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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-04-15
That Horrid American Voice.

Kind words and just criticism unite in Miss Editl
Wynne Matthisons remarks upon the American
voice She finds many beautiful, well modulated
voices" among American women. And such stri-
dency az she comedies to exist she lays chiefly 10
the noise of our large cities.
In this latter regard she seems 10 us TO hit IA
truth that has received very little attention. 1t is
the fashion to rail at American voices shrill and
vulgar without considering the physical com
petition to which they subjected. Any voice
that has to shout down subway train or subdue
an afternoon tea crack joke above the yOwng
of a cabaret singer is bound TO suffer. In town
as uproarious as New York the temptation to force
a voice is constant. Aud raising voice above the
natural pitch is the surest source of striden tone.
What is the remedy? Miss Matthison remarks
that she herself does not attempt 10 speak when
in the subway or underneath elevated railroad.
or when everybody else Is talking AT a reception.
Perhaps a little iudcious silence might help Ameri-
can voices materially.
But she also pleads for compulsory courses in
..spoken English" at schools and colleges. Taken
Young enough she considers that any voice can be
turned into a well moduated voice.
Nav we add Ms another influence, Miss Mat'hi
sons own delightful example! Certainly. in the
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-04-15

ers There is so far as we know no coh'en''o" '"''
il does not do its work well. The Doaru was ''"
mended after the recent school Ih'es'is"''o" "
Professor Elliot one of Professor h"""'
ciaes To take the nomination of its meiioe's io"
the City Superintendent who must "'he i'''
lions from a civil service list, ana give " ~ Wv
Board of Education is TO put vlai par, u '"e
school system directly into politics Inc o7'0"' WV
growth of such system would he 10 manu- '
places as patronage TO political leaders
Less dangerous in degree. but ABOUT 'he s'"'e III
principle is a bill by Senator Blau'eH ana Asse".
blyman Mckee permitting all persons VINO receNe'
first grade county commissioners certificates III
Richmond County prior to 1898 To nave the'r ''in''
placed on the eligible list for appointment anu pro-
motion Iegislating name on an ehsio'e list i d
vicious practice 1t is particularly bad IN ms IN
stance because the examinations III Richmond prior
10 consolidation were VIGOROUSLY loose ana under
the proposed law places in the schoo system might
90 to persons wholly unqualified Both these bills
should he killed along with the bill permitting the
Board Of Education TO dictate the course OF study in
the schools
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-04-15
An Excellent Appointment.

In selecting Mr. Frank L. Polk as Collector of the
Port Of New York President Wilson and Secretary
McAdoo have set high standard for local federal
appointments Mr. Polk belongs 10 well known
southern family but is a native New Yorker, and
his activities here have stamped him as an ener-
getic and useful citizen He has served on the
Board of Education and on the Municipal Civil Ser
vice Commission and been interested in various
Lines of civic work.
1t is refreshing to find men put in responsible
administrative offices who have broad ideas OF
public responsibility In the old days the collectors
rat all the great ports were machine politicians
first and good administrators afterward We have
gotten away from that tradition and want TO keen
away from it, Much pressure to appoint Office
holders Of the conventional Tammany stripe will be
brought TO bear on Mr.. Wilson We hope that he
will resist it as well in naming other local oficia Is
as he has in naming the Collector.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-04-15
WOMEN WRONGS -
A Believer in Suffrage Protests
Against Unfair Tactics.

TO tn. Editor Of The Tribune
sir. am a strong believer in women
rights. but no, In womens wrongs
hone To- SOC them vote iu all our states
some day But ! am afraid the rash
acts Of the unragettes 81 England have
get tack their cause for some time. Ana
now to think our fair women VIII
threaten 10 boycott the stores on Flftn
avenue because some have not favOreh
their having parade on that avenue. /
fear our American women have started
To- ride down Hill ON a tobogSan. with
our English sisters ! fear 100 this they
Will break down what they hope to
build up
Meu would boz looked Oh with contempt
II they should resort to such means. "
men are to Dee respected - men they
mrst act like men For women to pc
respected they must act like true women.
have no Interest IN the stores on the
avenue. b.t am Interested in right aud
I'm womcn's rights and n they would 90
at 10 in the right way they would get 49,
hut We can never dgive people to respect
MS I think an will agree that FOR men
10 bovcott would not he manly can II
be- vomanlN9 ! hope our women Will
move wisely and prove bN - doing that
they have the wisdom To help run the
nation They have IL tbey viii only take
time to think We do not think they
lack In love FOR home and native land
REV. j W TAMBLYN
New Brighton. y Y. April A. 1913.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-04-15
The R;eht TO Kill and Flee.

