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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-06-01
Park Vandalism.

The combination of holiday and hne
weather filed the city's parks on Decora'
ton Day. Yesterday the deplorable re-
suits were apparent, especially IN Cen
trail Park. Rubbish and waste paper NJ
tered the lawns, imposing a considerable
expense on the taxpayers for the neccS-
sary cleaning-up process.
Year after year New Works heavy In
vestment in its splendid park system has
been shabbily treated by the people who
use IT, Park Commissioner Ward, much
stirred ND over such vandalism, recently
attributed it to "half- baked Americanism,'
declaring: "Thcse people sing our ma
tional anthem; they talk glibly of liberty;
they join in our Fourth Of July celebra-
ton; but they appear To he wholly lgno-
rant of the fact that liberty means the
opportunity to give the other fellow the
same chance you enjoy yourself They
destroy the young trees in the park. They
fill big areas with rubbish. They refuse
to cooperate with the authorities IN Their
efforts TO give to the people wholesome
recreation grounds
Similar indictments have been drawn
in other years against the East Sider5
and residents Of other sections with heavy
foreign population. And while it is prob
ably true that the people from these dis
tricts are responsible for most Of the dam
age done. it is entirely possible that the
fault is not theirs alone The neighbor-
ing city Of Newark has a large foreign
population, Of approximately the same
clements as those most In evidence her..
Newark also has some fine parks, highly
popular and extensively used. They do
not seem to suffer at the hands of van
das as do the parks here. That may be
because of systematic campaign of edu-
cation regarding them, the keynote of
which was that any person who injured
park property was damaging property Of
which he was part owner. The park au-
thorities here have tried that scheme, bu,
it may be they have not tried it hard
enough or long enough. It is worth try.
ing on a large scale, with the cooperation
Of every settlement worker and play
ground instructor whose services can be
impressed.
Beyond that there should unquestiona
bly, be constant, relentless campai IN
against the vandals by the police. If a.
oHopca sc +ba+ pot,ra &c duo 20 ;f,poro pca
or mere carelessness, a warning by the
officer of the law is usually enough to pre-
vent its repetition. But there should be no
hesitation to stamp out vicious disregard
of the public's interests by arrests and
adequate punishment in court.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-06-01
CONSISTENCY?
Mrs. Rooney Discusses Cauney Workers
Hours and Suffrage Referendum.

To the Editor Of The Tribune
Sir: At the recent convention - the New
York City Federation of Womens Clubs q
motion was made 70 send the Governor \
telegram urging mis- veto Of bill, then pend
ing before him. which involved the hours o.
labor in tba canneries during the busy sea
son.
asked the question Have the women o.
the canneries been heard from as 70 the
hours permitted by the bill7' My purpos.
was not TO take sides on the merits Of tbs
bill itself II seemed 10 me proper 20 m
oure whether the women engaged in that
work had been consulted.
To my inquiry Mrs. Maud Nathan re-
piled NO"
! now find in your issue Of the i4tn let
ter from Mrs Maud Nathan IN which s's
refers 10 the incident and expresses surprise
that my reason for opposing IL vas that ] did
not know whether the women employees o.
the canneries wished the measure passed Or
not" It seems odd 70 me. An snt-sufragist
that the proposition that the persons chienY
concerned should be consulted should %
laughed to scorn by suffrage lesder hse
Mrs Nathan. And yet 1t is not inconsisten'
with the suffragists' tactics. they seek 70
IOIst inc vote upon the fdNA INaa'iiNf
women who DO not want it. They have been
challenged TO a woman's referendum IN tnn
state and always scornfully refuse It. Women
are TO get not what they want but What ths
suffrage leaders, professional and otherwise
think the women ought 20 have.
My critic further says: "She Mrs. Rooney
stated that she was not in favor OF allowing
men TO legislate for women without giving
the women an opportunity TO express them.
selves Could any more delicious tld-bit ot
inconsistent anti-sufrage reasoning -
found?"
The only inconsistency consists IN MIS-
Nathan's own conclusion. The anti-sufrsg'
lists have never taken the ground that
women's interests or women's wishes should
not be consulted both in public and In Pri-
vate matters.
Our belief is that they should be- and that
in free America they always have been. Whsi
we object 70 is the forcing of women into
politics by a small and unrepresentatiye MI
norty. MARIE COLLINS ROONEY,
President OF the Guidon Club.
New York, May p. 1916.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-06-01
The Retreating Dinner Hour.

