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hum" gearaateea to pa? ?our m??nc?
k up'T tesjB?at. No red tape, no qulb
i_ \\ < m?.ke g?.o?l promptl) If I be ad
ns??r dec? not.
hen the Mountain Goes to Ma?
homet.
ad ?rorld will read
reancml that the
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he must view each
? i?, the resistance ?if
ople, doomed to de
becauM they dared to
'
? '*. . '?;? is eagerly looking forward
? he can embrace his royal
r, the Sul The Lion of the north
. : ( the south will then meet
in happy
\ft.r\vard. ir, hours of friendly con
-. ? rming little rivalries will
How William will vaunt the ex
of hi.- Prossiana in Be'gium! With
devotion Mahotne.
uige the claima of hi?? Kurds in Armenia 1
i brother rulers could
deride such a rivalry?
A- for tl ?? world, it will. too. aw-.it the
specta? le in Coi ' pie with patient
? bould see Teuton
ar.d Turk in this splendid combination,
ard that Two sovereign? who will he re
: ? : forever for their coniroon klealB,
purp?. ? - achievement? should for
a single instant be transfigured in the
une. * * home of civilization.
Ar.d if they should go to St. Sophia,
barred to Christians, rot to Prussians, is
it too moeh to fancy the spirits of Martii
Luthor and the greater Mahomet looking
down in ecstatic approval upon a inervo!
beyond their dreams?
Public Service, Not Class Service.
Major "ler.eral O'Ryan's stand against
the acceptance t'y national guard organi
tations - f gifts ? ?pressing appreciation of
services rendered taring rid duty is emi-,
nently sound. Ho phrases the reason
therefor admirably: "The statement is
not infrequently made that national guard
troops ore or may be used in labor con?
troversies involving striken, in the interegt
of the employer and nsrainst the employe.
No seoidabk incident should be permitted
the occur which will give color to such,
?"harp**."
Gifts to national guard organizations
- ing strike duty by business men or cor
Btions, even though made with the best
t ntantioni and no su-picion of improper
motive, could not fail of being misunder?
stood. There is valid objection to the use
of the militia in lalior troubles, but the
lacking a state police, has no other
to follow in emergencies. Nevi
les?, di*-i":c!ir.ation to do "police work,"
and especially disinclination of labor onion
mer ? ?. .- ; .-..?? ,* .-iking members
. pi n ;?: y a trood man out of
the guard. Tl?i? ? | tinctbar to
tment whicl .und officer of
ntered. It could only
??? heightened bj tending to show
?? | ' ' * tl?. employer.- tn the
pusrdsnu-n. These ?roald be too i-loso a
? ? ationa tabal Um I
militiamen were subsidized or hire?!
by the i atora.
\Vh?*n the i ational guard il railed out
In the public interest There should
it'l?* warrant for the BSSUmp
? ed or produced
gratitude.
What Jersey's Census Shows.
ISt published at
bant thai New Jersey ia ta?ar
mg from a ri-tardation of growth sorno
uhat urnilar to tha* disclosed by our
?tata* census. The check has been more
violent here bacanas ?re have in X-- v
York City by far the largest immigrant
?iepot in the country and have con
s?*?1u?*ntly been most sharply affected by
the decline in Immigration which has oc?
curred -mce the beginning of the
European war. fllitisjgn 190f and lf?10
this city's i?"pulation increased 952,.r>7i?.
Hetween 1?U0 and lfll our gain was onlv
MKi,t,?'?l. The upsute section did better,
aMWlakg a gaht af IbvVMt. But the in
i -ease fur the state as a whole was only
cenpared with an increase be
"i, l'.'Or? and 1910 af 1,040,607.
New Jersey's showing is much less dis
. ^minting. The gain in population be?
tween 1910 and 19ir. is 307,17?*.. The gain
??etween IMS ar >! 1S10 was 3'.?:t,024. The
C'owtV f ? :ive years ha>
l'J.l per cent | . .- cent for a full
. higt rats
'.?i tes.
only
? (?hing
s 18.
trtJi from |C
? ? ?I from 1900 to 19]
? ?
?? ' Of " ???;. ; ** .:. v . .
