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New-York tribune., 1921-11-20

FIST before sailed for England in June
of this year a distinguished man of
al letters there, who happens to be a
friend of mine, wrote me these pessims-
dc lines;
europe is Just tuning up for one final jazz
ssosn the primrose path to the everlasting
s,nfrs.' and the chief result of the war has
heel, to make people decide that nothing really
uat,ars at all, with the result that no poli-
,;cian ever dreams of taking the trouble to be
! consistent liar, and art and literature are
ssceming the playthings of the cynic. Decent
literature is prey to the pothouse intrigues
4 elf-seeking little coteries, SO that the best
hat is known and thought in the world is not
skey to be radiated from this country for
some time yet. I am doing my best ON the
platform and with my pen, but it is difficult
to deal with mad universal jazz of this kind"
| thought of Wordsworth when he wrote.
aThe world is too much with u.s. and / CON-
fsss that for day or two / went about in de-
lection. I had never felt so depressed. so
vretched, since those heart-breaking days of
1916 when Haig cried out that the Allies were
fighting with their backs to the wall. and it
looked as if the Germans would win the war.
But they did not. And then, with nv
friends letter still upon my desk, looked up
and saw an autograph note of Tennyson's
written to the father of a friend of mine in
1884. This i.s what it said:
England, as you say, is growing very radi-
cal, and though / have great faith in the COM
mon sense of the English people, look upon
the years that are coming not without ap
prehension.'
So" I said to myself, "the intellectuals were
worrying then as now"
It seemed to Tennyson in those not so distant
and placid days that the world was tottering to
destruction, and the lines from Macbeth might
With equal force have been quoted then. Yet
the world is still intact, and I think it will be
for some time to come.
New-York tribune., 1921-11-20

get out of England now New Zealand or
Australia or Canada or even the United
States, appealed to him far more, with the
hundred and one restrictions put upon ones
personal liberty, the high taxes the increased
rentals. He was perhaps depressed by sum-
which had known the longest drought in
the memory of the oldest nhabtant. The
grass seemed to be literally burning up, the
cattle willing The lush green of the country
side gone ana through those clean little
roads, winding so automatically in every direc-
ton, few motorists ambled, for most of the
people are not able to keep cars these days.
1t is astonishing how far one can journey
nowadays and not meet other travellers. There
were moments when / thought the landscape
looked like that in the fairy tale of "The Sleep
ing Beauty in those drowsy afternoons when
loitered through Kent and Surrey. Once in
a while an enormous char-a-bac would rumble
by, filled with tourists from the nearest large
city. They gave life to many deserted road
and think as means of travel they have
come to stay. They are far cheaper than seats
in a train-the most formidable rival the rail-
roads have ever known-and they are quite
comfortable. But they do not permit of pas
sengers carrying luggage. That seems to be
their only disadvantage. They correspond to
our sightseeing coaches-indeed, that is what
they are and the enterprise which installed
them is the first sign of real new business ac-
tivity since the armistice
1t would be a tragedy if any percentage of
the youth now in England should emigrate.
Yet the discomfort Of my chauffeur friend is
but natural manifestation of that spiritual
unrest which inevitably follows cataclysmic
war. AS | see it, there would be less desire
to fare to other lands if there were fewer
uerboten laws. Without going into the merits
or dement's Of legislation recently passed in
our own country, no one can deny the ten
dency all over the world, since the war. to
restrict the actions of citizens and subjects.
1t sprang, think, out of the false but neces-
sary power put into the hands of representa-
tives Of all governments while the conflict was
going on. Arbitrary rules and regulations
were created; q militaristic spirit erept into
every portion of the warning countries. Daz-
zled by sudden power, the lawmakers went
little too far in many cases; and now it is
humanity difficult for them to loosen the strings
which they find it 80 fascinating to manipu
late The people became mere marionettes-
l am not saying~that it may not have seemed
very necessary that this should be so in the
New-York tribune., 1921-11-20
A Conspiracy to Make
The Visitor Comfortable

