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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-12-31
The COMPLETE LETTER WRITER.

Sir: With humor costing me 50 q word, and
the average wage of women in the Empire State
less than SO a week, can you blame me If I'm
serious?
Motives Of economy compel me to refuse to
thank the Public Service Commission for the
generous six inches on which each girl who has
stood all day at her work may ride restfully from
Fourteenth Street to the Bronx. The same mo-
tiyes prevent me from expressing my apprecia-
ton Of the patent medicine advertisements,
which may enable me TO die within my means.
But can afford TO offer perfectly serious
test to the 10000 teachers in the New York
schools:
QUESTION L Do you think you are teaching
your pupils tchat they need to bnoto?
QUESTION Il. DO your relations NTH your sU-
periors inspire you to do yovr best ,corkl
QUESTION III. Hare you discussed questions I
and II iCjth your superi0ysl
QUESTION ". Why not
HENRIETTA RODMAN.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-12-31
NAIIUNAL NNHNUo MINI
New York, Dec. %, 1914.
WHAT FRANCE THINKS OF SHAW
Derision for the Colossal Conceit Of
the Comedian.

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: As showing how George Bernard
Shaw is regarded in France | trans late
below, in the interests Of your readers,
a few Of the salient criticisms OF Abel
Hermant, writing in the Paris lie
Temps:
"Tnseemliness is Mr. Bernard Shaw's
ideal. Il is mis- only raison d'etre. We
willingly concede that the yoke i'm
posed by propriety is little heavy IN
England, and we Frenchmen ere nat
urally too fault finding and too obstl-
nate not TO understand that free minds
carry IL with impatience. But It is q
great simplicity 20 believe that one can
set himself free by always misconstru-
ing what Is accepted as proper. IS by
so doing one only changes his bondage
and FORCES with his own hands, instead
Of submitting 10 others. a law az rigor-
GUS as the law he wishes 10 displace.
Unseeminess is al once both the hu-
NOR and wit Of Mr.. Shaw His wit is
20 say what should not be said: the
main thing is 10 shock Assurodly a
free man must have his free talk and
not care whether he shocks or not But
] know Of no ruerility more despicable
than 10 be continually shocking people:
10 rs justly unworthy Of free man
and rs the most certain mark Of n pitt
tul and paltry genius. Mr.. Bernard
Shaw Is paradoxical. His worst defect
IN the exercise Of peradox Is that he
Is the first TO be astonished az his dis
coveries, like the people who laugh
who are ready with their news. He an
nounces them, he tells his readers or
his audience: Hold firm or YOU will
tumble over The vexstious effect OF
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-12-31
THE PEOPLES COLUMN Al

sizes, arranged in order Of past per-
formances and ticketod accordingly.
The key to the mystifcation was that
Mr.. Hughes is possessed Of hobby,
alternate to practical joking that OF
collecting the "cush." This lie accom-
plishes by means of a box factory.
Hence the boxers Another placard
exposed on the facade OF that veneer
able ediGce, the rendezvous Of some Of
our most estimable magistrates. eX-
plains that it is "NOT FOR SALEi"
Now, however, l am moved 20 an
guish. The boxers" sign, which Il
am loath 10 admit has afforded me
sundry smiles az the expense of fellow
IL travellers less informed than my
self, has disappeared. Another has
been posted in It's stead / no longer
have the advantage of any one.
This newer advertisement is lacOnic:
"B. G.. HUGHES
J.. p. y. II. J. T. W."
What does ~. p. B. ". J. T.. W"
mean?
The pleasure Of living has departed
from out my life. Wine bibbinC or
burlesque shows fail 20 distil their
wonted nepenthic BALM I shall waste
unto death and Will not be comforted
until the Sphingian riddle is made
clear Is there no kind soul among
your readers? J. /. SEWARD.
New York, Dec. 2s, 1914.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-12-31
More Light in Dark Places.

