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New-York tribune., 1921-05-31
Our Floating Population

Highly impressive are the statis
tics of New York's floating popula
ton. More than 252,00O,0OO per-
sons entered and left this city last
year by railroad. That is nearly
two and half times the entire pop
ulation of the United States. 1t is
between 20 and % per cent of the
entire railroad passenger traffic Of
the United States-of every four or
five persons who travel on railroads
IN the whole United States, one does
SO to come to or to depart from
New York.
No other city in the world save
one has, Of course, anything like
such travel. It Is just possible that
London slightly exceeds New York
in that respect. Late statistics on
the subject are not available. But
as the railroads Of the United King
dom carry more passengers yearly
than those of the United States-in
1912 British roads carried 1,249,-
374,313 and American roads 1,OO4.-
081, ,346, and by 1919 the American
figures had risen to only 1,169,-
3o7,O00--it Is possible that Eng
lands metropolis has larger float
ing population than ours.
Yet it may be that the most note
worthy feature of this huge army
of welcome and desirable "fioaters"
is, after all, its comparative insig-
nificance by the side Of the city's
permanent population. The num-
bers given are those of both en-
frances and exits, the actual num-
Der of persons implicated being,
therefore, about one-half thereof, or
126,000,O00. Dividing that by 305,
the number of days in the year with
Sundays and the chief holidays
omitted, we have a little more than
413,000, representing the daily in
flux. There are only bakers
dozen of cities in the United States
whose entire population is greater
than New York's floating population.
That host is less than per cent of
the population of this metropolis.
New York is mighty glad to well
come its hundreds of thousands of
daily visitors; glad, too, to have a
chance to tax them on the incomes
which they derive from their busi-
ness here. They include many Of
the most estimable members of our
business and professional COM
munity, and their general average
of character, ability and compan-
ionable qualities is high. In simple
numbers their absence would scarce
ly be noticed in the city as q whole.
In quality the loss of them would
be irreparable. 1t is the part of
wisdom as well as Of courtesy, there
fore, to make their means Of ingress
New-York tribune., 1921-05-31
New York and Newark). He be-
comes amenable to law only after
damage has been done.
The Warpash's End

"Utes take the warpath," che
headline reads. In the good old
pre-gasoline days that meant color
and romance, Following such an
announcement the 7th Cavalry
or 1t might be the 4th--would
take the trail. 1t meant bugles
sounding "Boots and Saddles" the
clanking Of sabers, the rattle Of the
carhine in the boot, the fiuttering of
the cavalry guidons as the long
blue column faded into the dust
toward the buttes where the gaudy
war bonnets Of the redskins would
bob up from behind the rocks.
Let as take the word Of Captain
Charles King, writer of saccharine
stories of the old army, for what
would have happened. There would
be stern old cavalry colonel in
command, nice young lieutenant
technically shavetail) under a
cloud with one Of the troops, a gen.
teel comedy Irish trooper, and be-
hind at the post would wait the COL
onel's lovely daughter (hov lovely
the daughters of the colonels were
in those days) and there would be
somebody waiting for the comic
trooper, too-perhaps suffers fair
daughter.
After the brush with the redskins
at the foot of the butte the column
would wind back through the dust
The cloud would be removed from
the young lieutenant, and it would be
learned that the cloud was really the
property of some other officer who
was not q West Pointer. The good
young lieutenant with one arm in
sling would still be able to take the
colonel's daughter and the commits
sion giving him command of K Troop.
This is what the headline used to
suggest in the days before the aero
plane and the motor truck began to
usurp the functions of the u. S.
Cavalry. To-day the story is ut
terly prosaic. Tse-na-gat, the rest
less Ute, goes on the warpath. They
do not send for the cavalry. They
order some Utah constables to take
mail aeroplane and quell the peace
disturbance. The sequel of the an
nouncement "Utes take the war
path twill be Constable Bill descend
ing in an aeroplane to tap Tse-na-
gat on the shoulder with the an
nouncement Young man, you're
under arrest, charged with vag-
rancy."
New-York tribune., 1921-05-31
Justice to Non-Slackers

