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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-02-14
DENTIST WILL AID WOUNDED
DR.. Douglas Webster Sails for France
Next Month

DR.. Douglas Webster, dentist. of 1924
North sd street, will sail for France, on
the steamship Chicago, on March Z. He
has been appointed one of the specialists
in the American Ambulance Hospital at
Neullly. His selection for the post was
made by the American Red Cross Society
because Of his skill In the prosthetic
branch of dentistry.
Skilled dentists are needed In the hos
pitfalls of all the bellgerent nations, since
their work Is a necessary complement to
the plastic surgery of workers in the
field, which has assumed an unusual i'm
portance in a war wherein a great pro-
portion of the wounds are those of the
head and face.
Doctor Webster was born in this city 20
years ago. He received his preliminary
education In the public schools of Phila-
delphia and Atlantic City, and was grad
uated from the old West Jersey Academy
at Bridgeton, n. ]. He matriculated at
the MediCo-Chlrurgical College. from
which institution he was graduated with
honors in the Glass of 1907, being almost
Immediately appointed demonstrator of
prosthetlc dentistry there which chair he
held for several years.
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g:;;:::::: : ; H'II III d 1T 'I ri n! \

This table shows Wellesley up. 1t will
be noted that the Swarthmore girls beat
the Wellesley girls in every detail except
one. and in that one, as we have seen.
the defeat Is virtually victory.
Miss Wllletts. who. by the way (and this
Is very importantly, is only very. very
little bit more perfect than the other
nearly perfect co-eds of Swarthmore, is
the daughter OF e. Robin Willetts. of 219
Greenwood avenue, Trenton, n. j., and
comes of an old Friend family long con-
necred with Swarthmore Colleges admin
istration She Is n member of the Kappa
Kappa Gamma fraternity.
Said Miss Lillian Shaw, a graduate .
Sargent, one of Americas most famous
physical training colleges, and now physi-
cal training director for girls at Swarth-
more:
1.-THE attitude OF the Swarthmore girl
toward gymnasium work and athletics, l
am sure, is largely responsible for the
splendid physical condition of the young
women. The girls all take their daily
exercise as part of the college work. We
also require them to learn to swim unless
they have heart trouble. Each night every
girl reports on card in her corridor just
what exercise she has taken that day
and what time she goes to bed"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-02-14

than the average OF both Wellesley and
Swarthmore. for the average is not the
normal-not by long shot. For exam
pie, the average pairs of eyes have to be
assisted by spectacles, but the normal
pairs of eyes need no spectacles; the
average man Is weak, but the normal
man is strong.
The normal is very rare. and at times
does not exist except In theory; but the
average is by definition always hanging
around. right in the middle OF things
trying to drag the normal down to a
lower level.
The absolutely astounding fact about
the Swarthmore Venus is that she has
brains. Not that Swarthmore girls are
not far above the average in brains, but
no one ever asks of Venus II she has
brains.
One asks about the Venus things that
are easily ascertainable, for instance, the
chest expansion. 1t must have been very
interesting that day they got the marble
Venus In the Louvre to expand her chest.
How II was done has never been pub
lished, but at any rate the marble was
not damaged when It took full inhala-
tion In its marble lungs.
But to get back to brains. The swarth-
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-02-14
HoID Venus de Milo and
de SLDdrthmore Compare
Miss Willetts

deal like Venus in the face. There 10
not that straight Greek line from top of
forehead to tip OF nose, but lots of people
do not like that sort OF perfection; and
outside of that Miss Willetts' features
are as normal as those Of the Venus.
1t is natural that normal individual
Venus should be more nearly perfect
more Venus has reached her senior year
and with distinction. She is a good gym
mast, plays hockey basketball and tennis
and swims with unusual ability.
But above ALL excelling Venus in field
she never strove to shine In. Miss Wiletts
Is popular with girls. When it comes to
good fellowship (or whatever the feminine
equivalent of good fellowship isl she
would be content to fuse and sink her
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-02-14
composite V e nu S" of
Quaker College Closer to
Ideal Than New England
Girls in Nearly Every
Way

which is the coed student body OF
Swarthmore.
The Swarthmore girls rose up and
cheered when they learned that their
record was better than Welesley's. Their
composite. average measurements arc
far nearer the Venus measurements in
every detail except that of the ankle. In
that the wellesley girls average is three
tenths of an inch nearer the Venus
measurement than the Swarthmore girls
average. Venus being 80 inches Welles-
ley 81 and Swarthmore So But the
Swarthmore girls are proud of this de-
feet for 1t is athletic activity that makes
ankles larger. and not idleness and loung-
ing about.
The Swarthmore Composite Venus has
one absolutely perfect dimension. That
Is the neck. The Swarthmore neck Is the
same as the Venus neck-l25 inches, But
here are all the figures in inches:
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-02-14
Will Erect $5oo,OOO Warehouse

