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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-05-02
The Chamberlain Orchids.
From The Manchester Guardian.

The sale of the famous orchid collection
from Highbury to-day was a melancholy re-
hinder Of old interests. No flowers in the
world have been more celebrated in caricaturc
and gossip than the orchids in "Joe's" button.
hole. The nard and glossy expensiveness Of
the orchids seemed subtly Characteristic Of
phase of their famous wearer. Now the
seven hundred plants on which he spent so
much money and care are under the hammer.
and no one is showing very much interest
in them. Even the experts who gathered in
Messrs. Protheroe's rooms in Cheapside
place so secluded and rustic that you could
fancy yourself in a country town-were not
greatly excited. II was curious to hear that
Mr.. Chamberlain was out of date in any
thing, but there were hints that orchid
growing has progressed since it was his
hobby. Orchids that were wonderful and
precious in their tortured beauty when ne ac-
CURED them are things of every day now.
One remembered the awestruck anecdotes in
the great Chamberlain days describing the
ransacking Of South America for rare plants
Few of the wcll-kHown amateurs took the
trouble to come 10 Tie sale. The bidders. by
the way, wore in their coats alrlos: the only
orchids to be seen in the room. The plants
on the table, we're not in blossom. and there
was an inspiring spread Of leaves labelled
with enormous names. The auctioneer did
rot think it necessary to make a speech, and
the attitude OF the sleek auction-room cat
suggested that he had seen liyelier days
Even the orchids bearing the name Of the
great man were sold without much bidding
including Dendrobium Phalenopsis Cham
berlanum, splendid plant Of q rare spe.
cies, which only fetched about thirty shin-
ings, but things looked up a bit when twelve
guineas was given for the almost extinct va
riety Odontoglossum Insleay Splendens.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-05-02
ON SEEING BOTH SIDES
Phiosophizings About Party Politics
and Vice and Virtue.
Q the Editor of The Tribune

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: In this mornings issue Of your very
learned and instructive paper | notice zen
tleman, by name George ". Wagner, is suf-
tering from pent-up feelings of sorrow re-
gardiag your defence, or at least supposed
defence, Of Democratic administration. Let
us try to ease him, it certainly is one OF
the instincts OF the human heart to relieve
another's sorrow. He asks, who is respon
sible for the high tax rate" and without the
least attempt at proof positively asserts that
the administrations of Dix, Sulzer and Glynn
were to blame. The first axiom of logic,
What is freely asserted is freely denied"
may be applied here, and if he knows what
"petitio principii" is, he might apply it to
his proof. Governor Whitman has been of
great service in showing up the shortcomings
of Glynns administration, he asserts. Is
that the only positive good he has done?
There never was a man in any Office what
ever who did not try to belittie the efforts OF
his predecessor.
George Wagner, enrolled Republican. says:
There never was more honest man IN the
Governors chair than Whitman" Why, one
might expect that, because "Pares cum parl
bus facillime conGregantur' cBirds of a
feather flock together"O. | might inform Mr.
Wagner that it is the essence of human nat
ure to err. "Humanum est errare," said one
Of the ancient philosophers. and ! have yet
to see a man to disprove this axiom. Vice
dominates virtue. Again. | ask: Should
The Tribune, fine, broad principled paper
stick up for any one party, irrespective of
the feelings Of its readers? The duty of a
paper is 20 give the public facts. 1t cannot
try to hide the faults of any one party and
praise its virtues. 1t must give the public
both sides of the question. If the Republi-
can party is wrong, the public ought to know.
and vice versa.
Mr.. Wagner, you ought to awake. Read
both sides. See what the Democratic party
has to say, because you will never know p
question thoroughly unless you have tbs
pros and cons. JNO. LEO.
Grant City, Staten Island April %, 1915.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-05-02
A Jekyll-Hdye Nature.

