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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-02-16
"THE SAME OLD FARCE"
A Reader Wonders How Long Americans
Will Continue to Act in II
To the Editor of The Tribune.

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: Huerta the murderer, the obstruction
ist, the man who dared faunt Mr.. Wilson,
the insult TO the fag-he must apologize
Mr.. Wilson in a very melodramatc action
demands of Congress the power TO proceed
at once against Huerta. The public is in
state of Mysteries at last. Our President
will act The whole power of the govern
ment with damn-the-expense manner, the
army and navy, went to Vera Cruz and came
back, and Huerta made no salute to our nag.
Villa the bandit, the murderer, the man who
dared faunt the power of our land, VINO
murdered Americans and, worse, murdered
American soldiers The wrath of the Admin
istration was fully aroused. Great headlines
villa To Be Captured, Dead or Alive Inc
regular army was called out, the militia
was called out. s67,O00,OOO was spent, hun
dreds of soldiers died not from Villas bull
lets. but from the grossest mismanagement
Arms. equipment, commissary-gross IN
oficiency-our army returned without VITA
In both these cases the Mexican gov
ernment, first of Huerta, later OF CarrahZa'
was TO be frightened by these huge war
rannuvres and the evident determination OF
the United States to spare no cost 10 loree
Mexico to Mr.. Wilson's desires. 1t is to be
noted that al this tremendous preparation
afe cted the Mexican not the least. lie Khe"
that the cock would not fight.
Now we repeat for Germany's edifcation
the same old opera bouffe, and Germany
smiles in her sleeve. During the Boxer war
in China the Chinese army, with transpar-
encies of fearful faces, with masks OF nor
rible design, with tom-toms beating ana
blood-curdling cries, approached the an
DIOou o,,nocting them TO run in terror, but
they didn't. We
The same old farce over and over. we
sit. enthuse, get wildly patriotic Every ounce
~ our manhood is aroused. The curtain rings
down: we take our overcoats and mats auu
leave the house. -. Id
III themselves TO this degradation? when
will they refuse to be made actors IN TINS
farce?
New York, Feb. 7, 1917.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-02-16

Health Departments worl; is educational.
intended to encourage prevention of dis
ease and Demonstrating conditions. In
this work these bulletins, reaching leaders
of thought in the community, take promi-
nent place. TO prevent or curtail their
circulation would be distinctly unfortu-
nate. 1t is to be hoped that, since the
Postoffice Department feels it can no
longer. continue whatever arrangement has
hitherto permitted their circulation in tech
nical violation of the law, the law itself
can be changed as the Health Department
desires
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-02-16
Letting Women Help

The altogether natural process of letting
women help the community reaches an
other interesting milestone in the appoint
ment of women to the chairmanships of
three important committees of the city's
Board of Education. In any sane and
openminded utilization of our natural re-
sources this employment of feminine intel
ligence, time, special interest and special
knowledge would have taken place decades
ago. The public school system touches the
home life at every point. It's actual work
is conducted chiefly by women. If there
is any public service which women can eff
GENTLY and safely perform it is advis-
ing in the direction of our schools. Yet
it remained for the present city admins
tration to let women have this obvious
chance to help.
We do not suppose that all women called
TO the public's aid will render unique and
altogether admirable services comparable
TO those which Miss Davis has rendered,
for example. Any one who expects such
an impossibility is bound to be disap-
pointed. Some women are as certain to
fail as some men. The point is that we
are at last beginning to see the folly OF
ignoring the aid which one-half of the
human race can bring to our community
activities. Running an automobile on half
of its cylinders is not one whit more
wasteful or idiotic.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-02-16
"Crime Is Personal

