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New-York tribune., 1919-05-11
Morality

Comparatively, "The New York
World'' believes that the $4,000 per-
sons who attended the baseball
games last Sunday "spent the time
innocently and, all things considered,
protitably. The measure of morality
Of Sunday baseball is furnished by
the estimate of the uses to which the
same amount of leisure time might
have been put by the same number
of idle persons"
"The Herald" would remind base
ball sponsors that they are more or
less on trial, saying: "Probably Sun
day baseball in the city has come to
stay. 1t depends largely on the man.
agement of the enterprise--whether
it is conducted as clean sport should
be and without taint or rowdyism."
Semi-professional teams, which
feared that the advent of profession
al ball on Sunday would wreck at
tendance at their games, were vastly
pleased at the experiment of May 4.
"Oddly enough" declares "The
New York Sum
"the big professional games did not
affect the professional attendance,
for two of the semi-pro fields boasted
their record attendance. At Olympic
Field, only mile from the Polo
Grounds, the Lincoln Giants and the
Royal Giants played to crowd that
was so big one Of the huge fences was
broken down. The same was true at
Dexter Park, Brooklyn, only a mile
from Ebbetts Field, where the attend
ance broke all former records Big
crowds we're also reported from Dyck-
man Oval and the Catholic Protectory
Grounds, the only other two big closed
parks used by semi professionals. In
all, it is estimated that 100000 people
paid to see ball games within the citys
limits yesterday"
1t adds somewhat jubilantly:
"And year ago many predicted it
would take years and years for base
ball to recover from the effects of the
war."
General expansion in all sports is
one Of the reasons Sunday baseball
was made possible, "The New York
Tribune" thinks, remarking editori-
ally:
"The shift has come slowly. 1t has
come largely along with Sunday golf
and tennis and motoring and the rest
Of Sunday recreations. To some extent
it may have affected churchgoing. The
propelling cause, however, has not been
a weakening Of faith, but a new inter
est in outdoors and health, in sane
rest. Watching a baseball game is
not the most violent form of exercise
in the world, but it takes one outdoors,
and it is good American stuff. 1t will
undoubtedly revivify baseball and send
more boys and grown-ups to one-old-
cat than ever"
New-York tribune., 1919-05-11
Sunday Baseball's S
Here at Last!

portunity will be seized by presumable
thousands of patrons Of the great ma.
tional pastime. May will hereafter
in all probability, be marked in red or
the calendar of the fans and in blue or
that of the reformers who have for SC
long successfully prevented enjoyment
of the greatest cleanest and most ap.
pealing of all outdoor sports or recre-
ations"
"The Journal" does not believe the
Sabbath in Ne.v York will be
wrecked by giving baseball trial
as it goes on to say:
"That the bulwarks of American lib
critics will be found intact on Monday
morning goes without saying. At least
il may be confidently predicted. There
was never the remotest reason why
judicious opportunities for wholesome
and healthful outdoor entertainment
should be withheld from the thousands
of persons who are fond of baseball
and who, deprived of a chance to in
dulge their fondness, undoubtedly in
many instances. resort to very much
less legitimate indulgence
"The step which has just been taken
by New York is step in the right
direction, for it is step in the direc-
ton of encouraging amusement which
Injuries none, which is beneficial to all
concerned and which is an admirable
foil for many other pursuits made pos
sible by the unwsely discriminating
law which penalized the beneficial and
permitted the reverse.
"The real and permanent trend of
legislation, rejecting popular opinion,
is toward the judicious regulation of
the enjoyment of the widest possible
personal liberty. The banishment Of
booze and of deadly narcotics, the wise
censorship of entertainment generally,
the steady promotion of the interests
of the overwhelming maj jority-these
are not restrictions of personal liberty
save where the restriction makes for
the wide freedom of the whole people.
There is no reason to fear that base
ball game on Sunday will corrupt the
sophisticated citizenry of commun-
ity hitherto so carefully guarded from
demoralizing temptations"
New-York tribune., 1919-05-11
General Leonard Wood-t,Yo
characteristic snaps

of his own military future under an
opposing and unforgiving Administra-
ton, many men see personality that
they feel they know. AS the present
bearer of the Roosevelt tradition, this
man is identified, for millions, with
something both respected and famil-
lar. He has thus shown something
both of his merits of character and
of his public views.
"The incident Of his shelving by the
Administration has won him friends
in every county and every village.
These facts give warrant for much of
what Senator Moses said about the
quality of the Presidential sentimen
in Woods favor"
"The Portland Oregonian" said of
General Wood:
He is strong man, soldier with
ideas and the power both to express
them and to make them effective. He
has assumed an admirable pose under
the discriminatory and very unwise
action of the Administration in keeping
him at home. He has the favor of
both the progressives and the regulars
in the Republican party He would be
popular candidate, if nominated, and
good President if elected"
New-York tribune., 1919-05-11
Jeremahs

