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Women Teachers
Ready to Fight for
Real "Equal Pay"
18,000 in New York's Ele
mentary Schools Expected
to Influence Legislature
Present Law a "Farce"
With Right to Vote It Is Be?
lieved Discrimination Will
Be Ended
With the advent of equal suffrage in
New York many of those who believe
in the principle of equal rights for
women settled down to the conclusion
that the disparity of the sexes had
been removed and that all was well for
the weaker sex.
Just ask any woman school teacher
about it. She will tell you that a
woman is merely a woman in the New
York City schools, and because of that
defect receives about $600 a year less
than the man beside her doing the
same work.
And if she realizes the power that
has come to her with the right of suf?
frage she will tell you that the 18,000
women teaching in the elementary
schools are going to bring pressure to
bear on the next Legislature, so that
the much-amended so-called "equal
pay** law may be accurately described
without employing the prefiex "so
called."
The "equal pay** law, enacted as
Chapter 002 of the Laws of 1911 to
amend the greater New York charter
in relation to salaries of the members
of the supervising and teaching staffs
of the Board of Education, provides
that "while the salary, including the
annual increment, to which a present
member of the Board of Education is
entitled under a specific salary sched?
ule now existing, shall not be reduced,"
nevertheless "in the schedules of sala?
ries hereafter adopted there shall be
no discrimination based on the sex of
the member."
Provision Is Repeated
The Colne law, enacted as Chapter
459 of the Laws of 1912, repeats the
provision:
"In the schedules of salaries here?
after adopted there shall be no dis?
crimination based on the sex of the
member."
But this first amendment to the
"equal pay" law provides that "a pres?
ent male member" shall, when promot?
ed, be placed on the scheduh^s effective
in 1911, which discriminate against
women.
The Silverstein law, enacted as Chap?
ter 534 of the Laws of 1913, adds "ex?
cept as hereinbefore provided" to the
declaration that "there shall be no dis?
crimination based on the sex of the
"member."
Then this second amendment ex?
empts male teachers in the seventh
and eighth grades from the operation
of the "equal pnv" enactment.
Then the Veite law, as Chapter 838
of the Laws of 1913, was passed as a
third amendment providing that "the
salary and annual, increment of any
male person who was on December 31,
1911, on an eligible list for license No.
1 or who was on that date serving as
a pupil teacher in the fourth term work
of any training school for teachers in
said city and who was appointed after
said date" should also profit by the
discriminatory 1911 schedule.
Most of the men in the system hav?
ing been provided for thus, the Velte
Schaap law, enacted as Chapter 2fi4 of
the. Laws of 1914, further exempted
from the provisions of the "equal pay"
law any "regularly matriculated stu?
dent in any college located in the. city
of New York and recognized by the
Regents of the University of the State
of New York" who had enrolled in any
department of education with the ex?
pectation of teaching.
29 Men Get on Old Schedule
Finally, in a fifth amendment, whirh
became effective May 23, 1917, twenty
nine men were enabled to get on the
old schedule with a maximum of $2,400,
while women doing the same work un?
der so-called "equal pay" legislation
cannot exceed $1,800 annually.
Before women became a power in
politics the shrewd men who represent?
ed them at Albany provided for thiir
teaching salaries in these six enact?
ments.
The result is so plain that even a
woman can see it.
Except for the fact that practically
all the 1,600 men in the public school
sypf'em t?i-day are on salary schedules
$600 higher than the women of the
system the principle of "equal pay for
equal service" prevails.
And having discovered that feminine
dollars shrink as fast as masculine dol?
lars, the women of the schools are out
to fight discrimination.
The high cost of living has left their
salary checks far behind. They want
justice before a flat increase in salary.
They prefer "equal pay" to a 25 per
cent increase in salary.
And perhaps the reason for this pref?
erence is that even a woman school
teacher can see that 25 per cent added
to her maximum salary of $1,800 brings
her only $450 more, or $150 less than
the $2,400 provided for men now, which,
by the same increase, would become
$3,000.
Can any one blame women for want?
ing suffrage and for making use of
their votes?
