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New-York tribune., 1921-02-15
Veteran Preference

Defects in the proposed concur
rent resolution for constitutional
amendment giving World War vet
Grams preference in appointments
and promotions in the civil service
are so obvious that it seems improb-
able correction will be seriously
resisted.
AS the resolution now reads there
is no discrimination in preference
between those who served two days
and those who served two years; be-
tween the overseas men and the
stay-at-homes. or the unscarred and
the disabled, or even between the
Stacker who secured an honorable
discharge through the grace of
Secretary Baker on the fimsy
grounds Of conscientious objection
and the boys who worked their way
forward amid the thickets and
bullets of the Argonne.
To remove these glaring defects
the Women's City Club, which does
not oppose the principle of prefer
ences and is most sympathetic to the
service men, has prepared a substi-
tute resolution. 1t gives % pref
erence in original appointments to
disabled veterans; (2) preferences to
all other veterans over candidates
equally qualified; 90 competitive
rating for all veterans (both men
and women who have done actual
war service) in ali entrance exam
nations, q rating to be added to Che
credits received in the other parts
of the examination.
The substitute resolution plainly
seems to secure the ends sought
more certainly than does the orig
iral resolution, and at the same time
protects the public service against
t abuses which are certain il meri-
torious claimants are pushed aside
by the selfish who care little for
their comrades.
New-York tribune., 1921-02-15
A Protest From Barnard

To u Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: IN The Tribune of February /
there is an article entitled Girls o. A
on Kiss or Two Arouses Storm ~
Columbia" There recently have oeea
articles in other daily papers quoting
the views of so-called Barnard giIs
en- similar topics, discussed IN equaA,
tad taste. This last, however, fH0'.
inevitably call forth a fervent pFo's''
from any student who feels any ~
spect for or pride IN her college
We regret that it is the view OF 'a.
papers and the public in general 'nS
the expression of opinion Of any W
lunlbia woman must necessarily eopas
from Barnard. There is no sc. h :.
at Barnard to have expressed any sU'A
opinion as is quoted. Nor has -. -.
topic heen one over which "the g'.~
Of Barnard are wrought up" Ine sDs =,
ject was called to our attention 90.
when we read The Tribune TINS ni0''
ing. -,
We do not know who is respons,0'ss
fer the report, but we would ask -. =.
that person and the paper used a. :. -
medium consider the quite unlnss =, ~
totally unmerited light in when
college is made to appear by sucE :
article The undergraduates Of ps
rard are, we trust. occupied with Yep.
of Interest worthier earnest,
minded girls. HELEN B. JONES,
President Undergraduate AssoeissisS
of Barnard College.
New York, Feb. IL, 1881 a@ss
New-York tribune., 1921-02-15

Since then The Post has passed out
of Mr.. Wizards control. But Mr..
Willard is still Mr.. Willard. In time
of war, when every able-bodied, fully
equipped human is needed to help at
the big job, it is easy to become
angry. Now that the danger is over
there seems no possible harm in let
ting him hee-haw TO his hearts con-
tent to any one with the ears to
listen.
New-York tribune., 1921-02-15
From a Roosevelt Republican
New York, Feb. 6, 1921

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: AS reader of The Tribune for
more than forty years, wish to express
my Endorsement of your candidate for
Secretary of War, General Leonard
Wood. AS a Roosevelt Republican,
whose first vote was cast for Theodore
Roosevelt for Mayor of New York
when he had not possible chance of
being elected, and constant admirer
and supporter of this great American
during his entire political career, ven
ture to hope that his friend and political
heir, General Wood, who has made good
in every important office he has occu-
pied, will have an opportunity to still
further serve our country in an Office
for which he is SO emipently qualified.
IRVING TOWNSEND.
New York, Feb. 8, 1921.
New-York tribune., 1921-02-15
A Farmer on DAYLIGHT Saving

\
T, the e or of The Tribune.
Sir: The assertion is made that only
fe'r .armers oppose the Daylight saw
in measure and that they are very
+ -ch in the minority. Allow me to in
form you that one-third of our ponu-
lation IS living on farms, and they ere
unanimously opposed to daylight saw
ing. All the small rural settlements
and small towns are also opposed to it..
fair sprinkljng Of opposit is CEN
tered in larger towns, hence more than
30 per cent Of the people are against
daylight saving. The fact is New York
City and the adjacent community towns
are about all that favor the law,
The farmers and rural people are not
opposed to any man or class of men
having that extra hour of daylight if
they desire it, but why upset the whole
country by law in order to accommo-
date the minority?
.s farmer 80. his cha, g.
ing of time is Lac greatest handicap
the farmer has ever had to contend
with; it makes the cost of production
10 to 15 p cent greater. That extra
ccst must be borne by the cons mer or
producing crops must be abandoned.
We far. ers cannot sell food below the
cost of production and continue in bust
ness. If The Tribune a its follow
ers insist on a fight for this fool law
we win fight you to the last ditch.
A FARMER.
Matawan, N. J.. Feb. II. 1921.
New-York tribune., 1921-02-15
Vacuum Home Rule

