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New-York tribune., 1921-10-31
Copyright. 1924. Nsw York Tribune Inc.

November afternoon" with which the
primary episode Of Behemoth, the
pleasure dog, is set moving to dis
comfort the bearer of the title role in
"Queed.' "Potterism" informs the
prospective reader, and is guilty of no
meretricious seductions in so doing,
that "Johnny and Jane Potter. being
twins, went through Oxford together" :"
In the first line of "Casanova's Home
coming" Arthur Schnitzler is content
20 observe that Casanova was in his
afty-third year"
j; :. s.
Mr.. Norris in Brass" which is GER
tanly not an oyerconventional work,
begins with the ancient weather re-
port "The hot summer wind"
Mr.. Adams himself, true to his beliefs
in the matter, sets Success" a-going
thus: "Thc lonely station of Manzanita
stood out. sharp and unsightly, In the
keen February sunlight" From the
threshold of Michael Sadlier's PRIV
ilege" there is ne specious beckonine;
MAN that Is born of woman hath but r
short time to live, and is full Of
misery" In "The Girls" Miss Edna
Eerber confesses doubt as to the
manner of her beginning at is a
question of method" she speculates.
not knowing whether to rush you up
to the girls pellmell, or with elaborate
slyness slip you casually into their
family life.
So Mr.. Adams Is for respectable. as
suring, we'll hammered geneses which set
no traps for unwary minds and spray
no perfunled incense in the air. Thus
should correct cquaintanceships, liter
ary as social, be formed, gradually and
within the accustomed boundaries of
the three dimensions. "Not," he saws.
"as Mr.. Sabbatini sets his scapeerace
hero dropping in upon our scandalized
comprehension with his total and naked
character held up between the thumb
and forefinger Tor our inspection"
Nor is that the worst of it, in Mr..
Adams's opinion. "Mr. Sabbatini be-
gins, IN that abrupt curtain-lift, that
which he leaves you to finish, leaves it
like burr stuck in your uneasy mind
which, unless you detach it promptly.
IS likely TO take possession, and cling
like the slumber-wrecking meter Of
"A red trip slip for three-cent trip
Of accursed memory.
He was born with sc, os laughter
And sense that the world was mad
"Who will lay that uneasy, metered
spirit, that rhythmic haunt?o Mr..
Adams inquiries; ana he answers, az.
P. A, perhaps"
New-York tribune., 1921-10-31

in April, 1917, had opposed conscrip-
tion, which Colonel Roosevelt and
General Wood had educated the
country into accepting, three weeks
later was so fanatical a convert that
he frowned on Colonel Roosevelt as
conscription's enemy.
New-York tribune., 1921-10-31
What Wages for Public Work !?

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: see in the papers that several
cities have issued bonds for public
works in order to give employment to
the unemployed and that others are
thinking Of doing the same
am much interested to know if the
wages paid to the unemployed are to
be the high scale wages now demanded
or something less. J.R.
Roslyn, N. Y, Oct. %.
New-York tribune., 1921-10-31
Books p.,., Hammond as

Samuel Hopkins Adams, having been
urged against his will to read
"Scaramouche" by the glamour and
rhythm Of it's first line, is actuated to
an inquiry. "How much does a run
ming start count for in fiction?" he
writes to The Tribune. "or, to nut it in
another form, how fal does novelist
commit himself in his opening SEN
tence? Is he justified in batting g.
trap for the reader at the very out
set?" Mr. Adams's meditations are
those Of consumer Of novels. rather
than maker of them. "I picked up
'scaramouche' with distrust," he con-
tlnues, for / am not partial to his
torical romance, and looking askance
at the first page caught my eye on
this:
He was born with gift of
laughter. and sense that the world
was mad
THAT / was lost from that moment
and havc not fully recovered yet is
not the point which present for your
consideration; the point is, has young
Mr.. Sabbatini an ethical right to fash
upon ones unprepared brain an initial
sentence with the rhythmic Tilt of a
Swinburnian line and the imperative
acclaim of trumpet heard in the dis
tance? True, he lives up to his
promise in what follows; but that, too,
Is beside the question. Ought he to
depart from the set and sober custom
which the rest Of us fictionists, little
and big, correctly follow-viz., to be-
gin with respectable statement of
time, place or weather conditions? Can
he defend his course in reverting to
the reprehensible inceptive methods of
the late Nick Carter type of literature,
Bang! Bang! Bang! Three shots
rang out pom the still air. and set
ting them to music and to wings? I,
for one, enter solemn protest
:: i: y
"Chance pickings from my library
confirm me in my views. Not as the
creator of 'Scaramouchc' do the
mighty Of the past make their intro
ductory bows to the public fake
"Romola": "More than three CEN
turies and a half ago" and SO
on down the page for a total that re-
sembles cricket score-one hundred
and thirty six, not out. .Balzac does
the same in his "Peau de Chagrin,"
his chronological off f-the- mark being
"Toward the end of the month of
October, 1929" David CopperAeld"
opens with vague pothesization,
"Whether | shall turn out to be the
hero OF my own life" and "Tbe
Master of Ballantrae" with a confident
and formal prophecy, "The full truth
of this odd matter is what the world
has long been looking for" "Penden-
nis'-well, what would one expect OF
"Pendennis"? Here it is: "One fine day
in the full London season"
The moderns, too, mainly keep in the
beaten path, with minor and unalarm-
ing diversions. Mr. Wells opens
"Kipps" with negative reflection upon
boys parentage, and Conrad launches
Victory" that radiant and tragic melo-
drama. with mineralogical truism. In
the fantastic and delightful Buried
Alive" Arnold Bennett seeks 70 at
tain something different with an alb
struse reference to the angle of the
earth's axis, but it turns out to be
only his way of saying that it was
summer. Frank Swinnerton, an in
novator Of bold qualities, when once
under way. clings TO the everyday
method in introducing "Coquette": "It
was Saturday night" which is as i'm
n - rf o II
New-York tribune., 1921-10-31
A Costly Undertaking
fFrom The Woshiuoton gtor

