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The Coming ower
A MODERN LOcHINvAR


(Yoss soc, GTundunele lived sn Colstns-
bus, Ohio
GRANDUNCLE used to beau, he said,
W A prim New England girl;
Her hair was tiattened to her head.
Without wave or curl;
Her poplin frock was so severe
That none, you may be sure,
Would ever guess the little dear
Had quite bonnie tourmure.
He said chill about him closed
Within her parlor door.
Upon walnut stand reposed i,
The works Of Hannah More;
A dismal vase exposed to view
A posy Of dried grass;
Wax flowers Of a sickly hue
Pinned in their house of glass.
A cold black-marble mantelpieee
O'ertopped a chilly CRATE;
Straight haircloth chairs, like dumb DO
lice,
Stood round the walls in state;
~AAAN %AoABAA8 Wy a VclVcL COCU,
In vast walnut frame,
Was Infant Samuel when the Lord
Was calling him by name.
If things moved with uncommon verve,
At just half -after-eight
A pippin cold as ice she'd serve
Upon frosty plate.
The family at the stroke of nine
Would punctually appear
And range itself in soleban line
For solemn Christian cheer.
Yet something drew him thither still
Cor SO he used to say,
And from the parlor's deadly chill
He bore the maid away.
"Of all the gals that bards have sung,
New England gals are best,'
He always said-"But pick 'em young
And take 'em further vest"
G. S. B.
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4 Fund Raiser Replies
Some Franz Remarks oucl'ing Dem
ocrofic Lies

vi uItJ AtCS
To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: On page Of this mornings is
sue my name (misspelled) is given by
Mr.. Moore as among the great $15,000,-
900 fund raisers. Mr.. Moore does me
too much honor in giving me credit for
raising $500 in one hour" did not
raise half that much In a whole month
and a half's work. So you see how
near they guess at what they might
know and state correctly if they want
ed to tell the truth, which is not the
case.
There was and is no secret about any
of the money-raising plans Of the Re-
publican committee. 1t is all carried
on in strictly straight and business
like way and every dollar properly &C.
counted for. 1t is a fact that the
people-even some good Democrats
and Prohibitionists among them--are
cheerfully contributing to the Repub-
lican fund. They have had enough of
Wilson-Coxism and want to get rid of
them, root and branch.
1t would be cheap for the country
at $15,00O,000 or ten times that much,
and only regret they could not charge
me truthfully with having raised ten
times as much in one-tenth Of the time
they say I raised it in.
Will these "poor fish" not soon "take
tumble" to themselves and learn that
the people have correctly taken their
measure? Such a verdict as will be
rendered in November is already fore
cast when Harding is a 3-to-1 favoritc
in the betting to-day
FRANK V. KNAUSS.
New York, Sept. 8, 1920.
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Hooray for the Sideshowsg

While the Presidential drama
marches majestically through its
long acts before rather thin house
loud and rough cheers can be heard
in various other quarters of the
earth's surface.
In Cleveland, for example! Both
candidates for the Presidency are
from its exceptional and admirable
state. But do the voters of Cleve-
land signify their excitement thereat?
Not yet, or ever, it would seem-or
at any rate, not so long as "Babe"
Ruth can "bust" out homers and the
league pennant still hangs tantaliz-
ingly on the horizon. The League
of Nations? Take it away; talk of
another league, and tell us of that
forty-seventh and how the battle
goes at Chicago and upon the Polo
Grounds.
Tennis gave an admirable batch
Of thrills few days back. Down
at Roslyn such immortals as "Chick"
and "Bobby' and a youth named
Ouimet tussle as golfers never tus-
sled before. Forty-one holes are
needed to settle one dispute. Over
in Italy the workmen seize the fac
tories and the hills uprise in SYM
pathy or reproof, and another side
show ballyhoos for attention. In
Ireland-is the show a little long
drawn out? Well, at any rate, it is
better than politics in September!
There have been shows in the biz
house that Jared better. And, of
course, in principle it is all wrong
that people, sovereign people with
crowns on their heads and ballots in
their hands, should ever prefer q
sideshow to real, highbrow drama.
But such is human nature. Why.
we even hear folks discussing
whether the main show might not
proftably be abolished. altogether.
Why politics, anyway Evidently
the managers have bIundernd I'm
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''.Son1eone''