Comptroller Craig, in his remarks
on Governor Miller's Bridgman let
ter, discusses the home rule ques-
tion barrenly.
1t is time TO get this topic out of
the vacuum wherein the extremists
of both sides imprison it and to
consider it in the atmosphere of fact.
What is the profit of debate which
is similar to that carried on by
| Itheologians with respect to free will
and predestination or by lawyers
when launched on the theme Of
Federal versus state rights?
Home rule pursued to it's ultimate
logical deductions is obviously de-
structive of state sovereignty. On
the other hand, state sovereignty
carried to its ultimate logical deduc-
tions is destructive of home rule.
The two principles in pure reason
are mutually contradict Dry. Yet the
two things co~exist-have co-existed
for one hundred and fifty years of
history, to say nothing of Colonial
days. There is paradox of a type
most familiar--a dilemma both of
whose horns may be avoided.
A variable amount of authority
is contemporaneously exercised by
city and state, Neither expels the
other. So it has been. So it is likely
to continue to be. A working recon-
Citation between the two opposed
Jurisdictions is feasible. Only those
with a liking for theory get excited
over an academic dispute.
In the present instance the city, as
a city, would have something to say
as to it's traction future. The state,
as state, also would have something
to say as to certain phases of all kinds
of transportation within its borders.
The two partners in the business
must get together in working
scheme.
Governor Miller indicates he has
no desire or purpose to disregard the
wishes or the interests of the city.
He welcomes the largest possible
measure Of local participation in the
solution of the traction problem.
But there are mlny things which the
state must do if they are done at all.
The necessities of the case require
participation by the state as the law
making power.
Descending from the abstract to
the particular, the Comptroller
claims to be able to draw new sub
ways from his hat. He would begin,
it would seem, By tearing down the
elevated lines and have their mil
lions Of passengers, after footing
many blocks, tumble into the tubes.
Wonderfully simple! The diameter
of the average traveller would only
need to be pencil-size to give all
standing room.
The Comptroller is not a good
guesser. Three years ago he was
sure he could get rid of Death Ave
nue., improve the Riverside Drive
water front and provide New York
with ~ freight terminal. SO he
killed great project matured
after many years of effort. And
Death Avenue continues to slaugh-
ter, Riverside Park is defaced and
there is no freight terminal.
New-York tribune., 1921-02-15
The Country His Debtor
New York, Feb. 8, 1921

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: According to precedent, as the
man whom the great mass of people in
the United States wanted for President
before the convention, Leonard Wood
should be a member of Mr.. Harding's
Cabinet. His eminent ability, expert
ence and level head qualify him for any
position in the Cabinet or as its head.
The Plattsburg idea alone made the
whole country his debtotr. Perhaps Mr..
Harding has him slated, He gives no
sign, and seems to ignore him, but am
sure if he desires to perform one big
popular act at the outset of his Admin
istration, Leonard Wood will sit at his
State table as Secretary OF War.
ALBERT F. SHERWOOD.
Waterbury, Conn, Feb. 7, 1921.
New-York tribune., 1921-02-15

Yeu can purchase merchandise advertised In THE
TRIBUNE with absolute safety--for II dissatIsfac-
zion results 10 any case THE TRIBUNE suaran-
tees to pay your mos1y back upon request. No red
tape. Ne usibhiing. wa make soed promptly II
The advertiser does not,
New-York tribune., 1921-02-15
The Theater-talkers

