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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-10

other mothers could. And after they were
grown up, What did other mothers do?
The school teacher looked forward then to
twenty years of active service. AS Tor
husbands and housekeeping, these were
the smallest problems. Wage-earning hus-
bands were never at home except in the
evening, and the extra family income paid
three times over for the extra service
reeded. "And we were not tied to the dish
nan: were better thinkers, better com
panions for our children, for our hus-
bands" Or, as an old French philosopher
stated the case to Mrs. Fisher:
What do you suppose would be the an
swcr of doctor if you asked him whether
his life wouldn't have been on the whole
easier and less complicated if he had never
married and had children, who are apt to
be sources of anxiety just at the time when
he needs all his calm for critical case!
Do Won think he would be likely to an
swer that he would have been a more use
full member Of his profession if he had
always lived in a room in hotel, free
from all entanglng human relationships!
Don't you think it possible that an expert
accountant ~ occasionally less eWCiehs
if his wife is very i'll? Perhaps it would
be for the best interests of the grocery
business if the law forbade the scattering
of the grocers energies by the inevitable
erosion and attrition of domestic life.
1t may be trife disconcerting to pro-
eressive Americans to find their country
so far behind supposedly conservative
France in this important item. But the
record is the record. And once stated in
this matter of fact form, and once &C
copied as the accustomed way to arrange
the matter, what could be simpler or bet
ter? How could any body of reasoning
beings, males or females, ever have in
sisted upon the preposterous system of
spinster teachers!
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-10
Votes Make the Difference
tFrom The Clcrelard Ledder)

There arc many signs that the Administra-
ton will deal very differently with the price
of some commodities forced above the normal
level by the war and other products similarly
affected by war conditions. In certain in
stances the increased profit allowed will be
much further from the usual rate than it will
be in other cases.
Votes will account for the difference
Staples produced or controlled by compare
lively few men will be much more strictly
handled and regulated than others which
are the product of millions Of voters and
are looked to by those millions for a large
part of their profits at the end OF every
year. The bigger and more aggressive the
army of voters interested in high prices the
less consideration the consumers will be
given at Washington.
All of which may be good politics, but it
is not conducive 10 general satisfaction with
the conduct OF the peoples business. Even
those who profit by the fragrant discrimins-
tions cannot help wondering when such a
policy of politics. sxpedieney may hit their
own interests
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-10
"Taxi Banditti" of Paris

One can but smile at recent Paris dis
patch telling how some young American
ambulanciers from the hospital at Neuilly-
sur-Seine, indignant at taxi drivers
midnight rates, dispossessed the parsonage
of his vehicle and themselves piloted the
machine to their barracks, there abandon
ing it, without their identity being discov-
erred. They can easily be pictured as lads
who only last year at some college were
burning piano boxes and front gates at
football celebration or leading all the
deviltry on the night of PreXy's reception.
Youth will be served, and particularly
American youth.
But the dispatch failed, perhaps wisely,
to tell US more about the driver. If he
had been like the banditti to be encoun-
tered in New York City there is no ques-
ton that the boys dealt with him far too
gently. But any one who has been IN
Paris since the Marine will wonder if they
did not unwittingly take mean ad-
vantage that more experienced Americans
could have foreseen. 1t is doubtful II there
is to-day taxi driver in Paris physically
able to maintain outrageous charges
against even one irate American youth
with a just claim of overcharging.
More than likely, some day when you
stroll along the Champs Elysees you may
see taxi drivers hat blow off. If you do,
watch the man 90 after it. The chances
are you will learn something. One arm
may swing in a suspiciously wooden way.
That stiff, hating stride may mean that
the man has no flesh and blood below his
knees. That "reforme' may have bled at
Verdun.
"C'est la gue,re," and nowhere will you
see it more pitifully or more bravely ex-
emplifed in France to-day than among the
taxi banditti" of Paris.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-10
Smoking on the Judge
CFrom Bench and Bar)

