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New-York tribune., 1920-12-16
The Tottering Champion

Those gallery wolves whose best
roar is always reserved for that
choicest tid-bit of the prizering, a
tottering champion, come by their
appetite honestly. In that best of
works upon the wolf, his character
and customs, The Jungle Book, the
way Of the pack with its chief is
clearly set forth. The pack remain
loyal to him just as long as he is the
strongest; the moment he weakens
che grumblers turn against him ana
Kill him. AZ simple system when you
understand it.
Young Mr.. Dempsey, thanks to the
discretion he used in picking his
fighting activities aud what is re-
garded as distaste for war, has
never been popular champion. He
has not behind him even the normal
reverence for a great champion to
Keep the crowd with him. His defeat
by the plucky Brennan would plainly
have been rarely popular event,
and, in view of his poor showing, the
retrogression from the splendid fig
ure Of fighter portrayed by the ex-
perts on the strength of his victory
over Willard, it is safe to guess that
the gallery wolves will be hot on his
trail in any new battle. The pack is
ready for new chieftain.
New-York tribune., 1920-12-16
In This Inconsistent World
Lee Wilson Dodd Objects to Line
Beipeen The Sheep and the Goats

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
S'r: clay I discuss certain irnplica-
tlons of your leading editorial Of De-
ce'nber II, "The Nobel Prize Award" ?
Apart from the fact that it Is. in my
opinion, most ungenerous attack on
President Wilson Gust how much addi-
tional punishment does triumphant Re-
puolicanism think this dcfeated leader
OF the opposition deserves y, it ts orc
acre example Of school Of thought
ve.y popular at present among safe
and sane Americans.
according to this school. there are
just two kinds Of persons abroad IN
the land: those who have common sense
AMI are untaintcd by idealism, and
those who, infected by the virus of
iaeallsm, are, therefore, unsafe because
insane. Ard the drst, the safe and
sane sort, know tho world will never
be any better than it is, since the
human heart Is ineradicably bad
greedy, fearful and not 8 little cruel
1t follows, then, that strong country
Is a country governed by successful
: business men in their own interests
and fully prepared for war both or
Land and sea All Eight. On the other
hand, the unsafe e-because-inanne ideal
lists would wipe out national bound
aries, disarm the world overnight,
establish proetarian communicating
on :. short world bankruptcy, ana, sny
and an immediute return to barbaris7n.
All right ngain. Onlv may one plain
citizen who finds he doesn't belong in
either Of these galeys-who believes
himself neither wholly sane nor wholly
msd--may he suggest that the sup
position Of sharp dividing line be-
tween common sense and ideallsm
strikes him as very false and harm
full theory indeed?
II happens that in forty years I've
never met your common sense business
man, nor your simon pure idealist
Such beings may exist. but certainly
they are not stapl. products! Most Of
The business men know are amusingly
more or less idealistic friends. Far
from believing human nature incradi-
cably base, the business men meet are,
fol the most part, simple op-
tin,ists. They growl away at labor and
the excess profit tax, but they keer
right on thinking the world is growing
better all the time. They point with
pride; boost; beam; exude. On the
contrary, several of my idealistn
friends arc very bilious persons. They
gfouch-vew with alarm-and all the
rest Of it. Frankly, I've been unable to
observe that man is anywhere an ami
NAL that runs true to preconceived
types. Any one man Is capable Of be-
ing ruthless, dishonest, kindly. self
sacrificing, cowardly, brave, etc.-and
all within a comparatively short space
Of time. And l dare say the writer
Of your editorial, when he comes upon
genuine dog fight, always takes the
part of the under dog.
Really, can't we manage to form more
rrngmatic. more workable views OF our
selves--and of this oddly inconsistent
world we potter about in? 1t seems
TINT life might at least become q little
less irrational II we could manage to
10 SO. For not only arc the Colonel's
lady and Judy O'Grady sisters under
their skins, but President Wilson and
tho writer OF the editorial in question
ara brothers under their skins: and
New-York tribune., 1920-12-16