tAt "The Prince ard the Paaper'o
u never like 20 see q girl take a
boys part Neyer's convincing. never
FORGET for a minute that it's girl!
Something unnachral about q girl try
ing to act like a boy. I hate to see it."
"7 s great to see Faversham again.
th III. He's great"
es. but a girl taking a boys part
never fools any one. You can see she's
wearing wig and her own hair is
wadded up under it so that her head
looks too big and very unnachral.".
"Yeh, but l certainly am glad to see
Faversham again, He's great in a part
like this"
"Why do they persist in always cast
ing girl in a boys part? They al
ways do it. Any one would think that
there weren't enough boys in the
world. simply can't stand girl in
a boys role. It's SO silly and un-
nachral, isn't it?"
"Yeh, but don't this part suit Faver-
sham perfectly? His sword play is
great, He's great in part like this"
~cry one knows it's a girl and
that sorta spoils it for me-"
"Yeh, but it's a treat to see Faver-
sham again. He always was my 1avrit."
Curtain rises and both cease fring)
AMBROSE GLUTZ.
Eavesdropped, by s, NJ. K, in a
Brooklyn car: "Td of got A in my lit
rachoor exam if l hadn't of said that
Keats wrote the Skylark and Shelley
the Nightingale. 1 got the boids
Z ted"
Others there are who have been un-
successful in making advertising con-
Germs USE their ideas. "Our advertis-
ing man does not think favorable of
poetry" wrote one firm to E. E. P,
who had submitted this:
Full many a gem Of purest Razorine
The shelves of enterprising druggists
bear;
Full mary blade is born to blush un-
keen,
And waste its dullness on the desert
hair.
New-York tribune., 1921-02-15
The Coming 1ower
busted Romance

Busted Romance
He on the top of an Avenue bus,
And / on the top of another
by,
And thought he looked like my
brother.
He gave me a smile that was partly
guile,
But mine was involuntary.
And, h.owing brave, he wiistl q
stave
OF "oh, what pal VAS Maryl"
TIN side by side on the traffic's tide
Our chariots suddenly stopped.
Eyes of impudent blue looked mo
through and through,
And mine in confusion dropped.
Der the narrow space he softly spoke,
And / held my breath to hear.
Then the whistle blew, and we north
ward few
But the very last word was Dear"
Just thirteen blocks that romance
lived
Alas! we shall meet no more,
For at Fifty-seventh his bus turneI
west,
While mine was n Number 4.
f T., MAC A
New-York tribune., 1921-02-15
p

I've got stock Of old Bourbon,
Brandy, Vermouth, and old Gin,
Cherries and olives for cocktails,
Great grief! how the neighbors roll inl
AEDR.
New-York tribune., 1921-02-15
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New-York tribune., 1921-02-15
SONGS OF DIVORCE

In the cleaning if you're roaming
In this neighborhood. old dear,
Please stay way from my apartment
| don't ever want you near.
I'm not strong for sobbing family
Or emotions of that sort
If you think of me and hate rne
Take your grievance into court.
MARIAN GILLESPIE
There is tavern in the town, in the town
And there my husband sits him down, sits
him down
And drinks his tea with a certain Miss
Magee.
And never, never thinks Of ME.
New-York tribune., 1921-02-15

Well, Mr.. Chesterton, if we were
cast upon desert island, our choice
of reading matter would be The Home
Book Of Verse. And among our diver
sions would be teaching the parrot to
recite Swinburne.
New-York tribune., 1921-02-15

Last night in indianapolis occurred
the first performance of "Dulcy," q
comedy by George S. Kaufman and
Mare Connolly. "Am with you in spir-
it," telegraphed Dulcy TO the authors.
"Id adore TO see myself on the stage,
even if it did give me kind of creepy
feeling. Good luck!"
New-York tribune., 1921-02-15
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New-York tribune., 1921-02-15

There are, of course. variations 70
the Presidents characterization of a
man who is a simple bungalow~no
upper story whatever "You might call
man Greek ruin" offers Denville,
because his arches have fallen"
New-York tribune., 1921-02-15
SUBSCRIPTION RATEs-By msf. Including
IN THE UNITED STATES
suaSsNry

Entered At che Postorace at New York A Second
Glass MSI Matter.
New-York tribune., 1921-02-15

Jack spratt could eat no fat.
His wife could eat no lean, Ohl
And so, betwixt them both, you gee,
They warmed the tracks to Reno.
GLEN
New-York tribune., 1921-02-15

One of the things that Mr.. Ches-
terton may not forget about his visit
to Pittsburgh is his entrance into the
William Penn Hotel elevator. "He
stubbed his toe" writes Lou Aster-
bloom, "and scowled, Well said one
of my fellow gadders, when business
Is good we 4on't mind them things,
amt it?"
New-York tribune., 1921-02-15
Appeal to the President-Elect