Baroness Oppenheim Is
Bride o? Lieutenant Rohbins
The Baroness Marguerite Elsie Op?
penheim, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Al?
phonse Hubert, of Belgium, and
widow of Baron Robert Oppenheim,
of 12 East Thirty-first Street, was
married to Lieutenant James William
Robbins, British army, yesterday morn?
ing in the Lady Chapel of St. Pat?
rick's Cathedral. The ceremoney was
performed by the Rev. Father Martin
and a breakfast followed at the Hotel
Piara.
The bride, who was escorted to the
altar by Lieutenant A. P. Barry of
the British army, was in a gown of
white muslin, trimmed with ermine
wore * black lac? hat and a corsage
bouquet of marguerites. Her only at
tendant was her sister. Miss Beatrice
Hubert, who was in navy hlue taffeta
Lieutenant and Mrs. Robbins will
live in New York.
Miss Jeannette Chappell to Wed
Mr. and Mrs. Howard F. Cbuppoll
have announced the engagement of
their daughter, Miss Jeannette Chep
?ell, to Lieutenant Gifford Cutler !
Miss Chappell is a member of this !
year's graduating class from Miss ?
Spence's School. Lieutenant Cutler is '
A son of Captain William G. Cutler. U i
S. N., and Mrs. Cutler, and a grrandson i
of the late Gencrul Louis II. Felouse. j
Col. Colgate Withdraws
Quits Jersey Senatorial Race
in Interest of Harmony
Colonel Austen Colgate, the soap and |
perfumery manufacturer, who Rince
August last has been a candidate for
the Republican nomination for United
States ?Senator from New Jersey, yes?
terday announced his withdrawal from
the primary contest, leaving Governor
Edge and George L. Record as the
principal contenders. In a statement
issued yesterday Colonel Colgate pays: |
"Last August I made announcement ?
of my candidacy for the Republican
United States Senatorial nomination.
At the time I did not believe our Gov?
ernor would or could become a can?
didate for the same office, at least
while still holding the Governorship.
He has done so, however, and the sit?
uation as I view it now (should this
contest between him and myself con?
tinue), is such as to place the harmony
of the Republican party in jeopardy.
"In carrying* on an aggressive cam?
paign against the Governor, his oppo?
nent would attack his administration i
and thus find fault with the Republican j
party. I do not propose to be respon- j
siblc directly or indirectly, for such a
proceeding, I clearly see that n?y re- |
maining in the race would be injurious i
to the welfare of the Republican
party."
?-?-1-1?
2,500 Children
Receive Liberty
Bond Diplomas
Representatives of 600 City
Schools Raised $72,000,
000 for Third Loan
Carnegie Hall was packed yesterday
afternoon with 2,500 school children.
They came from more than 6,600 schools
to receive diplomas for having sold
$72,000,000 worth of Liberty bonds.
These represented 1,016,000 subscrip?
tions.
The diplomas, signed by Secretary
of the Treasury McAdoo and the pres
; idents of the Reserve banks, were won
by schools which in many instances
have for pupils children of foreign par?
entage who refused to return to school j
unless their parents bought a Liberty
bond. This spirit resulted in more I
than half the schools going: 50 per j
cent over their Liberty bond quotas, j
Besides the diplomas fifty-five ,
schools were awarded silk flags bearing \
a large blue liberty bell on a field of ;
white silk with a red border for having ?
sold bonds to the amount of $10,000 and j
over. These flags were presented by I
A. B. Leach, chairman of the Metro- i
politan Canvass Committee of the Lib
erty Loan Committee.
The first honor was awarded to the
Julia Richman High School, the pupils
! of which sold $2,199,000 worth of !
? bonds; the second flag was given to the_
j Bovs' High School, with a record of ,
! $1,455,650, and the third award was '
I made to the Wadleigh High School, ?
? which turned into the Liberty Loan :
Committee $1,337,250 in subscriptions. ,
Arthur S. Somers, president of the
Board of Education, presided at the
meeting and in his opening address i
! praised the children for having given ;
two cents each for the relief of French ]
soldiers who were not entitled to a ,
government pension because they had [
not lost a leg, or an arm, though i
maimed for life. This fund of $16, j
000 was sent to France as a gift from
the school children of New York. :
I Besides raising this special war fund, '
the school children have since last !
