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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-04-18
Wines Partect and Imperfect.
The Critics Haze Their Fling at a Utopian Home and
the Husband Who Started the Debate Gets the Last Word

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: In The Tribune Of April 10 a
gentleman rushes into print to describe
the lady to whom he is married, enumer-
ating long list Of remarkable accom-
plishments and extraordinary virtues,
emitting her to the name of "The Per-
feet Wife,"
He says nothing about children. It
used to be thought that the one great
accomplishment Of a wife was to bear
and rear healthy, happy and promising
children. Whether opinion has changed
or not, no discussion about wives or
housekeepers should center around
women who have no children, for hav-
ing children is not only the main reason
d'etre for marriage and Its only real
test, but their coming places the mother,
and the father as we'll, in another class
from those who are childless.
IAN Imperfect Husband" says that he
and 1.-THE Perfect Wife, live on $500 q
month. The wife earns $4,000 a year.
and presumably he also makes some
thing-probably less than that, or he
would have told how much. On the face
Of this financial statement, this couple
are laying away quite lot of money
Shades Of T. RI Do they propose
to accumulate a fortune and leave II
to the Home for INDECENT and I'm.
fortunate Cats?
ANOTHER IMPERFECT HUSBAND,
(Whose wife, however, has two children)
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-04-18
Excluding American Fliers

The United States not having
ratified the international aeronauti-
cal convention, which forms part Of
the peace treaty, aviation from an
international legal point Of view
does not exist in this country.
In addition, 30 far as aviation as
a sport is concerned, American avia-
tors are subjected to the unsought
supervision of the Federation Aero
nautique Internationale, self-ap-
pointed body composed Of Notifying
members, who dictate what shall and
what shall not be done. This Euro
pean body also exercises jurisdiction
over the awarding Of world records
for speed, altitude and duration
fights, despite the fact that past
experience has shown that it's repre-
sentatives do not always know how
to handle properly the necessary ap-
paratus that verifes performances.
The Federation Aeronautique In
ternationale has frequently shown an
emphatic distaste for the achieve
nents Of American aviators, because
the latter have dared to question its
authority. It's most outstanding ex-
ample Of antagonjsm occurred when
it arbitrarily disqualified every pilot
who took part in the New k-To-
ronto-and-return air race, the first
aerial event Of any Importance and
magnitude In the history Of the
world.
Apparently, It was only fear Of an
tagonizing the United States govern.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-04-18
Where Are the Children?

To tho Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: "The Perfect Wife" in to-day's
Tribune is a superwoman, I'll rise to
state, but, why, oh, why, doesn't she
have children and pass on her marvel
Gus qualities, to the betterment of the
race and the world7
She and her husband live on $500 a
month-$3,6 900 a year. This leaves
81, 400 over from the wife's income alone.
with hubby's salary as velvet, 80 they
could easily afford family. They must
have lots Of money saved up by now.
At least they could adopt two or three
children and give them the benefit Of
association with this supreme efficiency.
Speaking Of perfect wives no one
that has no children is eligible for that
contest. If she cannot bear them she
should adopt some.
LORING W. BATTEN JR.
New York, April 10, 1920.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-04-18

she always prepares a fine "snack" be-
fore we retire. She loves to drive our
car, Of which she has sole charge, and
often takes us for a spin. She will not
allow me in the kitchen, as she says
that my holding her hands interferes
with the work.
My wife is Southerner. Two Of her
grandfathers were Governors, two on
her distaff side were United States SEN
ators. She has no President among her
ancestry, but her third Cousins grand
father was holding President Franklin
Picrce's horse the time he "rared ard
throwed" him. Life with such wife
is one long, loving, delicious dream, and
try to be A WORTHY HUSBAND.
New York, April Ia, 1920.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-04-18
Horthy's Headhunters

