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New-York tribune., 1920-02-20
An Inability Law

Representative tess, who proposes
N amendment to the Constitution
inder which Congress, by concurrent
esoiution, may refer to the Supreme
;ourt for decision the question Of a
residents inability to perform the
luties of his Office, dares not explain
vhy it is necessary to consult the
Supreme Court concerning a nom
judicial matter.
The Constitution says that in case
+ the inability of a President the
'ower and duties Of his Office "sh;.ll"
.evolve on the Vice President. In
sbi.ity is question of fact. When
President dies, another question of
act, the Supreme Court is not asked
or a death certificate. Then why
SIX it for an inability certificate?
Should a Vice on the
round that inability existed, assume
. he Presidency and the President
hould resist, justiciable issue
would arise, but courts do not COM
nonly decide moot questions. The
JUDICIAL function relates to contro-
'ersies, and although the Supreme
iourt has sometimes undertaken the
erformance of administrative duties
is averse to them.
The so-cailed b ahket clause of the
Constitution, under which Congress
authorized to pass laws needed to
AIRY a constitutional provision into
tfcct, seems to make const tutional
men inent supererogatory. If Con-
ress can define what interstate COM
nerce is, or what an Intoxicating
'everage is, it ought to be able to de-
me inabi ity and to provide how the
act Of inability is to be ascertail.e
The argument that Congress might
OF be impartial has no weight.
Would court several of whose
,emters owed their appointment to
President be more impartial? 1t
not wise to have q condition under
,hich the independence of the Su-
rene Court is impaired by making
the arbter Of delicate matters out
ide Ct it's proper sphere.
1t is now admitted that the Presi
.ent has suffered from inability for
: everal months. The President him.
elf practically so acknowledged
vhen he wrote to Secretary Lansing
! hat no one could do his work. But
ce-President Marshall, who was
he only one who had a clear right to
a~r the initiative, did not act. 1t is
oubtful if any Vice p, esident wou d
se willing to act under similar cir
{ u.nstances. So ifkhe inability clause
( not in the future to be a nuIIjty
litigation rests Oh Congress to pass
inability law. Grave injury NAV
done to the country if there are
nterregnums during which it is
oresidentless.
New-York tribune., 1920-02-20
A Plea for Forgiveness

TO the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: Inusmuch as Senator Wads-
worth was not the only man in Office
who opposed female suffrage, it seems
to me rather unfortunate that all the
attacks of the uphoiders of women's
political rights should have been CEN
1eFeo upon this one man. now that he ia
candidate for denomination and re-
election. l would suggest to forgive
this ofense on the Senator's part and
not to be so vindictive and think merely
or ourselves any longer, now that the
vote is assured US.
We must at present and In the fu-
ture look. above all, for the interest
OF our country, and therefore we must
try to keep MIR. Wadsworth in the Sem
atc because Of the good and patriotic
service ne has rendc:ed there. He has
had the experience and he has ths
ability. In this reconstruction period.
when the whole world is more or lcsa
upset. it Is essential TO retain MIR.
"adsworth's services and to place as
many men Of his type as we can in
positions Of influence, in order TO re-
store our country to its normal, peace
full condition.
Senator Wadsworth has made a mis-
take IN his position on female suffrage.
such as everybody else is likely to
make but now he has changed his
opinion and fully convinced himself
that women - fully as .h!e as men
In political matters.
sADtk sss7
Republican nominee for on. 80,
s2d Congregational Distric- Ne.
York, II 1913.
New York. Feb. 10. 1920.
New-York tribune., 1920-02-20
Cosrn:c Pac;6sm

