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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-10-05
Arbuckle Films in Fairgrounds

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: When the largest association Of
motion picture exhibitors has declared
itself opposed to the exhibition in the
thcaters OF it's members of any pictures
featuring certain screen actor who
stands charged with granddaughter un-
der most revolving circumstances, at
least until such time as ne may be
cleared Of the charge, do not think
that these pictures should be shown
free in the children's Fairgrounds of
New YorA City for the amusement OF
our boys and girls of school age .
certain manufactures is giving
series of free oper-air motion picture
exhibitions in the different public pa rks
and Fairgrounds. Last evening | at
tended the exhibition given in the play
grounds Of a park where, in spite Of
the heavy rain which had prevailed dur
ing the afternoon, there was assembled
an audience Of about five hundred peo-
pie, most Of them school children. |
was disguised to find that two of the
three reels shown featured Fatty"
Arbuckle, to the great delight Of the
children, who talked freely of the fact
Of his arrest
think that the permit Cor the ex-
hibition of these pictures should be re-
vokcd unless some censorship of the
pictures to be shown is exercised by
the city authorities, who would not,
am sure, sanction the exhibition Of
films featuring Arbuckle at this par
ticular time. ! hope that the influence
Of The Tribune will be cxerted to cor
rect the abuse of the public parks and
children's Fairgrounds.
FREDERICK A. SUFFER-.
New York, Oct. !, 1921.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-10-05
The Age Of L.amentation
fFrom The Tolddo Biade)

ffrom 1he 1OlfdO Bldde)
This is an age Of self-pty. Observe
the records of the divorce courts. Note
the publications OF the labor unions.
Listen to the farmers and the univer-
sity professors and the actor people
and the railroad executives and the own
ers OF shipping. They've all got the
same disease. And even the politicians.
The other day Lloyd George came out
with fearful complaint about the way
the British Empire was overworkinc
the Ministry. One longs for that stur-
diness Of our fathers who crawled from
under trees that had fallen the wrong
way, and grinncd about it, who pock-
eted losses and sailed enthusiastically
into new enterprises; who insisted that
they were free, white and twenty-one.
and when they got tired Of Job it was
their constitutional right, by jinks. to
quit it.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-10-05
For Daylight Saving
Children Get the Sleep They Need.
Irrespective of the Sun
To the Editor of The Tribune.

To the Editor Of The Tribune
Sir: Referring to the letter Of AM.
Clafin keycs, of October l. publ;sas,
IN your issue of the Sd inst.,| wish
to take issue with her or the suhis..
Of daylight saving. Having myself
been member of large family a.
children, having children myself ana
also grandchildren, besides being still
actively engaged in business, am com.
petent, at least SO far as my own OK.
perience is concerned, to discuss thi.
matter intelligently
Up to the age OF five my mother al
ways put her children in bed after tho
midday meal in summer and in winter
They slept from one to two hours. Tho
same practice prevailed as to nv own
children. My daughter-in-law is follow.
ing the example with her three
children
1t is found in our case that child
sleeps the number of hours that il
needs, irrespective of the sun. If IL
were not so the child would sleep many
hours less in summer than in vinter
even under normal time conditions 10
the little child is used to being nut IN
bed az 6 p. m. it will fall asleep 2,
quickly in summer as it will in winter.
and it Will wake up about the same
time in the morning, year in and wear
out.
AS to noise, this does not bother tho
average child. 1t appears to sleep as
we'll in a tenement located under an
elevated structuye-the noislest thing
that we have in this city-as in the
quietude Of farm
Whether the child is rendered lover.
tired, and run down nervously.s ia
matter which kindergarten teachers.
and more particularly Montassor
method teachers, who care fer children
from three years up, would be most
competent to decide. From the above
mentioned facts there is every reason
to doubt it. If it gets more tired in
summer than in winter it is because it
has more chances to run around in the
open air.
Neither DO your correspondents
arguments as to business people carry
conviction. All physical educators. in
Guiding Roosevelt, call play and exer-
else of the body the best relaxation for
the tired business man or woman. To
employ the trunk and extremitics in
walking, golfing, ball-plsying. boating,
even automobiling. draws the blood to
the muscles and away from the brain
and the eyes. The popularity of the
setting-up exercises for business men
in athletic clubs and Y. NJ. c.
AS is proof of this. If it were
possible for all business people
TO obtain the benefit of physical exer-
else after their working hours, the rush
and strain of our present day business
life would be to large extent
neutraized.
Conclusions: What the great ma
jority of thinking people want is not
less daylight, but more Let us hops
that our legislators are duly impressed
with this fact. K W. G.
New York, Oct. 8, 1921.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-10-05
Yell Equipped

