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New-York tribune., 1920-03-03
The Last Of the ''Brigadiers"

John II. Bankhead, who died on
Monday, was the last surviving Con-
federate veteran in the United States
Senate. There was a time, as late
as the second Cleveland Administra-
ton, when you couldn't throw
stone from the Senate gallery to-
ward the Democratic side without
hitting confederate brigadier."
In very recent years Alabama was
represented In the Senate by two
Confederate generals, John T. Nor
gan and Edmund w. Pettus. Nor
gan's great reputation as an orator
and statesman had long eclipsed his
reputation as soldier. Pettus was
cne of the most original and delight
full patriarchs who ever sat in the
Senate. He had fought in the Mexi-
can War as we'll as in the Civil War,
and didn't come to Washington until
he was seventy-six years old. Pugh,
his predecessor, had refused to in
dorse him for appointment as Fed
eral judge, on the ground that he
was "too old" "If I'm too old to be
judge" said Pettus, "Im not too
old to be Senator" So he made
a campaign for Pugh's seat and
won it.
In Morgan's earlier days nearly
every prominent Southern Senator
was former Confederate soldier.
South Carolina sent Hampton and
Butler; North Carolina, Matt RAN
som; Georgia, Gordon and Colqutt;
Mississippi, Walthall and George;
Louisiana, Gibson and Eustis:
Texas, Coke; Arkansas, Berry; Ten,
nessee, Bate and Harris; Missouri,
! Cockrell; Kentucky, Blackburn; Vir-
ginia, Malone "a Republican, and
Daniel; Florida, Pasco; West Vir-
ginia, Kenna and Faulkner.
1t was collection of eminent men,
strong in debate, winning in man.
ners and character, completely rep
resentative Of their section. With
them sat Vest, once Senator in
the Confederate Congress; Reagan,
Postmaster General of the Confed-
eracy, and Vance, the War Cover
nor Of North Carolina. The Senate
in that period felt and used it's
New-York tribune., 1920-03-03
Gripping the Tenement House
Department

The Dodge-Leininger bill now be-
fore the Legislature would confer
on the Board Of Appeals the power
to annul orders and decisions Of the
Tenement House Department. 1t
strikes out Of the charter the SEN
tence which reads: "The Board Of
Appeals shall not vary or modify
the tenement house law or any rule
or regulation or ruling Of the Tene-
rnent House Commission" Thus it
attacks the whole policy on which
tenement house regulation in the
City of New York has been founded
for the last twenty yea.t.
The Board of Appeals now hears
appeals from the decisions of the
superintendents Of buildings, the
Bureau of Fire Prevention and cer-
tain other agencies charged with
powers relating to buildings in the
City of New York. 1t also hears
appeals from the zoning ordinance.
But there is little similarity be-
tween these departments, to ali Of
which some discretionary powers
ere granted, and the Tenement House
Department, deriving it's powers
from the tenement house law, whose
provisions are in general manda-
tory. The superintendent of build
ings have wide latitude in passing
upon questions of construction; there
may be good ground for the policy
OF placing a superior authority to
regulate the use which they make
of the discretion committed to them.
But the Tenement House Depart
ment has substantially nothing to
do with materials or stresses and
strains, which furnish a very con-
siderable part of disputed questions
in construction.
On the 10000 tenement houses In
the city thousands Of orders are
issued annually. Under the law as
proposed, any Of these orders may be
made the subject of an appeal to the
BOARD of Appeals, even though it be
true that the Board of Appeals
would have jurisdiction only over
some of them. Whether the board
had jurisdiction or not could be deter
mined only after hearing, and the
main object sought by the appellant,
viz. to obtain delay, would be ac-
complished, even if the board gave
the owner no relief. The bill is so
sweeping that it seems reasonable
to assume that It's introducers were
not aware Of It's full purport.
For years enemies of decent hous-
ing have fathered bills to confer on
sosne outside authority the power
now vested In the Tenement House
Commissioner. Every one knows the
reason. The tenement house law
prescribes minimum requirements
only; in the light of modern
hygienic advance these requirements
arV below even moderate standards
for health and safety Should an
New-York tribune., 1920-03-03

