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The New York herald., 1921-02-27
Where Tried Men Are Needed.

Since confirmation by the Senate
Of the two Interstate Commerce Com
mission appointments now pending
has become a mechanical impossi-
bility owing to the near approach OF
adjournment, movement Is on foot
to induce Senator HARDING to renom-
mate the present acting members i'm
mediately upon his inauguration as
President. The purpose Is to secure
unbroken and undiminished action by
the commission, which would be
badly crippled by reduction OF its
membership. II IS also thought well
to retain in the public service two
Commissioners who now have ten
months experience In the work, who
have actually many important ques-
tions in hand and whose conduct
while In office has given universal
satisfaction.
The two unconflrmed Commission
ers are Professor HENRY JONES FoRp
Of Princeton and MARK w. PorTEH
OF New York. Both are Democrats
but neither is politician nor a MILL
tant. Nor does their political allie
glance complicate the situation in any
way. President HARDING will have
four appointments to make immedi-
ately. Besides the two places filed
ad interim, there has heen for months
one actual vacancy, President WIZ
SONS nominee for It never having
qualified and Commissioner RoBEar
w. WooLLEY resigned on January 1
and no one has been named to take
his place.
Under the law two of these places
must be filled by Democrats and two
by Republicans. Naturally the new
President will select two members of
his own party for the two vacancies.
Since he must appoint Democrats 1t
is argued that he may well choose
the two who have experience in their
favor and who have demonstrated
their usefulness as members Of the
commission. 1t is understood that
their colleagues set a high value on
the work already done by Messrs.
FonD and POTTER and earnestly desire
their continuance on the commission.
The organization Is overloaded with
work Of the highest Importance to the
railroads and the public and fears the
delay involved in the breaking in Of
four new members at once.
The New York herald., 1921-02-27
more banks than any other man in

more banks than any other man in
the United States"
Despite his evil reputation STARE
always had some friends of infu-
ence; many wealthy Oklahomans
stood by him and several Oklahoma
State officials aided him. He could
not say that he had no chance to re-
form. These men believing In him as
serted all he needed was help. STARE
himself was ever declaring his inten-
tion OF living straight. He tried
studying law and running farm, and,
failing in these, he turned to motion
pictures, with himself as hero. In
this, as. in everything else he under
took, he failed.
He had always said that II the
Jameses could beat back" he could.
But the present situation in Okla
homa is not analogous to that a quar-
ter Of century ago in Missouri.
JESSE JAMES had gone to st. Joseph
with the intention Of bargaining with
the State officials for his pardon when
he was killed. His brother FRANK
was pardoned and died on a farm
near where he was born and where
he made a poor living by exhibiting
himself az q reformed robber. KIT
DALTON, the reputed brains Of the
gang, was pardoned by the Governors
Of Kentucky and Tennessee, and lived
quietly In Memphis until his death
few years ago. OF all the notorious
band but one, JIM CUMMINGS, Is re-
ported to be alive. But when all
these men had the opportunity to
start over they were getting along in
years; they had begun to lose their
dash and nerve and new wrinkles had
come into train robbery which were
making 1t q dangerous occupation.
Dying booted and spurred had lost its
early fascination for them. The only
time to be sure OF O bandits refor-
nation Is when he is too old to work
at his trade. STARE overlooked this
great principle OF his vocation. He
was too young to reform.
The New York herald., 1921-02-27
Let Her Children Call Her Blessed.

To THE New YoRx HERALD: once
heard q young man say to his mother
when she was wondering IL her life had
been worth while: II think to bring a
child into the world, to care for him
as you have done for me, to train him
in ways of uprightness, in kindness and
consideration for others. to be brave and
manly and clean In thought and word
that is big worth while, mother"
Let "A. W.'s'' children tell their
mother this OF what she has done for
them, toll how her care and training
have helped and arc helping them in
their lives and work. And let them
not stop with telling once. but lot her
know OF times when her influence Is
helping in different place, and that they
must do well and right for her sake.
Let her children rise up and call her
blessed" while she Is with them to
hear it. A. Il.
ALBANY, February &c.
The New York herald., 1921-02-27
John Habberton's Best Seller.

