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The bystander., 1921-09-15
Sen.te Hint

Il SAP. Nell. was reading that then
are 60 different ways of cooking Pora-
toes
@Fve heard so. but boiled
~wel, don't You think ii would be
exciting TO TRY one Of the other 5e ways
once, Just as an experiment.!
The bystander., 1921-09-15
Limits Tor Sick Room.

Lights Tor 0Ick Roosn.
When, 40 In case Of deknasa, y00
wish soft, warm light in . room, rath-
er than the glare that an electric Light
lmpartz, make little bags Of china silk
tany color desired), and put them over
each bulb. Il u well to run elastic
around the edge Of the circle, which
you cut from the silk, 30 that the bulb
can be easily removed by Just slippina
out Of the bag.
The bystander., 1921-09-15
IS ROOMS - is

For rent with all modern equip
ment-
HI I'd. WILLIAMS
Phone Walnut 2322
The bystander., 1921-09-15
Anything in Reason.

Some OF the fasteners are i'm
dressed with the tangeIo. which has
The bystander., 1921-09-15
FOR RENT

Groom house, strictly modern! No.
842 w. 18th st. Call Harry w. Ham
mitt, Walnut 5192.
New-York tribune., 1921-06-14

was necessary to eliminate that en-
blem. So just rs the Grand
Union" flag had been formed by
drawing six white stripes across the
field of the British flag, the Stars
and Stripes was in turn formed
from the "Grand Union" flag by
striking out the crosses Of St.
George and st. Andrew and put
ting in their place thirteen stars.
Thus, the resolution Of Congress
is complemented by the words at
tributed to Washington:
"We take the stars from heaven
the red from our mother country,
separating it by white stripes, thus
showing that we have separated
from her; and the white stripes
shall go down to posterity repre-
senting liberty"
Such was the origin Of the flag
whose natal day we celebrate.
New-York tribune., 1921-06-14
Wir,necke's Comet

A rip-roaring speed maniac of the
solar system went skyrocketing
past the earth yesterday. On
June 27, as it skids around the cor
ner, it will give it's tail fiip--a tail
so long it will take two weeks to
pass a given point Of Fifth Avenue
and sparks will fly in our atmos-
phere. Perhaps a year hence some
Of these meteoric sparks will be
mounted on pedestals in museums
with little illuminated signs explain
ing that they are bits Of the ragged
tires Of Winnecke's comet, now on
another lap.
If the Winnecke comet hailed Earth
when the Sahara side OF us was
turned toward him he no doubt
was pleased at the terror and awe
in the eyes of the camels and their
riders in the desert caravans. But
disappointment was his lot if
he took his eye from his wheel when
passing these United States. The
best he could have got in the
interest Of speed-jaded American
eye-witnesses was a street-corner
Say, gimme a ride?"
The trouble with Winnscke's
New-York tribune., 1921-06-14
Federal Reorganization

President Harding has much at
heart scientific reorganization of
government activities. His letter to
the committee of which Walter H.
Brown has been made chairman
goes direct to the point. &pe way
to reorganize is to reorganize. 1t is
useless to trim the government serv-
ices little here and little there.
The whole structure is ill-balanced-
a product of years Of haphazard ex-
pansion.
The President advises a complete
reallocation of bureaus and agencies.
That is the only safe idea on which
to build. If every department real
ICES that it must be reconstructed,
must surrender one activity and as
sumo another, inter er-department jeal-
ousies may be moderated and the eff
fort of each to hold on to what it
has may be checkmated.
What the seorganizers aim at is
efficiency as we'll as economy. All de-
partments may be induced to put
aside their special interests if they
see that all are to be liberated and
rejuvenated by the same process.
The good Of the whole goes ahead Of
the prestige and ancient vested
rights of the parts.
New-York tribune., 1921-06-14

comet is that his orbit is too long,
too lonely, too safe. He has q
speedway where there are too few
dwelling places to alarm. The in
visible road under him gives him
no sensation of velocity. And for
all his rush and roar he cannot hear
his own gaseous exhaust.
In truth, he must be getting sick
of the business. Aeons ago he had
people rushing for the cyclone cell
lars when he went past. Prophets
of the millennium waited III agony
for his appearance. Sacrifices were
offered to propitiatc his speed
craze. But now, when the little old
Earth is becoming converted to
swings of death and slides for life,
and he appears at time when the
real scary amusement parks are
whizzing at their whizziest, what
could he get from us but q few
droopy eyelids? Al least where
American civilization prevails. The
very cows in our fields, that often
register acute fear when an earthly
comet hits the level on high, turn
a calm tail to Winnecke. Is it only
for boobs on deserts and in jungles
that he keeps up the tomfoolery?
New-York tribune., 1921-06-14
Jose Miguel Gomez

