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Theater Tickets

The announcement of leading
purveyor of amusement of a 80 per
cent reduction in admission prices,
with a maximum charge of $3.50
during the coming season, is fol-
lowed by the report that other man
ayers, softening their hearts, medi-
tate going back to the old So rate.
This perhaps is too much to hope
Tor. Taxes, rents. costumes and
mounting expense, the cost of scene
shifting are all UP. The members
OF the chorus (and they much needed
an advance If they were to live de-
cently) are getting more. The price
y likely to settle somewhere near
S2.60 unless productions of less cost
are given. The producers, for the
most part, are amiable of disposition.
out they have the common aversion
70 doing business at loss.
But those who watched successive
failures OF campaigns against thea-
ser-ticket spectators are not hoping
That boxoffice rate of $3.50 really
means that tickets will be easilv oh
tainable at this price when tho pro-
duction appeals to public taste. A
variable scale is probable, fixed in
particular cases at figure that ac-
a.
tual tests show the traffic will bear.
During the war period and since.
until the recent months, conditions
have been abnormal. The influx of
visitors which crowded New York
hotels brought an exceptional at
tendance to the show places. Nearly
everything was sure of good house.
Now there is imminent danger of
empty chairs. A heavier strain on
originality of producers, actors and
'iaywsdghts is to be imposed. The
'ace will be harder. and between
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The New Era in Aviation

Secretary Weeks's order regulat-
ing army flying is issued following
the success of the army and navy
air men in sinking the Ostfriesland.
There may be no direct connection
between the two, but one as we'll
as the other may be said to indicate
the emergence Of new mental
attitude toward military aviation.
The bombing tests make a great
expansion Of the air corps certain.
The new arm is coming into it's
own. For offense and defense it's
Importance can no longer be ques-
toned. Both the army and the navy
will have to adapt themselves to an
enlargement of the field of military
action. The air arm will no longer
be mere subsidiary.
Flying on a larger scale will re-
quire more rigid organization, the
creation of more land bases and
more elaborate flying rules. Up to
now there has been little restric-
ton on the aviator's freedom. A
firn1er discipline is to be imposed.
The stunt and circus period of de-
velopmept has passed. Most avia-
ton accidents have been due to low
flying, without space for maneuver-
ing in case Of machine trouble.
Towns, cities and built-up districts
generally are to be protected by the
elimination of flights over them at
an altitude of less than 1000 feet.
The army aviation corps, having
won recognition, will discard sensa-
tionalism and the extra hazards Of
the air Snowman. It's flying will be
conducted hereafter along safer, be-
cause more strictly military and
professional. lines.
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Expensive Domestics
Housekeeper Thinks It's Time for
High Wages to Come Down

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: Is it not about time that the
domestic servant question be brought
before the public for an expression Of
opinion concerning wages? A large
percentage of the class of people who
employ domestic help are among those
who have suffered from the prevailing
depression but who must have assist
ance to run their households, and the
high wages demanded work as a great
hardship to many.
I have little doubt that most Of the
women who run their households on
certain allowances have had a hard
time to make both ends meet, even il
they have tried to do with a servant
or two less.
Cooks who formerly received $50
now ask $50 to 500; buffers who
formerly received from $50 to SITS, now
demand $50 to 500; chambermaids
who formerly received from $50 to $40
now demand $50 to 500, and SO on all
through the line.
During the war they raised wages
to these figures because they said
everything was so high and many
wished to help their people here and
abroad, but now that many things such
IS shoes, clothes, etc, have come
down, why not they7
The intelligence Offices raised their
fees from So to $40, both to the en-
ployer and employee, SO that if one
goes to the Office to engage girl or
man the Office gets fee Of SIS to $40
for one servant. Is this fair in times
like the present?
A woman who runs moderate
households in these days of specialist
servants must pay the following:
Cook, $50 to $50; butler. $50; cham
bermaid. $50; laundress, $50; making
a total of about $500 for wages alone;
then their food costs about 500 or
more.
Where does the family come inr
4 HOUSEKEEPER,
New York, July 26, 1921,
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Credit to Navy Aircraft
Effective Work Shown in Picture o.
Ostfricsland Bombing

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: In The Tribune of July 26
there appears picture of the bombing
OF the ex-German battleship Ostfries-
land. The legend under this picture
states picture snapped just as a
Martin bomber dropped one Of the
six 1000 pound projectiles." Your at
tention is invited to the fact that this
picture is of bombs. which were
dropped by naval F-5-L seaplancs,
these planes. including the two from
the Naval Air Station at Rockaway
Beach, and under command of an Of
ficer from Rockaway Beach
This information is furnished in
view of the fact that for one reason
or another public credit has been, in
a number of cases, given to the army
aircraft for work which was actually
accomplished by the navy aircraft.
While the navy did have Martin
bombers In these operations, the
Martin bombers are associated in the
public mind with the army end of the
work rather than with the navy end.
The photograph in question was
taken by an officer from the Naval Air
Station, Rochaway Beach, who was
flying in one of the planes that
dropped the bombs. I have on my
desk a print from the same plate.
| trust that it may be found prac-
ticable to give due credit to those to
whom credit belongs for this excep-
tlonally fine example of bombing eff
hciency D. E. CUMMINGS.
Commander, U. s. N.
U. S. Naval Air Station, Rockaway
Beach, N. Y, July q, 1921.
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Alien Resident 8 Status

