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Life at Princeton

Young men about to leave college
are always objects Of interest to
earnest students Of psychology. The
Princeton seniors supply these OBJ
servers annually with valuable MA
terial. Passing over, FOR reasons of
modesty, the dictum of the present
senior class that The Tribune is the
best metropolitan newspaper, there
remain other revelations that deserve
the attention Of deep thinkers. 1t is
certain that most Of the class are,
like Sergeant Willis, intellectual
chaps. They regard the Phi Beta
Kappa key as greater goal than
stellar honors in football. Nor are
their tastes in literature dubious.
They hold Kipling to be the best of
living poets, and Amy Lowell--bar-
ring one OF their own number--the
,, worst. Evidently they are no dew
otees of free verse.
That theirs is time Of life when
fancy turns to thoughts of love is
plainly indicated. One profuse ad-
mirer Of the opposite sex corresponds
with no less than twenty-three girls.
His letters should appeal to Mr.. Her
kimer Johnson, if the chapters in
his great work, "Man as Political
and Social Beast" dealing with love
in its early stages, have not been al
ready written. Unless the writer
follows a set form, which is hardly
probable, the freshness and variety
OF these letters must make them i'm
portant documents. Another comes
to The bat with fourteen girls, and
third with eleven. It is plain that
immense literary facility obtains at
Princeton.
The delicate question of kissing, so
much debated in those newspapers
which encourage communications on
the subject, also receives attention.
It is surprising to find twenty-seven
seniors confessing that they have
never kissed a girl, twenty Of them
on the ground that it is morally
wrong. Are cousins exempted from
the category? They are courageous
to admit it, for most young men Of
their age like to pride themselves
upon being budding Don Juans. eve
all love a pretty girl Under the rose"
says the poet. At Princeton there
are more than a score of men who
do not subscribe to this sentiment.
There should be further investiga-
tion of this matter in the interests
of science. Are these men naturally
shy? Do they know any girls be-
sides their sisters? Are they per-
sonally devoid Of all romantic ap-
peal? Let US not burst in ignorance.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-05-03
A Hatless Day
To the Editor of The Tribune.

10 the Editor OF The Tribune.
Sir: The movement to eliminate
the male hat during summer months
has assumed larger proportions than
the letters Of pr 'paganda which have
been published would seem to indicate.
If this statement is questioned, Its
truth may be determined by a straw
vote taken wherever men congregate.
Not only as a protest against the we'll
known cost Of living, but also as a sub
tantial step toward a more sensible,
hcalthful and comfortable existence
should the idea be pushed. Of
course. certain amount of preliminary
education would be required. There
may be few pioneers who will have
the courage and good sense to sacrifice
themselves on the altar Of conserva-
tism. There will be larger number
of men more timid by nature who would
be willing 20 Join the procession after
they are sure such step would not
make them conspicuous. To put the
thing over program Of the following
nature is required:
Let every man, before he knows
whether the movement has spread
generally, determine to be one of the
sensible whatever the cost. On a GER
tain dats--Sor example. May 15--every
man interested in the idea should do
his part b. the simple expedient of
leaving the house IN the morning with
out any form of covering for the head.
By such united effort the movement
is we'll under way--the rest follow,
and the thing is done. II. MS.
New York. April go. 1920.
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Campaigning Up to Date
(Fror1 The Wschitc Heueon)

(Frors The Wschtta Beueon)
One. Of the news film services is rur-
nuing picture Of William G. McAdoo
in which the former Secretary Of the
Treasury is shown rs a hard-boiled
cowboy, with all the trappings, and
also as home man, with his family
gathered about him.
Perhaps Mr. McAdoo once heard Of
another man who was once a cowboy
and also a good family man becoming
President, and There is q rumor that
Mr.. McAdoo also wants to become Pres.
ident. Tho power Of suggestion is deep
stuff and the movies lend themselves to
its use. And when candidate is q
movie magnate himself, just think of
the possibilities.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-05-03


