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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-07-02
Plagiarism.
be necessary

a recent case of plain plagiarism--the
lifting of an episode from a novel and its
sale. in changed form, to a magazine as an
original short story-has brought the
whole question of literary property to the
fore again. There can be no property in
IDEAS" was long one of the most familiar
arguments against copyright, more espe-
Icially against international copyright.
Here there was not even talk of plagia-
rism. but of straight-out appropriation
both of ideas and of their expression.
Plagiarism is of many kinds, from the
fragrant case alluded to above through all
shades of Increasingly deliberate appro-
priation down to subconscious memory.
/ And let it be not forgotten that our con-
science has grown far more tender on this
subject of literary property than it was
even only a quarter Of a century ago. In
vcrted plagiarism, at least, was then con-
sidered quite lawful, as witness one Of
Paul Bourgeois young litterateurs, who
/ frankly explained that he had taken an
other mans story, turned the plot upside
down and inside out, reversed the charac-
| ters entirely-and there you are" the
antithesis of the original story, its fat con-
tradiction, but plagiarism none the less.
About the same time, little before it
to be exact, our own young story writers
and poets considered it quite legitimate to
pagiarize from themselves, as that veteran
James l.. Ford has explained in his per
ennially amusing and informing Literary
Shop" Mr.. Ford describes this procedure
as quartering an idea, like pie. In the
first segment of the pie Silas remained on
the farm. Hen went TO the city, where,
after many years, Silas visited him just in
tine to save him from bankruptcy. In
the second segment, On the other hand, it
was Hen. grown rich, who returned TO the
farm Just in time 10 pay the mortgage
which the skinfint village usurer was
about 70 foreclose. The substance of the
third and fourth segments escapes our
memory, but il can be found in Mr.. Fords
little book, which is good reading at any
time. The most curious feature of this
nodus operGndi is that the editors Of that
period stood for it,
When we come to "the idea in the air,
as Arthur Bartlett Maurice has so felici-
tously called it, we are on wagner ground
1t has happened time and again that two
authors have not only struck the same
theme at about the same time, but have
worked It out in approximately the same
way toward the same conclusion-proved
cases Of coincidence and nothing more, per
haps of telepathy. Ideas, however, very
easily get into the air. The writer whose
article or story or poem has been returned
TO him twice or three times may be sure
that his basic idea is no longer his own
exclusively that it has got into the literary
atmosphere. II may be flung there invol-
unfairly by some editor who thoughtlessly
remarks at lunch that he has been obliged
to refuse good story for certain reasons.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-07-02
A INDUSTRIOUS SYSTEM
The School Machine Here Said To Be a
Relic Of the Dark Ages.
To the Editor of The Tribune.

