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Cheyenne record., 1915-12-02
LIQUOR TRAFFIC GOING UNDER.

The Toledo Blade calls attention tt
the fact that every few days there is
recorded some new step in the ulti
mate determination of the liquor traf
fic. 1t says: "A brewery or dis
tillery goes out of business A manu-
facturer of bar fixtures decides to man
ufacture something else. An indus.
trial plant announces that teetotalers
will have first choice when jobs are
distributed or promotions made. Rail
road companies tighten the applica
tion of the rule against drinking
The revenue from beer and whisky
falls off and the secretary of the treas
ury looks for new sources of income
And so. week after week and month
after month. the forces against liquor
increase in numbers. the territory
wherein liquor selling is profitable be
comes more and more restricted"
Cheyenne record., 1915-12-02
GfE 7f1EE[!l19n5
z;alT MOTIFS
II0@E g.
Conducted by the National Woman's
Christian Temperance Union.)
EFFECTS OF ALCOHOL.

EFFECTS OF ALCOHOL.
There IL no experiment more strik-
ing than this. Take person who is
cohol. Let that person take his pulse
In standing position, and take it in
recumbent position in ordinary ev-
ery-day life. and let him do so when
there is no alcohol in Ills body, and
when there is dose. He finds that
when in health, his heart is automati
cally slowed when he lies down. but
that under the influence of alcohol
this does not occur. or is very
much reduced in its character. and
wholly. as we know. by the fact that
this tampering with the nerves has re-
suited in the heart being to a certain
degree emancipated from the healthy
and normal discipline which it should
be under. and which nature ordained
that it should be under. We have
therefore to regard alcohol as par
If you investigate the reasons why peo
pie take it. you will find invariably
that it is for paralytic action rather
than for the Stimulant.
The feeling of fatigue which we all
experience is very healthy symptom
1t is little message from nature
saying that we are OVERRIDING it, and If
alcohol is taken you cut off and stop
that nerve message. The engineer on
board a steamer who tells you that
his boilers are magnificent boilers be-
cause they never give too high or too
low pressure, and when you look at
the pressure gauges you find they have
been tampered with SO that the cor
rect steam pressure is not shown by
them. occupies the same position as
man who explains his feelings under
alcohol.
would like you to think of the body
when alcohol is circulating in it as
being interfered with-to use that
French saying which is on the penny
in-the-slot weighing machines
please don't brutalize the machine.
Prof. w. A. Osborne. M. B.. c. Ch.
D. Sc.
Cheyenne record., 1915-12-02
NATIONWIDE PROHIBITION.

Mighty is the prohibition edict OF
the czar of all the Russias. but might
ier far will be the United States
prohibition edict This will come, not
through the proclamation Of one ruler.
but through that of millions OF enIight
ened American citizens. kings over
themselves who at the ballot box will
choose for our beloved republic the
iaestimable blessing of nation. wide
prohibition.-Anna A. Gordon
Cheyenne record., 1915-12-02
A WARNING.

The public at large should be famil.
iarized with the fact that one of the
threatc ming features of alcoholism is
depopuation not only quantitativeIy
but qualitatiNely. 1t leads to a degen.
Grafton OF both the individual and the
species. 1t produces a slow and pro
gressive individual deterioration and
an intellectual and physical steriIity
OF the race.-Dr. Alfred Gordon IN the
Journal of the American Medical Asso-
citation.
Cheyenne record., 1915-12-02
Pottluc Soil,

Lay in supply Of potting soil now
SO II need arises for soil when the
ground is frozen or covered with snow
II can be met. Equal parts OF good
garden soil. old. well-rotted manure.
leaf mold and sand should be stirred
well together. sifted through q coarse
sieve and stored under shelter In
boxes and barrels.
Cheyenne record., 1915-12-02
TABLE DECORATIONS
BY EBEN e. RExFORD.