1910 BsOtj
? ' ';. ruling Of immigra
tion, the drain of alien population to
Europa and tho buatneoa depreoeion fol?
low big the European ?ar an- materially!
affecting the growth <?f noarl of ?M biff
Eastern states. Peni ? mis and ata?a
rhu-oit-- trill raffst i -fall ?i New Yo*--.
and N?m Jereoy, ???? .1 sa will Illinoii
??th.r big ebeorber o? alien labor. These
?tata, have gained aarj rapidlj in num
1er? and political power Ince 1890 Neu
York " *.. ' the El< bora] College,
I'l-r.t" rytvenia 6, Illinois ., Near Jersey 4
and Massachusetts 9 They will not !>e
al.le tn maintain their abnormal rata of
gain, and tho groartb of th?. country will
therefore be found to be a little better dla*
tributed when th?? ? \* Federal census
i. taki'ii. The big industrial common
anaallha need not r?igrel thi ? When pros?
perity return?* they will resume their
growth at a fastet pnce which their
great? ? al eftciency justifies.
An Improvement.
ator Wadsworth pointedly expresses
the n when he declares: "The
question before the state is. shall the
'??mum in effect, with
all itp known defects, or shall it be super-1
??oiled by th?- proposed constitution, with
all its manifest advantages and its eour
ageoua reform of known al uses '.'"
Th.- proposed itil I in is not p. r?
tf : ,,s the present
one it will doul e been amended
as maty tim< "?' h"-*5 been,
and. even so, will be about ready tnt the.
scrap heap. Public opinion isnl going to;
;n the next twenty years any'
mor? than it has in th? last twenty. Just
at j resent tho proposed constitution is so
much nearer what the public wants and
believes in than the existing don.ment
? I ? ma almost absurd there should
be any question about substituting the
new for the old A vote for the new one,
fortunately, won't prohibit any elector
from trying to improve it at any future
time. It merely registers his d?sirs to
the State what now il a better In?
strument of government than it has.
For Mr. Wheeler's Information.
The chairman of the Man-SufTrape As?
sociation Oppo ed to Woman Suffrage is
profoundly shocked to learn that the
W I nothing to ....
Bgainst woman suffrage, but is persuaded
"no harm will come of it." He under
therefore, t.. enlighten 'he .??
tary of War ai d, having said what he can
to convince him that harm may come, pro
CSSe we have no
to < sped any g
To prove his \ fera to the pub?
lic utterances of Mrs. Catt and Miss
Shaw, whi ' desire to secure
? -. ?'or women strikes him as a stro*.e*|
point against them. Bui they are not the
or.ly ones; all Buffi ar?- in the same
condemnation with them. "I-- there any
one reform," ? ? triumphantly,
"which the s-iffrai I advocate ai u
party? If there is I do not know it."
As chairman of his association it il
proper that Mr. Wheeler should be in?
formed at once that the reform his op?
ponents advocate ; th< extension of the
political franchise to women. Were thev
'a- ? par'y" to advocate other mca- ire
there might be a n i excuse for
the exist? the i eiation guid ? I
by Mr. Wheeler's intellect.
Mr. McAdoo's Mission.
IcAdc
far West a the Pacific Coast on a mission?
ary tour in ? one of his trreat ideas
which went wroi g al the last session of.
Congress. lb- is nol yet reconciled to the
? of his projet for a government
: ;.n<i operated merchant marine.
That economic .delusion did not commend
itself laai winter t?. the common sense of
?untry, and a Democratic Congress,
entirely subservient up to that point to
trie I snt'i !? ader hip, broke away
from him and from lib Seen tary of the
Treasury when it cams to forcing the gov?
ernment into an enterprise in which it
would first destroy competing lines owned
by American citizens and then, as is the
nature of most government monopolies,
give itself poorer service al higher cost,
good out of the Federal
iry.
Mr. McAdoo was still full of enthuaiaam
for a government owned merchant marine
the Pan-American commercial eon
?? was held last spring in Washing?
ton. He did not succeed in committing
that O : '. re? a to his pel idea. But he is
-till ardent and hopeful of the ?lay when
he, as Secretar] of the Treasury, will be
directing the op?rations of ? government
merchant fled in addition to the armada of
revenue cutters now under his authority,
It is reported from Waahingl m that on
the W? ?<?,?. trip he erill try to conciliate
opposition to ati out-and-out ship purchase
bill, like that which faii?-d in the Senate
last ?winter, by suggesting the creation of
a Federal shipping commission with full
power to regulate and conduct Amen an
overseas shipping.
