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New-York tribune., 1921-10-13
Copyright. 1891. New York Tribune. In

grammar hounds" in a paper called
The Poor Old English Language" ad-
vlslng them as to the manner in which
instruction in fclicitous speech should
be offered to inhospitable minds Mr..
Nicholson himself is impatient of
grammar, and writes, as the saying is.
by ear-"with an intuitive sense OF the
proper and effective manner of shap-
ing sentences" Il doubt. seriously.
whether l could pass an examination
IN English grammar" he writes And
he adds, with suggestion of trucu-
lence. ITO any expert grammarians
who, inspired by this revelation, begin
laborious investigation of these pages
in pursuit Of errors, I can only say
(sic) that I wish them good luck in
their adventure"
Myself. with a mind hostile to the
rules and regulations of correct utter
ance, can find in Mr.. Nicholson's vol
ume only three or four abrasions of
the pious tablets. Thus:
at times in my life I have been able
to read Greek, Latin, Italian and
French without ever knowing anything
about the grammar of either of these
languages"
Ignorant OF grammar myself, but
having-if l may assume so much-an
intuitive sense OF the proper and ef-
fectiye manner Of shaping sentences,
there would be no textbooks in my
schoolroom."
'The weaknesses OF the individual
student are only discernble where he
is permitted to speak and write with
out timidity."
1t is said of himself by Mr.. Nichol-
son that once upon a time he wrote
poem which appeared in magazine
o. the most exacting standards, and
which mated singular noun to a
plural verb. Many a grammarian's 5
funeral has been celebrated for less.
New-York tribune., 1921-10-13
An American Accent
tor Of The Tribune.

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: thank you for your very ex-
cellent editorial on American Art. There
is on the whole no more sane, vigorous.
optimistic and versatile art in the
world. 1t is quite true that we have
been inspired by France. But that is
because most Of our artists have stud
led there.
Art is universal and yet tempera-
mental. American music could never be
Russian or Latin. Could Emerson
Lincoln, Roosevelt be anything but
American? And just as "rationalp as
these is our art. You put it most
clearly when you say: "he
viii admit that an American accent in
painting exists" american accent!'
Whatever our faults Of enunciation. we
do not drawl or drop our HIS or slur
our RS. Gould any one mistake an as
semDlage Of Americans in England
Canada, Australia, South Africa or
India? Dropped without warning in
an exhibition of representative Ameri-
can art Gin both the meanings of the
word Representative. who but those
ignorant about nrt could mistake its
nationality? CHARLES VEIN.
Lyme, Conn, Oct. 10, 1921.
New-York tribune., 1921-10-13
Health Graduates

The plan OF the United States Bu-
reau Of Education to enroll the
school children Of the country and
their teachers IN q gigantic health
crusade is a progressive step. If it
succeeds health will be one of the
fundamental subjects Of public
school education.
Much could he done by such an
innovation, and the unsatisfactory
physical condition of the nations
SCHOOL children indicates that the at
tempt should be made. Twenty Der
cent Of them are physically below
par. The after results Of the phvgi-
cal defects Of childhood are even
more charming. The old delusion that
one grew out # childish ailments has
row been dissipated. Instead. they
lead tc growu-up disorders even more
serious. The recent cugcnics cor.
gress recalled tho fact that draft
xocords showed that nearly 80 per
cent Of Americans examined were
unfit for military duty. They hac
rot Icft their defects and ailments
behind
The time to iropart health in
formation is during childhood
Hcaiti, habita may be taught to The
smallest chiid. in fact, It IL easier
70 impress the younger mind than
New-York tribune., 1921-10-13
No Arbuckle Films
1t Was Lou Mack Who Vas saown
in a Playground Pietu-c

