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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-04-21
Garden Clubs for Golfers

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: Some years ago I introduced through
your columns what was supposedly then con-
sidered an outlandish idea. / will now re-
peat it and make it more in accordance with
the times. As men now have golf club
houses in the country, would have horticult-
ure clubhouses, with many acres Of cultiyable
land.
The clubmen' Of New York, those beyond
fifty years Of age, and. having slackened up
in business, seek hobby for recreation and
pleasure, could have no more interesting and
beneficial pastime than that Of cultivatng
garden plot, either for small fruits and vege-
tables or for flowers. The inspiring sur
roundings, the heslthful exercise and the
usefulness of the work must appeal strongly
10 the innate love Of nature in man and help
him extend his years. At the same time the
interior of the clubhouse could be all that
was desired in inclement weather.
A RURAL NEW YORKER.
Brooklyn, April Is, 1917
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-04-21
Cold Water for the Thirsty

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: In the hope that you may find rocr
for it in your columns. this letter SEEK h
tell briefly of the work Of small ccmmitiH
ono of the many organized by the Wcmni
Municipal League Of the City Of New York
The committee mentioned has for fflai
years brought comfort and relief to the OVa.
crowded districts of the city by supplyiig
drinking fountains of water cooled with n
during the summer months, when the wsii
in the pipes is of temperature narsestir'
for drinking purposes. The cold water is h.
orally life giving to the tired worker, to h'
many children and TO the sick 10 whom Il nag
be carried. On hot day in summer oss may
see long lines of people waiting for thsr t1r
at the cool water, which offers them Their w
chance of a little refreshment and ease w
the smoking heat of the pavements.
The fountains touch upon another psr
which is of no little importance. Nr y
scores arc kept from saloons land alsohel
twice as harmful during the heat BY 81
fording them an opportunity to quenss men
thirst in the cold water. On West Street "
tween the Battery and Houston Street 'h''
are about two hundred saloons, and the sss'
fountain at the Seaman's Church lnsiiisa
has a constant stream Of visitors all thr''p
the night, as we'll as during the day. sa'e
ly it is not right that men should be dn'a
to drink through the lack Of little CO..
water.
About thirty fountains have been ins'sss
a few OF which have been discontinued, oss
to changed conditions in the neighbours
while some are supported as memorials ~
teen are now maintained by the efforts o. y
committee, and funds are badly neeSes
carry on the work. The increased eon
ice and of labor (the fountains must Dc ~
in constant repair has raised the "s''s
maintenance cost of each fountain 70 ~.
500 for the season. This money has !,
been raised by subscriptions and giiA -
out by entertainments. st
The committee believes that II tnls -.
work were little better known, u ~.
make its appeal even in these times OF ~ . :
Contributions may be sent 70 MIS- ri
Wedenfeld, Woman's Municipal Leas''
West Fortieth Street.
ICED WATER FOUNTAINS COMMIT
New York, April II, 1917.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-04-21
The Independents
A Disappointing Show That Is None
the Less Important