If the creation of such a commission
would lead to a real study of the mer
??hant marine situation, without pledging
the country to the government monopoly
rn.-?iod. there could be little objection to
it. A fair examination of the facts will
show that if we want to maintain a mer?
chant marine on the Ugh seas in compe?
tition with the marchant marines of other
maritime nations ire must us?- the math?
the. nun .tin,,, powers have
? fully folk. ?
American construction cost, overhead
beva the in
bip .-an mee.
'?? if aided from the ]
i.ry. Postal Bubvi ibsidies
I effecl ng up for?
mai im -. Thttj would <?? ir
tainly <i-> that service for ?i-, ?i w should
'he foolish not:.-. which !..
??other. M for msnj .-. ara, that
though ral si ? the form of mail sub-1
? 7i are legitimate, subsidies in other
forms are economically and pofM-ally
tricked.
Tho merit of I subsidy system is that
it puts private capital to use in the __wr
seai trade and creates an Industry which
attract, ambitious, eaper men with a stake
prosperity. Governments^ liability
it. i. Th.- coa. of - ibeidiea can be
B lately figured, and aid ?an be (le?
er, a-ed or iiicreiis?-.i according to circum
stanc?"-. In a govsrnmenl monopoly, on
the '?ther hand, the original investment is
latee, depreciation is rapid and there is
no possibility of withdrawing from poor
investment A plant on.-" bought and al
[salaried liai once created, the pressure
for continuance, even at a manifest loss,
would be almost irresistible.
Th. Secretary of the Treasury has yet,
to develop his shippim. commission rag-l
.... ? m, If it involves merely the creation j
of a board of directors for a national ship?
ping monopoly, tho country will have none
of it. If the commission is to he a body
with freedom to go to the root of our;
failure to establish a real merchant ma?
rine, its activities may be of considerable
ralue,
Birds and the Crops.
In a brief filed with the United States
Supreme Court, upholding the constitu?
tionality of the Federal migratory bird
law. the Camp hire Club urjjes the proper
protection of birds such as this law pro
?i.;. - as a war measure. It declarea that
victory in these tunes perches on the ban?
ners of the nation with the best food sup?
ply and argues that the value of birds as j
insect destroyers, and consequently as crop
protectors, is so preat a. to make the coun?
try's birds a potent force for victory.
This is an ingenious turn to what is well
recognized, hut not so well recognized by
the peneial public BS it should be. Not?
withstanding- the fruit and the grain they
steal, the hirds. and this includes son*_
sters, the much deepi. od sparrow, and even
.orne varieties of game birds, are the
farmers' firm friends. What they eat of I
fruit and pram ?s trifUng. The worm? and
insects they . a' might easily pp..il untold
millions of dollars' worth of crops. The
Bureau of Biological Survey at Washing?
ton once estimated that the member
the sparrow family alone, in a single year,
saved fermera the tidy sum of $89,000,000.
lared, moreover, thai "it ia believed,
without the aid of our feathen-d friends
successful agriculture would be impos?
sible-"
. ettinc all .-esthetic considerations aside,
th. country cannot afford to ?0 on killing
off its birds SS it has done in the past.
Mo t .-tates have fairly enlightened laws
limiting the killing of pame birds and pro?
tecting songsters; but these laws are so
conflicting that the Federal statute was
found necessary to safeguard them on
migrations. In peace or arar time
'! e birds are entitled to all the protection
ihc laws can prive them; ami the country's
crops demand the protection of the birds
t the enemies they alone can light.
Following the turkey raiders' Announce
menl that an cpi.. _-;c is .primatint' their
Thanksgiving crop, the irr trust may be ex
peeted to announce that an open winter will
.i.iif?. another raise in the price of ice.
If Henry bord can help it, there won't be n
family in the country without its jitney car.
its jitney submarine and its jitney airship.
AceordiBg to .?.me of our bifurcated fellow
citizens, what Columbus discover.?<! was only
l.yphcnated America.
Ws muy be too proud to fight, but are
mustn't hp too kind to ostracise the byph? ;.
sted.
The First Airship.
