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New-York tribune., 1918-03-19
Why Not a Woman Genius ,

10 the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: The caption "Wanted-A Genius for
Our Schools" in tod days Tribune could not
but attract attention.
In reading the editorial carefully we find
that this genius must be a man.
Now, | ask you in all fairness why onlv
men are to be considered as having the
genius" to be eligible for the supervisory
positions in schools, including the posi-
ton of City Superintendent?
Education has always been considered dis
tlnctly Woman's work, in the schools as we'll
as IN the home. In both places a woman
has been the influential individual as far as
personal contact is concerned In the fam
lily life the mother controls the child, both
boy and girl. This is emphasized bv quot
ing from an article in "Thc Survey" of
March 9: "The withdrawing of the fathers
influence does not appear to have as grea.
an effect upon the boys social conduct as
the Withdrawing of the mothers influence. =
In the school life statistics show that the
women outnumber the men almost four to
ono. And granting that a very large ma
jority Of these positions are in the class
room, it cannot be denied that the men who
have the high-salaried positions are the
product Of woman's influence, both as
mOther and as teacher.
Wherever and whenever women have had
the opportunity they have proved they pos
sessed executive ability as we'll as teachinp
ability.
In five of Western states there is q
woman State Superintendent of Education.
The State of Washington, with Mrs. Jose
phine Preston superintendent, and two out
of its other five state educational executives
women. ranks first in tho Initod C+atoc -,
the excellence of its public educational sys-
TEN, according to the Russell Sage Founda-
ton Study.
The state of Colorado. with women super
intendents since 1892, has had Mrs. Mary
G. c. Bradford since 1912, and her first
deputy is woman. She also is the second
woman to be elected president of the Ma
tional Education Association
The first president of the N. E. A. was
Mrs Ella Flage Young, who for years was
a conspicuous figure in the educational de-
partment of Chicago, the second largest citv
in the United States, and was Superinten
dent of Schools in that city for number of
years.
In our own city we have number of
women principals of very large schools, and
tardliy came to recognize the proved ability
of woman who was for many years assis-
mus Hall High School She is the first and
only woman high school principal we have
had.
This letter is not putting forward any
woman-it is only an earnest plea for wom-
anhood to be recognized and for women to
be given free rein to exercise their God
given qualities to the fullest extent
GRATIA COLLIER.
New York, March Ia, 1913
New-York tribune., 1918-03-19

1t is pleasure to observe that the
burden of war should in no wise inter-
fere with the intensive prosecution of
our noble sports. Nor perhaps could we
wish it otherwise
But we feel that in some lines possi-
bilities have been neglected. Tonight.
for example, distinguished Pole will
meet the Stranger somewhere in Mad
ison Square Garden Mr.. Lewis's special
ty, we believe, is interfering with the
breathing apparatus of his adversary
while the noble Mr.. Zbyszko has a pen
chant for the big toe
Could not these gentle methods of tort
ure be notably extended? For example,
the late "The" Allen, of Tenderloin fame
was remarkably dexterous in sticking
his finger into his enemy's eye. 1t was
quite effective. And we have heard of
a similar method which consists in
swift thrusting of the finger between the
gums and the cheek and tearing briskly.
OF course, we wish to see sport kept
on a high plane. But, after all, sport
like everything else, needs pep.
New-York tribune., 1918-03-19
Mechanical Miracles

We reprint in an adjoining column
highly interesting interview from Henry
Ford. We are going to win the war with
American devices, he says. American
mechanisms, designed by American engi
neers, constructed by American workers
and operated by American fighters, are
going to do it,
Every loyal breast thrills to this kind
or talk. And we are far from believing
that it is harmful. We wish that more
American brains and mechansms and
devices could have been brought into the
war than apparently there have been.
1t is fashion to deprecate reliance on
mechanisms. We do not see lust whv.
We would point to the fact that a sim
gle mechanism has done more to win the
war for Germany than all her armies.
Had Germany not built submarines in
great numbers the Allies would have
had absolute control of the sea. Thcv
could have sent men and guns and mum
TONS to Russia without limit, and there
need then have been no Russian dabaclo
Henry Ford's fleet Of Eagles NAV prove
the undoing of the U-boat. But never
theiess we should wait to see and mean
while 60 on building all the cargo shins
we can.
New-York tribune., 1918-03-19
Peace Prohteers