My Dear Miss -. want to tell
you about an incident that happened
yesterday.
While in one Of the - candv stores
young woman came to me and asked
me II did not remember her. re-
called her face Immediately and placed
her as a graduate of one of our East
Side schools.
In the course of our conversation she
told me that she had been graduated
from Public School 13 in 1915. after
which she had a short business
course. She is now assistant
manager OF the candy stores
at salary Of s25 a week, plus
bonus or commission on all
the sales Of the store over a certain
amount tmaking about $40 week.
She told me that they had several teach.
ers who came in after school during the
week and on Saturdays, as she put it. "to
add to their few pennies" and with q
most patronizine air offered like posi-.
tions to any other teachers who would
come.
This young woman, not yet eighteen,
and with three months training in a
business school, has a yearly salary
equal to mine. I am graduate of a
city training school and of the Domestic
Art Department. Of New York Univer-
sity. supervise and am responsible
for the handwcrk of more than twelve
thousand of our city's children, and vet
At my maximum salary just equal this
girls initial wage.
Do you wonder that you cannot fill
your vacancies1
New-York tribune., 1920-03-03

authority be created with powers to
reduce them still further?
Those who are convinced of tho
great service which the Tenement
House Department has rendered In
the Improvement Of tenement house
conditions in the last twenty years
should bestir themselves to see. that
the Dodge-Leininger bill does not
bass,
New-York tribune., 1920-03-03
A Hospitable People

Everybody knows that America
imports its fashions in dress and
painting and sculpture and lltera-
ture direct and complete from Paris,
London and other points East.
What every one does not seem to
know is that in it's alertness to In
vestigate European products Amer
lean taste sometimes beats Europe
to an artistic discovery and ap-
plauds en- artistic labor by a trans
atlantic creator before his fellow
countrymen have altogether ap-
proved him.
There was George Meredith, for
example. We have seen laborious
arguments put forward by English
men to prove that Meredith was not
an unappreciated genius at home
while fiourishing here, but the testi-
mony Of the author himself seems
reasonably conclusive the other way.
Meredith always had a warm spot in
his heart and warm greeting for
Americans, to whom he was indebted
for appreciation and a cordial read
ing while England was still hesitant.
To the superficial eye such an Incl
dent touching an author of such
singular genius and unique labor
might seem to argue that there was
after all germ of rather extraor-
dinarily discriminating taste in this
country.
Now comes Lord Dunsany III an
interview in The Bookmnrs and gives
another small item Of evidence.
Says he:
ut ts only in your country that
my attempts have been appreciated.
/ have no fame in England / have
scarcely any ranking among the
authors Of my own country; you
know many more of them than do;
but am grateful to your nation for
thrive upon appreciation, and Ineed
the sort of encouragement that has
been granted to me by your hos
pitable people"
The interviewer was Mr.. CLAYTON
Hamilton, and he had cited the
jocose remarks of Sir Arthur Pinero
in discussing the comparative fail
ure Of "Mid-Channel" in London and
its comparative success in New
York: ."1f it were not for America
we couldn't keep alive" Mr.. Ham
ilton, having had some experience
with American culture as it flocks
to lectures, was disposed to be pessi-
mistic in his rating of American
brains as applied to art. Lord
Ounsany insisted upon his point.
Our public was Surprisingly alert"
Moreover, In America Lord Dunsany
had met many people who were mot
ASHAMED to talk of art" In Eng
land nowadays the subject is
laughed away from the carpet"
We return to Lord Dunsany's
wod "hospitable." 1t is a quality
tha' may err on the side ofundis-
crlninating curiosity. But we like
Its sound, and we are glad that Lord
Du1sany thought it fitte( Next to
New-York tribune., 1920-03-03
Now We Know

tFrom the Mil,cautee Jour,taU
The report that the President has an
unruly temper must be reassuring to
those who have been 80 much afraid
he was an autocrat
New-York tribune., 1920-03-03
The Coming Tower
A BALLADE OF A BALLADE

