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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-04-13
Prisoners Welfare
State-Directed Normal Life in Jai!
for Habitua! Offenders

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: Prisons exist for those WHO DO
not go there. Adolph Lewisohn
voices the fairly new theory that they
should also exist for the prisoner
welfare and reformation. The prisons
of the future will realize his dream.
for it is not only right that they
should but also to the public in.
terest. Under our present system It
is we'll known that a prison term
brings with it something very like
disgrace" and that few are benefited
thereby.
BY far the greater proportion Of
prisoners are first or second offenders
but there is class among US which
Is we'll known to be professionally
criminal by the police, who watch them
continually, knowing that they will
shortly be able to arrest them aga.n
and again. These people are an ex-
pense when in the hands of the gov
eminent and public danger when
they are abroad. Many years. ex-
perience should suggest that here is
case for experimentation.
Anybody may get into jail once ana
perhaps twice, but there is no excuse
Tor the nam who gets there oftener
Whatever the ohense, third cor
viction should entail loss Of llberty
permanently. Such people are not fit
for liberty, though under direction and
supervision they might easily becom.
decent, useful citizens. The state
should supply the deficiency their
natures lack, without revenge, without
contempt, but with the best interests
Of the individual at heart. Let them
work, earn and be educated; narrr and
live the normal life they should Il
they were free.
There is always an outcry that
prisoners are being "pampered" when
they arc treated with human cen
slderation. l would have them treated
with the utmost kindne>. bat segre-
gated from the mass OF ,.eo~le whose
ideals are not theirs, until they have
proved beyond power Of dish lief, BY
years OF acquired habit, that they are
mt to use well the doubtful blessing Of
liberty which is at present thrust upon
everybody.
They should become members Of an
order which sacrifices personal Inert
Tor the purpose of serving themselves
and the state TO the best advantage
They should be entitled to the best al
vice and assistance from their sa-
perlor. A state-directed life, if with
out dishonor. would possibly be a grea
deal more popular than we may
imagine. Anxiety about the first
necessaries OF life is the ugly com
panion of freedom. which is only the
right to fight for ones life, alone and
unaided, after all.
STEPHEN HAWEIS.
New York. April IL, 1921.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-04-13

ture, the hope of finding more con-
genial work, or the desire TO have
the full use of their earnings, are
reasons why girls leave home.
Other reasons there are, Of course,
much more distressing. The SEEM
ing hopelcssness born of the fir.
offense against the moral code,
the effort to hide it and mental and
physical deficiencies that render
the subject more or less irrespon-
sible account for about quarter
Of the cases.
To arrest the almost inevitable
downward trend Of tho runaway
and incorrigible girl is the work
of the association. More than six
teen hundred girls were cared for
last year. But for this organza-
ton many would have found them
selves in the prisons and reforma-
tories. Waverly House serves as
general clearing house, and the
girls are given a home until their
stories are investigated and plans
made for the future. Only too
often their homes are unsuitable,
and new arrangements must be
made. Hospital care is provided
when necessary and employment
found. When the misunderstood
ing at home can be cleared up they
are returned to their families. In
every case the needs of the individ-
ual girl are the first study.
Equally important is the protective
work of this dual organization
perhaps more important, because its
aims are preventive. The prob
lem Of the runaway girl is much
more serious than that Of the runa.
way boy-so many more pitfalls
await her. The adolescent boy fight
ing his way alone is comparatively
safe. But the adolescent girl, un-
aided, has the barest chance. 1t is
necessary to ascertain the irritating
something that makes home or lob
almost impossible and find recrea-
ton and friends for the lonely girl.
New standards and a wholesome,
comradely attitude tar-:rl boy
trends are stimulated. FOR the
girl who cannot find her proper
sphere in the city there is the COM
munity farm Of three hundred
acres, where home-making and out
door work are taught.
The association Is entitled to be
proud of it's work and to be en-
couraged in its plans for expansion.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-04-13
Giving Girls a Chance