The death of General Jose Miguel
Gomez removes a tempestuous ele-
ment from Cuban politics. Jose
Miguel" as he was familiarly called
in Cuba, had for years been force
of unrest. AS far back as 1896 he
earned his title of general in the
Cuban revolution. In 1906 he was
one of the leaders in the movement
to overthrow President Palma, which
eventually brought about American
intervention.
In 1908 he himself ran for Presi-
dent and was elected, but his ad-
ministration was of such a nature
that in 1912 Cuba rejected his can
didate, Zayas. In 1916 he again put
forward Zayas against Menocal.
The election was very close, and
foreseeing the victory Of Menocal
Gomez once more resorted to revolu-
tion, seeking to become himself the
ruler Of the island. He was cap
tured, however, early in 1917, but
was later liberated, and in 1920
tried once more to win the cleo
tion, this time for himself, opposing
Zayas, and when he failed he nalvely
appealed to Washington for a new
election in which he hoped to
triumph.
Despite this record Of belligerent
political insurgency President Go
mez was popular figure, we'll loved
by a great body Of his countrymen.
His was one of those cases that are
so incomprehensible to the Ameri-
can mind---of political leaders un-
able to abide by peaceful settle
ments and rushing to arms to
nullify a decision by ballot. Such
tactics of intrigue and violence are
so completely foreign to our con-
ception of politics that we are prone
to generalize from single instances
that no political change in a coun-
try like Cuba is possible without
bloodshed and revolt.
But, fortunately, Cuba has not had
many leaders of such unhridleo
ambition, and it is to be hoped that
the passing of Gomez marks The
passing Of the last Of the violent
insurgents. Gomez was. a powerful,
man, Of great force of character
But despite his good qualities he
remained to the end all unsettline
| factor in Cuba.
New-York tribune., 1921-06-14
An Atrocious Crime

A kidnaper is the most contempti-
bic Of criminals and the one who
most often escapes detection and
punishment. The person who can
take an innocent and helpless child
from its home, dangling before the
distracted parents the threat of tor
ture or murder in the hess of ex-
eortlng money from them, deserves
Sne severest penalty of the law.
There are crimes in which the
plea OF extenuating circumstance
may be urged, others in which the
pefpetrator may be the victim of an
unbridled temper for which he NAV
not be entirely responsible. But the
cold-blooded crime Of stealing child
for vengeance or money is not one
of them. That the kidnaper becomes
a murderer instead of enriching him
self by reaping the ransom de-
nanded is natural sequence Of the
New-York tribune., 1921-06-14
A Paradox
fFrom The Los Angeles TimesJ

lfTONt i ne Los Angeles tfHCSt
Alice Robertson, Congresswoman n
from Oklahoma, reaffirms her pos tion
as an ti-suffragist and declares that
the work of Congress is of kind that
makes it peculiarly and properly a
mans job. 1t does seem funny tina.
the oFty hAes we have in the national
legislative ss,uld be one holding the
opinion that women should not vote or
hold Office. Still funnier is the fact
that she is doing more to give the lie
to her argument than almost any
woman who has invaded the capital
She seems to be making good as q rep
resentative and is received on terms of
complete equality with the men. Yet
she admits and insists that she is
merely Congressional accident, not
to be repeated,
New-York tribune., 1921-06-14

plot. The fear of detection leaves
him no other course.
The irony of it all is that he can
escape detection more easily by kill
ing the child than by abandoning it
when the lines close in on him. OF
course, the crime of murder is moth
ing to the mind that can infliet what
must be untold agony on a little
child deprived of its natural protec-
tors. But that the easiest way for
the kidnaper to protect his own life
is to take the child's is a shocking
indictment of the police force of any
city. The trail of murder should be
the easiest trail of all crimes to fol-
low. For New York City it seems to
be the hardest.
New-York tribune., 1921-06-14
Maurice Connell
Editor of The Tribune.

