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New-York tribune., 1920-06-30
By
Frederic F. Van de Water

with the Broadway essence They are
filled with climbers and buffers, snobs
and parlor Socialists. One might as
accurately write story of London by
picking his characters from the folk
who visit the Tower.
The typical New Yorker, Mr.. Irwin
to the contrary, does not strive for
intimacy either with headwaiters or
his neighbor's wife, and knows as little
about divorces as he does about Reisen-
weber's.
He has children and is fond of them.
and wife and is neither tired of
nor hostile toward her. He is anaz-
lngly like the plain, homely folk that
Westerners like to picture them selves
as being, and he outnumbers, by at
least ten to one, the kind of New
Yorker Mr.. Irwin draws.
Being by nature a sensualist-that t
is to say New Yorker" Mr.. Irwin
remarks in the course of one of his
stories.
N'N"'S'iAHSS VIC WOIi0cI, IL tne rest OF
America stayed west Of the Appalach-
ians for twelve months, how much Of
the sensualism that Mr.. Irwin refers
to would be left in this city.
Very little, we think, and then when
the embargo was lifted and visitors
from the West began to pour in again,
how disappointed those visitors would
be!
We hope that local patriotism has
not obscured entirely our belief that
Suffering Husbands" is a book that
will make you forget most of your
woes, for time at least, even so heavy
a one as your existence in this city Of
sensualism.
We do feel, however, that Mr.. Irwin's
attitude is quite as unjust as would
be the frame of mind of a man who
wrote of Chicago entirely from i'm
pressions gathered on the Loop, or of
San Francisco after prcwiing about
what is left of the Barbary Coast.
New-York tribune., 1920-06-30
The Crime Wave
2 Editor of The Tribune.

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: The long list of "hold-ups" and
other crimes of violence appearing in
this mornings papers makes for very
serious reflection on our methods of
dealing with criminals.
The fault does not lie with the police
They do their difficult, dangerous duty
we'll, remarkably well, in fact, consider
ing the handicaps they labor under.
The fault does not lie so much with the
courts; in the main they inflict severe
sentences in an effort adequately to
punish the thugs who commit these out
RACES and to discourage others
Where does the fault lie?
1t lies with the Governor of this state
When ne gets time, amid his campaign
ing for the Presidency. or the Vice
Presidency, or whatever he is after. to
remember that his first duty is to this
state, he might recognize that his own
weakness in handing out combinations
and reprieves to condemned rufians
awaiting the chair; his policy of permit
ting Sing Sing prison to be governed
with an eye to publicity; the readiness
Of the parole board to release desperate
criminals, hnbitual beasts of prey. on
the representations of cranks who haunt
the prisons and take up" prisoners as
a fad, is almost entirely responsible for
the present contempt in which the law
ls held by the criminal element.
Nowhere in our Penal Code does if
provide that the penalty for breaking a
law shall be II period Of reformation"
by the state. The penalty is contine
mcnt in prison as n punishment. When
this TACT is recognized and the old
women Of both aexcs arc bnnshed from
the control Of prison affairs. when
prisons are austere houses of punish
ment, and when the law and it's penalties
arc vigorously enforced, then may we
look for relief from the crime wnvc
which threatens to engulf us.
JOHN G. PURDIE.
New-York tribune., 1920-06-30
The Record

