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New-York tribune., 1921-11-10
R101c By
1OOlo Percy Hammond

Only 1880 Of US are permitted to
own Arthur Schnitzler's "Casanova's s
Homecoming," since it is deemed pru-
dent by the publishers to limit the
circulation of its scandalous contents
to that judicious number The novel
seems to be extracted from the great
adventurer's Memoirs" and it shows
him at time when the aroma Of his
thousand conquests has grown bit
musty with age. Although fifty-two
and withercd, he is still able to pursue
with considerable celebrity the easier
romances, but the major ones have
begun to outdistance him. The old
fellow is homesick, too, ''hunted
athwart the world" and he hovers
around Venice, the city of his birth,
"like wounded bird slowly circling
downward in its death flight"
II Il *
In "Casanova in Spa" Mr.. Schnitz-
ler discovered the amorous mounte-
bank, violently desirous Of Flaminia,
and bestowing his love, by mistake,
on her friend, Anina; and Casanova
himself tell Of similar misadventure
with the "accurst vixen Of Soleure." !"
The principal episode Of "Casanova's
Homecoming" is based, likewise, on an
error Of identity. do not know the
ethics Of reporting confidential books
Of limited Observation-Disclosures or not
it is polite to tell the secret presum-
ably whispered to the favored 1850.
At any rate, Casanova, homegoing
from exile to his native lagoons and
satiate with the frugal nectars Of un-
important liaisons. acquires yearn-
ing for Marcolina, the handsome young
guest Of his host, and he sets out
upon the desperate GRAND Of &C.
complishing her. =
Like all elderly libertines Casanova
has alterations about women. he
fancies, as he and Marcolina dine
under the arbor, that she will be i'm
pressed by his igneous notoriety and
succumb to his tradition, if to none OF
his other charms. But she is averse
to his renown, as we'll as to his leers
and nudges. So, since she is She
scholar and frigid, he attacks he,
mentally, and glibly discourses on the
lofty, urgent problems Of the day. He
defends the Cabala as serious and
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Blundering Pedestrians
To the Editor Of The Tribune.

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: wish to commend L. @. Tracy
heartily for his letter in reference to
keeping to the right Of the sidewalk.
For a long time past an increasing
number Of ignoramuses, who blunder
along on the wrong side Of the walk
and add insult to injury by obstinate
~ expecting you, who are on the right
side, to step aside and let them keep
their majestic course on ths wrong
side, has been very noticeable. Also.
the man, who travelling the same way
you are, seems bent upon passing you
until he has got just little more than
alongside and then steps deliberately in
front Of you, slowing up SO that it is
almost impossible not to walk upon his
heels.
It might be good thing, as Mr..
Tracy suggests, to have policeman di-
rect the sidewalk traffic for 4 period
in different crowded portions Of the
city to try and instill little horse
sense, at least, into some of these
blunderers. am afraid, however,
there is more than ignorance involved.
We are living in q peculiar age and q
| great deal Of this trouble is due to
people who intend to push their way
wherever they please without regard to
| the rights Of eny one else. There
never was time, as far back 81
can rsmembsr, when 50 many Of our
citizens seemed to mistake licenae for
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valid science; and the deep prophetic
significance Of the number Seven, to
which there are SO many references
in Holy Writ. He reads to her his
polemic against voltaire, and gives
her other elaborate proofs Of his talent
as an entertainer. To which she is
satiricalIy Indifferent. Therefore, she
becomes to him more than all his
honors, shames, triumphs and discom-
futures. He imagines her, enormously,
to be shat wonder Of the world in
the existence of which he had hitherto
disbelieved-a virtuous woman"
X i: IL
Bahled in all his routine devices
Casanova adopts an unthinkably
nefarious scheme Of action. Having
got the lady's sweetheart, Lieutenant
Lorenzi, financially in his power, by
gaming with him, he forces the des-
perate soldier to let him be substitute
in one Of Marcolins's feshly trysts.
(. "In her white nightdress and
with hands crossed upon her bosom,
she stood at the foot Of the bed, con-
templating him with unutterable
horror. He knew how she saw
him. for he saw himself in Imagination.
A yellow, evil face, deeply lined, with
thin lips and staring eyes. He
read in Marcolina's countenance words
which crushed him to earth, the most
dreadful Of all words, since they
passed final judgment upon him-'old
man,"
~ u u
"A while later, at dawn, Lieutenant
Lorenzi. awaiting for vengeance upon
the terrace outside Marcolina's win
dow, engaged Casanova in duel and
was killed by the willy old swordsman.
Casanova then made his way to Venice.
drearily kissing the landladies Of the
inns en- route, and Mr.. Schnitzler leaves
him finally in dilapidated tavern,
overwhelmed with WEAKNESS. Upon his
lips is bitter smile, and he. sleeps
the heavy and dreamless sleep which is
the only consolation Of an aging adven,
turer. An interesting study Of
the most Industrious Of the Great
Lovers in the period Of his decay, set
forth in the honest and reticent
| audacity Of Mr.. Schnitzler's brigstes.
manner.
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can cost OF operation the article
holds to lie in the motor ship:

kA0AN&G w AA@ AAk WIZ th0tVA SsAAE
"The economical advantages Of the
motor ship, as compared with the
steamship. are now established by ex-
psrience in almost every trade. Dur
ing the recent shipping depression,
when hundreds Of coal and oil burn
ing steamers have been laid up,
relatively little motor tonnage has
been forced into idleness. The
European countries arc building
motor ships in large numbers. In the
United States much less progress has
been made in this direction, and un-
less the situation is corrected we
shall soon find that the nations which
have low wages, low building costs,
etc., are also operating large num-
bers Of economical motor ships, while
we, with high building costs and high
wages, are trying to compete with
less economical steamships1,'
Incidentally, the United States
ranks below Great Britain, Denmark
and Sweden in motor tonnage, hav-
Ing only twenty-eight vessels, av-
eraging only 3,087 tons, as against
3ritain's thirty-four, averaging 6,356
tons.
1t is straight thinking like Mr..
Robinson's, however, that sooner or
later will beget an American mer-
chant marine.
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Bad Manners

When the Senate passes resolu-
tions which tell the international
conference what procedure it should
adopt it's action is not distinguished
for good manners-nor is it calcu-
lated to add to the Senate's prestige.
The Senate is solicitous about the
maintenance of its own dignity. 1t
quickly resents any invasion Of it's
own field. 1t should, therefore, re-
spect the dignity and the sensibili-
ties Of other bodies. When it re-
solves itself into a mass meeting (for
the Harrison publicity resolution is
without legal force) it has no more
authority than any other assemblage
of ninety-six citizens.
But concerning the subject matter
of the Harrison resolution it may be
said that it expresses desire gen.
orally entertained. Some things are
necessarily done privately. Com
plete publicity automatically pre-
vents free and untrammeled discus
sion of disputed matters. Every
person of sense knows this and every
man practices it in his own negotia-
tions. But there is line, not al
ways easily traced, where public de-
bate should begin. Probably no more
exact rule can be formulated than
that all reasonable doubts should be
resolved in favor Of the presence Of
reporters.
The Harrison resolution, aside
from it's bad manners, is not gravely
Objectionable. It merely calls for
publicity at full meetings Of the con-
| ference. It does not ask for dicto.
graph whenever delegates informally
meet. AS for keeping record Of
formal acts and votes Of the con.
ference, this will doubtless be done,
though Americans can hardly fail to
remember that when their Constitu-
ton was completed the Constitu-
tional Convention definitely ordered
that it's records be kept locked up fol
a generation.
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His Honor's Iron Crosses

In distributing his iron crosses for
conspicuous demerit in the recent
municipal wrangle (if SO lopsided
an affair can be called such) His
Honor the Mayor publishes list.
He says that he has arranged the
newspapers that opposed him in the
order of their foulness, and, 10! the
name Of The Tribune leads all the
rest. This is his assignment of rank:
"The New York Tribune, The New
York Herald THE New York Sum-
The New York World and The
Evening World THE Brooklyn Daily
Eagle 'The New York Times,' THE
Evening Globe THE Evening Mall
and THE Evening Post
To the finding of so important an
adjudicator there is nothing to do
but to bow respectfully. The Mayor
has had some experience; he is to be
presumed to know who hits him
hardest.
But concerning one matter it is
not easy to suppress curiosity. What
method of marking did the Mayor
apply to arrive at findings so def
mite? What was his scoring system?
What constituted a point" in his as
sessment notation? Did he use Ber-
tillon measurements?
Granting that he is right in hold
ing that the brickbats from The
Tribune had behind them the great
est propulsive power, why does he
rate "The Evening Post" as the soft
est hitter? Why is "The Times
rated less subservient to the "inter-
ests" than "The Morning World"
and in what respect is "The Evening
World" better than it's morning
brother?
The Mayor, as he asks for fair
ness, should be fair himself. It is
not fair thus to arrange guilt in a
series and give no clew to the rules
he employed in making his ratings.
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The Socialist Collapse