The announcement by Commissioner Williams
Of the Department Of Water Supply Gas and
Electricity that street lights discontinued 10 save
money will be restored is welcome. This Will par
ticularly affect sections of Greenwich Village the
gas house" district and other parts of the East
side. and the Bronx. All are parts Of the city
poorly enough lighted at best.
II is poor economy 70 skimp the city's activities
IN directions such as this. Crime hoUrishes in the
dark. The city is under-poced Street lights
discourage the rogue and aid the honest way
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-12-31
THOSE JINGLING BELLS
About as Good as Most Excuses for
Not Being Charitable, Is the Retort.

Not Being Charitable, Is the Retort.
TO the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sin. Mrs. ". A.. Raudalls defence OF
fiag, hearted Fifth ay. has at least
merit and novelty, and Tor that reason
deserves some attention. But If the
jingle OF Salvation Army bell would
accelerate her speed In an opposite d.
rectiOu from the offending noise, what
would she do when her ears are as
saultcd 10y the frightful toot of an au-
tomo5Ie horn OF the drum fracturing
scrCcch of a motorcycles warning cry?
A lady with such delicate sensIbili-
ties must find life In great city like
New York exceedingly irksome, and l
hope she will pardon me when ! sug-
pest that she acted somewhat indis-
crectiy when she left Philadelphia.
There she could enjoy the composure
which She seeks. In New York, how
ever. one has simply got to put up with
Jarrng and Jangilng noises, and the
people who are responsible for these
disturbances will not suspend activI-
ties even during Yuletide.
I am informed that various methods
have been suggested to the Salvation
Army by well meaning persons for
raising the Christmas money, but so
far no practicable substitute for the
present plan has been offered. Discuss
ing this matter with Colonel William
II. Coz the editor in chief of the SAL
walton Army5 American publication,
the other day, he said 10 ne:
THE Salvation Army would gladly
abandon the street collecting method
II those who object to II would make
up the deficit which would naturally
result from such a policy. The young
women who do this work are sclf-deny-
ing. self-sacrhcIng Christians, whose
only aim in life is 70 make some sub
stautial contribution toward the relief
Of human suffering We would not put
our young women on the streets col
lecting money if We didn't believe that
by so doing we are serving God and
humanity"
This is just where the trouble arises.
Mrs. Randall evidently belongs TO an
excellent class which insists that the
bread which IS put into the mouths Of
the hungry be obtained without offence
20 gsthetis taste and temperament. but
If after rTidly adhering TO this method
there proves 10 be a large deficit, could
Mrs. Randall and her friends be de-
pended upon 20 make the deficit good?
Maybe, but ! rather think the OBJ
JectOrs would discover that the organi-
cation had become inefficient and cite
the deficit as evidence of it's unftness
20 administer a charitable fund. II one
doesn't want to give one always can
find satisfactory excuse for not doing
so. The jingling Of a bell is about as
good as the average excuse.
A. ID. FAIRBAIRN.
New York. Dec. 26, 1914
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An Open Forum Tor
Public Debate.

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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-12-31
NEW YoRKs PRACTICAL JOKER
In the Name of B. G. Hughes, Who and
What Is the L. p. B. Nj. l. +. WI

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: Among those adiuncts Of this
ta'r commonwealth which must be put
In The permanent fixture class, together
with Charlie Murphy and Grants Tomb,
IS y. G. Hughes. Esquire. For the BEN
eft Of the uneulightened in our throb-
bing midst it might be well 20 state
that Mr Hughes is New York's official
practical Joker. For many decades he
has been perpetrating lissome FRANKS
on both tho community at large and
tho private stock Of victims who might
be called his friends One of the best
known OF his public pleasantries was
the w. X. sign displayed in an upper
window Of Jefferson Market:
%. g. HUGHES. BOXERS. AMERICA"
No one riding on the Sixth av. IL"
could fail % see IL. have heard innu-
morable discussions spring into being
and wax hot over that sign. The word
'hoNers' raised visions Of long shelves.
neatly stocked with prizefghters, all
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-12-31
THE NATIONAL GUARD
A Defence Of Amusements as an Aid.
TO Military Interest.
ditor Of The Tribune.