Our English contemporary. The
Manchester Guardian, seems rreatlv
exercised over the suggestion of an
American inventor to dispatch a
superefficient rocket, loaded with
scientific recording instruments, to
our celestial next-door neighbor. the
moon. 1t objects with particular
emphasis to one detail of the scheme
Ito wit. the equipment of the rocket
with a sufficient cargo of brilliant
flash powder" whose explosion on
the moons surface would signal the
safe arrival Of the projectile.
The Guardian fears that the blast
would make "a nasty mess Of quite
large patch Of decent body that
up to now has always proved a
friendly enough alien" Hadn't we
better. we are asked, ''fire prelim-
mary shot across Selene's bows and
give the poor thing chance to
surrender without actual damage Co
her complexion" This habit ~
'bombarding other members Of the
solar system without notice does not
go we'll with league Of nations. 1t
is little too like cosmic frightful-
ness"
win due respect to the motives of
Ihe Guardian. it may be rem. -ked
that accc riding to the best scientific
authority the moon has been a dead
oody Tor several hundred million
years. or thereabouts, and conse-
quently \ little explosion or two
would make to her mighty little dif-
ference. But even if one accepts
The Guo rdian's regard for the moon
as an unoffending and sensitive ladv.
Is IT not possible that the arrival of a
'h'pment Of nice. brilliant powder
would be welcomed by her as most
convenient aid to brighten up her
somewhat withered complexion? The
G"ardlaa speaks of "cosmic fright
fu!ness." We are tempted to infer
that its sentimental appeal signifies
merely a. extension of its well
kn"wa attitude toward Affairs Of this
New-York tribune., 1920-02-20
Canada as a Nation

There is talk in Ottawa of keen
ng a permanent Canadian diplo-
'at'c representative in Washington
nd giving him broader functions.
t would greatly strengthen the ar
ument Tor recognition Of Canada's
Independent national status in the
esgue of nations il tt. Dominion
mould maintain such a representa-.
I've in Washington and deal through
I'm with as in matters affecting the
wo countries.
The people and the politicians Of
'snada have entirely misunderstood
: american feeling if they think that
here is any desire here to keen Can.
da out Of the league assembly Or
ven out OF the league council if
- wants to enter either on a ma
= al basis. Our people would be
al to have a neighbor like Canada
pin us ip any international enter.
rise IN which we are engaged. We
10Th have New World views and
emocratic standards. We under.
tand each other easily. Our inter
sts are parallel.
The Lenroot reservation to the
ovsnant 10 intended only a. a pro-
sction to the United States In case
:anada. Australia. New Zealand and
he Union Of South Africa enter the
'ague and expect . operate in it
ot 40 individual :.st,ons but as
parts Of the British En-
ire. II will be easy for them to
the equal stature which
reat Britain has granted them In
- league. II they do demonstrate
and they probably WI be scrupu-
osly Anxtous 70 do se-ths United
'aess viii y marc thaa plAaasd. ana
New-York tribune., 1920-02-20
Is Cavalry Obsolete7

1t Is commonplace Of military
science that the development Of
modern warfare, as exhibited in the
World War. has rend red cavalry
practically useless. The lesson was
demonstrated most efrectually in
France. where British and French
cavalry units fought dismounted
for almost the entire period Of hos
tlties. Instructed by Allied ex
nerience, the American command
did not send a single cavalry unit
overseas; the old mounted units of
the regular army and the National
Guard were utilized a. artillery.
New comes tie sspast that the
New-York tribune., 1920-02-20
Books