SO are Rockefeller and Lenine. OF
course, this may merely be q novelist s
not very helpful way Of seeing life;
but he finds the facts somehow fit
in with it more snugly than with sny
view Of life which divides mankind
into sheep and soa.s-the immediate
drawer of given line always being,
] notice, a white sheep without blcm-
ish! But why not give up drawing
these entirely fictitious lines at all ?
] put the question seriously; for, in
this instance, am quite willing to be
the goat. LEE WILSON DODD.
New Haven, Dec. IL. 1920.
New-York tribune., 1920-12-16
The Return of Tam1nany

The attempts Of Mr.. Enright to
escape from the net of evidence
about him deserve scant attention.
His bland contention that an "ar-
rest" is solution of a murder is as
absurd as it is insulting to the in
telligence of his public. His sub
ordinates, summoned to his aid on
The Tribune's vital charge that ex-
pert detectives have been detached
from their special duties, admit the
substance of the charge. The one
hundred unsolved murders remain
unsolved. The major cause of the
escape Of the murderers, the weak
ening Of the detective forces of the
city, stands admitted.
Neither Mr.. Enright nor Mr..
Hylan. however, is the center of the
police problem, in The Tribune's
judgment. Their acts and their
words are not the main issue. These
two men happen to be the agents
who, by the voters blunder, have
been placed in charge of the city,
police; the forces which have thus
actually gained control Of the police
are greater, more powerful, more
dangerous, than any two individuals,
however laundering or incompetent.
The steps by which the vicious ele-
ments Of Tammany have accom-
plished this return Of politics to the
police force are plain. It is not the
work Of a day-any more than
the publication of the force was
achieved swiftly. There had been an
advance for many years, under vari-
Gus administrations. Public opinion
had forced this betterment. The rank
and file Of the force, weary Of the
grating officer, gladly upheld an
honest-dealing Commissioner. When
Arthur Woods took charge the time
was ripe for exactly the sort Of con-
structive labor that was then accom-
plished. A new spirit had arrived in
the Police Department by the end of
the Mitchell administration, spirit
which recognized that politics had
no place in police force and that
corruption Of any sort was the
( UOIlCpmQn'S worst acnx,,1y
Reviewing the years Of the Hylan
administration, it is easy now to zee
how the gradual destruction Of the
great labor of many years has been
wrought. The symptoms were famil-
lar. Good men like Honest Dam
Costigan were sent to Coventry; the
expert T'unney was forced out Of the
bomb squad, and the denoted Lahey
was rehabilitated and made new
czar with extraordinary powers
Secrecy became a prime concern Of
the Enright administration. The
cumulative record is beyond rebuttal
A legislative committee must ascer.
tain the details, the responsibility
The broad results are already estab.
lished.
In sum, the police force Of the CITY
has been put back a score Of years
1t has been degraded to a level q
political control from which it hao
been rescued by years of patient en-.
deavor. That is the main charge
emblazoned before the citizens of
New York to-day. The flag Of Tam.
many once more waves over Police
Headquarters as it did In the days OF
Van Wyck. The rest is the inevitable
consequence Of this return Of corrupt
politics TO the city's forces of law
and order.
New-York tribune., 1920-12-16
The Coming Towc1
To n Tortoise
THOU creature Of a garsoyle face.

THOU creature Of a garsoyle face.
With twisted feet and clumsy pace
Chelonian. lc, mc scan thee we'll.
All. here's the mark upon thy shell!
Dos, know. thou sullen anchoret.
He asks if thou ert living yet
He ,ha, incised these symbols 50.
Full half hundred years agoa
Time in its passing leaves no line
On this ntesument Of thine
Naught save the characters he made
To prove the shapnes. OF his blade;
But he. the lad that set them there.
Has wrinkled brow and grayins hair.
To him no more a brand new knife
Appears the proudest thing in Iifo;
He carves no hieroslyphics now
On patien, reptiles such as thou,
Yet there be instrument. less sure.
Rolls that may no. so long endure
Ill write to say thou still art found
Within thine old, accustomed bound-S
lha. still link survives in thee
With his far world of Used To-Be.
c. S. B.
New-York tribune., 1920-12-16
Tender Ty,npana
New York, Dec. t3, 1920.

