New-York tribune., 1921-01-23


who rather than quit the profits and
cmoluments of public office preferred d
embroiling the country in civil con-
fict. Cloud applause.)."
Irish Situation Was Better
The Irish situation on that New
Years. morning was good. The Mayor
of Cork and the Lord Mayor Of Dublin
had just presented loyal addresses to
the King at Brighton. All was quiet
along the Boyne.
trouble in those days, the ex-service
man question was a big one. The
Napoleonic wars were just over and
great armies had to be reabsorbed into
Industry. Housing was big problem,
too. w. II. Bodkins, honorable secre-
tary of the Committee for Managing
the Subscriptions for the Houseless
Poor, prints notice that shelter will
be provided.
News of the day suggests that those
were stirring times. Captain J. c.
Ross of the sailing ship Borneo. then
at anchor in the Thames, has brought
genuine mermaid from Sumatra. The
ship Hecla is starting on a polar ex-
petition to discover the Arctic Circle
and funds are being raised. There is
sailing ship, with cargo Of wines, has
gone ashore in a storm at Ramsgate.
The wave of crime continues. "a
man named Brooks is arraigned at Old
Bailey for securing money from serv-
ant girls under false pretenses. Brooks
told the girls that he would find work
for them, and demanded a shilling fee.
When the shilling was paid he gave
the girls addresses to go to. When
the girls arrived at the addresses they
found that no servants were wanted
and the owners Of the addresses had
been pestered before in this fashion.
Robbers Also Were Active
Likewise the daring daylight rob-
berries were not suppressed. A man
driving down the Strand in his chaise
mad his chalse coat stolen from the
back seat by stranger who ran be-
hind.
The advertisements have not changed.
much, either. One finds that "grav or
red hair on the head or whiskers is
changed to brown or black, by Atki-
sons vegetable dye. Caution: To pre-
vent imitation, the genuine has the nro-
prletor's signature and address on the
label" Also Warren & Rosser's Milk
OF Roses is recommended by persons
OF distinction for cleaning and pre-
serving the skin, preventing redness,
sunburn and freckles. Pearl Dentifricc
preserves the teeth, while Atkison's
curling fluid saves the hair.
Let US go back another hundred
years: New Years fell on Sunday then,
and the public did not have a chance to
comment on the depravity of the evil
days until the read The Daily Courant
on Monday, January 2, 1921.
The exchange was very low. and bank
bills were falling. At Constantinople
Baron Schaffird, Vice Chancellor of the
Car, has just made treaty of per
petual peace with the Porte. High tides
have done damage at Hamburg. Every
enc IS very depressed over the South
Sea stock, which has just burst the
gllttering bubble of South Sea wealth
and left thousands penniless. The
Church is not what it used to be. hut
IN to-morrow's issue will appear an
Interesting article, "a Letter to a
1oung gentleman Lately Entered Into
Ho!y Orders-by Distinguished Per-
SON" 1t is said that the writer is the
Rev. DR.. Swift, dean of st. Patrick,s
in Ireland.
Turks Bolsheviks in 1921
dropping back another hundred years
eHoI piOSpSCCS were dark
IN 1921. The ications-they we're
not newspapers, nor were they regular
~ issued-are about four by six
inches, bound in book form and printed
IN an Old English type difficult to read.
But the news does not change. News
From Poland-Wherein is truly en-
larged the Occasion, Progression and
lnterception of the Turks formidable
threa atening of Europe and Particularly
the Invasion of the Kingdom of Poland
Imprinted by F. K. and B. D. and
William Lee, sold at his shop on Fleet
Street, the Sign of the Golden Buck"
The Turks were the Bolsheviks OF 1921
They were overrunning Europe and
stirring up the Armenian situation.
There was big fire in Paris, too.
and thousands were homeless. A fund
was being raised. Things looked
gloomy in Italy.
The files do not go back further. We
can never know the reasons why the
average citizen of the Neolithic Age
shook his head sadly as he stood in his
cave door on New Years morning, saw
ing:
ITS going to be a hard winter.
These times are not what they used
to be-"