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The Robesonian., 1917-12-24

= Egokkeeping for Your Body.
What are your health assets and
reh;'r les, and how do your body ac-
n%. nn,n.. balance? DID you ever ask
,oYr.alf that question? You would
SyCt mink of running your business
mifnout keeping some accounts. Why
WIN ycur body without getting at least
yearly balance to show if there are
arv losses or gains?
inspecting the Human Machine
ry9l have an automobile, bicycle ,plow,
or snv other machine you look it over
orce Ia a while to see whether there
ore any parts that are wearing out
or ueeding repair. If you have a fine
horse, pig, COW, or even hen, you
wouldn't think of neglecting it. You
give it regular inspections to see if
t is keeping up the standard. Do you
have your body inspected at regular
intervals to see il there are any leaks
or breaks in the human machine
Which is worth more, your automo-
bile. your COW, or your body.
A FEW INTERESTING FACTS
Better Babies; Healthier Children.
1t is a we'll known fact that thou
sands Of lives in infancy and child
hood have been saved in the past few
years by the spread of knowledge con-
cerninc the care of babies and child
hygiene and the medical inspection OF
school children. Not only have thou
sands OF lives been saved by this cam
paign, but these school children have
been made more efficient in theil
study and work.
Adults Physically Unprepared.
In the first selective draft exam
nation so per cent of the men called
for national service were found phys
ically unfit. In life extension worl
95to9Sper cent of those examined have
physical defects or impairments.
Waste of Life in the Middle Ages.
We are saving infant life and vast
ing adult life. The "old-age" disease
are creeping down into middle life AM
carrying off men at the time whel
their lives are most useful. Four hun
dred thousand American citizens di
annually from preventable or postpon
able diseases of the heart, arterie
and kidneys-including apopleXy. /
1914, or the first time in the histor
of the country, organic heart diseas
surpassed tuberculosis in death rate
Cancer kills $4,000 American peopl
each year. Bright's disease in Amer
lea exacts a yearly toll of $4,000 c
our people.
Your Chances.
In 1915 over $500 deaths occurre
in North Carolina from five prevent
able or durable diseases. Of thes
deaths, 5,603 occurred between tn
ages of 20 and 65. They were distr
buted as follows:
Brights disease of the kidneys $50
Organic heart disease ...... TAT
Apoplexy and arteriosclerosis 742
Cancer 584
tuberculosis ..... $3.50
The Robesonian., 1917-12-24
FREE MEDICAL
EXAMINATION
offered by the County Health De-
nartment-Free to Any Person
in the County Between 20 and
e5 Years of Age
m PROLONG LIFE AND
MAKE 1T MORE USEFUL
Egoli!zeeping for Your Body.

Srs,ial Bulletin of State Beard Of
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-01-13
THE LEAGUE TO ENFORCE PEACE
A Change in Its Name Suggested to
Accord with Its Aims
To the Editor Of The Tribune.

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: Mr.. Hamilton Hollis letter In your Is
sue OF to-day deserves wide circulation. u
not only sets forth the purposes OF tne
League TO Enforce Peace In concise and plain
Language. but is also q very temperate and
dgnifed criticism OF Senator Borah and
Colonel Roosevelt, both Of whom undertoo'
to state the aims OF tho league without tax
ing the trouble to orient themselves with
them. At least / assume that they spoke
without examining carefully the text OF th'
leagues proposals, otherwise they are guilty
OF n worse fault than carelessness. Either
they went off half-cock, or are Incapable Of
understanding plain language, or wish to mis-
lead This would seem to be q comprehen'
sive list of alternatives. We may disregard
the last named, because their sincerity Us no'
to be questioned We exclude the penulti-
m ate because We acknowledge their lnteil''
gence. Thus we are driven to the ante
nenuItimate. / suppose one has as much
right to 20 off half-cock in public as in pr
vate affairs; but the rebound Is always great
err. And the penalty should be- Therefore
Mr.. Holt does a public service in exposing
the IeCklcsS anu iHSAOhheSiS
two men in the public eye, who thus have II
in their power TO do widespread and incalcu
liable harm to the most practical proposal
ever formulated In the interest OF interna'
tional peace and good order.
Not only is the Monroe Doctrine not en-
dangered: it is not even involved, except that
il will be less valuable as a threat IL the
league becomes an accomplished fact In the
affairs Of nations. But so also Will vast ar
mics and navies be less useful in the main
tenance of good order and fair dealing. why
worry about tho ultimate fate OF the Monroe
Doctrine any more than over the desuetude
of the stage coach? We no moro propose
10 repeal the doctrine than to prohibit the
coach We simply set up an ancillary pro-
lection or remedy, so far as concerns the
American continent while taking forward
tep Of great promise toward the settlement
Of controversies among nations by otnei
means than war Mr.. Holt aptly defines the
purpose OF the league when he says that II
"enforces delay"
II might help 20 an understanding OF the
subject especially by men who are promi-
nent in public life and have no time to study
it before rendering judgment upon it, If the
league were to change It's official title to read
'Ieague TO Encourage Peace by Enforcing
Delay" bElGhlON oALhiN''
Planfeld, n J., Jan. II, 1917.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-01-13
Miss Tessie Mcnamara