Judge Jackson has had under Amusement
for the past three days a protest presented
TO him by the members of the bar of the
Cristobal Division at the last session OF
court in that division relative to privilege
INDUCED in by the members Of that bar
at the expense Of the judge. The protest,
ms signed by the attorneys, explains itself,
and reads as follows:
"To His Honor William II. Jackson, Judge Of
the District Court
MAY It please your honor:
1--WE, the undersigned practising members
Of the bar Of the Canal Zone practising
before the Cristobal Division of said court,
do hereby respectfully protest unto your
honor against your honor's action in discon-
tinuing to leave box of Three Castle Gig
arettes upon your honor's desk while en-
gagged in holding court at Cristobal.
1--WE wish to represent unto your honor
that the said brand Of cigarettes is greatly
appreciated by your petitioners, who are all
poor persons and unable to obtain such
Injuries for themselves, and we have had no
other recourse in the past when in need
of the said cigarettes than TO serve our
selves from the box formerly left by your
honor upon the said desk
"Reposing confidence in your honor's sense
Of equity and justice, we therefore pray
that this our humble protest be considered
by your honor and that in the future, while
holding court in the division aforesaid.
your honor will ever leave upon the afore-
said desk a full package of the aforesaid
Three Castle cigarettes, and your petitioners
will ever pray" etc, etc
Yesterday at a session of court in Ancon
Judge Jackson handed down an oral opinion,
stating in substance that he had carefully
considered the protest, found the complaint
of the attorneys to be justified, and there
fore granted their petition as contained in
the last paragraph of the protest
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-10
Official Pathology
The President Defended Against the
Charge Of Wordiness

To tho Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: With all respect to your correspond.
ent who crticises in to-day's issue the mes.
sage Of the President to the National Army,
1t seems to me that he is mistaken in sup.
posing his variation an improvement. For
convenience, repeat the extract quoted:
Let 1t be your pride, therefore, to show
all men eve,y1Uhere not only wha. good
soldiers you are, but also what good men you
are, keeping yourselves fit and straight IN
everything, and pure and clean through and
through"
Your correspondent cuts out the words ital-
icized. Now the entire force of the paragraph
weighs upon the words "all men everywhere"
which the critic proposes TO erase. This
forms the only definite picture in the extract
that is presented to the mind, and it is pre-
sented in the most perfect way possible. This
whole human race, wherever distributed, are
looking on, and the President impresses this
fact on the minds of the soldiers. Ths
world turns around In front Of them, and they
see peoples of every cline watching their &C.
tons. Demosthenes did not surpass this
piece OF art when he said ION the CROWN,
VI all men beneath the sun, point out the
single person who hath not fallen under the
power, hrst OF Philip, then of Alexander
etc. Would your correspondent have had tbs
Grecian orator leave out, "of all the men
beneath the sum-" for the sentence read
quite well without il? But Dcmosthenes first
presents his picture, as Wilson does. he
brings the human race before the mental
vision Of his hearers, enormously emphaslz'
ing his following observations And, Though
the picture is precisely the same, the Presl-
dents phrase is superior to that of Demos
themes; in the first place, because 1t IS
shorter, and, second, because it is more read
lily grasped, since the exact meaning OF
everywhere" is more easily cOmprehended
than that Of beneath the SUM-"
Again, to leave out the word good" before
soldiers would be 10 complcste the Presi-
dents meaning, for without this adjective
one might think that the President referred
to their nationality when he said what SOL
diersyou are" The first good, /" then, being nee
essary, the second is practically compulsory.
In respect TO the last four words Italicized
am afraid that if repetitions { p Of this klna
are to be condemned, then Cicero must iS'
heavily in our estimation, for his most pow,
erful orations are sprnkled with them. f'
and Straight" are two different things.
Your observations upon the typewriter arc
interesting, but IL the practice OF Giooon 90
followed | think il matters not whether ohe
uses a pen or a machine. II took the orih'
liant historian some years TO find out that ohs
can only write his best if he construct fuii
paragraph in his mind before commencing"
on paper. r.. 0O'hi'
New York Sept. Z, 1917
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-10

Yet the unmndful candidate took at least
his body to the headquarters of the Demo-
cratic Fusion Committee, in the same
building with the Business Mems League,
to make his statement.
Possibly the league still has first lien on
his soul, but at least Judge Hylan should
be more careful, for some people may get
the idea that he really is the candidate of
Tammany Hall, which dominates the DEM
ocratic Fusion Committee. He might have
anticipated such thoughts if he had had the
Saynor presence of mind and had inno-
Gently commented, $50 this is the head
quarters of the Democratic Fusion Com
mitteei"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-10
The Married Teacher in France