To the Editor OF The Tribune.
Sir: Why is it that. in this age Of ciyli.ls-
ton and in this land Of liberty and en-
ightenment" our public schools should still
be enslaved to system belonging 90 tne
Dark Ages? With all our boosted ntclli-
gence. we have allowed to exist in our midst
a monster called the Board OF Education
According to our public school regime. rs
soon as children pass babyhood they must be-
come mature little men and women, burdenea
with the awful responsibility OF getting an
education. turned out and fed 10 them by
ponderous machine. Childish happlness'
which rghtfully belongs TO them. must be-
eliminated: the impulses Of healthiuI play
must be crushed.
SO must our children also swallow ODD
large quantities the abnormal mas OF ma
terial, designated Studies" thrown a. ther
heads, despite the fact that the brain ana
nerve centres of our children are in s.a'e
OF quiyerng immaturity. We presumably
send our children to the public schools "itn
the expectation that they shall receive an
elementary course Of instruction, defined by
the dictionary as simple, and yet the "or"
given 20 the pupils could not be more COM
pick
We find them battling with problems Of al
kinds, from mathematics to doctors prescrip-
tons, the meaning OF which they canno,
grasp.
Teachers claim they have not sufficient
time properly 10 teach the many dferenl
subjects; they must rush the studies through
and cram them into the chldrens minds ior
so it is ordered by the Board OF Education.
Digestion or assimilation need not be con
cfd = b, obi l4|I NJ,
or a semi-idiot from wrong mental feeding
or from overlooking. this does not matter
either; the parents pay the doctors bill, ana
the suffering caused is considered OF no mo-
ment ir these days OF scurrying through liie'
Is it any wonder so many children are
snRmic, half-blnd and dull Of comprehension
spending as they do the best hours OF exist
cnce glued 20 wretchcd wooden bencnf'
which cause them to become stoop-shoui'
dered. and with very often teacher "ho
prefers 10 nag or scod In lieu Of instruct
ing; weighed down with such quantity
OF mental work that they cannot possibly
get through with 10 m the FIVE given holi''
they must intrude on the children's resilhs
hours with the curse called home worA
Could anything be more criminally heaiih
destroying than confning our CROWNS
boys and girls between bricks and mortar
sitting hour after hour. day after day yes,
after year working their mental powers 4,
the expense OF their physical organism uh''
their vitality is sapped'
4 teacher who retains some idea. o. NV
Middle Ages told me that the present 'S'
tom has existed for over POO years STU
that she considered II good enough.
LONG SUFFERING PARENI'
Brooklyn, June %. 1915.
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and then appreciatively gives an outline
however vague. Of It's basic idea. Ihat
story may appear at the same time with its
double. before it, or shortly after 1t, ana
cause suspicion if not comment.
The editor who, a suburbanite himself
refuses Indignantly an article on the draw
backs of suburban life and few weeks
later orders a panegyric on its delights
from another contributor unconsclous'y
commits inverted plagiarism. And always
literary ideas are plants that send out
shoots in unexpected directions, wherever
fallow soil is found.
There Is the plagiarism that is in reality
the highest form of fattery, when 1t is not
direct challenge of great reputation
Mrs. Wharton must deliberately have IN
vited comparison with Balzac when she
wrote THE Duchess mt Prayer" with
Stendhal when she produced her ADM
rable VALLEY of Decision" Tests of VIZ
tuosity, these, like the playing of the same
concerto by two violinists. When Winston
Churchill published his Richard Carvel
none accused him Of plagiarism, but all
agreed that he had paid the sincerest Nat
terry to Thackeray But when Edgar
Saltus wrote his Mary Magdaen" the
critics pointedly remarked upon It's re-
sembance to Flaubert's "Herodas.'
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-07-02
Verdun.
written tor the French Red cross 81 Lordor
She is a wall Of brass:
stimulation.

written FOR the French Red cross 81 london
She is a wall of brass:
You shall not pass. You shall not pass
Spring up like summer grass,
Surge at her. mass on mass,
Still shall you break like glass,
Splinter and break like shivered glass,
But pass?
You shall not pass
German, you shall not, shall not pass,
Gods hand has written on the wall OF
brass
You shall not pass! You shall not pass
The valleys are quaking,
The torn hills are shaking.
The earth and the sky seem breaking.
But unbroken, undoubting, wonder anc
sign,
She stands, France stands, and still holds
10 the line.
She counts her wounded and her dead:
You shall not pass!
She sets her teeth. she bows her head
You shall not pass
Till the last soul in the fierce line has fed
You shall not pass!
Help France? Help France?
Who would not, thanking God for this
great chance.
Stretch out his hands and run TO succor
France.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-07-02
A Scandinavian Poet.

From The Indianapolis NeDS)
The names Of few Spanish-American writ
or. ar. known TO the Engish-speaklng Ameri-
can. although South Americans generally
are said TO be familiar with English and
American literature. How many Americans
have read Of Ruben Dario, the poet said by
"The Poetry Review" TO be the most prom
;nent figure in Spanish-American letters OF
to-day? lie was born in Segovia, Nicaragua,
January IS. 1854, and was educated in Leon,
the Nicaraguan capital Early in his life
he developed taste for the writings Of
Victor Hugo, and translatons OF some Of
Hugo's stories were his earliest literary ef-
forts From Leon ne went to San Salvador,
where he Joined the staff OF music journal.
While there the government commissioned
him TO write the ode for the Bolivar centen-
NAL He next went to Santiago and his
fourth book, "Azul," a collection OF tales in
prose and verse, published there, attracted
general attention, and was the subject Of
much praise by Spanish critics. He after
ward removed to Madrid and for several
years exercised a great influence on the
Younger poets OF Spain. Dario's poetry is
said by critics TO combine French excellence
Of technique with Spanish feeling and beauty.
The Nicaragusn poet is one OF number Of
Latin-American writers whom the North
American might read for pleasure and mental
stimulation
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-07-02

Long may follow. And so the government
may possibly be wrecked for the sake OF
measure which no one pretends to support
with any enthusiasm.
However, such An event, though con-
ceivsble, is hardly probable. The very fact
that the proposed settlement has been
adopted without enthusiasm and, indeed,
without much hope by those principally
concerned makes it likely that in the long
run it will be accepted by all if only to
avoid a worse disaster.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-07-02
A Plea for BROOKLYN.