To prevent classification as "de-
serters" of World War veterans
and others who could not register
or report is the purpose of a Joint
resolution introduced in the House
of Representatives by Mr.. Ansorge,
Of New York. This resolution
recommends that to all lists already
published and still. to be published
shall be prefixed a clause explaining
that the names arc under investiga-
tion for alleged failure to register
or in some other way to comply
with the draft law and calling upon
the persons so listed, their friends
or relatives to furnish at once to
the War Department any informa-
ton about them. After a due lapse of
time--the bill fixes it at thirty DAYS
If no information is forthcoming
they shall be definitely listed as de-
serters from the military service of
the United States.
Had the War Department adopted
some such system as this when the
first lists were published much criti-
cism would have been avoided.
New-York tribune., 1921-05-31
JeGerson's University

To-day's commemoration at Char
lottesville recalls the self-penned
epitaph at Monticello: "Here lies
buried Thomas Jefferson, Author Of
the Declaration Of American Inde-
pendence, Of the Statute Of Virginia
for Religious Freedom, and Father
of the University of Virginia" 1t
was worthy ambition thus to be
remembered, and it was a worthy
grouping of titles to remembrance,
the third Of which is by no means
least. Doubtless the nation and the
world remember him most by the
first. Yet he was the author of the
Declaration in only a verbal and
rhetorical sense; he was the facile
penman who formally elaborated
the resolution introduced by Rich
ard Henry Lee. So, in the second
item, he merely gave final form to
the purpose which had stirred in
Vulnerable Virginians since the re-
volt of Nathaniel Bacon.
But if both American indcpen-
dence and Virginian religious free
dom would certainly have been es-
tablished without him, we may we'll
doubt If the same may be said of
the University of Virginia. It was
ne VINO conceived the thought of it
and gave to it both it's spiritual
ana material form; and to it as it's
rector ne gave the ripe fruitage
OF the closing years of his life. It
was only five years before his death
that the university was founded
though his mind and heart had been
iixed upon it. long before, and in
those five years the venerable
statesman and scholar was able to
give the institution much personal
impress and direction.
He would regard the university
to-day, could he revisit is, as highly
as he did when he mentioned IL in
MS epitaph. For it has "made
good" 1t has fulfilled his designs
and anticipations proportionately as
well as has the nation whose char
ter OF independence he penned
Passing under the rod Of affection
New-York tribune., 1921-05-31
Honors to Phil Kearny
New Jersey Paid Tribute to the Here
New York Neglected

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: I note a letter from Conrad
Calvert, of U. S. Grant Post, G. A. r.
Brooklyn, regretting that no memorial
was ever placed in old Trinity church.
yard to call attention to the fact that
the remains of Philip Kearny, as fine
a soldier as ever drew sword, rested
there.
For many years the 1st New Jersey
Brigade (Kearny's brigade) agitstst
this matter, hoping to shame the great
City of New York into doing iusties
to a man who rested in th'.k city for
fifty years. He lay in the most aristo-
cratic, best known cemetery, snd
among many honorable names, but also
in the most obscure grave for mar
of his national reputation in the Civil
War.
1t was for this neglect that Kearnys
old brigade members went to bis
adopted State of New Jersey and Sc
cured the removal of his remains to
place among honored men of his time
They worked for and secured from
loyal New Jersey the funds to erect
handsome bronze equestrian statue.
This was the deep devotion of men
whom he made soldiers and gave
name that is known the world over.
The hero Of Solferino and Magenta, as
we'll as Algerian fields, under the tri-
color Of France, made history abroad,
At Churubusco, Mexico, he Il Vt an arm.
He was the "bravest of the brave" to
quote that shaggy-browed, rugged
faced hero of several wars, General
Winfield Scott.
The New Jersey Brigade are happy
though the City of New York has lost
the chance Of keeping the remains OF
Major General Phil Kearny.
C. F. HOPKINS,
OF the Kearny Brigade.
Boonton, N. J., May 90, 1921.
New-York tribune., 1921-05-31
Swedish Matches
EDITOR Of The Tribune.

