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dress has become absolutely mon
strous and ugly 1t has been partly,

dress has become absolutely mon
strous and ugly 1t has been partly,
Of course, through the mistaken ides
that dress has an independent OK
istence Of It's own. but partly, also,
through the fashion of hanging the
lower garments from tho waist.
"In the sixteenth century, for in
stance, to give tho necessary COM
preston Catherine do Medici, the
high priestess Of poison and petit
coats, invented corset which may
be regarded MS tho climax Of q
career Of crime. 1t was made Of
steel, had front and back to 1t like
tho cuirass Of a firo brigade man.,
and was secured under the left arm
by hasp and pin, like Saratoga
trunk. Its object was to diminish
the circumference Of tho waist to q
circle of thirteen inches, which was
the fashionable size, without which
a lady was not allowed to appear at
court; and its influence on the health
and beauty of the age may be esti-
mated by the fact that tho normal
waist of the we'll grown woman is an
oval Of twenty-slx to twenty-eight
inches, certainly"
There arc still bad lines in dress,
out the "ledge" against which Wilde
leclaimed seems to have pretty we'll
with it the bulky
oetticoats that caused it. Fashion
8 never to be trusted long. Eter-
1al vigilance is the price Of beauty
and common sense in dress. (Man,
alas! has not even begun to achieve
'ither.) But we think, on the whole,
he dress of women has taken q long
step forward in the thirty-6ve years
since that distant 1885 when waists
we're still wasped, sleeves pulled and
shoes tight beyond all reason or use.
New-York tribune., 1920-03-04
Flags at ar, Altar
of Chapel of the
Intercession Defended

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: l was invited to come to the
District Attorneys office last Monday
afternoon, where I was questioned con-
cerning my loyalty, and certainly, as
already reported from the District
Attorneys Office. I was not very long
in convincing the Assistant District
Attorney that I am loyal citizen.
OF course, the idea that any ono in
the Intercession would ever be guilty
Of irreverence or disrespect for our
beloved flag is absurd May be al
lowed to say that, 80 far as know,
I was the first clergyman in this coun-
try to institute the custom Of display
ing the American flag at all times
within the church? More than twenty
years ago I instituted this custom in
St. Stephens Church in Cohasset,
where the flag has always been dis
played as it Is here at the Intercession.
Furthermore, If there exists a parish
in this land which has more soild
patriotism to the square foot than
Trinity parish, do not know where
that parish is. In the Intercession. the
American flag is always displayed with
In the church, and at all tho chief
services It Is carried In the procession
and placed IN its proper position on
the Eptstls side Of the altar. Sunday
afternoon, when 1t was alleged dis
respect was shown, the American flag
was given all even greater place Of
honor, being placed in the stand on
the Gospel side of the altar, where
the professional cross usually stands.
1 understand that have been criti-
cized because I displayed the st. An
drew's Cross upon the hangings behind
the altar. Very good. did and l will
abide by that. The time, think, has
not yet come when a priest in the
Holy Catholic Church can be forbidden
displaying the symbol Of his religion
the cross of our Lord and Savior-in
whatever form anywhere within his
church. In this connection. I will con-
TESS many other things. Upon the
altar in the church is a great cross
IN the Latin form, and upon that are
the symbols of St. Matthew, st. Mark,
st. Luke and St. John. Further along
in the church there is another cross
with the symbol Of st. Peter. Else
where in the church is cross with the
symbol Of St. George. In point of fact,
there are somewhat over five hundred
symbols Of this sort within and upon
the walls Of the Chapel Of the Interces-
sion. This church, as is generally
known, has larger number of sacred
symbols than any other in the city.
There are three fagstaffs at the
entrance doors Of the Intercession
upon which American flags are dis
played, and over the great west Dor
tai there is also a flagstaff, which
sometimes displays the flag of our
country and sometimes service flag,
OF which l am nightly and justly
proud. That flag has three hundred
ana sixteen stars. Eight of these
stars are now Of gold. Can any one
possibly imagine that the minister Of
the congregation which sent more than
three hundred Of its boys to serve
the country could last minute If he
were not 100 per cent American. alb
solutely loyal and entirely devoted to
American MILO r GATES
New York, March 8, 1920. 2
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To the Editor Of The Tribune.

