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we'd Europe had perfect night somewhat bored
Books

To readers who enjoy little easy
excitement now and then we recon-
mend Pierre Benoits "Atlantida,"
which is published by Duffield G. Co.
Although the novel received a prize
from the French Academy it seems to
US work of no consequence. We are
suggesting it merely as thriller
which spins ford tale briskly enough
to hold the interest throughout. cat
lantida" suggests "She" of Rider Hag-
gard, and indeed the charge, has been
made that Benoit borrowed his theme
from the English novelist. The paral-
lei is not too close, and wherever
Benoit got his idea he deserves it,
since he has put it to such good use.
"Atlantida" is at least two and half
times as exciting as "She."
If readers delay too long they must
be prepared to see the story in the
movies, and we are much afraid that
Theda Bara may be the heroine. Who
ever the Antinea may be, Benoit has
set her quite task. "Antnea!" says
the rhapsodic hero who tells the story.
Whenever l saw her after that, |
wondered if 1 had really looked at her
before, 80 much more beautiful did |
find her. More beautiful? Inadequate
language! But is it really the fault of
the language or of those who abuse
the word? One could not stand before
her without recalling the woman for
whom Ephract9us overcame Atlas, of
her for whom Sapor usurped the scep-
ter of Ozymandias, for whom Mamylos
subjugated Susa. and Tentyris, for whom
Antony fled"
Personally we knew none of these
people very we'll, and there was not
much to help US out when the story
teller's enthusiasm overcame him to
such an extent that he was forced into
French verse which the translators
have allowed to stand, We picked out
occur" and "jamais" and "chaude"
and bras" These we know, but a
warm "never" and a heart and arms
provide Us with little more than an out
line. The costume of Antinea, how
ever, is described in good deal of
detail "An Egyptian klaft fell over
her abundant blue-black curls. Its two
points of heavy, gold embroidered cloth
extended to her slim hips. The golden
serpent, emeraldeyed, was clasped
about her little, round, determined
forehead, darting it's double tongue of
rubes over her head"
We wish We knew just how much of
this is like any klaft and how much
of it is Egyptian.
This does not complete the costume,
for "She wore tunic of black chiffon
shot with gold. very light, very full,
slightly gathered in by d white mus
lin scarf embroidered with iris in black
pearls"
BY this time you may exactly know
how Antinea looked, but we had to
wait until we read: THAT was An
tinea's costume But what was she
beneath all this? A slim young girl,
with long green eyes and the slender
profile Of hawk. A more intense
Adonis. A child Queen Of Sheba, but
with look, 3 smile, such as no
Oriental ever had. A miracle of irony
and freedom"
The description seems to fit Fannie
Brice little bit better than any one
else we can think of, but from subse-
quent happenings we're afraid that we
have, at some point or other, missed
the aufhor,s infant 9ha ununx E.oaal
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the city cannot directly finance an
emergency building project it can do
it indirectly If an intelligent effort
Is made.
Pop Bottle Argument

OF all the methods Of participating
in the noble and manly sport Of base
ball the throwing Of pop bottles at
an umpire might seem calculated to
yield the least measure of what our
intellectuals are fond Of calling $50
cial satisfaction" Your pop bottle
either hits the umpire or it does not.
In neither case does it reverse his
decision against the home team; in
deed, if we know anything of human
nature, it tends to bestir his preju-
dices the more. In neither case does
it, as matter of logic or anything
else sensible, prove that the decision
was wrong. Why, then, the pop
bottle?
The answer has wider applica,
ton than to the baseball field. There
are pop bottle arguments abroad in
the world elsewhere than at Ebbets
Field, and hurled by coarse Western
ers-as Eastern fans were once wont
to think Of the, bottle throwers of
Cincinnati and St. Louis. 1t is the
day of the pop bottle, and anybody is
likely to get hit by one, be he umpire.
President, editor or just a nation at
bay, like Poland. So the question is
1uortt ooOci 5oriro
The answer we offer is an old one
dressed up in the new garb of the
psycho-analysts. Briefly, it is that,
having represscd lot of individual
ructioning under the compulsion of
a unified war spirit, the world is
breaking loose with an excess of
primitive instructive wrath at any
body handy. The pop bottle thrower
is not really angry at the umpire
he is angry at the world that has
upset all his habits and made him
save and lend and pull with the
crowd these several years. The PEG,
pie that write to the editor offering
"piffie" and Chunk" as conclusive
arguments are not arguing the topic
under discussion so much as reliev-
ing pent-up eloquence, damned by
the necessities of war. Or, in older
phraseology, the world, in a great
cause, tried to be better than it could
be and has now "gone on the loose"
by way of reaction.
From this point Of view neither
umpire nor editor need take the pop
bottle too seriously After all, little
damage is done and nature is i'm
mensely relieved. After enough glass
has been smashed there will be a
general awakening to the Stiffness Of
the pop bottle system Of persuasion.
and the world will once more be
average good again-ceasing, until
the next world crisis, to be either
hero or bad boy.
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A utile Discussion