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: Mr.. P. J. O'Connell, taking ex-
ception to my letter on aliens and citi-
zenship, says he could not expatriate
himself. If he could find no adequate
market for his labor at home he might
change his mind. His question as to
what do for my country is beside the
point, which is the question of the
naturalization of aliens. AS a matter
OF fact, I fought for my country for
five years and so am not entirely de-
void of q sense of duty to my country
What could do for it by remaining
there now is not clear.
Moreover, although l am sensible of
the advantages l receive as a resident
of the United States, l do not by any
means consider myself guest" of this
country, nor that I cast reflection on
American hospitality by saying that /
pay for what I get There is no ques
ton of hospitality. The immigra-
ton law recognizes by specific men,
ton certain classes as exempt from
the usual restrictions on entry, and
presumably therefore considered de-
sirable. | belong to one of those.
The point tried to make was that
this country does not suffer from the
non Standardization Of such as myself.
nor does it gain fro,n the acquisition
OF large numbers OF naturalized citi-
zens. Since l last wrote there has been
published statement that 500 new
citizens will be turned out" daily by
the New York courts this summer in
big naturalization "drive." Does Mr..
O'Connell really think that the country
is the gamer by this factory process
of making Americans
PATRIOTICUS,
New York, July 28, 1921.
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Books u.,v.. BY p,...
Copyright. 1921. New York Tribune Inc.

ever, which we fancy. Kirkaldy ex
plains that the average st. Andrews
man likes to keep his mind on the game
and is not keen for the introduction OF
extraneous subjects.
"'How nice it is to hear these rocks
calling to each other in the old fir
tree" said visitor to a St. Andrews
player who was giving him a game
The st. Andrews man paid no heed to
the remark until the visitor repeated
it, when he replied, 4 Gamma hear what
ye say for them id crows!'"
MY attention was recently called to
your book column and the question you
raised of suitable books for children"
writes Daniel A. Blatch. "Although I
have never been father, l have al
ways been much interested in chill
particularly in matters pertain
ing to their moral welfare, and as their
reading plays such an important part
in molding their characters | take the
liberty of venturing an opinion on the
subject. 1t was the learned DR.. John
son, if my memory serves me, who
said that it was the duty of all great
men to note down with care and ac-
curacy the characteristic influences of
their early education. I am not quot
ing it exactly, but the sense is correct.
My own childhood, recall clearly, was
influenced to great extent by the
books I read, and I have attributed
much of my sound schooling in moral
conduct to the early and fortunate
choice of books made by me during
what / might call the formative period
of my youth. Chief among these, /
may say, was 7. V. Arthur's Ten
Nights in a Barroom. The story had
much to do in creating in me at an
early age a repugnance for drink and
all of its hated institutions. have met
many other men in my daily walks
since who have also acknowledged a
similar indebtedness to this grand and
noble story, and an uncle of mine, who
has since passed on, used to say that it
had saved him from becoming a drunk
ard.
Next among my boyish reading to
inspire me always to do the right thing
were those splendid Alger books.
Through them acquired an ideal of
clean young manhood which may
say still remains my ideal. Although
had never felt the temptation to do
wrong, I saw in my Alger heroes the
reward eff virtue demonstrated, and it
determined me for all time to lead
moral and upright life. And then there
was The Swiss Family Robinson,
The Prince of :. the House of David,
The Young Lamplighter and-last
and best of all-the books of the grand
old man. the Rev. Elijah Kellogg. One
learned nothing wrong from the works
of such an author, be he ever so young
and IMMERSED in the ways of the world
Are the youth of to-day reading them,
wonder. If not, why not?"
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Carrying the Primaries

