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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-06-02
LEAN. CHRIsTOPHE" AND WOMAN
Her Past Hopes, Her Progress" and Her
Future.

To the Editor OF The Tribune.
Sir: Will you give the following room
in your brnad-minded paper? AS the
forces al work for the greater spiritual
freedom OF woman are burning ones TO-
dav. perhaps II will not be amiss 70 near
what that master mind Roman ROLAND
writes about it. In "Jean-Chrlstopne ne
says:
81 have never had such true sympathy
for them [womenl as | have now since
ceased to look at them with lover eyes
Tho tremendous effort they have been
waking during the last thirty years 10
escape from the degrading and unwhoie-
some semi-domesticity 10 which our stu
rid male egolsm condemned them. TO their
and our unhappiness. seems 10 me 70 be
one ~ the most splendid facts OF our
time In town like this one learns 20
admire the new generation OF young
women. who. in spite Of so many obsta-
Giles. with so much fresh ardor rush on 70
the conquest OF knowledge and diplomas
the knowledge, the diplomas which the
think must liberate them. open 10 them
the arcana OF the unknown world anu
make them the equal OF men.
NO doubt their faith Is illusory ara
rather ridiculous. But progress is never
realized as we expect it TO be; 1t is none
the 'ess realized because II takes entHef
different paths from those We have
marked out for II. This effort OF the
women will not be wasted. IL will make
women completer and more human. as
they were in the great ages They VIII
no longer be without interest In the living
questions OF the world. as most scanaa'
lousy and monstrously they have BEEN
for il is intolerable that a woman. though
she be never so careful in her domestic
duties. should think herself aoSo!yed
from thinking OF her civic duties In the
modern city. Their great-great-grand.
mothers OF the time OF Joan OF Arc ana
Catherine Sforza were not OF this way OF
thinking Woman has withered. we
have refused her air and sun she
taking them from US again by force. An,
the brave little creatures. vi
course many of those who are now srus'
Cling will die and many will be le'
astray. Ii is an age OF crisis. The eno''
is too violent for those whose strength
has too much gone 10 seed. When plant
has been for long time without water
the first shower OF rain Is likely !"
scald Il. But what would you? IL Is the
price OF progress. Those who come "l.''
will flourish through their sufferings' INV
poor little warlike virgins OF our un"
many OF whom will never marry. VIII 10
more fruitful for posterity than the gen
erations of matrons who gave birth ls'
fore them: for. at the cost OF their sa.,-
fees. there will issue from them Wv
women OF a new classic age.
Brooklyn May 81. 1914. A ~ ~
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-06-02
THE SLAUGHTER OF BIRDS
What One Observer Saw in the City of
Pensacola.

To the Editor OF The Tribune
Sir: The public press has not been lag
gard nor half-hearted in support OF meas
ures to discourage the ruthless slaughter
OF the birds. The Tribune has spoken
earnestly in behalf of this nation wide
crusade for the protection OF the police
of the air" In this connect, | cannot
refrain from invdIous comment upon the
state OF Florida.
The crackers" concern for the birds
is one OF savagery. More than forty
years ago | was an interested observer
OF focks OF robins moving northwari
through the piney woods OF that land OF
flowers In mIdwinter. Nothing less than
a brigand could have the heart TO fire a
Winchester into n covey OF these dearest
and most intimate OF our feathered
friends And vet this heartless work goes
on. In spite Of game laws and our most
earnest protests.
During the winter OF l9ll-ll ! met In
the principal business street OF the City
OF Pensacola a native furthermore than
one. indeed-with two 10 three dozen OF
these birds hanging from his belt. which
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-06-02
THE EVILS OF SPECULATION
Injuries Which a Reader Considers
Flow from Land Ownership.
ro the Editor of The Tribune