Not content with the wholesale
murder Of it's political opponents at
aome, Dictator Horthy of Hungary
u busily engaged abducting Hun
garian refugees from Vienna and
carrying them TO their death across
me nearby Hungarian borde.. Mag
Jar Social Democrat and Karolyist
emigres report that a regular or
ganization Of headhunters, composed
d officers Of the Horthy army, for
mer members of the Red Terror
troops and professional criminals, is
u work in Vienna, aided by Aus
1rian rnonarchist sympathizers.
Several political refugees have al
ready been kidnapped and murdered
en reaching Hungarian territory.
among them is the young poet
Szonoianyi, whose offense consisted
10 possessing evidence of the part
payed ~ Horthy's partner, Fried
1ieh, in the assassination Of Count
isza, the war Premier Of Hungary.
INC malta is protected by the Hun
safian Legation in Vienna, whose
influence In nonarchist circles
hampers the Austrian republican
sovernrnent when it would deal sum-
nar'ly With the kidnapers.
The refugees whom the Magyar
~fforists seek 10 s.izc are not Grim
mas; II they we're, the Hcrthy gov.
1nrnent could secure their extra
mI'on through lawful channels
ahsy are not even EoIsheviki, for
ne Hungarian Communist leaders
We fnserncd at Karlstein under mill
efy guard. The victims and pro-
sstsys victims Of Horthy's man
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-04-18
The Public's Victory

The settlement reached at Phila-
delphia has ended the railroad walk
out in this part of the country.
Everywhere else, too, it is on the
point Of failure. 1t was a perverse
and irrational demonstration, for it
was made in defiance of the Federal
law, of public interest and Of the
authority of the labor organizations
with which the participants were
connected. tt hadn't any Of the
aspects Of a real strike. It repre-
sented no attempt at collective bar
gaining. 1t was not directed against
employers, but was an irregular and
vengeful raid on the labor unions and
their leadership. Whatever it's actual
connection with the current I. w. W.
agitation, it was clearly l. W. w. in
spirit and purpose.
Outside pro-soviet circles the walk
ers-out found no sympathy. That
fact alone doomed the enterprise.
Never before has an attempted hold
up of transportation encountered
such formidable and united opposi-
ton from the public. 1t outraged
community sentiment, and it awak-
ened new form Of resistance to
anti-social activities. When the COM
munity is aroused no troublesome
and rebellious minority can stand in
its way. The experiment in some
towns of vigilance committee treat
ment Of men who were helping to
stop the transportation Of passen-
gers and food was a wholesome re-
hinder that society has an immense
reserve power at its disposal with
which to defend itself against I'M
ruly elements.
The public Is tired Of being Inn
posed on by groups which claim the
right to run amuck in order~to &C.
complish their own selfish ends. The
public good comes before any indi-
vidual good. In a quarrel between
labor and capital, conducted along
legitimate lines, and not directly
affecting community rights, the
public is disposed to be an unpreju-
diced spectator and an impartial
Judge. But it is fast reaching the
point at which it will no longer SUBJ
nit to suffering wantonly inflicted
on it as an incident to the settlement
OF group controversies.
That is the striking lesson Of this
latest attempt of a small minority
10 override the interests of the great
majority. The public has ample
power, if it is willing to stand fast
ana fight back, to make itself secure
against group efforts to intimidate
II and prey upon it.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-04-18
The Perfect Satirist
% the Editor Of The Tribune.

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: I am constrained to write about
my perfect wife. She Is young, hand
some and enjoys robust health. She is
the mother Of three children-one eight,
one five and the other babe in arms
She does all the homework, including
the laundry, and care Of the heater. She
is the best cook in the world, both plain
and fancy. She revels in having COM
pany for meals or to spend the night.
What a world Of happiness 1t gives me
to see the charming bushes Of welcome
on her checks when bring homo three
or four unannounced guests for a meall
She is a proud girl and feels that she
should share In the task OF providing
income. She has a position that pays
her $3.50 per annum for five hours
daily work. Then she conducts small
business on the side, which brings us in
nearly $4,000 per year. She also writes
for a W. k. weekly paper with annual
receipts Of from 5000 to 5000. I have
never permitted her to go on the lecture
platform, believing that a wife's place
Ia at homo. In this she smilinEly agrees.
She arises at five every morning and
such q breakfast she has for me at S:3Ol
Fruit, cereals, meat, potatoes, eggs,
griddle cakes and coffee that is the elixir
OF love. lunch downtown and will not
excite your envy by describing the din
ner she gives me at 6:15, but may say
It Is the most delightful repast think
able. a Barmecide feast with no restric-
tions.
My vito loves society, cards, dancing.
all kinds Of games. the opera and the
atsrs. We 60 out every other night and
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-04-18

