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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-12-04
Exercising the Militant Spirit

DR.. d. +. Phillips, of the University OF
Denver. Is deeply concerned at the spectacle
Of militarsm in this country. He has seen
the war fever spread insidiously even
among those who, looking with horror upon
Europe but two years ago, exclaimed: is
it not awful, foolish, unchristian and bar
barous? Surely we never could do such an
irrational thing" They are now all for
preparedness.
DR.. Phillips is not surprised at the
change Of mind in these normally peaceful
folk, for his observation and knowledge Of
human kind never taught him TO expect
anything better. Still, he regards the
present mood Of the nation with grief,
and is neither so cynical nor 80 despairing
as to suffer it without some sort of
protest. For he is satisfied that war may
be abolished in time, and he thinks the
task is one that must be taken up by the
democratic countries.
But he is not hopeful of our politicians.
What he puts his trust in is the education
of the people generally. The politicians be-
lieve in making ready for defence against
aggression. 1t is clear that DR.. Phillips
does not, for self-protection, he insists, al
ways tends 10 be converted into offence.
Thus "six months ago we talked only of de-
Tending our coast" whereas, "now we are
talking of defending the weak brother and
protecting our honor" In short, we wish
to be ready to strike on any reasonable
provocation.
This is all very regrettable, but people
will not listen 10 reason. They think that
for defensive purposes physical force IS
more potent than moral force. Nor can
DR.. Phillips find fault with them, for his
tory shows that in the past this was true
enough. "But," he says, 81 do not admit
that it must or will always be true" And
then he tells us about the great benefits Of
education and how we have learned to
treat criminals with more leniency, and
how steadily we have been suppresslng the
traffic in liquor, and so forth.
So the doctor is hopeful of the future,
and as TO the present he can at least give
us a few useful hints. The main thing is
to know how 10 defend ourselves without
the use of those horrid weapons that turn
50 easily 10 hostile purposes. Obviously, it
must be understood that all the nations
develop at the same rate in pacific direc
ton; otherwise the results for a nation
with nothing but moral force at its dis
posal might be uncomfortable. But there
are consoling reflections in store for US, as
illustrated by DR.. Phillips in the following
case:
Suppose the Japs should want to
take from Us the Hawaiian Islands.
How many lives and how much money
are they worth? Are they worth
single battleship with a thousand SOL
diers that may go down and the heart
aches of thousand mothers?
So the problem is simple enough. To
those who ask, How shall we defend our
selves and our dependents? the answer is,
Don't.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-12-04

understand why labor should be discon-
tented. But few men can afford 70 work
very long for fun and nothing else The
fun of the industrial game becomes little
forced when the suspicion grows that the
cards are so stacked that one man always
draws the "booby prize" while the best
prizes always 90 TO another.
The big problem in modern civilization
is TO dispel this suspicion and find some
more effective method for passing the fun
around than unctuous exhortation to men
10 be happy in the performance of profit
less tasks.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-12-04
Reasonable Disparagement Of German

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: In view OF the constant iteration
the daily papers Of statements derogstoT
Germany and calculated not only 70 desH''
the last vestige of good will toward ~
United States remaining in that country "
also 70 gradually and surely draw US ID"
the foreign conflict, |, as a natural w..
citizen, wish TO enter hereby strong prov
against the propagandas now going on Wv,
.he leadership Of certain we'll known men
prominence here and abroad, the snimus f"
which is as above indicated.
| believe these activities TO be treasons'.
as no man has a right 20 operate on this
propaganda involving my country IN ."
eign war in the interest of any one or nv,
foreign governments and TO the detrins.
Of my own native land. America. sueH
tions are extremely reprehensible ana ess
20 be severely dealt with by the op"-,
States authorities. ! an a citizen heN
have rights which these activities am
subvert, under the plea Of some vague msn 'r,
TO our land, and protest most empna"''"'
against them.
trust these views will come TO the Az.
ton Of such propagandists, ard tns' sl.f
and their co-workees will stop and eon'S'
what they are doing
am not yet prepared 70 assent TO az
my country revert 20 the condition Of
ony, nor yet TO have il enter into an sl''s,
with a foreign nation which, when We 20 ~, =,
our own hands our last war but one, o'a
best 20 help disrup. our nation and stu ~ ~.
recently attempted 10 defy the Monroe
trine. EMILE PiChhAhS'
Islington, Mass. Nov. 2s, 1915
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-12-04
To The Editor OF Tho Tribune.