Charles ]. Webb & Co.. wool merchants,
Delaware avenue and Walnut street and
lie Chestnut street, have awarded the con-
tract for new l0-story warehouse to
Irwin & Leighton. The new building will
be erected in Delaware avenue, between
Walnut and Chestnut streets. and will ad-
join the present Webb warehouse, at the
corner of Delaware avenue and Walnut
street
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-02-14
LODGE BLOCKS TILLMAN'S
ARMOR PLATE PLANT BILL
New England Senator Wants Penrose
to Speak on Measure

WASHINGTON. Feb. 1i.-Senator TILL
mans attempt to get immediate action on
his Government armor-plate bill today
was blocked temporarily by Senator
Lodge.
Denying any intention to delay con-
sideratlon of the measure. Lodge said
he merely would like to have tho bill
lie over until Senator Penrose, who was
absent, could return to Washington to
speak on it, Tillman gave notice he
would brook no attempt, or apparent at
tempt, at delay, and would move to con-
slider the bill over Lodges objection,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-02-14

An unconscious man, whom the police
say is John J. Brett, % years old, of 2ODa
Stella street, was found lying In the snow
at Ruffner street and Hunting Park ave
nue. about 0 o'clock this morning by
Policeman Hamilton, of the Ridge and
Midvale avenues station. He was sent to
the Women's Homeopathic Hospital. Ply
sicians say the man was overcome by
alcoholism and cold.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-02-14
.ago .g COnyerts At shamokIn Reriual

tfeakins Mn, Pa, Feb. IA. Reeord-
hes We, crowds attended Concluding serv.
d EHsselaay conducted by EyanFeIist
eampsisS" "eywell, who opened a relIeions
lons M SIX weeks ago. Fully 400 per-
shle sns me trail during the revival
pay for rtheient thNnt money was collected 10
sad handso ,is construction OF the tabernacle
ssll party partneiE remunerate the Honey
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-02-14
Boy, Trolley Victim, Will Recover

Oscar Dean, years old. 72O North Sd
street, who was struck by trolley car in
front of his homo on January and
dragged for half square, is recovering
at the Roosevelt Hospital. When the boy
was picked up after the accident 1t was
believed he could live only a few hours
His skull was fractured and several ribs
broken. He spent most OF yesterday sing
ing songs he learned in school.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-02-14
Preacher Stricken on Way to Church

The Rev. Charles e. Betticher, of Bev.
erly. n. j., was stricken with apoplexy at
Swanson and Catharlne streets yester'
day, while on his way TO preach in the
Old Swedes Church. Swanson street and
Washington avenue. He was removed TO
the Pennsylvania Hospital. No improve
ment is reported in his condition this
morning.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-02-14
!. ..,.oniup of Marian Lambert in
Illinois Recalls Death of
Avis Linnell in
Boston
c,sE PUZZLES PRoBERs
.,.dsnt Is Charged With Murder, but
s'I Prosecutor Admits He's Uncer-
tain About Guilt
Dooths of AUis LinneH
and Miss Lambert Alike

Roth choir singers.
Roth feared disgrace.
Roth Roth swallowed a deadly drug,
,binking it was medicine.
Both died of poison.
either woman" in each case.
Alleged slayer denied guilt when
arrested.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-02-14
Little { camden Girl Badly Injured

Mary w Ight. years old. OF 1921 Fed
eral stree Is in a serious condition at
the Polytechnic Hospital as result of
being burned yesterday while playing near
a stove. Her mother was burned about
the hands and face in tearing off part of
the childs clothing.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-11-06
ANOTHER OUTRAGE
The Pilgrim Fathers Must Have
Looted Holland
To the Editor of The Tribune.

