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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-01-02
Age Cannot Wither"

Scmc persons many, perhaps, like my
friendly critic appear to think so. Yet.
broadly speaking, believe the very reverse
to be the truth. The books which have
lasted through the centuries and are most
familiar are, on the whole, the best books
and the greatest literature Not only do
they command the admiration and the study
OF all educated men and women. but their
words, their characters, their stories have
passed into the popular consciousness. into
the current thought and daily language Of
countless millions who have never read.
perhaps never heard of, the books The
tale OF the odyssey the names Of Hector
and Achilles, the figures of Don Quixote
and Sancho Panza, the characters Of Chris
tan and Naiant-forT Truth, of Pantagruel
and Panurge. Of Hamlet and Faust. the
visions of Dante, are household words in
homes where perhaps the books themselves
have never entered. They have a steadier
and stronger life than even the folk-talcs
the iolk-songs, or The stories Of fairies and
giants. Nothing else IS so familiar and
yet Homer ard Shakespeare, Cervantcs,
Bunyan, Radicals, Goethe and Dante are,
on the whole, The greatest or among the
ture. There is much in some familiar lit
crature which is commonplace, mediocre
and even worthless, but let the wnnowing
winds of time blow upon it, and the chaN
will vanish
Let US take two or three examples in
our own language. Hamlet's soliloquy be-
ginning, To he not to be- is probably
as familiar it is possible for any words
not in the Bible to be, and has certainly
been acclaimed and recitcd oftener than
any others, from the boy at school to the
great actor on the stage. Has its power.
its philosophy, its hneness OF thought and
diction, its soaring imagination been there
by in any degree impaired? Where could
one turn more surely at the chosen mo-
ment for noble quotation? Again, no
lines in Shakespeare are probably more
universally familiar than Portals speech
beginning The quality of mercy is not
strained Has use at all lcssened its OK
Quisitc beauty?
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-01-02
Governor Smith

The Tribune salutes the new Governor
of the State of New York and wishes him
we'll. We know that our readers share
with US the hope that his term will be
successful and his services to the people
of the state deserving of every praise.
The new Governor is Tammany man.
But he has won wide personal popular
ity. takes office amid host of good
wishes, and has aplenty of ability to be
what he Wills. May he dsappont his
trusting Tammany friends and delight
his doubling opponents,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-01-02

poor little German bride, who fed home
to her parents before the honeymoon
had waned.
In the long list of other wooers who
are said to have offered her their titles
were the then Crown Prince Of Germany
and his brother Prince Eitel Fritz
Prince Christopher of Greece, Prince
Gustavus Of Denmark, and Prince Will
lam Of Sweden. But the princess re-
jected them all for the simplest reason
in the world-she would not marry a
man she did not love.
Marrying off Princess Pat continued to
be one Of the most popular of drawing
room pastimcs in England, even after
the princess accompanied her father to
Canada, where he filled the post Of Gov
ernor General. But she remained I'M
wed, and when the war began Canadian
regiment christened Itself the "Princcss
Pats and its members died goriously
under her colors on many Flanders
field. Now, with the advent Of peace
when the gossips could again find time
to devote to making match for Princess
Pat, comes the official announcement of
her engagement to Commander the Hon
orablc Alexander Robert Maulc Ramsay
brother Of the Earl of Dalhousie. So
this girl, who might have been a queen
is to be the bride of a man who does not
even bear a title. But he wears the
D. S. O., which he won at Galipol, and
Princess Pat probably would quote to
you that "kind hearts are more than
coronets."
New York, which remembers the visit
here of the beautiful and athletic
princess, wishes her happiness.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-01-02
The Mystery Ship