the ubiquitous "front" was modified and
expenses arranged in due proportion to
the income, there would be still less
need to vail. Under any circumstances
one may rest fairly content that in
every walk of our American life the
efficient woman is making good; it is
the glad-to- be-inefticient stripe that
are wailing.
THE HUSBAND OF THE LATTER
WOMAN.
New York, April 10, 1920.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-04-18
Tho Last Word
To the Editor Of The Tribune.

To the Editor Of The Tribune,
Sir, In my first letter insisted
there were many capable, efficient wives
In this United States, and still insist
so. Those who weary our ears with
talk Of the "tired mother" and the
"dishwashers" are largely lazy, ineffi-
cient OF mere theorists. The nebulous
pair as yet without children and the
family with two children are already
accounted for as practical; the "big
establishment with many servants"
should have housekeeper, and in almost
every case beyond the small family. II
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-04-18

ment that prevented this Euronean
BODY from doing the same thing to
the army aviators who took part in
the 5,400-mile transcontinental air
race, although some of the pilots in
that great event had previously
flown in the New York-Toronto con-
test.
The action of the federation in
dlsqualifying the pilots in the New
York-Toronto race automatically af-
fected Roland Rohlfs, whose mag
nificent altitude flights of last wear
were officially observed by repre-
sentative of the federation.
American aviators who chafe
against the authority the European
body has assumed seek an official
American government agency to
take it's place. They point out
that no better organization exists
than the Bureau of Standards, which
is completely equipped with accurate
scientific apparatus and properly
trained personnel to use it. With
the Bureau of Standards exercising
supervision, an achievement such as
that of Major Schroeder in flying to
an altitude Of 36,020 feet will un-
questionably be recognized as a
worlds record irrespective of any
action the Federation Aeronautique
lnternationale may take or any
opinion it may express.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-04-18
The Punjab Riots
A Natiue Defense of British
Policy
To the Editor Of The Tribune.

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: AS fear that tho summary
published in your paper of the report
Of the commission appointed by the
Indian National Congress to inquire
into the recent Punjab disturbances
may be accepted as the findings of q
competent and impartial body of in
vestigators, may again appeal to the
American public to suspend Judgment
with regard to the Amritsar imbroglio
until the findings Of the properly quail
fed Hunter commission are made
public7
The Indian National Congress is an
entirely unofficial and unrepresentative
body; and its so-ca1led "Commission
of Inquiry" pursued no proper methods
OF investigation, and was. in fact, ap-
pointed by the extremists, who had
prejudged the matter, and had declared
their decision before the "investiga-
ton" took place at all Gas was evil
denced by the resolution which the
Congress passed at It's last SESSION..
1t had not only made up its mind,
but during the holding of the investi-
CATION heard ex-parte evidence and re-
fused to supply its own witnesses when
called upon to do so by the Hunter
commission, presided over by Lord
Hunter, and assisted, as it was. by in
dependent and experienced Indian law
yers and publicists.
l may also point out that the Indian
National Congress has ceased to rep
resent the opinions of the sober, mod
crate and experienced statesmen of
India since its capture by the extrem-
list party. But in even the Congress
itself there was difference of opinion
as to the culpability of the Viceroy
of India. When the resolution con-
demning Lord Chelmsford was brought
before the Subjects Committee of TIE
congress, it was strongly opposed by
an influential section of the extremist
politicians themselves. l must again
emphasize the fact the Congress now
represents only the microscopic minor
ity of educated Indians; they are
like the grasshoppers, who," as Ed
mund Burke observed long ago, make
far more noise and are much more
audible than the stately cattle that
are grazing IN silence" The moderates
have refused to have anything to do
with them, and have formed themselves
into a annarafa orro pi,o%;o~ MI ~,
ference between the extremists and the
moderates is simply this: The moder-
ates cooperate with the government
when they can, criticize it when thew
must; the extremists. on the other
hand, criticize the government when
they can, and cooperate with it only
when they must. The former are con-
structive and appeal to reason, the
latter are destructive and stir up pas
sions and bad blood.
One word about Baron Chelmsford:
The manner in which he has cooperated
and helped the Secretary Of State for
india in the achievement Of his recent
great victory against the forces Of
hldebound reaction on the one hand
and those of extreme radicalism on
the other shows that the present
Viceroy Is neither a reactionary nor
an impatient tdealist, but true states
man and a sympathetic ruler.
RUSTOM RUSToMJEE,
Former Editor Oriental Review"
Bombay, India.
April Is, 1920.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-04-18