Mr. Frederic Y Coudert will do public ser
v.e in taking mn to the Court of Appeals the aueS-
tio ubetber tba STATE cannot punish automobilists
for running away after an accident WITHOUT VIC
Iating their constitutional immunity from oe'ns
compelled to give evidence against themselves w
less the state can do what the Callan law pro'ideu
for doing i'm the ease of this particular KIM III
murderous cowardice it is powerless TO reach H. III
1912 nnety-one automobiles fed ai'er lhJurI"s
others and thus escaped detection.
70 say as the lower courts nave done tha' u
make flight in such cases offence in itself Is 10
invade constitutional rights strikes sensible people
AS logic chopping of the most unfortunate KIND 1t
is such narrow and technical interpretations as ms
that make the public impatient with the Consu'u'
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-04-15
The Will of a King.

1t is preferable wrote the late King of the
Hellenes in his will, that the King should suffer
rather than his people and his country The inter
"ests of the people of the country must always be
'placed before all other interests
No fair minded and well informed observer will
deny that the writer of those words was guided
and governed in his public career by the principle
which they express; as much, probably, as any head
Of state in the world, the President of stern
democracy
Yet an anarchist murdered him enemy OF
the people and the very day when his will was
made public another anarchist tried TO murder an
other king who also had been guided by the same
principle There does not seem TO be much encour'
agement to good work In the trade of kings.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-04-15
CANADIAN RATES.
If Mr.. Bryan Is Bottled Up" Now
How Long Will He Stay So?
TUESDAY. APRIL Is. 1918

People in Washington beginning TO WONDER
whether Mr.. Bryan is allowing himself TO he oo'
tied up" in the office of Secretary OF state 1T "o"'
be strange if color should not be fouhu lor 'n
suggestion that the new Secretary Is only the noin'
nal head OF his own department Inc chlel heihoei
of the Cabinet stands in a peculiar relation To tue
President He is the latters agent in the fed
eral governments intercourse with the states ana
with foreign countries.
The business which he handles particularly con
Germs the head of the nation and requires the lat
ter's constant personal supervision Every other
Cabinet officer. except possibly the Attorney ten
eraI has field of his own in which he can work
with certain of independence. But II j.
only under President Of exceptional diidence or
Incidence that Secretary of State enjoys free
hand.
No one would saw that Mr. Wilson is diffident or
indoent and it is only in the nature of things
mat he should participate actively in state Depart
ment management Whether that participation Is
going 10 become irksome to a man of Mr.. Bryans
temperament remains TO be seen. Mr.. Bryan Is not
accustomed TO sharing responsibility or TO having
his judgments overruled party leader of the first
rank is more or less out of place nowadays in the
office of Secretary of State and Mr.. Bryan may
eventually find himself uncomfortable under
Harrison But he must have foreseen the Difficult
ties of the position when he accepted il and have
drilled himself in advance to certain amount OF
cooperation and subordination.
In the field Of domestic politics Mr.. Bryan has
had the satisfaction of seeing the administration
adopt and enforce his programme of free raw wool
In the last Congress he crossed swords on this issue
with Mr. Underwood and lost. Now the leader OF
the House majority has had to reverse himself ME-
Bailey the other chief Democratic champion OF
taxed wool has retired from public life. and what
Mr. BRYAN battled for vainy against those two IS
at present one of the chief features of an admins
traton" tariff measure.
Under such circumstances maybe the Secretary
az State is willing to seem bottled up for time
But he is too mperious and resourceful public
man 10 allow himself TO be kept indefinitely under
stopper
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-04-15
THE PEOPLES PAPER
Our New Spring Dress, Among Other
Things. Is Praised.