S~~>>~~~~A~~A> A~AAA<ASAA~~A~
It's silly write ballade
That drops like thousand Of brick;
Whose very foundation is bad,
And licked into shape by trick,
With words that pedant might pick
From out Of thoughts deepest abyss;
A weighty ballade makes me sickI
1t ought to be chatty--like this.
Another thing, too, makes me mad
As mad as the very old Nick!
When people say, "Oh, It's a fad,
I'll do you one off In tickl"
1t strikes mo as just bit thick,
When tho lines seem to simmer and
hiss;
And each stanza winds up with kick.
1t ought to be chatty--like this.
OF course, I'd be awfully glad
If any Tom, Harry or Dick
Could catch up pencil and pad
And genius would kindle its wick.
But If chap writes like hick,
And ignorance is his chief bliss,
His works bound to stumble and stick;
1t ought to be chatty--like this.
L'ENvoI:
r. P. A., your perceptions are quick,
The thing can't be done hit or miss;
Though 1t mustn't be polished too
Slick
1t ought to be chatty~~liks this.
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New-York tribune., 1920-03-03
4 Letter From Dulcinea Smith
Frank Deara

rank U0ar9
A primrose by the river brink ia, as
you we'll know, only a rather insignifl-
cant flower to many people, if you
know what I mean. Therefore, am
sure that Smiths Is Smiths, just as
pigs is pigs" They don't seem to
realize that the soul Of Smith may
be more Of a twenty-five carat sort
than the soul Of Vanderhawken or q
Wellington Smythe. Do you discern
my point, or don't you?
You know, dear Frank, that many
books have been written about the
Smiths. Frank II. Spearman once
wrote about "Whispering Smith, /"
and Caroline Lockhart turned out a
best seller yclept "Me-Smith." Jo-
sephine Daskam Bacon wrote whole
book called "Smith College Stories" )"
and George Broadhurst told us "Why
Smith Left Home"
Just the other day was thinking
of the big part chat the Smith family
has played in tho affairs of tho world
and found myself wondering Just how
many Smiths living to-day could trace
their source Of being back to Joseph
Smith, founder Of the Mormon Church.
Hal Ha! That's Just a pleasantly,
Frank. Every one is SO serious nova
days, don't you think? Even dry wit
is not appreciated any more in these
thirsty times. You see, I Just can't
help it, Frank dear!
At any rate, Smith College is asking
every blooming Smith in these United
States to donate dollar to the cause
of teaching tho young idea at Smith
how to shoot straight Good idea.
don't you think, Frank? I'll say it is.
Love for all the folks, including your-
self. "Over the river"
DULCTNEA SMITH.
New-York tribune., 1920-03-03
Selling Candy
Why H Is a Better Career
Than Teachine
To the Editor Of Tho Tribune

10 the Editor Of Tho Tribune.
Sir: I believe II you will print the
appended letter which was sent to M.
and for which vouch, 1t will be Of in
terest to your readers. The stories of
the shortage Of teachers are In no wav
exaggerated. Our schools are in a
critical condition. e
New York, Feb. 27, 1920.
New-York tribune., 1920-03-03

The original arti- ti-Prohibitionist .c
cordlng to Octopus, was Robert Brown.
ing, who thus expressed himself, in hi,
"1n a Gondola":
Dear Lory, may his beak retain
Ever its delicate rose stain"
New-York tribune., 1920-03-03
susscarr1oN aArxs-sy
GUARANTY

vss 90 psEsAsss mershsadlss advertised h rhg
rAI0uME with absolute safscfs-tee Il dlssatisfas.
4sa rssuits Il any sass rHE faisuNt guarantees
- psy ysW msasy hash uses ssauest. Ne red taps.
Ne. eulbhiins. Va make eood prempty II the
edvertisse dess ast
New-York tribune., 1920-03-03
Mr,fpER or rHr AssocrAr

