'inl for happiness not onlyin the future but also at the presenttime.To help the Leagues do this is theobject o f this departnlent. It aims toprint news of the entertainml!nu nnd1)laYII of the Leagues; and by meansof continual correspondence with theLeagues help to make their socialmeetings events to be looked fOfW:ardto and back upon.To do this the department musthave the co-opebtion of every Lugue.It hopes to have a circulating numberof plays for use by the Leagul!s.It hopes to be able to suggest andhelp entertainment committees carryout happy 1I"0ciai affairs. •Will the Leagues help it?!f so, pluse send news df all socialaffairS" to the department · and-keepin toucb with it.Drop a letter toHerbert Maul,~ Elliott Ave., Yonkcra, ~. Y.THE YOUNG SOCI.4LlaTB' JU,.O~i...-- T , -C aT •E~~~GEN!}~2U~ Ji;II~.~?~! I-- .Does your League give proper altentionto all phases of the Americanyouth's activity? Jf your ;:answer tothis question is "Yu," then I 'll askyou, " How's your base-ball tUIlImaking ouH" "And )"our tennisclub?" "Who is going to win thecoming athletic meet, will yOllrLeague be .a strong contender?""Have you a rowing club, or a hikingsl!ction ?" Vou don't go in for thesethings! Why not?If there is one thing that can bedepended upon to attract and hold theinterest oC <strong>Young</strong> America, ihat thingis SPORT. Who are the heroes ofmodern childhood's fa ncy? I.lasehallplayers, athletes! It is hut a reAec·tion of our Olode:rn industrial co nditionsthat we: s hould idealize ,·ictory,and the victors, le:aders in our sports.Some comradrs ohject to this as amost d.wgcrous tc:ndenc),-wcll. thercis only one thing that we can do ahoutit:-In place of the indi"idualistic,hero·worshipper, whose onl}' sport isto see others play-let us build up anrong, virile youth that can holu itsown part in all co-operative, healthgivingsports.Sports are: necessary to the de\"e\np·ment of t'yery individual and of c"eryorganization. What kind of sports?Any kind that strengthens the hody,exercises the mind. and forcrs the: individualto lose himself in the I)rogrt'ssof his team. That's the secrettl!amwork.Baseball is a splendid sport-andfor three main reasons: fir st, it isplayed out in the open. alit in thewarm, cheerful sunshinr: ~ ec o nd,every muscle of the hody is called intoplaY-it gh,cs all-round healthful C'x·ercise; third, the game must bestu di ~d. the team mllst work togethcr,strategy and co-operation are fargreater factors for s uccess for the: individualexcellence. III this sportmen learn to reason in terms o f eooprrativeeffort.\\' hat is true of ba5ehall is true alsoof most o ther sports-te:nni5, rowing,walking, foot-ball, bicycling, swimming,etc. In an even gruter measurecan this be said of track and fielde\·en1.s, These are looked upon withgreat Javor by a vast number of people:,'~a"'ly am-ong the youngrr,ellctlJion.. Tht'y give a la rge numlierof people a chance to participate,to enjoy the exercise and also the,ratification of possible: success.:\thlelic training is of Illmost importanceand great intl!rest alike toindividual, organi zation. and societ), atlargr. I t benefits the individual witha strong. hl!althy body: it gives Iheoqp niz:ltion a \'ital ililerest with\i' h i~ h to hold it ~ Illrmbus togelher,as well :I S a Ilractical traininlC-gmundfor eo·operative effort: ill society·atlargeil scrves to counteract tht,kioull tendenc), to produce 11 la zy.iml olrnt. neurotic, "molly ·eoddle"peol)1c, ;lI1d to de\'rlol' instead a r:l ceoi strong. eourageolls, srH-rdiantmen and womrll. frrc from all ailmental1 kr ill hody and in mind.5u, h a r e~ llh would hc (If greatesthCll r fi l 10 the Sociali st mO\,C llient :IS:1 whol (·. and 10 the young peoplc'soT.L:a Tli za ti on in particular. \\lith ourI11l' t!l he T.i dexdo\lcd as thcy might,nil he, Ihe effi cicncy of ollr m o\"~·mcnt would he increa.itd :I Ihollsandfold. Let each do their tluty 10 dc­,·tlop th e hes t thaI is in him: let II l1gtt together to take :ld":lntage of thisnll·a ns to strengthen Ollr mO \"l~ tnent .EDITOR'S NOTEIi ~'JU h


1. '1'" TOO_O 1OU~1.'" &&1.&aJ ••REPORT OF THE Y. P. S. L.PREal CONFERENCEHeld. at the RaM -Iebool. 140 t. 19that.. N. Y. C., 1hn4aJ.-II.r. 14thThe meeting was c:alJl:d to order by'Vm. F. Kruse. State Secretary Y. P.S. 1.. of N. J. He explained .that theSlate Committee of hi, orpniution,reali&inl the need of a urong <strong>Young</strong>Socialist Preas and the inadequacy,of the prestnt Of gin, had instructedhint to can tbi. conference. He wuIud to -seC! luch • liberal responsc tohi, caU. Buide. about sixty vilitors.there wert fourteen deltgatu reprennlin,leagues from Rochester.Yonkers.. Manhattan. Bronx of NewYork. and Newark. Hudlon Co .• Pat·trion, Elinbeth. of New Jcrsey.The New Jersey Y. P. S. L StateComnliUtt and the New York StattBoard of Contrgl wert also repre­'ented by delegattl. Officers weftelteted .. followl : Chatrmap, WilliamF. Kruse of New Jersey, andSeeretary, }. G. Karpf, of Rochetter,N. Y.Bertha H. ~lailly, Executive Secretaryof the Rand School. welcomedt'he delegatel and viii tors and expreuedthe confidence that !rood re­IUItI will follow this conference. Itwas a new departure. Ihe said. foryoun& people to get together on theirown aecount to better their own organization:it .howl the new Ipirit ofyouth that will bring renewed lifeand acti"ity into the ranks oi theParty.Comrade lo::run then opened thedil cussion by Itating what he conlideredto be the defects of the pru ­ent magazine. He prennted it detailedplan for its improvement :l.ndurged the delegllel to give it theircareful consider:l.to n. He propo!edthat the <strong>Magazine</strong> should renu;n inthe hands of its present editorialboord. but tht <strong>Young</strong> Socialisl!should fake II. hand in its preparation.To this end. he advocated theestablishment of ,'arious departmt'ntswhich were as folio",. : Little Folks.Sports, Girls. Debating. QuestionBox, News and Notes. Comic Sec·tion. and other features. Each ofthue to be edited by ,, ' membt'r ofthe Y. P. S. L. H the appearance andget·up of the <strong>Young</strong> Sodalist Maguineis impro\·ed. if it i. made rullyworth while, thue will be Httle troubleencountered in Icttinr lubscrip-­tion~ .NAthan Biek •• delqate from -Manhattan.then took the floor. Hepointed out the ahort comings of thepaper anll criticiseu its whole mana&'emC'nt.ThC' young people willhavc to tak~ this t;lillll into thcir OWl.handl, he said. There is at presentnothinil in the magazine to warrantill existence. and no blame can beattached to any league that rdu.es tosupport it. .Ludwil Lore, editor of the <strong>Young</strong>Sociali.t Map:dne. tben answered~e\' eral qutstions that had piled up.He had come here to listen. and notto talk. He was glad that the <strong>Young</strong><strong>Socialists</strong> had at lall awakened totheir own interestS and responsibilhiuan this matter. ....s to the quest;on. of awneuhip. he informed the.conference that the ownership eon·sists at pre!ent of nothing but a deft·cit. and that this is owned entirely bythe Co·operath·e Puh1i. hinl Au'n.Thf'Y would be quite wilting at anytime to turn it o,'er to the <strong>Young</strong>People'. League!, if they '0 desired.The Y. P. S. L.'s are we\camr toconlrol the maguine. purposely pub.lishtd in their inte"restf. just as 50 011al they hne demonstrated their abil ·ity to properly conduct same. TherCASon why there are two Germanpages in the periodical wu explained,t!'le information of its origin as theorgan of a Gerl1lan Sunday Sehoolgroup. At present these palles boostthe eireulation 9f a co nsiderable extent.The pages arc of gft.at "alue toGerman school tnchers in thdrwork. and besides drawing the sup ­port :l.nd co-opuation of many Germanorgani z ation~ .J ack Karp. Rochester. urgr.d theinclusion of a Drl\llla Column in thenew plnn. He sugguted increasingthe ci rculatio n to a point where wecotlld affor!l to emptor an editor andAlso to conduct thfl. business sidl!. Ttis entirely too much to expecl all Ihi~work to be done voluntarily And alth(' salll(, time in such a manner as tohe beyo'l.d eritici ~ Rl .Robut Sptctor. Manhattan. spokf'in regard to tht <strong>Young</strong> People notbeing permitted to ha"e their utic1npublished. Hc thought that it wube ~ t to have young people in charge.He did not :l.ppro\·e of the idea ofemploying anyone at pr e ~tnt.M. Lehrman. Bronx. expressed theidea that the magazine ought to bringthe message of the Sociali~t Philosophyto the young. He thought it wubetter to have the editorship in thehands of men of experience than toeleet committees who have little orno knowledge of new.pape.r wort.Louis Caplan. of ElizabJ:th. askedfor • compulsory subscription 10 beIt'vied on all memher.'l of the Lugues.fa r th e ptlrpn5(, oi "aisi",! nnance" :l.ndim;"ndn- c;~("· I i1·; nn . H ~ :11 .('1 i(vlI'"i;mit ,,·;t1,·· . "~ ~ ... ·"t'a · ;15 ;1 ie; :I ~p re se ~LHerbert Moral. Yonkers. took exceptionto some parts of Kruse's IJlan .He urged more equcational articlcsand leu gossip. He said tha t tileI, and School should be Ki \'tn 'pactinwhich to answer the question, tJj:& tcontinually come up before theLelgUt. and other Socialist Ed~ c::l'tion31 Circles.Harr)' .Be rger. Palerson. tried toimp r e s ~ the delega tion to pU'sh t h ~<strong>Magazine</strong>. particularly by urgillg allnew membl!rs to subscribe. H thl!>were done the deficit would soon bewiped out.Eugene Rrock. New Jerse)·. warmlycommended Krust'l plan which. :1.5 hepointf'c1 out. was the only practicalthing that had been "ut berore t~tbody. It wu " ery easy to criticist.he said. \)ut thi s was a time for COIl ­strllctive work. Ht urged the delegates to Ica" e their hammers at home.and to bri ng out actual practical sug·gl!stion'l for improvement.All visitors were thr.n gi ven 1\chance to express themselves, and theprahl em was discUlled fronl everyangle. After a ehan.::e to talk hadbeen giv('rt evcr,'one who desired it .the eom nlitl ~e went into businesss~ $s i o~.Buainc.,. SeuionChairnu,". Kruse: Secretarr. Karpf.Motion that the LcaRucl be uktdto c.\eet on c me m\)er of their respec·li" e bod.ie! to consti tute a generalci rculation co mmittee. Their dutyuting to boost the circulation of the~h"';\ 7.i ne wilhin thcir League. Carricd.Motion th:tt the conference lend iu:Ippro\'al to K rUi~ e· .s plan and that W8suggest to th e management of theMagAzine th at Ihey adopt the samc.Clrrie d.Mo tion th at ellch League clcoct aprus agent. Carried.Motia n Ihat the body elect director.for the \'arious departments sug-.gel ted by Comrade KrUle. Carried.The following were elected: LittleFolks. CQmrade Koettgen; DebatingDepartment, Nathan Dic.b: QuestionBox. 'Rand School of SociarScienct :Sporting, Eugene J. Brock; ComicSection. Jack Weiss: Drama Section.H. Moral. All other .ediona wereleft to the editors.Motion that the provillon for aGirls' Section be tabled. Carried.1!Iotion that the nut meeting beheld on Sunday. May 16, .. Ime tinlCand place. Car.ried- --Motion that the present officers.can l isting of KarPf andt


