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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-06-09
LINCOLN AND ROOSEVELT
A Comparison, with Some Thoughts on
Winning Elections.

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: I believe 1t to be possible always
to forgive and likewise creditable. but
often neither possible nor wise 10 Tor
get. In forgiving Mr.. Roosevelt for try
ing to disrupt the Republican party
correspondent deplores the fact that MI
Roosevelt Is not in the White House
now, that things may be hummlng III
Mexico. Mr. Roosevelt ever refers 70
Lincoln's way but who for moment
would claim that Lincoln would have led
this country into war with our neighbor,
under circumstances presented to US In
the last year or two1
Mr.. Roosevelt has the brains, the
cleverness, the aptitude to accomplish
most any task given to man. but his
chance OF again being President OF the
United States has diminished since his
last ill-advised, desperate attempt. In
that contest the country was honestly
(eyen il ignorantly) divided as to the
propriety of his running, from his own
statement regarding another nomination,
and that feeling still exists. Aside from
the opposition to Mr.. Roosevelts adroit
bids for popular favor. that when sifted
miss the mark. Of granting more freedom
and greater opportunity to the poor there
are. judging from his last campaign,
ethical reasons that should appeal to the
country as important OF defining. The
gentle. forbearing, definite. noble. true
character OF Lincoln should be lived as
we'll as talked. lSAAC BOW h.
Atlantic City, n. j., June s. 1914
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-06-09

tary is oftentimes exceedingly hazy, and many Is
the women secretary whose tact and memory anu
intelligence her chief serious NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
and costly errors-if sometimes she doesn't almost
make his reputation. We have known more IMAM
one of letters to confess that he wrote bet'ei
books when he dictated to Miss Blank because ne
could always tell by the way she took her no'eS
when she was amused and when depresseu-ahu %
he bumped himself because he liked her s''l"e''
Why, then, are forever hearing of the gum CHEW
ing fright with bleached mop of hair-the KIM u
stenographer who lasts week in any respec'ao''
office and nothing at all of the efficient sell
ing women who spare mems nerves ana hgn'en
their days work?
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-06-09
Neither Tampco Nor Mediation Blockadcd

Huertas blockade of Tampico died a-borning.
The United States couldn't afford TO allow him TO
stop the Antilla, with its cargo of ammunition Tor
the insurgents To acknowledge his power to do
that would have been equivalent to acknowledging
his power to close the port to the oil tank ships
and to commerce Of all sorts in order to cut of the
customs revenues OF the ConstitutiOnalists. Many
nations besides the United States are interested IN
the maintenance of free port at Tampico, and one
Of the first conditions of successful paclhcaton
of Mexico is an avoidance of the international as
we'll as the domestic complications which would
follow another dispute between the Federals ana
the Constitutonalists over the control Of the rich
Tampico-Tuxpam oil district.
Huerta probably also realized in time that If he
be giving begerent recognition to the Constitu
tiOnalists About the only asset he has left Is his
claim to represent the sole established government
in Mexico and he could not well afford thus to
jeopardize his status while mediation was pending
The blockade decree, If there ever was such
thing reduced to writing, is now only memory.
Mediation has therefore successfully lodged an
ether crisis. 1t may take more hopeful start
when representatives Of General Carranza adj
mitted to the Niagara Falls conference and some
clearer understanding IS reached to what points
mediation is to cover. Conducted on a broader
three sided, not two-sided compact must be made
there will be far better prospect Of satisfactory
all round settlement.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-06-09
UNION LABOR AND SUFFRAGE
No "Anti" Plot in the "Feud" Of :"
ganizations and Women.