The Interchurch World Movement
to raise sSas,777,s72 Is now reach
ing its final stage. The sum asked
Is large, but larger sums have been
asked for and oversubscribed be.
fore this, and not 90 long ago.
The Interchurch campaign is
seeking funds to provide an ade-
quats budget for the physical, men,
tai. moral and spiritual better1nent
of an impoverished and dependent
world, 80 per cent Of whose popu-
latlon has no doctors, no teachers,
no church, no Bible. The budget is
based upon united survey of world
leeds by thirty cooperating Chris
tian churches, whose united action
already has resulted In the saving OF
e million dollars in overhead charges
End which promises to cost less, pro-
portionately. than those Of the best
managed individual church mission
boards.
The purposes OF the Iu&erehurch
ca,npaign--ths. care Of the bodies
as we'll al nc souls Of those for
whom the rnoney will DO spent-aSe
thine whict such an institution as
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-05-03
The Graceful Life
Its Peril and HON. II Might Be
Sawed
To the Editor of The Tribune

40 the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: These seem to be DAVIS when o
sense OF values and a sense of humor
arc more necessary than ever to helm
US preserve our sanity. Life ia getting
more and more like scenic railway at
worlds fair every moment, ana
whether we wear overalls, or whether
we can't possibly afford the extra ex-
pense, we are all Of US being forced
to think good deal about rather dis
concerning things. President Burton
of Smith, President Nelson's prede-
cessor, used to say that the sign OF
nm educated person was the ability to
make transitions easily. The feminine
version Of that is the ability to make
transitions gracefully.
1t seems to be no longer a question
of the simple life, but Of the graceful
life, and it is going to take all our
intelligence for the next few years at
least to keep US from living life very
awkwardly. Perhaps the highest cost
of living at present comes from econ
omizing on beauty. Take SO simple a
matter as giving dinner, granted the
same small income which would have
made it possible to do it rather we'll
ten years ago. The mere mechanical
part of making it successful is now
almost too much for our courage. Serv-
ice is poor and unreliable, flowers are
fabulous, wine is prohibited, all the
guests, in their districted subconscious
minds, are worrying about the same
sort Of things which give their hostess
a slightly distract air-the awkward
life is forced on all but the most mer-
curia!
Perhaps the solution of it all will
be that the intelligentsia who can make
transition easily will arrange that
side Of their lives as Ninon de Lenclcs
did in her old age. For Ninon, al
though she was, according to history
and Irene Bordoni's song, "a naughty
little girl" was also an expert in the
art Of living. The French have ALWAYS
had horror of the awkward life in
any form, and Ninon's graceful tran
sition from wealth to poverty was made
by allowing her friends, the wits ard
aristocrats of Paris, to come to her
house each bringing one dish. The gay
company served themselves, and there
was no tax on thar most necessary Of
iuxuries--beauty. S. G. S.
New York, April 20, 1920.
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The Pratt Testimony

Captain W. V. Pratt, assistant
chief Of naval operations during the
war, has given evidence which in al
most very respect bears out the con-
tentions Of Admiral Sims. This star
witness for Secretary Daniels posi-
lively stated under cross-examina-
ton:
% That upon our declaration Of
war the Navy Department did not
have available any comp rehensive
plan Of naval procedure in such a
war as we were going into.
~ That the Office Of the chief Of
naval operations had to be reorgan-
ICED and the many bureaus Of the
Navy Department co6rdinated with
it before 1t was prepared properly
to direct the navy in war
(S) That, as Sims contends, our
first navsl objective should have been
to concentrate On helping to down
the German submarines, and thus
"a save the lines of communication
feeding the Allied armies and peo-
pies and 90 make the seas compare
lively safe Cor the ensuing trans
portation Of our troops.
~ That, as Admiral Sims re-
qussted, every destroyer capable Of
going overseas should have been sen :
Immediately to Europe to fight the
German submarines.
(B) That as the destroyers were
inadeQustely manned. crews for them
should have beep taken from the
Toast serviceable ships of the battle
feet.
60 Thst Sims should have been
provided with moro than single
aid during the first four and most
critical months Of the war. Captain
Pratt says: "In my opinion Admiral
Sims waa not given an adequate staff
early enough, and I think this should
have bean done ut tho expense of
every other activity"
(7) That at the time of tho dec
lsrAtaon Of war the material con-
dition Of our battleships and of the
great majority Of our lesser naval
vessels was that Of being unprepared
for war.
(s} That there was a great dearth
Of officers and men for even such
vessels as were supposed to be in
full commission.
(9) That nothing had been done to
prepare our feet or to prepare equip
ment adapted to the kind Of war
known to be in progress
In the course Of his testimony in
defense Of Mr.. Daniels's manage
nent Of the Navy Department Cap
,ain Pratt said:
'In this particular war we were
fortunate in being given o period for
preparation. due largely to the fact
that the control Of tbs sea was held
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Roocc by
1OO'[o Heywood Broun

