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New-York tribune., 1919-12-05
The Honorable Course
1t Is to Make Our Constitu.
fionol Position Clear

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: Your correspondent "Historicus"
charges that "our national honor binds
US to accept Article X" He says that
article X is of American origin" II
he substitutes Wilson for American he
would be correct. In fact, that sub
stitution might we'll be carried
through nearly the whole article to
advantage Of the truth.
will not use up space in answering
this moral obligation theory, but call
attention to vital point entirely
overlooked by "Historicus,' which
renders it valueless. Neither the
President alone, nor the President to-
gether with the Senate, can place a
moral obligation in a treaty on the
United States which conflicts with the
written Constitution. That fact is
we'll known to all parties to the
treaty, and thus Immediately disap-
pears the attempt to create an i'm
possible moral obligation. Article
as interpreted by its defenders does
make a supermoral government and
does attempt to bind the future &C.
tlons of Congress, not by its own
Judgment as the constitutional rep
resentative Of the people in the ex-
ercise Of its delegated powers, but
by that intangible and undefinabls
thing, a moral obligation. Altruism,
self-sacrifice and moral obligations
may, in the case of individuals, bs
left to themselves, but when these mo.
tives are urged as course of &C.
ton upon a nation the determine
tion of the value Of them must be
left In each case to be determined
by the representatives Of the people
and not be forced by any outside
authority.
"Historicus" illustrates in his clos
ing paragraph just what this moral
obligation theory would lead to in
actual practice with an unamended
Article X: "The Senate has undoubt-
edly the legal right to disavow this
obligation but it can do so
only at cost Of national honor" Just
this same thought would be expressed,
in their decisions under Article X,
that being advisory only" but if the
advice is refused it would be "at the
cost of national honor"
The only honorable course is for
the United States to reserve all its
obligations under Article X, before
they become such, by leaving to the
only constitutional authority, Con-
gress, the full power to act withor
any moral obligation implied or
derstood AMERICUs
New York, Dec. 9. 1919.
New-York tribune., 1919-12-05
The Lid of Sugar

Attorney General Palmer is about
to admit his first serious defeat in
the fight to reduce prices. He says
that after December 81 the govern
ment will abandon all attempts to
control the distribution and sale
of sugar. The explanation is made
that the Sugar Equalization Board
will be dissolved at the end of the
year and that that board alone has
had the power to regulate prices and
distribution.
Mr.. Palmer says also that Con-
gress failed to extend the life of the
board, although requested to do so.
Between Congress and the depart
ment, apparently, q mess is being
made of the sugar control system,
which, during the war, produced
something like real regulation. The
public will now be left to the mercy
Of sugar spectators, hoarders and
proflteers, except in so far as the De-
partment Of Justice is prepared to
prosecute those who take excessive
profits-a procedure which doesn't
materially affect the unfortunate
consumer.
Unless Congress extends the life
Of the Equalization Board and en-
larges its powers the retail price of
sugar will be kited. The one bar
rier that really held during the
war will be demolished, and the public
will lose faith to a large degree in
the governments purpose to do what
Mr.. Palmer has so often promised
that it would do.
If the government hasn't the
means as we'll as the will to hold
prices down price regulation might
as we'll be dismissed as an iridescent
dream and the condition of free
competition restored. Nagging at
individual protiteers after they have
collected from the consumer is in
effectual. It can bring little solace
to housewife who faces the pros
pect Of having to buy sugar at from
20 to 80 cents a pound.
New-York tribune., 1919-12-05
By
Heypood Broun

