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New-York tribune., 1921-10-29
Hare and Hounds

If Connecticut has had troubles
with its foxhounds, most of which
apparently consider themselves stag
hounds and leave the trail of the fox
in pursuit of deer, it is in no worse
way than Massachusetts, which is
cursed with beagles that forsake the
cottontail for the lowly chipmunk.
The beagle is to the harrier as the
harrier is to the foxhound. He is of
ancient lineage and has long been
popular in hunting hares on account
of his disposition and his size. Gen.
orally about two feet or less in
length, low, short-legged and long
cared, he has great endurance and
ambition, and although he moves
slowly he is persistent in the chase
and gives tongue with sweetness of
voice that is uncommon in other
hunting dogs.
The hunter who follows the beagles
needs stout heart, deep lungs and
strong legs. 1t is the custom to run
with the hounds on foot, and the only
respite after they once give tongue is
when the hare circles so as to cross
his own track and throw the dogs off
the scent. 1t is a curious fact that
the scent of hare grows fainter as
the animal gets tired, which adds to
the difficulty Of the hounds. AS rab-
otis are likely to seek refuge in thick
underbrush or marshy places, espe
clally IT there be snow on the ground.
the task of the beagle is made even
more severe, and the breathless
hunter, his muscles aching, his
clothes torn by the briars and his
brow perspiring, despite the cold. is
likely to find himself crawling on his
belly through a wooded swamp and
endeavoring to pull himself through
holes in the underbrush hardly large
enough for the beagle to penetrate.
The hounds, with excited yelps and
trembling tails, will turn one way
and another, fearful lest they lose
the trail for good and return without
their quarry, while the hunter pant
ing IN the underbrush, marks
"the musical confusion
VI hounds and echo in conjunction.
1t is sport for the strong of
heart and limb, and harder far than
hunting the fox on horse. And
though the beagle be but a small
New-York tribune., 1921-10-29
Governor McCraX's Letter

Indianapolis, Ind, October 10, 1921.
My dear Mr.. McDougal:
I received the clipping which you
mailed me regarding the life prisoner
Henry Romine, to whom | granted
temporary parole to attend the National
G. A. r. encampment held in Indian
apolis last month.
l am pleased to state that Mr.. Ro-
mine came and saw and returned one
day in advance of his parole limit He
was about the happiest man in attend
ance at the encampment and | can as
sure you | was pleased to be able to
admit ray Of sunshine into the life
of this old veteran. l am now making
some Investigations which, if they turn
out satisfactorily, may result in per-
manent pardon for him.
Assuring you of my appreciation o,
your taking note of the matter and
passing the clipping on to me, I am with
kindest personal regards and best
wishes. Very truly yours,
WARREN T. M'CRAy.
Mr.. Robert McDouGal, Chicago, Ills
New-York tribune., 1921-10-29

that they must go better. A leader
had arrived whose serenity could not
be shaken, whose calm confidence
wouldn't admit the possibility Of
failure.
Here is an engaging picture Of
Foch at the Supreme War Council
in Paris early in 1918, drawn by
Captain Peter E. Wright, an Eng
lish officer who was one of its as
sistant secretaries:
ain the simplicity Of his ways he
has not even an aide-de-camp, and
he used to arrive alone, his papers
under his arm, with an absence of
ceremony astonishing to any one ac-
customed to the pomp which sur
rounds even brigadier; in the
roughness Of his ways, strong con-
trast to the gentlemanly English and
the grand manner Of the Italians: in
his extreme piety; in all these he
was like a rustic French cure, redo
lent of the soil, Of the true soil of
France. the soil Of peasants and sol
ders. descendants of those who ac-
complished the Gesta Del per From
cas-, very different from the glitter
ing foam of Paris. In sheer intellect
he lowered above every one at the
Supreme War Council"
Foch was great long before the
world recognized his greatness. And
his greatness is due no less to his
as man than to his su-
perb equipment as soldier.
New-York tribune., 1921-10-29
amendment No. ;
Presiding Justice of the Chldrens Court Explains Why 1t Is
Necessary in the Interest of Child Welfare

