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New-York tribune., 1921-11-03
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The angry memoirs Of the Princess
Louise Of Belgium, in which she seeks
to prove that she is neither the maniac
nor the demirep that she is said to be
by her family and her friends, are now
available through the Doran press.
They are entitled "My Own Affairs"
and their contents wander intimately
among the suicides, assassinations, in
sanities, table manners, unfaithful-
nesses and other idiosyncrasies that
mark the sweet aspect of princes and
their ruin. The book has considerable
informative value. Do you care to
know, for instance, some of the per-
sonal oddities of the kingly and fero-
cious Ferdinand Of Bulgaria? The
princess, then, Will tell you. Often
Ferdinand would ask her to play for
him the march from "AIda" upon the
pianoforte the while he would sum-
mon the Devil to his side and discuss
with him the habits Of He'll At other
times this sovereign would imagine that
his gloves and his scarfs were dead,
and he would request Louise to aid him
in giving them decent burial. Ger
dinand dug the graves himself,e the
princess says, and he would mutter
strange, mortuary incantations in the
course Of the obsequies over his de-
ceased haberdeshery. If the tie or
glove happened to be particular royal
favoritt. he would shake with sobs
during the rites Of interment and
would promise the corpse every pos
sible cadayerous honor, from a ceno-
taph to the best sarcophagus Bulgaria
could buy.
The Emperor Francis Joseph of
Austria-Hungary was less complex in his
regal manifestations. A handsome,
gallant, imposing figure, the princess
says, che might easily have been mis-
taken for a maitre d'hotel." Under the
microscopic scrunity of the princess's
biography. he was discovered to have
flaw or two. One of these was his
practice of pulling and massaging his
side whiskers" when in deep thought
upon affairs Of empire; and an
other was his punctilious passion for
the accurate dressing Of his hair.
While at dinner the Emperor fire.
quently regarded himself with adnira-
tion in his reflection upon the blade os
his knife. He was, she thinks, an EN-
peror rather than a man, a timid, cold
nutomaton, full of the puny attributes
of an underbred poItroon. He seems
to have been one of the closest of her
elderly kinsmen.
One of the especial complaints that
the princess has to make concerning
the German ex-Emperor is that he was
a Lutheran. He and she in their child
hood days used to plumber the straw
berry beds of Laeken together; but that
was before ne became envenomed with
the virus of Lutheranism. Luther
anism," she says, "is no more a re-
ligion than is Calvinism; it is a mere
revolt, a tear in costume" Moreover
it was Lutheranism that caused the
World War, though Princess Louise
admits that that fact is not generally
known. The princess has formulated
an imprecation which, when next she
meets William IL, she will repeat to
him:
you miserable man. she proposes to
say, "Raue you read Goethe? Can you
imagine what he who wrote Man is only
great according to the Heaven which is
| within himself would think of you !?
You do not possess Heaven. You have
New-York tribune., 1921-11-03
Gripping the Lecture Centcrs

Gripping the Lecture Centers
To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: ! had barely started course
in commercial designing at the Harlem
Evening Trade School when word came
that the class would be discontinued
because of lack OF funds caused by the
action of the Board Of Estimate and
Apportionment in reducing the appro-
priation for schools. Naturally, ! was
ncensed, as were the other students
of the class | had enrolled with the
aim of learning a vocation.
Last week, while I was attending
lecture at the Woodstock Library, an
nouncement was made that because of
the action of the Board of Estimate
and Apportionment the course OF lee
lures may have to be discontinued, to-
gether with twenty-three other lecture
centers throughout the city. And all
for the lack Of $4,000 for the ensuing
year. That amount, representing the
reduction in the total amount asked for
by the Board of Education, is lop-
ping off of one-third of the sum APP
portioned to the lecture department
last year.
Is it not outrageous in the face of
the recent exposures of graft in city
departments that the means of obtain
ing an education in this city are placed
beyond the reach of the average citi-
zen because of official penury?
ISIDORE GREENGOLD.
New York, Nov. l, 1921.
New-York tribune., 1921-11-03

And employ sometimes when
he meant more than he could express
and sometimes when he didn't know
Just what he meant and wanted the
reader to think fox him, triple dots
of suspension.
New-York tribune., 1921-11-03
81.