While we are going the rounds killing
off war profteers, why not hit a few
peace profiteers on the head as we'll? The
hat check industry, for first crowning
example.
These amiable pirates have been tax
ing something for next to nothing and
waxing rich on the practice year after
year, war or no war. 1t was just one
Of number of impudent assessments
to which good natured Americans assent
ed simply to avoid fuss. 1t strikes US
that the time to fuss has at last come.
dime is not only dime, to-day, but
part of W. S. S. Also part, very
important part, of meal for great
many Americans. Nobody has right to
waste it. And paying ridiculous price
for silly luxury is one Of the most out
rageous forms Of waste there are.
The precise profits of one hat check
business came up in court yesterday-a
quarter Of million dollars in eight
years, from nothing at all Why should
the profteer-killer look further?
New-York tribune., 1918-03-19
The Retort BeIated

Whether Mr.. William Barnes did or
did not call Uncle Sam -, and
II SO how and why, is one of those mud
died questions of fact which history may
never be able to clarity. The astute lieu
tenant Of the West Thirtieth Street po-
lice station served the peace of the city
we'll but posterity and the gayety of the
nation i'll by calming the tempest and
keeping Mr.. Barnes and his -- off
the official record
But we feel sure that the object of Mr..
barnes's will have no disposition
to complain. He is husky, outspoken
fellow himself, is Uncle Sam, temper
ance advocate that he has long been.
What he thinks he says. Sometimes
it takes him a long while to make
up his mind; but there is no squeamish-
ness IN his coldest, soberest vocabulary
When once he starts. And he made up
his mind and started to express himself
concerning MI. Barnes many years ago.
One way or another he and his nephews
(and lately his nieces) have been ex-
pounding their thoughts touching Mr..
Barnes in words of much point and vigor
ever since. See any election returns.
So it hardly lies in the mouth of Uncle
Sam now TO object. He has, himself
called Mr.. Barnes a -- so ofteri.
New-York tribune., 1918-03-19

neutral aliens. The Senate has approved
General Crowder's plan. The House of
Representatives is inclined to base the
quotas hereafter on military population.
That also bars out enemy aliens and neu-
trail aliens. Moreover, it has the advan-
tage of laying down an absolutely simple
rule of liability and of avoiding the pos
slbiity of arbitrary variations in the
makeup III various states of Class One.
The House plan is more equal and more
lmpersonal. We prefer it. Either plan
will bring relief, so far as the future is
concerned, to the states which were most
heavily Disseminated against in the 1917
draft.
But how about the past? While the
House is about it, why shouldn't it order
readjustment Of the overcharges and
undercharges Of the original apporton-
ment? Is there any truth in the govern
ment's assumption that the population of
many Southern states is shrinking at
such an alarming rate? Make the quotas
TIT the facts. No state wants to be sus-
pected Of slackerism And no state
ought to be expected to suffer from the
slackerlsm Of another state.
New-York tribune., 1918-03-19
Curing Draft Inequalities

Congress has evidently come around to
the view that it made mistake in basing
the state draft quotas on population pure
and simple, Population is an unfair
basis. 1t takes no account Of the con-
centration in few states of large enemy
alien and neutral alien groups, which
either are exempt from military service
or ought to be.
The selective conscription act should
have been based on population, but on
military population. The executive de-
partment, in carrying out the law, did not
ascertain population first and then COM
pute the state quotas. 1t ordered reg
istration OF all males between twenty-one
ard thirty-onc years of age and then de-
duced actual population from the results
of the registration.
Startling discrepancies resulted. States
in which registration was light benefited
and states in which registration was
thorough were penalized. Mississippi was
credited with population in 1917 of
1,501, ,345. In 1910 it had population
of 1877, ,114. Kentucky was credited with
2,024,35 in 1917. In 1910 it had 2.28o.-
965. On the other hand, the population
of New York was greatly inflated. The
population for 1917 was put at l1,187.-
1893; which is 100000 above the Federal
census figures for 1910 and 1,400 900
above our state census figures in 1915.
This city was credited last year with
more than 100000 inhabitants. Ac-
cording to the state census it had onlv
5,0O6,272 in June, 1915.
To the burden of fictitious populat;on
we have had to add the burden of higb
proportion OF enemy alien and neutral
alien registrants. Pennsylvania has suf-
fered in the same way. SO have some Of
the New England states The War De-
partrnent now admits both thc unfairneus
Of the original apportionment and the in.
jorious effect Of not separating the en-
cyny aliens aad neutral aliens from the
rest Of the conscript population.
Provost Marshal General Crowder
wants 10 nave the state quotas based
hereafter on the number Of registrants
in draft classitcation Number One. That
automatically bars out enemy aliens and
New-York tribune., 1918-03-19
Print Addresses, Don't Write Them