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: | have just come away. perhaps l
should say got away, from the Independent
Artists exhibition. 1t contains exhibits by
people who could DO things if they wanted
to. only they can't want to. Other exhibits
are bv people who can want to, but can't do
things. Some show knowledge of nature, but
not of art; others knowledge of art, but no,
of nature Some of the exhibitors can draw,
but not color; others the other way around.
Some show much individuality, and you wish
they wouldn't. Some show cows heads. Some
have lost their souls; others only the use
of their senses. Numbers have abolished
their brains, and some others initiate them,
and there are still others whom God has
SHARED the need of this effort. Some have
human skill in their hands; others merely
smear with the chewed-of stumps of their
arms Some could design, had their insides
any filling; others possess full nsldes, but
no power of coordination. Some arc real
children who belong in the nursery; others
masquerade as children because they are too
weak to endure the labor of grown folks
and whose place is in the psychopathic ward.
Some are devils, occasionally husky and hope
full; others are angels, often wan and weak
w. Some know themselves; others deceive
themselves Some love beauty, mostly from
affair; many love ugliness and wallow in it.
The heads of some contain good gray matter;
of others, cotton wool, and of still others
pure condensed vacuum. Some see hue, but
the majority only pigment. Some follow
graduation Of light exquistely, while the next
canvas denies that such thing exists. Some
think in terms of coordinated nonsense;
others, just nonsense plain. Some have OBJ
served the natural world and enjoyed 1t;
others know only the hideous subjective
phantasms of diseased minds.
There may be total of several dozen,
hardly several score, significant entries. AS
a whole. the show disappointed me. Never
theless. it is infinitely important that II
should be held and go on being held. The
management deserves great credit for bring
ing il into existence, an act for which each
of us should be personally thankful.
The tone of the background should be
darker and the amount of artificial light at
least doubled Low illumination favors blat-
ant work and submerges that which is fine
Full illumination exposes the blatancy of the
one and reveals the fneness of the other. Every
one who can tell one color from another ana
Graves the opportunity to do so so must
exult, vastly, at the blue glass globes, win
their color-revealing illumination.
BOLTON BROWN.
New York, April IS, 1917.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-04-21
Wiping Out the Stain

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: / am German American, having lived
in this country for the last ten years, enjoy
ing all the liberty and freedom of a cody
nation. Contentment and happiness have
been ours till this terrible war broke out,
which regret to say has cast shadow on
all good COMMUNICATIONS; we are almost
scorn to the whole world.
The Fatherland has cast a stain on US by
breaking pledges, wilful murder, destruction
of the beautiful and disregarding all higher
ideals of man.
The reflection falls back upon us like the
whom we love as the apple of our eye,
stand aloof and wonder if we the offspring
will do the same Can you blame them, our
friends, when the Fatherland has so fallen
from grace, the one who should set a good
example to her children?
We must bear the disgrace alone, and
there is only one way for US to redeem our
selves.
We must live up to our word We must
be true to the flag Of our adopted country.
There must be found no traitors among US.
We must fight the good fight, and we will
win back the honor, the respect, love and
admiration of our friends, the American
people, which we have so enjoyed hereto
fore.
!, therefore, as a German-American, de-
nounce the Fatherland and all its wicked
works, and I and mine will never darken
her doors till she wipes out the stain which
she has so wilfully and brutally thrust upon
us. J. c. MUELLER.
Hartford, Ccnn., April II, 1917.
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End the Menace!

Why should the Senate Finance Commit
tee hold up Senator Wagners bills for the
abandonment of construction of state instl-
tutions in the Croton watershed? Prac-
tically, the project is dead. Construction
of the Mohansic State Hospital and the
Bows Training School at Yorktown has
been stopped. But so long as the pro-
posed legislation calling for the abandon
ment of these sites and its accompanying
bill forbidding the location of any state in
situations in future within the watershed
are not passed the menace to New York
City exists.
Still another threat against the peace
of mind of this city lies in the proposed
amendment to the health law which would
give TO the State Health Commissioner
power to authorize a sewage outlet into
any of the waters of the state when in his
Judgment a menace to health or nuisance
would not be created thereby. DR.. Biggs
has already expressed the opinion that
treated or purified sewage might be per-
mitted to mingle with the Croton water
without menacing the city's health. That
is directly contrary to the opinion of many
experts and eminent physicians, and is GER
tainly miles away from the desire of any
person in this city who has to quench his
thirst with water from the tap.
This menace of sewage-infused drinking
water has been hanging over New York
City now for many months. 1t seems high
time the Legislature ended it. There is no
reason why the prospect Of an epidemic of
disease should be presented longer to the
public here. The Legislature can set the
entire issue at rest by passing the Wag-
ner-Bloch bills, as Governor Whitman rec
commended, and by cutting out the danger
Gus provision in the proposed health code.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-04-21
Voting as a Reward
1t Offers Opportunity for Further
Service by Patriotic Women

