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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-06-25
Christianity and Christian Science

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: VIII you please give space to few
words taking issue with Robert S. Rosss let
ter on christianity and Christian Science
published by you in to-day's Tribune He
says: "Some people seem to be under the i'm
preston that there is a difference between
original Christianity and Christian Science,
As matter Of fact they are one and the
same"
Contrast these teachings Of Mrs. Eddy with
those OF the Bible:
Mrs. Eddy: MAN is incapable of sin, sick
ness or death" "Man is never sick" There
is no death" The body cannot die" MAN
has neither birth nor death" "God is not a
person" Jesus was not Christ"
The Bible: "Al have snned" Peters
wife's mother lay sick Of fever ut is ap-
pointed unto men once to die" THE body
without the spirit is dead" "As for man, his
days are as grass" The express image OF
ms person" "Who is liar but he that de-
meth that Jesus is the Christie"
A. P. RIPLEY.
Portland, Me-, June II, 1916.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-06-25
Rushing New York Troops South.

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: VIII some one who knows please 'e.l
me through the columns OF your valued
paper why New York regiments should Be
rushed Immediately 10 the border'7 You say
in this mornings issue this is likely 20 he
done. Why are not the National Guard from
Southern States sent hrst7 They are aceii-
mated to some degree 70 the climate OF Mex
ico New York State troops are not, and July
and August are just here.
We who know history remember that our
government is glad to get troops in case OF
need and not as careful 20 care for them
when under arms as even "bsrbsrous" GER
many FRANCES COREY.
New York, June p. 1914
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-06-25
Ge, In-the Waters Fine.

New York is abundantly blessed IN its
waterfront space. with splendid bathing
beaches at its doors. These beaches, too,
are abundantly used. yet the sad fact re-
mains that OF the thousands on thousands
who throng to them in summer only a
small proportion can swim.
The idea behind Splash Weck'-the pc
Rod from July to July Sis to bring to
the public not only the value of swimming
as a sport and an accomplishment, but the
fact that any person who desires may
learn to swim, under competent instruc-
ton in the baths Of Manhattan, without the
pavment of a fee. Man or boy, woman or
girl can have the opportunity to obtain
expert teaching in one of the most whole
some and beneficial forms of bodily activ-
ity which, always source Of pleasure
may in time of crisis be a lfesaver.
Borough President Marks, who is re-
sponsible for Splash Week" and a COM
mittee of we'll known citizens have ar
ranged swimming contests and lifesaving
exhibitions to be held in the public baths
during the week. These ought to stir up
spirit of emulation which would keep the
swimming teachers busy for the rest OF
the summer. The person who learns to
swim never regrets it. The real regret Is
that so many who might enjoy this sport
and benefit by it neglect the opportuni-
tins ,,hich the city nfrers them.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-06-25
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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-06-25

well that his followers do not like il, nor
does he like it himself Neither does it
satisfy Mr.. Redmond who, after al! the
years he has spent in trying to help Ire
land, finds himself deserted by many OF
his countrymen and openly reviled by
those who once called themselves his
friends and supporters. Upon the whole
it is hard to see what can possibly be
gained by a scheme which makes no pre-
tence of permsnency. and as an occasional
and temporary expedient is without strong
popular support. At the most 1t IS a
doubtful experiment.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-06-25
A Scheme to Get Back TO the Farm.


A subscriber with a family to support and
little chance TO save but who had a nestegg
Of 81. 600 as the result Of twelve years econ
omy. discussed a cooperative farming scheme
with some of his friends who were in SINH
lar position, and most Of whom were farm
bred. They planned TO move TO some section
Of the South, where land is comparatively
cheap, and to settle as community on tract
that would provide a farm of about eighty
acres for each family. The plan was to buy
the equipment for the farm on some coopera-
tive basis, also improved breeding sires for
stock raising, and building, house aud farm
supplies in the same way. With $4,000 apiece
thew would have enough and to spare.
1t was agreed that one or two heavy rae-
tors and several light ones would furnish
power to operate the machinery on dozen
farms, and by hiring one practical, success
full farmer to manage the entire farming OPP
Grafton a reasonable degree Of success could
be counted on from the start. This plan APP
pealed quite strongly 20 most Of the men
present, who were farm-bred, and to the
number Of about fifteen altogether What
won the favor of majority Of these men
was the idea Of being able 20 establish an
up to date school and provide conyeniences
such as running wutcr and electric light by
means from the start This
would be brought about by locating the
homes in little settlement in the centre Of
the tract purchased.
This seems to be an absolutely new angle
of the back-to-the-farm movement, says the
editor OF course there have been real estate
boom schemes loated along somewhat similar
lines, but the development Of a plan by MEM
bers Of a city CHURCH club TO carry church
and school and social organization and mod
err city convcri,nccs into farm pioneering
puts new phase on the city-to-country
movement
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-06-25
SAFETY FIRST"
A Demand for an Automatic Device to Stop
Elevated Trains When Endangered.
~ tho Editor OF The Tribune.

