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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-12-01
Race Prejudice and the War

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: Your editorial on Race Prejudice and
the War" seems to correctly forecast some OF
the changes that shall come 70 US throusn
the present world conflict As one who
favored volunteer army and offered to as
sist in recruiting it on the declaration OF
war, ! am willing to concede now that con-
scription is better, though | stiu tnlnA
would have been well 70 have thrown large
volunteer army into the field while the dtai'
was being evolved. As | have seen native
and foreign born, Jew and Gentle, black and
white. march away TO the training camps,
has been plain that this will be more than
ever before every mans country.
As per your augury, the political rights OIL
the colored population will come 70 be e1-
tended, and probably be more secure han
thew have ever been. Your statement how
ever. that the Salute is always to the UNI
form and not to the individual who wears u
orens question Of great interest as to wh'
NAV happen to the wearcr of the uniform
when he no longer Puts it on. In non-m''
tary countries the glory and glamour OF mar
tial life soon grow dim. II ought 20 be 80
for civil conditions are normal. and those Oh
war are emergent and temporary.
Six months after the last Of the yolun'ees
army Of the Civil War was mustered ou'
hardly a uniform was seen, and The s"orcs
ard muskets became furnished because Of
utter neglect. Except as "old solgSn
marched on Decoration Day 70 place flowers
on the graves Of their dead comrades, min'
tarv matters and honors were obsolete.
Two fine young fellow students, who hse
ench lest leg in battle, used to say m iFsnA
moods that they were az disadvantage oe'
cause they were cripples, though their scar
were marks Of bravery and high non'''
Republics are ungrateful. People soon TOT
get the savior when the excitement OF tns
rescue subsidies. Kings in finance, IN edaeA-
ton, in politics and religion quickly sh~
who knew not Joseph"
Pensions will be voted 20 survivors, $40
the natien's duty will be discharged from ''s
business standpoint; but social and business
life will not long swing from their usual Or
hits because Of the mighty magnet ihat
day charms and holds Us TO military s'sh"'
ards and customs. a..
To the writer's mind these epoehs are ee~
unavoidable, and attention is called to inc"
as facts TO be reekoned with as We STUDY 'n'
forces that enter into civilization.
JULIUS A. WARD
New York, Nov. 20. 1917.
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slav propaganda has been denounced seri.
cusly in Italy as an Austrian intrigue, al
though no other propaganda hits Austria in
her living heart as this one does
The insnuation of an Irish financial sup
port of the Jugosav cause is simply stupid,
nut the suspicion that our funds are derived
fidous.
The first condition of the Jugoslav state
is the disaggregation of the Hapsburg mon
archy. Besides this the unifcation of the
Serbs. Croats and Slovenes would be a strong
barrier of the Pan-German n-Bagdad
scheme How, then. could Austria and Ger
many aid the Jugoslav movement? The in
situation of the Italian paper is also di-
rect insult to the Serbian government, which,
in common with the delegates of the JuGo-
slav Committee of London, signed the Dec
lsration of Corfu of July 20, 1917, thus SOL
emily indorsing the programme of the Jugo-
slav Committee of London as representatives
of the Serbs, Croats and Slovenes OF Aus
tria- Hungary. How could the official repre-
sentatives of Serbia identify themselves with
people paid by the Austro-Germans? Be
sides, what a queer idea It is that Austria
would support an action directe -gainst her
self Her only support consists OF the fact
that we (all the members of the Jugoslav
Committee of London are exiled, our fort
unes confscated, and that every one OF us
would be hanged for high treason if ne would
commit the imprudence of passing the Aus
trian frontier DR.. II. HINK0VIC,
Ex-Deputy of the Croatian Sabor, Member
of the Jugoslav Committee of London.
Washington, d. c., Nov. 26, 1917.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-12-01
More Paw for Letter Carriers