To the Editor Of The Tribune
Sir: | thank you for the pa ,a,ior
of my letter regarding the se posed
showing Of films featuring Arbgc',le in
a certain playground OF the cit. ar
glad to say. however, that a,d. uro.
taking The matter up direct5 th y
manufacturing concern under Who's
auspices the films are beng shon
that I was mistaken with regard to IT,
films to which l objected being tho.
featuring Arbuchle.
l arrived at the playground Just too
late to see the cast Of characters
thrown upon the screen, but ia time TO
see the picture Of the star actor shown
before the beginning Of the PLAY This
picture was received by The children
with shouts OF "Ah, Fatty ArbucklsT
Never having seen an Arbucklc film,
took it for granted the children were
correct. l am told that the acto~ shown
on that occasion was Lou Nack.
had the pleasure of loag CONVEX
sation the other day with the nan who
is responsible for the showing Of these
pictures IN the public parks and play
grounds of the city, and ] find that he
is entirely in accord with NY own
views as 70 the kind Of pictures which
should be shown. He told ne mat ali
the Arbuckle pictures had been elimi-
mated from his list long before the
fatal Labor Day, when the tragedy oe-
Cured
am sorry that 7 wrote the letter 60
your paper before having sought 60
straighten the matter out at It's source,
and / hope that. in justice to those
who are responsible for the exhibition
of these pictures IN the parks and
Fairgrounds, you Will give tbs letter
as much publicity as my former letter
received. The firm referred 70 IS Civ
ing pleasure 10 thousands Of pf 3ple In
the poorer sections of the city where
pleasures are scarce, and that this Is
appreciated is attested by tie la-ge
crowds which have attended all the
performances which I have witnessed.
FREDERICK A. SuTER.
Garden City, \. Y, Oct. II. le2i.
New-York tribune., 1921-10-13
Worth " aiting For

(From The rhilodclphia Erer.e0 Bsiis'is'
General Leonard Woods letter to
the Pennsylvania Alumni Association
is typical of The man at" he says
referring to his Philippine commits.
sion, IS 4 call for service II had
net expressed a Willingness 10 serve
when asked / could not again preach
service to our people az homc.' The
University of Pennsylvania Viii lose
nothing by waiting for such leader
while he exemplifes the duties Of cih-
1cnship by serving his colntry.
New-York tribune., 1921-10-13
Trotxky TO Travers

New Jersey also has its Trotz,.s
Above d door in Passaic is s:en
which reads: "Benjamin Trotzly,
Fresh Meat"
For sixteen years business was
good. But there is something in a
rame, after all. The Trotzky shop
is unprosperous. Ever since that
fool in Europe started things" said
Benjamin to the judge to whom he
applied for a change in name, "Nusi-
ness hes been rotten for me. Peeple
have their money in their hands
when they enter my shop, but wh VI
they see the name on my sign they
put their money in their pockets and
walk out like they were running
from the plague"
So grievous was the boycott that
Trotz}y was driven either to change
his business or his name. SO now
his sign reads: benjamin Travers.
The original name of Russia S
Trotzky was Bronstein. Thus he is
an intericper in the Trotzky clan and
compels the legitimate members to
move out. So one Benjamin feels
q burning sense OF injustice.
And this happened, it is worth
while to observe, in Passaic, which
is near Paterson, where the Reds
are reported to be strong.
New-York tribune., 1921-10-13

the older. What the teacher says
carries great weight in the kinder
garten and the first grade. L is not
necessary to wait until the mind IS
developed enough to take up a course
in ph, siology. TO graduate chill
dren from the public schools physi-
cslly as well as mentally equipped is
u goal worth striving for.
New-York tribune., 1921-10-13
Dr.. Fell the Unloved
French Predecessors Of the Parody
Of Martlal's Epigram

To the Editor Of The Tribune
Sir: Like the pugnacious Irisfmar
who wanted to know if this was q
private fight or could any one join in,
rise 20 inquire ii the pleasant little
tiff between Messrs. Coleman, Froh-
man and Bowski over the origin of the
Fell quatrain can be made a fours ONE
If So wish tt break lance in de-
fenac of Clement Mar0t "escrivain" of
Ann of Brittany and onotime secre-
tary to Francis the First, who appro-
prlatcd the Martial rpieram more than
a hundred and fifty years before
Thomas Brown "swiped' it from Forde
VINO in all likelihood stole it from
Marc:
Marot, venting his spleen upon GER
tain Jan, says:
Jan, je ne taime point. beau sire.
Ut ne scay Quelr "a he mo poind.
no pourquoy c'cst. ~ ne puts dire
Simon que je ne taiI,.- point.
Whet inclincs me to the belief that
The English quatrain is "borrowcd''
from Marot rather than from Martial
is that in Martial it consists Of but
two lines. as follows:
Son amo te, sahidi, nee possum deere
quarc.
Voc tantum possum deere. non ano te.
-Ad Sabidium, lib. /, Epig. 33.
And in order . free Niarot, rascal
though he was, Of the accusation of
plagiarism, let me say that the sixteenth
century French cpigrammatist and poet
gives full credit to Martial, not only
for the Sabidium opigram, but for twen-
ty-eight others put by him into French
verse.
would now like some erudite Hell
lenist to tell me what Greek sage
Martial "imitated.'
Plus ca change, ct plus c'est la
meme chose. W i. TISNE.
New York, Oct. 10, 1921
New-York tribune., 1921-10-13
In t,ia DAYS &C Noah

