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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-12-21
Veterinarians and Horse Doctors.

To the Editor OF The Tribune
Sir: As a regular veterinarian of thirty
FIVE years continuous practice and constant
reader Of The New York Tribune for many
years, it was with surprise and very great
indignation that / read an article in your
issue Of December 10 under the caption OF
"Wilson Picks a Horse Doctor as Coast Sur
veg Head"
/ have always entertained very high opin-
ion of The Tribune and regarded it as con-
servative yet progressive and honest and
fair in all it's expressions, but cannot I'M
derstand why at this time it sees ut to SLAM
der the entire veterinary profession because
one Of lis members has received recognition.
Sixty years ago, when scientifically trained
veterinarians were almost unknown in this
country, the publication of such an article
might have been justified, but fortunately
conditions have changed. The veterinarian
of to-day is as well and often better educated
than members of other learned professions.
According TO the laws Of this state a man
must present a high school diploma or its
equivalent, a regents certificate of sixty
academic counts. before he can enter veter-
mary college. The college course. consisting
Of the study of technical and scientific sub
jects only, requires from three to four years.
To contrast the veterinarian OF to-day with
the oldtme horse doctor of sixty years ago,
to publish a fac-simile of DR.. Jones's pre-
scripton. which is sure to be misjudged by
800 out of 1000. is not only an insult but
great injustice to the $4,000 qualified veteri-
narians in this country, who are struggling
10 elevate their profession, 10 gain recogni-
tior and confidence.
Personally am not interested in DR.. Jones,
for / do not know him and never heard of
Tim until saw his name in the article re-
ferred 20. but | cannot refrain from protest
ing against this uncslled-for assault upon the
profession Of which ! am humble member
GEORGE II. BERNS, ID. V. 5.
Brooklyn, Dec. Il, 1915.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-12-21

9a'o sp !goro5,son 0rdsa NJ REID rcsdsat a
V,noy Rogers Secretary Gnd Teasurer Address 4nOuh'
BuildIng 80. i54 Nassau Street. New YORK.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-12-21
A Guarantee of Security.

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: Your editorial Saturday on Mr.
Roosevelt is at once the most amazing and al
the same time the most convincing review OF
the political situation that has been given tc
the public.
You are doing excellent pioneer work ir
clearly defining our position in relation tc
other countries at this critical period of our
national existence and in presenting the name
iof the one man who is prominently qualified
TO NEE. the situation. Politicians may talk
tariff and dozen other subjects in endeavor-
ing to obscure the main issue, but the people
are demanding a true American, whose elec
tion will be guarantee of security at home
and protection on sea and land the world
over
The policies OF Mr.. Wilson and Mr.. Bryan
have discredited US in Mexico and Europe
But, what is far more serious, we have lost
our prestige as a nation. and our citizens
born in other lands. recognizing the weakness
Of the administration, are endeavoring to aid
the home governments and thus embroil US
in the general turmoil. Order will not be es-
tablished respect and honor will not return
20 the flag. until our Executive is equal to
the exigency of the occasion. We need pilot
who can take the ship of state through the
storm-tossed. tempestuous The man
whose firm grasp has held the helm when we
sailed through troubled waters can be relied
upon to make port
We want peace. Mr.. Roosevelt brought TO
Russia and japan peace. he can do more in
less time and at less cost in establishing per-
manent peace than all the peace arks that
~
would be that city's Mayor who ordered the
police TO their barracks and the citizens TO
throw open their houses as a mob on violence
bent thronged the streets, the Mayor claiming
such instructions were issued as precauton-
airy measures and were not approved by the
rsbble Nations have invited disaster by su.
piheness and self-contdence.
WILLIAM HANFORD.
Norwalk. Conn, Dec. 10, 1915.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-12-21
High Cost of Education.

tFrOpr The hartford CourGHt1
Some idea Of the high and increasing cost
Of education may be obtained from little
bulletin just issued by the Princeton Uni
versity Press Club. Ten years ago the esti-
mated cost of the buildings at Princeton was
S3,23s,84O. Since then nineteen new struc-
lures have been erected at cost Of s4,i57,-
$50. Thus the amount Of capital invested in
buildings has been more than doubled. Dur
ing the ten years the teaching faculty at the
university has been increased from 100 to
1915, and the amount paid in salaries from
Sl95,1jj yearly 70 SiO1,3lO. Yet. in the same
time the number OF students has grown but
slightly, from 1874 10 1913 With an in
crease in the number of students Of slightly
less than 20 per cent, the investment IL
buildings and the cost Of the teaching force
have more than doubled.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-12-21
Mr.. Wilson, Statesman and Prophet