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: May / not bring the following
opportunity to the attention Of Mr..
Wilson's Secretary of War and His
tory?
In the Pilgrims Hall Of this quaint
and beloved town, devoted to the pres.
ervation of the possessions of those
who came hither by the Msyfower. to
stock the country which the robber
troops of Valley Forge subsequently
purloined from the British, there is q
pile of red-yellow earthen blocks, at
tached to which is the following in
scription: Bricks from the old pier
in Delft Haven, Holland, from which
the Pilgrims embarked on August 1,
1922
Here is occasion for Mr. Baker to
add yet another to his now justly IA
nous critiques of American history by
pointing out that even the Pilgrim
Fathers, when starting out upon their
successful attempt to confiscate the
lands of their red brothers, swiped the
pier in Holland from which they sailed.
HENRY A. WISE WOOD.
Plymouth, Mass. Nov. 2, 1915.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-11-06
In the Name of Neutrality"
Editor of The Tribune.

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: Till to-day | thought it impos-
sble that as an American | could feel
deeper humiliation than | felt already.
| was wrong.
On the front page Of this mornings
Tribune read that "the famous Amer
lean Aviation Corps Of the French army
probably soon will lose it's distinctive
title as a result Of protests to the State
Department that the use Of the name
is not compatible with American neu-
trality."
There is no doubt that Gallo esprit
will appreciate this delicacy to the
full. 1t will be appreciated here also.
1t will be appreciated by the parents
Of Victor Chapman and Kifin Rockwell.
II will be appreciated by Americans
who have hitherto felt that on the bat
tlefelds of France something of the
ignominy of the American name wa.
being redeemed.
Sometimes single incident, like
rocket, lights up a whole situation.
c. |. CLAFLIN.
Newark, N. j., Nov. 8, 1916.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-11-06

TO have been sunk had probably es-
capped unhurt the feeling of disap-
pointment was greatly intensified.
and since then the present admins
tration at the Admiralty has been
exposed to the severest criticism.
Another circumstance that has
contributed to the general dissatis-
faction of the public is the success
of the submarine attacks on COM
merce. 1.-THE Nation" is asking "why
the Admiralty have failed to repeat
Lord Fishers brilliant repulse of the
first campaign" and perhaps Lord
Fishers friends will seize on this as
a convenient occasion to renew the
clamor for his return TO Office, for
there are some enthusiasts who are
willing to believe him capable Of
dealing with all emergencies. 1t is
unlikely that they will succeed in
reviving a demand that was sue
cessfully suppressed eight months
ago, but they may contrive TO shake
public confidence in Mr.. Balfour,
who, in the opinion of some Of his
critics, is too easy-going for a First
Lord.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-11-06
Words Only

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: wonder if Mr.. Wilson has ever
privately uttered word of sympathy
for Belgium or France. He certainly
has not done so publicly. Does it not
seem strange, in view Of the many
times he has spoken OF humanity"
with big H, and the service we owe
to it? This humanity appears to be
an abstraction, which. of course, it is
easy to worship in words, but which
unaccompanied by any concrete acts
Of service is worth-how much? | fear
many have been deceived by his fine
phrases and have not paused to realize
their emptiness. II any one fails to
sympathize from the depth OF the
heart with the heroic people of that
little country of Belgium it seems TO
me TO show a callousness worthy OF
German. There are some educated
men, and among them clergymen, VIII,
appear blind to the moral questions at
issue. and TO Mr.. Wilson's attitude
toward them.
Any one with heart and moral
sense must, one would think, feel with
in him a glow Of righteous Indignation,
OF compassion and ardor Of sympathy
that could not but find expression.
What has the President, representative
of the nation, ever said or done to voice
these feelings In the hearts of our
people? NJ. l.. HENRY.
Morristown, N. j., Nov. 8, 1915.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-11-06
Red Fire