To the Editor of The Tribune,
Sir: On Election Day there will be
submitted to the voters of this state
proposed constitutional amendment
(known as Amendment No, 81 author
izing the Legislature to establish chill
dren's courts and courts of domesti
relations.
May / be permitted through your
columns to explain as briefly as pos
sible the necessity for such amendment
and to ask for it the active support of
all those who favor the cause Of hu-
name justice and who believe in re-
forming our judicial procedure along
progressive and common sense lines?
The present limitations of the state
constitution make it impossible for the
Legislature to confer upon children's
courts and courts of domestic rela-
tions the equity power necessary to
protect the rights and safeguard the
interests of the children and families
which come within their jurisdiction.
The proposed change would not of
itself confer additional power upon our
existing childrcn's courts 1t would
however, clothe the Legislature with
greater power and permit it to accom-.
plish certain reforms which it is now
unable even to consider.
The childrens courts of this state
have accomplished much during the
past decade. They have developed
efficient and kindly methods for the
treatment of neglected and delinquent
children. They have kept children out
of institutions through the use Of pro-
baton and have preserved and safe
guarded the family as a unit of So
ciety They have saved millions of
dollars to the taxpayers by reducing
the number of commitments year by
year. They have handled their cases
as individual problems and have given
every child an opportunity to develop
under favorable conditions.
In one respect, however, there has
been no progress or improvement for
the past twenty years. In New York
State little children are still being tried
as criminals, even though we call them
"delinquents." Our children's courts
have no power to appoint personal
guardians even in the most deserving
cases. Actions are brought by the
state against neglected children, in
stead of in their behalf. In short we
are working under legal procedure
which has long since become obsolete,
absurd and oftentimes cruel.
The intelligent citizen, hearing this,
will naturally ask:
Why cannot children's courts ap-
point guardians or commit children to
any kind OF custodial care other than
to an institution when it is clearly to
the best interest of the child to do so?
Why cannot such courts prevent the
drawing Of their complaints in all
cases, and especially in those of neg
lect affecting little children All
babies, as actions brought by the State
OF New York against the children and
instead have them dr"wr IS for :,
children or in their behalf, as it really
should be?
Why cannot children's courts in this
state do away with the practice of
trying little children as criminals un-
der the provision of the strict penal
law?
Why cannot tke Legislature change
New-York tribune., 1921-10-29

these absurd and often deporabe con-
ditions?
Why, in short, cannot New York take
its proper place among the other states
Of the Union in respect to it's children's
courts?
The answer is plain Because the
present constitution forbids it and
limits the granting of these powers to
higher courts. Under its provisions
no court created after the year 1894 can
exercise these functions. The trainers
of this particular clause undoubtedly
had in mind the duplication of courts
with equity powers to adjust private
and civil suits, but that was twenty
eight years ago, and they failed to ap-
preelate the need Of creating new
courts to deal with new conditions.
They lacked the vision to foresee the
necessity of establishing courts to deal
with social justice.
This proposed amendment, if adopted.
will clear up the difficulty and give q
clear constitutional mandate for the
establishment of effective children's
courts and courts of domestic rela-
tions in our state.
The State Commission for Child We'll
fare is now at work on the co-ordina-
ton OF all our laws affecting children.
The writer is chairman of its sub-com-
mittse on delinquent and neglected
children and can state with certainty
that this commission will be seriously
hampered in revising the laws relating
to the courts unless this amendment
is passed.
All religious, social, political and
legal organizations, so far as we know,
favor its amendment. 1t can only be
lost at the polls through ignorance and
Indifference.
Those who wish to help the unfor-
tunate, to protect the neglected. to pre-
serve the home, to unity the family and
to promote the cause of social justice
should help in every way to answer
yes" on this amendment.
FRANKLIN CHASE HOYT,
Presiding Justice of the Children's
Court of the City of New York.
New York, Oct. 81, 1921.
New-York tribune., 1921-10-29
Ask the Street Cleaners
Whether Mayor Hylan Is Really
The Friend of the Poor"