Sir Poor handwriting of men in mill
tary or naval service is largely responsible
Tor two weeks delay in the dstr;but;on
OF government checks or February paw al
iotment and family allowances to demon
dents. W Washington dispatch.
Poor handwriting is responsible for most
errors IN business as we'll as in private cor
rcspondence.
Some time ago adopted the rule of re-
curing our statesmen to record customers
names and addresses in printed form on al,
shipping and charge entries. The resnlt
was an Immediate elimination of the
greater part of previous errors in deliver,
and bookkeeping.
NO" that SO many men are in service. the
prompt delivery of all mail in home or for
s'gh camps would be greatly facilitated bv
having addresses in printed form
~ IS suggested that newspapers generally
pass along this hint to their readers
ROGERS PEET COMPANY.
New York, March Is, 1918.
New-York tribune., 1918-03-19
The Ford Fleet
(From The Ne,o York World,
IS 4 MEXICAN mechanisms-ae,;.,.,

6( q MEXICAN mechanisms-ao,;-
~ by American enenearS s'sned
structcd by Amerjc,r n.., e0h'
and operated by American fighters sv.Aers
ing to win the war on land, IN the w.sas axe 80,
in the air." ''' ana
The Eagle is one of two particular s,,,
ing devices which are so engrossnn sn.' Ms
Ford's attention at present that he ;s a.A, u''
ing harder and putting in longer home IN
any of the 10000 employees of his concsrm s .aah
Without going too deeply into details =,
to the construction of these boats. It Is nav
mlsslblc to say that they are 200 feet ,sa. ~
25h feet wide, draw s feet of water csrs,, sus,
5-lnch guns, are equipped with suhm..;a'
detectors that can spot the enemvs u.ha..O
more than a mile away, have dev;css s's's ssa
dropping depth bombs and are eynectea ~. y.
do great execution.
4et they are to be turned out (bie sc ,h.u
are) in the same standardized sv.,..s. sss
tized fashion as the little pleasure .ss,
which made Mr.. Fords name lror.
throughout the world. He described ,ss
terday one Of the buildings along the Rome.
River, at Detroit, where the Eagles arc nns,
under construction.
This is 300 feet wide and 1900 feet loncs
Mr.. Ford said. at has three sets Of rsI,
along which the Eagles progress from Nm
beginning of their assembling until ,hsv
are complete. At the end of the trseL,
they take to the water, and by that TINA
they are finished product, fully equipped
armed and supplied-and with their crews
aboard
I'VE have orders for 100 of these boafs
but were prepared to build 1000 if they ara
needed" Mr.. Ford said. CONSTRUCTION will
go on at Rouge River until the weather /,
too cold next fall, and by that time ths
plant in the Jersey meadows will be in
operation.''
Mr.. Ford's other pet war machine is the
"two-man tank" This is not his own idea
he wanted it understood. 1t was the con.
ceptlon of army men. just as the Eagle was
the outgrowth of navy ideas But he has
built one of the small tanks for exper.
mental purposes, and he knows what it will
do.
The simplest thing possible!" he said
enthusiastically. "It's merely little affair
OF sheet steel, armor- plated, with two Of ou
ordinary 20-horsepower motors driving
truck worm-gears, with caterpillar traction
Ihese little tanks could turn within
their own length, could dart here and there
along the fighting line almost as fast as an
unprotected soldier. One man could handle
the machine, the other fellow man the guts
have arranged for permanent supply oi
chemicals within the tank for protection
against gas should the enemy employ that,
and the little tanks, therefore, could 60 any.
where"
New-York tribune., 1918-03-19
Hold Yet a Little While!