MEipER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
xhs Associated Press u exclusively entitled to the
Deo for republication Of an nova dispatches creditc<l
e Il o, not otherwise credited In this paper and
also the local of spontaneous origin published
AsEcin.
An rtshts Of republication Of all ether matter
herein also arc reserved
New-York tribune., 1920-03-03

We should like to comment on the
non-appearance of "Nicky" Arnstein.
and speak of the standing head "Arn-
stein Due Today; but just as sure
as we did such thing, making up at,
say, p. m., "Nicky" would show up at
$3.50. and the story on the front page
would show US up. A paragrapher
learns not to trust the weather out Of
his sight.
New-York tribune., 1920-03-03

You might imagine that "Nicky'' had
mailed himself in Cleveland a week
ago.
New-York tribune., 1920-03-03
L'ENvo1:

II the subscriber uses profanity over
tho telephone his contract gets cam
celedI or so the tradition is. Now,
then, 1t is impossible, these busy days,
to use the telephone without employ
ing strong words. And 80, G. 8. K.
suggests over the telephone, why not
change tho designations of exchanges ?
Then to "Number, please you could
reply in words to the effect Of
"Heaven's Sake 8oe4," "Mercy Me $685."
and "Plague Take 1t 5712."
Mr.. Percy MacKaye's "George Wash
ington," according to most Of the
critics, 10 uninspired. Perhaps Mr.
MacKaye went to the wrong fountains
for his inspiration. There Is only one
real source Of Washington stuff, and
that is "Our Country's Father" by
Charles Rozell Alloway. printed in this
Ukelele of Uplift In 1908. All we re-
call iss
He met a widow named Mrs. Martha
GUSTS,
And they were married At \ court Of
justice.
The polyvamous urge In men is COM
mon, take II from the Freudians. But
perhaps 1t clogs. At any rate, an ad-
vertisement In the Fitchburg, Mass,
Sentinel states that "All round married
man desires position ON farm"
William Dc Morgan" says John
Blake in the Evening World, "past
sixty, Is writing better novels than he
could possibly have written at forty"
Does Sir Oliver Lodge know this7
New-York tribune., 1920-03-03

1t takes all kinds Of persons to swell
census report, including q patriot
so intent upon Personal Liberty that
he thinks the Socialists ought to be-
unseated and feller ought to be al
lowed to drink all the liquor he wants
They are talking Of moving Brewer.
Idaho, to New Jersey.
Attorney General Palmer's campaign
slogan probably is "212 degrees Amcri-
canism."
Evening star., 1920-01-18
Did Washington Dentist fnventNVirele

above the1 circumambient atmosphere
the deyotee of science and the solemn
student OF nature may gather the un-
written messages Of interest or affec-
tion from the silent solitudes OF ma
ture and the .cerulean depths Of
heaven with unerring. accuracy. and
transmit them to the denizens OF all
lands by the mundane machinery Of
telegraphic instrumentalities.a~. e- -fs
TT Understand that the highest au-
thorities on electricity bothsiR Amef-
ice and Europe sustain Fhe theory
upon which this project is based, to-
wit: That the earth is negatively
electric. and that the atmosphere
above the earth is positively electric,
increasing In proportion. as. you. as
cend above the level Of 'tidewater.
The project here proposed is simply
10 connect the air a. n certain alti-
tude (three or, -four miles. IL you
please, above the level of the sea)
with the tidewater level of the earth
by means of wires. thereby conrplet-
ing the electric current.
During the course of his remarks
Representative Bingham said: "The
only way to. know whether what is
here proposed lis, practicable. either
for purposes of telegraphy or for the
Evening star., 1920-01-18
THE Work of Dr.. Mahlon Loomis Demo-
ton, But He Failed to Obtain Financial
Made Of Early Invention and Appeal to C|
Dentists. Diary. Il. ,,.,.

