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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-07-13
Sky for the Sick
To the Editor of The Tribune.

Sir: May speak in The Tribune Of the
generosity of three friends Of the can
cerous poor, suffering class of which a
group are in the care of the Servants of
Relief for Incurable Cancer
A short time before his death the late
millionaire. Nathaniel Whtman the widow
of Hugh J. Grant, Mayor of New York,
and the president of the United States
Air. Service, John D. Ryan, each gave
$1,000 to establish a breathing space
under open sky for the men patients Of
our city house, st. Roses Free Home for
Incurabe Cancer, II Jackson Street, East
Side, New York. 1t was to be little
garden, supplanting a small house very
near to a ward of our hospice-a shadow
ing neighbor that had cut off air and sun
shine from some of the bedrdden sick, and
which would give way to a walking di-
version for the men who could get about.
The Sisters could not say too forcibly
how much this outlet was needed, but in
five years very little had been accumulated
for the purchase of the neighboring cot
tage, except the above mentioned handsome
donations. In our anxiety to hasten mat
ters board of trustees agreed to sell
our uTSt cOttaSe nome, at 40 Cnerry
Street, Lower East Side, for song-that is,
for $500 in cash-and buy the obstructing
little house on the west of ST. Roses for
$4,000 The additional fund, about $500,
will be used to erect walls in keeping with
our handsome new st. Roses Home, and
for building little pavilion, to be heated
in winter, to please our smokers and sea-
faring story tellers.
The FESTIVE men who are still one or two
years away from "the most beautiful ad-
venture of all" hail the prospect of emerg-
ing from prison-like walls into normal
freedom with the Unsurpassed excitement
of boys at school, A marble tablet and
daily prayers will commemorate the great
gifts that made the effort of the Sister
nurses irresistible and visible.
MOTHER M. ALPHONSA LATHRoP,
O. S. D.
Hawthorne, N. Y, July 10, 1919.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-07-13
Daylight Saving Saved

Daylight saving has probably been
saved by President Wilson. He has vetoed
the agricultural appropriation act be-
cause it carried a death sentence against
economy in the utilization Of daylight.
Each house of Congress will now have to
repass the measure by a two-thirds vote
to make it law.
In the Senate, on June IS, there was
an overwhelming affirmative vote for the
repeal "rider" SO to 6. But in the
House of Representatives, where the ad-
vocates of the summer daylight schedule
have been able to obtain a more syrnpa-
thctic hearing, the vote for abolition fell
short of a thirds majority. The
count stood 233 to 1922 The friends of
the present conservation scheme have
only to hold their strength Of four weeks
ago to prevent an overriding Of the veto.
There is good reason why they should
not only hold their vote of June 10, but
increase it. The saving of daylight is
the single saving effected by war legis-
lation. 1t is the lone offset against
dens. The President is right when he
says that return to the old schedule
would involve not only "grave incon-
venience" but "serious economic loss"
The Calder law reduces the useless
consumption of fuel. 1t saves something
to everybody who has to pay gas and
electric light bills. 1t harms nobody
irretrievably, for the substantial COM
plants of the farming population can
all be met by simple readjustment of
schedules for milk trains. AS to any
arrangement Of farm working hours.
that can be overcome without hardship
by using sun time for outdoor work. The
farmers would have grievance if thew
were compelled to follow the artificial
summertime schedule. But they are
free to ignore it, and ignoring it on the
farm could not apprecably affect the re-
lations of farm life to village, town and
city life.
The President has had the courage to
adhere to the convictions which prompt
ed the country to adopt daylight saving.
Experience under the new plan has JUS
titled all the claims of its advocates. It
has increased comfort, reduced waste
and conserved energy. The reasons
given for abandoning it have been trivial
and Fictitious. The repeal movement
was based on prejudice rather than on
any material dissatisfaction. If day.
hight saving can survive the present
gust of irritation. reflected in the action
of the two houses of Congress it will
probably weather all otl forms. Every
other nation which ha sried it has
stuck to it because Of it's practical util-
ity. Why shouldn't it have a fair trial
in the United States?
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-07-13