? I'rom 7lr DbbSm _di <*'fl?. ? I
A? might ho goessed, Germa., arc ?eehng B
ed pride in their Zeppelias, and hopei
of bom' . . i'1- :.;??! rotting fire to
I o:,.!on have been revived It is curious to
note that, uttei regardleai of history, Oer
..piden'ly claim airahipa a? a German
h vention, and hail Count Zeppelin as th-.
Colombna of th?- _i>-. It happens, however,
'ha' the rights la this ?espect of Colon?-!
Kenard and Colooel Krebs, two officer, of the
Prteneh balloon park at Chalai---leuden, are
I fall? secured by authentic records. In August,
j Is. 4, the??, two ..?fleer.? .Tilled in a dirigible
I against a brisk wind, snd eireomaavigated the
park, alighting at tho point from which th?-.
had started, rhelr eigar-ahaped balloon had
,ai sagiaa and steering gear, aad was th? r- ,.
\;'te. that Baatos Daaaoat
aad others eaaae on the scene, and eveotaally
'Count Zeppelin elaborated his own type of
airship. Great hs his claims may be in regard
' . devolepmaat, the title of the crea tot of sir?
I pa ?-? ? rt.-iin 1 y noes not belong to him.
Jews and Armenians.
11,, th? Editor of Tba 'I ribaae.
Sir: I read your e,lit,.rial on "Armenia" on
Octobei - with i;:?;.' inter?-.t, but instead of
expecting to read of the brutality of the
'Turkish official?? against the powerles- Bad
unhappy Armenians, and instead of nn appeal
I to the great American public to cune to the
re?cue of these persecuted victims of "A!
Iak s fanatics, ' I beheld a MBdeBiaatiofl of
Germany.
I don't venture tq defend Gersaany; aoithei
i am I pro-Goraaan. It la not f..r thi ; ? iti
countries to determine who i- fighting for
tyraaay and sailitarlaan or for th.- mark?-?.
|or buniar. civilization. Hi* it i- goi
and h'.tiiari to aid and preserve the existenca
, | the -mall and wink nationalities who sre
th? victiau of this terrible war.
Why not touch t lie other part" Whs*.
about the thousands of Jews murdei. :
baada of the Russian Cossacks i "Slav?
IKarde") in AusVia and Russia, and the hun?
dreds of thousands of exiles who ?>??
| to starvation and deutb, und the SSSBolting
of women by the brave Russian Soldiers?
These horrible, savage mm?-? aie ,?:
against that nationality which is n..
?tmy. but which contributed one-half of u
bildrea aad hnsl
diera m th- Rassiaa anay, : .
? ?
erais admit ?
I hopa thai . ??n [ir?,..
i ee a-.,i will eall for the .... ? ...
?-maricaa peopi?
' ' ' ?*? J arar vici.ms, sad bj
?. it will accomplish a sjaaeroti
IBd will recer.e the gratitude of all
| Sopla Whs ?ire ji. . i,r,,| Rn,
IR. ING WALL
Springfield, M?-? , (>,? ' f? ] >.\;,
WATCHFUL WAITING WON
DtUy Brought the Count'
Through Without War.
lo b? Mltoi " rh? irii'
: ir: 1'n.i.r the title, "Mr ?Tilsoa'a G?
I pad. not long ?go, SB Bltll
in which the writer declared 'hut OS ar?
"I . ?,-.. |?.;,.??. price" ration, n--erte?l that t!
I'nited Stale? is lnelmed to be I geminate; n
cused ua of being "lordidly coriiin-ri-iiili/.ed
sind 'hat the people have been iafloeosed I
r, ?el <>f men whom he pictured SI UtOpll
pacifists; SaBrmed that we are porillaailBOl
decadent and .-?.warily, and npoke of ut
having a Lis,' "yellow itreak" ?b broad '?"
blanket.
May I ?ay thai most af aa disagree ?ri
?hi? Setitiooi anil extraordinary Idea of co
eoBwtaaeesI T. H" Iihs sadly mlalats
preted Americaa intention* during the p?
year. The Arr.'i ? 'in nation ha? delayed, t
\? ?? rendy to assert rnclf; it has walte?| p
?i?l wl?h reward; altogether I' h
iphed, for the Gemas Kov'-rnment h
|y hail *o hack down from its "hi.
horse." "P. B." hn* been rather inclined
thiag? pessimistically, observing aao
..f sll OOt lnrk of dSSlded action, and CO!
iluil; . IBS,
It la ir': Germany s*?d England la tl
recent pa-t have Bot obI) exasperated hut li
Baited the United Btstea; meanwhile, oar F
? p-utlv* baa ?raited pal . evideatly pr
rr-n' tlBsting In- m'?' te] ? rally tl
l'i ? Ideal has undei ???'.? bi ? i ? ?
can hard!] be exepected othei ?ae; bul in tl
.cd he ha accomplished ?vithoul loa? of horn
nriii hlood what I'' et o il to do command?