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: In q recent issue of your paper
I read letter under the heading "Un.
buyable Matches" in which mention II
made of the inferiority of Swedish
matches. This conclusion seems to bs
based upon the quality of this product
manufactured during the mid-war days
This, in my opinion, is not alto
gether fair criticism, inasmuch H
Sweden-the same as every other coun.
try in the world-suffered during the
war a lack of some of the clemens
most essential in the manufacturs o.
its high grade products.
OF the twenty-four chemicals neces'
sary in the manufacture Of matches
paraffin wax is considered one OF sa'
most important, and during the var u
was absolutely impossible to secure fa''
import from America. Substitutes wefs
adopted, it is true, but they did hs.
prove as satisfactory as the stsnoala
raw materials previously used. Inp
great difficulty has now been overcom''
and Swedish matches have again ~
established their old reputation,
Sweden was the first country to nish'
ufacture this product, and through ~
long experience has developed sAaa
in the manufacture of this article WIZ
which no country can compete.
OLOF H. LAMM, Consul General
New York, May 2S, 1921.
New-York tribune., 1921-05-31
The Salzburg Plebiscite

1t may amuse the inhabitants of
the Tyrol and Salzburg to go to the
polls for the purpose Of wishing
themselves into the German Reich.
But it Is wretched sport from the
point of view of the unhappy Aus
trian republic. Neither Austria in
her entirety nor any of her provinces
may be annexed by Germany with
out violating the Versailles Treaty.
And Austria as she is can exist at
present only through the good will
of the Allied powers.
To allow Germany to acquire
what was formerly German Austria
would more than Offset for her the
losses in Continental territory and
population which she suffered as a
war penalty. One of the chief
political purposes of the treaty.
would be defeated. The Germans
know this, and the Austrians also
know it. Yet large groups in both
countries still think that the treaty
can be overridden by sideshow
plebiscites.
The Austrian government not
long ago was on the point of de-
claring for union with Germany. It
realizes now, however, that if it
tries to break the Versailles pact
others will try to break it. West
Hungary hasn't yet been turned over
to Austria. The Czechs on the north
and the Jugo-Slavs on the south
would be glad to absorb more Aus
trian territory. They may feel in
vited to do so if the various prov
inces continue voting for the ex-
tinction of the present Austrian
state.
Bankrupt Austria is desperately
IN need of Allied aid. How can she
have the face to ask for it when
her citizens go out of their way to
flout the Versailles decisions? Chan
cellor Mayr is right in warning the
insubordinate provinces that re-
cipients of charity are not acting
in their own interest when they bite
at the hands from which thay ex-
pect to be fed.
New-York tribune., 1921-05-31
Horace Porter on Lincoln
His Memorable Address at Reput
lican Club Dinner in 1882

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: General Horace Porter was un-
usually felicitous as an orator. His
was the main address at the Lincoln
dinner of the National Republican
Club in this city in 1889. The closing
paragraphs of his eulogy of Lincoln on
that occasion are memorable. He said:
eve buried him, not in q Roman pam
theon, not in domed st. Paul's, not
in historic Westminster. We gave
him still nobler sepulcher We laid
him to rest in the bosom of the soil
his efforts had saved. That tomb shall
henceforth be the true mecca of all
true sons of the Republic; future ages
will pause to read the inscription on
its portals, and the prayers and the
praises Of a redeemed and regenerated
people will rise from that grave as in
cense rises from holy places, pointing
out even to the angels in Heaven where
rest the ashes Of him who had filled to
the very full the largest measure cf
human greatness.
"He has passed from our view. We
shall not meet him again till he stands
forth to answer to his name at roll call,
when the great OF earth are summoned
on the morning of the last great re-
veille. Till then, farewell, gentlest of
all spirits, noblest of all heartsl A
child's simplicity was mingled with the
majestic grandeur of your nature. You
have handed down unSo q grateful peo-
pie tho richest legacy which man can
leave to man-the memory Of good
name, the inheritance Of a great ex-
amplel" CHARLES T. WHITE.
New York, Memorial Day, 1921.
New-York tribune., 1921-05-31
Diplomatic Secretaries

To the Editor of The Tribune:
Sir: I read with great interest
The Tribune's editorial to-day on the
need of increased salaries for secre-
taries in the diplomatic service and the
necessity, in order to insure a per-
manent career, of men of real ability
being able to rise to the highest ranks.
l agree entirely that the duties of
diplomatic secretaries are not general
ly understood in the United States.
Though they are to some extent de-
fined in your editorial, it might be
added that in point of actual fact the
work done by many secretaries, per-
haps the majority, has dealt with the
most important problems in which Shis
government has been interested and
rot merely with the routine work of
the government to which they are ac-
credited" This has been due not on'y
to the extraordinary pressure of work
brought about under unusual condi-
tions but also to the fact that so many
chiefs of diplomatic missions have
been appointed during the last years
for political reasons alone, and prob
ably many of them have been totally
unqualified either through knowledge
or previous experience to deal with the
questions which have come before
them. Undcr such circumstances it
must be evident that in many instances
American ambassadors and ministers
Lave had to rely entirely upon the sec
retaries of their missions for guidance
upon the matters of greatest impor-
tance. CHARLES H. RUSSELL.
New York, May 2S, 1921.
New-York tribune., 1921-05-31

and egress and Of distribution with
in this city as facilc as possible,
and thus to deal with 41S,000 per-
sons a day is no small job even for
New York.
New-York tribune., 1921-05-31
The Splitting Nuisance