That queer thing, courage, which even
pacifists may possess and which does not
necessarily dwell in the souls of prize
fighters, saved a good many lives at the
Kingsland explosion. If Miss Tessie Nc
Namara had not camped her telephone
gear to her head and warned every build
ing within range, the casualty report from
New Jerseys sector Of the Great War
would have read very differently. The
surprise attack by r. N. T. might have
been as successful as any trommel feuer
somewhere in France.
We rather prefer the revised versions
Of Miss McNamara's exploit to the first
printed stories. She did not faint, as the
first enthusiastic chroniclers had it. She
walked out of the ofiice-when the last
warning had been given-upon her own
two feet. Also, she did not retire, over
whemed, to home and bed, but quite nat
urally stayed up to see the show of which
she had been the Prologue. Her whole
performance bore out in detail the OBJ
servations Of Mr.. Bethel, Of the New York
Telephone Company, upon the courage OF
telephone operators in general: ut was
splendid heroism, but nothing more than
may be expected of a telephone girl in
time Of need. In every case of emergency
she has always proven herself equal to
the task" Quite in The days work, in
short, was Miss McNamara's plugging
cords in a switchboard on the brink of a
volcano to give her fellow workers a
chance for their lives.
Some day psychologist may determine
the actual sources Of courage. We may
then be able to grow it like a plant in a
dollhouse, feeding it upon the requisite
elements Of faith, works, what not. In
the mean time it is good to know that it
flourishes where most needed, without re-
gard to what sometimes is thought to be
favoring or unfavoring environment. If
young girl, upon a diet, say, of chocolate
creams and movies, for few dollars a
week. without a seconds training in a
trench or at Plattsburg, can turn out an
all-round heroine in the face of a con-
certed trinitrotoluol attack, why worry
about ways and means Of manufacturing
courage? We can afford to take human
nature as it is and be thankful for it.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-01-13
Enforcing Respect for the Uniform

For refusing to permit two United
States sailors in uniform to occupy seats
for which they had purchased tickets, the
lessee of Brooklyn theatre has just been
fined $3.50 by the Court of Special SEES
sions. 1t is a wholesome and salutary SEN
tence, and its effect ought to be far-reach-
inn. "The Uniform of a United States
sailor must be respected. A sailor has the
same rights as any civilian" declared JUS
tice McInerney in imposing the fine.
An eminently truthful dictum, but I'M
fortunately it is not in harmony with the
existing conditions. The enlisted man OF
the army or navy finds himself elbowed
out or deliberately shut out OF places
where his officer is welcomed. The en-
listed man in uniform is too frequently
forced to 90 for entertainment TO places OF
ill repute because places of good repute
don't want his patronage and make no
bones about showing it.
Of course all this is contrary to law.
OF course it is contrary to sense and logic.
The enlisted man Of the army or navy Is
entitled to all the respect and honor, as q
good and faithful servant Of his country,
as a protector of the stay-at-homes In
time Of stress, which goes TO the officer.
But certain snobbsh spirit of civilians
seems to intervene against him. Why
there should be this ridiculous prejudice
against the uniform on the part of ordi-
nary people who don't pretend to be
pacifsts is hard to understand. 1t is to
be hoped this action of the Brooklyn court
will discourage that silly feeling.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-01-13
The Coming U-Boat Campaign