If Mr.. H. G. Wells should take over
the editorship of this column, probably
he would number the paragraphs.
New-York tribune., 1921-11-03
A Question of Method
Cloak Manufacturers Dictation Re-
garded as Blow to Cooperation

&dioeQ as DlOW 10 (O-OperatCn
TO the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: ! was rather astonished tn read
IN your newspaper of the determination
OF the cloak manufacturers to impose
new conditions on the workers in the
cloak factories without comforting with
The workers who have aided in building
the industry or the unions in which
they ere organized. My surprise was
caused not SO much by the demands Of
the manufacturers as by the method
used IN presenting the issue, which
fear will utterly destroy the co-opera-
tive spirit which heretofore has existed
and nullify the progress made in this
industry within the past few years.
This attitude Is a point blank denial
Of fair play. 1t is autocratic and un-
American, especially at this time, when
all men, whether employers or workers,
should strive to maintain peace and
good will in industry and re-establish
normal industrial conditions.
The needle trades have been a very
interesting study to me. | have often
commended what seemed to be recog-
milton of both sides in each contro-
versy that the welfare of hundreds of
thousands of humans WAS at stake and
that it would be folly to stubbornly re-
sist improvements in industry or some
necessary concession.
Under this influence the ladies' wear
industry has thrived. Modern fac
tories have replaced the swcatshop.
Men and women produce under humane
conditions and the industry has grown
in power and profit.
The decree promulgated by the manu-
facturers' association will destroy all
that has been built. 1t completely
denies the principle Of cooperative ad
justment of problems affecting the in
dustry and deliberately challenges the
union to enter into war which will
undoubtedly create havoc, not only with
the employers interests but with the
welfare of hundreds Of thousands of
men, women and children dependent
upon the industry for their livelihood.
The attitude Of the association is to
be deplored. 1t would be we'll if some
farsighted employers were to use their
influence to adjust whatever problems
exist through the sensible and public
spirited medium OF cooperation, rather
than to invite a struggle which can
only harm both sides. A. TRIVIN.
New York, Oct. 20, 1921.
New-York tribune., 1921-11-03
Insufficient

fFrona Fhe Providence Jowvsa3
1t should be understood that beer
cannot be lawfully pres .ribed to thoss
who are merely sick of tho dry regime.
New-York tribune., 1921-11-03
xr,rrrn ar THE ASSOCIATED pREss

fns Associated Prsss is exclusively entitled to
the uEe for republication Of ali news dispatches
credited to II or not otherwise credited In this
payer. and also tbs local nevs o. spcntanecus
origin puhhshcd herein.
An tights Of rcpublicasioa q al sther matter
hsger also reserved
New-York tribune., 1921-11-03
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New-York tribune., 1921-11-03
AT the Grand Museum, Allen and
Grand SITS.

yeah we have Madame Uno,
snake chahmah. Comes from Aishia.
You will notus that she is vurry bee
yoo-ti-full laidee. Notus pur-tic-il-
larly her eyes; it is with them she
chahms the sarpints. The sarpint she
now holds in her right hand is the ia
muz white adder-comes from Egupt-
most poizzinous of reptiles. Cleopat-
ira, queen of Egupt, was kilt by one
of these same sarpints, but Madom-o-
zellc Uno FEARS NOT. She has her
photografts-theya are for sale"
New-York tribune., 1921-11-03


