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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-04-21
A People Without an Anthem

There is people in Europe to-day
that has no officially recognized ma
tlonal anthem. The gentle reader
had better prepare for a shock: that
people is the German. More curious
still, this fact has been unearthed
by writer in the Vossische Zeiiung.
apropos of the brutal attack by
Prince Joachim Of Prussia and lis
cronies upon a party Of French Off
GERS who refused to rise when
"Deutschland, Deutschland Jber
Allies" was played in a restaurant.
The writer points out that this
air, the most popular of patriotic
melodies during the great war, is not
an official hymn; moreover, its tune
Il not originally German at all, but
Austrian, being borrowed from Jo-
seph Haydn's famous anthem, "God
Save the Emperor" Before the
revolution the song most closely cor
responding to statutory national
vocal offering was "Hcil dir i'm
Siegcrkranz"; but this, again, was
an importation, and British inn
portation at that, being nothing but
the English anthem "God Save the
King" sung to fifth rate German
verse. or course, this air, being adj
dressed in aduation to the Kaiser.
cannot retain its official status un-
der the republic.
"Die Wacht am Rhein" is an
anti-French battle song, but not an
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-04-21

fast crystallizing independence of
the white-collar classes. The first
thing the commuters of New Jer-
sey did when they made ready to
stoke their engines was to don
overalls. If the one big union of the
non-strikers ever takes organized
form, overalls will make perfect
symbol Of its plan of action and
resolve. They will explain to
every one the often ignored fact that,
complex as is our modern civiliza-
ton and accustomed as most of
us are to highly specialized en-
deavor, every last one of us can do
almost anything at pinch. The
business men Of Winnipeg proved
themselves to be admirable garbage
collectors. Every community holds
the same adaptability. The Minute
Men of '76 picked up their guns
when the call came. In 1920 min
ute men will put on their overalls-
and accomplish their purpose quite
as effectively.
AS for the fear of grave business
arrangements, such results are still
far off, we think. If there is slow
and slight decrease in the purchase
Of Injuries the country over, that
will be the utmost that the cru
sade can probably accomplish. Hab-
it's are the strongest things we pos
sess. The habit of American life
is a difficult thing to alter. More
than enough Of it will remain, it
seems certain, 20 keep American in
dustry as active as sound business
will warrant.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-04-21
Let No Man Forget!'
To the Editor of The Tribune.

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: Your editorials on the present
and former unjust strikes have been as
great relief to my feelings as if I
had written them, because they have
so exactly expressed my own views.
Being myself mute, inglorious Mil
tom" these pent-up emotions might
have worked serious harm but for the
relief it has been to read aloud to
those about me YOUR straigh from
the shoulder utterances.
And your Let No Man Forget" in
today's issue, the quotation from
Washington's Farewell Address, is an
inspiration. This appeal couldn't have
had half the grave significance at the
time it was written that it has as APP
piled to the political problems before
us to-day, when such sinister forces
rs are at work to undermine our gov
eminent
And it is quite time we should re-
gard our political rights as II sacred
duty and fight for leader and for
representatives all over tho country
who stand for the high ideals of the
great trainers of our Constitution.
NJ. Nj. 3.
Yonkers, N. Y, April 18. 1920.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-04-21
Overalls Under Fire

Alarms arc already arising in the
wake of the overalls. Some of our
readers think the idea a silly and
impracticablc one - wasteful rather
than economical. Some manufac-
turers fear arrangement of bust
ness.
The former type Of critic is lack
ing in imagination, we suspect.
Overalls are not a winter costume.
They cannot be used for every con-
ccivable purpose. They can be used
a large part Of the time, and so used
can save more expensive clothes
much wear and tear. That is why
workmcn use them. White-collar
folk can use them for exactly the
same reason.
But far more than the actual saw
ing effected by this one small econ
omy is the notion Of thrift, which
overaIls can symbolic and hold be-
fore US in all our purchases. IF
Americans are going to salts! )
their new thirst for economy b.
buying overalls, we are against over
ais. But we do not think the cru
sade is working out in any such
way. To tho contrary, the overalls
idea spreads and economies every
thing it touches. 1t seems to be fast
becoming the symbol of a new
American resolve to stop squander-
ing money all along the line and
save, save, save.
We are disposed to see in the
vogue Of denim another very sal
utary point Of view. Overalls are
liked and loved both because they
are cheap and also because they are
very neat way Of expressing the
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-04-21

