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New-York tribune., 1919-10-24
An Insult

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: 1t is not the question that the
operas to be performed are (so-called)
German music, nor that they are to be
performed in German, although that
seems an added affront; but it is the
question that the appearance of at
least two of the principal singers of
this organization on an American stage
Is an insult to any and every man who
wore the uniform of the army or navy.
Both of these artists-Herr Otto Cor
itz and Frau Ober-Arndt-were dropped
from the Metropolitan Opera organiza-
tion because of their outspoken and
vindictive anti-American sentiments.
cannot believe that Mayor Hylan has
forgotten that fact, nor can | believe
it forgotten by the New York press.
Why, then, do they ignore it? Mr..
krehbiel in The Tribune this morning un-
der the heading, German Opera" says
1t was a German audience exclusively
German audience. Otto Goritz
came upon the stage in the character of
huntsman. He is the gentleman who
at Nine Gadski's New Year party sang
a cynical song of triumph on the sinking of
the Lusitania. He carries a press agents
certificate to 100 per cent Americanisn,
now. Nine Ober- Arndt whose feelings
evercame her that she swooned when
the came that Congress had de-
clared state Of existed between
the United States and Germany, also re-
ceived an ovation.
Our army hospitals are full Of men
who never can be 100 per cent Ameri-
cans again, since only about so per cent
of them remains They have been
there for twelve months, some of them,
and look forward TO as many more.
When they are discharged they will be
but patched remains of what they once
We're. Net already in the greatest city
in the United States men and women
who were outspoken in their contempt
for this country and its institutions
are seeking, and are beng permitted
to perform German opera, and in the
German language,
is open to conviction and willing to
believe that many former German SYM
pathizers have become good citizens
and good patriots. But these artists,
by their persistence in endeavoring to
force themselves upon the public,
whether it will have them or not, have
shown more conclusively than any ar
gument could how completely they
have retained their contempt for
Americans or their opinions. To be
sure, necessity knows no allegiance,
and, since German marks declined with
the German Empire, why not waive
the American flag and gather in the
good American dollars? And so
trangely are they constructed that
hey probably never will realize that
their very names are stencil in the
nose Of the nation
SERVICE MAN.
Staten Island, n Y. Oct 21, 1919.
New-York tribune., 1919-10-24
frances Foreign Volunteers

A tablet was unveiled in Paris the
other day in honor of the foreign
volunteers who entered the French
armies. More than one hundred
thousand aliens offered themselves
and thirty-two thousand were &C
cepted. The enrolment opened on
August 90, 1914 But on the even
ing Of the first day of the moblliza-
ton eight thousand Italians then in
Paris volunteered and were sworn in
as unit.
The inscription on the tablet saws
truly that these strangers enlisted
IN the cause of France and of the
right 1t must remain one Of the
great satisfactions of the French
people that they entered the war
with justification which no one in
the world could successfully dispute
They had given no otfense and had
INDUCED in no hostile gesture. They
were attacked with premeditation
German diplomacy was determined
10 force them to fight, resorting even
to the insulting demand that France
should surrender Verdun and Toul
IN case she wished to abandon her
alliance with Russia and remain neu-
tYal
The sympathy Of the world vas
with France in 1914, although it
mad been withheld from Napoleon III
an 1870. Applicants for service
came from every quarter Of the
globe. In the first seven months
ID rhs war 1859 Austro- Hungarian
and 1912 German subjects enlisted
Later thousands OF Poles and
Czecho S'ovakz. anemy subjects.
New-York tribune., 1919-10-24
TO the Editor Of The Tribune.