To the Editor or Inc lrlDuhe'
Sir; Your editorial comment on the latest
elevated railroad accident, entitled "Safety
First" in yesterdays Tribune, was OF spec'"'
interest TO me for the reason that nave
given the subject more or less serious STUDY
for several wears. II is noted that the IN
terborough is equipping its express t'"oN''
curves and cross-overs with an automatic
trip signal system. and that the Public Ser
vice Commission is said to be about to order
the installation Of such a signal system OF
the straight stretches of track
To those who are informed it has been
known for some time that the New York SUD
ways are operating under an automatic trip
signal system, which brings trains to stop
when disregarding signals set against them
The automatic trip signal system which stops
trains is practical in an underground rail-
way system protected from snow and ice
during the winter weather, and closed at all
times to other than employees.
The Public Service Commission is evidently
unaware that there exists an automatic stop
signal system which is devoid of moving
parts. such rs trip mechanisms and which IS
as positive and reliable through all sorts OF
adverse winter weather conditions as the
third rail which conveys the current operat-
ing the trains This system has been called
to the attention of various railroads, who
have advanced the objection that its use
would initiate against the human efficiency of
the engineers. believe it has never been
brought to the attention of the New York
elevated railroad officials. The system is so
simple and positive throughout all weather
conditions that 1T seems strange that 1t has
never been adopted.
1t is noted in your editorial that the Gle
waited railroads advance an objection to auto
matte signal stops, stating that their use
would interfere with the present running
schedules. Does it seem reasonable to de-
prive the public of its safety by refusing TO
install a device, which, while being compare
lively simple and inexpensive, will automati-
cally bring a train to stop In case the
motorman has failed to see or has ignored
stop signal? Although having no direct
interest in railway operation, heartily in
dorse your agitatng the matter and insist
ing that the public be furnished with every
protection which modern ingenuity has de-
vised. +. h. W.
New York, June %, 1916.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-06-25
An Open Court for the Public.

To the Editor OF The Tribune.
Sir: | am no longer permitted to enter
the jefferson Market night court for women.
am a resident Of New York, graduate Of
one of Americas greatest universities, a post
graduate man at Columbia University. To be
barred from entering public courtroom
seems 10 me entirely contrary TO all the
ideals and purposes Of our government. Il
seems to me essentially un-American An
oiIicious doorkeeper turns me back into the
street because I can show no proof Of any
particular interest in any defendant.
However, ! have managed 10 be present at
two or three sessions of the court The sys-
tenn reminds me OF Russia not of supposedly
free America ! have witnessed several trials
Of prostitutes. and the methods employed TO
detect and capture those unfortunates of so
ciety make me blush for my sex. ! can
imagine no real man being willing TO make
his livelihood by the methods of deceit and
fraud practised by members of our police
force, backed by higher officials.
If the Jefferson Market night court for
women is not large enough to accommodate
the public who have no friends and acquaint-
ances among the defendants, and yet who
are interested in their welfare, then the court
should be placed in larger quarters, or at
least the public should be admitted until all
available space is filed. This closing Of a
public court, I believe, is essentially and
fundamentally wrong and should be discon-
tinued at once
AN AMERICAN CITIZEN
New York, June %, 1916.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-06-25
A GREAT MEDICAL SCHOOL MERGER
Philadelphia Is About to Consolidate Three
of Its Long Famous Institutions.