1t may even be that they are as dis
honest as Sinclair thinks. After all,
the question Of dishonesty or
stupidity is more or less aca-
demic. Either is equally vicious. Amer
lea did not get fair and accurate news
about Russia at a time when it was vital
that 1t should get such news. 1t makes
no difference whether this was short
sightedness or rascality. Sinclair does
get in some resounding blows in his
book, but he fights with little science.
lie 'slugs and his opponent is so vul.
nerable that he cannot fail to hit him
now and again. But ne ought not to
waste his time In wild swings when a
jaw lies open and unprotected for hts
fist.
For instance, does Mr.. Sinclair expect
to make us squirm by saying that The
Tribune is read by rich old gentlemen
and maiden aunts? l suppose there
were few maiden aunts who read "The
Jungle" 1t is practically Impossible
to arrange any feasible scheme with
the newsdealers by which they can
discriminate against rich old gentlemen
and maiden aunts. Mr.. Franklin r.
Adams has at times tried to DISCOURAGE
the maiden aunts by printing exceed.
ingly shocking poems and paragraphs
in his column, which is called "Tke
Coming Tower And in q lesser way
the book and dramatic columns have
from time'to time contained such uues-
tionable phrases as "open coverle.,
openly arrived at" and vigorous de-
lenses Of immoral novels and plays
The circulation manager tells US, how.
ever, that there is no perceptible fall
ing OFF in circulation on such days. OF
course, it Is impossible to determine
whether the maiden aunts leave off and
others take their places, he says, but he
is not inclined to believe it.
AS for the lack of vital opinions in
The Tribune, it is not for want of try
ing. ANY number Of days we have sat
something down with the firm inten-
ton and hope Of creating the world
anew. But when the next day came
the same old world was with it. Vital
things are not SO easy as Sinclair i'm
AGNES, not with seven issues a week.
AS for setting the tone for good So
ciety, it surprises as to hear that it i.
"smug" and "pious." We heard quite a
different tale from DR.. John Roach
Straton only a week ago, There are
things which Mr.. Sinclair might say
which would make all of US down here
very uncomfortable. This, we confess
is not perfect newspaper, and W.
think the rest of the staff and The own
ers will be willing to join us in that
admission. But for better or worse we
are not like "The Boston Transcript"
and when Sinclair couples the news
papers in his criticism we ali heave a
sigh of RELIEVE know then that he
has nothing on US because he does not
understand us.
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Discoraging Matrinony

Considered financially, the dictum
Of the Federal Reserve Bank in Chi
cago that no male employee receiv-
ing less than 1926 month will be
permitted to marry without consult
ing the chief clerk is reasonable
enough. 1t is difficult to see how in
these days man compelled by the
exigencies Of his position to maintain
a respectable standard of living
could possibly support wife on less.
The sum named is hardly half as
much as a mechanic, with union
behind him, receives. What was
once regarded as a tolerably ample
salary no longer provides for more
than the bare necessaries where it
has to support more than one per-
son. Silk shirts and like luxuries
are left for the man who works with
his hands.
One of the officers of the bank
says that 1--WE don't want our en-
ployees to get in a situation where
they may find themselves in des-
perate need of money" That is true
Of most employers. Debt is tyran-
meal master, absorbing the energies
OF its slave and dissipating his peace
Of mind. TO those who handle
money 1t offers a peculiar tempta-
ton, as banks and other financial in
stitutions know. Bank employees
are as honest as most men-perhaps
more honest than most-but they
have the ordinary weaknesses Of hu-
mainly. A young man marrying on
$125 in these days would be giving
too large hostage to fortune.
Yetit seems like counsel of per-
lection to insist that the bank men
who draw the smaller salaries must
relegate themselves TO the celibate
class. The question naturally arises
whether, if they impose restrictions
of this sort, these salaries are ade-
quate. There is something repug-
nant to the sense Of Justice In the
reflection that bricklayers get much
more than the modest sum which the
hank names as the low water mark
OF matrimony. There is largsr
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-05-03

