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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-12-28
Peace Dictated by the Allie,

To the Editor OF The Tribune.
Sir: Allow me to say, as Catholic whose
family has for generations been known By
the Catholic clergy In France, Italy and
America as devoted to the cause OF the
Catholic Church, also as brother-in-lav OF
Louis d'Alleres, opponent Of Csillsux for the
deputy elections" In April, 1914, that the
friends and admirers Of Cardinal Gibbons,
head Of the Catholic Church in America, are
deeply grievcd that he should have publicly
indorsed the President, appeal for peace.
AS our eminent neighbor from Canada Sir
George Luster, said at dinner here a week
ago: at is not the business Of China or the
United States TO take up peace proposals.
Peace will be brought about by the Allies
and its terms will be dictated by none other
than the Allies" To allow to remain in
power the dynasty that is directly RESPONSE
bic for the outrageous violation Of Belgium's
neutrality, the sinking of the Lusitania and
the massacre of millions of Serbians would
be almost equivalent to making the Allies
party to these crimes
Three OF my happiest years we're spent in
Bremen, where / have many warm friends
and | feel certain that these do not believe
in Prussian miltsrism and If asked would
say that they are ashamed Of Germany's re-
version to twelfth century methods of war
fare. II. c. HUFFER, Jr.
New York, Dec. 2e, 1916.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-12-28
AMERICA MUST NOT TAKE SIDES
We Should Perform Least Service to World
II We Entered War
the Editor Of The Tribune

To the Editor of The Tribune
Sir: In YOUR editorial of to-dsy's issue en-
titled what Must Be Understood" the SEN
tence Bucharest and Washington have fallen
in the same month, and they have fallen as
a result OF similar plumbers and similar mis-
apprehensons" is r shameful utterance. IL
is weak minded TO allege that American pub
lie opinion is not equal to the occasion be-
cause it declines to take issue in this war;
and dares to take the independent view that
the whole thing is a friGbtful blunder IN
which a decisive victory will lead to no good.
Explain the success Of the American Democ-
racy AZ you will, it is idle to say that Amer
lean public opinion has not vindcated ITSELF
and therefore an American newspaper at
least should respect 1t.
We established our government In accord
snce with the notion that people cannot be
made to think certain way by force OF
arms, and that a majority cannot be made TO
act differently from the way 1t thinks. we
believe that is as true on one continent as
on another. Therefore We believe that Ger
many can never control all Europe By force
Of arms. Germany cannot kuliurlle Europe
nor Europe ciylize Germany, though either
might change Of itself through the wisdom
Of seIf-imposed meditation. We do not IN
suit the French and the English by belleY-
ing that they did not know what sort OF 2
nation Germany was. Rather does Germany
arouse our pity for failing to understand
the French and the English. Meanwhile let
force be resisted by force, and let US keep
free 10 act according to the principle OF our
existence, to do all In our power TO prevent
either side from pressing the war so lar as
70 be led TO suppose that 1t can change the
nature OF race by military power. No true
American wished 70 see Germany conquer
England Why should any American wish TO
see England conquer Germany? 10 Is az
wasteful one way .as the other, and II VIII
not make anybody change his mind about
anything. But if the war is stopped upon a
status quo ante while there is yet energy
enough in Germany TO digest the lesson of
this conflict, the vision of a moral triumph
may at last arise from the wreck of Europe.
America will perform the minimum of SER
vice in this world by taking sides in the war.
Il NAV perform a tremendous service through
an independent opinion of the moral issues,
and that is possible in every great conflict.
We have chosen our spokesman. You can
not overcome him: you might strengthen
him. The fact that he sinks his thought in a
bog Of language is deplorable, but If. when II
s discovered. it seems to be an expression
Of policy in which "he will have all the sup
port that he desires from his fellow country
men," add yours. American public opinion
il in this world war by the invitation OF both
sides. II you have found 1t, and 1t is made,
support it as vigorously and courageously as
you would our armies in the field.
MURRAY T. QUIGG.
New York, Dec 20, 1915
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-12-28
Before Disaster, Not After