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: As an ex-service man let me enter
y protest against tho payment Of bonus
to Americans who were privileged to
serve their country during the recent
war. 1t Is impossible Justly to reward
the living or the dead by cash pay
ment. Thoy may expect somo measure
Of honor or respect, but never a Pc
cuniary offering at the expense Of their
fellow citizens, already overburdened.
M. f. STRIEBY.
New York, March /, 1920.
New-York tribune., 1920-03-04
Into the Campaign

Why the treaty IS unfaClne0 may
be regarded as now officially dis
closed. The President does not want
ratification. He would inject the
treaty issue into the political cam
paign. So he forbids ratification on
the only terms on which ratification
is possible, terms which our allies
have indicated are acceptable to
them Turning on his own child, he
Tends and destroys it.
The President, Of course, has no
hope Of securing, either now or SUBJ
sequently, unconditional ratification.
After the election, as much as now,
it will require two-thirds Of the Sen
ate to ratify. Only about twenty
five Senators stand with the Presi-
dent, and a majority Of these prob
ably would break away if they dared.
II is political impossibility to swell
this rump Of twenty-five to the sixty
four needed for ratification.
The hold-over reservationists and
irreconcilables will constitute more
than one-third Of the next Senate.
The Administration leaders know
the mathematical facts, and their
tactics are not in the interest Of the
treaty's ultimate ratification.
Why is there open, unholy alliance
With the irreconcilables? The obvi-
Gus explanation is that the President
deems his party bankrupt and would
have a false and spurious issue in
default Of anything more attractive.
The decision to beat the treaty is a
partisan maneuver, and will be so
identified.
But there will be great difficulty in
getting the treaty issue into the
campaign. Three-fourths Of the Re-
publican membership of the Senate
and nearly one-half of the Demo-
cratic membership favor ratification
with reservations. One-half of the
Democratic membership favors un-
conditional ratification and one
quarter Of the Republican Senators
and three or four Democrats oppose
ratification altogether. On this rec
ord the Republicans may Justly
claim to be more friendly to ratifca-
ton than their opponents.
The issue, if there is an attempt
TO draw one, must obviously be be-
tween unconditional ratification and
ratification with reservations. On
this there is little doubt where the
country stands. The Democratic
convention, it may be predicted, will
not dare declare for the treaty just
as it came from Paris. Democrats
generally concede there should be
reservations. Attorney General Pal
naer, In announcing his candidacy
yesterday, while declaring for rati-
5catiou, discreetly avoids saying he
favors unconditional ratification. In
telhgent Democrats realize in what
= morass their party will land if it
follows the President, and hence
their determination to force ratifica-
tion now.
New-York tribune., 1920-03-04
A CiriL Var Protest
To the Editor Of The Tribune.

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: have read with much interest
Of that Red Wing, Mimi, American
Legion post instructing, or advising,
Senator Nelson to oppose the granting
Of the proposed bounty to each man
who enlisted for the World War Many
thousands of 100 per cent Americans
will congratulate Senator Nelson on his
comment that he is proud Of his con.
stituency. I am an American, with an
ancestry dating back to Plymouth Rock
enlisted in the Northern army and
served through the Civil War. I was
fifteen when enlisted and sixty-two
before I received pension-s12 a
month. am now receiving $sS a
month. A bill has been passed by the
House increasing Civil War pensions to
$50. It Is tied up and forgotten in the
Senate while this bonus bill, or threat,
is keeping politicians of both parties
awake nights.
If I understand It this hg,us is to be
paid (if the law Is enacted TO each man
who enlisted and was honorably dis
charged. That would include million
or two Of men and boys who never left
tho American cantonments. Meantime,
the few thousand remaining veterans of
the Civil War, most Of them very poor,
many with no means Of support but
their measly pensions, will be watching
to see how many more Legion posts will
have the red blood to follow the Red
Wing example.
A WISCONSIN SOLDIER OF 81.
Brooklyn, Feb. 20, 1920.
New-York tribune., 1920-03-04
Hearts Are Trurnps
the Editor of The Tribune.

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: Campaign jokers are being
read from their backs by intelligent
voters. Hearts are trumps, and the
candidate with a conscience and a
penchant for a square deal will come
out ahead. The players holding the
black spades Of clique and class in
terest may as we'll start digging their
own political graves.
"QUICK DRAW DAVIS"
February 20, 1920.
New-York tribune., 1920-03-04
Mortgage Money
the Editor of The Tribune.