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: Splitting on sidewalks ana :
public places is getting very prevs'ees
Wake up, DR.. Copeiands Sse sEtss
and severe punishment Of few z
the offenders daily would soon put
stop to this disgusting and dangeroa'
habit. PRO BONO PUBL1Cv'
New York. May 20, 1891
New-York tribune., 1921-05-31
Looking for Trouble
(Fro,,. The philadslphia Inquire,

(Fro',r The Philadelphia Inouircr)
Norway is going to substitute a
suitable system" of rationing drinks
for absolute prohibition. More trouble
ahead for the government. No two
persons who want 'em will agree ON
shat 10 = suitable systepa.
New-York tribune., 1921-05-31
journalistic Jingles


II. Editorials
Hands OFF Europe!
Let's stick to this side of the ocean !
Why bother with foreign commo-
tion7
From Reds and Sim Fein
We've nothing to gain;
And mix with the Czechs, what a
notion!
The Prison Scandal
When will the new Jail be COM
pleted?
How long must taxpayers be
cheated?
The prisoners fume
That they've no billiard room.
It's shameful the way they are
treated!
Twentieth Century Morals
The present-day dance is salacious
Divorce laws most inefficacious.
Low necks and high skirts
Encourage male f1irts---
And restaurant manners - good
gracious!
New-York tribune., 1921-05-31
Nr,,ern on 1up Assoc1ArEp PRESS

Tho Associated Press Is exclusively entities to
the Use for republication OF sn news dispatches
credited TO Il or otherwise credited In this
paper and Also the local OF spontaneous
origin published herein.
All rights OF republication Of al other matter
herein also reserved.
New-York tribune., 1921-05-31

reu saa purchase merchandise advsrtlsed In TH E
TElRuNE With shsolute ssfetS--ior II dssatisfae-
tlsa results ln any case The TRIBUNE suaran.
tees 60 pay yeur money back upon request No rod
TAGS. Ne uulhbas. We make good promptly II
tbs advertiser doea rot.
New-York tribune., 1921-05-31
An Important Figure

fFrons Ths Washington starD
Instead Of being isolated, Uncle Sam
dads himself almost ths life Of the
party.
New-York tribune., 1921-05-31
The Coming ,7'otocr

JUNE, YOU OLD MOUNTEBANKi
So here you come again with your old
act
The same old jazz-tuns yippin' from
Springs hand,
And then you pull that worn-out
sleight-o
June, you're a Knockout fake, and
that's fact.
You sure know how to kid the gang
along
Maxim your flowers pop up every
where,
spillin' your soft perfumery In the
air
Till pretty soon we're joinin' in the
song.
Go on and fool us so we can't remcm-
ber
The bum jokes Life gets off, little
while;
1t can't last, no; but still, It's nice
to smile
And plenty o. gloom'll come before
December.
so-ali together! -" Groom" and
Spoon" and "moon"--
Sing 1t againI You've got us goln',
Junei
New-York tribune., 1921-05-31

No school song ever stirred Dothess
as did the following:
You must not throw upon the floor
The bread you cannot eat,
For many q little hungry one
Would think it quite treat;
And willful waste is waste for want,
And you may live TO say:
wish had that piece of bread
l, one day, threw away.
They have their own definition Of
Decoration Day-these lunching motor
lists who strew the roadsides and the
parks with fodder overset.
New-York tribune., 1921-05-31
GUARANTY

eassrse Al the Pcstofnos at Nsw xesk ss sesea'
Class Mail Matter.
New-York tribune., 1921-05-31

Yesterday, e.g., the doctor cold us to
stop working SO hard. ". p. A.
New-York tribune., 1921-05-31

