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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-02-17
Not for Known Merit

President Wilson's nomination of Rep
resentative Patten to replace Mr.. Morgan
as postmaster here is deodorized repetl-
ton of the endeavor TO hoist Joe" john
son, IT., into that office. 1t has nothing
especially against it save politics, but 1t
certainly has nothing particularly in its
favor. 1t is what has been expected from
the Administration, which has been jock
eying for months to find somebody ac-
ceptable to Tammany Hall who would get
by with the public. In Mr.. Patten, Of
whom the Citizens Union makes this re-
port: "Unrecorded on many important roll
calls; when present generally supported
Administration policies machine men,
ber," it has apparently found such man.
The nomination is patiently political
one. Mr.. Patten is a lame duck; Repub-
hcan is his successor. Compared with Mr..
Morgan, who has served more than thirty
five years in the postoffice, the Presidents
nominee can make no pretence to special
qualifications for the place. Therefore this
nomination is eminently in accord with
the beliefs of Mr.. Moon, of the House Conn
mittee on Postofices, who does not think
the civil service should be applied to post
mastershps, and has fought to prevent
having all such places filled on merit only.
Mr.. Patten, if confirmed, may be able TO
grow into the job. Of that the public has
no assurance, and certainly the Admins
tration has none. This elimination of the
policy of putting politics into the postal
service, where efficiency only ought to be
considered, is discreditable to Mr.. Wilson's
Administration and thoroughly discourage
ing to all advocates of civil service, or
merit, appointment of postmasters.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-02-17
The Millennium Club

Happy homes for husbands is the slogan
of a newly incorporated society known as
the Marriage Dowry Association. No
more will truant males think longingly Of
the club in the evening or find that i'm
portant and unexpected business will de-
tain them at the Office The Passaic, NJ j.,
society has the prime aim of soothing their
tired souls and incidentally diminishing
divorce suits.
The incorporators, evidently believing in
the theory that the way TO mans heart
is reached through a successfully appeased
appetite, provide in the charter for teach
ing women members "the culinary arts
and good plain cooking" 1--WE shall aim
10 inculcate in our members, both male
and female, a feeling OF domestcity,"
reads one clause. Members are also ito
be instructed in etiquette, economy and
temperance" Training details are not
given, but perhaps the officers of the So
cicty will suggest that slammed door
after breakfast is scarcely sufficient praise
for the meal, and that reading a news
paper at the table and giving vent 10
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-02-17
War Words

From The London OWtIcOk1
The Boer war brought into popular circu-
lation for time several Dutch words. Fewer
German words than might have been e1-
pected have come into English as the result
of the much greater conflict now on hand
"Kamerad" is so like "comrade" as to have
become generally known, but the only Ger
man word, so far as our observation goes
commonly used at home is 'straie!' The
maxim. "Gott strafe England" IN its brief
emphasis reminds one of the Roman De
Ienda est Carthage; but the verb OF punish
ment has been taken up by the man IN the
street for humorous abuse. Recently we
heard a man saying to an awkward horse,
"Strafe yer!" If this usage finds place in
the great Oxford dictionary, excellent au-
thority can be found for 1t in the best o.
literature. Dirk Hatteraick, in Guy Man
nering" (1815), uses several scraps Of Ger
man. One of his imprecauons is "Strafe
mich helle" Chapter xxxiiij and another.
"Strafe mich der deyfel!" Chapter xxxiv).
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-02-17

ance that no individual inimical to either
organization, even though processing men,
bership in its party, should receive the APP
pointment. 1t is conceivable, for instance,
that Mitchell Democrat who had forgotten
the way TO Fourteenth Street or Good
Ground or q member of Mr.. Perkins,
wing Of the Republican party rather than
Of Mr.. Koenig's, might be appointed If the
bill! in its present defective form were
adopted. And that, obviously, would to-
tally destroy its usefulness--would, in fact,
remove its entire excuse for being.
Therefore, to carry out the ideas of its
introducer and all its supporters, the bill
should be amended to include provision
requiring the Mayor to appoint future
magistrates only from lists presented by
Mr.. Koenig and Mr. Murphy Tor their sue.
cessors). Then, to carry out the ideas OF
most people here, the bill ought to be
buried so deeply in committee that this
piece of political impudence may never be
heard of again.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-02-17
A Prayer for War
Of The Tribune.