The Centennial year saw the first
publishing of two American best sell
ers the popularity Of which must
make authors OF to-day sigh with
envy. One OF these was '"The Adven-
lures Of Tom Sawyer The other was
"Heen's Babies" the author Of which,
JouS uABBERToY, died on Friday xst
at the age OF 20.
MARX TwArx's classic HSss.
Helens Babies" is dead but not FOR.
rot. To-day there must be many
thousands OF men and women, oil the
way from 40 to 100 years old, who
read on HABBEBroS's death with n
sense Of personal loss az they cast
their memory lines back to tho book
sensation Of 1876.
Let the struggling author OF to-day
take heart from JOHN HABBEnToN's S
experience. One publisher refused
"Helen's Babies" because he said II
was too short. Another declined on
the ground that his was an adults
field aud he feared that the story was
TOO childish. A third, whose standard
Of youthful rectitude probably was Dc
rived from "Sandford and Merton, -
insisted that "Helens Babies" had q
bad moral slant, although Mr.. HAB-
BEEToN was at the time the literary
editor OF the Christian linton.
But at last the book, small and
trivial as 1t seemed, found publisher.
IT'S audience arrived instantly. A
quarter Of n million copies were sold
Ia the United States. AS that was a
period when book borrowing was pop
ular 1t is likely that five million per-
sons--an eighth Of the entire popula
The New York herald., 1921-02-27
Nv Dream Girl. !

Prem the Los AnSeIes Tirhes.
flushed Is tho wind and all the stars ara
sleepingi
A radiant presence. tingcd with dreams,
Is creeping
To our old tryst beneath the pine trees
signing.
And all my heart, with yearn!n-s
strange is crying.
"She comes the dream girl have long
awaitedr"
Sec where she stands with arms cut
stretched Ills fated
That W. should meet in dreams. In
this life never
Can she be minei No power on earth
can sever
Tho union OF our soulsl But am crav-
ing
The fragrance OF her lipsi 'twould be
the saving
OF one who Wallis alone in pain and
sorrow
And breads the path that he must chocae
the morrow.
flushed Is the wind and all tho stars
are sleeping
She has departed hence and am weep
ing.
ret have 1 kissed her handsi In this
carcssing
She leaves with me my Ideals and her
blessing.
And they VIII guide me TO that glorious
ending
"Trom death to Nfo." while she Is DER
mo bending.
RALPH YouHoHUsB1ep.
The New York herald., 1921-02-27
Taxing Motor Truc,,.s.
The Inspiring Weight a Factor il
Calculating Road Damage.

To THE New York HERALD The greap
reason FOR tho existence OF the motor
truck Is that the public demands It, be-.
cause greater quantities OF goods in
small lots can be transported by 10
faster and for less cost than by any
other carrier. The railroads do not
compete with the truck In short haul
traffic, and I believe they realize 1t.
Their field lies IN carrying large ship
ments over considerable distances.
By all means let the motor truck pay
It's Just share In the upkeep and re-
newal OF highways. but let US insist ON
the justice thereof. It would be a mis-.
take to set q prohibitive tax rate on all
trucks above a certain arbitrary cas-
pacity, in the present instance 4.ssss
tons. The Government has issued bulis.
tins showing that in tests a - tom
chain driven truck damaged the roads
actually less than three ton worm
driven truck. Cognizance should bo
taken OF such elements.
Further. pneumatic tires produce less
impact than solids. This also should
be recognized. t'rhere are several other
factors governing road wear that should
be taken into account, because this In
a time when costs should be kept down
and legislation which may penallzs q
certain form OF transportation unfairly
may thereby add to the prices OF many
commodities handled by T.
Let US try to introduce a correction
factor based on inspiring weight ints
truck tax calculations. 70 that those
big trucks which do relatively little dam
age with their very wide tires may con-
tinue to carry large burdens OF necessi-
ties with despatch-and with only ono
loading and unloading-for the benefit
OF the many consumers, and so that the
revenue paid by any truck TO the state
may be strictly In accordance with tho
actual wear it is responsible for, ana
not merely in compliance with an emplr-
icai ruling convenient for the legislators
but which any man connected with the
automotive business knows IL wrong.
KEITH Ro4LrN NASvu.lr.
IfxMpsTrAD. February 2e.
The New York herald., 1921-02-27
SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 27. 1921.
A Solution of the Indemnity.