Among the political organizations
emerging sadly battered from Tues
days mix-up is that Of the So
cialists.
In 1917 Morris Hillquit, Socialist
candidate for Mayor, received 141,-
7S9 votes. This year Jacob Panken,
Socialist candidate for Mayor, re-
ceived approximately $4,000 votes.
But this year women were electors,
whereas they were not four years
ago. The new vote greatly affects
totals.
! Women for many years have been
members Of "the party" and have
participated in its activities almost
equally with male comrades. So
this year, allowing for the increase
in population and for the greater in
terest in the election, the Socialists,
! to measure up to the Hillquit level
needed about 35O, 900 votes. Socialist
strength fell off approximately
three-fourths.
The Socialist collapse is one ex-
PLANTATION Of the Hylan plurality
This conclusion, warranted by ar
| examination Of the gross figures, is
confirmed by the fact that the Hylar
vote was exceptionally large In for
ner Socialist strongholds. In 1871
Mayor Hylan received little less
than 300, 900, and this year, with
women voting, about 10000. Il
something like 100000 Of these came
from the Socialists, here Is one ex
PLANTATION Of the amazing result.
Why have evil days coma to th'
!, Socialintsy Il Il encouraging =
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Straight Thinking

In the current issue of MARINE
Engineering" is an article, entitled
Operating Economy and the Mer-
chant Marine" we'll worthy the pc
rusal of that hoary school of shipping
thought which has done nothing for
Yankee deep watermen in the last
sixty-odd years, but which, neverthe-
less, continues to dominate every ap-
proach to a solution of the nations
problem Of putting the flag back in
overseas trafficking. The author, R.
H. M. Robinson, is an operator and
acting president Of the United Amer
lean Lines, and therefore may be
said to be more or less familiar with
the shipping question.
While Mr.. Robinson takes it for
granted that it is generally admitted
Yankee deep water shipping must
be assisted by the government "for
a period at least" he is one Of a very
few Of his class to recognize that
there must be reciprocation on the
part Of ship owners. He says:
"The government must come for.
ward with measures Of direct or in.
direct assistance to help the shir
| owners surmount these difficulties
(higfi wages accentuated by abnor
NAL exchanges, the high initial cosi
of ships, strict navigation laws, etc.)
but tho ship owners have the recip
rocal duty of operating as econom
ically as possible, so as to reduc,
| the margin Of disadvantage whicl
| the government must Offset. What
ever aid the government may Civ
! -. should not be administers,
| SO as to encourage extravaganza
| but in such way as to show clearl.
| that 1t is recognition Of the faith
| full endeavor of the American shil
| owner, Handicapped, as he is, to cs
| tablish useful nationat institution.
onA means ox yeducing the Anaert
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have ground for thinking that study

have ground for thinking that study
Of the Russian experiment has had
influences. Doctrines imported from
Europe have a weakened hold. With
respect to the large foreign-born pop
ulation that New York for century
has included, the first step toward
Americanization has been natural
ization and the establishment Of the
habit Of voting; the next has been
to turn to Tammany because Of its
false claims of friendship for the
poor, and the third is arrival at full
statured Americanism.
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The Singers at Arlington
70 the Editor Of The Tribune.

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: 1t is only. fair, both to your
readers and to the four Metropolitan
Opera artists to whose participation
in the Unknown Soldiers memorial
services in Washington on Armistice
Day, November II, objection is raised
by your correspondent Mrs. Goodrich
Truman Smith to state that Mrs. Smith
herself is concert artist.
To justify their right to appear at
the memorial ceremony 1t may be
added that Miss Rosa Ponselle sang
continually through the various army
camps and hospitals from the time Of
the entrance, of the United States into
the war until after the armistice. In
addition, Miss Ponselle's brother was
member Of the Aviation Corps Of the
United States Army.
Miss Jeanne Gordon. likewise sang
continually in the camps and hospitals
during the absence of her husband, who
was a lieutenant in the United States
Navy, while her only brother, an avi-
ator in the British Army, was killed
during the second year Of the war.
| Morgan Kingston's two sons both
served throughout the war in the
British Army, one being desperately
wounded, while William Gustafser
served during the whole period of on,
partnership with the Allies as q lieu,
tenant in the 18th Infantry.
| The statement of these facts, 1t seems
TO me, quite fully answers Mrs. Good
rich Truman Smiths unkind attack OF
these four admirable artists.
W. ]. G.
New York, Nov. ., 1921.
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Building Latin America
Our Counhymen Have Not Been
Backward in Good Works
To the Editor Of The Tribune.