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: In last Sundays Tribune read
an announcement of the death of
Maurice Gonnell, of San Jose, Calf.
This was incorrect; his name was Con-
NELL Mr.. Connell was my wife's uncle
and was enc of the survivors of the
Greedy expedition to the North Pole.
There are only two left now-Generals
Greedy and Brainard.
Mr.. Conncll was in the United States
cavalry prior to his going to the Arctic
He was q close friend Of Buffalo Bill
and was with the first troops to reach
the scene of General Clusters last
stand. A. r. WHITEHORNE.
Brooklyn, June 12, 1921.
New-York tribune., 1921-06-14
AS Parents Know

At the meeting of the American
Medical Association last week, in
Boston, DR.. Veeder, Of st. Louis,
pointed out that one of the chief
causes of fatigue and malnutrition
among children, especially Of the
well to do, is "social pressure"-too
many parties, too many movies, too
much nervous excitement generally.
Any one who has watched atten-
lively those little bundles Of energy
called boys and girls knows that
they have a toe on the accelerator
all the time. They don't want an
eight-hour day; they will take as
many of the twenty-four hours as
fathers and mothers will permit,
going at top speed every second
out of school-to the limit of abso-
lutte exhaustion.
1t seems ungenerous at the mo-
ment to be taking the joy out Of
life for Jack and Peggy by packing
them off to bed while Doug Fair
banks is doing stunts around the
corner, but it isn't essentially brutal
to limit the movie rations to about
two week, with "parties" thrown
in now and then, and other dissipa-
tions in fairly liberal measure.
Parents needn't be killjoys, but it's
part of their job to see that the
youngsters dynamos don't run
down all of sudden.
New-York tribune., 1921-06-14
Plays Minus Male Characters

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: have read with interest an
item in The Tribune wherein Nine.
Nazimova is reported to be contemplate
ing return to the speaking stage in a
play in which all the characters are
women.
AS one interested in the theater I
would like to ask whether this ever has
been done before?
OF course, women have played mems
pasts, and productions in which no men
appear are given every year by schools
and colleges. But aside from such one
act plays as Alice Gerstenberg's "Over-
tones" and Strindberg's "The Stronger
have any full-length plays with all
women characters ever been written
or produced? A. NJ.
New York, June II, 1921.
New-York tribune., 1921-06-14
Anglo-American Sport
Great Britain Handicap from War
Losses-Golf and Polo

Losses-Golf and Polo
To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: In my London paper I noticed
yesterday morning that your journal
is reported to have stated anent the
amateur golf championship at Hoylake:
"The defeat Of the American team can
be put down to the atrocious English
climate" or words to this effect, and
that another New York newspaper had
remarked as an excuse for the poor
English play on the first day that we
had lost so many men in the war that
in consequence we had not the golfers
to draw upon to make a good show.
AS matter of fact this spring is
one of the best we have had for many
years; the weather has been perfect.
At Hoylake on the last two days there
was some cross wind and little rain,
but nothing unusual even for your
splendid climate. Both teams suffered
from nerves, the British apparently re-
covering theirs at the crucial moment
AS to the material we have to draw
on, it is perfectly true that it is fear
full handicap for a nation of about
40,o0o,O00 inhabitants whose male pop
plation is admittedly far below yours
in physique. There are not nearly the
same number of young men of leisure
over here; times are too hard. The
war has accounted for close on million
nf Ahn cfy pf fol
lows lying in graves in various parts
of the world. There are besides these
nearly 100000 who with their arti-
fetal arms, legs and other invisible
ailments are precluded from taking
any part in sport. Against this you
have a virile nation of close upon 110,-
100000, whose young men, thanks to
your splendid climate and prevailing
wealth, are able to indulge in all kinds
Of health giving recreations and sports.
I witnessed the other day the first
match between your polo team and our
"Hurlingham" Club. Lord Rocksavage
was ridden down by Milburn. No one
suggests that it was intentional. The
fact remains that Milburn was broad
side on to Rocksavage when the coll
lision took place and free "chukker"
was given against America as penalty
because Milburn inadvertently COM
mitted breach Of the rules. In our
press the matter was reported as a
pure accident and no reference was
made to Milburn's foul. That is at
least treating such q matter in a
sporty" way.
There is another match to-day and
| AM backing your side. Your ponies
are heavier, to carry heavy men; theirs
will be less riding and more hitting,
as the ground will be heavy. Our team
has nothing to learn in Workmanship,
but the riders are all we'll up in man
hood and not such hefty hitters as
your younger fellows, who appear to
be splendid athletes. To my mind the
contest is one Of Drawn and hard hit
ting, tough play versus fnesse and fine
horsemanship.
I hope that your comments on our
| spur VIII DC Hidue With every con
sideration for the disabilities we are
at present contending with.
w. r. F. AVERY.
London, May %, 1921.
1.-THE Tribune's pleasantly on the de-
feat Of our golfers, which Mr. Avery
seems to have taken amiss, was this
"But there will be the usual solace
Responsibility for the untoward event
can be laid on the beastly British eli
mattel
New-York tribune., 1921-06-14
Flag Day and The Flag