Yet. as though TO confound these
ssfemiahs~-and possibly a few Cas-
'ahafa1"-~the Legislature Of New York
she tns Mayor Of the New World me-
'''p>hg have just combined 10 extract
'sfy large measure OF the indigo
sn'en has dyed the amusement laws Of
~ Empire State. They have made Il
ppsein's for baseball to be played
.ssa'iy In New York on Sunday, and
- N'nsrrox, for the frrt time, this op
New-York tribune., 1919-05-11
The Wood Boom

jority Of the men Of his political partv
or school. They must respect him.
like him, and agree with him.
not necessarily to the shouting point.
but to the point of earnestly wanting
him for President. This implies that
they must know OF him sufficiently to
be convinced Of his merits as we'll as
of his views, and must feel genuine
friendliness toward him.
sin the man who pushed the Platts-
burg military training idea at the cost
New-York tribune., 1919-05-11
The Trend Of Sentiment

Senator Moses lined up New
Hampshire behind General Wood in
an interview in Washington given
after month passed in New Eng
land. There is more sentiment of
the kind that elects presidents sur
rounding General Wood than any
one who has been mentioned as
possible Republican nominee in
1920" said Senator Moses. "The only
question is whether the kind of SEN
timent which elects presidents can
be transmitted in General Woods
case into the kind of sentiment
which produces delegates and nomi-
mates presidents.
General Wood was born in Win
chester, N. H., and Senator Moses
notes:
"New Hampshire Republicans are
preparing to present this name of a
native son to the next national con-
vention, but New Hampshire alone can
not claim him. He entered the army
from Massachusetts, and the Bay
State may try to call him her citizen
and she may lay claim upon him. He
will 60 to the convention, like Grant
from Appomattox and its famous apple
tree, supported by nationwide circle
80 e.. l.
elected"
These remarks by the New Hamp-
shire Senator started the band
wagon on its way and it was quickly
welcomed in Republican circles. "The
New York Sun" and "The New York
Globe" give an excellent impression
of the way Republican thought re-
ceived Senator Moses's announce
ment. "The Globe" said:
"The crop of favorite sons who ought
to be President, now beginning to be
harvested, could have no more auspi-
cious first fruits than we are offered by
Senator Moses, who gives us the name
of General Leonard Wood.
"rhe whole nation honors Leonard
Wood for his obvious and unquestioned
personal Abilities; for his splendid
work, standing almost alone, on behalf
of preparedness-wo which un-
doubtedly was Of vast Importance in
the subsequent creation of our mill
tary machine, and because the major
ity of the voters are profoundly con-
vinccd that he was most unjustly
treated by the War Department., prob
ably with political motives, in not be-
ing allowed to go to France.
General Wood rose, in twelve years,
from assistant surgeon in the regular
army, with the rank of captain, to
Chief of Staff, the army's highest
post for a major general. His mill
tary experience in the Philippines and
his administrative work in Cuba both
gave proof that he possesses execu-
tive ability of high order. While he
was at times a storm centre in the
War Department, popular opinion has
usually sustained him. While Senator
Moses calls him the 'inheritor of the
Roosevelt tradition, he is far more
than that phrase would seem to imply:
he has personality and very definite
group of opinions of his own. With
strong, constructive platform which
recognizes the new social order which
the war mas brought about, General
Wood can make strong race His
entry into field as yet singularly
open is welcome"
A Sound Candidate
New-York tribune., 1919-05-11
WeH, Are They?
XX IHILE the luxury tax has
wv already become a reality,
its working scheme and

