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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-02-01
A Slump in Evening Dresses


II is significant fact that the most diff
cult thing 10 find IN the sales to-day is an
evening dress. The lonelest departments are
those which were formerly crowded by bar
gain hunters eager for evening fnery. and
one may find in houses famous for goods Of
woman is TO be seen in the lighted rooms
where melancholy little delicately tinted
dresses hang at intervals in the once over
flowing glass cases waiting in vain for girls
who want TO buy them. Some Of the shops
have mere score or so of modish evening
dresses. and offer almost hopelessly bargains
Of the tight-skirted era. and some depend en-
tirely on their prehistoric goods. One buyer
in n good house declared that he had not so
much as looked at ready made evening dress
since the war began and man who was
rather buster said that probably there were
many who would echo that statement. He
himself always kept fairly good stock in
gency order, TO people who suddenly found
they needed something pretty and festive TO
celebrate, perhaps, the return or the conva-
lescence Of n soldier brother
Women have. "a rule in spite Of all that
rumor says, very few opportunities Of dis
playing evening dresses. and the limited mum
Der who require them either have old ones
remodellcd or go 10 their own dressmaker
for something new The weakest ~ them can
walk firmly past the rare. once tempting
dress in the sslcs window.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-02-01
The Horrendous Flapper

England is taking many things seriously
that had never particularly struck her be-
fore the war. But it is a distinct shock
to find learned physician lamentng in
THE Nineteenth Century" the decline and
degradation of the fapper. Of course,
flappers have been growing old and frank
and understanding the world around. What
can one expect with novels as they are!
But Dr.. Arthur Shadwell, +. K. G. F., was
evidently excited about even more serious
things when he exclaimed, after denounc-
ing strikers generally. that worst of all
were the happers, with high heels, skirts
up to their knees and blouses open to the
diaphragm, painted, powdered, sef-con-
sciOus, oglng."
The writer of this jeremiad is sixty-two
years of age and an authority upon many
learned subjects, including no doubt an
atomy. But his free-hand sketch of the
British fapper bears internal evidence of
being not altogether the work OF a poised
scientific mind. We have heard elderly
and conservative gentlemen of our own
New York, with no war TO infame them,
equally denunciatory and equally inaccu-
rate in dealing with our local equivalent
Of the fapper. Skirts do grow short at
times, unpleasantly so, considering our
national unpreparedness for such revela-
tons through inattention to the hard road
of gymnastics and dietetics.
But to the relatively poised and impair
tial mind such epidemics excite chiefly a
breathless wonder at their swift spread.
You go home on the subway one night
with skirts at the shoe tops. The very
next morning it is as if giant scissors
had trimmed a whole population. By after
noon the chuckles are over, and save for
the angry old gentlemen the town is merely
wondering when the new subways will be
opened and what will happen next.
There is always a terrific waste and in
efficiency in supporting the feminine half
of the world in the condition of clothes to
which it has been accustomed. No doubt
in time of war that waste looms large.
But hurting invectives at the anatomy of
fiapperS will hardly solve the problem. a
certain amount of Stiffness must be borne
with at sixteen as at siXty-tWo.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-02-01
What Is Freedom of the Seas!
q the Editor of The Tribune.

To the Editor OF he TIIbune.
Sir: The Germans say they are fighting
for the freedom of the seas as well as in
defence of the Fatherland. Before the war
began was not the sea as free TO Germany
as TO any other country? Did any other
country experience any lack of freedom OF
the seas? Did not Germany have an enor-
NOUS trade in all countries "a we'll as in
England and all English dependencies, and
were not their merchant fleets in all the
waters of the globe without restriction :?
lust wha, IL their idea of freedom Of the
seas? Is it not freedom to Germany only :.
h. l.. Il.
Hartford, Conn.,. Jan. %. 1917.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-02-01
WHAT SEX EQUALITY MEANS
No Special Protection by Law for Women
if Sufrag ists Are Logical

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: In your issue Of January "a. A. H. W.
.., WORKING woman. a surrsgist and moth
cr." writes:
"All the statistics and figures do lie when
Manipulated gathered to prove that women
as mothers of the race, need the same pro-
lection as do children and minors, have been
set al naught by the women of the warning
countries of Europe. who are now dong the
hardest kind of work under great mental
strain and thriving upon 1t. Is II nor
time that said laws protecting women be
repealed"
As a sufFragist this lady is consistent. For
equality" means. if it means anything, the
repeal of all protective and special legisla-
ton for women.
| In 1860 Susan p. Anthony. suffrage pioneer,
said to the New York State Legislature: ANY
legislation that will do for man we will abide
by most cheerfully. Undo what man
did for us and strike out all special legisla-
ton for US. We do not tax man TO take care
OF us These women VINO are called mascu-
line this is our type OF womanhood."
IL is the consensus of opinion Of all author
tiles that the race cannot survive unless the
special needs of women are recognized. As
women have entered the industrial world one
law after another has been enacted for their
special protection, and the best of these laws
have originated in man suffrage states, in
spite Of the insistent demands for equality"
made by the noisy advocates of feminism.
The selfish determination OF suffragists TO
establish equality" regardless of the welfare
ing shames Of our era.
The shocking statement Of your correspon-
dent that the women of Europe are "thriv-
ing" is or par with the utterarces Of Mrs.
Gait, Mrs. Whtehouse and other suffrage
leaders who have interpreted az woman's
emancipation the calamity which is making of
Europe a graveyard.
The women in ammunition factories, Great
ing instruments of death, conscious that their
brothers are being MANNED or killed by SINH
lar weapons manufactured by other women.
themselves tortured by parallel grief are
artist will immortalize them, not as symbols
Of "woman's emancipation" but as the driven
victims Of war. They are not doing mans
work because mans work" to-day in Europe
is on the battleields of Europe.
Your correspondent is mistaken in imagln-
ing that a paper ballot or a pay envelope,
however equal" can compensate or console
the women of Europe.
CHARLOTTE f. ROWE.
Yonkers. " Y, Jan. q, 1917.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-02-01
THE SUNDAY ROUNDUP
The Leaders Wear the Fleece Of the Sheep
They Seek to Control
TO the Editor of The Tribune.

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: | notice that the wives of certain
bankers, streetcar msgnstes and millionaire
social reformers have been enlisted in MI.
Sundays highly scientific scheme for the pro-
epction OF religious orgy in our commu-
nifty. The special work of these amiable la
dies is TO round up for the slaughter the
stenographers, telephone operators, psrlor
and nurse maids and others who do their
work for them. As happen TO be one Of
these benighted objects of their solicitude.
nope It may not seem TOO captious TO eN-
press some resentment at what is no doub~
very sincere effort to do us good
Some OF US cannot forget that these ladic
are of the class which has been engaged in
the remunerative task Of doing us good for.
10. these many years. And we can under
stand that IN these days, when profits are
swollen. when living is high and when labor
IS '-ncasy,' Il. IS very good business to catch
the attention of the working class and direct il
20 the rewards in the next world, that IL may
reflect less on those it is not getting here.
These women feel. if they have not argued.
ihat a habit of religious devotion means
habi. of submission. and this is good. very
good-for the employers of labor.
No. I- is not the wives of those who profit
by the labor OF others who can lead the sheep
into the fold. Shocking as the fact may be to
them, their motives are under suspicion
They are wearing the fleece cut from the backs
OF the sheep they would lead.
STENOGRAPHER.
New York, Jan. 80, 1917.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-02-01
Dewey's Interest in Animals

10 the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: In the numerous articles recently
written Admiral Dewey, telling of his
,eon sense of justice and his broad sympa-
hes, | have seen none which mentioned his
interest in and sympathy for the cause Of
nimals. The following letter will therefore,
think, be of interest to your readers:
Office Of the Admiral Of the Navy.
Washington.
Mrs. {. P. Farrell. III East Twenty-frst
Street New York City.
Ny Dear Madam: | have your note of
June 9th. and in reply must acknowledge
my interest in the subject Of vivisection.
but regret, however, that on account Of
already being connected with so large a
number Of organizations of various kinds
I find il impossible to devote the necessary
time and attention. Instead of becoming
associated with new ones | am inclined to
reduce the number. Ny life work, Of
course, has been the navy. and feel it my
duty and desire 20 devote my time and
strength 70 il.
Your chosen work is most laudablc and
humane one, and as there are 80 many ami
NAL loving people in the world your list of
sympathizers should almost hll itself auto
matically.
Thanking you very much for presenting
,he opportunity to me of becoming vice
president Of your league, ana wishing you
all success possible, remain
Very sincerely.
Signed GEORGE DEWEY.
June 10. 1918.
s. NJ. FARRELL.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-02-01
The Number of the Beast

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: May ! trespass on your space to an
swer a question in Mr. Whdden Grahams
letter headed What Proof" in to-days
Tribune? He states that there are in Lewis
ton, Me-, III Illegal liquor dealers who have
Federal liquor tax receipts lie says: Sup
pose these dealers violate the law only
twenty times daily; this is $4,000
violations annually for one dry city" He
asks. Can DR. Chalmers find anything 10
equal this in any license city" Let US try.
Lewiston has about 10000 population Mr..
Graham says. and III illegal liquor dealers
The 35th Police Precinct, in which | live,
has population. according 70 police Stats
tics. o. $4,000. This precinct covers three
quarters of square mile, has twenty-three
miles of streets and contains 1876 blocks
Counting LOO population to the block.
there are IN the twenty-four blocks surround
ing the church % which am attached about
26.i00 population.
There are ffty-eight licensed liquor saloons
in the twenty-four blocks
The liquor tax law of New York Section
No. 3O) prohibits selling on Sunday or befor.
o'clock on Monday morning; on any other
day. between | and s a. m, on election days,
etc.
Let us conhne our figures to the Sunday
selling.
The ffty-eight saloons sell on an average
$50 worth of liquor in 3. 10 and Is cent guam
titles. Taking 10 cents as an average, we get
1900 violations for the ffty-eight saloons.
Multiply 1900 by ffty-two Sundays and We
get over 100000 violations annually in this
small section of the city
The high cost Of paper prohibits the set
ting down Of the number Of violations Of tho
liquor laws on Sunday by the 1000 or more
licensed liquor shops in greater New York.
There are many other violations besides SELL
ing on Sundays, but the total would be so
appalling have not the heart to put it down
Mr. Graham is too modest with his $4,000
violations III illegal liquor dealers az TWEEN
" violations a day 220-would in a year
emitting Sundays have 694,SeO violations
TO their credit. and if they violated also on
Sundays. $4,000.
Why should Mr.. Graham limit the viola
tons to 666,000?
OF course 666 is a mystical number II
occurs in the Book of Revelations Chap
ter xiii; II. Is: mo man might buy or sell,
save he that had the mark or the name OF the
beast, or the number of his name. Here Is
wisdom Let him that hath understanding
count the number Of the beast; for il is the
number of man; and his number is SIX
hundred three score and six"
Is it possible that Mr.. Whidden Graham,
with apocalyptic vision, has solved the mys-
terry Of the mystical number and has found
in the III illegal liquor dealers in Lewiston
the number of the beast?
JAMES V. CHALMERS.
New York. Jan. 10, 1917.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-02-01
Investigate Companies, Not Leaks

To the Editor OF The Tribune
Sir: Short selling is gambling; buying On
margin is also gambling. You buy secur-
ity on margin with the intention Of selling
II at a profit. You may make a profit or
you may pocket loss. So With short sell
ing Your broker sells a security for your
account and risk. You expect TO buy 1t back
cheaper If it goes higher instead and you
are forced to cover your venture has brought
you loss.
There are good and bad tips. Tie best
tip is ones own judgment. Any one who
could have guessed the immense profits n
store for the gun factories in the spring OF
1905 and bought their securities then "oud
have Jared much better than the snort
sellers. who lit is said) made a killing b.
acting on tip emansting from Washington.
Any intelligent trader not blinded by the eA-
hilarating spectacle Of tremendous stock mar
ket activity at rising prices could nave
guessed the recent slump. No doubt qlVe
few traders were short OF the market "heh
the inevitable smash came and that WIN
out receiving any advance information ITO"
Washington either.
think that instead of raising such
rumpus about Mr.. Lawson's squeal II "ou'I
be much better 10 investigate tne H'""N
status and prospects Of the new compan
whose securities are dealt IN on the CIV
market. II Lawson's Nevada-Utah eam2As'
lad been cut short in 1906 and 1907 mta'
sbjyering lambs would not be mourning W.
loss of their wool. ,o
The suckers are biting fast now Sn'
satisfy their appetite any amount oil SH'
of new securities are issued. The mSl!s o..
clogged with the prospectuses sdvea"s..e
the merits Of these "get-rch-qule' "a.
Germs. Some Of them are perhaps oon'
enterprises, but the great majority are ar, INV
ply snares to catch the unawares' !. nv
one doubts my assertions let MIN peiuS zee
curb market list Of ten years "so &C.
. 10" dsol, in then remain on the list now
What has become OF them -.,,orRA
Nov York. Jan. %, 1917
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-02-01
The Kilkenny Peace
or Of The Tribune.