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: In the letter which you printed on
April IS under the heading "The Burden Of
the Ballot three main points were urged
against granting women the vote as a reward
for patriotic service during the war.
1t was urged that women should not he
paid for or rewarded. In any sense which
involves a bargain this is certainly true;
but there is one way in which disinterested
service of love, such as patriotism, may be
rewarded, and that is by granting an oppor-
tunity for further service and thus showing
trust and appreciation of the value of the
first service. Such reward would be the
giving of the vote to women-a thing to be
accepted as high privilege because it is
an opportunity for almost unlimited service.
1t was urged that women should not be
weighed down and hampered in their other
activities by the burden of the vote. Women,
we are told, will gladly accept the additional
work necessary to win the war, but the oner-
Gus task of voting afterward is too much to
ask. In short, women are pictured as ready
and able to help to "ssve the state" if it can
be done in the enthusiasm and with the
spectacular erect tnat arise from state OF
war; but unable to give a little time. and it
means only little comparatively, to the east
ing of the intelligent votes which must lay
the foundation Of a worthy democratic form
Of government.
The article drew also false analogy be-
tween the volunteer system of raising an
army and the so-caled volunteer system"
of voting. One of the greatest objections to
the former is that it draws into service the
finest and most noble part of the nation, that
only the "slackers" are left to manage the
affairs, business and political, of the coun-
try. Now very fortunately voting is not
nearly as frequently fatal as going to war,
end therefore, if the best of the nation votes
and the "slackers" stay at home, so much the
better.
Any one who will read the patriotic list of
patriotic activities in which women are now
engaging. as quoted in the letter to which I
refer will find little doubt left in his mind,
think, that patriotic women will find time
after the war. or during it for that matter,
to do their less conspicuous duty Of voting,
whenever they are given the opportunity.
RHODA B. WARNER.
New York, April 10, 1917.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-04-21
A Health Census for Chelsea

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: Chelsea neighborhood begins on April
% TO take a health census among % per
cent of its residents. This undertaking. reach
ing $4,000 people between Fourteenth and
Forty-second Streets, west of Fifth Avenue,
is the first of its sort in New York City. The
Chelsea Neighborhood Association, in devils
ing it, aims to lay foundation for continued
community health planning.
The census will provide this foundation by
recording such facts as the type and pseva-
Iency of sickness, its duration and the extent
10 which the sick in Chelsea make use OF the
forty or more local health resources.
Accurate and conscientious work in this
census taking is guaranteed by the coopera-
ton Of the Metropolitan Life Insurance Com
pany. Under F. w. Ridgway, superintendent,
forty agents will collect Chelsea's health in
formation, using methods found effective in
many other cities. The returns will be tab
ulated and correlated by the statistical de-
partment Of the company under the charge
of DR.. Louis |. Dublin.
On behalf Of the Chelsea Neighborhood As
ISOLATION. ask all Chelsea people among your
readers to give full cooperation to the census
takers as they make their rounds. It is a rare
chance to ascertain accurately the health con-
ditions of the district and to improve its OPP
portunities.
f. II. LEWINSKI-CORWIN,
Chairman Health Committee, Chelsea Neigh
borhood Association. Inc.
New York, April 10. 1917.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-04-21
4 .Jevish Palestine Under England
By Dr. Caster, The Founder Of Zonism in England
(Erom The Pail Mall Gazette

