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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-12-18
Aid Welcome from Any Source

In proposing TO regulate the heating,
lighting, sanitation and loading of street
cars the Health Board is invading the
preserves of the Public Service Commits
sion with a vengeance. Something of the
tort has been attempted under existing
authority for a considerable period, and
where the Health Department has made
specific regulations limiting the number of
passengers on specific car lines the trans
portation companies have in general en-
deavored to comply with the requirements.
The proposed new sections of the sanitary
code will extend the regulative powers OF
the Health Department, and It will have
this advantage over the Public Service
Commission-thd violation Of its edicts
may be followed by a prison sentence for
the offenders.
There is justification for this activity
On the part of the health authorities. Con-
lGitions on many of the transit lines are
Iassuredly detrimental to health and com
fort. With the best intentions in the
world. the Public Service Commission has
Iseemed unable to improve them to any
great degree If the Health Department,
with its strong powers, can do better, 1t
will certainly have the support and good
will of the public which has to go about
the town. Travellers will not be partic-
lar as to which agency of government
I, ids them. whether the one whose primary
duty it is TO procure better transit facili-
ties or another which appears TO be less
directly concerned with the cause Of the
trouble They will root for the one with
the strongest powers and the disposition
toward most direct action.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-12-18
How Enforce Prohibition!

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: In letter published in reee''
sue Of The Tribune the Rev. Jsn"
Chalmers advocates the enactment "
prohibtory laws, and says: ,h,
Here, where we do not even emory an,
laws we have, but iy TO others MADE ~.
kind administration, the thirsty VIII os
to quench their thirst all the day lon"
even on Sunday" al.
That is, under the system Of licen'e'
and strict regulation OF the liquor a.,
that exists in this state the excise A"' ~,
not obeyed. Therefore let US change "
conditions Of illegal sale and gens's, 20
lessness that prevail in practically 81
hibition territory. The present laws ,o
selling liquor during certain hours s'e
enforced. so we should adopt more
laws that cannot be enforced.
II Dr. Chalmers thinks that the a
laws of this state prohibiting the say
liquors at certain periods cannot ps
forced, how does he expect Law promo
their sale at all times can be enfoSso
New York. Dec. Is. 1915.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-12-18
A CITY Of Moles

Our New York habit of taking the sub
way is held up as real vice by certain
critics ambitious for their city's good.
"Why not the elevated" is their plea. at
is warmer in winter and cooler in summer !;
except for few spots unduly favored by
crowded; it is only very few steps
further up or down; it is healthier and
happier and just as cheap. Yet your
trained New Yorker ignores all these CON
siderations and ducks into the subway
whenever handy and often tramps blocks
out of his way when it is not"
The thrill of novelty, of course, took US
into the subway at the start. Then novelty
became habit, and upon habit can be
blamed much of our blindness. The larger
the crowd the stronger the habit-if that
is not good mob psychology it ought to be.
But with all allowance for the pull Of
habit and custom and the other fellow
there does seem an instructive predlec-
ton for underground travel which sheer
habit does not explain.
No doubt the Freudists will be coming
forward with an answer based on sup
pressed desires to slide down banisters
when we were children-or some equally
simple and satisfactory solution. In the
mean time we think it plain fact of OBJ
servation that New Workers. naturally look
down, not up; would rather be shot than
walk up a flight of stairs, and generally
turn their backs on roof-tops, sunsets and
the consultations Familiarity seen in open
places.
Living at the bottom of canyons, they
have natural liking for halflights and
semi-darkness, for much-used air and the
grubbng ways of underground animals.
The fresh air and cruel light of the Gle
waited make them downright uncom-
Portable. Whether we like it or not, we
are a city of moles, with our backs toward
the sky and all that has TO do with the
inverted bowl above our heads.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-12-18
Time for Peace