anthem. Moreover, none of these
songs was particularly worshiped
in most of the South German states,
and the official air of Prussia, be-
ginning with the admission (some
used to regard it as a boast) 81 am
Prussian," was, it goes without
saying, heartily detested in Bavaria
or Baden.
Poor Germany! Whipped and
stripped, torn between black reac-
ton and Red revolt, she was not to be
spared even this final humiliation
to be proclaimed anthemless be-
fore the whole world. But why not
try contest? There is we'll known
amateur composer, now a resident of
the Dutch village of Amerongen,
who might find an hour or two from
his leisure for the creation of a Ger
man national anthem. What noble
way it would be of avenging himself
upon his ungrateful nation!
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-04-21
By
Heywood Brou,z

that way, but anybody who believes
an author when he predicts dire ruin
for hero is merely chuckleheaded
We were disappointed when Garman
brought the name of Annette into the
conversation. We knew that would
give Roger renewed strength. Accord
lngiy, we were not surprised when
Roger struck with the desperation of
life or death behind his blow His fist
landed full on the neck below the ear:
Garman grunted bestially and pitched
forward on his face
A moment later Roger, "set himself
and drove his fist to the point of the
heavy, fat jaw. And as marionette
falls when its suspending strings are
cut, so Garman collapsed and lay a
huge, shapeless heap in the reddened
sand"
Yes, and if anybody cares for our
opinion Roger made love like mari
onette and so did Annette And what's
more we think the fight was frame
up. Some day we are going to find a
book in which the villain gets the
hero in tight place and keeps him
there without any outside interference
on the part of the author.
ain the light of the foregoing facts, y
writes John Roach Straton, 81 bring
the following deliberate indictme nj
against the modern theatre as an in
stitution. indict' it first of all, as q
covetous, Mammon- worshipping, money
seeking institution. l hold up to public
scorn the defense of the theater that il
exists for art
And yet, so far as there is any
record in the writings Of DR.. Straton
he neglected his opportunities to see
John Barrymore in Richard Third,
to see the Shakespearian revivals oil
Sothern and Marlowe; to see tn.
Theater Guilds fine production OF
Jane Clegg";' or Eugene ONeill'.
moving tragedy, Beyond the Horizon;
or Booth Tarkington's merry ligh,
comedy, "Clarence.' No, indeed tn.
good doctor who says there is no ar,
i'll the theater seems to have attended
only one theatrical performance al
season, and upon that occasion he chose
the decadent "Aphrodite"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-04-21
Books

One complaint which we have against
good many of the authors of pop
ular thrillers is that they don't play
fair with the reader. Not content with
putting a hero into a precarious posi-
ton, they insist on making his circum-
stances seem great deal worse than
they really are. Behind a screen of
insincere pessimism they prepare the
tricks with which they expect to startle
and please the reader.
We have just finished "The Plum
derer" by Henry Oyen (Doran), and we
have not yet recovered from our disap-
pointment at the final triumph of the
hero after we had been practically as
sured that he was done for. Consider
the evidence:
"They clinched; and the moment
Roger felt those vast, soft hands
Tightening upon him the shock
brought back to him sort of reason.
Garman was the stronger. His right
hand caught Rogers clenched fist
within an inch of his chin, and his
S>Ohtii gin iSlQ titc llSI UclpiSSS. MS
huge hand cncssed Rogers fist as one
might hold a baseball and Slowly,
surely, gloatingly he bent the arm"
We did little gloating on our own
account. cat last" we thought, "here
is a book where the hero gets his good
and proper. Roger can't possibly es-
cape from Garman."
Continuing with high interest, we
found:
Roger placed himself wholly upon
the defensive, and while he skillfully
resisted Garman's efforts to end the
struggle at once, he fought with him
self struggle for calm reason. He
could not win. That was the basis from
which he began to reason. Garman
was the stronger man. so much stronger
that against him Rogers powerful
young body thrust as against the
trunk of an immovable tree. For a
moment the pair had held motonless,
Garman's bulk and might held for the
instant by Rogers impetuous rush, but
now the Plunderer's strength was tell
ing and he was slowly thrusting his
victim back"
So far everything seemed satisfac-
tory, although we did begin to feel a
little uncertain when Garman began
to boast:
give got you; feed your soul on
those words. SO young and full of
life; but I've got you out here in
the swamp where nobody can see or
hear Why, sonny, I doubt if they'll
ever find you, or what's left, after
get through"
We feared that Garman might en-
danger his chances by overconiidence.
Still he evidently had ample grounds
for confidence, for we read on the
next page:
"Hs mind was clear and cool; one
chance he had and one only-that Gar
man would tire himself AS the fight
went on and it became obvious that
Garman, despite his efforts, was as
fresh AS ever, Roger abandoned this
hope"-
Two pages later the fight haA come
to such Il point that the author re-
corded. "Garman had only to keep on
rushing"
Roger We learned, was fighting
with the desperation Of his last rem
nants Of strength. One hand was use
less, his leg was stiffening rapidly'--
1t looks very much as if in another
page Garman will overpower Roger
and kill him, does 1t not7 II look.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-04-21
The Welfare Bills
Women Should Haze Worl
ing Freedom, 1t Is Urged