workers., the construction workers, the
lumber workers, the miners the marine
transport workers, the metal and ma
chinery workers, etc, who form the ma
jority of the l. W. W., you VII find that
they will not for a moment countenance
political agitation among the members or
by any of the representatives of the or
ganization. We simply are not in that
line of business
considerable part of the Left Wingers
are not wage workers. These we cannot
absorb. Another large body is working in
industries that we have not so far been
able to organize. If they want to become
l. W. w. members they would have to or
ganize unions of those industries in &C
cordance with our programme. The others
would have to enter as individuals the
unions they properly belong to-
Where there is not a sufficient number
to organize industrial union they can
organize themselves into locals of the
General Recruiting Union of the I. w. W.
But in neither case could they be ad-
mtted with any understanding about in
dorsement Of their political programme.
The Left Wingers are repeating the pre-
tended concern of their leaders that the
I. w. W. by excluding political activity has
made no provision for the actual taking
over Of the industries
We hold, on the other hand, that this
concern" is uncalled for. We are very
much in the same position as the chicken
in the shell.
When the chicken is ready, on the
twenty-first day, he just picks hole in
the she'll by his own inherent power. No
external help, no "politcal action" is
needed to release him. His own life force
is sufficient
So it will be with the taking over of the
means of production. When the working
class organization is ready to take over
society the taking over will be perfectly
natural process.
90 ahead and organize industrially. That
is the advice we have for the now home
less Left Winger. The taking over" will
take care of itself when that times comes.
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In the Red Cross

TO A. w. F.
HER near presence teases-the slender
J. l. young red-head,
Playing at war-work, laughing as she
plays.
The look in her eyes BODIES a deal of mis-
chief
God help the bold ones till she mend her
ways.
Just passed the boundary set out for child
hood
All, there's breath of April with the
lass,
Lanes and little places with echoes Of
one-step!
God help the shy ones, how soon their
luck will pass.
She never caring for the solemn moments,
Dusty feet that go trampling the ground;
She never needing anxious, praying per-
God help the wakeful, how her sleep is
sound!
The fragrance Of violets steals quickly up
wards,
All Of the sky is full of shooting stars
Half Of a kiss would surely never matter
God help our memories, what should they
be but scarsi
GORDON HAMILTON
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The Medical Centre of the World

There can be no question of the failure
thus far of New York to attain the
medical rank and offer the medical facili-
ties which it's size has long made FEAST
ble Therefore, the new project of the
New York Association for the Advance
ment of Medical Education and Medical
Science is heartily welcome.
The statement of the purposes Of the
new movement gives as one excuse for
present backwardness the fact chat in
dlvldual institutions working along some
what narrow lines have accomplished
satisfactory general results" This is
mildly and generously put The right
leadership could long ago have organized
fitting medical centre in connection
with our existing schools; but the lead
ership has been lacking and the oppor-
tunity goes into other hands 1t is no
easy task that these creators face. Onlv
time can tell whether their project can
attain its full stature But, at least.
the conception is sound, the goal clearly
conceived and the means Of progress
we'll realized
For the general public the first hope
Will be that IN connection with this vast
postgraduate school of education and
research there will develop clinic
worthy of the larger scheme The oppor
tunities for diagnosis in New York are
very great, but they are not assembled
in any reasonable and economical fash
ion. At Rochester, for example. the
Mayo brothers have organized under one
roof facilities for diagnosis and treat
ment to parallel which in this CITY it is
necessary to draw upon a score of sep
arate Offices and operating rooms. The
patient seeking light must travel from
specialist to specialist. The waste Of
this system is colossal. The individual
practitioners must charge more, but
owing to the maintenance of their sep
arate Offices their net income is less
And the directing genius, the thorough
cooperation of specialists in a final
diagnosis, is most difficult to discover.
Along all these lines of education, re-
search and organized diagnosis and treat
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-07-13
Chop Sue y Drama
To the Editor of The Tribune.