At first we were inclined to look at
Prohibition with tolerance, because it
meant a release from all the books
which described what would happen to
81 guinea pig if he were inoculated With
Bronx cocktails. The relief was tempo
rary. for we find That it takes just rs
mich time to read the heartrendng
accounts of the effect Of one drop Of
nicotine placed on the tongue Of dog.
: "In Habits That Handicap" by
Charles B. Towns (Funk & Wagnalls).
we find the following ailments at
tributed directly or indirectly to the
use of tobacco: Brigl,'s disease. apo
ple KY chronic catarrh headache, heart
di ease. lassitude. dizziness. low Schol-
arship, small lung capacity, predispo-
sition to alcoholic excesscs, hardening
Of the arteries, paralysis Of tho optic
nerve, blindness. acid dyspepsia in
omnia. epilepsy, muscular paralysis,
career. lack of appetite. insanity and
.oss Of moral tone. Mumps measles
and beri-beri are sighted in the pres
ent edition.
There is nothing to be said in its
favor" writes Mr.. Towns, "save that
it gives pleasure"
ut ceems." he adds in another por-
zion Of che book, "to give one COM
panionship when one has nonc--some-
hing TO do when one is bored.-keeps
ona from feeling hungry when one is
hungry and bIunts the edge Of hard
ship and worry"
Suppose. then. that every ailment
which Mr. Towns has traced to tobacco
actually lies at it's door---even then Is
the case for tire prohibition of smok-
ing persuasive? OF course, low schol-
arship is a fearful and ahumiliatng
tn 'ng, but we wonder whether it is
mere devastating than lone mess. 1t
is better, we think, to have little las
situde now and then, or even 9 touch
Of acid dyspepsia. than to be without
the weed which gives zone companion
sh p when one has none" And con-
slider the tremendous testimonial in
favor Of tobacco which Mr. Towns has
written when he says that it gives
"scmethng to do when one is bored"
Although We haven't the statistics for
last year yet. we venture the guess that
about SO per cent Of all the people
who die in any one year cease living
because they are bored. Boredom is
the cause Of So per cent Of all act ons
for divorce. It fills our jails. Nations
make war because Of it. Social unrest,
bedroom arces, tardiness, rudeness,
blasr my, crime, lies and yawning in
the presence Of company all rise be-
cause Of it.
And so we are disposed to sit de-
family shoulder to shoulder with other
s''okers and to cry out agains, the foe
who creeps ever closer through the
haze. Bring on your lack of 40.
petite.'"
1t may be true rs Mr. Towns. saws.
that smoking causes loss of moral
tone. bu II the srroxer will save hi.
coupon .~ligiously at the end Of q
Few montns he will able to exchanr.
them for Q book on character building.
Such a book Is THE New Science
OF Analyzing Character" by Harry II.
ea'k'n (Four Seas Company. Mr..
oa Kin tells how may d scover the
lack of some card nal ,irtue merely
ty examining tn sn.p of the head
ano' the ma ore g e. complexion.
ihen he explains how the defec, may
oe remedied Thus. frmness is "situ-
sted al the top Of the head between
vsnssasaoA and sslf-sstesm, and when
New-York tribune., 1920-02-20

"The young woman who wants the
so-called extravagunces." said Mr.. W
B. Simmons. of Chicago; gets the
savings habit, and after her wardrobe
is complete he keeps on saving and
the money goes into the savings bank
The most extravagantly dressed girls
in our factory have the most money
in the bank" Sound economics. to
our notion Take the men who have
the costly motor cars and the royal
raiment. Their bank accounts are
generally larger than the mere pedos-
trans and the wearers' of cheap
clothing.
New-York tribune., 1920-02-20

no trouble with US over the Lenruvt
reservation need be anticipated.
Canada and her sisters--Austra
lia. New Zealand and South Africa
say that they are now nations
within the British Empire. II that
is their real status. it is sensible on
their part to begin to assume, with
Great Britain's cooperation. the out
ward marks and functions Of nation
ality.
New-York tribune., 1920-02-20
The Drinking Man Still Drink.
To the Editor of The Tribune.

To the Editor of The Tribune.
ST.: The editorial In TIE Tribune Of
F.b.o.ry II entitled "Too Soon 10
Tell" ig'ores TIE fact that prohibition
fails as ye, to prohibit. Certainly the
rich have all the '.quor they want: as
for the rest venture the statement.
borne out by personal observation that
the drinking man still gets his drink,
though he pays dear'y for it.
ARTHUR J. LAMB.
New York, Feb. II. 1920
New-York tribune., 1920-02-20

