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New-York tribune., 1919-01-23
The Great Reaction

King Manoel is reported off the coast
Of Portugal hobble skirts are back
again, and the great postwar reaction is
at last in full swing Be depressed if
you are a hopeful radical with plan
for the millennium in your pocket. Come
out of your bomb proof shelter and cry
aloud if you are Tory. As for other
folk, they can at least be thankful for
job and for world that knows it's own
orbit, let wars and rcformers belabor i,
as they will.
1t was a shock and grief, however,
when the first scuttling females crossed
the horizon. What was the trouble?
What had happened to our enfranchised
goddesses that they should walk like
beetles? The truth came and the fashion
spread, and now all the trains of South
Jersey arc late because of the tight
skirts. According to The Regional Ri
rector of Railroads at Philadelphia, a
government Official and therefore in
falibe the average stop at way stations
has been increased from AZ seconds to
62 seconds. In the descent from a Pull
man car the descendcr hurls herself like
bolt of>cloth into the brakemun's arms.
We had learned so much in the war!
Men would never be the same Women
never could return to the old cramped
life. The cry was with Lasca 81 want
free life and want fresh air." And the
women honestly thought they did-until
dresslnaker somewhere said no; what
they really wanted was hobble skirts,
and the quicker they got them the better,
for they'd soon be dowdy and old stuff il
they didn't To-day there is about as
much free life for a woman, in the mat
ter Of walking, as for papoose or a
Chinese woman Of the Ming dynasty.
AS for men-well, King Manoel is re-
ported off the coast Of Portugal Long
live monarchy and comic opera! If it
must be the same old world let US be
glad that it is still an amusing one.
New-York tribune., 1919-01-23
MFR. Warburg's Word of Caution

The convention which resulted in the
formation of the new American Accept
ance Council marks a very distinct step
in the endeavor greatly to extend the
nations foreign business. 1t likewise
reveals how successful has been the cam
paign among our bankers and business
men to promote the use Of the trade
acceptance in our domestic affairs All
this is an excellent beginning, and the
trade acceptance is undoubtedly des-
tined to become a popular and efficient
instrument in both our foreign and ma
tionai trade. That it deserves every
encouragement within reasonable limits
may be taken for granted, and in urg-
ing a certain degree of caution at the
convention Mr.. Paul M. Warburg merely
drew attention to certain obvious pos
sibilities which should be guarded
against.
One of these is the proposal very
largely to raise the limit up to which
large banks may make acceptanccs The
proposal is to. increase this limit to 200
per cent of the combined capital and
surplus. This would apply only to banks
having such d combined capital in cx-
cess of $l000.00O. But the number
of banks which have this combined capi-
tai is already very large. and rapidly
increasing. Mr.. Warburg simply pointed
out the possibilities of abuse of this
regulation which might arise He OBJ
served
81 believe that in developing the ac-
ceptance business in the United States
it is most important that we should pro-
ceed- cautiously and avoid as much as
possible any untoward event which could
undermine the absolute confidence in our
bankers'\ acceptanccs as an investment
both here and abroad We mast do every
thing to avoid failures which might re-
suit from overexpansion, ovcraggressivc-
ness and recklcssncss in granting credits
We must not overlook that England
is country with a comparatively small
number OF branch banks, end Of great
banking amalgamation, while in the
United states VIC deal with a system of
about 10000 banks, all Of which, large
or small would be affected by whatever
rule might be established, and ono or
two among this 10000 exceeding their
limit of prudence may hurt the entire de-
velopmcnt of cur acceptance market"
Mr.. Warburg enforced this caution
by pointing out the fact that with a
large number Of banks in this country
the combined capital and surplus form
only comparatively small item, as COM
pared with the huge structure of de-
posts and other liabilities" He added
that it would probably not be found
that the strong deposit banks in Eng
land and on the Continent accept to
an extent materially exceeding their
capital and surplus.
New-York tribune., 1919-01-23
The Tested Freshman

That joyous cry of Extra! Extra, FIX.
amlnatlons Aboished." echoine amonc
our schoolboy hopefuls turns out to he a
frihe exaggerated. The announcement Of
Columbia's adoption of PSYCHOLOGICAL
tests upon entrance is not altoyetber
definite, but it seems to keep at least
partial hold upon the od-time methods
The selective draft tests will supplement-
examinations, it will not eliminate them
says one part of the report. On the other
hand, it is suggested that an option NAV
be gwen to applicants in which school
certificates plus satisfactory menta,
rating might avoid exaninac,ons alto-
gether. Apparently haste is to be mads
slowly.
Examinations have always been unsat-
isfactory. More and more wAae teacners.
with or without Psychology, have bee.
working away from them. Whether the
psychologists can do any better and can
really determine the muzzle velocity Of a
mind and forecast the trajectory of it's
thought by few simple tests may be
equally open to question. The army
New-York tribune., 1919-01-23
The State of Our Hogs.