In view of the Importance Of Berg
dolls case, it is we'll to recall certain
details. The man had been arrested,
tried, convicted and sentenced to
prison as particularly obnoxious
draft dodger. While under military
guard at Governors Island his
friends hoodwinked some credulous
person "high up" in government
circles with the story that the young
millionaire had concealed a large
sum of money in remote mountain
fastness and that he ought to be per-
mitted to go there and recover it.
The preposterous yarn was accepted
as gospel firth by Someone, whose
name has not come out.
GAIL the surrounding circumstances
unite to show that the adjutant gen.
eral received instructions from
Someone to order the commandment
at Governors Island to permit Berg
doll to seek the alleged hidden treas
ure. Obeying his orders, the COM
mandant, with great care, selected
two non-commissioned officers to &C
company Bergdoll on the wild goose
chase; one had served in the army
for eighteen years, the other for al.
most twenty. While making tenn
porary halt in his Philadelphia home
Bergdoll escaped in an automobile,
evidently on hand through prear-
ranged plan. He has not been heard
of since.
The Governors Island command
ant has been tried and acquitted on
the ground that he simply obeyed
orders from superior officer. Now
one of Bergdoll's guards, Sergeant
O'Hare, with record of twenty
years in the army, has been placed
on trial, charged with letting Berg
doll escape. There are rumors that
an attempt will be made to prove
him insane, if not corrupt.
Because Of the suspicion-breeding
circumstances, because of a mys-
ferrous and vital break in the chain
OF the story, an ugly suspicion
is growing that deliberate effort has
been under way to make Sergeant
OHare a scapegoat to shield the
Someone who directed the adiu-
tant general to see that Bergdoll
was permitted to leave Governors
Island.
Whether O'Hare be found inno-
cent or guilty is for the military
court to determine. But there is a
court far higher-the Court of Pub
lie Opinion-which demands the
presence before it of another man.
much more important to the case
than either O'Hare or the second
non-commissioned officer whom Berg
doll eluded in Philadelphia.
Will Secretary Baker go on the
stand and answer this point-blank
question:
Who ordered the adjutant gen.
eral to permit Bergdoll to leave Gov
eznor's Island?
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problem is one Of additional con-
struction. To get the new houses
there must be avoidance Of guackery
in all forms and rigid disregard Of
every consideration, whatever it's
other merits, not bearing on the
question Of new houses. The Legis-
lature was sidetracked last winter.
It's duty is to stick strictly to the
main highway in the approaching
special session. Some danger exists
that the emergency will be taken ed-
vantage Of by those Who g: ,.. 1.
in new houses is seconoa.
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English, but here the objection may be
made that much of this jargon is al
most as unintelligible to Americans
1t is private slang, which only oc.
casionally includes expressions in
common use. Personally, we would not
include O. Henry, because we feel that
only shallow consideration of his
work permits the prevalent assumption
that he was man who brought the
soul of New York to the printed page
! Generally speaking, he did no such
thing. His stories are practically de.
void Of atmosphere. O. Henry was
content to bring out placard in the
old Elizabethan manner and announce
This story is laid in Coney Island
and then get on with his tale without
further bother about the setting. He
wrote many story of New York's East
Side, but does anybody believe for a
minute that he knew its people and
their talk as Fannie Hurst does? Again
not few of his stories concern the
theater, but anybody who will turn to
Virginia Tracey's The Lotus Eaters
IN the selection Of Great American
Short Stories made by Howells will
lind far deeper knowledge and ex-
preston Of the ways of actor folk than
U. Henry ever attempted. And to any
body who is familiar with the work Of
Helen Green Van Campen 1t is obvious
that o. Henry did not really know the
talk Of these people at all.
AS matter Of fact, o. Henry's tai
emf and his interest were almost en-
tirely conferred in plots. He was inn
patient at the necessity of descrihiro.
either people or places and generally
did so briefly and perfunctoriiy. Often
ne burlesques the business of sketchino
IN character. Although we have read
q great many o. Henry stories a
great many times, we think we would
De hard put to it to describe in anv de-
tail a single character which he ere.
ated or a single setting, with one ex-
ceptlon. More than that, we think thai
close examination of his short stor-
les will disclose the fact that manv a
one could be shifted from Colorado to
Coney Island or to South America with
very little difficulty. The majority of
ms tales do not depend in any essen
s'ai degree on either place or person.
We do not mean to argue that he
was not considerable figure, but his
worth lies wholly in his extraordinary
FACILITY in devising tales and telling
them. He was an ideal scenario writer,
and II he had lived the moving picture
might have become a great art in this
generation. AS it Is, most of his stor-
les have proved to be splendidly adant.
ed for pictures, since they contain the
two chief requirements of the scrsa,
action and surprise.
There Is danger, however, in eener-
al'zing about o. Henry. because one OBJ
ssscle stands directly in the path Of all
most any theory. Nothing which we
nave said holds true Of The Furnished
Room. This seems to US one of the
most successful examples Of the eraa.
tive atmosphere in q short story which
we know. To US il 10 the one tale
which makes o. Henry a possible heir
to the ages.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-09-10