Banners and marchings and red
fire have always been the historic
accompaniment of that period Of
solemn determination known as
an American election. 1t did seem
at times in the last decades as if a
decline in the amount of red fire
consumed was approaching. But
the mighty minds who control the
fashions in such things decided
otherwise. We have witnessed this
year more red fire per orator and
more old-home days per candidate
than in many pale four years. The
good old stuff has been pulled as
never before.
Oddly enough, alongside has arisen
more up-to-date publicity than ever
before. The advertising columns of
newspapers and magazines have car
ried countless pleas and arguments.
Just why this sensible and obvious
method of presenting an argument
frankly and fully to practically
every holder Of ballot has been so
slow to arrive need not bother us.
The interesting point is that it is
here. The intelligent voter now gets
not only red fire, but straightfor-
ward words as well. Those most
conservative of all business men, our
practical politicians, while refusing
to give up the old stuff, have shown
themselves quite willing to expert
ment with the new.
Will the printed word some day
eliminate stumping altogether?
Hardly. The desire to see and in
spect candidate is deep rooted and
sensible. As for the small fry
among spellbinders, their usefulness
has been dwindling for a good while.
If we can some day reduce an cleo
ton to the speeches Of the chief con-
testants, supplemented by appeal by
advertising, we can feel content.
The politicians can continue to
amuse themselves with as much red
fire as they choose.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-11-06
DELIVERING LABOR
II Will Be Difficult If Labor Reads
Wilson Views
To the Editor of The Tribune.

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: Mr.. Gompers is quoted as say
ing that he will deliver" the union
labor vote to Mr.. Wilson. | do not
believe that union labor likes to have
its vote "delivered"; but II 1t does.
would it not be we'll before any deliv-
cry for the sentient package to dis
cover what it's consignee really thinks
Of IL?
Mr.. Wilson fathered the eight-hour
railroad law when he was threatened
with loss of the labor vote. He has
not yet altered regulation that he
fathered when Election Day was dis
tant - the regulation allowing ten
hours work for laborers in our navy
yards.
Shortly after his nomination to the
governorship of New Jersey Mr.. Will
son said: Eve shall not act justly or
wisely if we attack established inter
ests."
On February 26, 1905, before the
Peoples Forum. at New Rochelle, n. Y,
he declared: "The labor unions reward
the shiftless and incompetent at the
expense of the able and Industrious"
What Secret postscript" has Mr..
Wilson added to his action in regard
to the eight-hour law?
REGINALD WRIGHT KAUFMAN.
Columbia, Penn, Nov. 8, 1916.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-11-06
MARKING THE BALLOTS
Simple Means to Avoid lnvalidating
Vote

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: How TO mark your ballot TO vote
for Hughes and the rest of the ticket
and at the same time eliminate Whit
man?
A lot of men are anxious to do this,
but they are afraid they may invali-
date their vote by some mistake.
J. MONTGOMERY FLAGG.
New York, Nov. 2, 1916.
Three ballots will be delivered to
each voter when he enters his poll
ing place on Election Day. One will
bear the names of the candidates
for Presidential Electors, arranged
in columns according to party; an
other will bear the names of candi-
dates for state and local Offices, ar
ranged in groups under the name
of the office; the third will contain
a question whether there shall be a
convention in 1917 to revise the
state constitution, and Proposition
No. 1, for the ratification of S1O,-
100000 bond issue, the proceeds to
be devoted to charging the states
forest parks.
The electoral ticket may be voted
Straight" by placing cross in the
circle under the party emblem. The
candidates ticket must be voted by
placing a cross in the voting square
alongside the name of each candl-
date whom the voter desires to sup
port. Thus, to vote for Hughes,
place a cross in the circle under the
Republican emblem on the electors
ballot. To eliminate Whitman,
place a cross in the square along
side the name Of some other candl-
date for Governor, and leave blank
the square alongside Mr.. Whitman's
name.-Ed.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-11-06
High Parcel Post Rates

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: For three years past | have been
holding my peace so as TO give our
postal authorities ample time to set
their house in order and put parcel
post on a solid basis at reasonable
rates.
1t now seems time to rise and re-
mark on the exceedingly high rate-12
cents a pound-on long-distance par
cells.
Public opinion needs to be directed
to the fact that the British postoffice
carries parcels three times our trans
continental distances for about half our
current rate. From London TO furthest
India, Burma, etc, the charges are as
follows: Three pounds. % cents; seven
pounds, IS cents, and eleven pounds, 70
cents. Moreover, the British Postmas
ter General assured me that even these
low rates were pecuniarily profitable.
Surely, with its years of experience
and with the enormously increased
business that lowered rates would
bring, our postoffice should now re
ceive the peoples mandate to cut in
half its present long-distance rate Of ~
cents. EDWARD BERWICK.
Pacific Grove, Cal, Oct. 80, 1916.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-11-06