Noliva, prophet Of Zion, has en-
lightened us about science. Sow lie
IS interpreting history. The wicked
rcss Of New York, says he, is as
grcat as was the worlds wiclcducss
in he days Of Noah. Just Is he
sent man to Kingston, Jamaica, to
prove tnat the earth was fat by look
in2 at the lighthouse in Havana
ilafbor, Cuba, and just as he dis
proved tac law Of gravity by tossing
brickoats and feathers in the air and
announcing tnat they would 70 only
90 far az they had force to carry
.hcn, so, last summer. the prophet
sent two women cvaneclists TO New
New-York tribune., 1921-10-13
No Millennium

Taking a reasonable, common-sense
view characteristic of him, President
Harding, in his letter bearing on
the Washington conference, depre-
Gates discussion of 1t as one to abol-
ish armaments. 1t will not and can
not be such. The most to be hoped
for is some limitation-some tighten
ing of military burdens. And this is
to be achieved more by the removal
of causes that give basis for appre-
tensions of conflict, thus striking
at the roots Of war, than by paper
agreements.
There are two classes whose ad-
vice is dangerous. One consists of
tie millenariars, who dream dreams
ard see visions. These especially
active now, are = great pest. That
their ideal is noble does not make
them Of use.
The other class consists Of the
over-cynical who, because perfection
cannot be obtained, regard it as
fraudulent and hypocritical to try to
do anything. These ignore facts as
well as those at the other pole, for it
is established thac international law,
though no organized force has been
behind it, has profoundly affected
human relations.
Even Bismarck recognized the
power inherent in what ne called the
"imponderables. The Monroe Doc
trine has beer respected, though no
war has been urged to vindicate it.
Belgium, it is true, was invaded and
public law thus houted, but did this
help Germany? 1t brought Great
Britain Immediately into the war,
and it was demonstrated to Ger
many that treaty breaking does
not paw.
if the Pacific, where meet East
and West, can be dedicated to free
ard open competition, and at the
sarNe time China, until she is strong
enough to protect herself, guaran~
ted against partition, naval rivalry
between Japan and this country is
likely to diminish. Belgium was
neutralized and so can China be, and
though this will not prevent pledge
breaking, it will make it improbable.
The japanese have a fine sense of
caution, and the idea increases in
Japan that it is wiser to make a
friend of China than to intensity
her hostility.
AS to land armament, little, of
course, is to be expected. because of
the special case Of France. She
must oe ale to protect herself. Un-
less the principal nations give
france insurance, no one in fairness
can ask France to disarm.
Moreover, on the land side this
country now has little practical in.
terest in disarmament. We have
already disarmed. Our army is
smaller than before the war. SINH.
larly Great Britain has disarmed
President Harding has his ewes
fixed on the ideal, but fortunately
his feet are firmly placed on the
ground. He has heard no trumpet
sounding the arrival of the millen
mum. But because of this he doe:
rot assume that aspiration is fool
ish ard that sentiment has no in
huence. The prospect that the con
ference viii be Of practical benef
brightens.
New-York tribune., 1921-10-13

Years ago, it seems to us, rhap-
sodic melody glorifying that celebrated
rural thoroughfare also was sung. 1t
fast soothed our ear publicly in Au-
gust, 1909, in Aurora, Ill. 1t was sung
in musical show named "Lo," whose
tVncs were written by A. Baldwin
Sloane, and one of whose authors was
Q. Henry. The song the tune to which
was written before the words, follows:
Singers may boast about Byoodwny,
And they most generally DO;
Spring all thot Aowsry t1sf on The
Bo1oery-
Take it, 1U stake it to you;
Cail me q yep il you care to,
say I'm 77tbo or q shine;
But give mo the street that hos got ent
oil bect--
Little Old Moin Street for mine'
CHORUS
Little Old Moi;a Street for mine'
Take look at the lovers il, line
Three rill0go cha,mers and t,yenty- EIGHT
farmers
All meeting the sir twenty-ninc.
Little Old Main Street for mine
Where yoot'rc back uith tho pigs and the
kline.
Byoadloay and such for your uncle? (?
Not much,
For it's Little Old Mam Street for mine.
Sing II you 'nust Of vour Stote Street,
Sing OF the Bois and the Strand.
And il Yon haze ne1c song of the
.Aucnuc,
Sing it to beat the old bond'
Sing Of the streets of the city,
Not for Yours Truly-Uh, nh!
But gipe me the street of the v;uagc
elite,
Little Old Main Street for muhl
CHORUS
Little old Mai,, Street for minei
And right dorm by the posto f7ce sign,
Hca, 'em say, "Well, ,chat q Iona roin,,
speU'
but 1t iooha Ike tO-morroDW be fue.''
Little Oh MAIN Street for n,isc,
Where tts deod at quorte7' to nine;
See the folhs focA past the Opry House
bloch,
Oh, its Litt7e Old Mais Street for n,ine, 8,
Songs based upon books, as it is ru-
morod Mr.. Sherwood's s "Main Street
is,~-though here and there Mr.. Shey-
wood departs frori the anguish that is
Carol kennicott s,-arc undoubtedly
salable. So we shall write a few. At
the moment OF dashing to the Polo
Grounds it occurs to US to write songs
based upQn Tess Of the D'Urbervilles. y
"The Rise of the Dutch Republic. y
"Three Soldiers" and Robinson's Ele-
mentary Arithmetic.
Is to lyrics Of thoroughfarcs. the
esding Of chorus might be
And every afternoon beat
Ny way with roodly crow,
To one Hundred and FIFTY -fifth Street
And Old Eighth Avenue.
Oh, some are for tho Hugeina bunch,
And some for the McGraw:
But the streets leave Just after lunch
Arc Frankfort
New-York tribune., 1921-10-13
Noteless WASHINGTON