FFTom The Washington STAR
Russians, while finding no reliable
statistics on the subject available, are
beginning to get a general idea of the
trouble and expense of keeping Lenine
and Trotzky comfortable.
New-York tribune., 1921-10-31
,,r,,nrn OF Tuu AssocIArTp PRESS

Tia Associated Pres Is exclusively entitled TO
tho use for republication Of all dispatches
credited TO II or NOT otherwise credited IN this
paper and also the local OF spontaneous
origin published herein.
AZ fights G, republication Of sl other matter
herein also reserved
New-York tribune., 1921-10-31
The Mamaroneck Takers

Al just loathc and detest roine to
New York; You shop ali day, and then
have to go to movie to rest before
you're fresh enough for dinner and the
eheater, And the prices! We had to
pay $4.65 for seat for "The Music
Box Revue"
B.-Why, aphatever you pay nowadays
ls too much. They keep starting the
shows later and ending them sooner.
Pretty soon they'll be all Beginning and
end and intermission.
C.-Yes, and even then you about
break your neck getting the 11:32.
Ats the awful salaries they're pay
Ing. Why, Bzzbbgglgzz hasn't even got
the lead, and she gets thousand dollars
week. She's wo-o-nderful, but she
simply isn't worth it.
B.-Ws have neat little scheme at
our house. When the Carterzinx come
over We play cards for an eighth of a
cent pernt and put the winnings in
pool to buy theater seats. always
say that that way it dosn't cost anybody
anything, And it doesn't hurt my feel
ings to lose any more, because it's all
for good cause.
Cit must be lovely to really UNDER
stand bridge! d. S. P.
New-York tribune., 1921-10-31
South China Left Out
Absence from the Conference
Blamed on Washington
To the Editor Of The Tribune.

10 the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: 1t is true that the two govern
ments Of China have been unable to
unite in a delegation to the Washing
ton conference. Your conception, how
ever. in your editorial "Laggard
China" that the case is similar to that
of Turkey is mn error Of fact. You
may remember that both the Constan-
tinople government of Turkey and the
Angora government Of Turkey were in
vited to, and actually did, send dele
gates TO the conference at London,
where, with representatives Of the
British government, they sat down at
conference table and "talked it over"
Nothing would be moro agreeable to
the southern, or de jure, government
OF China than similar action with re-
gard to the two Chinese factions. In
fact, every effort has been made by the
government of President Sun Yat-sen
OF China to have just this gathering
of representatives of both sides take
place at Washington, and repeated re-
quests for such action have been made
to the American State Department by
representatives of South China.
The Washington administration is
standing upon the diplomatic techni-
callty that, as it has not recognized
the South China Republic, it cannot
invite it to send representatives to
Washington, a technicality which. YOU
will note. tie British government over
looked i'll rC ard to Turkey.
Under these circumstances neither
the Washington government nor the
Chinese government at Peking has in
vited the South China government to
participate as government in the con-
ference, and, obviously, it cannot mar
ticipate. In fact, being unrecognized,
1T could not, if it would, send even un-
official representatives, because they
could not obtain passports.
The fault regarding the non.co-
operation of the two governments of
China in the present instance lies not
with China but directly at the door of
the United States Department of State.
The deplored discord in China is being
fostered by the powers, including the
United States, who are making such a
stir over peace in the Far East.
RICHARD HATTON.
Washington, D. c., Oct. &c, 1921.
New-York tribune., 1921-10-31