And the uniform politeness everywhere!
We VINO are so accustomed to having doors
banged in our faces, and ruffian-ike conduc-
tors tell us just where we get off when we
want to stay only respond wonderfully to the
grace and charm of the English serving class
There seems to be conspiracy to make every
visitor comfortable to make him feel at home
look at this England of to-day, and con-
trast it with those dark days of the war when
London was mass of hooded lights and we
prowled through the streets awaiting the sound
of the siren that would warn US of a Zeppe-
lin raid. | used to wish that might be in
the vast metropolis which spreads out like
some giant flower on the magical evening
when the ar1nistioe came, and see the lights
go up, watch the shops and houses glitter once
more, and see the old JOY in the faces of the
people. But was not to be there for any
such glorious spectacle. In fact, the spectacle,
as imagined it, did not occur at all.
practical man to whom ! mentioned NV
dream, and of whom / asked report as to
that wonderful night, told me that so many
of the electric connections out Of order,
many people, feeling that the war would
last foreverx and, growing discouraged over
the prospects of peace, had discontinued their
arrangements with the gas companies alto
gether. Thus when the magic night came at
last when the city could be illuminated, only
a faint spark was seen here and there. London
did not burst into exultant fame, as | had
supposed it would. Like all things British. it
made haste slowly. But now, even through
the mists and fogs that sometimes settle over
the city, one sees the long lanes of lights,
and rejoices in those jewels thrown on the
New-York tribune., 1921-11-20

black velvet of the night, like enormous nesk-
laces Of some fabrlc--~ qu,sn.
One read hopefully during the of the
breaking down of class distinctions in England
The butler who became a major, and gave
orders to his erstwhile master in Mayfair:
the Cockney who rose from the ranks and
made an intelligent and generous officer; the
dukes who were content TO go forth as
geants and lieutenants, while cab-drivers who
had driven them through the sleet down PARK
Lane were captains in the aviation corps
these were all symbols of a new order a
change that had come, happily, to stay.
New-York tribune., 1921-11-20

taxes some capital to purchase a taxicab:
and the government has imposed taxes unoa
him, too, and his pension is pitifully small
and inadequate. He was gassed at Ypres. he
Was slightly shell-shocked, and maybe walks
bit lame. He gets the munifcent sum of
eight shilings week from his country for
service rendered. He was in the war five
long years, with three leaves of absence
which totaled just twenty-seven davs.
Do you think he is optimist about life in
general? His health insurance must be paid
1t amounts to but few pence week. but it
must be paid regularly. His wife bore him
child while he was in France, and another
little one Has arrived since shis return. He
smokes because he is still a bit nervous
maybe more than he should, but he finds that
If he runs out of matches, he can purchase
none after o'clock in the evening. Why.
he does not know. 1t is the law. If he goes
to theater or a motion picture with his
family and the children want bit of choco-
late, that, too, is denied then for after the
same hour it is forbidden to sell chocolate.
No one can tell him why. He has asked re-
peatedly. He is simply told again that it is
the law. He can purchase only perishable
foods on Wednesday. That, too, is a law.
Near the garage he talks of simple euiet
things with an old pal who came out of the
war with him and about 9 o'clock or SO the
local policeman, though he knows hin, as a
respectable citizen, tells them both to move
on; they arc obstructing csaffic they are not
supposed to congregate on the sidewalk 1.-TWO
people hardly constitute congregation Is the
thought that comes to him). Yet he moves
on. He is forced to do so. 1t is the law. All
he asks, he tells me, is chance to work hard
and earn an honest living. If he should go In
for railroading-for which he has had no
training-he might be called out on strike any
moment, and stay at home, idle, for weeks
months, maybe. Who would pay his health
insurance then?
All! but the radicals whisper In his ear. you
New-York tribune., 1921-11-20

by an old man who seemingly does not catch
half that you tell him. Then they are thrown
into baggage carr and when ones station is
reached, the whole crew, the train-yes, the
engine itself !-seems to know that it must
be unloaded. No need to worry, in your little
compartment. The train doesn't bulge until
your belongings taken care of, placed
neatly on the station PLATFORM; and when you
go to claim them there is no one to dispute
your right to do so. / have never known of
lost bag or parcel of any kind. I suppose
1T IS part of the national consciousness as to
sports To cheat at game in England
who ever dreamed of such thing?
New-York tribune., 1921-11-20
"Typical English Peer" Belongs
To Vanished Time