Appeai to the PreaIdent~Elect
To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir; l have just sent the following
letter to Senator Harding, our Presi-
dent-eIect, and inclosed your loyal and
unanswerable editorial of this morning,
regarding his delay in announcing Of
cially his granting of the nationwide
demand for General Leonard Wood as
Secretary of War. Not to respect this
great public acclaim would be fatal
mistake for Harding in the very zeniyh
Of his popularity:
Senator Warren G. Harding.
Stand up, Mr.. Harding; be the man
we believe you to be, and give the coun-
try and your voting supporters what
you promised-a strong and able Cabi-
net, and one that shall include General
Leonard Wood as Secretary Of War.
mo subsequent excuse or explanation
Of yours could be regarded as anything
but a subterfuge, and an affront to
your Leonard Wood electors"
GEORGE W. HILLS.
New York, Feb. 8, 1921.
New-York tribune., 1921-02-15

She is radiant type with charm
ing Inconsistencies of all the superb
pomp of her physical perfection
Miami, Fla, Herald.
PrWting that right out in the paper
might make her conscious of it.
New-York tribune., 1921-02-15
The Voice of. Willard

1t does not strain the imagination
to understand WY the ex-service
men of Cincinnati did not relish the
idea of a lecture y Oswald Garri-
son Willard, even though they paid
him undue attention in attempting to
silence the sound Of his voice.
1t is an old and familiar sound in
these parts. 1t brayed against pre-
paredness for war; in 1917 it brayed
against entering the war upon the
good German people; ever since it
has brayed against doing anything
rough or peremptory in the way of
demanding reparation from those
nice, kind folk. 1t reached it's most
stentorian bray il and during the
war, when heckled at a pacifist
lecture. A rude man wanted to
know what the speaker would do if
he saw German soldier attacking
his wife. The answer was in brief
that it would take too long to ex-
plain just what he would do.
There may be some use in wasting
words or fisticuffs or anything else
in trying to silence such a voice.
But we do''bt it. We prefer instead
and we commend to the ex-service
men of Cincinnati, the more genial
attitude of Colonel Roosevelt as re-
vealed in a letter in a recently pub
lished life Of Admiral Mahan. The
letter runs thus, referring to The
Evening Post at time when it was
MIR. Wizards own.
New-York tribune., 1921-02-15

Knighted on New Years Day, IL
India, Marakjee Byramieo Dadabhoy.
New-York tribune., 1921-02-15

g. woman, who the police be-
lieve to be one Of the b4nd."-The Sun.
In English grammar particularly
circumstances alter cases.
New-York tribune., 1921-02-15
The Coll for General Wood
Tribune Readers Press The Demand That He Shall Be Seceta,
of War in The Big Cabinet

that we continue the work we hat
started, for he, ike ourselves, felt that
We would enter the conflict.
All must commend the sublime dignity
If "the man who had to stay at home, -
and we hope chat your great paper will
continue it's fine work, together with
that of his friends all over the country,
and petition President-elect Harding to
reward our splendid patriot, who is so
eminently fitted for place in his Cabi-
net
MRS, EMILY VAN DER COOK
BROWNE, President,
IDA ELLSWORTH LOWBER.
Vice-P President.
RETA j. BOARDMAN,
Second Vice-President and Treasurer.
New York, Feb. 8, 1921.
New-York tribune., 1921-02-15
Oyster Bay,
Long Island, N, Y.
H. 40 1can

VoiIC lDs 1oODs
Dear Captain Mahan: greatly en-
joyed the clipping from. The Tribune.
What real donkey The Evening
Post is. And what fearful mental
degeneracy results from reading it
or The Nation as a steady thing.
Well, hate to have you abandon
our own war history, even tempo
rarily; but you are the one man to
write history of Nelson, and such
history we ought to have.
Good luck go with you!
Very faithfully yours,
THEODORE ROOSEVELT.
The letter was written in 1898, it
will be noticed. When the question
of including the letter in this volume
came up shortly before Colonel
Roosevelt's death, the Colonel said: (:
"Put it in; put it in; The Evening
Post Is just as big donkey as ever. /"
New-York tribune., 1921-02-15

Three cheers and a tiger,
New-York tribune., 1921-02-15
L. F. COFER

Health Officer, Port of New York.
Rosebank, N. Y, Feb. IA, 1921.
New-York tribune., 1921-02-15