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: Cannot something be done to stor
the racket of the bells of the Salvation
Army, rung incessantly on the street
corners7 New York IL noisy enough a!
ali times, and to add this entirely ar
necessary dan is nothing short Of wicked
II headquarters realized the reaction
on good proportion of the rasssrs-hy
they would surely discontinue the prse-
tice. y. G. G.
Nav York, Dec. l8. 1880
New-York tribune., 1920-12-16
A Flinsy Fabric

tFrom Tho Richmond Times Dtspntcb)
IL the paper suits Germany Is sending
to this country are no stronger IN
texture than that on which it wrote tts
treaties, tho wcarcr IF one, for safety's
sake, will have to carry a barrel with
him.
New-York tribune., 1920-12-16

their preference for systematized.
deductive solutions.
But the learned professor errs in
thinking his idea new. The
Pharaohs applied 1t thousands OF
years ago. 1t has never worked
Free labor, with all it's wastes, pro-
duces more than slave labor.
New-York tribune., 1920-12-16

Three correspondents write long let
ters to the effect that Passion" is full
of anachronisms; as probably 1t is.
But the letters are pretty dull, and too
long. Our only excuse FOR printing
them would be the fcadlinc, chance
TO spring which we have been waiting
for nearly six years. The Un-
pardonabc Cinema:
New-York tribune., 1920-12-16

Apologies to Colonel Harvey. We
have been guilty Of not recognizing
his just fame as editor Of Harvey's
weekly by inadvertently referring
to him as editor of Harper's Weekly.
New-York tribune., 1920-12-16
Having Seen tho Hired Man In

THE Tavern"
Ask thy questions, Man, and who will
answer?
Yearn to know the reason for thyself
And all, and still the vaulted silence
Thee naught but echo, hollow, ehrill,
ironic.
Raise thy voice against the cry Of wild
And thunderous winds: the vasty
tumult browns it.
Set thy mind to break the barrier mist
Whose shroud enwraps thy vision fast
in silence,
Dead and empty; gropo thy headlong
way
Mid interminable curtains, finding not
One ray Of light, except it be to snare
Thee onward in the maze Of answer
less What?
Rest awhile, then rouse 60 frssher
query,
Newly puzzled by the skcia which Fate,
Stone hearted dramatist, tightens ever
round
Your futile wisdom; comic, vain, pre-
sumptuous
Wisdom. beating tho air for reasons
No ear has heard thee. nor voice
exists
To soothe thy fears, full sprung from
ignorance.
Aye, ask thy questions, Man, che
whole play through.
And mark you ere the finish. he who
made YOU
Cali him Fate, the Dramatist Supreme
(Much lesser names have paid him
more dishonor)-
VIII toss you to oblivion undeserved,
You who yearned for nothing moro than
knowledge,
And answer all your questions with
one word:
Mad!
Sheer unacy is all lifetim-'s honest
Query brings you as reward: we're mad,
And dou5ly mad is he who'd seek to
The reason for it all
How vain the wisdom
Earthly dramatists assume as like
To Gods! How easy its to solve the
mist
By aping Wisdom first, then robbing
her
OF high intelligence, and asking Man,
questions fer?'
A play I'd write. I, too, would play
the god.
Ny people puppets In mighty plan
Upheld by the everlasting arms Of
Mind;
Forever firm within the ceasclcss orb
OF Divine Intelligence, my Man. no
Puny protest 'gainss ensnarinc mys-
Full captain of his freedom, fixed in
faith,
Enground upon tho rock of provabIe
knowledge;
His God, urearthed Love that leads
where fear,
Without it, merely drives; his life, re-
hecting
Life itself, futilty's slave no more
AT last utility's servant in tho age
long
Growth Of Gods man Godward, up-
ward toward
His Answer. All.
Essay, New York version, on Shelley,
heard by c. A.: "ALTnately deSPIC-
able and exquisite, his Influence is
yet praps greater than that Of eithch
Wadscith or Coolidge. Shelley's strenth
lays In his breath of vision an his deth
Of youman feelin."
It's an obvious enough theme, but
somebody might make q poem OF the
idea that Dempsey gets 100000 or go
m hour for his work, while the usual
ratio Of pay for writing pieces about
him Is $S column.
Permission has been granted for
Elm Iosifovitch Fanaberia to change
his name to Yefia Iosifovtch Fanabe ria.
Cornell Alumni News.
Could petition have been humber? ?
The parade Of stocks goes gayly PAST
tho reviewing stand. 1t doesn't talso
some Of 'em long to pass a given divi-
dend, either. #. PA.
New-York tribune., 1920-12-16
Two of n Kind

