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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-02-20
Chicago's Me

If language were dead and in
animate thing 1t would be simple
enough to set up 8 standard Of
proper pronunciation and right
grammatical usage. But it Is as
fully alive as the hundred million
tongues which twist it hour after
hour. 1t Is perpetually losing words
and gaining words, altering usage,
inventing new phraseology. It can
no more be captured and crystallized
than flowing river.
so there must be a good deal Of
sympathy for School Commissioner
Tobin of Cook County, who boldly
permits "It is me" on the tongues
of his school children. He does not
actually authorize 1t; in fact, he
teaches the historically correct SIT
is L." But he comedies the other
usage as accepted and prevailing.
Any fair survey Of American usage
must agree with this opinion. In
that fiux Of usage which is perpetu-
ally about us, at is me" has all but
conquered. A small percentage Of
careful speakers stands out against
it. The grammarians refuse to
bulge. But the sweep of popular
usage seems too strong to be with
stood. Let us say that the tide has
risen to the grammarians' necks and
they will soon have to join the
swimmers, the "me-ers," or be
drowned.
The purists will be disturbed by
such a breach in an ancient gram
NAUTICAL rule. But language has
thrived on such breaches. There is
a vigor of sound about "It is me''
which no rule can ever destroy. The
slight note Of pedantry which is
already sapping the life from SIT is
r. is question Of phonetics, prob
ably. Certainly, the false analogy
of the French "C'est moi" had moth
ing to do with the case. The tongue
is mightier than the pen and all the
grammarians, and Chicago is but
yielding to the inevitable in giving
up an active battle along this front.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-02-20
The Clothes Standard

In q recent convention Of retail
clothiers participant attributed no
small part of the social unrest to the
portraits Of the young man of ab-
normal shoulders and pinched waist
who grins from the art galleries of
trolley cars and magazines.
These masterpieces of the new art
were said to excite the proletariat
and to lead its members to imagine
vain things. The sons of tod were
described as enraged as they gazed
on these symbols of an inane bour-
geois luxury and as filled with
surges of revolt. d.
The critic, we fear, is no careful
student Of American conditions.
Time was when the white collar and
the "biled shirt" were exclusive pos
sessions Of the parasitic rich. Then
the American workingmap bios
soned out in them. A generation
ago it involved risk to parade plug
hat on the streets of the lowly and a
dress suit" was provocative. Now
these badges of superiority are part
of the estate of the worker and
commonplace Of his social gather
ings. No longer is there an article
of sartorial elegance unannexed by
the American proletarian. Fashions
parade is not the Avenue, but Coney
Island. In the domain Of clothes
leveling democracy has won it's fight.
The stronger and more realistic
sex preceded its brother in subduing
all attempts to make personal deco
ration class possession. Let Muir
ray Hill hire modistes as it pleases
and ransack the world for some
thing different, it feels the breath of
Fourteenth Street in hot pursuit.
Whether skirts are long or short,
voluminous or restricted, the fac
tory girl runs dead heat with her
uptown sister. The fashion plate is
rot Objectionable to members of the
Amalgamated-they also seize on it
for instruction Of what "they" are
to wear.
Shakespeare is authority for the
declaration that the apparel oft pro-
claims the man. If this is so then it
may be said Americans are pretty
much alike-that we are saturated
with similarity, and that the stand
ard of living has been so raised ito
the millions that there are few
worlds of artificial differentiation
remaining to be conquered.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-02-20
Christ's Teaching of Reparation
An Anper to Those Who Would Forgive and Forget Ger
rndnus Crime
manp's Crin1e