Another news correspondent just back
from Berlin says that sit doesn't matter
what the people in Great Britain and
France think about Americas part in
the war-the Germans know we won it:
and, what is more, they admit it," Well
We didn't win it single handed, did we ?
And we could never have won it if Eng
land, France and Italy had not held the
enemy off for four fearful years. There
never was anything stupider than rival
claims Of "who won the war"
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Ear-Splitting Horns
Hon They Can Be Tempered IL
the CRACKED Tympanum

the Cracked I yn1panum
To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: Nobody likes motor horns
"hooters" the English call them. But,
until the time practicable device for
picking up jay-walking pedestrians
and softly depositing them upon the
sidewalk is to be had, some audible
signal is necessary.
In making this positive statement !
am aware that many will disagree with
me. You'll find that they are all of
the pedestrian persuasion. 1t makes
deal of difference whether YOU arc
in front Of the radiator or behind the
wi eel when it comes to thinking upon
motoring problems.
l repeat, an audible motor signal is
necessary. But it need not be a rail-
cous, ear-splitting shrek. Any mo-
torist so offending should be arrested
and debarred from driving unit! he
Cor more often she, to be surrey has
learned to operate the horn at least.
For such manipulation of a horr de-
notes similar ignorance of the collat
eral running of car
A motor-driven horn can be adjusted
slight touch on the horn button causes
the horn motor to "turn over" two
or three times, and a grumbling
chucklc, brusque but not especially
offensive "tut, tut!" is emitted. This
is usually sufficient warning to most
of the pedestrians wandering lost in
thought in city street or woodland
lane.
There's always a car round the
corner, or curve, or over the hill" is
one firm article Of belief of the intel
lgent driver. With this in mind the
car speed is held in check and if the
Hypothetical car becomes an actualitv
ne IS ready for it, and if it happens
not to be there, SO much the better.
For such situations. and for pedes-
TRANS, teams or cars, at a distance in
the country, a longer touch on the
horn button causes the horn motor to
revo!ve faster, and steady, fairly
loud note results.
If the horn button is held in con-
tact longer-for a half second or so.
as l have mine adjusted motor in
the horn attains full speed and a
piercing shrek is given out. This for
real emergencies. 1t is rarely ncces-
sary.
| know this isn't a solution of the
problem. 1t isn't going to please The
pedestrian. You can't please him
I've been one myself and know. But
1t does modify in some degree the Of
tense which motorists are continually
giving those who walk We more for
tunate, for the moment, will do we'll
to exercise special care not to offend
the man on foot. If he gets car for
himself and he has learned bad motor
manners from having been imposed
upon afoot, there's one more incon-
siderate driver added to the already
too long list-and an inconsiderate
driver is always a dangerous one.
And if he doesn't get a car for him
self-or till he gets one-he writes let
tiers to the newspapers to our discredit
| and advocating our embarrassment
M. R. WELLER.
New Rochelle, N. Y, Aug. 10, 1920
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A Democratic View of Currenc,