To the Editor of The Tribune.
SIR: The average voter who now
expects to cast his ballot for Mr.. Hy-
Ian in November is not at all interested
in charges of graft. He is very pes
simistic about politicians in general.
The main reason for his present in
tention to vote for Mr.. Hylan is the
we'll established fiction that Mr.. Hylan
is "the friend of the poor"
1t seems tome that the fusion campaign
orators, including Mr.. jerome, are
overlooking this fact. The Mayor has
shown in SO many instances that he
is by no means very solicitous about
the poor man except as campaign
slogan. One of the most conspicuous
instances of his attitude was his treat
ment Of the representative of the
street cleaners two years ago.
Your files will show that at the
meeting of the Board of Estimate held
just before the Mayor went to Palm
Beach. a representative of the en-
ployees of the Department of Street
Cleaning appeared before the board to
request an increase in pay in this de-
partment. The Mayor shook his fist at
this man. scolded him for appearing,
asked him if he were being paid for
his time while he was appearing be-
fore the board, and bawled him out
generally. The man explained that he
was not being paid, that he had per-
mission from the Commissioner for
leave Of absence without pay, where
upon the Mayor threatened to see the
Commissioner about him and dismissed
him from the hearing.
The next day the Mayor left for
Palm Beach for a months vacation on
full pay. This is only one incident.
Your files will show many such, and
it seems to me recital of them by
campaign speakers will do more good
in this particular campaign than the
really more important graft and school
matters. WILLIAM L. BANER.
New York, Oct. &c, 1921.
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hound, he is no less gallant in pur-
suit than his larger brethren, which
Theseus, in "A Midsummer Nights
Dream" describes as
$50 few'd, so sanded and their heads
arc hung
With ears that sweep away the morn
ing dew;
Crook-kneed, and dew-lap'd like Thes~
salian bulls;
Slow in pursuit, but match'd in mouth
like bells,
Each under each. A cry moro tuneable
Was never halloo'd to. or cheer'd with
horn
In Crete. in Sparta, nor in Thcssaly" !.
New-York tribune., 1921-10-29

business to ascertain whether condi-
tions in the Public Printing Office
are or are not as Blanton alleges. If
the statements he has printed in "The
Congressional Record" concerning
the union oppression of non-union
workers be true. then the time has
come for a cleaning out.
The sooner the House gives evil
dence of activity along these lines the
sooner will public opinion be salts
fed.
New-York tribune., 1921-10-29
Hitting the Public

AS the situation developed, says
L. E. Sheppard, president Of the
organized railway conductors, when
explaining the withdrawal of the
railway strike order, 1--WE found that
in striking we would not be hitting
the people we wanted to hit, the
railroads, but would be fighting the
government"
Mr.. Sheppard reveals himself as
under the control of an inherited
idea-something now as archaic in
the railroad business as a muzzle
loader is archaic in modern war.
Mr.. Sheppard seems honestly sur
prised to discover he wasn't hitting
the railroads. Yet he couldn't hit
them in the sense he means. Blows
from his fist would of necessity land
on the public. No matter what was
his motive, or intention, or desire,
he could not escape this fact.
Railway net income during 1920
was less than one-third Of per cent
on the railroads value, as officially
estimated. This is so nearly no in
come at all that to perpetuate the
rate and wage schedules as they
existed on June 80 last implies no
further railway value to confiscate.
With rates dictated by the gov
ernment bringing in only enough to
meet the wages dictated by the gov
ernment and the cost Of other
mandatory expenditures, where was
the money to come from to balance
new losses?
Did Mr.. Sheppard think that rail-
way stockholders, when deprived Of
hope Of getting a return on the bill
lions they have invested, would have
sent good money after bad by paying
an assessment?
Hitting the railroads is a game
that can no longer be played. True,
there is $1S,00o,0 100000 Of estimated
value that, theoretically, is seizable;
but this value would at once evapo-
rate were it to become clear no income
was to be permitted. An owner Of
railway securities would look at his
paper much as an owner of German
marks now looks at his paper. The
present value of railway securities
grows out of the hope that some day
the government and the unions may
allow fair net income to be earned
and distributed.
And the law that from nothing it
is impossible to take anything ap-
plies generally. Only to small de-
gree do wages come out of profits, or
sven out of the capitalists principal.
For when wages are higher than the
industry will endure profits disap-
pear, and when lack Of profits be-
comes chronic fixed investments, Of
course, become practically valueless.
If the plant runs. the public pays the
cost of operation. The discovery by
the railroad men whom they were
hitting is discovery all organized
labor might we'll make.
In modern society, with it's con-
slant ebb and flow of prices, the i'm
mediate interest Of every man is in
relativities. What is the good of
doubled wages if expenditures are
tripled? Per contra, the majority
suffers when minority gets tripled
wages while it's expenditures merely
double. The railroad unions had a
head-on collision with a public opin.
ion which had begun to study relativ
tiles and which knew that the aver.
age dollar income of railroad mer
AS of June 80 last was up 15O pei
cent, while the cost of living is nov
up less than 80 per cent.
New-York tribune., 1921-10-29
The Canal Amendment

To the Editor OF The Tribune.
Sir: In the text Of the propo"a
Amendment No. to the state constisu-
tion why isn't it explained that il the
state relinquishes control of the Ere
Canal in Herkimer County that county
must provide sufficient flow of water
to keep the canal open?
J. W. HOOK.
New York, Oct 25. 1921.
New-York tribune., 1921-10-29
To the Editor of The Tribune