In making it known that the rejection
of Germany's peace proposals will in no
manner affect the determination of the
imperial government to adhere strictly to
the so-called Sussex pledge, the embassy
at Washington is at great pains to warn
the public of the probability Of complied
tons arising out of technical differ
ences." 1t is explained that, although
Germany is not inclined to insist on the
propriety of sinking all enemy vessels at
sight, yet it is not unlikely that in certain
instances the German and American in
terpretations Of the pledge may not en-
tirely coincide. The arming Of merchant
ships is cited in particular as involving
possible Misunderstanding.
The newspapers in Germany have OF
late been dwelling much on this question
II is known that for the last year or more
the arming of the British mercantile feet
has been pressed on with increasing &C
tivity. There is no reason to believe that
the new administration will be less active
in this respect The First Lord of the Ad-
miralty has already had occasion TO define
the opinion Of the government on the
status of armed merchantmen. He In
sisted that a merchant seaman had a per.
feet right TO defend his ship against at
tack. or visit and search, by any means in
his power, though clearly he had no right
to seek out the enemy in order TO attack
him. That has been the opinion held by
the British government from the begin
ming. nor has it ever been disputed except
Dy the Germans, whose aim apparently is
~ induce neutrals 20 treat all armed ships
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-01-13
Sportsmanship in Germany

(sfr Charles Waldstsn IN The Ninetesnth Century,
On the one occasion when / met Count
Zeppelin many years ago, at dinner at the
late Field Marshsls, Prince Edward OF
Saxe-Weimar, in London, he had returned
from a tour "round the world" and had Wis
ted the German colonies. In the course Of
conversation he remarked that the Germans
would never be a successful colonizing ma
ton until they adopted the British spirit Of
craftsmanship and he illustrated his state
ment by some interesting examples show
ing the essential difference between Ger
many and England in this respect. Many
prominent Germans, including their leader
in chief, long ago realized this quality in
Englishmen and this want in the develop
ment OF their own national character But
they never could practise the sef-eface-
ment Of giving full freedom to such instl-
tutions; the command and the laws govern
ing 1t had always directly 70 come from
above and unquestioningly TO be obeyed
from below
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-01-13
Unknown in the Booth Family

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: An item appeared in The Trburs o.
January l stating that John WIKI. B''h.
the last of the famous family Of actors '''
died the day before in Lesdyille, Co.. VIE +,
ffty-year knowledge of the Booth family }
am unable to place the person hsF'ao'''
named.
There are several descendants OF the p00"
family living-and active on the s"s'
namely: Sidney Booth, son Of Juniu' bf''.,
Booth (Edwin's eldest brother and Asn''
Booth; Wilfred Clarke. son Of Asia loOO'.
and John S. Clarke; Blanche De Bar osOs,
ter of Junius b., Booth and Clemen'lhs y
Bar (sister Of Ben De Bar, and sn0'a.
daughter, Marian Booth. The appenoso ~
ping from yesterdays paper (reei'lns
birth Of a son 70 Mrs. {. l.. WsteroufD a
cords another descendant, the gres'sn.,,
daughter OF Edwin Booth and the s.
great-granddaughter Of Junius Brutas D'''
who died in 1852 80.
The other brothers of Edwin Booth ~ ~,
Wilkes and Joseph had no children anu 80,
only sister who married was ASA ~.
Wilkes Booth was the youngest oil 'ns ~,
brothers Il acted with him in New oHssn' !;
1854, and was with Edwin az his thesH,
New York City in l869-70-Tl), and nc -
W. died more than fifty years ago ! o'. n,
if any relative had been named for n'I -
fore that time, and surely not after ais 80 s',,
| would be glad TO know whose son tas 49, ~.
said John ". was, and where he mas s,, p
these many years. WILLIAM SEYNoVN
New York, Jan. 10, 1917.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-01-13
A Fight to a Finish
tor of Tie Tribnne.