That is the hope of England-that the in
tegrity of all classes is not to be disputed:
that "noblesse oblige" is seriously considered
There will always be drones, all down the
line of civilized society; and the scatterbrain
monacled jackass who used to be. on our stage
a typical English peer mercifully belongs to
a vanished time. He is net liked in his own
land any more than here where we refused
to tolerate even the wrath Of him
England is torn still with its complicated
Irish question; but the man in the street is
strangely and startlingly apathetic toward
politics, find. When mentioned Mrs Lind
say, who was kidnapped several months ago
and put to death by Sim Fein, scarcely an
Englishman in the clubs knew of whom |
spoke. They simply raised their eyebrows
said 'Too bad,' and let it go at that The
feeling | brought away was that the English
dislike the Irish problem quite as much as
the Irish dislike it. They wish they could
find solution, and they believe firmly that.
somehow, one will be found but they have a
bland sense of helplessness about it. The
lntricacies of politics and religion form
devious way for the mind of the average citi-
zen The Vaccinations of politicians are non
understandable to most Of US. | could wish
that the English people were more alive to
the perils Immediately before them; that they
would choose less cunning and crafty leaders.
and not be SO sure that all is we'll when blood
flows IN a steady stream on that island so
close to them Plato once said that people
who were Indifferent in their choice of those,
who governed them deserved-and got-just
the sort of men they inevitably had.
What is the matter with England? She has
been desperately Ill for several years The
aftermath of the war has left terrible marks
and some of the wounds still cape and bleed
Others have healed. We cannot expect in
stant resuscitation after so long and deadly
a conflict; and the traveller who thinks he
will find any of the recently warning coun
tries as gay and untrammeled as of yore
might as well expect the lame to take up their
beds and walk the inmates of nlaGhouse
to recover their reason en- masse, simply be-
cause some one signed a bill of release
Quiet forces for good are at work, and
like Tenny~en, think most of Us have great
faith in the Common sense of the English peo-
pie. Tia sanity sf that land of Shakespeare
and Milton anu --:t+ and Gladstone is not i'm
paired Youth, with its 2.1-, y .armor, its
hrm step and its valiant dreams, is coming
back in great phalanx. And as Masefeld
put it,
THE luck will after the star Will rise"
feel that England is only sleeping as an
invalid rests on some still afternoon, follow
ing a major operation. By and by she will
be able to sit in chair by the window; and
then the day will come when, in the warm
spring sunshine, she will take drive. After
that she will be on her feet, ready once more
for the serious business of life and perhaps
who knows?-a little stronger than ever h.
fore.
New-York tribune., 1921-11-20
Red Plague of Mars
Made All Suffer

| admit that the war disillusioned many of
US who care for substantial and beautiful
times, but if we could pass safely through
those trying years and keep even some sem
blance of our old balance I do not think we
have done so badly. It was as though we had
an invalid in the house of the world for MANY
sad months We simply had to readjust our
lives around this sick person, tread softly.
carry food upstairs and wonder what it all
meant, why it had to be, and endeavor, with
large faith and an unbelievable wisdom. TO-
keep sanity.
That the thing should happen to US was
hardly to be realized at first. But why
shouldn't it have happened to US? Who were
we to be saved from that terror which has
always staIked across the earth? And what
had any of us ever done, ever said, ever
preached, to try to get rid of the red plague
Of Mars
We are living, as | see it, in period of
trying transition; and until there is voice
strong enough to make US listen and heed we
shall go on with our medieval thinking, pile
up disaster, cruelty our brothers, MAIN our
friends and almost destroy our own souls.
Those countries which really fought the war
and we must never forget that it is France
and Belgium and England who were nearest
TO those frightful battle fronts and received
the most ineradicable scars-will be the longest
In rising to their feet again. I saw France in
the throes of the great disaster; and l saw
England, too, in those dark hours when not a
nousehold-no, not one-was untouched by the
bloody holocaust. Only three brief years have
elapsed. What is one to expect in that short
interval? Complete restoration, an instant re-
urn to the old lost days of peace and pros
per1ty? We must remember that it takes ma
IONS much longer than it takes individuals to
temperate from such an upheaval
New-York tribune., 1921-11-20

