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New-York tribune., 1919-06-15

4 y clusively proved by the
May issue, in which ap-
pears an arresting and stimulating
article on Shakespeare and Dante bv
John Jay Chapman. "Sketch es-
tlmates-and comparison" he
calls it; and the thesis is opened with
the question: "ls it not strange
that the two greatest poets of hu-
manity should have next to moth
ing in .common?" They are not
merely dissimilar, the writer finds;
they belong to wholly opposite
types. 1t is even hard to believe.
runs the argument, that they both
belong to the same human race. Yet
they are both part of the worlds
rich heritage. The writer goes on
to say:
"1f an inhabtant of Mars should ask
US for sample poet we should have
to present him with both of them. be-
cause either one alone would so mis-
represent the possibilities of the race.
And when the Martian saw them he
would probably reply: These two men
may be poets, but they cannot be in
habltants of the same planet
~ confess that I feel about them
somewhat as the Marian might. Each
OF them seems, in his nature and art.
to exclude the other from the species
There is a flash of sunlight in
Shakespeare's very name, and a groan
IN Dante's. How can each have been
the very greatest? Shakespeare has
no opinions except as they flow out of
the moment; he has no fixed method.
no aim, except to pass the time. His
thought uncoils as the rose bursts or
as the dragon-fy leaves his chrysalis,
He expands, expands, glows, roams.
scars, and has no bad words for any
one. 1t is almost a vice in him that
he never can bring himself to condemn
any one. He praises the mistress who
betrays him. He constitutionally must
have it that everything is right. There
is no venom in his nature. His is the
hsppiest disposition that ever left
record in print.
New-York tribune., 1919-06-15
POSITIVELY, that prie-dieu
Of yellow wood had a certain
resemblance to those devout
old women whom one &c

old women whom one sees
hurrying through the streets of
little towns at the chilly hour of
early mass. You could easily inn
agine that it's owner, Mile. Aline
Ragonet, whose name it bore,
burned into the wood by the
clumsy hand of some sacristan, was,
like it, angular, humble and rigid.
In this dugout in the first line
trenches, where it was used as a
stool, they had come to identify the
personal belonging with the person.
1t was customary to say: "Pass me
Mile. Ragonet, that may sit by the
stove"
Nobody knew whence it came or
what train of adventures had
brought it from the pcacefulness or
some village church to the wild up
roar and horror of the fighting line.
1t was incontestable that it had been
prisoner Of war, for it bore the
evidences of that time of trial. The
box adjusted to its upper part to
receive prayerbooks had been
brutally forced open. The first of
the crossbars Of the headpiece dis
played this inscription, in heavy
Gothic characters: "Onkcl lcbc
Hoch 3 Nal Hochm
Evidently, the surname "OnkeI"
designated soma massive Teuton
New-York tribune., 1919-06-15
Joyce Kilner's
Craze
II A LETTER from Amer
~ ica," writes Horatio
S. Krans to "The Co.


urged me to verify report thai
the body of Columbia man, sale
to have been killed in action, wa:
buried in Fere-en- -Tardenois." Mr.
krans, accompanied by another
Columbia man, Captain Osterhout
made the trip to this war-scarred
district; and, pursuing his account
we read:
"The cemetery at Fere lay to the
north of the highway. From it one
saw, a little to the west, pine wood
and to the south and east, rolling
meadows and rounded uplands-a ter
rain that had been desperately embat-
tied. Immediately across the road was
small dump in which were jumblcd d
indiscrminately rusty rifles, bayonets,
helpets, timed beef cans, rotting uni
forms, etc.
I'VE entered the cemetery through
little rustic gate and commenced a
systematic examination of the 700
crosses, one Of which stood at the head
of each grave. On each cross was
tackled little rectangular copper plate
ho NO t0 -,
the name and such other data as were
necessary to identify the soldier who
rested below. Fastened to almost all
the crosses were also the identification
tags which our men were supposed to
wear about their necks or on their
persons. Our search, however, proved
fruitless. The man we sought had not
found his resting place there, it
seemed.
eve had not found the man we
sought, but we came upon the grave of
another Columbia man whom both
Captain Osterhout and l had known
personally and who had given his life
in this war which he had entered in
the spirit of crusader. We knew he
had met his death, but We did not
know his burial place. 1t is Joyce
Kilmer to whom I refer and it was
with a shock that I came upon the
plate upon his cross. The plate read :
Joyce Kilmer
Pvt. CT.
83537
hid. Co., 167th Inf.
Upon the grave rested a bouquet of
flowers, now withered, which doubtless
some friend and comrade, had placed
there"
New-York tribune., 1919-06-15
LICE MEYNELL, the Eng
lish essayist, whose follow
ing is possibly not large,