Matawan N. ]. Feb II, 1921.
Evening star., 1921-09-25

more than mile from Bloody Angle,
Al the fork Of two old roads that are
full of steep and bumpy hills and
closely bordered by thick woods. is a
monument that marks where Gen.
Sedgwick-Maj. Gen. John Sedgwick.
U. S. Volunteers. commanding the 9Th
Army Corps-a corps commander un-
der Grant. was killed in action on the
morning of May, 8. 1864.
This description points out some of
spots" as it were. of section of that
country in which the battle of Fred
ericksburg was fought in December
1862, in which the battles of Chan
cellorsville and Salem Church were
fought in May, 1863. and in which the
battles of the Wilderness and Spot
sylvania Court House were fought IN
May. 1s64-a little patch OF country
that has been appropriately called
1.-The cockpit of America" In this sec
ton the marines will have matheu-
vers, field exercises in stimulation of
warfare. These are fields where the
thinning, weakening. but gallant and
intrepid Army of Northern Virginia
and the vastly augmented and gallant
Army of the Potomac fought aud wal
lowed in dust, mud and blood in the
spring of 1864. Grant. with over
whelming forces and resources. had
begun to beat and hammer his way
to Richmond and Appomattox. but
those places were still one year away
"a year of war.
X 4 X
NyOU should know this country. You
can take a civil war map of it
and find your way around. The old
roads are there. Some new roads
have been made and few old ones
remade, but you will find long
Evening star., 1921-09-25

tangled stretch of second and third
growth. where the timber merchant
able for lumber. poles and ties has
been cut away. In this growth one
wonders in passing through it why a
flock OF wild turkeys does not start
UP. or deer and bear break from cover.
If there are such things as ghosts
there mus be armies of them in this
tansle-land. for many. many thou
sands of young men who wore the
blue and many. many thousands of
other young men who wore the gray
were shot and bayonetted to death in
this wild country. Much >of that
country west of Charlottesville and
northwest of Spotsylvania Court
House. which was called the Wilder
ness before and during the civil war,
is still The wilderness"
i = :. x
IRON the Richmond. Fredericks-
burg and Potomac railroad at
Fredericksburg to the old Orange and
Alexandria railroad, later, the Vir-
ginia Midland and now the Southern.
is thirty-five miles in an air line due
west From Fredericksburg to the
Southern at Orange passes south
westerly q narrow-gause railroad.
forty miles long. called the Piedmont.
Frederick sburg and Potomac. Two OF
the historic wagon roads of the world
pass from Fredericksburg to Orange
roads that were made the most of by
Union and Confederate armies. They
were the Plank road and the Orange
turnpike. They pass from the battle
area of 1862 and through the battle
areas of 1863 and 1864.
Nine miles above Fredericksburg
that is, northwest-there is junction
Evening star., 1921-09-25

! mountain. Confederate signal station
south of the Rapidan. were studying
the lay of Grants army. L. was max
! ing preparations to move. Lee was
at the signal station. He said that
| Grant would cross the river to his
! G4ee's) right. either at Germanna or
! Elys ford. Thi-ty-six hours later the
corps of Hancock, Warren and Sedg-
wick were crossing on two pontoon
! bridges at Germanna ford of the
! Rapidan. AS Grants plan was to
cross the Rapidan and push past Lees
army ten miles east of it's right flank
and strike straight south toward Lees
| GEAR and Richmond. Lees plan was
| to let Grant cross the river and while
| on the march south from Germanna
ford through the Wilderness to strike
his army suddenly and beat it. sur
prised and disordered. into the Wilder
i ness.
! Near midnight, May "a, 1864, the
Army of the Potomac began its march
| from its position north of the Rapi-
dan toward Germanna ford. the be-
ginning of that memorable cam
J ture of the Confederate capital and
the army defending it," Those two
old roads previously spoken of, the
| Fredericksburg-Or Orange turnpike and
the Fredericksburg-O plank
road. lead east through the Wilder
! ness from tnt poSltiOH Ice HClu hts
cut across the road by which Grants
army was marching south from Ger
mama ford. Frants army was crossing
the Rapidan without opposition, evident
/ !y without being discovered by Lee. At
! noon May 4 Ewelrs corps was ordered
! by Lee east along the Orange turnpike
! to strike Grants marching army at the
! strike Grants marching army at the
! intersection of the pike and the Ger
| mamma road, where stood the Wilder
ness Tavern.
| A. p. Hill, with two divisions. was or
dered east along the plank road to
! fall upon Grants southwark moving
column. where the plank road inter-
| sects the road from Germanna ford,
about four miles south of the point
| where Ewell was to strike. Long
streets corps, at Gordonsville, was or
| dered to march fast to take part in
the fighting in either theater of ac-
! ton. AS Warren's Union Corps was