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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-08-18
THE MEN OF BRITAIN
An American Resident Reports the
Existence Of Unpleasant Types.

To the Editor OF The Tribune.
Sir. / have read with amazement In
your issue OF the 18th ult. the eXcori-
atlng address OF Mrs Hatty Darling.
delivered at the Moral Education Society.
Mrs. Darling, II quoted correctly, AYERS
that Miss Inez Mlholand was Justified
in choosing a European husband, be-
cause the American man had failed TO
come up to her ideal in manners
don't believe Miss Mllholland would rati-
fy this absurd sentiment.
After INDUCING In further vituperation
Of Americas young men Mrs. Darling
habits, saying, They stay at home, and
bring up the children; do not 30 shop
ping. nor play bridge This Is another
wide oriZoned peryersion OF facts. as
! know from personal observations. ac-
CURED by a ten-year residence In Lon
don
Here Ia to be found galore. in all their
supremacy. the very type OF men that
the lecturer claims abound in America
In such numbers that precluded Miss
Milholland from obtaining an American
husband from the young men who Toll
around. smoking cigarettes and hugging
their feet" Now, II Mrs Darling mag
ines that this class OF men are non
existent here she is laborlng under a
pronounced deluslon. They are daily
graduating into the "snobbey' class.
whose walk. actions. cigarette smoking
and general demeanor in public places
are nauseating in the extreme.
Lady Cook, see stated that the gen
eral purpose of the society was to ZEN
courage all virtues. especially eugencs. "
II is to be fervently hoped that after
this has been accomplished they will
extend their activities 10 London. for
here the Moral Education Society Will
find field rich in vices to labor in.
MARY SCOTT ROWLAND
Savoy Hotel, London, Aug. 5. 1918.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-08-18
State, Not Amendment, at Fault.

The embarrassing hitch over the filing Of the
Alabama vacancy In the United States Senate Is
charged by many against the Seventeenth Amend
ment to the Constitution. Thus THE Newark
Evening News" alleges "a flaw in the amendment"
since il says merely that "hencefOrth Senators
shall be elected by vote Of the people directly. 1t
says nothing about vacancies that may occur by
death or resignation"
The fact is that the amendment does say some
thing very explicit about the filling of vacancies,
however caused. IT says that when one happens
the executive authority Of the state shall call an
election TO fill It. But in order that there may be
no delay in filling it, that the state may not
for even day be deprived of It's equal represen-
tation In the Senate, 1t further provides that "the
Legislature of any state may empower the executive
thereof to make temporary appointments until the
people fill the vacancies by election
The trouble In this case seems to be that the
Alabama Legislature has not yet authorized the
Governor to fill Senatorial vacancies The state not
the amendment, is at fault. The incident ought to
move the Legislature of every state to give the
Governor the needed authority and that at the ear
Hest possible moment
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-08-18
CaravanninS.

We must own to sneaking interest IN that
very English Institution, the caravan. Bad ROADS
have made such gypsying almost an imposslbility
In this country IN the past. But, why may not
better roads and better days be coming?
There is much to be said for this eQuable method
Of taking in a countryside and we plunge eagerly
into the details of the game in England as por-
trayed by a connoisseur in caravans. The convey
ance itself can be hired from the Caravan Club NJ
charge running from 81 to $40 week some
thing very fancy, looking like Pullman car ana
named Marlborough or Alexandra, would come for
the latter figure, we suppose. With living charges
and all thrown in the weekly expense IS put at $40
for each individual caravanner.
II seems that the construction OF suitable land
going craft Is becoming a real art in England, so
widely has this sport taken hold. Something ot
the snugness and convenience Of the small cruising
sailhoat IS still lacking But the craft of the cara
van marches goes steadily on. Who knows but that
It will yet cross the Atlantic!
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-08-18
The Baseball Slaves.

