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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-08-25
A Democracy of Clothes

Of all the countless revolutions which
have swept across the British Isles in the
last three years none is so unbelievable
and appalling as the general array Of ex-
plosion and overturn thus chronicled in
the candid columns of "The Manchester
Guardian:
Something might be said Of the changes
that three years of war have brought about
in our clothes. Evening dress is not abol-
ished. but it is becoming much less Gus
tomary in theatres and restaurants, and
people coming up to London who used to
bring evening. clothes with them no longer
do so. Stiff white collars are disappearing,
and the soft collar is worn by all classes.
The democratic process had already set In
at the House Of Commons. One remembers
the shock that Mr.. Keir Hardes cloth cap
created on It's first appearance there, but 1t
has advanced immensely since the war
began. Frock coats are in small and die
hard minority. Spats are on their last legs
Top hats survive mraculously, It might
seem, until one remembers their enduring
qualities, so that their persistence is only
form Of war economy after all.
We hardly know which Of these items is
the most amazing. Probably the declining
top hat in the House is the most shocking
from the British point of view. To the
American traveller who has felt like lost
soul for the lack of evening clothes in one
of those spots where nothing else would
be considered by Ruggles, the growing
laxity in the use of this uniform cries
loudest.
Toplofty clothes have not been abol-
ished, it will be seen, but the set rules for
the wearing of them have. And that is
really the whole battle. After such revo-
iutionary doctrine once enters nation the
sticklers might just as well quit in body
The things that simply aren't done simply
10 longer exist. If anybody had any
doubts of the complete characterization o.
England through the war, here is the
final proOf,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-08-25
Eliminating Vicious Advertising

The Health Department, which was
largely instrumental in the enactment of
the measure, calls attention to the fact
that on September l the law against adj
vertisements of venereal disease "cures"
will 20 into effect. This law makes it a
misdemeanor to publish or cause to be pub
lished or distributed in any manner an ad-
vertisement concerning venereal disease
or sexual ailments, or calling attention to
any medicine, article or preparation which
might be used therefor, or to person or
Office where treatment or advice concern
ing such ailments might be obtained. It
Goes not apply, of course, to scientific
treatises which do not advertise individuals
or offices which promise to "cure" these
troubles, or to advertisements or notices
issued by an incorporated hospital or
licensed dispensary or a municipal or the
State Health Board.
This is a law against a particularly
vicious and noisome set Of quacks and
their accomplices the publishers who share
the profits Of the fake cures. Its impor-
lance to the public welfare cannot be over
estimated. The weekly bulletins of the
Health Department show the alarming ex-
tent to which these dangerous diseases are
spread through the community. Reputa-
Bile physicians charge that the constant adj
vertisement of nostrums and quacks by I'M
scrupulous publications has been one of the
chief obstacles encountered by the health
authorities in their war against such dis
cases. The sufferers, largely ignorant of
the nature of their trouble and its treat
ment, have focked to the quacks. The
victims have not been benefited; the quacKs
end the publishers of such vicious matter
have been the only beneficiaries.
Oregon has passed and enforces a law
against such fake advertising. The result
is that publications circulating there and
in New York print the Objectionable mat
ter here, but issue another edition for Ore
gon without it. The passage Of the law
was long step toward decency, and the
elimination of a great handicap to fighting
dangerous disease. It's enforcement must
be hoped for, and aided, by every honest
publisher and decent citizen.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-08-25
Ships of Stone

The news that a Norwegian steel and
concrete ship has been launched at Chris
tiania calls attention to one Of the most in
teresting developments of the present ship
ping famine. This particular vessel was
very small, Of two hundred tons burden.
Others larger are 70 follow her. Three
weeks were required TO build this sample
ship, but by using the same framework it
Is calculated that future boats can be
turned out in half this period.
The idea is an old one, as matter Of
fact, small concrete boat having been
built by a Frenchman named Lambot as
long ago as 1849. In the last twenty years
considerable number Of small barges and
lighters have been built in Europe and
Misunderstanding some ill-fated scows
which promptly sank TO the bottom Of the
Panama Canal. Larger seagoing ships
ore another matter, and while their theo-
rctlcal soundness Is unquestioned, their
practical test is still in the future. Ships
4 three thousand tons are said to be UNI
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-08-25
The Wartime Stage