To the Editor OF The Tribune.
sir The Woman About Town column
in The Tribune gives as many bits OF wis
dom ana entertainment. and hope none
of your readers skip IT, was much in
terested in this mornings contribution.
Newspapers and Character" IN which
the writer tells us Of her interesting oh
seryations as TO the different parts OF
newspapers which seem 10 attract read
ers on the streetcars. but was disap-
pointed that she did not observe people
reading the editorial pase. which J think
is the most interesting page Of all. espe-
ciaily the correspondents columns on
that page. Your correspondents column.
SO happily and truly named The People
Column" contains the brightest and most
interesting letters of all In other words.
YOU get the cream. while the other papers
eet the froth. the drcgs. the grounds. etc.
hope you are not getting too proud
with all the well-deseryed compliments
you have been receiving recently, FOR
lust can't help giving YOU another one
and that t. about your nice. new spring
editorial page suit. which Is most at
tractive and becoming and an improve
ment on your old suit. although the latter
was OF the very best quality of material.
good ut and thoroughly up 10 date but
can understand that The Tribune. with
its high standard. is never satisfied until
it is wearing the very best clothes II can
ind superior in grade to all others Here's
good luck to The Tribune. the peoples
paper. MAY IT maintain its high standard
as long AZ il lives. and may it live for
ever is the wish OF
ONE or THE PEOPLE"
Now York Ap,il a. 1913
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-04-15
PUIR AULD SCOTLAND!
Yet for a Race of Cast-otf Irishmen
She Has Done Fairly Well.

! To the Editor of The Tribune
Sir. There IS tn. educated Scotsman.
such as the Duke Of ArgNll. Who admits
the facts of history where they tell
against his own. There is that other
more prevalent Scotsman. half braggart,
half ignoramus whom Dr. Johnson mad
In mind. Sir YOU are the nrst scots
man have known who did not at every
other sentence bring In another Scots
man. II Scotland has been anything
better than an Irish province. viii Mr
Bruce explain why IL has produced no
national literature? Scots Gaelic, says
the Scotch DR. Shaw. was never written
or printed until Mr.. McFarlane. minister
OF killnvir. ArgSll. published In 1901 a
translation OF Bakers call To the Tn
converted" Compare ireland. with lit
erature covering 800 years. comparable
only 10 that OF Greece, aud with manu-
| scripts In Irish as old as the oldest Greek
codices of Scripture. These facts are veri-
fable
one thing Mir Bruce does not know
that the term Scot always meant Irish
man in European history, while Scotia"
land alone, I'LL the Irish took possession
OF Caledonia. or Scotland. and called 1t
Scotia Minor Lesscr Ireland. The Irish
scholars who civilized ell Europe 900
100 \. ID were always called Scott or
Scots Fergus Nor crossed from Ireland
I" Scotland and conquered II IN the west
IN 800 y. -. His direct descendant. Ken
meth MacAlpine. in S5i rounded OF the
conquest by subdIvding the llcts All
| these kings were Irish soldiers, VINO
made the country into an irish province.
| collins saws: The Irish coi0niLed scot
land. gave ii name. literature ana
language, gave II hundred kings ana
gave IL Christianity"
Scotland stands TO Ireland much az
Yorkshire does To England. lreiahd hau
literature, codes Of laws. universities
the first In Europe: the high monarch =
| court. homes OF the higher classes rouhd
towers and cathedrals, IN astouhu'ns
numbers; objects Of art. particularly III
gold. that excite wonder to TINS daN' Inc
so-calIed Irish harp was the instrument
of the higher classes, the so-ca'e" '0o'0"
| bagpipc the instrument Of Inc lo"e''
significant fact Poor people ehi'e' wv" W
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-04-15
BAD MOTHERS AND GOOD CHILDREN.

From The Pathfinder.
Bad mothers raise better children than good mothers
according Gustaye Blumenthal noted physloo-
gist of Australia who is this country agtatlns IN
of vocational education. Or Blumentha also as
sailed the woman sunragists calling them spins,els
no had missed the matrimonial market lie asserted
that woman suffrage fiat failure In Australia
There are too many ladies and gentlemen In this
world who have never been men and women ana never
viii be-. We need real men," said he. Good moth
more BOYS to Jail ard into the evils Of crime
than do bad mothers. The indifference Of bad mother
better for the child in it's battles with life later on
than tie pamperng and loving which are avshed on him
BY overload parent"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-04-15
THE TALK OF THE DAY,