A"S 004 ldlClSCO COIVenClOn, IN
its formal message to President Will
son, saw fit to deplore "the malig-
nant onset which you have been un-
deservedly called upon to sustain
from partisan foes"
There has been, of course, wide
spread criticism of the President.
But has it been malignant or par
tlsan? Is there just basis of COM
plant of unfair treatment? An i'm
preston contrary to that expressed
by the convention PREVAILS belief
that seldom in our history has more
generous tolerance been shown.
Going over the record, the fol-
lowing features of the story Of the
Administration are to be noted:
When the war broke the Presi-
dents first act was to publish a new
treaty proclamation which COM
manded the people to be neutral in
thought as we'll as in act. The is
sue Of the war obviously did not
appeal to the author of the procla-
nation. He was deaf then to the
call Of righteousness. He coldly
stood aside during that march to-
ward Paris when civilization as we
know it was in direst peril. The
Belgian invasion struck at the very
roots Of world law which it had
taken centuries to build up. The
Belgian delegation came to this
country and was practically turned
from the White House door. The
President would not even whisper
protest.
Others, seeing the truth, raised
their voices for preparation. In his
1914 message the President de-
nounced as hysterical those who
urged action which might have made
it unnecessary to fight and in any
event would have shortened the war
and saved millions of lives.
In the spring came the Lusitania
slaughter. The German govern
ment cared nothing for academic
warnings. 1t understood the Presi-
dent was "Too proud to fight. Z"
Vain note-writing occupied the next
months while Americans continued
to perish on the high seas.
The next year, in the political
campaign, reelection was asked on
the ground that we had been kept
out of war. No duty to intervene
for democracy or civilization was
recognized. The President insult
ingly remarked that If any knew
what the war was about he wished
they would tell him.
Sesretly the President carried on
negotiations TO secure a stalemate
peace, though plainly such a peace
would be a German victory, giving
her q chance to make another at
tack completely successful. The
peace without victory" address
! was delivered and to all practical
purposes. the moral force of this
country was thrown on the Ger
: man side.
LudendorR and the military partv
Of Germany, beholding America had
made no preparations, deemed it
safe TO disregard her and struck for
more than stalemate. Unre-
strictcd submarine warfare was re-
sumed and another drive on Paris
planned.
The two months between the break
in diplomatic relations and the war
declaration we're occupied in efforts
to secure an armed neutrality act
Practically nothing was done, az we
now know, TO get ready. Sixty more
precious days were thus wasted.
During tac war. !althouQh inefii-
-.
New-York tribune., 1920-06-30

sentative of Costa Rica at Paris,
congratulating him on the accession
Of his country to the ranks Of the
Allies.
Our blacklisting of an associate
in the war against Germany is a.
strange chapter in the development
OF the theory of the "self-determina-
ton" of small nations. 1t isn't a
chapter which could be prohtably
dwelt on at San Francisco.
New-York tribune., 1920-06-30
Not the Immortal Alice

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: In one of your papers of last
week | saw statement to the effect
that the original Alice in Wonder
land had just died. wish to correct
this. She died about fourteen years
ago and is buried behind Christ
church Cathedral, Oxford, where /
have visited her grave. There is q
memorial window to her memory in
tho cathedral. Alice Lydle was her
name and she was the daughter Of
Professor Lydle, Of Oxford. The wom-
an just dead Is not Alice in Wonder
land. CS w
New-York tribune., 1920-06-30
Caste in the Army
The Candid Opinions Of a
Sergeant of Regulars
To the Editor of The Tribune