From The Philadelphia EUeniu0 Ledger
The preparations for a busy musical and
dramatic season now visible in New York and
undoubtedly soon to have their echo in Phila-
delphia are not legitimately open to the
charge of undue frivolity in the midst of
great war Even Paris, more imperiled once
than any great beligerent capital, learned by
experience the inadvissbility of closing her
places Of wholesome entertainment. Natu-
rally all normally metropolitan life ceased
during the Marine crisis. When that had
passed, however the mistake Of denying her
citizens mental and spiritual relief from the
war strain was obvious. Furthermore, "dark'
theatres and opera houses created a class Of
unemployed artists, many Of them untitled
for war service and nearly all OF them I'M
suited to ordinary commercial pursuits. The
Of genius served no patriotic
purpose So, from January, 1918, on, Paris
has had it's regular seasons OF good drama
and good music. Most of the cabaret abb
surdities properly suffered, but true art was
the more enhanced thereby.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-08-25
The Enemy Within"
lie Editor Of The Tribune.

To the Editor Of The Tribune
Sir: AS a patriotic American, | want TO
thank you for the department called "The
Enemy Within" Nowhere else are these
people brought to light so conspicuously. II
is very important at this time that citizens
with limited time for reading should have
before them a summary Of the salient points
raised by publications like "The Masses"
Hearsts papers, and especially the foreign
language publications.
| am particularly grateful to you for the
time and expense that | should otherwise
have to devote TO the purchase and reading
of all these papers. The mere labor Of
translating from the German and Italian
alone would be altogether too great drain
on my time.
By scanning your columns and then pur-
chasing the issues that seem to promise the
most forceful arguments against the views
that you promulgate in your daily campaign
of hatred and blackguardsm against the
Central Powers, | am able to keep in close
touch with currents Of thought that, to my
mind, are more truly in the interests of
the United States than are those that flow
through your screaming jingo sheet
RANDOLPH S. KING.
Brooklyn, Aug 23, 1917.
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embarrassing" Murphy

In the heyday of his political career
paradise Jimmy" Oliver frequently used
to threaten: "If that fellow doesn't look
out, III whereas him." Murphy didn't
look out, and the Sullivan Club, made up
Of the political elements which always
followed the leadership of "Big Tim" has
"whereased" him and pledged its support
to Mayor Mitchell. 1t has "whereased"
him in good Bowery English, too-no
"highbrow stuff" or diplomatic phrases
suited the temper of the Clan Sullivan in
explaining its bolt from Tammany.
"The bunco issue Of the rich against the
poor" which "Mr. Murphy and his select
cabinet" are trying to create, despite the
boss's country estate and golf links at
Good Ground and his frequent dinners at
Delmonico's, "where your shoe sinks two
inches into velvet carpets and cigars don't
come two-for-fve," hasn't deceived the
Bowery in the least. The people down there
know that "all that Murphy and his pets
ere scheming to do is to draw the poor
mans vote and then to cast him aside in
order to get their fingers into the city's pie
for one final swag for the chosen few who
drive and dine at Del's.'" They announce
plainly that they are tired of supporting
Murphy, "who is working for himself all
the time" so they pledge efforts and votes
to reflect the ticket headed by Mayor
Mitchell.
No matter how Murphy and his insiders
try to minimize this secession, its import
is great. The Clan Sullivan is not now
what il was when "Big Tim" and Little
Tim" controlled its destinies and cast the
lower East Side vote, save for Tom Foley's
pocket borough, as they chose. But then,
neither is Tammany what it was then
Whether Hylan or Hearst carries the DEM
ocratic primaries and become Tammany's
candidate, there will be more than apathy
on the part of many Democratic voters and
many organization leaders. There will be
active, if not open, opposition to the or
ganization ticket. The Sullivan bolt to
Mayor Mitchell represents much more than
the actual votes it could poll if the election
were tomorrow. 1t typifes all the dis
content in Tammany with the boss and his
methods and all the Discrimination of the
ordinary citizens of the East Side land
doubtless of other sections of the city, to
being exploited in fake campaign of the
poor against the rich. That discomfort
and that disinclination are bound to grow
as the hypocrisy of the Tammany cam
Laign becomes more and more apparent.
Murphy and his coterie have not hest
tated to use the knife when political events
didn't go to their liking. The Sullivan
Clubs "whereases" show that two can play
at that game.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-08-25
The Iron Men
A Biblical Forecast of the PreS'
Need of Leaders Like Kerensky