In assuming to contribute to the
debate that corsets are or are not a
luxury, "The Philadelphia Press"
takes occasion to remark:
"For some unknown reason Congress
overlooked corsets in enumerating the
many objects of toilet and apparel on
which 1T places 10 per cent tax.
There is a tax on underwear Does
this include corsets? Some merchants
think it does and clap on the tax, but
there is no doubt that, generally
speaking. corsets are not classed as
underwear. In sense everything is
underwear except the extreme outer
garments. Yet skirts, shirts, waists
and stockings are not considered un-
derwear in this law, as they are spe-
cifically mentioned in addition to un-
derwear If corsets are taxed as un-
derwear, mems suspenders would, we
suppose, come in the same category,
though not mentioned in the act. Per-
haps the Supreme Court will have to
determine these things. Certainly the
dealers who must collect these taxes
from their customers are left good
deal at sea-
New-York tribune., 1919-05-11
4 Sound Candidate
"The Sun" said:

"The Sun" said:
"A sound candidate must have be.
hind him, TO start with, the convic-
tions and sympathics OF solid ma
New-York tribune., 1919-05-11
CCEPTED as a matter of
course in almost every state
\ in the Union, professional

" COURSE dllliOSI CNClN StdlS
K "A in the Union, professional
baseball playing on Sunday
in New York has been precluded by
natriarchal blue laws. AS every
New Yorker knows, these Puritan
ical ordinances have long led to
evasions in spirit and Technology,
until in a process of Broadway evo-
luton q Sabbath Day vaudeville en-
tertainment is now formally adver-
tised as sacred" concert. Base
ball had never been so ingenious.
Now Sunday baseball has achieved
victory. After fight of many years
in which the state Legislature al
ways tabled bills purposing to make
baseball on Sunday in New York
legal or at least a matter of local
option, the lawmakers at Albany
capitulated in April. On a local
option basis, it is put up to the
cities, towns and hamlets of the
state to decide whether they want
professional baseball on the Sab
BATH
The City of New York promptly
took advantage of the legislative lee
way. The Board of Aldermen
passed a resolution permitting base
ball playing after p. m. on Sun
day, and Mayor Hylan brought the
long local campaign to a conclusion
by signing it.
Thus, after almost half century
Of waiting, the City of New York
had its first professional games-in-
cluding the paid gate"-on May 4,
1919. In the annals of our "na-
tonal pastime" this will be cele-
brated as red letter day. 1t will
permit baseball enthusiasts who can
not attend weekday games to wit
ness a hebdomadal contest, and
should, by the way, greatly increase
the revenue of the three major
league baseball clubs Of the City of
New York, i. e., the New York Ma
tional League club (Giants), the
New York American League club
tYankees) and the Brooklyn Ma
tional League club (Dodgers).
New-York tribune., 1919-05-11
The Sabbath Calm

AS to the effect this departure
will have upon the proverbial calm
of metropolitan Sabbath, the New
York press is pretty we'll agreed
that the initial experiment developed
naught deleterious.
More than 10000 persons in
Manhattan and Brooklyn saw the
first Sunday baseball game under
the new law, strange as it may seem
to the professional guardians of the
Sabbath, in perfectly decorous
manner" says "The New York
World" "Not only was there no
disorder, but, according to the po-
lice, the two throngs were the quiet
est and best behaved they had ever
seen"
The sweeping away of this sur
vlval of an intolerant past was well
coined in the most practical way by
the public yesterday" declared "The
Evening Sun" They turned out in
large numbers to see the game and
breathe the fresh air. Surely it
can do no harm mentally or morally
TO be out in the pure air, even on
Sabbath Day, waxing happy at the
rrowess of Frank Baker or Hal
Chase or Zack Wheat; while "The
New York Herald" remarks: "The
events of yesterday, although demon
stratlng the long cry from the old
order of the Sabbath, did not mar
the beauty of an ideal spring day,
nor infringe upon it's sanctities."
The New York Tribune" decides:
1T was not exactly a scarlet Sunday
that our city enjoyed, we would re-
mind our friends who criticize Sunday
baseball. A little pink has
oeen mixed into our old-fashioned blue
sunday The generally prim and re-
posefui character Of the day remains"
In the West, where Sunday base
ball playing is no novelty, but part
OF the warp and woof of its recre-
ational scheme, "The Kansas CITY
journal" takes occasion to congratu
late New York upon its latest step
and thinks it will be pleased with it,
remarking:
There appear from time to time ex-
pfessions Of fears that the reform en-
tnusiasts are binding shackles more
-sssd more firmly upon the personal lib
erty Of the proletariat. Especially
since the rapid progress made by the
prohibition sentiment set in have these
Tears loomcd most portentously, those
VINO profess TO believe that the founS
atoms Of the Constitution rest upon a
peer barrel being particularly moved
~ the menace OF compulsory So
erie'y. A recent writer in The New
iork sun WAKES cleycrly humorous
over the mythical restrictions which
VIII hedge about the unfortunate
american citizen Of 1925 and there
siter, when, ~ he facetiously predicts,
the Puritan blue Of couple of cen.
saries ago will appear blazing cerise
By comparison.
Jeremiuhs
Yet. as though to confound these
New-York tribune., 1919-05-11
Ice Cream