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: No ono car deny that America has
been a patient and charitable neutral during
the present world war, giving freely Of her
substance 10 tho afflicted Of Europe. That
this charity has been somewhat one-sded is
perhaps due AS much to circumstances OF
communication as to any real sentiment.
America as a whole is, think, profoundly
neutral as TO the merits OF the conflict and
deeply sympathetic to the suffering Of either
side
Sounding tho depths Of European politics
and solving the economic problems or race
antipathes leading up to this cataclysm is
beyond the ken and incinatons Of the aver
age American quite probably beyond the
range Of human intelligence.
We have accepted 1t as a terrible fact and
have done much and would have willingly
done more to alleviate the consequent suf-
fering.
Now. however, arises condition we all
can understand.
The apparently victorious offer peace, on
terms reported TO be neither unduly onerous
or humilating and the less successful con
testants have given no evidence that a con-
tinuation of the conflict will materially alter
the present position
Under these circumstances, supposing
them TO be correct, it would seem to be the
duty Of our government to relieve our own
people from the inconvenience and expense
which We labor under, by reason of the
war, with every means it can command.
In doing so it will unquestionably have the
warm approval and support Of the great
majority of the nation. ". V. p.
Providence, r. l., Dec. 10, 1916.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-12-18
New York at Christmas Time

Nothing in the whole Christmas pageant
is more welcome than the appearance Of
the Salvation Army lassies on the corners,
iangling their bells and making cheerful
dots of color on the dingy vistas of the
streets. We give them coin gladly for
the good they do, and then reach down for
a second, to pay for the part they play in
carving out the colorful tradition of the
New York streets.
For person supposedly so addicted to
grubbing for gold, Father Knickerbocker
shows astonishing fondness for the pict-
uresque trifes of life. No other city wears
its heart on its sleeve as New York does.
Is spring at hand? We know it by the
trays Of arbutus poisoning in Fifth Ave
nue.. Has the old city tender memory of
grandmother garden where the first bios
som on each petted shrub was the occasion
of family rejoicing? Don't try TO tell us
New York has forgotten, not while the
lowly lilac is the best seller of May days
on the Avenue.
April Fools Day brings out horde Of
dear idiocies which in any well regulated
New England village would be found only
in Granny Danes shop. 1t is in New
York, the sophisticated, the blase, that we
permit the vender TO hold us up on every
corner. Rubber pigs and frecrackers reap
harvests on the most austere business
streets. The first tray of shamrock will
block traffic anywhere. The mummers of
Thanksgiving and the confetti Of Election
Night are the last bits of evidence that
Father Knickerbocker is fonder than most
Of his bit of nonsense now and then.
And so comes Christmas; not a single day
Of il, as satisfies the rest Of the world, but a
whole month-Red Riding Hoods jingling
their bells Santa Claus on every corner
bending over to let the children pull his
whiskers, holly and mistlctoe piled on the
pushcarts, the Woolworth Tower glowing
under jolly red cap, and finally, the
miracle in Madison Square Garden. when
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-12-18
The Kaisers Generosity

10 the Editor of The Tribune
Sir: As an American of the old stock, OF
Anglo Saxon descent, | wish to pro-
test against the unkind and unjust criticisms
Of the Kaisers seven reasonable demands
for peace:
The restoration of Belgium without the
payment of a single mark by Belgium.
France to receive back her captured terri
tory without the payment Of a single mark
by France.
The African and Pacific colonies Of Ger
many to be restored without the payment
Of rent for the time they have been occu-
pied.
Turkey TO be put back upon its perch
This will mean that The Bird may be bought
in the American colony of Germany in 1917
for Thanksgiving and Christmas at normal
price.
But most Of all should we Americans bow
down in humble thanks and gratitude that
that dear and close friend of Colts did not
add an eighth proviso by demanding:
All that portion of what has been illegally
known as the United States, lying to the east
Of the Mississippi River, which was dscov-
cred by Germans, colonized by Germans,
won from "Perfidious Albion" by Germans
in 1875, and retained in its integrity By
Germans in 1861, shall be returned TO its
original, rghtful and legal owners, the
blessed, glorious and Kultured Germanic
peoples; and that he did not add as a
corollary, that all the remaining portions OF
what is illegally known as the United
States be given to Germany as compenss-
tion for having retained Germany's rightful
territory since 1920.
Indeed, and indeed we Americans Of the
old stock should be grateful TO the Kaiser.
New York, Dec. IA, 1916. G.. s. R.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-12-18
PIRATE WRENS
Do Damage Much Of Which Is Laid to
Sparrows

