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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-04-10
Superfluous State Officers

The legislative leaders st Albany
have decided to 60 part Of the way
with Governor Smith in reducing
the number II elective state officers.
1t is now SAID TO sc their purpose to
submit constitutional amendment
cutting the is. of elective officials
from seven to four. The posts Of
Secretary of State, Treasurer and
Engineer and Surveyor are to be
made appointive. The Governor,
Lieutenant Governor, Comptroller
and Attorney General are to con-
tinue TO be chosen by the people.
The State Aeconstr uc,lon Commits.
sion recommended dropping the
office OF Lieutenant Governor. This
is al Ornamental position. The
Lieutenant Governor mas no real
power. tie is an heir apparent and
little else. 1t YOU'D be easy to
transfer the succession to the Presi-
dent Of the Senate, to hold Office
until the succeeding election, or for
the remnant Of the Governors term,
II that should be less than a
year and a hall The report also
favored making the Attorney Cen
erai an appointee Of the Governor.
mat Is the practice In Pennsylvania.
Since the Attorney General is the
law officer Of the administration
there is no good reason why the
Governor shouldn't have a free hand
IN selecting HIM. He ought to So
iect him. II we accept the theory Of
re"i concentration Of power in the
Governors hands.
The legislative leaders, however
nave rot yet accepted that theory.
They have declined TO recommend an
extension Of the terms Of the elective
ontcers from two years TO four. A
two-year term is too short to give a
good Governor fair chance. We
have now the anomaly Of two-year
term Governor trying to get alony
with host Of subordinate officials
with terms Of three, four or six
years. The latter know that they
are going to outlast the Governor
and are not readily amcnablc 70 con-
troll. IL power is 10 be ccntraljzsd
IT must ret in a Governor with a
term az long as and concurrent with
thoss OF his chief ,subordinates
linen he becomes a genuine chief ana
iea0sr. Most Of tho states with
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-04-10

equipped as a gymnasium for the
especial benefit of young Theodore,
then ten years old and frailest Of
the fral. Said the father to the
son in turning over the porch to
him:
Theodore, you have the mind. but
you have not got the body. To do ell
that you can DO with your mind you
must make body to match it, am
giving you the tools, but it is up to
you to make your body. 1t is drudg-
cry and dull, hard work to make a
body. Will you do il ?"
1t was drudgery and it was to
prove long, uphill fight. We won
der just how much of the indomitable
courage and vigor of Theodore
Roosevelt, in every concern of life,
was engendered by this long battle
+sgainst weak body--long and tedi-
GUS, but finally victorious. There is
lesson for every boy-for who has
not some weakness to wrestle
against!-in this boyhood example
OF great man who entered life
equipped by fate with a seemingly
insuperable handicap of physical
weakness.
We know that every Tribune
reader will wish to share in the
grateful labor of pcrpetuating No. %
East Twentieth Street. During the
two weeks ending April Is the
Women's Roosevelt Memorial AS
ISOLATION is seeking to raise the sum
of $250,000 for the restoration and
remaking of the building. To every
donor Of 81 or more a Roosevelt
medallion pin is sent. (Children
under sixteen receive the pin for 25
cent contributions.) Checks or
money should be sent to the associa-
ton at East Fifty-seventh Street.
Large or small, your gift will be
welcome for it's personal tribute to a
great name, New York's proudest
gift to the annals Of America.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-04-10
Hoouev S Americanism
Emery PoHle Wants TO Know Just How
He Is "Oui of Touch" With His Countru