Editorially, the greatest amount
of commotion over the luxury tax
apparently has centred upon the
matter of ice cream. There seems
to be something about ice cream
and the small boy that is very near
the foundation Of a great democ-
racy. "The New York Tines is
not certain the law is explicit, and
fearing that both boy and man may
become unfortunately enmeshed in
the mazes of the tax regulations, it
remarks:
ut seems that the law about buying
liquor to be drunk on and off the prem
ises was thought to govern the pur-
chase and consumption of ice cream
cones and sundaes. So perhaps it may,
if followed strictly, and not in such
manner as to create presumption of
lodging taxes when the Treasury
needs the money. Ice cream and soda
water may be bought in containers
without paying taxes, if the containers
are carried SO far away that there is
presumption against the intention
to patronize the fountain or 'parlor.'
Far be it from us to pretend finality
in the Interpretation Of these nice
points. We have no idea whether a
sale of ginger ale in q bottle satisfies
the Treasury notion Of a lawful con-
tainer But we strongly advise against
sending boy in to buy an ice cream
cone with felonious intent to eat it
outside the 'parlor.' Our guess is that
the boy would cat the cone and the
Treasury would not get the tax. Also
we think it dangerous to have sun
dae handed through window-the
Treasury detectives might see you. 1t
would be better to hire a tax lawyer
before than after such dangerous en-
terprises as buying luxuries under the
Treasury's threat of fine of $4,000,
or imprisonment for one year, or
BOTH"
A Necessity
"The Philadelphia Record" arises
to announce that ice cream isn't a
luxury at all; it's a necessity, as
the following makes bold to assert:
There may have been a time when
candy, ice cream, chocolate sundaes
and such were luxurics, but everybody
knows they're absolute necessities now.
If you have been 40 fortunate as to
find place where sundae could be
New-York tribune., 1919-05-11
Taxing Corsets
and Ice Cream

had of late for Is cents, it now sets
you back II cents. And candy? No
body knows how high that may go. If
you're neat man-not necessarily
dressy or fussy-and have developed a
fondness for smoking jackets, house
coats or bathrobes, you'll pay tax on
such articles costing more than $3.50
and where can you buy any for less?"
On the other hand, "The Phila-
delphia Bulletin" discovers that
there has been plot abroad-but
let 'The Bulletin" tell it:
Thrifty individuals who have been
figuring that they could escape the
penny-or, at prevailing rates. the
three penny tax on their egg shakes
by buying the milk and egg separated,
and doing the shaking themselves, need
to watch out or the 'revenooer' will
get them, and the clerk who serves
them, according to later and
careful reading of the book of mys-
teries known as the revenue law.
Section $50 was intended to be in
elusive of all the business done at a
soda fountain or an ice cream parlcr
or stand, and there isn't much that can
escape, save the crackers on the side.
The one in ten tax is imposed on all
drinks commonly known as soft drinks,
compounded or mixed gt such place of
business, mineral waters, carbonated
drinks, grape juice, ETC., previously
prepared and bottled, being assessed
by another section of the law at their
place of manufacture.' Further than
this the tax is laid on see cream, ice
cream sodas, sundaes, and other SINH
lar articles of food or drink.
when any of the above are sold for
consumption in or in proximity to
such places. syss sss
New-York tribune., 1919-05-11
Points J.

Optimism
ADVERTISEMENT Chicago paper promises steady
job to barenderwhich the pronounced instance
IA of optimism discovered thus during season-San
Francisco Bulletin
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-04-03
SOUTH RANDOLPH