To the Editor Of The Tribune -
Sir: This mornings Tribune suspe'. .at.
".anti' plot In feud OF union ana .,cs,
frag,sts," wholly without founasA ~
however. The ladies mentioned 10 No.
article-Miss Alice s. Bean ana III.
Mary preIer-are both known a.
fraclsts. Miss Bean. In fact Is .,rh
her OF the Socialist party. ana a. I'D
committed TO the principle OF 'n'
Another fact that utterly p,ss pre-. ~
,bs possibility OF a pilot" Is 'a. 40
Bookkeepers. stenographsrs sn' q
countants' Union. which Is an ~ a., ri.
I. body, has marched in the annS ANN. dur.
frage parades held In Manhs s~ r,pss
ing the last three years pe'ns ~
sented officially. banner and al :. ~
The real source OF the "feud ~
ss know is that a stenosrspnvs, !. ~
INV the union to iii yaeahes nvs
suffrage once was turned down a. ~
., a non.union girl. Only then - - ~
zion take the action OF askins sss,A
w,,hdrawal OF Miss Mills's ersSSmd1f !
VICTOR H AHS
New York. June Z ~ -- /
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-06-09
SUPERVISING PLAY
New and Old Fairgrounds Should Be
Adequately Policed.

To the Editor Of Tho Tribune.
Sir: I read with interest your recent
editorial comment on the Police Commis-
sioner's plan to secure the use of vacant
lots as Fairgrounds. No one who knows
the street conditions on tho East Sioe vi
tho West Side. or. In fact. In any OF inc
residential sections Of the town except
those occupied by the rich. and largely
deserted in summer, can fail 10 ae'ee
with the proposition that hundreds ol
additional Fairgrounds are needed NO"
the streets are the only playground LOT
most New York children; and this use
OF tho streets is dangerous to the players
as we'll as annoying and dangerous to the
general public These conditions are au-
mirably shown in a pamphlet puoIisheo
last winter by the Peoples Institute, en-
titled Tho City Where Crime Is Play"
Bu. there is another aspect Of the ques-
ton that seems to me more important
than the acquisition Of new Fairgrounds
That Is tho use OF these Fairgrounds
after they are acquired. Just as We are
used to thinking that an acknowledged
evil is cured when we have passed law
against Il, so we feel that the playground
problem is solved II We provide play
grounds. That this is not so can be seen
by any ono who will visit some that we
already have. I have taken occasion to
observe the conditions In ono which Is
located where It Is most needed. laid out
with great wisdom as regards both use
and beauty. and is doing very little to
solve the play problem Of tho city.
refer to Thomas Jefferson Park. In the
Italian quarter on the upper East Side.
This park cost the city s2,s0,,'sS 81
There are In .ae neighborhood seven pub
Ito schools. VIII an average daily attend
ance OF 1881 One would expect this
park to b crowded daily. but such 10 not
he case IN many vistts ! have never
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-06-09
THE PEOPLES COLUMN
An Open Forum for
Public Debate.

seen It crowded. or even comfortably
filled. The reason is plain TO an observer
The grounds are monopolized by younl
roughs of about twenty years old Young
er children are afraid or have been for
hidden by their parents to go there be-
cause their play is broken UP and them
selves maltreated when they do go there
There IS no adequate supervision or po-
Icing.
Have we any assurance that these con-
ditions will not be repeated in the new
Fairgrounds? l see no reason to believe
that they will not. l am by no means
arguing against the acquisition OF more
facilities for play, but in favor OF such
arrangements by the Park and Poi0
departments as shall give TO the city me
full benefit OF the grounds already pro
vided and Of those TO be provided In ~
future. I. VI. BEARD.
South Harlem Neighborhood Assoc!atiee
New York, June s. 1914.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-06-09
The Decay of London's Political Clubs.

Mr. Max Pemberton has stirred London consid.
erably by declaring that the days of her political
clubs are numbered. Does any go to the Re
form Club?" is being asked And, while answers
conflict the preponderance of opinion points to de-
cline Of popularity and prestige in Londons famous
political clubs.
One of the most interesting explanations submit
ted has an especial interest for Americans a race
oftentimes accused Of possessing clubs and no
club spirit. THE very mixed social quality Of the
House OF Commons nowadays has quite done away
with It's social prestige" states one London OBJ
server, in order to explain why the clubs Of the
politicians have lost caste. can NJ p. may be any,
body, and anybody may be an NJ. p" So. naturally,
political clubs have become impossible"
In other words the spirit OF democracy be-
comes rampant the influence Of clubs declines We
strongly suspect that truth lies in this observation
and that the comparative unimportance Of American
clubs, political and otherwise, rests on much the
same ground Comfortable clubs, Of rare flavor and
distinguished quality, the product of reposeful
aristocratic society. In seething democracy where
everybody is somebody and nobody is anything very
long-more than a generation or two, we meant
is hopeless to expect clubs to be anything than
temporary gathering places for more or less con-
genial folk.
We can regret the absence Of clubs as delightful
as those Of London. But unless we can remake our
whole helter-skelter American way Of living and
settle down to established castles and customs there
is little chance Of our becoming q really chubby
paQon
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-06-09
The Goddess at the Machine.