Not even air fighting had anything as
sport on the stalking of submarines i'm
the now famous 90" boats, or mystery
ships, of the British navy. The cables
report that President Wilson inspected
one of these ingenious craft in the Man
chester Ship Canal. In light of the de-
tailed descriptions now available the
Trojan horse becomes a silly and clumsy
device by comparison
Take the Suffolk Coast, for instance
latest OF the 90" ships, now in St. Kath
crimes Dock, near the Tower of London.
where she is being inspected at a shilling
a head, the proceeds going to naval char
tiles. She was collier to start with,
and still looks like drab. drgy cargo
boat Yet by merely dropping the sides
OF her house she can in five seconds
bring a broadside to bear that will out
gun destroyer. TO start with, she is
laden with timber to increase her BUOY
ancy and thus if torpedoed delay Der
laundering long enough for her purpose
IN life to be fulfilled. For the rest nothing.
is as it seems. A fake smokestack con-
tanning periscope is a point of conceal
ment from which her captain can watch
his enemy, while himself hidden. The
whole ship, including the bridge. is CON
nected fore and aft by concealed pas
sage. Guns large and small are hidden
III every conceivable spot.
In action the mystery ship carries q
crew Of forty-eight, as against the Gf-
teen she would normally carry as a ear
go boat. The panic party" is her net de-
ceit. When q U-boat torpedo goes home
all the motions of abandoning ship are
carried out. boat is put overheard
with what appears to be the entire crew
all the rest remaining calmly hidden ON
board waiting for the U-boat to come TO
the surface and offer a fair target
Meanwhile the ship is slowly sinking
OFTEN hours pass in this slow suspense
Stalking of big game never offered such
opportunities for patience, steadiness Of
nerve and thrill.
No service of the war has been more
daring than that on board these decov
ships. None has meant more to the Al
lied cause, for in the long run thew
proved to be the surest and steadiest
weapon of all the many that fought the
submarine to standstil and kept the
mastery Of the sea with the surface
fleets.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-01-02
The Soldier Dead

IN another column of this page APP
pears a letter from Captain Edward
NC. Peters, u. S. n r. f., concerning
the transfer of our soldier and sailor
dead from France and Belgium to the
United States. Captain Peters has mott
fed the military authorities that he is
content that his boys body shall re-
in the fighting at Seicheprcy, but he
believes the United States government
should see that all American dead arc
gathered together and placed in dcsig-
mated cemeteries in France, "whorc this
government may properly care for them
and where they may lie for all time in
the land for which they gave their lives.
Colonel Roosevelt has asked and OBJ
tanned permission from the War Depart
ment that the body of Quentin Roosc-
welt, who was buried where he fell
when he was shot down by a German
aviator, shall there remain
Many whose soldier dead lie in Ior-
raine, in the Argonnc and in Flanders
Fields will share the sentiments of
Captain Peters and Colonel Roosevelt.
On the other hand, many will wish their
dead to lie in places prepared for them at
home. 1t is proposed that the govern
ment shall make a ruling on the subject
and either bring all the dead to rest in
the land which sent them forth or leave
all where they fell as our hostages for
the ideal which called them forth TO
die. But is that necessary? May not the
wishes of those most nearly concerned
be consulted? Whether the dead remain
IN France, are brought to the great Gem
etery at Arlington or find their way to
quiet corner of the little churchyard
at home is the concern Of tie living. not
OF the dead Their work is done; their
place is sure.
ION Fame eternal camping ground
Their silent tents are spread.
And Glory guards with solemn round
The bivouac Of the dead
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-01-02
Our Dead in France

To the Editor of The Tribune
Sir: Last spring when my son, then In
command of the I'd Company, Machine Gun
Battalion, 1st Brigade, 1st Division, was
killed at Seicheprey, in Lorraine. | wrote
the graves registrant. Major NOV Lieu
tenant COLONEL Pierce. that I did not cx-
pect to bring my boys body here for
burial and that believed the United
States would establish and maintain IN
France military cemeteries as we now have
them in our land.
The body of my boy rests in the French
military cemetery in village hard By
where he fell, and other bodies taere
of those who went down at the place
with him, in the fighting of the early part
of March of this year.
In these particular cases there would
seem to be no need OF reburial as | un-
derstand the cemetery to be permanent
The burial places of many others who
died on the field of battle and in hospitsls
must be scattered over an extensive area.
and in many must be so situated
that if left where they are they are NOT
likely to receive proper care and attention
as time goes on.
Therefore, it would seem to me that all
should be gathered and placed in conse-
Grated cemeteries at designated points in
France, where this government may prop
erly care for them and where they may
lie for all time in the land for which they
gave their lives
EDWARD NC PETERS.
Captain, U. S n. RF
|, s. S. Adams. Dec 20, 1918.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-01-02
Patriotic Cuss Words

