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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-12-29
Wholesale Life
Saving

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: Only one person in ten needing
hospital treatment gets it, New York is
far behind London. For contagious dis
eases alone London had before the war six
times many beds as New York. Typhoid
fever, pneumonia, gangrene, meningitis,
scarlet fever and measles do their foulest
work in the poorer districts. But they do
not stop there. They spread. Influenza
cost the United States over 100000 lives.
The war has cost US less than $4,000.
We have cut the death rate in two since
1870. If all who need it get good hospital
care, especially mothers and babies, we can
cut that death rate in two again.
Every medical and surgical lesson learned
in the war hospitals Of Europe will now
save lives in New York City. But We can
save these lives only if the service can be
made cheap. This can be done only by
hospitals. Many of the modern appliances
cannot be carried around from house to
house.
1t is as important to arrest microbe as
a murderer
The hospitals must be more adequately
supported and extended as part of our
iSNOti.'S' HN0AO'A
piled their expenses SO much that thirty-six
Of the forty-six United Hospitals closed
their last year with deficits aggregating
1891 ,34l. Hospitals arc not money making
institutions. They are dependent upon gifts
The United Hospital Fund is trying to put
its fortysiX hospitals in position TO do more
work for more people. 1t collects funds to
pay for free service The funds are divided
by committee consisting Of the Mayor, the
president of the Chamber of Commerce.
Otto Bahnard; Cornelius N. Bliss, jr Ar
thur Curtiss James and James Speyer among
the United Hospitals according to the free
work they do.
The United Hospitals draw no lines of
creed or race. They open to all To
share in the fund hospital must come I'D
to required standard in its management
in free service rendered, and must make
complete statistical and financial reports
Individuals may not have time to investigate
the merits of different hospitals. The United
Hospital Fund does that and it insures the
wisest use of gifts.
On the last Saturday and Sunday of each
year since 1879 the places of worship in
New York have taken collection for the
United Hospital Fund, which was formerly
known as the Hospital Saturday and Sunday
Association. This custom will be observed
next Saturday and Sunday.
But these church collections amount to
only small fraction Of the needs of these
hospitals. There is no charitable work that
promises higher community benefits than
the work of the hospitals. Contributions
may be sent TO the treasurer, Albert Wig
gin, 81 Broadway, or to Mrs. James Speyer.
treasurer of the Womcn's Auxiliary, 1858
Fifth Avenue.
FREDERICK D. GREENE.
General Secretary
New York, Dec 81, 1918.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-12-29

to come. We must be patient. We must
go along with small or no profits, if neces-
sary. We must get closer together with
our working people. We must listen with
patience to their side of the story, and we
must induce them to listen with patience
to side of the story
am an optimist. ! am not a pessimist
During my career in business life, during
periods Of greatest depression, have never
lost confidence in the United States or in
its manufacturing and industrial position.
Periods of reaction and recession and de-
preston have come, but the grand curve
and the general trend are always upward
and onward
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-12-29
"The Final Enterprise"

In :, chance phrase dropped by Prcs-
dent Wilson in the climax of his eloquent
Guldhall speech is to be found much that
has been hidden. That large majority
Of Americans who were mystfied by the
religious eNaltation Of his farewell
speech to Congress may at last comprc-
bend. Say the words Of the speech:
g. 1t was my paramount duty to
turn away even from the imperative
tasks at home to lend such counsel and
aid | could to this great-may | not
say final ?-entcrprsc of humanity"
The longings of how many generations
burst forth in that intensely personal
phrase-"may | not say final?" The
angel that came down from heaven hay
ing the key of the bottomess pit and
"laid hold on the dragon, that old SER
pent, which is the Devil, and Satan, and
bound him a thousand years" set loose
a long chain of hopes and fears and dis
illusionments for men. Millenarians are
as old as militarists, we suspect. The
year has been fixed again and again by
ullleIeilt StCVs, ldNlSltu ny lllt PROMISE
of a new heaven and a new earth.
Probably we are all millenarians in
our hearts. That is why we can under
stand Mr. Wilson's enthusiastic phrase
and sympathze with it. But those Of US
who are less than milenarians in our
working faith can also see it's bearing
and its danger We may hope with the
best of Utopians that the league of ma
tons will be the final enterprise of hui
manity' But, looking back over long
line of failure and disaster, we cannot but
doubt. And we must hope and urge
that whatever is builded will be founded
upon solder stuff than mirage, how
ever beautiful
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-12-29
The Gift

