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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-11
No Doe Killing

1t is no argument in favor of the En-
crson-Kasson bill permitting the slaughter
of doe deer. now pending at Albany, that
this brand of sport" is to be legal only
once in five years. While, because of this
limitation, the bill appears more moderate
than the one of last year, which Governor
Whitman vetoed it is actually no less
vicious. The deer of the state at present
are not so numerous that, all humani-
tartan considerations aside, the state could
afford to sanction doe-killing once in five
years. SO long as limit has to be
imposed on the annual kill of each hunter,
there are not deer enough in the state to
warrant the slaughter at any time of
several thousand does when that would
mean also the death of many fawns, per-
haps hundreds of them.
That is a consideration which ought to
appeal to the Adirondack guides and ho-
tel keepers who are clamoring for this
legislation, for if they kill off the deer
quickly they kill off their income from
the hunters. But above and beyond that
consideration is the principle at stake.
The state, as matter Of humanity and
wise conservation, has decided that female
deer should not be killed. Either that is
wise or it is not. If it is wise, and the
action of other states in adopting the pol
icy indicates that it is, it should not be abb
rogated. If it is unwise why not go the
limit and repeal the buck law, not every
fifth year, but every year?
No true sportsman wants to have this
bin become law. No legislator who has
the interests of true sport and wild life at
heart should vote for it. If by any mis-
chance it should be passed Governor
Whitman ought to veto it as he did its
predecessor.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-11
The Success of Courage

A few days ago Golfers Weekly" an
nounced that it had passed the million
mark in circulation. That is a large
landmark for a periodical to reach, but
it would be a small item to the public
were it not for the conditions under which
it was attained. The million Americans
who are buying "Collier's" were not OBJ
tanned by printing agreeable fiction and
treading gently on every public issue.
They were gained while Golfers" was
making an able and downright campaign
for America and preparedness. They
signify a victory not only for magazine,
but for cause. They point the moral
that courage to hold faith and do and
risk much for it still has a call for the
American people.
The Tribune congratulates Mr.. Collier
and his readers.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-11
To a Poet a Thousand Years Hence

! who am dead a thousand years,
And wrote this sweet archaic song,
Send you my words for messengers
The way | shall not pass along
care not if you bridge the seas.
Or ride secure the cruel sky,
Or build consummate palaces
OF metal or Of masonry.
But have you wine and music still.
And statues and bright-eyed love.
And foolish thoughts of good and III,
And prayers to them who sit above?
o friend unseen, unborn. unknown,
Student OF our sweet English tongue,
Read out my words at night, alone:
was a poet, was young
Since can never see your face.
And never shake you by the hand,
! send my soul through time and space
To greet you. You will understand.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-11
What One University Has Done

A portion of the wealth of national
spirit and unselfsh desire to help the
America we love now Towering in the
country has been intelligently turned to
useful ends by Yale University. Every
student and alumnus is offered practical
opportunity TO make ready so that when.
the war that now seems inevitable reaches
cur shores in earnest there will be knowl-
edge to strike effectively and the ability
to make that knowledge Of immediate
value to the country.
We print in another column on this
page the record of activities which Yale
has undertaken. There is also shown just
how these activities would result in
prompt aid to an invaded America. The
moral for other universities and colleges,
for every institution that assemblies men
and their loyalties, is plain. We yet hope
for a realization by the President and by
Congress Of the necessity Of universal
training to commence without day
wasted. In the meantime every voluntary
item of training and organization that
can be obtained is of incalculable value.
An officers training corps, for example
like that at Yale, means time saved not
only for the relatively few men instructed
but for the many whom they can later
train. The motor boat patrol makes ready
crews for the task which will be FIRST on
our list, the defence of our coasts and
shipping by submarine chasers against a
German undersea attack.
The example of Yale has already spread
far and wide. The more thoroughly and
generally its spirit is pursued the better
for America in the trying days before us.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-11
Kitchen Waste