The best thing to do, as our friend
pretty clearly indicates, Is not to travel
at all Even little of 1t may play
the deuce with one. He darby in
stances Mr.. Wilson--whose one little
journey in the world has occasioned q
good deal Of comment as having in
consequence Of his travels tried to
barter the liberties Of his country for
an empty dream" as he puts it. A
dreadful thing to do, and entirely the
result of leaving his native land, where
| have always understood he, so TO
ground to catch the faintest pulsatlons
of popular aspirations. of whatever
nature.
Sunday Queries
How is it that Mr.. Hoover is "out
of touch" with his fellows? Is it be-
cause he is plain, simple, modest man,
little given to loud or fantastic or idle
or bombastic talk? Because he has an
active. honest, vigorous. constructive
brain that thinks with precision.
straightforwardness, breadth of view
and sincerity of design? Because he
hates sham and deceit and double deal
ing and vulgar display? Alas. these
qualities are his. 1t i'll becomes US to
remark that their possession puts him
out Of touch with us. Or Is it that his
opinions do not happen to coincide with
those Of the complacent writer Of the
mornings letter? Could this be the
reason for the subtle animadversfons Oh
Mr.. Hoover's capacity to grasp the
point of view of--well, let US say of
the letter writer himself?
Come, come, my dear sir! Judge Of
Mr.. Hoover, If you have the oppor-
tunity. frankly by what he is. what he
does, by the manifestations of his char
acter, public and private, as to whether
he be American or not; but until YOU
are better informed. spare US these
superior hints as to his being less
American than his fellow citizens, than
yourself EMERY pOTvyr
New York, April I, 1920.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-04-10

suggest that the most elementary
justice requires some evening up?
Colonel Harvey might we'll think
again before turning on the hose of
his epithets. He and all others may
we'll refrain from exhorting the de-
modified to remember they were
patriots and did not go to war from
Hessian motives. To roll eyeballs
toward heaven and to proclaim that
Tor service men to ask square deal
is unspeakablc make one wish to
reach for copy of MARTIN Chuzzle
WITT and to reperuse the passages
which describe Pecksniff.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-04-10
The Roosevelt Home

DO you know the house at % East
twentieth Street, which is on the
way to becoming a national shrine
OF patriotism? 1t is typical New
York brownstme house, with high
stoop and balcony, and is now all
but surrounded by shops and loft
buildings. Fortunate. indeed, we
are that it still stands and that
through it the boyhood of Theodore
Roosevelt, with its long, uphill climb
toward health and greatness, can be
kept green in the memory Of genera
TONS OF American boys yet unborn.
II is a slngularly felcitous memo
rial IN every way. Not simply as
SHRINE, but. as q workshop Of service,
a disseminating center Of patriotism
and civil obligations, will the build
ing stand. Ciubrooms for boys and
girls, library, small auditorium
on the top floor, will make it possible
70 Keep the building the dynamic
force for righteousness that any me-
Moral Of the Colonel must be.
Every one is apt to think of the
great and successful as born under
lucky star and to have started life
ahead Of the average boy or girl,
Nth fuller equipment Of every
thlng that makes for success. This
simple old New York house contains
a striking record Of contrary case.
Tho upstairs porch was built bv
Theodore Roosevelt the elder and
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-04-10
Vhaf Is Ar1eyicur,ism?

wish he would. do, indeed. What
is it that he knows about US from which
Mr.. Hoover has cut himself off, lost
touch with The letter is handsomely
replete with suggestion, allusion, subtle
hint. All in the rich pocket Of the
writer and all az right as rain 1t is
easy enough to say that the gentleman
who as food commissioner of this coun-
try supposedly found out q good deal
about its stomach never got to its
heart. l have heard such statements
before. But what is the heart Of it?
What is this Americanism exactly, and
whose? What are the thoughts, the
aspirations Of this people?
reflect for the moment upon the
foreign population of the United
States, the thousands upon thousands,
citizens and non-citizens, many Of
whom speak no American at all, many
Of whom with painful effort speak .
little, many of whom, indeed are
iiiiteFate in whatever tongue, or with
but the rudiments of education, all of
whom, with the best intentions in The
world no doubt, seem peculiarly remote
from that inspired group Of Americans
who hammered together the ship to
which we still cling, the whole amazing
lot Of us. Isn't 1t about time that some
Of these gifted students of this people
who because they stay at home must
be obviously in the secret--instead of
wagging their heads IN solemn accusa-
ton, should tell US what in their opn-
ION the present sum Of Anne ricanism is,
what are the component factors of it,
what the collective aspirations definitely
amount to, what the heart OF this
strange, volatile, restless, unassmi-
lated, uncatalogued, undire cted mass of
people is? Once we've got that, we can
measure Mr.. Herbert Hoover and the
rest Of the candidates by tho result;
know where we and they stand
No Traueling!
In Paris not infrequently heard Mr..
Hoover spoken of as sometimes too
American, as having too singly, too
adroitly, the interesta of his country
in heart. Foreigners rather felt that
they must be alertly up and doing to
atch him out in his American practices.
Now In America l am asked to believe,
by astute commentators, that he doesn't
can't, In short, know anything about
us. because, It appears, he has travelled
about a bit. II Is disooncerting.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-04-10
On the Snot