Much sympathy has been expressed from time TO
time for those human chattes," the hlrelings OF
the major league baseball teams, who are objects
of barter and trade sometimes held to be con-
trary to law. Yet one Of them, "Ty' Cobb draws
$500 year salary, and is desired by manager
who says he is willing to pay 10000 for him;
while Johnson, the remarkable pitcher Of the Sena-
tors is demanding that he, too receive a salary Of
$4,000 next year or he'll quit the game. And he'll
probably get It.
Men like Cobb, Mathewson, Marquard and Johnson
are the arstocrats Of this slavery" Even the field
hands, though, receive salaries which rank well
with those Of the average professional man. This
has been made possible by the tight organization Of
the baseball leagues which hold them in slavery,
so they benefit by their shackles. They may seek
sympathy for them at times, but they'd hate to
change conditions.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-08-18

peared that he was in any position to fight Tam
many If the court of impeachment exonerates MIN
he will be more than ever able TO lead succesSiuh!
the fight to wipe Murphy off the political map
Until that time any attempt to argue that Sui~er
regardless of what he may have done, is better than
Tammany is puerlle Suzer must slahu Ut IAN y"
his own acts, not on the basis OF peihS III "l'ae'
mist of Tammany. Suzer found guilty. OF the ''iiS'
charged against him would be merely OF piece
with Tammany's foulest ending as ne oegah' /"
Tammany product. If this Suzer case SUITS UP 80
righteous wrath against Tammany ana lahihahH
methods that the voters sweep the whole faprlc out
of power at the coming election much GOOD VIII re-
suit But the cause should not be confused III all! =
body's mind with the effect
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-08-18

q treat strength and selfreance. splendid sense VI
honor and knowledge of things as theS ner line
which cannot but be a help to them III 'iieii
Equally in love with the modern femaie Is d man
who feels that to pass from the 1870 glrl 10 iie 7
of 1913 is ike passing from stufy room ihlo Tue
fresh air He continues:
The fantng mincing lady Of the early victorian
ora simDIv cannot be compared with the girl OF TINS
day. acquainted with cold wafer fresh ar anu ' i
light any more than enerNated orcHim u, ChII
compared with freely blooming Ho"eI. iIV % tho
ern girl unlike her granny, does not sWooii az -.
sight of the clirate The curate is most hkely 10
the sight of the modern girl She does ot
Overlay her body with garments so tilat She c"l i
move easily or decently. She does not hl her mind
with saccharine, nor spend hours IN slgnlhs LOT "
nor waste cotton and thread in manufacturing IN
antics in her leisure moments. wallow i'm I'M
beetle ballads rigdly close her mind to the hhgS
that matter.
At the other extreme are the Nictorians, who nave
il that the modern woman cannot compare with her
mother grandmother in health courtesy ability or
morals one elderly correspondent especially re-
sents the charge that the Victorian lady tainted
and minced" The buxom rosy checked girls In
Leechs drawings she puts forward as the true type
of the past As for the present this writer com
plains Of the "brusque" Of the young girl OF
the period and thinks that cheap emotions proceed
ing from cheap education, cheap press and
cheap drama" have worked a degeneracy of feminine
character.
From these extreme views we may turn TO another
victorian who steers middle course. This letter
writer man, likes the older generation and the
younger as well. Restlessness, he comedies But he
sees no evidence OF the fatal dry rot among the
women which preceded the downfall of Rome or of
the Second Empire In France He concludes
The old nvincible Mutterdrang will keep the ma
jorty of women true To their compass, If men Will
themselves.
This excellent sense with which to close this
symposium the most interesting subject in the
world
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-08-18
The Woman of the Future.

Under the above absorbing title the London Pail
Mall Gazette" has stirred up hornets nest OF
vigorous letters. The original article took rather
gloomy view of present feminine tendencies. The
writer spoke regretfuly of the Victorian type Of
woman now vanished from the British Isles. The
new independence and vigor seemed to him poor
substitutes for the fine feminine virtues of n half
century ago.
Since then every angle Of the subject has been dis
cussed. Women going to the DOES. Women were
never so glorious. Woman has not budged an inch.
And so The clear fact seems TO he that Eng
land is very much excited about her women and not
at all sure whittier she is drifting"
For sample of the optimistic view let us quote
from the letter of actress
/ have a profound and growing admiration for
women they seem to me TO be becoming finer with
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-08-18
THE PEOPLES COLUMN