10 the Editor Of The Tribune.
OK: very short time ago COM
~ pany after company of American
boys went lover there" to give
the1r lives, if necessary, for a tremen-
dously just cause.
Last evening at the opening of the
Lexington Avenue Theater something
occurred that will enrage every mother.
sister and sweetheart of the chaps who
so gladly and courageously fought. Ger
man music was going to be introduced.
Real Hun rlusic! Do you think that a
sane man or woman who has had to do
with this great war could sit and listen
to the cultural strains and not have
enter his or her heart the thought of
that man who so deliberately planned
the most cruel war in the history OF
the world? and who to-day is probably
laughing his tiendish laugh to think
that we'll accept their so-called music.
Will German propaganda again enter
our country under the guise of music?
have two brothers. They enlisted
~"A A~Ae 40 4OI 1 idiOCIS WIN Cn6Gry
words and hearts full of courage.
They fought. Fourteen months thew
fought. Fine fellows, they were, Just
like millions of others who fought so
nobly. And when they came home one
was deaf and stopping slightly, and
the other was still straight and tall,
excepting slight limp and missing
finger. And never a complaint did they
make. They were just glad to be home
glad to be greeted as they were in
this great city.
And now that they are with US again,
can you hardly blame them for not
wanting Hun music? God knows we
need music here in America, but not
the strains that will cause hatred in
peoples hearts and will make our boys
want to mob the theater.
For the sake of them-of the ,ys
who have left companions lying IN
Flanders fields, beg of you, Mr.. Ed-
tor, to do all within your power to bar
the production of German music in
America, and thus carry on.
THE AMERICAN SISTER OF TWO
AMERICAN BOYS,
New York, Oct. 20, 1919.
New-York tribune., 1919-10-24
German Opera
A Sample of Tribune Readers Viencs as Theu Ayyire

their Deutschland iiber Allies" IN the
face of America; nothing more. Like
most things German, it is tactless and
unworthy.
MERCEDES L. M'ALLISTER, SMITH.
Chairman of Americanization, Ameri-
can Defense Society.
New York, Oct. %, 1919.
New-York tribune., 1919-10-24
Non-Union

To the Editor of The TriDune.
Sir: At the labor Congress now
convening in Washington, who is rep
resenting the vast army of non-union
labor? Have they no spokesman?
These men and women are willing
to work and give dollars worth of
work for dollar; they prefer to be
free and independent workers and not
slaves to a union.
Has the government forgotten that
there are some people who will bargain
for themselves and Will not be bar
gained for by union?
A NON-UNlON WORKER.
Brooklyn. Oct 20, 1919.
New-York tribune., 1919-10-24
Another Airnan

The heroic mold in which Ameri-
can airmen are cast was wildly
portrayed in the glorious pages of
history wrought in the air of France.
The army transcontinental air race
has shown that the lofty spirit
still dominates the air service. The
wonderful resource in overcoming
difficulties, and the cool headed judg-
ment displayed by Lieutenant Belvin
w. Maynard are already household
stories, but there are others.
Consider the sheer pluck and
grim determination to refuse as
acknowledgement of defeat revealed by
Lieutenant d. B. Gish. DAN" as
he is familiarly known to his COM
rades of the air. was a member of
the 185th Night Pursuit Squadron
IN France, where he flew Sopwith
Camel. Returning from his last
flight over the enemy lines, his ma
chine collapsed in landing, and he
was so badly injured that he has
been compelled to wear leg braces
ever since.
Despite the handicap he competed
In the New York Toronto and return
race, covering the course twice in
two separate entries. In the present
race he was chosen to pilot Captain
De Lavergne, the French air at
tache. On the firstday his De Havi
land blplane burst into flames over
Canadice, N. Y. With excellent
Judgment he brought the burning
plane saely to earth, and both he and
Captain De Lavergne escaped injury
The French Air Attach6 then
joined Captain Roy N. Francis in
the Martin Bomber. Undaunted
Lieutenant Gish returned to Mine
ola, secured another machine and
started again. At Omaha he caught
up with Captain De Lavergne. who
was waiting there, after the Martin
Bomber had crashed while landing
IN a fog. The French officer re-
joined Lieutenant Gish, and thew
started the most difficult part of the
transcontinental flight over the
Western r1o11pto;,,c
On arrival at San Francisco Lieu
tenant Gish had the misfortune to
wreck his machine while landing on
the mist-covered Preside Flvinp
Grounds. 1t looked as if the in
trepld airman was at last complete
~ eliminated. But at the last mo-
ment it developed that Lieutenant
Torney, another competitor, was i'll.
Without moments hesitation Gish
put in bid for Torney's machine.
and is now flying back across the
continent to Mineola.
Inc whole country will watch his
progress. His matchless spirit de-
mands success, but should he fail
his cup of glory is already filled to
the brim. Some uplifting influence
seems to be in the upper reaches of
the air. 1t feeds the eagle spirit
and makes men more than men.
New-York tribune., 1919-10-24
The Preamble