Have heart, kind, humane heart, and
remember the saying,
MANS work Is with the sun
"Woman's work is never done''
G. v. G.
Yonkers, N. Y, April IL, 1920.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-04-18
The Old Methods
tFrom Tho Portland orvoo~son

(From Tho Portland 0rs0onscn)
The new German Chancellor says
rcactionaries will be swept out Of the
army with an iron broom" Still
the old Prussian idea. The Germans
might get further il they would for
get this iron stuff occasionally and
try working with feather duster.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-04-18
For Peace Enforcement

FOR FeaCe Enforcement
The San Reno gathering has an
opportunity to repair one of the
greatest blunders Of the peace con-
ference. That blunder was the fail
ure to create working alliance to
enforce the peace terms. France,
Belgium, Great Britain and Italy
can now unite formally to compel
Germany to comply with the obliga-
lions imposed on her-obligations
which she is determined to escape. if
she can.
The first task Of the Paris Confer
ence should have been to make a
sound peace and then provide the
machinery for carrying it into effect.
Instead of that, owing to President
Wilson'S insistence, the conference
first created the league of nations
and then made the peace treaty
Having unwisely accepted the the
Dry that the league could stand on
it's own feet, whatever the peace
terms might be, the major powers
neglected to provide a necessary in
termediate instrument with which to
hold Germany in submission. That
instrument was definite union to
secure the results of the war. On
the, contrary, the major powers,
even before the peace treaty was
signed, began to develop differences
among themselves. Italy was alien
ated. Rumania was compelled to &C.
cept conditions which she bitterly
resented as humiliating and viola
tive Of her sovereignty. Belgium was
excluded from participation in the
decisions Of the Supreme Council. A
vague entente, with Great Britain,
France and the United States as
partners, was established to control
the situation in Europe. This en-
tente rested on no secure foundation
of common policy. It was shattered
when the United States failed to
ratify any Of the Paris treaties.
Germany has profted by the mis-
takes Of the peace conference. She
has been using the lack of any joint
agency for enforcing the peace, as
we'll as the obvious disagreements
among the Allies, to wriggle. away
from the Versailles compact. Dis
cord over the method followed by
France In countering the German
violation Of the treaty by sending
more troops into the Ruhr district
was a natural consequence Of Allied
unpreparedness to combat German
bad faith.
A policy Of Allied military and
economic cooperation is absolutely
necessary if the peace treaty is to be
lived up to.
France and Belgium are most d.
rectly menaced by Germany's pro-
gram of notification. But Great
Britain and Italy are also deeply
concerned in putting the guaranty
of Allied solidarity behind the Aus
TRAN, Hungarian, Bulgarian, Rus
sian and Turkish agreements. It is
the part Of wisdom for the leading
Allied powers, including Belgium,
Rumania and Greece, to get together
and hold together while Europe is
being pacifed and reorganized. Such
course may involve some conces-
sions to Italy and Rumania, which
have special grievances. But it is
the one hope now Of an orderly and
more or less permanent European
settlement,
The peace treaties must be en-
forced by new Allied concert be.
fore there is any prospect Of success
for some broader but weaker agency
of sterilization like the league OF
nations.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-04-18
From. The Chicago Doslv Neu

tFrom. The Chicago Das,y Ne.os)
Every man, woman and child in
America contributed toward winning
the war and is, therefore, entitled to a
bonus. Suppose each Of US votes him.
self bonus 20 the amount his fancy
dictates, pays It himself and lets II go
1t that.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-04-18