ton to enter the literary field and have
consequently learned the value OF health
ful criticism.
So IT Is IN the most kindly spirit that
venture TO crticise her lines as they ap-
pear To, me. In the first place, | knew
AT once when | read that the young
woman had completed her effort in ten
minutes that she had fallen into the PIT
OF almost every beginner In the Held OF
poetry-the commonplace When ! read
in the first line, Time is tleetinG fast
away" had / placed sheet Of paper
over the other lines | should have been
quite confident she was going 70 tell me.
I'm effect, that death is drawing nearer
and that heavens gates are open Wide
TO receive us. II therefore failed to IN
spire me- AS the lines stand, ! think II
the author had used the verb moves IN
the line Death gets nearer every day.
there would have been resulting smooth
ness that gets" does not inspire. Death
gets nearer sounds harsh, and one would
naturally expect some untoward thing 10
follow II he had not guessed the ending
from the first line on the contrary, we
ma fndt uthtH - a klOlApHs N'AilAes ~ W.
are told tina. heavens gates are open
wide.
II seems impossible accurately TO est-
mate Miss Ambitions ability from the
result of the expenditure OF ten minutes
Of time. For her benefit l should Ike to
say that have comoosed scores OF what
thought were poems at the time was
constructing them. But | laid them away
for a while. and when | took them out
again | shook my Lead sadly-they were
not poems: they were empty rhymes.
should advise the young woman 10
imbibe the nectar Of poetry from those
whom the world recognizes as true poets.
Let her lay away her lines after she has
PIT her best in them and take them out
at some later period after they have been
for a time forgotten IL when she reads
her lines then the words spring from the
paper and grip her and hold her. she can
tell as nearly as any one else the charac-
ter OF her composition-she will know that
she has written something worth while.
NEW JERSEY.
New York, Aug IL. 1918.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-08-18
Prevention Is Better than Cure.

Fire Commissioner Johnson seems to be thorough
" alive to the more important side Of his work
the work of prevention rather than cure His plans
to get theatre managers and theatregoers educated
to the possibility of avoidance of panic in case OF
fire are excellent. They deserve the hearty coopera
ton of the theatre managers and the serious atten-
ton Of the theatre audiences
1t is we'll known that panic kills its scores where
fire kills its units in theatre disasters. Commits
sioner Johnson believes this can be avoided by sys
tematic mind training. Panic. he points out, is
nothing more than unpreparednesS or unalertness OF
mind The person who is prepared for the emer
gency will be able to out of il safely Theatres
are unusually safe buildings so far ms fire IS con
cerned with many exits. Yet in case Of disaster
the audiences struggle to get out the way they came
in neglecting the emergency exits.
The solution of that difficulty is for each person
in the audience select the nearest exit 10 be used
in case Of emergency and If the emergency arises
to remember 90 to that exit quickly, but without
struggling with other persons. All this. OF course
is Old-sO old that II is totally neglected by most
persons who in consequence are unprepared for
trouble. II Commissioner Johnson and the theatre
managers, working together, educate the audi
ences into state of preparedness Of mind they will
have reduced danger Of loss Of life to a minimum.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-08-18
Sulzer and the Fight Against the Boss.

1t is entirely within the right Of Mr.. Thomas W
Lawson or any one else to contribute whatever he
pleases to defence fund for Governor Suzer in the
Impeachment proceedings 1t is entirely within the
right OF Governor Sulzer and his friends to appeal
for funds to help his defence If they do So
while the campaign fund episode still is unsettled.
But when the appeal is made for a Suzer defence
fund the ground that such fund will be used
TO drive out the Murphys. destroy the system and
balk foul plot to seize the state and destroy
sttutional government is there not much confusion
of ideas?
The political boss system represented by Murphy
and Tammany should be destroyed, If 1t is within
human power to destroy It, II Is evil creature,
with its works in every public department Murphy,
the present head of this system should be driven
out of power. But will defending Suzer do til
Suzer is the most ustrious product of this system.
There is no misconception anywhere about why the
evidence TO impeach him collected. 1t be-
cause for various reasons he had ceased to work in
harmony with the head OF the system. That did not
by and Of itself make him indispensable agency
for destroying the boss system.
Suzer is awaiting trial on impeachment
charges OF perjury, theft and misuse of official
powers. That fact must not be lost sight of in any
ebulltion Of anti-boss hatred or desire to oberate
Tammany He should have fair trial as the
legal system of any state can give regardless OF
the motives which may have precipitated that trial
He should not have what it to be the aim
of some Of his friends to procure for him-support
and sympathy. regardless Of guilt innocence SIM
ply because he fought Murphy and Murphy and
Tammany are fighting him. 1t Is recommendation
for any man that he has fought Tammany hard
enough TO make Tammany fight back. Governor
sulzer should have due credit for this. And he has
had credit and support in his fight long as it APP
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-08-18
THE UNSCRUPULOUs FEMALE
She Attacks st. Paul and Ignores Au'
thority, Is the Complaint.

