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New-York tribune., 1920-04-25
M ISIS ROSE BULLARD
4'A is as much q lover OF
outdoor sport ds IS her,
father, the general

prevent General Bullard from keep
ing up his spirits when at the head
quarters at Toul by making a round
or two at golf whenever a chance
presented itself.
1t takes some little courage, it
may be remarked, to go up to a gen
eral in the American Army and to
ask him if it is true that he still
retains his youthful figure, but Gen
eral Bullard, as already explained,
keeps fighting out of his private life,
and the approach to the interview
l had with him recently at his home
on Governors Island was success
fully and amicably negotiated.
An Alabaman Of the purest
strain, he is the most approachable
of men in his dealings with civil
ians. His face, though free of sur
plus flesh, is ruddy; his eyes are in
tensely blue, and his speech, when
he desires to become friendly, lapses
into the soft drawl Of his native
land, a most disarming trait in a
general, whom you would naturally
expect to be rather brusque and
military" in conversation.
And He Eats Hot Biscuits
"Well, don't see how you found
it OUT" he said with a good natured
smile, when the fateful question had
been put, "but l suppose III have
to admit it. I can still wear my
West Point uniform. also retain
my boyhood zest in life. When l
was boy loved and ate hot bis
cults whenever / could get 'em. I
still eat hot biscuits whenever I can
get 'em.
"An army officer, it seems to me
Of course the same Is true Of men
in other callings, but especially true
Of a man In the army--xhould do
what he can to keep himself physi-
cally fit. Fat to him ID a distinct
handicap, and every pound in excsss
oz usussls II m tuapsdiment By
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it. And while 1 am only a fair
player myself, 1 have the satisfac-
tion of knowing that some of those
who beat me are very good"
General Bullard still goes hunting
occasionally, and however much
time he may spend on polo and golf,
this, it would appear, still remains
his favorite recreation.
Goodness, don't get him started
on hunting" Mrs. Bullard, fine
looking, white-haired woman, said
with a smile when this subject came
up again.
"All right" sighed the general
resignedly, "but personally it is my
conviction that the Lord doesn't
charge up against a mans allotted
life on earth the time he spends in
/ hunting"
Some Crimmer "Reminiscences
But let no one suppose that Gen
eral Billiards. "reminiscences are all
pleasant, relating only to hunting,
fishing and polo. On a wall of his
study, in the midst of an extraor-
dinary collection Of trophies col
lected in his many campaigns, hung
one Of those ugly-looking four-foot
knives which are invariably asso-
ciated with fighting among the
Moros.
This particular knife, however.
was especially vicious in appearance.
and attracted attention because Of
it's nearness to a helmet which had
been ripped from end to end, appar
emily by bullet or some sharp in
strument.
ooh, that?" said General Billiard
when asked him about the knife.
"Mr. Elihu Root has the COM
panion knife to that. / got it from
a Moro who tried to kill me.
''It was funny thing A little
fight was going on and I and soms
others were in little boat, rowing
down one of the small rivers ir
Mindanao toward the fighting. A
great deal of shooting was going or
and we were busy firing at a group
Of Moros who had made stand at
a point down the river.
ITO get to these Moros we had
to row through small party Of
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friendly bullet did that but caused NO other

what We believed were friendly
fishermen, but az we passed among
them one Of the supposed fishermen,
Moro, jumped out Of his boat into
the back Of the one in which / was
riding.
HE struck the man back Of me
with that knife you see there and
killed him instantly. Then he came
at me, but l managed to get him
first with my revolver. He had two
knives and ! sent one to Mr.. Root"
"And the other, the helmet?"
ooh, that was another time. A
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bullet did that, but caused no other
damage"
General Bullard will be dxty
years old on January Is next. His
father and mother were among tho
earliest pioneers Of Alabama. They
were three times driven out during
the Indian uprising, but returned
and lived out their lives In the vicin-
ity Of Opelika. The family consisted
Of ten children, seven Of them girls.
Mrs. Bullard, wife Of the COM
mandant Of the Eastern Depart-
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Miss Cicely Hamilton the English Novelist
Doesn't Blame the "Cave Man" Tvpe of Husband