The old saying that a French family
viii live on what an American family
throws away goes even further than the
estimate Of Mr.. Houston, Secretary of
Agriculture, that American kitchens
waste S7OO.O 900 Of food annually. Just
how he reaches this guess we do not know.
But assuming it to be based on waste Of
$50 to $50 a year for each family, it seems
an absurdly conservative figure. Anybody
that will take the bother TO inspect a few
garbage pals hereabout will be convinced
that our waste is far larger item.
Most housewives have made some effort
to economic in the last few months, and
the experience has not been encouraging.
Our housewives know no more Of the econ
omies which make French living so cheap
and palatable than do their servants. And
the dining room table, like the kitchen
table, has absurd standards Of what is
good food and what is not that would do
credit TO a spoiled fve-year-old. The Irish
peasants, who scorned such excellent fish
as IAN OF shALt anu suNiA tAANAANlAb iIl1hA a.
cornmeal, even when starving, are not one
whit ahead or behind the average Amer
lean family of moderate means.
Whatever romedy there is must be a
slow one, we fear-unless national
calamity should place forced pressure on
our appctites and pocketbooks and intelli-
gences, as in Europe. The waste Of food
is part Of our whole national lack Of thrift,
the spendthrift confidence of a young ma
ton still engaged in scratching the sur
face Of its resources and quite unready
70 settle down 10 careful living. The edu-
cation Of women Of every class in the prac-
teal business Of economical living offers
the best hope. Our schools have been slow
70 work along these lines. and the change
Is hardly begun. It's the next genera
ton that we arc counting on most, and It's
raining is still very much as was It's
predecessor. Household thrift ought 10
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-11
The Burial in England

Our foes-the hardest men state can
forge,
An army wrenched and hammered like a
blade
Toledo-wrought neither to break nor bend,
Dipped in that ice the pedantry of power,
And toughened with wry gospels Of dismay
Such are these who brake down the door Of
France,
Wolves worrying at the old Worlds honour,
Hunting Peace not 70 prison but her tomb.
But ever as some brown song-bird whose
torn nest
Gapes robbery, darts on the hawk like fire,
So Peace hath answered, angry and in arms.
And from each grey hamlet and bright town
of France
From where the apple or the olive grows
Or thin tall strings Of poplars on the plains,
From the rough castle Of the central hills,
From the three coasts-of mist and storm
and sun,
And meadows Of the four deep-rolling
streams,
From every house whose windows hear Gods
bell
Crowding the twilight with the wings Of
prayer
And flash their answer in a golden haze,
Stream the young soldiers who are never
tired.
For all the foul mists vanished when that
land
Called clear =
What chain shall hold you when the tIum-
pets play
Calling from the blue hill behind your town
Calling over the seas, calling for you!
But" do you murmur? wed not be as
those.
Death is dour acknowledgements: see.
These women weep, we celebrate the dead.
Boys, drink the cup of warning dry. Face
square
That old grim hazard, GLORY
Not we shall trick your pleasant years away,
Yet is not Death the great adventure still,
And is il all loss to set ship clean anew
When heart is young and like an eagle
poised?
Choose. you're no towards. After all. think
some,
Since we are men and shrine immortal souls
Surely for US IA for these nobly dead
The Kings of England lifting up their swords
Shall gather at the gate Of Paradise.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-11
Canadians and Lords
predecessor


From The Cleveland Plain DeoI'r
1t is an old saying that "an Ehglshman
loves lord"-a saying, by the way, which
Englishmen have latterly come to resent. 1t
appears now that the Canadians are more in
sympathy with the new Britain than with the
old. Canadian papers and publieists are
protecting against the distribution of hon
orary and hereditary titles in the Dominion.
The country is not pleased with the honors
which the British court has seen fit to conf'r
upon some of it's distinguished citizens.
Americans can sympathize with them. In
Canada, as here. the social plane is level rather
than titled or tilted. Social distinctions count
for little. The very idea Of them is repug-
nant to practically every one. They do not
desire to have the caste system of an older
land set up in the New World. The very alb
surdity of the thing comes home TO them a.
il does not 70 those whose senses Of humor
are truly British.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-11

