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New-York tribune., 1919-12-12
Public School Scholarship

1t is an excellent showing that
public school boys make in the an
alysis Of scholarship at Harvard, pub
lished in the current Harvard Grad
uotes' Magazine. An initial disad-
vantage at entrance is shown, when
73 per cent succeed, as against IS
per cent in the case of private school
boys.
Apparently, the teaching at pri-
vate schools, which speciaizes in
preparing for definite entrance ex-
aminations, accomplishes it's imme-
diate aim successfully. Afterward,
when habits Of attention and knowl-
edge of how to study have time to
count, the public school boy forges
ahead rapidly. Not only at the ex-
treme top is his supremacy plain
2.5 per cent of the public school
graduates obtained the degree of
"summa cum laude," as against 0.5
per cent of the graduates of private
schools. In the magma Gums" class
the percentages were 11.S and 4.3,
and in the plain "cum laudes" the
figures were 177, as against 103.
So it is not sufficient to accuse the
public school boys of being grinds
pure and simple. The figures seem
to indicate what has often been as
serted: that the public school boy has
better students equipment, a
greater habit of concentration and a
clearer knowledge of how to get his
lessons than his private school con-
temporary.
The fact that disciplinary sta
tistics show a parallel advantage
with the public school boys bears
out the point. Too many private
schools attempt to ease the path
to learning by special coaching; the
atmosphere of the private school is
too full of luxury to permit an equal
discipline. There are, of course, pri-
vate schools which have the highest
standards of discipline and mental
training. 1t is the average which is
now being discussed. That is un-
fortunately shown to be below the
public school in the prime essentials
of education.
New-York tribune., 1919-12-12
Food for Thought

The restrictions on the use of
bituminous coal, and of heat and
light produced from it, will be only
temporary. They recall war time
and will be faced with wartime
stoicism.
They will serve a useful purpose,
also, if they help to create a new
point of view. We have thought of
war conditions and reactions as
something exceptional - something
unrelated to ordinary life. Yet the
shortages and deprivations which
follow war may result from in
f1uences at work in the midst of
peace. A great coal strike is form
of industrial civil war. If it in
wolves wartime suffering it may
also call into exercise war psychol-
ogy and the war powers inherent in
the government.
If the public is made to suffer in
conveniences and losses through in
dustrial warfare it will quickly come
to view that warfare in the true
light. It's own interests are para
mount. 1t will find a way to arrest
them.
Study of the great problems of
democracy will be sharpened by the
discomforts which have come in the
wake of the coal strike.
New-York tribune., 1919-12-12
Clean Up Mexico
Pity the Gringo, Expatriated,
Robbed and Spat Upon

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: Have you read mot All the
Kings Horses" by George Agnew
Chamberlain? OF its literary merit am
not competent to judge, but the author
spent many years in Mexico, and his
story is based on fact.
If you haven't read it, please take
the time to do so, and then start
clarion call to clean up Mexico now. In
recent editorial you spoke of the
apathy of Americans toward Mexican
outrages and graft and protected rap
Inc. and gave as the reason our Gov
ernment's long years O. spineless.
Jelly-tish policy Of vacilation. You
were, suppose, correct, but in the name
OF all that is decent and clean, why not
use your influence to rouse this coun-
try from its apathy? Surely, even with
strikes, Bolshevism and their adiuncts
within our borders. We are great
enough to rescue our own countrymen
who are suffering, starving and diving
IN Mexico, as we'll as to put wretched
country back on it's feet.
l wonder to how many the names of
Perdicaris and Raisuli mean anvthino
wonder if the President, fighting his
rubber stamp battles, ever recalls that
former Chief Executive sent asa+
rot ship, to rescue a Greek who had
studied at Harvard, taken out his NAT
uralizatlon papers and been removed
from his house in Tangiers and held
for ransom. He had never voted never
paid tax in this country. but he was
an American, and they ca bled "perdi-
carls alive or Raisuli dead"
Sir, print my appeal or not. as Won
WILL but once q day publish in vour
paper the story of one Mexican o,+.
rage, and if shame and pride are NOT
dead, perhaps the Gringo in Mexico
eexpatriated, spat upon, robbed. suffer'
ing every indignity under the sun
may once again lift his head to the
colors and be glad "'
P. W. INGRAHAM
Washington, D. c., Dec. 8, 1918.
New-York tribune., 1919-12-12
The Fluent Purisf
Does He Help or Hinder the
Cause He Pleads
To the Editor of The Tribune