III her attitude with regard TO the
German indemnity we must assume
that france has fully counted the
cost OF her militant ultimatum to
Germany. One week ago to-day THE
NEW YoRK HERALD discussed this
situation, urging that the Allies be
guided by broad, deep wisdom In
whatever steps were taken at the
London conference. In this article
we said that Germany should pay all
she can pay without being degraded
10 the level Of serfdom or driven into
an alliance with Bolshevist Russia.
This now dangerous question goes
very far beyond the relations of
France to Germany and of Germany
TO france. 1t is no more local than
was the great war itself. 1t inter-
aces with the whole world.
1t is possible that we are too far
away from the problem to get the right
view Of II and it is possible that
France is too close TO the problem TO
re it in the right perspective.
However this may be, We are COM
s.led to say that we view with
:. avest concern this whole indemnity
$. situation, tense as It now is. II looks
TO another world confla grafton unless
diplomacy takes the place Of the
mailed fist. The summonlng OF FocH
TO London by Premier Bn1AND either
means business or means bluff.
In q deadlock like this Isn't there
u better way than either Of these7
Men throughout the ages have settled
their differences In one of thr,. ways
by brute force or in the courts or
through arbitration. As there is no
court that has Jurisdiction In the case
" nations there remain only two
Ways Of settling the differences be-
tween Germany and France, following
the scheme of nen--force Of arms and
arbitration, and force Of arms should
be unthinkable at this time.
If arbitration has worked well in
settling differences between men why
shouldn't It work well in settling this
dangerous indemnity question be.
tween Germany and France?
1t is the belief Of THE New YORK
HERALD that as arbiter America could
reach just settlement Of this diff
ference that would carry to the last
ounce the indemnity Germany Is ca
pable Of paying and that this indem-
nifty SO determined by a dislntereste,l
third party-a big and powerful na-
tion--would be met BY Germany with
out protest.
The New York herald., 1921-02-27
"h Am l."
All Etymologist's Amendment to y
Chicago Educators Ruling.

To TIID NEW YoEg HERALD: The con-
troversy as to the propriety of using
ut Is me" instead Of TT is r." recently
revived by School Superintendent Ed
ward ]. Tobin of Chicago, is several CEN
turtles old. II arose from tho fact that
from tho earliest times there were in
use IN the languages of Europe two
sounds that served to indicate the per-
son speaking. In English they appear
as Il" and me" the older form Of 'I'
being "1c." Considered etymologically
the correct form Is "It am l." and this
is the way In which the phrase was
used by Chaucsr in "Tho Knightes Tale"
lines 1463 and 1898:
Who coudo rinao in English propreIy
His nartirdom? forsooth It am not L
I am thy mortal 70. and It am
That loveth so hootc Emelie the bright,
That void dien present in hire sight.
And again in ''T'he Schipmannes Tale"
line 212:
Up to htr housbond this wifi is Tycoon,
And knokketh at his doro boldely.
Guy est LAP" quod he. Peter, II am T."
Quod sche.
Then We have the immortal Shake
speare: "a foolish knight; that's mol"
Twelfth Night" Act H., scene 8.
limo 81.
In. the vernacular OF England both "It
is I" and ut is mo- are used. and 'Tt
is mo" nnds greater favor with the
throng. But grammarians are arrayed
against It. They insist that ono nust
always say 1T Is l." never 1T Is me-"
and that the same course must be fol-
lowed with every personal pronoun fol-
lowing the verb "to be- and Il, apposi-
tion with It's subject. The samo sort
Of error Is made In such phrase as
"she is better looking than me-" in
which. II the eliiptical verb were sup
piled. the correct construction would
readily be seen to be "she Is better look-
ing than I (am)."
FRANK II. vrzErKLLY
NEW YORK, February &c.
The New York herald., 1921-02-27
The Thrush Mt BalIybewsr.

From the KansGs City Star.
I wonder In the evening,
In the dusky evening hour,
If thrush Is singing sweetly
In the glen at Ballybower;
II his notes are rapturous. golden,
As on dusk-sweet ewes knew,
When the fairies crept to listen,
AS l stood alone with you.
I'm hoping in the evening.
In the calm, sweet evening hour,
That there's sadness in thrush's song
In far or Ballybower;
That a lingering note of longing
Falls upon your listening ear,
Stirring vague regrets and yearnir.E
Fer a voice you cannot hear.
KATHERINE EBsLNAN.
The New York herald., 1921-02-27
That Zone Flat Phrase. ,
Sentence in the Gettysburg Address
Criticised by Goodwin Smith.

To The NEW YORK HERALD: u. j. y =
wards asks what Goodwin Smith cna>.
acterized as -ii! "one fist phrase" i.
Lincoln's Gettysburg Address. The cha,
acterization Is Professor Smiths, but IN
was his biographer. and not he. whs
said that the phrase is obvious ("Giolys
win Smith, His Life and Opinions" -
Arnold Haultain, pp. 2s5 and 2Se). Anti
1t Is obvious.
Tho address opens with mention Of tile
new nation our fathers brought forth on
This continent. and then, after reference
to the civil war. OF the time testing the
nations endurance. proceeds: 1--WE ara
met on a great battlefield of that war.
We have como to dedicate a portion OF
that field as a final resting place for
those who gave their lives that that
nation. might live"
The fiat phrase Immediately follows.
namely, ut is altogether fitting and
proper that we should do this"
The succeeding words arc these: ''5ut
IN larger sense we cannot dedicate, We
cannot consecrate, we cannot hallow this
ground"
think that all must agree that ths
noble oration, as Professor Smith prop
erly called it, would be the better were
tho phrase in question omitted. Let
any ono who doubts this hear tho ora
ton read first with and then without
the phrase; for, be IL observed It Is not
the thought but the form in which It's
expression was attempted that prompted
Professor Smiths Characterization of tha
phrase. and the thought Is sufficiently
implied in the arst use OF the word
dedicate" without further attempt to
express It. drERY e. DAVIS
WAsIfrNaToN, February 35.
The New York herald., 1921-02-27
A Gentle Woman.