[Se1lor Blasco IbdHez, tho Spanish
novelist, aoas reported to have ~
formed tho Philadelphia University
Club that American soomen svere dis
galsted ,oath the "boaoing and scrap
ing tho exaggerated respect"
of men; and that they hod told hin,
they avould like to be dominated"
for change. He was squoted as
having advised men to ''treat them a
Ittle roughly once in a 1vhuew He
later denied he had advocated oil tho
Gaze man tactics credited to him.
Miss Cicely Hamilton, ,vritimg for
"The London Erpress,' assumes
that the :aovehst 1Dus quoted cor
rectly and upholds the "trcot 'em
rough" doct,fne.]
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Superstitions
And the Dog
u ATURALLY anything which
Y has produced such splendid

NJ ATURALLY anything which
~ has produced such splendid
tributes In prose, in poetry
and in human devotion as a dog
would have much folklore accumu-
lated around it.
Everybody is familiar with the
Southern negro superstition about
the dog baying at the moon being
an omen Of death, and if it howls
twice and stops it is for a man; If
three times, a woman.
Did you know il you make wish
on seeing a spotted dog and you do
not see it again you will get your
wish?
If girl dislikes dogs she will
never get good husband.
If you meet mastiff and it makes
friends with you you will soon meet
some one who will prove fire
friend.
It is bad luck to give dog away.
If you step on a dog there viii
ensue a change in your vocation.
Another negro superstition is
that a little white dog is supposed
to be messenger of coming evil
Another Interpretation of the dog
bowling heavenward is that it fore
tells great fire disaster.
It is bad luck to meet a barking
dog early in the morning.
The lively barking of dogs in Lent
is sign of wedding to which
there is much objection.
The Indians offered up small dog
when a child lay sick, supposing the
dog to be the cause.
1t is good luck to have dog re-
turn after it has been driven away.
To encounter a mongrel dog is To
expect sickness in the family.
In ancient Persia if one was dying
a dog was brought in to drive away
the waiting demons.
It is unlucky for dog to pass be-
tween couple who are going to be-
married or between two friends.
If on entering a strange house q
dog should make much of YOU. es-
pecially it it should lay its head on
your lap, you are going to meet a
man who will be strong and faith
full friend.
1t Is good luck to be followed by
dog if it comes cf its own accord.
For a strange dog to track up a
newly scrubbed porch is a sign the
family will move soon
If a pet dog utters inarticuIa.s
sounds, as if trying to speak. you
will hear news.
Dogs rubbing their noses on the
loor is a sign of windy weather.
1t is a good sign if dog ap-
proaches sick person.
For a sleeping dog to bark is sup
posed to be sign of impending i.L
If strange dog follows you wss-
ging its tail yen will receive a LETT
ter.
The Southern negroes hate the
hound. They say it used to be 3
nice, sleek watchdog. which Adam
left to guard the gate Of Paradise.
but it went snuffiing around TO find
hare or rabbit and let the old devil
sneak In. Then the Lord said "A
should be a dog no longer, hut Z
hound, always hunting and always
starving; 30 70 hear q hound Il :
baA dgh !.
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ed. "A nice looking girl like that
quite spoiled by those ugly hands. ("
l suggested that the young wom-
an under consideration might find
some reward for red fingers and
chilblains in the comfort of the men
she waited on. The suggestion was
received amicably, but in no way af-
fected an ingrained conviction that
the first and foremost duty Of a
woman-through life till death, in
the presence of misery-was to look
to her personal appearance. {.
And this after four years Of blood
shed, of ruin and agony intolerable.
The Man Who Slaps His Wife
Senor 1bahez is a Spaniard, .
neutral in the war; but his suggest
ed remedy bears out my theory that
he is one on whom the war has left
its mark. "Trsat them a little
roughly" is his advice to the Ameri-
can man; I have my doubts as to
whether he would have offered that
advice in the first months Of 1914.
Much water has run under bridges
since then-and much blood; and,
whether we admit it or not, we are
coarsened, less sensitive, brutalized.
1t would be impossible, I imagine,
for any one who had stopped his
ears in hospital to shut out the
groaning Of the wounded to feel any
violent rush Of indignation if he
heard that an American gentleman
had slapped his wife because she
neglected to serve up hts dinner or
spent too much money on jumpers.
Even if the American lady came to
me weeping doubt if I should weep
very much in sympathy. l might
want to be Mortified, but I couldn't
be; the episode, if discreditable to
the American gentleman, is too
trivial to make a real fuss about.
There was once Bryce report on
atrocities; there are graves by tho
million from Ypres to the Vosges;
there are thousands starving IL
Vienna In all Of US is a
sense of proportion; and l should
think of these things while I heard
the tale Of woe-and patted her.
An Expensive Luxury
Man, being kind-hearted and great
y sentimental, has always sought to
persuade himself that his woman
kind like unpleasantness; that it is
real JOY to them to take upon
their own shoulders the household
toll he finds drudgery: to do with
out the outside and personal inter
ests which to him are absorbing and
necessary.
1t is largely for this reason that
woman has seemed to him a being
unaccountable, n1ysterious-a being
who likes what reasonable creature
must loathe. And the "unem-
ployed" women who told the novelist
that they would like to be dominated.
"for change probably would well
come any sort Of change from their
idleness. There is no life 50 cloy-
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Amy Man at 50 Can Still Wear the
Uniform Which Fitted Him
as a Cadet