(Frons The Springfield Repubncon,
The Mayors OF Amorica's largest two
cities, Hylan and Thompson. arc now on
exhibition. Their function IA to mak,
democracy stow in Its own grease.
New-York tribune., 1920-12-16

Bret Harte's Poker Flat might DO IN
vestigated. Also--these are F. BIS
suggestions--Casno, Calf; Garfield,
Ark; Spades, Ind; Streights, Pa; Dia-
monds, Wash; Trumps, Mass; Kings,
Ill.,. and Jacks, Mo.
New-York tribune., 1920-12-16

There Is no Unprecedented Rush Co
expresa Christmas presents this year,
so the American Railway Express folks
say. But. the mail, dear friends, is
cluttered up; so don't add to Mr.
Burleson's worries by sending in vari-
ants Of the Burnt Cork wheeze.
New-York tribune., 1920-12-16

Included, by request of Sergeant, IN
the antigambling crusaders itinerary.
are Hazard, Pa, Highbridge, N. Y,
Farce, Miss, and Crapo, Md.
New-York tribune., 1920-12-16
Literary Critiques

I think the stuT of Old Ed Howo
Used to be better than it is now.
New-York tribune., 1920-12-16
nE,fBrR OF TIE ASSOCIATED PRESS

The Associated Press Is exclusively entitled the
lxs 70. republication OF all dispatches
credited to Il otherwise credited In this paper
md slso the local news Of spontaneous origin pub
itshed herein.
All rights OF republication OF ALI other matter
herein also reserved
New-York tribune., 1920-12-16

GUARANTY
Yer eaH purchase merchandise atvsrtlsed IN THE
fRiSukE With absolute satcty--fer II dissatisfae.
''sn results In aay case THE TRIBUNE guarantees
70 say your meney back upon request. No red tape
3s auIbbllns. We make soed promptly II the
tavertise- does not.
New-York tribune., 1920-12-16

Permission has been granted for
Elm Iosifovitch Fanaberia to change
his name to Yefia Iosifovtch Fanaberia
Cornell Alumni News.
Could petition have been humber? {?
New-York tribune., 1920-12-16

The parade Of stocks goes gayly past
tho reviewing stand. 1t doesn't talto
some Of 'em long to pass a given divi-
dend, either. r. PA.
New-York tribune., 1920-12-16
GUARANTY

Sutsfed as the Postosice At New York 40 Secoud
ClasS NAH Matter.
New-York tribune., 1920-12-16

It's an obvious enough themey but
somebody might make q poem Of the
idea that Dempsey gets 100000 or go
nm hour for his work, while the usual
ratio Of pay for writing pieces about
him Is SS column.
New-York tribune., 1920-12-16

Essay, New York version. on Shelley,
heard by c. A.: "ALTnately deSPIC-
able and exquisite, his inFLUence is
yet praps greater than that Of eithch
Wadscith or Coolidge. Shelley's strenth
lays in his breath of vision an his deth
of youman feelin."
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1920-09-01
DELHI