There is so much less propaganda on
behalf of women in France than in other
progressive countries that an occasional
conservative is found uncomprehending
enough to cite her as an example Of
woman's-place- philosophy.
Nobody who ever saw madame counting
out the change from the cGiSSe ever had
much doubt of the French woman's COM
plete partnership in the entire venture.
And that holds true for the bulk of the
country. If France is apparently back
ward in granting some of the outward in
sigma of privilege and power to her wom-
en-, they have long since, as a matter Of
course, been granted the essential facts
of complete equality and freedom.
Take the case of the married woman
teacher whereof Dorothy Canfeld-who is
also Mrs. Fisher, we believe, and has
found no difficulty in combining marriage
with the authorship of books both intelli-
gent and popular-writes in "The Century
Magazine" Having put her daughter
in a French school, she discovered that
the teacher was ffty-eight years old
and had a son of twenty-seven. After ad-
miring her grandmotherly patience and
wide experience, as contrasted with the
point. of view of the American spinster
school teacher, she thought to inquire
into the French explanations of the system
that not only permitted but encouraged
school teachers to marry and have chill
dren.
The difficulty was in getting any one to
consider another possibility. The rector of
the University of Paris, NJ. Lizard, was
dumfounded when informed that in New
York City the birth of child had until
recently disqualified woman teacher,
Incredibe! Monstrousw were his excla-
nations. NJ. Lizard had just one complaint
to make about married teachers, and that
was that there were not enough OF them
His ideal was that every woman teacher
in France should have good husband
and babies of her own. When the question
of administrative details, of leaves of alb
sence, and so on, was put he said
Oh, such triles compared with real live
children! Any form of life is more COM
plicated and troublesome than death If 1t
is good for every one else to marry and
have children, it is good for women teach
ers. And it's good for education, because
they undoubtedly have in the long run
more patience for and comprehension OF
children than childless women, and because
their years of service to the state are so
much longer than if they retire when they
marry And of course it's good for the
state that such women should be mothers.
What isn't il good for?
The same queries were put to teacher
mothers by Mrs. Fisher. Yes, there were
Inconvenience and hardships, they con-
coded. But there were such compenSa-
tionsl After the children were Of school
age they saw more Of them at school than
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-10
A Servant in Command
10 the Editor Of The Tribune.

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: Having read the letter on your edl-
torial page, Servants in Command" by Mrs
II. r. S. I would like to suggest to her and
others who are trying to dictate TO people
and the country in general that there are
men higher up paid to do it and who under
stand how things should be done.
At the present time certain state of ex-
element and unrest prevails in the country
which is only natural but is 1t fair to add TO
it by such suggestions as dismissing two or
three girls out of houses where they keep
several? She says probably the government
could use able bodied girls somewhere; and IL
not, she is sure they could find places some.
where. Strange logic, if no one wants them
and every one can do her own work.
| hope the country does not harbor many
more with such poor ideas of economy. BY
all means let them do with less clothes, less
pleasures and less dinner giving, but refrain
from sending hundreds of good girls on the
streets. A SERVANT IN COMMAND.
New York, Sept 6, 1917.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-10
Where the Votes Are

1t is not so much what Judge Hylan
said on Friday about the Mitchell admins
tration that Is of importance as the place
he chose for disregarding his announced
decision not to talk until after the pri-
maries. Only little more than week
ago Joseph Yeska, the principal spirit of
the Business Mems League, which claims
the credit for the nomination Of the Kings
County jurist, declared Tat Judge Hylan
was owned "body and soul" by the league.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-10
ararerR OF TUT ASSOCIATED PRESs.

e Associated Press Is exclusively entitled IN the use 10Y
r.puhlieaon Of all dispatches credited 10 II or not
shsNse credited this paper and also the local news o
,portaneous oflgin published herein.
All rights Of republication q all other mater heTen Ns
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-10

Owned and published daily by TIE Tribune Association,
New York Co-p~suors ogden Reid President; O.. error
Eogers Vice President: r. A Sutsr treasurer Aa1ess'
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-10