To the Editor of The Tribune
Sir: Writer is on his sixth visit to New
York since the war and never before was he
attracted by SO many plays, movies" and ex-
hibits about his country life and people
"Red Lantern" Broken Blossoms" East
Is West" Underground of Chinatown
and many others All imaginable wicked
ness of human life and every undesirable
popularity of his country is portrayed at
its worst if not at all with exaggerations.
These shows could only be amusing for
their artistic immortality. But look where
to see anything about the other phase of
China Is there any nation which has no
dark side of it's life?
Though writer is aware that Confucius'
teaching Display others good but conceal
others bad" is not observed here his
knowledge of American people and their
ideals does not warrant him to believe the
possibility OF there being a conception of
the reverse. Having drained of all blood
from his veins to review these shows "a
whole and judge them with impartialitv.
he cannot help saying that there must he
motive of an organized body behind Thorn
and is more convinced for the fact that
49, ~'-0-O ''NAN SSoSSu Uu1il tNe Time when
emma had some Of her vital questions at
dispute in Paris, the whole world looking
un to America for justice. Can it be otb,r
than propaganda to impress the mind Of
American people that the Chinese as MOO
pie are immoral, wicked and conservative
and cannot modernze themselves so tbs+
a claim Of some ones domination NAV saar,
justihable?
The American part of the plays is often
so skllfully combined as to breed preind;ce
and hatred between the people of the two
republics. Those Americans who know
family Of real Chinese life would easily
be led to take them as true representations
and to indorse the digestion of the nrona-
gandists' idea, while those Chinese who are
superfuous observers would doubt how
sincere friends, sympathizers and be,pers
would calumniate people for amuse-
ment.
Shall we ever be deceived bv such do
hcious soup containing harmless poisons
sprinkled by some one envying orr n,ora1
relations and economical corradeebino
A TROTTING CHINAMAN.
New York, July 10, 1919.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-07-13
The Higher Sumne r
By Emma Bugbee

Nov is the time when all inhabitants
J. y Of Morningside Heights revert to
undergraduate days, swept along on
tide of young energy and enthusiasm for
learning that sets in with the opening of
the summer school. The undergraduate. it
is true, we have always with us, but he
makes little impression on the community.
Save for his occasional outbursts of revelry
by night in his fraternity house, the winter
species OF undergraduate is puny and COM
paratlvely colorless character, who goes
about the business of acquiring an educa-
ton with minimum of that fond and illu-
sive thing called college spirit that makes
itself manifest in noise. There is doubtless
just as much learning per hour on Morning.
side during February, but it is a clustered
and unproductive thing compared to the
joyous intaking of knowledge that goes on
in July.
Then history walks in white linen skirts
and biology lunches and sleeps under the
elm trees of the campus. Mathematics
reverberates through the dining halls and
the sound of the economist is loud on the
bootblack's chairs. Is it music, we wonder
or advanced astronomy that strols through
tie twilight, stunning ukulele? What
ever its faculty, it is a stimulating sight.
in curls and unabashed blue organizes, re-
mindlng again that all learning is not hid
den under wrinkles and dyspepsia.
1t Is not merely, however, that the sum-
mer school imbibes it's wisdom in holiday
spirit, but it brings sort of pedagoeic
tonic to the university life. These thou
sands Of young students come from Bur
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-07-13
Wante d: A Floating
Bath
To the Editor of The Tribune.

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: Your cooperation is asked by the
Greenpoint Community Council to aid the
people of Greenpoint in securing bathing
place for the boys and girls of Greenpoint
during the remaining part of the summer
An appropriation has been asked by Bor-
ough President Riegelmann for an issue
Of $1,000 in corporate stock, and the matter
has been referred to the Finance and
Budget Committee of the Board of Esti-
mate. If action is not taken at the next
meeting Of the board it simply means that
the hopes of a bathing place for this sum-
mer will vanish
Greenpoint enjoyed such a floating bath
up TO i've years ago. The waters of the
East River were declared to be polluted
and floating bath was declared to be
menace to the, health. of those who used
It, The baths at the Battery, in Manhat-
tan, were also discontinued at that time
Inc baths at the Battery have been re-
stored and so arranged that they take in
none of the waters of New York Bay
They are fed fresh water through pipe.
connected with the city mains. The same
thing can be done in Greenpoint. The Bor-
ough of Manhattan has eight floating baths
Brooklyn none
Inc Greenpoint Community Council
hopes that the Board of Estimate will take
favorable action on this matter.
ARTHUR ]. OLMSTEAD
Chairman of the Bath Committee, Green
point Community Council
Brooklyn, July 8, 1919.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-07-13
Stravs