To the Editor Of The Tribune
Sir. In connection with the increased ac-
tivitv of German submarines and their appaii-
I'M, rutblessness directed against friend ana
foe unfortunately, several considerations
saem pertinent. Among these considerations
two NAV be mentioned as of pressing I'M
portance. ,,,. ,.o
As II is we'll known that the Allles nave
sunk or captured a great many Oh theSe
craft, probably we'll over two hundred' why
do they not publish every week or month inc
number of German and Austrian submarines
accounted for during that PERIOD
Such notices would go far to hearteh 'helr
o,,r neonles. and, moreover, since the news
,vouId surely filter through into Germany,
would counteract to large extent the re-
ioicings of her civil population, which no"
hears only one side of the story. 1t is not
unlikely that more German seamen have been
drowned in submarines than innocent persons
by them.
Aoain. il is essential that we look ahead to
the future and do not permit the German use
Of the submarine to become precedent. Inc
most eficacious means to this end is to fol-
low the ancient UdAliIi tlias VIM -"
At the close of this war every submarine
commander who has sunk merchant vessel
without warning, who has neglected to insure
the safety Of all on board, who has flred upon
boats carrying such persons, etc, should DC
hanged. Also should be hanged those VINO
are responsible for such atrocities, no matter
how high their rank or great their authority:
While upon them rests the initial guilt and
for which they should pay the penalty with
their own lives, obedience to their orders
should not be accepted as plea in Justlhca-
ton of or as an excuse for murder. The man
who deals the deadly blow should suffer DEATH
irrespective Of the commands of his superior
There is no warrant in civilization by which
A can tell B treacherously to kill his fellow
man.
II some such drastic measure be not adopt
ed. warfare PAllemande will not only be
condoned, but it will be established as recog-
nized and legitimate. 1t is to start univer-
sal demand that the course suggested above
be followed that this letter, written IN no
revengeful spirit but merely to safeguard the
rights of all, is laid before your readers.
New Orleans, Feb. 9, 1917. G.F'C'
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-02-16
Vassar's Appetite

The Vassar appetite has become almost
as much a matter of college pride within
the last few days as the former daisy
chain. and rebounds more to the institu-
tons glory, in our opinion. In fact, II we
we're getting out the college prospectus,
we should have it stated in bold type near
the beginning that our students needed to
carry notebooks and pencils about with
them. in order to give an accurate and
honest report of all they had eaten during
the day.
Learning is an excellent thing, and a
passion for Greek roots, partaken with a
contented mind, is commendable. But we
know of more than one savant who would
exchange fair proportion of his wisdom
for the ability to eat lobster a la New
burgh unchallenged, and we do not doubt
that there are rich men who would sacri-
fee bonds and stocks for the keen young
zest that sees delight and not menace IN
the dairy lunch.
That young women in particular should
he so frank about their voraclty, should
even make it a matter of boast, is signifi-
cant of the new woman's hour. 1t is not
long since it was the fashion for women to
mince over their food, to toy with it daint-
ilv and suppress their desire for it as much
as possible. Those were the days when 1t
was accounted "ladylike" to be somewhat
delicate" and when keen appetite was
taken as an indication of plebeian nature.
The modern girl has given up being
delicate" and we are grateful for the
fact. She has left off her mental and
moral tight shoes, along with the others,
and falls easily into mans stride. She eats
and does not mind who knows 1t.
Not every girl, however, brings the APP
petite to her regular meals, to say nothing
Of the off-hour ones, that is reported at
Vassar. 1t appears to us that a telling
vindication of feminine education has been
accomplished there. The Vassar girl seems
TO us to have performed real feat. Why
not intercollegiate contests in this matter
of appetite, with cups awarded to the
winners?
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-02-16
Preserving the Fashions