Awake. awake The world is young
For all its weary years Of thought:
The starkest fights must still be fought
The most surprising songs be sung.
Then hear the shouting-voice Of men
Magniloquently rise and ring;
Their flashing eyes and measured swing
Prove that the world is young again.
was beyond the hills, and heard
That old and fervent Goddess call,
Whose voice is like waterfall,
And sweeter than the singing-bird.
0 stubborn arms Of rosy youth,
Break down your other Gods, and turn
To where her dauntless eyeballs burn,
The silent pools Of light and Truth.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-11
GUN VERSUS TORPEDO
By NAUTICUS

they had elaborated and praetsed duriil
the peace mauuuvres cf many years Hisl
speed. quick helm ard the rapd-drs rur
are the effective answc- to the once great,
dreaded torpedo.
But how different record stands to Ii.
credit Of the heavy. long range gun. y,r
Snee with the armorcd cruisers Scharhor,
and Gneiscnau. runs across Cradoek Of n,
coast Of Chile, and at 10000 TO $4,000 yard,
his sixteen S.2-inch guns, served BY hs
prizc-winning crews Of the previous yess
quickly send the British cruisers 20 n,
bottom. Then Sturdce, faster than Won
Spec and playing upon him at long rsnr
with sixteen l2-inch guns, deliberately pro-
ccods to send the German admiral and hh
crack ships 20 the bottom. And finally in
the stunendous artillery contest Of last year
near Jutland ii was the gun-not the tor
pcdo which wrought the frightful havoc
among the contending fleets. In quick sue
cossion two Of the British bstIe-erssers
succumbed TO the 1l-inch and l2-ineh shells
Of the Germans. 20 be followed later BY
third battle-cruiser. II was gun FIRE n"
shortly after put three large British ar
mored cruisers under water and some eig'i
or nine dcstroycrs. SO. also. IL was the -
inch and l5-iuch guns of the British nd
sank two Of the latest dreadnought battr
ships and ono Of the finest battle-cruisend
the Germans. and so badly crippled n's
other capital ships that they were in 'int
ing condition when night came down an
the fight was broken OF.
Hence. it is that. If we have learned Truly
this great lesson Of the war. we shall put oV'
disbursement into big and fast ships carry
ING the largest guns possible for vessels o.
the various types. The recent action O.
Congress In voting for the construction o
additional coast defence submarines IS a.
plorable. A fast. wcll-armed destroyer OF
the surface is worth half dozen small
slow coast defence submarines below nv
surface. We are sadly short Of destroyer
and. in any case. II We must have suDD'
rines. let us follow the practice Of the ger
mans and build boats Of not less than ."
tons displacement Even better would y
n feet Of 1000 TO 200 ton submarines "
eighteen knots speed. mounting the 4-,n''
gun and capable Of accompanying the '''
tleship feet upon the high seas.
If we read Alright the lesson Of the war
shall realize that upon the sea as upon "
land the cry is for guns, guns, and yet NV,
guns. And that upon the sea they snO'',
be Of the largest practicable size moun ',
mon ships so fast that they shall be abr
20 choose and maintain those long rang.
from which they can direct upon the en'I.
an overwhelming fire TO which he can "'''
no adequate reply.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-11
Gates of Damascus

This trds sung BY the west Gates kcSpcr
when heavens boiloio dome 0retC deeper.
am the gate toward the sea: o sailor men,
pass out from me!
/ hear you high on Lebanon, singing the
marvels OF the sea.
The dragon-green, the luminous, the dark,
the serpent-haunted sea,
The snow -besprinkled wine Of earth, the
white-and-blue-howe foaming sea.
Beyond the sea are towns with towers,
carved with lions and lily flowers,
And not soul in all those lonely streets TO
while away the hours.
Beyond the towns, an isle where, bound, n
naked giant bites the ground:
The shadow Of a monstrous wing looms on
his back: and still no sound
Beyond the isle a rock that screams like
madmen shouting in their dreams,
From whose dark issues night and day blood
crashes in a thousand streams.
Beyond the rock is Restful Bay, where no
wind breathes or ripple stirs.
And there on Roman ships, they say, stand
rows Of metal mariners.
Beyond the bay in utmost West old Solomon
the Jewish King
Sits with his beard upon his breast, and
grips and guards his magic ring:
And when that ring is stolen, he will rise IN
outraged majesty,
And take the World upon his back, and fling
the World beyond the sea.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-11
THE BRIDGE OF FIRE
By James Elroy Flicker