From Reedvs Mirror
WHAT is this wine you have poured
w for me?
You have offered up
Your face in its pure transparency
Like crystal cup
Which trembling fingers slowly lift
1t is family masked
With a tremulous smile. You have brought
me q gift
Your love- unasked
Could you trust my reckless hands SO
much?
With pledge spoken
Would you give goblet which at
touch
Were utterly broken?
Your smile replies: "since the glass was
filed
1t little mattered
Whether the wine were drunk or spilled,
Or the goblet shattered.'
MARJORIE ALLEN SEIFFERT.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-12-29

version Of Germany's responsibility for
the war. The new German government,
or what was the German government at
lasy accounts, is having "White Book"
compiled dealing with the same subject.
1t will be interesting to compare the two
versions.
By all means let there be no inter
ruption of this sudden literary outbreak
among the Huns. Rather let it be en-
couraged. a sharp pencil and a liberal
pad of paper should be placed in front
of other Germans whose names should
assure their books place among the
chest sellers" What an interesting vol
ume, for instance, would be Baron Won
der Lancken's account Of 'How | Muir
dered Edith Cavell." Won Tirpitz could
almost name his own price with any en-
terprsng publisher for ''My Own Story
of the Lustania and Other German
Victories.'' Won Bernstorf could be
certain Of running into several editions
with a book on CARSON and Diplomacy"
The list could be extended indefi-
nitely. And the world is full of Jobs
eXclaiming, ooh, that mine adversary
would write book" When the collec-
five-foot book shelf will contain it, but
it will be an exhaustless mine for the
historian seeking out the hidden reasons
for the greatest war the world ever
lYuovr
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-12-29
The Need of a Merchant Marine
BY Charles M. Schwab

HNHE real problem of the business man
is still before us. 1t is exceed
ingly difficult one. l shall state some
of the problems Of a general character that
we must face and work out. The first thing
is a great change in the social structure of
this country, a change ultimately for the
better, for the happiness of mankind and the
development of human nature, change by
which the .aristocrat of the future will be
the man who has done something for his
We may construct one hundred million
tons of ships, but they will have no value to
this great nation of ours unless we do what
is more important than the construction. of
ships, and that is to devise the ways and
means for their operation. A great mer
chant marine is essential to the United
States for its ultimate success. It's success
full operation is not for the benefit of any
one man or class of men, or any one branch
OF business, but it is for the good of every
individual citizen Of the United States.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-12-29
A Week of Verse
Choruses From Euripides

fThess choruses scrittcn by Helen Doc
little. English imaoist. toho aUrftes under
the initials II. D. She rs the scifc Of Richard
Abingdon, another British ,naotst. They
from series reprinted in the current number Of
1.-THE LITTLE RevieD," from which ths tert
takcn)
CHORUS OF THE WOMEN OF CHALKIs
4 FLASH
"A Achilles passed across the beach.
(He is the seawoman's child
Chiron instructed)
Achilles had strapped the wind
About his ankles,
He brushed rocks
The waves had flung.
He ran in armor.
He led the four-yoked chariot
He had challenged to the foot race.
Emelos steered
And touched each horse with pointed goad
| saw the horses:
Each beautiful head was clamped with gold.
Silver streaked the centre horses.
They were fastened to the pole
The outriders swayed to the roadstead.
Color spread up from ankle and steel hoof.
Bronze flashed.
And Achilles, set with brass.
Bent forward,
Level with chariot rail.
SECOND CHORUS
Paris came to Ida.
He grew to slim height
Among the siver-hoofed beasts.
Strange notes made his flute
Phrygian pipe.
He caught all Olympus
In his bent reeds
While his great beasts
Cropped the grass,
The goddesses held the contest
Which sent him among the Greeks
He came before Helen's house
He stood on the ivory steps.
He looked upon Helen and brought
Desire to the eyes
That looked back
The Greeks have snatched up their spears.
They have pointed the helms of their ships
Toward the bulwarks of Troy
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-12-29
How Old Is Your Christmas Spirit {?