October made 100,000 articles of wear?
ing apparel, comprising of sweaters, '
wristlets, socks and underclothing, as j
well as 43,000 articles of clothing for
French children who have suffered [
from the war.
Dr. William J. O'Shea, Assistant
Superintendent of Schools, praised the
children also for having joined the |
Junior Red Cross, and he announced
that over 600,000 pupils of New York
public schools were doing their bit in
the name of mercy.
William L. Ettinger, Superintendent
; of Schools, and Bernard K. Marcus, |
president of the Bank of the United !
States, who were active in organizing I
the Liberty Loan campaign, also spoke,
praising the school children.
German Press Rails
At Wilson Speech !
Comment Generally Attacks j
"Impurity" of President's
Motives
AMSTERDAM, May 25.?Commenting
on President Wilson's recent speech in
New York in opening the Red Cross
campaign, the Berlin newspaper "Vor
Wforts" says it is easy to pick out many
parts of the address as mere German
baiting and exaggeration, but that on
the whole it accurately reflects the psy
cholopical impression which the peace
of Brcgt-Litovsk and that of Bucharest
were bound to produce on the other side !
of the Atlantic. The Socialist organ j
rails at what it calls the "alleged un- !
selfishness" of the Entente's aims, but !
says that doubtless President Wilson's i
people will believe him.
The peace made by the Central Pow?
ers in the East, the newspaper thinks,
has greatly strengthened President
1 Wilson's position. Germany is propa- .
| gating the idea, says "Vorwjerts," that
? the speech was meant to offset "the
British peace offensive." but it declares
the trick will not work.
Otfcer of the German newspapers, :
none of which prints the speech in full,
comment in the usual abusive style of
the "impurity" of the President's mo?
tives. "Ilis is a pathological case," the
"Kreuz Zeitung" says.
-?*
Soldier Old as Arteries
! Medical Aphorism True Test,
Says British Statesman
LONDON, April 18 (By Mail).?The ''
\ medical aphorism that "a man is as j
; old as his arteries" should be the ]
I t*?st in determining the age limit of ,
j a soldier, recently declared Dr. Arthur :
Lynch, a member of Parliament.
"After a certain age, say forty, the
man who has not been particularly ?
j itrong physically, and who has not i
? overstrained his system in athletic :
exercises," the physician said, "is oftei?
moro serviceable than a man who has i
been a brilliant athlete at twenty-five. I
Of course, bronchitis, pneun?onia and i
rheumatism, which would disable a sol?
dier, would be found much more fre- '
? quently in mon of forty-five and over !
?than in young men. I have seen men
j w?-H on to seventy capable of walking j
; thirty miles a day. In the Serbian ;
ai my they use men up to seventy.
"This matter depends very largely \
on the individual, and to some extent
on the race. The French brought up
their fighting forces to over fifty, and
as a rule the French age quicker then
men ia this country or m Ireland."
Many patrons will find the Madison Avenue Entrance most convenient
Alt matt $c ?a
Thirty-fourth Street
MADISON AVENUE-FIFTH AVENUE, NEW YORK
Telephone 7000 Murray Hill
Thirty-fifth Street
Summer
Furnishings
AT MODERATE PRICES
Household and Decorative
Linens
AlW?inten_ Damask Table Cloths
$4.75, 6.00, 80
AlMinen Damask Napkins
v$ 7.50, 8.54
Afll=linen Huckaback Towels
(hemstitched)
per doz. $8.50, 12.00, 18.