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: In this mornings Tribune YOU
publish a letter from Mrs. ]. West
Roosevelt, of Oyster Bay, N. y, headed
"Why Welcome Strauss?"
You and great many readers of your
paper fully understand why Mayor Nv.
Ian proposes to tender q reception to
the composer DR.. Richard Strauss. The
same purpose prompted him to well
come the first German vessel to this
port after the war. That purpose is to
secure the vote of the German -Ameri-
can people in greater New York.
HAROLD J. FINK.
New York, Oct. %, 1921
New-York tribune., 1921-10-29
Foch

Of the fame of Marshal Foch as
the greatest soldier of the World
War the world is full. He possessed
and displayed military essentials to
higher degree than any other.
After a lifetime Of preparation and
distinguished service on many fronts
the call came to him in 1918 to re-
store unity to Allied strategy and to
organize the offensive which ended
the war. He measured up to the
needs Of his great task.
But Foch did more than lead the
Allied armies to victory. He pre-
pared France to fight. AS he says
in his "Principles of Strategy" the
Germans knew how to make war in
1866 and 1870, although they hadn't
fought since 1916. France didn't
know how to make war in 1870, al
though her armies and marshals had
fought in the Crimea, in Italy and in
Mexico. They had forgotten Napo-
Icons teachings. Foch was the most
conspicuous of the instructors who
led them back on the true paths of
military competency. Foch practiced
in the field merely the tactics and
strategy which he had expounded in
the lecture room. He was prepared
for the hazards of war, mentally,
morally and spiritually, and he
had fashioned in the same mold
thousands Of other French officers.
Foch was more than a mere pro-
fessional strategist. The Germans
had many excellent professional
strategists. But they had nobody
with Foch's professional equip
ment. He had a formula for war
which stressed the moral element
the element Of the soldiers will,
tenacity and abnegation-as the de-
cisive factor. Here are some of his
maxims:
Wharf.-The domain of moral force,
"Victory-Moral superiority in the
victors; moral depression in the van
quished.
"Battle-A struggle between two
Wills.
"Frederick the Great said: TO
conquer is to advance But who ad-
vances? added De Maistre. The one
whose conscience and countenance
compel the other to withdraw"
Foch based his belief in the suc-
cess of the French armies on the in
tense patriotism of the nation and its
ability to meet spiritually the strains
OF war. He was himself almost a
mystic in the dependence he put on
these lmponderable forces when con-
fronted by the huge German military
machine. But his faith was JUS
tined. He never desponded. He had
triumphantly cast out doubt.
Foch was true soldier, also. in
Tue 1eellng he had for his men.
Ihey, too, must be buoyed up by
some internal force. If they tired Of
marching and fighting to one tune. it
was the commanders duty to select
new tune. The end of the strategy
might be the same, but the means
must change. He changed the
means, or at least gave them the
appearance of change, when he took
hold of the desperate situation be-
fore Amiens.
Il will guarantee to save Amiens." :"
he said, and he was the only Allied
leader who would risk making such a
promise. Things went better after
that, if only because everybody felt
New-York tribune., 1921-10-29
The Coming owcr

Every Silver Lining Has "A Cloud
| hate the cynic birds who sing
There is no good in anything;
Who sadly come to the conclusion
That everything is in confusion;
Who think that politics will run
The Conference at Washington.
l hate the folks who let things
strike 'em
That way; but Pm exactly like 'em.
For the silver-lined loving cup fillcd
with hemlock, offered as prize for the
beet display of journalistic courtesy. wa
enter Mr.. Hearst's New York American.
The headline over the Adriatics arrival
story is Peggy Joyce Hero to Collect
Alimony"; and the last paragraph is
Among the other 62S passengers Of
the Adriatic were Fl. G. Wells, English
writer and political philosopher, and
Colonel O. Repington, English Military
historian of the World War"
Maybe Mr.. Hearst thinks-and if he
does we don't blame him-that writer's
have too much fuss made about them.
Think of the publicity accorded. for
examples, some of Mr.. Hearsts own
authors-Babe Ruth, Jack Dempsey,
Dave Bancroft, Roger Peck.npaugh, and
Adrian c. Anson
New-York tribune., 1921-10-29
Henry Ronine
Sequel of Recent Tribune Editorial
May Be Veterans Pardon

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: A week or two ago you pub
lshed an editorial on the matter of the
parole by the Governor Of the State Of
Indiana of a G. A. R. veteran serving q
sentence in the penitentiary for mur-
der. 1 sent the editorial TO Governor
McCray and have received in reply the
letter inclosed herewith.
ROBERT M'DOUGAL
Chicago, Oct. Is, 1921.
New-York tribune., 1921-10-29