Mayor Mitchell was warranted In his
sharp criticism Of the Board Of Aldermen
for pigeon-holing for seven months an or
dinance intended TO compel motorcycle re-
pair and storage places to observe the
same fire prevention regulations as those
imposed on garages. II was sidetracked
merely as "too drastic" though specific crit
icism was not forthcoming TO show where
in it was over-heavy on the propretors
of these places. 1t was drafted by Fire
Commissioner Adamson and Mr.. Wallstein,
Commissioner of Accounts, TO fit condi-
tons which they knew to exist-storage OF
these machines and their gasolene in frame
buildings in some cases, In stores in tene-
ment or factory buildings IN others.
The strange inactivity Of the aldermen
may need explaining, but what is more i'm
portant is to get the ordinance passed, as
the Mayor says, before rather than after
some disaster due TO this cause. There is,
essentially, no difference between the
motor car and the motorcycle, so far as
the public is concerned. A barrel of gaso-
lene for use in motorcycle is just as dan
gerous as barrel for use in an automo-
bile; gasolene in the tank Of a motorcycle
is as much Of fire hazard as gasolene in
the tank of motor car. It is the opinion
of the Mayor and his Fire Commissioner
that these places menace the safety of
property and life. New York has too
many fires and too much loss Of life now.
It is endeavoring Systematically to abate
every fire hazard recognized by the au-
thorities. There should be no exception
made in favor Of certain class Of bust
ness men.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-12-28
WILL MOISTENED AIR SAVE C0ALl
Cost of Evaporation Held to 0verbalanes
ANY Gain in Fuel

70 the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: Hr. Charles z. Nsnierre is mistaken Ia
his belief that moistening the air In houses
will cause a considerable saving OF coal. Ths
cost Of .vaporating tho moisture overbalsnc.s
any saving tina. may be due 70 a reduction
Of temperature. The following results Of q
calculation based on known physical f.cs
are Of interest:
Room, 1900 cubic feet EIpoeed wall,
Brick, 80 square feet; glass, 40 square feet
Temperature, 50 degrees Fahrenheit, hsa.
transmitted through walls II outside ten.
perature is 80 degrees, 2,1so British thermal
unit, an hour; II zero outside, 4,4s4 British
thermal units. Additional heat 70 rails. IA.
temperature 70 p degrees, 40 British th.s.
nal units an hour.
Ventilation, Two changes OF air an ho1r. Or
$500 cubic feet Heat required 70 raise the
temperature from - degrees 70 81 degre.s,
1870 British thermal units; from zero TO 81
degrees. 407f British thermal units. Add.
tional heat per 10 degrees, s57 British Their.
NAL units.
Total additional heat required for heating
and ventilating at 70 degrees, 1877 British
thermal units. Moisture. IL the air Is at 50
degrees and so per cent relative humidity,
$500 cubic feet will contain 1872 pounds Of
water vapor. n it has been supplied from
outside air at zero, it will contain only OIL
pound, requiring the evaporation Of LIS
pounds OF water 70 raise the humidity 20 81
per cent. II the outside air Is at 30 degrees,
il will contain OIL pound, leaving III pound,
TO be evsp4 rated. The amount Of heat re-
ouired at 81 degrees to evaporats LIS pounds
Of water is l,s48 British thermal units, and
to evaporate 1.2l pounds. 1877 British ther-
NAL units. These figures are 70 be compared
with the 1877 British thermal units add
tional heat required TO raise the Temperature
from 81 degrees to 72 degrees. There Is
saving of 100 British thermal units when tie
outside air is 80 degrees, and loss OF AL
British thermal units when the outside air
is zero.
As to the physiological and psychological
effects Of high humidity, my experiences 10
the opposite OF Mr. Hanierres. With high
humidity one must have low temperaters
(62 degrees to So degrees) to be eomforta-
BILE. but with low humidity the range Of to-
erance is much greater say IS degrees to rs
degrees WILLIAM KENT.
Montclair, N. j., Dec. 20, 1915.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-12-28
Adam, Lilith and Others
or Of The Tribune.