10 the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: The other evening the Rev. Dr..
John Roach Straton, pastor of Calvary
Baptist Church, went on a moralizing
spree to the Century Theater, where
he witnessed the play "Aphrodite. !"
According to newspaper report, his
sermon last Sunday was devoted to a
violent attack upon the theater in gen.
eral and upon this play in particular.
Picturesquely and fuently, he charac-
terized it as "a nightmare of nude men
and women" who were "slobbering
over each other and lolling on couches
with each other, and dancing in
feigned drunken revelry together"
If DR.. Straton possessed an elemen-
tai knowledge of human psychology, he
ought to have known that such vivid
and passionate description, far from
accomplishing the object he had in
mind, would only serve to induce peo-
pie to flock to the Century by the thou
sands. Personally, l should rather see
thrilling melodrama than a classical or
Oriental spectacle of this type. DR..
Straton's realism, however, has stimu-
lated my human curiosity to that pitch
where | have decided to witness
"Aphrodite" myself. AS publicity
agent, he has proved himself clever
and effective. DR.. Straton should curb
his controversial technique if he does
not desire it to rebound and nullify
his own aims.
PHILIP G. NORDELL
Now York, Dec. TO- 1919.
New-York tribune., 1919-12-12
some Of the so-called radicals. They
are not satisfied with relatively.
They assume that truth--that is,
ultimate TRUTHS provable.
Paralyzed ON One Side

An extraordinary state Of affairs
is revealed by the publication of the
facts surrounding the preparation
of the Fall resolution concerning
Mexico, which the President con-
demned in his recent letter--a con-
demnation which related not merely
to the resolution itself. but chiefly
to the fact that the resolution was
introduced.
1t develops that the Fall resolu-
tion was matured in collaboration
with and at the request Of the State
Department. Secretary Lansing, in
view Of the gravity Of the situation,
saw the need Of cooperation, and at
his request Senator Fall was sum-
moned to Washington. The Senator
went from the station to the Secre-
tary's house. There the Secretary
outlined his plan and received hearty
Endorsement. The matter was then
taken to the Foreign Relations Com
mittee and resolutions along the line
of Mr.. Lansing's policy were pre-
pared. Ambassador Fletcher, acting
fer the Department of State, selected
the form deemed the better, and this
resolution was introduced in the Sem
ate the next day. This was the reso-
luton which the President has as
sailed as infringing his preroga-
tive. No wonder Chairman Lodge,
when the amazing letter came out of
the White House, dryly remarked:
"We wanted to help-that's ALL"
Secretary Lansing continues in
the State Department and has been
quoted as saying he does not intend
to resign. He did not resign when
the uncontradicted Bullitt testimony
showed he was opposed to the cove
nant as drawn. So perhaps there is
no special reason why he should quit
now. He has not conferred with the
President for months, and perhaps
he deems it his patriotic duty to re-
main, on the theory that half func-
tioning is better than no functioning
at all-that the government being
paralyzed on one side he should help
it to hobble along, no matter what
the cost to his self-respect.
New-York tribune., 1919-12-12
|Reenter the Vicious Cycle

j When the issue of charging the
Presidents power under the Lever
lct was up attention was called to
he vicious cycle of snirally ascend
sag prices. 1t was recognized by
he White House that it would do
10 good to pay higher wages to pay
bore for goods, and then to pay
Mill higher wages to pay still more
Cor goods, and so on.
4 The coal settlement, although for
he moment a great boon, repre-
tents to some degree acceptance Of
ahe ''vicious cycle" principle. At
snce wages are to go up to those
Fho produce prime necessary and
4aachinery is to be put at work
whichJ probably will grind out yet
figher wages and thus dearer coal.
IS the Fuel Administrator indicates,
here is no safeguard for the public.
8 For the present the Fuel Ad-
@1inistrator may succeed in holding
Town coal prices under the author
fy of the Lever act. But he knows
his is but a temporary expedient
that he cannot set aside the law
Which compels the consumer to pay
more when it costs more to pro-
guce; that mines which cannot lift
foal at profit will close, leading
aot only to higher prices but pos
aibly to an actual coal shortage.
Over and over again DR.. Garfield
eas emphasized this economic law
end said it was impossible to re-
peal it.
The public grows tired of bun
gombe. Supposed political exigency
may seem to be met by resort to
ansound policies, but in the end, if
I've mistake not, political exigency
will beat in another direction. Why
aot be honest and look at things as
hey areas they must be?
/ DIR. Garfield talks of resigning-
is said to be dissatisfied with a lack
sf guarantees for the public. The
mood does him credit. But it is he
who gave a new start to the de-
fusion that the cost of production
Gan be increased without adding tc
prices to the consumer. His will
angness to go along the wrong roac
b ID per cent distance of course en-
courages others to demand that the
travelling shall not stop until ii
reaches the so or 100 per cent
mark.
! Horace Greeley said that the way
10 resume was to resume. Similarly
It may be said that the way to stoI
che vicious cycle is to stop it.
New-York tribune., 1919-12-12
The Crime Wave
Backwash of War and Not Due 10
Prohibition