There arc few material objects more
suggestive of opulence than sleek and
wel-fed porker, and at the moment
when such a large amount Of business
pesslmism seems on tap it is pleasant
to know that the number Of these visible
signs of prosperity is now greater than
ever. And not only porkers but other
domestic animals as we'll. The years
census of the Department Of Agriculture
reveals that while the four years of war
brought but very slight increase in
the number Of horses and mules there
was remarkable increase in cattle.
sheep and swine. The number of cattle
rose by more than half, while sheep and
hogs we're doubled
We now have on our farms total
of nearly 6s,0O0,000 cattle, some 75.-
100000 hogs and nearly $4,000, 900
sheep. AS is fairly we'll known, espe-
cially to housewives, the value of these
animals has also risen very heavily. 40
New-York tribune., 1919-01-23
Lucidity

Nearly forty different plans for a
league of nations are now before the
American delegates, Each has points Of
merit. but many contain sections directly
at variance with the ideas forming the
bases of the other outlines" From an
Associated Press dispotch
1t was Matthew Arnold who said that
one Of the chief characteristics of the
French people was ucidty They think
clearly, they sec clearly they speak clear
~. They place tnv fact, as it were, in
logical relation to other facts. As Artc-
mus Ward remarked of Washington, they
do not "slop over." Their art, their
literature, has balance and precision
Their imagination is controlled by rea-
son. Their language has become the
language of diplomacy because it re-
fleets these qualities
The remark of M. Bourgeois that the
very soul of Germany must be changed
before she can be admitted to any league
of nations is characteristically lucid. 1t
reveals the Clear perception of the Ger
man character which France has gained
In the half century of peace and war.
Premier Clemenceau has a lucid mind
and he is not quite ready to throw the
ch-derided principle Of the balance
of power into the diplomatic dust heap
He thinks it may be useful for some
time to come. After all, the old En-
tente did keep the peace for a number
of years. And Great Britain. the United
States, France and Italy make a very
practical balance of power for the resto-
ration and the preservation of peace
The present condition of the Central
Powers and of Russia does not augur
their immediate usefulness as members
of the league.
France has been stirred to the depths
by great national leril; she has borne
herself valiantly through it all; bat she
is neither blinded by passion nor exalted
by emotion beyond the point of lucid
perception of realities. She knows,
none better, what the evil is from which
the world is to be delivered; and she
herself intends to be delivered from it,
Not even the ardent friendship for
America which she feels will permit her
to shut her eyes to the truth. What
ever other nations may say or do, she
brings to the conference that lucidity
which Arnold so justly praised in her.
New-York tribune., 1919-01-23
Preparedness

There were grace and eloqucncc and
truth in President Wilson's speech to the
French Senate. Americans will read it
with warm appreciation Of the gesture of
friendship toward France made in their
behalf; and also for the thought he spoke
of preparedness. He said
France did not tremble France quiet
ly and in her own way prepared her sons
for the struggle that was cotfing Snc
never took the initiative or did a single
thing that was aggressive She had pre-
pared herself for defence, not in order to
impose her will upon other people. She
had prepared herself that no other pco-
pie might impose its will upon her"
Twice the words prepared herself"
1t is, moreover, preparedness coupled
with aggression that is discovered
and upheld. The two things are not in
compatible, though great many people
in this country once thought they were.
New-York tribune., 1919-01-23

that in combination the expansion in
numbers and price has created farm
value in domestic animals unparalleled
IN the history Of this or any other coun-
try. We may speak of this with unre-
strained freedom, for the fact that meats
as we'll as other foods are very high
priced is not due to domestic conditions
merely and is true all over the world.
Mr.. Armour, in his testimony, pointed
out that a very considerable proportion
of the animals purchased by the packers
was for export, and the price obtained
abroad has very large influence in
determining the price of all animals at
home. 1t is not fixed by domestic con-
spirators.
If prices arc high it is at least a
comfort to know that these prices make
for the prosperity, and create large buy
ing power, in the largest industrial divi-
sion of our nation 1t is banality to
remark that the farm is still our chief
national industry; but this fact appears
to be very readily forgotten by the
people who live in the cities and who
prosper very greatly thereby. There
are few millionares on our farms, no i'll
gotten gains from huge combinations.
1t is or shall we say WAS, up to the
beginning of the war pretty nearly the
least remunerativc industry we had. A
careful survey of the richest farming
country Of the Middle West undertaken
by the government showed that the aver
age cash income Just before the war
of 10000 Or 10000 farmers was around
$3.50. This is not very large sum-
And' yet it is very largely upon the
prosperity of our thirty millions of
farming people that the real prosperity
of the whole country depends
New-York tribune., 1919-01-23