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: Referring TO the lecture delivered BE-
fore the American Museum Of Natural BIS
tory in this city by Mr.. Robert P. Dow, ed
itor Of 1.-THE Brooklyn chronological Society
Bulletin" his version Of the story Of Lilth,
Adams first wife, hardly agrees with the old
Arabian legends on the subject, for there Il
was said she was formed in beauty's mould
with clay let down from heaven and 10 Adam
Joined on the side by ligament like the
Samese twins, but that they qusrrelled, %
that the Lord cut them in twain with
flaming sword, and Lilith, with her dsuga.
ter, the fair belinda, wandered OF 70 tho
land OF Nod, where later on she became .
witch-cat, while in the meantime Cain, AIS
mentioned in the Scriptures, went ous mo
the land Of Nod and took a vife-nsmeiH
Lilith's daughter.
In regard TO Eve, Adams second wife, th'
legend states that a short time thereafter
pimple grew on Adams leg, which attained
very great size, and one day, when 10
scratched IT, out popped Eve, who quickly
grew to womsnhood and was married 70
Adam. In the meantime the devil was watch
ing proceedings and asked Eve II she knew
that Adam had had another wife, and shs
replied that she suspected that her husband
had not told her about his past life. Then
the devil asked her IL she would like 70 &c.
even with him and she replied in the AZ
frmatiye. Then ne told her to 60 into tho
garden and pick some Of the grain which tire
Lord told them they should not eat and give
it TO Adam, which she did, and when they 81
the Bible states, fell from their high estate
and we're banished from the garden the Lord
gave Eve couple OF cats 70 comfort her IN
her affection.
Later on it is said that these cats were tas
ones which Noah intended 10 take In tns
ark, but his wife, the unbelievlng Merida, Who
hated cats, protested against IL However
he insisted, and as they were walking up tue
gangplsnk his wife suddenly pulled it in and
threw them down into the water. which was
boiling hot, and the cats wers thus destroyed
But after the ark had been at sea rev
weeks the rats and mice began 70 eat tn
grain. and Noah prayed for help, when the
Lord caused the lion, which lay sick With
fever. to sneeze from out its nostriis PAR
Of cats, which soon destroyed the rodenu'
thus making them the most popular sninin
aboard the ship.
Furthermore, when they landed on Meoe'
Ararat and started with the other animal"
travel to the Plains OF Shinsr the cats We"
given the head of the procession, and vn"
they arrived there, and the people were oui''
ing the Tower of Babel and the Lord eos
fused their tongues, the voice OF the ca
which heretofore had been sweet and nsS
dious, was changed into its present rsue's
caterwauling.
While the writer was in Egypt few -.
ago his Arabian guide, Abdullah. when sslss
about this Lilith, Adam and Eve story, nv
all about II, and related substantially ns
story as told above. FiTz MULE
New York, Dec. 20, 1918.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-12-28
Not Like the Wrens

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: Even at the risk Of being ncus''
discourteous, / must protest against nv
statement Of Miss Caroline G. Beach, IN your
issue OF December IS, that she has ses'
wrens tear down the nests Of other el0.'
destroy their eggs and scatter young 0,'o,
on the ground I am sure Miss beacn ~ -
no intention Of misstating the case, pu' =.
ornithologists will agree with ne thts ~
is wofully in error. II Is simply ens =.
mistaken identity. She Is charging the VIZ.
with crimes committed by English 'panos.
| could rs easily believe that ou''..S,
or turtle dove would DO the things sne WIS
Of as that wren would DO them.
have known the wren intimately IT, g.
than sixty years. and have always iouno . "a
one of the most modest, retiring peSe,is
unpretentious and loyable OF all the ne'n NC
Of the bird family. L. u shiIs
President the League OF American opV'"
men. ITO Simpson Street, Ne" ioi'
New York, Dec. 81, 1916.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-12-28
Women Preachers

(niss N 4 r. T,Jter, IN The Ftreteeuth CsHtpry0
II is now time that the bishops should give
u. reasons for the exclusion OF women clergy
that will appeal 20 tho good man and the
intelligent woman; and should tell US
whether they indorse or sanction pr
whether they snathematize the handy
ing about by Wears and others Of such
phrases as "hystcra" aud functional dis
order in this connection. After 1000 years
Of Christianity the greater part Of the world
never heard Of Christ, there are people in
the poorest districts OF London itself en-
trely without knowledge of the Gospel while
not one in ten, not ten In a hundred, bap-
tiled persons go TO any church, and not even
a percentage Of males, only fraction, go TO
the communion-ths Is the case not only in
England but all over the Continent. II any
one who reflects on these things thinks that
no new outpouring Of the Spirit is called for
he is entitled 10 his opinion but not entitled
to our respect for IT, And II 1t be truth
that All androcentric direction OF life is
essential to human development ] picture TO
myself such development as the years 1914
1916 have shown Us then doubtless mankind
and womankind, are equipped with better
arguments for it than invective, puerilities
false history and mock science.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-12-28