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: Have you ever appreciated the fact
that the Borough of Brooklyn is as much a
part OF the City Of New York as is the Bor-
ough Of Manhattan? When reporting the
baseball games you give greater space 20 the
doings OF the Giants and Yankees than YOU
do 10 the excellence OF the Robins Frank
ONeill reports the Brooklyn games, bu,
Grantland Rice eXtols the efforts OF said
Giants and Yankees. Why. The Tribune is
not local newspaper. as are several con
temporaries, and therefore should be as fair
20 Brooklyn a. 10 Manhattan.
Your Brooklyn readers are as numerous as
your Manhattan glancers. so do not under
stand why you play fsvorites. II you do not
play far | shall write 20 Mr.. Samuel Hopkins
Adams, earning thereby two dollars.
"A. ROBlNITE."
BROOKLYN. June "a. 1910
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-07-02

lou can purchase merchandise advertised in
THE TRIBUNE with absolute safety-for
" dissatisfaction results in any cafe THE
TRlBl Ne guarantees TO pay your money back
upon request. No red tape, no QuibblinE. We
make good promptly il the advertiser does not.
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CANADIAN RATES
You can purchase merchans

Eu..r,d a; n. rcs,o-c. a, Sow Yors second cl"'
Nal Matter.
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SIeokLL June "a. 1919
The broad ax., 1916-05-27
The Silver Fox.

The silver fox is really a black fox,
instead, as some persons suppose, of be-
ing almost white or a silver gray. The
name is given on account Of the pres
ence of glistening white and grayish
hairs which appear among the black.
In the better grades the long, silky
brush has a tip Of pure white. About
a quarter Of a century ago the little
animal, which weighs when full grown
only about twelve pounds, became al
most extinct Because Of the beauty
Of its fur the species was trapped un-
til almost the last Of them had disap-
peared. For a long time the standard
price offered by the Hudson Bay COM
pany for silver fox pelts was around
$1,000, and the efforts Of the French
Canadians. half breeds and Indian
rappers to obtain this sum, to them a
fortune, can be better imagined than
described.-St Louis. Post-D5spatch.
The broad ax., 1916-05-27
STYLES In Indian Names.

Although among the Indians there
are not so many Deerslayers as there
were in the days of James Fenimore
Cooper. yet many of the names still
possess strong individuality. This Is
shown by examining the names that
were prominent In a recent sale Of In
dian lands in the Standing Rock reser-
walton. In the Dakotas.
Here. for instance. was found Bar
ney Two Bears. an amiable neighbor
to Miss Katie Good Crow. Media
Crowghost and Mary Yellow Fat have
adjoining tracts, and there are also
Mrs. Crazy Walking and Jack Elk
Ghost In the same section.
It Is not to be wondered at that
Mary Lean Dog looks enviously from
her door when Agatha Big Shield goes
by with her aristocratic name, nor
could any one blame Jennie Dog Man
and Mary Shave Head II they fen all
over themselves to assume ON short no
tice the heroic name borne by Morris
Thundershield, heir apparent to Long
Step Thundershield.-New York Times.
The broad ax., 1916-05-27
Two Wonderful Clocks.

One of the most wonderful clocks In
the world is owned by a Frenchman,
Louis Descutter. 1t is mounted on q
Louis Seize stand and has four faces.
Besides marking the hours, it shows
the tides at six different parts of the
world, the mean time and the solar
time, the age Of the moon, the move
ments Of the planets and all eclipses.
1t is also perpetual calendar. 1t was
made by Janvier Of Paris in 1850 and
took eleven years to manufacture.
San Diego, Cal, has a wonderful
clock with twenty dials. which tell the
time simultaneously in all parts Of the
world, also the days Of the week and
the date and month. 1t stands twenty
one feet high, and four Of its dials are
each four feet in diameter. 1t Is IN
closed in plate glass, so that every &C.
ton can be seen, and the whole is flu
minated every night. 1t is jeweled
with tourmaline, topaz, agate and jade
and required fifteen months to build.
The motive power is a 200 pound
weight The cost Of the clock was $3,-
O00.-People's Home Journal.
The broad ax., 1916-05-27
Courtesy In Business Pays.