O0C dSoQ1COly C1lClCC, speaks
her mind regarding the vers IL
brists in G. K. Chesterton's paper,
THE New Witness" Her English
has always about it an esoteric
quality which many doubtless find
difficult to pursue with ease, but
the pursuit is generally worth ones
while. The present essay is not in
the writer's most exalted style-the
style, for example, which we en-
counter in her exquisite essay on
THE Rhythm of Life" But it is
vigorous, and, if occasionally in
volved, fundamentally to the point.
English poetry, she declares, has
been "exquisitely fortunate in the
voluntary obedience it demands Of
English poets" And, reading on:
These have had the singular felicity
OF writing under metrical laws that
must not be infringed but may be in
f1ected, laws that have come. STRENGTH
encd to bear a right strain without
breaking from the long ancestry of our
incompatible poetry.
"Whom do writers in English mimic
when they write the vers lbre? Whit
man of three-quarters of a century
ago or the French of to-day? For the
French there is much to be said. The
wonder is that not only their 'classicap
(the wonder is not great in their case)
but their romantic poets kept the
laws of verse to the letter. 1t is worth
while to run through them here, be-
cause 1t is frequent thing to find
French verse misquoted by English
pens in manner that shows some CON
fusion: there is no blank verse; the
>N'S NAASo " CIlC <A4cNduQTlHeS must be
IN couplets of alternate rhymes. two
masculine (monosyllabic) and two
feminine (quasi dissyllabic e-mute
rhymes); the casura must alwavs fall
IN the perfect middle; plural and sim
gular words otherwise perfectly
1hymlng must not rhyme. e-mutes
must be valued before a consonant but
not before a vowel The same rules
Except, of course, that of the casura)
bind verses that are not the normal
AleXandrines. 1t has been rather alb
surdly said that these laws are so
severe that to keep them implies a
poet. But it is true that to keep them
IN such inspiration, such flight, such
impulse, such divine wit, such an i'm
plcation of freedom, as Victor Hugo
achieves, does imply great poet.
Merely to keep them is different but
not at all important. A certain group
OF new men have resolved not to keen
them. They believe themselves to
have the flight and the wit and the
rest, but not to be able or willing to
have them on such terms Some order
New-York tribune., 1919-06-15
.o 'HESE two great artists, one hea=

." 'HESE two great artists, one bea-
tlhc, the other sinister will com
pete with each other as thew float
forever like ships down the stream of
Tune. 1t education and academic fos-
tering count for mach in the world.
one would prophesy that neither of
these poets will.cver be forgotten. for
oosh OF them are already classics. One
OF them stands for the Middle Ages
and the other for the Renaissance. one
Tor unity, the other for divcrsitv
Looking at them thus closely and
labelling them as We do in the aca
demic jargon of which of
them, shall we say, is likely to keen
the longest hold on the worlds IN
terest?
"A speculation of this sort is doubt
less little futile, but it can do no
very great harm.
You have, in Dante, Christianity at
It's worst; in Shakespeare, a sort of
modern paganism at it's best. sus-
pect that Shakespeare is the rarer nat
urc of the two; because happiness is
the rarest element in poetry. Almost
all poets are gloomy. It's easier to be
sad than merry, in verse | believe
that Shakespeare unquenchablc ioy-
BUSINESS is greater force than Dante's
religious fervor and that the people of
the Renaissance were, on the whole.
less abnormal than the medieval peo-
pie. Dante will remain as fountain
of passionate enjoyment for the intel
lectuals of the future world but
Shakespeare will hold the peoples
heart because he is joyous.
"How it will be thousand wears
hence is another question. Historically
speaking. and to Judge by what has oc.
Cured before, it is only RELIGIOUS
things which survive AS a subject
OF archaeological research religion beats
out everything. SO, all in all, | should
be rather inclined to bet on Dante"
New-York tribune., 1919-06-15
Barnard's Lincoln

THHAT much-discussed object
of contemporary American
art, Barnard's statue of
Lincoln, has found a home
at last. 1t was the other day SOL
emnly dedicated in Manchester, and
New-York tribune., 1919-06-15

latlons, desires are a part of his in
strumcnt, and the music takes care of
itself. With Dante something like the
same result has been accomplished by
conscious metaphysical training. a
n1eiong slavery to method and a genius
for work.
New-York tribune., 1919-06-15