correspondent who claims TO be stenographer
has recently complained in one of the magazines
of the frivolous treatment of her profession by
popular writer's She says that she herself is quiet,
self-respectng person and resens this description
of her lind In O. Henry's Romance Of Busy
Broker:
A high rolled fringe OF golden hair under a canopy
OF velvet and ostrich tips. imitation sealskin
sacoue, and a string of beads as large as hickory
nuts ending near the floor with a silver heart
JustifabIy, we doubt not. she impugns this report
of her conversation from the Red Book:
Believe me. when it comes to the real thing. the
blown the bottle kind our Bills got the best OF
EN- beat to a fadeaway.
And she disavows Professor Pitkin's reference TO
"tbe gum chewing stenographer, who devours the
literary offspring Of Mr.. Robert Chambers" and
the alleged humor of the business mans remark:
Have done anything for spelling reform! Yes
I fred my blond stenographer."
The fact is stenographers vary as widely as the
men-and women--who bore them with dctation
Their interests as wide, we doubt not; IT Is
10 safer 10 generaze that they limited to dress
personal augmentation and talk about the Teller
who called last night than It would be to assert
that the American boss Is limited intellectually 10
business and baseball. We know for fact that
some stenographers have higher aspirations than
their alleged superiors; we have known stenog-
rapbers who were taking night school courses at
Columbia University, and stenographers who more
than earned their salaries by the corrections they
made in their employers wretched grammar-to
cav nothing at all of their long suffering in listen
ing 10 vile pronunciation.
The border line between stenographsr ana eecre'
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-06-09
IN DEFENCE OF MAYOR NATHAN
The Opposition to Him Is Resented BY
an Italian.

To the Editor OF The Tribune.
Sir: have just read your article In The
Tribune of this morning In reference To
the proposed boycotting OF the Panama
Exposition by Roman Catholics. just be-
cause Italy is being represented by one
Nathan. a man who has never feared the
Roman Catholics and who was honest
and faithful to his Office. serving the
people OF his country. Nathan imper.
sonates ITALY itself" Italy OF to-day Is
not the Italy OF the Dark Ages. of Papal
government.
Nathan In America 10 not Nathan but
the italian people" The Italian gov
eminent could not choose a more honest.
broad minded man than Nathan. Nathan
is a lover Of liberty; for this reason he
is prosecuted and his name cursed.
Nathan Is not a political degenerate, but
IL tho prototype Of . modern leader OF
men, one who 10 fearless end incapable
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-06-09
ROOSEVELT" THE COUNTERSlGN
At Vera Cruz, in New York and in the
Nation, Urges a Republican.

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: The newspapers report from
Mexico that when the marines landed at
Vera Cruz they adopted for counter
sign the word Roosevelt" Any one
desiring to pass through the line was told
ito advance and give the counterslgn."
IL he answered Roosevelt he was
known to be all right, and allowed to
20 on his way.
The countersign for all Republicans this
wear should be Roosevelt" He would
pass the party to the foothill OF victory
AT Albany and year later chase every
Democratic rebel from the ramparts at
Washington.
A. REPUBLICAN BREADLIND
New York, June s. 1914
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-06-09
THE DIARY or OUR OWN SAMUEL PEPYS.