Mrs. Ara Sheppard and children
spent Tuesday with Hopkinton friends
Mrs. Sharp OF Minneapolis shas
moved into the Norris home which she
recently purchased.
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. w. Swinburne and
Mr.. and Mrs. O.W. Smith and son How
ard spent. Tuesday Of last week in
Iowa City and Cedar Rapids.
The young friends Of Miss Mary
{ Doolittle gave her a linen shower last
Wednesday Safternoon. Those from
away who were present were Mrs.
Arthur Harris of Greeley, Miss Mar
jorie Minkler of Edgewood and Miss
Erma Lusk of Cedar Rapids.
Roy Talmadge moved down from
Manchester on to the Held place last
week and will drive one OF the school
wagons the coming year
A large crowd attended the Month
cello fair Thursday.
Miss Hazel Haasis is assisting at
Central Office.
Mrs. Gertrude Patterson Of Cedar
Rapids visited her peple at this place
last week.
Lester Smith leaves September LIST
"a attend Business cllege at Cedar
Rapids.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. B Porter were in
Earlville Wednesday
e. e. White and family and Mr. and
Mrs Jay Reed were recent visitors at
Edgewood.
DR. and Mrs. J. w. Rimmer and son
Maurice move to Monticello Tuesday
where the Doctor will follow his pro-
fession.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Furman spent
several days with their son Tyler and
wife at Hanover this week.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. r. Stone Mrs 9. 4.
Angel, H. L. Stone, George Pulver and
family and d J. Schnittjer are in at
tendance at the State Fair in Des
Moines.
George Sloan and wife OF Marshall
town were recent guests at L. NJ.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1920-09-01

and Helen Johnson to Rowley, Miss
Francis Brokaw to Marshalltown,
Miss Minnie Zeuch to Waterloo and
Miss Clara Zeuch to South English.
The members of the Methodist choir
enjoyed a pleasant trip to Nc Gregor
by auto last week Monday. They also
took ferry ride across the Mississ-
ippi to Prairie du CHEN.
Announcement has been made to
Hopkinton friends of the marriage of
Miss Emily Trevarthen to Clyde R,
Sanborn both of Waterloo. Miss
Trevarthen at one time resided in
Hopkinton attended Lenox College and
was a graduate from the department
of music. Her friends here wish them
the best possible in their life together.
Miss Thelma Bright was over
from Cascade Sunday.
Russell Lux and Clarence Smith
shipped a carload OF their fine water
melons to Minnesota last week.
DR.. Floyd Smith and family have
arrived home from the Philippines
where they have been during the war.
Conditions in Turkey being such it was
not thought best to return. Mrs.
Smith and children are guests Of Mrs.
R. A. Wallace.
Hopkinton is to again have Har-
vest Home September 18th being set
as the time. Cofhmitees.have been APP
pointed to make it q Success. It has
been several years since one has been
enjoyed here.
The members Of the Presbyterian
Young Peoples choir made an auto
trip to Waterloo Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Wilson and son
Roscoe and wife are State Fair visitors
this week.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1920-09-01

Barnes.
Royal Furman was here from Chi
icago last week.
Prof. and Mrs. Jeffries and Miss
Curran are here getting settled for
another school year.
A very pretty house wedding oc-
Cured at high noon Saturday, August
2Sth, 1920. at the residence Of Mr.. and
Mrs. r. E. Ryan north Of Manchester,
when their daughter. Miss Bertha
Belle was welded to Mr.. Harry w.
Swinburne Of Delhi. The Rev. S. R.
Beatty, pastor Of the Manchester
Methodist church, officiated. The cere-
mony opened by Miss Naomi Leamon
who sang 20 Promise Me-" Miss
Gertrude Ryan played Meadelshon's
wedding march. 1t being bright
beautiful day the ceremony was held
out door. The bride and groom took
their places on the porch which was
a bower Of beautiful flowers and ferns
The bride was beautifully gowned in
white satin with lace overdrape and
carried shower bouquet of roses.
Following the ceremony four-course
dinner was served by four young
ladies, cousins of the bride. The table
decorations were smilax and roses.
About seventy-fiye guestswere present
to enjoy the occasion. The young
couple received many beautiful and
useful gifts. The bride has taught in
the public schools at Delhi and Man
chester, also in western Iowa. and is
highly esteemed by many friends.
The groom is the only son Of Mr.. and,
Mrs. j. w. Swinburne of this place..
He served his country during the
World War, being an overseas veter-
an, and is young man Of sterling
worth and upright principles. The
young couple left on the $3.50 train,
from Thorpe for a trip to Des Moines
and other points in western Iowa.
They will make their home in Delhi.
they have host of friends who will
wish them happiness and long and
prosperous life.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1920-09-01
Catarrhal Deafness Cannot Be Cured