18nblusen, oder sie lauCen int Krc.isehernm und relllStn den ganttn HalJ~fen zu einem toile" Witbel mit fort,der indessctl bald crlahmt. Nichtlange. so sind sic schon SO mitleids·rirdig, dass das Mitleid. welches inunscrc.m Herzen nie weit \1'on derGerechtigkc.it wohnt, soiort dieOberhand erlangt \tnd urn Gnadebitten wiirde. Abe!: umsonst, dieharten Arbeiterinnen ke..zlU!n nut dastide, harte NaturgesetL Die FHigd''ltcrden den Aermstcn zetrillen, dieFus.swurzetn _bgetrennt. die Fiihl·hOrner abgebissen. und ibte prachtvollenschwanen Augen, in dentn derBlumen80r 5ich ~piege!te. brechen imScbmen. und in der Triibsal derl'odesangst. Die einen erliegclIibren \Vunden nnd werden von zweloder drci ibrer Henkerinnen $Ofortnach den abliegenden Kirchhafengeschleppt. Andere, die wenigerschwer verletzt sind, retten sieh indnen \Vinke:l. wo sie eng %usammengtdringtsitzen und von einer um:rbittlichenWache bloc.kiert werden.1.Jis sie elendiglich sterben. Vielen~Iingt es auch, den Ausgang zu gewinnenlind in den Luftraum zu entweiehen.wohin ihre Feindinnen sit'verfolgen. Aber "m Abend, wennHun~r und Kille sie quilen. kehrensic scharenweise naeh dem Stoc.kelunlek und flchcn lIRI Obdaeh.Doeh aueh hier 60den sic eine cr­.THE YOUNG SOCIALISTS' MAGAZINESchwann. Mutter, Schmarotzer undArbeitsbienen. ballt sich zu einemdarbenden, dieht vef$chlun~nenKnauel zusammen und geht illlDunkel des Stockes stilt zugrunde.bevor der eeste Schnee gefallen is(.Nac:h dem Strafgericht der Miissig!giTtger nehmen die starken undwohlhabcndcn Volker die Arbeitwieder auf, doch mit vermindertemEiler, denn die Blumen werdenimmer seJtener, Trotzdem fUllen dienahrullgspelldenden Wande sieh %urVen'ollsti.nrligullg der unentbehrlichenVorrit'e noeh mit Herbsthenig.und die tetztcn Behalter werdenmit dem weissen unverderblichen\Vachsslegel vc!'Schlossen. OcrWachsbau hurt auf. die Geburteuf!ehm~!l. abo die Todesfalle zu. dieTage werden kiirzer und die NachteHlIlger. Regen und ungiinstigeWinde. Fnlhnebel und die Fallen derallzufriih sinkenden D5.mmerungbringen Hunderten der emsigen Arbciterinnenden Too \for den Toren.und das ganze kleine Volk. das sosonnensiichtig ist wie die ZikadenAttil.as. sieht der drohenden Winterkilteentgegen.Dcr Mensch hal sich seinen Antei!an der Ernte schon vorweggenommen.Jedet det guten BienenstOckehat ihm So bis 100 Pfund Honig geliefert- und die reichsten gebcnbisweilen 200 - den Ertrag riesiegerLlchtmeerc und end loser Blumenfel~er.die sic Tag fUr Tag uocl BliitefUr Bliite beAogen haben. Jeutwirft er noch einen ietzlen Blick auf(iie der Wintcrstarre enlgegengehenclenVolker. Den reichsten nimmt erihre jiberfHissigen Schitze und verteiltsie ;m die stets durch un ver~dientes Missgcschick verarmten Be­wac he. Die crste M Reihe der Arbeitsbienenhangt .an dc!11 -(e


,YTHE YOUNG SOCIALISTS' MAGAZINEII THE DIS~?~~d~': Sl:~~ "J ALENT.-- ----.Listen, League members! - preparation for a festival or aHere's something for you, T hoseinterested in Sunday School workplay or a picnic ? Maybe he's agood funner. i\laybe he can skatemay also prick up their ears. better than others, Have youGue of the chief reasons we given him a chance? ''''hen ?have for e.xistence is to disco\'erthe talents of our members and\Vhere? Come, now, confess. Youdon't know what he ~ an do aLail,utilize them, You may already and furthermore, you haven'trealize that a certain few-some tried to find out. r.lea ntimc he istwO dozen or s~of ,your mem· · in the shares. so to speak. ~ lean·bers possess this or that talent fo rdebate or discllssion or what not,while you are lettin g the same o ldfew shine all t he time and do allPerhaps you kpow that Jim may the work. You aren' t being jtistSPRING SONGBy Rose E. Shar.landSurge, 0 sap, in a tide of green,T o the song of the lovelornwindtSurge o'er woodlands and valesbetween,And the dimpled hills behind,\Vhere the path of tne darlingspring has beenIn a cowslip trail outlined.Leap, 0 sap, like an untamed sea,Limitless, past control!Drem:h dun ways with thineecstasy,O\'er the wan world roll .become a good spe.ak~ r, or thatSally has a good style in writing.But what do )'ou know aboutto Comrade H. at all. \Vhat's hegetting out of hi s membership :What are YOll helping him to getTill the slumb'roliS earth shalltransfigured beBy the wonderment of her sou l.many of your' ;'unknowns"?­ out of it ? !\othing! \Ve thought" 'Vhat ~ You say ' unknowns'? so. Thanks for your confession. Rise. 0 spirit of man, behold\ Vhy, we have no unknowns inour League, W e know a ll ourmembers I"i\1ay·be you do, and may-beyou don·t. \\' e'll bet Qllr bottom\\'c have had a comrade withLI S fo r years, and she has showntalent in various directions; butwithin the past few weeks wehave suddenly discovered that she~ Jiracle·time ' o f birth IShall warm 1\ature still find theecoid?Lone in a love-filled earth ?See thee shackled, betrayed, cajoled,dollar that you don't. You may has a strong talent (or writinghave spoken to }otr. .H.~ or Com· ve rse. \ V ~ thought we understood " ' hen her m ea dow s a'rerade H ., as you may call him, and her, but we didn't, See? \Ye wreathed in mirth ?you may e,'en know that he came hadn't y et fathomed her. She maySurge.. 0 soul of Humanity!from Pennsylvania some time ~ tlr p ri se liS yet. She can writeSap of divinest- good·,ago, a nd even that he used to strong poetry, and some ,of it. hasRise \1lltrammelled, leap broadlyworkin the mines there. Because lat~y appeared in' the f·Call." (ree .,you know those things, the.refore Another discovery! Let liS allOut of self-solitu'de! 'you know him through and keep on.Wake (or the glory of what shallth.rough t Kot so, friend. nOt so.You ha\'t;. yet mally things to dis; SOliD OF EUROPE. be-The Kinidom of Brotherhood!cover. You aren't yet within a Sinlt a song of E uro~ ,thousand miles of what he has in Highly civilized,his soul. H e's still to you a book Four~and~twenty nationsDauber: "I obsen'e that you\\' holly hypnotized.don't like my pictures, sir ; bul Iwith seven seals, You hnen'1'\'hen the battles opencan only paint things as l seedisco,'ersd .him at all. You haven't T he bullets start to sing, them."given him a chance to disco\'er l sn't that a silly wayCritic: "Then you shouldn'thiQtICJf. Come now, what ha" e To act for any King?paint while you're seeing things)'ou 40ne in his case?The Kings are in the background like that."-Bost?n Transcript.Issuing commands,Ha~ he debated ? Has he re· The Queens are in the parlor The teacher was examining thecited ? Has he written anything Per etiquette's demands.class , in phr,siology. "Marv, canfor yOll ~ Can h e. s ing? Is he The bankers in the countjng·hou~ \'ou tell us ' she asked .f,,;hat isoriginal ? Can he work on a Are busy multiplying, .-COlllmittee? rs he an expert alongthe functio~ of the ston;ach ?"The c..'Ommon ~ple at the f rant "T he function of the !'to'1lach.·'Are doing all the dying! the little girl answerc,"" .• ; ~ to hl..ld~me line? Ha\'e you tried him in-Life. up the petticoat." , ~ .Tn !O!1VG ~~Ta' ~G~r:'WAR?"" Ntv~it . AGAiN!" " WOULl) ='~ociALtSM Do"'i'n ~ .!An Interview with MORRIS HILLQUIt by William Hard• !.! - . . ,," -- . - --. '~ - ",,' .' . -. - . ". • .....,"Your questioii" i5 Of is : the ,,;ilue"of what they p'roouce, t he- world, and in the ellort to.acquireand maintain control of.. 'If E ngland \;" ~ i-'e" Socia li s t, 'if T herefore tl1~y tan not b'uy" ·'a:1IGermany were' Socialist, if all of they need, ··they rau 110t buy such countries. And this ri valrythe big nations of the world werc back all the goods they hav'e pro· is reckless and impla~i'ble, be·organized on the 'Socialist mbdel. dllced. There is thus an artij1cial cnuse i~ is urged on by the privatewhat then? '"\Vouldn't each of surplus, Even when the nonworkersself';nterest of indi"iduals,them still want to sell its goods inBtazil and in ·'Zilniibar- ana in have consumed as llnlchas they can; there is still a SUTpius.~. ' ql\ a Sociali st state this wholenecessity for agg-re~sive trade 3nJMongolia ? Altd "' wmlldn 4 t . thh' -Anti "there·'\·oware. ' ·Vhat aggressive inves t~n t n t in the 'n


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, TO 'I'OU'XG aoot&LD'N' XAOAZID . joW I P ... , ' 1 , ,.tl ..... :. H 0 W TO S U 'C C E E 'n .. ::,.11Ill' Simeon St'1"'Py . ,• II ._ ..__._ • II • •Some months ago lhere was afire at Wt8t Orange, N. I" and~ miUion-doliar factory, whichThomai A. Edison was constructing.burned to the grou~d.) saymillion-dollar factory 011 thf> authorityof the newspapers. PJQbablyit was only a two-hundte~lthousand..cJollarfactory. but it isa law of nature that the value ofany piece of propert)'. a plant. amine. a railroad bridge, or a cathedral,is multiplied at least byfive as soon as it is destroyed.The \-Vest Orange fire was 110t amisfortune ; it was a calamity.For that fire i~ 'West Orange hasbeen responsible for ali o utg1.1 sh ofmore ·~waddlc. drivel, and guffthan I recall in many a year. Itappears that i\1 r. Edison was him­·stlf among the first upon 'thescene of the accident, that he t9Qkof print devoted to, the in~ulcationof succ:e61 in .the-young havegushw. hlabbered, lU)'d' hy~"edcf Mr. E..dison's optimism. of.hi!!cou rage, of his manly stand3gainst the buffets of fate; alwaysimplying that any bank.. clerk orassistant bookkeeper ~Yho displaysthe same moral quali.tieswill,. b3rring acddent-. be as welloff some day as ~r r. E!Jison isnow . .- Just why.· Mr. -Edisonshould be cast down by the destructionof a million-dollar ptan.twhen he has untold millions tobuild other plants with: just ¥o!hyhe should haye been shaken bythe postponement of a single h~lsi.ness project when he has behindhim a rccQ.rd of achiev.ement sucha~ it is gi\·en to one man in a millionto equal: just ho w it wouldhave seemed if ~Ir. Edison had I\atdown and w~Pl , ~t ' h~d decid~d . togo to Palm Deaeh OOr a month be·fore anOQ\mci».g ""5. fl!bl~ pl~"$, .or IH~,d r