grass was the country, as the water is
the sea. The red of the grass made ali
the great prairie the color of wine
stains, or Of certain seaweeds, when
they are first washed up. And there was
so much motion in it; the whole country
seemed, somehow, to be running"
And just as Miss Gather can do much
to paint scene for you in g. few SEN
tences, just SO can she outline a charac-
ter with line or SO. For instance
there was one old lady whom we set
down Immediately as q familiar friend
as soon as we read, "My grandmother
always spoke in 3 very loud tone to for
eigners, as if they were deaf"
We should also like to quote a little
Of the description of Jim's sensations
when he first came to the prairie coun-
try and sat in his grandfather's
garden:
There in the sheltered draw bottom
the wind did not blow very hard, but
l could hear it singing its humming tune
up on the level, and 1 could see the
tall grasses wave The earth was warm
under me and warm as l crumbled it
through my fingers. Queer little red
bugs came out and moved in slow SQUAD
rons around me. Their backs were pol
ished vermilion, with black spots. l
kept as still as I could. Nothing hap
pened. I did not expect anything to
happen. was something that lay under
the sun and felt 1t, like the pumpkins.
and l did not want to be anything more.
was entirely happy. Perhaps we feel
like that when we die and become a Fart
Of something entire, whether it Is sun
and air or goodness and knowledge. At
any rate, that is happiness; to be dis
solved into something complete and
great When it comes to one, it comes
as naturally as sleep"
This seems to US great stuff, but If it
makes no appeal to you turn and read
the account of Jim's fight with the big
rattlesnake. At any rate-and this is
the important thing-don't fail to read
Villa Sibert Gathers "My Antonia."
We do not wish to create the impress
sion that this is a new book. 1t has
been out year OF more, but that is all
the more reason why everybody who
likes good writing should hasten to
make up the time he has lost.
New-York tribune., 1919-12-05
The Mexican Maze

Talking about the Mexican situa-
tion, Mr.. Ashurst has mournfully re-
called to the Senate the Democratic
national platform declaration of
1916:
"The constitutional rights of Ameri-
can citizens should protect them on
our borders and go with them through
out the world; and every citizen re-
siding or having property in a foreign
country is entitled to and must be
given the full protection Of the United
States government both for himself
and his property"
That declaration was an inter
]oper in the 1916 Democratic confess
sion of faith. 1t had as much rele-
vance to Mr.. Wilson's second CAM
paign for the Presidency as the
plank in the platform Of 1912 pledg-
ing the candidate Of that year to the
principle of a single Presidential
term had to his first campaign.
American citizens are still being
killed in Mexico. They are still being
deprived Of property rights without
redress. And the South Dakota
Democratic State Convention has
just indorsed the President as can
didate for third term.
The doctrine whose memory Mr..
Ashurst invoked has never been ap-
piled in Mexico by this Administra-
tion. Mr.. Wilson said in 1916 that
he couldn't apply it without inter-
fering with the free course of the
Mexican revolution, the implication
being that American interests must
yield whenever they clashed with the
Mexican Emancipation" conducted
for a time by Carranza and Villa
jointly, and later by Carranza alone.
DR.. Charles W. Eliot, defending the
Administration, spoke disparagingly
of the protection-in-forei jurisdic-
tions theory as "Roman and Brit
ish." He lauded the President for
having risen superior to its obliga-
tions. Mr.. Wilson never actually
rose superior to them. He showed
his indifference to them from the day
he entered office with a policy of
''watchful waiting" in Mexico.
For nearly seven years we have
been living under "watchful wait
ing dispensation, varied by occa-
sional revulsions to war or near-war,
which, however, quickly passed That
method of approaching the Mexican
problem has been at the root of all
our difficulties. 1t represented COM
pletely the Presidents point of view.
He has often eulogized it himself
as an exhibition of lofty and altru-
istic craftsmanship. Yet some of
his once ardent supporters now ques-
tion whether it was craftsmanship
at all.
Mr.. Ashurst is one of the skeptics.
He said on Wednesday,:
"No man in America can arise and
expect to have an audience OF intelli-
gent people agree with him when he
New-York tribune., 1919-12-05
Not a MugMump