SUBSCRIPTION RATEs,-By Mail. Postage Paid out
side II Greater New York. "A
Dsly and SUNDAY mos 75I Daily only month = ~
h,iIy ,rd s,,nd.v mo. a9s psv orly months 100
p.ilv ara st,rd.y vesr pav only. Q 90
SUNDAY only month, 81 sunday only year s30
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-10

You can purchase merchandise advertised N Ths
TRIBUNE with absolute safetyfor Dissatisfaction results
IN any cas-. THE TRIBUNE guarantees 70 paw your MONEY
h,ek ms, request No red tape No clubbing We make
fosd pFonrely n the advertiser dos not
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-02-21
EXTRA NOT ALLOWED
corporation Commission ItuIcs On R,te
for MILK. Cream md Huttcr-
milk by Express.

IN order entered by I'll" State cor.
ro'aiion commission. makes j, unlaw-
fpl after March !, for tho express com
rantos Of tn" state 80 charge an nddi-
tonal 20 per cen; rate ON milk. cream
and hu,t"rmtlk When shipments are
MAJ" IN the st.'geS o. so-called
"doublc-waN" containers.
Complaint against the practice OF ca
press companies n charging 20 per
cent over aud above the regular scale
for dairy products shipped in these con
tanners. caused the Farmers Creamery
COMPANY. of flSdericNsburG. "a lodge
"a complaint WIFI DARN and Food Com
II j. Purcell. The latter
brought II to tn" attention Of the state
t"rp"rnliun commission. the case TAX
ine IN" form "f an action ~ the Com
inonw""!th gains tn" ADAMS aud
Express companies.
The new order maintains in effect The
present schedules. makiue tn. rates
apply to tn" shirmeu' OF milk. cream
or butt.rmllk tn amy aud all cans. on
ccpt where leo ~ u>"d % keep the prod
ucts cool IN transit Where leo is used
the additional D." per cent charge is
permitted.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-02-21
WRIT OF ERROR
supreme Court TO Review suit Against
Nailrond by Piper footing
Co.. Receivers.

y writ Of error and srpcrs"d",s was
awarded TO the C~hosaOcako and Ohio
Hallway Company Yesterday 10y The
stat" Supreme Court. 20 tho decision
"f iluStincs Court. l'ar, ~, under
which a judgment fcr $-72lc was rem
dcrod against Til" company in fsNo: %
Clinton l.. Williams and l'raul; 6.
Loutham. receivers Of tho ripsr Hounu
and manufacturing Company.
In This action, III" receivers ~ the
r"otius company charged THAT they had
hc"n "~v.rcharrcd ny the railroad com
pany ON shipments II er"osote in steel
drums from Richmond TO Norfolk. y
rate or IN cents pcr Loo pounds had
h""u charged. whereas. tn" shippers
claimed, til. proper rate Should have
boon : - cents. The lower court hold
With the ~plaintitfs and entered juIc-
m.nt against the abroad COMPANY.
from which Judgment an appeal i now
granted.
The supr"m. Cour, refused to grant
an appeal in the ease a. G. +. Garter
ana others against Z T. portcrtiold
ana others. Appealed from The Circuit
Court II S'myth County whcre a Dc.
Cisi"n i'm favor OF cart. vas awarded
on November -. 1916. Tho action grew
out % q dispute relating TO the title
to certain rsal estate.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-02-21
Take Heed When
Changing IS Bills
Crisp Note Offered BY Stranger
May Be Worth
Only 81.