"fortfed city argument and apparently
this enough.
He dsapprovcs the bomb outrages in
America the Werner Horn case being cited
as an example "But there was no need
that | condemn them" he says. There
were thousand voices to do that" Nor
did he ever, that he could show, publicly
condemn any German action. even the Lusi-
tania massacre. Nor does he, when the
subject is brought up in this January, 1919,
use any harsh words
He believes Miss Cavell should not have
been shot-because she was women.
lie is not sure of the facts about Cap
tain Fryatt.
He believes he has been gagged as an
author and prosecuted as man, not be-
cause Of American beliefs, but because
of the British secret service
He believes that "the presentation of
my views has gained friends for those
views wherever | have been privileged to
appear
And finally, he believes that there we've
no grounds for America to declare war
against Germany.
But he has accepted that verdict he de-
clares and supported it Loyalty, only work
ing to insure that the Constitution should
be duly obeyed in all our war measures
The Constitution he ALWAYS speaks of with
Tevcrental awc' and he undertook to argue
ITS meaning on behalf Of things that would
have holoed Germany. with five of the best
lawyers in the Senate, oblivous to the de-
lighted Gur@les of the audience
The creed of his Americanism he stated
clearly. 81 became an American not be
cause did not love Germany and my pco-
pie there, bnt because the Constitution of
the United States appealed to me as the
very best of any state, and because /
believed that man who wishes to reside
permanently in cohntry has the duty
to take an active part in its affairs as a
citizen" He explained at length his pur-
pose to educate Americans both as to the
Constitution and to German.
"America," he said at at.other time, "need
never be without full comprehension of
the facts unless in times of stress. and
fearing to espouse an unpopular part at
the moment her immigrant sons turn
towards. If ! am charged with having thus
refused to turn coward. | plead guilty"
So, as an American and on behalf of the
Constitution, he has since he accented tbc
nations verdict for war fought four things:
The breaking cf diplomatic relations with
out action by Congress-; the internment of
alien enemies without bail and public trial.
the drafting of army; the sending of
troops to Europe
There he is, good man, if German.
These are his principles. He has received
all the information that has come to the
rest OF us; he knows the worlds verdict.
but he Is still proud of his blood and his
huitur still its supporter and apostle
honest, unrepentant and unreformed "Tbe
Best German Of To-day"
What OF tho worst? And what of the
o'he'al liars whose daily protestations fiji
the world?
New-York tribune., 1919-01-23

opinions upon the tests may be said to
be pro and con-~-with much stress laid
upop] horse sense in interpreting the re-
suits. At least we can be thankful for
Columba's courage and Willingness to
experiment. 1t is something to be on
the march.I
New-York tribune., 1919-01-23

Times Square has been freed of all
temporary buildings and boardings, and
it seems strange that no one has started
new subway.
New-York tribune., 1919-01-23

Mr.. Burleson might achieve undyne
popularity by appendng to his price list
for "person to person" and appoint
ment" telephone calls the promise of
small bonus to the recipient of the
wrong number, excuse it, please calls,
now so prevalent.
New-York tribune., 1919-01-23

The Central Powers must undergo 7
period of probation before being adj
mitted to the League of Nations, Lord
Cecil says. We urge in addition drastic
initiation ceremonies.
New-York tribune., 1919-01-23

Gable reports that Berlin walters are
refusing tips indicate that the Germans
still have much to learn about the wavs
of q republic
New-York tribune., 1919-01-23
MEMBER or THE ASSOCIATED rRrssi

Ire Associated Press exclusively entitled to the use
tepuoiicsuh OF dispatches credited 10 II or
credited N this and also the local
atns Vi spuit aneous ixu published herein
All rights republication OF all other matter herein
liz
New-York tribune., 1919-01-23
Reform
Crrom rhe Boston yrousor.,,

urom The Boston Transcript,
II may not prove to be to their lasting
oe'terment' but those South Sea Islander.
VINO arc buying so many Amor'can corscts
are evidently seeking to reform them
selves.
New-York tribune., 1919-01-23
Pardon Board Isn't Sitting
(Froim q'he Portland.