\ woman who returned recently from II
European trip had an amusing experienced
al Frankfurt-on-the- Main In alighum
rom cab at the Palnengarten she mad,
misstep. fell and escaped injury. al
though necklace which she wore vss
broken. Ready hands assisted in Gather
ing the pearls. and" so she tells the
story, i thought the incident closed Until
a girl appeared at my boarding place that
evening and handed me one OF the pearls
which had not been found by me or ny
friends She received what | con sdered
a suitable reward. and was hardly gone
"hen TWO boys appeared, each one with
pearl ana ! was still endeavorlng TO eI'
plain matters when an old woman came
with another pearl. Each finder received
10 pfennis ard VAS told - keep what the
had found. THAT was the surest way to
convince them that mlre were not real
pearls and that further demonstrations o.
honesty would be dsI esaried."
First small boy-Lat's play at kilns
people
Second small boy--All right Whatll We
be-gunmen Indian chiefs, statesmen o.
surgeons Life
Men who meet to discuss serious mat
tcrs are not often glilty OF taking up SUD
ieCts pertaining To wcmen, SAYS Vienna
letter. except IN England. where aoncG-
NAL conditions exist" But an exception o.
an interesting kind occurred IN the Aus
TRAN Parliament recently when N!cio'
Silberer Deputy. spoke about the pass
ing OF the bu<om woman and deplored the
fact that by the decree of fash on the thi1
and scraNny straight line woman nae
taken the place Of the plump beauty VINO
was once the pride OF the imperial GU
The new woman" he said. mo matte
how well she may conform 10 the pfe'a"
ing fashion. is ugly. and her training
reach the straight line demands VII GER
tainly have bad effect on the com'"'
generation"
els h making gOodf"
"He must be. He never seems 10 Ne'''
time To stop ana tell anybody ABOUT H.
Detroit Free Press
This remedy AGAINST the bites OF insects
appeared in a recent issue OF the N"'''"
Medical journal: Take one ounce q.
EPSON salts and dissolve II In one p'h' VI
water; wet bath cloth wet enough thi'
Il will not drip. and rub the body well al
over. and not wipe afterward, out dress
| am very certain that flies, snats neae'
bedbues. mosquitoes or the famous AIT
can ny will never touch persons so urea
ed. \ somewhat stronger solution appheu
and allowed to dry will leave n me pow,
der that the most bloodthirsty insects WIZ
not attack"
In connection with the all too populs.
they say" expression. man IN Peori~
has formed who Is They CLUB
They say it's a good thing
Let's all Join. Cleveland Plain Dealer
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-04-15
THE PEOPLES COLUMN

there. Columbia. the apostle OF Scotland
went there for his sins, wrote poems OF
lamentation. still eXtant. and blindiolded
himself To keep hs vow not TO see ire
land when he had 60 visit il again Ihe
truth OF irish and Scottish history is
hundred times more interesting. than the
braggart legends which bigots and hum
bugs have tried TO substitute for X.
1t Is attracting legions Of new students
daily. who see neither rhyme nor reason
I'm bitter and boastful screeds such as MI.
Bruce and his like would favor
CECILIA W kEENE.
New York. April II. 1913.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-04-15
DETECTIVES IN THE OLD DAYS
Only Those on the Graft Roll Pro
NOTED, It Is Declared.

To the Editor OF The Tribune
Sir. Your article OF to-day relative Il
detectives is only half the truth. Tn
same method was in force when J was
patroiman Many Of my arrests w.r
credited to others. who gained promo
ton.
No man could get promotion in thos'
DAYS who was not on the graft roll. II
had not been civil War veteran
could not have retained my place long
enough 10 get the pension. GRs
Brooklyn. April II. 1918.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-04-15
An Open Forum for
Public Debate

So long as granted il will be. why th'
sooner the better. that greater Thoughts
may be able 10 occupy the minds Of all
concerned. Militancy is a horrid draw.
back to the cause Those who think Wit
reason must earnestly hope that the ten.
pestuous storms may soon subsie am
that the differences so bitterly evident
may soon Doe smicably settled over TN
sea READER
Brooklyn. April . 1918.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-04-15
AS | WAS SAYING

i - exceedingly appropriate and emblematical
for President Of the United States TO trot out on
the diamond and make Futurist faces and coil NM
self up like a dissoute bed spring and let ny 'he
first pill Of the National Game in the national
,apitaI. but we wonder where this is to stop Next
thing he knows. President Wilson Will be opening
cat shows. Christening swan boats. end laying the
cornerstones Of millinery establishments lie VIII
be completely Galliczcd Whereas. curiousy enough
President Poncare is moving in the opposite dire'
ton. only Yesterday he forgot ms appointment
with the prize pigs keen was his desire 10 pune"
Monsieur lie Procureur de la Repubque In fact' ne
has quite repudiated the creed Of noble predecessor
Of his 4 am queen Victoria" We have long
been familiar with exchange professors; what now
exchange presidents
Time * the great joker. At this distance. Jonah
is funny. and Henry VIII is funny. and even the
recent floods begin betray their CLEANS oil humor
We can say of Jonah that really he might have
swallowed the Vhae-a little AZ time-and 1t Is
permitted to honor Henry VIII by calling him the
Lillian Russell Of his SOS And as for the HOODS
t appears that they introduced into the Dayton
theatres an element nensbly dear to the profession
real water
When last seen "I'Echo de Paris sported inc
daily rubric La Crse du Frangais in other WORDS
n chamber Of literary horrors. Many lou nave
we surrendered ioyousy just chuckle over French
A. she IL parlcd and fcrired. For instance, Gem
,t.,,cn ~ the Jury the victims body was dug mp
b, a dog All gentlemen ~ the jury, That dog
nav was the finger 81 God" So il has entered into
our heart to venture small "Crisc Dc rAneaise.'
and this is the result:
wanted Boy for sausage machine.
Miss Fritz Sohen will appear In three pieces.
.Our shad cannot Doe approached
"Wanted-Horse 90 do the work Of country
minister"
This way to our soda grill
"Von s,hnitzcl who has been described by those
WIN say they were his dupes handsome and
i'm ginning v,a1s' denies their accusations"
O.. - ,, 49,. ,,.., i,,o., .h,,,t pr Friedman a nd
,..,.,, t-,s. Ne should conclude that they would
h.. ,i,. .estl,. concenial
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-04-15