the way of development; and all TINS mas
ruined the Turk more than it has the Jew.
When the change Of government comes IL -
to Great Britain alone that the jews VIII
look to turn the wasted home Of their fathers
into land again flowing with milk ana
honey, and to give the inhabitants oil the
Holy Land that Pax Britannica which is the
one essential if Palestine is to become tne
spiritual centre of Jewry and the home OF the
homeless Jew
Jews have no political schemes Of conquest,
though, once established in Palestine. they
would constitute stout barrier to any threat
from the north to the British power IN
Egypt. II would, in fact, be as much ques-
ton of self-defence as one of loyalty to those
who had given the Jews the possibility oil set
Element in the Holy Land. We contemplate
charter, granted by the sovereign power to
the Jews, charter that will not impinge
upon the acquired rights of the actual in
habtants, but will give the Jews privileged
position--the right Of presumption and prf-
chase of crown lands and railways, and IA
cilties for all manner of industrial deyel-
opment. Free ingress of immigrants, VINO
will flock to the Holy Land, will be granted
and the right to regulate the influx vested
in the Jews themselves. 1t would of course,
be stipulated that only secular land or prop
erty should be acquired, the sacred places re-
naming under the control of their own peo-
Piles as heretofore.
The revolution in Russia has changed to
a certain extent the aspect of the immigra-
ton question. and has surely changed it for
the better For the millions of Jews in Rus
STA will no longer feel the pressure driving
them to emigration. and the stream from
there will cease to flow. The position of the
Polish Jew, however, still presents prob
lem for which no solution has been found,
and great influx from that part of the world
is not unlikely.
The Hope of the Zionist
What the Jews want is not the power to
rule, but the feeling that they are being gov
erned by just and fair administration,
equitable, tolerant and sympathetic. which,
moreover, understands the possibilities Of
their future. Palestine to the Jews is not
like Gentle colony. Jews will not go there
to enrich themselves. They will go to find
contentment and peace of mind, freedom from
oppression, so that, unhampered, spiritual
state may rise there, to become a centre Of
light to themselves and to all the peoples. A
Jewish Palestine would prove link between
the cultures of East and West. the high road
where all could meet, in peaceful competi-
ton. to serve the highest aims of mankind.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-04-21
Unfair and Discouraging

No satisfactory explanation has been
given of the adjutant generals order
stopping the issue Of commissions to candi-
dates for the Officers Reserve Corps. on
it's face the order seems intended to re-
strict applications and to put obstacles IN
the way of those who have been earnestly
working for commissions in accordance
with the governments suggestions, and at
its urgent invitation.
Candidates who have passed their eX-
aminations and have right to expect ap-
pointments without any further uncoiling
of red tape now face a new set OF re-
ouirements Along with the applicants
who have not been examined they must at
tend a training camp for three months
at their own expense-and must satisfy a
camp examining board of their "educa-
tional, military and physical fitness"
1t is unfair to men who have prepared
for examinations under the governments
original plans-to say nothing OF those
who have passed the eXaminations-to
subject them to these additional tests.
Relatively few of the candidates can afford
three months Of training at their own cost.
The government has paid nothing to men
training at home and out of business
hours. But it is something altogether diff
ferent to demand that the candidates give
up their occupations in order to train at
a camp and still expect them to pay their
own expenses.
We cannot believe that the War Depart
ments change of policy is due merely to
lack of training camp funds. Congress
could easily be induced to vote the small
sum needed to meet the cost of feeding
90 600 men for three months. There seems
to be desire, rather, to make the attain
ment of commissions more difficult and to
give an advantage to those of the candi-
dates who have means and leisure
If the supply of officers in sight were
ample there could be no objection to keep
ing the standard of selection high. But
the country will need within the year
so 900 or 10000 more officers. The train
ing camps are not expected to produce
more than 10000. A rigid test would
therefore defeat the purpose of the gov
ernment's call for officers. Officers are
more needed than men are, and there must
be a good deal of latitude in the commits
sioning of officers.
But even if the material were unlimited
and the vacancies to be filled were rela-
lively few, there would be no excuse for
applying a selective test based not on
military promise or competency, but on
financial ability. Applicants for commits
sions in the Officers Reserve Corps should
have a more equal chance than will be Of
fered under the adjutant generals order.
The government ought to pay the way OF
all those who are willing to try for com
missions at the training camps.
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Sammy of the u. S. A.