TO che Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: In order to help out the hous-
ing problem we should have an easier
market for mortgages, especially for
mortgages Of moderate amounts. The
high cost Of material and labor. is not
much inducement for people to build
more homes, but the difficulty to get
the necessary financial help in the
shape Of mortgages makes it impossi-
BILE in most cases.
ADOLPH LEwIsoHN.
New York, Feb. 90, 1920.
New-York tribune., 1920-03-04

to an American business man Of III.
city. Tho letter Of reply fo,.ow..
My Dear Mr.. --s have before u.
your last letter to me, dated Ju,x
1914. What changes have taken ,,...
since thcni
= That l am writing you Is a nroo.
that am still alive, though It IS ratb..
marvel, considering that have b..,
at the fighting limo as captain o,
light field battery throughout II.
whole five yearsl Not scratch d;a
| get, while many of my friends and
relatives sealed with their blood tbe;,
faith in the rightful cause Of tbe;,
country.
My long acquaintance with You and
your views makes me confident TIA,
you did not share in the fearful cn.
sadc against everything German and
have not believed the awful lies which
have beeen inoculated in the America,
system by the English with really d,,.
bolical cleverness.
From the tone Of the papers in vor,
country it appears that very slox,,
the actual truth of the whole affair !.
gaining ground; !, O., that at the hot.
tom of the war was solely the Eng,.s
desire to kill the German compet,t.n,.
which they could not overcome by 4a,,
means. All the rotten talk of m;,,tsr
ism and SO on proves itself to hav.
been only mask, for are not a.
French, English and your own coua.,,
showing now more militarism tbsn
ever Germany did? Well, We will M.
go into politics; all 1 can hope is that
in the course OF time your country will
wake up to the fact that they ha,,
been getting the chestnuts out Of Ii.
fire for the English.
My whole training makes NE first
shipping man, and it is there where 7
would be best fitted to be a valuah.
connection for concerns of your cour.
try. If you have friends in the shis.
ping, business who are looking for a
shipbroker to take care of their steam.
ers when coming to Hamburg, or els.
as their agent for transshipment goods
via New York, will you recommend me
to them?
Owing to the very bad state Of our
exchange, the cost of coming over to
the States is prohibitivc for me, other.
wise I would not hesitate o moment
and come over. But under the cir
cumstances it will be many a year. I
fear, before I can scrape enough TO-
gether to make such IA trip profit
able venture.
Hoping the time may come when
under more favorable circumstances
may call on you again.
New-York tribune., 1920-03-04

quite differently for minute. and
cne fills ones lungs with sigh In
stead Of shiver what price a
horizon thenl Three leaps, and one
is running on ahead, and spring Is
come, If only for an hour. AS yes-
terday.
New-York tribune., 1920-03-04

NExFEn or THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
fhs Associated Press Il sxclusvey entitled to the
~ fcr republication Of eli dlspatchos credited
= q o. not Otherwise credited In this paper and
slso the local news Il spontaneous origin publshsd
herein.
All sish.s q sepublication Il all ether matter
Asxetn also arc reservsd.
New-York tribune., 1920-03-04
BIOS sn GLUTx

Motto suggested-by Old Chuck
Towne-for Miss Elsie Ferguson uror
her return to the legitimate stage ::
Il have been faithful to thee, Cinema.
in my fashion"
New-York tribune., 1920-03-04
Tho Mad, Mad Ways

Sirt Nov that prohibition has come
what on earth will they use all N. old
oars 1or!' asked my stenog. this morning
ana l. without taking moment for thought.
madwagged right back at her: well. since
they can't be used for fre-water any longer
suppose there can't be any objection IN
using them for frs wood
ANnpoau nv ,-rr,
New-York tribune., 1920-03-04
oUDe2rr10N RATrs--By man. tncludins
9sseass. IN THn UNIrED STATES AMI
uassszsd a TIE Postofnce 4. New YORK a. sseont
Class Man Matter
GUARANTY

GUARANTY
xo8 oa1 DurShsss merchandise aavsrtissd ts TH9
tNtoUNG WIN ahseluts safcty-sor II dlssaststxs-
~ rsssia II any ease THE TRIBUNE saarartses
- Nv yens msesy back upsn reausst. Ne rcd taSs
~ eu3betiae We maks ssed promptly u the
e4teRsleR dvso est.
New-York tribune., 1920-03-04
The Diary Of Our Own Samuel Peovs