among Lne many mOmcnIOuS
acts of the Continental Congress,
two stand conspicuous in patriotic
memory. The first was that Of
July 4, 1776; the second that of
June Id, 1777. Associated in
thought and celebration, they pre-
sent one striking contrast. Of the
one, every detail of antecedents,
circumstances and consequences is
matter of record. Of the other,
while the fact itself is indisputable,
the antecedents and circumstances
have been SO much matter Of mere
tradition as to engender contro-
versy.
The record tells US that on the
day in question Congress resolved: {:
'That the flag Of the thirteen
United States be thirteen stripes,
1 alternate red and white; that the
union be thirteen stars, white in a
blue field, representing a new con-
stellation."
Beyond that, however, there is
something more than mere tradi-
ton. There was the Taunton flag,
in October, 1774, and widely used
thereafter. It was merely the red
ensign Of Great Britain, with it's
union Of the crosses of St. George
and ST. Andrew, but with the
words "Liberty and Union" en-
blazoned upon the field Next
came the "Grand Union" flag, at
Cambridge on January 2, 1776.
This was made by drawing six
white stripes across the red field of
the Taunton flag and omitting the
Liberty and Union" motto,
though leaving the British crosses
in the union unchanged. Tt was a
flag of thirteen stripes, alternate
ly red and white, just like our
Stars and Stripes, but with the
Kings colors in the canton, where
now we have the stars. This was
designed, or at least sanctioned, by
a Congressional committee consist
ing of Benjamin Franklin, Thomas
Lynch and Benjamin Harrison, and
the Immediate occasion of it's crea-
tion and display was the receipt Of
a report of the Kings speech at the
opening of Parliament, which was
so unfavorable to the American
cause as to provoke unmeasured re-
sentiment. Of the incident The
British Annual Register said:
"They burnt the Kings speech,
and changed their colors from a
plain red ground, which they had
hitherto used, to flag with thir-
teen stripes, as a symbol of the
union and number of the colonies"
Botta, writing from the best con-
temporary information, said the
same:
'The speech was burnt in public
by the infuriated soldiers. They
changed at this time the red
ground Of their banners, and
striped them with thirteen lists, as
an emblem of their number and
the union Of the colonies"
, Such was the origin Of the
| Grand Union" flag, disposing of
the suggestions that it was copied
/ from the flag q. the East India
Company, or from the blue and
silver stripes in the canton of the
flag of the Philadelphia Light
! Horse Troop. That was the flag
which Washington raised over our
. first national army, and which he
, carried in the battles of Long
, Island and Harlem Heights and in
| the Trenton and Princeton cam
paign.
, The Grand Union" flag had
been devised and adopted before in
: dependence was declared or even
) generally intended; and it there
fore retained the emblem of Brit
: ish union in the canton. But after
independence had been declared it
New-York tribune., 1921-06-14
The New Greek Offensive