June S-Lay all the morning, very weary, when
came j. Tanner the playactor and did tell me so
many WITNESSES and comckalities I was greatly
amused till l did laugh out loud. Thence to the
office, and read all my letters, very cheering,
too. Laboured till only nine, when home and to-
bed
9-With c. Riegelman the barrlster to luncheon
and had some clans and lobster and a beaker
of coffee, and talked of many things, but there
was no merriment in us, no, not at all. Thence
to the balpark, and J. Tesreau to defeat the
Saint Louisans and handily, too, and met Mistress
Marjorie, but she had not her petroleum-waggon
with her, we rode home in a tramcar, which
dislike to do Home to dinner, but had no zest
for it, At the office all the evening and had some
discourse with my employer, on journalistick mat
tiers mostly.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-06-09

! of being bribed He Is trustworthy and
ready to serve his people. For thesc
qualities he has been sent to our country
which was the founder of liberty. and
hence OF progress.
CHARLES FARNA. NJ. D.
2So1 Valentine av.. The Bronx. June s, 1911.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-06-09

The wheeze about the feminist movement and the
wrist watch has gone from coast to coast and vice
verso We thought it passable pleasantly when,
last January. printed 1t. But we 90 WISH con-
trbs would stop sending 1t in.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-06-09

shed like to give a more expensive present "
Anne writes, "but he says it isn't the value Of the
gift, but the spirit in which it's given" But he may
b. opposed to osentaton on the ground that it isn't
the money. but the principle Of the thing
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-06-09


fEror, an TO the Century, SEPTEMBER 1850
by II. c. Bunner.I
Rut NAV we find such field for character study
IN New York as Thackeray found in London and
Angler in Paris? Must we not import our character
like our fashions and our VINE!
why! ,.t
Go down to Trinity. Go up 70 the Latn
Quarter of New York between Fourth and Thir-
teenth streets and Sixth and Second avenues. Go
into any street and pick out the family MANSION 'nat
was once the pride of the block.
strive TO show that here is field worthy OF the
same conscientious, earnest, investigating analytical
study that the best English noyeists have expended
ON another-larger no doubt yet scarcely SO rlcn III
sharply differentiated products
The novelist of New. York will find no competl-
ton Yet none the less will he have, when he comes,
welcome and plenty of work to his hand for II the
more journalist whose vision Is bounded by his
office walls may see this much how much more is II
70 he found by the man who has served his appren-
tceshp to fiction, who has the eye to study and the
hand to write.
[ cast my hint upon the waters. | hope somebody
will fish it out in whose care it will thrive
One wishes Bunner had lived for the satisfaction
Of his prophetic advice The fiction Of the past ten
years whatever its faults, doesn't neglect New York
City.
As to Bunner, one wonders why his fine, sincere
work is not more widely known. Seldom IS he men.
toned when the great are under discussion. Go,
YOU that know him not, read short Sixes,' made
In France" "The Runaway Browns and Love in
Old Clothes"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-06-09

Huerta, like this here q, is only two steps from
the end.
Notice Coming Tower In the third race yester.
day? Scratched.
We'll, SO saved Y q dollar earned
ga. ,,ss - n p. A.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-06-09

The Sears vs.. Sears contest appears to have be
postponed on account of lghtness.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-06-09
sI@iy5
UNKIND CUTS.


"See the shadow on the wall!
81 don't see none there a-tall"
as what I thought" the lady cried,-
Bob Rudd Writings just outside"
o. SKINNAYl
Horrible CUFF, quite awful stuff
Are the jokes Of young Don Juan
I hate to tell that / know him WELL
For he's really an awful pruyn.
THOMAS A BECKETT.
Now, with Trumbull, known IS Walt
can find but little fault;
One Of Natures grandeSt guys
But he wears the darnedest ties!
On bottle label: 1.-The Swedish punch Is to use
quite cold Therefore cold the bottle in ice before
the consumption. This punch mixed with sodawater
is a delicious and refreshing beverage"
The current number Of The Trend" contains
poem by Mary Farley Sanborn 81 didn't care much
for it myself" Morrie says "but the editors liked it
so well they ran it twice"
THIS Is ABOUT NO. 81
f. p. Al I'll match Ninth l. guard No. 81 against
BIS Subway White One No. 01341. No. 81 10 by far tho
cleanest and most polite I've past IL years
What's more. he and does enunciate
The reporter who has been covering the larry
town affair called up the Office last night and al
most asked for Berkman 5000
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-06-09
GAMES TO-DAY.