Translated by William l.. Mcpherson
(CopW1ght, 1919, Nev York Tribune Inc. }

1d"""" '* @ the
New-York tribune., 1919-06-15

OF all is vanity in "Vanity
II Fair" This fact is con-
Y clusively proved by the
New-York tribune., 1919-06-15

Upon the grave rested bouquet of
flowers, now withered, which doubtless
some friend and comrade, had placed
there"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-06-04
''Three-P Penny jazz
an American Idea,
Is Tried In London

London. June 4. The American
Nickel Dance" is to be introduced
here for the first time. If the name
the London newspapers give it sticks
it will be known as the "Threepenny
Jazz"
The old American Roller Skating
Rink in Hammersmith has heen ae-
quired as the home of the new dance
temple. where the Pay As-You- Rag
innovation as it is called is to be
tried out When completed the pa
vilion will be one of the largest in
Europe. In it's gold and rose ball
room, 5000 persons will be able to
dance simultaneously with comfort
Seating accommodations will be
provided for 1000. Including two
50-piece bands, the pavilions staff
will number 236.
There will be six masters Sof cere-
monies. If a man wishes to dance
with a woman he has never met. he
may secure an introduction by one
of the six. There will also be a
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-06-04
ACIDS IN STOMACH
CAUSE INDIGESTION
Create Gas, Sourness and Pain
How to Treat

Medical authorities state that near
ly nine-tenths of the cases o. stom-
ach trouble, Indigestion, sourness
burning, gas bloating. nausea, etc,
are Que to an excess OF hydrochloric
acid in the stomach and not as some
believe to a lack of digestive juices
The delicate stomach lining is irri-
lated, digestion is delayed and food
sours. causing the disagreea BIZ
symptoms which every stomach suf-
ferer knows so well.
Artificial digestants are not needed
in such cases and may d. real harm
Try laying aside all digestive aids
and instead gee from any drug gist
a few ounces Of BlsurateI Magnesia
and take a teaspOUnful in a quarter
g.ass o. woler light af;er eating
This sweetens the s-omlCh, prevents
the formation of excess acid and
there is no sodrnsss, gas or pain.
Bisurated May1csiA Tin powder OF
tablet form--nsver liquit Sr nlill<)
is harmless to the stomach. lncxpcn-
sive to take and is the most efficient
form of mag 1os:a t'r II fiaach rur-
poses IL IS used b. th"usand5 of
people who enjoy their meals with
no more fear of indigestion. G. A.
Gorgas.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-06-04
Alkali in Shanpoos
Bad For Washing Hair

Most soaps and prepared shampoos
contain too much alkali, which is very
injurious, as it dries the scalp and
makes the hair brittle.
The best thing to use is Mulsified
cocoanut oil shampoo. for this is pure
and entirely greaseless. It's very
cheap and beats anything else all to
pieces. You can get this at any drug
store, and a few ounces will last the
whole family for months.
Simply moisten the hair with water
and rub it in, about teaspoonful is
all that is required. 1t makes an
abundance of rich, creamy lather
cleanses thoroughly, and rinses out
easily. The hair dries quickly and
evenly, and is soft, fresh looking
bright, fluffy, wavy and easy to ham
die. Besides, ii loosens and takes out
every particle of dust, dirt and dand-
ruff.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-06-04
Bank Bill Has
Strenuous Time

Strenuous opposition to the bill
sponsored by Senator Graft, Indiana,
which would confer fiduciary powers
on State banks. was manifested yes
terday before the Senate committee
on banks and building and loan
associations. ]. c. Robinson, of
Pittsburgh, a member of the execu-
tive committee of the Trust Com
pany Asso citation of Pennsylvania,
declared that the bill Disseminated
against trust companies. Mr.. Rob
inson said: 1T would confer upon
banks all the powers of trust COM
panies. while denying to the trust
companies some of the banks priv
ileges.' Among other speakers
against the bill was Major David A.
Reed, of Pittsburgh. counsel for the
trust companies. who said that a
commission is already at work cod
flying the State banking laws. and
that they should not be interfered
with at this time.
Mr.. Davis. representing the De-
posit and Savings Bank of Kingston,
Luzerne county, declared that there
IS no substantial difference between
state banks and trust companies,
md that the bill should be passed
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-06-04
WARE MEN FIGHT
CHARTER BILL
Battle Against the Measure in
House Started After Com
mittee Takes Action