•. 8 .. THE YOUioiG SOCIALISTS' MA.GAZINE1lt Yll1l8llClalists' JDagaZIQBFOR BOYS AND GIRLSOr,.. of tIM A_ericu Soci.liu Sund.,.......... You •• PHpl.', F~e"'l1o.Entf'-:~ :lL§t'C:..olld£lus Mail ~htll!'r)unt..2..J9U, a'-4h. ~ POl't office.:\t Nt .....Yor:Tr;:.:Fi ..:,Y., ~J!.iO:h:3: .. "'A:tt of M:ud\7-="'- ~-- - -pubr.s,lanront'ltry at :=- -. - ..n -SPruce Street. Nt ... Yoik. "_ by the..SodaJiJdc 'Co--Gpef'lltift--Ptlbl AII'it.John Narel., Pres. ~' ''''O . Knoll. Sec'y,.E. Rannn, ...'!:t.!!'-:SUBSCRIPTION~. : . copy, sOe.• :rear. For N. V.t eff1 and Can:fda •.6Oc: .. on account orJ'ff03!ii .. b~Ceo~~e.Mexico and o\tter fO'1irn : ~cOJllltT .. iu.'5 cenJa. : ..B(!ND,LE RAtEs:--!3e: ' per ,co..pyADVERT'ISING-IOc. ~ a line, $1 .00an ~~c h . For onc nar . ~ne , iI.l.c~ ~ l.9-()I).basket:' of frf'"h wild "pring ftO\\1 ....... ..'.JlOwe r died down. A per ind . (ljtrs upon .. t1i(n .tOO1'-knobiO of the.ir --rntm set in. "But it wa ~ not a c?"~:nfri(>!ld ~' h O 'lI se·~. -Jr'va:, a 'day of of s tag-nation. Years of ' :01);),''-),01lth.-·'3 ' d:lY: 'OH1:l p{lin~!Os and WOr k at the 'education and organ,n ' joi('ing_ . - .~. . i7.at io n of the masses took thl'Coul&: \vc--'Sociali st!O ha\'C' found place of this first o utburst. Fora more-fitfing day? I :;; our ideal th e workers well Know that t'l \!not the' in;;arnatioll o f -the !Opi rit future must be won, can only b~of happinesl' and rejo icing. o i WOII hy a working c1as~ that tinloveand b rotherHood?derstands it!\ own !;ignifican ce,:J),\'The ~ oc ia.li !' t tnO\'clllent o f Ihe a wo rking cla!Os that will artwo rlel h;'l!' l'et :I!'ide thi s clay a!' tho ughtfully. th"t will not mal;:!!the day of ,the year . when e\'ery scrious mistakes,STATE~IENT OF THF. ,OWNER.SHl'P. :MANAGE~IENT." CIRCULA­·TION, ETC.. (If <strong>Young</strong> SociMi ~ l ~Maarninc. published monthl1 3t NewYork; N . . Y .. for April 1. 19\-5. requiredby Ihe I\c.:' or AuguSI 2.4. 1912. Edi tor.Ludwig Lore,· 15 Sp ru~ 5t;, X(!wYork. N. Y. Managing Edilors: LilyLort", 15 Spruce St.: N"ew York. ~. Y.,and Kendrick P. Shedd. Rochesttr. X.Y. Busineu Manager. Jaco b Obri ~ l. I ~Spruct' S.l .• New York. ·N. Y. Publishers.Soci~li5tic Co-oper:a! i\'e Pliblishiilg !\ ~.iO("i3tion, 15 Spruce 51., Nt'w \'ork.N . . Y. Oy.:nt'u, Socialistic Co-oper;&til"ePubH~I! inl{. A~ soc:i:lI ioll: 1.1i 5pruc(' ,St.,New') Ot"k. N. Y. Tht' ownt'rs of Ihispublfaiion is 3 rorpor3tion ('(Insi~tingof over 300 membeN, mosl o f whomhold ont' sllite uf. stock and nont' ofwhotri , bcl:ldS-rhore than two shares orm'or . ...·man 1 ptr ctllt. of the tCMal aMlouli,oi sto:c:k.' .Known hqndh ol~r~, ';m,ort·Ilagits. and otltt':f_..secur.it)Cholde.rs, holdingf.~t~ ...... mot't'--of-the- tot.1:rom01lni of bonds. mortgagt's, or otherSt'c.urities : • None.IA COB OBRIS"'.I! .. OIp ...• to IlIld ,u,..;'rUlPI.l berore me IhtM3111 (In), of llllrch. IIH ;;,Sig, : SIMON SULTAN,Notary' Public,1),1,. MlnlmlMlfon f'l J>lrt''' i\iAI'I'h 30:. min.. .._---_....I MAY DAY, GAY DAY, AND A GLAD I! YOUNG EARTH IN BLOOM .. ' ..... .... _.. .:\1:1.)' Day, fro m the earliest -hands had laid ..


·~Material for a coming issue shouldbe scnt to the: Contribilling Editoudurin .. the fint wek of the monthprecedingthe date of the--iuuc:. Onlyby a rigid observance of this'Tule canyou he sure to have your . tuff in.c:Iuded in the: papu.J hope: 10 have brou&'ht these fewlittle 1ellon. home to the readers ofthis article:. In the first plact. thefuture ,·.Iue of this magazine dependsl olc-Iy upon our work. If we wllnt aaood paper it is up to us 10 make it10. Secondly, to achieve: the beltlu(:ee ... a iood-seized drculation IIabsolutely nee:unry-agaln, it is upto lIS to iet it , Thc"rt~ arc splendidpossibilities before USi in the tountof timt' we can chanle it. presentform into a fine illustrated magazinethat we will all he proud of. printedon iood paper, with a colored (:Ov~r.appuring w~~ly inuud of monthlY,wilh various editions for differ~ntloulitir'-th~re i. nothing we tannotdo if we make liP our nlind. tt)do it. Tht' ont' bi,i" thing that willbring' about all these wonderful possibilitiuis WORK-and there ispl~nty of it to br done, If nrrymember, boy or Virl, man or woman-does hi s and her aharr. if all willPUI their shoulders to the wheel intrue comradely fa shion, we cannothelp hut make' a success ot thr undertaking.nut remember, YOUR hdpis needed. You can ha\'e your preS!;now, what ate you going to dolbout it?MAY DAY, GAY DAY(Continued from Page 8.)their whole strength to the fosler.tng of the international ideal. ifthey can instill into the youth Qfour generation love and brotherhood,for all mankind, then wecan safdy say-"Z\ever again willworker fight against worker,never again will brother hate hisbrother." The future holds hutone great. un(i.ving .conAict, thestruggle hetween capital :lndlabor.Peace! Solidarity ! Let these~ --DEBATING DEPARTMENT Inm TO'OllO 1IOCU.LI8T8' XAGAZIliB_Edited by NA'I HAN BICKS.MIJ E. Houston 51., N. Y C.• I •Up to date only Manhattan h31 rtspondedto our appeal printtd in theApril iu ur.The New York Lr3gue i! well onits way preparin~ an intellectunl batlIewith the Amrrican Boy Scouts.AI to , ubjrct, time and place. whichwill. b.t aru)o~m c.t:d in this column.negoti3tions arc now going on. The)'are 3nured of victory in their attac.kby completdy relying on ,hr expio!lh'epower of thrir mental dynamitewhich they ate storing in their know I·edl(c "pou," Aftu bombarding theen emirs' trenches. which a re forlifiedby hi.torical lies and supported hyf:llsr id eals, the Manhattan Lragurwill direct their battery against theirhoslile friends in thr suburbs-IhrDronx Y. P. S. L.The Manh:ut:tn Y. P. S. L has hada debating tournament during Ihrwinter. The League was divided inloan up- a nd down-town division. CircleNo.6. represented hy "Prof.""Veiuman and "Babe" Spector, \'an'quished their up-town foes, whileCi rclr No. 8. reprtsented by "Boss'Haikcn and "Doc" Toukonagy. mades hort ' work of their opponents inlower Manhallan . J n a week or twOthe winning turns will meet to drterminethe champion circle of theLeague. A \'; inf:wor of SOCl:ilisllI. not al:fainJ;t it." Were the old Cilds the same asour trade unions ; if not, what was the.differrnce?"ThrH' i" a ma leri:11 l!i!Tercn cl·. InIhe Middle .'\gr.'! the InduJ;tnal worker(as Ji ~l inglli ,ILl' d frorn the aKril·tllturalworker) wa~ usually lIot a lif ... -long wage·workrr. E"cry apprrnticC'eXIH!cted to hrcollle a journeyman.and e\'l'ry journeyman r!(I)t'cleti t ..hccome a Hl;I~ll'r WOrkl1l;1I1. with ashop of his 0\\ II. Thrre waJ; no gTtatdau o f peT1Il:lIlrnl wau-r-worker. andno dislin(1 da". o( n (h rmt)loyt·rs.The Trlation l,ctwcl~1I journcyrn ... n andmastt'rs wa~ rather like tla' relationbrtwerl1 fr('5hmen. 'ophomore~ .juniors. and ~l'l1iof!l in a high sc hoolor college. .h a rule. hoth tht' mall ·trn and th e jouoI'l1 C'ymell of a (ndtbe longed 10 tht' .. al11e ~ild. Thr purposrof Ihe gild wall 10 pronto1c thegeneral intt'TC'st of the Iradr. not 10prOtect jOllrnrymrn :lgainst maslt'rsor maslC'rs against journt)'men. Thrgild rul('s dealt with wnge,. hours.materials. workman-hip. sell i 11!lprices of IITod uc ts. rdid of gil,!brOlhrrs in sicknrsl or misfortune.care of drce3sed brOlhrfs' orphllns.and 50 (orth. Each gild al~(') tried toprevent unduc comprtitioll in iutrade, a nd Iried In l)fr\'rnt anyonrfrom J~racticing Ihat trade withoulhaving first scorved hi !> apprenticeshipand been rrgulariy admitt'rd. ThegildJ were r('cognizrd by law andvested with ki':!.l authorilY to regu·II