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: Your many editorials, Mr.. Simonds's
reviews and the letters from Mr.. Gleason and
others ought TO be preserved in some form
for reference. As one OF many interested
readers, please accept most grateful thanks
for your wonderful work during the great
war
Our own relations with Germany have
been considerably strained at odd times dur
ing the last twenty-five years. It would be
we'll for Americans not TO forget the great
military strength she has shown and to re-
member how light is the tie that binds the
German immigrant and his descendants 10
any foreign country.
The German is naturally arrogant. have
had some ugly arguments in years gone by
The German argument has always been the
Bismarckian cry Of the decadence OF France
Bismarck's main stock in trade was giving q
dog bad name. The Germans have always
assumed that they were specially designed
by Providence TO wipe out the last vestige
Of old, worn-eut France and to repeople the
country.
The status OF Germany will be definitely
fixed by the civilized nations OF the world
There is no possible end to this war ex-
cept fight to a finish, as Germany intended
It should be. Only II looks as If the boot is
going on the other foot READER.
Bridgeport, Conn., Jan. 1, 1917.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-01-13
Murder to Save Nationalism

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: Your columns have recently been full
Of letters denouncing, not the poor judgment
of pacifsts-thst were too mildl-but their
sorddness and cowardice, the msterialism in
which they are "sodden," their selfish wish
to save their own skins, particularly ain the
West; their lack of heroic spirit and patriot
ism. May one Of the brood Of folly say that
in her humble judgment selfish people will
become either selfish pacfsts or selfish mill
tarists, and that high-minded people likewise
may with the best intentions belong to either
camp?
To the high-minded pscifst (and he is far
more often TO be found than the self-centred
coward it seems hdeously and cruelty wrong
to murder millions Of young men for such
sordid thing as nationalsm-which Is the
root Of war. He believes that the crime
against Belgium should not 90 unpublished,
but he is afraid that a war which started as
an effort to defend wronged nations against
unjust aggression may become simply ma
terialistic struggle for territory and seaports
and economic advantages. He is sure that the
continuation of the war will not be for the
good of Belgium and Serbia-the Central
Powers are probably ready now to give them
up-but for Constantinople and German col
onies and commercial privileges in the East.
He fears that the war, by reason OF the pas
sion and hate and greed which it has in
evitably engendered, may have lost its orig
inal defensive character. He would like these
things made clear, for he feels that men
ought TO decide whether the struggle is worth
the life blood they are putting into IL.
As for the attitude OF pacihsts toward
force. they believe, not in repudating IL, but
in emphasizing other things and using force
intelligently. They urge courage with COM
mon sense-courage in carrying on the work
Of reason and civilization and common sense
ir realizing that force alone can never guar
antee peace. Consequently, their main in
terest is in promoting the work Of world or
ganization.
HARRIET FOX wHICHER.
Amherst, Mass, Jan. 9, 1917.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-01-13
"The Counhy's Opinion"
tor of The Tribune.

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: In reply to "The Country's Opinion, y
signed 49," in your paper on January 8,
venture to say that sometimes our President
and our country are not synonymous, al
though at present they appear to be. When
| speak Of our country, however, am not
thinking so much Of voters who wish to be
kept out Of war at any price as the spirit
Of liberty in which we were founded and
which TO many Of US still stands for our
country.
Evidently the majority of United States
citizens "are not primarily interested" in
who wins the war as long as they stay out
OF it. Why, then, il We are strictly neutral
do We advance Germany's desires on all oc-
casions Is it possible that our President, re-
Gently SO interested in the rights Of human
ity, can now think only Of safety at a cost
Of the rights OF liberty in word and action
OF the United States?
VIII any one who can please tell me why
the danger OF our getting into the war is
greater now than it was year ago? Sub
marines were invented before 1915
MARJORIE n. BUFFUM
New York, Jan. ., 1917.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-01-13
GIVING PROHIBITION A CHANCE
A Plea for Fair Play and Prophecy of
Untold Wealth from Dryness
To the Editor Of The Tribune.