from The philadelphia Erenino E.ve,;n,
france may be mistaken in thinking
in the Ruhr Basin and reorganizct;
German army the latter Is the create
danger, but her opportunities for judg.
ment are better than are available at
Washington. Dictation from Paris az
to our policy In Mexico would not fall
to inspire resentment.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-04-10
The Coming Toper

ADV.
("son,ething Else Again" Doubleday,
Page & Coz
Go, little book, O molecule
Of immatcrial metric matter!
Into the world of April-fool.
Go. little book!
In such world your tinkly clater
Will be a pebble in a pool
A far from consequential spatter.
And yet as Fate unwinds her spool.
Perhaps she'll make mine income fatter.
Good luck to you'll hope that you'll
Go. little book.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-04-10

four-year terms for their Governors
are better administered than New
York is. The short gubernatorial
term Us Anticipated. Why doesn't
the Legislature recognize that fact?
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-04-10
The Old Cleavage Again

10 tho Editor of The Tribune
Sir: AS an honest American cor-
grntuIAto you on this mornings editor
'al, "The Old Cleavage Again" Let's
hopo moro outspoken Americans will
como out flat-footed and procluim Ger
many for what she $50 liar and y.
""c"A' Y. 3. D.
Now Tsr1s. Ap.1 4 lsAol
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-04-10
GUARANTY

rsu can purchase merehsnd!ss Advertised In rhE
TRIBUNE with absolute safet--for II dissatisias-
ties results In 10y case The TRIBUNE guarantee
= pay your money back upon request. No rod tape.
Ne clubbing. We make good promptly If tbs
advertiser cocs not
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-04-10
MrxBEa OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

The Associated Prsss IL exclusively entitled 10 the
- for republic alton Ut al dispatches credited
70 It not otherwise credited In his paper. and
aso the local news q spontaneous origin published
herein
All nshts OF republication Of all Other matter
hsrcn also are reserved
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-04-10

Mr. Havemcyer, if what Miss Hearn
Gays IS true, must have put In an
''sht-hour day at the telephone. "He
voula" { let day 60 by sho says,
without calling me up a dozen times A."
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-04-10

Professor Haywood Broun, a slave
to accuracy, calls our Grant attention
to the fact that Mrs. Emma McChes-
ney wasn't in the female drummery Of
waists, but in that of skirts-particu-
larly the Featherbloom petticoat.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-04-10

If the Society for the Suppress sion
OF Vice is honestly anxious to climi-
nate reading that arouses vicious
thoughts, it will turn its attention to
the menu cards Of certain hotels and
restaurants. The prices certainly are
immoral reading. We, for one, never
read them without a desire to COM
nit murder and arson.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-04-10

oomo pretty wicked prophecies are
made by the pine board and the three
legged Indicator.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-04-10

The landlord works on the correct
assumption that 1t is far cheaper to
pay rent than to move
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-04-10

A shining book is "Living Alone"
by Stella Benson. On the first page
IRE these complete characterizati tons ::
"Three Of the women were of the kind
that has no life apart from commit
tees" "Miss Ford was good woman,
as wall as lady. Her hands were
beautiful because they paid a mani
curist to keep them so, but she was
too righteous to powder her nose. She
was the sort Of person a man would
like his best friend to marry"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-04-10
We Swiped "Brca nindedness" From
st. John viii, 7,