mouth; and so He was, when speaking
In his own defense, but few In history,
and none in sacred history, were more
master Of the art Of righteous invec-
tive-the strong, virile, masterful, al
most merciless rebuke OF evil and evil
mcmillan Jesus Of Nazareth, the "Man
Of Sorrows"
Listen to Him, and you car see che
figure straighten, the muscles grow
tense, the eyes fash, as he says:
"Woe unto you. scribes and phari.
sees, hypocrites ye blind
guides Ys fools and blind,
Ye serpents, ye generation Of
vipers, how can ye escaps the dsmns-
ton Of hellr"
"Then began He to upbrsid the
cities because they repsnted
not" "Woe unto thee"
It has been said Wrath is q part Of
every great characters equipment"
Christ was indignant against sndiTer-
ence, cowardics. aad wilfns Teaks.ass,
and especially against these who per-
secuted the weak, the fathegless and
the helpless. He Himself made q
stourge and took personal physical
vengeance against those who defiled she
temple.
He was brave In His indignation,
fearless Of the consequences where he
felt that an abuse deserved attack.
He was diligent and aggressive IN
His indignation, not weakly stung out
OF an Indifferent and lazy attitude OF
'lsissez faire" to mildly deprecats
wrongs done and evil conditions toll
Grated. He did not take the line Of
least resistance because to protest
might arouse 2 controversy and add
to his labors or make him unpopular.
He did not confuse meekness with
weakness or substitute always soft
answer" for righteous rebuke.
1t is often an effort to be righteously
angry, and to adequately express the
anger. One Of the most insidious
forms Of pscifism and German propa-
ganda is the endeavor to belittls the
crimes of the devsstatozs Of Europe
by the plea Of "brotherly love" and
forgive and forget One great defect
Of our so-called super-civilization is
it's apparent inability TO get justly
angry at evil and the evildoer---and
stay angry until justice has been done.
If the imposing and collecting the
indemnity means, as Mr.. Clinchy says
it does, the placing OF nation OF men
and women and their children in eco
nomic slavery, let them be so placed,
until their labor and money have, go
far as is possible, restored their vic
tins to their former condition. There
are some things that can never be re-
stored though all the money, the labor
and the tears Of the whole German
people were poured out for genera
tions.
Let Mr.. Clinchy reread his Bible and
see what happens to transgressors,
even unto the third and fourth gen.
srations. JOHN w. LoVELAND.
New Bedford, Mass, Feb. IT, 1921.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-02-20

fall within the range of production
which makes the Shakespearean
drama live upon the stage.
Starting out to stimulate inaagi-
nation by color, light, shade, group
ing, the modern artist Of the stage is
in danger Of repeating the mistake
of his elders and drowning the
imagination Of his audience in the
physical beauty which he creates.
And to destroy this labor of inaei-
nation is to destroy the art of the
stage; for the little said and done
by the actor and shown upon the
stage is nothing in itself; II Is great
and potent only as it stirs the as
sembled imagination Of an audience
TO see and feel as reality In their
own hearts that which Is within and
behind the machinery Of daggers,
sentences and grease-paint which
is play.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-02-20
The Hidden Hand

Any one having a desire to know
the origins, development and COM
plete life history of the documents
called ''Ihe Protocols Of the
Learned Elders of Zion" should read
a little book by Lucien Wolf. In
a few words it traces what may be
called the etymology of the forgery.
In 1868 the German fiction writer
Hermann Goedsche wrote a romance
called Biarritz, which purported
to be the narrative Of an imaginary
Englishman introduced as Sir John
Retcliffe. In the action two of the
novels characters overhear the pro-
ceedings of secret assembly of the
"Elect of Israel" held around the
tomb of a mythical rabbi In
the ancient Jewish cemetery at
Prague, in Bohemia. The company
is pictured as worshiping a Golden
Calf, and in series Of cynical
speeches it's members proclaim how
a Jewish mastery Of the world is to
be achieved.
The next step in the legend-mak-
ing was taken by lazy anti-Semitic
Berlin pamphleteer who para
phrased the avowed fiction OF
Goedsche and published it as an au-
thentic relation of speeches deliv-
cred byta Jewish rabbi at secret
meeting held in the Jewish cemetery
at Prague. Whence came the ma
terial is shown by the Introductory
remark of the pamphleteer that it
was extracted from the work of an
eminent Englishman named Sir John
Retcliffe.
The next contribution came from
Prague itself. In 1901 literal
Czech translation Of the Berlin
pamphlet, but without mention of
Retcliffe, was published III Prague
under the title A Rabbi on the Coy
i'm. It was Immediately confis-
Gated, as calculated to disturb the
peace. But through an interpella-
tion in the Austrian Reichsrath by
Czech Deputy it was read into the
Austrian Congressional Record, and
q great row occurred.
The Czech pamphlet quickly
reached st. Petersburg, for in the
same year Sergius Nilus. pogrom
inciter and agent of Russia's Black
Hundred, published his first version
of the Protocols. This was an am
plified version of the Prague pana-
pflet, the additions being such as
were calculated to stir mp Russian
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-02-20
Yale Prom" Quite Proper
, the Editor Of The Tribune.