learn to reverence what we are too
ant to ridicule." He then proceeds
to moraize as follows:
IT'S unhappy that the artifice OF
this ncopIe has found the way TO
turn their courage in some degree
against ourselves. IL Is re.
proach TO our policy that we DO not
engage them in greater numbers, l
am no native Of Ireland-that' MI
Inspector sc. tho editorl,, you can
attest for me; but | shall add TO
their character that courage is not
more general among them than hdel-
itv. We see here the men from
among whom regiments might be
raised for the most desperate ser,
vice. Let US use them we'll and
there Is nothing we may not prom
ise ourselves in return.
This old writer, after all, was
merely making a mild plea for that
atmosphere of understanding de-
sired by Mr.. Lloyd George.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-11-06
The Women's Tour

Now that the trainload of women
campaigners has completed the
swing round the circle, party man
ayers are scratching their heads
and wondering what it all proves
anyhow. 1t seems clear that DR..
Katharine Davis and her fellow
speakers did not set many prairies
afre. They did receive here and
there some rather rough heckling.
In so far as their appeal was d.
rected toward women voters they
seem to have had only moderate
success-except perhaps in Illinois,
and we shall have to wait for to-mor-
row night to be sure of that much.
In short, the junket bears a strange
resemblance in its failure and ac-
complishment to any old-fashioned
masculine swing round the circle.
That is really the only moral, we
suspect. There seemed to be a feel
ing before the venture that the
women voters Of the West would
hear more readily and be more dis
posed to heed advice from their own
sex. Why, we cannot understand.
Such a notion misses completely the
point of view of the modern woman.
She wants to vote, not as peculiar
class, but as human being. She
feels that she has her especial con-
tribution to make to the business of
governing. But she has no inten-
ton of isolating herself from men
and voting upon wholly feminine ad-
vice and for wholly feminine ends.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-11-06
To the Editor OF The Tribune.

/
Sir: In tho words Of the Constitu-
ton the duty Of the President Is ito
take caro- that the laws be faithfully
executed" The laws referred to are
the laws OF the United States. Incl
dental TO the duty to enforce rights is
the duty Of those administrators TO
proyide for themselves and their sue
cessors that degree of force, whether
moral or physical, which is reasonably
necessary for the purpose. II, under
the apprehension that the rights Of It's
citizens are In danger OF violation
by foreign government a government
issues a warning that in case OF the
violation the offending government Will
be held to "strict accountability" the
warning carries with it by necessary
implication the suggestion that some
form of physical force will be used
to punish the violation and prevent its
repetition.
Whether such a warning will be OBJ
served or not will depend upon the
character Of the foreign government,
upon the force of the motives which
impel it toward the violation, and upon
its judgment as to the probable conse-
uuences of its act. II the warning IS
made by a government which is known
at the time to be in the possession Of
the means to use the suggested physical
force, and he who utters the warning
is believed to mean what he says, and to
be a steadfast and resolute man, the
moral force of the warning will be
great. II the belief be to the contrary
the moral effect will be small.
A man who by express words, or by
the necessary implication Of his words,
deliberately uttered, announces that II
certain act is committed he will fight
and then follows the commission of the
act by the declaration that he is "too
proud to fight" makes himself con-
temptible. II he is too proud to fight
he should be too proud to threaten tc
fight II he makes both the announce
ment and the subsequent declaration
in his capacity as the head of gov
eminent, he makes the government
contemplate, and if thereafter the
PEOPLE deliberately continue him in
Office, the people make their nation
contemplate. A violation of the rights
of one citizen of the United States is d
violation of the rights of all its citi-
zens. IL is as much the duty of the
government to protect the rights OF
one citizen in respect to one matter as
it is to protect the rights of million
citizens in respect to a similar matter.
A failure in duty TO punish or to i'm
pose penalty for the unlawful killing
Of one American citizen by foreign
government is failure of duty toward
all other citizens.
Every American citizen has the right
to life, liberty and the pursuit of hap
piness." Any act Of foreign govern
ment which deprives him OF his liberty
of action is violation of that right.
His liberty of action includes the lib
erty to take his person and property
upon the high seas upon any vessel Of
his own or of foreign country which