Jekyll-and- Hyde natures are not confined
70 the political world alone, it seems.
The confession of White, solid, substantial
suburbanite. that he Matched a conspiracy
TO rob the firm which was paying him a
good salary in order TO obtain the funds
TO continue enjoyment of the night life of
the Tenderloin, shows a perfect example of
the dual makeup. By day he was a
trusted executive, Jealous for his employ
ers welfare; at home he was the model
husband and father, enjoying the conf
dence Of friends and neighbors; by night
he was the roisterer in Manhattan's by
ways. foregathering with shady compan-
ions. plotting with them criminal means
for gathering money for further express
sion Of the devious and crooked side Of
his nature.
With this man il was more than the
massive submission 10 crime which marks
the ordinary victim of the white light
district: il was an active, affirmative es-
nousal of the crooks career, apparently
with the firm conviction that the orderly,
law-abiding phase Of his life would assure
him against any possible consequences Of
his law-breaking. Modern life, however, is
too complicated, and modern methods Of
detective work are too thoroughgoing TO
hermit the double life to be safe or profit
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-05-02
Capitalization of Childhood"

/ was not for the purpose Of opening
these columns to a further torrent of
vague and irresponsible allegations that
the president of the New York Anti
Nivisection Society was invited few
weeks ago to reduce some rhetorical -four
ishcs she had lately INDUCED in to an
unadorned recital of facts. 1--WE want
publicity" she had said, Trustworthy
publicity and accordingly an opportunity
was offered her to make public what she
knew of the abuse of physiological teach
ing in our public schools,
She now writes to thank The Tribune
for quoting her so literally and expresses
q sincere desire "to bring this matter
more fully before the readers of so i'm
portant a paper" By way of justifying
her allegations she tells us that many
of the high schools in New York City and
vicinity, as well as the general schools
throughout the state, practise vivisec-
ton; she quotes zone young girl" who,
when asked if the animals could feel, said,
They act as if they did; she speaks, on
hearsay. Of "a school table full of frogs,
unanasthetized and partially vivisected,"
and she offers us in conclusion the opin-
ion of a noted anti-vivisectionist on 1.-The
brutalization of childhood" As to the evil
dence she was invited to give, all she has
to relate is that some cruel little boys at
Redwood, n. Y, "had made it a practice
to 90 out to the woods and ponds near by,
securing turtles, frogs, ETC., bringing them
into town, building fire and roasting
them alive" We are asked to believe that
these young fiends acquired this habit "in
consequence of the teaching of vivisection
in the public schools; because "our lect-
urer" was told so "by some merchants Of
that place"
If the president of the< Anti-Vivisection
Society has no better foundation for her
denunciations she would do wisely to con-
fine herself, as hitherto, to rhetoric.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-05-02
Faith VS.. Medical Treatment.

To the Editor of The Tribune
Sir: A few days ago an item appeared in
your paper which stated that because resi-
dent Of Yonkcrs who was Christian Scien-
fist had died without medical treatment the
Coroner was making an investigation. On
he same day the newspapers of New YORK,
Yonkers and other places in the state con-
tanned in the aggregate hundreds Of notices
of deaths under licensed medical treatment;
but up to the present have not heard that
the coroncra have taken steps to investigate
any Of ;hc-e cases.
Doubtless your readers will see the incon-
sistoncy of system which penalties trust
in God but promotes and protects trust in
material methods, no matter what the physi-
cal OF moral effect of medical treatment or
advice may be. Christian Science which is
the reinstatement of the Christianity OF
Jesu- Is caily proving itself TO be the most
cfiicaciou- healing system known to man.
kind. Compared to material methods, the
failures Of Christian Science treatment are
significantly few. ROBERT ). ROSS,
Christian Science Committee on Publication,
New York.
New York, April 90, 1915.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-05-02
Nurses, Servants and Suffrage.

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: The remark of Henry W. Hayden. in
an anti-suffraCe speech about government b-
nursemaids and house servants, is very
good demonstration Of the kind of people
who now do govern us. Not even nurse
maid or a house servant is so stupid as to
imagine that they represent all women. any
more than that tramps, drunkards, gamblers.
swindlers, grafters and murderers represent
I'll men.
Even a nursemaid or a house servant has
better sense than 70 regard the mere physi-
cal difference between the male and the fe-
male 9 be the essential qualification to
vote.
Ever. nurscmaids and house servants have
better sense of justice than to assume that
one-han Of the governed has the moral right
20 prevent the other half from having
voice in the government Of all
Even nursemaids and house servants may
he honest and not controlled b. grating man
politicians, as many men now are.
Even nur-emaids and house servants have
interest enough in their city, state and coun-
ny 10 want to vote.
Even nursemaids and house servants and
scrubwomen are not so unreasonable as to
sart all women prohibited from voting in
order TO afford themselves an excuse to
evade their duty as citizens in a government
By the people.
GEORGE NJ. BEERBOWER.
New York, April 2s. 1915.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-05-02
Making Alcohol Distasteful.
From The Manchester Guardian