That the incorrigible girl is not
type is the opinion of Maude E.
Miner, secretary of the New York
Probation and Protective Associa-
ton. This is a conclusion based on
more than twelve years. experience
in probation work, as shown by the
annual report.
Not all runaway girls are men,
tally defective. Over half of them
are of normal intelligence, and
some exceptionally bright. Unhap-
piness at home, the spirit of adven-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-04-13

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: Why can the government cut
ITS employees pay from Is to 80 per
cent when it will not allow the rail-
roads, which are facing bankruptcy, to
do likewise?
Will any Of the champions of labor.
IN all fairness, dare to take the wage
scale Of the United States government
IN its navy yards, arsenals, ETC., and
adjust new scale of pay for the rail
roads on comparison. VIII they
AZ say they won'tl POSTED.
New York, April II, 1921.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-04-13
A Free Hand

With respect to American foreign
policy President Harding indicates a
spirit rather than declares pro-
gram. He is definite as to the objec-
tives to be sought, but indefinite,
except in a negative way, as to the
exact method Of attaining them.
He would have guarantees Of peace
through international associations
the meeting of obligations that we
owe to our allies in the war; rati-
fication of the Versailles Treaty
minus the covenant and aid in en-
forcing it; an adoption of a peace
resolution but without any attached
declaration of general policy; and
some sort Of gathering for the ne
gotiation Of covenant not based on
super-state principles or creating a
body on Which is laid the police duty
Of enforcing the terms Of d particu-
lar treaty.
But what he would include in the
new instrument he avoids declaring.
To his mind, it would seem, it should
center in a codification of general
rights in the manner of the Hague
Convention rather than in a political
alliance, but how far he would go in
charging international law and Civ
ing it new sanctions ne does not say.
The policy he is contending for now,
it will be observed, is that avowed
two years ago in the famous Sena-
torial round-robin-namely, that the
peace treaty was one thing and
covenant another thing, and that the
two should not be confined in one
document or be written by the same
conference.
The Senate and people having
joined, as the President constructs
events, in favor of separation, he
would carry out their will He would
ratify the treaty proper by dovetail-
ing w,sr it the Knox resolution and
then devise the other agreement IN
dependently.
But all this is complicated, and to
effect anything the President re-
CARDS free hand as indispensable.
In effect he warns both houses
of Congress not to invade the field
of his prerogative to initiate and
mature negotiations. The negotia-
ton he has IN view is plainly new
one, and the Senate is not to be
consulted until the project is ready.
But the hope we'll may be ex-
pressed that the President will not
become so enmeshed in problems of
general right as to lose sight Of real
tiles. 1t is not easy to see how peace
can be assured without some sort
of political alliance. The Immediate
practical problem is threefold: tc
make it clear that Germany is re.
sponsble for the war; to visit pun
ishment in some degree proportion
ate to her offense; and thus to deter
Germany or any other nation from
doing what Germany did. This is
practical political question, and NJ
Il mere rewriting of international law
II no matter how excellent, is likely tt
touch it. The way that the treaty
proper is ratified or adhered te
IS of the greatest consequence, anc
1t is this point of the message which
gives optimism foothold.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-04-13
Dulcinea Loquitur:

l met Dulcinea yesterday on a Chi
cago7New York express just before /
got off at Cleveland. Hello, hello.
hello" she said. "This is a surprise,
It's been coon's age since I've seen
you. Where have you been keeping
yourself all these years? You've
moved from New York? In Cleveland d?
I've passed through there, but never
stopped. Doesn't Cleveland win in
baseball or something? Chester's al
ways talking. You never met him :?
Oh, of course not. You got the an
nouncement, didn't you? He's the
most wonderful husband and we have
two Of the darlingest kiddies. You
must come and see us next time YOU
are in the big city. No, we are not right
IN New York. I always say that don't
like to live right in the city, but |
cant bear to be too far away. I'd miss
the theaters and good times so much.
We have the cutest little cottage on
the north shore.
"No, I'm not going right to Manhat-
tan-stopping OFF in Buffalo and going
to run over to the Falls. We have
friends there. Pm dying to see Niagara
and never have seen it. We were 60
ing there on our honeymoon, but some
silly old business affair kept Chester's
nose to the grindstone after we had
made all our pIsns. And you know how
such things an. We kept putting off
and putting off and putting off. But
this time / decided I just must see the
Falls, even if am honeymooning by
myself so to speak.
Aren't the names on Pullman cars
too killing? l wonder who thinks up
all the names? What a miserable look
ing stationl This is Cleveland, YOU
say? You must get off? Too bad. It's
seemed like old times to have seen
you. You haven't changed bit. Well.
bye, bye. Give my regards to Broad
way when you get there. And be sure
to give us ring next time you're in
New York for little stay" HIP.
Just as we settled down TO read the
Message, We stumbled, in the second
paragraph, upon the word oily" And
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-04-13