The Chase, Not the Quarry
The scruhwoman
Who wanta "clean" work.
And the concert singer
Who wants manual work
Are both unhappy.
| am happy:
| a. an invalid
Perhaps in year or two
will be we'll,
And then ] will do
Whatever work want most.
But am happy now.
r. l.. S. has the right idea:
1t isn't arriving that counts.
Scrub woman and concert singer,
It's just to be going ,umewhere. 8
New-York tribune., 1920-02-20
The Coming Tower
a ROApsIDE ANECDOTE

Say. We knew Ben Weed. didn't ye--
Chick" Weed we called him at school 7
Well, Ben's gone Guess pr hibition
Jist sort O. preyed on his mind.
Th' last year er so he'd ben chorin'
To tn Workers. up on tn Hill.
Guess they KEEP Oh Ben amovin'.
went up by there one day.
An there was ol' Ben a-diggin'
Dandylines aout O. tn lawn;
Three sheets in tn wind he was, too.
An there he set in tn grass,
A-jabbin' wild with q traowel,
Tnlkin' away to himself
Gle didn't see me ner hear mc).
"Oh gosh" he says-jist like that
gosh,
Gid-dap! G. S. B.
"There are two ways" confdes P.
w., ITO tell theatrical failure with
out going to see it: When you see sn-
nounced tina, the entire cast is going
to play it in London; and when they
advertise that Senator McGuff or Rep
resentative Blinckum says it's the best
play in twenty-five years and should
appeal to all loyal Americans" An
even better way, to our notion, Is this:
When the management, the morning
following the opening, in an advertise
ment written the afternoon before, an
nounces "Triumphal Success"
The death Of r chard Harlow recalls
song he used to sing in 1892" The
words we're r. A. Barnet's, and were
somewhat as follows:
am the Queen who In fourteen and ninety
Can ru. this land and Ferdinand ard maybe
you:
To dote on war have corps Of soldiers
brave.
Ths pomp and show Of peace also I like
wise crave.
In eonfd nee we would say.
For all this we have to pay.
Isabella. Isabella {. a SOVEREIGN Of notoriety
Isabella, tsal ella Is the leader Of gay society
tsabe)ia. IcnNel'A Is lady ~ great pror ricty
None excel her. Isabella, I'm the daisy Queen
Of Spain.
Bowing to none in indecisiveness, our
admiration goes to Mr. Hoover, who
doesn't know what party, if any, he
belongs to. We vAcillators must stick
together.
New-York tribune., 1920-02-20
Americans Slain in Armenia

Americans Slain in Armenia
TO the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: Do the American people know
tfat four American Red Cross workers
nave been killed In Arm Ia and moth
ing has been done about 1t? Do they
res'fze the conditions. in Armenia and
calmly say. "The war is over for.
get tt"1 DEEPLY INTERESTED.
Eass 0sAAes. n j. Feb II. le2A
New-York tribune., 1920-02-20

MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESs
xhs Associa&su Press u exclusively sntited 10 the
. f0 rspu ncation Of ali dispatches creti,,e
u o. no, othsrsise credited In this paper and
leo the local news d spontaneous origin published
srsin-
All rtsnts u republication of al other matter
ssein also ars reserved
New-York tribune., 1920-02-20
An O'd S.oy

From Tn. ,pasbisp'on posf' !.
The rumor that someb dy Is ""
nF III tie treaty hy..t is hea's
swindla.
New-York tribune., 1920-02-20
By
Heywood Broun