chants Association established its conven-
ton bureau to advertise the merits OF the
metropolis as a place for holding these
gatherings. it entertained only 279. The
record established this year has been
beaten only once by any city. Last year
largely because Of the Panama-Paciiic IN
position. about 700 conventions were held
in San Francisco.
There is no doubt about the solid ad
vantages 10 be derived from this housing
Of conventions. The Merchants Associa-
ton estimates that the 100000 visitors
who came here this year because of the
various gatherings spent not less than
500 100000 in cash. This Of itself has
been a goodly chunk Of business. Yet II
is not all. for every convention represents
new accounts opened, new business connec-
tons formed, with the merchants and
manufacturers Of New York. The advan-
tage is by no means all on their side how
ever. This city had obtained its sudden
supremacy In this line Of endeavor only
because 1t had merits TO BACK us clalih'
It's hotel accommodations, its restaurants,
its theatres, its music its art museums and
galleries, its shopping facilities, its pleas
ure resorts, its scientific and educational
institutions, are powerful magnets. II
has a range of attractions for the most
widely varying tastes. Moreover, New
York has a notion that its goods are worth
buying and that any new customers who
try them will find the trial to their advan-
tage as well as to the advantage of the
New York business men.
This city has been glad to house its out
of-town friends 1t hopes their experience
has been pleasant and profitable enough
so they will all want to return frequently.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-12-28

knowing we'll that the law against impart-
ING information to their patients was III
effect dead letter. were at perfect liberty
~ assume an attitude Of superior morality,
ar whatever people choose to call IT, and
thereby 10 make an especial appeal to GER
tain rigid disciplnarians without prejudice
to their general practice. But IT Is equally
allowable to hope that they desired IN this
way to stand aloof from species Of propa-
ganda encouraged mainly by persons with
out either the knowledge or the training
to determine its proper scope, and one upon
which they are manifestly untitled to offer
any useful opinion.
The very type Of reformers 80 active IN
promoting the artificial control OF fertility
NAV learn something from the overwhelm-
ing manner in which the attempt to enlist
the aid of the doctors was defeated. II IT
only shakes their faith sufficiently to en-
courage a more serious inquiry into the
problems they treat so lightly 1t VIII do
them no harm. For, like most social re-
formers, they have proceeded without any
real attempt to master the elements OF the
question they have set out to solve, as even
a most casual examination of their public
utterances shows. 1t is possible to dis
agree with the views of those who opposed
them most warmly on Tuesday night with
out accepting theirs. We may fairly in
sist that on both sides there was failure
to recognize the complexity of the prob
lem and that very few Of the speakers
were competent to discuss it at all.
The discouraging aspect OF the debate
was the inability Of the debaters to appre-
bend the amount Of knowledge required to
launch out into the generalities most Of
them INDUCED in. For they were not con-
tent to stick to the purely legal question
under consideration, but preferred for the
most part-perhaps because 1t was easier
to play with cugenical and sociological
considerations, having no data at all upon
which to base their opinions. when you
can measure what you are speaking about
and express it in numbers you know some
thing about it, said the late Lord Kelvin
"but when you cannot measure IT, when
you cannot express i in numbers your
knowledge is OF a meagre and unsatis-
factory kind" The knowledge of most
Of the speakers at the Academy Of Medi-
cine was both meagre and unsatisfactory,
and it is a pity that so few were willing
to acknowledge to themselves that they
were not learned enough TO offer any use
full opinion on the matter. In so far as
the vote was intended TO express this
acknowledgment it was commendable, for
it discouraged the enlistment Of services
which, however insignificant in themselves,
would undoubtedly have great weight with
the public at large.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-12-28
Medical Men on Birth Control

