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New-York tribune., 1919-10-11
The intermediate
Millions

To the Editor of The Tribune.
MIR: 1t seems time for all authoritative
newspapers to speak out, frankly and
fearlessly, of the grave danger to the
state that may result from the inertness OF
the American middle class.
AS things now stand, a large majority Of
orderly citizens is being victimized and
Knocked at by three different groups. OF
these the first, and, for the nonce, the most
oppressive are the organized handworkers.
From the intrenchments of their unions they
assail us, day by day and week by week,
with ruthless calls for shorter hours and
higher pay A second group-the trusts
are raising prices beyond reason or endur
ance. Between these like mean, ravenng,
souald ackals, are hosts of landlords without
hearts or consciences; unscrupulous retailers;
vile, useless middemen; all profitcers, who,
though not strictly organized, are held to-
gethcr by the bonds of selfish interest.
It is quite useless for the victims of these
groups to enter protests against this or that
deep wrong II they kick against the mon
strous price of meat, milk, or drugs, they
cot shrurs or jeers. The landlord laughs.
packers talk of the high cost of feed and
labor The milk dealers all give you specious
arguments And, in the end, we pay, because
we have to pay.
The chief cause Of our absurd and wretched
impotence is plain enough. We impotent,
Of course. because are still unorganized.
Tie middle class means little to the Senate
or the House of Representatives. The middle
class means only scattered units. Millions on
millions, to be sure, but only units.
Seven months ago more in brief essay
which appeared in "Thc North American
Review" under the title of "Thc intermediate
Millions" took the liberty of outlining
some suggestions for the formation, first
of q number Of autonomous leagues for self
Defence roughly modelled on the Actors
Equity Association, and later on, of fedora
ton Of those leagues shield and bul.
wark against those who wrong the people.
| bulnted out what should have been self
evident, that while the middle class remained
unorganizcd it would go on being kicked and
gougcd and swinded. as it is to-day, by true
uent labor" men, so-called; by unscrupuous
prolitoers and "gentlemen's combinations"
Above all, | laid stress upon the fact-whch
is still fact-that all our tyrants put to-
gether formed II minority.
II we wish God to help us, we must help
New-York tribune., 1919-10-11
Your Last Chance to Register

Your polling place is open all day TO-
dav from a. N. to 10:30 p. m., and 1t is
YOUR last chance to register unless
YOU take the ten minutes necessary to
register all your good intentions and fine
sentiments and anti-Bolshevlsm and pro-
Americansm might as we'll be so much
mush. You will have deliberately re-
fused to help your country in the way
that alone can prevent Bolshevism and
keep America alive-lending the intel
ligent, devoted aid of your citizenship.
A government by the people must be
run by the people or it perishes 1T IS
not designed to run successfully upon
any other basis This means that every
citizen eligible to vote must study and
think and register and vote. To-day is
your last chance to be a 100 per cent
American.
New-York tribune., 1919-10-11
Make 1t Judge Rembaugh

In the lst Judicial District, Borough
Of Manhattan, Miss Bertha Rembaugh,
the first woman in New York State to
be nominated for judicial office by one
of the chief political parties, is a can
didate for justice of the Municipal
Court
The women voters of New York are
tc be congratulated On having available
so excellent a representative in their
first considerable political venture, and
the electorate of the 1st District, with
out regard to sex, cannot do better than
to confirm the nomination on Election
Day. The justices of the Municipal
Court number twenty-six, and in one
third of the cases a woman is either
plaintiff or defendant. There is no
gender about the law, and Miss Rem
baugh's ideas Of legality are those of
surely it is not unreasonable for women
to ask that one justice out Of twenty
SIX be chosen from among them.
Miss Rembaugh is woman of genexal
and special education, whose fitness for
judicial Office will not be challenged
She is graduate of Bryn Mawr College.
She took the highest honors at the New
York University Law School, and has
been in active practice in this city since
1904. Even without making any allow
ance for the retardng effect Of preju-
dice on womans legal career, it may be
said that she has achieved in her fifteen
years of practice an enviable repute at
the bar for integrity, for ability and for
professional knowledge and skill. She
is easily first among the women lawyers
Of the state
Miss Rembaugh has argued before the
New York Court of Appeals and the
New York Supreme Court, but large
part Of her work has been with just such
small everyday cases as come before the
Municipal Court-cases Of eviction, wage
collection, personal injury, etc. She has
had an uncommonly wide experience
with people of many different origins,
from pure American to Assyran, and
this, together with her experience of
business acquired through Federal court
receiverships, makes her specially we'll
equipped to handle the business Of the
Municipal Court
Miss Rembaugh is nominated on the
Republican ticket, but her campaign is
being conducted by a bipartisan COM
mlttee of women. These women and
others distinguished and not dstin-
guished are working hard for success,
and they should have every encourage
ment from men as we'll as women citi-
zens. Make it Judge Rembaugh.
New-York tribune., 1919-10-11
In Our Toun
To the Editor of The Tribune