large yes height to this part Of the
head. 1t is in d rect line with the
opening of the ear" OF course. it
may not be there. but then all that
cnc has to do is to glance at the bot
tom of the page, whore Mr.. Ba.kin
writes: ITO Gu tivate this faculty it
is important that you complete every
cne Of your undertakings"
Personally. we were much interested
ir che section on acqu si,iveness. 1t
is situated at the anterior inferior
angle Of the parietal bone backward
Of constructiveness. We are not Ger.
ia n just what part of the e d this
is. but we need look nc further than
our bankb ook to realize that we lack
the quality. Fortunately, the remedy
is easy. "1hose who are baehfui in
asking for money that is rightly due
hem are weak in cquisit,veness,"
writes MIR B,lkin They shou d study
the value of things and cultivate the
pride of ownersh D."
Start q bank account" he says later
In this section, but makes no sugges
tion as to what may be used in place
of money. However. perhaps all that
will be disclosed if one follows tn
final piece Of advice, STUDY bioprs
phies of inanciers like j. P. Morgan.
J. D. Rockefeller. Baron Rothschild for
inspiration."
"Self-esteem or dignity" also inter
estsd US. and we intend to 60 in TO,
this. as it seems even easier to acaujr+
than the others. Assume the lea Ter
ship Of difficult enterprises" place
yourself amidst pleasant surroundings
and act the p,rt of a gentleman or
lady at al times"
"Adhesiveness" would not have in
terested is at al, except for the fact
that we did not know just which virtue
it was. However, we discovered one
interesting point In reading Mr. B.l.
kin's remarks on the subject. In his
advice to those who are seeking to at
tasn it he says. "Go into society Shak.
hands heartily" Whenever we have
met anybody in society who used that
firm grip at the moment he remarked
EXCUSE my glove" we Invariably re-
sented it. We felt that he was show
ing OFF. Now we shall merely smile
and say in a low voice. You'll get il
yet. Only remember to smile when
you meet one you have met before"
Cautiousncss Is situated NEAR the
middle Of each parietaI bone, on the
upper side head outward from the
crown, little further back than the
ears. 1t is generally the widest part Of
the back head and frequently inter-
feres with the fitting of hat"
Samuel Butler must have been sore
trial to the haberdashers, because
Henry Testing Jones in his two-vol-
ume memoir about the author of Ere
whom" details the fac: that he had an
affair o: mAny years standing with
woman. named Lucie Dunn 8. and the
biogra pher records. After he had
known her some fifteen years he dis
closed his name and address, and she
occasionally came to tea In his rooms {"
New-York tribune., 1920-02-20

~ saa parehass merchandise advereissl n rHE
Nt0UhG viii ahseiuts safsty--fos II dssat'sfac.
o. rssuits Ii -ay case THE TRieUNe guarantees
=, va your msHey hack upea eesuest. No rea tape.
% sulbblins. We make sssa promptly n the
hvwtiseP doee not
New-York tribune., 1920-02-20
RONnEAI1

I never saw the woman yet.
II rigid spinster or coruettc.
Who'd ever pass a mirror by
Without appraising on the sly
Her dress. from slipper to rosette.
At night she'd scan the silhouette
Her forms reflection would be1et:
The woman who won't even try
! never saw.
However ! must not forget
That mirrors have me In their debt
For aiding me 70 AK my tie,
And set the hauteur in my eve.
The man as modest violet,
l never saw
New-York tribune., 1920-02-20

Al inc "eHpapers should be govern
ment controlled. the co!yumists would
operate we assume. under civil serv-
ice. In that event. we should WORK
until, say. l0:30 p m. If the colyu,n
were not Fl ed by that time. we
should be forced to stop. No; we have
gwen the matter the ripest kind of
deiberation, and our vote is all for
capitalism, private ownership. and
class consciousness.
1T does not require a factory"
says the Spur. ITO make trouble" No.
but the Now Jersey factori.. z.as
enough trouble for the ,esloe:.. =.
Riverside Drive to show the sp. :: us-
ness of the epigram.
"Phone Companies Earning, Grow"
Most of the companies have earned
more wrath during the last fiscal wear
tnan In any year previous.
Count that day lost whose sun d.
scending low
Sees not the official forecast: Rain
~ snov.
New-York tribune., 1920-02-20
When as In silks my Julia goes,
Her bank account just grows and
grows.