present generation the English i"''7""Se ""'
been more eXquisitey spoken on Tue ''"so ''""
Miss Matthison. If Americans co"'u "e"i
of her there would he no uouo'o |"
,n,ori,.or ro;ces They would reform themselves
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-04-15
YES. EXTRAORDINARY?

HON Ihe Boston Herald
The president OF the Metropolitan Psychcal Society
In New York combating DR. Quackenboss opinion that
Bculah Miller has Xray vision that the more sci
entifc man is the absent minded and unable to
detect fraud Therefore?
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-04-15

II the militan,s scorn roast beef no" can u'ey
he expected to have any respect Tor the bdhN Vi
England?
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-04-15

Heels of Dresden china are the latest ecceh''lc''
OF Paris fashion. Turkey trottng In farls VIII nav
to be done hereafter on a rubber mat
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-04-15
EVERYWHERE ELSE, TOO.

From The Providence journal
The Won't Workers ought 10 have discovered by this
time that they are not wanted these busy Plantations
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-04-15

ice-President Marshall on his induction INTO
Office promised himself and the country -four years
Of silence Judging from his activity at the recent
National Democratic club dinner. he Is not goihs
to push silence TO the point Of tacturnity
The curfew shall not ring tonight decides mo
Court Of Special Sessions
The Winslow mail., 1913-12-13
Kindergarten
Mother Meeting

The Kindergarten Mothers
Meeting was held at the kinder
garden Dec. l and plans were
made for a christmas tree for the
children. Mrs. Sutton read a
paper entitled Learning Good
ness, Through Business,
Mrs. Smith accompanied by
Mrs. Shipley sang that sweet
old song, Silver Threads Among
the Gold. Miss Bradford read a
pretty Christmas legand, Why
the Chimes Rang. Mrs. Luce
read an article 'Is there Santa
Claus?' Miss Day rendered a
piano solo, Humoreske, by Drork
Light refreshments were served.
The Winslow mail., 1913-12-13
COULD SCARCELY
WALK ABOUT

believe would have died If | hadn't
taken it.
After | began taking Cardui, was
greatly helped, and all three bottles re-
lieved me entirely.
! fattened UP, and grew so much
stronger in three months. felt like an
other person altogether.
Cardui is purely vegetable and gentle
acting. It's ingredients have mild, tonic
effect, on the womanIy constitution.
Cafdui makes for increased strength,
improves the appetite, tones UP the nef-
vous system, and helps TO make pale,
saliow cheeks, fresh and rosy.
Cardui has helped more than a million
weak women, during the past so years.
II will surely do for you, what il ha,s
done for them. Try Cardui today.
| Write to- Chattanooga Medicine Co. ades sd
! visory Dept Chattanooga Tenn for 8nec30J IA
J Treatment for Women sent in rlain paprer. ItS
The Winslow mail., 1913-12-13
Not Beyond Help at 81

Sleep disturbing bladder weak
ness, stiffness in joints, weak,
inactive kidney action and rheu-
matic pains, are all evidence OF
kidney trouble. Mrs, Mary A
Dean At E. Walnut St., Toun-
ton, Miss, writes: Il have pas
Sod my 87th birthday, and
thought ! was bevond the reach
OF medlclne, but Foley Kidney
Pills have proved most benehc-
ial i'll my case of kidney ana
bladder trouble" Elderly peo
pie will find Foley Kidney Pills
both tonic and strengthening
and may be sure they contain
no harmful drugs. Kelly Drug
Co. adv