When the treasured Times, under q
picture OF Miss Laura Lejeune, calls
her Gone of Washington Society's
Most Constant Deyotees of the Racket" :"
it errs, we think, on the conservative
side. Miss Lejeune, wearing high
heeled slippers, Is shown in what is
supposed to be tennis action. So con-
stant devotee is she that she scorns
a court; or if that is court she is
playing on, it is unmarked except for
tree near the service line. Miss Le-
jeune looks to us like the Most Con-
stant Devotee Of the Racket In the
Universe.
Recall "Bluebeard's Eighth Wife,"
for example. Or "Transplanting Jean"
Of unhappy memory.-Louis v. De Foe
in The World
New York has the referendum, but
not the recall.
1t was The Americans proofroom
who let it ("Enchantment') stand
advertised as "sexquisite photo
comedy"
Compton Mackenzie's "Set
Down in Malice Warre B. Welles in
The Tribune.
Perhaps, Rafe suggests, he meant
malice in Cumberland"
1t would help us in the Pursuit Of
Our Art if Miss Margaret Ashmun, au-
thor Of "Topless Towers would tell
us the date when Martina took up The
Tribune and turned to The Coming
Tower, smiling at the witticisms of
F. P. A. and his contribs." But maybe
Martina smiled because she herself was
& contrib.
Speaking Of nicknames.' telephones
MIR. J. NJ. Kerrigan. 'why not call
Chesterton the Bird Of Paradox? ?"
Why not, indeed? And J. C. Squire
the Bird Of ParofiistsY r. P A.
New-York tribune., 1921-11-03

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New-York tribune., 1921-11-03

Why not, indeed? And j. C. Squire
the Bird Of Parodistss r. P. A.
New-York tribune., 1921-11-03

Speaking Of nicknames." telephones
MIR. j. NJ. Kerrigan. why not call
Chesterton the Bird OF Paradox"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-08-06
Wheat Drops In Price on Report That Staple Supply Is Unlimited
By Associated Press

Chicago, August 5.-Wheat tumbled still lower in price today influenced more or less by assertions that ths present movement to market is limit ed only by the supply of railroad ears available. The close was heavy 2A to 3Ac net lower with Sep tember s11SA tos1,1s1a and De- cember s1.21A to st.22. Corn lost IS to 11sc and oats A to 1Bc. Pro- visions finished unchanged to o2c lower
 With country offerings in the southwest somewhat larger sales, with gossip current that spring wheat growers would sell freely direct from threshers, the wheat market faced predictions that the visible supply to- tal on Monday would show 9,000,00 to 100000 bushels increase. Un- der such circumstances, leading elevator interest here was persis- tent seller throughout the day, and there was also much selling pressure from the Southwest On the down. ward slide of prices. export demand broadened out, but otherwise. the mar ket seemed to be without any ade- quate support, and the rallies failed to hold. Prospects that railroad rates would be reduced between Chi cago and the Atlantic seaboard had no effect on the market, as the bulk of shipments at this time are by lake at figures much below the rail rate.
 Corn and oats declined with wheat and the September delivery of corn touched the lowest August price since 1907. September oats was only a fraction above the lowest level yet this season.
 Sharp downturns in the value of hogs weakened provisions.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-08-06
WEEKLY CROP REPORT

Corn throughout the country Is good to excellent The oat yield will be small cotton has been looking up and the Outlook for growing crops at the present time is optimistic" ac- cording to the experts of the Amer ican Steel and Wire company. The report for the past week follows:
 Corn and cotton are at the present time in good shape. Cotton has i'm proved considerably during the last week, although boil weevils are still doing considerable damage. With favorable weather the next 40 da Js the cotton crop should be as good as can be expected from the limited acreage and the lack of fertilizer used this year.
 Corn in practically all of the couE- try is in good to excellent condition The only peculiar condition reported being the uneven development of the ear, the same field showing ears be- ginning to dent while other ears are just being formed.
 Oats are an exceedingly light crop. Reports on Wheat yields show small CT returns than had been expecte l owing to grain ripening too rapidly.
 Sweet potatoes good; white pota- toes leave much to be desired and are reported as being from poor to medium.
 The outlook for growing crops ar the present time is optimistic"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-08-06
BRADsTREET's REVIEW
By Associated Press