full duty as an officer in the army.
But, nevertheless, he has found
time to play, and he believes that
no man can hope to be completely
efficient in his work, no matter what
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Ato 410tu1Cs 0A1cco uC USSOCSS bOii4S
time at least to physical recreation.
eff you want to fight we'll, you
must know how to play WE'LL" is
General Billiards. motto.
Longer Life Possible
Recently DR.. William S. Welch,
for thirty-fve years pathologist at
John Hopkins Medical College and
now directing the School Of Hygiene
and Public Health, at Baltimore,
made a statement as to the wisdom
of not taking ones birthdays too
seriou4y.
"A man who reaches the age Of
seventy may look as though he is
approaching antiquity" said DR..
Welch, on the day he became a
septuagenarian, "but that really is
not such an advanced age. Our
greater knowledge Of life and its
preservation has added twelve years
and a half at least in the last CEN
tury to the threescore years and ten
supposed to be mans allotted time
on earth. Actively tends to lengthen
life, and until a man is 100 years
old he ought to take his birthdays
very lightly"
Other authorities have added thcir
views in support Of this theory and
how to demonstrate it. Lately, pos
sibly because Of the training men
received when entering the army or
for other reasons less easy to iden-
tify, interest in keeping the body
physically fit and so prolonging life
has been greatly stimulated.
Never have outdoor sports in this
country had greater following or
have athletic organizations in all the
large cities experienced such an ac-
cess Of membership from among men
who heretofore paid little attention
to such forms Of recreation. In
New York this movement is especi-
ally pronounced, and all kinds Of
professional and business men are
taking part in it.
General Billiard believes, az does
DR.. Welch, that one should "take his
birthdays lightly" but he believes
that the one certain way to accom-
pIish IL is to devote as much time
az possible to outdoor recreations.
Even Played in France
Therefore, when General Billiard
was in Mindanao and not too busily
engaged In hunting or being hunted
by Moros, he would work in q little
tennis as means Of keeping down
his waistline and restoring his
fighting enthusiasm. In France the
business Of fighting became very
grim indeed, and thsrs wsrs days
whsn the opportunities to play were
Sxtssu1ly limited, but tasas di6 MT
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A ND HERE is the slender
"A Colonel Bullard on dalty
on the Mer5can frontier.
And the slender General Bul-
lard, shoaUm above, can still
Wear the uniform of Cadet
Ballard or Colonel B2uldrd
New-York tribune., 1920-02-09
Germany Declared Stagnant
HI. S. Dudley Says Central EN-.
pire Needs Food Badly