To the Editor OF The Tribune.
Sir: There are one hundred and seventeen
million people in the United States. Every
on. OF them has explained Wilson's victory
but me. why pick on mel II was because
the poison Of unmanlness possesses the
West
The big-hearted, virils Westerner at the
present day Is fiction, a tradition. lie may
once have existed. He certainly does not
now. Shortly before election typical West
ornor. as tho type actually exists to-day
said TO me; of we conduct our foreign al
fairs in tho proper spirit-that is, absolutely
fair and Just 20 all mo other nation will want
10 make war on us. But II we create large
army and navy that will make other ma
tons suspicious. then war will follow in
other words, the typical Westerners idea Of
international relations is on an intellectual
level with the kind Of stuff very young
girl would lecture to her Sunday school class
Their arguments do not need TO be answered
and should not be answered. But Eastern
PEOPLE, who still breathe the air Of the
rugged, Revolutionary Atlantic should learn
TO see Westerners as they really are. They
should recognize the existence Of the plague
Of unmanliness which has taken possession
Of the West and take steps to protect them
selves and the nation. For II is e real and
imminent menace.
The srst step is for the East TO recognize
this. The most typical Characteristic Of the
Westerner is his conceit He absolutely be-
leves the fiction OF the "Westerner" Of the
movies and tho nauseating western" novel
An snemic, falsetto-voiced native Of the
great West will strain his sunken, narrow
chest pathetically, trying to make himself
look formidable, every time he hears the word
"Westerner." And this is by far the most
common type Of man one meets throughout
the West. The average Westerner knows
nothing of outdoor sports, seldom takes ex-
ercise and is the most narrow-minded, ego
tistical person in the country. But he loves
to talk about living in "the open" whatever
on earth he may mean by that high-sounding
bromidiom, for he shuts himself up in q
small, poorly ventilated dwelling, and leaves
il only with the greatest reluctance. I think
there is what F. P. A. calls familiar mis-
Anyway, it conveys thought. And one of
the first shocks an fastener meets when
travelling away from the Atlantic Coast is
the prevalence of feminine-voiced males.
The West now is like a huge Sunday school
after the opening prayer. Everything is run
ming in blissful smugness. This is not meant
in ridicule of the Sunday school. 1t has its
mission. But it's mission is not to conduct
= 4.
erners who first invaded the West, and who
were the real and only "Westerners," did not
stop grizzlies with Sunday school arguments.
But the West Of to-day knows nothing else.
IL is the West of Bryan and Senator Works.
Their ideals are not OF Washington or Pat
rick Henry or Abraham Lincoln. The sexless
creature who conceived the infamy that We
should not only not lift an unneutral hand at
the murder of Belgium, but should even avoid
that subtler partisanship which consists in
thinking sides" attained in their eyes the
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-12-04
German Methods" in Greece

To the Editor OF The Tribune.
Sir: In your paper this morning read a
queer story, which, Of course, cannot be
true, about an ultimatum OF the Entente
Allies demanding Of the King OF Greece,
a neutral nation, TO surrender to the Allies
everything he has with which to defend his
country's sovereignty and the life and lib
critics Of his people. And read that an
Admiral du Fournet, said to be a French
admiral (Which, OF course, cannot be true)
says that he insists absolutely on the exc
cution OF these demands, and that he will
realize them despite all obstacles. You
quote the admiral as further declaring:
"As | have most ample forces at my dis
posal, and some Of it the heaviest and most
powerful artillery in existence, | can see no
reason why the arms will not be quietly
given up"
OF course, no French admiral, no Allied
admiral, made upon neutral nation so i'm
possible a demand as the surrender OF its
sovereignty and the means of defending il,
and no French admiral or Allied admiral
could have made so brutal a threat as Is
imputed 10 this "du Founet" Ny German
recollections do not bring back to me a
German name such as "du Fournet," but
what | have read in your paper about the
atrocious conduct of war BY the Germans
and the strictly lawful conduct OF war by
the Allies conyinces me that this whole
story is wrong and that it is Germany that
is threatening rape, plumber and murder in
Greece, and that there must be a German
admiral oddly named "du Fournet.' hope
you will be good enough 20 make an appro-
pirate comment upon this inhuman, beer
euzzling French-named German.
CHARLES MORGENROTH.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-12-04
Where Americans Stand
" Of The Tribune.