For ten wears the letter carriers have
had no increase in pay They labored
for eighteen years to get the one which
came in 1907. In the decade since that
wear there has been gradual rise IN
the cost Of living, sharply accentuated
since the beginning Of the world war.
Prices of food of clothing house rent
all the expenses which a man or family
must meet-have gone up tremendously
1t is only just that the raise IN pay for
which these hard-working and faithful
servants of the government are petition
ing Congress should be granted to them.
The maximum salary of a letter carrier
at present is $1,000 year. To reach
that he must serve for at least nine years,
beginning as a substitute. II is figured
that his average earnings for these years
will not exceed $3.50 year. Laborers in
the department receive 5000 a year, and
thew have to undergo little, if any, period
Of smaller compensation when they are
rated as Substitutes" Letter carriers
lose their paw for the time when they are
IN. even if such loss results directly from
,rnosure in the. course Of their duty or
from the conditions of their places of
work. frequently unsanUary. These men
have 10 provide Notwithstanding two
suits a year-at their own expense. The
cost Of their shoes-a heavy item, owing
10 the nature Of their work-has in
creased enormously in recent years, as
any citizen who has paid for shoe leather
lately knows for himself. Their work
has increased with the growth of the
rostal service and the addition Of the
parcel post.
The PostofIlce Department is the one
government department which is self
supporting. This one shows proft--in
1915 its surplus was more than $4,000
O00 for the fiscal year ended June 80,
1917, il was 100000. Much as the
government needs revenue, it should not
obtain il al the expense Of faithful and
efficient service. The inevitable result Of
continuing It's policy Of underpaying
these men must be 10 break down the
postal service at It's immediate point of
contact with the public That would be
for the carriers rests not on humani-
tarianism alone, though on that score the
men have an excellent case. II rests on
Justice and plain common sense. Other
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-12-01

Italian peoples are resolved to fight this
war through. They must recognize, as did
the French people a century ago, that,
though their armies win victories and fight
on foreign soil, the victories do not bring
an end to the human sacrifice, the blood
tax demanded of them inexorably, and to
be demanded as long as they support a
policy of conquest, doctrine of domina-
ton.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-12-01
Lark Pie
To the Editor of The Tribune.

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: | would like to be Informed If the
zone thousand larks," which it was stated
would be made into pies and served at the
"Cheshire Cheese" in Hero Land, is the lark
of Shakespeare, Shelley and nearly every
other English poet? Is it possible that in
England this embodied joy" is allowed to
be slain by the thousand to make an Amerl-
car holiday? Even if it be some other lark,
every lover of birds ought to protest against
such a slaughter. It is an offence against
the feeling of humanity and protection,
which it is we'll to keep alive in these days
Of brutal, if necessary, killing.
J. EASTMAN CHASE,
New York Nov. %, 1917.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-12-01
Aliens About Riverside Drive

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: The instructions given to aliens re-
siding in certain districts are interesting but
should not something be done in regard to
the influential and important ones who re-
side along Riverside Drive, and some investi-
cation be made as TO the number of kodak
photographs taken by nurses and even chill
dren, apparently Of Teutonic origin, OF the
various cruisers and other ships OF war that
are anchored between Seventy-second Street
and the end of the Drive? Very innocent
amusement, but probably turned to account,
detrimental to the best interests of this
country. ~
New York, Nov. %, 1917.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-12-01
Their Habitat

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: Aoropos Of the spitters, the Health
Department would find a big field for its
energy between Seventy-second and Ninety
eighth streets, on Broadway. The sight Is
disgusting. to say nothing Of its effects.
counted eighty-one individuals indulging in
this, disgraceful habit between the above
mentioned places, and this on one side Of the
street only. DlSGUSTED.
New York, Nov. 81, 1917.
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"Iohn Dewey, of Chicago

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: II is gratifying to know that you are
cooperating in putting an end 20 Devoy's
activities. Devoy's record speaks for itself
Federal authorities are investigating his
speech.
AMERICAN DEFENCE SOCIETY,
EDWARD ". DINGLEY.
Boston, Mass, Nov. 81, 1917.
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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-12-23
The Divine Sarah Begins
Another Farewell