.. --, .---*__,_2 THE YOUNG !!OCIAL!f.!S' MAGAZINE .-;'-'-_.•latc trade conditions. subject to IJcn·etal hlW5 made hy the city or by the""'tional government. anll in manycalf'! the city coundl wu I;:ompoudIt lust parlly of dtJcplu eltch:d bythe \':.riou. gilds. or count Iht'reWNC some ('a~es where large work·shops gru,' up in [);l.rticulaT indu,stries.3nd hert' th e gild tended to, plit. inlo two bodies. roughly corrt'­sponding 10 the tude unions andcmplo)·cu' associations, as ..... e nowknow thcm. On the whole, howel-tr,Ihe ·gild.'l dit'd out or were l uppru5edin England and some parts of theContinent, and lOl'l much of Iht'i, importanceclst'where, before tht' rist'of tht' modern factory system, so th:llOllr trade lin ions are practically ant-w growth of the las t century o:r so.To All Students:-You cannot betOo Itron,!, urled to Ule the die·tionary. It is fairly lure that mOltCof you will find in the ltaaons many.~rcb whose" meaninl il not quiteclear to you. To pISS thelt oYer isto 101C the whole senie of the pal·"I" where they occur. Make thila rule, not only in Itudyinl these In·aon., but in aU your rcadin" to lookup eytry word that you are not lureyoU under.tand.Parents and children nre in\'i ted toinSIM"ct the mt'thods of the FerrerModern Sunday Sehool.YorkviUe, asc hool conducted on strictly Socialistprinciple!!. Look what we offcr )'ou :Object Lelsonl (Anschauungsuntt-r.richt) rendf'(t'd by four SocialistteachefS. All objt'cls concerning thelife and s truggle o f the working class.Sincinl of Englisl. and CHmansnngs with Sodalist ttndency.Esperanto. Violin School. Stena­&raph,..Kinderlarten (Sundays only).An ('xc('lItnl German School O A·springs of ('ight diff('rent n:ltion';llitiuvisit this dt'partment with thE' mostbrilliant results.F('u ::are so minimal. that e\'ery.,'orker can afford to send I:is childrento th:s school.Registration, Sundays, oetwun 9A. M. and 1 P . M. Saturdays. from2 to .. P. M .• at Saekl', Union Hall.1591 Seco'nd A,'e .• between 82nd &:&lrd Sts.(Adyt,)I ~OW ·oF't'til ·r'rIlVT~ IN J~ST BB 'l'OL~· li Editfd .by J.\CK W,EIS5. , IH8 WashingtOn A\'e .. Hromc, N,. Y; I·e ' _ . _ ...•. __ ••W~II. boyt-:md girls-you didn't"eom~ urou" thi. time, So fM Ih:r."en't re('tived "much of the exp~cttdfUnny "uff for this column. Sut, I"m not altogether di'couraged, for Ir('eei\'td 1\ somewhat serious Ittltrfrom a comn.dc ..:ongratulating tht'n('w"board." Well, that's ' a good btginningfor humorous contributions.although Johnny Hughu ' who isauthor of that letter nl!ly be s low 10realizt it. "Ht'!t Welsh, you know."An)' how, w("rc- at it again to thtastonishment of Comradt Lort whothought we could only fill one issut.SOd:r.liUli to B(gin Campailln MMay Finl.-Ht'adllnt. 'Wt did not know that th('y hOld It Iup any." I did no t want the w!\r. "_Kai ~ trWillia m.We arc proud to print :In originaljoh hy the emintnt persona lit)'. Ih('gre:lt W3r Lo rd. 'The new editorial board o f Tht Callstill pe rsists in running a Ketp W t'licolumn.'Quite self-conscious The C311 i~Tilt'y deem a Kt't'p Well column ofimportance in 3 way of furnishingquick aid for thos~ who ha\'e- becomeillperusing the bal:lnce o f the rt:adingmaUer.Of eourst this only 3pplies e hit'Ayto tht' articles on Pea('t',And while we'\'(' touched 'on thtqutlltion of peOl ('e, isn't it .igni fieantIhat the comr:t.d !s 3re alre:ady lerappinlabout the but methods of ob·Hl.ining peact?OUR SOCI ETY NEWSBilly Piker is \'iliiting his mothtruntil ,inltS pick up.h i. rumore.d that a IUlle d('ltg:!.·lion will go from Ntw York to ourStut' eon\'tntion at Rat:hester, onJuly "th, One of the IIrong. rea;on!!gi\'en is that New Yorkers will etlt'­brate a "noi,eless" lane Fourth,STA.KE HOSS J .... K!E·S FILOSOFYYcr kin b


IMASKuAND SONG !Edited by HERBERT MORAL,80 Elliott Av~ .• Yonkers. N. Y. I• • •By the time this number is in thehand. of the LUiue members Springwill be hue in uroul and picnic limewill have begun. There i. no joy likethat of •.tepping off the hard asphaltof the city . In~e t onto the cool,springy turf of the countryside.Spring and fall are the best Sf'asonsfo r holding picnic.s. How many ofthe Leagues are arranging their lipilspring pknic?A picnic is no t a mtre jaunt in tothe woods but an informal socialaffair. and like all such must be care·fully and tac tfully-planned. It iSi truethat the morc informal an affair is th eharder is its arrangement. To helpthe Luguu gh·t the best picnic theyha"e ever glvS" this -department issuesita first "Sen'ice Bulletin." It is:" How to Hold a Happy Picnic." Itwill be Sent free to any League applyingfor it. The Manh attan and othercity Ltaguu need a bulletin of thi,kind and now i, their chance to get it.....'n upslate mtmher wishn to knowthe names of some mu . ica l "pieces"that are ,uit able fo r enltrtainnu:nt.The following havt met with applausein many Leagues:Instrumental: "Poet and Peasant"O,'crturc. "LuSlspiel" O,'erture, Fantuiefrom " II Tro\,atore," "KerryDanec"-Molloy.Yocal : "Lo\'e Song" from "Lohtn-.,.iD." .Space fo rbids adding more of thehundrtds to th t li st. Tht aho\'e listi, taktn from the Su \'ice BlilletinNo.2 calltd "How to Gi\'e a HappyMusical Evening." This may bt hadby applying 10 tht director of thisdtpartment.TBS '!'OVHG aooI.A.LJa'H' JlAGAZIJmTHE ROCHESTER Y. P. S. L.The Rochnler League suffered ag reat lou lall month in that ComradeShedd ItCt the Flower City to assum edutiu at Milwaukee fo r a time. Wel urely miss him "cry much, i nd~ed.Miss his valuable work, hi s smil e. hi ssong, his splendid spirit; in fact, wemiss our "Sheddit,"Howe\'er, we are trying hard not tolet his absence effect our efforts forthe progrus and success of OllrLeague. We are going to continue thegood work which Comrade Sheddstarted in th e Sunday School ofRochcster, as well 31 in the League.that we may prove to him the va lu tof his splendid work, in the fact thatit wiil be earried on furthu by hisearnest comrade students.Kow as to our League "doings,"Last month we had two splendid tducationallectures; one by Dr. Goler, aci ty health o fficer, who spoke on'"Fakes in Foods, Drugs, and Medicint""and Dr. Bernis. a leading doc·tor of the city wh o gave a mOil intt r­esting talk on "Social Di sease~. " Discuuion fo llowed after each o f tbeseleetures and many Questio ns wereasked and t.horoughly answered.Our "Socialist Ouiz" proved to beanother VHy good program. One ofou r older comrades who is mu ch interutedin the Ltague, ga\'e us this ideali nd htlped us write up a list of fiftySocialist questions. Two leaders wtrechosen and each picked a side of equalnumber. Then the qu es tions wtreIIsked by ou r older co mrade. each sidebei ng gi"ell a c.hance. nnd that leaderor side whose representative gave thebut. most elurly stated, ::and correctan!!wer. rtcei\'ed a mark o f crtdit.These credit marks Wert finally tallit;dup to asctrtain which side had won.The idea being to arouse a spirit ofcompetition bttween s icl~ .. at the.same time giving dut honor to thoseind ividual s who had scored marks forold is the Socialist Party?" "What isCapitaUsm1" "What country fint de­\'eloped capitalism ?" " What do Sociali,u claim is the cause of wad"Last week we had a Gra nd LeagueRa ll y and genua I good time, the pr~gram consisting of musica l selec!ionsby our new orchestra. recitations, agood speaker, and dancing. We havea rally e\'ery season and fi nd it mostsuccessful in rentwing enthusiasm andspirit. re-uniting as it Wtr~ , and bring- .ing back thosc members who have ina stnse taktn a back St at.At present we are making arrangementsfor a debate wilh the SchtnectadyY. P. S. L. to be held May 29th.This will be the third of a se ries whichwt lIa\'e had with that League. A veryhandsome trophy was set up bySchenectady to be presented to thatLugue winning three successi\'e debatts.Rochuter has won the firsttwO, and if we makt the third in May,th e trophy is ours. In the ntxt iu ueof the Y. S. M. we shall make a fullreport on results.Our committees are al ready workingin preparation for the Statt Fed·tration Convention, and we shall exlendevery effort toward making same1Il0st sllccessful in tvery way, and arecord breaker. \Vt arc all lookingforwa rd with pleasure to those JulyCon\'ention days.Be rtha Vossler,Assistant Manager.Queens Is ProgressingQutens League is steadily progressing.New members are being pro·posed at tach meeting. At present wehave a membership of thirty.nine,The Educational Committee hasjust finished lecturing on the firstprinciples of Socialism, and i. nowpreparing for the stcond series. Inth e meantinle thc members o f theLeaguc are read ing and studying, rea·sons for and against ,Voman ~uf·thtir side. Below we giYe a few of.At. satirical play. "Open Under New Ihe questions on our li st that you mayManagement," i • . published in the have a betlu understandi ng. 11 yOll r frage. A debate will be held on thiscu rrcnt numher of tbe "\Vestern League has nOI yet had such a Ouiz. slI bjtct. girls or boys, o n April 25th,Comrade," 924 Higgin, Building, Lo. why not try it ? You will find it interestingand m051 educati(>nil,J. Some Lugue has not done very mucb. ~iJbOutside of educational work J,beAngeles, Cal, The play is very amusingalld with a little iogtnuity 'ome questions: - "\Vhal is Socialism r ' the exception that the Draroatic...Clu.bof the c.ha r:H::ters may be dropptd and "What is meant by the Class is rthearsing a play which tbq willth e . ketch gh'en with a small cut, Struggle?" "Explain Economic Determinism.,"" How do Socialism and .-\ 11 young people inttrested in ourstage s hort~y. ! • ~--Anarch ism differ?" " Why docs one welfare are afked Yo -itulld our meetingson Sunday afternoon.~o'dock.A\I entertainment committees are commodity cost twice as rpuch u anolher?""What is the difference bt­at 1647 Hancoc-k Street. rUs t Sun­requested to .end their local nalliesand addreucs to the director 01 this tween u,e-"alue and exc.ha.nge-vaIOe?" day of each ... iontn bUlinei.:.meetjnJ.department that they may recei\'t~ the " How many <strong>Socialists</strong> are therc in the Other Sundays lectJ.lres ~ di sc_u~sj.9.nfull bcnefit of the many Senice Bulletinswhich it purpose. to circulate. National Sodalist Platform," "How all meetin&" ,world ?" "Name three demallds in the and entertainment. Dancing follows'Pferd uud Ese!.Ali \ 'ortrag fur zwri Knahen bearbeittt\'on Josd lUlieh.Pferd:Wer. hal UIlS wohl gesthaifen?\'\'CiSSL ou's nichl ?Est1:o ja, tlem Mcnschen dallkcn wir dasLe:bcn.P!erd:Warunr? tch seh's nicht ei n. MU S~lmir ErkHirung geocn.Estl:Das ..... iII ich gern; gib acht, d:cSach' ist so:1)elll ~'Icnschen dienen wir; \'011sein er Hand" 'irst vor den Wagen Dtt gcspannt :Er lii.sset, ohne \'iel 1.11 frcinesgleichen \'011Berlin,Ob auch der Awn Di r cntflieht.na{'h W ien;Und weun mit seillesglcichclI eren tzweit,\\'Clill sieh entspann tiN blut'gcVelkcrstreit.Dann treibt er in de n Kampf Eliched le Rossc.Ein Zid der mordtnden Gesc hosse.So schaltet cr lind wa lt et mit \IllSallenKath sei nelll Sinn lind ,,"ohlgc·fallen.Und sind wir alt IIl1d !'c hwa c: h tlntllahm, 0 web ml s Annen .Er treibt UL1S ,"on skh ohn' Erbarmen.:\UI1, wer das allcs da rf. der. leuchtetDir's !licht ein ?~'1uss doch entschieden unse r Sehel"fer srin.pferd:o grauer Skla"e, glaube mir.Es ist der ~ I e n sch nicht mehr alswir.Xur WlIsst' er unsrer "ater Sinn zuschmeichel II'Mit bied'rCl11 Wort und sanflel11Strcieheln ,~Iit sii sscm Hafer, wenn das futtcrI sic enthehrten,Bis sie a ls Freund und Hclfer ihn"erehrtell ;Dann kamen Zaum und Peitsche andie Reih',Und als es mit der Freiheit erstvorbci,Verloren sie die letucn ihrer Rechte,E nlarteten und wu rden Knechte.THE YOUNG 80CIALUTI' KAO.A..ZIlBDies sind wir noch, und ob wir mitde n WaHen,Die die Natur uns gab, uns konntenRecht ve rschaffen:Oa wir im Cnllule starker si ndals er:\\ ir wagen's nicht, wir kennen esnicht mehr.Llld unterfing es einer sich.Des ,,! enschcn Rache traf' ihnfiirchtcrlich.;\'ur. \\'cnn wir aile uns gemeinsamweh ren,Kann nns die Kraft . dic aite, wiederkchren.E.e1:fl lJu \ ·erhlendeter. wag' es nicht.4 ;ercchte Strafe, fUrchtest Du sicnicht?l'n'l class der "cllsch Oi r ObdachR'iht und Esse n.Ilu Unria nkharf'r, hOist Du's ganz\'crges5en?Pferd:(~