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: In letter in to-day's issue
Mrs. Annie Nathan Meyer condemns
Miss Hay as "Mugwump" for
declaring her intention of not sup
porting Senator Wadsworth in case
of his denomination. Mrs Meyer, is at
fault. Whatever term should describe
Miss Hay for her frank speaking, it is
not that Of "Mugwump" The group
which originated that term were much
condemned at the time for not doing
precisely what Miss Hay is doing
stating before nomination what their
action would be.
Mrs. Meyer describes Miss Hay as
calling upon her followers to vote
the Democratic ticket rather than vote
for gentleman with whom she hap
pens to disagree personality" This is
misstatement. Miss Hays objection
to the denomination of Senator Wads-
worth is that he does not represent
the State of New York, which voted
for suffrage by 100000 The rep1e
sentatives of the Republican party 90
the state convention at Saratoga
unanimously requested him to vote for
the Federal amendment; the Republi-
can Legislature by unanimous vote
instructed him to vote for it, and he
not only did. not vote as his constitu-
ents asked him to, but he worked and
spoke against the amendment.
Miss Hay does not think for a mo-
ment that Mr.. Wadsworth should not
vote as his conscience directs him, but
she does think that as representative
OF the great State of New York he is
an anachronism and his denomination
would throw victory into the hands
of the Democratic party.
Convinced as Miss Hay is of this.
IN protesting against his denomination
she is not only we'll within her rights
but is doing her duty as loyal Re-
publican who desires the success of
the party.
MARGARET BLAINE DAMRosCH.
New York, Dec. 4, 1919.
New-York tribune., 1919-12-05
Making History Correct

10 the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: Permit me to correct a state
ment in your issue of November 3d.
The article on the D. X e. Society
says that Theodore Winthrop was
killed in the Battle of Bull Run. He
was killed January 10, in the Battle OF
Big Bethel, Virginia His brother Will
lam and I were officers in the 1st United
States Sharpshooters. and William
showed me the spot where his brother
lost his life. l suppose this informa-
ton Is of little moment, but II Is well
to have history correct
FREDERICK T PETIT.
Auburn, N. Y, Dec. 3, 1919.
New-York tribune., 1919-12-05
Books

Ray Stannard Baker gives us new
light on the President in his book,
"What Wilson Did at Paris" Double
day-Page). We have always been inter-
ested in Mr.. Wilson's attitude toward
publicity. We have been puzzled by
"open covenants openly arrived at" and
other phrases as contrasted with Will
sonian practices. Mr.. Baker explains
everything. In the matter of publicity
Woodrow Wilson is not an addict. He
can take it or he can let it alone. To
him publicity is not beverage to be
xsed unsparingly, but stimulant for
special emergencies. To be sure, Mr..
Wilson keeps generous supply Of pub
licity on hand but it is ali in the cellar
under lock and key.
In Mr.. Bakers book, for instance, we
find it recorded that the President was
seriously annoyed at one stage of the
proceedings in Paris because certain
newspapers published complete accounts
of the controversy between Mr.. Wilson
and Mr.. Hughes, of Australia, and es-
poused the position of the Australian.
"Mr. Wilson," writes Baker. chad to
protest to the conference against these
outside attacks, and he did so diplo-
matically but positively by declaring
that if they continued he would publish
exactly what happened. At once the
attacks in the French press ceased"
Here we have typical case Of the
Presidents use of publicity. A crisis
arises and away darts Mr.. Wilson to
get his publicity People round about
grow excited and imagine that there is
going to be a perfect orgy of free
speech and truth telling. Back comes
Mr.. Wilson with single bottle. He
pours out a liqueur glass of publicity
for himsef and never spills drop. He
drinks it slowly, looking about with a
challenging eir which seems to say "No-
body need ever say that 1 don't believe
in publicity" Then he puts the cork
back in the bottle, the bottle back in
the cellar and locks the door,
New-York tribune., 1919-12-05
A Query for the Interboroueh

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: If the Lackawanna Railroad can
proftably carry ME thirty-fve miles
every morning and evening at charge
of Is cents trip, why is it necessary
Tor the lnterborough to ask more than
half that sum to carry the average pas
senger perhaps 25 per cent, of the same
distance?
SEEKER AFTER KNOWLEDGE.
New York Dec 2, 1919.
New-York tribune., 1919-12-05