ERANCE, of genius the mother;
/ France, to all men a brother;
France, that the Hun seeks to smoAs'
Hold vet little while.
Souls of many made ore,
Pleiades become as a sun,
Miraculous men OF Ncrdun--
Hold yet a little while'
Supcrmen on the Aisne,
Mothers from Var to the Seine,
Workers from Brest to Lorraine
hold yet little while!
Torn and bleeding and battered
Tri-color riven and tattered, -
Rheims and Lens gasping ana sna''
Hold yet little while'
Mystical daughter Of dare
Hugo of the Promcthean spark
Shall France go down in the dark -
Hold yet little While
Gods out of dreams are they'
Cyclops of an ancient lay,
The truth, the life and the way
Hold yet little whiie'
A Giant across the sea
Is coming to set thee Tree
Or coming to die with thee ~,
Hold yet little w'lle' IN /,
BENJAMIN DE oAsS1'
New-York tribune., 1918-03-19
An Ancient Alarm

That part of the editorial mind of
The New York Times" which long ago
was charged automatically to remon-
stratc against any invasion of "our
clty's parks has never been told about
the war. 1t may be impossible to tell
1t. Perhaps you would have to act upon
1t to change it, like setting an alarm
clock. 1t has gone off twice in the last
forty eight hours Yesterday it said
AS soon as possible the city authori-
ties should set the peoples minds at
rest about the proposed invasion of Cen
tral Park by announcing their purpose
to put the trench exhibition somewhere
else
The trench exhibition" referred to
is proposed by the French government
1t offers to construct and man a set of
exhibition trenches in the sheep pasture
Of Central Park as an advertisement of
the Third Liberty Loan
AS we'll propose that "our artillery use
the City Hall for target practice" says
the charged portion of "The Times"
mind.
An alarm clock has no sense of time.
If digging up the sheep pasture of
Central Park will help sell Liberty bonds,
then let's dig it up. If standing all the
trees in Central Park on their heads
would help, we should say let's Go that
also. And in this feeling, we believe,
the people are unanimous, except for
"The Times"
New-York tribune., 1918-03-19
Is Sin Geographical?

Dance in Sunday school? Why not? 2"
asks La Crosse. Wis, pastor. Well, the
floor probably isn't any good.-Kansas City
Star. ~
We have been Informed there was a dance
in Unionvllc last week. the first in many
years This is not n very good recommends
ton for q small place like this. also have
been told that some Of our Church people
participated. This is not commendable:
also these things should not occur They
cause people to make remarks ks-Unionville
(Mo.) Republican.
New-York tribune., 1918-03-19

Refinement and gentlehood have been ut
terly conventionalized-that is the point.
The words mean little in terms Of the
real virtues, kindness, courage, courtesy,
generosity, truth. They mean chiefly GER
tain arbitrary items, such as soap and
water, accent of speech, manners.
And whether Francis Ledwidge was
technically of gentle birth seems to us of
very minor Importance The real point
is that in heart and soul he, a road mend
cr OF Meath, was Of that same royal line
as the English poet Of the Swan and
Hoop livery stables, London.
New-York tribune., 1918-03-19
The Accident of Refinement

The old, old question of refinement VS.
fneness, of gentlemanlness vs. gentle
ness, was stirred up in our mind recently
by some thoughts of Katharine Tynan's
in "The English Review on the Irish
poet Francis Ledwidge. When Lord Dun
sany discovered Ledwidge he was q road
mender in Meath. Also he was born a
peasant, the records have declared And
we of the democratic faith have taken a
solemn pleasure in pointing out this tri-
umph of the people.
But Miss lyman will have none of this
pretty faith. They are wrong who call
Francis Ledwidge peasant poet, she
asserts. He was ''by accident" born in a
peasants cottage in Meath:
There was nothing Of him peasant-not
his beautiful handwriting, his lovely and
distinguished choice Of words, his delicate
co!orsense, his music, his mind, himself:
they were al gentle BY accident his
people, of the Centlehood of the country
surely, had come to the peasants cottage.
And as if this were not enough, Miss
lyman proceeds to contrast him with
Burns, a true peasant, in her Judgment.
In the latter the inspired poet lived side
by side with the peasant coarseness:
One cannot imagine Francis Ledwidge
writing poem "To Louise on Lady's
Bonnet in Church." He was all gentle
hood. There nothing to refine out of
him. He was born refined.
Of course, that is very convenient
way Of establishing the aristocratic the
ory Of art. When your peasant turns cut
a true poet he is not a peasant at all!
The same sort of legerdcmain has been
attempted in this country with respect to
Lincoln by those squeamish souls who
prefer to accept any fantastic hypothesis
of birth rather than take the actual facts
and from them conceive the creation of
the fine, sensitive soul which we know
and love. On the same basis Keats, the
hostler's son, can he beautifully explained
away--or Bunyan, the tinker, and Shake-
speare, the actor.
We thiak Miss Tyran has confused her
thought with her words. There is a ma
tive finencss IN any number Of peasant
minds which it would be an impudence to
talk Of refining. And, for the converse.
we know gorgeous old parent of a
friend, gentleman Of the old school
who is violent to the point Of throwing
his omclet at the waitress when it is cold
New-York tribune., 1918-03-19
Caste in the British Armv
tFrom Thc Torontn C,AA