Through the death Of Mrs. JAMES
SPEYER her friends have suffered a
great loss, the city has suffered q
great loss. Her friends and her char
tiles and the institutions to which
she gave aid and inspiration will
miss her keenly, and all Of our six
millions of people will miss her. The
measure Of their loss this vaster
number will never understand, and
yet all these are poorer without her
gentle spirit.
The New York herald., 1921-02-27
So You Are Gone.

So You Arc Gone.
So you are gone, are gone ints the
night,
And I am left in loneliness apart,
As is some island on q vast sea chart
Where no fair sail comes billowing into
sight;
Sc you are gone, who are my soul's
delight,
The one flower IN the garden Of my
heart
That evermore without the aid Of art
Keeps its unfolding petal, pure and
white.
So you are gone. there is no wsrs Or
prayer,
No deep petition flung upon the wind,
VIII win YOU back since duty bids
you go;
Yet haply when some nush Of rnornins
air
Tlnses the sky the awaiting hills be-
hind,
You Will return again and
I shall knowl
CLINTON Sco.LAAag.
The New York herald., 1921-02-27
Poems Worth Reading.
The Murder of the Innocent,.

Suggested by THE NEW Ycrr HrALu'
pictures Of the Rofnanoffs IN exile.
Behold them in the sarden they hav,
made
The hapless children these, whose only
blame
Was that they bore an old Imperial
name,
For this Fate knavishiy with them iaa,
played.
Long months while she her CRUSHING
hand but stayed
To make the gurer OF her cornpassed
camel
This garden whore they toiied to fruit.
age came.
But their hopes withered. while their
doom delayed.
What eyes can see this picture nor grow
dim
For these poor children ever undo,
suard2
This boy. born on the Day OF Seraphim
(The saint THAT could or would not save
his wardi):
HIS sister, too. arms wreathed around
her pet
Whs sees this picture sncs shall no,
forget.
At least count these of the children
lost
Whom Europe through all days TO- come
must mourn
Az flowers from her stem untinely
torn;
These suileless ones were hither, th,ther
tossed,
Then swept Into the flaming holocaust,
Not less than those that In Fair France
were shorn,
Or Belgiuna's darlings who to death
were borne
When first their pathway that blond
werewolf crossedr
Yes, ev'n as they, these, too, were sac
riflced.
Tho Beast that slew them, safe within
his lair
In Moscow's heart, dehe. the creed OF
You ask--youns children in the picture
there,
With haunted eyes--why yet your mur-
derer lives
OF 81 the world forgets, or II forgives |
EDITH NJ. THOMAS.
The New York herald., 1921-02-27

JOHN r. FARR OF Scranton. Pennsyl-
vania, who took his seat IN the House
of Representatives yesterday for tho
first time, having contested the cleo
ton Of his opponent, who was success
ful on the face Of the returns, viii be
paid $4,000 salary md allowances for
serving six days In Congress. IL seems
like h great deal Of money, but II Mr..
FAIR Is O useful, wise and foresighted
lawmaier he may be we'll worth II 20
his country.
The New York herald., 1921-02-27

born in Scotland. though her father was
Rurnsnian boyar. Her popularity was
greatest on this side OF the Atlantic, for
sho sang almost the Same roles az the
famous dramatic soprano Tietjens, whs
was tho idol oe British music lovers.
but who unfortunately did not visit
America until shortly before her death.
Groves Dictionary of Music and Muri-
c.aae. a standard authority, says Of
Parepa-Rosa that she obtained only mod
crate success in opera but won almost
from the frst q great reputation In ora
torio and in tho concert room.
NEW YORK. February 2s. A. Il. q.
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tion-read the book or had 1t read TO
them. Eleven different English edl-
tions appeared, and the book was
translated into French, Italian and
German. Bulge and Toddy and their
relatives became known from the
Rockies 10 the Alps.
JoHN HABBERToN, who was on the
editorial staff of The NEW York HEN
AID for many years after his books
success, was the author Of several
other stories. but only "Helen's
Babies" has at all survived the storms
of time. The man who could paint 80
simply yet convincIngly the way OF q
child as II is portrayed In that little
book was a real artist.
The New York herald., 1921-02-27
Reforming a Bandit.