In the American Magazine is a story
by Fred c. Kelly to prove that cour.
tesy in business pays. 1t has to do
with George G. Boldt, manager Of the
Waldorf-Astoria in New York city and
former manager of Philadelphia hos
telry.
"One night when all the hotels in
Philadelphia were crowded and it was
almost impossible to obtain a room a
man and his wife drove up to Boldt's
hotel and asked in q tone of despair If
he could not give them a place to sleep.
eyes Boldt told them; you can
take my room. That's all 1 have
''The next morning the guest told
Boldt that manager with his sense
Of courtesy would be an assured sue
cess in a much larger hotel
and added the guest, I'm willing
to provide you with the hotel
'Since then that same guest has in
vested many millions Of dollars in ho-
tells under Boldts direction. The guest
was William Waldorf Astor."
The broad ax., 1916-05-27
Why They Walk In Circles.

eff you were lost in a desert or III q
forest and tried to find your way out, /"
says a well known scientist, you
would be almost sure to walk In a
circle" This well known fact is due
to slight inequality in the length Of
the legs. Careful measurements Of a
series of skeletons have shown that
only 10 per cent had the lower limbs
equal in length. 80 per cent had the
right limb longer than the left, while
in 80 per cent the left limb was the
longer.
The result of one limb being longer
than the other will naturally be that a
person will unconsciously take longer
step with the longer limb, and conse-
quently will trend to the right or left,
according as the left or right leg is the
longer. The left leg being more fire.
quently the longer, the inclination
should take place more frequently to
the right than to the left, and this con-
clusion is quite borne out by observa-
lions made on a number of persons
when walking blindfolded. The in
equality in the length of limb is not
confined to any sex or race, but seems
to be universal in all respects.
The broad ax., 1916-05-27
lines ON the Palms of Hands.

1t cannot be said that the lines on
the palms OF our hands are OF any
great service to us. Indeed, it is doubt
full if they are of any value in them
selves. outside of the possible aid they
may be in helping US to determine the
character of the surface Of things
which we grasp or touch. 1t is posi-
BILE that they aid in some slight degree
in this way. There is little doubt.
however, that they are result of the
work the hands are constantly called
upon to do rather than contrived for
any particular service. The habitual
tendency of the fingers in grasping and
holding things throws the skin Of the
palms into creases which through fire.
quent repetition make the lines Of the
palms permanent In several instances.
The popularity of these lines or
creases in various individuals as to de-
tails and length and variations is the
chief basis of the so called science Of
palmistry.-Exchange.
The broad ax., 1916-05-27
Curious Recruiting Custom.

The Russian army in the early part
Of the nineteenth century had a Gu.
rious way Of raising troops. A levy OF
two to four men out Of every 500 were
selected and then medically examined
at the army's headquarters, either at
Moscow or St Petersburg NOW Petro-
grad. II the recruit successfully pass.
ed he was then turned over to an off,
Ger, who saw to it that he was cor
rectly measured and, II the proper
height, was sent into another apart
ment where the front part Of his head
was shaved If rejected as being med
ically unfit or short Of the necessary
height the back part OF his head was
then shorn Of its locks to prevent him
from appearing again among new
levies.
The broad ax., 1916-05-27
Lest of Philosophy.

Slowbetter is calm man, not easily
upset. On one occasion, as his motor.
car had come to a sudden stop, he
crawled underneath it to see what was
the matter.
Somehow or other some petrol ig-
nited. A fierce burst of flame and
smoke came forth, enveloping Slowbet-
ter. In the midst Of the excitement he
walked to one side with his usual slow
and regular step. His face was black.
his eyebrows and eyelashes were
singed, and what was left of his hair
and beard was a sight to behold.
Some one brought a mirror, and he
had look ut himself. AS usual, how
ever, he took matters philosophically.
"Well," he said slowly and deliber-
ately, 81 was needing u shave and my
hair cut MISUNDERSTANDING.
The broad ax., 1916-05-27
Our First Free School.

The first free school established In
the United States was in the province
Of Massachusetts Bay In the year 1641
by order of the general colonial court.
In 1647 the same authority declared
that free schools should be established
within every town having fifty house
holders under penalty of a fine Of S25.
This fine was doubled by a declaration
made In 1911 and again doubled in
1888
The broad ax., 1916-05-27
Heavy hoias.

Mrs. Newell would like a pound of
your best cheese.
Groceries, ma'am-
Mrs. Viewed examining it,-why,
this cheese is full Of holes.
Groceries, ma'am; that's the way
It comes.
Mrs. Newed-weIl, / don't want any
Of It I'm not going to pay for q pound
OF cheese that contains half pound of
holesi
The broad ax., 1916-05-27
Lad Soldiers.

$50 you are playing with your sol
diers, WfllieT said the caller.
"Yes, ma'am."
"They seem very heavy soldiers"
Yes, ma'am. They're on their way
home from the war and they've got a
lot Of lead In 'em."-Yonkers States
man.
The broad ax., 1916-05-27
Hit the Same way.