' 1~ -l'M& YOUNG SOCIALISTS' MAUAXlN,&sagten skh die Klugen unter oenHarnsterh. class die Hamstcrherrlkhkeitbald tin Ende habenmUsste. wenn die Miust dnma!eini~ scien. Die M ause warennan;lich "iel zahlreicher, cs gabdea::en wohl huntlertmal meltr, alse.s Hamster gab. Und so wllrdclldenn aile ~ Iittcl ~ers ll cht. die~Iause ttl bcfricfligen O,hn.e s icsatt I II mach en - - aber keincshalf.Ua soUte cines Tages gan" tllIvermutetden Hamstern die Rettungkommen. Am Rande ihrcsFeldes war tin \ VassergrabclIlUlU jenseits desselben lag tinFeld, das allch manche Fruehttrug. abcr auch von Hamsternunci Mausen bevolkert war. Diesc{remden Hamster !lUll sprangclIoft tiber den tGraben tlnd holt ell ·~ic h maliC he Frueht,. aber auehullsere Hamster taten das gleiche.Gan:r; fruher hatte man das Raubgenannt. dann haHe n~an Gc:setzeund Allschauungen so eingeri ch.'tet. class es erlaubt war. Dennocltsahen die ~mster der zwei Fe!·der nur mit 'l\ eid ' aufeinandc:r:cine lange R,«;;~el>eab sic.htigt, weiler gut wusste, dass ja die Hamsterauf beiden Seiten U11d nkhtdas Volk jenseils des Bache! ander Not der Mause schuld waren.Er wol!te daher gar manches vonseiten der Hamster fiir die Zu·kUIlCt ver-sprechen. (Ueber dasl-lalf~11 hatte er schon seine eige·nell Geclanken. Aber e$ unterbrachihn ein so lauter lind ZtlstimmenderReiTali der Mause.dass er schnell seine Rede ,beell'dete. ' Er 'rief ;:1150 ' nur noch aufWill Kampf gegen die Rauberund Verbr:echer jenseits des ,801.·(hcs und bekdifligte dies mit denWorten: .. feh hnne keinell e n­terschied l11ehr zwischen Mallsenlind Ha mstern. ieh kenne n'urnoeh Nageti'ere:· Dic' ~Hi.use ahcrverRassen ,allen Groll gegen dicHamstcr.Die ~ I a u se aber waren wie ll m­gewamlelt. Die Freundc jellseitsdes .Raches wurden bitt ereFcinde. die ohne jede Kulturwaren. Di-ejenigen abet . die bis·her am heftigsten auf die Ham·ster ·gescholten hatt ~ n , fielen denselhenjetzt taglich zehnmal OlliSLiebe UIll den Hals. Aber auehdt~ Hamster vergasseu etwas. ,"onihrcl11 Eigennutz. Sic offneten einwenig ihre S peicher . und gabenden !\Iausen heraus. wenn diesein den Kampf zogen. · Das warauch so in der Ordnung, delHIwenn die Mause 'ihr 8 111t lin d Le·ben gaben. dann durft'e es denHamstern nicht auf eincn MU;ld,"oil Korn ankommen. Da warenaber ei nigc Mansc. die kOllnteltsich Ilicht begeistern. So seltr siesic h auch bemuhten, immer nochwiihrend die ~lau sc sich auf bei~den Seiten ihr Leid klagten. , Da,::ewahrten die Hamster mitSchrecken. class durch dies gcmcinsallleLeid cine Frculldschaftcntstehen mU!5ste. die als ersterdic Halllslcrherrlichkcit bedrohthabcll wurde. :\un ~a h ell sie ein,jetzt heisst es h:IIHldn.111 heiden Landen ridcll sicalso die ~tfl tlse zu je eiller gro~ s e"Yars:tnllnh~n~. Hier stie~ eina lter Hamster. er g.th al..; sehrsdllau. • auf eincn Slein unds prach: ~eht. Iht ~ 1 5.u s e. wellnIftr Hunger leidet. so lie,::t die sahen sie den grossen L7nterschiedSchuld an den Hamstern jen ~ ei t:;zwisclten sich lind ' dendes Baches. 'Venn wir 'Bueh drii. Hamstcrn, Dicse missratenenbell XahrulIg holen durflen. wa. ~ l ause aber veracln ele jede ehrlicherell wir rekh lind Ihr aile kOllntetclIch :-:.itiigen: so aber holen :;lie -Maus als "errater -~lallsegesc hl ecnr.- amnuch Nahrung bei tins iiir ihr .Als dcr Krieg siegreich been·Feld. Er hatte in tier Art nodi det wa r, hatte das cine det ~age ·tiervolker viel" gewonncn. '''arauch · ~;auc he Maus, ' sOg'dor .mancherHamster tot geblieben, umSO reicher waren die er.bl"utele,1Vorrate. Doeh als es an das Ein.holen derselben ging. - Schreck!- da -hatten die Mause 'kcineBackentaac.hen Zl.Ull ".sch.!~pp~·nder F rueht. Dils war ein so-deutliches Zeichen des Himmels. dassman dic Kagetiere wieder einteilenmusstc in Hamster unrlMause.Dif: iln r r f: ih ~'itlkhcn Sinne gelC'i t~tcnVf:reinigten Freien DeutschenScliulenvon New York und Um&e&endc-rttilell Uuterridn illl AU i>ChauunS5'uoterricht in Vcrbindung mil Vortragensowie Ct'sang. lind ~i genuittnder Be.tciligung aueh Tunlen, Zeichnen undHalldarhcil5untc-rricht fur Midchen. DieAdre ,~ el\ der eim:dnen Schulen sind inManhattan: .Rand Sehool, 140 Ost 19,Sir .. Samslag vo r.m. ; Labor Temple.2H Ost 8-1. Str .• Salnstag. und Sonntag\ 'Oml,; No, 2320 2., A \'e., Sams·Ing nach",.; No. 884 Columbus A VC'"Sonnt1lg vOtm.Bronx: Cor, 158th Street and ForestAve, Wm, Stf:llwagen's Hilil. Sants·tag und Sonntag vorm.Brooklyn: L.bor Lyceum. 949 WilloughbyAye" Samstag vor· und nath·mitu., ...Long hl.lld City : Hettinger'. Halle,Broadway and 7. Avc., Samslag ...·or­mitt ....E.lizabtth. N. J. : 605 Elizabeth Ave"Sonntag \'Ormittags,Greelwille: . Labor Ly«um. 1:''9 LindenSIr,. SamSla~ nachmiuag5.UniOn Hill: l'rommchenl Halle. NewYork A \'e. und Union Str" Sonntag,·ormittags.Die Verein;gulllt hat .uch tin hiibschausgClitattetes Lit'derbuch im Verlag.Nihere Ausku,nft erteilt der SekretirReinhard Meyt'r, :XIJ East 83, Street,New York.(Advt.)P .. sak• The Ra nd· S:hopl Corruponden'ceCourse that ~' as taken up early in thewinler 'js I till keeping them bu!y, It. hJls provf:n a \'ery efficient means forholding the Circle togf:ther, and thQrecommend it to any Circle that' Ita,trouble alona this liMo,!I~ 'Vol. IX JUNF. <strong>1915</strong> No.6 'FOR ALL THE LITTLE . CHILDREN, , Bv ALL:\.N ( L.\RK eFor an the little chilJrcnFor all the 1m:!! robbed vile.,.~ \Yh9SC hunger ami whose woe . T 0, whom there ~o n: e few .i»y~,~ Cry out to us fur pity \ 0 httle cakes and kI S~C:< , '&lA~~ I~ every town we know: ;\0 music and 110 toy~- e>d~ For all those lillie children. By all that's ~ wcet .and righte,)U", ~1• ~ \\'ho ~ s t were in .hc grave- ky all that's just and true.~ Oh f 11 d Thcv arc (leirs to all that\ Eng.- - :. e ow.m~,n an women" .' land's-~t rCh:h Corln your hand tu save. Let's :iee tht)' get their titlC! " ___ ~ I I.'or .. lIlhe lIul; .c~i l d


THE YOUNG SOCIALISTS' IIAGAZINI>.•. _---... . '- --.-~_...------I . SOCIALISM ALONE KEEPS ITS H~AD !1 By George Bernard Shaw' i+-........ -----_... _ ..---------_._-_.. • -----..Sociali~m h a~ IQst its leader onthe Continent; but it is solid awlrtpre~cntati\'e on the main point :it loathes wa f ; and it see!1i deart\'that waf is always waged b~ rworkingmen who ha\'e no quarrel.but on the contrary a ~ II ~preme common interest. Itsteadil y resis-t.s the dangerous exportof capital by ptessing th ~need for uncommercia'l employmcntof capital at home: the onl ju l dier whnf!lught in the H"cr \\'ar. Indeed,the eX-\\'('re pract il'itl!,: a I rpt h;1\ ing a1:lIlc harrier ('xcn·i ...(, and it \\':\ ...\1