IN Monday Sarah Bernhard began
~ three-week season at the Palace Thea
tire, appeared in the one-act play, Du The
atre au Champ d'Honneur," which wa:
written by a French officer at the front
and in which the actress was also seer
mere last season, when she appeared al
the Empire.
THE Herald" thus describes the recep
ton:
"Mme. Bernhard and the French company
which has been with her throughout her tour
in this it'll drama were recalled many
times. and there were flowers nearly every
time the curtain went up and down. At the
close she waved her hand gayly and the APP
pause started all over again
Burns Mantle declared in THE MALI
$50 long as the smile and the voice shall
last Sarah Bernhard can go on. They. the
fadelcss glores OF her art, bind a memory
Of her past TO the amazing physical achieve
ments Of her later years, and whether il be
in vaudeville or on a bare platform, or even
if she elect next summer to travel with q
tented show. they will carry her through Ia
the end, triumphant and supreme"
OF the death scene, Lawrence Reamer
in THE Evening Sum-" wrote that
cit is one Of the most beautiful and touch.
ing selections Of Nine. Bernhardt's present
repertory and she acted it yesterday as only
the worlds greatest actress can act Fifty
years rolled away from her and she really
seemed to be the youthful soldier Of the
part"
Alan Dale, in "The American" wrote
Parting such sweet sorrow? How absurd!
Why. parting is awfully jolly, as Sarah
Bernhard understands H. II means simply
BE good until / see you again, which will
be as soon as possible Parting such sweet
sorrow! STUFF and nonsense."
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-12-23

have far too much its own way and be lef,
far too much to itself. What harm will
there be in that? say some; are we not a
self-governing people, / answer: we have
never yet been a self-governng democracy,
or anything like it, The difficulty for de-
mocracy is how to find and keep high ideals
The individuals who compose it are, the bulk
Of them, pc. sons who need to follow an ideal.
not to set one; and one ideal of greatness,
high feeling. and fine culture, which an arts
tocracy once supplied 20 them, they lose BY
the very fact of ceasing TO be a lower order
and becoming a democracy Nations are not
truly great solely because the individuals
composing them are numerous, free, and
active; but they are grea- when these num-
bers, this freedom and this activity are en-
ployed in the service of an ideal higher than
that of an ordinary man, taken b. himself
Our society is probably destined to become
much more democratic; who or wha. will
give a high tone TO the nation then? That
is the grave question. .
Undoubtedly we are drawing on toward
great changes, and for every nation the thing
most needfJl is 20 discern clearly its own
condition, in order 20 know in what partieT-
lar way it may best meet them. 0penness
and fexibility Of mind are at such a time
the first OF virtues. BE We perfect, said tne
founder OF Christianity; | count not myself
to have apprehended, said its greatest
apostle. Perfection will never be reached,
but TO recognize a period Of transformation
when il comes. and to adapt themselves hon
estly and nationally to its laws, is perhaps
the nearest approach TO perfection of which
men and nations are capable. No habits or
attachments should prevent their trying to
do this; nor indeed. in the long run, can
they. Human thought, which made all in.
stitutions, inevitably saps them, resting only
in that which is absolute and eternal"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-12-23