To the Editor of The Tribune
Sir: World politics in Europe and ~
in that region extending from Ens'h'
the Euphrates and from the khihs
Danube 10 the African littoral, were io''en
of God in Holy Scripture and their unn-
ment in our day plainly announced 'E''F
five hundred years ago. -
This forecast was given in the symOVn
an image which Nebuchadnezzar, D'.I
lonan king, dreamed and Daniel n. PToP1ss
interpreted. This image had head Of 81.
breast and arms of silver belly ard my
Of brass, legs Of iron and feet part o. ~.
and part clay. The four metals 10 ""
descending values signifed four Wof'o =,
pires, Babylon, Medo-Persia, Greece a..
Rome. Rome should be the last
Rome. no matter what struggles or eon1-
there should not be another undispuied S''-
power erected by man or men. Inc i''T ~ ~
foretold the division of Rome into me w., 49,
ern and Eastern empires, prophecy iul.-,'
a thousand years later. After the his' u
ion the empire should be broken up ""
congeries of states and Kingdoms n"s
less at war with one another. Inc Wn
were a declaration THAT this one-tiIne h'n.
Empire, or the territory occupied oy =.
and east, should finally be divided ainoss .
nations or governments, five in the fes''I
the Western empire and five IN tne Ia
Clay in Scripture is a symbol OF we 49,,
As each of the parts of the image rePisI,
governmental rule, the clay was y,
that in this region of the Roman caro-
al
rule Of the people would be the hna' tO'T -
government. The rule OF the pe0PN ~
democracy. The image, therefore s ~,
cally announced democracy as tne wv. -
rule in this particular region OF Eui0P'
Asia. -
The strength Of democracy Is It's We1A-,
It's strength is individualism. It's "s s.AI,-
Is the fact that sooner or later indivios's.
will rise and protest against any eom0 ll',,,.
which threatens il; therefore, against CT %. (.
tration of power. There is consequent.
democracy the principle and roo' Q! I.-,,,.
ton. With the coming Of unlYeF'si, =. n,
racy in Europe and Asia there WIN az
auto-intoxication of liberty, as IN huss s..t
back Of all interests in men IS seh',I -
This is the meaning Of the iron ana 80. -.
the ten toes. In selfsdefenee uItlniSs' -, "a,
rscy in Europe and Asia will reaeh ..i,.,.!
iron men. They will be demanded ara s'.,
by the democratic states In order 70 s ,a NJ,
their own power these iron men VIZ ,I,e.
to a man OF iron stronger than ths1 as
The result will be the election OF suen sorts.
to control Europe and Asia. In othei
United States of Europe and Asia Wv"
Dictator great world dictator. ,,,,s
To those who have studied the p'.Is,s
Word Of God the present movement t,f
world democracy, revolution and 'ns .,l
men who, like Kerensky, through D.. ". rcs.
iron will promise 20 beat disintesra'A. -, q
ernments into unity and stability AZ.
surprise. BY such students It mas
ticipated and announced. mn.
Pastor First Baptist Church. New W.
Pine Hill, N. Y, Aug. 20, iSi''
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Democracy Needed at Home
D the Editor of The Tribune.