10 the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir; One of the most recent charges
lodged against prohibition is that it is
responsible for the crime wave sweeping
over the nation. This conclusion is what
loeicians call "the fallacy of the uni
versal" There is increased crime, and
prohibition has been passed, therefore,
prohibition has caused the crime.
This conclusion hardly deserves ra-
tional consideration. A moments ref1ec-
tion will show how absurd it is. There
seems to be increased crime and awlcss-
ness. How may this be accounted for?
There may be number of reasons. 1t
is the condition that has followed all
wars. 1t is the backwash Of the military
tides. The psychology of it may be the
suspension of the civil law by the mill
tary or the suspension of the moral law
by the Irregularities of war Another
possible reason is the confusion in the
period Of reconstruction, which embold-
ems the criminal to seek an advantage.
Also the explanation has been offered
that increase In crime is due to made
quate lighting caused by the coal short
age. 1t is a matter of history that the
illumination of London by gas years ago
brought about notable decrease in the
percentage Of crime in that city.
To charge crime up to prohibition is
to reverse the tables. Reliable statistics
show that the saloon was the most pro-
life producer of crime known. This
point Of view has been so universally
accepted that it seems idle to discuss it.
few facts will suffice. Thomas W.
White, State Supervisor of Administra-
ton in Massachusetts, has testified that
prohibition has cut down the cost of
court maintenance in that state one half.
The workhouse at indianapolis, Ind,
which under license was always full. is
now empty, SO Mayor Jewett testifes,
and is to be utilized for other civic pur-
poses. "The Chicago Tribune" is respon-
sble for the news item that under pro-
hibition the inmates of the Bridewell,
the city workhouse, have been reduced
from 2,100 to 600, and one wing of the
big "works" has been closed. The "Sun-
rise Court" in New York City, is now
dull because Of lack of business and
may soon be abolished.
The effect Of prohibition will in good
time be seen in the penal institutions
of the states. 1t will cause such re-
duction in the number Of inmates and
also in the expense of maintenance as
to gain the public approval The charge
that prohibition causes crime is, there
fore, ridiculous. We are sorry the
"wets" are not better logicians
A. D. BATCHELOR.
Brooklyn, Dec. 10, 1919.
New-York tribune., 1919-12-12
Hungary Still a Menace

Recent developments at Budapest
indicate an increasing boldness on
the part of the Hapsburg restora-
tionists, encouraged by Allied weak
ness and manifest lack of construc-
tive policy. The Rumanians have at
last evacuated the Magyar capital;
but the entry there of Admiral
Horthy's national army" resulted,
naturally, in bolstering up the power
Of the reactionary pro-Hapsburg ele-
ment. Pressure applied by Sir
George Clerk, the Allied envoy, ef-
fected the withdrawal of Premier
Friedrich, who had made himself
utterly impossible by his double
dealing and his connivance at the
campaign Of Jew-baiting that fol-
lowed the collapse of the Communist
regime last August. The value Of
Sir Georges achievement, however,
may we'll be discounted in face of the
fact that Friedrich continues to be
member Of the succeeding cabinet
Of Mr.. Charles Huszar.
Th farce of Archduke Joseph's
retirement seems thus to be re-
enacted, with the difference that Mr..
Friedrich does not even go to the
trouble Of hiding discreetly in the
background. Far from it. At a
meeting of the National Christian
party (this being the polite name of
the combination of anti-S Semitic ex-
tremists), he recently declared that
his fall was due "only and solely to
Allied PRESSURE" modestly adding
this was the last time that Hungary
would tolerate such interference in
her domestic affairs. He also said
that in no circumstances must the
Magyar peace delegates agree to any
reduction of Hungarian territory
an obvious absurdity to-day, with
the Slovak, Rumanian and Serb dis
tricts Of Hungary already united to
their respective national states.
1t would be wrong to dismiss such
talk as sheer braggadocio intended
for home consumption only, for it
furnishes proof that the mentality
of the Magyar ruling class has not
changed, and also that Friedrich and
his clique realize the weakness Of
the Allied position
Another significant feature Of the
situation is the temperance of
Prince Louis Windischgraetz on the
Hungarian political scene. This mag
nate was one Of The closest personal
friends of tn. Emperor Charles and
an associate Of Or. Vazsonyi in the
abortive coup to save the monarchy
in the last days Of October, 1918.
subsequently the prince was con-
ducting very active monarchist
propaganda in the Swiss, German,
and even in certain French news
papers--with funds he was said to
have appropriated" from the Hun
garian exchequer on the eve OF his
New-York tribune., 1919-12-12
Seekers of the Absolute