To the Editor of r.le Tribune.
Sir: You say that the Democratic
party has always held that issuing
currency was exc usively a government
function. You forget that the national
Democratic platform of 1892 declared
in favor OF repeating the 10 per cent
tax on state bank notes, a reform that
would have opened the way for state
banks to resume their proper function
OF issuing notes that would be per-
fectly safe and satisfactory currency.
| wrote s pamphlet for the Democratic
National Committee favoring the re-
peal OF the 10 per cent tax, 100000
copies of which were circulated
WHIDDEN GRAHAM.
New York, Aug. 10, 1920.
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An Attack on the Jones Law

"The Nautical Gazette" is weekly
shipping journal which advertises
itself as ''the oldest weekly shipping
journal in America" Very likely it
is. What seems equally important
is that it was a year or SO ago sold
to the same interests which control
"The Nation" of which Mr.. Oswald
Garrison Willard, pacifst and inter
nationalist, is editor and publisher,
Mr.. Harold G. Willard, a relative, is
editor of "The Nautical Gazette"
: These facts are pertinent in con-
nection with a singularly unfair and
Inaccurate attack upon the Jones act
which appears in the current issue
of "The Nautical Gazette" 1t will
be recalled that Section 20 of this
new merchant marine law empowers
the Shipping Board to give preferen-
tlal railway rates on cargoes shipped
in American bottoms. This provision
was announced and intended as a
shield for protection, not club for
attack. AS Admiral Benson stated:
"The discriminatory features of
the law are not intended as a club
over foreign competitors. They are
merely there as a means to force our
competitors to play the game fairly
Foreign shipping interests must stop
their determinations against Ameri-
can vessels if they do not wish US to
resort to the use of Section 29''
In letter just made public re-
plying to the Commissioner of the
Port Of Seattle Admiral Benson
further explained in detail the rea-
sons for Section %:
"Other nations hedge about their
shipping operations with many spe-
cial advantages, secretly or openly
bestowed. One Of the most effective
has been the use of the preferential
rail rates as applying only upon
cargo carried in vessels Of their ma
tionals Such was the practice of
Germany, which carried 60 per cent
of its exports and so per cent of its
imports in German ships. 1t was,
and is, the practice of France Re
ports of 1919 show that Spain also is
using that method, along with many
preferentials in the way of subsidies
and subventions for Spanish ships"
Now "The Nautical Gazette" re-
plies to this second statement in a
slngularly dlslngenuous fashion. 1t
begins its issue with large headlines
declaring that "Secret Preferential
Railway Rates Are Unknown in Ger
many" and follows it up with the
line, "Admiral Benson in Error"
Now, it will be noted that Admiral
Benson made no statement that Ger
man preferential rates were "secret."
lie was discussing the whole foreign
held when he used the phrase "se-
cretly or openly" So "The Nauti-
cal Gazette" is guilty of perverting
It's opponents statement in order to
answer it. And the reason is clear,
for in the body of the same article.
near the end, it comedies that Ger
many did openly quote preferential
rates in two cases--in trade with the
Levant and with Africa. There is
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The Real Question

(From The Seattle Post-Tntellt0encer)
The dialogue between the Governor of
North Carolina and the Governor of
South Carolina has served as a CONVEX
sational gambit in many a drinking
bout, but what thirsty Americans want
to know now is what the Governor of
New Jersey said to the Governor of
! Ohio when they met.
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The Main Consideration
(From The Cincinnati yno,3ye,,

(From The Cincinnati Inouirer)
The Turks say they would rather be
exterminated without the consent of the
turkish government than with it, but
it really doesn't make much difference
to the rest of US, just so they are exter-
minated.
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MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Tho Associated Press is exclusively entitled TO the
for republication Of all Bows dispatches credited
% II or not otherwise credited in this paper, aud
also the local news OF spontaneous origin published
herein.
AL rights Of republication Of all other matter
herein also reserved.
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BY
HeyWo0d BrOun