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: Your recent editorials based on his
toric data are par excellence but those based
or human discernment are fiat failures. The
Sight that Lacks Insight" is most marked
YOUR last editorial on President Wilson 2
'Noral Bankruptcy" Now and again. in
human history, a man is found who is both
prophet end statesman. Such a coordination
is rare What is prophet but ono who
sees great principles and knows how to
make other men see them? And what is a
statesman but one who understands great
events and can guide men through them !
William Lloyd Garrison was such a prophet.
but his counsels were often like the counsel
of Ahithophel folly and foolshness. Ed
win NJ. Stanton was such a statesman as
has been referred to; but who can name a
syllable or a speech of his that ever deeply
moved the heart of our nation? But il?
Abraham Lincoln America found her prophet
statesman. Why? Because he had the in
sight that comes from knowledge Of great
principles and these enabled him TO guide
many safely through great events.
The partisan minded are always blind. The
principle minded have not only sight but in
sight Why should not such paper as The
Tribune it's noble. patriotic past =
stand on the same level our First Great
American and not only announce itself as
American but achieve the heights where Lin
coin stood: interpret great events by great
principles? Then what you now are pleased
TO call President Wilson's moral Bank
ruptcy" will be recognized as the moral
bulwark of our nation.
HOMER WESLEY HILDRETH,
Minister First Church.
Cromwell, Conn, Dec. l6 1915,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-12-21

Germans to dream such dreams. to let other
peoples property alone and attend strictly
TO their own affairs.
The Kaiser's ambition was shattered at
the Battle of the Marine By General Joitre'
the greatest general the great war has pro
duced. France found a Washington and
Lincoln in this great man.
ELLIOTT LYNCH.
New York, Dec. Il, 1915.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-12-21
Americas Greatest.

To the Editor of The Tribune. "a,
Sir: ! have just found another reasO"
reading The Tribune. .,,
Allow me to commend you for taxing ~,
stand for Americas greatest citizen,
dore Roosevelt. r.
New York, Dec IL, 1915.
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yn.s,.d a, tho Pos.onco e. New York a, Second Class
Nail Matter.
The Detroit times., 1915-05-04
When You Are iii.
BY Leo.
By X. ApoINoToN BRUCE.
Author OF The Riddle OF Personal
ity." Psychology and Parent
hood" etc.

/ Author or The Rtddle OF fersonAl-
ity." Psychology and Parent
hood" etc.
BY heavens" an Invalid once ex.
claimed. "how long do you intend to
keep me lying here. docic-' There
Is so much for me to co. and have
already lost so much time through
this miserable Illness"
And you'll 90 on losing time,
the physician assured him. lust 80
long "a you continue to fret about
II. You'd be up and around now II
you hadn't been so impatient that
, you have kept yourself Ill"
This is point TO be held nrmly
In mind when stricken by Illness.
Nobody likes to be III. but nobody
has ever FASTENED a return TO health
by tuning and fussing on the sick
bed On the contrary. tuning and
fussing are 80 injurious 10 the vital
processes by their effects on diges-
ton. heart action. etc. that they In
tensify any disease.
II has, In fact. been proved, by
careful physiological experiment,
that worry and yexation cause a
stoppage OF the gastric juices, and
OF the movements OF the stomach
and the whole silmentary tract
Also II has been proved that. no,
only are the movements Of the heart
interfered with by these mental
states. but they throw the nervous
system in general out OF gear
This Is bad enough in the case ~
a person in good health; II may %
fatal 10 a sick person.
When you are I'll. reconcile your
self to your illness as much as you
possibly can. Try. indeed TO turn
II to a real advantage by making the
most OF the opportunity II gives "a
secure a rest that you probably
greatly need
Dismiss all thoughts OF business
from your mind. Realize. no matter
how serious the loss Of time may
be 10 you from a financial point oi
view. that the more you worry about
this the longer you are TO be KEPT
from your work.
II the illness Is not OF such
character as to require absoluts
quiet on your part, while away thu
time by some entertaining occupa
ton. BE sure. though. that IL Il
nothing that will likely tire you.
Also be sure that II In not an oc
cupa ton akin 10 your usual vocation
In the latter event II would be al
most certain 10 cause discordan'
thinking by reminding you OF thu
loss OF time your illness Is imposini
on you.
| Placidity OF mind-that Ia th'
great aim at which you are TO strive
and that II a sure means OF shorten
ing your illness.
II you attain placIdity. II you sub
due all doubt, worry. irritability. yot
will not only get we'll sooner, but
you are likely TO return to your worn
better fitted for effective accom-
pllshment than you were before III
ness attacked you.
The Detroit times., 1915-05-04
Too Much Meaf---HOU 1t Hurts
Human System In Hot Weather