4 name as yet little known to Americans
though his work has been rated with the
highest achievement Of modern poetry BY
English critics. issJames Elroy Flicker. lie
was born in London, in 1884, and died OF
consumption at Davos, Switzerland, in 1919
in his thirty-hrst year Much Of his life was
spent in the Near East, where he served IN
the British Consular Service at Constant
nople, at Smyrna and at Beirut. Syria. lie
married a Greek woman and took much OF ms
inspiration from the shores Of the Agean.
His first volume Of verse was the Bridge OF
Fire" which included some Of the poems be
low. "The Golden Journey TO Samarkand'
and "The Old Ships" followed. His collected
works have now been published in this
country By Doubleday, Page Co.
he last poem below, "The Burial in Eng
land" was his dying message to his country
on the Great War.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-11
Shutdown $4,000, 900 Years Hence

And now comes London scientist to
plunce Pittsburghers deeper still in Gimme
rian gloom by telling them the sun will only
shine 10000, 900 years longer. Evidently most
Of his auditors were familiar with the orb
Of day. but the information was depressing
directly after exhaustive research proved
that Pittsburgh had the biggest laundry bill
OF any large city Pittsburgh Is wonderful
city. n city Of win, vigor and victory but
sunlight is not It's chief asset and the day
light saving movement, which IS only cult
in some other Pennsylvania localities, IS n
religion at the meeting place Of the ALE
gheny and tho Monongaheln. However. the
painful event that Is TO occur 100000 yearo
hence concerns us all, though there ia no
particular hurry about making the final ar
raneements for carth's funeral ceremonies.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-11

Among the many lessons that have been
taught by the present war there arc few
which stand out prominently. and chief
among these is the importance Of the heavy,
long range gun as the supreme weapon Oh
offence. Conversely, it may be stated with
out fear Of contradiction that the TORPEDO
as weapon Of attack against fleet o. wei
maneuvred and ably handled warshps, has
achieved astonishingly small results.
In making this rather sweeping state
ment | am, Of course. referring only to the
tactical employment Of the torpedo its
work when once the opposing fleets have
closed in for a standup fight. The moral
effect upon the general strategy of the war
has been enormous, preventing as 1t has
that close blockade Of the German coast
which the British feet with its superior
strength could easily have accomplished IN
the pre-submarine era.
The wholesale sinking Of merchant ships
bv German U-boats is not case in point
for the sinking of millions of tons OF I'M
armed shipping docs not in the least degree
establish the torpedo as a weapon OF attack
on naval shius. The unarmed mercnantman
is absolutely at the mercy Of the submarine
which. without any peril to itself can
draw up within point-blank range, before
discharging It's torpedoes. Against the s"i't'
heavily armed naval vessel, on the otner
hand. the torpedo. whether fred from de-
stroyers upon or submarines below the sur
face. has proved to be great disappoin'-
ment during the present war.
Nor can it be argued that this weapon
has failed through lack Of skilful handling
On the contrary, it is well known among
naval men that IN Germany. at least, there
has been moro attention paid to the team
ing Of officers and men in the torpedo SER
vice than in any other branch, and lha'
there was always keen competition among
tho officers for command in the destroyer
sorvice For initiative. dash and fearless
ness the work OF the destroyer and subma-
riue fotilas stands out conspicuous IN the
engagements Of the war. Nevertheless the
records show that for one naval snip ac-
counted for by the torpedo in the stand-up
fights on the high seas there are dozen 10
the credit of the gun.
And IL certainly has not been for lack o.
onportunitv that the torpedo has failed. In
the furious engagement between CRUISER
and destroyers in the Blight Of Hellgoland'
which lasted. off and on, for half a day 1t
fl. estimated that some sixty vessels we're
engaged. and that all of them made iree
use Of the torpedo. Yet not single MT was
recorded. In the great Jutland battle only
one shin in the whole British fleet was hit
and this in spite Of the fact that the Ter
man destroyers, led by their light cruisers
boldly attacked. employing the tactics when
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-11
Draping the Flag