H. s. Dudley, president of the Anglo
American Corporation, who has been
abroad on a business trip, returned
yesterday on the White Star liner
Adriatic from Southampton with the
opinion that Germany and Austria
must be fed. Germany, he said, was
stagnant with nothing to sell and moth
ing manufactured. He believed unless
the people of the. Central Empires are
fed soon Bolshevism will sweep CEN
trail Europe. He said if the rate of ex-
change drops much lower all imports
from this country will stop.
Among others on the Adriatic were
J. F. Byrnes, Mrs. Joseph Lindon
Smith, Samuel Vauclain, Clarence E.
Searle, Viscount Ronald Charges Jervis,
his daughter, the Hon. Ivy Lorna Jer-
Wis; Christian Storjohann, vice-presi-
dent of the Swedish Sulphite Manu-
facturers' Association; Baron John
Mannerheim, known as the wood pulp
king of Sweden; Lady Lucille Green
Price, Algernon Aspinall and Wilfred
Purfoy.
New-York tribune., 1920-02-09
tartan should not be lost to the
country In the present critical times.
Wires D0,ur, IN, ireland;
Sim Feineys Blamed
interruption Of Communication
Believed to Indicate Rene,ca[
Of Revolutionary Activities

BELFAST, Ireland, Feb. 8.-Tele-
phonic and telegraphic communication
between Drogheda and Dublin ceased
for public purposes at midnight. Gen
eral opinion associates the cessation
with Sim Fein activity meant to sym
chronize with the opening Of the Brit
ish Parliament.
LONDON, Feb. 8.--A dispatch to
"The Manchester Guardian" from Bel
fast says that much comment hrs been
aroused by speech made by yis-
countess Massereene at Unionist
meeting in Antrim, in which she de-
clared Ulster was determined never 20
surrender it's rights and that if any
attempt was made to sever her from
the British Empire men will swarm.
over from England and Scotland to
assist against "the common enemy"
"The enemy is at our gates and must
be fought" she concluded, "let's arm
ourselves with clear consciousness
that Ulster will never surrender an
inch Of her soil or title of rights to the
insidious bloody foe. And when the
time comes, let US be ready as one man
to strike for the Protestant faith, lib
erty,, King and country, and the land
of Ulster will deliver such buffet to
our enemies that these people will carry
its mark to the scaffold and grave"
New-York tribune., 1920-02-09
Separation Denied From
Man Who Scrubbed Floor
Court Tells Woman Husband
Who Washes Dishes Cannot
Be ssXirtuous Tvrant,e

Supreme Court Justice Morschauser,
at White Plains, has denied the appli-
cation Of Mrs. Angelique Reese for o.
separation from Richmond Jaffray
Reese, New York lawyer. The justice
cites the facts, brought out in testi-
mony, that Reese used to wash the
dishes and scrub the floors for his wife
ana cook his own breakfast, as refuta-
ton OF her complaint that he was q
"virtuous tyrant.' Reese is forty-two
and Mrs. Reese twenty-five.
Witnesses for Reese told the court
that his wife was affectionate toward
him In public, frequently addressing
him as Piggy Pie" and "Wooly Lamb 3
A letter written by Mrs. Reese declared
her husband was $50 good he is i'm
possible"
"The most serious charges failed in
defendant was very considerate Iasie' Of : his ns
wife, The plaintiff is Of very quick
te mper and was very exactng of the
defendant. He tolerated much of her
conduct. He washed the dishes, rot
his own breakfast and even scrubbe d
the floors at times. There seems to be
prevalent notion that when husband
and wife have occasional unhappy diff
fsrences they can be separated by law
rms ldea is mistaken one. 1t is the
pvttcy VI Inc law TO Keep husband and
wife together. TO carry out their marital
relations, and not to encourage separ-
alton; that the parties are not mated
IS no reason why they should be sep
arated. Separations are not to he
tolerated for slight causes or occs-
slonal unhappy differences or when
mutual love and affection, harmony and
peace have been temporarily suspended
Occasional discord and strife or mutual
aversion between husband and wife is
not q suffieaent reason for separation. II
New-York tribune., 1920-02-09
Treaty Being Violated
By German. Exporters
French Brokers See Need for
Action to Control System, of
international Payments

PARIS, Feb. S.-Leading brokers here
appear to agree that an international
finance conference cannot apply any
permanent remedy to the situation, but
believe that some arrangement may be
made Tor credits that will greatly i'm
prove It,; They point out the methods
OF the German exporters as showing
the necessity Of action to control in
ternational payments.
All offers of goods made from Ger
many to French buyers stipulate that
payment shall be made in Swiss francs.
This is calculated to improve German
exchange in Switzerland, while, at the
same time, lowering the value of French
francs in comparison with the Swiss,
the German exporters thus gaining
is aeld here that the Germans are
trying in this way to avoid the terms
OF the treaty of Versailles. 1t is fur
ther asserted that the Germans are
violating the provision of the treaty
that no export tax shall be imposed on
German goods.
New-York tribune., 1920-02-09
Alien Land Bill Urged
BY French Governments