In the preamble to the ratifying
resolution as approved by the Senate
Committee on Foreign Relations it
is provided that the reservations
which follow must be accepted by at
least three of the four principal AL
lied and associated powers.
No objection will be made on this
side Of the water if there is formal
filing of such acceptance. But what
is the need Of demanding this kind
of acceptance? 1t is familiar rule
of the law Of contract that when
one party, before signature, appends
4 reservation or construction, and
the other parties enter into the re-
lations contemplated by the instru-
ment, the reservation or construc-
tion concerning matters whereof it
deals is accepted. The act implies
assent This country, adhering to
general conventions, has attached
reservations thus silently accepted
by other powers.
The effect of explicit and tacit ac-
ceptance being the same, the practi-
cal question to be considered is what
form of acceptance is likely to prove
the more agreeable to proposed as
sociates. To put this question in the
present instance is to answer it. 1t
will scarcely be challenged that it
will be easier for other powers to
accept by acts rather than by words.
Motives of pride often intervene
10 prevent men or nations doing
something in particular way
which they would do in another.
Having made our position clear, it
seems polite to allow our associates
choice of method Of acceptance. If
the other powers wish to say this
country is welcome as member OF
the league on the terms and condi-
tions it prescribes, of course no
harm will be done by the preamble,
but what may prove to be an OBJ
stacle seems unnecessarily injected
The charge has been made that
Senator Lodge and his associates
have been seeking to create situa-
ton under which either the Presi-
dent or the other powers would be
irritated into scrapping the treaty.
This accusation Senator Lodge has
strongly denied. But he cannot be
unaware that insistence on par
ticular manner of acceptance gives
suspicion something further to feed
on. A wise public man avoids Civ.
ing Misrepresentation a handle OF
plausibility. The Senate majority
by it's rejection of amendments, has
shown that it favors joining the
league and is averse to unnecessary
impediments. Applying the same
spirit, it would seem as if the reser
vations should be so phrased anc
presented as to give the least ex
cuse possible for counter rejection
which would defeat ratification alto
gether.
New-York tribune., 1919-10-24

Judgment in constituting the obliga-
tions, legal or moral, created by Ar
ticle X. He ignored his own elab
crate Interpretation of those obliga
tions when he said at Salt Lake City
that the phraseology of what is now
Reservation would wreck the cove
nant. If the committee draft has
cut the life out of Article X, Mr..
Hitchcock's draft would also cut the
life out Of it. administration irri-
tation over Reservation is unintel-
ligible.
New-York tribune., 1919-10-24
4 Suggestion
To the Editor of The Tribune.

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: On Monday night outside the
Lexington Theatre sam a num-
Der of American soldier boys with
empty sleeves. Wouldn't it be a
charming idea to postpone the German
opera until these boys get their ar
titicial hands SO that they can applaud
Otto Goritz? FRANK CASE.
New York, Oct. %, 1919.
New-York tribune., 1919-10-24
II Like 1t Myself'

'F7om IAo LoNa-N Dd'v krDressl
Mr.. "Pussyfoot" Johnson, the Amer
lean temperance reformer, whose visit
to birmingham has created languid in
terest in that city. explained his views
at meeting of business men yester-
d..y.
In answer to questions. he advocated
iced milk, water and lemonade as sub
stitutes for beer for men working in
furnaces.
Beer gives no one stamina" he
said, "but it tastes good ] like it my
self"
New-York tribune., 1919-10-24
Tactless and Tn,cOrthv

To the Editor of The Tribune
Sir: Let me congratulate you on your
courageous stand anent the German
opera. What kind of civic sense made
it possible to give a license to this
latest German activity? 1t is not
craving for artistic music that inspires
their endeavor. 1t is a chance to faunt
New-York tribune., 1919-10-24

'I may be able to help Morrie in his
quest for information as to what the
twenty -four-year girl thinks about"
outlines Mary r. "She is wondering
whether her gray CATERS will go with
her brown coat, or whether she would
better get tan ones. The rosy haze
which surrounded the image she made
when she was eighteen of the man she
might some day marry is slowly disap
pearing, and the image is taking the
form of the incest young man she
knows. She contemplates the get-up of
the average eighteen yearold f1apper,
and wonders tolerantly how they become
thus This is likely to be moro
accurate information than that which
Doc Freud might be able to give you, on
account of his never having been one"
New-York tribune., 1919-10-24

'If you are a failure" writes Ed, in
the new book, "your wife knows the
Trusts didn't do it; she knows you have
the same opportunities other men enjoy
and do not take advantage of them"
We don't believe it. It is just as true
that if you are a success, your wife
knows you don't do it. The answer to
most of Eds generalities is Well, Yes
and No.
New-York tribune., 1919-10-24
Is Grayson HIP