From The Manchester guardian
remarkably interesting DEVELOPMENT in
the drink question in Russia is reported to-
day by the publication Of a document from
the Russian government Offering great prizes
for processes that viii make alcohol irnnos-
sible as a drink and widen its possibilities in
commerce and industry. Probably the first
object is to find use for the alcohol which
is released by the vodka decree. but .he con-
ditlons laid down for a prize-win1ing process
to maze liquid alcohol distastefu are 50
stringent that it is obviously a determined
temperance as well as commercial move
ment. SO far as one can gather. 10 success
ful effort has been made TO treat alcohol in
this way, and though mcthyla;ed spirits is
alcohol with the addition OF rnethyl. result
ing in disagrecab'e tas.e-to saw the least
it is by no means impossible. Il does not
possess properties that make alcohol so 7ar-
seating rs Russia would have il be. ,nd IL e
frequently taken ms a drink. There are many
patent medicines for the cure of alcoholism
but do not believe any If them consist Of
treatment Of alcohol itself They either take
the form of drugs administered separately as
a medicine, or of tablets dissolved IN tea or
coffee. There is a benevolent associate, n
London. under the chairmsnship Of Cecil NJ
Chapman, which works a patent --c-tr,o,t
with considerable success. II catai!g a f,,en.
ty-four days cure" with entire abstinence
from alcohol during that time. and II :.
claimed that it overcomes the craving for
strong drink.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-05-02

The Appellate Divisions decision that
the Mason-Seaman Transportation Com
pany cannot suspend by Injunction The
operations Of the ,aXi,ab ord nance ought
to put an end to the cab companies fight
They were beaten in TIC courts whc2
they con.estcd the lower rates. TEc1
some Of them sought to get 5r3rnl those
decisions by maintaining "priyato gar
ages" and opc~at'ng taxicahf "on call
To meet tat rcumlocutica the or
dinancc was amended so rs TO apply
specifically to tn private garage" sys-
ten. Thereupon the Ma5on-Scaman
Company, making one fight for all con-
Germs so affected, sought to obtain an IN
junction against the Mayor, the Police
Commissioner and the Bureau OF
Licenses TO prevent the enforcement Of
The amended ordinance
What this latest decision means s
that 4 ta;;'cao - q pubic hack ard NUT
Uo operated d. Tie lov rates ,pociicd il
tie ordinance, Whether it Genes from "a
private garage" or a public stGGd. /.
must have a license, a duly examined
chauffeur and i taximeter certified by
the Bureau OF Licenses. In other words.
when a passenger hires q taXicab ne may
know that whatever protection the Cit
is able to afford to him will be his, with
out inquiry to ascertain whether The
conveyance is acknowledged to be
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-05-02
A Sailors Fighting Song.
2 Editor of The Tribune.

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: In to-day's Tribune you PROFOUND the
question: Who was it who said
that one Englishman could whip six French
mon? Now, will you kindly publish an old
song. of which the following is a part:
at otttimes has been told
That the British seamen bold
Could fog the Frenchmen two to one so
han-di-oh,
But they never found their match
Til the Yankees did them catch.
Oh, the Yankee boys for fighting are the
dan-di OH" DANIEL SHEVLIN
Now York, April %, 1915.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-05-02

now even the most Jealous supporters Of
the Government are clearly convinced
that there must be some modification Of
the new tariff
The belief Of THE Daily Chronicles
Parliamentary correspondent that plea
for total prohibition would have excited
enthusiasm % TIC House and country Is
at least crc1 TO que-tion. That the rom
edy actually proposed vas yc"o we'd c1ldly
is to under-ta.e the case Tho .'vioue
fact is G'at it has failed 20 -a. y any
party.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-05-02
True and Upright Advertising.