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: In her letter to The Tribunal
Mrs. Laidlaw speaks of chow high and
impossible the wall seems againr
which the organized industrial workers
of the state are flinging .hemselveE'
She is evidently greatly impressed By
the utterances of labor group sh
describes as expressing itself "tyni
cally and bitterly" saying: "Our people
scrape together money year after yesl
to pay for printing and other legish-
tive campaign expenses. But II has
been a waste of time and money. It
looks as If we would have to get justice
through entirely different methods
as for instance?
If Mrs. Laldlaw does not despair 81
gaining justice for labor N the sans
orderly way the ballot was won IN tbs
state and does not look for relief onF
by entirely different methods" tht'
she makes great mistake in utteris
wild warnings and failing 20 make ve'l
plain that she does not believe, merei
because politicians may he unwise o.
even corrupt, that the cure lies in teaF'
ing down our whole system Of govern
ment.
Without doubt Mrs Laidlaw has 10
idea Of encouraging resylution. bV'
when she harps upon the danger q
this or that bringing on a revolt Y
becomes almost g suggestion thai
after all, that may be the only re-
course OF the oppressed.
A woman who works for 3 living hsi
told me she considers any law passed
to prevent her from working the sane
number of hours that man IN Us
same business must work would mere!
operate 10 prevent her employment
She maintained that labor unions %
not want women competitors and tn''
they are working to bring about coz
dition that viii prevent women enter
ing certain trades and professions
1t would seem self-e, dent that L
women cannot compete on equal terms
with men it means they cannot engage
in certain industries at all.
Another woman sold tickets from
booth on the ~ for many years. ~
| Is widow and working at night as'
raised her family on the money se'
earned besides having ample time 70 "
all her n.e2ding and sewing during NV
hours when there Was little or ~
travel. She feels she has peri",,
right to choose her own work. ana :. =
she prefers sitting in that boom q,
night to bending over wasno0''1
all day she doesn't consider u S''
other woman's business or the ous'he''
of any organization OF women.
IL seems 10 me WI H4"S .
should be free 10 choose any Inc :,
endeavor just as working men are -.
l always thought that WAS whs'
meant when we were asking for 'ns -.
lot and talked about "ecual "e
and responsibilities Men have ss'',
shorter hours and better pay ana Wv
ing conditions through orgah'A"'.
but no outside body of well-wisne"
allowed to dictate their hours VI "a
other condition of employment
women should be permitted to "0'.
their own problems with the
| freedom.
LILLIAN ALBERTsoN LEVI
Ossining, N. Y. April Is. iss~ -
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-04-21
The Teachers Pay Bill

The teachers salary increase bill
which has been agreed on at Albany
by the Legislative leaders gives to
kindergarten teachers minimum
cf $500 a year and a maximum Of
S2,875; TO grade teachers p mini
nun Of $1,000 ard q maximum of
1890; to high school teachers
minimum Of $3.50 ard maximum
NJ s3,700.
These Increases represent in many
cases more than 100 per cent adj
vanccs above present stats law
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-04-21
Black in Name and Character