·THE YOUNG SOCIALISTS' MAGAZINE.--- --- ... .---.1 THE YIPSELS IN THE SOCIALIST SUNDAY SCHOOLS :·: Ih '.KENDRKK SIlEDI) :· ----...--.- --~.........E \'e(~bod y ought to know by thi!'ltime that the Yipsels are the member;,:,of the <strong>Young</strong> People's Sociali:,!J..,e4}gues o r Club!' a.1I over thecountry, So, ~ ince we are agreeduIJ('ln this point, we shall pass on totalk 0'( the place and the wo rk oithe Yil)scls in this :,plendid !HO VememIQr the inspiration of Ihekiddi~s. .• TI~e ~i ali s t Sunday School hasthe old-liner who has drunk in:\Iar>: for yt':'lr:.. They are there·fore neare r to the child-mind, Alsvthey are nut ;;;0 ~e t ill their ways,\-. the ,lld('r ('Oll1r;ICJ e~ , and aremore adaptdbl.... Besidce;. they are... till fre ~ h and young and hopefuland iull of life. They a rc naturaloplUu i ~ t:-r. .-\Ilfl. last. hut 110t least,Ihey acquire easily.\ 2) The , ' ips('l$ arc good singers..'\ingillg i~ bound to pla.y a bigcome~ \0 'stay. :\0 more importantthing in tI~e Socialist l110vement to­ part in the ~unda " Schools and'dar. In the \\"est they call them Forum". I f it i~n'; there, so IlluchF~rul11s, I nt ..,ol11e pla ~ e5 they g il the w(.r'e f(lr the movement.by the nam(' uf :,cheols o r :O;ocial t.lI The Yipse! .. are gcod stur y:'I.'ic:-nce. I n I ~rcal Britain and in leller .. and exc('lIcnt al..'tor$. :\1 uchIllally pla ..:~"in thi;;; "'onntry they gH "f th e :-;lI nda ~' ~ch ool work 1llU$tby the name .'t :'ocialist Sunday he done dir«tly throu Jirh ...()ng anr!S..:hool..:, Th'H1gl1 titl('!i may "ary, .. \MY and play and pageant a ndthe aim i:-' to in. pire the young dlilcirenfe"'li\·a1. \\,hl' can do Ihi ~ SOrt oi.to be i nt ell~ ~ent rebels agai n ~tthe wm ngs ami inju~ti ..'es or the\\I.rk hetter ~I 'a n.iali... t .. :the young :-)0 ,pre~ent ""!'Item vf barhari ... m.t 4) The :'C hl)(lJ:; arc :-adly inI n th~ "'\.'hool


TO YOtJlTO 80CIALIBTS' 1U.OUIl!QI.'THE CONFOUNDED CHATTER., TONGUES,(D(diC':lI~d 10 all those s(alt~r-hrain by Ihr rakln" shdl lire as the)' ,li hi) (' 11 ('111)" " I QneSii you're do ne fo r"t:n for..-:ed 10 iall lJark ~o 11('11 callall riShl_iO :nn I. VOI1 speak Engl ish.II Jud 'hPIr,.!IU Il ~ 1,1_1 "" .,,', llol' 11,. 11'" I,f lIill.,," II1rh"k,)IIlill, 10 make thO~e ~ho ...-.trings fO r .... Iht: wllrk('rs oi till.' ,",url,1 "Ifmll It. Ih,' \' .. rln.I-li'lI· I h .. 11 tIl, TtSoudan. I thought 10 dv !K'tter, tho ugh lIt.,tlh. "t thl' mouths oj cadi " t hl'r' ~ 11;"10",11101",1,, 11U!lIrl'" Ilu,


i 'THE ' YOUNG SOCIALisTS' MAGAZINE .;nl rial .. ;_lilli' _iilZill . .. ...'. .FOR BOYS AND GIRLS0,.. ... , ... A •• ri ... So.i. ... c Suadays.hoIs' .-II Youaj r...,&e'. F~io.Entets.d;. as St'colJd-Clas', Mail M-\tftr• <strong>June</strong> 2. 1911, at the post office at NewYor~ .... ~. Y., under the Act of March3, 1879.Publiilted Monthly at15--Spnace Stteet, New York.by the8od&1iatic Co-operati.. Pubt. ANte.Jobn Nale!,. Pru. O. Knoll, Sec'y,£. Ramm. Treaa.SUBSCRIPTJON-Sc.. • copy, SOc..• ,.ear. For N. Y. City and Canada,~. ~on account of the higher postilee,Mexico and other forc:il1' c.ountriu,1S cc~ t s.PENNSYLVANIAI STATE CONVENnONS OF OUR V ~ p. S+ i• '-;0-_--0' • ., •ROCHESTER YIPSELS ' ANDTHE CONVE'NTIONAs 'llentiooed i.n .the p r eviOl~ s issuerof the Y. S. M .. the Rochester LUluenlf'mbtrs a rc at work in Ilfeparationfor t.he 'con\'ention next mo nth, and itmay be o f interest to know sonuthingabo ut Ihc proJran~ o f ('\'ent! ro r ) u-I),3d, 4th a nd ~th . ..Following- is a progrAm which hasItt'e n ttmpo rarily drafted up. tho ugh . .o f course. tbis is suhject to eha-nlll'Sbelwt en no \\' and Jul)' : 'BUND~E RAT~ p~ r copy­ADVERTISING-IOe. • line, ',UJOtninCb; .For ClOC year ~ne i~ch $10,09.saturday, July 3d-Aft~rn oo n . rcception o f visitors. E\'ening , '}o'c\ol·k. ba nquf' t tendered by th~liochestn "League in hono r of all deltgateland ,·isit ori., followed by g CIItralreceptio n and dance.Sunda;. lui; 4ih=-Morninll, open-1. INTELLIGENCES ;~~JO~~:~:;. pilc~u:~1 ~f ' dtl::!~::oa~nd.A Ne .... Lealue Orc_nl_cd"ilii IOrs. Dinntr, I : stsliion. 2 II? I):"uppt'r. 6. Evening. 8 o'dock. lawnSimuil:lneous w ith the info rmation ('tt' in ho nor of all dtlegalcs and ,Ii,i ­that ' the y, p _ S. L. Circlel had IOU. ( Detailed proi{um of tntertain-' effected their s tate . o rg aniza tion, . ment is being preparf'd by t he cQmcomes t he newS tha t Glasspo rt ha d mittct.)In Iht' ill ta nil m ~ . Wt suiilL he:plustd ~o hear fro m an y con't1iiJt"J.o.r&anized a Circle with ~O m e lll bl' ~ s. Monday, July Sth- ~lo rning, Sci·offering s uggtstions or a d vicettfl -ih':1ht'! ,:'II;,ert, thcy. a re gOing to b\ll ~ d 3io n. lO ' t o 12 : Dinner. 12:30. Aft~r '_roaltH, • San\t ..... ill recei ve d rriic~l n .a CIrcle ,,:hlch .wllI be .tbt tari~SI IP - · noo-n. st'i sio n. 2 to:s. Forriial clOIo\!.sider;ation. and will bt a ppreciatl'd.· the I tatl' In pomt ·of. m embt r-'hlp. of conl'ention- -. ~Kindly adtlrus any comll1un iciTi on~McKeesport no w holds tha t distino:· .tiOIl anll welcomes friendl), ri \'al ~ )" It is hoptd hy the Rochuter to the undersigntd ;a t 580 51. Pa.ut -S.! .- '__ •__ _• .League t.hat all }'isiton can_ arrange a nd ~. nl ~ ..... will ·... h(' r.efe rred to_ the:.No ;'th s~de. Pitts bu rgh; wiH!.bt- -·rt't). _-10 reach this City in time fo rJ h~~n - .v rop~ comii;i t ts.~: · • -•.r uented b y a Cird e of tht Y. r. S. L. qu ct'. which ii schtdult d fo r I o'clock Th ~ Rec('ptio n Committee has askl',j· within · a frw w t"e ks. County O rif:l n. Thost conli,ng fro m ull-stalr lu gues tha i notation be mad e hl'rr. c a llin~' ber 'Mauo is a cti\·tl)' cngaaed in can. no do ubt. he with us. hut it ix a.ttcntion to the fact thaI as soon a·organi:r.at ion wor k a nd r epo r ts the feared th:u delega tu a nd ,·isito n tlrlegatu havc been elec ted hy Iheppuibilii or Jeveral new Leag ues in fronl down·sta te ma)' 1It' la te. o wingr\';a riou, leaguu. a nd th~ y. as wtll a,A llea heny County. to tht leng thy trip. W e would he Other visit o rs. ha\'e drcid t d upon th ..• "I cased to h u r from tht' do wn-I t:atc timt of leal'ing their rupec ti,' c ci ti"'.Concernin, Due Sh PI me'mbe r5 as to jus l wlt t n it wo uld ht: th;at w!= be ad" ised according ly. II_ _... -: ~oss ibl t for them'to rcach ' th o:lust Olle w ~e k previous, so thaI· .:fhe .l-:inan c!:U :5ec re~ :t rit' 5 ...:pf a ll " I,'jower ' City." a nd: if pouih le. W;! propH ;t' rra ng e m ~nt5 m a ~' bl' mad ...· Circles In P~ yl v.a.hia ,Will pur· shall :t rrangt o ur lim"t acco rding ly.fo r rl'cei"ing th (" visitors.· c,hase ~~~ I t ~ Np. i~·~)r.l.'--In . ' Y!htr. We sho uld certain ly l ('onsidtr IheS ta te ~ lIl:lno..arSeU't~..y. :li68 N..~t h hanquet or supper ' incomplett if all: S tr e e ~ ,i Rd 'alllg . Pa.~ UM.-o: ra\c o r I~ a gu e$ werl' no t r.eprelented:4 ~~ ~ __ ~'Send in na mes of s«r cta ry and ad­-drtu ·' to St:lle- Smf'ta r), Theo.Swartz,506 Rogena Sir .. Mc Kt'csport.Pa .. also th~ nu mber o f members in" ood standing. so that h t Olay 'sendyour Circle S tate R('ferendum ",-\."p roposed Stat t Constitution.··T ht-o. S wartz. State St c'y.SOlS Roaena Street, Mc Keesport, Pa.Rd;ni\'c to the- ' convC'Mian u ssionsas scht-dulrd aho,'\'. it is u'ndt'rstood.of course. tha t th e time a nd n u m b~ rwill probably h a \' ~ to be danged. :lll. (\ ep~fld i n g upo n the :lmo unt o f husi·nus to he transact'ed. :lnd further. th-;rapidit)' a nd c ond . ~nen with which. it is carried OUI .It may also be mentio ned Ih'at theOll"alo Y. P. S. L. has challengtd' theRochester League to a bneball'Mm C'.to be held· during lhe cO'nventio n ,a.ys.Nothing ddinite has be~n de c id~ · uponto date of this writing. hut 'h~ :w che able to wo rk up a suilable .te:pn.tht ga me will probably be hef4.tS:un.day dft H nooh. o r Monday' Itftn'ning.·This is only 3. 5ug g u tidn. Th'e ) ";'lf ·lalo I.s aK,u.e_ is ,Planning 10 alt ~ nJ rhecon \'e ntion in a body. Thf'), ti'Q,'e agood ":ii~bfl.ll fearn, we undus tand.and of course" a re anxious lor a-rZame., , ,ShouUl any other lea ll'ues oft theSlafe b e. planDi~1- to attend in 'a '!.~od y.o r li hould a n)' gro up of lealCue ~ memoh.ers,. aside' , fro ni' (lelcg ~ tCl .. b ~ j. c'onsldlmngIhu" Wf' . should likc ' t o . b ..ad\·ised"al wc ar f' cndea\'oring to ·:n ·ranKe for accommodations for i ly ~ e l ­egatu and visitors, with our ', Io't-a1comradcl. '- •O ther matters may comf' ~';: betweenno w and next m o nth. ~ lM;tli r.-h:~~~i:;;.b:I~~- ;~ e~~ I)~~OP~)~g ~~~; . ~~makc a mo r c d efi nitr report .:~~ I u~J uly issue. ..We sincertly trust that all II'a8 ut5will ca rdully no le the abo \·t rt quefl·.;a nd we :lssure you that any .U sist3nr.-eg h'en U5 along the!!e linl'!! will h ..g r~a tly :lppreciattd. It ""iII h~ l p tumake o ur work lighltr. and co-oper:/. ·tion always hrings the bcst reSul u.Bertha Vossler,:\ss't Mgr. Rochuur Y. P. S. 1-May 18th, ,1913 •NEW JERSEY Y. P _ S. L. CON.VENTIONT he Y. P. S. L. of Nl'w J ersl')' ht-Idiu second annual con"enlion o n Ma)91h in tltt' ht'adqua rten of tht' HUtlsonCounty <strong>Socialists</strong>. The o ld "con­\-erted" church. dt'r.-or:Hed :I!i il was hytht rcd ba nnen of man), progressi'l'o rganizatio ns, ctrta inl y looked it_hest. while the fresh grl'en ins igni;a \.Iithe 111011 Il rogrenive of all-MotherNalurt--ma de thl' meeting hall lookl ik~ a spring ho wt r . T he d~coralio n _pro ha bly had q uitt" a hit 10 d o withthe jo \ly spirit Iha t possessed tht"ddt ga tn . fo r tho ug h o utsid e soundrdthe call o f :1 beautiful spring d ay. th",cheerful surro unding!! within made itI)ossible- t o keep 10 sea ls Wilholl l to"fernt a sacri fice.This con vent io n, it must he admitted,was mor e of a juhilee tha ll ;Ihusint'ss sessio n. T he g r inding workhad bctll do ne la st year. the r"allyimportant strugg lt' s were d isp05td oi.a nd since during tht year su r.-h wonderfulprogrt'U had heen madt. e\· tr~' ­hody JUSt na tu rally f",l t h"PllY. Fromthe firs t call to order hy the Sial",St'crtlary until long a ft t"r the meet·ing h ::a d adjourned. it 11 0 te o f jollit)'­re ~· kl us. cart·fr l'e joll ily-prc.'\·a iled.There wet(' sha rp diffrrences o f o pinion. 10 he SlI re-se\·t'ral ti mes a roll,