'from The Seattle Iost-Intcii,oencerl
Admiral Grayson is so conservative
in his optimism about the Presidents
health that the conviction is growing
that the admiral himself Is not we'll
New-York tribune., 1919-10-24
Reproach

You never bring me flowers
And yet your smile is bright and glowing
AS the blossoms you forget.
Your touch upon my hand is tender
AS satin petals from the fairest rose,
And when you go,
The memory of your love-words
Hangs Ike n drowsy fragrance in the ain
How can l say
You never bring me flowers?
New-York tribune., 1919-10-24

Old Ed Howe's new book, ventures
in Common Sense" contains lot of true
talk, but his best, to our notion, para
graph is omitted. "a man thinks" Old
Ed wrote many years ago in the Atchi-
son Globe, what a good time boy has;
and boy thinks what good time a
man has And what rotten time they
both have!"
New-York tribune., 1919-10-24

The author also contributes the la'
teresting testimony that white slavet
Is a myth without any foundation !"
book, as We have said, is informauS''
1t seems to be true, probably gO'O
deal OF it is revolving, although W
must admit that we are seeking to S."
others from shocks which we did ~
feel ourself. The book ma even X
as the jacket says, "A human d0'r
ment-' Certainly, it steps with SUI
boldness through forbidden terr''0''
that It is likely to command lnte'e''
but II is absolutel7 barren of any pn"
osophy built upon its observed fs'..
Perhaps there are problems IN -.
world which are beyond solution wv
at least there is a certain satlsfa'''s,r
IN having an author suggest Ieh'N.
even if it is worth nothing. We eS'
see that Madeleine" has anything
the kind to offer.
We suppose that reviewer owes =
duty to mere sensation seekers an'V-
his readers Indeed, we haven
doubt that he. should do his pe''
discourage all such and yet we eaa'
resist the observation that here ~ M,
is book which might we'll be isv',
under the caption "Winter Resdipb
New-York tribune., 1919-10-24

fsu can purchase merchandise advertised In 1hs
SRieUNE with absolute ssiet--for II dlssatsfsc.
ten results In any CASE THE TRIBUNE guarantees
to pay your money back upon request. No red tapc.
No auIbbina. No mako good promptly II the
advertiser does not.
New-York tribune., 1919-10-24

Alteration, it appears from the pre-
coding, and from what other experts
tell US, clogs. Perhaps it is because
alteration Of any human person must
be insincere. And insincerity is the
boringest trait in the world.
New-York tribune., 1919-10-24
No. Sophie Is Right

Sir: Sophie Irene Loeb, defn ng the true
gentleman in the Evening World. declares:
"A gentleman is one who shows as much
courtesy to his wife in public as he does
in private" We're it not better to halo the
man who shows as much courtesy to his wife
in private as he does in public?
TEfw--ACHp
New-York tribune., 1919-10-24
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On the other hand, from aro,.
reader we receive support in question.
ing Gordon Craig's assertion, I'VE i,
not applaud the Atlantic Ocean,
wv ould ! on, as the classicist of II.
of The Tribune writes julia H Cow
rus to F. P. A, mind remindino NJ
Broun that what he conjectures !,
true. Men have cheered for the "a.
They cheered so loudly and the sonna
grew so IN volume that Xenophop frOn,
the rear, thinking something unpsral
must have happened, put spur to h.
horse and galloped to the top of III.
hill to find the men hugging ono
another and shouting 'thalassa. tb.
lassa.''
New-York tribune., 1919-10-24
The Old Batting Order Changeth

Sir: | listened to the lyrics Of Apple
Blossoms" They're pretty darned good, but
they're MT quite up to the b II LIE Baron
wrote for Captain Kidd & Co.. and THE
Echo" and the other New York University
shows. But then though | don't want to
knock Fritz Kreiser, Victor Jncoby and
Mark Lueschcr Bill no longer has Smeed
for composer. and the press agent isn't
[OUp
New-York tribune., 1919-10-24
Books
By Haywood Broun

EVERAL readers have written ;.
- tell US that it was Balboa and
Cortez who discovered the pac;s s'
and they are, of course, correc.
we refuse to have an error soos,
against us. for we know orr 4p- su
lett's Familiar Quotations" well enon1.
to remember that Keats spoke >.
stout Cortez" and we were ,ao.
structing the scene as he pictured !.
and not as 1t actually happened r.
after all, why deprive ourself Of ~
satisfaction of saying III We how.
erred we have erred with Keats.q
New-York tribune., 1919-10-24