ooASCsitlHS has SollS W ASIA
Minor to supervise the new Greek
offensive against the Turkish Ma
tionalists. He says, without any un-
due modesty, that his immediate OBJ
jective is Argora, Mustapha Kemal's
capital. But before leaving Athens
he boasted in proclamation that he
was going to Asia to accomplish
the supreme national aspirations"
which the Greek people cherish, and
include the restoration Of Greek
control over Constantinople, Thrace
and large part of Asia Minor.
Constantine would be doubtless
more or less satisfied if he could
wipe out the memory OF the recent
Greek defeats east of Smyrna and
save his own financial situation by
lining Greece up again as an in
strument of British policy in the
Near East. Great Britain was said
to be backing him this time
with money and supplies, but the
British government announced yes
terday that it would continue to OBJ
serve neutrality. When Mustapha
Kemal drove the Greek armies
back some months ago they were
operating without Entente support.
France, in fact, made settlement
with Kemal which allowed him to
transport several divisions from
Cillcia to the Eski-Shehr front and
threaten the Greek right flank, caus-
ing its hurried retirement. But sub
sequently Kemal refused to sign the
French treaty and embroiled him
self with Great Britain by shooting
a British East Indian officer as q
spy.
The new Greek offensive would
have had fair chance of success
if the British had equipped it with
munitions and tanks. The Greek
army outnumbers the Turkish Ma
tionalist army. But the real obstacle
to an advance on Angora by Con-
stantine's reorganized troops is the
difficult country east Of the main
line of the Anatolian Railroad.
Constantine's character and record
have, moreover, to be taken into con-
sideration by any Allied power con-
templating tying itself up with him.
Perhaps for this reason the British
government is wary about encourag-
ing him. He is an unstable ally.
The French would have good rea-
son to welcome his failure, for if
he succeeded Greek influence would
have to be reckoned with at Con-
stantinople and with the regime
which follows Kemal's at Angora.
Great Britain might also find it
hard to moderate the supreme ma
tional aspirations" which Constan-
tine has in mind, once his vanity
SiAN oDocAAaSy alS AiiLdiAicQ ny d
victory over the Turks.
Greece under Tino was one of
the most troublesome elements the
Allies had to deal with in the first
three years Of the war. The pro-
German inclinations Of the royal
house contributed largely to wreck
ing the Entente's Balkan policy
Constantine returned to Athens last
fall against the wishes of the Allied
governments. He is still trouble
maker and he would probably find
q sweet revenge in setting the En-.
tente powers by the ears after he
had secured foothold on Turkish
territory. A very modest Greek
success might serve British in
terests to some extent. But real
Greek victory would contribute moth
ing to that Near Eastern settlement
which the peace conference aimed
at, but which the Seyres Treaty
utterly failed to attain.
New-York tribune., 1921-06-14
Admiral Sims S Candor
A Few of Many Expressions Of Ap.
prevail from Tribune Readers

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: At last Admiral Sims has voiced
the public sentiment, in his animated
attack on "Sinn Feinism!" Admiral
Sims is straightforward In his denur-
citation. At least he has the courage Of
his convictions and is acting In trus
Rocseveltian spirit. oh, for q few more
real Americans like himi
FLORENCE JAMES.
New York, June IL, 1921.
New-York tribune., 1921-06-14
The Caluo-Drago Doctrine
ung Intervention for Collection of International Debts

government in connection with the
second Congress at The Hague in
1907. The Third international Confer
ence of American States, at Rio de
Janeiro in 1905, had recommended
that participating governments should
invite the Congress at The Hague to
consider the question of the compul-
sorry collection of public debts, and ac-
cordingly Elihu Root, Secretary of
State, instructed the American dele
gates to The Hague to ask for con-
sideration of the subject. He reminded
them that it had long been the estab-
lished policy of the United States not
TO use its army and navy for the col
lection of ordinary contract debts due
to its citizens from other governments
and that it did not consider such use
of force to be consistent with respect
for the Independent sovereignty of
other nations. 1t seemed to this coun-
try, he said, that the practice was in
furious in it's general effect upon the
relation of nations and upon the vel
fare of weak and disordered states
whose development ought to be encour-
aged in the interests of civilization.
Eiihu Roots Suggestion
Accordingly Mr.. Root suggested that
the American delegates should endeav-
or to secure the adoption Of an inter
national agreement to the effect that
the use of force for the collection OF
contract debt should be permitted
only after the justice and amount OF
the debt had been determined by ar.
bitrati> : and the time, manner and
security Of payment had been fixed by
arbitration.
This proposal was introduced by
General Horace Porter, and its &C
ceptance was urged by him. The con-
ference did not adopt the proposal as
presented. But it did take long ster
in its direction by adopting an agree
ment "to take no military or naval
action to. compel the repayment of such
debts until an offer of arbitration hat
been made by the creditor and refused
or left unanswered by the debtor, OF
until arbitration has taken place and
the debtor state has failed to conform
to the declaration given" To many
indeed, this seemed actually more
satisfactory approximation to the prin
ciple of the Drago doctrine than the
original American proposal.
That international debts shall BE-
escertained and collected by some proc.
ess of law, and not in the first in
stance by arbitrary force, Is the rea
gist of the Calvo-Drago doctrine, to
which the United States is fully com
mitted, and which bids fair to be ac
cepted and practiccd by all the world
New-York tribune., 1921-06-14
Utah's Cigarette Law
he Editor of The Tribune.

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: Utah's prohibition of cigarettes
arouses feeling against intcnperats
legislation to control private habits.
Where are these psesimists going to
halt with +Sa- upnft movements
Don't they reanze that they arc sntago-
nizing law-abiding citizens who wonso
render assistance il they confined theii
efforts to sane reform?
JAMES FOREMAN Ss.
Passaic, N, j., June ts, 1921.