To the Editor of The Tribune
Sir: In your issue of May % Lewis
Phillips points out the interest which
many people have in real estate through
their bank deposits, life insurance poll
cies. etc. He fails. however, to call at
tention to the interest which most peo-
pie have, bank depostors or no bank de-
positOrs, pOlicyholders or non-policy-
holders-the interest in discouraSing
and preventing speculation in that part
of real estate usually known as land
OF all forms OF gambling and specula-
tion this is the most Ubiquitous. because
IL is most injurious to the welfare OF the
community IT forced up the price of
land to such an extent that many per-
sons are discouraged from entering into
business Enterprises il raises rents and
drives many business men into bank
ruptcy; it drives thousands of people
into the slums of our big cities and pre-
vents them from getting out again; il
throws many out of employment and re-
duces wages: it drives the farmers off
their land and raises the cost OF living
il is the main force which impcls nor
NAL human beings TO take to a life of
crime, misery and wretchedness; IL has
never served any useful purpose but has
produced n condition where poverty
exists in the midst Of plenty; has en-
riched the few at the expense OF the
mary; has made sharper the contrast be-
tween the House of Have and the House
of Want: has ruined the lives and blight
ed the hopes Of millions OF people, and
is nov, even in this twentieth century,
threatening our civilization with the
same terrible fate which befell the
glory that was Greece and the grandeur
that was Rome"
HYMAN LEVINE.
1929 Ontario Place Washington. May
%, 1914.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-06-02
Passing Along the Clayton Gold Brick.

The House Of Representatives yesterday approved
the labor union gold brick paragraphs in the Clay
ton antitrust bill by vote ot POI to 0. That was
not surprising. Il only shows how popular passing
the gold brick IS Just now in our best political
circles Every happy Representative present yes
terday can 90 home and tell his constituents that
he supported concession to labor which means
exactly what anybody chooses to read into It. Many
Representatives said in debate that the amend
ment did not change existing law particle Others
said it changed it so to give labor unions their
rights as associations what those rights are being
wisely left to the imagination.
Probably the most honest opinion given was that
Of Mr.. Victor Murdoch, who said: perhaps eight
ten or twelve years from now the court Will de
eide what this provision mems That is the
browning virtue of the him-fam which the House
has Just played on itself and which il fondly hopes
It is playing on the people when in tight fix
make the courts construe the laws IS the motto
Of the dodgers in Congress who want to walk
down all sides Of the road that they will be able
70 prove an aib If anything politically threatening
happens.
Just before the vote taken in the House
President Wilson told the Washington CORE
spondents that the labor exemption clauses were
mot designed to grant 10 labor organizations any
privileges which they do not now enjoy Up at
the Capitol Representative Henry of Texas, de-
scribed as "one of the mediators between the adj
minstraton and the labor leaders, said a couple
of hours later that the concessions would allow
cotton planters to warehouse their crops and hold
them indefinitely by agreement for rise In prices
The amendment has many interpretations as
there are interpreters for it. Everybody who had
hand in concocting it IS tainted with It's dishonesty
and hypocrisy. It is dstasteful to record that no
body must bear greater responsibility for this
tricky and cowardIy jugge with words than our
phrase making and phrase loving President.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-06-02
THE POST. lMPRESsIONIST QUARREL
Mr.. Guy Pene du Bots Replies to Mr.
Arthur B. Davies.

To the Editor OF The Tribune
Sir Mr.. Daviess statement IN Inc
Tribune this morning was one OF the
most entertaining writings ! nave reau
I'm A long time. But ii was not altogether
satisfactory The other side OF that
souabole in the ranks of the Society OF
American Painters and Scuiptors' Inc
needed to be stated. Mr.. Davies did not
state II. He merely mirrored the size Oh
tho secessionists He talked OF the proxies
obtained by the secessionists. Tine seces-
sonists had one proxy, that OF "eoise
L,Iks. The other side had the proxies OIL
Maurice Prendergast, Allen Tucker, Bruce
Porter Joe Davidson, Karl Anderson ana
Putnam Briney. Mr.. Davidsons proxy
cost the society, as proxies CO. a CONSUL
cradle amount of money IN caolesIa AIN
messages. as Walter Pach. who Is not OF
was not at the time, member OIL inc
society, can attest.
Mr.. Davies says that the secesslonlsts
sought to gain control OF the society,"
And vet the voting showed that the di-
rectors in control OF the society. In prac-
,ically every instance. voted for them
tanned toward the election of themselves
II IS interesting to note that every one OIL
the old directors was reelected IL Is
possible that the charge OF wanting con-
troll may also be laid at the door OF that
self-perpetuating body
Mr. Davies charges that the secession
lists are interested in the sale OF thelr
own work. That cannot be true. for 1t Is
q well known fact that painters can i've
without money. Mr.. Davies himself |
nm SIRE has not the slightest interest III
ceiling his own pictures That must De
true. too. OF other members or the society
who became post-impresslonlsts over
night. when the time was ripe. That eN-
hibition that these men gave at the Moh-
tross Gallery this season, where the I'M
nression was created that they were the
nick OF the armory show and OF the So
cietv and where nineteen post-impres-
sions born a figurative week following the
big SHOW were sold, surely was dis
interested effort to show America the
serio 10 work being done abroad and the
serious work OF a weeks growth being
done in America. However, 1t may be a
fine thing that Mr.. Davies, in attempting
IN End fault with us, has looked no
,ur,ber han the mirror. He saw a great
painter there. but l question that he saw
a good or even just advocate there.
GUY PENE DU BOTS.
u N. Enclosure. Nutley, n. j., May 80,
1914.
pS Tho real statement Of the affairs
OF the society has yet to be made
q. L. B.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-06-02
A Strange Catastrophe.