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: am not a regular reader Of The
Tribune, but have heard on all sides OF your
splendid editorials on the war land have
read some Of them, and know OF your firm
stand for the cause Of the Allies-so | write
to ask IL il would not be possible, and prac-
ticable, for you 10 start a testimonial, to be
signed by Americans all over the country,
which would state, and show that although
officially We are e neutral nation. in reality
our hearts and wishes are with France and
her Allies. I think all Of us would like to go
on record as showing where we stand, and
believe the paper on which the signatures
would be written would be long enough TO
reach 10 France and back again.
II. b. WOODRUFF.
New York, Nov. 20, 1916
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-12-04
Buy Early

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: At this season we always hear a great
deal of sympathy expressed for store en-
ployes with earnest advice 10 shop early"
Unfortunately, the public sympathy for this
Woodworking class OF people seems TO end
completely with Christmas, with the result
that large percentage Of stores are open on
nearly every holiday and night throughout
the year TO accommodate the selfish individu-
ais who defer their shopping until those
times.
Every purchase thus made is demand for
the store 20 remain open on future holidays
and nights and a vote TO deprive the EN-
ployes Of wel-earned rest and recreation.
Let Tribune readers show humanity and
intelligence by making all purchases in sea
sonabe hours.
CONSIDERABLE SHOPPER.
New York Nov. 80, 1916.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-12-04
The Choice of a Gunman's Name

To the Editor Of The Tribune
Sir: II seems somewhat Of an enigma to
me to solve this question. | would like some
reader OF your reliable paper to do so. Why
do so many gunner, shoplifters and other
criminals assume Irish names instead Of
names OF their own nationality? Why not at
tribute the honor 10 their own race or creed
Honor 70 whom honor is dueY C. A. c.
New York, Nov. 2s, 1915.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-12-04
Why Does the President Hesitate t!

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: / thank you, not alone for myself but
for hundreds of others who believe with
me, for your editorial in this mornings issue
II is shameful, il is disgraeeful, that the
President OF the United States can hesitate
one hour over the protest to be sent to Ger.
many on the deportation Of Belgians into
slavery Will the President act even after
long and wavering deliberation?
c. B. PIER.
New York, Nov. so, 1915.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-12-04

You can purchase merchandise advertised
in TIE TRIBUNE with absolute safety-for
81 dissatisfaction results in any case THE
TRIBUNE guarantees to pay your money
back upon request. No red tape. No quib-
bling. We make good promptly If the adver-
fisrr does not.
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sURScRnrToN RATEs.-By Mail PostaSs rad. ou,ht

Es,srsa a. me Eosto-os al Nsv Tors a. Second C.''
Maj Mater
The Colorado statesman., 1916-03-25

pieces OF sponge cake until delicately
brown. Drain canned peaches and
place with tablespoonful of butter in
saucepan over the heat. add a graf
ing OF nutmeg and few drops of lem
on Juice. When hot serve on the hot
circles of cake. M
Add little cooked rice to the meat
loaf. It will make 1t go farther, add
to the flavor and slice in neat slices
either hot or cold
When roasting beef sprinkle the top.
while roasting. with finely minced
onion. 1t adds to the flavor of bota
meat and gravy.
To make a truly elegant dish OF
roast leg of lamb, roast with a sprin-
king of chopped onion or onion Juice
mixed with lemon Juice. using a tea
spoonful of onion and half a lemon.
cad the leg with a thin coating OF
jelly. either currant or gooseberry. and
baste while roasting.
Paper Gingersnaps.-Boil a cupful
of molasses five minutes. add tea.
spoonful of soda. half cupful of lard
and a tablespoonful of ginger Cool
and STIR in flour enough to roll very
thin. Bake in hot oven.
Tomato MarmaIade.-Take a cup
full Of pulp. that is strained tomato
through sieve to remove the seeds.
add one and half cupfuls OF sugar.
the juice of lemon. half teaspoon.
full of the acid that comes in the pack
age with acidulated gelatin. a half
teaspoonful of ginger and a little all.
spice Cook until thick. Serve with
roast beef.
The Colorado statesman., 1916-03-25