The Medical Society OF the County OF
New York will be roundly denounced by a
large body of social reformers for declin-
ing by heavy majority to further the
endeavors Of those who think it necessary
to promote what is popularity known as
neomathusianism, or the voluntary limita-
ton of offspring They will be censured
as callous reactonaries by many who have
witnessed with compassion the cruel suf-
ferings Of families lacking adequate sup
port, and doubtless some will charge them
with hypocrisy, or even accuse them, as
they were in effect accused BY one eminent
speaker on Tuesday night, of opposing a
reasonable legal reform while tacitly Civ
ing countenance to illegal and mschevous
practices tending to like end.
The most remarkable circumstance in
the discussion carried on with so much
vehemence of late between the advocates
and opponents of birth control is the light
way in which opinions are put forward by
persons who cannot possibly pretend to
have given due consideration to the prob
lens involved. 1t is not that they believe
it to be good thing or a bad thing, but
that without thought for the completely of
the question they deem it reasonable TO de
eide offhand what should or what should
not be done. If they were capable Of
taking consolation from such an event they
would find it in the refusal of tho County
Medical Society TO be committed TO def
mite opinion on matter quite beyond the
experience and knowledge of most of the
members.
Yet for some there will be certain
satisfaction In this apparent access Of
modesty. 1t Is not altogether the fault Of
the medical man that he Is popularity re-
esrded as a man of science in broad
sense, though, as Professor Karl Pearson
has lust observed, 1.-The amount of his
really scientific training may actually be
less than that Of the clergyman or lawyer
of the same parish" Medico-social prob
lens. of which this, in sense, is one, have
multiplied TO so great degree in recent
wears that medical opinion is commonly
welcomed as influential, which it certainly
is, and as important beyond all its deserts.
The particular problem in question is med
ical only in an extremely limited sense,
and it might possibly be unfortunate if in
a wider sense considerable body of medi-
cal opinion were established on one side or
the other.
This much may be said without attempt
ing in any way TO analyze the motives and
real sentiments of those who voted in favor
of the majority report at the Academy of
Medicine. II is allowable for any one who
will to question the sincerity of the vote !;
to aEege, for instance. that the doctors,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-12-28
WHAT AMERICA WANTS
Voters Should Unite for Roosevelt in 1920
and Start Boom Now
To the Editor Of The Tribune.

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: In your issue OF December 1s c. r.
Glover says: There was time when The
odore Roosevelt had the confidence OF the
voters of the United States" May I say
that he has it still7 The voters said so very
plainly when The Tribune asked the coun-
try DO they want Roosevelt" Had he been
nominated last June all Progressives would
have followed him into a really reunited
party and swept the country; but Wall Street
had chosen Hughes, the servile G. o. p.
obeyed, the party, split, yawn. wider than
ever, and Wilson is reelected.
But Roosevelt still retains the confidence
of the voters. Glad and thankful should we
be if we could feel that, two months hence.
the government would pass into his hands,
the hands that for eight years held It straight
and true and msds America respected
throughout the world.
What is the matter with America, anyway ?
Other nations are proud OF their great men
and delight TO do them honor. When Eng
land wished especially to compliment Lloyd
George she called him "the English Roose-
Welt" but We, who have the real Roosevelt
but not the sense to appreciate HIM, put
our most vital interests into incompetent
hands and drive our one safe, experienced
leader (oh, the priceless value OF his ex-
perienceD out Of politics. The pacifsts whine
He'd get Us into war!' English paciists
said the same OF Lloyd George, then got
themselves into the very worst Of wars,
and now are trusting him to get them out
of II,
The man who knows when and why TO
make war is the man who also knows how
10 keep out Of war; because he understands;
il is the we'll meaning, ignorant dreamer who
blindly stumbles into it. Are We heading
that way? Are we riding to fall to the
shock of terrible awakening? II We are.
when il comes what howl there1l be for
Roosevelt
Don't let il come to that, fellow Americansl
Henry A. Wise Wood has we'll and truly said
that a national call for Roosevelt--for a
movement to abolish "hand- picked delega-
tons" and give T. R. and his followers a
souaro deal-can't be begun too soon. He
il right. Hiram Johnsons friends are al
ready busy; Whitman makes no secret OF
his aims: even the q. o. r. is said to Be
"laving pipes" for another defeat. Shall We
alone be idle? Let's get together friends
Let's rally. ono and all, to our old great
leader. the IMAM of men," and. forgetting
mast hurts and wrongs (he was worse hurt
and wronged than any of u.s., whether as
Proeressives, or Democrats. or Republicans.
or lust plain "Roosevelters,' show the world
that America wants Teddy, needs Teddy, and
means 10 have him. c. NJ. 5.
ksw York, Dec. "a, 1915.