To the Editor of The Tribune
Sir: There is one page IN the Sunday
Tribune that gives az old New Yorker a
great deal ofe enjoyment every week, and
that is I'm Our Town"
thought | knew every nook and angle
of this village, but it seems your staff are
ferreting out new and interesting bits
every week.
Last week I liked the Bowery bit very
much, and the article on "Eas. Broadway
PARK was certainly drawn by n sharp-eyed
reporter. Any who has passed through
this park Will be struck anew with the
various and multitudinous life that this bit
of green holds.
hope the page will go on uncoverinr
the other sections and quarters of the city
in similar striking fashion Our citv needs
rediscovering, it seems to me, especially to
New Workers. CHARLES ROMM.
New York City, Oct. 7. 1919.
New-York tribune., 1919-10-11
''Ding'' 50 G

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: Please allow me 10 express nay deep
appreciation OF your kindness IA publishing
my letter OF criticism, in your issie ~ Sep
tember 50, undor nay Initials "t g. v"
The reason Tor the use OF the IN t.a'' ~as
that it would not appear that wanted
personal publicity IN the maitcr Az my
identity has been connected hy some w'h
that of the party who started ihc Briggs
cartoon discussion want 10 stand np aad
be counted as another person
did not expect that ali would agree with
me. for Paul gave out very psll nlunc-
ton when he said: Beware when "a men
speak well of thee but ! wanted TO aee
what some Of the other RENDERS Noaght.
and now know, thanks 20 you. ! am glad
TO find that some others believe thai II it
is worth while for you 20 have strong
Republican policy, loo per cent American.
you are not called upon TO g.vo free rein
to an artist, however talented he mas be
and let him amuse ut the expense of these
policies, certain ones who care only for no
cartoons.
To me there is no more humof Ia he
situation than in the sta,emen' r.ad DC 70
Gently in Montclair church by former
preacher, but now the writer for a column
in one of our evening papers. Uho SAID that
the United States Senate is IN relic Of su-
tocracy and government by kines and mast
go" p very encouraging thought for the
anarchist agltator.
Gladstone said that "the Constitution Is
the most wonderful work ever s'nck or at
a given time by the brain and purpose OF
man." but | know full we'll thai 'hosc Who
read "The World" for their editor as ard
look for Ding's cartoons to bear taem cut
in graphic way are the ones Who are
shouting at the top of Their voices hat
the league Of nations. just d. il was
brought over by the President. far out
shines the Constitution; members 90 the
worlds council OF nations and nor United
States Senators are the men al ,ao hour
They would probably think il entirely
consistent 10 have a Vaudeville show n
connection with the Sunday morn ng ser
mon because It would "nake for mrih
whatever the oonsistency' II would have
added TO the mirth Of 4 community sing
during the war to have sung Germany
Over ALP along with The Star-Spargled
Eanner',
| will not assume any Indulgence Of your
valuable space TO answer some of ne
critics Of &c. A. W." much as / should like
to do so, but must commend y. l. 3 g
for his rcsonrcefulness in using ~. dii-
to1ay to hep linn understand tte sig-
nifean' o. iay initials do not know
what his initals stand for. perhaps the
Junior Leaaac Of Buli Caichors. hu, any
way, ! presume lis parents looscd torNaFd
30 just abou. this time. and Sc in order TO
fores;al! any counter attack in the way Of
cryptic Interpretation, they gave n
mouthtul Of names. Whit fores sht'
Thanking you for your courtesy and a.
suring you of my hearty supper in al
your work for nationalism. please allo~ Ma
to sign myself. GEORGE A. WARD.
Montclair, n. j. Oct. Z. 1919.
New-York tribune., 1919-10-11
An Open Letter to
Senator Hitchcock
From The Rericic
THE country wants the treaty ra,;eo,
and is tired of deiay I'll