fFrom Tho Portland. Me.. PressJ
The attitude of the average German Is
that the war was a mistake, but par1on-
able one,
New-York tribune., 1919-01-23

Major Edmond Devol got back yester-
day, and this is our first chance to cite
the Major (then Lieutenant) for giving
us the best luncheon we had in all Gaul.
1t was at Base Hospital No. 8, and the
mess sergeant was Schuyler Ladd, once
"The Dat1odil' in "The Yellow Jacket"
New-York tribune., 1919-01-23

You purchase merchandise advertised In IHt
TRIBUNE with absolute saetyfor II dissatsfacton re-
Ilts In ThE TRIBUNE guarantees to pay your
hack request. No red tape. No aubb'ng
We make good promptly II the advertiser does cot
New-York tribune., 1919-01-23

The railroad situation, like Others is
gimpsed from the personal viewpoint,
which is as tcnable, generally, as the
militantly impersonal. "l'm violently op-
posed to government ownership of the
railroads" writes NJ. j. b., "cvcry time
| think of how they look the Nessolrode
pudding off the b. Of f. at the Broad
Street station in Philadelphia"
New-York tribune., 1919-01-23

Club dues are to be taxed Is per cent
instead Of 10 per cent, but the Contribs'
Club is exempt
New-York tribune., 1919-01-23

The whceze about Gen. Wood and pres
idcntial timber is entitled to at least one
service chevron.
New-York tribune., 1919-01-23

When Mr.. Shonts speaks of increased
subway fares he forgets an increase that
passengers have stood during 1918. It
is necessary, to keep your mind off the
subway. to read at least one newspaper
every trip. In the old days, your fare,
an@sthetic included, was &c; now it
is 7c.
New-York tribune., 1919-01-23
Drouth Warning

'From The Indianapolis JosrHal)
Weather forecast: Still. dryer.
New-York tribune., 1919-01-23

THE LEISURE CLASS
From Tho World
lioI EWOIiK-- colored girl wants hair time
general housework: washing: or any hing
ell. Anglers, 2iG W. lAith st. apartment 20.
New-York tribune., 1919-01-23

Again the Guilty Feeling suffuses the
consumer when he reads that the high
price Of meat is due principally to him.
New-York tribune., 1919-01-23

ut is perhaps not unbecomng of
me-" said Mr.. j. Ogden Armour, "to even
aludc to the fact Perhaps not But it
is unbccoming to Mr. Armour to use the
cleaver on his infnitives. 1t was a prac-
tice strictly forbidden at Armour Insti-
tute, where we got as much education
though since reading "The Education of
Henry Adams" our conviction that it
was poor has grown-as it was possible
to absorb in four years
New-York tribune., 1919-01-23

"liey,' said cartoonist yesterday,
rather irreverently, mention my name
in that column some day, will you?'
Such delicate appeal can not be ig-
norcd. Glare Aloysius Briggs.
New-York tribune., 1919-01-23
GUARANTEE

'atsred the Pos,oc;ce at New York Second Glass
Mail Matter
New-York tribune., 1919-01-23

Why not the New Republic?
+. p. A..
New-York tribune., 1919-01-23

"Ehe Foley Bill Amendment" says an
Albany dispatch, "is designed to make
the law tighter" The tightness of the
law varying nversely with that of the
soldier
New-York tribune., 1919-01-23

SUBSCRIPTION RATEsS--Ey Malt. including Postage;
IN lAE UNITED STATES AND CANADA.
The evening world., 1919-01-21
BEGIN HOT WATER
DRINKING IF YOU
DON'T FEEL RTGMT
says glass Of hot water with
phosphate before breakfast
washes out poIsons.

II you wake up with a bad taste,
bad breath and tongue is coated; II
your head is dull or aching, II what
you cat sours and forms gas and acid
In stomach, or you are bilious, consti-
pated, nervous, sallow and can't get
feeling just right, begin inside bath
Ing. Drink before breakfast a glass
OF real hot water with a teaspoonful
OF limestone phosphate in II. This will
flush the poisons and toxins from
stomach, liver, kidneys and bowels
and cleanse, sweeten and purify tho
entire alimentary tract. Do your in
side bathing Immediately upon arls-
ing In the morning to wash out Of the
system all the previous days poison
Gus waste, gases and sour bile before
putting more food into the stomach,
To feel like young folks feel, like
you felt before your blood, nerves and
muscles became loaded with body i'm
purities, get from your pharmacist a
quarter pound Of limestone phosphate,
which is Inexpensive and almost taste
less, except for a sourish twlnge which
is not unpleasant.
Men and women who are usually con-
stipsted, bilious, headachy or have any
stomach disorder should begin this
inside bathing before breakfast
Advt
The evening world., 1919-01-21
MILK INQUIRY RESUMED;
new EVIDENCE PROMISED
Prosecutor Doolirg Announces He
Expects to Fix Responsibility
By Important Witnesses.