The completest and simplest theory of
the universe that we know resolves all
our vexed problems into the one question
OF age. Under this hypothesis there are
no longer radicals, liberals and conserva-
tlves, but simply young, middle-aged and
old. Further divisions can be worked out
TO suit the Observation-Disclosures spring from
the perambulator. bomb throwing radi-
Gals from the high school, reactionarv
Torres are the ancient dodderers, and
so on.
1t is pretty and neat, but to make it
work very important qualification is
needed. Age cannot be set down to the
mere matter of years. Some of our most
reactlonary Tories are to be found among
our sophomores; and some of our best
liberals are the oldest (ride the opinions
of Mr.. Justice Holmes, passim, now in
ms seventy-seventh year,. Are arteries
the test, then, which ignore wears and
upon which our wise and thrifty life in
surance companies lay so much stress?
Perhaps some day the formula will be
worked out by the medical people, and
Transforming nation of Bolsheviks into
. nation of calm republicans will be
simple matter of vegetable diet and set
t'n@-up exercises night and morning.
When a person is asked his age he will
give not his elapsed years but his "cor-
lected time" as calculated by his physi
clan. And we shall at once know how
he will vote
But for the present we think rougher
test is necessary, and we suggest that it
rest upon Christmas. How old was your
Christmas spirit this year? Did you en-
JOY its preparations and celebrations and
aftermath? Or were you bored to ex-
tlnction? Did your children seem silly
little brats endowed with more than hu-
man energy and an activity calculated to
break the temper of the kindest adult?
Or were they fascinating angels. enjoy
ING life as only the young can, and kinder,
sweeter and more adorable than all the
rest of the world put together-the
only important things in much harred
and muddled universe? There stands a
real scale. we submit. Crusty bachelors
VINO 90 not ike children even may resent
such test. But what is so old as a
crusty bachelor. On Christmas Day of
all others. He proves the case
From this thesis you can calculate the
unreasonable Importance of Christmas
in world that must grow or it perishes
Nobody could stay young enough to coun-
tenance any progress at all in a world
bereft of children. We should all become
solemn "Woof! Woofers!" deprecating
every suggestion of change and crying
out in alarm when anything new was so
much as thought of. No one could be-
ievc in anything; and the most enter
prising industry extant would be to sit
in club window and complain of the
decline and corruption of walters With
out Christmas we might even become as
old as we really are.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-12-29
The Birth of Peace
From The English RcrIw)

From The English Rcrier)
nH PEACE, thou child born after mans
~ fierce hate,
Fruit of the darkest accident of time.
Reluctant being, rescued from the slime
Of drunken II ought and deed inordnatc:
What bloody mystery has forced thy fate
Half with despair and woe, resolve sub
lime,
Half with heroics and Satanic crime.
Comst thou our hearts to cheat or TO elatc
Welcome, thou child of such strange par
entage,
Thy sign is spread abroad the universe
Canst thou Mans mighty sorrow rein
burse,
And sweep the sick conventions from our
stage,
Stife bad creeds and sullen Gods engage.
Is thy new star mans blessing or his
curse?
ALBERT BUHRER.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-12-29
The Hero
(Fronl The Lyric


r HAVE five senses, friend, and something
Il strange
That keeps sort of record in my head
Of all they see, hear, touch, or taste or
smell;
And something far more strange that reads
the record
And makes a fragmentary tale from it,
Calling the wild and tragic romance
And there are persons in this wild romance
Who keep explaining and interpreting,
Some saying this, some that; and there
are men
And women in this tragic tale who qucs-
ton;
Others who question not But l,
the hero
Of this poetic fragment, Life neither
Question, nor turn aside; as hero, |,
Holding the centre of the scene, with feet
Firm planted, weapons ready, handsome,
brave,
Worship myself bow TO no applause
LEE WILSON DODD.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-12-29
Mine Adversary's Book