SONG OF THOSE STRICKEN
From the white plain where stands the
water
We are como.
Bereft Of eyes one leads the other.
Bereft Of limbs one bears the other.
Down to the healing of tall grasses.
Seeking that we may recover,
Praying that we may discover
Healing here.
From the white plain where stands the
water
We arc come.
Adapted by EDA LOU WALTON
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-04-18

Ihe JOkesters are having fun with
the overalls proposition But the
idea is spreading faster than any
forest fire. And, we think, for the
best of reasons. Overalls are not
only cheap and economical clothes;
they are a perfect symbol of just the
sort of economizing and thrifty in
dependence that every American,
young and old, ought to learn and
practice-the sooner the better.
' The break into our silly, costly
conventions and sacred cramping
habits is almost the most valuable
Of all the effects involved in the
overall clubs. These habits affect
every necessary Of life-clothes,
food, transportation, what not.
They affect people in every walk of
life-from the magnate who cannot
travel without his parlor car to the
stenographer who must have her silk
stockings. Everybody has his or her
notions Of how life must be lived,
and the suggestion of anything less
or different comes almost as an in
suit, a disgrace.
Now, for various reasons 1t is
highly important that we should get
new point of view. We need to
realize that a large fraction of our
life is luxury or waste, and that all
we really need, to be comfortable
and happy, is far smaller and far
more simple equipment of clothes,
food, everything. Simplicity should
become fashionable-not as fad,
foolish affectation, but as the only
safe, sensible and comfortable way
Of living in the present state Of
prices and strikes and taxes.
We should, wear. simpler, more
economical clothes. We should stick
to the more economical foods to
which our households turned during
the war. We should travel less, and
work and play at home more. The
overalls spirit should pervade our
entire mode Of living.
Every home should be made as
nearly self-operating as possible. At
present any number Of housewives
are running their dispositions trying
to run their homes with inefficient
servants when they could do their
own work with less effort and far
more comfort and at huge saving.
Every community should become
self-supporting as far as possible.
The zone big union" Of the general
public should organize so as to be
able to face any strike or threat
that any wilful minority chooses to
make. The commuters who ran their
own trains were giving the best ex-
ample Of the overall spirit-they
demonstrated beautifully that, while
it is very pleasant to have regular,
union-run trains to haul US about,
such trains are quite unessential,
and any community can substitute
the simpler self-operated train over
night.
Do it economically. Do it your
self. With these two principles for
notices, the long-oppressed public
have nothing to fear from either
prices or strikes. In the sign of the
overalls they can laugh cheerfully
at profiteers and I. w. WIS alike.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-04-18
Parvo Potens


from The Nation. z,omdor)
R1DE where thou art
- If thou be great Of soul.
The green seas roll
Their dangerous waves round MANY an
island fair;
But though such subtle op.ates Nature.
Doth treasure, IT'S to soothe the souls
despair.
Bide thou at homo.
Bide where thou art,
Common is not unclean.
Cloud not thy days serene
For gold and gems, raiment and wtns
and meat
Such as the eyes Of Orient hnvs ds
greet.
These are but things-toys for Earth's
children meet.
Bide thou at home,
Bide where thou art.
Nazareth was but small
And Of i'll repute wtthal,
In the parched land q byword and .
sneer,
Yet now among Earth's names it hath
no peer,
Yea, Earth from Heaven itself that
name did hear.
Bide thou at home
Bide where thou art.
The shouting multitude
Clamor for vulgar food,
And for their souls need do not care
at all.
Pay thou the daily debt Of duties suaeM.
II thou art needed, Time will bring Thy
Call
Bide thou at homo.
FRANK MACDONALD.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-04-18
OVER THE FLOWING WATER

OVER THE FLOWING WATER
Over the flowing water
My thought wanders
10 where my kindred dwell.
Broad Is the flowing water
Between me and my kindred,
And the land of my people
Is Of earthly beauty.
Only in my old age,
In the broad, slow water Of old ago.
That flowing, flowing water,
Shall I know again
My peoples welcome,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-04-18

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