officer who makes the report is an un-
usual sort of observer. For instance,
1t is remarkable that he should have
been able to remember the costume of
Antinea in such detail. On the other
hand, in most of his attempts to de-
scribe her apart from her accessorie s
he either falls into such generaliza-
tions as the remark that she recalls
the woman for whom Ephractnus
overcame Atlas" or lodges frankly by
saying II did not see her body. In
/ deed | should not have thought of
looking at it had l the strength And
that, perhaps, was the most extraor-
binary thing about that first impress
sion"
Of course, there may have been q
good deal of information concealed in
the French couplet which we could not
read. With the material available we
know no more than that Antinea was
young, slim and green-eyed. Others,
of course, have gone far with less
but the successes of Antinea left us
a little bewildered and incredulous
She lived in q secret fastness in the
heart of the Sahara Desert, but she
did not lack for company Her devoted
follower Cegheir-bcn-C heikh watch ed
the desert, and whenever he saw q
young explorer he had the stranger
captured and brought before Antinea
Each lover had his little while and
then was discarded. The period of ia
vor varied, but each man in turn was
cast aside like a withered violet. And
, each invariably died of yearning
though one FASTENED the process by
jumping from a tower. Such conduct
was hardly considerate, for Antinca
kept all her dead lovers in great hall
of red marble. A mysterious metal
called orichalch was used in the proc
ess, and the inches about the hall
were filled with figures which seemed
so many bronze states. Above each
niche one might read somewhat hasty
who's Who" concerning the victim
Number 81. Captain Laurent Deligne
Born at Paris, July %, 1861. Died at
Aheggar, October 80, 1896"
When the story ends 55 of the 100
inches in the great hall of red marble
have been filled. Our hero is not among
the statues, but the reason for that
you must find out for yourself.
In regard to a recent article in this
column about children and good man
ners, "A Polite Friend" writes: al
would like to wager that your Office
boys say NO, sir and Thank you
sir"
We haven't got an Office boy, but if
we can ever borrow one from our city
room we think we can win that bet
But even if newspaper Office boys lived
up to Polite Friends conception and
went about saying "No, sir" and
Thank you, sir" we should still pro
test against the system of child train
ing which sets up the manners and
the mental attitude Of the perfect Office
boy as its ideal
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J Owned and published daily by New York Tribune
fnc. q New York Corporation. OEden Reid. Presi-
dent: @. Werner Rogers Vice President: Helen
Rogers Reid, Secretary: II. T. Maxfeld. Treasurer
Address, Tribune building. 154 Nassau Street. New
York. Telephone. Beekman 5000.
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GUARANTY
Yeu can purchase merchandise advertised In THE
TRIBUNE with absolute safeN-foT u dissausfao-
ton results In any case THE TRIBUNE guarantees
to pay your money back upon request. No red tapa
No qubbIins. We make sood prsmptty II the
advertiser does not.
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SUBSCRIPTION RATEs-By man. Including
GUARANTY

Entered at the Postornce at New York as Second
Class Mail Matter
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1920-07-08
WAR on COSMETICS.

The Woman's Christian Temp erance Union hopes
TO enlist the men in crusade against the use of
rouge by girls The spirit doubt will found will
ing. for paint one ordinarily hnds it applied de
from rather than adds 10 the physical charm
Of the young women using it; but the he
weak. He would be n bold. not 10 say rash. man who
would venture to take A hand in a battle over the
way in which a woman should make her toilet The
Woman's Christian Temperance Union cannot hops
FOR more than moral support; that will be forth
coming
Men should join in the campaign, a high officer of
the " G.. T. L. says, because they are responsible
the OF cosmetics she reasons this way. Girls
apply rouge because they think it viii make them
attractive in the eyes OF men; ergo the men
blame. @ r. d.
The facts these: While A century or two ago
pale. delicate looking girls were regarded as the
loveliest type Of beauty vogue at present very
sensbly is for girls with glow Of color in their
cheeks and lips that comes from perfect health.
Frail anemc types no longer appeai-that is so FAR
beauty alone is concerned. Young women IRE US
ins in order counterfeit the appearance Of
blooming health. although they may not be consc-
that that is what they striving for.
II the paint were applied so sEIfuIy that its use
could not be detected men probably would not OBJ
ject; indeed they might be pleased that the natural
lack Of color was 80 cleverly concealed Most girls
however make the mistake or applying rouge in
much the same manner as actresses, whose purpose
is not the same the w c. T. L.. cannot persuade
the girls 10 foreeo the OF cosmetics il might en-
courage them to be skuful in the application.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1920-07-08
OtherEditO1,S Than Ours
TIRED OF DRIVES"
Cleveland Plain DcaIer.)