There is much to be cleared up in the st Law
renee disaster, but little to he gained by hurried
conclusions. Captain Anderson anu Captain hen-
dali fatty contradict each other and we must await
the official investigation
On the face Of the evidence thus far the collision
is exceedingly hard to understand The fog was
hardly more than q mist and did not shut down
until the boats had deserted each others lights.
mere was no sudden surprise, calamity looming
out of nothngness. The signals were given and re-
peated and apparently understood
Nor is there thus far any indication OF recK'
less speeding. Captain Kendalls ship was moving
slowly If at all The collier was making six or
seven knots, according to most reports Here Is
surely a situation which call; for the most thor
ough investigation Grass, criminal negligence on
one side or the other can explain the collision 80
perhaps might gross blunder. That ancient eH'
phemism of the seas, act of Cod scarcely
seems applicable to such clear and avoidable
event
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-06-02
Living Cost in New York.

It may comfort kckers about the high cost OF
living to know that New York City, according TO
government figures analysed by the Merchants
Association, is cheap place in which to live. In
fact for foods 1t is of the cheapest places in
the East Only Baltimore, Buffalo and Richmond
furnish food staples at less cost. And as the in
vestigators reckon that the average workman s
family spends A. per cent of the income for food
low cost of staples is an important item to the
household. Clothing, too according to the Mer
chants Association, of the grade purchased by
workmen. Is cheaper here than anywhere else in
the country.
The food figures are based actual selling
prices of the various commodities listed in 'repre
sentative stores December II of last year. The
commodities on which quotations were obtained
were sirloin steak. chuck roast, hens, lard, -four
cornmea storage eggs, butter, sugar and milk
The total cost Of unit Of these articles in New
York 81 81; an average cost for fourteen cities
in the New England and Middle Atlantic states
was 50 50.
All OF which is interesting and goes to show that
living can be cheap almost anywhere il the indi
vidua is willing live cheaply. Save for the item
of rent. thousands of people can and do, live as
cheaply in this city they could in really
small one But it would be foolish to say that
they live as comfortably. The big city gives them
things which they cannot get in the small one.
But for these they sacrifice other things-nearness
10 work agreeable housing conditions and the like.
The idea which the Merchants Association Is en-
cavorng to disprove-that factory workmen can
l, I live as cheapy here as in other cies-cannot
be bostered up o. disproved by any compilation
OF statistics 1t depends entirely on the individuals
and what they demand of life. Some people would
find New York too expensive for any income.
Others regardless Of the size Of the purse, would
find life not worth the living II 1t had TO be spent
elsewhere.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-06-02
The Soft Collar Again.

Two groups OF critics disapprove of our clarion
call for soft collars The one asks us where are
our ewes and asserts that soft collars all round
about us The other protests that starch was, Is
and always must be one of the brightest stars in
virtues crown, and that nobody ever has or ever
will dream Of wearing limp collar when engaged
in the really serious concerns &C life.
There are plenty Of soft collars upon our horizon,
as matter OF fact, well within eyeshot. We
have observed them carefully, with profit and con-
victon 1t is upon these special instances that we
based our Humanitarian campaign against starch.
But these examples do not affect our understanding
that the soft collar Is still lar from estab-
lished fact
II is supermen like young poets, cartoonsts ana
column conductors who at present wear such neck
wear. And they wear 1t, as we ct the idea, not
from any sense OF pleasure comfort, but as part
OF their uniform. just statesmen wear silk hats
and angels wear wings. If soft Olars were the
most barassing equipment man could put on these
great men would feel obliged 10 wear them, we
suspect
What we have in mind is To take this badge or
genius and button IL round the neck OF every com
mon citizen This is In line with democracy IL Is
reasonable and full Of comfort We have yet 10
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-06-02
THE VILLA EXECUTIONS
Harsh Words About Them Are Dcpre
Gated.