8' Continuing his researches into the
nature of liberty, Walter Lippmann,
in the current number of The At
Snatic Monthly, furnishes further evil
1ence Of what is the matter with his
political philosophy and that of the
active propagandists who like to
Salute themselves as "liberals."
] They seek to apply absolute rules
in relative world--in a world that
rontumaciously refuses to be abso-
@ute. They are forever trying to get
hold of principles of universal ap-
splicability and Of no elasticity. They
perpetuate the error Of the schoolmen
and the theologians, for Karl Marx
is quite as scholastic and theological
in spirit, although to different ends,
as ever was Duns Scotus or John
Calvin.
1 A man of science, we are told, is
pne of large hope and little faith.
His hope leads him to sweeping
hypothesis, but his skepticism, his
Jack of credulity, compels him to
keep his faith in leash until the
hypothesis is established. The doc
3trinaire, not bothering to wait on
proof, deduces his system and then
asks worship for the plaything of his
mind. He becomes Jealous, and often
would go to the stake in behalf of his
conception of truth.
A teasing effort to form contact
with the absolute is one of the char
Sacteristics of the Teuton mind. 1t has
mot liked the limits Of agnosticism
and, except on low levels, has been
&verse to testing experiment. The
kenius of Germany differs from the
&enius of England and America as
q this, and the difference is the
cause of much intellectual miscom-
prehension.
In our country many have Ger
man minds without knowing it.
This 10 one Of the explanations of
New-York tribune., 1919-12-12
Misplaced Kindness
(From The ph;lodslnb,o fno-

(From The Philadelphia Inquirer)
We are not so much interested in
the statement that q number of Reds"
on Ellis Island, who are on hunger
strike, refused turkey dinner Thanks
giving Day as we are in the colossal
nerve of the government officials in
preparing turkey dinner for those
abominable ours when great numbers
Of the honest, law abiding population
OF the country couldn't even think of
having one at present prices. 1t seems
about time for the decent element of
the country to rise up about something
or other.
New-York tribune., 1919-12-12
The Coming 7ower
REGARDING THE EYES OF A LADY

REGARDING THE EYES OF A LADY
Lady, it is my conviction
That the splendor of your eyes
Recks no whit of the restriction
On the famous light that lies.
As I pen my deathless lining,
As build the lofty rhyme,
Comes the thought your eyes are
shining
Overbrightly overtime.
Lady, dim each radiant jewel;
Your candcscent gaze withdraw;
Lest you, wasting all your fuel,
Violate the six-hour law.
Our publishers, who are also Ray
Stannard Bakers, are boasting about his
speed. He began writing the book
"What Wilson Did at Paris" about the
middle Of October. The finished script
reached the publishers November 4.
November corrected galley proofs
were sent to the author for reading
and correction. On November 18 these
had been returned. That is quick work
for the writing Of the book, but an au-
thor who takes week to read and cor
rect proofs mutilates no speed record.
Speaking Of which, we expect
to correct the proofs of Something
Else Again" next Sunday morning, be-
tween 9 and 10 o'clock.
New-York tribune., 1919-12-12
The Cruel Capitalist
(From The PhIade,ph a Inquirer

At hearing recently a steel striker
out in Pittsburgh stated that his griev-
ancc against the company arose from
the fact that it had neglected to pro-
vide a parking place in the works for his
automobile. We're willing to let that
ride without attempting any comment of
our own.
New-York tribune., 1919-12-12
Frightfulness

(Fron The Los angeles Times)
The use of bathtub and the services
OF left-handed barber would be just
the thing for the local I. w. W. But
that would be cruel and unusual punish
ment, prohibited by the law Of nations.
New-York tribune., 1919-12-12

MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
The Associated Press Is exclusively entitled 10 the
fe for republication OF All dispatches credited
! II not otherwise credited in this paper. and
70 the local Of spontaneous origin pubLshed
brain.
All rights Of republication of all other matter
kfAin are also reserved
New-York tribune., 1919-12-12