The merger or federation Of the Medical
Department Of the University OF Pennsyl-
vania with Jefferson Medical College and The
Medico- Chirurgical College, which is now a
forccone conclusion. is an educational con-
solidation we'll worth while. The new rela-
tionship not only assures the medical premier
shin TO Philadelphia, but will act as a stlmu-
lus TO all existing local medical institutions
in the city. since it is inevitable, whether they
be the Woman's Medical College or the Poly
clinic or the Temple, that they Will IN the
course Of few years come within the scope
Of the new scheme, for so elastic is the
proposition that 10 makes any sort oil coopera-
ton in the future not only possible but prob
able. Under the circumstances the practical
creation of what is a powerful Medical Fac
ulty Ct Philadelphia" which allows the i'm
portant institutions merged to keep their
identity and to utilize all their traditional
reputation and historic and personal good
will. marks a step forward in educational mat
tiers OF the first Importance.
With the consolidation Of the oldest the
largest and the most progressive Of medical
schools which include laboratories such as
the Pepper, such institutions as the rnest and
oldes. veterinary school in the country, the
great Phipps Institute TO mention but few
even If large benefactions do not flow TO the
foundation Immediately, the value Of 1t would
be difficult to overestmate. especially at this
iuncture Of the worlds history. For, after
all. while we talk glibly Of physical prepared
ness we all know that the only kind Of pre-
paredness that is worth while is That that
turns out equipped experts in all lines OF en-.
deavor for the service of the public. And OF
all services that of the public health, which
keeps the individuals and the communities
"dt." is at the very foundation Of all true pre-
paredness That Philadelphia with such a
medical faculty will set an example to the
country at large is certainty and, IN view
OF the fact that already it leads all in the
ability to draw students from all over the
Western Hemisphere, perhaps the dream oil
the late William Pepper, that even Europe
will send its specialists and workers and stu
dents here will be realized TO the full.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-06-25

vorablc. Every manuscript is full 81
promise-to them.
These out-and-out authors publishers
are well known to the booksellers, VINO
never even look ut their wares. IL IS
different matter when reputable iirm de-
cides to handle an authors book because
although il is foredoomed TO commercial
failure. il has undoubted merit It's SUD
ect may appeal to too small circle oil
readers. the cost of illustration may Toe ou'
of all proportion to visible returns IN
short there are many good reasons why a
publisher may be willing to lend the pres
tige of his name to a book without daring
to assume the financial risk. IL IS IN re-
gard to authors books of this kind that
the bookseller demanded to be informed or
their true status before buying. On the
other hand, it has been pointed out that III
such a case the publisher holds coniideh-
tial relation TO the author, and that to an
nounce the terms of their contract would
still further diminish the already slim
chance Of the books success.
The proposed unionizing OF the League
of American Authors suggests still an
other phase of the matter. What, under
union rules. will be the status OF an au-
thor's book? VIII it be considered the
nroduct of non-union labor? Will the au-
thor himself be held to run an open shop,
so to speak? Will he be allowed TO ac-
ouire good and regular professional stand
ing merely by joining the league! There
is as vet no provision for his case in It's
rules and regulations. Both publisher
and bookseller have already placed him in
a class apart.
These be questions for the future, and,
perhaps. they will not be difficult to solve.
For. after all, the author who pays for
the publication of his own book rarely
"lets the same bee sting him twice" One
single experience usually suffices to cure
him. He can hardly be considered an UNI
fair competitor. even under the union rules
that NAV bean amateur, then, not pro-
fessional.
Publishers rarely err. They may for a
while. but one of them is always certain
sooner or later to see the merits Of book,
if it has any. Very few Of the successes
of literature have ever been driven to ulti-
mate publication at their authors expense.
The only exception Of note to this rule was
the late Archibald Clavering Gunther M
publisher would take his "Mr. Barnes of
New York" So he published it himself,
without the aid of an authors publisher,
and won riches.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-06-25
What New York Gives for Taxes.
The Tribune has received the following
plaintive request for information:


To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: A little editorial, this date, entitled
ADOPT It." has brought to my mind an in
quiry which ! have many times desired to
make. but which have hesitated TO bore you
with Some years ago ! was interested IN a
piece of property, twenty feet frontage, when
was paying a tax of $1,000. At the time 1t
passed out of my hands the tax had arisen to
approximately $4,000 am informed that IT
now pays annually 10 the City Of New York
the sum Of approximately $4,000.
This piece of property and building must
in its early days have paid probably $500 per
annum VIII The Tribune kindly make clear
to a dumbhead reader if such a thing is pos
sble. what can a municipality give as qu'd
D5-o qlo TO a resident owner Tor such an
enormous tax on a twenty-foot piece of prop
erty as the largest figure mentioned.
Particularly what is the municipality doing
to-day for $4,000 that it did not do for $500?
As read over my letter it impresses me very
plainly with the fact that | have finally
learned to sign myself properly
New York. June 20, 1916 DUMBHEAD.
Undoubtedly the foregoing represents a
point Of view held by many citizens whose
taxes have mounted. Mounting taxes rep
resent other things than extravaganza on
the part of oficialdom. Usually in this
city they reflect an appreciation in prop
ertv values resulting from the growth Of
the city. "Dumbhead' may remember
whether he sold the property IN question
for more than was paid for it when he be-
.,,,,o ;r4oroetad I'm n
The growth of the city, which produces
demand for real estate, and therefore
forces up its value, produces also big prob
lens of neutrality-suspicious. of polio
ing. of fre-fghting, of health protection, Of
street-cleaning, of recreation, of education.
New York is doing much to-day along all
those lines which it never did before, and
liz is doing its work better on all those lines
than it ever did it before "Dumbhead" may
have no children to send to public schools
he may not find use for parks or recrea-
/ ton centres; he may not have needed, di-
rectlv, the protection of policeman or the
help of fire company. Yet, by living in
this city he is protected as to his health
his personal safety and his property, even
though he realizes no surrounding dangers
And he's better protected, all in all, than
ever before.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-06-25
Foreign Loans.