Dut any one with COM
mon sense NOW sees
that the time for these
manifold restrictions
has long since passed,
and we should get
back as soon as pos
sible to sane ways and
sane days. But gov
ernments move slowly.
Red tape enwraps all
legal systems. And
when / hear Ameri-
cans complaining Of
conditions here, all l
can say to them is
that they should take
a flying trip to Europe
to be forever cufed of
their discomfort.
In England, how
ever, the people obey
the law, no matter how
disagreeable it may be.
That is because, in a
country where the in
habitants are almost
solidly Of one national
ity, there is a pride of
race, a unity that is
unshakable. Every
thing done is done for
the glory of England; ;
and there would be a
certain disloyalty in
not carrying out the
dicta of the crown.
Moreover, the country
is small that dear,
that blessed isle, that
England; and every
county knows what its
neighbors are doing.
There is good-natured
rivalry; and if one COM
munity fell short of
the ideals so long es-
tablished, there would
come over the others a
sense of shame for its
delinquency just as a
family pities and weeps
over it's black sheep.
1t is refreshing to be
in a land where the
bus conductors and
drivers, the taxi men,
the "bobbies," the wait
ers, the servants, the
underground guards,
are all English. One
has a happy feeling of
security; and the hon
esty and integrity of
the so-called lower
classes is well known.
A friend of mine lost
his steamer ticket home,
while punting on the
Thames, and in much
distress went to the
office in London where
he had purchased it, to
find to his joy that it
had been recovered and
sent in an ill-written
anonymous letter to
the bureau.
How many countries
are there where no
check is needed for
ones baggage? l do not
know quite how they
manage it; but ones
trunks are chalked to
ones destination, often
eeminglv does not catch
New-York tribune., 1921-11-20


OF our A m erican
marines, landing at an
English port, had mar
ried eight English
girls | reioiced. For
W ere are these
healthy, rosy-cheeked
naidens to find hus-
bands if no fairy ship
comes from a foreign
land to bring them
news of romance?
One talks with, say,
n young chauffeur who
has been in the war
he is but twenty-eight
now. He was married
before he went to
Fran ce. He was
wounded. In the old
days he earned a de-
cent living driving
for some lord who con-
trolled a vast estate.
He was comparatively
happy. He comes back
to discover that the
lord, unable to keep
up his game preserves
and his establishment
because of the heavy
government taxes, has
no need for his SER
vices, He must re-
trench; he must close
the great gates that
lead through a broad
avenue of trees to his
wonderful old man
sion; and servants
must be dismissed;
motors are unthink-
able.
The young ex-soldier
must find another job.
For weeks he looks
about him. No, he
will not be one of
those to play in a band
of ex-service men in
the streets of London.
mat savors of charity.
He couldn't stand it to
have a casual coin
tossed to him in Pic
cadilly. He can drive
a car. That is his
trade. That is, frank
ly, about all he can do
in a workaday world.
There are no rich peo-
pie to hire him, so he
must either try to
find a job driving a
truck or rig up some
sort of machine and
drive people to and
from the station and
round about the coun-
try - visiting Ameri-
cans, most likely. But it
New-York tribune., 1921-11-20
EUen Now Americans
Cannot Comprehend

We know so little over here of the horror
that conflict which ragged, and used to say
mat no matter how much one told of the dew
astated regions of France, no matter what
mo'lon pictures were shown, what photographs
we're displayed as evidence, no one could bring
a0ne to those who were not there one awful
aact-the aching silence Of those ravished dis
'scts-a silence which told more of misery
aaa desolation than all the voices of the world.
There is silence now in England. One misses
'ne laughter of a people who have been torn
ana rent for years. London audiences in
'aeaters are not SO hilarious as ours. Why
should they be? If we are decent we do not
augn very soon after funeral We do not
vance when some one has died. And all the
ssusn OF England has died; don't forget that
As man put it to me: "It's only in the last
=" months that one notices young men in
'ae streets of our cities" Those. who were
awe In 1914 had to go to the front; those
"a0 were toe young then to go are but Just
SA'efglng from school and college.
There are now almost 1900, 900 more women
'aan men in England. That Is serious state
New-York tribune., 1921-11-20