Germai ? peel bo( by being "too proud l
light," hm by lotting the German governmei
'thai every added sntrsgi il committ?
i ? -, .?l.l ?vould indireetlj profil ? Im? i lea
i'i tveranee h.-.s prevailed, and boI throng
pusillanimity.
We ?lon't want war heraii-e ire sec wha?
lead? te? therefore, m lor,s; sa we can in a
fair justice to our* rives remain neutral let i
by all mean? ?!?> so. Baverai weeks sgo :
The TrlbUBC I criticised tl;.' President upo
hi* unwavering neutrality, but now i mu:
"irive the devil hi? ?lue'' and ?ay, "Bravo, V
President!"
Tbc people of 'hn 1 i ited Slates have nev?
yielded themselve? to be Influenced by an
lly Brgnmeata of '!!?? pa? Il la advoeatln
unpreparedneat. We are too much alive t
prevailing condition? to !" pe? uaded by thi
-orr o?
Man) of us have waated war ovrr reeei
happeninga Yet had we. t?,, im? oae? wh
clamored for war, been Pre lent, wool
million? of others d?
into war! Certainly not. The Units
state- before it ri? hea intosny wsr muatfin
be .-un- of the future; then most likol*, we"
think twice. So. ? ? , this thinking twice I
what has causeil the sadden growth of a yol
treak, a yell t, down dur backs
Ponder these rhirurs. "F. B."l When th
' ? .'? Btatea saten h war lanctl.id by al
ri..- American peepla it will be for a ver
good reason. Whsfl tvis Ari"ru*aii manhoo
hi i'i.'m"' effeminate you may he turc thai th
'."lid i- eoning to an rrnl. When a yello?
a. big as a blsnket dominatei the feel
iris's of the American peoriie. then an elephsB
?.,? pa I through the eye of a needle. Win
Americans become cowardly through hem
.i ordidly eommereialixed thai they car
?* whether Am? rican buaineti flourishe
than they do whether we are n ipected .
aatioB, then Americanism is dead.
J '. alloa me to -y, in closing, that IV
very juoud that n y country hn- not plunge
herself into an inglorious war, and that I ai
snd slwayi iBteBd to bo American, t'lrjt, las
and all the time.
J. LIiWARn LUMBARD, TR.
Xew York, Oct. 11. ISIS?
"In the Greatness cf His Folly.'
To the Kditor of The Tribune.
Sir: To so earnest a atuib*nt of the Gooi
Hook as William Hohenzollern of Prussia 1
is needless, in view of recent ever.is, to cal
his attention to the last three verses of th'
fifth chapter of Proverb*, especially the last
which reads:
"And in the greatness of his felly he shal
gO ? 'ray."
Probably few OOtsldS his own dominion
carp' what may become of this pious lover
hut his memory will certainly he hnndei
down to the remotest generations sa th?
reckless ruler whose ambition lighted th?
?torch that has laid waste some of th" faires
senes ii, both Bai 'em sad Western Europe
end ilsuirlitereil tl lUSSI 1- of iBBOCent vie
tims in no way responsible for the WOO? Si
the Vaterland or its alleged contracted limits
If it were deemed a matter of emmor
prudence by Great Britain, in ?law of hi:
?peetaenlei es? ij ? from Elbe, to banish Na
I poison to St. Helena, -till more will it be in
'cumbent on the victors in the present strup;.
igle to confine th;.< modern Att?a in torni
stronghold where he .-hall he poweriosi U
harm '".'l-er- hl? forma? ?objects, or, by ss
icapir.g to this country (where he is said tr
I have much lucr? laid up ni?ainst a rait.y day
? to end? avcir tn Begotiate a Bew deal in the
KHine of life J. IIKN'RV BAGER
?Ve?! Nee Brighton, Staten Island, Ort. H
17? lt..