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: II it is possible for Germany, as seems
doubtful. to conceive of and perpetrate an
outrage of sufficient magnitude to stir Presi-
dent Wilson to action, We shall be everlast-
,ngly under obligations to that autocratic
power
1t ought not to be so, but it is increasingly
evident, day by day that only actual war will
arouse the country to the need Of an efficient
army and navy. Congress still cllngs to the
disgraceful Hay army measure, long since
proven to be useless for the protection of the
country. Nothing short Of war with some
Of its attendant horrors, will give us what
ve ought to have, if our integrity as a nation
is TO be maintained.
Instead of praying for peace, let those who
have the welfare of the United States at
boer. nrav for war. NJ. T. r.
New York Feb. Is, 1917.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-02-17
News for Women

There was budget Of news for women
Yesterday that spoke volumes for the
steady, on-marching swing of their cause.
The women of Ohio gained the right to
vote for Presidential Electors-making
thirteen states in which Presidential suf-
frage exists. affecting a total of 115 votes
out of SCI in the Electoral College. Presi-
dent Wilson cordially and sincerely"
felicitated DR.. Anna Howard Shaw on her
seventeen birthday. A delegation of Cath
olic suffragists pleaded with Cardinal Glib
bons in Baltimore to change his attitude
of opposition. And the Consumers League
registered its support of the Graves bill in
this state designed TO shorten the hours Of
mattresses.
This is a mixed batch of news. 1t SIM
ply represents the general uprising Of
women the country over in support of their
rights. The Presidents graceful message
is the best mark of the new prestige which
women have gained. A coincidence of note
between the Cardinals audience at Balti-
more and the effort in behalf of women
workers in restaurants here suggests the
unity underlying the manifold parts of the
movement. Miss Sara McPike, in address
ing Cardinal Gibbons, said: 'Inasmuch
as millions of women will have to work
outside the home as long as this civiliza-
ton lasts, as conditions for many are
harsh almost beyond the power Of words
to tell, we have come many miles to i'm
plore your eminence at least to refrain from
giving comfort and consolation to the
'antis.'" At the meeting Of the Consumers
League it was brought out that SO per cent
of the women employed in restaurants in
this city work more than the ffty-four
hours a week set by statute for stores and
factories, and that. one-ffth of them work
for twelve hours seven days week. The
Graves bill merely provides that the work
ing day in restaurants shall not exceed
nine hours day and fifty-four hours a
week and that women shall not be en-
ployed between 10 o'clock at night and 6
o'clock in the morning. Not eXtravagant
legislation, it will be agreed.
1t is precisely this many-sdedness of
women's activity and the fundamental
unity Of their cause that give it to-day
its impressiveness and strength.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-02-17
Overheard by Wireless

G.berty in the Harbor to Liberty on the Capitol
In robe Of light they gar5 Her,
Yet there flashed through the starry dromC
This message from Her in the Harbor
10 Her on the Capitol Dome:
Hast thou heard how they sought to kndlC
The light in my torch anew,
They have let my campfres dwindle,
SO they bring me electric dew.
Their frehes round me cluster
From my torch to my garments hem;
A button controls my iustre;
They have wired my diadem.
"They serve me with pomp and glitter,
For they have my ritual pat;
And they keep up a wordy twitter
To pass as magnificent.
"Ru. my Cause they have wlled to Others;
My Right they leave TO chance;
lhud Juey dare to hail as brothers
Ny hcro-sons in FranceD
81 will scoT at their tawdry splendor,
For the fame which my torch engolds
Is the smile Of my dead defender!
Is the soul Of him who holds
"His life but worthless ehattel,
Ny gain, his dearest prize;
And the light Of his eyes in battle
is my light that never dies!
From the glare Of this garish glister
(The Thing In the Spirits stead!
Happy ! call thee, Sister,
Happy, to hide thy head!
However the storms may rock thee,
And the green mould rust they frame,
Rejoice! For they do not mock thee
With a glitterng robe of shame!"
Then She OF the Dome made answer:
"The sword that hold in my hand
Has been changed by necromancer
To pitiful juggler's wand.
"a poison greed has blghted
The seed OF our champion horde,
And thou hast torch unlighted.
And !, my dishonored sword"
CHARLOTTE HOLMES CRAWFORD.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-02-17
Magistrates for Politics Only