Il has been remarked often of late that the public
getting tired Of drives for all sorts of public and
Ihianthropc purposes. The fate Of the financial
campaign. of the Interchurch World movement fur
nisnes striking evidence this point
This campaign the most ambitious AoOpera-
tive attempt ever made since the Crusades. 1t
undertaken by a group embracing so church de-
nominations and many associated boards and
cieties interested in religious work The financial
drive which only OF its projects aimed at
raising the vast sum OF s1.32O000,0OO, OF which
S3G6.OOO 600 sought his year.
The drive patterned after the Liberty loan drives,
took place about two months ago, and lasted 10
days 1t succeeded raising only s17s 900. about
half enough for the first years budget This money
was TO be applied intact the work Of the various
denominations. and the general expenses OF raising
il and subsequent sums were 20 be paid out Of
fund O 100000 sought from INSTRUMENTATION
a. friends OF the movement.
This latter fund has been more disappoint-
ing than the other Only about $4,000, 900 OF il has
been raised. and the exI enses already incurred al
ready about twice that much.
The movement. therefore. while continuing its
other branches Of effort. has decided for the
least 10 give up its financial campaign.
The assigned IS simple. 1t is described "a
matter Of popular psychology" The prevailing
mood toward drives of any kind friendly.
The public has been over-driven. II is an unfor-
tunate situation, but natural enough and that
any other organization contemplating a similar
appeal will do well 20 realize.
a time may gain when the American people
will give freely and gladly. in amounts. when
appealed for any worthy Just they
viii Any srouI OF people with large designs
against the American pOcketbook. however
mendable their aims. had better wait while.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1920-07-08
JULY 8. 1920.
PEANUT CROP AND POLITICS.


II may not have special significance in
presidential year but. according TO department
Of agriculture statistics. the peanut market in the
face OF curtailed crops is in the throes of a de-.
cded slump. The political significance is by no
means least.
The 1913 crop. according to the figures was
45,oOO.ooo bushels. dropping in 1919 100000
bushels Of yield This is a gfeat opportunity for the
paragraphers.
Growers who holding for a rising market
have been disappointed. In the face Of a probable
further curtailment in the yield this year the
price paid growers has been steadily dropping
since Jan l. Says the Washington dispatch:
THE market cleaned stock has been grad
ually growing weaker since the first of the year
owing to the severe winter months and the heavy
importations OF oriental nuts This situation has
in turn exerted a bearish influence on the farm
ers' market with the result that it gradually
weakened from the middle to the end of February
when a range of s 10 TO 1-2 cents a pound was
reached. The prices prevailed until the end OF
March, which time the market was apparently
considerably stronger, although the feeling the
part Of the trade has been reflected TO any
marked in the price being paid for farmers
stock"
So now. you see there YOU have it. Like as not
there will not be peanuts enough this year TO play
roltcs with maybe accounting for the sudden
slump in that looks like Mckinley halls from
same state as Mckinley. going to campaign like
Mckinley and will preside over the nation like
Mckinley stuff. prevalent recently over in Ohio.
You can't pull that kind of politics without pea
nuts. If statstician for instance gave
the republicans the bunch that maybe after ALL
due to the absence of their pet campaign fruit
this is not such republican year" as at first
supposed.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1920-07-08
WOMEN PLAY PRACTICAL POLITICS.

We do not know whether the suggestion orig
mated with themselves or came from astute
male politician, but the women have adopted
practical tactics in their efforts hasten ratifca
ton Of the constitutional amendment granting
them the franchise in time be exercised the
November presidential election.
They have succeeded in starting rivalry between
two states of opposite political leanings to achieve
the honor Of being first in furnishing the vote
necessary 10 ratification. The governor OF Tennes-
see democratic state. has definitely fixed Aug
9 the date for a special session OF the legisa-
ture TO act the federal suffrage amendment
and it is expected that the pressure brought 20
bear Vermont. republican state, will be equal
" successful
With the two dominant parties enlisted 10
achieve the end, the prospects bright for
the women reaching their long-sought goal this
year The bit of practical politics" involved in
the struggle is of character least to be criticized.