fancy some readers saying we can
not. all have flowers for the table
Greenhouses are not to be found in
every little village. Even If they
were. many of uk could not afford to
purchase from than except on very
extra occasions
True. but why not grow your own
plants? Then you will be indeed in
dependent of the florist to a consider
able extent.
Most women have plants in the win
dows. but the majority are not adapt.
ed to table use.
The table plant for this purpose. all
things considered, is the asparagus
plumosus. 1t has foliage much daintier
than that of any fern.
1t can easily be made to grow in the
bushy compact form which a plant de
signed for use on the table should
have.
This is done by pinching off the
ends OF the young fronds when they
have made a growth of IL or 18 inches
This causes the lower side branches
to spread out broadly and breadth is
secured where there would be little If
the plant were allowed to train itself
Such plant is very attractive in it.
self with its filmy green foliage. com
parable only to lace, or mist, in its
delicacy.
But whenever additional brightness
is desired few long-stemmed flowers
thrust in among its fronds will furnish
1t in most delightful manner Roses.
carnations narcissus. astilbe. stevia
all these and many more can be used
with it with most charming effect.
Have three or four plants of it and
you will have but little use for the
florist. They will be quite as attrac
tive in the window as any other plants
that can be grown there. therefore
they will serve a double purpose
Give this asparagus a soil of garden
loan made light with sand Water
moderately. Sunshine is not neces
sary to it's successful culture
Shower several times a week and
keep red spiders from injuring it. Be
sure to NIP off the end of each shoot,
as advised above. to make the plant
spread out we'll
Many plants can be secured of the
florists and these can be divided next
season. One good sized plant can be
made to serve as half a dozen small
plants in the spring, each one of which
will become quite large enough for the
table use by fall
A combination of ferns can be easilv
grown for use on the table. The broad
leaved pteris. the fine-leaved adian.
tums go well together
The grace of these plants is adapted
to the table where quality Is consid
cred as more important than quantity
A combination of ferns of different
variety with plants having pretty
foliage in color Is beautiful In this
case peperomia and tradescantia are
used to supply the desired effect.
Fern pans filled with small plants OF
varieties best calculated to give sue
cessful results in the living room, cat
be bought of nearly all the florists
One should not depend upon singI.
specimen Have two. three or more to
admit OF frequent change.
Few plants can be kept on the table
Cheyenne record., 1915-12-02
Fortunate.

Did you enjoy your l,Uuumile mo-
tor boat trip?"
Yes. We had a fine time"
You must have been lucky"
so we were. We travelled all but
200 miles of the distance in a Pull
man."
Cheyenne record., 1915-12-02
Likely to Get Out.

Strawber-Why do you think you
will have any trouble in keeping the
engagement secret?
Singerly-I had to tell the girl.
didn't I?-Puck.
Cheyenne record., 1915-12-02

Value OF Fruit In the Menu.
While the nutritive value of fruit
Is small 1t makes a pleasing and bene-
fetal addition to the diet
Cheyenne record., 1915-12-02

How much have cost US the evils
that never happened! jefferson.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-05-11
IF We Declare War.
New York. May s. 1915.

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: Congratulations are due you for
your fine leading editorial to-day. In both
thought and language it is without a peer
in the local press.
Germany's recent actions, military, politi-
cal and diplomatic, all go TO show that she
has no hope of lasting longer than through
perhaps to- her coming harvest. She must
win now or never.
II we declare war az once and stop the
leakage of American supplies through ada
cent neutrals we can make that result GER
tain. This can be done by refusing to allow
any supplies originating in America North
and South TO 80 to Holland, Norway,
Sweden, Denmark or the Mediterranean coun-
tries unless they in turn put ban on all
trade with the Teutonic allies and are physl-
cally able to make that ban effective.
We can help directly also By financing
Italy, at least in part.
RUSSELL f. GEYER.
Brooklyn, May g. 1915.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-05-11
Education for Park Vandals.