Songs Of Disarmament

. heroes. be gentlemen and scholars,
When Liberty's form stands in view;
A battleship costs forty million dollars,
Which is borne by the Red, White,
and Blue.
New-York tribune., 1921-10-31
A National Sport

(Frous Tke Washington Pcsfl
Judging by the number Of people en-
gagged in telling Congress how TO soh
the country, there are very few sas~
rloyed left.
New-York tribune., 1921-10-31

vtu can purchase merchandise advertised Ia IHE
tribune With absolute safety--for u dlssatistsc-
sisn results 10 any case THE TRIBUNE fuAran.
tees to pay your money back upon request. Ne red
tase Mo auibhiIng. We mako ssod promptly "
the advertiser does not.
New-York tribune., 1921-10-31

If there were no batt!eships, there
wouldn't be any shipyards. And what
would some professional athletes do
in the event of war then, poor things
New-York tribune., 1921-10-31
Washington, D. c., Oct, &c, 1921.

1.-The technicality on which the
American government is standing is
controlling. 1t cannot invite South
China to the conference. But that
is all the more reason that Chinese
who believe in national unity should
get together at all costs before it is
too late.-Ed.
New-York tribune., 1921-10-31

1t was reading Of Eugene Fields
column, "Sharps and Flats" that gave
Theodore Dresser, so he says in The
Bookman, the desire to write. And
what we don't understand is how a
atudent Of Field, who surely was fine
werd-artissn and stylist, could let
words obstruct and engulf him as
Dresser always has permitted them to.
IL always seems to US that Dresser
has more to say and says it worse than
any other writer.
Even so careful writer as Prof.
Brander Matthews, in Essays on Eng
lish." cails him Mr. Irwin Cohh
New-York tribune., 1921-10-31
Daily Before Meals

Beautiful beer, 80 rich and foamy,
Best when the day is old and gloamy
Who for such dainties would not steer ?
Beer Of the evening, beautiful beer,
New-York tribune., 1921-10-31

o~nsd ~ New York Tribune. Inc.. Sew York
Cooperation. Published daily. Ogden Reid. Preei-
dent, G. Vernon Rogers. viec-rrcsldent Helen
xcsses Reid Secretary: r. Il Maxasld. Treasurer.
Address. Tribune Building. I5& NaNau Street. New
Y@k. Telephone. Beeknan 5000
New-York tribune., 1921-10-31

Well, we shouldn't, for enc. We
don't like beer, ard we wrote that in
sincere quatrain just for the mere
writing fun OF it. /. Was Keats,
We wonder, really so keen on pottery :?
And was Coleridge really such good
ship news reporter?
New-York tribune., 1921-10-31


At Sixth Avenue and Thirty-eiphth
Street s the emporium Of Mr.. Herman
Berman; which leads D. A. N. to spec
ulate on his relationship to Mr.. Booth
Tarkington's Penrod Schofields little
f-iends-Herman, Sherman and Yer
man.
Just the same, We wish We knew, for
betting purposes alone, how Bernard
Shaw has the result of the Arms Con-
ference doped.
1t is lampable. II one reads the Cam
ton, N. Y, Hill News, that recent con-
certs have included Reginald Vain
wrath
New-York tribune., 1921-10-31
GUARANTY

Entered at the Pos,oo,ce at New York m Second
Class NAH Matter.
New-York tribune., 1921-10-31

Say, has your doctor prescribed an,
BEER1
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1921-10-26
NEW FLASHLESS POWDER
HIDES GUNS AT NIGHT.

Washington-F lashless gunpowder,
making possible night firing without
illumination, one Of the recent devel-
opments of the army ordance corps,
will be demonstrated Friday at the
third annual meeting of the Army
Ordnance association at the Aberdeen
proving grounds.
Since the invention and use of
smokeless powder, which eliminated
locating guns in daylight,ordnance ex-
perts have been working to prevent
similar sporting" by flashes at night
This has now been accomplished
Night firing with guns as large as 5
inches, in which the muzzle was bare
ly visible to Observers so feet away,
have recently been conducted with no
more than a momentary dull red
glow, and no illumination whatever.
This has been accomplished by in
PRODUCING substances into the powder
which, when the gun is fired, are yola-
tilized-Milwaukee Journal.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1921-10-26