What basis exists for the belief,
in some quarters deemed unchal-
lengeable, that contests in the Re-
publican primaries means to present
the election to Tammany?
Oftentimes nothing is more help
full to success than an open deter
naination of who's who in a party.
Contests arouse and focus interest
and break up indifference. Con-
Quoted with reasonably fair play, the
victor commonly gains more friends
than he loses.
Much can be said for the idea that
it is about time to ascertain which
element is the more numerous among
the enrolled Republicans of the city
those who favor coalition with all
who would end Hylanism, or the
straight ticket men and women who
little care who is elected or what
happens to the city. The Socialists
contend that it is noble to throw
votes away. Do the majority of the
Republicans of New York entertain
a similar opinion? Why not find
out?
II the majority of enrolled Repub-
leans are so Indifferent to Tam
many's success as to be unwilling to
march alongside Of other anti-Tam-
many voters it would be desirable to
know the fact as soon as possible.
If such is their state of mind isn't
1t waste of labor to conduct an
nti-Tammany campaign? A disa-
greeable truth will not become more
pi-latable by postponing knowledge
of it to November. AS supporter
of coalition The Tribune does not
think for an instant that the Repub-
Ecan rank and file is unconcerned
whether Tammany is voted up or
down. Hence it sees no reason for
shrinking from a test.
Of course, if candidates other than
the ones recommended by the coali-
ton committee are nominated at the
primaries, then Tammany in a three
cornered contest is to be picked as
the winner. But again it may be
said that September is as good a
time to know the truth as November.
Ii the coalition committee is wise
in its selections it's candidates will
go before the Republican primaries
with the hearty support Of most of
the conspicuous Republicans of the
city, with the support of the Repub-
lican organization, which is COM
mitted to fusion, and with the SYM
pathy of the great body of public
opinion. Major La Guardia and
Judge Haskell have shown them
selves excellent vote getters, but can
either persuade the enrolled Repub-
hcans that their merits are so great
that a gift of the election should be
made to Murphy and Hearst? Their
most extravagant admirers will
hs rdly so contend. On the other
hand, if defeated, the struggle. on
balance, will probably do the coali-
sion ticket good rather than harm.
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For a Stamp Tax
the Editor of The Tribune.

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: The average corporation OF
business concern has hard work max.
ing fair return on its invested CAPT.
tai. and in times like these it does
not even do that. The imposition of a
fiat Is per cent income tax rate would
therefore be great hardship. There
Is really no justice or common sense
in abohshing the excess profits tax if
the money raised by it is to be taken
from moderately paying business.
The solution of the problem is the
imposition of stamp tax. F. M.
New York, July %, 1921.
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Work for the. Common Veal
To the Editor of The Tribune.

~A~S, >OOAAAAAAOA w Oo1
To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: Did all the men who fought 80
bravely in the recent war do so with
the vision Of bonus as an inspiration ?
One would be led to think SO from some
of the letters written to The Tribune.
The several ex-service men with whom
| have discussed the matter all seem
to feel the bonus ia due them, whether
they need the money or not.
1t does seem that in these times. If
we would all be boosters instead of
knockers, all pull together and put
aside our personal grievances, we could
build up better country than by only
sitting back giving out destructive
criticism and doing nothing to over
come the faults. AS long as our per-
sonal troubles are foremost in the mind
We can never have country such as
Lincoln had in mind at Gettsyburp
D. ]. G.
Mountain Lakes, N. J., July %, 1921.
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Tasks for Grandmothers

10 the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: Since the individual must al
ways be woman's special care, and
since there are countless children who
need help to make them the best kind
OF citizens, is there no hope that the
unemployed grandmother will "teach
the orphan boy to read" and teach
the orphan girl to sew" or is this too
old-fashioned for the sup -to-date fem
inlsts" who must have a career?
AN INTERESTED WOMAN,
Baltimore, Nd, July %, 1921.
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In Moscow's Dungeons

Secretary Hughes on all subjects
writes with clearness and brevity,
but concerning nothing more con-
spicuously than about Russian mat
ters.
The Secretary demands the release
of American prisoners the Soviet
government fortunes in it's dungeons.
To support this demand argument is
deemed unnecessary, and none is
made. "Perdicaris alive or Raisuli
dead" called President Roosevelt
when the Moroccan bandit wanted to
parley for ransom. Lenine, another
bandit, hopes, like Raisuli, to get
Paid, somehow, for the release of
those in his clutches. His claim that
he seized them in reprisal for Ameri-
can savagery toward Russians is
merely impudent hypocrisy. No Rus
slams have been arrested in this coun-
try except for malignant violations
Of our laws, and those arrested have
been uniformly well treated-are
much better conditioned than if at
large in Russia. AS Emma Goldman
has said: "Better jail in America
than freedom in Russia"
international law and customary
international usage have no bearing
or the case of the prisoners, for Le-
nine disregards international law
and fiouts international usage. He
must be dealt with on a more prac-
teal basis.
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An Ambassadors Letters