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: II vas with much satisfaction I read
the article on the English sparrow in your
paper Of December -. Nature never pro-
Guces anything that does not have its uses
True, the sparrow does not improve the paint
on ones residence, but it is not vicious
Bird even protecting its home and young the
same as a decent human being would do.
Also ir is insectivorous, therefore of benefit,
A close study of birds for years has proved
TO me the house wren does more injury in
one section than dozen English sparrows.
The summer of 1916 has shown me dead
chipping sparrows, turned from the nest,
birds four days old, nests torn apart The
eggs of bluebrds carried from the nesting
box are broken on the ground some yards
distant Robins eggs the same way. Some
sparrows' nests pulled apart from the bot
tom, allowing the young birds to fall out of
the nest. are grabbed up by the chickens and
eaten. The wrens do not eat either the eggs
or birds. 1t is only malicious mischief, but
il is deadly to the brds-drying them from
their nesting boxes.
The bluebird has three nestings in one sea-
son. II her first and only egg is destroyed
she will not lay the remaining clutch. If one
I
| have by close watching proved it was
not the English sparrow, but the house wren.
have put boxes up with nests made inside
and stood behind tree and have seen the
wren enter and tear every particle of nest
apart and toss il down on the ground. Also
have taken old nests and placed them in
low bushes with some of its own eggs in the
nest In one hour every egg would be
smashed All these things in Monroe County,
Penn. have been laid to the English sparrow,
have communicated with some of the sup
posedly greatest naturalists, who tell me
must be mistaken" Only by tho closest
watch from a. m. until p. m. can one
prove this.
There is not one in a hundred who would
care TO spend the time or care 10 arise at
that hour 10 prove fact. 1t is easier 10 lay
il on the English sparrow, in justice TO which
| am glad to write the truth as | have
found il.
My work in this direction has covered the
past fifteen years and was on the Ridge Road
lust before reaching Shawnee on Delaware
Penn. That this occurs in every state
cannot say, but that there are pirate wrers
| can prove II is the only bird able 10 enter
the blue box il the opening is made properly.
Let US do justice TO the English sparrow,
and although il may have its faults, do not
Law at its door what is done by another bird
Its enemies are many. its friends few. but
among the latter is CAROLINE G. BEACH.
Brooklyn, Dec. Ia. 1915.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-12-18

that centre of commerce becomes, with the
lighting of the Christmas tree, the very
heart of the city,
With the circumstantial evidence of a
whole year treasured up against him, what
chance has Father Knick? We know him
NOW. This business of being Old Scrooge
is nothing but a bluff, and down in his
heart he is Just a sentimental old fellow,
like the rest of us.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-12-18

cred Al r, Pos.o-,, q, Sew Iorb &" Second Class
Nal Msftrr
The Dolores star., 1916-06-30
HELD BY NEEDLE IN THUMB
Woman Prisoner at Sewing Machine
for Half an Hour Before
Help Comes.

Baltimore. - With the needle OF
a sewing machine through her left
thumb. Mrs. Mary Lamerkan, fifty. OF
Valley street, was held a prisoner at
her machine for half an hour. She
became so faint that she was unable
to call for help for several minutes
after the accident
The needle went through the fieshy
part of the thumb when Mrs. Lamer.
kan was seated at the machine sew.
ing. A neighbor, hearing Mrs. Lamer.
kan's cries. brought Patrolman Keck
of the northeastern district to the
house.
Mrs. Lamerkan was suffering in,
tense pain. because the needle was
bent and could not be removed by an
upward motion of the needle socket
Patrolman Keck got a small steel
saw and sawed 1t OF. A physician
removed the broken needle.
The Dolores star., 1916-06-30

mile chase took less than ten Edn
utes. Navarro keeping exactly in the
wake OF his foe repeating every I'M
forseen move that he made
All the time the fleeing Fokker
kept up rearward fire from its mi
trailleuse. Bullets whizzed around
Navarro. but none touched him. his
motor alone received a scratch or
two. Then. when near enough Ma
varre, who had not fired. opened with
his machine gun and when twenty.
five bullets had sped the German fell
"As fighting is carried on 50 close
ly 1t sometimes happens that adver.
saries get caught together. An enor
nous three-seated German machine
was recently out for its hundredth
flight. 1t came across French BIZ
plane-an observation. not a fighting
machine-and determined to demolish
1t; not a difficult job. as the German
machine was heavily armed and more
rapid than the French.
THE Germans rained bullets on the
biplane. which soon took fire. The
two French aviators, recognizing that
they must soon fall to inevitable
death. threw their machine on the
big German machine and there were
five victims Instead of two"
The Dolores star., 1916-06-30