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: close analysis of the selections for
nomination made by the so-caled Democratic
party seems hardly necessary in order to
ascertain who are the real participants in
the profits of the primary in Fourteenth
Street.
John F. Hylan, candidate for Mayor, is
given to McCooey. Charles L. Craig, candi-
date for Controller is the law partner of
James A. Foley, the chairman Of the Tam
many law committee and Senator from Muir
phys own district. Alfred Z. Smith, the
ablest one Of them all, is Tom Foley's protege
for President of the Board Of Alderman. For
Justice Of the Supreme Court, McAvoy the
other side partner of the Chief" dominates
his son, John ", as he is partial to that kind
of political pap.
Il will be remembered that in the beginning
of McAvoy's leadership he named his brother
Frank a City Magistrate, and subsequently
had a Tammany Board of Aldermen elect
him Recorder to succeed John W. Golf, when
the latter went on the Supreme Court bench;
but the public didn't accept Frank McAvoy
at the following election, but chose Judge
Rosalsky instead. McAvoys son, however,
landed on the City Court bench the next year,
and as his term expires this year the big
Chief" accepted this nomination as part of
the patronage coming to him.
The downtown contingent of Tammany seems
TO be pretty we'll represented, from the ad-
dresses given Of the various candidates.
Sheriff Smith, Judge Finelite, of the City
Court; Judge Walsh, of the City Court; Can
didate Louis A. Valente, for the City Court;
David H. Knott, Sheriff; Edward Swami, Dis
trict Attorney, and Frank L. Bowling, Presi-
dent of the Borough of Manhattan, all come
from below Twenty-third Street Foley gets Al
Smith, Alexander Finelite, Louis A. Valente,
David II. Knott and Edward Swami. Murphy
gets the candidate for Controller, Charles l..
Craig, John l.. Walsh and Frank L. Bowling
Hearst, the new sachem, gets Abraham G..
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-08-25
"Amcxcs'

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: In the early days Of the discussion
about the short term by which our soldiers
abroad may be known it was shown they did
not like the name "Sammies." Likewise other
terms have not been approved.
But one name was proposed, and it was
said to have been invented by some of the
soldiers. IL was "Amexes," TO represent our
American expeditions; or, il you please, expe-
dictionaries. 1t can be applied to any or all
American forces engaged or going abroad.
This is our first excursion to Europe to help
put wrong matters right. Our first move
away from our own land bettered conditions
in Cuba and led TO a peaceful process of civ
iizing the Fillpinos.
We are going an extreme length now to
make democracy safe and to end wars for a
long period Our American expedition is be-
coming vast affair, affecting all people on
earth, and perhaps destined TO turn the bal
ance Of power for good in the world for all
hereafter. II "Amexes" thus made up pleases
the heroes who are going into this vast cru
SADIE, why prolong this discussion?
New York, Aug. %, 1917. FEE.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-08-25
Pro-America or Pro-Kaiser
. Of The Tribune.

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: How long must We suffer with that
pest, the German press? Instead of merely
Offering protest that brings no result, but
continued insult to Americans, can we not
unite and insist upon the suppression of that
danger to our wellbeing? How long would
American newspapers published in Berlin
and printing sedition against Germany last
in that country? Does any one imagine that
the boches would tolerate Them
We are nursing vipers in our bosom and
have endured their treachery too long for
our own safety. The time has come to force
every one TO come out in the open and declare
himself pro-American or pro-German. There
is no middle ground now and no room here
for traitors.
The Tribune could lead in a petition TO
suppress papers printed in the German Ian
guage that preach treasoa either directly or
indirectly, and | would bend every effort 10
get signatures to show how many loyal Amer
leans we have in our city who want to get rid
of Ridder and his Kaiserbund.
JOSEPH A. M'GRATH.
Yonkers, N. Y, Aug. 20. 1917.
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The Burden Of the Dog
A Little Kindness VS.. the Idea Of
Wholesale Slaughter
To the Editor of The Tribune.

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: read Mr.. Grenshaws article on "The
Burden of the Dog" with some interest, not
unmixed with irritation. have dog. Being
gifted with the ordinary traits Of human kind
ness, feed my animal.
Every morning he gets the roll or rolls that
have been left plus the milk or coffee that
has been left. Every evening he gets the soup
that has been left over-otherwise it would
be thrown OUTPUTS whatever bones were
toiled with the soup.
IL seems to me that before advocating the
Wholesale slaughter Of dogs-which I'd never
exchange for people, would agitate to some
effect, the keeping down of food prices and
other necessary commodities.
Will you please tell me how dogs prevent
the nation from having sheep? want my in
formation specific, not general.
ANNE HENRIETTA KAHAN.
New York, Aug. %, 1917.
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Yankee the World Around
Wherever Exhibited That Is What
the American Is Named
To the Editor Of The Tribune.