Candidates are speaking, these days,
at State and County Fairs, and the sup
position is that there are such things.
But we never have passed through a
town where fair was in progress at
the time. The bllboards and stream
ers blazoning the fair always tell that
it will be held next week or next
month, or the old signs tell that it
was on last year. But never have we
actually seen one.
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Democratic Dictators
Damage Wrought to American Polio
in Santo Domingo and Howl :

Damage Wrought to American Polio
in Santo Domingo and Hayd
To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: In bringing to the front and
keeping up editorially and otherwise
your criticism of Franklin D. Rooss,
velt's astounding utterance as to biz
autocratic powers in Santo DOMINGO
Hayti and elsewhere in Latin Ameris
while Assistant Secretary of the Nav,
you are 60 be congratulated By
decent men Of all political parties, whs
are, indeed, ashamed at the treatmsn.
received by those neighhoring peoplss
at the hands Of Democratic Admins
tration, whose head professed to b.
their "bese friend" in the Presidential
campaigns Of 1916 and 1920.
When we recall that throusheu
many of the speeches delivered in tws
national contests and afterward in pub
TIC documents as President by Ms
wilson runs the copious vein Of tht
most ardent pan-Americanism, respect
Tor the rights Of small nationalitiss
~self-determination, ETC., we cannot bu
think Of the spider laboriously wesA
ing his web in order to catch the ini
cautious fly chat happens to be se
tracsed by the artistic work Of tht
fiimsy frame. That Mr.. Wilson ha
done an incalculable damage to Ansrt
can good faith in Latin America wild
his violent practices in Santo Domfnss
and Hayti-practices which are dis
metrically opposed to his loudly pro
claimed theories throughout his poiiti
cal careers q revelation that eannoa
De disputed even by his most partisst
bureaucratic admirers, who are tryini
70 evade it through a maze of subtef
1uges and political non-essentials.
Were it not a scandalous fact tha
the same men who deprecated Ia pes
campaigns that which they called sh
Dig stick" and the diplomacy Of th
dollar" policies on the part of the Re
poolicans are the very ones who has
despoiled in the rough several Latia
American republics of their hah
earned independence, we would be Obi
TO believe it, or ascribe it to the msehi
nations of their political adverssriss
VINO are prone to place them in 1
raise light. But we have to take thee
IN their true measure of themselves
denuded Of all hypocrisy, with sh
candid confession out off the "abundxns
OF their heavy hearts" and the swotl
IN their trembling hands ready TO smia
those who have innocently trusted i
their peaceful protestations for sem
time past.
However, we should not begrudgs y
erstwhile Assistant Secretary Of ~
Navy and his former chief, losspas
DANIELS, the exquisite pleasure Of beg
ing been eonquerors Of great dessssk
less territories. It is q joy, an iHeaiR
JOY reserved to very few men, thss 81
oe'hs eonqusrors. But they sasEe
keep in mind that conquests are efeea
vines not 81 everlasting as they So
10 Do at close contact. As consuea
are carried out through violsnea sh
oeges violence. Ordinarily eenqass
are like the gloomy characters vt 81
old tragedies. who in tho fifth act
say strong, sonorous verses and siss
sienss only to fail disastrcusiy b
END before che tsrriaad audlsaesl 81
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gauging popular interest. A drama
that starts in June and plows re-
lentlessly through four long and
dusty months is 8 hard thing to put
over in these film-speed days. Thank
goodness, say we, that the sideshows
have turned out such unexpected
thrills to while away the time!
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-09-10
The Compleat Anplera