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: We note your comment in recent ia
sue, headed Fake Legislation" and appre-
cate your enGeavor to see that law against
fraudulent advertising methods is passed in
this state which contains no loopholes that
can defeat the purpose.
Advertisements should be just, fair, true
and upright and no one should be permitted
under any device to advertise differently.
ABRAHAM ERLANGER,
President the B. V. ID. Company.
New York, April 81, 1915.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-05-02
Wants Central Park Concerts

To the Editor Of The Tribune
Sir: ask the space in your valuable paper
for this letter OF protest against the Board
of Aldermen, who have not appropriated any
money for the Central Park concerts
Is this source OF recreation from the toll
snd moil of every day going TO be taken
away from the public? Is this artistic
spark of our city going to be extinguished
this summer? Heaven knows how very lit
tie the people can squeeze out OF the city
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-05-02
Stinkpoto IN War.
the Editor of The Tribune.

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: The latest German excuse for the
latest German atrocity promulgated, as
usual, by the Fatherland's Official justifers
and subsequently echoed by the hyphensted
anomalies in this country states that the
Prussians invented the noxious smell method
of attack, and that the Allies would have
used it if they had known of it. Unfortu-
nately for the credibility of these assertions,
the fact is that this mode of fighting was in
vented and perfected by the putorius
fntidus, or common polecat. several hundred
thousand years ago. and no civilized people
has ever chosen to infringe on his patent.
LAYTON MACKALL.
New York, April 20, 1915.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-05-02

government in the way of recreation. OF
course, there is one excuse for the board,
and that is their using this money TO feed
the unemployed. Are they going to do that?
If not then they have no excuse for depriv
ing the public of their concerts.
GEORGE SCHEFTEL.
New York, April 20, 1915.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-05-02

able for long. Prison discipline is not an
unvarying cure FOR the warps and twists
IN humanity which lead to crime, but it
Is eatly 10 he hoped it can eliminate the
showed eych .trcNg traits of good.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-05-02

Scranton school teachers who arc about 20
affiliate with the labor unions in order to
obtain salary increases might communicate
with the school teachers here who have been
able to Obtain many without other organize.
ton than their own.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-05-02

Will the Interstate Commerce Commission
decision that a son-in-law is not 4 "membcr
of the family" bar the Family" from inter
ference with the younger generation?
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-05-02

Married Dead Fish" with $1,000 a Year
Headline.
Nobody with $4,000 a year is quite dead
one"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-05-02

However Nerolike Mr.. Barnes may have
been, he was never political fiddler" lie
was always Saving wood"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-05-02

owned and published daily by The Tribune Asso"sn'n
New York corporation. OriCn NJ Rcd. President. %
Vernon SECRETARY sud Treasurer Aidry, rroIu'
Building No Ia Nassau Street New Nork
The Hawaiian gazette., 1915-10-01
MASTER BLAMED
FOR F-4'S Loss
Lieutenant Howell Declares That
Inexperience Was Cause
OF Tragedy

SAN FRANCISCO, September 10. =
There was no other reason for the
sinking Of the F-4 In Honolulu har.
Dor than absolute inexperience on the
part Of the commander, I" declared for.
mer Lieutenant J. b. Howell at the
Commonwealth Club luncheon in the
Palace yesterday. 5S... H. '..
Howell, who was commander Of sub
marines for the United States, holds
the worlds record for taking a sub.
marie down 2s6 feet at Fort Point, San
Francisco, September 8, 1918.
III take no stock In the explanation
Ithatothe 'E.4 sank through battery trou.
bic or any other trouble. All command.
ers have to go down for the first time
and this commander got beyond his
depth on the FIRST dive. They usually
practise in water not over go feet in
depth. l.....1, -. -..r .......-...s ....
Would Not Abolish Type -,
"The only thing that saved me on
my first dive was a shallow ledge that
I landed on about so feet below the
surface. II I had missed that ledge |
should have suffered the same fate as
the F.4. IT," ..
"It's Just like aeroplaning. If you
don Y know how, in downward drop
you may not have enough space left
to recover before hitting the earth. A
submarine can easily get enough mo.
mentum to carry IL beyond the depth
of control, and that's what happened
TO the F-4.n
. Lieutenant Howell ridiculed the &C.
tion Of the navy department in tax.
ing all F type submarines out of the
service. eff the papers are correct, y
he said, "the government is declaring
obsolete one Of the best types of sub.
marine we have. Next to the X type,
which Il the best, comes the + type"
obsoiete Boats Kept q"
The United States is carrying on
paper as frst-class submarines many
boats that are absolutely obsolete, he
declared, adding that Captain Ridley
Mclean submitted in 1910 a plan for
ten submarines on the Atlantic, teu
at each end Of the Panama Canal, ten
on the Pacific and ten at Honolulu, il
was rejected for political reasons. Ho,
well came out strongly for the sub,
marine as the only adequate defensive
weapon for the United States, saying
that the strongest assurance for peace
ris the capacity to enforce peace.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1915-10-01
MILITARY. FOOTBALL
!: ,SER|ESIN NOVEMBER