0wasa b. New YORK Tribune fse.. Ns~ Ysss
Cssuexasian. P,ieItaheS daily. Oaden Maid. frsat-
a4nfl a. Werner Rosvre yics-Prssidsnsi Hslea
Ragsrs Rsss. Secretary; r. Il Gasfeid. Treasures
Aadyuna TSteune Baiidfns. Isl Nassau Street. New
ye6k Talephcne. Beekmsn seee
New-York tribune., 1921-05-31

Years Of practice give one perfect
facial control.
New-York tribune., 1921-05-31
Park Vandalism

Don't tear any flowers or branches
Or act like pack Of Comanches.
Don't step on a bug
Or you'll land in the jug.
The Parks aren't Idaho ranches!
CHICOT.
New-York tribune., 1921-05-31
JOHN v. A. WEAVER.

That third question of Mr.. Deems
Taylor's doesn't bother E. II. C. "An
armature Is party who sculps for
pleasure, not perfessional--for in
instance, this Mrs. Harry Payne Whit
ney."
New-York tribune., 1921-05-31

Our wide acquaintanceship includes
man whose notion of an infer.ority
complex is that he is only as good as
everybody else.
New-York tribune., 1921-05-31

Vigilance should be yours when you
next attend the Booth Theater. sand
(speaking of attendants)," says the
House Manager, 81 should be glad if
you would report any unusual courtesy
on the part of our employees"
New-York tribune., 1921-05-31
Tho Amateur palm-Rcader Speaks

Tho Amateur Palm-Rcader Speaks
"Oh, Mr.. Mullett, what an interest
ing, EXTRAORDINARY palm you havel
So different. Now, let me see, you
don't mind my being frank about ev-
erything I sec, do you? Well, now,
this isn't going to please you, know,
m-m-m-m. Oh, you CAN be SO crool--
medievully crool almost-m- m -m--but
still that line there shows that you
wouldn't Intentionally hurt any ones
feelings-and now lemme see, oh yes,
you will go far, ever and ever 80 far,
in your profession, but you must stop
permitting little things to annoy you
so much-the big problems yol solve
too easily and that's why you are so
successful. Well, you certainly have
the queercst heart line I ever saw
m m-you have suffered one terrible
disappointment in your love affairs but
you mustn't be discouraged-you won't
meet the real one till you're forty. Why,
Mr.. Mullett, you ARE? And, on dear,
how sensitive you are-too sensitive
for your own good and you're gener-
ous-generous TO a fault but net fool
ishly so-that is, you don't throw your
money away-and ah---n- M -m-oh, isn't
this extraordinary!--if you had your
way you would do something artist.
rather than go on with your profes-
sional career--I NEVER saw a palm of
such positive opposites, Mr.. Mullett.
And oh, yes, you're terribly moody at
times-too much So -and so st.ong IL
your likes and dislikes and your firss
estimate Of a persons character is in
variably right. But you take your
self too seriously-m m -m-yoLr sense
of humor, though, saves you, And you
belittle yourself-too modest about
your achievements Still you are surn
of yourself in the long run. M-m-m-
and that's about all / see. Most of It's
true? Well, isn't that nice? Yes,
have given it lot of study and usually
manage to hit the nail on the head, but
1 wasn't so sure myself this time.
Your palm was so different and so un-
ausual. AMBROSE GLUTZ.
The Washington times., 1921-06-18
THE RHYMING
OPTIMIST
BY Aline Michaelis

"oRRID war, indeed. is over;
III but fresh troubles are In
sight; some folks scramble
to discover things to fret about at
night There is still dismal
chorus chanting dirges every day
thoughts to vex us and to bore us,
themes to make our hair grow gray.
Clear from Maine to Mississippi they
can show us something wrong;
they're as cheerful as xanthippe
and they never end their song. Hear
the latest load they carry: they In
sist II is a shame when a girl oe
cides to marry she must drop her
maiden name. 'Tis unjust, they
say, and awful; they .deride in dis
NAL tones people who have made ID
lawful for Miss Smith to be Mrs.
Jones. They can prove the customs
rotten and unfair to kin and kith;
soon the world viii have forgotten
Mrs Jones had been Miss Smith
Take the case of any woman welded
three times. maybe four, why her
msidenhood coenonen would be lost
forevermore. SO they say this plan
is better, when she tries the welded
state, she may take the ties that
fottcr just as did the cavs-man's
mate. she may take his cozy cot
taCe. she may take his praise and
blame. she may take his cheese and
pottaSe: but she must not take his
name.