~ tHe Coitor OF Inc Tribune.
Sir: l read the letter in your ;ssu.
OF recent date written by Henry Aulds
under the heading Caste in The
Army" All he says is sad but true.
But does not the writer realize that
the late misunderstanding with Ger.
many was brought to successful cen
clusion simply by the inspiring pres-
ence Of the products of West Point.
1t IS a grim joke, but the only absolute
autocracy existing in the United States
to-day is the very force recently used
for the overthrow of the most absolute
autocracy in Europe.
If the old West Point system" were
abolished tomorrow and commissions
awarded to men from the rank and fls
who have shown their ability under
actual service conditions, no money
for recruiting propaganda would be
needed. Never in the history Of the
United States Army has its morale
been as low as it is to-day For Won
der. the man in the street is actually
waking up TO the fact that he is taking
chances when he signs away his lib
erty for $50 a month. remember the
time when I used to draw the mrnif-
cent sum Of SIS month as buck
But then we men were in for the
game, not the money And q great
game it was in those days. The word
bonus was unknown. / remember the
funny feeling l had when l was dis
charged at Fort Sam Houston, Texas,
in March, 1919, "by reason Of expira-
ton Of term of service" as the dis
Charge reads. The quartermas.er cap
tain paid me my half months pay and
nve cents mile to my home, ana
then gave me $50 bonus. | asked Lin
what the $50 was for He replied,
To buy suit o. civvies. Then he
looked st my final statement again and
said: II take il all back, sergeant;
thought you were one OF those drafted
birds" No offense, boys; you Ger
calmly did we'll in France Well that
$50 did not go for any "civvies,' b.
cause I reed up" inside Of swentJ'
four hours. to hold my rank. as die
not care to stay out for couple Of
months and then "re'up' as buck
and take my turn at *. p..' walking
post" and "P. and s" fatigue. But the
old army has gone, and fee! out Of
touch With these profitcering times
| guess | am on my last hitch"
can make as much money in one week
on the outside as | make in one month
in the army
Still, it is going TO be wrench
after following the flag from the PHI
ippines to France, and | wonder hos
it will seem never to hear the VINO
jammer" again; FIRST call" or fros"
mornings before the sun is up; ss'
sembly," "reveille." mess call. sieA
CALL" drill fatigue" "adjutants.
Officers first sergeants'.' "re-caih
church call" retreat" and "to u"
colors," then tattoo" ''call to guar
ters," and finally. the most besutfu'
of all. taps" And, last but not iessN
en- the first of the month. pay cali
l don't think / will have the nerve "
tackle civilian life again after all the''
years. you can't teach an old cog
new tricks"
For obvious reasons. request 'n''
my name be withheld. as am stu
the service.
A SERGEANT OF REGULARS.
Mitchell Field, New York. June ~
1920
New-York tribune., 1920-06-30
"The Times" said yesterday:

"The Democrats must look up, not
down, for their candidate. The work
to be undertaken is beyond the
powers of an ordinary man; he must
be man Of extraordinary ability, a
great man."
How would this message be in
terpreted by the convention if it hap
pened to come not from "The Times"
but from the White House?
New-York tribune., 1920-06-30
W. ]. K. Wins Gem Prize

Sir: Not later than yesterday Walter j.
Kingsley, that militant connoisseur Of
Broadway beauty. in describing beach epi-
sode to which he was privy on a recent
trip to Atlantic City. referred to the finger
adornments of Of the figures therein as
gems" I think he even said gorgeous
gems (As a press agent, you know. Wal
ter Is torn between the obsolete school Of
alliterative expression and the modern cult
Of rampant scolism: he's a Snowman
with an account at Brentano's.) I told him
about your offer. and he replied with studied
casuaness that it mightn't be a bad idea If
| were to write in claiming the reward
All is grist that comes to the MILL" re-
marked Walter. E. H. CONWAY.
P. S.--Water has Just called 10 IN learn
if have written you about tho gems. -
Use my full name" urged Waltw. that
initial stuff never gets you anywhere.
E. H. C.
New-York tribune., 1920-06-30
THE STREET TELESCOPE

THE STREET TELESCOPE
Look at the moon for ten centsI"
To my naked eye
A shining dim. in the sky
With a womans face
Looking to the left
Like Lberys on the dime.
To this wider eye Of glass,
Gathering for mine
Llsht--and more light
A world of dead volcanoes ghosts.
And drled-up desert seas
What does the e..o cf God,
Gathering infinite light,
See in US?
a burned out ember2
Or kindlins spark
OF spiritual hrea
JOHN GAY.
baby, whom she said was he,
one-year-old son, Harry.---The Tribune.
His name should have been Cyril.
And 80. tonight, ends the non -ixxca
vAxr
New-York tribune., 1920-06-30
That Z Different
From The portlnn,s Oregon