Miss Agnes Preston has finished work
for George Hyde, jr, and is with her
sister, Mary Preston, for time before
resuming her studies at the Whitcomb
high school.
Sergeant Edison f. Clifford Of the S7th
division arrived at the home Of his
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Clifford, Friday
evening having been discharged last
week Tuesday After short stay at
home he went to Worthwhile. From
there he will return to the Z. V. NJ,
Burlington, to finish his studies.
Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Carey of Brain
tree have returned to their home after
spending few days at J. G. Green's.
The auction at d. l.. LOOMS was well
attended Things sold high Mr.. Loomis
has given up farming on account of his
health, sold his real estate and will leave
us May l, much to the regret of their
many friends here.
Sugar makers in this vicinity are hard
hit by the freezing up of the contents
and the bursting of large part of tubs
hung in their sugar orchards.
VIII Hyzer is assisting +. 2. Riford in
sugaring, also Mr.. Place.
L. L. Bass of Bethel was at South
Randolph Monday. calling on his old
schoolmate at the r. s. N, S., Il. d.
Camp.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-04-03
TALK OF THE TOWN

Daniel Ross, basso, is reckoned to be
one of the best in New England and is
to be heard at opera house on next Fri
day.-adv
The event Of the season-the Louis
Ross Scottish Concert company, with full
list of talented artists, is to appear in
the opera house on Friday, April 4, under
the auspices of Clan Gordon, No. lad.
Regular meeting Of Hiawatha lodge,
No. 90, ]. o. o. r., on Thursday
evening, April 3, at 1880. The second de-
gree will be conferred. Visiting brothers
are cordially invited to be present. Per
order noble grand.
See Fl. M, Farnbam adv. page 6.--adv.
Special this week on $500 trimmed
hats. Each one dandy. Call and make
a selection. Miss NJ NJ. Minnie, l02
Summer street.
There will be dance in Clan Gordon
hall, following concert in opera house, on
Friday, April 4; SOC per couple, extra
ladies, l0c.-adv.
Largest line of new and second handed
ranges in Barre, Perfection and Kerogas
oil stoves, wicks and ovens. Call and
get prices. i. A. Prindle, WOrthen
block
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-04-03
KEEP LOOKING YOUNG
Its Easy-If You Know DR..
Edwards Olive Tablets

The secret of keeping young is to feel
young - to do this you must watch your
liver and bowels -- there's no need of
having a sallow complexion - dark rings
under your eyes - pimples - bilious
look in your face - dull eyes with no
sparkle. Your doctor will tell you ninety
per cent of all sickness comes from in
active bowels and liver.
DR.. Edwards, a well.known physician
in Ohio, perfected vegetable COM
pound mixed with olive oil to act on
the liver and bowels, which he gave to
his patients for years.
DR.. Edwards Olive Tablets, the substi-
tute for calomel, are gentle in their action
yet always effective. They bring about
that exuberance of spirit that natural
buoyancy which should be enjoyed by
everyone, by toning up the liver and clear.
ing the system OF impurities.
You will know DR.. Edwards Olive Tab
let's by their olive color. I0c and Csc per
box. AL druggists.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-04-03

The fatal accidents at two aviation
fields in the United States during the
last few days indicate possible slack
ness in supervision of this line of mill
tary activity, especially in view Of the
fact that one of the accidents was due
to a collision between planes, and not
to the fall of single machine through
faulty mechanism. The supervision that
would seem to be necessary at the avia
tion camps ought to do away with the
possibility OF collision, while thorough
and expert inspection of machines at fire.
quent intervals might be expected to
reduce the number of purely accidental
falls. 1t cannot be said that we are
making very fast progress in the science
Of military aviation wien we continue
to kill off so many men as we have
killed during the past year.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-04-03

dozen dogs, obstructing the sidewalks
and streets, the most of them unlicensed
and wearing no collars, while it is the
business of our police to see that all
dogs are licensed, The Legislature has
recently passed a stringent dog law,
that viii, of course, be dead letter,
as far as existing conditions prevail in
Barre
A few years since an ordinance was
passed prohibiting conyeyances from
stopping on cross walks. This ordinance
is ignored by our police and in the
meantime ladies complain of being
obliged to 90 into the mud in crossing
the streets, because the crossings are OBJ.
structed by teams and automobiles,
John +. Cook,
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-04-03
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Our Public Library vs.. Dogs, Etc.

Editor, Barre Times: Our city has
lately been called upon to contribute
several hundred dollars for the main
tenance of our library. Formerly we
received annually as much as $780, which
went toward supporting the library. The
amount now received annually from dog
licenses has deprecated to about $500.
Owing to the most inefficient police
force of any city in New England, there
are to-day in the neighborhood OF 200
unlicensed dogs in Barre. Our slumbers
are disturbed at night by the barking
and bowling of these worthless ours,
while our piazzas, lawns and yards are
defiled by them. You cannot traverse
the length of Main street without run
ming across groups of from three to half