Ware members of the House last
night started what bids fair to be
one of the most strenuous fights IN
recent legislative years against the
Philadelphia charter bill. Defeated
in the municipal affairs committee,
they carried the fight to the moor
of the House and made the nlSht
session exceedingly lively, threaten
ing a renewal of hostilities to-day.
The bill was reported to the
House after the rule of the House
fixing the order of business had been
suspended and filibuster attempted
by Mr.. Glass. Philadelphia, one of
the Ware members. The incident
foreshadowed n battle against the
charter bill and when Mr.. Glass had
been finally refused recognition by
Speaker Spangler, he declared he
would have his say tomorrow. The
Speaker abruptly terminated the
controversy by announcing a me-
mortal service and requesting the
chaplain to offer prayer.
The charter bill. which had rassed
first reading with amendments some
time ago, was to have been consid-
cred by the municipal corporations
committee at o'clock in the after
noon. but Chairman w. ?. Stadt-
lander, of Pittsburgh, did not ap-
pear. Members of the committee
then arranged a meeting at the con-
clusion of the afternoon session of
the House. but adjourned it until
1880, when with Mr.. Powell, LuZerne,
presiding, the bill was considered.
Amendments proposed by Mr.. Ram
sey. Delaware, who sat beside ]. L.
X. Scott, Philadelphia, leader of the
by Mr.. Sewers, were voted down.
Some of the amendments were draft
ed after consultation with the At
torney General, it was reported.
They provided for separation of the
offices Of city treasurer and receiver
of taxes. extension of the time for
action on contracts until December
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-06-04
der by special charters by munic-
ipalities.
Memorial Service Held


Members of the House paid tri-
butte to the memory of members
who have died since the adjourn
ment of the 1917 session at an inn
pressive service held in the hall of
the House at the conclusion of the
evening session. Speaker Spangler
presided and resolutions on the
death of Representative John Nc
Kay, LuZerne, were presented by
Mr.. Simpson, Allegheny.
Speakers included Me srs. Powell,
LuZerne. and Phillips, Clearfield, on
Mr.. Mckay. the only member to die
since the House organized; Mr.. Hess,
Lancaster, on George Hibschman,
Lancaster; Mr.. Walker. Philadel-
phia, on Henry Gransback. Sr.
Philade' phia; Mr.. Zimmerman. Leb-
anon. on DR.. |. K. Urick, Lebanon:
Mr.. Shaffer, Columbia, on Frank j.
Leary, Erie; and Mr.. Curry, Arm
strong, on G.. j. A. Miller, Lehigh.
Public Grounds Bill
The House passed with some
amendments the Senate bill provid-
ing for reorganization of tho De-
partment of Public Grounds and
Buildings, in accordance with the
plans of the Governor. at the night
session. The Eyre bill authorizing
counties to incur debt to build and
maintain roads in conjunction with
the State Highway Department..
Among bills reported to the
House were: Mcconnell bill repeal
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-06-04
SUNDAY CONCERT
BILL BUMPED
Philadelphia Clergymen Say
1t Would Be Entering
Wedge"

The Bucher bill to permit Sunday
concerts by orchestras not organized
for profit and supported by Volun-
tary contributions and endowments,
was denounced as an entering wedge
for Sunday amusements before
subcommittee of the House law and
order committee by Philadelphia
clergymen. Arthur Judson, mana
ger of the Philadelphia orchestra,
who appeared in support of the bill,
said that Philadelphia was musi-
cal center with over 100000 stu
dents taking music lessons and that
the plan was one which would en-
able music of a high grade to be
placed within reach of people Who
could not attend such concerts on
other days.
Mr.. Bucher said that he had
drawn the bill to meet n situation
which he saw in Philadelphia and
that he was opposed to commercial
izing the Sabbath. Mr.. Judson urged
the bill because of the importance
of music in Philadelphia. present
ing figures to show that many peo-
pie were interested. also remarking
that the city appropriated $4,000
for band concerts of which he did
not think very much.
The Rev. p. Y. Shelley, the Rev.
w. b. Forney and the Rev. DR.. T.
t. Mutchler, of Philadelphia. op-
posed the bill. saying that Sunday
concerts were not demanded as
much as stated and that they would
be an entering wedge against Sab
bath observance
ReDreSentat five Tobp Tbo,,,o. n,
Wis. of Indiana, chairman of the sub
committee, said that a report would
be made later. He had a clash with
Representative Colder, Philadelphia.
over questioning of the men present.
The Eyre bill regulating use of
tractors containing cleats on State
highways has been reported to the
House with amendments whereby
machines not damaging highways
VIII be exempted Next winter the
State Highway Department will
send out missionaries on each trac-
TOR and those shown to be danger
Gus TO roads. will have to be rem
edled or refused license.
The Rim grade crossing bill was
reported out with all clauses. but
one stricken out. This clause nrol
NldeS that one grade crossing in
each forty miles shall be abolished
annually.
The House health committee in
dehnltely postponed action on the
sinclair bill. abolshing all oleomar-
gerine licenses, after a hearing.
Those heard for the bill We're:
oharles w. Rowland. Mrs. E. NJ.
Hickman, Mrs. b. r. Smith. Miss
Helen Grimes, of Pittsburgh. In
opposition there were Dairy and
rood Commissioner Faust. w. r.
Creasy. Catawissa; Miss Smedlev.
Fhlladelphia school dietician. James
A. Maurer president State Fedora
ton of Labor: Robert BaIdergon. of
the Interstate Milk Association.
and others.
Messrs. Rowlands and Maurer
clasned over a remark by the for
mer that oleomargarine is the poor
mans butter" Mr.. Maurer resent
ing it.
The Fowler bill providing that
contractors shall be liable for wages
due by sub-contractors was mega
lively reported by the manufactures
committee. This is the bill that
inquired in the debate in the morn
ing session of the House.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-06-04
OF THE LEGISLATURE