count OF digestion but because meat
has q tendency 10 increase the fe'
yer.
Meat IL also bad In its effect on
the general nervous system. A lit
tie meat Is all right. but the danger
lies In making Il the principal part
OF ones diet
Pains are felt In certain nerve
areas In many cases OF chronic con
stipation which indicates that the
sore nerves are poisoned. This pot
son Is generated In the large intes-
the disturbance disappears very
quickly when the abnormal intesti
nal decomposition often caused BY
an excess OF meat. are stopped
According TO an old Mosaic Law,
the eating Of milk and meat was
prohibited and in this day that Is a
pretty good rule TO follow for PEG
pie who have regard for their health
Many cases OF diphtheria have
been traced to cats according 20 DIT
Fraser. health officer OF Portsmouth
Eng. The cats were said TO have z
bad cold" before the children were
taken III with diphtheria.-Ameri
can Medical Association Journal
The Detroit times., 1915-05-04
Says Taxpayers Are Easy.
20 the Editor OF TAe Ttnes:

lam surprised to see all this talk
about the city paying pensions to
lts employees, such as teachers. IRE
men and civil service men, and do
not believe that the taxpayer should
shoulder the burden OF anything
like pensions.
The city IL under all the obliga'
tons Il can handle, beside these EN-.
ployes are drawing "a much salary
"a perhaps they would receive in a
factory What factory pensions It's
old men,
Instead OF being pensioned. the
factories will not even hire you
when you are old In most Of the
factories you have 10 pass a pbysi
cal examination strong enough 20
admit you on the police force.
What IL 10 become OF them when
the factory Il done with them7 wIll
the factory pension them OF or vii
the city? The newspapers claim
that Il Ia for faithful service. Don't
you have 20 put In faithful service
wherever you are employed
II seems 10 me that everybody
Is trying TO get a chunk out OF the
Detroit taxpayers. and as long as th'
taxpayers will sit down and take u
all In. this kind Of work will be go
ing on.
What becomes OF all the money
OF the taxpayers?
o. HANSEN.
377 Rademacher-aye.. city.
The Detroit times., 1915-05-04
A Poem a Day.
rHE TESTING

THE TESTING.
when. In the dim beginning Of the
years.
God mixed In man the raptures and
the tears
And scattered through his brain the
starry stun.
lie said. Behold Yet this Is not
For / must test hts spirit TO make
sure
That ne can dare the visien and en-
duTe.
Il will withdraw my Face.
Veil me IN shadow for a certain
space.
And leave behind only broken clew.
A crevice where the glory gi'mmera
some whisper from tho sky.
Some footprint In the road 20 track
Me by.
Il with leave man 10 make the fate
fUl guess.
win leave him torn between the No
and Yes.
Leave him unresting TIL he rests tn
Drawn upward by mat choice that
makes him free
Leave him In tragic loneliness 10
with all in life 20 win or all 60 lose"
Edwin Mar khan
The Detroit times., 1915-05-04

and substitute fresh vegetables and
fruit.
Office men-men who as a rule do
not get enough outdoor exercise
invariably eat too much meat and
the superabundance OF nourishment
throws a strain on the organs.
Meats with much flavor contain a
great deal OF purin and people who
are subject TO govt would do well
TO avoid purin Extremely juicy
steaks. chops. roasts. ribs. backbone
and rich soups are bad II one Is a;
all inclined TO De what Is common
~ known IA full blooded- II is
especially bad for these people in
the hot weather.
Meat is bad for people suffering
from fever. not so much on &C.
The Detroit times., 1915-05-04

big city factory, starting to work early
and getting back late every night.
But in spite of this handicap the new
family continued in their venture in high
spirits.
Faith in what they believed was their
way out" made every hardship pleas
ure. So through the summer they
strove.
Their first endeavor was TO make a
large garden.
This garden before many weeks were
past began TO make return TO the SUI
burban pioneers.
Row after row of tender green shoots
of the planted things appeared.
The ecstacy of the amateur gardener,
so much touted in the newspapers, was
surpassed; for everything they had
planted, as it began to flourish. meant so
much more than mere success-it meant
freedom, il meant life!
The Detroit times., 1915-05-04
Versatile ksnssn.