How the cuss words of our martial heroes
ring in the ears of their grateful country
men, Colonel Whittlesey's vehement c;ac-
nlation will go ringing down the corr;do.s
with Farraguts damn the torpedoes--oo
ahead And there's the immortal mesa.no
sent by that gallant Bostonian. Cerora,
John NJ. Corse, answering the inou;rv 90 ~
wne'ner he could hold the fort at Alatoona:
I'VE lost cheekbone and an ear, but can
llck all hell yeti" 1t curiously happens
th"t the most famous of the pous hymns Of
moody and Snnkey were inspired bv this
Allatoona incident
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-01-02
A Quiet Celebration

II was quiet by comparison with Ar
migtice Day and quiet by comparison
with old-time New Ycars' Eveg---evcn if
there was something more than utter
calm doing in every street and eating
place and dancing spot. The striking
walters were expected to dampen the
proceedings, but the substitute wait
regses once again proved their mettlc and
food came true much as ever.
Why, then, the difference? The high
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-01-02
Senator Lodge Defends
The Art OF Quotation

FENHOSE persons who criticisc the liberal
use of quotations usually buttrcss
their criticisms with Emcrson's QUO
tation confesses nferiority' or Steelc's
"Thcrc is nothing so Dcdantc as many quo
tations.' They forget that Emerson also
said, "a great man quotes bravcy," and
that complete file Of "'rhc Taller" might
have served as a fair substitute in those
times for the Bartlett of to-dry
One Of these critics recently touched tic
pride OF Henry Cabot Lodge with the com
ment that some Of the Massachusetts Sena-
tors published speeches were Every we'll in
their way, with skilfully distributed FAINT
iar quotations.'' WhcrcuDon the Senator
from the Bav State "begs leave to print
and has spread upon the records through
the medium of "Scrbners Magazine" for
January a defence Of quotations in general
and his own in Particular Explaining the
circumstance which melted him to write the
article, Senator LODGE says:
Let me say i'm answer to the implied
criticism that | confess to a fondncss, per
haps it is a weakness, for an apt quotation.
1t seems 10 me to adcrn or light up a sem
tencc provided it is wise OF beautiful, or
humorous as we'll as fitting 1t is a but
tress TO an argument, it sharpens a point
it adds lustre to Il page. If can express
a thought OF mine in the language of
Shakespeare, the supreme master of Eng
ish. how much better for nv reader or nv
nearer than to leave him alone with my
words, so poor and dim compared 10 the
radiance OF the great poet and thinker.
Perhaps too far give way TO my fancy in
this respect, but | know how much / like
the art of quotation in others. and also
feel that if err at least sin in good com
pany. There is first OF all Sir Walter
Scott, Urvalled in quotations. which he
dearly loved to use. think he surpassed
AL others in the art, because, when even
his wide and curious reading and his
tenacious memory failed to give what he
desired, he made his quotations himself
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-01-02

family whore they have been born and
grown I'D, but which never travel beyond
the household limits. If this Shakespearian
definition gives a good standard, and there
can be no doubt of the extreme familiarity
which it implies, the question arises
whether it also means that Familiarity con-
notes inferiority and leaves a mark upon
an authors verse or prose which directs
avoidance
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-01-02

Qrcnl The Baltimore sui)
Colonel House has added Hungarian to
the languages which he can keep silent in.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-01-02
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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-01-02
Ancient Mariner" Revised

This is as Punch paraphrases il:
AS idle as German ship
Upon the German ocean"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-01-02
Family Affairs