The police made an excellent start on
their clean park crusade Sunday. Hun
dreds Of summonses were served on per
sons caught violating the ordinances In
minor respects, while those guilty OF more
serious breaches, or of defiance TO the
police. were arrested and hailed TO court
forthwith. There they were duly warned
Of the gravity Of their offence and were
fined The temper Of the bench was indi-
Gated by Chief Magistrate McAdoo's dec
laration: "If | remain here these fines
will be increased"
Continuation of such work Is bound 10
bring about a permanent beneficial effect
in short time. The signs warning
against the throwing Of rubbish around
the parks have heretofore been taken
more or less as a joke. Certainly no gen
eral, consistent effort has been made TO
enforce the mandates against vandalism.
and the Park Department itself has not
had men enough to guard against the
thousands of hoodlums who chose to
scatter newspapers, lunch boxes, nut
shells and other litter over the grass and
paths rather than to dump the stuff into
the numerous rubbish cans provided for
that purpose. This is not a campaign of
punishment; it is a campaign of educa-
ton. though, unfortunately, punishment
is needed in many cases to give point TO
the lesson. 1t must be continued until the
individuals. careless enough, malicious
enough or ignorant enough to deface the
peoples parks are few and far between.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-05-11
For Prompt Action.

To the Editor Of The Tribune
SIR Ny heartiest congratuation on your
editorial Of this morning in re the Lusitania
outrage. Your article stands out head and
shoulders above all the others in to-day's
papers.
Our government has put up with great
deal lately. We have had frequent cause to
wonder at its almost supine attitude toward
insults to our flag and citizens.
Perhaps it will take big thing like this
but which IS big only because Of the promi-
nence and size Of the vessel involved, and is
not one whit more dastardly than the Falaba
incidenD TO rouse it 70 an effort 20 i'm
press upon this heroic nation that in wars
upon ucutrals and non-comba.ants there are
other rights in the world besides It's own.
Diplomatic exchanges with such nation
run amuck are about as futile as it would be
20 stand before a machine gun while It IS
in action and discuss the weather.
Action-prompt, vigorous, certain, pow
erful lis all they will DC able 70 understand,
and those are the terms in which they must
be addressed WILLIAM V. FARWELL.
New York, May 3, 1919
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-05-11
From One Of German Ancestry.

To the Editor Of The Tribune
Sir: Permit ne to compliment you upon your
able editorial OF the sth inst, "As Americans
TO which desire to add by way Of comparison
the reason for which we went to war with
Great Britain in 1S12-to wit, the impressing
Of American seamen into the British navy.
How small thing to fight for compared to
the wilful murder of our peaceable citizens,
men, women and children, upon the high seas
by these barbarians. To murder the peace
able Germans in our midst would be fully as
iUstifable, but we are civilized
trust that those peace-at-any-price men
at present in charge Of this government are
rot so blinded by their visionary dove Of
peace" Us to make them obliyious to such an
intentional slur upon our honor and self
respect This is no time for exchanging
notes; il is time for Us to arm and fight this
monster, and thereby establish the triumph
Of Justice and enlightenment over crime and
savagery. J. b. S.
New York. May s. 1915.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-05-11
Let Us Have Peace.
or Of Tho Tribune.

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: If paper Of such high standing and
character MS The New York Tribune would
cease publishing such ridiculous editorials
as "As Americans" which appeared in The
Tribune this morning, it would greatly bene-
fit the readers. Instead Of trying to plunge
this nation into war with a slogan, "Re-
member the Lusitania." would it not be bet
ter TO exert your talents in favor of peace
Have we not seen enough OF glory" enough
of slaughter? Is it not enough that five or
six first class powers of the world are en-
Gagged in that mad fury called war? Why,
then. does first class periodical try to
plunge a peaceful nation into conflict? Have
not enough wives been separated from hus-
hands. enough sisters from brothers, or
enough mothers from sons?
It is high time that we, who claim to be
civilized. look forward TO peace; and If our
newspapers and other periodicals would stop
their iingoism the minds of the readers
would be healthier. a great service would be
rendered to the public and to our glorious
FKANh l. S"AAD'
New York, May s, 1915.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-05-11
Are We to Submit