MoTrh 2-To my Office, where much
talk and distraction in my room. 30
that it was harder than usual to work.
but l finished my stint before dark
and walked up Broadway; and played
at pool with F. Steele and others, with
fair success, and to dinner with R.
Irwin and r. Cortissoz, who promised
to give me copy Of "Ballades and
Rondeaus," with Gleeson Whites au-
tograph, which I shall prize having.
With my cozen Florence to see p.
Moellers "Sophie," which I deemed a
wearisome effort at wit, and at some
pains to evaluate Miss Emily Stevens's
lines, forasmuch as she mistreats the
words. Lord, l thought, there should
be a conscription of dramatists, that
we may have some American PLAYS:
and wish Mr.. G. Ade might be drafted
to write play, instead of playing golf
in Florida, nor do l waive q single
claim Of his for exemption.
Sup very betimes, and wxote
letter to my wife. and made q note to
send her some confections, albeit they
cost vast sum these days. Great
talk everywhere Of tho next President.
and meseems there is far more energy
expended In becoming an officer of
government than In being one.
R. Cortissoz to see me, and brought
me the book, very fine; and R. Ives
helping me make my income tax re-
port, and l felt very guilty.
Tho Research University, Of Wash
lngton, D. Co." writes Bah, "offers a
course in Modern Realistic Fiction
New-York tribune., 1920-03-04
The Coming T'oioer
TO THE SHIP OF STATE
Horace, Book l, Ode XIV

40 n0pis"-------
o Ship Of State, new pillows rise
To bear Thee out to sea again,
And though Thy Commodore be
wise,
His crew arc lesser men.
Though Thou be built with care and
skill
OF solid democratic planks,
A rumor says that there is still
Dissension in the ranks.
The dread November storms are
nigh,
Hark now tho Adriatic's roar,
If wreck should come, don't wonder
why,
Just ask the Commodore.
J. d. McMAsTEK
New-York tribune., 1920-03-04

We wonder, as they look at tho
calendar this morning, what thoughts
and hopes are surging through tho
minds of Mrs. Leonard Wood, Mrs.
Frank o. Lowden, and Mrs. A. Mitchell
Palmer.
New-York tribune., 1920-03-04

Examination Paper in journalism II
A.--Ths italian poct-soldier.
Q.-Who Is dAnnunzio?
A.-The little Napoleon Of baseball
Q.-Who Is John McGraw?
New-York tribune., 1920-03-04

Some subway readers gaze only at
the illustrated pages Of Mr.. Hearst's
palladia, and We were beginning to
think nobody ever read anything else;
but after fifteen years Of looking over
peoples shoulders, finally we came
upon man engrossed in an article on
Greek versiication in tho Journal of
Classical Philology. We confided as
much to him. "New York is a big
town." he said. you find all kinds"
New-York tribune., 1920-03-04
Youth Ends Romance in Marriage
Westport, Conn, Herald.
The cynical copy reader.
The Middlc-Parted Monicker r

- Sir: l have decided against A. Mitchell
Palmer In looking over our list Of Presi.
dents ;nn.sn find ind they have been George Wash
Lincoln, William Mckinley, etc. Even a't +hs ~,
present incumbent does not sign himself IT.
"oourow wilson. l. HAMAME1Is
New-York tribune., 1920-03-04

We can almost read the mind Of Mrs..
Woodrow Wilson.
New-York tribune., 1920-03-04

"At first blush," bushes our enter
tanning contemp, Old Doc Crane, 1T
would seem q good move. But tho
first blush is wrong, as first and un-
considered impulses usually are" Now
our first impulse is to say that when
the erudite Doctor says that first i'm
pulses usually are wrong, he is wrong;
and SO wc deliberate, and at tho end Of
twelve seconds Of concentrated think
ing it Is our firm conviction that first
impulses are likelier to be right than
wrong.
New-York tribune., 1920-03-04

Our position on the bonus question
is that we hope it won't be granted.
Not that the money wouldn't be well
come, but the thought Of filling in ap-
plication blanks and searching for old
travel orders, commissions, and dis
charge papers gives us vertigo.
New-York tribune., 1920-03-04
Cregari0usness

tFrom tho Manchester (vt.) Journall
Lester H. Thompson Of this village and
mechanical superintendent of the Journal
plant was taken i'll at the home Of his
mother in the north part Of the town, where
he had been caring for his father and
brother. and Is confined to the bed. His
wife and children have Joined him there
"Whomcver feels a desire re-
spond," writes Mr.. P. V. r. Key, which
oughtn't to keep any ono from re-
spending to an appeal for the benefit
of Minnie Hauk.
New-York tribune., 1920-03-04
The Oldest wheeze in the World