Though it is evident that few women
show any inclination to desert the New
York State Woman Suffrage party, it does
not follow that the few who believe its
services ought not to have been offered to
the state in case of war need be in any
way discouraged. 1t is doubtless disap-
pointing that they have failed in their eff
forts to create dissension among their fell
low workers, but the consolation is that
they will find plenty of support elsewhere.
There must, for instance, be a large
body of pacifsts among the anti-suffra-
gists. and though it may be difficult at first
to fall in with their way of thinking on the
question of the ballot, yet in great ma
tional emergency it is essential that sec
ondary considerations be sacrificed to SUI
preme principles.
Now, if our country were ever to be
dragged into war the question of woman
suffrage would instantly take secondary
place, and for while some new occupa-
ton must be found for women hitherto
engaged in suffrage work. The party
generally is no doubt ready to serve the
country, but what is to become of those
who are so strongly opposed to war that
they cannot conscientiously devote their
labors to this end? They may as well face
the problem squarely, for sooner or later
it must be considered.
There is fortunately a simple solution
at hand. Evidence from all the belligerent
countries shows that one of the dangerous
consequences of war is the extinction of
fashions. Here is peril that the most
womanly Of women would gladly fight
against, and surely pacifists of all sorts
NAV with a clear conscience join them in
opposing it, since by so doing they will in
measure be opposing the evils Of war.
The danger is real. Take London, for
instance. Only the other day one OF the
Appeal Tribunals refused TO grant exemp-
ton from military service 70 one of those
men whose duty it was TO go to Paris every
March and bring back TO London infornla-
ton con what the ladies should wear" 1t
was decided at once that his work was
mot Of national Importance" the Judg-
rnent Of the tribunal being that sit is de-
sirable that there should be no change in
womenB dress for two or three years"
In Germany the state Of affairs is even
worse. From a favorite resort in Bavaria
IL is reported that the mannish clothes OF
the women "hayc provoked among the pop
ulation lively Indignation and anger; nay,
the scandal is 80 serious that the Munich
nilit/ry commander lately authorized the
local police 10 proceed energetically, if
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-02-16
Penalizing Health Education

In another column this morning The
Tribune prints letter from DR.. Charles
2. Bolduan, director Of the Bureau of Rub-
ic Health Education of the Health De-
oartment, urging support for the endeayor
o retain the privilege Of mailing the de-
,artments health bulletins as second class
natter. The weekly and monthly bulle-
ins go 10 physicians, clergymen, school
principals, judges and Libraries and health
,fieers all over the country. In them the
department explains what it is doing and
,lanning 10 do, and why. They are, with
,ut doubt, Of educational value.
Under the letter Of the law, inasmuch
a they are issued by an organization not
4 state board Of health, they cannot be
classified as second class matter. The de-
,artment therefore IL seeking an amend
nent Of the law % strike out the word
state" which would permit It's bulletins
md those issued by other municipal health
boards through the country 20 be circu
ated a. the old rates. The cost Of mailing
hem, IL this il denied, would be increased
yearly about $1,000, which tho department
,snnot possibly afford.
i large and important part OF the
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-02-16
Kavalla

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: 1t was with great interest that !
noted among the letters of yesterdays Tr0.
une one referring to the stirring incident Of
Kavalla.
We in America, more closely in touch with
the Western theatre of this great war, kno"
only too little Of the dramatic and often
more heroic happenings on the Eastern bs'.
tlehelds. As an old resident Of Greece, and
one who has spent his youth studying ard
working among the excavations Of the lite
province of Kavalla, l am naturally ngeh
concerned about the part it is now playing "a
history, and / am writing 10 your paper 10
search for information.
No mention has been made Of Kavalls u
any newspaper or other publication concern
ing the war that know of. However, In
letter | received from an old friend u
Greece several weeks ago he spoke OF tss
fact that in this time of strife and trial 10,
his country at least one province had liVsa
up TO the ancient traditions Of the Grees'T
my old home, Kavalla-and that no doESt "
had heard of this latest Turkish barbariN'
Needless TO add, have not heard, nor hs,
any one else that | know of, IN this free sAa
enlightened country, except, perhaps, yOsi
correspondent of yesterday If the lurn
and their ally and kindred, the Germsht
have perpetrated another crime like Belgs.
along the Greek frontier, then we, IS w
most just and patient neutral, should m0s
it, and the American people should be preA..
at last from their sluggishness TO put ID.s
action their words about the rights OF wss'
er peoples. JOHN @iI
Fellow of Cambridge University, England
New York, Feb. Is, 1917.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-02-16
Gripping Health Education