J. c. Putnam. merchant. jeweler,
painter, paper hanger. butcher. trav'
eIlng salesman. hotel man. carpen'
ter. bass soloist. tenor soloist choir
leader. cornetIst. farmer, etc. has
purchased the William Warner bar
her shop and II now In charge at the
chair with a razor In one hand and
q '1-won't.huTt-you" smile on his
face 20 reassuro the victim. as IL
the habit OF dentists. He IL skilled
IN the use OF tonsoriai tools snd Will
no doubt enjoy fine business.--Col.
my (Kas.) Free Press.
The Detroit times., 1915-05-04
How to Write to the Editor
az Or. FRANK CRANE
Copyright. 1915. by Frank Crane)

The editor Of newspaper likes TO get
letters. You are not boring him, nor
imposing upon his time, II you observe
the following rules;
Have your letter typewritten. III you
have no typewriting machine, II WIZ only
cost you dime to hire public stenog-
rapher. All handwriting is trying; most
of il crucifying!
Sign your name. An anonymous let
ter goes straight to the waste-basket.
Why take the trouble TO write 1t!
Not only sign your name, but type II,
so il can be deciphered. Most people
are more illegible in their signatures
than anywhere else.
Give your address, your street, num-
Der. city, and state. Also the date.
Write on only one side of the paper.
Never roll manuscript. Fold 1t nat.
Be polite. Control your anger. Be
gentleman. Don't be abusive, nor sour
rilous. Whatever you have to say, 1t
will have more force If you say IT tenn
perately.
Don't indulge in personalities. Neither
the editor nor the public is interested in
your particular Crouch. II you must
speak il, go out in the back yard and
tell it TO the horse.
IL you have an idea, express 1t in the
fewest words possible. When you have
said a thing once, don't say 1t again IN
another way.
Avoid adjectives. especially two or
three adjectiveS. Nouns are bullets and
verbs are powder: adjectives are smoke.
Don't do fine writing. The editor does
not want literature. He already has
books full Of il. He wants to know what
you have TO say.
Don't apologize. Don't be sarcastic.
Don't be bitter. But you can be as funny
as you please.
State the gist of your message right
in the first sentence. Don't use prelim-
inaries. Don't try TO prepare the editors
mind to receive your idea. He keeps II
prepared all the time.
Don't use long sentences. Make your
statements as short as you can: then
copy your letter and make them shorter.
Use periods. Eschew semicolons.
Ideas are what the editor wants. He
is as hungry for them as a cat is for fish.
TIC NNtS hVl want IiVHuthNS hVt bObNOto
phrases.
Write affirmatively Don't combat.
Don't defend. State your opinion in posi-
tive terms. Let your opponents do the
defending.
II you want an answer, enclose pos
tai card addressed to yourself. Be salts
fed with a mere courteous acknowledge
ment of the receipt of your letter.
IL the editor does not print your letter.
don't take il TO heart. There may be
twenty reasons for not printing it. be-
sides the reason that he does not like IL
or is afraid to publish it.
Editors are only men. Don't shoot
them. They are doing the best they can.
And rest assured that if your COM
munication is SHORT, CLEAR, TYPE
WRITTEN, and GENTLEMANLY, the
editor will either present il TO his readers
or be sorry he cannot.
The Detroit times., 1915-05-04
Pointed Paragraphs

The older a man gets the less he
knows he knows
But the man who pays as he goes
can never go broke.
A corkscrew Is sometimes used
in opening an argument
You can always have what you
want by wanting only what you
have
But man never oyerrates him.
self when the tar collector comes
around.
The Detroit times., 1915-05-04

eating In warm
weather. But a.
a general thing q
is better for a per
sons health A.
they cut down Oh
the amount o.
meat they eat In
the summertime
The Detroit times., 1915-05-04
So the summer went by.