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: Your editorial on National
Guard Reorganization is undoubtedly
correct, but you fail to consider one
thing As a member Of the national
guard il does not behoove ne 20 crit
else the policy Of my military superb
Ors, but as one who would like 20 see
"a citizenry trained and accustomed
10 arms fact rather than futile
phrase, perhaps ! may say a word.
Every national guard organization Is
deficient in members. Our youth,
spoiled BIZ an excess Of luxurious free
dom Of mind and BODY and highly in
dividualist.c in its tendencies, does
not, in the majority of cases, take a
very enthusiastic interest in the guard.
They find discipline irksome and think
that to submit gratuitously 20 the au-
thority of officers Of the guard would
be most foolish, as absolutely unnec-
essary. This attitude is entirely
natural in country where absolute
freedom is so universal phenomenon.
Now, it seems TO me that dancing,
good means Of attracting men TO the
guard. After man has joined, there
should be instilled in him so deep
regard for the organization of which
he is a member that ne viii gladly
perform the functions Of his military
duty, despite the amount Of work u
entails.
General Wood said recently that
there had been as great an advance
since 1861 in the arts Of war as OF
peace. This means that at a summer
cncampmcnt there must needs be an
enormous amount of work to be per
formed While subscribing heartily
to that work. il seems to me a griev-
Gus mistake 70 remove wholly that
element of innocuous enjoyment which
the military authorities seem to con.
slider too frivolous for the dignity OF
q soldier. -
NATIONAL GUARDSMAN.
New York, Dec. 30, 1914.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-12-31
MISS RoDMANS OFFENCE
The School Board Did Only What q
Private Employer Would Have Done

To the Editor OF The Tribune.
Sir: In J. +. Morton's Fright Of Free
Speech" letter. published IN to-day
Tribune. he seems TO overlook me iac'
that that right can be exaggerated
the point Of abuse. In which case no"
at fault should suffer the consequene"
of their overzeal.
As | understand tho matter, Nv"
Rodman was disciplined for her III
subordination and sarcastic letter.
which offended the Board Of Education
In Furnishing her as they did the .A'N'
body did just what the head OF any
business concern would DO 90 a reirse'
tory employe.
The community, through its Board "
Education. employees rs teachers there,
fore We assume chat tina, body bosfO
Of Educat.on) is entitled 20 the ssm'
respect by its teachers as is shown "
an ordinary employe 20 his employer
This respect can only be maintained "
proper regulation and discipline. :.
The point | wish 20 make clear ~
that lust "a In private business Nv
the employe must remain IN his props'
sphere where the actions OF his en-
ployer are concerned, whether they ~
pear right or wrong. so should , ~
school teacher, who recognizes wv
board az the executive or represent
alive authority. In conclusion, iet nl
ask how many private employers weui,,
tolerate sarcastic criticism OF thsI,
business methods by their employs,''
None, am sure, and many would q.
miss an employee for less proyoca',,y,...
than the characterization and iho'
Greet utterances OF Miss Rodman;,
CHRISTOPHER +. OLIVIA
Garfield, n. j.. Dec, &c, 1914
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-12-31
Praise for the 9Th Regiment.

TO the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: ] read all your editorials with
great deal Of interest, but found
something in one - thcm TODAY with
which ! cannot agree. You saw "the
national guard is a Joke TO regular
army officers II YOU will be Kind
enough TO investigate the reports Of
these gentlemen, made 20 the govern
ment after the 7ths camp at Forts
Wadsworth and Hamilton. or nj any
OF the .regimental Inspections. I think
you wlIl hnd that you are very much
IN error as TO their opinions.
In fact, the senior regular army
oihcer attached 20 my own company.
while we were at the forts. said in
my hearing that we were the best
drilled, equipped and Offered regiment
tnat he had seen since he left the
Point" And he added that we could
hold our own with the regulars at any
time, IN his opinion.
SEVENTH" VET.
New York. Dec. %. 1919.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-12-31
SUFFRAGE IN NEVADA
An Anti" Explanation of Its Victory
in That State.