'tiapdo CdlldN, IN The Kansas City stare
There is nothing Pa enjoys more than
giving the neighbors all the nuts and
fruit that were sent to him by relatives
IN the state he moved away from wears 400
He is willing to do without these things
himself IN order to convince others that
his old state is the place where everybody
ought to live.
Dad will have more life about him when
nc gets Older. Grandpa used to have lust
as little play and fun in him as Dad has
now.
One of the happiest moments in Susie
Gristhopper's life was when she first saw
Virgil Pepper wearing the tie she eayc him
As usual. Aunt Sally says her cakes ere
not as good as usual, but she is not worry
ING about it, She knows they are
Wouldn't it be a pleasure to prepare =
NICE dinner for ell your husbands broth
ers if you could do it without INVITING
their wives?
Ia would like 20 make trip back n
the old home to sec if the date seed ha
planted years ago has grown into q LARGO
tree.
You can still get butter for few cents
pound. less than you have to paw for
good grade of chocolates.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-01-02

One of the happiest moments in Susie
Grsthopper's life was when she first saw
' irgll Pepper wearing the tie she gave him
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-01-02

"|Eorc for peoce,' says Uncle Abim-
clech Bogardus, of Preakuess. N. j.,
"but, gosh der1a it, 1car makes q hail.
lot better readi'1 IN The ncwspa pe,-s. ,"
f. f. Y.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-01-02

As usual. Aunt Sally says her cakes ere
not as good as usual but she is not worry
'ng about it. She knows they are.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-01-02
Made-to-Order Quotations

"Thcrc YOU can find them written at the
head Of Sir Walters chapters. appropriate
of course, because devised for that especial
purpose and attributed to an old Play an
Old Ballad or to that fertile and charming
author Anonymous Think Of a novelist
who, lacking quotation to introduce
chapter, scrubbed his manuscript such
lines as these:
Sound sound the clarion, fill the fife.
10 all the sensual world proclaim,
One crowded hour of glorious life
Is worth an age without name.
ANONYMOUS
'cOld Mortality.D
as it any the worse because it became
what Scott pretended it to be, familiar
quotation, SO familiar that hundreds have
repeated the splendid words without even
knowing their origin? looked back to the
earliest chapters of the novel, and found
the first five garnisned with quotations
from Burns, Prior Swift and Shakespeare,
and then memory remaining mute, invention
steps in, and we have lines from our decep-
tive friend an odd Ballad What lover of
literature would quarrel with either the
real or the invented quotations-they all
CLEAN upon the page and open the coming
chapter with strain of music Think, too
for moment OF some of the writer's who
still delight the world and who were much
given to quotation, apt, ingenious and sug-
gest'Ve. Montairne, Lamb, Hazlitt, Mat
thew Arnold, Macauay, Augustine Brrell
Lowell, Emerson, great masters all in the
delicate and charming art of quotation, oc-
cur at once to ones mind"
Assuming the aggressive, Senator Lodge.
armed with quotation demands of his
critic definition of the term "familiar"
as applied to quotations, and then answer
ing his own query saws.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-01-02
The Naive Boche
By Major Daniel T. Pierce

Chief Of the Bureau Of Public Inforno
ton for the Red Cross in Paris
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-01-02
Bunk

"His Bunkic An American soldier
beside the grave Of his dead comrade,
the man who shared his bunk.-1hc
LONDON Graphic.
The hotel walters are striking again
and thc &. r. T. has gone into bank
ruptcy, and for the life Of us we can't
decide which we are less interested in.
i
The Allies haue confscated $500 .000-
600 7corth Of paper money intended fo,.
Russia, and it is reported that no yea
sonablc offer therefor miN be refused.
Our Intentions Were Good Too
In your issue of Friday last you printed
in your column single verse, entitled
''Wc'vc Been There Ourself," with NV
name attached, apparently as the author.
do not claim authorship to it, | did
not compose it. CHANGED to see it some
place and sent it TO one of my friends.
and he, doubtless thinking had composed
it, must have passed it on to you-with
the best OF intentions on his part
HENRY ERSKINE SMITH.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-01-02
AS Shakespeare SAYS

lear that must quote in order to give
inc pest definition | know if attempt to
establish true standard Of familiaritv. II
is to be found in Henry " where the KING
says
Then shall our names.
Familiar in his mouth as household woras,
There we have an admirable definition
covering all the really popular and familiar
quotations of the dictionary and nothing
else ind testing familiarity bv the little
phrases and jests which arc peculiar to the
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-01-02