New York August 5.-Bradstreets tomorrow will say:
 Previous reports of current quiet but of increased optimism as to the fu- ture remain good at the moment of writing. Indeed, if anything, lhe number of favorable indications has increased with the passage of as- other week, bringing nearer the ad- vent of regular fall trade. Perhaps chief in independence in the latter direction may be put better realiza- tion of the strength of commodity prices during July Another favor able. development of the week has been the apparent checking in most states by more Or less copious rains of the deterioration shown in the corn crop caused by past heat and drouth. It may be added, however, that the crop prospect is not entirely the week have been a continuance of the relative steadiness of the stock market after it's creeping" rise from the low point in June; a slight IT, crease in buying of iron and steel, ased on immediate needs, among which, railway repairs and renewals are prominent, accompanying a slight gain in capacity; better reports as to railway earnings in June; larger buying of wool based on good ord les for next springs goods and a very firm market for most cotton goods. Weekly bank clearings. $6,54S,2 ,22S, 900.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-08-06
NEW YORK COTTON
NEW ORLEANS COTTON
 Rv Assoriufad presa

New Orleans August 5.-A ggres- sive buying on continued unfavora ble crop reports put the price of cot ton higher today, the October posi- ton being sent across the 1Sc level to 13.10c. A good demand was felt on the opening and. while there were recessions at intervals as the result of realizing from the long side, values were well maintained and late in the session the market was at it's high est, at net gains of 30 to A points. The close was at gains of 34 to 36 points, with October at 13.01c.
 Texas continued to send in the worst crop reports and many tele- grams claimed severe deterioration as the outcome of prevailing hot and dry weather. Several private fore casts were received, estimating the Texas yield at around 2.000.000 bales.
 Bullish sentiment was increased by complaints from the Carolinas, smi- lar to those coming from the west. South Carolina, especially, claimed that the plant was suffering from hot and dry weather. The spread of crop complaints to the eastern belt had the effect of causing considera ble covering of the short interest and market gossip had 1t that important lines of short contracts were being reduced.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-08-06
COTTON MARKET
 SHOWED RENEWED
 F|RMNESS ALL DAY
General Staple List Closed Steady at a Net Advance of Thirty to Thirty-four
 Points on the Day
By Associated Press

New York, August 5.-The cotton market showed renewed firmness to- day with prices making new high ground for the movement. october deliveries sold up to 1S.57c compared with 11.S6c, the low price touched toward the end Of last month and 11.22c, the low record of last June. the general market closing steady at a net advance of 30 to S4 points.
 The opening was firm at an ad- vance of 8 to . points owing to the continued bullish or even alarming nature of private crop reports from the southwest. There was some south ern selling on this opening advance, but it seemed to be readily absorbed, end the brokers said there were few CT contracts for sale between 1320c and 13.50c for October than there had been around the l3 cents level earli- CT In the week.
 Wall street houses were good buy CTS oh the advance, while trade buy ing appeared in evidence on compara- lively slight reactions, and the best prices of the day were reached dur ing the afternoon when December sold at 1S,97c and January at 1392c with active months generally show ing net advances of 42 to 45 points There was little more realizing as prices approached the 13-cent level for December contracts, but closing prices were within 10 or 12 points of the best on most positions.
 HardinE's Statement
 The statement of Governor Hard ing of the federal reserve board with reference to cotton as quoted to the effect that with crop prospects poor and exports picking up, banks every where were justified in carrying loans, probably contributed to the days advance. Aside from that and the bullish crop advices, buying was stimulated by talk of a broadening demand for goods. and Georgia spot firm reported that southern mills were buying some cotton for January and December delivery against sales of their product.
 Private cables attributed the ad- vance in Liverpool to bullish crop ad- vices from the south, but complained of continued dull trade. Business in futures here was more active then previously this week with a broaden ing of interest indicated by the trad ing of local commission houses.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-08-06
FEDERAL RESERVE BANK
By Associated Press