Senator Sherman's characterizatl n
Of MIR. Henry Ford as zone Of those
persons who knew everything instan-
taneously from birch" is nept. One
Of the things Mr. Ford was born with
out, it may be recalled. was the knowl-
edge Of who Benedict Arnold was.
"And may say" Senator Sherman
said. that | regard the Ford auto
mobile as an ;nte irrational pest. 1t
destroys more useeul material than
any other sinkhole in the world" The
gentleman from Illinois may say that;
but If he were newspaper editor II
would cost him at least sc.
IL am dead as the proverbisl
doorknob." Edward g. writes 20
Beatrice Fairfax. Dear Miss Fairfax:
We are young man and we want to
know what the proverb is. r. P. A.
One record is achieved in "The Won
derful Thing" So far as we know, in
no other play is the name of char
acter announced without somebody saw
ing, "Show him in"
New-York tribune., 1920-02-20
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 20. 1929.

o~asd and published daii. ~ New vorA Tribune
60. Nsw yosA Corporation. Ogden Reid. t'resd.
'fnf: q. vssnos Rosrrs. vtce President; Helen
ssaoan Nsad escsstAry; z \ suter. Treasurer
.AdsssA. TstNsns Buisdins isA NassAu ssresA New
- zsisph ~. Bsskman 5000,
New-York tribune., 1920-02-20
GUARANTY

ctSrsd ., tho postotnss q, Nov York as Second
Class Mail Matter
New-York tribune., 1920-02-20

Bowing to none in indecisveness, our
doesn't know what party, if any. he
belongs to. We vAcillators must stick
together.
New-York tribune., 1920-02-20

UUDSCRlPrlON RArEs-By man. mcfudtns
NsAss. IN 1HH UNITED STATES AND
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1920-09-14
Record CrOzUd GYeetS
Opera at Coliseum

A powerful tale of the Oriental,
conceived by a master mind and
woven into song by "A master hand
came 20 South Berd's Coliseum Mon
day evening when a record crowd of
local opera gOers were treated 70
Antonio Scotu's presentation of
"L'Oracolo."
Owing TO the peculiar construction
of the structure. the management
happily picked an opera whose set
ting harmonized with the bare un-
finished walls of the coliseum.
"L'OTacolo." or The oracle" takes
place in "Hatchet Row" of the Chi
nese quarters Of San Francisco.
Dawn has come on the Chinese New
Nnears day. the last jewellers wander
down the narrow streets 20 their
novels while the devout few make
their pious way 10 the house of
prayer.
Scott In Lead.
Chin Fem. played by Scott. is
proprietor OF an opium den and
wishes 10 wed the beautiful All zoe,
played by Marie SGndelius. dauShter
Of HoO-Tsin. a wealthy merchant
Hoo-Tsin has also a little son than
whom nothing is dearer TO the
fathers heart. another sutton Of the
maiden Ah-Yoe is San-Luy.
The merchant. Hoo-Tsin eonsults
the learned doctor, Win-Shee as tc
the future of the lad and the wise
man foretells ira sic events shadow
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1920-09-14
LEGION MEN PLAN
MEMBERSHIP DRIVE
md MINSTREL SHOW

Mem bers Of the tentative commi-
tee in charge Of arrangements for a
monster American Legion spectacle
10 be staged here I'm November met
Monday night in the offices of the
Lamport- Macdonald Company. J. ".
: Bids. 20 discuss preliminary tao
ticcs for what promises 10 be the
beginning of a powerful offensive
for the local post.
The objective selected for the
drive Is an increase i'm membership
for the Post NO. 90 and funds upon
which 20 operate the post according
20 plans most beneficial 10 wounded
comrades needy dependents and
foreign born residents OF St Joseph
county This latter is in line with
the America nisauon program which
the American Legion is carrying on
IN q nationwide campaign
\. r. Macdonald presided at the
meeting which was called by Com
nander Geo. ". FreyCTmuth of Post
No. so. Elton Crepeau. who spent
a number OF years with the Field
Ministries. was selected 10 head Tho
permanent committee on cast
The November feature VIII be In
the main = minstrel with a cast M
wards Of so men and 25 womer
most OF whom have had experience
in cantonment. and overseas enter
tainment