II a man appeals To YOU for change
foi a - bin. rendering tho note with
his thumb and f"rciincc piuchcl "Nc
The upper right hand corner. luok "Ut.
Instead ~ Il s. bill. it may II" ono Of
tic new 81 notes that have Just hccn
ISSUED by thu Treasury department.
~nowntowu banks were handing them
out i'll small quantities ycStcrday. aud
wcr" eagerly absorbed.
Tn" new 81 bill bears a strong re-
s"mhlancr to tho old s. notes. only IN
tho upper right hand corner docs the
uImcral ! appear prominently. Hy
pluchluC tn" corner and slightly hiding
this "ud OF the bill. the resemblance is
heightened To such an extern as to
max" comr.tatiNcly easy tho passing
it off for a 81 hill under rush condi-
While no complaints came /" tho sur
lace Yesterday. 1t IS believed that IN
stances "f individuals being NictimiHcd
alr"ady reported from other cities. will
bo repeated here. Tho reverse side oc
ths ncw - hin IS quit" different in
design from any Of tho old bills. and
the denomination appears prominently
~ tho corners aud in III" center. The
s. Hill rs pyinly marked ard can
easily 10 mistaken FOR a note -
hiGh"r denomination.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-02-21
MISS HAYES AGAIN AT
HEAD OF Y. w. c. A. WORK
Officers Arc Elected MT First Neetinr
Of Newly thOser Board
of Directors,

The first meeting of the board OF
directors Of tho Young women's Chris
tan Association since its election at
IN" annual meeting was held ycstcr-
DAY morning. officers were elected for
;hc coming year. and interesting re-
ports were read. The officers are: Miss
Katharine II. iIawcS. president: Mrs.
J.. Walford. first vicc-preSident:
AIRS. i. +. I;yland. second vice-prcsi.
dent: Mrs. Charles q. Saville. treasurer;
Miss Elizabeth Richardson. CORE.
spending secretary: Miss katha rinc &.
isi"ks. recording secretary.
Among tho committees reporting
w"r" the following:
The religious work committee re-
ported that services have been held
weekly III III" rest room. central build
ing. boarding home and gymnasium
Miss Anna Branch Eiuford has a Bible
class with an enrolment Of thirty-four.
inc library report shows books are
used and new books are needed. \
need has been fclt during the month
t"r IN" works Of Mark Twain and
-. Henry III q study club.
Mrs. Walford gave am Interesting 20
port OF tho boarding home. and re-
stated tho fact that each dav the need
Tor another boarding home for girls is
deeply felt.
The survey committee. which invcs,i-
gates homes where reasonable hoard
can he obtained under suitable cond;-
tons. states that il is very hard 10
iind enough rooms and boarding places
TO meet tho dcmand
The educational department, has been
very busy during the pas; month. not
only with rs usual CLASSES I'M, win
Il special course OF lectures on cookery
by Miss Bertha r.. ShapleiEh. and WIKI
INC numerous firSt-aid and elementary
hygiene classes.
II come-over and Res; Room re-
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-02-21
R%EQUISITION ISSUED
Jmnies 10. iIirLcnbotka Wanted In
Orange nm thnrEe OF At
tempted Murder.

Governor STUART issued . regulation
ye,t"rd,y ON the GoNcruci Of South
Carolina ,or James II. iil~ckenbotham.
wanted in orange County foy attempt
Cd murder. sheriff ". =. Bond Of
Orange. lcf' with tho Papers to bring
back the prisoner. WHO * in Jail at
Chester. :. G..
Probation Officer l.. = Tanner. OF
ths Juvenile and Domestic Relations
Court, left with e rcquis'tion on tho
Governor Of New York FOR Theodore
CticN. wanted in Richmond for dos ,rt-
ing his vic. The man is held by the
police Of New York CITY.
The Governor honorcd a rcqulsi;ion
from the Gvvcrnor Of North Carolina
for T.. 4. HOFFMAN. Who - wanted At
Fear creek. Chatham County. for oh
tanning prop -rty unitr false p~rctcnses.
Deputy Sheriff J.. +. Lane. Of Chatham
County went afte- ihe accused who IS
held at UanNills.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-02-21
ANOTHER CONTINUANCE
Itcuhcn Umrtnn S~mnmoned Tor Failure
I" ENJOY Smnkcn steamer
From Dock.

The hcarins Of ;euhcn Burton. who
was summoned I" appcar in the po-
hcc Court Yesterday for his failure to
r"m"N" from tn" CITY Dock tho sunkcn
tcamh"a "\dmiral." was continued
until February - The BOAT sank on
December -. and efforts have been
made since that time b, the Admin
istrativc Hoard To have tho vessel re-
moved. several orders were issued hv
tho board. and tho matter was finally
placed in tic hands OF City Engineer
Boiling. who had Burton to
the Police Court.