Senator Swanson, of Virginia, who
seems, at least temporarily, substituted
for Senator Hitchcock as the Admin
istrations Senate spokesman, is quoted
az saying that Certain of the reserva-
tions may be supported by the Demo-
Gratis" The intimation is conveyed that
to save the covenant it may be necessary
seek nom partisan two-thirds majority
through combining with reservationists.
Concerning this the following contri-
button from Arthur D. Howden Smith,
biographer of Colonel House and Of
supposed excellent standing in inner cir
cles, to The Globe, is interesting:
"Already there is heard talk among
men who hope to see the covenant adopt
ed Of taking the matter into their own
hands and endeavoring to secure nom
partisan support for the ratification, with
reservations which would win support
without diminishing the strength of the
league
70 the same general effect writes
David Lawrence, an interpreter of the
Presidents mind, in The Post. After de-
claring that mo one takes literally Mr..
Wilson's remarks against reservations"
he says that
"a majority of the men in the press
gallery who have looked on dsnterest-
edly fully expect the peace treaty, league
Of nations included, to be ratified, but
with certain reservations tackled on by
the Republican leaders,"
Coincidentally comes news Of the de-
mise, with no mourners, Of that remark
able doctrine, much exploited by our
neighbors, The World and The Times,
that unless the treaty, including the
covenant, were ratified precisely as writ
te1at azsen there could be no peace or
trad6 with Germany. This fair-haired
boy, once greatly relied on, is thrown
overheard, and the announcement made
that trade with Germany will begin i'm
nediately.
Which way blows the wind? Watch
the straws.
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The Blasting Da;sv

10 the Editor of The Tribune
Sir: 1t has been suggested that all who
are opposed to the alcoholic beverage pro
hlbitlon law manifest their protest by
wearing daisy in the lapel of the coat
Ihis consider would be an appropriate
and consistent badge. My knowledge of
psychology is quite limited, but as I un-
derstand it, this suggestion has certainly
demonstrated a striking mental phenome-
non."
Any one who has any knowledge of the
character of the daisy knows that it will
thrive greatly without cultivation. and in
proportion to the manner in which u
thrives all other vegetation is bIas+od
E. A. PACKER
New York, July TO- 1919.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-07-13
Silly Left Wing ers
The /. w. w. Pays Its Scornful
Respects to Radical Socialists
From, The One Big Union Monthly II. ". W.
" GU have all heard Of it. The great
events in the Socialist party. The

" GU have all heard Of it. The great
events in the Socialist party. The
average Socialist party man thinks
that the world has nothing else to talk
about We mean the expulsion of the Left
Wingers from the Socialist party, 40 900 of
them, it is said, comprising the Slavic Ian
guage declarations, as we'll as 5000 mixed
members in Michigan.
The cause of expulsion was the advocacy
of "mass action" and tle consequent fear
of the conservative officials of the party
chat the Left Wingers would bring them
all in Jail" perhaps also fear that they
would lose their jobn.)
Numerous Left Wingers are taking a
friendly attitude toward the I. W. W., but
it generally stops with the attitude. The
Endorsement of industrial unionism is
to be considered as plank in their
political platform.
In view Of this endorsement" a number
of them seem to be mildly surprised at the
l. W. W. for not doing them the same
favor back, i. e., indorsing Left Wing poll
tics. The idea Of barter and compromise is
inherent in all political movements.
his expectation OIL Lne LeIC WlnRerS
shows that they have not studied and I'M
derstood the 1. w. W.
Ever since 19os-that is, for eleven
years.. W. W. has been on-political. To
become member it is not necessary to
abjure politics. In fact, that question is
never raised. Members can vote for any
party they please. But the programme Of
the /. W. W. is such that it leaves no room
for political action, and a member who has
fully understood our philosophy is not
political worker.
Our programme is to create new So
ciety by organizing the workers in indus
trial unions, by means of which they can
take over production and distribution, thus
abolishing private ownership. We have
dropped everything else and centred our
activity on this point. AS a matter of
fact there is no difference of opinion on
that score in the l. W. w.
If you go out among the agricultural
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-07-13