Scboonmaker VS.. Schoonmaker at New York.
Rapp vs. Rapp at Chicago.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-06-09

The reporter who has been covering the larry
town affair called up the office last night, and al
most asked for Berkman 5000
The Marietta journal and courier. (Marietta, Ga.) 1909-1918, 1914-01-02
CRUELTY TO LANGUAGE.

Joseph Jastrow, of the University
of Wisconsin, would found a society
for the prevention of cruelty to the
English language. Recently, he told
delegates to the National Council of
Teachers of English, at Chicago, that
/ some such organization was fast be-
coming necessary. OF what avail, he
urged, to drill grammar and rhetoric
into the brains of children when on
the outside powerful forces for dis
migrating, represented in slang
I and loose idioms, nullifed such
teaching?
The English language is a pretty
tough structure and it has survived
many gatherings and rumors of war,
intact if not unscathed. By and
large, the purity of English as spoken
by the masses in this country has
reached and still is reaching a high
er level.
The trouble with most of our
censors is that they want to reduce
language to a chill and mathematical
formula. They balk at making al
lowance for flexibility and change in
conditions. Take slang, for instance.
Once people viewed it as an abomina-
ton without virtue, to be tabooed
and sat down upon each time it
showed a head But now every
body's doing it," Why? For the
simple reason that slang enriches
and implifies the powers for express
sion. And if language isn't made as
vehicle for expression, we are I'M
able to find any other function for
it.
1t is, indeed, probable that the
lordly disregard for the super
niceties of grammar, often observed
in this country, has done more for
the language than any other one in
fiuence. Certainly, it has given to
the English tongue a breeziness, a
VlVldness and sledge-hammer
force it never possessed before it
crossed the water Nor are tshe pro-
fessional grammarians always the
court of last resort. The people real
ly possess that dignity If they,
over stretch of years, give to a
phrase or a formula a setting which
the sticklers denounce, eventually
the sticklers give in and the phrase,
the formula or the word goes into
the dictionary and into our every
day equipment.-Atlanta Constitu~
ton.
The Marietta journal and courier. (Marietta, Ga.) 1909-1918, 1914-01-02

the night sessions and said he. for
one, was going to have his ~cct and
sleep and would not attend Sena-
tor Bacon, who was there every
night, said he thought the kick
would come with better grace from
an older man
1t is only by taking good care OF
himself, however, that an old Sena-
tor can avoid the dangers of the
Washington climate The summers
are very hot and depressing and the
winters are cold and treacherous. A
cold easily becomes a case of pneu-
monia and that man is wise who
takes no chances with the weather.
In view of the long extra session
and the fact that the two big bills
have been passed there is a strong
probability that the Senators and
Congressman will try to hurry
through and get away by some time
in June. That will give the Con-
gressmen about three months at
home for the campaigns.
JOSIAH CARTER.
The Marietta journal and courier. (Marietta, Ga.) 1909-1918, 1914-01-02
SUPERVISION.

Some of the rubber companies are
getting rich selling ordinary, ev-
ery-day rubber erasers. These erasers
are all used for correcting peoples
small mistakes. Some of them get
mighty hard use. If you don't think
you make mistakes, take a look at
the eraser on your desk or on the
pencil in your own pocket.
So why should any of us balk at
supervision, which is simply a safe
guard to prevent mistakes going
through. In a well organized bust
ness every one has his work super
vised. The president is under the
supervision of the board of directors.
And the directors are under the
supervision of the stockholders. We
all need supervision, and most of
us get it whether we want it or not.
At the same time the less super
vision we require the more we are
worth to ourselves and to the con-
Germ that employs US. The only rea-
son we need supervision is to rectify
our mistakes and to make doubly
sure that we do not make the same
mistake twice. And as we all make
mistakes, we must all have somebody
to watch U.S.
If you ever think you don't need
supervision because you don't make
mistakes, take another look at your
eraser.