1T WAS the first operate novelty of
the season, and its reception was
n very favorable. From "The Times"
may be borrowed a bit of history:
"'Marouf' was first produced at the opera
Comique, Paris in May, 1914. 1t was enthu-
siastically greeted by French critics, both
'moderns' and conservatives, and thereafter
had great success in Paris and in some
other cities even after the onset Of war. Its
composer Henri Rabaud. is conductor at
the Opera Comque; he had previously held
the same position at the Grand Opera for
some time, and since he took the Roman Prize
at the Conservative in 1894 has been a fer
tile composer
Then, turning to THE American" one
learns that
"The story Of 'Marouf' recounts the pict-
uresque adventures OF poor cobber OF
Cairo, who slips away from his rancorous
wife: cuts a great figure in distant lands BY
borrowing money from gullible merchants;
marries the Kings daughter after dazzling
that worthy monarch with his spurious
wealth; makes confession Of the hoax TO the
gentle and fun-loying Princess; escapes with
her from the storm of wrath about TO burst
and, finally, is saved from dire fate by the
miraculous arrival of the richly laden cara
van which, until then, had existed only in
his fancy and in the responsive imagination
Of his creditors.
1.-THE opening tableau shows US Marouf at
loggerheads with his wife over the fateful
dish of rice cake. The second tableau re-
veals him at dawn in the city of Khsitsn,
where he finds Ali, the friend Of his child
hood, and mingles among the merchants
scene full of life and color. The third act,
which plays in an inner court OF the kings
residence, brings an elaborate Oriental ballet,
the first meeting between Marouf and the
Princess, and pretty love scene.
"The fourth act takes US into the interior
Of the palace veritable Arabian Nights
dream with a fountain purling gently be-
meath richly carved colonnades-snd embraces
the confession and the escape. The fifth and
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last depicts the oasis where the twain find
the miraculous talsman and, thanks to the
Genie of the Ring, are made happy for the
rest Of their lives. Decidedly, it is the weak
est part of the whole work, for it is neither
impressive nor humorous, but simply ridicu-
lous"
OF the music "The Sun" says:
"Mr. Rabaud has treated the story in a
thoroughly modern manner. His voice parts
move almost wholly in arioso. There are no
sharply defined song or aria forms. Oriental
color is laid on not merely with a brush,
hut with a palette knife. And the greatest
amount Of illustrative and descriptive detail
in the entire work is inevitably given TO the
orchestra.
"This might almost be a sufficient sum-
mary of the traits Of the music. There is
much Oriental wailng up and down strange
scales and in long breathed ford passages.
One thinks Of darkly bearded Egyptian
priests ululating to their gods or Syrian
women beating their Threats into trills in
proclamation Of a melancholy JOY.
"The Oriental waling chant is the basis Of
the extremely fine texture OF the whole score.
Tonalities Of calculated tang and harmonies
sharper than a serpent's tooth are utilized
in a musical web in which refinement Of
method is carried almost to emasculation.
There is no rhythmic point or dynamic climax
till the third act is reached and then it is
all expended on the brief rejoicings which
accompany the meeting of Marouf and the
Princess amid terpsichorean festivities. with
the Khaitan Hppodrome brilliantly iilumi-
mated in the background.
There IS no great vocal moment in the
opera. The Princess becomes almost tune
ful in the third act and again in the last,
but not quite. The details of the orchestra
ton are most ingenious and interesting 10
any student of instrumental effects and these
in combination with Rabaud's sklful use Of
local color give an extraordinary amount Of
character, atmosphere and incidental signii-
canoe to the score.
"The greatest pleasure, therefore, will be
obtained by regarding this music as a color
full background for a legendary comedy. The
first act is slow in movement, but it is won
derfully rich in Characteristic expression.
After that there IS more TO enchan the at
tention. The movement from the disclosure
OF the Sultan's personality TO the end is
good. and the beauty Of the stage pictures
has never been surpassed at the Metropoli-
tan"
In the opinion of The Tribune this
opera is destined TO live in popular esteem
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-12-23

more they have Of them the more they
crave.
at is because aristocraces almost ineri-
tably fail 70 appreciate justly, or even 10
take into their mind the instinct pushing the
masses toward expansion and fuller life.
that they lose their hold over them. II is
the old story Of the incapacty Of arstoera.
cies for ideas; the secret Of their want Of
success in modern epochs. The people trea.
them with fragrant injustice when it denies
all obligation to them. They can, and often
do, impart a high spirit. a fine ideal Of
grandeur, to the people; thus they lay the
foundations Of a great nation. But they
leave the people still the multitude, the
crowd; they have small belief in the power
of the ideas which are It's life. Themselves
power reposing on all which is most solid
material and visible, they are slow TO attach
any great importance 10 influences impslps.
Bile. spiritual and viewless.
English democracy runs no risk OF being
overmastered by the state; it is almost GER
tain that it will throw off the tutelage Of
aristocracy. It's real danger is that it will
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-12-23
Christmas Eve, 1917