When the supposedly reformed ban
dit and train robber, HENRY STARE,
was wounded In the raid on bank at
Harrison, Arkansas, his first remark
to his captors was II always expected
10 die with my boots on" Comanche
JACK Sr1LL~ELL, who had known
more bad men when they We're at the
height Of their reign west Of the
Mississippi, and who had trailed, cap
tured and hanged more Of them, per-
haps, than any other Federal official
OF the Indian Territory, gave It as his
opinion that this expression, so often
attributed to men of STAEn's notorious
type, was not so much meaningless
expression Of bravado as q character
istic Of the unregenerate desperate.
One OF the last men STILLwEIL was
called upon to execute--a man, too,
said TO have reformed-gave as his
final wish that he might die with
his boots on. The philosophic old
scouts comment was "The parsons
vaccination never took on fellow who
is so particular about his footwear at
the last minute"
HESEY STARE has often been re-
ferred to as the last OF that notorious
class Of desperadoes who were not
without dashlng bravado and a spirit
of border romance" The despers-
does to whom some parts OF the West
gave this glamour Of romance were
those who at the end Of the civil war
had turned from the guerrilla warfare
Of the Missouri-Ksnsas border strife
to organized gang robbery. They
were largely represented by the bands
Of the James brothers and others who
Immediately followed them. Many
had been among QUANTBELL's raiders,
who had devastated eastern Kansas,
and they had in their own mind a
certain military standing. They were
more or less protected by the com
munities In which they lived, they
we're often assisted in making their
escapes after raid and they we're
not betrayed by their ueighbors.
OF these bands STARR was never
member. He was rather a link be-
tween those robber bands and the
bandits OF to-day, between the days
Of the Blue Cut holdups, when the
robbers levied their tribute from
sleeping coach 20 mail car, and mount
ing their horses under q final fusil-
lade Of shots rode away over the Mis-
souri, hills with $4,000 or $4,000 in
loot, and the present bandits who
gain access TO a mail car and pitch
out sacks containing a quarter Of
million TO their confederates In
waiting automobile.
STARR was Cherokee, one Of the
Five Civilized Tribes Of the Indian
Territory. The people OF his tribe had
dropped their blankets, had turned
to farming and we're sending their
children East to be educated when
Inc began bis career. They did not
protect him--their hands we're against
hlm--and the only refuge that he, his
sister BELLE and his brother BILL,
who made up the first Starr band, ever
found was in the eastern hills OF the
Cherokee Nation. His train robberies
we're comparatively few; the reason
perhaps was that he could seldom col
iect a large enough body of men in
whom lie had confidence for such an
undertaking. II may he true, though,
as ne himself said, Il have robbed
The New York herald., 1921-02-27
John Keats.

'Hers lies one whose name IS writ IN water"
Yea, writ In water" child Of the earth
and sky,
Sprung from the sod, yet winging from
on high:
Cntainted, blithe, in beautys passion
strong
And shlmmering with the rainbow hues
OF songl
JOHN JnnoMn ROONEY.
The New York herald., 1921-02-27
To John Keats.

o poo.l Didst thou think tha. nesr
again
Thy Nightingale would sing oil any
night
OF any summer--husled foreer tho
strain
Dying, az to tho eye some lovely
sight?
All, mind thee Of thine own words other
where
(Art's iordship in one realm acSnowl-
edging)
OF two among thy Greek urn's
scuiptured throng:
forever wilt thou love and she be
fair :"
So, while men read, thy Nightingale
shall, sing
Song made immortal By immortal
song. Pr-erox SMART.
The New York herald., 1921-02-27
Placing the RIame.

Prom the Kansas CITY Star.
'Legislady,' the new word which came
from Topeka about the time tho present
Legislature convened and hooked onto the
Kansas language 70 quickly and neatly.
was coined by Mrs. Harvey Parsons OF
Topeka, 30 we learn from Toronto Kelicys
who keeps accurate record of such cycnN
The New York herald., 1921-02-27

The labor leaders who are shouting
for American freedom in the guise of
special immunities should learn that in
tho last analysis freedom means abso-
lutte equality under the law for every
body and never can mean anything
else.
The New York herald., 1921-02-27

To THE NEW YoRK HERALD: The let
ter Of "a. w" is a beautiful tribute to
that rapidly disappearing being known
as Gods greatest gift to man, mother,
wife and friend, and / am impelled to