a. proposition rfof ''esta blisliinE' an
aerial telegraph? And all this the
House of Representative listened TO,
and the Congressional Globe gravely
prints! And yet there are those who.
affect to be surprised that men OF
sense and character withdraw them
selves from our public life! When
some one asked the philosopher. Cra-
tes why he took no interest in state
affairs he calmly made answer: How
can 1 trouble myself about public af-.
fairs when they are given over to the,
hands of blockheads?'
Another editorial said: "A genius
in the. District of Columbia has dis
covered a means or telegraphing
without wires or cables.
Senator Sumner we'll remarked that
the scheme was either all moOnshine
Evening star., 1920-01-18

"As III dispensing with. the double
wire. (Which was first used In tele-
sraphing), making use Of but one. sub.
sthutihg the earth instead of wire
to form one-half Of the circuit, 80 L
now dispense with both wires, using the
earth RS one-half the circuit and the
continuous electrical element far above
the earth's surface for the other part
of the circuit, ! also dispense with all
artificial batteries. hut use the free eIecS
tricity Of the. atmosphere, cooperating
with that Of the earth, to supply the
electrical dynamic force or. current for
telegraphipg and for other useful pur-
poses, such as hight. heat and motive
power.
"As atmospheric electricity is found
more and more abundant when moisture.
Evening star., 1920-01-18

or an epoch in telegraphing that
marked a most wonderful improve
ment in science. Before Congress- ap-
propriates $4,000 to its development.
as proposed, II would BE well to find
out which,"
On July 30. 1872, Mr.. Loomis was
granted a patent covering his inven-
ton, the specifications being, as fol-
lows: "Be it known. that /, Mahlon
'1.oomis, dentist, of Washington, Dis
tfict of Columbia, have invented or
discovered a new and improved mode
of telegrapifins and of generating
light, lieat ana motire power; and
do hereby declare taat the, following
Is e fa,l .deseF yp.! iptlep, ,hsrsof::fsri = .-a
The. nature Of my invention ,of' ais
.cavery. consists, In general terms. or
utilizing natural electricity and sstab->
fishing an electrical current or circuit
for telegraphic and. other purposes with
out the aid of wires. artificial batteries.
or cables TO form such electrical cir.
(. i'ut. and yet communicate from, one con-
tbfent- OF The globe to Rnotlies.. n, an
Ssb'e others stiiied In eiectricai. ,,c,e ,;c.
tcen4ake usc aofsmy dfsceve,ty, rw,y,. nro.
'tesa 'tossiesvrlbf7 the aars,,.e ,,,es,,.: ss,,
mode >of~optration. - &ssti -. = s.G..
Evening star., 1920-01-18

clouds. heated currents OF air and othA'
err dfssipating< influences are left below
and greater altitude attained. my PLAN
is to seek as high an elevation as prac-f
ticable on the tops of high mountains,
and thus penetrate Or establish. else
trical connection with the atinolphsric
.stfatum or ocean o1erlying Ideal dis
turbahces.. Upon these siiointain TOPS
erect suitable towers and apparatia !, !
to attract the electricity, or. III. other
words. to disturb the Electrical equilis'
briumsi and thus ohtain.sa current sof
electricity. or S-sho6ass' or pulsatiopNi,
which traverse Or. disturb the positive
electrical body Of the atmosphere above
aadsbetween fwo given points, by COM
municatiag It to tho negative electrical
body In the earth below to FORM the
electrical circuit, =. as. q = s''' ~,
Z deem it'expedlent to- use an In
sutated wire or conductor as forming
a part Of the local apparatus, and for
conducting the electricity down to the
loot, OF the -,aountaip, on rs far away
as may he convenient for telegraph
osfne. orE,to utilize it for other pur-,
Fofes. i"s., ~, ..,st ~ u, 80 -. 80.
- do not cisinf any new Ike yboard,
NOR amy new slpIiabs OF sisna's; LIDO
Evening star., 1920-01-18