Just why the hour of more or less fash
ionable dinner-as distinguished from
plain. old-fashoned American supper
should have inched on to the late point
where now it rests is one of the all too
frequent unsolvable problems in practical
sociology. A generation ago it was any
where from to 7. Now it is nearer
S than Z. with the later hour "a the one
really right moment, we have been given to
understand.
To worry consider Die extent the whole
programme of the day has been moved on
as well. The lawyers and brokers of New
York begin work later, lunch later, and
leave later. Courts sit later. Theatre
and opera are later. OF course. the great
majority of workers are not as much af-
fected and once the large cities are left
behind the old hours hold with less change.
But there has been some shifting Of the
social clock-and in the direction Of day
light wasting-all along the line.
England has seen parallel change. The
Georgian dinner hour was from . TO 6.
Theatres opened at in Crimean days.
AS late as the '7Os the dinner hour at Ok
ford was before in all the colleges. To-
day the schedule of fashionable London is
later even than ours, and critics Of the
resurrected daylight-saving plan are point
ing to this voluntary shift TO prove how
little clocks have to do with regulating
human habits.
For better or for worse, the larks who
delight to arise with the sun seem to be
losing ground before the owls, whose eyes
are brightest after dark. Is that simply
the general way of much civilization? Or
is it the effect Of successfully perverting
nighttime into daytime with electric light?
Or is it simply the general cussedness Of
human nature? The daylight savers have
yet TO answer.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-06-01
Irish Soldiers.
Of The Tribune.

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: In the heat of the present excitement
over most unfortunate recent occurrences N
Ireland the American must remember tho
Irish soldiers fighting for the Allies cause.
IL is estimated that more than 50 per cent o.
Great Brtain's expeditionary force Of 60oV'
were Celts The world knows and eyilNa-
tion and France especially will ever respee.
and revere their heroic aid Ypres and hih
No. 60 in Belgium arc scarlet with Irish blood
Gallipoli claimed more Irish heroes. Loo''
Hulluck and Vimy wept their heads AZ mo
dying flower Of the gallant Irshmen gF'ns
their last drop of blood TO nurture ciyiil-S-
tion's cause. Even the deserts Of Nesopo'
tamia bear the scarlet badge Of the race
which Is ever ready when needed.
Nearly 100000 Irishmen yolunteered' re'
member, volunteered from Ireland. nov
many of Irish blood from Great Britain
How many from Canada. Australia, Ne" le'
land. South Africa? Even from here;
don't know. But I know they went.
The many must not suffer for the rev.
The world praises their courage An o1'
widows and orphans suffer from all the par
ent provided. They pray for him. but.
Do be generous, All Irish are. BE gensr'
Gus to them now in their need.
JOHN B. ODONNELL,
Director Irish Section Allied Bazaar.
New York, May p, 1915
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-06-01
Working-Class Internationalism.

The final appointment of Socialist to
the Berlin Food Regulation Board does
not mean that German bureaucracy is be-
coming democratic. 1t means rather that
German Socialism is becoming imperialist,
Official Prussia would never in such
crisis risk placing power in the hands of
one who was not perfectly safe. The ap-
pointment of a solitary Socialist would
seem q niggardly recognition of the pa
triotic loyalty of the Socialists. But its
acceptance would indicate that no small
number of these radicals" were willing
enough to make peace with the govern
ment.
1t appears that, with the exception Of
the group who have stood with Liebknecht,
the Social Democratic party of the Faith
erland has of late turned out something
of a disappointment TO Comrades" in
other countries This war has shown
how great has been the transformation in
the Socialist movement since the days
when certain German radicals were inn
ploring Marx to aid the French Com
munists in a proposed quixotic invasion of
the Fatherland for the purpose Of liber-
ating the Teutonic working class.
Beginning as a class conscious revolu-
tionary movement, Continental Socialism
has in half century become hardly more
than the parliamentary expression of the
political interests of labor. From fulmina-
tions and manifestoes of hostility TO all
masters" and "tyrants" it changes now
TO guarded protestations Of loyalty to the
warning German empires. From a posi-
ton Of uncompromising internationalism,
il turns TO discover economic reasons why
German workingmen should give their de-
votion TO the Fatherland and go out TO
shoot the workingmen of France and Eng
land. The collapse of Socialism as an in
ternational force in the first crucial test of
war may be only what should have been
expected, but it was Socialisms lost op-
portunity, and it has diSillusioned many
who looked 10 the labor movement TO pre-
serve the peace of Europe. Patriotism has
proved stronger than class consciousness
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-06-01

il marks a turn for the better in dealing
with criminal cases complicated by the
plea Of insanity IL was one OF those
cases that could be tested by the applica-
ton of a comparatively simple formula
There have been many other instances IN
which the application of the same lo'-
mula would he more questionable. III
MERCER, who has given much thought TO
the reform of criminal law. has ci.eo a
number of perplexing cases that nave
teen tried in English courts. One VIII
suffice as an example. A man was con
vlcted of the murder Of his sister, whom
he had killed because she had passed MN
in the street unnoticed. He was DOUBT
less insane and morally irresponsible but
he knew the nature and quality OF his
act and he knew that he was liable to
die for it, and upon strict application
Of an inadequate formula he was duly
found guilty.
II was in respect Of many similar cases
that the committee on crime and pun
;sbment at the last meeting of the British
Medical Association recommended that
full responsibility in a criminal should
he recognized only when it had been dem
onstrated that the accused person kne"
ord apprecinted the nature, quality and
wrongness of his act and the ctrc'en'-
stances in which II was done.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-06-01
A United Congregation.