The question naturally arises: Are
there not some practical uses to which
these ships, worthless so far as trade
requirements go, can be put? | think
there are. Not TO mention their con-
version into hospitals and homes, they
certainly are worth a substantial part
Of their cost as schools. Equipped, as
they are, with engines, boilers and pro-
pellers, they can be used to help every
public school boy between the ages Of
ten and fourteen to understand the
fundamentals Of steam engineering;
and equipped, as they might be, with
machine tools Ca lathe. planer, a
shaper, drill press, a milling machine,
besides benches fitted with vises). they
would fill a long-felt want in this
country.
The manufacturer needs operatives
who are special machine hands, and
outside of his toolroom you will find
few all-round mechanics. So it is
emincntly worth while for the good OF
the nation that we should provide
against this deficiency in general all
round training, by Offering to every
public school boy the facilities for &C
quiring at least an acquaintance with
those machines which are the basic
machines Of the mechanical industry
Most normal boys love machinery;
love to inspect it, love to handle it
and honestly desire TO find out all
they can about it. And mighty results
can flow from the study of the con-
crete, that no amount Of consideration
of the abstract could ever hope to at
tain.
A boy may be watching the lifting
Of the lid of kettle under the ex-
pansive action of the steam from the
boiling water within, and the world in
few years becomes that boys debtor
to an incalculabie amount. Another
boy is set the task Of shifting the
valves on a pumping engine by hand.
and automatic valve gearing is born
in crude device consisting of sticks
and strings. There is room enough in
each of these wooden ships to install
examples Of those machines familiarity
with which will tend to make Of boy
a valuable and useful member OF any
community If he ultimately becomes
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-10-05
Use Ships for Schools
Make Sailors and Mechanics BY Teaching Boy Essentials Of
Navigation and Operation of Machines

a lawyer he VIII certainly be better
lawyer for his knowledge of practical
construction; and every good surgeon
is in fact an engineer with & true
engineers practical knowledge of the
materials with which he works. There
Will likewise be plenty OF room for
technical library that viii grow with
the years.
side of this proposition; the aquatic is
obvious We all realize the Importance
cf teaching every boy how to swim,
and how to take care of himself, both
in and on the water. Hull, masts,
yards. booms, rigging, sails, boats,
anchors. chains and cables WITH
capstan. windlass, winches and other
deck fittings, are all to become per
sonal friends of the boys likewise.
knots Of al kinds and the possibilities
CT rope. yarn and canvas. Interest in
navigation viii cone with the boys
first dreams of sailing among the
islands of the Pacific and visiting the
Far East, The seAtant, the chronom-
eter, the compass, the. log, the deep
sea line, Summers method and astro-
nomical tables, one by one will claim
his attention.
Isn't the perspective attractive
enough? From reading Treasure
Island" to the actual walking Of. the
deck of real ship, | recall that
personally never cared for mathematics
until l realized couldn't hope to
understand machinery without
knowledge of mathematics; that set
tied it. Love for machinery made me
willing student of mathematics.
If we are to attain our highest pos
sible development as a nation we must
not leave in foreign hands the trans
port of our exports and imports. If we
sc to have ships flying the American
flag we must man them with Americans
from engine room to bridge, and the
chance to become thoroughly we'll ac
Quainted with every part OF ship
from keel to truck, from propeller to
funnel, should be the privilege Of every
American boy reared in seacoast city.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-10-05
Referring the Shortage