If John 2hey goes into the theatri-
cal producing business, his authors
should include
W. Cary 1derly.
2dor jerks
Haywood Broun, Sd.
Henry J. 4man.
George Buchanan 5fe
Herbert 6.
Loui Shipman.
KS Douglas Wiggin.
ga Wilcox Putnam.
F. 10nyson Jesse.
The objectionable" features. which
report says were the black performers,
have been excided, it is alleged, from
"Aphrodite."
Sort of taking the Afro out Of
"Aphrodite," ehl
New-York tribune., 1919-12-05
Another New Party
From The BxTa,o Erpressj

tFrom The BNfdlo ETpressJ
Now that Labor party has been or
ganized, it's up to the habitual sum
mer and winter resorters, parlor bo'-
shevists, /. w. WIS and other gentle
mon who take things easy to get to-
Sether and form Leisure party.
New-York tribune., 1919-12-05

The courage Of a newspaper is an
old subject for speculation, and we
wonder whether the Washington pa
pers said, as the New York papers
said, that Miss Nancy Lane, who is
the Cabinets only debutante this sea-
son, was in New York to do her shop
ping, or just that she was in New
York
New-York tribune., 1919-12-05
GUAR RANTEE

yeu can purchase merchandise advertised In THE
TRIBUNE with absolute safcty---for II dissatisfae-
ton results in any case The fRlsuNE guarantees
70 pay Seu. money back upon request No red tape.
advertiser does not.
New-York tribune., 1919-12-05
Card.File Journeys
Protect me. shades of Lief the Red

Protect me. shades of Lief the Red
And old Sebastian Cabot,
The while my flying spirits tread
The leagues from a. to ABBOTT!
And aid me, Muse of Learning, now
My search to set upon:
To travel sans a wrinkled brow
The lands l CON- to CON-.
Full many lovely city there
My lust to wander whets;
The way Is rich in marvels where
1t wends from PRAGUE to PRETZ-.
And strangers come to cheer my path
BY moor and fen and veldt:
A kindly word each brother hath,
From SARACEN to SELF.
Ye wise gazooks of learned days
(Who none are now as fine as)-
Receive my intellectual praise,
From TASSO to THOMA
AQUINAS!
Oh, haunts of bard and buccaneer,
OF love and calculus
l chant the messages of cheer
That fit from u to U.s.
Sly elves come pecping from the trays,
With wrath and gnome and pix
In fact, l meet upon my ways
The whole delightful host of fays,
From zYBlLENE to, zYx-l
Columbia University Liberty. LEMUEL.
New-York tribune., 1919-12-05
The Countercheck Courteous

Ny dear T A
I see the other day you found
piece Of rotten English in my colyum.
You've got nothing on me. I found
piece Of good English IN yours once.
FRANK CRANE.
New-York tribune., 1919-12-05

In accordance with suggestion
from Aunty Bellum. we revise our
hint that the theaters charge 81 a
seat. "For the convenience of the
public" she offers, "they should charge
SIS wv. t. incl.), as otherwise a five
dollar bill would necessitate another
bill in change; ten would require
two bills"
New-York tribune., 1919-12-05

The theory Of eternal damnation
persists. Advertised for sale in the
Chillicothe, O., News-Advertiser are:
"A cemetery seat for three and brass
handled tongs, shovel and poker
Cheap. Call 49,"
New-York tribune., 1919-12-05
How Long?

= (From The Baltimore News)
To Go After Profteers--Headline.
"To-morrow, and tomorrow, and to-
New-York tribune., 1919-12-05

The Evening Suns sub-head on the
Colford divorce story reads, "Deco-
rated War Veteran Served in Action
at Newport" "Why," asks Jealous Pei
ham Bay, "the discrimination
New-York tribune., 1919-12-05

Or, if you can't do that, say "Berry
Christbasl" And, adds J. T. s., blow
your wife to Happy New Year.
New-York tribune., 1919-12-05

We have yet to read Gamaliel Brad
fords "Portraits of American Women"
(Houghton- -Mitilin), but even casual
examination has provided one wise say
ing in the brief biography of Mary
Lyon, who founded Mount Holyoke COL
lege. "It is one of the incest of mental
operations" said Mary Lyon, "to distin-
gulsh between what is very difficult
and what is utterly impossible" There
is also certain pungency in her Learn
to sit with energy" In fact, she was
able to sum up the whole purpose of the
education Of women in single sentence.
"a lady," she told her pupils some lit
tie while after Mount Holyoke was
founded in 1887, "should be SO educated
that she can go as a missionary at
fortnight's notice."
New-York tribune., 1919-12-05