(From Tho Boston Globe)

tFTon1 mo boston GtOoe/
American energy is already at work Who
but Americans would undertake to replace
in three years a city which took centuries
in the building? Even before the treaty
was signed three large American concerns
had accepted the contract to rehabilitate
the Nancy district. The actual work will
soon begin.
Nancy is in the Northern France battle
ground. Most of it's public buildings, fac
tories, dwellings, roads, bridges and
churches must be replaced. The cost will
be done by these American firms.
So far America has evolved only one uni
versaly national architecture-the sky
scraper. This we can scarcely offer to
France. The French infinitely prefer their
straight skyline to our jagged one. They
may concede the titanic splendor of our
city canyons, but they will not exchange
them for the intimate charm of Old World
streets.
Besides, France stands on her dignity a
little. The mother of the finest type Of
Gothic architecture, and the arbiter in
standards of artistic taste, it would be sur-
PAAoiu6 Al oHo euouiu OclBH 70 accept art
lessons from us. 1t would be as though a
dowager were to take hints in etiquette
from debutante
We cannot offer France architectural
forms. Nancy-one of the most beautiful
Of French provincial townships it's own
noble architectural traditions. But we can
bring new building methods. We can apply
the durable principles Of steel and concrete
construction to the architecture of the re-
gion. We can unite French perfection OF
form to American excellence of construc-
ton.
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War Films

THE CHILD AND THE SOLDIER
~ BROTHER, put me in your pouch
~ AS you would a fresh, sweet locust-pod.
For | am frai as flask OF glass,
AS fine gray egg g slender rod.
0 brother; and am the golden ring
You wear on your finger so gladly For God
Takes everything from you tomorrow, and
gives me everything.
THE GRAY NURSE
The gray nurse entered rose garden
Where roses shadows dappled her
Her apron was brown with blood She
prayed,
And roses wondered at her prayer.
NEITHER MOTH NOR RUST =
God. only God is eternally
God is forever, and only He.
Where, white maid, are the men you have
loved?
They are dead so God was between YOU.
you see.
D. q. LAWRENCE.
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In his interview with the newspaper
correspondents 1--WE quote from The
TSnesJ the President is reported to have
said:
'sHe explained that there was no pro-
vision for military action in the league
covenant except on the advice Of the
council, and that it was not compulsory
for governments to accept that advice"
# this is accurate, the President con-
firms conclusion which those who have
studied the covenant have deduced from
it's ambiguous language; confirms an
opinion reached by those who have
sought TO penetrate the mysteries of it's
devious provisions.
A council Of nine ambassadors, COM
posed of five chosen by specified coun-
tries and four elected by an assembly
IT delegates from forty nations, is to
meet, each ambassador being responsive
10 the orders of his home government
Before this body question involving
peace or war comes and is debated. The
council can pass resolution. If there
is unanimous vote a recommendation
goes back to the home government, but
* there is single adverse vote no &C.
HOn occurs. Even when there is una
ninnity in the council the action binds
nobody. The several home govern
ments, as they please, may accept or
reject the recommendation; if there is
re3ection and the issue is deemed i'm
pcxtant enough by any one to justify
independent action it must be fought
nut as now.
It need scarcely be pointed out that
when nations are unanimously unwilling
TO 60 to war there is no war. Nor need
II b pointed out that as things now are
there II no impeachment existing to ma
lions agreeing. In the vital matter the
dew bond introduces nothing new. This
oasic fact men who have urged an I'M
sonditioned acceptance of the covenant
aeve been interested in obscuring; there
1as been diligent effort to present the
league as able through its own power to
sm1orce peace, but the President himself
sdrnfts the contrary. 1t is not compul-
ssry, he says. for governments to follow
kf1e councils recommendation, even
H1pu9h unanimously reached.
4 The unanimity rule, coupled with the
gS1exence TO home government, is rod
~ Aaron which consumes the rods of
LA covenant necromancers. The pro-
posed league Is not league to enforce
ooece. It provides a place where those
~ inclined may talk peace, may even
recommend IT in a particular instance If
fke ambassadors are all Of one mind or
q ~ p1rmitted to be Of ons mind; but