To the Editor of The Tribune. ~,
Sir: All the opinions and efforts !" y.
word for our American soldiers have :
ested me very much. 4
Why can't we call every "Hep''e
Uncle Sam a Sammy? We eonsH !.
hear Of the British attitude OF esn,s' a..
their Cousins. and think SAMMY
"Tommy" have a first cousin SOUND -,
There could be no mistake and ne - I,
sion anywhere in the world about Sn n
the American Continent ssmI' ,ss,
longed. 1t is euphonious, simp'e ...r
"Sammies'' even convey feeling Of ;;-rl
ment). and makes jolly rhyme i0s tr
or song. and would be wofo '''f
eigner could pronounce easily. r., B,l
IT'S a good recruiting word.
Scouts could be Sammy Juniors. .r,ps
NJ. W. BRASHtsSN
New York, April 10, 1917.
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To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: Speaking Of doing ones bit. here is a
way that seems TO me worthy of publicity.
have letter from a school teacher in a
small Michigan town, in which she says: IL
can't 60 West this summer. because | may be
needed on account Of the war. Not that
intend to enlist and 20 to Germany, but I
have offered to take children here and take
care Of them for any one who wants 70 go
and has no place to leave his children. can
do that and keep on teaching. you see"
GEORGIA JACKSON.
New York April 10 1917
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-04-21
Censorship and Rumor

tFroia The Manchester GUARDIAN
The censorship shook peoples faith in the
press, and now wnen that faith is somewhat
restored newspapers are difficult to get, and
a considerable section of the public which
used to buy newspapers now simply cannot
get them. The more difficult it becomes to
get newspapers the more scares will flourish.
and the more harm they will do.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-04-21

We Zionists have often had it said to US
that Palestine should be given to the Jews
That, however. is very far from my desire,
for without the machinery Of government
and without holding a preponderance OF pop
ulation such gift would be but burden
and would be productive of nothing but inter-
racial strife and national disappointment.
What desire to see, and hope that some day
shall sec, is Palestine under the political
control of Great Britain and of Great Britain
alone. The form of suzerainty is immateriai.
Whether the overlordshp be such as that
which prevails in Egypt. or Cyprus, or in any
other Of this country's protected states does
not concern me; it is the substance of prog
ress I seek, not the shadow of a name. 1t
must be borne in mind that no condominium
of powers no dual control would be a pos
sible alternative. For Palestine to be pros
porous the firm and just control of one
power, and one only, is essential.
The Proposed Constitution.
Existing nationalites would have to be ac-
knowledged, their interests safeguarded and
the Turkish system of groups continued.
Thus there would be in Palestine three ma
tions-a Mahometan nation, Christian ma
ton and Jewish nation-the sphere of-eacn
being determined by the supreme power.
To each nation would be given the power
of independent internal administration and
the control of all matters concerning edu-
cation and charity, with, Of course, the
power of taxation Each language, again,
would be recognized as official and legal.
The system introduced should be similar, in
fact. TO that of the Austro-Hungarian con-
sttution in theory-that is to say, each ma
ton should preserve its individuality and
yet should go to form one entity.
The Moslem element in Syria has been
stationary since the Crusades, and the Turk
ish government has not contributed to build
up the ruins of the desolated land. But at
the same time | should like to say a good
word for the Turk, for the Jews have had
nothing of which to complain. They have
not been singled out for persecution or sub
jected to any special laws, or forced to live
in pales of settlement; and their feeling is
not one of unkindness. They, with the rest
of the peoples of the Ottoman Empire, have
had only to depore the inertness of the gov
eminent and the hindrance it has placed IN
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And His Rest Shall Be Glorious

send you forth
With your steadfast eyes unclouded.
Unto the dimness-into the dark
l. too, have heard the bugle
Calling, Boots and saddles. Ride away"
(Out of the forest-over the hills.)
Tramp tramp-
can hear them marching, marching
Soul of our country that has walked at last
from slumber.
All through the long day,
All through the still night
Your feet arc marching with them
Dear feet that come not back
Always in dreams / see you
Under the spectral eedars-
White face beneath the gray sky,
Smiling no more forever
send you forth
IIfFIJA STEWART
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-04-21
St. Johns Chapel in War Time

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: II seems to me that the quite extern
sive plant of st. Johns Chapel. in Varck
Street, may be worth utilizing for war pur-
poses. and that il would be a great mistake
TO tear the structure down now. In addition
to the church edifce there is two story
structure of considerable floor space, and on
the plot where the old hospital and the rec
tory we're once located there is room for
other buildings. ID. c. B.
New York, April 10. 1917.