From The South Norwalk Conn SentineD
Mrs. William Eudress, Mrs. J.. Robinson
and Miss Alice Splan enjoyed a days outing
at Trinity Lake. Miss Splan sang most
beautifully on the lake, while fishing and
captured fve-pound bass. Mrs. Samuel
Randay had many compliments given her
OF her beautiful country home by Miss Splan
and Mrs. William Eudress.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-09-10
R001o By

Venturing hasty and careless nara.
graph the other day, we suggested that
list of native American authors WIN
derive chiefly from their own soil
would include Walt Whitman, Mark
Twain, Ring Lardner and George AIDE
ana not many others. We did not in.
tend to suggest, Of course, that the
chief business of an American author
was to be American. He NAV seek
something Of the idiom and point of
view OF Rabelais, as James Branch Ca
bell does in "Jurgen," or 20 where ho
Will without prejudice, for no pass
ports are necessary for art and there
are no import taxes on beauty. In
Decd as Mr.. Mencken has pointed out
recently, most of Americas best men
are not essentially native either in
their choice of themes or their wav
OF seeing things. Despite Mr.. Har-
d'ng's horror at the thought, much of
our literature has been written by men
who were citizens of the world rather
IMAM Americans, first and foremost.
But our paragraph has involved US
IN other difficulties. IL do not see,"
writes DR.. Morris Greenberg, "where
one can draw the line between what ia
authenticity American and what is not.
and it is rather difficult to say whether
a certain author derives chiefly from
his own soil or not. An author. like
any other individual, is Influenced by
the same factors that make up our
national life and our national litera-
ture. An author is not more anthem
tlcaily American because he stresses
one aspect of our national life. Why
IS Huck Finn more American than
Sllas Lapham, or Tom Sawyer rather
than Ethan Frome? Why have you
left out o. Henry?
One cannot quarrel with you for
including Whitman, but why not AMY
Lowell? Don't you think that Spoon
RIVER derives chiefly from our soil,
or don't you consider it good litera-
ture? Where do you place Thoreau
and Bret Harte and Artemus Ward
and Ed Howe?"
Some OF these questions we can hard
~ answer because we must confess
that we have never read either Silas
Lapham or Ethan Frome. Masters. we
think, should have been in our list, and
Ihoreau, Artemus Ward and Bret Harte
airs American enough, but Ward seems
to US to have no Importance at all
except as milestone in American let
tiers, and we also think that Harte ia
uncomfortable. Nor would we want Ed
Howe at oil except as a horrible ex-
ample. Amy Lowell probably belongs
in the list, but here one approaches the
dividing line, which is. rs DR.. Green
berg Gays, obscure and difficult.
The point which We wish to make il
that most American literature can he
traced back to the Bible, Milton and
Shakespeare, and 80 on. The succession
is unbroken. but one or two of the
men we have mentioned mark q new
1t is entirely conceiv-
able that Ring Lardner would have
created his Busher even if Paradise
Los. had never been written, and It.
would be hard to find a place for
Fables in Slang in any branch OF d.
rect descent from the great ancestors
of the language.
~ ~ 7n7H A. Al
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Another Victim
(RYons Tho Cincinnati En

(Prons Tho Cincinnati EHqsirey)
You can laugh ut the poor beobs who
fell FOR Ponsi's pipe dream, but your
Uncle Samuel shoe eeel $3.50, 900 COO
nm sRAfaaan m asan < -
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-09-10