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: read in The Tribune Of April 10 a
report of meeting Of the Spotswood, y. J.,
Reform Church, Of which Rev. DR.. Thomas c.
Easton is pastor, in which mention is made Of
the existence Of "dissension' and Of war
ring factions IN the congregation. thought
you would be interested to know that the
entire consistory OF the church, consisting Of
William II. Hulit. Joseph Hodap, ir., j. W.
Van Dyke. ". n. Clark, Thomas j. Brown and
William X. Irons have denied that any dis
sension" or warning factions" existed and
have resolved that there is not a more loving.
devoted and united congregation in all our
denominations. The annual meeting referred
TO- held on April IL, was marked for its har-
mony. and great delight was expressed by all
present az the prosperous condition Of the
church under the leadership OF ITS minister
so we'll known 70 our beloved denomination"
n NJ. THATCHER.
keY York. MAJ 81 1915
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-06-01

Mr. Graham says prohibition has nothing
70 do with the low death rate in Kansas
II Is ms word against that of W. J. Y. Dea-
con- Registrar Of Vital Statistics for Kan
sas. In reply 20 an inquiry from the Di-
rector Of the United States Census as to
why the death rate was so low. Mr. Deacon
said, on January 10 last: Because the
people do not drink liquor because they
have money enough 70 live right and be-
cause they have the intelligence to read Of
the conditions that make for short lives
and know how to dodge them.
What boots 1t 10 compare the death rate
IN prohibition Maine, state with an ex-
cessive average of aged people because of
the young manhood constantly flowing away
from 1t, with Kansas, one of the newer
growing states?
To the statement that Kansas "has the
fewest homicides and murders Of any state"
Mr.. Graham reJoins that the census Of 1910
shows nineteen states with a lower homicide
rate than Kansas. The census for 1910
shows no figures covering the homicide rate
for Kansas and the rest Of the states; nei-
Their has any special census bulletin since
presented any comparative figures on this
point. What Mr.. Graham has done is 70
twist the census figures as 70 prison popu-
l0LlOHS lOt homicide IN 1911 10 a misuse
The number of murderers in state prisons
in Kansas IN given year as compared with
those in the prisons of other states has no
possible relation 70 the homicide rate in
Kansas as compared with that in other
states. Kansas has no death penalty for
murder and sentences 70 life Imprisonment
only.
Against the stateme Q as 70 the number of
Kansas paupers m 1913, Mr. Graham places
some census figures for 1910 and the state
ment that az that time fourteen states had
a lower pauper rate than Kansas Mr.
Graham did not state, however, that four
OF that fourteen were already prohibition
states and nine Of the other ten had more
than half Of their areas free from saloons
az that time; that no state with less than
25 per cent OF rs territory dry was in the
Kansas class. and only one which was more
thar half wet Wyoming = new and incom-
pletely organized state.
To statement that eshty-seyen coun-
ties In Kansas had no insane N 1913 Mr.
Graham proposes some census figures a. ia
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-06-01

Nationalism has prevailed over doctri-
naire theories of universal brotherhood.
If the brotherhood of nations is ever TO
he realized, few will now seriously expect
it TO come through the artificial interna-
tonalsm of a particular class movement
but through such a spirit Of friendship OF
nation for nation as is expressed by the
Russian Minister Sazonoff, who assures us
that the alliance made by the governments
Of England. France and Russia has now
become an alliance Of the hearts OF the
people. n bond of union forever.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-06-01
Our Poor Grasp Of Foreign Languages.
lFron NJ Roston Heraldl

IRON me boston hcTGld)
Tn. New England Language Association
meets to-day in Boston to discuss proposals
for securing better teaching efficiency in
modern language instruction" and we shall
again have explained 10 US, lslong with de-
fects in our educational equipment, some of
the reasons why Americans are not "a nation
Ct linguists." There will be emphasis on the
natural or direct" as opposed 70 the old
formal or grammatical, method OF acquiring
tongues; once more we shall be reminded
that the supply of competent teachers runs
vastly short of the demand.
The French pedagogues, in their Sorbonrc
programme, define the object of modern Ian
guage teaching as "la possession effective de
Ia langue," and that means such knowledge
CT foreign tongue as will enable you 70
use it efficiently in speaking, writing and
reading. Why, then, is so much Of tho en-
ergy put into the language classes OF our
colleges and high schools as good as wasted
so far as the students may be said TO come
out from them with anything like effective
possession? Can IL be maintained that we
ere too remote from Europe TO have either
the stimulus or the practice needed for pro
fciency in this field? We have Europe in
our very midst whole colonies OF people
from abroad each with French, German,
Italian, Spanish or Russian for their native
81 czech. Gu immigration problem would
alone demand frst-hand contact with these
ircomers Why is not the opportunity bet
ter utilized Is it because re stress the
academic uses Of foreien language over
much? We do need them for travel. and
mcre obviously for the study Of Old World
literatures. But there IT. an even more in-
sistent call for them In business, 10 be
herd louder. than ever at the close Of ths
WA
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-06-01
Mr.. Wilson as Peacemaker.
tor Of The Tribune.