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir. Bv what divine right Of the points Of
compass should we be governed IN display
ing "old Glory" as directed by Harry Lee
King when he says: an draping the flag
against the side Of room or building the
proper position for the blue field IS toward
the north or toward the east?
Out of the eight different positions in
which the flag can be draped against four
sides of a room or building four with stripes
running horizontally and four perpendieu-
larly) it would be shown wrong side out IN
four instances if we followed Mr.. Kings d.
rections. a fact which should initiate cone.u-
sively against such arrangements Common
sense dictates that when tn flag IS draped
(alone) against the side Of a room or build
ing it should be right side out, which would
locate the union in the upper left hand cor
ner when horizontal and in the upper right
hand corner when vertical.
If there is any authority for Mr.. King $
other statement. at is a mark of disrespect
TO allow the flag to fy throughout the night
then so much the worse for the rule. lheo-
reticaly the flag cannot be seen at nlght
and then. again, If it were left flying all inc
time over our army posts. etc. 1t would do
away with the DeautiIui anu 'i"Pic'S'N W.
monies incident TO raising and lowering II
every day. but where the disrespect comes IN
il il flies all night does not appear.
How about that memorable occasion over
a century ago when, over Fort McHenry,
"The rockets red glare. the bombs bursting
in air.
Gave proof through the night that our nag
was still there
end inspired Francis Scott Key to write "Ihe
Star-Spanged Banner?
]. H. NETTLETON.
Now Milford. Conn, March Z, 1917.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-11
Is Our Patriotism Hypocrisy!

To the Editor Of The Tribune
Sir: To my mind, it seems most ine0n''
tent to appropriate hundreds Of mill'Oa'
dollars for preparedness in the form OF o.
warships. munitions and equipment l0'
diers when the Commander IN Chiei - go,
Army and Navy and his Cabinet m..,' are
at the head Of these two department. ,,,,
out-and-out pacihsts and upholders q ~
at any price. lie, m,r
n our Government expects 20 ems =.
IN tho army and navy the heads OF INC
ernment must be OF the metal that VIII
fend American rights. American ei"L'n ..rr.
UNFOLD the freedom and ideals OF our =.
try. true 10 its inheritance. true q
nrinclnles as defended b. the men =" ~,
and '6l-not approach this issue VIZ"
right hand tied behind them. ....oe,;sy
II we have become so STEPPED IN h'Fv N,
and ghteousnoss. so deiudea IA Liz
lief that we are a cloud by day anu sbs.p
Of fire by night. as insinuated IN 'no .sd
,voddle OF BRYAN. after shipping A,"s .,d
ammunition into Mexico on ms oiu -, ,ue
hundreds Of millions Of dollars Q, 49, 80 BE-
ammunition 20 Europe we certainly
come cheap indeed , .msries
I. II this is the United states Oh hr,y,
the land of the free, the home OF u S.mping
prav let rs cease once Tor all IN eoHT. for
our hyphenated citizens FOR disiVS az. we
by our eowardice we convince 'nen. - Ant
have nothing in America that Is ~. ~ fror
inc for. Take the Statue OF LIZ. ,.llsn.
Rcdloe's Island given 20 us by "s osr
Frcnch) tear down the granite snA,r shius.
Capital CITY erected in memory oil ps,r-
ton. dismantle the tomb OF uran' u,ghwsy.
side Drive. dynamite the Lineol" n thess
sink our warships. burn our hAts psrsds
represent nothing but olnn, " GLEN
them any longer? HEINZ w.,
: Cortland, n. y, March D, l'A''
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-11
The Blind Man

From a Miracle of Bethlehem
q sweet it were but once before | die
To track the bird about the windy sky,
Or watch the soft and changing grace
Imprinted on a human face.
Yet grant me that which most ! struggled
for,
Since | am old. and snow is on the ground.
On earth there's little to be found,
And | would bear with earth no more
o gentle youth,
A fool am |. but let me see the Truth
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-11

be one of the chief studies Of every
schoolgirl. When that promise for the
future is established we can try to alter
our own point Of view as far as in US lies.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-11

You can purchase merchandise advertised
in THE TRIBUNE with absolute safety-ior
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upon request No red tape. No clubbing. we
make good promptly if the advertiser docs not
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Ia,sred At the Postorce 90 Ncr York as Second Gas
Mail Matter.
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Owned ard published daily ~ Tho Tribune Associs,ol
.sv YORK Corporation ogden Reid. President. g. Nefho
gosc-s Wee President. Richard H. Waldo. secrctary r.
sufsr Trcastr,r Adde'S Tribune Building l5i NASSAU
Street, New York Telephone Beekman 5000.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-11
Scientific Assistance ProGered

90 The "Yale Research Committee will
give its services in cooperation with the
National Research Council, toward the solu-
tion Of such scientific problems as may arise
from the eountry's icing in state Of war.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-11

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