Then came a robin and drove them
both away.
1.-The pig!" laughed Miss Goodwin.
lon Of robins since l came here. We
city jewellers think Of robins as har-
bingers Of spring, and all that, and they
epltomize the bird world. But when
you really are In that world. you find
they are rather large and vulgar and
and sort Of upper West side-y. They
aren't half SO nice as the song spar
rows, or the Peabodies, and, OF course.
compared with the thrushes-well.; It's
like comparing Owen Meredith with
Keats, isn't it?'
Don't be too hard on the robins" I
smiled.
We looked our fill at the new bird
bath, which was already functionIng,
as she said her boss on the dictionary
would put 1t, and at the white sundial
pillar, and at our prospective aqueduct
Of roses. and Mt the farm and the far
hills beyond-and then she suddenly
announced with great energy that she
was going to saw wood.
you may saw just one piece. said
!, 'and then you are going to take a
book and rest. I'm going to work. my
self. Twin Fires is getting in shape
fast enough now 80 can give up part
of the daytime to the purely mundane
task OF paying the bills"
wheeled up big dead apple branch
from the orchard to the wood shed, put
The Dolores star., 1916-06-30

It on the buck, gave her the buck-saw,
and watched her first efforts. grinning.
go away" she laughed. You
bother me-"
So I went, opened the west window
by my desk to the wandering sum-
mer breeze, and went at my toll. Pres
emily heard her tiptoeing into the
room.
"Done?" said I.
She nodded. Nov want-let's see
what l want-well, guess 'Marius the
Epicurean' and Alice In Wonderland
will do. I'm going to sit in the orchard.
You work here till FIVE or your salary
will be locked. Good-by."
heard her go out by the front door.
and then silence settled over the sun
filed, cheerful room, while plugged
away at my tasks. I don't know how
long worked, but finally my attention
were still In the orchard. looked out
upon the sweet stretches Of my farm.
with the golden light of afternoon upon
1t, and work became a burden. "Shall
ever be able to work, except at night,
or on Bainy days" wondered with a
smile, as tossed the manuscript was
reading into a drawer, and went out
through the front entrance.
The girl was nowhere to be seen.
"She's probably in her beloved pines"
I reflected. 1T would be good time
to clean out path in the pines"
turned back to get Ratchet, and then
went down toward the brook.
trod as noiselessly as could
through the naples, thinking to sur
prise her at her reading, and took care
in the pines not to step on any dead
twigs. She was nowhere to be seen
near the upper end Of the grove, but as
I advanced 1 heard a splashing louder
than the soft ripple of the brook, and
suddenly around thick tree at bend
in the stream, where the brook ran out
toward the tamarack swamp In the
corner of my farm, I came upon her
She had her shoes and stockings Oh,
and with her skirts held high she was
wading with solemn, quiet delight In
little pool. Her back was toward me.
l could have discreetly retreated. and
she been none the wiser. But, alas!
Action was neither the FIRST nor the
last Of his sex. The water rippled -
The Dolores star., 1916-06-30
SYNOPSIS.

1 grow tired Of my work as q college
Instructor and buy a New England farm
on sight. ! inspect my farm and go TO
board at Bert Temples. Bert helps me to
hire carpenter and farmer. Hard
Cider, the carpenter estimates the repairs
and changes necessary on the house. Mike
commences blowing. ! start to prune the
orchard tree. Hard Cider builds book
cases around the twin fireplaces. Mrs.
Temple hires Mrs. Pillig for me as a
housekeeper. and announces the coming
OF new Doarder from New York, a half
air. / discover that Stella Goodwin will
make a delightful companion and believe
she ought not to return to the hot and
dusty city for a long time. / squeeze her
hand slyly. Together We dedicate Twin
Fires
The Dolores star., 1916-06-30

To b coNr1NuHD.l
The Dolores star., 1916-06-30

The ingenious invention OF Z. A.
Barnes is used for lighting up bat
tlefield. 1t is intended to be carried
by an aviator who may drop 1t on q
field for observation purposes. or 1t
may be dropped on a field where the
armies are engaged in battle. As 1t
is dropped from an aeroplane the con.
trivance is lighted automatically and
it's light is so brilliant that the move
ment of the troops may be seen over
a considerable distance. To prevent
the extinguishing of the light before
It is burned out 1t is protected by 40
rife barrels that are discharged at
timed intervals during the period In
which the light IL burning.
The Dolores star., 1916-06-30