Whoever is interested in Anglo
American relations will find much to
ponder upon in the letters of the late
Walter H. Page, formerly Ambassa-
cor to Great Britain, which are being
published serially in The Worlds
Work.
An American Of the old stock, with
the traditions Of the Revolution, and
with broad experience of America
since the Civil War, in the West and
the North as we'll as in the South, Mr..
Page saw England through the ewes
of a keen, democratic observer, with
sympathy but shrewdness, with un-
Outstanding but without undue
prejudice. He recognized and ad-
nlitted the kinship of the two peo-
Piles, but at the same time appreci-
ated their differences. "Thank God
for the Atlantic Ocean!' he wrote
after a particularly long session
with English traditions. ct is the
geographical foundation Of our liber-
ties"
And although he felt on some oc-
casions that condescension which
Englishmen of a particular class
seem to exude, he saw their deep
seated consciousness Of fellowship.
They embarrassed him occasionally
by assuming that the American AM
bassador was probably better than
his government and must at times
be ashamed of it. And this thew
did only because of their family
feeling. They considered our gov
eminent foreign" but not our peo-
pie, and this foreignness was as dis
tasteful to many Englishmen of 1918
as to most Englishmen of the '4Os
and SOS, who resented Prince Albert
and any foreign influences as sun
English"
The extent that they considered
the American people as kin is shown
even by such little things as the
classification of club memberships as
British, Colonial, American and
Foreign"
Most curious to read to-day are
comments Of the ambassador. writ
TEN year before the war, about the
relations of the two countries. For
him there was no doubt. 1t was only
a question of time.
What are we going to do with this
England and this empire presently
when economic forces Enthusiastically
put the leadership of the race in our
hands? How can We lead it and use
it for the highest purposes of the
world and of democracy? We can do
what we like if we go about it heart
lily and with good manners (any man
prefers to yield to gentleman rath-
er than to rustic) and throw away
-gradually-our isolating fears and
alternate Boosting and bashfulness.
What do we most need to learn from
your l asked a gentle and bejeweled
nobleman the other Sunday, in
country garden that invited conf
dence. If | may speak without Of
Tense, modesty.' A commoner in the
company, who has seen the Rocky
Mountains, laughed. and said: NO;
see your chance and take it; that's
what we did when we made tho
worlds history"
In another letter he elaborated the
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The Old Order Changeth

From The London Daily AaD
The sale of Stowe House, with its
estate of 272 acres, which MIR. Harry
Shaw, tho purchaser, very handsome
ly intends to present to the nation, 10
a conspicuous example of the SOCIAL
change which Is coming over the eoun-
try. The great estates are being
broken up, the contents Of thu great
country houses are being dispersed
and the houses themselves are falling
into decay or are being turned TO
uses for which they were not built
Esthetically-since generous
donor will not always come forward
England will be a poorer country
when the process is complete, wnsh
the treasures that have taken csh'
turtles to accumulate are scattered 70
the ends of the earth, and the piow
has been driven over parks sno
gardens hitherto maintained with ios-
ing care. But rates and taxes, ths
increased cost of labor, the decreased
value of moneys. and death duties
above all, make it every year more
difficult to keep up these stately homes
and, pitiful though it be, they must go
From every county the story Is the
same, and as the great houses pass from
the hands of their old owners. terr'-
torial influence grows less and less.
AS the Wars of the Roses almost ex-
tinguished the aristocracy of that time,
so economic pressure is crushing the
land owners of ours, and the cid social
traditions of rural England are swaits
ly fading away.
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paper" and price cutting many
managers, for u time mt least, are
likely to choose the latter. But final
~ the old prices can scarcely be re-
stored without sacrifice of quality.
Time was when Walt Whitman was
able to loaf and invite hHs soul in
the gallery for 25 cents, but as those
virtuous days disappeared, so there
is not likely to be return to the price
standard of 1914.
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Thelnquiiriing Reporter
Every Day He Asks Five Persons,
Picked at Random, a Question
To-day's Question

To-day's Question
Should frankie get the electric chair
for shooting Johnny?
Where Asked
Corner Of Forty-second Street and
Fifth Avenue.
The Answers
1. Kent J. Goldstein, wholesale boot
logger, 5000 West End Avenue.-The
laws of New York State should be rigid
~ enforced, regardless of Sex and cir
cumstances. If woman gets the vote,
why not the electric chair?
2. G. Bliven Shocks, columnist, Park
Fench, Park Row, N. Y.-Certainly. she
was no lady. She wasn't even his wife.
3. Miss Diana Gilhooley, chorus girl,
Hotel Biltmore.-I don't read these
murder cases. In fact, I don't read
anything.
4. Miss Marjorie Sterrctt, battleship
maker, Brooklyn, N. Y.-Certainly not.
If Johnny had been prepared, nothing
would have happened.
S. Kermit Mandlebaum, golf profess
sional, Arverne-Atlantic Club-No. He
was her man and he done her wrong
MORRIE.
FRECKLES.
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Camouhage

fFront The Charleston Nevs and Couyisrj
why any German submarine COM
mander should flee the country rather
than stand trial at Leipsic is a mys-
terry. Perhaps the court got him to do
1t in order to make the world think the
trials are genuine.