As an alternative to the plan 10 make
police magistrates elected rather than APP
pointed officials, a bill has been presented
At Albany By Assemblyman Shapiro which
would even more frankly throw these
Dlaces into the political grab-bag. II pro-
doses 10 divide evenly between the Repub-
lean and Democratic parties all these jobs
Appointments would be left TO the Mayor,
but, strangely enough, no provision in the
,ill would require him TO take official cog
aizance Of the recommendations Of the
heads Of the Republican and Democratic
o1litical organizations in the city.
For that reason, II for no other, the bill
rust be deemed defective and unworthy Of
enactment into law. II these places are 10
seeome political plums pure and simple,
mere patronage 70 be parcelled out 70 the
t.go major parties, there ought 70 be assur-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-02-17
English Oppression Then and Now

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: In "a Plea for England your CORE
spondent says that our war for independence
was "a revolution on the part of certain sub
iects of the King of England against his
usurpation and oppressive measures and
then. after rehearsng some of the many
bonds Of sympathy which ought to exist, and
which do exist. between US and Great Britain,
The writer asks. "Why should we hesitate to
give TO England in her present struggle the
fullest sympathy and support? Is it not
conceivable that our hesitation may be due
TO the oppressive measures against our ships
Of the present King of England? II.
New York Feb. Is, 1917.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-02-17
NOT A CATHEDRAL AGE
Practical Unbelief Is Paralyzing Convie-
tions with Deep-Seated Malady

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir. have lust read the letter from your
correspondent John A. Wade, which appears
in to-day's issue Of The Tribune, wherein he
suggests such an extraordinary use for the
Cathedral of St. John the Divine. We have
not the slightest fear that this astounding
proposal will ever be considered, either by
the architect or the proper authorities of the
cathedral. / should not speak of it, nor ask
for a bit of your valuable space were it not
for the painful implication of Mr.. Wade's
contention that "this is not a cathedral
age"
This statement is not to be denied
II ia perfectly true. But Mr.. wade
has obviously failed to grasp the fuii
inward significance of what he says
or he would never have even thought OF
making a metropolitan show place of this one
noble specimen of cathedral, now in process
Of construction, by this non-cathedral build
ing age. Does he not recognize that the
spirit which is now battering down cathedrals
in Europe. the Ziet-Giest, is the same spirit
which will not or cannot build cathedrals in
our land, except with such reluctance as is
evident to all Of US?
There are two reasons why this is not a
cathedral age One is that we think more
of ourselves and less of God than did the
men and women Of the cathedral building
ages. The author Of Civilization, It's Cause
and Cure" wildly points this out: 1.-THE
Greek temples and Gothic cathedrals were
built by people who themselves lived but
frugaly, as we should think, and were ready
to dedicate their best work and chief treasure
TO the gods and the common,lfe."
The other reason is the practical unbelief
Of our age, that terrible creeping paralysis
toward spiritual interests and enthusiasms,
the greatest and divinest things of life,
which is slowly and surely spreading among
US. The German poet Heine puts the whole
thing in a phrase. Some may object TO the
testimony Of a man who was once Jew,
afterward Christian, and always a free
thinker; but the value Of testimony does not
altogether depend upon who gives it, but
whether il be true. As TO his being no con-
temporary of ours, truths and principles have
TO do with all times. Heine off on his travels
with his friend Alphonse stood one day be-
fore that miracle of beauty md piety, the
Cathedral of Amiens and Alphonsc asks:
why do not men build such churches now %
my dear Alphonse," the poet replied, "the
men of that day had convictions, while we
have only opinions, and something more than
opinions is required to build cathedral"
JOHN A. BEVINGToN.
New York, Feb. ID, 1917.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-02-17
UNIVERSAL TIME
A System Declared Preferable to That of
daylight Saving"