pouring in equal quantities of the oil
when the fat is still hot This fat is
especially good for deep frying.
"A five or ten cent dish mop makes
a fine mop or duster to uEe to dust
down the hardwood stairs, or to clean
out the spiral springs of tile bed
Treat the mop to bath of kerosene
and 1t will catch and hold the dust
This same dish mop can be useful
clean. Dip it in a cup of kerosene
and 1t will remove all the dirt quick
ly. doing away with the securing proc
ess.
An ordinary carpet sweeper. IL
dampened with water before using
will take up the dust with less dust
left in the air
When washing windows add little
ammonia to the water instead of soap,
the glass will be clearer.
Cellar or attic stairs which are dark
should have the top and bottom
stair painted white; this will prevent
many accidents.
A heavy piece of sheet iron on the
top of a gas stove will be found a
great convenience. Foods will sim
mer and plates and dishes may be
kept warm for serving.
When ink gets thick in the ink
well dilute with strong coffee instead
of water. the ink will be better.
Stick pins through the corks OF bot
ties containing poison and keep the
bottles by themselves, then they will
never be taken by mistake.
Soft corns may be permanently
cured by the use of talcum powder
and small wedge of tissue paper to
keep the toes apart. Moisture is the
cause of soft corns.
Use small blackboard eraser to
clean the stove. Dip it in parafin oil
and it will keep the stove clean and
black.
A wire hairpin makes fine cherry
pitter. new one may be kept for
just such purpose.
The Colorado statesman., 1916-03-25

long mas sagged and creaked or that
needs painting. and 1t so the ID.
mail box is sure to need Frightening
up. Whitewash on poultry or other
buildings will work wonders. Before
the days work is done. prompted by q
new pride in the place, 1t may be that
the farmer will display the farm name
near the main entrance to the place.
states, counties. communities,
churches. schools or farmers clubs
may proclaim farm clean up days. but
best Of all each individual farmer may
have his own.
Don't Neglect to Paint.
1t is apparent to even the casual
observer that many property owners
let their rented houses. or houses for
rent. go too long without painting.
This neglect makes the houses look
unsightly but also hastens the day of
decay. A little paint is good invest
ment from every viewpoint It pre-
serves the wood and 1t keeps the
houses rented. The writer visited an
Illinois town last spring and after
careful observation found not a single
house which was not we'll and fairly
recently painted. There had Just been
clean up and paint up campaign.
The impression left was one OF
thriving town where man would like
to live and bring up family The
yards were we'll kept. with lawns,
flower beds and shrubbery, and each
householder seemed to vie with MS
neighbor in making his place look at
tractive.
The Colorado statesman., 1916-03-25

was TO be given rife to kill the
'gringos' In Columbus. | told him
would shoot him first
Il believe you would. he said"
Mrs. Wright was guarded outside OF
Columbus. about SOC yards. while the
attack was made on the city. She
asked to be released. but her guard
said he must have Villas consent.
When the troops retreated she started
toward Columbus. Villa. one of the
last OF the fleeing raiders. stopped
beating his horse and men with his
sword upon seeing her.
DO you want to go homer he
asked.
Do you mean to Mexico?" she
asked.
mo. to the United States
Yes"
Go" he said
May take my mare and saddle?"
she asked.
Yes. he answered, and rode on.
Mrs. Wright then rode into Colum-
bus.
The Colorado statesman., 1916-03-25
New Sterilizins Agent.

German scientists have found that
glycerin is valuable sterilizlng
agent. Various deadly germs when
heated In II to temperature of z48
degrees Fahrenheit. were completely
killed in one minute. This process Ia
particularly valuable for sterilizing
surgical instruments. for the reason
that the metal is not attacked nor is
the temper affected. Rubber tubes
can be sterilized in it, and. instead Of
being injured. the elasticity of those
which have become brittle is restored
by the treatment.
The Colorado statesman., 1916-03-25
PosTscRlPTS

Automobile tires made of synthetic
rubber by a German inventor have
shown no signs of wear after having
been run more than 1000 miles.
With the idea of resisting earth
quakes a hospital in San Salvador has
been built of pressed steel plates bolt
ed to wrought iron frame.
A computing scale has been invent
ed that shows the amounts of the in
gradients required 'for different guam
titles and mixtures of cement.
The Colorado statesman., 1916-03-25
.REGAINlMG PLACE
AS IDOL OF PE0NS
Villas Audacity Wins Him SYM
pathy Among the Ignorant
MeXicanS.