Washington, August 5.-Combined resources and liabilities of the 12 fed eral reserve banks at the close of business August 2 were reported yes terday by the federal reserve board as follows:
 Resources; Gold and gold certifi- cates, s412,S36, 900. Gold settlement 900. Total gold held by banks, sS3S,- .0o0. Gold with federal reserve agents, $1,615, 4S2, O0O.l Gold redemp- tion fund. s9S,729,00O. Total gold re- serves, $2.552. .SSS 900. Legal tender notes, silver, etc. $151, ,030 900. Total reserves, s2.703,S43, 900. Bills dis counted by United States government ohligati s572.609,0 900. All other, s1045,00o. Bills bought in open market, $29,961,000. Total bills on hand, ,647,579,000. United States bonds and notes. $34.114,O00. United States certificates of indebtedness. one year certificates (Pittman act), s207,Slo,0o0. All other, $1s,541,0 900 Total learning assets, s1,9O3 109, ,000. Bank premises, s25,S92, ,0O0 Five per cent redemption fund against federal reserve bank notes. $9,614.0O0. Un- collected items. s49S. 700, O0O All other resources, s17176,000. Total re- sources, s5.153.33i .000
 Liabilities: Capital paid in. $102,- St2,000. Surplus, s213.S24, ,000 Re- served for government franchise tax. $fo,S2b, poo. Deposits, government, $56, 147, 900; member banksO reserve account s1619,920, 900; all other. $26.- S9s.000, Total deposits, $1.7O5.066,00o. Federal reserve notes in actual cir culation. s2,5S667s 5000. Federal re- serve bank netes in circulation, net liability. $122.379. GOO. Deferred avail ability items. s409. .227. .000. All other liabilities. s17.967 900. Total liabili- ties. $5,17S,334.O .OoO
 Ratio of total reserves to deposit and federal reserve note liabilities combined. 6S.7 per cent.
 Ratio of gold reserves 10 federal reserve notes in circulation after setting aside 35 per cent against de- posit liabilities, S31 per cent.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-08-06
ATLANTA REsERyE HANK

Statement of resources and liabili- ties federal reserve bank of Atlanta. at the close of business, August 3, 1921:
 Resources: Gold coin and certifi- cates in vault s4.7s3,262.4O: gold set clement fund. s526S.474.5S; total gold held by banks, s10,051. 1.7S6.sS. Gold with federal reserve agent. s51,225. sos; gold redemption fund. s5,ooS, 051.22; total gold reserve, s66,2S5,- 59320. Legal tender notes, silver, etc.. $7,2S6,02S; total reserve, $73.- 571,616.20.
 Bills discounted: Secured by gov ernment obligations. y$35652,2124S; all other, $6s,2S9,59Ss6; bills bought in open market. $963.722.14; total bills on hand. $105, 5,905.531.5S. United States bonds and notes. $10,129,S95.30 one-year certificate of tedness (Pittman act). $10,564,0e0; all other certificates of indebtedness. sSs6; total earning, assets, s126, 00.312.SS Bank premises, $137,S47S5; 5<per cent fund against federal reserve bank notes. s60S.550; uncollected items S1SS29.476.10; all other resources s727,692.0s: total resources, S220.S75. 495.09
 Liabilities: Capital paid in. s4, 10S, TOO; surplus, $S.7oS,2S2.S2; reserve for government franchise tax. $2,S92, 15047 Deposits: Government $2662,476.73; member banks. reserve account $42.699.152.09; all other $3S3,66967; total deposits. $45.I45.- 29S.49. Federal reserve notes in ac- tual circulation, s135. 122905; federal reserve bank notes in actual circula- ton. $s.724.450; deferred availability items. $14,127.S0 50; all other liabili- ties. $S45.907.S1; total liabilities Se20.S75.495.09.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-08-06
EAST ST. LOUIS LIVE STOCK
 Nv Ass0aiut&d pr~su
HUBBARD BROTHERS LETTER

New York, August 5-(Special. )- The trade is slowly realizing the fact that reported damage to the crop In Texas and Oklahoma is assuming greater proportions than was first anticipated. The reports from Georgia also indicate serious set back to the crop. Other reports we consider a trifle exaggerated October is turn ing out to be a very strong month and there was noticeable switching between that month and December, buying the near and selling the dis tant.
 Liverpool was moderate buyer on the opening, in addition to local and spot houses buying. We hear from our office in the dry goods district that sheetings have advanced 20 per cent in the last two weeks and there Is a decidedly better demand from the trade There was considerable cot ton for sale on the advances, but the demand soon took these offer ings and the market contiued up- ward.
 The feeling is much better than heretofore, and if spinners realize that good cotton is not as plentiful as was first supposed, we can ex- pect a continued hardening in the basis and an improvement in our market-HubbarH Bros.