To the Editor of The Tribune
Sir: Re your editorial Daylight Saving"
city, nation, a person, is, of course, to
be commended for doing the right thing.
The city of Cleveland did the right thing.
Cleveland is located in standard time Zone
10. It formerly used the time of Zone IS
and merely changed to what it should have
originally used when standard time was
officially adopted November IS, 1888, on the
initiative of the American Railway Associa-
ton.
The act of arbitrarily setting the clock
ahead an hour for the various zones in the
United States would be but confusion worse
confounded Perhaps the most scientific
plan yet devised is what was styled universal
time. Under this plan the same hour and
minute would be shown on clock faces
throughout the world, the twenty-four-hour
dial being used Gas used in Canada). Ger
many took a step in the right direction
when she arbitrarily changed Belgium from
the time of Zone to Zone 1.
According to the present scheme, the ter
restrial globe is divided into twenty-four
sectors, 10 degrees, or one hour, in width.
The advantage of such convention of time
zones is that at any instant the time ndi-
cated oy accurately regulated clocks the
world over would be the same as 10 minutes
and seconds, and differing only in the whole
hours. Cleveland being nearer the western
edge of the zone, based on the 10Th meridian.
is, in fact, about a half hour later than the
mean solar time of the exact 18th meridian
ito which New York City comes closer), just
as it is about a half hour earlier than the
mean solar time based on the Goth meridian
to which Chicago comes closer)
Detroit, being a time changing point for
certain railroads, has until recently had the
confusion of Eastern time Zone 1917, Cen
trail time Zone ls) and local mean time
the latter haying been the official time of
the city because of the fact that thew. too
like Cleveland, were midway
In over half the earths surface standard
time is used; the other half, in square
miles. being most largely composed Of Russia
and Siberia; and it seems to be retrogressive
TO change from the present standard time
largely that the starting and stopping OF work
might be stated in the exact figures that We
are familiar with. Railroad time would be
further simplifed and mental time ealcula-
tons between points would be unnecessary.
Ten o'clock would mean 10 o'clock the world
over. Whatever change Is made, the working
people in little towns where change is not ac-
cepted gracefully would likely adhere 10 mean
solar time anyway in their homes, but never
theless would welcome the daylight time of
leisure they would have before bedtime.
FRANK Z. WEBNER.
New York, Feb. IL, 1917.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-02-17

grunts in place Of answers to wifely ques-
tons is hardly conducive TO marital bliss.
Then, again, they may advise the proper
price to be paid for gowns known as crea-
tons and confections in the form OF hats.
Billy Sunday will be along soon 10 help
out on the temperance lectures, so that
that point will be thoroughly expounded.
II the association has its way wives will
have 70 be good cooks and husbands good
appreciators, sufficiently lavish in praise
to repay the housekeepers for their
thought in the preparation of harmonious
meals.
The plan of the society or club, as the
incorporators call it, is based on life"
benefit system, whereby men and women
more than sixteen years old and guar
anteed single can join and pay Sl.2O a
week for twenty-six weeks into the treas
ury, and at any time thereafter when
they marry, receive a dowry Of 500.
Such .incidentals as tact, good DISPOSE
lions, sufficient liberality in mind as well
as pocketbook and a very necessary sense
of humor are not in the curriculum. Yet
think of itD $500 will make the tie that
binds a soft, glowing, rainbow colored rib
hon by the simple method Of teaching
wives to cook!
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-02-17
Does England Want Peace?
Editor of The Tribune.