can get pound week all the time you are
out of employment! 1t sounds rather nice;
a pound week for doing absolutely nothing
So he finds himself paying f-employment
charity OF Plccadilly to the cleverly covered up
charity of this benevolent autocracy insurance.
confused government in the first months of
readjustment after the war established this
method Of looking after the unemploved labor
ef' linen 1T had its uses, its benefits; but now,
with things moving more easily, there is not
so great a need of this hurtful benevolence.
A man soon loses his self respect when he is
cared for too consistently, wrapped too long in
snug cotton wool. There is danger in such
system, peril in such paternal soicitude.
"A short life in the saddle Lord
Not long life by the
is good motto for us all.
But you must remember that most people
are narticulate, unable to think without direc
tion on problems that, to say the least. con-
fuse men OF brains. The masses look to the
intellectuals for advice; and if they hear the
Prime Minister say in the public prints that
pound a week for idleness is good for them.
they are sure he must be right. I do not
blame the people for thus accepting what, by
contract, is doed out to them. | blame the
politicians who are continuing this monstrous
foolishness. They are playing with sweet dan
ger; they are opportunists, men without vision
who think not at ell of the future but only of
the immediate moment. They want the votes
of the workers; and they think the way to
win them Is to cater to their human desire to
rest from toll. So long as things swing easily
to-day, they say, why worry about to-morrows
Politicians Are Playing
With Sweet Danger
But they forget that to vacillate and compro-
mise at every turning to "play safe" this
morning does not necessarily mean that a
greater difficulty will not loom on the even
lng's rim. One cannot go on forever living on
a Alnd week, and, too, when men are idle
an<pin good health they do tremendous
amount of considering. They have time to
ponder and to brood, and troubles are magni-
fled, issues soon become great mountains. great
stumbling blocks.
heard one young fellow say he wanted to
Evening journal., 1921-07-19
HOMEMADE ALARM
NEARLY TRAPS BOBBER
pociai to The Evening Journal.

Special 10 The Evening Journal.
MILFORD, July IA home
made set OF burglar alarms saved the
tore of Dorsey Bowen. situated on
Walnut street. Milford, in the center
4 the business block, from being
obbed on Saturday night. Several
lines robbers have had designs on
DR.. Bowen's grocery store. and as a
rejection he conceived the idea OF
,lacing a catch on the rear door OF
he establishment connected with a
ever that would ring a bell in his
ed room. Mr.. Bowen and his family
1ake their home above the store.
Shortly after he retired Saturday
light he heard the alarm. and grab
F; ;ing a revolver rushed to the rear
'indow in time TO see a form enter
lag the door. He promptly dis
harged the weapon at the figure.
: he discharge Of the pistol was
card by officer Davis who hurried
10 the rear OF the store and a
. borough search was made but the
obber had made his escape.
Evening journal., 1921-07-19
Cocoanut Oil Makes
A Splendid Shampoo

II you want 20 keep your hair IN good
condition, be careful what you wash II
with.
Most soaps and prepared shsmpoos
contain too much aikail This dries the
scalp. makes the hair brittle. and is ven
harmful Mulslhcc cocoanut oil sham
poo (which Is pure and entirely grease
less). Is much better than anything else
you can use for shampooing, as this
can't possibly injure tie hair.
Simply moisten your hair with water
and rub Il In. One or two teaspoonEful
Of Mulsined win make an abundance Of
rich. creamy lather. and eleanses the hair
and scalp thoroughly. The Ather rinses
out easily and removes every particle Of
dust, dirt. dandruf and excessive oil
The hair dries quickly and evenly and Il
leaves Il fne and silky. bright. nuny and
easy 20 manage
You can get Mulslhed cocoanut oil
shampoo at most any drug store. II is
very cheap, and a few ounces is enough
% last everyone IN the family for months.
Re sure your druggist gives you Null
sihed.
Evening journal., 1921-07-19
Have You Piles?
Then You Have Something to
Learn

Thousands who have piles have not
learned that quick and permanent relief
can only be accomplished with internal
medicine. Neither cutting nor any
amount Of treatment with olntments and
suppositories win remove the cause.
Bad circulation causes piles. There Is
complete stagnation Of blood In the
lower bowel ald weakening Of the
parts. DR.. J. s. Leonhardt was first 10
hnd the remedy. His prescription Is
IfEAf-ROID, a tablet medicine, taken in
tcrnally, that Is now sold by druggists
generally. DR.. Leonhardt tried ID In
100 cases with the marvellous record OF
success In % per cent and then decided
II should be sold under a rigid money
back guarantee.
Don't waste any more time with out
side applications. Get a package Of
HEM kOID from Eckerd's or Danforth's
drug stores today. 10 has given safe and
lasting relief to thousands Of people. and
should do the same for you-it seldom
fails