10 • TJm YOVlfG ~TS' K.A.GUIlO tTHE BEST THING WE HAVEDONEIWhat is itl Wh.t do you thinkIt t.?Penonally, we are jUit a wee bit in·dined to think that the best thine ofall w .. to have the youne Soc.iIIH,tathemlelv" becin to feel that the)' hadan interest in this paper. That helpedl ome, but not neatly enoulh. Wewant to malee this a YOUNGPROPLE'S SociaU.t maeuine-andwe want your help. Will you live it?A. one .tep in thi. direction wecontemplate .tartine a new depa".ment, huded .. this i. headed, "THEBEST THING WE HAVE DONE,"But we don't want to talk about our.ulve. and we don't want to talkabout you-we WInt you to do it.See?Every Lucue hal, in the coune ofit. career. done a Ireat many things-it h .. done .ome of them well.some not quite '0 weU-but lenerallyone achievement i. remembered ..the "but of aU." That'. what we wantto know abou~ AU of us! It willmake you feel load to teU about it.it will do us aU load to- learn and toprofit by your example.Some time in the future we will runa Iloom column-we'll call that "Thewout mistake we ever made." Thatwill alIa be valuable to u., and we' hope that our youne people will beabsolutely honelt in both Cllea.This il how to do it. Firtt make upyour mind .. to what the belt thin,.aL If there il any serioul diaaene.ment, you'd better submit it to thevote of your Circle. Then lit downand write jult how you went about it.Give u. the duaill , those are thethin,. we aU, and the youne Social.iltl particularly, mUat learn to reo.pe~t-and eive UI nothine but thetruth. If there were any Ihortcom.in,., let'. have thOl e too, we11 knowhow to ateer clear of them nut time,Then articl" will have to be limitedto five hundred words, you can "ya eood deal in that amount of Ipace,ju,t lit down and try it.Now J know, that every LealUewill warlt to tell abou.t itself-there',a little bit of Yanit, in the bHt of ULSome ma, write about the .. me kindof an affair-thAt meanl that only onewill be printecS-.nd t hat will be thefil'lt one that Ie" here, So don't loseany time. let bUl Y rieht. away. LetUI see which Circle ,eta in liral. We'llexpect a eood man, anlwera andthey will t11 have to wait their turnfirstcome, fint aerv&. So let bUly atonce and let UI know about the"BEST THING WE HAVE EVERDONE,"... ..IDEB"TlNG DEPARTMENTEdited by NATHAN DICKS,518 East H o uston St" ~, Y. C,Resolved :That nationalilm i, amenace to a permanent SocialistInternationaLAffirmative by Editor.The pr~se nt catutroph.:- has oncemort' dt'llloli$ht'd the I nt('r national.The war that d~\'as t 3t~ S Europe.hreaks asundN nations. butch~tlI I)eo·pit, is cons idered by t he lending So·cialists as d ther not incompa tihh'with Inte rnational Urolherhood ormore important .han a world-wide So·r ialist o rganiza tion, At a ny f:ue,t hei r .:a('li\,lty mah& it clear that the)'rtpudiate d H~ principl es of InternationalSoeialislII. notwiths tandingth ei r declar:otions to the contrary.It ii p,dnful to note that the \'e ryI ... nd of ~l:Irx. Germany, has de·nounc~d iu ohligations to the orjlani,lation a nd IIIrnt'd tr:litor to the t'co·Ilomi(' and 1)t)lil1cal t rllth ~ forlnuintt'lihy their illll\\ortni cCllll llatrint. TheSocial· Demorr:.ts o f Gumany. wilhIht eXCf'IHion o f Ihe hra\'e Uehkntdlt.ha\e \'c)\l'd for Iht' w:lr hudgl't whichfinnnct'S Ih t' Kaist'r',: ft)rr t's, Thus thl'Gl'fnlltn l "a rli a m ~ lltary group is a nac('ompl ict in this intt'rnational murd~r campaig n. Thl' Frl'nch <strong>Socialists</strong>lIa\' e.' lIrrel)tl'd I)Ortfolios in Ihe \ Vu rt:nbintl that is responsih lt' for lh ~mist-des ~ nd Illisfortune!! thl' Frtnch50hliery inAi('u o n the.' ('oTllr:ldl' ~ andworkr:rs of the OPPOSilioll. \'aI1Mr·\,tldt'. tht chair man of the S()('iali.51Burl'3u at 8rus~cl s. has acccpted !\1)la('-: in the Uelgian War Cabinl'l, Intilt Unitcd Slatu tht' It'ading 50631·ili t, Hilltluit. ha~ vubalh' and in nu·mero us magll%i n ~ artiril's dt'ft'ndetlIht' tr('alion o f tht' forl'ign comradts.He il1lpro\'l'd nn their doctrinn by dl'­daring that ,omt' v3rit'tit ~ of warart' fompatiblt with the idub of So-6:1:1;,m,\ \'ht'n Iht It' .. ding $(K-iatist ;1 of thewnrld ha\' ~ turnl'd tn,itou and warjingo!!,it is high time that tht t3nkand All' ("ommt'n('t' thinking.\\'t' at", not roncerntd with Ihecauses leading to tht' ('onHict, Neithtrrio wt' C3rt' to dt'tl'rmint wht'lhe.';- Cl'r·many is the 3g-grt'uor and Francl' and81'IgiuII1li tht "ktims, .-\bo\'(': ;til, weIt'nd- no sympathetic tal 10 tht' SOt'ial'iSI and anti-Socialist jingo!! who pro·r1a im l~u u ia'!I infl'riority to tht' o thernatio115, What dot's a hwrb our in lt'r·I'St is Ihl' hig fact thai Socialist!! ha,,~a h:mdontd thl'ir anti-military a ndanti· na tional principles. Scheidemann,the , uccl'nor to tht' belo\'l'd Bt'h~1.has announct'd that Germa ny is a hove:­the International. International $oli­le~.Tht' rhange fr om il' lId :dislIl 10 ~: ap 'lIa!i'11l !>c .... l1led to sona' ()f Iht' IH:oph';All lI11IH,,\"e mel1 t. 10 Other!> ;A dlanKfjor Ille worse. Tht, sur", Ihini,: i. th aIII \\,I~ :w inl'\'ital,Ie dl:ll1!{t', 111.11 f('Ii',1;,1 !>"cit'I )' ..:ould In)1 111:1i nl :lin ils 1.' -: 'l'I,'n,',' vnCI: Ih .· male rl :.1 con,li I IlJl\~fur til