To the Editor OF The Tribune
Sir: These "suffragettes" and the
male Of the same species seem 10
have no scruples whatever about taking
any position which will apparently al
vance their own cause. even II in SO
doing they ignore the commands OF uOu
and the wisdom OF men.
For instance, M. l.. b" in your
issue of this date brands 81. Paul %
an ignorant brutal. contemplate per-
son. and practically substitutes his 'o'
herr own views as to common sense
and practical teachings for her Tor MS
fellow manufacturing sister-woman'
But Paul ranks first as a writer o.
epistles. both In quality and numpe"
and the sneers Of M. l.. b. II ene''
tive. would deprive us OF more Una"
one-half of the entire twenty-se''"
books OF the New Testament
Further than this. Paul does nv,
stand alone. az the third chapter
Genesis (ver. 49, reads. THY nusua"'
shall rule over thee; and In fe'.''
chapter three over. | TO 81. we are ~
formed that wives are to be IN s''
lection 10 their husbands
or course. II everybody is 10 rev.
alter. change and use his own JNN
ment about portions OF the "o'u n.
God. then we have a principle es,
lished which will render the whole no''
Of no effect. WILLIAM f. TALMA'"
Springfield. Mass. Aug. IA, 1918
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-08-18
WIPE OUT TAMMANY!
The People Of New York Should Arise
in Their Might.

To the Editor Of The Tribune
SIR: Tammany IS cankerous sore that
has been eating into the vitality Of our Nfe.
breeding H. It's first concern Is self. our
body polite has been too long affected
by 70. and the time IS AZ hand 10 wipe IL
out.
4 moral awakening has spread over
the land Why not In New York CITY for
better conditions? The patriotic ardor OF
Tammany IS inspired by gain. and It's love
OF the people is a subtorfuge.
May the people OF New York rise in
their might 10 wipe II out sore that
has been running 10 the discredit of
nations honor. ard I'm New York. the
largest city and the great Empire State
Bossism Of the Tammany stripe should
be brought 10 an end And II the people
rule. may Il be 20 their credit Purge
themselves, Cleanse the body polite.
MAX HENRY NEWMAN.
Boston. Aug. Il. 1913.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-08-18
CANADA THE COLONY
Should She Be Included in Concert
Of Western Powers?
New York. Aug. IL. 1913.
To the Editor OF The Tribune.

To the Editor OF The Tribune
Sir: In your issue OF August 9 you
had a leading article under the heading
OF Canada and Other American States"
In which you did me the honor Of quoting
from letter | sent you lately on the
proprlety OF adding Canada to the list OF
American states. to wit Brazil. Argentina
Chill and Peru-which you suggested
should act In concert with this country
in exercising their influence for peace In
Mexico. You therein expressed an opin-
American. yet she is automatically Eu-
ropean. and as such. no matter how au-
tonomous, is a European and not an
American "appanage"
| would urge that as her inhabitants
are racially the same as those of this
country. uphoding the same love OF peace
and the same ethics OF civilization, il
would be OF inestirable advantage that
she should be able to add her moral force
TO that OF the United States should any
serious difference OF opinion arise between
us and the four above named Latin ma
tons
Again. the term OF European ap-
panage" would be scarcely acceptable to
Canadian. nor does II do Justice to the
recognized position OF Canada as a self
governing country. albeit under the SOW.
eregn rule OF the King Of England and
his domlnions beyond the seas. II would
be as lord paramount OF Canada that he
would act in such steps as In the collec-
tive wisdom OF all these American coun-
tries would tend To bring about the ces-
sation OF this distressful period of an
archy in a sister state. Moreover. as he
has given recognition to Huerta as
President OF Mexico any unvelcome I'D
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-08-18
MEMORIALS TO KING EDWARD
Request Is Made for Information Of
AL That Exist