From The Portlan,s Oreconidnf
Vice President Marshall says ~
doesn't believe President Wilson wah''
a third term, but that he could nv,
it If he wanted it. What the gen''
Vice. President really means is that ~
Wilson could have the nomination ios ,
New-York tribune., 1920-06-30
xx,fRxR OF THE ASSOCIATED pnrs,

Tho Associstsd Press Is exclusively sntitsd 70 the
for rspuf lxcatjon Of all dispatches credited
to 1t not otherwise credited In thts paper and
hsroin
All rights Of republication Of all other msttsr
herein also reserved.
New-York tribune., 1920-06-30

Yeu esn ssreAass .srshaadiss savse4fssa In THE
1ki1uNE vita aheeIuts safely-Ses n dissausfae.
tlon results IN any ease THE fRiDuhE guarantees
e pay yevc msnsy back uesa request No ~ tals.
Ne auibblla1. We make Ueea promptly the
advsrtis%s dsss net.
New-York tribune., 1920-06-30
To Contribs

You need not take pains landing here.
Il don't;)
or getting zincked you need not fear.
II don't:)
There is a trick to every rhyme,
Just follow that, and in your climb.
W hy-you can get in every time,
Il t. PAN,
New-York tribune., 1920-06-30
The Coming 7o,oes
TO MAECENAS

III MAECENAS
Horace: Epode XIV
"MoH&s inertia cur tont0m, dsrudertt lssAs's-
Maecenas, you ask why my versifed task
I frankly, defantly shirk;
You think a Lethean docoction might
Excuse for the slump in my work.
It's Cupid whose curse puts crimp in
my verse;
It's Love that has muted my Tyre
Well, didn't Anacreon burn with a.
sacre!-
Undying, unquenchable fire?
He'd frequently tell as he sang to the
How deeply, how hotly he burned.
You needn't act naughty yourself.
You've been naughty;
You've sighed and you've ached and
you've yearned.
Be glad that the dame who arouses your
Is fairer than Helen of Troy.
For Phryne, teaser, 1 fret. But o
Caesar!
o my! o Maecenas! O boy!
Editorial writers know so much more
about things, especially political things,
than we do that we are content to
take the result of their ripe deliberation
and mature judgment. The Times and
the World think that the Cummings key
note speech was a Macedonian Cry and
an Appeal to Reason. The Tribune and
the Sun and Herald are not so compli-
mentary. We thought, until we read the
Times and the World, that it was q
pretty good speech. Then we were cer-
tain it must have been weak and poor.
Then we read the Republican editorials
and now we rather like it again.
At any rate, We shall not vote the
Democratic ticket. Any party that nomi-
mates at-as probably will be the case
3 a. m. Eastern time gets no support
from q department whose deadline is
1890 p. m.
But Miss Neysa MeMein Isn't a Poor Dub
Sir: Speaking Of press bureau clippings
at cents copy, believe me bo that is
a thing of the past At present rating it
costs the poor dub who is on the lookout
for good news about him or herself just
$50 cents per hundred, instead of the old IS.
JosHPR.
"I thought that I knew the young
woman who didn't believe that it was
as late as she thought it was," Helen
confdes, "but I saw her the other day
and didn't recognize her."
New-York tribune., 1920-06-30

Hobby's work in Galveston" says
Alan H. Temple, in Commerce and
Finance, "makes him possible dark
horse" "Obviously," G. T. makes OBJ
vious, "a '+""" horse"
New-York tribune., 1920-06-30

In spite of the fact that everybody
says this skiddy globe is in bad wav.
1t also is fact that never were more
tennis courts and golf links and bathing
beaches in the rosiest pink of condition.
New-York tribune., 1920-06-30
The Toiler-New Style