To the Editor of The Tribune. ..,
Sir: The Federal Postofice ofheian -.
notified the Department Of Health ths' ~
publications of municipal boards OF n. 80,
are no longer to be carried at 'econ w' Nv
hostage rates. and that hereafter the ",' -,
Bulletin and the Monthly Buuean o. nd
Department of Health will have to be n'.
with individual stamps affixed In u.
Of the Weekly Bulletin alone th's .@@s
will mean an increased expense from 80,
week. maid at present TO $40 wees ~r,,
tho new Interpretation. This OF Ne
would cripple this important part q or
Health Departments educational wo,I .
il would be impossible 10 provide iu"
meet the added expense. c,,, De-
The bulletins of the New YORK O's
,artment Of Health are now sent 0Ds ..lvd.
mailing list Of nearly $4,000 names, .rd
;ny ali the physicians, school prine'p ~, q.
.,ergvmen Of the city, prominen. '~ ,,or.
er;oIs and health officers Of all 'ne 10Y
,ont cities and states in the linton "A o.
Nav we. through you, enlist tne .,; ~ q
,onr readers in securing a modille es,a,. q
me law so that educational A.s..r.orisd
municipal boards of health VIII DC "s.rorded
,ho same rates OF postage nov
neci6eally 60 state boards Of hesn"N;
Sp''''' CHARLES BoLDuAS,.
n,-..,or R,rsau Of Public Health EaO''"
New York. Feb. Is. iela ------
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-02-16
Compulsory Health Insurance

To the Editor Of The Tribune
Sir: Strive as The Tribune may for its
ideal, Truth first to last it will never
succeed in this respect if it permits to re-
main uncontradicted such statements in its
columns as those of DR.. Samuel ]. Kopetzky
in regard to compulsory health Insurance.
Rejected and fouted alike by capital and
labor, this latest project of sociological medi-
cine can only be kept alive by creating the
impression that it is favored by the great
body Of the medical profession. How sar
this is from actual truth is shown in the
recent action of the New York County Medi-
cal Society in condemning the State Medical
Society for what is called its usurpation of
legislative and judicial function in indorsing
the compulsory health bill.
The portion of the profession engaged in
the promotion of the project no longer finds
in the poor a suitable instrument in their
sphere of medical activities They now
claim that the ones really needing their SER
vices in the institutions which they control.
the semi-prvate hospitals, are the so-caled
better classes, who they say are denied
advantages given there only to the very sick
and the very poor.
These hospitals have now become money
making places for those fortunate enough TO
be connected with them. They are no longer
a refuge for the unfortunate of all classes.
Those practising in them are responsible for
the abuse of medical charity, which IL is now
said will be corrected by panel" service
by young physicians employed by the state.
Attached to the word panel" there is a
significance obtaining here which never ap-
piled to II in the region whence it was
borrowed. II is TO be hoped that there is
nothing in this project suggestive of the
conditions called to mind by its name TO
those who remember IL under different sur
roundings' JOHN p. DAWN, NJ. d.
New York. Feb IL. 1917.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-02-16
CATHEDRAL OR CABARET?
Reflections on an Age That Possesses Either
Too Much or Too Little Imagination

To the Editor of The Tribune
Sir; In the letter of John A. wade pup
lisbed to-day under the heading mot
Cathedral Age" he mourns the waste of hav-
ING "four small towers" on the Cathedral OF
St John the Divine instead of lone large
tower" which could be equipped to become
the mecca of tourists from far and wide who
NAV come to New York to view the land
scane DER" Why allow the Woolworth
Building to monopolize the profits? mo pun
intended!)
Mr.. Wade unfortunately is quite right in
his assertion that "this is not cathedral
age" 1t may as well be added that 1t is
rather cabaret age, so why not, when add
ing that zone large tower" also arrange for
roof garden with daily cabaret perform
ances to help swell the exchequer of the
cathedral? Also, it would be wise to pro-
vide for go-rounds, Punch and Judy
shows, and movies at the base of the tower
for the entertainment of children of tourists
too young to appreciate the delights of the
cabaret! On rainy days the cathedral might
be thrown open as a public playground, to
resound with shril cries of ali spy" and
You're it,"
Alas! John A. Wade seems far aield from
the cathedral age!' Is it from lack of
imagination or from too much of il?
GEORGIANA p. CHEESMAN.
New York, Feb. II, 1917
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-02-16
Ruthless Anglican Duplicity
ditor of The Tribnne.