to ask the people by means Of a refer
endum?
The Governor continued, "If it is bad
the enforcement of it would demon
strate its badness; if it is good the
enforcement Of it would demonstrate
it's goodness
How could enforcement demonstrate
either goodness or badness?
A. d. BRINKERHOFF.
New York, April IL. 1921.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-04-13
Books u.,..a By o,...

"Old Hugh Craig" writes T. B. H.,
"has system Of beating the conven-
tions Of railroad travel which has some
advantages over yours, He boards Il
likely looking train without a ticket,
and when the conductor comes around
old Hugh hands him handful of petty
cash. To the trainman's query as to
his destination he replies: when
have ridden up the worth of this put
me off,"
NJ A. b. has other amendments to
offer in regard to the objections which
we cited on Monday against a life
made up OF promises, contracts and
clocks'
isn't there any thrill left for YOU"
she writes, "in Offering the baby a
brand new taste, such as ice cream, or
kumquats, or ginger ale? And can't
you get corresponding culver from
demanding, in strange restaurant, an
item on the menu Of which you never
before heard? If you have regular
office hours wouldn't it be a bit ex-
citing to push back your chair at 3
o'clock on a busy afternoon and with
out explanation or comment leave that
office and go to the Palisades for wild
flowers?
Some night when you crave new
experience get out your wife's sewing
machine and try to work the binder,
the tucker, the shirrer, the Gve-stitch
rutiier, tho corder and all the little
hemmers. Or, if you want to give
thrill as we'll as share it try kissing
your wife sometimes wnen she is ex-
pecting anything but that. Ny hus-
band did it once, all Of sudden, under
an electric light, in Mount Pleasant
Street, in Washington, and we got
caught By my brother-in-law, and I
felt five years younger"
The new dish suggestion is all right,
but we've worked it rather hard and
generally found it disappointing.
There is, for instance, an Armenian
restaurant to which we 20 every now
and then because all the dishes are un
familiar to us-at least they were q
month ago. Now we have been through
the list. We ordered each strange dish
in high anticipation, but no matter
what it was called on the menu it in
variably turned out to be stewed lamb
ard rice
Somewhat more disturbing is let
ter from S. l.. w., who writes that she
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-04-13
A Slogan Missing
The Times Omits ''Mr. Lodgc's De-
termination to Kill the Treaty"

To the Editor of The Tribune.
SIT: note an alarming omission
from the Times leader of the 9th inst.
on lone of the consequences the
subject Of comment being what Sec
rotary Hughes had written on the man
date to Japan over the Island of Yap
and the uncertainty as to what the
response will be. The editorial OH
serves that all uncertainty might have
been avoided by our ratifying the
Treaty Of Versailles; that "the respon-
siblllty for the consequences, there
fore, rests with that group of Sena-
tors who, before the treaty was ready
1or signature, declared that they would
not permit it to be ratified"
This falls short of the de6niteness
with which The Times usually discusses
treaty possibilities. Its habit has
been frequently to remark on sMr
Lodges determination to kill the
treaty" Readers must recall the fact
that Mr.. Lodge offered and advocated
the resolution which brought the
treaty back to the Senate for further r.
discussion and that he was so success
full in advocating its ratification with
reservations that moro than twenty
Democratic Senator's, including the
new minority leader, Senator Under
wood, were brought over and voted for
such ratification which ratification
was defeated because President Will
sons prohibition prevented the obtain
ing Of wo-thirds affirmative vote.
Notwithstanding these widely known
facts, the slogan still sounded from
the Times Annex, 50 that one might
hare conjectured that there was a new
exploitation, that possibly the Actual
ing purpose was to gain a name in
purely imaginative literature. But
this recent deliverance obviously blum
ders, and one wonders whether there
may not have been new hand at the
old bellows.
1t is not conceivable that the sloran
will be discarded. Frequent repetition
has made it easy of proclamation, and
we may be confident that it will con-
tinue to resound, on occasion, until, to
borrow line from Dante Gabriel Ros-
setti,
The flight
OF the last bird into the last night.
GEORGE r. BISHOP.
New York, April II, 1921.
Persistent misrepresentation is
irritating. but let us have faith that
truth will make it's way. 1t is in the
record that President Wilson pre-
vented the ratification of the Yer
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-04-13