Sir: Tell William the Conquered that to
adore is to bore. ! KNOW.
ALICE FO7REsTEa
New-York tribune., 1919-10-24
AS if in Answer

,From The Boston Globe>
You may not.' firmly says DR.
Grayson.
New-York tribune., 1919-10-24

Everybody strikes but the bill col
lectors. Efficiency and service-detest-
able, outworn phrases of the business
world--are cramped by strikes and the
difficulty. sometimes actual and some
times owing to the refusal of employ
ers to pay wages Cor unaltruistic en-
ployers still exist, of getting help. But
the next time, before we pay an extor-
tonatc price for a hat or pair of shoes
or apparel for points intermediate
we are going to tell the dealer that the
printers are on strike and that we can't
get a handbook.
New-York tribune., 1919-10-24
GttAR RANTEE

Entered the Tostoffce at New YORK as Second
Class Mall Matter
New-York tribune., 1919-10-24
The Coming 7ower
To William the Conquered

If you bore me-Here's the reason
Listen. William. and III tell
'Tis a very simple matter
This: YOU LIKE ME- FAR TOO WELL
THE CoNoUEROR OF WILLIAM.
Your fine strong hands. your shoulders
square,
Your hair. most everything about you,
Just suit me we'll but still it's there
You bore me- That is why | Hout you.
ADE1EINE /.
New-York tribune., 1919-10-24

1t seemed curious to US that li,ers,,
folk should be so keen to note tbs
slight to Balboa and neglect muol
graver error in the same article w.
refer to the fact that We spoke of pst
Moran when we meant Kid Gleason
New-York tribune., 1919-10-24

SUBSCRIPTION RATEs-By MAIL. Including
Postage. IN THE UNITED STATES AND
New-York tribune., 1919-10-24

We light be able to thinl
o + something.
New-York tribune., 1919-10-24
Hymns Of Hate

Tom almost makes me rave and swear;
He always calls it Onion Square
W. A.
I'd like to WELD murderous blow
At her who grcets me with "Hey-yo!"
JOSON.
Young Flossie's voice I'd still forever
What time she giggles, "Ain't you
clevcr!".
And Dottie lea, es me cold and naughty;
She's vay' cooling, Naughty!
Naughty."
I'd murder Joe without quiver;
He greets the world with Flows your
liver?"
Is Fred still drawing breath? He
shouldn't.
For Don't do anything / wouldnt."
ISOSCELES.
The dame that gets ME sadly ruff1ed
Is she who squeaks "These cards weren't
shuifled." ." HUB.
a knife on her should be impingin'
Who questions me with Honest Injun 2"
The Mayor had good reason to mark
Simpson for destruction, for the 18th
A. D. candidate has shown a distressing
lack of disrespcct for the executive dig
nifty Brooklyn Eagle.
Others have the requisite quantity.
"Whcn Pain and Anguish Wiring the Brow"
1From tho Western Chrisaian Advocated
-fF ow w l5on .i reported 70 b,
reading light fiction and poetry aloud to
her distingui shed husband Her person,i
ministrations. Instead OF relegatirg them
to nurses. are serving a fine example of
domestic devotion
There is considerable use, according
to the Governor, crying over rumors of
unclean milk.
The esteemed Literary Digest con-
tinues to be issued without the assist
ancc of typesetters; and queries come
to us asking what we'd do in the event
of linotypers strike
We nj ght be able to think
Of something.
New-York tribune., 1919-10-24
The Heart of the Covenant"

Has Senator Hitchcock joined the
ranks Of those who would "cut out
the heart of the covenant? He
offered in the Senate Foreign Rela
tlons Committee this substitute for
Reservation 2:
New-York tribune., 1919-10-24

Tom almost makes me rave and swear !;
lie always calls it Onion Square.
W. A.
New-York tribune., 1919-10-24

The esteemed Literary Digest con-
tinucs to be issued without the assist
ancc of typesetters; and queries come
to us asking what we'd do in the event
of Il linotypers' strike
New-York tribune., 1919-10-24
SHU Inspudenf

.ew ork, Oct. %. 1919.
New-York tribune., 1919-10-24

There is considerable use, according
to the Governor, crying over rumors of
unclean milk.