tlJeney City.. .... -.-~,THE YOUNG SOCIALISTS' MAGAZINE •...i' DO" OFF THE TRUTH IN JEST BE TOLD IA dollar j, 21.!?'J ,rains' weight ofsOld. The KOv/!fnmtnt maku up goldinto pieces of thi~ sizt' and siamps thellI.50 that we ma)' be Sl1fe of tht' amountwithout weighing and te'ting each pit'N'.Thtn. ~eame it is a lluis.:mCt" to handleactual gOld in ordinary tr:mSllct iol1~ Send in Your Favorite Campaian s;nk-watC'r to thl' ntw cabartt ·Joa51,(and also fOr olll':r rYaSOIll'! not fleees·," Driok to Int nn!)' with .hint tyC's."Y arn ~SIlty to mention ,".cre) the govt'nlnl('nlprintl PllJ)er note.i · which can he ex· Tht c3mpaign has birly st3rte"d :l.ml Introducing hi s f::lvo rht' candidate.'i~ ('hangNt dirmly (It indir«tly for $u('h strong o n illl way now. The S(.ocill.iiMsO:l.p-htlxer:o of el·try I'ieillit)' art' Brock o f NC'wark emph:uiud t ne ' Ja\:!for tht offict' of State S~crttar)' . Gencpit'cts of gold. $Q long 3'10 the gO\'corn ­",rnt keeps its failh. tiltH' nolt' willundoubtt'dly fa.lling h:lck onthr old, that he w;u "an honest £t'1l0\\;:"pa •• as if,· It reminds mt of a story" SHIff.lht'~, Were gold roins, hut noAs though thtre was' 1'II0nl')' tolengn.Some of those storiu :l.nd jokC's arC' vl und" r in th:ll joh,rC'ltl good-and \H m3)' ha\' C' SI)3CC' fo rTo ilIus lr:lte 3g:\in, we m3)' (,OI1lI}:lrcpMpermnnt'y with the ..... ht'at ('ertificatt"c :: Iong, W C' will puhlish thost< wo rth ' C'\'olutit)n, in spitt of his apt'-Iike' ap-thrill in this column. Stot! thl:m "l\ill)''' Sunday Iloes not btliC'\'C' inissuffi by tht' companit'l which own the whilt with contributor'!, n:U1I\', 1)C'aranC'e whtn ht' is addrtssiog anelevators or ..... art;lo\l~S whtort ",hut is110rtnkrr~. :\. y, •.. ----.......- ............-.. - ...........--....-.. ..-_.....-................ ...............- . __ ................. ... --- ........ _E DITOR'S NOTEThe Bro nx Cird e has tak!!'n the initiativein tht matter of alhlC'lics. \Vhath a ~ been the fonrl hope of Illa ny comradufor a long time at lasl ha~ malerializedin the ~ hal) C of an athl eticml'C'l, .. nd as this IS Iht:' fi rSI liml' snchIt thiog has !Jeen altelllllted it hchoo\'esel'ery e irelt. e\'u y mem\J('f,\\ ith red blood HI their \'einl'. to t'XcrtIhC'nueiv(;s 10 the ulmO§t and dc,thC'ir share in I!laking t hi~ a ffair a~u ..:c e!S. Mu..:h t.Icl)( nd5 upo n the out­\' (lI1\C' of Ihis affl'lir. In fa..:!. it i~ ~oingto ind icat C' wllethcr the Y. 1'. S. L,ea n enter the field of a th lC'tics anllIlH.l.:e an impreuio n IhuC'. So lei'!all make one !> tron~ C'ffort: lC't's -all!lull togelher no\\ and sh,) .......,u r (omr;tt.lc!> of the Ur. ,nx Y. 1'. 5. I.. thl'lt\\ t are with tti('lIl , :\ llo lI:\' lhe r no\\'ior Iht' big lllC'et ~:\ew JC'uC')' y, p, S. L. Ba ~t ha\lI.eague SchC'du le for :\I .. l' !,I, 191.;­:\C' ..... ark at f' a t r. r~ o n : .lusry Cit)' atEliuht"th.ANNUAL l"IELD BRONXy, P. S. L.What purports to be the biggestathletic meet ever undertaken by aY. P. S, L. at any time will be therr and annual fie!d day exercises a ndoutdoor games for all the leaaues artdcircle. within a radius of 75 milesaround New Yor k.The Bronx Y. P. S. L. has gone intogreat expense of time and money tomake thia meet an event long to beremembered. and one that will infusepep and ginger into every cir cle par·ticipating.The meet will be held at PelhamBay Athletic Fitld. Bronx, N. Y .. onSunday, July 11, <strong>1915</strong> ; music to startat 1 P. M .• gamea to start at 1:30 P. M.There will be 70-, 100-. 220-, 88O.yarddash« for boy ~. a nd SO-yard dasheafor girls. Amo o g the field eventsliated will be running high jump. runningbroad jump and 8_polmd ahotput,a 44O-yard relay for boya and a220.yard relay for ~r1a,A list of feature eventa include apotato race for (irla and a half mile",alJc fQr boys and a three-legged race(pr b.oy.,:. The priaa will be aold and silvermedal. for individual winners and abi& silver- lovin, t\lP, pit tined, with!uilable en&ravings to the circle scoringthe grcateat ..,umber of poinU.The entry fees are nominal; 10cents for single entri" and 40 centsfor relay teams, including substitutes.Many of the circles have alreadymade Iheir eotries and will be on handto root for their members in a body,HOW ABOUT YOUR CIRCLE?Let us hear fro~ you NO LATERthan July 2d, For further informationcommunicate withPhil De <strong>Young</strong>, :\Ihh:ti c D;r~ c t o r.450 E. 139th St .. Bronx. N. Y.NEW JERSEY SPORTTht' ha5o:h:t1l IC:t lll i~ ia"t r"\lo.lingirl,' inrlll. a nd alrt'ady the "ho}s" aTC'rlall\\ln ,,::: Ihe :-\ .I. l'hampifl ll ship.T hl' Elizahclh y , P. S. I.. W:I ~ howled("l r :Iftcr tC'n ~ lrell1ll1\l" illnin g~. thehll~1 ~ (n r (' Tt':ld i,l,,::: 10 t(, It M;ln a~l'r\\ ('i~, Lli. co\t~ r ,' cl a Il l' \\" phenol1l in'~I.I II Y" H ornll1l,,::: . who wl,rkcd li\I'11 11111 10:"', fa nnin.'!: II nlt'll. l'Ind all(l\\ill~1\\ 1' hile a nd no rt111~ . \\!lh 1111' _(nrc; I" 11 ,n nIH f:\\or. ~lall; If.!I~ r \\·ci,.Iflt .1 ;\ ,·han":::l· C) f I,il dl,·r


tlJeney City.. .... -.-~,THE YOUNG SOCIALISTS' MAGAZINE •...i' DO" OFF THE TRUTH IN JEST BE TOLD IA dollar j, 21.!?'J ,rains' weight ofsOld. The KOv/!fnmtnt maku up goldinto pieces of thi~ sizt' and siamps thellI.50 that we ma)' be Sl1fe of tht' amountwithout weighing and te'ting each pit'N'.Thtn. ~eame it is a lluis.:mCt" to handleactual gOld in ordinary tr:mSllct iol1~ Send in Your Favorite Campaian s;nk-watC'r to thl' ntw cabartt ·Joa51,(and also fOr olll':r rYaSOIll'! not fleees·," Driok to Int nn!)' with .hint tyC's."Y arn ~SIlty to mention ,".cre) the govt'nlnl('nlprintl PllJ)er note.i · which can he ex· Tht c3mpaign has birly st3rte"d :l.ml Introducing hi s f::lvo rht' candidate.'i~ ('hangNt dirmly (It indir«tly for $u('h strong o n illl way now. The S(.ocill.iiMsO:l.p-htlxer:o of el·try I'ieillit)' art' Brock o f NC'wark emph:uiud t ne ' Ja\:!for tht offict' of State S~crttar)' . Gencpit'cts of gold. $Q long 3'10 the gO\'corn ­",rnt keeps its failh. tiltH' nolt' willundoubtt'dly fa.lling h:lck onthr old, that he w;u "an honest £t'1l0\\;:"pa •• as if,· It reminds mt of a story" SHIff.lht'~, Were gold roins, hut noAs though thtre was' 1'II0nl')' tolengn.Some of those storiu :l.nd jokC's arC' vl und" r in th:ll joh,rC'ltl good-and \H m3)' ha\' C' SI)3CC' fo rTo ilIus lr:lte 3g:\in, we m3)' (,OI1lI}:lrcpMpermnnt'y with the ..... ht'at ('ertificatt"c :: Iong, W C' will puhlish thost< wo rth ' C'\'olutit)n, in spitt of his apt'-Iike' ap-thrill in this column. Stot! thl:m "l\ill)''' Sunday Iloes not btliC'\'C' inissuffi by tht' companit'l which own the whilt with contributor'!, n:U1I\', 1)C'aranC'e whtn ht' is addrtssiog anelevators or ..... art;lo\l~S whtort ",hut is110rtnkrr~. :\. y, •.. ----.......- ............-.. - ...........--....-.. ..-_.....-................ ...............- . __ ................. ... --- ........ _E DITOR'S NOTEThe Bro nx Cird e has tak!!'n the initiativein tht matter of alhlC'lics. \Vhath a ~ been the fonrl hope of Illa ny comradufor a long time at lasl ha~ malerializedin the ~ hal) C of an athl eticml'C'l, .. nd as this IS Iht:' fi rSI liml' snchIt thiog has !Jeen altelllllted it hchoo\'esel'ery e irelt. e\'u y mem\J('f,\\ ith red blood HI their \'einl'. to t'XcrtIhC'nueiv(;s 10 the ulmO§t and dc,thC'ir share in I!laking t hi~ a ffair a~u ..:c e!S. Mu..:h t.Icl)( nd5 upo n the out­\' (lI1\C' of Ihis affl'lir. In fa..:!. it i~ ~oingto ind icat C' wllethcr the Y. 1'. S. L,ea n enter the field of a th lC'tics anllIlH.l.:e an impreuio n IhuC'. So lei'!all make one !> tron~ C'ffort: lC't's -all!lull togelher no\\ and sh,) .......,u r (omr;tt.lc!> of the Ur. ,nx Y. 1'. 5. I.. thl'lt\\ t are with tti('lIl , :\ llo lI:\' lhe r no\\'ior Iht' big lllC'et ~:\ew JC'uC')' y, p, S. L. Ba ~t ha\lI.eague SchC'du le for :\I .. l' !,I, 191.;­:\C' ..... ark at f' a t r. r~ o n : .lusry Cit)' atEliuht"th.ANNUAL l"IELD BRONXy, P. S. L.What purports to be the biggestathletic meet ever undertaken by aY. P. S, L. at any time will be therr and annual fie!d day exercises a ndoutdoor games for all the leaaues artdcircle. within a radius of 75 milesaround New Yor k.The Bronx Y. P. S. L. has gone intogreat expense of time and money tomake thia meet an event long to beremembered. and one that will infusepep and ginger into every cir cle par·ticipating.The meet will be held at PelhamBay Athletic Fitld. Bronx, N. Y .. onSunday, July 11, <strong>1915</strong> ; music to startat 1 P. M .• gamea to start at 1:30 P. M.There will be 70-, 100-. 220-, 88O.yarddash« for boy ~. a nd SO-yard dasheafor girls. Amo o g the field eventsliated will be running high jump. runningbroad jump and 8_polmd ahotput,a 44O-yard relay for boya and a220.yard relay for ~r1a,A list of feature eventa include apotato race for (irla and a half mile",alJc fQr boys and a three-legged race(pr b.oy.,:. The priaa will be aold and silvermedal. for individual winners and abi& silver- lovin, t\lP, pit tined, with!uilable en&ravings to the circle scoringthe grcateat ..,umber of poinU.The entry fees are nominal; 10cents for single entri" and 40 centsfor relay teams, including substitutes.Many of the circles have alreadymade Iheir eotries and will be on handto root for their members in a body,HOW ABOUT YOUR CIRCLE?Let us hear fro~ you NO LATERthan July 2d, For further informationcommunicate withPhil De <strong>Young</strong>, :\Ihh:ti c D;r~ c t o r.450 E. 139th St .. Bronx. N. Y.NEW JERSEY SPORTTht' ha5o:h:t1l IC:t lll i~ ia"t r"\lo.lingirl,' inrlll. a nd alrt'ady the "ho}s" aTC'rlall\\ln ,,::: Ihe :-\ .I. l'hampifl ll ship.T hl' Elizahclh y , P. S. I.. W:I ~ howled("l r :Iftcr tC'n ~ lrell1ll1\l" illnin g~. thehll~1 ~ (n r (' Tt':ld i,l,,::: 10 t(, It M;ln a~l'r\\ ('i~, Lli. co\t~ r ,' cl a Il l' \\" phenol1l in'~I.I II Y" H ornll1l,,::: . who wl,rkcd li\I'11 11111 10:"', fa nnin.'!: II nlt'll. l'Ind all(l\\ill~1\\ 1' hile a nd no rt111~ . \\!lh 1111' _(nrc; I" 11 ,n nIH f:\\or. ~lall; If.!I~ r \\·ci,.Iflt .1 ;\ ,·han":::l· C) f I,il dl,·r


uSTATE CONVENTIONS(t'ontinu~d Irom Page 9)y, P. S. L. during the ;.-o"lin" ye:lr.They a~ t:lltcring III)()n the work witha gOod ilpirit: we all wish thel1\ C'\'cry5UC~·U'.~Iau)' f('solution'! were p:l~"Cd t'''llr.e~~ .Il1g the aims and iduls (If the Y. P. S. I..()ur lu.\'a/ty to the Socialist Party andh. thco laoor mo\'emcnt. Condemning thec",,,'t,si,,t USt ur ah."Oholic liquor


.,-18 THE YOUNG SOCIALISTS' MAGAZINE-=-------DiL ' w~r' (leT' Rics~ sehr betrubt,alier ~ et ~'~ r'!or den :\1 ut nicht. Ersie den Geschossen tier Zwcrgepreiszugeben. " kh muss mir die.The Cano. SpukaOn the great streants the ships~c hmi~dcte cine IIC\lC Rustung. Rii~tung crhallen:' sagle cler may goAbout men's business to and fro.doppelt '50 (est und stark .ats die Riese und hiltete sic wie seinen But 1, tbe cgg·shell pinnal:e, sleepalte .. ~lIn waren die Zwerge nicht Augapfel.On crystal waters ankle-deep;tn"e hT imstandc. sie2:U z~rhrechen.1. wh05e diminutive design.SchliessJich \· e rgil. s~ der Riese. Oi sweeter cedar. pithier pine •.\11

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