To the Editor OF The Tribune.
Sir: Nay trouble YOU 70 answer
the following question? have always
been under the impression that. with
the exception OF voting for local Of
ficers. nobody votes in Washington,
District Of Columbia.
1t was also my understanding that
Washington was governed by commits
sioners appointed by CONGRESS A.
New York, Oct 10 1921.
New-York tribune., 1921-10-13
Daughters Do Not Forget

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: Upon reading Representative
Siegels letter, headed "Lest We For
GET it struck me that right here was
chance Cor us Girls to start our year
with scme good patriotic wcrk. SO at
the first meeting Of the Janice Meredith
Chapter, Daughters Of The Revolution,
held Saturday, October s. read Mr..
Siegels letter to the members present.
1t was received with hearty enthusiasm.
The result is that the 325 insane OK
service men now at Wards Island are
not g. nC to be forgotten by our small
organization, and we trust ,hat many
other eocicties as we'll as individuals
viii see the earnest appeal in Repre-
sentative &egels letter, and they, too.
viii prove that they still remember 1he
boys who gave all and fought 80 val
lantly for the peace Of tho whole world
IN thc blttcrsst struggle known to
mnnAiad
ISABELLA ". KETCHAM.
East Orange, n. j., Oct. 10, 1911.
New-York tribune., 1921-10-13
A Minor Drawback

- 770V 10 " 'CHITd hcdC0F7
To read The New Republic" orc
would think that the Russian Soviet
government is very successful one.
Probably 1T is except for the trivial dc
tail that most of the people seem to
die of it.
New-York tribune., 1921-10-13

York, and they saw for themselves
its iniquities. Not one single con-
vert did they make, despite ten thou
sand tracts.
But why be cruel to the damned?
The most known Of the days Of Noah
is that there was d food. And Noah
WIS the first to cultivate the vine.
"Noah was a just man and perfect
in his generation" the Bible says of
him, "and Noah walked with God. 4"
Even after making allowance for
lack OF experience with the effect of
home brew, drunkenness and ex-
posure hardly tally with this state
lnent. Noah was indubitably a tip
pier. In fact, he was the father and
grandfather of all tipplers.
The only other available informa-
ton about the days of Noah is in the
old song about Salvation's son who
married NoaE's daughter and nearly
spoiled the flood by drinking all the
water.
(which lie would have done,
really do believe it,
If the mixtlre'd had
Some whisky to relieve it,"
But just because Noah himself
would have violated the Volstead act,
and his son-in-law have been a boot
logger, is it just to compare the
vickednass of New York with the
days Of Noah? Is t.lis sufficient
cause for saying of the people Of
New York that "tlle spirit of the
devil dwclls in the children of dis
0bedience'?
New-York tribune., 1921-10-13

THE only voting in the District
of Columbia is that in primaries for
tie election of delegates to the na-
tional conventions. The Commission"
ers are appointed by the President
and confirmed by the Senate.-Ed.J
New-York tribune., 1921-10-13
To tho Editor Of The Tribune