To the Editor Of The Tribune
Sir: May I ask for the hospitality OF
your columns 10 enable me 20 state that
by desire OF her majesty Queen Alex
andra have undertaken to collect par
;icuars for publication IN due course OF
all memorials OF whatever description. a.
home, In the colonies and abroad, 20 his
late majesty King Edward. as also Of any
events connected with the King during
his life OF which there has been any
record.
shall he much obliged. therefore. TO
hear from those who may be connected
with such memorials or events. when |
shall be glad to send particulars OF the
information required
COLONEL. SIR JAMES GILDEA, x. C.,
V. O.. c. b., II Hogarth Road. 5. W
London. Aug. :. 1918.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-08-18
An Open Forum for
Public Debate.

vice coming in concert from these two
North American powers would be more
likely 20 be received In the kindly spirit
IN which il would be offered
The present condition OF Mexico is ~
great concern 10 the whole civilized world,
and If comparatively small American
countries-merely because they are Amer
ican-are 10 be called into any council Of
pacifcation the right Of Canada to
seat thereat is incontestable.
WERNER DE GUIsE.
Highwood. " J.. Aug. IS. 1918
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-08-18
Thaw's Escape from the Custody OF
an Impotent State.

With the escape Of Thaw the scandal Is complete
Tho nublic needs no more proof that the murderer
with money is safe We had two illustrations OF
the power Of the law over rich sayers' the prison
sentence of the murderer Hams and the confinement
I'm an ASYLUM of the murderer Thaw muudie-
headed Governor speedily released Hams. And
Tbaw's money bought his way to freedom as soon
Ms he tired Of trying to find the softhead on the
bench that the State Bar Association predicted he
would find.
Doubtless, aided by his fortune, he could have
walked out of Matteawan long ago if he had not
with his paranoiac audacty insisted for years upon
having a certificate Of sanity from the authorities
,who had locked him up. Despairing at length OF
being legally released, he has finally availed him.
self of one of the opportunities to escape which Dr
Austin Flint said a few months ago had frequently
jbeen afforded to him.
There has been nothing but disgrace for the state
lin this whole Thaw affair The first trial. with Its
delays and sensationaism, brought upon New Yorks
criminal trial system the contempt Of the entire
world The second trial. conducted in more decent
regarding insanity as a defence, in verdict Of not
guilty and an order from the Judge for the con
fnement of Thaw while his insanity lasted
Then began a struggle to keep IN confinement
man who had been pronounced insane by jury
upon evidence showing incurabe insanity. Large
sums of money, much time of the legal representa-
tives of the and much force Of public opinion
were spent to accomplish an end which should un-'
der any decent system Of law and its adminstra-
ton be the simplest possible, the protection Of so
ciety from lunatic Of demonstrated hOmcidal ten
denotes
Every one who took part IN 1t felt that 1t would
be losing fight in the end. Even organizations Of
the bar knowing the law and the courts predicted
that It would be losing fight Every one could see
the shame that was coming, 1t needed not the oft
repeated news that the crazy murderers money was
corrupting his keepers that he enjoyed scandalous
favors in confinement that he practically mas
ter Of his asylum, the Gear of Matteawan," and
that hosts Of grafters were permitted by the state
TO fasten upon him and make him human meal
ticket" to deepen the sense Of shame and make the
public feel its utter failure to take adequate and
decent means for its own protection.
And now in his good time Thaw walks out
of jail and by merely crossing the states boundary
sine Is able to laugh at its authority and his
career Of degenerate debauchery, which will bring
black his homicidal promptings once more.
New York should spare effort to get Thaw
back into its custody. And 1t should pass laws that
cannot be made the playthngs Of rich criminal
Emaniacs ana establish prison asyums out of which
rich criminal maniacs cannot walk.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-08-18
A RIVAL POET ADVISES
The Ambitious Young Lady Is Ad-
vised TO Pause for a Sec
ond Thought.

To the Editor OF the Tribune
Sir | am very much interested In the
letter Of your correspondent signing her
self Ambition" inclosing trochaic
quatrain and asking II you think she has
a taste for writing verse. She states she
believes that perhaps In time she could
grow 10 be a poetess." Perhaps ] am the
more Interested and the more keenly sym's
pathetic because | myself have an ambi-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-08-18
LINES TO woULo.BE PoETess'

To the Editor OF The Tribune
Sir:
oh. do not use your minutes Ten
To take UP tina, poetic PEN
Stenographers. when young ana 20,
Should use that time TO treat the,r
Brooklyn, Aug. IS. 1918.