/. BRING no wreaths of holly to the
L shrine
| keep for you within the troubled days /;
No mistletoe | bring; no crown of bays,
Instead, bring dreams that are yours and
mine,
And will TO fight for them. | take no wine
OF quick desires and of sweet delays,
OF fancy wreathing mists near hell that
sways
With might of conflict on each firing line
And yet-and yet | dream of other nights
When hand in hand we watched the fire
glow.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-12-23
By J. c. SQUIRE, in Land and U'atcr

terly." reviewing Tennyson's poems, wrote
Of him as
a now prodigy Of genius-another and
brighter star OF galaxy, or milky way Of
poetry. Of which the lamcnted Keats was the
larbirgcr.
Jcers at Keats's failure with the public
were still we'll founded in fact. Keats had
been dead nineteen years when the first
reprint Of his collected poems appeared,
and this went into remainders with Brown
inc's BELLS and Pomegranates." -Four years
after this Lord Jeffrey. still Furnishing,
observed that Keats and Shelley were fall
ing into oblivion, and that Of the poets Of
their age Campbell and Rogers were those
destined for Immortality. Lord Hough-
tons edition of 1S48 marks the date Of
the general recognition of Keats as one
Of the greatest of our poets. The main
tenance and increase of his fame since
then cannot be described in detail.
Keats" said Tennyson, would have be-
come one of the very greatest of all poets
had be lived At the time Of his death
there was apparently no sign Of exhaustion
or having written himself out; his keen
poetical instinct was in full process Of de-
velopment at the time. Each new effort
was a steady advance on that which had
gone before. With all Skelley's splendid
imagery and color. | find a sort of tenuity
in his poetry" Again, Keats, with his
high spiritual vision, would have been, If
he had lived, the greatest Of US" And the
noblest tribute of all is the essay by the
present poet laureate. indisputably the fin
est thing that has been written about him
and one Of the most penetrating direct
and-there is no other word-businesslike
critical studies in existence. "If," con-
cludes that essay,
II ] have read him rightly, he would be
pleased, could he see It, at the universal rec
ignition of his genius and the utter rout OF
its traducers; but much more moved, stirred
he would be 10 the depth of his great nature,
10 know that he was understood, and that for
the nobility OF his character his name was
loved and esteemed.
And the words are all the more impressive
as they end a study which is utterly I'M
sparing in its detection and analysis of
Keats's faults.
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Our First War Christmas

HARD to wait for the postman's tramp
Up the snowy walk, for the hand
that gropes
Deep in his pack, while the children tease
For the rainbow-ribboned packages,
And women wax faint with their fearful
hopes
For those tattered, grimy envelopes
With the foreign stamp
Word dear word from overseas.
From the feet, the trench, the camp.
Oh, not jewels nor curious toys
OF art and fashion, no gift most rare
Can gladden. those eyes that weep in the
hush
OF lonely nights, can bring the flush
To faces white with their silent prayer,
Like the letters, precious beyond compare
From our soldier-boys--
Letters to laugh over, cry oyel, crush
To the lips--our Christmas joys.
katharine Lee Bates, IN LVe'
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"Marouf' Has Its American Premiere

here. not on its intrinsic merits as opera,
but rather on its sheer ability to please
the eye.
The principal singers were Giuseppe de
Luca, Nine. Frances Aida, Leon Rothier,
Kathleen Howard and Andres de Segurola,
who were well received.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-12-23
Christmas War Poetry

How red the days, how long and brave
since then.
And so face the morrow for the rights
OF firesides that love like ours may know,
Fostered by Peace and the good will Of
Men.
Glenn Ward Dresbach, in The BookmGM
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-12-23

"Morouf," opera comique IN four acts
and fire scenes On French); music By
Henri Rabqud, book by Lucien Ncpoty;
produced for the first time in America
at the metropolitan, Wednesday eren-
ing.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-12-23

Pennsylvania sheep increased last
year for the first time in more than a
decade. According TO the Department Of
Agriculture Of that state, sheep growers
say II is possible to establish a flock and
realize as high as so per cent on the in
vestment within a year at present prices.
Gas Logic. .