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: In the letter entitled college
Boys Shocked" c. L. r. discioses an
attitude OF mind which IL widespread
would excuse the most violent out
breaks on the part Of ths younger
generation.
After all, how did these girls, Gin
decent, both IN costume and conduct"
happen to go to the Brown Univer-
s!ty dances? 1t is only natural to sup
pose that the men OF Brown knew
them fairly intimately, and personally
invited the offenders to their dance.
Now, 1t Is entirely possible to get
along W thout such girls. At the Yale
Junior Prom" just ended there was
not single instances visible &C least,
Of indecorum, either in dress or man
ners, on the part OF the girls present,
or of the men. for that matter. In
the two days ] cav exactly four men
under the influence Of liquor, and at
that only In 8 pleasantly mellow con-
dition, which in the days when cham
payne YVES served IS punch would have
been regarded as indieat ag extreme
puritanism. C. D. w.
Nsv Eavszs csxa@s Feb. 10, 1sa3.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-02-20
Secretary Hughes

The formal announcement from
St. Augustine, confirming reports
long in circulation, that Charles E.
Hughes has been offered and has &C.
copied the post of Secretary Of State
in the new Administration is news
that will be most favorably received
by the country.
AS Governor of New York and JUS
ice Of the Supreme Court, asScandi-
date for the Presidency four years
ago. and even in the less conspicu-
Gus but equally laborious place of
chairman Of a district draft board,
Mr.. Hughes has abundantly proved
his high abilities and his equally
high character. AS Secretary of
State the country is to have man
whose intellect is crystal clear and
whose heart beats responsibility to
every good cause in the world.
The Tribune was of the opinion
hat Elihu Root, because of his ex-
ceptional experience and the pres
ige ne enjoys abroad, was the Amer
ican best fitted to handle in the first
instance the country's world rela-
lions. But this belief has in no way
tninimized perception of the merits
If Mr.. Hughes. His general atti-
,ude is that of the great body of
broad-spirited Americans who would
nave this country, in accord with
our national traditions, play help
full part in world affairs, and we
may be sure that man Of his
extraordinary mental equipment will
1uickly master the technique Of the
State Department.
Hearty congratulations are to be
extended to President-elect Harding
on this selection and to Mr.. Hughes
for the great opportunity to make
his public career more illustrious by
contributing to strengthening this
foundations Of world peace and to
exalting America in noble ways.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-02-20
Let France Advance
Advice TO Her 10 Confront MIR. HaY-
ding With an Accomplished Fact


To the Editor OF The Tribune.
Sir: Without regard to what exact
shade Of international view Mr.. Hsr-
ding's Forthcoming Cabinet will repre-
sent, it certainly behooves France. the
country whose interests are at peril,
to bessir herself. Good policy would
dictate that she present an existing
situstson and not a theoretical one to
the world before March 9th, that she
new Administration may have sone-
thing actual to consider.
We hxvs had TWO years and three
months OF "talk," under tae able guild
anes OF Mg. Wilson. II France leaves
the situation, which Is TO be taken up
by new Administration In the posi-
ton IN which It stands to-day, let
her not bs surprised il further inter
m!nabie talk goes on. She has her
opportunity. She has been deliber-
stely, grievously injured by Germany.
An award has been made against Ger
many as compensation for the damage
done-Ehough only partial eompensa-
ton is embodied in that award so far
as France Is concerned. Let France,
II she be wise, proceed to enforce the
sward--to collect it, 80 far as collec-
ton Is possihls. That IL to say, let
her require that Germany publicly,
formally and before the 4th of March
accept the award, and, even more i'm
portant as an earnest Of performance,
Soxthwith~delive up under direct AL
He'd supervision the armament and
machinery Cor making arms which
against hey Greatly stipulations she
ssill withholds from the Allies, as we'll
IS disband her standing army now
camOufaged under other names.
Failing such action by Germany let
France take those measures permitted
TO her under the treaty (whatever they
may Beg and provided against the
arising OF such case as a refusal on
the part OF Germany to take, at any
given time, the next step, whatever
~ Ai@S VSt AZ kA@S S@OSeS6 VI performing
hez Preparation" II am right in
supeossng that this would involve an
advance into Germany, then let France
asaTaaee. into Germany bsfese she 4th
OF March II she has her own interests
fes heart and is guided by knowledge
e9 the immutabie rules which apply
TO human affairs. Let her present to
! our incoming Administration what in
theiS own language the French describe
as an accomplished fact" The cloud
OF pro-Germanism which is rising
steadily IN this country and which will
billow and surge about Mr.. Harding's
Cabinet will be powerless in the face
Of an accomplished fact,
CHAS. STEWART DAWSON.
New York, Feb. II, 1921.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-02-20
To thu Editor Of The Trihnna