Ut
The Associated Press is exclusively entitled TO tho
use Tor republication Of all dispatches credited
TO 1t or not otherwise credited In th,s paper and
herein. ~ '
AL rights OF republication o: all other matter
herein are also reserved.
New-York tribune., 1919-12-05

"Say Merry Christmas with a
Handkerchief! - Gimbels' ADVERTISE
New-York tribune., 1919-12-05

H. L. Mencken seldom mentions Nav
Sinclair without remarking that Villa
Sibert Gather is more capable in work
Of the same character, and recentlv we
received a letter in which we were
assured that Somerset Maugham's "The
Moon and Sixpence" did not BEGIN to
compare with some novel Of Miss Gathers
which also deals with the soul of an ar
tist Now we have begun to fill in one of
the gaps in the list Of books we oupht
to know, and we are half through Miss
Gathers "My Antonia." It seems to us
brilliant piece Of writing, but certainly
there is for US not the slightest sur-
gestion of any of the manners of NAV
Sinclair nor of the methods Of
Vaughan. "My Antonia" we find inter.
esting chiefly for it's gorgeous picture
OF the prairie lands. Consider. for in
stance, how much is set before Won in
this single paragraph:
"As looked about me / felt that the
New-York tribune., 1919-12-05

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Rogers Reid. Secretary; r. A. su,er. Treasurer.
Address Tribune Building. l5& Nassau Street New
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New-York tribune., 1919-12-05

Sort of taking the Afro out Of
"Aphrodite," eh!
The Washington herald., 1919-08-15
MARRIAGE LICENSES.

WHITE
Henry F1ad. IS, Of Alexandra, Va. and
Mabel Brewer. % Of Washington The Rev. T.
E. Davis
Roland stnart. 2. Of Welsh. w Va, and
Ethel NJ Andrain. lS. OF Washington The
Rev. J. II. Jefres
Frederick Sass Is. and Loise Hartman, ",
both d Philadelphia Pa The Rev. J. H.
Jefries
Adelsi SeaweIl, 2. Of Lerpun spCings, n c.
and Annie Fields, %. I Carthage. y. @ The
Rev. w ] Mecks
Charles W. Jc-es 81. ard HiImA wnklund
y. both Of Washington The Rev. A S. Now
bray
Jackson l. PittnAn q. md F4anoes z Dbl,
lon. ls. both OF Richmond, Va Tie Rev. J.
II. Jefries.
Julius H. Blonn, 2, q GrecnviDe, s. Q, and
Jennie l. Shotsnstein, g o. Mitchenrine. Nd
The Rev. C. SilverStone
John G. Buzanos 2, and Ma-y Sawyer p.
both f Ncrfolk, Va The Rev. II. T steven
Glen W. Irving. 2 and Vivian NJ Hilton, Il.
both Of Richmond. Va The RsT Fl. T stsren-
Sun.
Harry Nnrun, 2. and Lsna SusunAn, 2 both
ot Baltimore Nd. The Rev G Silverstole
COIORED
Alhert Onoper -. and Martha OWNS u. both
6 Potomac. Nd. The Rev. y. G. Sterpnsor
JOSEPH Green 2, of WashinSton, and Viz
sinia Jacksun- p. Of IIDIisa County, Va The
Rev. J. Z Willis
The Washington herald., 1919-08-15
PROPOSALS.