by local applications. as they cannot reach
the diseased portion Of the ear. There
Is only one way to cure catarrhal deafness.
Catarrhal Deafness IL caused by an In.
famed condition Of the mucous lining OF
the Eustachian Tube. When this tube is
imperfect hearing. and when it Is entirely
closed. Deafness Is the result. Unless the
restored to It's normal condition. hearing
will be destroyed forever. Many cases OF
DEAFNESS are caused by catarrh, which 10
faces. Halls Catarrh Cure acts thru the
jb:nod on the mucous surfaces of the sys-
tenn
We will give One Hundred Dollars for
any case of Catarrhal Deafness that cannot
be cured by Halls Catarrh Cure. Circulars
free. All Druggists. 76c.
r.. J. CHENEY & CO.. Toledo. O.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1920-09-01
Fan Of the BastiIe.

Just ten days after the celebration
Of our own Independence day, France
and all her children, no matter ID
what part of the world they may be-
mark with peculiar emphasis the l4tn
of July, which day has often been
termed IN America the French
Fourth Of July" II was on July "a.
1889, the storming of the Bastile took
place.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1920-09-01
Skim Milk Good Food.

Some persons imagine that when the
cream is taken from the top OF milk
the nourishment is withdrawn. Skim
milk used to be regarded as scarcely
better than water. The fact is that
though the fat is drawn off in the
cream and it should not, therefore. be
substituted for full milk in the diet
of a child who gets fats in no other
form, skim milk is as rich in protein
as Is full milk, and Is. therefore, for
most purposes quite suitable.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1920-09-01
Nine Points Of the Law,

1t has been said that success In
litigation requires good deal OF pa
thence, good deal OF money, a good
cause, good lawyer, a good counsel.
good witnesses. good jury, a good
Judge, and. last hut not least. good
luck. But the saving is really a part
Of the proverb which SAYS that "pos-
session is nine points of the. law"
and that anybody is welcome to the
tenth If they can get anything out
of it.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1920-09-01
Great Russian Port.

The harbor of Odessa. in south Rus
STA. is formed by several stone piers
and long breakwater and is protect
ed in every direction. 1t is the only
port in southern Russia where ships
drawing 80 feet can come directly to
the docks, and the decks are larger
and better equipped than those of any
other Black sea port. The depth is 80
feet on one side and Is to Il feet on
the other.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1920-09-01
CONE SWING ON OUR GATE.

1t won't Sag a Fraction of an inch.
It can't-because to do so As bolts
and s pieces of angle steel would have
to bend. You know that's impossible.
No nails or screws to pull out--no
loose joints where water can enter and
rot the wood. The gate is an ideal
combination of wood and angle steel,
combining the good features Of both
to make an absolutely sagless gate
hats why we can sell them, Cart
Sag Gates, Good enough to use Any
where Cheap Enough to Use Every
w-.ero
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1920-09-01
whleh P,rent worked HardY

Two brothers were discussing which
Of the parents worked the harder.
Johnny claimed that the fathers did.
for they worked all day In the office
and were always busy getting ready
for business uips. Jack replied that
the mothers worked all day. too. and
couldn't stop al six o'clock like the ia
theirs did. but. had to keep eight on
working.