Every fall there is more or less
acute shortage of schoolroom space
and facilities in growing cities like
New York. Five Of these wooden steam
ships might be probably converted into
schools and tied up to docks in differ
ent parts of New York Harbor. The
East Side. the West Side, north Brook
Ign, south Brooklyn and Jersey City
might easily furnish enough boys be-
tween the ages of ten and fourteen TO
fiji all the available room on FIVE of
these transformed wooden steamships
There would be the necessary expense
of Transformation, but it would be fully
justified if the United States Shipping
Board is really anxious to dispose of
these wooden ships at any such figures
as those quoted in the newspaper For
years the Jacob Stamier super
animated sailing ship, served as a girls
boarding house tied up to a Brooklyn
pier Every government uses some of
its superseded war ships as receiving
ships, generally rooted over the main
deck For years the Granite State,
an cx-Untcd States war frigate, or
rather, snip Of the line, as the armory
Of the New York State Naval Militia,
was tied up to pier on the Hudson
River. JOHN L. BOGERT.
Brooklyn, Oct 8, 1921.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-10-05
Annoying Ghosts

Wrom The Eostou Hcr1idJ
The Boshcvis's' worst cn.l lax o.,
their own past promises.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-10-05
Scncscence

Darling. am growing old
Baseball series leave me cold,
And who wins the game of ball
| don't care Mt all, at all. +. P. A.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-10-05

II you are paying $50 for a pair of
tickets, don't lose your temper. Re-
mcmbcr it's only game.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-10-05

And for the waiting customer to
read, R. H. D. suggests "The Shaving
OF Shagpat' "The Winning of Barbara
Worth 'The Inside Of the Cup" and
any story by Mary Stewart Cutting.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-10-05
Barber Shop Stuff

&. NJ: "The Curl | Left Behind Me"
L. r, M. X: "The Old Gray Hair, 1t
Amt What 1t Used To Be-"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-10-05
Than anything else or earth.

"The English scientists" says Mr..
Arthur Brisbane, SAY this earth is
about eight thousand million years old
Ali the greater should be our respect
for its Creator balancing it around the
sun for eighty million centuries with
out collision or slip of any kind"
Headline for story: Noted Editor
Lauds Deity.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-10-05
The Kitchen Dove

The Kitchen Dove
From the Newport R. l. Daily News
WANTED-Maid for general homework in
family of two adults. Must know how
to coo. No laundry. Address Box 60, Daily
News office
When Grantodrice, discussing the
assemblagc, says "You can't put 10000
people into $4,000 seats without operat-
ing on great number of them" he
shows how little he knows about the
public school problem of this great
numerically. citv.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-10-05

The Job That's Hard

The Job That's Hard
It's easy to do the easy things,
And hard to do the hard;
And yet the easy seldom brings
The pleasure afterward
That comes from getting something
done
You really had to do
Fer loating isn't half the fun
That labor is to you.
Douglas Malloch- in The Detroit
News.
"It's easy to do the easy things,
And hard to do. the harG!'
But never knew the work that brings
Joy to the laboring bard.
I've worked, dear Doug, and loafed,
old son;
And I've firted with tears and mrth:
And ! know that loafng's q lot more
fun
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-10-05

Nobody told US not to say anything
about it, so this paragraph is written
to inform 1d2,069 Of you that the Yale
University Press soon will publish
volume of verse by G. S. B., the demon
contrib. Most of the verse has been
printed in The Coming Tower The
book will be called yankee Notions"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-10-05

Il am going to buy my daughter
some wise saws announced Mr. Muir
dock Pcmberton. II assume" tipped
Mr.. Alexander Woolcott. for it was
indeed he, you viii buy them from
the Ultima Tool Company"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-10-05

New York, Oct. 3. 1921.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-10-05