the Christian Church is especially
qualified to carry out. The church is
an agency which can promote hui
manitarian work on All international
scale without interference with or
from the state. 1t is known to be
disinterested and unselfish.
The Interchurch World Movement
calls America to enlist in behalf of
an unselfsh world purpose. We are
confident she will nobly respond.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-05-03

issue involved than the personal ex-
penditures of the salaried classes,
who have seen the cost of living in
crease with no increasing means to
meet it. Such frank encouragement
OF matrimony must bring about in
the long run an alarming decrease
IN the numbers Of what may be
called, lacking a. better word, the
middle class. A young man who is
ready to marry, to take upon him
self family cares, might more rea-
sonably expect n raise than stern
warning that his employer looks for
ward apprehensively to seeing him
in desperate need Of money"
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Our Staggering Waste
To the Editor Of The Tribune.

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: Contemporaneous with our ps'
honal financial waste and extrsvagsnss
Is the staggering waste of our Geo
given natural resources Of vsrsoa'
kinds. Among other causes II has ess.
tr'buted to our present high coss ..
living. and IL not halted and wise asa
sound policy Of conservation and Con
troll adopted for the future ws sAsh
IND ourselves overtaksn industs'sIS
and financially BY the more csnsssss'
tive and fsr-sighted countries OF bs.
vie, where, for many years, . wise enc
sane conservation policy has hssn "a
erc.sed. II those countries had ss'
Gone SO 1t would bs practically !mpss
sibie 70 rehabiiitste Themselves sfsss
the devastating war.
MAURICE soLoN
New York City, April 81. 1890. !.
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The Yapping Motor Truck
the Editor Of The Tribune.

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: Is there no possible source Of
power to protect this transport-ridden
city from the eibbering cries and yaps
Of the horns Of the ever-growing pest
of motor trucks as they hurl their
clumsy carcasses through every inch of
city thoroughfare and every minute of
the city's life? Or has ours become
now a government Of the trucks and
not OF the people7 Should not this
evil be remedied before it grows any
worse? W. S.B. DANA
Grsntwood, N. j., May /, 1920.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-05-03
Reforestation
To the Editor Of The Tribune

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: The high cost of print paper,
vitality affecting the output and cost Of
our daily newspapers and other Lters-
ture generally read by the public, should
now add impetus to the movement for
the reforestation and control of the
forests by the government at Washing
ton. Too little attention was given to
this subject in the past, with the result
that the cost Of reforestation will be
more than it would have besn had we
started earlier. p. r. BRITT.
New York, April "a, 1890.
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Poland Shows Her Power