~. JOHu VIII
Sir: I spent, yesterday, the hour
necessary to travel from Hartford to
Bloomfield, via the trolley, reading
"Something Else Again" Get off,"
said the conductor; "we're at the end
of the line" had hardly realized that
we had started. Had you ever taken
the ride on the W. k and ancient
Bloomfield car you would realize that
you never could hope for greater praise
than | have just given.
Such a preamble in q letter CT else
where could mean but one thing, of
course, and now to that. have noticed
and enjoyed In The Tower the fate Of
the poor jester who uses as his own a
joke or line that you have heard or
seen in an act by the Vahahahana
Sisters. Either in one of Gerald Cham
bcrlan's books or in another volume
which 1 lent to some one who ALWAYS
returns borrowed books" I recall the
remark that "the only thing the toler-
ant person will not tolerate is in
tolerance in others" May not ask II
that did not antedate the composition
OF observation-disclosures" on page SIS? 1t
IL because | have long believed that
you disprovcd the fact that there Is
n. n. u. t. 8. that I ask, and remain.
r. r. w
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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-04-10

1T might be opposite to recall that
the Hotel Florence, Pullman, ILL.,, the
objective of the Memorial Day road
races IN Chicago, was named for Mrs.
Frank o. Lowden.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-04-10
1.-the md List, Ye Landsmcn All

or: Raymond Fosdick says the Imperator
.I.'u list to stnrboard. Naturally 30, in
-"eS. DAYS II she hnd had lis, to port
"ou'd 1t not have been n Wiaa List?
ToER TursDAy
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-04-10

suggested title for a play, The
ouijas at SIN, =.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-04-10

The detectives, obviously, all are
working on the Nicky Arnstcin case.
Otherwise they would know that all
you have to do to get alcoholic stimu-
liant in certain Blocker Street res
taurHnt is to ask for IT,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-04-10
Oh, II Was, Was TT

q. %. c." Lnrann. Wyo-As was point
60 out in The Literary Digest for May Is
islo the quotation IF a man write bet
Ter oook' preach better sermon or make a
better mousetrap than his neighbot, tho he
ou'id his house in Che woods the world will
make beaten path to his door" was writ
ten by Ebert Hubbard. of East Aurora. N Y.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-04-10
Herbert and Sullivan

Sir: May I add my two bits to the Her
bert and Sullivan discussion2
You can take almost any Of Sulivnn's
slow movements and by altering a few word.
get first class ofertory to be sung right
after prayer and before the collection.
Here's one. at random, from 1.-THE Pirate.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-04-10
SAM HILL.

The churchablity of Sullivan's mu-
sic is well known. Many madrigal
CT his, if the time and phrasing were
slightly altered, would be Gregoria n
chant. Or take "If Britain Really
Ruled the Waves" from "Iolanthe, %
and change the words to:
Now Glory to the Lord Of Hosts
From whom all glories are!
My song shall rise to sanctify
The glory Of our God on high
And bless His holy star.
My soul shall sing in endless praise
The glory of His wondrous ways;
My soul shall sing in endless praise
The glory of His wondrous ways!
Amen
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-04-10

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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-04-10

"Oh. leave mo not TO "Oh. 1eove m. mn. ~
pine. pine
= lone ana deSolateI Alone and desoIatel
No fate seemed fair No sin so denn
mine. mine 10
Nohaprincss so great; No nanita,cc co vre,t {.
HHu nature DAY BY My soul from day to
day day ' ~
HAS sung IN accents Has sung In accents
GEAR clear:
This Joyous rounde- oh teach mo NM "a
lay: nra,- ~ ~
He loves thee--he IL Oh he'd III. sirrer..
here toar
Almost every trio. quartc.tc and concerted
number that Is not actually written in liz
time would 90 fine in cantata and could
well be ended up with an Amen or two
Now, Victor Herbert could write an ex
c"lient anthem or oratoro if he wanted to.
But he doesn't allow himself to do it when
he's writing comic opera
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-05-16
The Seasons Best Offerings at the Local Theatres]
SPLENDID BILL OF KEITH VAUDEVILLE
 AT LYRIC THEATRE