To the Editor of The Tribune
Sir: On February % the American ship
Carib was blown up by mine. On March %
the British steamer Falaba was torpedoed,
one American losing his life. On February
81 the American ship Evelyn was blown up
by a mine; one life lost On May the
American ship Gulhight was torpedoed; three
lives lost. On May the British steamer
Lusitania was torpedoed; more than 100
American lives lost. This list does not in
Guide the most beautiful sailing ship of the
world, the William 7. Frye total loss.
Are we. as an American nation, degenerat-
ing? Surely the time has now come for
speedy action. Otherwise we, as a proud ma
ton. will become laughing stock to the
earth. We did not forget the Maine, and we
shall remember the Lusitania. +. W. S.
Newark, y. j., May g. 1915
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-05-11
The Loss of the LuSitania.

only argument which appeals now to Ger
many.
hundred years ago, when we were
puny nation. we began war upon England 70
sccure our freedom of trade and the lib
critics of our citizens. neither OF which had
been so hagrantly violated as they have been
in the cases of the Frye, the Falaba, the
Cushing, the Gulflight and the Lusitania
We will not shrink from war now any more
than did our ancestors OF score OF in
telligent and responsible Americans with
whom | have talked in the last twenty-tour
hours but one believed that we were not
bound TO protect our rights by arms IN case
Germany will not forthwith abandon its He
al warfare upon our fellow citizens and our
property.
The temper Of the American people Is in
10 wise uncertain. We are Is ready TO hEht
Cor our rights as were our ancestors. Our
worst fears are, first, that the duly consti-
,uted authorities of this great nation may,
by an unnecessary delay in making the nee
cssary representations TO Germany encour-
age both a repetition of the recent crimes
and an expectation in German circles that
we are too cowardly TO fight; and, second,
that in the highly likely event that Ger
many will not guarantee the safety Of Ameri-
can ships and American lives from ille9al
attacks the authorities Of the United
States may forever dishonor US by shrinking
from war.
Thank you for your editorials, and trust
that they will be continued in the same re-
strained but courageous vein
ALEXANDER GORDON.
Flushing, n. Y, May ., 1915.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-05-11
A Self-Indicted Nation.

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: The first shock Of the news brought
even to ne, who had no dear friends dead
only great grief and amazement. Natural
humanity made one hope for humanity's
sake that there might be some loophole by
which the German nation might escape
blood outlines. zone cannot" said Edmund
Burke, "indict a nation" This may be true,
yet it seems possible a nation may indict
Itself. This conclusion is forced upon one BY
reading of the utterances of those Ger
mans who have fouled the name OF America
by attaching it With d hyphen to their own.
Ii we may believe their own words and
there seems no motive for the lie, as for
other lies of the.rs-they have the hearts OF
wolves, they can exult over the sorrow Of
The innocent and the su.Ferings of their IN
willingly adopted" countrymen. wish 20
ask, is it any longer possible for US TO have
any communication, even the most formal,
with these creatures in the form of men?
Can an American, until this offence is expi
ated. take the hand of German, or a Ger
man-American," or address him in human
speech, which, witt other human attributes
without the pale, where they have chosen to
place themselves? \ boycott? 40, a proc
lamation of self-re pect on the part OF
Americans. While ecker Is in Sing Sing
and the bones Of the four gunner lie in
unhallowed ground why should We give coun-
tenance to their kind?
The "Frankfurter Zeitung," an official
German organ, has tainted the United States
with being helpless to act because Of these
Germans among US. We have heard no con-
tradiction of that from those concerned. But
treason to the United States, as a nation,
might be forgiven; treason to those rights
and liberties and humanities of which the
United States is a symbol-or ii is nothing
cannot be condoned unless we would our
selves tear down what our fathers built. "A
man is known by the company he keeps"
How do we wish TO be known? How would
we know ourselves? We may be neutral be-
tween rival nations; we can hardly in our
hearts be neutral between a murderer and
justice. VI. b.
New York, May 9, 1915
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-05-11
Germany's New Flag.