"Ht country wants the treaty ra,isss
and is tired of delay. The evias..-
is all in. There are no new arr,,-
ments to be heard. Senators who w..
undecided at first have had annie t;ma :.
reach a decision.
The treaty cannot be ratified unless ~.
act of ratification embodies reservs.;a.
safeguarding our country in certain ma,
ters OF vital concern to its permanent wal
fare. To such reservations, drawn ir :.
moderate a form that the acquiesccnce -
the other powers of the world msv \.
counted on as certainty, a strong erovn
of Republican Senators have long been eo,n
mitted. The President has himself uneo,iv-
ocally expressed his approval OF her suh-
stance. His opposition is onlv 10 th.,.
beng embodied in the act of ratification
Your present position appears 80 be ,h..
of stubborn adherence 10 this onpos,tio,
But it will evidently be unavailing. Tn.
Republican Senators who have shown 81.
frmness of their convictions by stansip.
out against changes that would imperil ths
treaty are equally firm in their determine.
tion that the treaty shall carry no peril :.
our country's honor or safety They canno,
be intimidated by the threat that tho adon-
ton of reasonable reservations will hr,ns
with it the rejection Of the treaty hy ths
Administration forces. Upon those VINO re.
fuse a rational compromise. and not upon
those who propose il. VIII rest nc guilt Of
wreckng the treaty.
President Wilson's illness has laid upo,
you, and upon the Democratic Senators ~
whom you are the leading spokesman in
this great emergency. heightened respon.
sibility. 1t is impossible, and viii obvious.
ly for considerable period coniinae i'm.
possible, for him to take full charge OF the
situation. 1t is well that the country WAS
not rushed into precipitatc acceptance Of
the treaty; but further delay would be hot
only useless but dangerous. It would he
dangerous as proloneing the period Of un-
certainty and disturbance throughout the
world. and it would be dangerous as I'M
perillng the adoption OF the treaty Itself
1t is in your power to end all doubt and
delay. You have only 90 accept the bass
OF ratification upon which Tie moderate
Republican reservationists stand They
have shown the sincerity Of their desire 20
put the treaty through by standing oat
against the leaders OF their party on every
proposition that hodca danger to 1t. Can
you afford to spurn their AID. a. the cost
of mperiling the whole treaty. Non can
prolong delay and make ultimate Faiifica-
ton doubtful by continued opposition 10
their moderate and reasonable proposals:
by accepting them you can make raNfica-
tion certain and make it prompt Which
is your choice?
New-York tribune., 1919-10-11
temporary comes trippingly from the
pen, but it hardly corresponds with the
facts
Rescuing the Classics

Who are the real enemies of the
classics, those who oppose Greek and
Latin as they have been taught, or their
traditional friends, who have converted
their study into dullest, blindest Of all
educational grinds? President Nelson
of Smith College has taken the latter
view:
"Thc deadly enemy of the classics is
not science or mathematics or modern
literature or voca tional utilitariansm;
it is linguistic fanaticism, the insistence
that no shall enter those fair
domains save through the one door of
language"
From this point of view the task of
those who reverence the classics is one
of salvage from wreck rather than
protection against invaders. An ex-
ceedingly interesting account of an at
tempt at such salvage is given by Pro-
fessor w. L. Grant, of Upper Canada
College, Toronto, in The Bookman.
Professor Grant (who is not teacher of
the classics himself) plunges frankly
for the translations. He puts his own
case first. In years gone by he obtained
First Glass at Oxford in Litter@
Humaniores." But he now turns not
to Euripides, but to Gilbert Murray and,
"in despite of Matthew Arnold and of
Bentley, / still maintain that Pope and
Chapman will give the average Cana
dian more idea of the width and wealth
of Homer than he willsget by constru
ing a few hundred lines Of Caesar"
Professor Grant holds that the ideal
goal Of all study of Greek, for example
is Hellenisnl-neither conjugations, nor
the use of the aorist, nor prosody nor
man history, the most splendid summit
Of the past.
The difficulties of studying the classics
in translation are many. Good texts
are few, and not available in cheap edi-
tions. In the curriculum established at
Upper Canada College the course is
offered as an alternative to Latin and
is usually taken by "thc weaker
brethren" Yet, even so, extraordinary
success and interest are reported. And
what Professor Grant has in view is a
far broader treatment, which would in
vite the study Of the language and the
study of authors in "snippets of the
original,' with a later reading of the
complete works in translation. Also,
by combining Norths. translation of
Plutarchs Olives" with a good textbook
on ancient history, new and living sub
ject might be created out of one of the
driest in any curriculum, he argues.
Euripidcs, A1schylus, Virgil Plato,
Thucyddes--it is rare feast which
can be spread forth in translation. Will
not the die-hards among our classicists
cause alive?
New-York tribune., 1919-10-11
The Modern Ambassador