purposes OF utilizing electricity for
light OF heat or motion, is to try it;
and there is no way to try 1t, ] ap-
prehcnd.- without some considerable
use of capital. I pray the House to
consider ii favorably and allow 1t to
pass. If 10 good comes of II there
can be. no harm, and favorable action
by the House of Represe ntatives on
the bill :wiii.signify to the world that
the, House is disposed to consider, and
not treat with derision' ard seorn,
every endeavor to- better in some sort
the, condition of individual' and col
lectiye man
** ~
james q. RIsine. was Speaker of me
House durlns- tltis 'isisci,ssf6G. O(lfci'
/, Monument members We're, Eugene
Hale. william y. Frye. S. $. cox, y.
h. Butler. samuel J. Randall, James
Beck, Jeremiah NJ. Rusk and William
4. Wheeler. , 4-.
A New YORK. newsrape printed this
singing editorial rebuks: WHO " iii
rot. be ediaed' 70 know tsst the lbls
OF ti,c tfouxs OF espreseitWttves' Mas
ts;lss Il 's,o for a, ilo6rr orsnSre oscnfns
r.,.l,y Ivy 'su r,abeaistes sration yif4.air
7fr Uehi.r o, Mith4aNh III .eppvrt Vf
Evening star., 1920-01-18

Tn order 10 thoroughly appreciate
the esriy discoveries and suceessful
demonstrations OF pr. Loonlts , It.
/. should be borne IN. mint That ir Was
Evening star., 1920-01-18
ny n. o. nIsHOP.

y will be a surprise to most people
Of Washington to learn that DR..
Mahion Loomis. " dentist, whose
The Press., 1920-11-18

Senator George P Mclean of Con- necticut has been notified by the navy department that he will have an ap- pointment to make to the U. S. Naval Academy at Annapolis in June 1921, and the civil service commission will hold competitive examinations in Hartford, New Haven and Bridge port on December 11th, 1920 ill the federal buildings at nine o'clock a. m. A principal and three alternates will be selected from the four boys stand ing highest in the preliminary exami- nation in accordance with their rat ings certified by the civil service com mission. If any of the boys in Con- necticut desire to take the preliminary competitive examination, they should report at the federal buildings in the above designated cities on December 11th, 1920, at nine o'clock a. m. No. permit is necessary but candidates must have been actual residents of Connecticut for one year or more and not under sixteen or over twenty years of age; not less than five feet two inches in height between the ages of sixteen and eighteen, and not less than five feet four inches in height between the ages of eighteen and twenty. AS the medical examination is very strict it would be advisable for all candidates to be examined before taking the mental examination. If there is any other information the candidates desire they should communicate with Senator Mclean direct.
The Press., 1920-11-18
WATCHES GIVEN SEVERE. .TE.T
Bureau of Standards at Washington Will Give Certificate of Accuracy
 to Any Timepiece.

Comparatively few people know that any person can send his watch to the bureau of standards at Washing ton for testing to ascertain if 1t qua'- flies as a timepiece of the highest as Glass A." The privilege Is used chiefly by watch manufacturers, the Illustrated World tells us who accompany each tested timepiece with government certificate.
 To ascertain the accuracy of time piece it Is placed in a large glass-front refrigerator equipped with automatic devices that keep the temperature at a fixed point, in which the watch runs" for stated periods at various degrees of heat and cold. When the regulator has been set the flow of cold air from the ice chest above the watch chamber is controlled by thermo- static device, and. when necessary. warm air Is introduced from the out side. The three temperatures at which all watches undergoing the test are kept are 45. 70 and 95 degrees Fahrenheit.
 To qualify in Glass A." watch must not vary more than four or nve seconds from correct time, and, in addition, 1t must be able to repeat It's performance In a variety of positions and under varying conditions. In all there are eleven specifications in the test, some of them involving technical calculations.
 Any variance madt by the watches under test from correct time IS re- corded by means of chronograph.