To the Editor OF The Tribune.
Sir: Will some one please explain why
the execution by Villa OF Mexican Federal
officers at Satillo, who were traitors TO
the Madero government and who had
insulted and jailed American citizens and
looted the town, should result In such an
outcry against him?
on the other hand. why is il that when
Huerta and his minions OF traitors and
murderers line UP from one hundred TO
two hundred men time and again, as was
done at Jojutla a few months ago, against
a stone wall and shoot them down like
dogs. and execute every rebel soldier.
officer or private. falling into their hands,
the editors OF your city scarcely make
a comment on Il?
Again. why is IL. in the face OF Villa $
magnanimity In liberating all the Federal
priyates he captures who do not join his
army "a thing almost unheard OF In civil
lied or. unciyilized warfare), that, so far
from rendering unto Cesar the things
that are Casers, the press takes such
pleasure daily In picturing, under fiaring
headlines, our much maligned patriot
"Pancho," as a barbarous outlaw and
cutthroat?
Also. what justice or reason is there
i'm the idea that Carranza should do
what Washington himself would not
have done when victory was In his grasp.
TO wit: lay down his arms and acquiesce
In the elevation TO the Presidency Of some
neutral person devoid of sufficient
strength OF character and patriotism 10
take a stand on either side In the present
struggle. and in the settlement Of his
country's internal affairs at the behest OF
reddling outsiders?
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-06-02
Not at the Naval Academy.

To the Editor OF The Tribune.
Sir: My attention has just been s~" =
TO YOUR editorial OF Wednesday. May :,
In which you refer 10 hazins al the 80 "a,
Academy. The offence which led 20 ~
editorial was committed not at the Ns's
Academy but at 81. Johns Coliese' -
Annapolis: and suppose that IL was ~.
IN the carelessness OF your correspond
that YOU made this mistake 81.
matted States Naval Academy Ahn~PV"''
May -. 1914
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-06-02
A FANTASY.

Plain green am l. and straight and spare,
And scorned OF every blowing air;
But once while nodding meath the sun
! dreamed that for one rapturous hour
I'd changed into wondrous flower.
And all my drab existence done.
| danced in every glinting shower
And drew the birds within my bower.
l woke 10 see IT slip-alas
a butterfly! my short timed dover,
And now / am a blade of grass
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-06-02
An Open Forum for
Public Debate.

And, finally, in the face Of the wreckei
Madero regime. the result OF compromise
and with the rebels already knocking al
the gates OF Mexico city. why such
eagerness on our Presidents part. at this
late date, TO thus dispose OF the whole
question?
Woodrow Wilson is a good man. and
dislike to criticise him; but the methods
Of big men are simple and direct and
seldom SAVIOR Of compromise. Is our
President a big man?
F. c. LOCKE.
Monticello y. Y. May %. 1918
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-06-02
THE PEOPLES COLUMN

he offered for sale at 30 cents a dozen, or
40 cents If you take the whole lot'
was grieved, rather than indignant at
the unconscious baseness Of this display
MATTHEW HENRY JAMESON.
Battle Mountain Sanitarium, Hot Springs
s. D., May IS. 1914.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-06-02
The Coming Tower
Now. How Could You Have Known 'hat'

A fool laughed loud in Edwards court
When the great King boosted OF MS power
They said it was lese majestic
And thrust the fool in London Tower
So now al you laugh "Ha' Ha'
And. following high example, you'
Forgetting mercy in your rage
VIII put me III ''e i'"' w p. F.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-06-02

Now We are none other than Old Henry a.
Romance himself and our sympathy with lowering
subwayfarers is tremcndous-but something 's''
rs that the two on a souhbound Broadway eNp'eS'
at 10 90 last night will never he happy tose''fr 'o'
long They thought they were on Lemon "'e"u'
train. and when the guard Mt 96th street "n
pounced Change for LcnoX Avenue they cn"hSeu
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-06-02
A MISSOURI MAYING.