The Black bill, which amends the
tenement house law so as to per-
nit the Commissioner to suspend
any provision Of the law in regard
to old buildings, has been carefully
held back at Albany. It's promo
ters apparently wanted to have no
discussion and to jam the measure
through in the confusion of the clos
ing hour of the session. The tao
tics are familiar when special in
terest is behind a bad bill.
So information floats down the
river that the skids are in place to
slide the Black bill through. The
owners of old law tenements, who
for twenty years have refused to
improve their realty holdings, would
profiteer from the housing short
age. Their rookeries are to be
given a few superficial improve
ments and then be kept at the bust
ness of spreading death and disease
for another twenty years. Edifces
bad two decades ago have not bet
tered since. So it is not strange that
no disinterested voice has been
raised in favor Of the Black bill.
On the other side protests have
gone to Albany in great volume.
Health Commissioner Copeland, a
member of the Mayors committee,
says: "a great many years were
spent in developing the law to a
point where it properly safeguarded
those living in tenements, and it
would be suicidal to throw all these
advantages overheard now. The
housing situation is serious, but in
this case the cure would be more
fatal than the disease" Superin
tendent Reville. of the Building De
partment of the Bronx has made his
protest against the BILL
No one who knows anything
about the situation here believes
that it will mitigate the housing
shortage, because in spite of I'M
founded statements to the contrary
there are no habitable vacant
buildings in New York which this
bill would make available for tenc
ment use. The one purpose which
the bill would serve would be thf
legalization of buildings illegally
used as tenement houses now, anc
once admitted they would remain
forever tenement houses, regardless
Of their condition. No bill involv
ing the possibility of such destruc
ton of old standards and future con
fusion has been introduced in the
Legislature for a decade. It's pas
sage would be sad example Of {
willingness to make money out O.
the calamities of the people. The
provision that the Tenement House
Commissioner must consent before
the law can be set aside is of small
value. No tenement house com
missioner should be subjected to tn,
: pressure that would come.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-04-21
Our Turkish Option


are said to have rejected President
Wilson's suggestion that the Turk
be expelled from Europe and that
the proposed boundaries of the new
Armenian state be extended con-
siderably to the west and north in
former Turkish territory. The Presi-
dents desires reflected American
sentiment. From the American point
of view the Turk has forfeited all
right to hold Constantinople. The
people of the United States would
like to see the bloodthirsty regime
of the Osmanli ended, so far as Eu
rope is concerned, and the seat of it's
diminished power established some
where in the interior of Anatonia.
The real seat of what is left of
Turkish rule is there already. For
Renal is the actual head of the
Turkish rump, whether he is acting
on his own authority and defying
the puppet government of the Sultan
or, as Lord Curzon recently init
mated in the British Parliament, he
has been secretly allied with the
Sultanate in making open warfare
on the French and Armenians in
Cilicia. A Turkish government in
Constantinople would be only a
fiction. It's right hand might SUBJ
scribe to policies dictated by Allied
protectors, but it's left hand would
probably reverse those policies or
allow them to be reversed by the
turbulent and fanatic Pan-Turanian
elements which control in the in
terror of Asia Minor. 1t would be
simpler and safer to eject the Sultan
from the straits section and maroon
the Turkish government, whatever
form it takes, in the Anatolian
hinterland.
Americans sympathize with the
Armenians, the hapless race which
suffered worst in the war from
Teuton-Turkish atrocities. Our peo-
pie would welcome the establish
ment of an Armenian republic strong
enough to survive on its own soil
and perpetuate It's traditions and
culture. But in these matters we
are beggars rather than choosers.
We can only express our pious
wishes. In 1917 the President re-
strained Congress from declaring
war on Turkey. We refused to lend
hand in fighting Germany's Mos
lem ally. We set up fictitious dis
tinction between enemies in the field,
maintaining neutrality with Turkey
although Turkeys entrance into the
war was one Of the principal factors
in prolonging it and thus adding
enormously to its cost and suffering
By an act Of omission we re-
nounced a voice in the Turkish set
Element. We can, therefore, make
no reasonable complaint of the de
cision of the European Allies K
impose their own terms on foe
who was their foe, not ours. Thi.
is regrettable. But Washington
will have to make the best Of it. /
Great Britain, France and Ital.
don't want to cast out the "Sicl
Man of Europe" it is, strictly speak
, ing, mono of our affair. IT w
, wanted an option we should hav
bid for it in 1917. 1t is too lat
to claim it now.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-04-21
First Aid to Noble Causes