So the summer went by.
The earth yielded her increase. and the
success Of the undertaking yielded its
stimulus. From this garden the family
lived better than il ever had before. The
wife, who had heretofore been more or
less afflicted with poor health. gained in
strength as did her brother.
The small boy also sunk his roots deep
in the soil Of good citizenship.
And when winter came the band Of
pioneers was not put to route. BY the
time cold came the little family were well
fortified. Not alone had the family lived
well, but they had raised surplus.
They were able TO market about 80
bushels of potatoes. Beside this they
were fortified in the very many cans of
corn and vegetables and fruit the wife
and mother had diligently prepared
through the summer
OF course they were not able TO raise
fruit their first year, but they did find
numerous farmers in their section who
were willing to give them much in the
way of fruit, or else let them pick fruit on
shares
In this way they came by all the fruit
they could use.
The efforts of these pioneers are surely
going to succeed.
As yet their home in all its outward
manifestations is far from lovely.
} Their little camp on the frontier of
fortune is just as unlovely, and, some
might say, as squalid as the boyhood
home of Abraham Lincoln; but that is
only the superficial view.
Underneath the outward seeming, is
the inspiriting story of re-winning
American freedom.
The Detroit times., 1915-05-04

When you are well enough 10 so
to school. little lame boy. you viii
study astronomy and learn about the
stars and sun and their relation 70
the earth. Astronomy is the oldest
OF the sciences. Centuries before
Christ was born men studied the
stars, aud because they studied 40
well. even little children can nov
understand Why there Is night and
why there Is day.
You will find II easier TO learn
about night and day II you take your
ball aud hold Il before strong
light. The half OF the ball next the
ligh, Is bright. the other half Is
dark. Now make mark on the
side where the light In shining and
call Il Detroit. then turn the ball
around like a top and the mark viii
soon be In the dark and so II Sill
move from light To dark.
The earth l. an immense ball spin
ming round the sun The sun shines
always. but the part OF the earth We
live on il sometimes turned away
from the sun. then We have night
when we spin hack into the lish, we
have day
The Detroit times., 1915-05-04

poison Blasting whitening de-
Of trouble But minons
mot sisters, distant relatives
killing being
hard control the feeling to Be nen
from refrain per
perhaps part OF the Toes
knsmen fighting
This IS the time then TO BIZ AN AMERICAN FIRST 80,
Nail old blythe nag YOU a
Euope-except possible,
OF
Of battlefield before
YoU AMERIcAN-FTRsT. ALL THE TINE
The Detroit times., 1915-05-04

One mans meat is another mans
poison. and this applies 10 meat
The Detroit times., 1915-05-04

same time the HUSBAND nung Onto MS
Job in one of the big automobile factories
in Detroit.
A year. ago this spring man and his
wife and ten-year-old son took street
car one Sunday morning and went what
seemed to them long distance into the
country.
Here let II be mentioned parenthetical-
" that this trip into the open was
financed on borrowed money.
Not that the family were down-and-
cutters, but, rather, because the rent had
Just been paid and all living bills settled
up the night before.
AS usual, the family found itself start
is0 the new week without red, copper
cent they could call their own, even
though the husband and father was earn
ing fair wages
They were living as carefully as they
could.
II was this crisis in the family's finan-
cial affairs crisis, by the way, that
was an oft occurring one-that on the
particular Sunday morning drove the
family into the country in quest of a
chance.
The outcome of the Sunday expedition
was that the family found real estate
dealer who was retailing land by the old
fashioned acre rather than by the new
tangled city lot.
OF the real estate man two acres was
purchased. The understanding was that
five dollars was to be paid down on the
next payday.
This agreement was met, and all sub
sequent payments have been met as well.
They secured credit, too, for hundred
dollars worth of lumber.
Decoration day year ago fell on Sat
urday. The conjunction of this date
with the following Sunday gave the new
home planners their opportunity. Two
whole days were afforded in which to
work.
The morning of Decoration day found
this family on their new land at day
break. This time the back-to-theland
expedition was augmented by another
member. The wife's brother was along,
man in years, but rather weak in
strength, having but recently been dis
charged from the University hospital at
Ann Arbor.
However, his spirit was strong, as was
the spirit of the others for the new un-
dertaking.
This party Of back-to-the-landers
camped on the ground.
In the two days before the head of the
family had to 20 back to his place in the
big automobile factory, their new home
perched on stills. unlovely and uninvitins
In every sense except that 1t took TO itsel
the word home" was made habitable
though not quite completed.
The family had been paying $50 I
month rent in the city. With the clos
. OF their labor on the last Sunday night il
May, OF year ago. they were at las
free Of their landlord and rent thraldom
Through all last summer the HUSBAND
and father remained at his bench in tn
The Detroit times., 1915-05-04
Let the People
Rule-and Write
Why 10 u Dark a, Night

TO the Editor Of The rirss:
Will you tell little boy who 10
lame and can't 90 TO school and
learn things. why u gets dark at
night and where the light comes
from In the norninat HARRY.