j. 1920, and changed civil service
provisions. Mr.. Sewers amendment
| increased salaries of councilmen
from $4,000 to $4,000. The votes
were to and II to 5.
Charter revisionists succeeded in
getting in amendments increasing
councilmen from 81 to 81 and based
on one for each $4,000 voters; for
bidding the present councils from
making contracts for street cleaning
and garbage collection beyond July
1, 1879, and providing for correction
OF Voting lists by petition. These
were much debated.
The bill was ordered reported by
viva Noce vote, Mr. Scott being
among the noes"
When the House reconvened at
S:22, Mr.. Glass registered an objec-
ton as soon as the Speaker called
the House to order. The matter
dragged along until about S:2S.
when Mr.. Glass called for the order
OF the day. The Speaker ruled that
$50. the hour set for the mem orial
service. had not arrived. Mr.. Powell
then moved that the rule fixing the
order of business be suspended. Mr..
Glass at once declared that the mo-
ton was not n proper one and was
overruled. Mr.. Scott stood close to
Mr. Glass during the controversy.
Mr. Glass took an appeal to the
chair. but at S:30 withdrew it and
renewed his call for the order of the
day, Mr.. Dunn raised the same CALL
Speaker Spangler ruled that there
was q motion before the House and
put the Powell motion against loud
protests from Mr., Glass and calls
hn nf M vote
on the Powell motion was SS to 2l
and the Speaker recognized Mr..
Cans, Philadelphia. to report out
the charter BILL Mr.. Glass again
objected, but tho chair overruled
him and received the bill. Mr.. Laf-
ferty. Philadelphia. also reported
ono of the Philadelphia bills, al
though Mr.. Glass was raising points
of order. He rose to a question or
personal privilege when Mr.. Nc
Vicar, Allegheny, desired to report
bill. but the Speaker received
the bill.
After some business had inter
vened, Mr.. Glass, as matter or
privilege, declared that the bill re-
ceived by the Speaker was not the
original bill and should not have
been accepted. The chair ruled his
point not well taken ana MI ANeiii
sey. Delaware, objected to the
method of Mr.. Glass. who then re-
newed objections and was again
oVerruled.
The Speaker ordered the memor-
ial service to proceed and Mr.. Glass
said that the Speaker had allowed
the hour to pass. The Speaker de-
clined to hear him any further, but
Mr.. Glass again raised point OF
order and the Speaker declared that
he would not listen to him.
Then you will hear me to-mor-
row" retorted the Philadelphian.
The Speaker ordered the memoir
ial service to begin and asked Chap
lain Feldman to offer prayer, end
ing the matter.
The Ware forces said that they
would fight every inch of the way
against the bill.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-06-04
British Women Besiege
Stores at Times of Sales

London. June 4. - The constantly
advancing prices of dress material
and other necessaries for the female
wardrobe. has caused the stores to
be besieged at times when unusuallv
attractive sales are on. One such
sale was advertised for Monday of
TINS week and before 10 o'clock on
sunday morning one woman was
waiting outside the establishment.
Soon several others came with mo
visions and campstools. Thev sat
through the whole day and night
and were Joined by many hundreds
the next morning. Three policemen
were requisitioned to restrain their
rushes when the doors opened.