OFFICE OF THE COMMISSIONERS, D. O,
Washington. August Il, 1913 Sealed proposals
will be received at this Office. Room 500, until 2
O'Clock, p. m. August g 1919. for furnishing
labor, ways and means for unloading from cars
and piling in property yard 1000 or more
asphalt paving block. Forms Of proposal and
specification may be had upon application to
Purchasing Officer. D. c.. Room 80 District
Buildins LOUIS BROWNLOw, W. GWYNN
GARDINER, CHARLES W. KCTZ Commis-
sioners aul5l6ls
OFFICE OF THE COMMISSIONERS OF THE
District Of Columbia, Washington, D. c.,
August H. 1919 SEALED PROPOSALS will be
received at this Office until O'Clock. D m.
August IS 1919, and then opened, for the pur-
chase Of grease recovered from garbage. collected
by the Commissioners, D. C. from September l.
1919, to and including November 80 1912 Blank
forms Of proposals, specifications, together with
necessary information. may be obtained from the
Chief Clerk of the Engineer Department, Room
AZ District Building. LOUIS BROwNLOW,
W. GwYNN GARDINER, @. W. KCTZ Com
rnissioners, D. C. aul5 l6Is.I9.D.a
The Washington herald., 1919-08-15
PALMlSTRY.
OLD AND RELIABLE
MADAME ZFJJA

the Gypsy wonder. who has Travelled most ex.
tenSlVely, reading and convincing beyond the
least doubt her ability 70 look acc1r1teIy into
the fsrtheSt depths OF human hand and read
the most delicate and shadowed signs Of one,
life. descendant Of that famous Gypsy queen,
Zella, who more than a century ago, read the
hands Of the crowned heads Of Europe and more
than convinced and won the praise Of being (ths
Gypsy Wonder the most celebrated palmist
Madam Zella has prscticed reading the mys-
tsriss OF the hand since a girl Of IS years and
has been taught and enlightened By the best and
most noted old and young Of her Gypsy race and
being 4 woman 50 years Of age is without a
doubt Gypsy wonder. Call and be convinced
Satisfaction guaranteed. SIS 7th st. NV
The Washington herald., 1919-08-15
THE TOWN CRIER.
Shipping Board empIoye. will hoI,

shipping Board employees will hold
a picnic tomorrow afternoon at
Joaquin Miller's Cabin. Rock Creek
Park.
Illinois State Society meets Au-
gust q at the Wilson Normal
School. Its picnic will be held Au-
gust % at Great Falls.
The MaEruder Vocation school
will hold its closing exercises and
exhibition Of handiwork at the
school today from 1880 to o'clock.
All North Dakotan. in Washing
ton are urgently invited TO attend
a social meeting to be held in Room
1872. Senate Ofice Building, at 1880
p. m. Friday, August Is, 10 discuss
plans for forming an association 10
promote social and recreational ac-
tivities.
The Community Centers' Band
OF ffty-five pieces will give a
concert at Howard Theater, Seventh
and T streets northwest. for colored
people. Sunday evening at o'clock
The band is composed Of musicians
from each community center.
The Washington herald., 1919-08-15
SITUATIONS WANTED-MALE.

TSCHARGED SAILOR WISHES A POSI-
ton as chauffeur. private or Commercial car;
Ha--ncs BON SO. Herald oiice. au9S
The Washington herald., 1919-08-15
BIRTHS REPORTED.
WHITE

WHITE.
Joseph F. and Nellie Adams Sn
Arthur II. and Eeano- B Cook. boy.
James F. and Gertrude r Davis boy.
Olean I. and Maggie V Gibbs, bov.
William c. and Frankie Gilbert. boy.
Clara Z and F1ocenne L Griffin, gih.
Earl ?. and Emma J. Hartman. boy.
Edward NJ and Nellie l. Hoffman, boy.
Raymond @. and Ella y Hurley. Erl
Llther B, and Margaret c. Jones, boz.
Maurice u. and ClarS NJ Malone. boy.
Emuu and Violet Miller. boy.
James H and Rose Orem, boy.
Elijah B. and Lucy @. PrettymAn, Eiri-
Israel and Rosa Rodb-. girl
Willard X. and Mary Z. Smith, boy.
Frsnoes J. and Mabel V. Summer. gir3
Edward R. and Lillian E Tyree, boy.
II is and Christina DeIVec1hio, boy.
COLoRED.
Henry E. and Ida Young, boy.
Mueriu A. and Else E, Swann. riri
Augustus and M1ry Frazier, boz.
John A. and Sophie Bellus boy.