In regard to what you think the public
thinks the managers think the public wants.
l. P. 7. Barnum once said, Go and collar
every dollar Barnum was right. l said
that Barnum right. Don't you worry
if they holer. Take look and bait your
hook and make them bite. If you dine on
the public you're sure of feast. They are
innocent lambs and they want to be fleeced
for they are FOOLS gosh darn en- said P. r.
Barnum, and 7. T. Barnum right
>. And yet the Hasty Pudding Club is
inviting the public to come and see that
Barnum was right at the Hotel Astor on
April % and 23 and asking the public for
$2.I5 including war tax for tickets, in order
TO obtain which the public must call at any
good thcater ticket office or telephone the
Harvard Club, after trying several wrong
numbers in order 70 get Vanderbilt 100
3. Paragraph l of this memorandum con-
tains the words Long Bob Sherwood wrote
for the song hit of the show, than whicl,
Victor Herbert nor Sullivan never wrote any
better. which only goes to prove that B.
was T.. pr.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-04-21
The First Law of Economy
From Tho Boston Giobc)

To combat the rapidly rising prices
of clothing, Overall clubs" are being
organized throughout the State of
Florida. with many business and pro-
fcssIonnl men ms members. Now watch
tho elevation in the price of ovsralla.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-04-21
To the Editor of The Tribune.

To the Editor Of The Tribune
Sir: AS d lifelong reader Of your valued
paper | would ask you to kindly assist
in organizing cold clothes clubs" or
patch clubs" with an occasional patch
on coat and trousers. Overall clubs
mean much higher price on cotton
goods, and many home would be
hurt more should cotton goods go
much higher. Old clothes clubs, with
patch on the coat lapel in place of
a buttonholc flower, would help us wear
out what we now have and would not
boost cotton goods we so much need
in our homes. ALLEN BROWN.
New York, April 10, 1920.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-04-21

And Earnest Guy recalls with delight
Paula Edwardes's singing, in "a Run
away Girl "Sly Cigarette" and ooh,
Love Society,"" So do we, but all we
remember of the latter is that it ended
"If my papa were Duke or Earl" 1t
was all comparatively dull to us, how
ever, when Jimmy Powers was off the
stage.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-04-21
New York, April 10, 1920.
TO the Editor of The Tribune

To the Editor of The Tribune
Sir: Straw hats, it is rumored, are
due to soar in price this spring. Was
there ever a worse looking, more I'M
comfortable piece of headgear invented
than the straw hat? About one man
in fifty looks we'll and fells we'll in one
Since we are out to reduce the H.
c. of i. with overalls and the like,
why not extend, the movement to hats
and agree to 90 barehcadcd from May
Is TO September IS?
Hatless folks will be able to stand
the hot weather better. Hats are un-
healthy for the hair; they breed bald
heads. We go without them at sum-
mer resorts. Why not in the city, where
it's still hotter?
Who'll join the Great Order of the
Hatless? RUSSELL HOLMAN.
New York, April 10, 1920.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-04-21

YOU can purchase nerch andise advertised In, The
TRIBUNE with absolute satety-for II dlssatlsfac-
tIon results In any case THE TRIBUNE guarantees
to pay your money back upon request. No red tape
No auIhbiing. We mako good promptly II the
advertiser does not.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-04-21

Tie Associated Press is exclusively entitled to the
use for republication OF all dispatches credited
to IL or not otherwise credited in this paper. and
also the local OF Spontaneous origin published
herein .
All rights OF republication Of all other matter
herein also reserved
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-04-21
The Mad, Mad Ways

Bought some binding for the baby
pillow to-day" says NJ. Guess I'll stay
up tonight and finish the old thing"
Better get some Sleep" says I.
"But sleep won't bind the pillow
says she.
"No,' says 7, sit won't. But it'll knit
tho ravelcd sleeve of care
Just as long as it takes you to read
it it took me to think it. D.