What is declared to be one of the clev- crest bills the Lyric has had in several weeks is booked for the first three days of this week at the Keith house. "The Magic Glasses" called speculation in specs, is the toplne number, showing just what a girl sees when she obtains possession of "The Magic Glasses a doctor has inven- ted. The wearer of the glasses sees into the future, and an interesting story de- ors, rich man and a poor man, to de- termine which one she will choose. There are four persons in the cast and all of them are peculiarly well fitted to their parts. The story itself is a gem of play writing and is by Frances Nordstrom.
 Ed Pressler. Blanche Klaiss and Phil Sake are billed as "A Lively Trio" and they certainly measure up to it. They en- certain with song, dance and music. The trio is composed of two men and girl and each is performer in his or her own right with the result that their combined efforts spell amusement with capital "A"
 Bob Millican, under the billing of mus ical comedy a Ia carte, is fresh as a daisy, and is expected to prove one of the big numbers of the programme. He has made big hits everywhere he has been.
 Villa and Harold Brown, in a novelty picture act, have something that must be seen to be appreciated. Judging by the way critics have received their act, it is a foregone conclusion that Birmingham will enjoy it.
 Rrea RarlOWS in 'fI .aUphS and Thrills" go through a gymnastic routine that is evenly balanced with fun and feats The Breakaway Barows are a mix ed team, man and woman, and Miss Barlow does the straight athletic work and Mir. Barlow combines comedy and deXterity.
 The vaudeville bill taken as whole, is pronounced one that is well diversified, a little bit of everything. On top of this, Rex Beachs famous story. "The Silver Horde" the newest 'Goldwyn release, will be shown all week.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-05-16
Malai Hafid in Disgrace

From "A Sultan at Home" by w. E.
 Harris, in Asia Magazine.
 Mulai Hafid was an excellent host,
 and was never happier than when en-
 tertaining. His dinners were well
 served and always amusing, and his
 guests, European and native, suitably chosen. On one occasion some charm
 ing and aristocratic French ladies were
 visiting Morocco. Amongst series or
 fetes given by the diplomatic corps ana
 others for their entertainment was
 banquet at the residence of the Moor
 ish eX-minister of war. Sid Mehdl el-
 Menebhi, C. C. M. G. At this banquet
 the ex-Sultan presided. The distln-
 guished lady guests had been purchas-
 ing Moorish costumes. and it was ar
 ranged that they should come to this
 feast arrayed in all their recently ac-
 quired magnificence. The result was
 charming-so charming that it was
 decided to send for a photographer and
 have the group photographed. on ms
 arrival the guests Were posed-Muiai
 Hafid seated on cushioned divan sur-
 rounded by the ladies in their Moorish
 dresses The men stood behind.
 The photograph was q great success,
 but it's indirect results almost a traS-
 edy, for Mulai Hafid placed large
 copy of the group on the mantelpiece
 of the drawing room of his villa. The ladies of his household never left the kasbah. but on one occasion he sent the old Berber lady and the aged slave who had been his nurse to visit the villa and the eagle eyes of this ven- erable dame discovered the photograpn. In their minds no clearer evidence of
 Mulai Hafid's wickedness could be imagined, for here was the eX-Sultan seated in a bevy of apparently very attractive native ladies surrounded by | F. +sIx,, 1ff fr. .4- could to their eyes be more shocking. So the photograph, concealed in their voluminous raiment, was taken to the
 kasbah where it was presented to the gaze of the Sultan's outraged wivse. None of his ladies were in the court yard to meet 'Mulai Hafdi when he re- turned from hunting that day; no one except slave or two was visible. Not a word of welcome, not question as to the sport he had enjoyed! Seeking the apartments of one of the royal la
 dies, the Sultan had the modification to see her go out of one door as he entered by the other. He called to her, but she paid no attention. He sought consolation elsewhere with no better results. He was summed and in exile not one of the ladies would speak to him. He knew, of course, nothing of the reason and could obtain no ex- planation. He slept in his little re- ception room over the entrance of the kasbah, and hoped for a brighter sit
 uation in the morning, but things were no better. Then the two old women who had found the photograph and given it to the Sultan's ladies grew alarmed and confessed. but the many wives were difficult to convince, and it was only after the writer was called in and had explained to some invisible persons concealed behind thick cur tain drawn across an archway. that peace and calm were restored in the Shereefian harem