(From tho Batavia IN. ~ Newsl
George H. Phelps. of No. Walnut
Street, meat merchant and grocer, Is on q
pleasure trip to Oklahoma, and Mrs. Phelps
is spending the week in Buffalo
New-York tribune., 1920-03-04

"The Research University, of Wash
'ngton, D. Co.," writes Bah, "offers a
course in Modern Realistic Fiction
for lovers Of literature and writer's. Z,
thus separating the sheep from the
goats"
New-York tribune., 1920-03-04
The German, Hand
its Reception When Stretches
Across the Sea-

The fvst letter below Oas ,o,ttt.. !.
Csyna. steamship man Of Hambv,,
for sonss years resident IN Mem ~,
to an American business man ~ az,
city. Tho latter Of reply folsows:
New-York tribune., 1920-03-04

New York, January 25, 1920.
New-York tribune., 1920-03-04

New York, Feb. %, 1920.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1920-01-02

es. Even the teachers prove this. At
the recent meeting of the teachers
of the state the very first question
proposed was the preparation of the
teacher. Then. as a corollary or af-
terthought, came the question of her
compensation. They. followed the
community's order Of thinking The
community has decided if it is prop
erly to educate its youth, it must
have better trained teachers. To Sc
cure and retain better trained teach
ers, it must surround the teacher
with proper living conditions, which
the teacher has not known in the
past, because the state has not real
lied that it must educate not only
for individual welfare, but to pre-
serve its own existence.
The decade of the eos will see
more adequately prepared teachers,
whose compensation will include u
salary which Will permit one to live,
to take her proper place in the COM
munity, to travel, to continue her ed
ucation, with assurance of perma-
nent position during years of eff
cheney. and the provision of pen
sion that will enable her to spend
her old DAYS in comfort.
These will come, not because the
teacher asks for them, but because
the patrons of the schools have found
frorr the study of the world war the
real value of education.. and they
will be satisfied with nothing short OF
a real education.
confidently believe that New Mex
leo is so thoroughly awake to the
educational necessity of the state
that the Legislature of 1924 will grant
the whole program of the people to
improve the conditions of our
schools.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1920-01-02
THE PAPER SHORTAGE.

While the house postoffice commit
tee is asking newspapers to reduce
their consumption of paper for six
months in an effort to relieve the
shortage, and laws and recommends
tions of one sort or another are pro-
posed to curtail the demand for
newsprint, a voice may be heard here
and there suggesting that the situa-
ton be remedied by increasing the
supply. The constructive side of the
question deserves more consideration.
1t must have consideration or hun
dreds of newspapers will go out of
existence. e..
With an eye to the distant future
the paper and pulp manufacturers are
doing much in quiet way to promote
the reforesting of lands denuded of
their timber cover and to protect from
fire and other destructive agencies
the existing timber tracts from which
they draw their supplies of pulpwood.
This is commeudabe.
But while waiting for the new trees
in the eastern part of the United
States and Canada to reach a size that
will warrant their cutting, some move
ment should be made TO take advan-
tage of the resources already availa-'
BILE There is a paper shortage, it is
asserted by the manufacturers, because
of the scarcity of spruce trees, from
which paper is made. The eastern
spruce trees are small and an acre of
woods will yield on an average only
three and one-third tons of paper.
Two hundred thousand acres of forest
must be cut down each year to furnish
raw material for the pulp and paper
manufacturers of Maine alone. Now
the spruce trees of the Pacific north
west, which have scarcely been
touched for paper purposes are of
different variety, and are several times
as large as the eastern variety. More
over, there are vast areas of virgin
forest there. Cheap hydroelectric en-
ergy is one Of the chief essentials of
the newsprint industry; and there is
an abundance of water power in the
northwest also.
Several bills are pending in con-
gress designed to lead to the develop
ment of paper manufacturing in this
region. If congress is impressed with
the seriousness of the paper shortage,
it can demonstrate it by acting on
measures for increasing the supply