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: I don't think either The Tribune or
the country generally need worry about the
prominent part Mr.. Wilson proposes TO take
in the peace negotiations" II would seem
TO simple, direct and unenlightened minds
that even four years Is too much 70 spend in
a college.
The Tribunes editorial this morning is
excellent Keep Mr. Roosevelt's Detroit ad-
dress before the public The verbosity and
cant OF Mr.. Wilson ard the direct. manly ap-
peal OF Mr.. Roosevelt can have but ore re
suit next November y. T. SMEDLEY
New York. Nay 60. 1910
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-06-01
Too Proud to Speak?

Are the people of this country to be com
PEELED to choose between candidate who
was TOO proud to fight" and one who was
too proud 70 speak?
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-06-01
The Progressives' Offer.

To the Editor OF The Tribune
Sir: II appears 10 the writer that you miSn'
well include in your splendid editorials for
national conscience hat the Pro
yessive party offers to the Republican party
Millions for defence. not one vote for
rributei" The condition the nomination %
Colonel Roosevelt. ". RICHARD uPSoA
Waterbury, Conn, Msx q. lsla ~
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-06-01

You can purchase merchandise advertised In
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TRIBUNE guarantees to pay your money back
upon request. No red tape, no quibbling. We
make good promptly IL the advertiser does not
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THURSDAY. JUNE I. 1915.

Owned ard published daily BY The Tribune A"oc'',lon
N,~ Yo-k cooperation ogden Reid PRESIDENT t. ,e"''
scS,-L vics President. Il. H. WALDO sefe'~P' r.
- ,-,,.,-,- Address rribun. Buldins l% Nassau
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rOREIGN RATS
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NAL Mater.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-02-11

Sweden is holding 24 tons of seed consigned to Russian agriculturists be- cause Russia seized shipment of clover purchased by Sweden.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-02-11
LYRIC

The next weeks offering of the Cecil Spooner Go. will be Madame K The role of Madame x'' is tremendous, throbbing with emotion and conceded to be one of the most exhausting parts ever written, and will be played by CeciPs sister, Edna May Spooner. The play created a sensation when pro- duced abroad and met with instant success when brought to this country, particularly during it's record year run at the Amsterdam theatre, New York. It has been 1ikened to Camille, that thrilling drama by Dumas, and was written by A1exandre Bissen, one of the foremost authors. It will be trying as well as triumphant play for Cecil Spooner and her company.
 The story is told in a prologue and three acts. all extremely fascinating and without embellishments of irrel- evant scenes to distract attention from the main theme. The scenes are all laid in France, and the prologue introduces us into the home of Louis mond, aged four, is just recovering from a dangerous illness. We learn that Jacqueline, F7oriott's wife, has fled with her lover Hearing of her sons Illness she returns to see him and beg forgiveness of her husband, who spurns her and drives her out of the house.
 s Twenty years are supposed to eiapse and we see JacqueIine and Laroque, a, rough adventurer, arriving from South America to take quarters at the sAThree Crowns" a cheap inn. She has become a, drug fiend and all her former beauty has left her. Her weary feet have trod the soil of foreign lands, where she has sought forgetful-s ness but in vain- The memory of her son blooms n her heart like a flower, but hate for her husband rankles in her breast, and that is the strong theme of the strong story of Madame x, which arouses enthusiasm. Ray, mond is now A and a promising law yer. F7orsott is president ef the court Laroque discovers that FIoriott is blackrnaiI him. Jacqueline to pre- vent her son from knowing of her dis grace kills Baroque. She is arrested and refuses to give any informa tion regarding herself except that she is Madame x.'' She is a woman of mystery to all as well as the police, and Raymond, her son, is selected to while has made every effort to find her but without succe s. The last act is taken up with the trial scene with out doubt the most impressive and sensational scenes ever written. Jac- queline, weak and dissipated with drugs, is near the end of her earthly Journey. We see the jury before whom she is to be tried. Raymond makes his appeal for her life and so He then learns that she is his mother and there follows touching and beautiful scene. but before F'loriott can be called and the reconciliation made, poor Jasqueline dies, content and happy in having found her son.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-02-11

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