To tho Editor OF The Tribune.
Sir: Is there an outstanding Aasri.
can better fitted than General Wood for
Secretary Of War? If so, who is he?
General Wood has given signal evil
dence OF strong American personality.
well seasoned and hardened through the
bufetiag which has been his for some
years past, through all Of WHICH he has
shown qualities Of heart and mind which
have endeared him To Americans. Duty
first seems 70 be his motto. He is both
reasonable and conservative in his de.
mands relating 70 military establish
ment.
The position of Secretary OF War
which without question should be ten
dered him by Mr.. Harding. In these
days Of trying reconstruction with all
things threatening, the country needs a
cool and experienced guiding hand.
w. G. SHEPHERD.
WsIkss.Bssrss Pav FEB. ., 1921,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-02-20

partments figured, or from $140.-
100000 to $145, 100000, the maxi
mum conceded by the Governor.
Part of the existing surplus will be
carried over. When the Albany ad-
ministrative jungle is cleared it may
be possible to reduce expenditure
below $1o0.ooo,000 and at the same
time improve the state service.
Governor Miller has, in fact,
worked miracle. The possibility
of working it was always there. He
fortunately added capacity to ap-
preciate great opportunity and a
grim determination to apply the
knife which was lacking at Albany
until he assumed office.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-02-20
To the Editor Of The Tribune.


Sir: After reading the communlca-
tion Of Russell J. Cltnchy in your Issue
OF February 4, I feel compelled to add
my word TO the criticism Of it that has
since appeared in The Tribune. And
this, because all my manhood, my pa
triotisn, my sense OF justice and my
Christianity rebel at what believe to
be the weakness, untruth and harmful
ness Of thst Communication.
1t is weak, because It ls on a par with
the silly sentimentality that prompts
some hystericsl women Of both sexes to
petition for the pardon or communication
Of sentence OF brutal murderer, with
out thinking Of the sufferings OF the
murderer's victim OK the future danger
to society were he 60 go free, or made
quately punished.
It is untrue, because the teachings Of
the Bible and Of Christ Himself do not
support IL.
1t ID hasn.ffuaa, beeauss, II II were TO
be followed, there would be no discour-
sgement FOR Germany or any other ma
tion trying the sarne' thing IL she felt
that she would net have to pay the
price. - ..--.
That is why we tmprison s. criminal,
OF execute muTderer-to make it i'm
possible for that murderer, OF too ex-
penstve FOR that criminal, to repeat the
crime; also, to make other potential
criminals or murderers think several
times before doing likewise.
But Mr.. Clinchy--I suppose we must
treat his letter seraously-pleads the
alleged teachings and example Of Christ
az an argument in support of his
thesis. do not SO interpret my Bible
and have been a deep student of that
book for thirty years. Eliminating the
j, teachings Of the Mosaic law, which says:
"The soul (unrepentant1 that sinneth,
it shall die"
"If thief be found breaking up,
l.. he should make restitution; if
he have nothing, he shall be sold for his
theft. II the theft be found IN
his hand, he shall restore double"
"He that kindleth the fire, shall surely
make restitution. EXODUS, xii, "a.
say, eliminating ell the Old Testa-
ment. teachings, except so far as Christ
directly cited them with approval, We
find that there are perhaps no words in
history that have so much of the crack
OF the whip lash, the burn of the fire,
the sting Of the spur as the "Greas
Denunciatiou," as It has been called, Of
Jesus the Christ. Biting sarcasm, soft
ened with Unreasonable pathos and pity,
Joined in IN analysis Of the weakness
and evil against which his invective was
directed. Indignation" seems to be an
inadequate term by which to character
ize the scsrifying, scorching arraign-
men., the righteous threats Of punish
| nent with which He denounced the doors
of evil OF His day. We are apt to think
Of Christ as "the meek and lowly," al
most efYen1inate as sometimes portrayed
in art; as the lamb that before its
shearers was dumb, and opened not its
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-02-20
A Week of Verse
The Enduring
tFrom The Ashsyz~xw.s