Tijirkish Bath Towels (hemmed)
per dozen $2,75, 4.50, 6.00
Bungalow Luncheon Sets (13
pieces) scalloped in. bine or white
per set . . . . $2.25
Scarfs to match (in three sizes)
each . -. 9?c? S 1.10, 1.25
Mand=crocheted Luncheon Sets
(25 pieces) . per set $7o50
Chinese hand - embroidered
Luncheon Sets of grass linen (25
pieces and in three designs)
.. $15.00
Bed Cover5ogs
White Blankets
per pair $8.50, 10.00, 13.50
Colored Blanket Throws
. $4.75 & 6.50
jspreads (hemmed)
53.75, 4.75, 5.75
Sat8n-=fin5sh Bedspreads (scalloped)
each .. -. $5.25, 5.75, 6.25
? $2.50, 2.65, 3.50
Comfortables (cotton=ffiflled)
. $3.50 <& 5.50
Muslim Sheets and Pillow Cases
at moderate prices.
I. Altrnam & Co.
it that merchandise for
Seven Days
in
An Important Special Sale off
?
ORNING and PORCH pROCK
that will prove all the more desirable as the season
s, will be held to=morrow on the Second Floor.
These daytime frocks, variously developed in cotton voile,
gingham and tissue, are marked at prices which
present phenomenal vaines.
$2.95, $3.75, $4.50, $5.
Summer
Furnishings
AT MODERATE PRICES
A Special Sale of
WOMEN1
LOUSES
has been arranged for to=morrow in the Department on
the Second Floor, presenting an unusually wide range of
charming models, extremely smart as to fabric and detail.
Fashioned of (Georgette crepe, crepe de Chine, net, Japanese silk,
voile, dimity or linen, these Blouses (according to the material of
which they are made) will be offered at prices conspicuously low.
$2.0(0), $2.95, $3.45, $4.90
Colonia! Rugs (rag carpet effects)
30x60 inches m ?; >: $1,1 g
9x12 feet ? ? .? ?? 9,75
Formosa Fibre Porch Rugs
3x6 feet . ?? ? . $g.0Q
9x12 feet .- ?? .? . 60.00
Porch Seats . $1.00 <& 2.0Q
(Fifth Floor)
Remarkable Values in
Men's and W
omen'
Oxfford:
will be obtainable at a Special Sale on Monday,
Tuesday & Wednesday
The assortments, provided for this occasion, comprise the
wanted styles and, considering the present high cost of
and that only genuine leathers are used in the construction
this footwear, the prices are unprecedented.
Of imported net in plain or nov=>
elty effects, per pair $6,75
Of American?made scrim (hand
drawn) . . per pair $5.00
Decorative Articles
Squa reshaped Pillows
covered with black? and - white
striped art ticking, each 75c
Waste baskets of colored wicker
? ? ? . ? sbJ-io?<&
.?1.75
Cretonne=covered Cracker Boxes
each . . . . j . $1,00
* Cretonne-covered Photograph
Frames
of
Women's Footwear
(Second Floor)
Oxfords off patent leather
per pair .*.?'.. $7.85
Oxfords of cordovan=colored
calfskin
per pair .... $6.75
Oxfords off white canvas
per pair .... $5.75
Oxfords off nut brown calfskin
per pair .... $6.75
Oxfords of black satin
$7.85
Men's Footwear
(Sixth Floor)
Oxfords of black or tan calfskin
per pair .... ?1
Oxfords of black gunmetafl or
tan calfskin, per pair $6,85
Oxfords of black kidskin
per pair . . . . $5.90
Oxfords of white buckskin or
tan cordovan, per pair $6,85
Oxfords of black gunmetafl or
tan calfskin, per pair $7.85
Imported Table Covers
(hand=blocked and printed)
each.$2.50
Stenciled Table Scarfs of homespun
each . . . $2,75 & 3.50
Japanese Bungalow Scarfs
each . . . 65c. <& 85c.
Cedar Chests
each .... $16.00
Cretonnes-covered Utility Boxes
each.$3.25
(Fourth Floor)
A section! of the Second Floor is
reserved exclusively for
The Sale of Vogue Patterns
A Collection off Summer Merchandise
illustrated in the current Folder, is now on sale, at very moderate prices, on the Sixth Floor
are Women's, Misses', Children's and Boys' Apparel, supplemental to which are
Sports Hats, Sweaters, Sunshades,. Hosiery and Oloves, leather necessities for travel use, and
that properly belong to the summier outfit.
selections of
requirements
SEESEESESSES