That great silence that fell upon the
world when the big guns became voice
less is about to be broken by the rum
bic and roar of mighty presses turning
out vast editions of "My Story of the
war. The sword is broken, and the pen
resumes it's sway as the mightier
weapon. In the guarded castle at
Amerongen the Kaiser writes all day
and the Kaiser writes all night. General
Iudendorff, former commander in chief
If the German armies, is reported living
in seclusion the while he turns out his
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-12-29

nerself' is significant and prophetic. 1t
IS especially gratifying that in this first
s'ea' national election participated in by
women the woman candidate, who most
deserved success, has been elected. Miss
Nhrlstabel Pankhurst carried her Smeth
wick district by handsome majority.
She made her campaign upon the issues
OF patriotism and anti Bolshevism. Her
victory rounds out the triumph of wom
anhood and of patriotism.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-12-29
Where Do We Go From
Here?" Big Business Asks

Commercial reconstruction olloring the dis
cssed by leading business men the recent congress of the
Chamber of Commerce Of the United States ut Atlantic City,
AS the best of outlining the questions to be dsUe1ed
number of the speeches are to be quoted here.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-12-29
The Wildcat
0Nro,n The Luracl

from The LDrtc)
TT WAS midnight on the mountain side
When the wildcat crossed the trail;
And | heard his padded footballs
And l saw his lashing tail.
And the red light cleaning from his eyes
Swallowed an unseen prey.
But the cold moon covered the silence
Where a swift cry died away
FLORENCE L. MATER s
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-12-29
Be Fair to Labor

am one of the men who believe in the
fairness of American labor The only foun-
dation upon which any of these things can
permanently rest is the economic use Of
everything, whether it be labor material or
what not. Any foundation of organized
labor or capital that is on false basis must
fail.
We started in some twenty years ago on
series of explorations that many people
called trusts" There were many such con-
Germs organized that had as their prime
motive the artificial idea of either restrict
ing production or increasing the selling
price. You have seen them, one after the
other, fail and fade away. They were on
wrong basis. Our Congress, our legisla-
turc in Washington, realized it, and rightly
and justly took steps to correct it,
What has been true of capital will be
equally true of labor, and therefore the
education OF the American laboring man
must be to have him realize that his hap
piness and success and the success of the
nation, will depend upon labor conditions
and capital conditions that arc founded,
first of all, on economic principles You
know, I have had my hand in this matter
of the organization of capital. I know
something about it; know what am talk
ing about.
am not opposed to organized labor I
believe that labor should organize in in
divdual plants among themselves for
the better negotiation Of labor and the pro-
lection of their own rights; but the or
canZation and control of labor in ind-
vidual plants and manufactures, to my
mind, ought to be made representative of
the people in those plants who know condi-
tons; that they ought not to be con-
trolled by somebody from Kamchatka, who
knows nothing about what their conditions
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-12-29
The Cave Womans Wooing
DFrom Tho Kansas city starr

q TON TIC hdNSUS Lt1y STdTI
American soldiers shouldn't lose their
temper if the German women drop beer bot
ties out Of upstairs windows on their heads.
The Germans are subtle race, and maybe
that's the kultured way of flirting.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-12-29
A Post War Atrocity