Professor Jones has no right to
teach. He doesn't understand his sub
feet, and he can't EXPLAIN
yeah; l know. He gave me a low
mark too."-EXchange
The broad ax., 1916-05-27
Warranted Not to Fail.

Doctor-Your wife needs outdoor ex-
ercise more than anything else. Hus-
band-But she won't so out. What
am I to dor Doctor-Give her plenty
Of money to shop with.
The broad ax., 1916-05-27
Yourself.

If you want to be miserable think
about yourself-about what you want,
what you like, what respect people
ought to pay to you and what people
think of you.-Charles Kingsley.
The broad ax., 1916-05-27
GETTING In Debt.

Poverty Is hard, but debt Is horrible.
A man might as well have a smoky
house and a scolding wife, which are
said to be the two worst evils Of our
hte.-Spurgeon.
The broad ax., 1916-05-27
Not Too Thick.

Are the fish thick herer
"well, not too thick, sir" answered
the native. 1--WE have to use this lake
partly for Observation-Disclosures Cou-
rier-Journal.
The broad ax., 1916-05-27
Fine Eisld.

Aadge-nd you have anything 10
talk about At the club meetingi Mar
3orie-Lotsi On account Of the storm
there were only three Of rs present.
Judge
The broad ax., 1916-05-27
Answer IL.

Little Willie (who is Of a painfully
inquiring turn of mind)-Mamma, tell
me, do mosquitoes bite us because they
like US or because they don't like us?
The broad ax., 1916-05-27
Quite Deliberate.

Il am glad to say" remarked Mr..
Sexton, that I never spoke q hasty
word TO you"
mo. Leonidas," answered his wife
rather gently; I'm willing to give you
credit for not hurrying about any
thing
Evening capital and Maryland gazette., 1916-02-15
OBJECTS TO DEAR OLD LADY
Writer Desires Abolition Of What He
Describes as the Sickly Senti-
mental Adhesive.

Words have q way OF falling violent
iy in love with each other one may
watch sometimes the progress Of the
affair. A graceful adjective is intro
duced TO a sturdy noun by some care
less writer. The two strangers find
themselves mutually congeniaI. They
are thrown together constantly. Al
ter while the wedding is quietly
celebrated and the couple pass from
romance to humdrum responsibility,
becoming such a couple perhaps as
Bitter End" Unparalleled Circum-
stances" or Critical Situation.
Sometimes one is churHsh enough TO
desire divorce for such q pair. as in
the case of your contributor and the
collocation, Dear Old Lady says d
writer in Scribnsr's. Why is it no old
lady, not positively vicious. appears in
speech or print nowadays without the
adjective dear" announcing her?
Some of us viii be-many OF us
'are-old ladies'. Must wo all ba-"dear
old ladies"2 Must all the pleasing and
interesting characteristics il has taken
us a lifetime 10 cultivate be obliterated
by this vague, siclly sentimental
blanket word
Nowadays most old ladies are so
busy working for public causes that
they have not time to protect their
own interests as they should But let
US hope that after a while they viii or
ganize new association, to be called
THE Society for the Promotion Of
Distinctive Characterization for Old
Ladies, and that it viii have displayed
prominently on its banners the slogan,
Down with the word 'Dear!"
Evening capital and Maryland gazette., 1916-02-15
SEVERNA PARK NOTES.
Students Entertained by INSTRUCTOR
Sunday Sermon to Young Men.

Among the candidates for admission
to the Naval Academy who are taking
the entrance examination ut Alexan-
dr'a, Va. beginning today, is a con-
tingent of students from Severn School
at Severna Park Mr. Roland M.
reei., head of the school, is with the
party.
Last Sunday evening the young men
were received by MIR and Mrs. Teel
at their home. The Misses Isabel
Woods. Mary Mex insey, Kathryn
Cox. Clemina Arnold, and Harriet
Maydwell, were invited to assist the
hostess. The other guests were.
Messrs. Forrest M 0'Leary, of
Philadelphia; Harold Bruckman, New
York; Howard Peeples. Shawneetowu,
Ill; Price Gilbert. Columbus, Ga. /;
Francis P. Old. Portsmouth, Va Ell
mer Helmksmp. Newton. Kas; Car-
ence NJ Head. Athens. Ca; Theo-
dore B. Van Derveer. Amsterdam, N.
Y, and w. A Guffey, Fremont, Ohio.
In the morning the students of the
School attended the Severna Park
Presbyterian church, in a body, and
listened to sermon by the Rev. Frank
Churchill Woods. Mr. Woods theme
was chosen with special reference to
young men.