The Allied Loan.
To thi .? ? " Tribune.
Sit! Will yon he good enough to BOSWSI
tl.e following qaeetion in your paper* Is not
bjed of thi Allied loan here to enable
the All:-:. ?? m th? ?tOtOS with
American money, which a? presea! is at a
, premium, or at least Bl par. instead of mak
Ing parchase? with their owe money, which
is at a diaeounl ' l i. - ?. ?sind to
he the Idea In a nutshell.
n. <; P.' LEDON.
Braoklya, Oel I ISIS.
'I he object "f the loan :- idly to
?sseriesa n.' ? * . inpplisa pur
1 here. Bat I bod of r< '.ieving
the e*rchanr?e )pi'. - Ameru-un indus
'.:... .. d the i who lend their money
to Gi t Bi ? and Frenes lend It only on
the thee) ? ? ?' .'? : ?;
pai '?*.;.! investment
How to Vote the Suffrage Amend
ment.
To thi i III r ..'' The Tribs
Bin I BB yOB till rn.- win.' '.,nn the hal
I lot will take f?.r the enfranchising of women?
II want to be prepar-il tu vote yes or BO upon
^ ibje-et?
I may ad.l that while 1 am not too proud to
th th? >:nile wins, ?.ml
ths hsad 1 eradlo rock*
the I ? HENRY I'll? K SRAPEL
1 rk, Oci v 1015
? : ?;:;?:. d
tly of the : You
i tl paral
"Armeni:i."
Th? TriboBo,
Panait me to congratul?t? yes '.>r
itaad tor humanity sg Itioci?
' ' - bj :,".i good an?! woooerfal odlterial
?or Armenia.
I thank you very rr.urii - th? rame of all
Armenians for your kimim ?
K I' EAKARIAR
New York, Oct. 9, 1616.
A ROLLING STONE THAT GATHERS MOSS.
DONT DELAY SCHOOL REFORM
Wirt Plan Solves the City's Present Difficulties and Should Be Adopted
Without Interminable Debate.
.To the Editor of The Tribun?*.
Bin It is difficult to understand why 1
school authorities should hesltnte to I
policy fur extending the (buy plan in tl
New York school.. Much misunderstandii
and not a little misrepresentation of ?
tial features have served to cloud the issu
hut those members of the Board of Kduc
?tion who have heard Mr. Wirt's replies
?the objections raised by the cltj'. edue
? Bal experts at the hearings before tl
I Hoard of Superintendents, the Mayor ar
the Controller have certainly had ample o|
portunity to understand the facts.
The minor pedagogical eon. ideratior
which have been brought out in these mee
1 ings should not be allowed to delay undul
the early introduction of this plan, startin
with schools where only Blight -tructun
changes, if any, are required and extendin
it elsewhere as rapidly as necessary equi|
'ment and alterations can be provided. I
view of the expedition with which the Fttir
ger schools were fitted up a y.ar ago,
would seem that the school authorities nee
have little fear of difficulty in providing a.
equate facilities for the Gary plan with!
a reasonably short time if once they shoul
decide to undertake such a reorganization.
The impression has been studiously ere
Bted, however, that even if such .-.'ructuni
changes could be brought about in a shor
time there are pedagogical factors involve
i which aro of such occult and mysteriou
nature as to be beyond the comprehension 0
; the ordinary lay mind The argUBMBt evi
Ideatly is that while part time could be thu
eliminated and the school day lengthened t
' ?t\ .?r more hours, it would b_ Bccomplishei
at such a sacrifice of tho educational .veb'ai
I of th? child that it would be far better ti
! proceed under the present intolerable cotidi
i tions than to move forward along tha pro
pos.-d new lines.
A r?sum? of these pedagogical objection:
..7i,l Mr. Wirt's replies revoala the unsound
ni?Ms of the objection-? and the rb a. -cut situ
plicitv of the Gary principle.
The most common object inn - that the in
tro.luction of the Gary plan makes depart
?cental teaching for young children aeces
aery. The fast is that, arhils lueh eat?
lepartsseatal instruction is poaeible, it i? no
? lentiaL Mrn. Ritter has pointed out thai
I .!"es not have it in I'ublic School 81, al
though her teachers are now slaBBOrlag foi
it, while Mr. Patri hays that hi- does Inc..
it in Public School If, in The Bronx, aad
strongly favors it. As Mrs. Ritter aptly re
marked at the Hoard of Estiflsate meeting, i!