OH TIT DISFIIVV7
With the increasing probability that the
German war lords will be tried and exc
hcnzollerns will dynasty.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-12-29

nomically between 100000 and 1O0oO,OO
tons of ocean shipping.
The total ocean tonnage which the United
States will possess at the end of that period
will, il properly and economically operated
furnish a merchant marine that should make
our industries secure in this transition pc
rod.
There is one other question of great and
timely Importance, to cover which no one
can lay down general rules. That is the
labor question.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-12-29
FROM The Atch.rsS

=. 0-T- M .ITIN.N5oN G05cT
When an obituary states that the dead
man had the courage of his conviction
that means dc was stubborn as a goat.
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Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-01-17
Germans Are Making
Clothes From Paper

Washington, Jan. 1.-THE follow
ing article from Berlin "Konfek-
tionar" of September has just been
issued by the bureau of public in
formation
"The employment of paper yarn IN
all directions has made enormous
progress. There are simple one-col-
ored paper fabrics used in exactly
the same way as jute. There are
actual paliasses made of paper which
are often used in prisoners camps,
and even paper pillows. In fact, pa
per weaving has already made such
strides that twills are now produced,
and the time is not far distant when
we shall be able to obtain the finer
kinds of worsted made of paper, for
already the first patterns in fabrics
of several colors are seen.
Ready made clothing in paper is
at present confined or the most part
to special workmen's clothing (Be-
rufskeldung). Entire suits were ex-
hibited, as well as aprons, etc. The
price of the paper fabrics varies be-
tween 1 and marks per meter;
ready-made workmen's aprons can
already be obtained at "a marks the
dozen. For entire suits prices from
20 marks were asked and gladly
paid. Ready-made paper clothing
is not entirely confined to working
clothing. but efforts are being made
to supply garments for women and
children; especially for the latter
paper seems at the moment to be
eminently suitable. For ladies' gar
ments paper can only be employed at
present for underclothing, and cam
isoles have been successfully pro-
duced."
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-01-17
Pitcher Alexander May
Appeal For Exemption

Chicago, Jan. 17.-Grover Alexan-
der, the pitcher for whom the Chicago
Nationals paid $4,000. along with
his battery mate, Catcher Killefer,
told President Weeghman, of the Chi
cago club, over the telephone from
Omaha, Neb., yesterday that he was
surprised that he had been placed in
class L of the selective draft.
The former Philadelphia star, who
is unmarried, said he had asked to
be placed in a deferred classification
on the ground that he was the sup
port of his aged mother and a
brother. but that his request was
denied. Alexander lives in St. Paul.
Neb., town of less than 1000 inhab-
itants. He said he was in doubt
whether he would appeal.
Il don't want to be called a slack
er," he told Weeghman, "and lay my
self open to criticism, but ] felt as
if 1 should have been placed in an
other class. l haven't decided wheth-
er I shall appeal"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-01-17
National Tennis Members
Name List of officials

New York, Jan. 1.-THE nomi-
mating committee of the National
Lawn Tennis Association has named
the following ticket for the annual
meeting of the organization to be
held in this city February Is:
President, George T. Adee, of New
York; vice-president, Julian S. My
rick, of New York; secretary, F. Tor
rey, of Clinton, n. Y; treasurer
George w. Wightman, of Boston.
Sectional delegates-New England
Edwin Sheafe, of Boston; Tristate,
Ralph w. Holterhoff, of Cincinnati;
Middle Atlantic, Abner Y. Leach, of
Washington. Delegates-at- large =
Clinton l.. Childs, of Pittsburgh;
Pauk Sheldon, of Hartford and r.
Drummond Jones, of st. Louis.
Restoration of championships and
consideration of the policy to pre-
vail during the war are the most
important subjects likely to come
before the delegates. Discussion of
the amateur rule, distribution of vot-
ing power and other controversial
questions will be shelved until after
the war.
The National Association expects
to continue its activities next year,
according to the recommendation of
the executive committee, and is al
ready maturing plans for increased
activity In junior tennis and the dee
velopment of tournament play along
lines that will assure the most gen.
eral competition.