Tire Associated Press Is exclusively entitled to
the tor republication OF all rews dispatches
,sed.iee 20 Il or NOT otherwise cr~ted in this
upper. and slso the local Of spontaneous
cf,slH published herein
a. rights OF republication OF su oth~ n.ites
herein also reserved.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-04-13

yeu can purehass merchandise advertised In IHE
5RiSUNE WITH absolute safeh--for " dissausfac.
ten results in airy The TRIBUNE suarsN,
tees to pay your money back uncn request No REQ
tape. No auIbbling. We make good promptly "
ths advertiser does not
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-04-13

1T will be up to the board, for An
stance" Senator Boylan says, "to
standardize the screen kiss. How long
should it last? Should it last a minute
OF only thirty seconds to pass muster ?"
A kiss, we are informed, is local
issue; its duration, our confldinr in
formant adds, is relative: it NAV be
zero or infnity.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-04-13
A Long Nap

fFron, The Boston Transcript)
Isn't the tired business man. about
rested by this time?
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-04-13

And now the Senate of the climati-
cally fairest state in our geographically
broad land has passed the Lusk- Clay
ton bill for motion picture censorship.
The chances are that board composed
OF persons without taste will pass upon
the exhibitability OF films not infre-
quently born in the imagination of pro-
ducers also without taste.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-04-13
With Obeisances

April, April,
Laugh thy girlish laughter,
Then the moment after
Freeze my girlish ears!
NAN CASS.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-04-13

Query to censorship board: How
long should it take to pass q given
Polnes F. P. A.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-04-13

The First Line Bards

The First Line Bards
[Culled by Edith from tho Cambridge
Edition of SCOTS Pocms
weary lot is thine, fair maid
All poor Louise, tho livelong day,
And art thou cold and lowly laid
AS lords their laborers' time delay
Maiden whose sorrows wall the Liv-
ing Dead,
Merry it is in the good green wood
Mother darksome, mother dread.
My hawk Is tired Of perch and hood.
O lady. Irvine no wreath for me,
O open the door some pity to show
lovers eyes are sharp to sec
tell me, Harper, wherefore flow
The hearth in hall was black and dead
The heath this night must be my bed
The sun upon the lake Is low
Twist ye, twine vel even So
Waken lords and ladies gay,
Wasted, weary, wherefore stay
When autumn nights were long and
drear.
When friends are met DER merry cheer
wen, DR.. Elnstcin is true scientist
He wrote his book, he says, from scien-
tlfic motives and not for notoriety.
This means that he has a proper and
Justilable scorn for the scientific
equipment Of what is known as the
public or lay mind. Probably the Doc
is full of humility regarding what he
knows compared to what is to be
known; but if he knows only a little
about any subject, he knows moro than
most do about il.
For man has scant knowledge of
things that do not interest him. And
as he is interested chiefly in food and
sheltee and the easiest method Of get
ting them, his interests are restricted.
The Complete Letter Writer
[Rece!ved by a. music publisher
Dear Sir:--
l am in search Of some one who is
willing to pass judgement on my sing
ing, and If found to toe the mark.
place me under their direct manage
mcnt.
Ny voice is tenor, and sing ballads
and bits Of opera.
| have given many concerts in
number Of towns on the hudson with
success.
| have many admirers but their
judgement is not the one that salts
hes, and makes one.
would welcome an interview IL one
should be desired.
1t looks like the Yanks' pennant this
season; but further than that, except
to pick the Cubs to win the n. |. gon-
Talon, we do not care to forecast. We
have not yet received our season pass:
and our interest in baseball still is
picking at the counterpart.
Bricks that formerly cost Sc a
thousand" says The Hudson Republi-
can - and not Prof Einstein him
self could express greater scorn for
the law Of gravitation--"will be re-
duced to $12 effective Monday"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-04-13