PARIS, Feb, s.--A bin Just intro
d. duced ID. In the Chamber of Deputies by
the government would prohibit foreign
e-s from acquiring or leasing houses
and real estate in any department on
tho frontiers for period of eighteen
years without authorization by the
Minister OF the Interior.
Another bill presented dealing with
foreigners residing in France psrman-
emily or temporarily would give them
freedom Of access, no passport being
demanded at the frontier. But this
bili stipulates control Of the foreign
ers would be exercised in tho case Of
travellers or tourists by obligatory
declaration Of identity and nationality
at q hotel or other place or residence
or in case Of those remaining perman-
emily by the obtaining of card of
Foreigners desiring to carry on com
meree or industry, not including manual
labor or professional work, would be
required to make special declaration
at the City Hall
New-York tribune., 1920-02-09

Matthias Erzberger, German Vice-Pre-
mier and Minister Of Finance, by The
Daily Mails" Berlin correspondent. He
is reported as saying:
II have gone so far as to be ready
to purchase the remuneration of this
surrender demand by the Allies at the
price of sacrifices of other kings.
have. negotiated with one Allied power,
declaring myself ready to conclude the
negotiations if this power is willing to
bring it's influence to bear over the
other Allies. Unfortunately, the assur-
ancc given to one of my ministerial col
leagues and myself has not been kept"
"The Daily Mails" correspondent
learns that the negotiations were of a
technical nature and did not conflict
with the spirit Of the peace treaty, and
that the German government supposes
the negotiations have been reported to
the other Allies
ZURICH, Feb. 8.-Swiss newspapers
publish this evening what apparently
is an official or semi-otficial note say
ing the government would refuse to
have Germans accused Of war crimes
by the Allies tried in Switzerland, in
the event this is proposed by Germany
The view is held here that Germany
may suggest this in reply to the En-
tente's note.
New-York tribune., 1920-02-09
Treaty Fight To
Be Renewed IN
Senate To-day
Continued from pago

the Democrats can obtain in the forta.
coming Senase battle.
II think the Presidents letter h.,,.
the situation in the Senate" said Sen.
ator Hitchcock. "He goes further in !.
than he has ever before gone in N.
matter of reservations"
Senator Walsh, Of Montana. who va,
one of the Democratic members Of ths
bipartisan conference that reached an
agreement ten days ago on all reser.
vations except those on Article < Ana
the Monroe Doctrine, expressed the
opinion that President Wilson wouiS
accept "the best the Democrats can
get" %
THE Presidents letter to Senator
Hitchcock does not affect the treaty
situation in the Senate" Senator Walss
said. 81 cannot believe the President
will discard the work of the friends
OF the treaty when we have done tia
best we can. think we are eoine Ia
get together on the treaty"
Senator Mcclellan, of Tennessee. .
Bryan follower and one of the princi.
pal Democratic advocates of a com.
promise on reservations, said that manv
Democratic Senator'S will support mod
flied form of the Lodge reservation on
Article K, but be declared there will
be no revolt against the President.
There is no disposition to further
comp icate the situation by agreeing to
something that the President would
not accept" said Senator McKellar.
"A great many Democrats, however, un-
doubtedly would support a modified
form of the Lodge reservation on Ar
ticle <, in the belief that the Presi-
dent would accept it if it was the best
that he could get"
Borah Sees Stumbling Block
Senator Borah, of Idaho, leader Of
the Republican "irreconcilables," de-
clared the treaty should not be called
up in view of the Presidents declara-
tlon In his letter that he would not
accept any reservation on Article \
that specified the United States as
sumed no obligations under the .eaaue
covenant to protect the territorial in
tegrity and political independence Of
other nations.
Senator New, OF Indiana, one of the
middle ground" Republican Senators
who favor ratification with strong res
ervations, said:
THE President continues to be the
one great obstacle to ratification of the
treaty. His letter shows that he con-
tlnues to oppose ratification on a basis
that is acceptable to our associates.
satisfactory to the world and duly safe
guarding the interests of the United
States.