The great ambassador, like the great
pr0-consul," remarks The Christian Sci
cnce Monitor, "departed with the COM
ing of the electric cable" Our Boston
neighbor is persuaded, therefore, that
Lord Grey, the new British Ambassador,
although his great gifts and eminent fit
ness are acknowledged, Will play no
great part.
Like many generalizations, the fore
going one has more the appearance of
truth than an actuality For seventy
years this country had British am
bassadors with no cable. And it has had
them seventy years with cable. And
the most influential British representa-
tive Washington has ever received
served during the cable perod--James
Bryce More. than any other man he
induced Americans to see that new
Great Britain has come into being since
Bunker Hill, Lundy's Lane and the days
OF the Alabama, and thus vitality con-
trbuted to the advancement Of one Of
the major foreign policies of his country
namely, hearty friendship between the
two English-speaking nations.
The modern ambassador is, Of course,
not altogether the old one-is not Rad
clitfe, deciding great matters without
consultation. New circumstances re-
quire new methods But, broadly speak
ing, there never was time when the
diplomatic function was more important
or made greater demands than now Not
only must there be persuasiveness in
dealing with executive officials, but the
present-day diplomatist, despite his re-
straints, must find ways favorably to
interpret his country to Congress and
to the general public.
American influence in many places
would be greater than it is if we had not
persisted in regarding the diplomatic
establishment as pasture ground for
spoilsmen, dispatching men without
prestige or experience and commonly
without knowledge of even the language
Of the country whereto they went. Our
international relations are of increased
consequence, and there is need Of fun
damental change Of view with respect to
the personnel Of our diplomatic estab-
lishment. We must recruit for it our
ablest men. Make no nistake-an am
bassador is no mere messenger boy who
delivers cablcgrams.
The notion that secret diplomacy is
no more IS, Of course, sheer nonsense.
Never was the business of arranging
details more industriously carried on be-
hind closed doors than now Witness the
quietude Of Colonel House and the Prcs
dents fixed resolution not to reveal how
he handled delicate matters The pres
cnce OF large press gallery, as we
learned, Is no guarantee Of information.
Either the correspondent is denied the
facts, or is used to spread the sort Of
news that the negotiators wish crcu-
lated The phrase Of our Boston con-
New-York tribune., 1919-10-11
Some Familiar Names

Julia Culp, who is we'll known on the
American concert stage, and who formerly
made her home in Berlin suburb, has
recently had little revolution OF her own
in her marital life. About two months
ago she got divorce from her husband,
who was an engineer of the name of Mcr-
ten, and since then she has married tex
man Bohemia, whose name IS Ginskey. She
makes her home now in that city, but Will
continue her concert work on a reduced
scale, coninng her appearances to a few
Of the larger cities
Coenraad V. Bos who was her accompanist
on her American tours, is now ahoat for
New York, having gone upon the invitation
of Frieda Hempel to act as her accom-
panist. He had difficulties at irst in get
ting permission to enter America, despite
the fact that he is Hollander, and not
German. The fact that his wife is Ger
man seemed to somebody in authority TO
be sufficient ground for excluding him; but
later that difficulty was removed in some
way.
Niksch, who remains steady favorte
with Berlin concertgoers is now ccle-
brating his twenty-ffth year conductor
of the Philharmonic concerts. During the
long period mentioned, he never missed
Berlin appointment--his home Is in Lcip-
zg-unti last spring, when a strike at
Leipzig prevented his getting here.
New-York tribune., 1919-10-11