Villas audacity In making such a
bold attack on American soil and his
escape from the small mounted forces
that pursued him from Columbus has
done much toward placing him back
on his pedestal as the popular idol of
the poems and ignorant Mexicans
The American invasion has given
him the argument that Carranza is in
league with the "gringos" and the dec
laration that plans are on foot to
place the states of Chihuahua and
Sonora under American rule. after
the example OF Texas and California.
In all public statements since the
Columbus massacre. CarranZa has
carefully avoided reference to the
American invasion. OF which he has
received both personal and official in
formation.
In FL Paso. 1t is taken for granted
that the "gringo hate" SO carefully
cultivated in Mexico for the last sixty
years. is now so strong that Carranza
would lose all prestige If he recog
uized an invasion by the despised men
of the North. whether that invasion
was under the name OF punitive ex-
pedition" or any other innocent ap-
pearirg phrase.
1t is believed the general plan OF in
vasion of Mexico under consideration
by the American forces is laid along
three avenues of entrance. According
to this theory one United States col
umn will enter Mexico through Juarez
ri
third will start from the blackened
ruins OF Columbus.
The theory Is based on the belief
that the war department has decided
TO take measures by which II hopes to
throw line of forces midway east
and west across the state of Chihua-
hua, thereby cutting Villa of from
further recruiting his forces in the
central part of the republic.
With this line 'on the south the
Douglas column on the west and the
Juarez column on the east. it is be-
Iieved Villa will be cornered in u
the tips of which will touch the inter
national border line.
Then by the closing of this Gordon
and the, starting of the third expedi
tionary force on a straight sweep
south from Columbus. it is believed
| that the bandit chieftain and his forces
will be surrounded and forced into a
| decisive battle. instead of an endless
period Of guerrilla warfare in the
hills.
The Gordon would further have the
effect of starving out Villa and his
followers and isolating them from all
| communications with potential assist
| ance In other parts OF the republic
The success of the plan is admitted
to depend largely upon the ability OF
the American forces to overcome the
ever spreading Carranza opposition
which is now being considered one OF
the strongest factors in the campaign
With the pitifully small forces avail
able at present. 1t is believed the
merican forces will experience great
difficulty in covering the 10000 OF
more square miles in the prescribed
area of the u" and at the same time
protecting their lines OF communica
tion, both from the onslaughts OF the
entrapped bandits and the hostile dis
position of the Carranzistas
The last is negligible quantity by
no means Mexicans are Mexicans
first and Carranzistas second AS Car
ranzistas they hate villa but as Mexi
ans they solidly hate Americans.
The Colorado statesman., 1916-03-25
LEAN UP and Paint Up"
has become a nationwide
slogan in the interests OF
homes and towns beauti.

has become natlOn-Wiue
slogan in the interests OF
homes and towns beauti-
ful since Allen w. Clark. st. Louis
publisher. organized the National
Clean Up and Paint Up" campaign
bureau in May, 1912. Mr.. Clark. for
many years identified with the Ameri-
can paint trade. sought to arouse and
organize into a single national move
uent the clean up spirit which stirs
each spring in every normal man and
woman and nearly every thriving COM
munity.
The first year something like 1.00O
towns and cities conducted local clean
plans suggested by the national bu
reau. This number has increased each
year until in 1916 approximately 5000
local campaigns were organized. Each
of these took the form of a, real civic
movement
Where Everybody Helps.
City and town officials. woman's
club leaders, boards of trade. health
officials. fire insurance and fire pre-
vention leaders. school children, boy
scouts and the local paint men all CO.
operated in the inte. ests of more
beautiful. more sanitary and more
homelike home town. Individual prop
erty values were increased, loss
through disease and fire waste was
lessened. and the Importance of clean
llness thrift and civic pride in any
movement for homes and towns beau
t,ful was convincingly pointed out ev.
erywhere.
The weakness of the old-time clean
up day or week" orgy OF the "a,.nual
bath" order is eliminated from these
campaigns. Permanent results and
ultimately a year-round effort are
sought.
Clean UP the Farm Too.
With the idea of making the farm
home more attractive and more health
full a farm clean up day mas been sug-
gested Why not this idea long agor
Cities. towns and villages have had
their clean up days. and because OF
these and similar influences beauty