To tho Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: in "The Works of Mr.. Thomas
Brown" edited by James Drake, NJ. D..
seventh edition. Volume /, London
1880, page 100, Browns epigram about
Dr. Fell is given as follows;
vlo no. love you. Or. Fell,
Eut why cannot toll;
But this know fun We'll!
60 not love you, Dr. Fall.
This is evidently the correct word
ing Of the famous quatrain.
The famous French memoirist
Bussy- Rabutin C6I9-93), by the bye
also paraphrased Martia's epigram
"Ad Sabidium.' Frenching it as fol
lows (cf. Correspondence de Roger de
Rabutin, Comte de Busy" ed. Ludovic
Lalannc, Tome 6, Paris, 1859, page
594):
Je he Vous aime point, Hylas,
le n'cn s;lurois dire Ia cause
.lo sails seuenlent une chose
C'cst que je ne vous aiine pas
ADOLF BOWSKI.
New York, Oct 10, 1921
To the Editor of The Tribune
Sir: 1t seems to ne that your CORE
spondents are more or less at sea as
to the original version OF DR.. Fell
which should read:
do not love you Dr. rell
The reason Why 1 cannot tell.
But this know and know full we'll
do not love you Ior. Fell.
j. PIERSON HEARTH.
Caldwell, N j., Oct. 10. 1921
New-York tribune., 1921-10-13
ia AN TT


III. AssSax,ss Pres q exclusively entitled 10
- Ase ssr rrrubiiratfpr = sn uews dispatches
.r-zi,fei "a I. or rrt othsr~ise credited IN thls
isr-F and Also tic local news of spontaneous
ori N rghushe,i herein
Al rig' Of rcreal. alton o. all other raateT
lcr N nlsD r.ecrr-l.
New-York tribune., 1921-10-13

Commercial f1ankness at 1o7 East
125th Street: "You can furnish your
home for less than half elsewhere"
New-York tribune., 1921-10-13
j. PIERSON EEARTT
Caldwell, n. j., Oct. 10. 1921.

LThe above version is evidently
the favorite. 1t is quoted in let
ters to The Tribune also by Ernest
Stallard, NJ. ". Poor, "Macian' and
Elsie G.'-Ed.
New-York tribune., 1921-10-13

Definite and detailed is Mr.. Sinclair
Lcv'is's realism in Main Street.; and
50 is Mr.. Harvey O'Higgins's in the
play he based upon the novel. But the
song, Main Street." now offered, we
have been told, for sale in the vicinage
Of the National Theater, is realism at
what the critics call It's sta1kcst. The
music, by Hazel Crawford and S. Henry
Tllchmann, we have not heard, but the
words, by Vincent NJ. Sherwood and
Carl De Voll--the song is published b.
the Mckinley Music Co.-follow:
When I'm feeling lonely,
Blue oi.f homesick:, too,
When the tcorld has al gone mrong, it's
strange.
PIT there's one place only
!, 6ere things oil ring t,1tc.
Tam auGy do1pn an n.y homc to,om l
long for:
CHORUS
Moin Street, its Just plain street;
Mam Street, a0tth all its charms
You'll find sn,ilo
On evsr-y face
For ats the styts
In that old plocs
Thrill ol,coys be the soms street N any
1ce0ther
Friends inset from all around
Whcn you're dead broke they under
stand
and ecDcj, one soiu grasp yoalr hand
On Main Street, IN my home to,vn.
New-York tribune., 1921-10-13
"To the Rivcli and the Strand",

ITO the Rivcll and The Strand"?
F.. P. A: I've been working about q
year on a nawfully good thing be-
ginning:
From Grantland Rice's mountains,
To
And that's as far as can get.
ORSON
New-York tribune., 1921-10-13

Things arc going down. Not only, if
you buy thermometer at 80 Union
Square, can you save 1902 or more"
but also, apprehend it from The Co.
lumba State, wages for picking have
dropped more than 100 per cent since
last YEARS harvest"
New-York tribune., 1921-10-13

AS many ccntribs have informed US,
Webster's example following chit, :"
which used long gstop," alluded to
cricket; though it is hardly cricket, we
feel, to use cricket terms in diction-
ary circulated in the United States.
New-York tribune., 1921-10-13

and e,1cjs one sciu grasp your hand
On Main Street, IN my home to,vn.
New-York tribune., 1921-10-13

Or, Wonder What Mr.. Ruth Thinks
About
Another thing that causes wrinkles
just below my hat:
I wonder how the Infant feels when
Fewster goes to bat.

Self-consciousness attacks most of
us at times. We cannot help wonder
ing, for example, whether fellow sub
way passengers realize that we often
lave been beaten at tennis by DR..
George King, Babe Ruth's physician
New-York tribune., 1921-10-13

ISABtLLA ". KFTCHAM
East Orange, n. j, Oct. 10, 1911.