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: In answering "S. R." relative
to my letter on "Latin-American
Trade" want to admit that was very
short-sighted to claim that it was only
Americans who went to Central and
South America and built railroads,
formed steamship lines, built hospitals,
cleaned out disease and helped the
needy. ] respectfully take my hat off
to the British and the Germans for
their wonderful achievements in those
countries. But let me add that it was
through necessity chat Europeans
generations ago sought foreign op-
portunities. It has been only in the
last twenty-five years that we have
found it necessary to enter the for
eign field.
But I defy any man to prove that
American foreign traders as a whole
are ignorant and much less dishonest
or have been backward In doing their
share toward building Central and
South America. Perhaps as. r." has
forgotten what Americans did in Cuba
after Spain had ruled there for years;
what Americans did in Panama after
the French had failed; what the
American Red Cross, other American
societies, corporations and individuals
have aone to clean out disease and
help misery; who protects those coun
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Central American and Peruvian rail
roads; jwho control the copper and other
ore in Chile and Bolivia; vino formed
the largest steamship line operating on
tropical waters, and, above all. to whom
all these countries. in fact, the world,
are now coming for assistance.
Certain other nationalities have
done IS we'll, but why should we
boast Of the achievements Of other na-
tions alone when thousands of noble
fellow countrymen have sacrificed their
health, wealth or lives in order that
America could do her share in the con
quest Of the tropics?
will admit that British and Ges-
man capital helped our great men
realize their dreams on foreign soTf,
Aut at that time our own money wss
being used in making America the
most modern, prosperous and power
! ful country in the world. I, for one,
claim we have succeeded.
/ as. r." is wrceg when he claims that
Britishers will bring up their children
as native citizens Of their adopted
country. On the contrary, Britisher,
except when the law requires it, will
always remain Britisher. In all
Latin-American countries they have
their own colonies, their own schools
and, when they can afford 1t, will al
ways live as Britishers. Though /
like, admire and have many English
friends, have always found them TO
be the coldest, most exclusive and un-
approachable race in the world.
As for Mr.. Gray, fail to see, as
much as ] admire his reply to my let
ter, how we will ever agree when he
has such little faith in as. have not
lived very long and not long enough TO
have experienced that the majority Of
Ipeople are ignorant or ready to cheat
me. am still optimistic and hope !
shall always be regarding this sub
ject. MINOR C. r. KEITH.
New York, Nov. 4. 1921.
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liberty and overbearing aggressiveness
for energy. We are becoming nation
Of Doors.
Would It noe be we'll to teach in
our schools courtesy and consideration
for others, even IL it is necessary to
omit some Of the frills Of education
now being crowded into the curriculum i?
E. H. VALENTINE.
New York, Nov. z. 1921.
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Traction in the Open