The Toilsr-Nsw Style
Well, sport, we got our raise to-day:
The old man came across. Soft. hey?
Amt we just had one raise7 Well, kid,
1t makes no diff renee if we did.
We got the thumbscrcws on 'ena. brother,
An one good turn deserves another.
How d ye suppose the workin' class
Is goin' to pay fer oil an gas7
Amt we been doin' mighty well7
Yes, mebbe SO. some ways but, hell.
Ye gotta think O this thing, neighbar~-
They're maxim too much on our lAborl
An our job is confnin', too:
Twas three p. m. when I got through.
guess I'll sauntcr down the line.
Have I garden? None for mine!
That garden stuff Is in yer eye
We find it's easier to buy.
Come on around and shoot some pool
Ye can't? All right--then york. ye fool
AGEIcoLA STRONG.
Far more candid than the average
newspaper is the Ramsey, N. j., Jour-
nal which advertises "The demand for
the Journal is far exceeded each week
by the number of copies printed"
New-York tribune., 1920-06-30

Owned and published daily by New York Tribune
inc. New York Corpor alton. Ogden Reid. PreM
dent: g. Vernon Rogers VICE President Hclcn RoGers
Reid. Secretary: r. n Maxheld. Treasurer. Ad
drsss. Tribune Building. le+ Nassau Street. New
York Telephone. Beeknan 3o0e
New-York tribune., 1920-06-30

II thought that I knew the young
woman who didn't believe that it was
as late as she thought it was,' Helen
confdes, "but 1 saw her the other day
and didn't recognize her."
New-York tribune., 1920-06-30
o my! o Maecenas! O boy!

At any rate, We shall not vote the
Democratic ticket. Any party that nomi-
mates at-as probably will be the case
3 a. m. Eastern time gets no support
from q department whose deadline is
10:3O p. m.
New-York tribune., 1920-06-30

And 80. tonight, ends the non fiscal
New-York tribune., 1920-06-30

But Miss Heysa McMein Isn't 4 Poor Dub
Sir: Speaking Of press bureau clippings
at cents copy, believe me bo that is
a thing of the past. At present rating it
costs the poor dub who is on the lookout
for good news about him or herself just
$50 cents per hundred, instead of the old S.
JOSEPH.
New-York tribune., 1920-06-30
GUARANTY

Nntseed st ths FosaoEncs n New Ysek - 0eceae
Clan Mall Mater
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-04-06
Wire Briefs

PORTLAND. Orc.--Funeral for
Bishop Matthew g. Hughes. who died
in Cleveland Sunday. will be held
here Saturday morning.
LOS ANGELES Nicholas Steel.
ink. I. w. w, convicted of criminal
syndicalism, sentenced one to II
years in penitentiary.
OLYMPTA-Threc road contracts
totaling s3Te.2bi. awarded by state
highway commission.
WASHINGTON. - Federal trade
commission directed 10 Investigate
recent raise In prices OF gasoline,
kerosene and fuel oil.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-04-06

SOMEWHERE IN FRANCE
Ry Maill-My first journey 60
France was made aboard the old
steamer Grampian tn 1913. In com.
pany with several thousand other
American soldiers.
Ny second trip on the liner Ia
Lorraine. recently, with a number OF
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-04-06
Riverside Votes
Against Daylight

RIVERSIDE. Cal. April AT a
special meeting Of Riverside Busi'
nessmen's association today. tho III.
rectors voted against the daylight
saving idea.
The business men stated that they
feel that the farmer is big part
OF Riverside's business activity. and
felt that the passage OF daylight
saving law would work too much OF
a hardship on the rancher.
Personally. 90 per cent of the bust
ness men Of the city favor turning
the clock ahead an hour.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-04-06
Back 10 the Battlefield
Crossing the Atlantic Now Is Not Like Trip On
the Transport, Dodging Submarines
BY CHARLES W. o'CoNNOR
Former Sergeant Co. u. seth Infantry

Mickey" OConnor. former Star reporter, United
Press correspondent and later city editor of the Ccve
land Press went TO from Cleveland and was
wounded while serving with Company d. 26th infantry
lie returned recently civilian to seek the grave Of
officer of his company IA desolatc hillside some
where in France" And In the week of the third ami
yersary of Americas entry into the he is telling
exdoughboys how IL TO he Back the Battle
field" This is the second of six articles.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-04-06
Colorado and Utah
Towns Show Gains