I is a remarkable tribute ??? the flexibility ol
I ?he Gary programme ?hat two principal
iheuld follow such different policies and yet
l.t- ?-Htistled and successful. It confirms Mr.
W irt's aaaertiea that the programme should
sad could he modified to suit the needs al
ichool.
A second criticism ?a that the auditorium
i is substituted for classroom ?n
'.n. and that the child thereby l"-.'
? nee? srj acaderaie traiaing, Thu i<
i.-. Tima for aaditoriuas worl
1 ?- taking time from regular
tion, but by lengthening the school day. I*
value should therefore be jadged m cinpi:.
I ?th the -treet in_uet.ee- it di .
Mr- Ritter and Mr. l'atri both continued Mr.
Wilt's -fateiiic.it that as much time tor BCB?
...-i,.* instruction is given under hi- plan
as in the traditional five-hour school. In
il a of the fact, therefore, that the children
une teachers Bad lose no time m
..--?.."in. ?t is difficult for ?
*.. aadorataad how academic wort eoald sur?
fer through giving additional tune .01
. activities.
A third objeci?n i. that fottl *?
twelve classes do not provide sutlic;.
pervislon for the playgroaad. The educa?
tional sathoritiea sppareatly believe that
? ?? scher is Beaded for every anaall
unit on the playground. Mr. Wirt's reply
is thst there ?a nothing in his plan to pre
vent the u*e of mor?- teacher-, on th. play*
ground if it ii so desired, but he bolievoa
fOUl Specially trained teacher- are suf
' to care for twelve classe.? during this
period In his opinion, play is in itself edu?
cational when it is given under eeaditioBS
which develop initiative and re?possibility [
and create natural situations in whlcl
Children can exercise, under wise
sion. their instinctive desire for lead?
Ton much supervision of play 1 . *?
would tend to limit the poaaibilil aa for 1
;iment of such qualities thrt agh carryr
? '...- over to the playground the rigidity of
the classroom. Thin answer to the third ped?
agogical objection raised seems reassnsl
those of us who have played under such con?
ditions.
A further criticism raised by the I
tional authorities is that outside instruction
in the home or in the church is p. m
but that no means is presided for seeing that
such instruction is the ?quivalent of regular
schooling. It would he very nafort
' if the school undertook to insure that
; instruction should be the equivalent of reg?
al r schooling, for in that case the
would be supervising religious instruction,
h.. . the Gary plan, in consonance with the
law, expressly prohibits. The programme
-imply provides that the child can be excu--!
during the day to take private lessons at
home or attend religious instruction if the
parea! -? These periods are never
taken from the academic work, and there?
fore do not detract from the regular work of
?he school. As in the cI _B of play and audi
' torium, it is simpiy time which, in the tra?
il school, the child would spend upon
the street. What is taught in these o-it.lde
- ea and how it is taught is not, and
-hi'.ild not he, the concern of the . chool.
From press reports of the conference yes?
terday between the Hoard of Eftimate and
?he Bond of Education, it would seem that
ie pedagogical difficulties a eray
may be found to extend the Gary plan at an
early date to the schools in which children
? | fron, part time. It is to be
hoped ' s ' "a Ib this direction by tho
.school authorities will be taken promptly. In
taking such action, however, it is important
that 'ii" wort-study-sad-play school.- provid?
ed be . this time along the lines
worked out by Mr. Win.
It has beet: . utomarj for those who have
been opposing this progressive policy to pref
BCe their remarks with expressions of un
l.o.ii. led admiral OB for the Gary plan. The
public in not interested, however, in these
; ? -ions of faith, for it is too
?S of the fact that there are nearly
one hundred and fifty thousand children re
' IB live hours' .nstruction
daily. 1' desires action. I* looks with ap?
proval upon the disposition of the financial
authorities to appropriate 16,000,00. to make
?he neeeaaary ?hanges to alleviate this con?
dition It recognizes the futility of expect
roceive in the near future thirty or
forty millions of dollars for new buildings,
reeerved -?eat beaia of <?r_an._a
B-Fered the beat type of education. It is
IS that the children of the eft]
, not be sacrificed through undue delay in
beginning S programme that will handle the
situation Within ?lie city', financial ability.