Capt Thomas P. Edwards, Viola, is
dead at the age of 105. This remark
able old man could dance a jig at 100
and hurdle a chair. He attributed
his longevity to abstinence from wor-
ry, tobacco and alcohol but always
ate plenty of candy and sweet things
Captain Edwards was born in Mis-
souri,, Feb. 16, 1916, his father being
a friend of Daniel Boone. He moved
to Indiana in 1926 and grew to man
hood. In 1854 he came to Richland
county, locating at Orion. He enlist
ed in the federal army at the opening
Of the Civil war and was discharged
in 1863 with the rank of second lieu
tenant. He was twice married, his
first wife dying in the first year of
their welded life. IL 1854 he married
Abigail Hayes and to this union eight
children were born, six of whom sur
vive.
Captain Edwards was in good
health until recently and a short time
ago attended a party given in honor
Of one Of his comrades. Death fol-
lowed a brief illness with bowel
trouble. The funeral was held We'd
nesday at Pleasant Ridge cemetery
in Richland county.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1921-10-26
NOTICE TO BANKS,
GRANT COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD
CONVENTION. ~

The annual school board conven-
ton for Grant County will be held at
the following places on the dates
named below:
Bloomington, High School, Nov. Z.
Lancaster, Court House, Nov. S.
Plattcville, Normal School. Nov. 8.
Program commences at $50 o'clock
a. m.
Every school officer and every
teacher in the county is urged to at
tend one of the conventions. An in
teresting and helpful program has
been planned. Teachers may attend
the convention without loss of time.
School officers who attend will re-
ceive $500 and mileage.
LET'S GO.
To the School Board Convention
and take an active part in the various
discussions. New school laws will be
discussed by one from the State De-
partment.
Yours Respectfully,
F. E. RALPH,
County Supt.
Clerks please notify other school
officers. 36c2
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1921-10-26
SEVERE WINTER PREDICTED
BY EMU. S. INTERCOLLEGIATE.

That next winter will be a cold one
is the indication of weather data
compiled by DR.. c. F. Brooks, former
Iy meteorologist of the federal wealth
er bureau, and now associate profess
sor of meteorology and climatology
of Clark university.
An ANALYSIS of the weather records
of over a century indicates that we
are experiencing a series of alter
nations of severe and warm winters.
Last fall on the basis of his investi-
cations. DR.. Brooks said that last
winter would be warm. 1t was. And
now he says that it is not unreason-
able to expect that next winter will
be a cold one and that the winter Of
1929 will be a warm one.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1921-10-26
TRACES COURSE OF BULLET
FIRED IN CIVIL WAR.

Kelso, Wash.-P. j. Knapp. a vet
eran of the Civil war after So years,
has traced the course of bullet he
fired at the siege of Vicksburg.
Some time ago Mr.. Knapp read a
news dispatch saying that w. v.
Meadows, a Confederate veteran of
LanOtte, Alabama had coughed up
a bullet which was shot into his eye
at Vicksburg Mr. Meadows, the ac-
count said was member of the 37th
Alabama regiment, and Mr.. Knapp re-
called an incident at the seige, when
he and three other members of the
5th Iowa Volunteers were called upon
to silence a Confederate sharpshooter
who was firing through small hole
in sheet of boiler plate.
After Mr.. Knapp fired, the sharp
shooters shots were discontinued and
it was surmised that he had been shot
in the eve.
When Mr.. Knapp wrote to Mr. Mea-
dows, the latter said that he was the
man behind the boiler plate and that
the bullet entered his right eye. Mr..
Knapp received a photograph of the
bullet and of Mr. Meadows. The two
. veterans have enjoyed considerable
correspondence over the incident.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1921-10-26
KILLING FROSTS BENEFIT
BY FASTENING HARVEST.

MadisOn-Killing frosts in Wiscon-
sin at the end of last week terminated
crop growth in the state, according
to the weekly bulletin of the crop re-
porting service. The effect of the
frost was said to have been beneficial
by causing crops still in the field to
ripen and by fastening harvest.
Farm work is reported to be we'll
in advance, with much blowing, clear
ing and repairing already done all
over the state. Corn husking and
shredding is said to be progressing
rapidly except in the southern coun-
ties, where it has been to wet for
work during the week. The corn ear
worm has been damaging the crop in
the field.
Potato vines were killed by the
frost, with the result that the tubers
will now ripen fast and hasten dig
ging. While grub worms are said to
have been working on the tubers, re-
ducing their quality considerably.
Winter grains which were sown
early have grown suffici ntly for the
winter, according to the report, which
SAYS that tile soils condition for this
crop has been excellent the last week.
Inc new See0lGSS OF nay recovered
from the drought of midsummer and
are reported to be in good condition
to enter the winter.
Cabbage has not made the growth
expected from weather conditions.
The yield will be slightly over half
that of 1920, the report declares. The
onion crop is also said to be very
short Sugar beet harvest has begun
with a yield above average. The live
stock condition is reported as from
fair to good.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1921-10-26
STILLS IN VERNON COUNTY.