THE CRAVEN ZEBRA
The zebra is coward quite.
He breads publicity. know.
For he appears, By day or night
All camoufaged from nose to toe
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-01-02

Pa would like 20 make a trip back To
the old home to if the date seed he
planted years ago has grown into a LARGO
tree.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-01-02

You still get butter for a few cen+s
pound less than you have to pay for a
good grade of chocolates.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-07-20

THE "EMPRESS Or ASIA" BRITISH TRANS
.. PORT ONE OF THE LARGEST SHIPS TO PASS
J. THROUGH THE PANAMA CANAL Is HERE
( SHOWN WITH 1000 CANADIANS PASSING
THROUGH THE CANAL on HER WAY TO
~ VANCOUVER B. C.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-10-24

cher-zimmerman vinta ge. Boston might even take the transfer of the Brave franchise to Toronto with sense of cOmplacence.
 Were 1t not for the Nehf deal of late last season, it Is likely that the MaranviIle talk would not be taken seriously eithe. Tn New York or Bos- ton. But if the Boston cub gave up it's best pitcher b. cause in the language of George S,aIlings. the price was so attractive the club couldn't afford to turn it lfcwn,' then why is it not just as feasible for the Braves to sell their s sar shortstop because of a similar reason?
 There is no question but that Rab- bit Maranville would look mighty sweet in the Giant tnfeld. He is a player with a personality. who would go strong in Gotham. If Me Graw can put over the MaranNille deal. it will be 9 great feather in his cap, but it will start a lot of cOmmo- ton in the National League.
 There were a lot of reports around last winter that Charles Stoneham of the Giants financed the deal by which George Washington Grant became the owner of the Braves. It was denied, of course but 1t was true that Grant had desk space in Gtoneham's office hefore he took over the Boston club. The deal by which the Giants got Artie Nehf lest w:n+er lent color to the stories that -StOneham had a friendly interest in Gran $ venture.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-10-24
DEAL. FIR E1ARANvILLE IS
 LIKELY ID 90 THROUGH
New York Fans Think McGraw Can Trade Bunch of Players and Some Cash for Crack Short
 stop of Braves

New York, Oct 24-BoSton is pretty much perturbej over the report that John NIcGraw. manager of the Giants, had made the Braves an offer for Rabbit AIaranville. the great little shortstop of the Boston team. As one Bostonian put it. If the Braves let go of Maranviuc, they might as well take down their shingle.''
 Officials of the New York club will not admit that any offer has been made to the Braves for MaranvilIe, but it would not be surprising, Sew that when AIcGraw swung a trade 1t would be one similar to that of 1908, by which half of the present Giant infield likely will leave the team.
 NIcGraw never objected to giving quantity for a player he wanted In 1908 he gave up McGann. Dah1en, Browne Bowerman and Ferguson for Bridwen. Penney and Nee5ham. When he wanted Pitcher Art TTomme in 1913, he gave up Red Ames, Josh De- wore and Heinie Groh. GrOh then was a kid but already had displayed great promise, In 1916 to get Herzog back a third time McGraw gave up Mathewsou, ROush. ArcKechnie and $25 900. It was through these deals that the Reds procured the greatest stars of their present worlds cham piOnship aggregati G-oh and Roush. Both were utility men when IcGraw disposed of them,
 Unquestionably there would be a terrible uproar if Boston let the Rab- bit go for some veterans of the F.ec-