tFfVffs 4 fse asSeS1S&$TF
FF THE autumn ended
Ere the birds few southwark,
If in the cold with weary thro&ts
They vainly strove TO sing,
Winter would be eternal,
Leaf and bush and blossom
Would never ones more riot
In the spring.
II remembrance ended
When life and love are gssAsssd.
If the world were not living
Long after one Is gone.
Song would not ring, nor scxsww
Stand at the door I'm evenings
Life would vanish and siaeken,
Men weuld be changes 20 ssone
But there viii be sutunanss bounty ;
Dropping upon our wesrinsss,
There will be hopes unspoker
And joys 20 haunt Us stills
There viii be dawn and SUNSET
Though We have east the wsria avwsl
And the leaves dancing
Over the hill.
JOHN GOULD gLYTcwwM
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-02-20
One Day

(Froms Tss Poetry ssV$s4z. raAssxs -
0H, come away In Beauty's nsxe
From all your foul saS sursSvS
ways,
Where women, shsckled to thssr shame
Drag out their undesired oays,
With dull quIescsnt souls and raaSA.
Whose lives are bounded by the bruAst
Whose souls were never swift In prassas
And ali whose love was only lust,
And who. in dim and dreadful wayn
Have given their beauty 70 the dusss
Where children crawl whose ceraias
brings
No thought Of lovely secrss things,
Nor rebel question In the brain,
Only toe familiar pain.
And you, who never dreamed, caAn
dream
On 2vied bridges, whsrs below
The cool dim waters move and gisaa,
And strange fair thoughts shall couas
and go.
And you who dance sometimes at nigaS
To barrel-organ, hinged with light,
Shall dance upon the windy hill
To faint delirious pipes and shrilI.
fight Of birds on flashing wing,
And crimson berries on bough,
And flowers that blaze and wound, shall
bring
Delicate fires to cheek and brow.
And when lose you, az must.
Hold this one day Of beauty fast,
For it shall save you. 4ssas. lssst.. 8.
When, scanned and scared, the facs Of
lust
Looks on you, Hron you. hearts deer
place
Draw this forgotten secret grses,
And IL shall be sword Of light.
o Godl yen will not care to aght.
HELEN MITCHAM.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-02-20

When Governor Miller started out
IN January to reduce state expendi-
ture and make dollar appropriated
return a dollars worth of service
many oldtimers at Albany were
eurtly skeptical. They intinated
mat ne had set up as miracle
worker, Between 1919 and 1921
appropriations had jumped from
S8l,525,o00, to $95,840,ooO and
then to $145,210,0oo. For 1922
he department estimators asked
S2o5,700,000. Who would be bold
and self-confdent enough to throw
ms glove down to the budget in
iationists?
Mr.. Miller's call for retrenchment
vas like a voice crying aloud in the
wilderness. But he had faith in the
formula, little honored at the state
capital, that if there is q sufficient
Will to reduce, way to reduce will
90 found somehow. The Governor
aeld that thorough overhauling of
ne state government, cutting out
Implications, slashing overhead
charges and dispensing with many
useless place-holders would soon
orng state expenditure within rea-
sonable limits. These reforms would
oegin to show results In the budget
ns 1929. For the coming year
NE Governor laid down the rule that
the appropriations Of 1320-'21 must
not be exceeded.
That meant cutting at least $780,
VoO,0o0 out OF the estimates. The
estimated revenue for 1922 Is
s4zS,s36.000, and there will be a
treasury surplus available on July l.
ext Of sls,745,ooo. The state
you'd therefore worry along next
year on the same basis of expendi-
sare as this year. II was hoped
ssen TO save some Of the surplus, il
o.hnlanations and consultations in
Gs departments could be effected.
expansion at least would stop, to be
t0aiowed by steady reduction.
Inc Governors faith and courage
ave already been brilliantly justi-
ned The State Budget Committee
Aas developed will to retrench al
A0ss as vigorous as his own. 1t re-
aosss that the appropriation bills
!, T'll carry only about $3.50, 900, 600,
'assssd Ut s2o5, 600. 900, as the dc.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-02-20

cclr in Cabinet selections. The choice
of the great majority of the party is
Sor Root, Wood and Hoover. This is
openly manifest. The President may
need Mr.. Root in some other not less
important, diplomatic position, for he
has no equal in that line. If so, there
is no objection to hr. Hughes. But
no one will satisfy the people for Sec
retary Of War but General Wood. He
deserves the position.
J. A. WRIGHT.
Moravia, ". z, Feb. is, 1921.