POSSIBLY, as Mayor nytau pTVulCtS,
the Legislature will now repeal or
modify the Knight-Adier traction
act. Offsetting 100000 Tammany
plurality in the city has it's incon-
veniences to the upstate Republican
organization.
The justification Of the states slen-
der recognition of home rule in it's
traction legislation was that the city
administration, pursuing an obstruc-
tive course, had shown no disposition
to grapple in practical way with
conditions rapidly becoming intoler-
able. Fares were being increased;
k1g- established single-fare transit
les and systems were being chopped
+ and disintegrated; no provision
4, being made for the future. 1t
ned necessary to suspend home
temporarily if anything affirma-
tive was to be done. A state commits
sion with plenary. powers was Gre
ated in the hope that by more sci
entific laying out of routes ano sys-
TENS, by a reduction of charges
through squeezing water out of trac-
tion securities, and by an avoidance
Of expensive duplicated services the
fve-cent fare could be saved and at
the same time provision made for
traction extensions and betterments.
But now new factors are intro
duced. Instead of dealing with an
expiring city administration, the
Legislature must deal with one to
last four years more; instead of
having considerable number Of city
Senators and Assemblymen willing
to follow Albany leadership, the
city's legislators will be almost a
unit. With the city administration
possessed of some powers of at least
indirect veto. and eager to litigate
every step and with the city delega-
tion at Albany insisting on greater
recognition of home rule, traction
will not easily be bettered unless
some form of compromise is ma
tured.
It would seem that the line of least
resistance is to give the city authori-
ties power to pass on plans before
they are finally adopted, while,
through the Transit Commission as
q more effective body, the state re-
tains initiative. If this procedure,
substantially the one advocated by
Major Curran and the Republican
organization during the municipal
campaign, is adopted and the city
administration, by captious opposi.
ton, shows that it solely wishes tt
keep the traction question alive as 8
perpetual political issue, it's present
majority is likely to evaporate. New
s York wants better facilities and the
five-cent fare in fact, and not merely
on the stump. If the election Of 6
Republican Governor next year il
not to be gravely put in jeopardy {
way must be found to drive the city
administration from behind ths
smoke screen which has concealed it,
policy Of negation.
New-York tribune., 1921-11-10
A Troublesome Family
(From The Kansos ctsv starl

From warning Hungary not to pro-
woke the Little Entente the council sf
ambassadors now is forced to warn the
Little Entente to let Hungary alone,
Nobody who hasn't had central
Europe in the house can quite appreci-
ere the troubles OF the Allied powers
these days.
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Ves can pussaass meschandlss edyeeised Ia THE
sisa results In any cass THE rRiBUNE Suarsn-
toss 10 pey your .moaey back upcn request. No rod
tape. Ne sulhbiian. We mako coed premtty II
the advertiser oees rot.
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The Coming 'owcr
ssTHE OLD FAMILIAR FACES

'sTHE OLD FAMILIAR FACES
Speaking only for myself, Yasha,
The Urge is still Cosmic;
But am inhibiting more, il you
know what mean.
At college,
Whenever a Barnard NBeaut knocked
me for a goal,
! told not only Her about it,
But also The Column,
And so, incidentally, The Universe.
And whenever she transferred her
affections,
AS she inevitably did,
I got not only the mitten,
But the sarcastic thrusts of The
Gang.
In short, Yasha, I learned
That when it comes to Love,
1t Doesn't Pay to Advertise.
Oh, l still tell 'em about it.
But not in The Tower.
What's more, / don't even write 'em
any notes.
! tell 'enl--
In the parlor,
Out on the Drive,
Over The telephone,
On top of bus,
Inside taxi
Oh, they know how feel, all right
But nobody else does.
MoRRIE.
Regarding the j h. .. of the press,
we coalitionists like to say that we
are disappointed in the press's vaunted
power; and we Hylanites know that it
was probably the Hearst press-B. L. T.,
years ago, in Puck, used to call Hearst
the friend of the comic people-that
kept the Mayor in Office. We coali-
tlonists aimed at the intelligence Of
the public; but we Hylanites took old
John Siddall's advice. Don't shoot
above the shoulders" said Sid; there's
nothing there"
"If," offers Larry, "'Golden Days
with Helen Hayes. why not The
O'Brien Girl with Conway Tcarle, or
Saint and Sinner with Otis Skinner,
or The Little Vixen with Doyle and
Dixon? Yes, and Mrs. Leslie Carter
in "Getting Gertie's Carter; Mr.. John
Drew in "The Wandering Jew" by Roi
Megrue; and Alfred Lunt in "Daddy's
Gone Huntin'n
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lied his picked corps Of former serv-
icc men now on the postal force let
us hope they will take the Joy out
Of life for the hold-up artists.
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zne Assoc1ated rress u exclusively entitled to
credited to it or not otherwise credited in this
paper. and also the local news Of spontaneous
origin published herein.
An rshts Of republication OF eli other matter
herein also are reserved.
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A Pleasant Exile

fFrom Tho Bosfon Fronscr!ctI
Banishsd to the island Of Madeira!
What's that hnt capital ran;shmsnt9
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GUARANTY

Eers& ss che PoStothcs at New York a. Hecond
Class Mail Matter
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We should like to be delegate to
Conference for the Linitation Of the
production Of Artichekes. Parsnips. and
caxrots. 80
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The Violated Agreement

A correspondent asks The Tribune
to republish the agreement which the
manufacturers in the clothing trade
have violated.