There remained Briscoe, and for him
she did not care nothing (p. 59l.
This Barry Briscoe," said Mrs.
HILARY as she watched Nan and
he start off (p. 62).-From dangerous
Ages by Rose Macaulay.
Is Miss Macaulay thrall to the Lard
merriam influence?
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-05-26

the public; it is still requisite that the
owner should not diminish the natu-
raj flow by his construction. and. as a
matter of fact, the owner of the land
on which the water power is situated
himself owns but an easement in the
water, the usufruct of the falling wa
ter, the energy caused by gravitation
as the water moves from a higher to
a lower level.
PRIVATE RIGHTS OF WATER
Up to the present time the owner
of the land on which is situated. wa
| ter power has the same right to use
and enjoy the energy which gravity
there generates, as he has to enjoy
and use the air and the sunlight and
the rain which moves over and falls
upon the land. it being argued that If
the water power turns the farmers
churn, he is as much entitled to its
energy as he is entitled to the energy
generated by the winds which move
in obedience to this same law of gra-
vity,-if a wind mill instead of a wa
ter mill were geared to his churn.
Now, ever since it has been the
habit of men to unite under a gov
eminent and operate under written
the State, has been restricted in its
| interference with individual rights,
| and it is generally accepted that the
Maine constitution must be changed
before these rights which individual
owners have exercised can be set
aside, and with a view to setting
aside the rights of individual owners
whose title deeds convey to them the
ownership of water powers, it was
suggested to the present Legislature
of Maine that it should report to the
people for enactment a modification
or amendment to the constitution of
Maine. which would authorize the
State to control and use the running
waters within it's boundaries, to de-
velop and transmit hydro electric en-
ergy and to control and sell water
powers.
THE Legislature, by a decisive
vote, refused to present this amend
ment to the people, and every owner
of real estate in Maine is interested
to inform himself, especially since it
has been announced that this propo-
sition will be presented to succeeding
Legislatures as to whether owners
of real estate are to consider their til
ties subject to change, and their
property to be taken from them by
the State.
THE resolution presented goes
further. and suggests that the ex-
pense of operating for the generation
of hydro electric energy to be borne
by the State, and shall be assessed by
way of taxes upon the lands and
property which shall, or may be ben
Gifted thereby and the press is per-
forming a distinct service to the
owners of property in Maine in lend
ing it's columns to the publication of
the facts relating to State ownership
or State control or State develop
ment."
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Y. M. c. A. Leadership
Training Conference Opens
June "a at State Camp

Indications That There Will Be a
Large Attendance at Weeks Con-
ference at Winthrop Center
Speakers of Note Will Address the
Sessions-Courses Will Give Actual
Practice in Group Work
Notices have been sent out from
the office of State County Y. NJ. c. A.
Secretary \. y. HealG at Waterville,
announcing the Y. NJ. c. A. Leader
ship Conference which will open at
the 'Y' Summer Camp at Lake Cob
bOsSeeContee, Winthrop Center, on
June Gath and extending a week, I'M
til July LIST. The purpose of this con-
ference is to furnish place in Maine
where anyone can obtain in q short
time, the latest and best ideas regard
ing work among young men and boys
The courses 20 be offered will be
designated to furnish not only the
theory and inspiration, but also to
give actual practice in the method
of group work.
The courses are designed so that
if any church desires to train some
young man to assume the leadership
OF an individual group of boys, such
as the Boy Scouts, Pioneers. or Bible
classes, it can do so. And the carry
ing out of such a program can be ac-
complished by sending one or more
delegates at this conference which
will be at a minimum cost. Among
those who will address the conference
from time to time will be Jefferson
G. Smith of Waterville, State secre-
tary of the ~" X-Governor Carl E.
Milliken of Augusta, DIR. II. Stiles
Bradley of Portland, DR.. j. Fl.
Thompson of Portland, and Hon. Au-
gustus o. Thomas, State superintend-
ent of schools.
Indications point to a large attend
ance at that time, according to re-
ports already received at the head
quarters in Waterville.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-05-26
COMMANDER FLETCHER
SONS OF VETERANS CAMP
ISSUES MEMORIAL ORDERS