HOWARD W. MUDD,
1 tor Public Education Aseoc atl >-i of the
? i' \. a York.
. 0 - 12, 1
Fears Women Officeholders.
?f The Tribune.
lir: Tl t- naiataia thai th ?
male rots of the family is not enough. How
avar much the husband may have in wife's
' beert, he, being a man. cannot ge*
? f view . Her.ce the t .
-i.tTrai'.
!'' W? i.rant women the vote on these
grounds I fail t" see how we can be SOB*
- without making great changes in our
? ?f government. Foi ;f a woman cuino'.
l.er point of view to h$T hi-'oand. who
? ? . sad deer o her, bow much Is
-he tru-t it to the mai: ??! wl BBS she vote- '
Hi-; point of view 1. fast ?'? niasc.il me ..
..?id BBS leiiun.ne \oter is BO
ettei ad ?han before. The oalj araj ara ea 1
'..,? . :.? the feminine point of view is through
n As women would be on?' half ?
ite, the] Should tonn one ? .
inaeat They should hold "n?- aalf the
. ' am! have exactly BBS-half "f ti .
Brning power. In this w%) only ear are
prOBOflt woman's point of view.
AUSTIN K WARDWEI L
V.Y.liamstown, Mas-, Oct. lu, 1916.
UNITED IRELAND
An Obvious Phenomenon Ut?.!
fected by Irish-American Humh.
E tor of The Tribune.
In your :'" r.H 1
,h) England rtiis
] an army o:' n in Ireland. A m
jority of this fore* is made up of Irish r>
?cruita training for the front; ihm ?
large camps for Irish recruit? at Ftrs?!
the Curragh, Athlone and on? in Vm
? ? English ???its
it there ere m*ny refmea
? ; i Eng ThU arar ?
n Ireland for the same rttta
! that ir ilntslael la ?lf
- ? i. and for no other ntse.
England did net iff
il rr,?n, at It
Redmon I au he firal Km o? *
fence of Ireland, as well ai of EnflaatJ
?he British nsvy, and whil? the nivy Bff
it? present po* tion of invincibility there j
!r.o need to talk ? I l^'^-? bj ?
other means. Th - af dein? i
the line of trenches in Flanders, ?ndW
?justed a fair share of thit est
to [riehmen, and there i? no complaint m?
I th? way they do their dut.-.
Mr. Ralloigh asks wh?th?r Ireland ?eoj
fight .'? r ' gland If ?H th* ?*
d. ?Veil, a large nia??
a .-.re armed and the? are ?11 tsmt
?apresa 7 hc : i- opinion? on th? *sj. TO
j members of Parliament are e!i?t?d bf W
'people, and the British government ant
Interferes ?rith the voten In all th? ???>
tion? held ir. Nationsliet Ir-land amStW
war began Mr. I'.v Imond'i pro-Ally V*9
I has been upheld at the polli, and the nta?
ous local ill * hire all W**?
themsolvei in the ?ame way. Th* drrMii
tion af Catholic Belgium and th? h"^
friendship for the Frsnae of Sarstaiid sa
the Irish briga.ioa and MacMsaos W?
Bwayed the ayaspathlo? of the Iritn mtw
1 more than any other consideration.
Whei'-v, r Iralaad felt that ?h. hid ? ttm
anee against England she was no: lie*?
boot It, and no ami-?
|of coercion could stifle th. voie? or ?
I Irish. Bot the Eoglsad with ?h.ch lita?
has haa to deal in the last tweatf^ff"
Iil a fa: dlffi ? t r?and from the Itipn*
of tha ' *? coaD!il,
l: .*....... !,. ?gored th* bmatsm
th? effect The Home Bui? ?
is ft lolemn contract between thi tnti?
and Ir 1 ?"" V0^1'rn_Z
of Mr : : ind the lri?h -Nl?,c "?'?
iteat
th.- hot"" si d il teresta e< Ireland.
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they hi whatever. ltt .
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who were sei? isBciri sessjjj
?ties of dangling beforo Ge:m..n eyes in
revoluti? ? thai woold destroj "g"* S
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IRVING BIR-NI?*V
New Toet, Oct. 11. i'.'i5.