Bricks that formerly cost Sc a
thousand" says The Hudson Republi-
can - and not Prof Einstein him
self could express greater scorn for
the law Of gravitation-"will be re-
duced to $12 effective Monday"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-04-13
1Hc ilBHt
OF the last bird into the last night.
GEORGE r. BISHOP,
New York, April II, 1921.

Persistent Misrepresentation is
irritating. but let us have faith that
truth will make it's way. 1t is in the
record that President Wilson pre-
vented the ratification of the Yer
sailles Treaty, and no one can get it
out.-Editor.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-04-13

Just as we settled down TO read the
Message, we stumbled, in the second
paragraph, upon the word oily" And
fell, never to rise again.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-04-13

Somewhat more disturbing is let
ter from S. l.. w., who writes that she
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-04-13
The Complete Letter Writer
[Recelved by a. music publisher

1t looks like the Yanks' pennant this
season; but further than that, except
to pick the Cubs to win the n. |. gon-
Talon, we do not care to forecast. We
have not yet received our season pass;
and our interest in baseball still is
picking at the countcrpane.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-04-13
GUARANTY

Entered At the rostofr,ce at New York rs Second
Glass Man Matter.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-04-13

For man has scant knowledge of
things that do not interest him. And
as he is interested chiefly in food and
sheltoe and the easiest method of get
ting them, his interests are restricted.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1921-01-06
Problems, measures and
events of interest to her
as mother, home max
er and citizen.
called to service and no one seems
to know whether she actually will
be or not.
Women Discern Vital Truth

If we may Judge from recent ev-
idence, the women of America are
coming into a truer vision of the
part they are eventually to play in
their new role of citizens of the
United States.
At first they seemed to think
that their activities should be linn
tied strictly to measures for the
protection and betterment of the.
home, and Of family life; and be-
cause Of this, they appeared to a.
void those public questions upon
which other voters conferred their
attention. This is true no longer;
for on every hand, we see them be-
; coming genuinely interested in the
whole range of questions involving
the public good.
This broadening of interests was
inevitable from the beginning. The
reason is that practically all pub
lie questions actually affect the
homes of the land whether they
appear to do so or not. Whether
it be the flood Of European immi-
grafton with which we are now
contending, the proposed increase
in federal taxation, the League of
Nations, the new court of indus
trial relations, or what not, all af-
feet in one way Or another the Sc
curity and happiness of the homes
of America.
! That the women have been so
quick to discern this vital truth,
and so willing to face the added
task of Studying other public ques-
tions than the ones in which they
are naturally interested, is new
sign that promises well for our ma
ton in the years that are to come.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1921-01-06
Dr.. w. K. Riley.
Physician and Surgeon,
Office Over First National Bank.
Phones: Office g.; Residence 81.
Bread Making

There are five important points
IN the making of good bread. Of
first Importance is the yeast, and
right temperature is almost us inn
portant, third is kneading, fourth
the giving of proper care when
needed, and of last Importance is
fhe flour. 1t is best to use ever
lasting yeast, that is save a little
out when you have good start
with which to make the next batch.
For the start take one-half cake Of
any good yeast, yeast foam is good
when fresh. Soak in a quart Of
warm water until soft then mix Ia
stiff batter and let stand overnirhat
In the morning before mixing into
dough save out about three table
spoons Of the batter in a email ;ar
and cover with about one-ehird cuD
Of sugar 1t should be used at
least once a week and is bette, Fl
bread Is baked two Or three timessa1
week.