(Fropt The Coi4nbic Stafe'
A London correspo pondent thinks ths
pessimistic spirit now abroad there
fas been caused by the long dry sHs'S
The American dry spell has lsssss
much longer, but we are not si'0
gether downhearted yet.
New-York tribune., 1921-10-29
My,sprn OF THE ASSOCIATED Press

IN, Associated Press Is exclusively entitled to
.he use for republication of all dispatches
credited TO 1t not otherwise credited In this
paper. and also the local neSss OF spontaneous
origin published herein,
All rights cf republication cs all other matter
herein also reeorved
New-York tribune., 1921-10-29
Cur P. B. Has 20 Chaplin NV Cbanl;n v,

Cur P. B. Has 20 Chaplin, My Chaplin"
T. P. A.: My Personal Bartlett is
better suited to my needs than the
common one. Its phrases are so pat
that they are in daily use,-quotidian
quotations, you know
For instance:
"ls this the face that wrecked thou
sand ships?"
And the fappers motto:
Let us then be up and doing
With heart for any mate"
How about your P. B.?
EDITH CAROL.
New-York tribune., 1921-10-29

You can purchase msrchandIss .dvsrtissd In THE
TRIBUNE with abssuts safet--fsr II dlssatsfsc-
ten results In any case THE TRIBUNE suaran.
tees to pay your nsnsy back upsn request. No req
tars, Ne eubhIing. We make good promptly "
the advertIsNr doSs not,
New-York tribune., 1921-10-29

Beauty in a blond race is next to
impossible" Professor Frederick Starr
says; but "next to godliness" is how
ws have always heard it.
New-York tribune., 1921-10-29
Heaping Ashes of Fire

Ns1vc. elusive, honest, bright
Is n. Brouns Seeing Things at Night"
(broun, fairest of reviewing men,
Ignored my Something Else Again").
New-York tribune., 1921-10-29
What Said the March HareT

lFrom The Scranton (Pa.) Republican,
Miss Mary Why. of Analomink. and John
Knott, OF this city, married ut the
parsonage of the Court Street M. E. Church
last evening.
New-York tribune., 1921-10-29

We are charter member" con-
fesses Mr.. Christopher Morley (by the
way, it was written Carol, but the
proofroom corrected" it) "of the So
ciety for the Prevention of Cruelty to
Sleep" Better get after the Society's
". X. enemy-Macbeth
New-York tribune., 1921-10-29

1t is just like General Ludendorff to
say that disarmament is idealism. Tut
General! Where would New York be
to-day if it had thought that about
the traction problem, or about the pos
sibility of having an efficient city ad-
ministration
New-York tribune., 1921-10-29
THE DIARY OF OUR OWN SAMUEL pEPYs

October 26-Last night to the Royal
Thenter to see Signor Grasso, the
Italian tragedian, but I could not hear
him owing to cold he had; nor did
know what it was all about. EARLY
up, and to the office, and SO with J..
Farrar to luncheon, and safe next C.
Morley and A. P. Herbert, and talked
of many things; and then played a few
games of kelly pool and won a cigar
from w. Enright. So home, and G..
Grant come after dinner, and told many
tayles of the warre, during the recital
Of which my cat Mistah bit his hand.
27-To my dentists, and so to the
office and did my stint, easily enough,
tco; and called for j. Squire In my
potrol-waggon, and drove him home.
where were II. Aikman and his wife
and some tea, and drove him SO to his
inn, and so home, where I found Mis-
tress Alice Sullivan, so glad to see me
she gave me kiss, and after dinner l
drove her home, and so back, and read
in w. L. Georges Ursula Trent"
highly interesting thus far.
28-News that there will be no rail-
road strike, which am glad of. H. G..
Wells here, and says he must have
quiet to do his work, so am glad he
Is not stationed near my desk. Read
R. Lardner's "The Battle of the Cen
tury," which struck me as full of truth.
and will never pay $50 to see a box
ng-match, and never have done so.
neither. All day at my office, at nv
scrivening, but writing nothing of any
moment soever.
If James Whitcomb Riley were to
wlite anything about the "Bogey man"
to-day.-Jsmes K. McGuinness in The
Evening Telegram.
Be keerful of yer lusions, Nc, an mind
what ye're about,
Er The Connin' Tower'll git YOU
Eff
You
Don't
New-York tribune., 1921-10-29

Representative Blanton, who cried
because his stuff was cut from the
Congressional Record, could never have
had much training ss cub reporter.
F