Early in the spring the Poles
smashed the much advertised Bolshe-
visit western front drive. Trotzky
scared Western Europe by getting a
report relayed through Germany to
theseffect that the Polish government
had abandoned Warsaw and taken
refuge somewhere in Posen. That
was the only success the Russians
scofed. The Poles smashed Trotzky' S
offensive before it got going, proving
that they had an army far superior
in quality to any that the Soviet die
tators could put into the field.
So marked is Poland's confidence
in her military strength that Pilsud.
ski has been making territorial de-
mands which Lenine and Trotzky,
anti-nationalist as they are in feel
ing and policy, have hesitated to
grant. While Moscow delayed a de-
cision, the Polish generalissimo con-
ceived the idea of breaking the So
Wet front in the Ukraine and ad-
yancing 70 Kiev. Lenine has been try
ing f~r two years to reconquer the
Ukraine. He has never recognized
Ukrainian independence. His armies
overran Ukrainian territory and
fought the Ukrainian nationalists,
and his agents set up, wherever they
could, local soviet anti-nationalist
government. Petlura, the peasant
leader, managed somehow to hold out
against Moscow and also to escape
elimination through the success Of
the Denikire All-Russian offensive Of
1919. In view Of the steady rise of
Polish power, he may now have
sought working alliance with Pill
sudski, in the hope Of c!inching
Ukrainian separation from Russia.
Or he may have been reluctantly CO.
creed into accepting Polish support
and leadership, in spite Of the fact
that Pilsudski's liberation Of the
Ukraine may entail something like
= Polish protectorate, after Moscow
acknowledges defeat end Russian
border lands settlement has been
negotiated.
Polish operations in the Ukraine
will probably be denounced as "im-
perialistic" by those who don't want
to see Poland attain real strength
and solidity. Yet strong Poland Is
u natural consequence Of the war.
Her reconstruction is necessary to
guarantee the fruits Of victory in
Eastern Europe. She Is a check on
Germany to the west and on Red
Russia to the east. II Trotzky's
fabrication had been true and the
Polish government had been COM
PEELED some weeks ago to evacuate
Warsaw, Western Europe would
have been thrown into terror and tho
Versailles settlement would have
been jeopardized.
Poland is the biggest Allied asset
in the task Of demonstrating Eastern
Europe. She has power and cour-
age. She is nationalistic and anti.
Bolshevist. Some Of the leaders in
he peace conference sought to tie
ger hands. But abe ia an indisuensa.
1ie prop to the treaty. Against any
rationalistic ambitions imputed to
her should be set the fact that her
nationalism is the ,surest barrier
against the Bolshsvist plague. If in
the end her influence dominates in
the Ukraine, that influence will be
immensely more helpful than any
domination coming out Of che Mos
COW pesthouse.
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Good From, Evil

fFrons The Los An0eIes Tinses)
The paper shortage is likely to reduce
the number Of notes to be sent By the
Wilson Administration to the Mexican
government. II is, therefore, not an
unmixed disaster.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-05-03

Members Of the Silver Lining Tennis
Pollyanna Chirrup yesterday. "When
you don't break racket nowadays you
save SIS"
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The Elevated Takers

TALKER: en- y imagine? There
was man, supposed to be In love with
mo since I was eleven years old, stand
ing there with another woman trem.
bling like leaf Honest, he got me all
upset. l started declaring the truth
right away an went straight home an
tore up his picture, SOS wouldn' hafta
look at him every time I come in the
door.
LISTENER. Goodness. shd think
you wooda.
TALKER: Yeah, sh'd say yes
Y'seen Mollie?
LISTENER: She was tellin' me about
the 'partment.
TALKER: Yeah, says to her, SAYS
l got two rooms an bath, n you en-
stay in your room an III stay in mine.
like her all right, y know, an I'm loyal
to all my fren's an they're all loyal t.
me, but as says to her, if you wanna
study or write letters or read, or maybe
If you jus wanna stretch out on q bed
an eat some candy or smoke a cigar
cite, you wanna be alone. l feel JUS
like that, I says, an l know you mus
feel JUS like that. Gee, dearie, here's
your station.
LISTENER: bet that fella won't be
there.
TALKER: Whyncha call i'm up? Call
i'm up alta Green Room Club. Whassa
number-Br, ant 4057
LISTENER: en- remember any
thing but telephone numbers.
TALKER: Well, 80 ahead, dearie. pll
press your dress. Yeah; the blue one.
All right, dearie. G'by, Belle.
D. S. p.
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The Force of Habit
prom TIE washt~ot@ gsenIse S.Gy,
A Aambes Of Germans insist on fight
ng whether there Is . war or not.
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Many Of those who arc uncomplain-
ingly paying SIS for silk shirts would
raise terrible holler because books
that used to cost $3.50 now cost s1.75
If they ever had occasion to learn it.