Assistant District Attorney DooIing
said just before resuming the John Doe
inquiry into the milk situation yester-
day before Chief City Magistrate Nc
Adoo:
Il desire 10 state that additional evi-
dence has come 10 our attention which
We expect to present within the next
few days. This. we believe. VIII be i'm
portant in helping to Ak legal respon-
sibility for the present situation.
who the witnesses will be or what
the details are We do not feel like men
tioning at the present time"
The only witness yesterday was
Francis McDermott, formerly with the
McDermott Mutual MIX Company. He
said ne had never been a member OF
the distributors organization, because
he could not have Joined It and retained
his el-rcspect
The evening world., 1919-01-21
HOT RETORTS BY LEVERING
AND LEACH IN OIL SUIT
Action by Metropolitan Petroleum
Corporation Is Called Gross
ly ScandalouS" One

Answers were filed in the Supreme
Court yesterday by A. b, Leach n CO.,
Inc, and Richmond Leverins q Co.,
Inc, to the suit brought by the Metro
politan Petroleum Corporation OF Della
ware for an accounting and damages in
connection with the absorption Of that
company by tho Island OIL and Tran
sport Corporation. Conspiracy by the
defendants to deprive the Metropolitan
of its rightful properties was alleged.
The anwers assert that Mr.. Lowering
and Mr. Leach did not meet until June
-, 1917, months after the dates Of fraud
and conspiracy named in the complaint
It Is averred also that Curb juggling and
Mexican dis' urbances had discredited
the Metropolitan and Mr.. lowering saved
it. when It's leases and options were
about to expire. by paying OF its
$40 900 OF indebtedness and taking over
some OF the property for S2,tOO.OOO Of
| Island stock.
The answer says the action In respect
to Mr.. Leach is grossly scandalous and
/ improper
The evening world., 1919-01-21

Opera House win pay tribute to Italy's
part In the war. There Is urgent need
for food, shelter and medical attention.
1t Ia hoped to send much food on the re-
lief ship San Giovanni Jan. 80. Mrs.
Benjamin Miller. who Is at the head OF
tho relief committee in Philadelphia,
has started the fund with the sift OF
100000.
Disbursement and admlnistrat ton OF the
fund IN italy will he in the hands OF fve
The evening world., 1919-01-21

American residents Of Rome. who will
have first hand knowledge OF the situe q
tion. They are the Rev. Walter Lowrie
OF the American Church IN Rome, n.
Nelson Gay. who had charge Of tho
former Secretary OF the American Gnu
bassy; George II. Page, banker, and John
Gray, who has been identined with re-
lief work in Italy. The New York com
mittee is nj No. 3l7 Madison Avenue.
Checks sent to that address should be
made payable to S. Reading Bcrtron,
Treasurer.
The evening world., 1919-01-21
PLEA FOR STARVING ITALY.
Csmpaign for Funds to start sun
day-woman Gives 100000.

Robert Underwood johnson sent an
appeal yesterday for the relief Of war
orphans and other starving children OF
italy. There are 100000 OF them. A cam
palgn IN their behalf will be started in
the churches next Sunday. and on that
The evening world., 1919-01-21

Colds Cause Grip and influenza.
LAXATIVE Dn0M0 QuININE Tablets remove
ths cause. There Is only one Promo Qunna"
4 W. GROVES Signature on tho boz. s0e.-Ada
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-12-25
Coats
Up to $135 Vals.

Here You will find the
pick Of the world, re-
garding m Il t e rials.
styles and cut; peach
bloom, cashllertync,
duvetyncS and all the
best here.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-12-25

" onderful travelling
models, beautiful tai
lored effects, newest
high wasted ideas,
made Of best mate
rials; over 100 to pick
from, mostly original.
samples.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-12-25

Special lot Of 150
coats taken from
our higher priced
racks. Some are
lined, some fur
trimmed. w lille
they last they re
yours.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-12-25

Fine PeachbIoon,
DuVetyneS, TrIco-
tines, Chiffon Vel
vets, All copies of
imported models; all
ONE Of II kind. in as
sorted sizes.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-12-25

Beautiful aII-siIIl
lined, fur trimmed
up to-tI1e-ninute
Goa is. w orth
more than $28 whole
sale.