Is there a better. time to make
love than the last day Of May
or a better place than . romantic
old country homo where there's
a murmurino brook, q lovely
quiet pine grove, q rose garden
and myriad song blrds7
The Dolores star., 1916-06-30

" he proposed marrlass -
otsIla at this point do you think
she would aecspt him-or dess .
eIri like 10 b pursvsd . ilttls
while longer whom che fssis sss
has her man eneaarodf
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1916-12-14
THE CHARTER AMENDMENTS.

It is our opinion that both charter
amendments, providing that the
springs management and the park
management be turned over to the
city council, should be defeated. We
think there is more important work
attached to these two objects than
all of the responsibility now attached
10 the council. We think the springs
management and the park manage
ment should be in the same board,
but we think the time of the council
is already occupied with city affairs
10 the extent that adequate consider
alton could not be given to the park
development by the council.
To properly forward the resort un-
dertaking is full mans job. 1t will
require a lot of thought and atten-
tion-more than the council will be
able to give-to put it forward to
success. Better leave 1t stand as 1t
now is than to Jump out of the fry
ing pan into the fire.
The charter amendment giving
power to the council to make sani-
tarium contract for the use OF the
mineral waters should be adopted.
AS 1t now stnds, no board has power
TO dispose of the use Of the waters.
II will be impossible to secure san
itarium unless such contract can
be made, therefore we think that
amendment should be adopted.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1916-12-14

Every man is an artist-every act
of his fixes a daub of paint on his
canvas. His life is his brush; his
influence his paint; and his canvas
he himself may never know how far
it extends. The picture, some day,
will be rounded out, either in glory
or shame. The deeds Of each day
will determine which.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1916-12-14
HABIT.

Recently a prize was offered to the
Pulitzer School of Journalism for the
best editorial on Habit" The COM
mittee of distinguished newspaper
writer's awarded the prize to Mr.. Lin
coin Schuster, junior in the college,
only nineteen years old His edi-
torial follows:
Habit is the greatest friend and
the greatest enemy of mankind.
Habit is life-the very life of
life.
Habit is the backbone of charac-
ter.
Habit is the basis of 80 per cent
of what you do.
Habit is not second nature; rath-
er, as the Duke of Wellington said, it
is ten times nature.
bad habits are vices; good habits
are virtues.
bad habits destroy; good habits
build.
bad habits enslave you; good
habits make you the master of your
self.
bad habits tie you to the greatest
monkey god. You whirl round and
round, tied to bad habits You go
fast but not far You are powerless
THE smoking habit, the drinking
habit, the swearing habit-all these
are chains of slavery.
"a mental slave to bad habits is
far worse than a physical slave, for
the little string that binds him can
not be cut with the sharpest knife
that man can devise. 1t can only be
broken by power of will.
bad habits keep you from getting
anywhere in life-except in the mar
row circle around the stone monkey.
"The little thin string that ties you
to bad habits grows stronger and
stronger every day. If you want to
be free, you must determine to break
that string now.
Don't postpone-postponing is
another bad habit.
Cut that string now!
But don't be afraid of all habits.
Good habits are to be priced.
Good habits are the greatest time
savers in your life.
"You get up in the morning, you
wash, you dress, you eat, you go to
sleep-all by habit.
you 10 these necessary things au-
tomatically-good habits give you
the power.
"If you didn't develop these sim
pie habits, if you had to think every
time before you got up, before you
dressed, before you ate, you would
have no time for anything else.
Thinking about things you can
do by habit is a great waste of time.
Habit is the great shortcut to action.
Don't be the slave of habit. Let
habit be your slave.
"Let habit do the routine things of
life for you.
'Let habit give you daily efficien-
cy, punctuality, exactness and neat
ness.
Let habit give you healthy exer-
else every day.. deep breathing,
food and regular hours.
= Let habit give you a pleasant
smile, a warm greeting, and Joy in
your work.
This will save you time, worry
and energy.
Then you will have room for the
greater things of life-thinking,
and character building"