Two state and one federal prohibi-
ton officials descended upon Viroqua
last week and sure did make a clean
up. AT the Sutherland restaurant
at Readstown they found and confis-
Gated a fine still in operation and a
large quantity of liquor, part of which
they destroyed and brought the rest
to the county seat as evidence. Lii
quor was also found at the Ross Ban
kus place. A still in operation was
found at the Mike Hanson place and
a still at the Sever Tally place not in
peratiOn-Censor.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1921-10-26

John Sommersburger a Sheboygan
automobile salesman, charged with
manslaughter, was found not guilty
This is the case in which George Yek-
enewicz, a Lithuanian of Sheboygan,
was killed last June when the car in
which the two were riding, was
wrecked on the Plank road about
three miles west of Sheboygan Falls.
Amigo police succeeded in foiling
a plot to spirit out of the state an
escaped prisoner from the Forest
county Jail. He was E. r. Green, who
escaped last Thursday when an in
sane prisoner set fire to the Jail.
Green was held to answer a charge
Of shooting at an automobile and
narrowly missed the driver. Friends
gave him. refuge until Sunday night
and then brought him in by auto
mobile to take train for Cincinnati.
Green succeeded in boarding train
here but was recaptured at Shawano
on information given by the Amigo
police.
Mrs. George Kelley, residing north
of Bradley, Wis, was forced to fight
a huge golden eagle while fishing in
boat. The big bird was attracted
by bright hat she was wearing and
swooped down on her. Realizing her
danger, Mrs Kelley took up a stick
attached to fish stringer and killed
the bird with a blow on the head.
The eagle measured Z feet inches
in his wing spread. The bird will be
mounted
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1921-10-26

The Ku Klux phantom has dwindled
from 100000 members down to 90
600, according to recent testimony Of
Imperial Wizard Simmons. The real
danger of Ku Kluxism is not in the
society-it lies in having a commits
sion organized to check them, adding
to the already overlooking state capt.
til, absorbing more tax money.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1921-10-26
OPTOMETRlST

Eyes tested and glasses correctly fit
ted. Come in and get your glasses
No charge. Room 10.
AT WRIGHT HOUSE
FRIDAY, SATURDAY
and SUNDAY forenoon
October 9th. 18th, Goth and 30th
AT OSTEMEYER HOTEL, POTOSI
Oct. 31st and TUESDAY
forenoon. November 1St
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1921-10-26

Too many people have confused the
words Public Service" with the
words public Serve U.s. There are
too many people running around try
ing to run other peoples business.
We believe in the Captain John Smith
rule-"Those who won't work mustn't
eat"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1921-10-26
A GOOD KERALD BOOSTER.

LCuisburg Wis, Sept. IA, 1921.
Grant County Herald.
Sir-Enclosed you will find two
dollars for the Grant County Herald
for another year. l think your paper
is great, would not be without it.
Yours truly,
John Lange, ST..
Box "a Louisburg, Wis.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1921-10-26

Next month is "Take-your- home
paper" week. This is all right but
every week in the year the Herald
doors are open to new subscribers.
Don't wait until next month to get
on the band wagon.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1921-10-26
AT LEAST ONE LESSON
IN THE ARBUCKLE CASE.
Perry Chief

Perry Chief.
About the only lesson learned from
the Arbuckle case is that a man
dressed in pajamas and full of booze
is a poor associate for a woman who
is trying to walk the straight and
narrow highway
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1921-10-26

Speaking of the unemployment
question, who is going to support this
winter the fellows who wouldn't work
at reduced wages the past summer?
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1921-10-26

At Musket Ridge Kentucky where
the moonshine industry has been re-
Gently interfered with by Federal
officers, the newspaper there made the
following comment:
eff we are going to stand for our
women to wear knee high skirts,
tight form bathing suits anu vulgar
low cut waists, hobble skirts, and our
young ones to dance the boil weevil
wlggle, Texas Tommy, tango, bunny
mug, the bear dance, the calf canter,
the kankaroo kick, the buzzard Iope,
s a1q SO on down the line. the men
Lol5s might as we'll have their liquor
aiiI the whole push go to hell to-