WASHINGTON. April G.--census
figures announced today by the cen
sus bureau include Grand Junction
Col. with population OF s,s65,
showing n gain Of III per cent ana
Logan. Utah. with a.4se. an Increase
OF 25.5 per cent over 1910.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-04-06
Kansas Teachers
Get Pay Increase

TOPEKA. an. April 6.--Thc To
peka board of education has granted
an average increase OF $500 year to
all city school teachers. The min
imum increase is $3.50 a year and the
maximum 5000.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-04-06
NHYOMYl GABRIELLE
1N MISSING IN S. +.

SAN FRANCISCO. April s.--De-
tcctivcs wera today assigned 20
search for Gabrielle d'Annunkio. ~
ported missing.
Done In bronze and valued at aeV'
cral hundred dollars. he was stolon
from T. A. Scrncy last night.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-04-06
Dickinson Can't
Accept Oil Post

WICHITA FALLS. Texas. Aprt g.
Jacob NJ. Dickinson. former secre.
tary OF war. viii BE- unable to Accept
thc receivcrShip Of the Red River
oil lands on account OF illness. he has
wired here. In a private telegram.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-04-06

When % man attributes his sue
cess to taking advantage Of an op.
portunity the opportunity is usual.
~ but another name for an easy
mark.
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MI uoRIrs or
TRANSPORT NIGHTS

There VERY nights on the trans
port when we'd sneak up 10 pas
asgcway. curulned 20 hide al lights
and watch the other ships df our
convoy sailing sercneiy in the moon
liEht.
l remember the first niEht on the
GrampiRn tried TO sleep on tho
floor Of the hold TN the bunk over
head broke down. the second nigh,
froEe on deck. and the third
hrihed a steward 70 slip me into
paradise In a second cabin statcrootn,
on the Grampian Va siep, in OUT
clothes. with our shoes off This
was no, done on TIE IArraine.
Food on the Iorraine was some
thing Ike this:
breakfast In ssatrroom--Grare
fruit. eggs and bacon. rolls. coffee
lunch horH d'c~uvrcs. St Julien
wine. m everything: afternoon tea,
on deck. with biscuits and icca. din
ner. roast capon and goldfish. and
feni. tasss. and Haueurs and things
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-04-06

The average weman makes q
strenuous eroH TO discover her
husbands faults for the purpose
OF hiding them from others.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-04-06

Even girl with dreamy eyes Is
apt to be wide awake to her matri.
monial chances
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-04-06

Were Il impossible 10 speak any.
thing but the truth we would have
few friends,
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-04-06

There are numerous toll gates on
the road to success.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-04-06

dealers In pcttlcoats or pianos. a
couple of counts and countensca. act
orz. and two French officers.
"Ah. hate 20 leave this New
York" ono Of the officers told me
sadly. Your girls arr 40 very
pretty. and those dances Rre-how
DO YOU NnY 40 Mnrinlngf-
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THOUGHT ABOUT DANCES
AND GIRLS RACK HOME

Well recalled that we had done
Homs thinking on the transport
0ranpian about the dances and the
girls back home. We hadn't been NO
wild about leaving New York our
selves
so I replied
out, Out. same here
Memories OF the journey on the
trmy transport came to me vividly
on the Lorraine as watched the
statue OF Liberty fade into tho gray
OF the December afternoon.
Times turn had whi-ked away the
thrill and the atmosphere OF that
fin; adventure. but somehow the
interval seemed days instead OF
many months
Most ~ us on the Grampian failed
10 bid the Statue the romantic fare
well we had planned We were
asleep below decks. tagged with
sieepless nights IN camp. and the
five mile hike 20 the dock
No taxi for those youthful soldier
voyagcrs such as took ua 10 the Tor.
rfiue'a rier