To the Editor of The Tribune
Sir: Kindly tell me If, during the Civil
War, President Lincoln or Congress was com
PEELED to call upon any foreign country for a
loan 20 carry on the war. II such loan was
necessary could it be negotiated without the
Presidents signature? ANXIOUS.
Ridgefeld Park, ~ j., June p, 1915.
Many United States government bonds
were sold 10 foreign purchasers during the
Civil War. But no exclusively foreign loan
was negotiated by the Administration. An
authorization By Congress would be necessary
only in case some special security were
pledged 10 redeem foreign !oan.-Ed..
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-06-25

lou can purchase merchandise advertised in
THE TRIBUNE with absolute safety--for
il dissatisfaction results in any case THE
TRIBUNE guarantees TO pay your money back
upon request No red tape, no quibbling. We
make good rromptlv Il the advertiser does not.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-06-25

o,,s and published daily by Tho Tribune Association
Nes yo-k cooperation. oFicn Reid President 50. '''"'
Roscr, Vice President. Richard u N"o. '''''',
= suite. T-,se,r,r Address Tribune building l54
N,..su stree Nc,, Yort Tdephcne. Beesman 5000.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-06-25

',--d o. no rosio-co At Nev york sc Second c'a''
NAL Mater
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-06-25

Penitential days are coming for the Ger
man Empire and for the German people For
theee acts Of horror are the acts Of the peo-
lle; man by man, regiment by regiment. half
a million average German peasants and
clerks stamped down through Belgium and
Northern France using the incendiarv pellet
and the bayonet In the words Of the mani
festo. signed by the 90 Wise Men Of Ger
many. referring 20 the German army. Isle
kermit keine zuchtlose Grausamkeit' 1T
doesn't know such a thing as undisciplined
cruelty" No. these are the acts Of orderly
procedure. planned In advance, carried out
systematically. Never for an instant did the
beautiful disciplined efficiency Of the regi-
ment relax boo crushing en- Id and burning an
inhabited house. The people OF Germany
nave bowed their wall 10 ,he impacable ma
chine. They have lost their soul u Is grind
ing
Private Sebastian Weishaup' Of the Sd
Bavaran Infantry. lst Bavarian Corps:
.9,8.l9l4 PARE das erste pOrf ysrbranl,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-06-25


Ny first diary was that of Saxon officer
OF the sth Company of the l7Sth Regiment
OF the 18th Army Corps. lie makes his entry
for the 26th OF August. 1914:
"The lovely village of Gue-d Hossus, appar
emily entirely innocent, has been given 10
the flames. A cyclst is said 70 have fallen
from his machine, and in so doing his
rife was discharged, so they fred at him
Accordingly the male inhabitants were cast
into the flames. Such atrocities are not 20
happen again, one hopes
The German phrases carry the writers
sense of outrage: "Das wunderschone Dorl
Gue-d'Hossus soil GAM unschuldig in Flam-
men gegangen sein. o.. Man hat manniche
Einwohner einfach in die Flammen geworfen
Solche Standardization Kommen hoffentlch
Mich wieder vor"
He adds: AT Lafe, about 200 men have
been shot There it was an example for
the place; it was inevitable for the iuno-
cent 10 suffer Even so there ought 20 be
yeriication Of mere suspicious Of guilt before
aiming fusillade az everybody
In the village Of Bouvignes on August Dr.
1914. ne and his men entered private home
There on the floor was tine body of the
owner. In the interior our men had de-
slroyed everything exactly like yanda.s. IS,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-06-25
"The Empiric Drinker."

New York, June %, 1916.