The Superfuous Apostrophe cup goes
again to the lnterborough, which already
has one leg on it. 1t wins this time.
according to E. w., with MAN'H.
New-York tribune., 1919-12-12
AID MUsAM

Returns the miner to the mine.
Pile high the coal, and pile it higher,
Sit down, Muse, by the Divine
Fire
New-York tribune., 1919-12-12
Signs of Peace
(Trom The Detroit News

Indication that the world is once more
settling back into a normal, pre-war
state is shown by the announcement
that Great Britain will shortly launch
the worlds largest battleship.
New-York tribune., 1919-12-12
He's Ripht

Sir: Ny brother. j. w. G.. says I can
so to the contribs' dinner unless lane
D. 3. G..
New-York tribune., 1919-12-12

We note by the paper-the New York
Tribune-that sixteen members Of the
Columbia football squad have received
the varsity 3D."
New-York tribune., 1919-12-12
FAITH


That life shall aye endure,
Beyond the passing breath,
| know no proof secure,
Save death
Margaret Sherwood, in the Atlantic
Monthly.
And that somehow we live
Before we reach this earth,
What better proof to give
Than birth? FRANK A.
1t cost the miners $50 100000 and the
operators S12,0OO,OOO. And what bright
little lad can tell US who is going to
pay?
When John 2hey wants town to try
out his shows in, there's always Gu3,
Okla.
OF course, suggests f. B. B., the Con-
vention might assemble at Coolidge's
Corner, Mass.
The pound sterling evidently never
heard of the Einstein theory.
Winter is i-cumen in.
B. p. A.
New-York tribune., 1919-12-12

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New-York tribune., 1919-12-12
Zoologue

Said the Venezuelan motmot to the
rufus-bellied wallaby,
Come, live with me and be my love,
and we shall ever jolly be-"
What! Leave my happy home for you
l certainly will not, Mott"
Said the rufus-bellied wallaby to the
Venezuelan motmot CA.
New-York tribune., 1919-12-12

Now that Mr.. Hearst has bought the
Washington Times from Mr.. Brisbane.
New Yorker, apparently, is debating
the editorials. A recent one says that
Professor Curry "knows more about the
human verse than any other man in the
United States"
New-York tribune., 1919-12-12
Unanswerable Proof

fFrom The Baltimore News)
Not single "May not ?" in the mes
sage The President is indeed a sick
man.
New-York tribune., 1919-12-12

THIS OoIHeS WIN INC AuthOr'S Remark That
1t Is Better Than What Usually
Appears Herein
Sir: AS much as hate to bore you, must
rid my system of this:
The tranquility of the day rewrits desk
is "busted wide open" by the receipt of word
from Brooklyn that the hrst prize for SELL
ing war savings stamps in that borough has
gone to letter carrier, by name Francis
J. Kinsella.
Kin he? I'll say he kin.
New-York tribune., 1919-12-12

At the risk of losing an unmerited
reputation for an acrid viewpoint, we
wish to advise those who have not done
so to attend a performance Of "The Con-
doliers," in it's first and final week at
the Park Theater. 1t is as merry an
evening as can be had.
New-York tribune., 1919-12-12
9ltA3 3AMrEE

GUARANTEE
3You can purchase mcrchandlsc advertised In the
RfeuME with absolute sateiy-for II dissatisfac-
9n results IN any case THE TRIBUNE guarantees
pay your money back upon request. Nc red taps.
y uuihhi,na. vs. MAKO GOOD promptly II the
:ayertiser dees not.
New-York tribune., 1919-12-12

Careful reading of the accounts in the
Republican or the Democratic papers, of
the Republican National Committee
meeting makes us feel that our vote
will be cast for the Democratic candi-
date. But when we read the accounts
OF the Democratic National Committee
meeting we probably shall feel strongly
and militantly Republican. The more we
try to interest ourself in partisan poll
tics, the stronger grows our conviction
that nothing in the world is worth while
but the making of extremely light verse.
the development of backhand drive.
and the elimination of cores from baked
apples.
New-York tribune., 1919-12-12
To a Cook
Meat is high,
And eggs are, too;
Sugar is scarce
And so arc you.
Quantitative Analvsis

Sir: Looking at the matter from
the standpoint of more chemist and
taking what might be termed molecu-
lar view of the case, it has occurred to
me to wonder if the present economic
fermentations and gaseous ebullitions
might not be due to the large number
OF unsaturated radicals-unsaturate
OF course, because Of national prohi-
bition.
You are, Of course, aware that un-
saturated radicals are at the bottom
OF many very unstable and explosive
molecules. Does this help to explain
the present tempus ct mores?
T T MOON