Every campaign we endure this hu-
miliating experiences: We read the
middle OF speech, and say "He's dead
right" Then we look at the introduce
ton and. see that 1t isn't our candi-
dates speech at all, but the Loathed
Foes.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-09-10

Also it is safe to guess that letters
dictated by Mr.. II. Bell Brown were
addressed "Attention Of"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-09-10

AS has been limited, "quotas" mean
nothing Five per cent is the quota of
posaible"to-print contributions to The
rover. In yesterday mornings mail
there wasn't one we'd use.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-09-10

1t Is a good game, these lengthening
evenings, to read a speech and ask
your little hearers-any number of
young people may play-who uttered
the words.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-09-10
The Disturbing Element

(Frons TIE Washington PosO
oosh parties are appsehansive Iest
sas hand that rocks che esaxsse Mia ~
Sha Mad SAaA. xsaklsa liz ~
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-09-10

Solely that the result may be known
oy o'clock the hope hereby III vouch-
aafed that the baseball pennants will
be won by Eastern teams.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-09-10

"Herman Roe, editor of Minnesota
paper, which he proudly informed the
Senator had circulation equal to that
OF The Marion Star" THE Tribune.
Herman's pride probably extended to
the mention of the name Of his paper.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-09-10
To Re Canfyruca9

1V DC NVHtInUeIs
The London Daily Telegraph announce,
articles by Sir Sidney Low and Sir Sidne,
Lee on the theme us 1t New World ~
Said Sidney Low to Sidney Lee,
This worlds a mess, you will agree f'
Its hell. 1t Isl 1t is, VOW"
Said Sidney Lee TO Sidney Low.
FREDERICK DoNAeHnY
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-09-10

Gazing at map. for no purpose
whatsoever, one notes that Alice and
Looking Glass are towns in Oregon,
but that Carroll 10 in Ohio.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-09-10

No candor is whittier than that of the
Charming Photograph, which adver-
tises that selections are conveniently
ported to play at your friends home
without injury to them"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-09-10

o. Henry presents the most difficult
problem OF all. He is American. in tho
sense that his carefully elaborated
slang makes IL dimcult 10 translase
him sslAp any qny.s s,,, a., i. =, 49,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-09-10

Money, we believe, Is growing
scarcer. Occasionally you now see au-
eomooile advertisements actually tell
ing how much the car costs.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-09-10

One flaw is discovered in Mr.. Streets
characterization of Mr.. H. Bell Brown,
the Advertising Engineer. His card
says that his firms Offices are situated
at Fifth Avenue and Forty-second
Street. Browns card would haye read
Fifth Avenue at Forty-second Street"
And his letters would have been dated
in three lines, thus:
September
The Tenth
Nineteen Twenty.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-09-10

cox Counts Eight Harding Switches +,
headlines The Times. Perhaps the Sen.
atof was ASLEEP az aevsa Of them.
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MEaRER oF THO AssoCIArEn pREss

Tho Associated Press Is exclusively entitled to the
use for republication OF all news dispatches credited
TO It 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, 1920-09-10

Ysu can purchase merchandise a6vereIssa sa TIVE
TRs4URE With absolute safsty-9ef u aIssatlseRs.
Non results On any case the TRIBUNE guarantees
to pay your meRey back ussR request. No red eape.
Nc auIhhslnq. We maks sooa nromptty II the
advertiser does act.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-09-10

Book reviewers have way Of patron
izing books written in non-ponderous
or frankly light manner, and Janus
ing" is how the reviewer characterizes
a book frankly humorous. Probably
Julian Streets "Sunbeams, Inc" will
be dismissed with brief notice, for,
in addition to possessing humor, it is
small book. But it is as fine and
bitter piece of satire against bunk as
has been written. One of the reasons
reviewers treat unseriously books writ
ten with light touch is that most
persons who never have tried it think
that all they have to do is to take
an hour off some day to write light
comedy or a humorous story.
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Brooklyn, Sept. 8, 1920.
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