To the Editor OF The Tribune.
Sir: Your paper this morning, with the
editorial "Giving Prohibition Fair Chance,
shows its consistency in always dealing
Square and fair with prohibition and
kindred reforms. Too many Of the news
papers of this city, leaving the presses damp
keep up the dampness when dealing with the
"dry" subject. They never give prohibition
fair chance.
They shout their slogan. Prohibition does
not prohibit" whenever there is an advance Of
the reform. Ask them, "Does regulation regu
late ?" and they are dumb. OF course, there
is no prohibition law perfectly enforced, but
| venture to assert that for any infractior
of the law in any prohibition state there are
ten violations in any license state.
The trouble with some Of our newspaper:
il that they are behind the times. They are
still advertising Heres to good old whisky
drink It down." hugging the old tradition that
liquor was good for everything that flesh is
heir to and unable to see that the sane and
sober press is doing most important work In
the battle against alcohol
Now there is a danger that will follow the
adoption OF prohibition. 1t Is the danger of
excessive wealth. When we have national
prohibition in practical operation, and the
wastage Of men and money caused by the
liquor traffic Is eliminated, prosperity will
come in like food, and the nation will grow
rich beyond calculation. Peace and plenty
are good things, but they are somewhat dam
gerous to the spirit. Unlimited wealth in a
nation is apt TO dim the value Of the things
moral and spiritual.
With national prohibition the law of the
land We may well pray, as in the litany, an
all time OF our prosperity. good Lord de-
liver u.s." JAMES V. CHALMERS.
The Church Of the Holy Trinity, New York
Jan. IL, 1917.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-01-13
THE SABBATH AND CIVILIZATION
History Cited to Prove That the Latter
Fares Best Without the Former
the Editor Of The Tribune.

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: In The Tribune of January David
Stanton very convincingly maintains that
We, as a people, are of English extraction
! But he makes the error Of losing a topic or
which he seems we'll informed, and anti
climaxes his very able letter when he eulo-
gizes our English-born Sabbath laws. Sad.
der still, he asks finally if there be any true
civilization where there is no recognized
Sabbath.
Undoubtedly Mr.. Stanton will be surprised
to learn that the founders of our country
advocated no Sabbath laws-and no doubt
Mr.. Stanton will be astouRded to learn that
the greatest of them were not believers in
Christianity in any form. Notable among
the latter, to quote from Mr.. Stanton's list
were Washington, jefferson and Adams
and I add the name of possibly the greatest
Of all, Thomas Paine. Lincoln and Grant
also on Mr.. Stanton's list, were affiliated
with no Christian church
That religious laws favoring certain sects
were forced on the people, regardless Of the
Constitution, and that to-day our churches
practically are subsidized by the government
cannot be blamed on the founders of this
country.
As to there being any true civilization
without Sabbath, | must inquire where
with or without Sabbath, we find true
civilization. Although we may stand in the
front rank of such civilization as exists. that
1t is true civilization no thinking person
will assert.
When the ultimate history OF the ages Is
written, does any one believe that this era
VIII be given precedence over the civilization
OF certain periods in the history of China
Egypt, Greece and Rome? Whatever progress
we may have made must be credited TO
science (Which has no recognized Sabbath.
and which attained its detectives DESPITE
those forces which stand sponsor for the
Sabbath.
In our current histories we note a period
IN which the Church had its great opportu-
NIFTY to benefit civilization. At that time the
Cnurch was the supreme arbiter of Europe,
temporarily and spiritually. It had a stran-
gle hold on the body and soul Of man. And
what do we find to be the name by which
this epoch is known? The Dark Ages!
Since then history consists largely of a
succession of wars, each seemingly more
horrible than those preceding. This series
eliminates IN the present atrocity, which
PROBABLY Is the most savage slaughter of all
time, and with practically every barbarous
refinement. When history is closed and a
century is but a page in 8 volume, it will be
strange indeed if this era be not merged
with what we call the Dark Ages, and in
cluded under that title.
1t seems out of place for any generation
to congratulate itself on its own civilized
condition. certain perspective is neces-
Sary for comprehensive outlook.
To get back to the original question-can
there be any true civilization without a rec
ognized Sabbath? ! don't know, but there
Is every reason TO believe that the chances
are more favorable without than with one.
Brooklyn, Jan. 10, 1917. II. c. E.