To the Editor Of The Tribune
Sir. / note Mr.. Wagenheim's reply TO my
letter. lie evidently takes very narrow view
and overlooks the fact that my letter refers 70
transoceanic traffic. I have yet to hear that
there is any traffic between this country and
tho German Baltic ports.
AS regards my suggestion to obtain the
views Of the Freiherr Won Metz, this is now not
necessary, as his German masters have def
nitely hoisted the Jolly Roger" and he has
expressed his approval of same. He and
others Of his kidney should be quietly shut
of from all intercourse, both social and
commercial, with self-respecting men.
Might be pardoned for referring in this
letter 20 the dyestuf situation? Germany
would now be unable to supply, if traffic were
possible. any black dye, as Il that can be
in that country would be re-
quired to dye the new flag and accessory
kerchiefs, viz, solid black with a white or
insert of the skull and crossbones. There
will be 1OOOO0.oOO people to be supplied
with same among the Teutonic allies and
in addition there must be added the hyphen
atcd Americans in this country who approve
of piracy and murder. A. c. HEMEKER.
New York, May s. 1915.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-05-11
A Buggy Ride.

II seems a long time since more ap-
healing idyll has come to the attention Of
a faded, gasolene-ridden public than the
brief story of the two sailor lads who
went buggy riding Sunday. They hired
on old horse and buggy, that almost Tor
gotten combination sacred to Sunday af-
ternoons in the country during the golden
era of the nineteenth century (survlvals
Of this sort must Of necessity be old), and
with their pancake hats lying in the bot
tom of their quaint vehicle they logged
along contentedly toward White Plains.
That is all, so far as the printed plot
goes; but one must not forget the apple
blossoms they saw and shifted on their
leisurely way. the gentle May breezes
from verdant May meadows which stirred
their Youthful locks caressingly, the volu-
bic greetings from tree top and barnyard
and swamp, lost neither through speed nor
throb Of motor, which spoke to them Of
home.
Only truo dreamcrs could have con-
ceived such an outing But, then, 1t takes
true dreamers to make good fighters.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-05-11
Our German Dictators.
.ditor Of The Tribune.

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: Is there anything more impertinent
and more abject than the attitude of Ger
mans in this country not citizens of the
United States defending and justifying the
sinking Of the Lusitania? Is there no author
ity in this country that can muzzle the
Dernburgs and others Of his sort to pre-
vent them from debating to Americans what
is right and what is wrong?
| suggest, sir, that the families OF the
American victims pay visit to the White
House. The sight of the mourners may
prompt President Wilson, pending the inves-
tigatlon, to hand Count Won Bernstorir his
passports. and. at the same time, recall
from Berlin Ambassador Gerard That would
not mean war, as the timorous people fear
II would simply constitute manifestation
of self-respect and dignity on our part.
JONAS LIPPMANN.
of the journal d'Alsace."
New York, May 10, 1915.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-05-11
The Preface Of a History.

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: Your editorial "As Americans" is the
preface Of a history. have no i'll feeling
for any German-American citizen or German
in the United States, no matter what their
feelings are.
1t is necessary for Germany to make the
United States take arms against her so that
the production OF munitions Of war will be
needed for home use.
Ninety-nne men with the spirit OF Deem
Der Is. 1913, would make the interning of a
ship which sank an American one unneces-
sary.
This is not a neutral statement but tho
feeling OF an American. If it is treason
we'll it would not hurt to have a few more
Jobn Browns. LEVI b. PAXS0N.
Lancaster, Penn, May 5. 1915.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-05-11

If you rciU wage the kind Of war you do
A war unknown to modern rules and
dictums-
Let your diplomacy be brutal, too,
Don't smile, and blame your yictums.
They may declare your savagery unfair,
They may compare you TO the Goth and
Vandal,
But you should stand up for the thing you
dare.
Come out and face the scandal!
Burn, shoot, low up and drown them, Il
you must,
Unbridled "frightfulness" msy have its
uses;
But hold by Might to prove your muF'
ders just
And spare Us your excuses!
CAROLINE DUER