The following Memorial Day orders
have been issued by Commander Ed
gar w. Fletcher of the Henry G..
Staples Camp, No. 50. Sons of Vet
Grams: Headquarters Henry G.. Sta
pies Camp, No. 90, Division of Maine,
S. of v, U. S. A. Augusta, Maine,
May 16, 1921. General Orders No. l.,
Brothers: Day is once
more at hand What sacred mem
cries the day recalls to the members
of the Grand Army. All honor should
be shown to those men who fought
for the Union, till the last flag of the
rebellion was furled, and their mem
DRY must forever be revered through
out the land.
AS Sons of Veterans we are under
and every way our comrades Of the
Grand Army.
Only Il few of their number now
remain and soon we. their sons, will
be entirely responsible for the con-
tinuation of the great work which
they have SO nobly undertaken.
AS the Memorial Day duties have
become greater each year. so broth
ers, let US respond in greater num-
bers. to carry out the wishes and aid
in all possible ways, the members of
Seth Williams Post.
Let us make a special effort to be
on hand promptly and participate in
all the exercises of the day. On Sun
day, May 30, all members of the
Camp will meet at G. A. r. hall at Z
o'clock p. M. and escort the COM
rades to the Penney Memorial church.
On Monday, May 80, at 8 o'clock A.
NJ. meet at G. A. r. hall. when de-
tails will be assigned to various
cemeteries. At l o'clock +. NJ meet
at G. A. II. hall for the purpose Of
participating in the parade and ex-
ercises at Monument Park.
Once more 1 urge upon every mem
Der the Importance of attending the
various exercises.
Yours in f., c. and L.,
EDGAR W. FLETCHER,
Commander
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-05-26
Our Water Powers
Laws Governing Them
Explained by Speaker Barnes

This statement of Hon. Charles p.
Barnes, Speaker of the Maine House
of Representatives respecting the
present status of Names water DOW
ers under our laws. appeared as a
special dispatch to the Boston Post
from Houlton, under date of the 21st
inst:
Some men love to assert the peo-
pie own the lakes of Maine, and her
water powers and taking this for
granted, such men proceed to dis
course with freedom and fervency
upon the golden stream of revenue
that would flow into the treasury of
Maine if they or men of their choice
could be commissioned to develop
the storage reservoirs and basins and
the water powers within the confines
of the State.
Now, what are the facts about
ownership? We can limit our dis
cussion to waters above the ebb and
flow of the tide, for. up to the present
time, there has been no agitation for
public development of waters on tidal
streams, and from a time long be-
fore Maine became State. certain
rights to the waters in Maine were
well established.
THE COLONIAL ORDINANCE
For illustration, the colonial ordi-
nance of 16iS. enacted by Massachu-
sets provided that forever the right
to fish and fowl upon the great ponds
Cakes and ponds exceeding 10 acres
in area) should be free to every cit
izen. and yet one should note in pass
ing that this right is right to the
use of the great ponds. not title to
them: the right of highway, of ex-
ceeding great Importance to the in
habitants Of State, is the right to
each and all for purposes of COM
merce or pleasure ITO float boats and
merchandise over and down the
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-05-26

sum of $1,000. Up to the present
time he has been unable to obtain
bail, and is in the Dover Jail.
Sampson was taken into custody
by Deputy Sheriff John K. Farrar at
Bangor, a few days ago. on request
of Deputy Sheriff Adelbert G. Rogers
of Greenville. Deputy Rogers has
held a warrant for the mans arrest
since January 5. 1920, when it was
issued by the Piscataquis municipal
court, charging him with the forging
of a check for s97.60, drawn upon the
Lincoln Trust Company of Lincoln,
and which was cashed by the Milo
branch of the Kineo Trust Company.
Thomas J. Kelley's name was signed
to the check and this signature is al
legged to be a forgery. The check
was made payable to Sampson
Dover letter of Bangor Commercial.