To the Editor OF The lripune'
Sir: The suggestion conveyed by reader
of your paper in his letter published yester-
day that a proper name for the American
soldiers abroad would be the old and pleasing
title Yankee" is the best suggestion and
only sensible one that have thus far read;
the effort to suggest or invent nickname
that will cling will be futile, for the name
yankee" will still be there, and By that title
Americans will be generally known, as they
have been for many years, and as it IS a title
to be proud Of why try to change lit
The writer has travelled and lived in for
eign countries for many years, spending two
years in Australia and New Zealand, visiting
all countries of South America, all the sec
tons of Great Britain and the various coun-
tries Of the Continent now at war excepting
Russia As manager of the "Barnum &
Bailey Greatest Show on Earth" an excep-
tional-very xceptional-opportunit was
afforded to see and study the peoples of the
countries visited, for the advent of the big
Travelling American Exhibition" as it was
termed, drew immense crowds everywhere,
and we grew accustomed 70 the habit of the
peoples of all the countries we visited re-
ferring to the citizens Of the United States
not as Americans, as We expected to be
known, but the short and equally pleasing
title yankees" and whether from the New
England States, the home of the original
Yankees, or from Mississippi, Texas or Cali
fornia, it was all the same to them; II we
were from the States" we must be Yankees,
and thus | feel sure the American soldiers
will be called for short if any nickname at
all is adopted JOSEPH I. McCADDON.
Mount Vernon, n. Y, Aug. 20, 1917.
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That Garbage Stencil

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: note in your to-day's issue the
headlines: New Garbage Plant Emits
Little Odor; Staten Islanders Who Fought 1t
Didn't Even Know 1t Was Running" Staten
Islanders did not object to the odor TO be
feared from he&lant, so far as am aware.
They accepted the official statements that it
would be odorless, replying that that was
reason for keeping it in Manhattan.
What Staten Island objects to is the trans
portation of garbage across the harbor. Dur
ing the recent hot wave, when people were
dying by hundreds for lack of fresh air, and
when the big Staten Island ferries were
jammed from rail to rail all day long with
people seeking relief even at the cost Of
standing for an hour at a time, what did
they get? Crossing the alleged finest harbor
in the world" they were greeted by stencil
from garbage scows so dense that even the
men had TO hold their noses. One was
sickened both at stomach and at heart By the
trip which should have refreshed.
Not being a physician, | cannot speak as
to the pathological effect of this stencil; but
at a time when our city government ought
to be cultivating every source of patriotism
it is disgusting every citizen who crosses
or enters New York Bay with the brand OF
democracy which is served up locally. At
time when every effort of our state and city
governments should have been bent toward
securing a convention with the State Of
New Jersey or from the Federal health
authorities at Washington ruling debarring
all garbage from the harbor, we had foisted
upon us. against every interested protest, this
vile addition to the shameful flthiness of
New York Bay. SIDNEY A. REEVE.
New York, Aug %, 1917.
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The Great Puzzle
Brooklyn, Aug. %, 1917.
ditor Of The Tribune.

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: Ever since the great European war
began We have continually seen the express
sion "the freedom of the seas" in the public
press, magazines, legislative discussions and
in some Of the peace proposals.
have enjoyed the advantages Of an Amer
lean university training and of several years
postgraduate study in an important French
school, but am at loss to understand what
is meant by this expression.
Were not the seas free TO all nations
before this war; We're not all ports open
10 all countries ships? Will not your
very able editorial staff enlighten a great
reading public on just what is meant by
this expression, "the freedom OF the seas"
which I believe originated in the Wilhelm
strasse or somewhere In Germany
ARTHUR WARE.
New York, Aug. 2, 1917.
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Meyer for the City Court, William F.
Schneider for County Clerk and James A
Donnegan for Register.
Before we make the country safe for
democracy let's begin with little OF it at
home. JOHN BEAMS.
New York Aug II, 1917
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