From the Ironton (Mo.) Regsterl
Mrs II. w Tapley Invited the 18th OF Nay.
The Ladies' Social Club TO her home for the day.
Tuesday the Club very cheerful and gay.
To Pomona Heights" wended their way
Down lovely lawn. to the stately mansion OF yore.
The ladies' welcomed by the charming hostess
the door.
SO each and every may have her way"
Our liberty exercised and entered the kitchen,
When one OF the guests exclaimed Chicken"
And dumplngs. and strawberry cake, rare!
Seated at the table, twelve members We
When the hostess exclaimed, ION the table a lucky
number will be-"
Each member then "joyfuly" cried
"Oh, | hope may draw that prize
When the hostess each number did call
The lucky No. 70 to President did fall
Not content with hospitality lavished on social club
spent,
Invitations TO the Woman's Study Club were sent.
The prizes by the lucky contestants won,
Were given to Miss Utica Reagan. prize No. t.
Mrs. Schwab. won in lemon contest, prize No. e
A lovely silk tie OF white and blue
With music and laughter and magic glee,
From saddening care our hearts free.
As each departed for her home,
We wished Mrs. Tapley health. happiness-and all good
things to come,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-06-02

Il went to Coney Island yesterday confesses
c. f. "and spent all my time reading Emerson
Essay on Self Reliance. Ought let somebody else
tell this? Please advise" You did quite right, Sir
a. r. Not only in telling It, but also in doing It,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-06-02

The margin wasn't really convincing but so long
ms Harvard could"-oh, yes, The Boston herald
hold the advantage the Crimson was sure or the
race" This may cheer the Pirates. lf they get
ahead of the Giants. they will lead them as long
ms their percentage Of games won Is the greater
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-06-02

F.P. A.: Please have the necessary laws passed
so ms TO allow only just so many marriages Ill june
Five Of my friends have considered 1t appropriate
70 send me invitations to their Weddings all OF
which occur within the next ten days, ana the cor
poration that | work for, on appeal decides that
they can make no Increase in the number or pay
DAYS this month Aihoo'
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-06-02

We don't want to be crooked but we are weak
and mans first obligations are to his estate -
we make this proposition to Barney Dreyflss, Fred
Clarke and the rest Of em: Whatll you give us to
bet on the Giants?
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-06-02

Higher English from Battery Place: This res
taurant will heretofore he conducted under the per
sonal supervision of Mr.. -. who is well
known for his ability restaurlteur for the many
years of his practical experience
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-06-02

hear one reasonable word in defence of the rasp-
ing, biting scratching, choking stiff starched collar
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-06-02

Sir: Perhaps Don Juan Is one OF those who ex-
plain that Larry Doyle gets all the hard ones and
boots the easy ones" and that "Matty doesn't care
how much they hit him except" etc. BAs
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-06-02

We seem to have been wrong on the banana frit
ers thing. The Berkshire Inn, Great harrington
serves them
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-06-02

Little Hands Will Wave Flags and Sing Songs
at Patriotic Exerclses.-Cincinnati Enquirer.
Well, Dummy Taylor used to sing that way.
didn't he?
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-06-02
AN ANN STREET IDYL.
How doth the little Busy Bee
Improve each dining hour.
WILFREp

To contrbs: The rareday-in-June gag has been
timed and soldered, for all time
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-06-02

In Taunton, Mass. Anthony c. Maure adver-
tises The neatest barber shop in the city My place
Is near the Gaffney undertaking establishment
And in Baltimore John j. Cowan Son say "Ambu-
lances to Any Part of the City 81 Our Electric
Lighted Bridal Carriages are the Handsomest In
Town"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-06-02

Now that the baseball season is practically
ended
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-06-02

NO NOW THAT WE THINK OF IT.
+ = A.: If you had thought of II and dion Know
that rad, wouldn't you have called Your Uncle VIII
cert a Round Robin? bpAR'
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-06-02

Speaking Of practical endngs, they beat the thee
reticaL
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-06-02

YES; OR THAT CHASE is BRILLIANT. BU
ERRATIC"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-06-02
''YOP!"

Sir Isn't fact you your crusad. against
the quotes that the contribs don't them Al am
SETH