To the Editor OF The Tribune.
Sir: Miss Anne Martin, OF Nevada.
attempts in your columns 20 answer
the general deductions made after the
election by Miss Minnie Bronson in re-
gard 70 the overwhelming defeat Of
woman suffrage in FIVE states and its
victory by small majorties in two. In
summing up Miss Bronson said: SUI
fraCe WIS most overwhelmingly de-
ieated where the most women were
consulted" Since there are only 100
women 20 every l79 men Ia Nevada,
the smallest percentage Of any state
IN the Union, Miss Martin cannot con-
trovert this statement, however loyal
she may be 10 her state. We women
are numerically stronger and can more
easily sway public opinion i'm states
like Missouri and Ohio than in states
Ike Montana and Nevada.
Writes Miss Martin: Miss Bron-
sons statement that in many mining
camps whore there were no women the
vote was practically unanimous in
favor OF woman suffrage. is, / am very
glad TO say, absolutely true" This Is
strange concession for Miss Martin
to make. We loyt Nevada by a pit.ful
3.619. II the mining camps. lacking
the feminine point of view. were unani-
nous against US. where, pray. did we
get our votes? Losing b. SO mearre
a number. we 'antis' must. perforce
rave obtained votes somewhere in the
state. We got them in the home sec
tions' where women were consulted
MARJORIE DORMAN.
New York, Dec. %. 1914.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-12-31
An American Westminster Abbey.

Mr.. Holden Of Cleveland, whose will provides
for the establishment of a cemetery in which may
be buried "only those iIlustrious dead who have
deserved well Of nation or state" derived no
warning, apparently, from the history Of the
Hall of Fame.
There being no recognized arstocracy Of the
living in this land of ours, 10 has been and will
always be found an exceedingly troublesome task
to organize am ar.tocracy of the dead. Natu-
rally. the trustees of "a private cemetery have a
right to their estimates of men and measures.
But it is highly improbable that their estimates,
however worthy, win find general acceptance even
in their own community, not to mention the tens
of thousands of other communities in which the
free born American emphasizes his views with or
without the help of expectoraton. It is much
more likely that the late Mr.. Hoden's arboretum,
adjoining the Rockefeller estate viii inspire some
thing Of the ridiculo and disrespect that have
been the Hall of Fame's portion.
In which case it may become difficult 10 per-
suade the relatives of the "illustrious dead" to
bury them there, The Hall of Fame, in this re-
spect, will always have the bulge on the Ameri-
can Westminster Abbey.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-12-31
Mr.. John Shelton Williams EXoncratcs
Himself.

The Controller Of the Currency, Mr.. John
SHELTON Williams. devotes a considerable portion
of his annual report to explaining what fine
piece of work he did in handing the United States
Trust Company over to the Munsey Trust Com
pany. Not only was everything strictly within
the law" The achievement was heroic SAVING
thousands Of depositors and employees.
Both Of these assertions may be conceded with
out touching the criticism which The Tribune
made at the time. Nobody wanted the depositors
TO suffer. and according 10 all he opinion at the
time they need not have 5-rt.-ed; there were
plenty of ways Of averting disaster without re-
sort TO the particular form o. pc sona!y con-
Quoted finance which Mr.. Williams selected.
What we criticised was the use Of the Treasury
of the United States, even "strictly within the
law" to put over a good thing COR the friends Of
the Controller of the Currency. The eloquence
of a dozen annual reports cannot expunge this
blot from the records Of the Wilson adminstra-
ton.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-12-31

Miss Rodmau never may have heard Of Heine Zm-
norman, but she reminds somewhat OF that tenn
peramenta third baseman. continuing, after having
been chased 70 the clubhouse and fred to call the
umpire out Of his name. Which is not 20 call her
the Zimmerman Of teachers
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-12-31

farer. They are better even than the buecoat'
The more Of them the city maintains the better
il will be performing it's duty 70 the public.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-12-31

Speaking Of English, which Miss Rodmau used to
be paid for dong, the Columbia Spectator notes that
this monument is a thing very unique Of its kind"
Somewhat IndgenousIy egregious. one gather..
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-12-31