a meeting of the representatives of
the various organizations Of the Army
and Marine Corps present on Oahu was
hela Monday at the University Club. I'm
fortunately several members of the com
mittCe were absent, 30 definite arrange
ments for the coming football season
could not be completed. The prospects
for an excellent season, however, are bet
ter than they have been in years, and it
is probable that short but snappy sea-
son Of about five weeks will be scheduled.
The prospective teams are one each from
Sfield Artillery, Fourth Cavalry, First
Infantry, Marine Corps, Coast Artillery,
Second Infantry and the National Guard.
The first game will be played on No
Sember q 30 as to close the season just
before the Christmas holidays.
Another meeting of the various repre-
sentatives will soon be called, and all the
members are being urged to attend, so
thai the final arrangements can be made.
The postponed game from last Satur'
day between the Second Infantry team
and the Fort Kamehameha team will be
played at half-paTt two o'clock this af'
ternOOn at Fort Kamehameha. A large
attendance from Fort Shafter is expect
ed, as the prospects are for a fairly close
game, although the infantrymen seem to
be the fayOrites.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1915-10-01
BIG MONEY!
" SHORT BOUT
80 IUNNIVV HHH
-
Gibbons Mcfarland Ten-Round
Go Brought $59,o69 To
Box Office

Official returns made to the New
York State Boxing Commission by the
promoters of the Gibbons Mcfarland
boxing contest credit 26 092 persons
with paying admission to the arena TO
witness the bout. The gross receipts
were given as $4,000 an average of a
trihe more than two dollars each.
While the attendance figures are un-
dUubtedly the largest for a bout Of this
type the receipts fall considerably be
low the amount taken in at several
championship battles.
The johnson Jeffries bout set a rec
ord in this respect when more than
$270,O00 was collected at the gates,
and New York fight fans have con
tributed amounts in excess of $5S, 900
on one occasion at least, for the JEFF.
fries -Shafkey battle brought more than
$4,000 TO the promoters. Cans and
Nelson fighting at Goldfeld, New, at
tached a $4,000 gate and Corbett and
Isffries drew $50, 900 at San Francisco.
The receipts Of the Gibbons McFar-
land bout stand as record, however,
when it Is considered that no title was
ut stake and the boxers met at an odd
weight in a no-decision contest Of but
ter rounds. -tt&.r
The Hawaiian gazette., 1915-10-01
COMPENSATION ACTS
AFFECT ON THE CITY

The following resolution was adopted
at Tuesdays meeting of the super
visors: "That pending the adoption
of rules and regulations for officers and
overseers Of the city under the Work
ingmen's Compensation Act, any ncei
dent causing injury to an employee OF
the city shall be reported to the city
clerk within twenty-four hours Of the
time when such accident occurs; and
further that If disability of such ar
employee as q result of such accident
prevents him from reporting for work
after the lapse of twenty-four hour
following such accident, tae name Of
such employee shall be struck of the
payroll. until further order of the bo&I Z
of supervisors.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1915-10-01
PENNANT WINNERS
HAVELOW AVERAGE
National League Champions Like
ly To Show Smallest Per-
centage In History,
CBy Associated Press.)

NEW YORK, September 2s.-Re-
gardless of the actual outcome of the
National League race it appears to be
an almost mathematical certainty that
the winner Of the 1918 pennant in the
senior organization will finish the sea.
son witt "A percentage of less than
800 Assuming that such will be the
case, it will be the first time in the
history of the league that the flag has
been won with such low percentage.
Not since the league was formed in
1876 has the winner in any one year
fallen below the 900 mark and the
average for the thirty nine years is
.6S1. The Chicago team of 1880 holds
the record with .79S, while Brooklyn s
victory in 1900 with .6O3 is the lowest
to date. The complete records of the
pennant winners in the National
League from 1876 to 1914 is as fol
lows: