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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-01-09
Work for Women

One of the most picturesque snoDoerlcs
is the unwillingness Of the proud American
husband to let his wife work-that is 10
say, work for pay outside the home WORK
FOR nothing within the home IS quite an
other matter. II the thought yet turks IN
some masculine minds that this point OF
view flows from a noble chivalry, the de-
sire TO protect dear tender Hover from
the harsh winds of the great business
world. the sooner these minds are brought
M 10 date the better. The theory OF the
leisure class rests upon no such splendio
basis. II is part of the traditional pride OF
being male that his mate must not work
for ANYBODY else. That is long way from
the harem ideal; and yet, so far as 1t goes
the American notion is quite clearly de-
scended from the ancient standards.
Necessity has always broken into this
ideal of the perfect American wife. when
has compelled the wife to take her
scrubbing brush outside the home, the hus-
band has bowed his head in graceful reslg-
nation. It is when no necessity urges that
the interesting case arises; and there we
have lately seen more and more American
women poking their heads out of the front
door and experimenting shyly, tentatively
with work. The same day which an
nounced the appointment of Miss jessie L.
Simpson to be clerk to the Senate Commit
tee on Foreign Relations held forth upon
the venture of three society women OF New
York into interior decorating. They
treated the venture rather as lark, and
there were rumors Of husbandly frowns.
But the three were venturing-and Fifth
Avenue still stood.
Such changes come slowly, as rule.
The war, creating a universal necessity,
has brought a revolutionary change to
England and to France which is certain
to outlast the war in large part. AS
usual. America. the land of the free, prom
ises to be the aggard. Yet the changes
are taking place. The disgrace of having
a wife at work for the fun of working Is
not nearly as keen as it was. Husbands
have been known even to be proud of such
rleyerness. When you consider that snob-
berry involving the sexes is deeply inter
woven with the oldest traditions, you can
feel amazed at the progress already made.
You can look forward few generations
and see the idle wife become almost queer
and old-fashioned The middle-aged wom-
an with grown children who does not do
worth while will be as thor
oughly out of things as was a suffragist in
ancient 1870.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-01-09
Guardsmen Who Marched
.i.or Of The Tribune.

To the Editor Of The Tribune
Sir: / read with cardiac palpitstions the
account of Senator George t. Chamberlain's
statements regarding the inability Of the
National Guard on the border to march five
or ten miles a day without dropping in the
ranks. Also, my perusal of his remarks
about the regulars" in Mexico walking fifty
to seventy-fve miles day was attendant
with quite case Of neurasthenia.
Facts and nothing but facts from our
esteemed Congressman would more beht their
position than Misrepresentation
With all due respect TO our brother "regu-
lars" | say they have never walked fifty
miles a day in Mexico. They have not, and
there is little probability Of their ever doing
so. Seventy-fve ridiculous
The Senator said that when the state troops
were called upon 20 march five or ten miles a
day they dropped in their ranks. Nobody
can prove this 1t might be we'll to acquaint
our Congressman with the record marches of
the I'd and 6eth New York Infantry from
La Gloria and Sterling ranches to McAlen
Tex. Or il might surprise him 20 learn Of
the LIST New York Cavalry's second squsdron's
march from La Gloria to McAllen in little
over four hours. Hikes" of other New York
regiments also deserve respect from the SEN
ator. Speaking for one branch Of the ser
vice. with confidence as 10 the efficiency Of
the other branches, respectfully refer Sena-
tor Chamberlain to General Parker for in
formation concerning the standard Of the
New York State Cavalry, compared with any
regular cavalry. tn.
BROOKLYN Jan. g. 1917
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-01-09
A Pension Fund for Police Horses

To the Editor OF The Tribune.
Sir: Considerable comment has been made
by several of the papers on the recent sale
OF horses found by the Police Department to
be no longer serviceabe for police work
Various suggestions have been made as to
some more honorable way 20 terminate the
career OF these horses than that Of selling
them to junk dealers and small farmers who
will necessarily work them to the last posi-
bic point Of their strength.
SO much attention has been given to the
maintenance Of police pension fund for the
men, and we are 30 frequently invited. d.
Iectly or indirectly, whenever we have an op-
portunity 10 reward the police for meritorious
service, 20 contribute 10 the pension fund.
that the idea suggests itself 70 me that
pension fund for police horses is not only
fair reward for ther splendid service, but is
also fund TO which many who owe their
personal safety to the police horses might
contribute with at least as much enthusiasm
as they now do for the fund for the men.
am member Of the Humane Society and
have no wish to object to the methods sug-
gested by it. It may we'll be that various
difficulties of finance may be presented, but
tribution, say Of dollar, from all those who
are lovers Of horses. and by having a sepa-
rate fund to which those TO whom some spe-
cal service has been given by the police
horses might contribute such a fund could
be established. c. s. R.T.
New York. Jan. 6. 1917
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-01-09
Cleaning New York

II is a high tribute to Commissioner
Woods and the Police Department of this
city which the Bureau of Social Hygiene
rays in declaring that New York is freer
Of vice than at any time since statistics OF
such matters have been kept. 1t is as
much a tribute to Mayor Mitchell, who APP
pointed Mr.. Woods and has supported him
in his determination to clean up the town
eve have weathered all reforms" this
report quotes certain of the oldtime keep
ers Of resorts who still hang on, from the
Lexow investigation and the Low admin
istration down to the one now in power,
and the reformers always got tired and
quit. But this one still keeps up after
three years. We can't understand it."
Neither could the gangsters understand
if when Commissioner Woods's men kept
pounding away at them until gang fights
and gang outrages on the public became a
novelty instead of a regular occurrence.
They could understand it still less when
the police actually obtained evidence which
sent few Of the most notorious of the
gang leaders to states prison.
The public ought TO understand it,
though, for these two instances-spec-
tacular instances, to be sure, yet typical
show that New York has what was long
considered impossible. 1t has an honest
and efficient Police Department, with an
honest, efficient and intelligent Commits
sioner, working steadily and systematical-
" to weed out the evil elements of the
population in order to aid and protect the
honest and law-abiding. Politics does not
now enter into the question. Graft may
still exist, in minor degree, but the graft
ing cop to-day is a lonely man in the de-
partment. This is not yet Spotless Town.
Vice and crime have not yet departed en-
tirely from New York. But Commissioner
Woods and his men "still keep up their
cleaning process. May they never get
tired The public has the best of reasons
not TO get tired of them.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-01-09
THE "HAS BEENS"
Age the Only Crime of Many Who Seek
Work Unsuccessfully

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: Having been a constant reader of
your valued paper for many years, hope
you will find space for the following:
in Chicago paper lately read an article
entitled "Will Find Jobs for the Old" which
states that a committee of prominent men
had undertaken to find employment for men
between the ages of forty-fve and sixty-five,
Who had been shunted into the has been"
class.
This committee believes it will be success
full in landing permanent employment for
many men who are specialists in certain
lines of work and who are Disseminated
against on account Of their age.
Such a condition does not alone exist in
Chicago; it is country and the preju-
dice is particularly strong in the City of
New York, and Of this prejudice | am an ex-
ample.
For the sake OF other worthy men in
like position | write this letter and ask why
should men, after spending a lifetime in &C
cumulating knowledge and experience, who
for some reason or other must still work
at the age Of sixty, be turned down and
classed as "hss beens"-not even given a
chance of proving themselves capable and
worthy?
am sixty years Of age, healthy and sober.
Am in line of business that takes years
TO master, much study 10 keep up with, in
telligence and experience 70 follow and ex.
ecutive ability to make successful. | laid
the foundation OF my studies in this. nv
country, and then followed it up with a
course OF study in Europe, and have since
proved by my work in this country that l
have all the needful qualities that a younger
nan could possibly have-plus experienced
And yet, after an absence of some years. |
have spent seven months in trying to find a
position in my home town and am constantly
told, 1--WE want younger men"
II men OF influence in Chicago can take
this question up. why not here?
AN OLD TRIBUNE READER.
New York, Jan. 4, 1917
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-01-09
Who and What Is Colonel House!

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: viii you oblige 1O0000,Ooo Anerl's 49,
by stating the facts about that renars'.
power behind the throne'-Colonel b. ."
House? ID.
Why is he a colonel and o. what regimen.
What was mis- university and dip0m1''
training that qualities him TO the sser0s'D',
infallible, authoritative inspiration Of r''
dent Wilson's actions? -,
The notes and governmental aetiViue'
our Chief Executive unfortunately io' y.
are regarded by the rest Of the worio = -.
pressions of American opinion. why = &,
presidents friend and adviser as pc ~
termed, so conspicuously Or myster'O..,'.,,
fitted for the post Of Lord High Eve'y w,
Else? Who is this Gargantuan "Poon,D "a
Statistics dug up from your files SHOULD sa-
his qualifications and shed an illumiha.
ray upon the brains Of the AdmnlsIss'' :,
Finally, did we elect Woodrow "iS0"
Colonel Z. NJ. House? ,rt
New York, Jan. 4, 1917.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-01-09
Philadelphia's Prosperity

IRON inc fNAddttphiu fftNof
In Philadelphia there is evidence Of pros
perity upon every hand. The department
stores never handled so large business as
they did last month Another very good in
dex of local activity is the gross receipts Of
the local traction company. The gross earn
ings of the Rapid Transit Company are 10
per cent greater than for corresponding
periods Of 1915, due largely to the unprece-
denied activity of the industrial establish
ments. The future of Philadelphia is well
While many industries in this vicin-
ity have been engaged upon war orders, the
plants have been enlarged and improved, so
that they are in a strong position TO hold
their own in times Of peace. The Delaware is
destined 20 become a greater industrial sec
ton. and from Trenton to Wilmington on
both sides Of the river the territory is tribu-
tary 70 Philadelphia. Local banks are thrifty
and we'll able to handle the growing financial
needs Of expanding Philadelphia.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-01-09
Our Wooden Ships

From The boston H''t't'
,rho ,yooden shin is not going out Of use as
opick,v as has been sometimes supposed. For
certain purposes, especially for the convey
sncs Of lumber. it is preferred TO the metal
shin According to shipbuilders' returns
received by the Bureau Of Navigation
tho wooden merchant vessels Of 500
gross tons or more building or under con-
tract 10 be buip in American private ship
wards on December l numbered 10, OF
i56s15 gross tons. II is very noticeable
that New Fnglsnd's snare IS no more than 10
sbins having tonnage Of 1903, the most Of
Them schooners. the only representatives oil
the souare-rigger being. two barkentines IN
course Of construction at Chelsea. Another
roint which deserves attention is that they
ar. all ordinary sailing vessels that are COM
ing out Of our New England yards and those
of the Middle Atlantic Coast, whereas on our
other coasts the yards are building hardly
ANYTHING but power ships, the most OF them
euxiliary schooners These constitute 10 per
cent Of the total wooden tonnage under con-
struction and contract in American yards.
And very handy ships OF all work they are
for both coasting and foreign trade. Such
vessels as the six iive-masted auxiliary
sehooners Of $500 tons each, built in one
ward at Aberdeen, Wash, are not 10 be de-
spised. however proud we may be Of our
great steel steamships.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-01-09
The Invisible Fleet

archibald Hurd ~ the Fortuighuy Ecpicr1
The British people have not seen the Brit
ish Grand Fleet or any other Of the naval SER
vices since the ships, great and small, steamed
out Of Spithead at the end of July, 1914
passing off the Nab Lightshp the Royal
Yacht. from which the King inspected the
country's first line Of defence. That phrase
the first line Of defence-has gained new
meaning in the months which have followed.
without fear Of the consequences, the peo-
ME of the British Isles learned of the trans
portation overseas of the expeditionary force,
OF the army reserves and OF the terrItorials.
Those soldiers, regular and citizen, have been
followed by the new armies, and yet the BRIT
oh people have remained undsmayed. In
that condition Of mind rests the most su-
nreme triumph of sea power over ignorant
fears Of which history holds any record. Inc
oversea danger remains to-day what II mas
sIwavs been. The peril Of invasion does not
exist. On the other hand, 'raiding forces
.och consisting Of comparatively few thou
sand men, might oe u'SP" ~
on enemy in the more or less desperate hope
that owing to the small tonnage OF Shipping
cn,nioved in Transporting them, some way
,,iqbt he found through the chain Of moohe
defence on the British coast That rela-
tivelv small peril eonfronts US. The more
dosnerate the condition OF the Central row
are the greater il will become
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-01-09
SOCIALISM UNDER A DESPOT
A Very Different Thing from the Rampant
Indiyidualism of Utopian Dreams
To the Editor of The Tribune.

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: Those who live in fear and trembling
Of the coming slavery" as Herbert Spencer
called socialism, may take courage from such
cases as that Of the New Rochelle youth who
withdrew from the high school because as
upil, he was required to go through the mill
taristic setting-up exercises. Such instances
| of radical nOn-conformity on the part Of pro-
fessed socialists prove that they. like all
other red-blooded men, are at heart rampant
individualsts. The youth who refuses to CO.
operate in the innocuous and altogether ben
efcial setting-up exercises will never become
submissive member of the proposed CO.
operative commonwealth.
Since man learned to stand erect with his
face toward heaven he has placed freedom Of
action above material wellbeng, and on
voluntarily entering the social compact he
mas shown tendency to bargain cautiously
with society in surrendering some of his
Liberties in exchange for some Of the material
benefits Of cooperation. He is too jealous Of
his Liberties to make the wholesale bargain
which the socialist holds up as the ideal COM
monwealth. From time 10 time we are re-
minded that the socialist is not unlike other
men in this respect. Their leaders in par
hcular seem TO be rampant individuslists
whose dream it is TO continue their leader
ship under new order of society and to
occupy its executive positions. In such
state Of society they would in practice be-
come its dictators So long, therefore, as
human nature is what it is socialism is a
chimers-a Utopisn dream.
A great deal is being said Of the expert
ment in socialism which the great European
look the fact that these experiments" are
all being had under a dictator.
A cooperative state under a William II or
even dyed-in-the-woo democrat like Lloyd
George is not precisely according to the
dreams Of the Utopians
f.. c. BILLINGS.
Brooklyn, Jan :, 1917.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-01-09
A Cheap Air Moistener

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: In your issue of December ."
G. c." asks how air in a steam heated 'P'''
ment can be moistened IL
II he will buy two ten-cent bread 'in' =.
hve-cent knitted wash cloth IN any
and ten cent store, I'll the tins with :,
place them side by side. FIVE inches apS.s
top Of the radiator, lay the cloth o.
them and extending to the bottom o. n.
he will have a simple, inexpensive ou' ~,
fective moistener. Or can give HIM II.
address Of man in Chicago who man
facturers a similar patented srtlele,
LYMAN p. KIRKPATkiVA'
Rochester, n. Y, Jan. 8, 1917.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-01-09
Still a Citizen

To the Editor Of The Tribune
Sir: What a staggering blow is dealt the
L. S A. on your editorial page of to-day in
the letter from your correspondent, Mr.. Ben
jamin Apthorp Gould, telling US that he has
renowned his American citizenship! Hap
PLY, however, Mr.. John Jay Chapman is still
with US, and in his letter, published on the
same page, assures us of his willingness 20
appoint a dictator for the L. s. A. in the
event Of war.
Since the mantle Of the Lord seems to have
descended upon him, would it not be a
simpler solution for him to appoint himself
as dictator? STILL A CITIZEN.
New York, Jan. 5, 1917.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-01-09
Where Lawrence Draws the Line

Uneasy lies the head that inspires q
novel. especially if it be one of these maya
zine serial novels, in which it is impossible
to turn over to the last chapter and reas-
sure ones self about the heroine right
away. Appreciation of this fact accounts
for the strange apathy with which citizens
of Lawrence, Massachusetts, regard the
literary honors now being heaped upon
them bv Winston Churchill. Lawrence is
not really apathetic, either. 1t is merely
worried.
Not that the city beside the Merrimac
has never tasted the bitter sweet Of fame
before; but because for it fame has too
often been based on disaster The grand
fathers knew Of Lawrence as the scene Of
"The Tenth Of January" in which Eliza
beth Stuart Phelps recorded the tragedy Of
the fall Of the Pemberton Mill, in 1860.
The new generation, however, had forgot
ten that, and Lawrence was sinking into
happy oblivion, coming its millions quietly,
content to get out neat little pamphlets
about its churches and its macadamzed
roads for the Christening Of its neighbors,
Lowell and Haverhin. Then the strike
broke like a bolt from the blue.
Those who love the place prefer not to
talk Of those days. The local press
cherishes the hope that they will be for
gotten They are forgotten, to a certain
extent, The children Of the strikers now
play on public Fairgrounds established by
the city, and daughters of the Puritans
gather the children of the Lithuanians and
Poles and Russians about them and tell
them Indian stories. The whole city turned
out on Flag Day, marching and singing
upon the streets, to show the world that
Lawrence still loved the Red, White ana
Blue. and that Poles and Lithuanians and
Russians were members of one family.
That was three years ago. Was it not
enough-Lawrenc is asking to-day-was
it not enough to have suffered and done
penance? Was it not enough to have the
strike and the magazine writer's attendant
tbereupon, without having the whole Incl
dent immortalized in a novel for CONT
nent to read?
Local pride is overloaded with local
fear. Has Winston Churchill written a
strike novel? To representative readers
the opening chapters seem to be shaping
themselves that way. Lawrence hangs
breathless upon each succeeding install
ment.
or course, limelight is pleasing, if only
il will play on our glories and keep away
from the skeleton In our closet. If this
is merely a story-if it is even study of
modern industry-Lawrence will De proud.
Why not? What other city Of its size has
inspired two novels in lifetime? Let
Lowell and Nashua and Haverhill, having
gore their prosaic ways unnovellzed for
half century, take note of Lawrence's
heroine. There were mill cities all about
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-01-09

but il was Lawrence's streets, crowded
with the turbulent streams of romance and
beauty from all parts Of the world, which
walked in her hungry soul the fire of per
sonality. It was Lawrence's roaring mills
and lowered bridges and classic suburbs
which we're found worthy of the artists
pen. The city's problem, its people-it
offers them with pride. to the service of
art and the history Of industry. II offers
everything but the strike. Hands Off, Mr..
Churchill
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-01-09

You can purchase merchandise advertised in
THE TRIBUNE with absolute safety-for 1t
dissatisfaction results in any case The
TRIBUNE guarantees TO pay your money back
upon request. No red tape. No quibbling We
make good promptly If the advertiser does not
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-01-09

workers be permitted to smoke cigarettes
How obsolete many Of our issues appear
since the Lusitania went down. How long
can we 60 on as if nothing had happened
since August 1914, and keep our fellow
ship with the spirit of modern life?
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-01-09
Our Mother

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: Please inform Grandson Of the
Revolution" how Europe is our mother coun-
try. NJ. c. ".
New York. Jan. s, 1917.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-01-09
The War Department on the Guard

In contradstinction to General Organs
irresistible optimism is the report of the Mi
ita Bureau of the War Department on the
recent National Guard mobilization. IL says:
Reluctance 70 serve when confronted with the
realities OF military life quickly shown in the
large number OF designations of officers and APP
plcations for discharge by enlisted men. The
desire for release from the service became so ex-
tensye that general rule OF denial of such re-
quests had 20 be adopted by the War Department