though the increased attendance partly
made up for the extra expense of giving
concerts.
The musical season began here on the
5th with a concert by Vecsey-his first ap-
pearance, 1 believe, since the death of
his father last winter. He had sold-out
house in the big Philharmonic. which he
aroused to boundless enthusiasm
West,card Bound
Already it may be said that westward the
musical stars take their course. Claire
Dux, Swiss by birth and German by mar
rage, who ranks as easily the foremost
soprano Of Germany, leaves in October for
an American tour; and Jad owker, the Ber-
lin tenor, leaves a month later on similar
errand. | understand that American in
quiries are also coming in for instru-
mentalsts, especially for vioinists. A
number Of promising young players on
various instruments have come to the front
within the years when musical news was
quite bottled up in warning Germany; and
l am told that some of these viii, be heard
from in due time.
Singing talent has also been developing
of which little nothing has been heard
in America. In May, at one of the Vein
gartner series OF concerts, | was greatly
pleased with the singing of Frau Sigrid-
Onegin, who possesses remarkably rch
velvety alto voice. and now | learn that
although she was wholly unknown in Ber-
lin two years ago, she already ranks
one of the two greatest altos of Germany,
along with Fraulein Emm Leissner, Of the
Berlin Opera A big career is predicted
for her. 1t is also predicted that the
Atlantic will not keep her in Europe many
years. She is a German, despite her out
landish sounding name. She gets that,
by the way through marriage to a Russian
prince of the house of Lvoff, though she
never parades the fact that she is
princess. She lived at Stuttgart, and is
connected with the opera there, and also
with the Munich Opera.
New-York tribune., 1919-10-11
The Coming Towe,
Police Court Anthology

George Sharkey
didn't like to bring my son to court
Any more than the next man would, Your
Honor,
And so l stood lot but finally
| felt that it must stop, and brought him
here.
Ever since William has been twenty-one
He's treated me like dirt
His mother sides right with him, too. It's
hard,
When you have worked for twenty years to
build
place you call home and then to have
Your own blood turn against you.
have poultry, Judge
l kept them in shed, in my back yard
And had a chicken wire fence around it.
When / came home one night | found the
wire
Torn down. The chickens all running
wild,
And William, here, building a garage,
For his new Ford against the chicken house.
l told him that he'd have to stop, and he
Told me to keep my mouth shut, or he'd
beat me.
New-York tribune., 1919-10-11
What Every Idealist Must Feel

When argument is made against in
dustrial disturbance the appeal is COM
monty to reason and to personal self
interest.
It is pointed out that as produc-
ton diminshes so must consumption;
that the high cost of living is neces-
sarily aggravated by a small supply
of goods and can be effectively remedied
only by creating more.
1t. is pointed out that in a country as
complicated and independent as ours a
months stoppage of the railways or the
coal mines would bring starvation and
cold to millions; that a general tie-up
Of industry would quickly mean appalling
universal misery. Russia with popu-
lation S5 per cent rural, and each family
and village self-sustainng, can get along
in q fashion with production halved, but
and seller could not
Such reasoning is, of course, sound
and can scarcely be too often repeated
But man is ret wholly a rational or
selfish animal, and aitluism, as we'll as
its contrary, may properly enlist in the
campaign against the present peril
The cunning and the strong might sur
vivc under regime of disorder, a select
few might save themselves from it's con-
sequences. The rule still holds that
every man is his brothers keeper. The
idealist, the lover of his species, the man
who looks beyond himself is not salts
fed when others are miserable
A call comes to every generous soul to
do it's utmost to prevent New York be-
coming Petrograd where famine
stalks. We struggle to keep the wolf
from our several doors, so doing we
fight also for others, particularly those
who toll with their hands. Certain pro-
Bolshevist elements in this country pre-
tend to be liberals, progressives and
humantarans. In fact, they are reac-
tionaries who would bring back the era
of tooth and claw, when brute force was
the sole lawmaker.
Order and freedom under law, the
great principles on which this govern
ment was based, contribute to ndivid-
ual welfare, but the passionate devo-
ton they ongender rests on deeper
foundations than selishness. The most
pitiful thing about the Boshevist-
minded is their gross moral inadeuuacy,
their cold and heartess contempt for
the fate of men. Besotted bigots, they
are the intellectual descendants of that
monarch who said he would have his
dominion a desert rather than have it
contain one, hereto. Or, to take a more
modern example, they echo the Prus-
sian professors who taught that the
posscssor of fCrcc is under no restraint.
! either divine CT human, in its exercise.
I There are some doctrines with which
there can be no compromise, which must
be uprooted, trunk and branch; and Boil
shevism is one Of them.
New-York tribune., 1919-10-11

to, receives no emphatic presentation in
the pronunciamento of the employers.
They give the impression that a strike
njures them chiefly, and as long as this
is accepted doctrine it is probable strikes
will be recurrent. 1t should be possible
to drive home point which should ap-
much in those of the employed as in
those of employers.