7FTom TIC Toronto Giobc)
The British army is not cntirelv o;vo,
over to tho worship of caste. Lord Derbv
recently quoted the cases Of cook who
became general staff officer, of former
sergeant major now commanding an in
1antry brigade, and n mess sergeant turned
INTO colonel as illustrations of the foct
mat Sir Douglas llae i, on the lookout fo,
ora'ns' and uses them wherever they ma,
DC found.
New-York tribune., 1918-03-19
Les Cars!

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: The French are not likely 70 call our
boys ''les garcons.' which would mean sa'
walters, the bachelors or the school ooys
but "les gars,' pronounced "gah," an 80,
breviated form current among peasants a"s
workingmen, and describing young men "
fighting age and fighting disposition. -.
ANDRE TRID0N.
New York, March II, 1918
New-York tribune., 1918-03-19
Ouch!
TO the Editor of The Tribune.

10 the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: What is The Tribune coming tol
Does it have a star on its service flag for
each of the good men who were on its
staff? The other day it spoke of the ma.
Jority of one party in Congress as the
balance of power In another issue it
said that square metre was 39.37 square
inches. And again it referred to dropping
Off of half the business OF certain coz
Germ as loss of 100 per cent Of the con-
Germs business. This morning it devo'es
nearly column to controversy between
one of its staff and vulgar" vaudeville
performer. | glance over The Tribune very
hurriedly, and my memory is not especially
retentive, which may account for the oreV'
lty of this mild and we'll meant protest
New York, March 10, 1918 F. 3. b.
New-York tribune., 1918-03-19
The II. c. of Scdit;on
u'rom Mc Tacoma Ledoc,,

'"T0Hl tHc Tacoma LedOor)
Inc Common Council Of Milwaukee hos
passed an ordinance increasing the punish
mcnt for disloyal uttcrances to Il fine Of
from $2b to $3.50. The vote stood 25 to -
1t will now be expensive, if not unsafe. for
Senator La Toilette to make any spcochos
IN his home stronghold.
New-York tribune., 1918-03-19
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TUESDAY, MARCH 19, 1918
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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-07-12
HE PROBABLY HAD A VISION
Artemus Ward Said In Jest What To-
day He flight Almost Have Said
In Earnest.

Apropos to the high cost of living in
Washington, the following extract
from one of Artemus Wards stories,
in which he describes a visit to the
national capital during the Civil war,
is of interest:
1T is easy enough to see why man
goes to the poor house or the peniten-
tiary. It's becawz he can't help 1t. But
why he should voluntarily go and live
in Washington is intirely beyond my
comprehension, and can't say no fair
er nor that.
II put up at leadin' hotel. I saw
the landlord and said:
How dye do, square?'
FIFTY CENTS" was his reply.
"'SirY
"'Half a dollar. We charge twenty
five cents for lookin' at the landlord
and fifty cents for speaking to him. If
you want. supper, boy will show you
to the dinin' room for twenty-five
cents. Your room is on the tenth
story; it will cost you a dollar to be
shown up there
How much do you ak a man for
breathin' In this equinomikal tavernY
SEE /.
"'Ten cents BREATH was the re-
ply.
Washington hotels is very reason
able in their charges.
"(N. B.-This is sarkassum.)"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-07-12
Odds AGAINST Bombs.

An ingenious person, says London
Tit-Bits, has calculated the chances
Of the average Londoner being hurt
by enemy bombs. taking the area Of
London as 100 square miles," he says,
with circle go yards in diameter as
the area In which bomb would cause
serious inconvenience, and assuming
the enemy succeeds in dropping 200
bombs in London every month all the
year round; assuming also that there
is an equal likelihood of bomb drop
ping at any one point as at any other,
the war will have to last 80 years for
1t to be likely that bomb will drop
within ones own circle"