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: Your explanation Of the disappearance
of DR.. Mannings birthplace from who's
Who in America" strikes me as the height of
stupidity. In your effort to clear this friend
Of England you seek out devious excuse
when the obvious and guilty truth is staring
you in the face. DR.. Manning's English
birthplace vanished from "Whos Who" in
May, 1914, two months before the war. What
better proof could be asked Of the far-seeing,
far-reaching malevolence of England? This
English-born clergyman was plainly informed
Of what was to happen months in advance.
When tho hordes Of the English were finally
unoashed TO sweep down upon defenceless,
peace-loving. unprepared Germany, his pub
lshed record was safely cleared of its con.
taminatng origin. Could the diabolcal
eleverncss Of nation be more clearly laid
bare? =.
New York. Feb Id 1911
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-02-16

necessary. with measures of compulsion
against the nuisance"
1t is admitted, in short, that all the coun-
tries at war have suffered to some degree,
and that at present America alone has
time to bother about fashions. If we go to
war we shall undoubtedly be as badly off
as any of the others; hence, all haters OF
war should forget their minor differences
and join together in providing against this
great and manifest evil. The perpetual
ton of fashions should appeal alike to
anti-suffragists and pacifists. 1t Is won
anly, it is constructive, it is apparently
opposed to the natural tendencies Of war
and above all it is mot Of national i'm,
portance."
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-02-16
Pax Nobiscum!

In the glass Of justice how slowly the sand
of her patience has rum
But the last little grain has gone down, and
she stands with her sword in the sun.
She has said TO the lie and the murder that
prowl in the paths of the sea
"1f you meet with the least of my children,
doubt not you are meeting with me-"
She has put on her robe for the battle the
star-nashing blue Of the night,
The red that, alasl will be redder, and the
white that shall still be as white.
She has heard from her far-of Sierras her
war-bird's rcechoing scream
Der the mighty "Amen" of her prarics
woke-it Was only dream
Washington. D, G., Feb. Ia. 1917. ",
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-02-16
New Use for Submarines
lEron The Lordon Dailu TeIegraph

(Frorn The London DAILY Telegraph
Speaking at Askern, near Doncaster, on
Thursday night Sir Joseph Compton Rickett,
Paymaster General, said he saw no limit to
the size of submarines, and suggested that
one of the ways Of getting food into the
country in future would be to carry it in
submarines built as big as liners. He was
not speaking as Minister, he said, but as
an individual member
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-02-16
But They Preferred to Stay at Home

(FroBl The Toronto telegram
Germany invites the Washington govern
ment TO TT American ships up with barber
poles, rig the crews out in convict suits and
send a star-spangled liner out once a week
TO assert the freedom OF the seas" with
band on board playing columbia, the Gem
Of the Ocean"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-02-16

You can purchase merchandise advertised
in THE TRIBUNE with absolute safety-for
II dissatisfaction results in any case IHE
TRIBUNE guarantees TO pay your money back
upon request No red tape. No clubbing. we
make good promptly if the advertiser does not
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CANADIAN RATES
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ra,,reJ At the Postoncs At New York as Second Glass
Mail Matter.
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Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1917-01-02
INSURANCE COMPANY
READY FOR BUSINESS
Webster City Men Stockholders
John 1. Peterson Northern Iowa
Representative.

The Iowa National Fire Insurance
Company of Des Monies, which has
been in process of organization for
some time, begins business today,
John L. Bleakly, former auditor OF
state, is its president and associated
with him are men Of ability and ex-
.perience and that the company will
be a success is a foregone conclusion
The company has a subscribed CAPT
tai of 100000 and is m of the
largest ever organized in the middle
west.
John L. Peterson, of this city, Twill
be their special agent or field repre-
sentative in north central Iowa. Mr.
Peterson retains his local business
and spends only a portion Of his time
on, the road in this connection. He
also has the local agency for the
company.
Z. A. McMurray, ]. L. Kamrar and
Geo. s. Barner, all of this city, are
among the large number Of stock
holders over the state who are inter
ested in the new organization.