There they stood wrangIine over whom should
wait on her" is from story in Business: and any
body who wants TO comment on it has our ioIIv old
permission
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-12-31
The Coming Tower
CONTRADICTORY NEGLIGENCE AToNED FOR

note with anger Flaccus' Examinations
Coucbed in the meter Tor rather lack OF w. oFg'
mated By the immortal Gilbert.
Not only that his feeble declarations
Are given the place Of honor at the top OF the
column. Why, the poor albert
Seems to have the idea that his contributions are
actually an adjunct TO the column,
When as matter Of fact for the most part
they're pretty poor stuff
And the funny part Of it H. you actually encourage
the solemn
ASS by intimating that he never can send you
enough.
OF course. II had desired TO resort 10 tne 10"
method Of sending you q card
wishing you Merry Christmas and Happy
New Year,
And had exerted half tho effort that Faeeus did in
doping out few rhymes, that he could get
into print without seeming TO try very hard,
could have busted into the column myself. les
and landed at the top, too. Couldn't J. old
dear?
However that m.y be- am simply sending you TINS
little effort. which dashed of IN few days
To remind you that Faccus isn't the only contrio
who has to labor under the necessity OF serving
ummonses and things for the purpose of earn
Why ] assure you all the Teller does WIN hlmsel'
il to think out every once in while few new
ways
OF getting money out Of other people Why II
had as much time TO send you contributions as
that guy has. I'd send you ton Of them!
p<ase do not get the very wrong impression
That am simply calling the teller names under
the guise Of criticism, for I'm not
] simply was carried away by my feelings "hien
actually. / assure you, the Teller gets me so ex-
cited TO my primordal ancestry feel Ike am
making it a retrogression;
No. simply started in 70 say that / intended 70
wish you a Happy New Year. and that maybe
would SEND you more contributions next year II
had the time, but forgot
BARON IRELAND.
'.Nrs. Cummins and her family are living at the
Apsonia.o is how "The Heralds" story Of the effort
business men are making 20 have Cummins par
doned ends Bring the petition around; well sign
il. We can't bear TO think Of the hardships and
priyaions that financial dereictons bring upon the
families Of men whom relentless, cruel law con
ycts
Thanks dear friends, for the lovely calendars.
But we have little difficulty in determining the date
We Just 20 down to the composing-room and look
at the date-lne FOR the to-morrows paper
What we do need is-or are-botters. Ever since
Mr.. Justice Hughes showed, in 1905, that insurance
companies didn't have to have Smyrna rugs, we have
had 10 buy our own blotters. And the Equitabe's
old l5-year endowment non-participatng b.otters
we're better than any we've bought
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-12-31

Thanks. dear friends for the lovely calendars
But we have little difficulty in determining the date
We just 90 down to the composing-room and look
at the date-line FOR the to-morrow's paper.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-12-31

What we do need is-or are-botters. Ever since
Mr.. Justice Hughes showed, in 1905, that insurance
companies didn't have to have Smyrna rugs, we have
had 10 buy our own blotters. And the Equitable's
old 15-year endowment non-pMticipating blotters
we're better than any we've bought
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-12-31

Speaking Of names, which is a poor way to end
'ooI ear, three negroes have just been lynched a,
tairplav. n 4.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-12-31

-. Z. D. -. :. n, ~ - a., N.l N..-'I
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-12-31

And-w hope TO be able 20 tin and solder the
heme next ye'r-W Rich has just got judgment
against W C.. and c. ". Rich for S1e2 io
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-12-31

writers in the country. We always knew we were one
Of the most athletic but that's as far as We dared
The Wrangell sentinel., 1914-01-29

not be approved and finally and judically settled and allowed and the prayer of said petition be granted:
 IN WITNESS WHEREOF have hereunto set my hand and official seal at Wrangell in the Territory of Alaska, District and Precinct aforesaid, this the 24th day of January, 1914.
 VIM. G. THOMAS, United States Commissioner and
 Ex-Officio Probate Junge in
 and for the Wrangell Precinct. First Publication, Jan. 29. 1913
The Wrangell sentinel., 1914-01-29
Notice

On account of the cold weather lately there has been several milk bottles broken and placed out as usual. Hereafter when a bottle IS broken please notify me. Broken bottles will be charged against you. AL. OSBORN.