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: The statement from Mrs Suydam tha.
all England wants peace would Of itself show
the worthlessness of her judgment nav,
many relatives in Hull, England Ny nice, IS
one of the million mothers in England who
doubtless feel the same love for their eoun.
try. She writes:
81 have Just come from the hospital vher
Harry has been brought from the front dying
wanted to bring him home, but he was ne.
able to travel. When got home the body Of
my poor Tom was sent from the coss, q
Ireland, killed by U-boat"
Since then she writes:
Harry died, and when dying asked me u
sing Lead, Kindly Light Thank God, hsT,
two more boys doing their bits for their
country"
That does not look as though all Englsrd
wanted peace.
In my judgment the very brutal and ia.
human conduct of the Germans and Prusssu
has fostered and will increase the determine
ton of all the Allies to crush the mons,Tous
teaching that might makes right" The
most difficult thing for Americans 10 under
stand is why the Germans, who claim TO b
for America, fail to condemn in unmstaksbs
language the treatment of Belgium and
France, the pirstical, murderous work Of the
U-boats and the disloyal work their Father.
land has encouraged in blowing up property
in this country.
No citizen that is an American at heart can
be mute at such dastardly and cowardly work
Only a bastard American could stand for he
enslavement of any people. Rally round tie
flag, boys, and shoot for what Il stands icr+
freedom for all, men and wonderland d
all neutrsls between freedom and slavery
CAPT. WILLIAM II. MATHEWS, ~ H.
Brooklyn, Feb. IA, 1917.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-02-17
Led BY the Nose Long Enough

To the Editor Of The Tribune -
s;r. Our difficulties with Germany .,y
Mexico and in Cuba will be 'e'u 'n ), %
when Di Germany is beaten. Tsi' viii l., :
t n"'V West front in France. Oar e., ss' SiIs.
D ,neu'a on this vulnerable and VIA s..s
an the strength We divert in lone ,.. n.sd
against Germany or against enf "a IG.rr,rf
nn against us for this purpose ?! ii y,slli
in Mexico, Cuba or elsewhere VIII ~
against ourselves, hs,, our polia
"watchful waiting has o'sH a. for tire
u;th Mexico for years. Let 1t be 50 ., her ssS
@ %Ssss more We Ii have SsG no s + =; s;s
S sny .ach quixotIc mission. Have sps
been led by the nose OS M.R.W
enough ~. :. 1917. =
New Rochelle, N. Y, Feb ~ w.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-02-17
Gas in the Dumba Affair"

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: Apropos of the cartoon, "As in the
Dumba Affair" in your to-day's issue, can
nothing be done to end the pernicious activ-
ity of this laundering old Jack Of all
trades? When an individual sets himself
against the nation he permits his ego to
exalt part into a position Of greatness that
transcends the greatness of the whole. For
the sake Of gratifying his weak personal de-
sire he is willing TO place his country at a
disadvantage in the contest with other coun-
tries. This man should be driven from our
midst. a veritable IMAM without country"
discredited and disowned
A WILSONITE.
New York, Feb. Il, 1917.
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"The Sham"

To the Editor of The Tribune
Sir: During the progress Of this world
tragedy there have been certain landmarks
in the journalism Of the day that should be
turned back to when new crises appear
Your editorial Of October 90 1915, "The
SHAM bears poignantly on the situation
here to-day.
Where hundreds took the admonition to
heart then hundreds OF thousands would
listen to-day. Cannot that warning be re-
peated and hammered home?
ROBERT W. GARDNER.
New York. Feb. 10, 1917.
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because the reformers have never
tried to solve it in the right way. The
first thing to be done is to improve
the woman's condition in the indus
trial field so that she can live and
dress decently. Then the vicious sa-
loon, dance hall and cabaret must
be closed, and closed forever, be-
cause they are the principal factors
in contributing toward the delin-
quency in young girls. And there are
a lot of other things they can do, but
this is enough to start on. - Harry
Markham, 1924 S. WhippIe St.