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: The only case on record. TO my know-
edge. Of peace without victory is that of the
late lamented Kilkenny cats. Can Il be that
our "watchfully waiting" "Man with the Pen"
at the White House eXpectg that TO be tho out
come Of the war? Or is the wish father TO
tho thought? a. h. h,
New Brunswick, n. j., Jan. 81, 1911
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-02-01
Appeudixes and the State

To the Editor of The Tribune. ,,.d b,
Sir: | note that bill will DC press"II AZ.
Tho South Dakota Legislature WHEREBY sub.
pendixes removed by surgeons VIII - tound
nitted to the State Legislature. anu n,id
~, noint Of information, in the event OF wv
appendix being found diseased, W, aoe,s,or b,
be as energetic in seeing tnaI '", ut. ar,
paid for the opcration' some paw
,ust as unScrupulous rs surgeon ,oNtS
Jersey City, Jan. 81, 1917.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-02-01

puL OuI lllNuNiOu 10 SNA' WI ''N'
theoretically unrescinded.
Now Germany is going to sink, without
search or warning, not only belilgerent
merchantmen. but all neutral merchant
men, which approach or leave British,
French or Italian ports. She is going TO
make a petty concession to American pas
senger vessels, permitting one such Amer
lean vessel to enter and leave the British
port of Falmouth each week. But the
United States must guarantee that this
one vessel a week does not carry anything
in her cargo which the German govern
ment may declare to be contraband.
These arrogant demands echo the de-
mands made by Germany while the futile
negotiations following the sinking of the
Lusitania we're in progress. They are,
in fact, more arrogant, for in 1915 Ger
many was willing to allow four passenger
liners to do a privileged business between
American and British ports.
We refused then to accept 80 per cent
discount on our rights under international
law. Can we do less now? Can we even
hone to establish modus UiUendt as
basis for further diplomatic argument,
while Germany is in her present mood OF
desperation. and far more anxious to
strike with her improved submarine
weapon at Great Britain and France than
she is to avoid hostilities with the United
States?
The German proclamation throws new
light on the recalled Lansing explanation
of President Wilson's recent peace note.
Mr.. Lansing told the truth. All the Pres
ident's recent peace maneuvrings have APP
parently been for the purpose of staving
off break with Germany-of securing
peace in Europe in order to forestall the
disagreeable necessity of facing trouble be-
tween the United States and Germany.
Mr.. Wilson went to great lengths IN
nlaving Germany's hand. But the diver
sion failed The country must now face
the situation which he tried so hard to
avoid facing.
1t is plain that the preposterous condl-
tons laid down in the German Admiralty
proclamation cannot be submitted to. The
United States ought not to condone any
longer Germany's murderous high seas
warfare on neutrals and non-combatants'
American rights have never been more
1agrantly assailed than they are in this
latest declaration Of German military
ruthlessness.
We have submitted to outrage long
enough. Peace with Germany would be
purchased at too dear price if it is to
be purchased by compliance with the hal-
ser's latest insulting instructions to us
as to how we shall conduct our commerce
with the Entente nations.
His Western European blockade Is not
a whit more legitimate as war measure
than were his war zone" operations IN
British and Irish waters. And the ferocity
underlying this new pretence Of conducting
a blockade consistent with military law is
far more brazenly avowed and gloried in.
The United States fought one war-the
War of 1812-in behalf Of the principle OF
the freedom of the seas. We cannot be-
lieve that it has so far lost its manhood as
to hesitate now that the challenge has come
which may compel it to fight another.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-02-01

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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-02-01

New York. Jan. "a. 1911.
The evening world., 1917-10-12
Small Antique Chinese Rugs

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Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-05-23
VEGETABLES ARE PLENTIFUL
No Reason for Exceedingly High
Prices. Says Federal official.

WASHINGTON, May 22.-High
prices for fruits and vegetables can
not be defended on the ground of a
supply shortage in the opinion of the
agriculture department. which an
nouncod today that detailed shipping
figures show a shortage of only old
potatoes and strawberries
shipments of new potatoes, onions,
tomatoes. cabbage. lettuce and celery
during the past week, said the an
nouncement were at least equal to
those of year ago when prices We're
much lower. Twice as many bushels
of new potatoes and tomatoes and
nearly seven times as much lettuce as
during the corresponding week last
year were handled from the produc-
ing fields.
Shipments of old potatoes were Civ
en- as considerably lighter than last
year and shipments of strawberries
approximately one-third less"
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-05-23
ALIBI, is MOONEY DEFENSE
wife of Convicted Bomb ThrowCr
SAYS She Was Mile Away at Time,

SAN FRANCISCO, May 22.-Mrs
Rcua Moneys defense in her trial
for murder which started hcre ycster-
day will he that she was about n mile
away from the place whore a bomb
exploded July 80, 1919 killing tea
persons This was announced In court
today by her counsel in the course Of
an examination OF talcsmen which
lasted an day. At nightfall four jurors
had been sworn in The state had
used four OF it's ten poremptory chal'
lcngcs aud the defense four OF -
twenty Judge Emmet Scawell eau
toned the sworn jurors not to read
newspaper accounts OF the trial nor
anonymous letters