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New-York tribune., 1921-09-05

adept at the "flip," he juggles the
lights and the shadows proficiehtly, al
most always preserving, as the jugglers
do, the niftiest surprises for the ending.
* * \:
In the contents Of "Carter" Mr.. Mar
quis performs many pleasing feats of
pathos, intrigue, mystery, romance,
bravado and propaganda. The story of
Carter, l suspect, is the best, because
Mr.. Marquis and his publishers, the
Messrs. Appleton, have selected it to
enttle the book and to lead its pro-
gram. Carter was q white man with
drop of black blood in his veins. He
vas niger; but among his fo1ebears
there had been white men who had
signed the Magma Charta, who had
fought in the American Revolution,
who had legislated in the United States
Senate and who had been Confederate
brigadiers in the Civil War. The black
part Of Carter hated the white part,
and wherever he went he carried his
own hell along inside of him. I was
satisfied to have the story end with
the scene of Carter's confession to his
Caucasian lady love that there was
ebony as we'll as azure in his arteries.
That taint, however, meant nothing to
Mary, of the East Side. She was willing
to marry him despite his brunette an
cestry. When she told him SO, sitting
on bench at Brighton Beach, he left
her, saying "By God, can't have any
thing to do with a woman who'd marry
a nigger!"
X X
But since Mr.. Marquis chose to con-
tinue Carter until he died, senti-
mentally, in a race riot beside his half
brother, a young Atlanta aristocrat,
am agreeable if Mr.. Candy is. One
trouble with American short stories,
not mentioned by Mr.. Candy, is that
they are too long. Mr.. Marquis's "Car-
ter" tales crafty if they do not ele-
vate They are the "makings" of fic-
tion's more soothing cigarette, and as
such you may employ them to ease the
anguish Of such torturing hours as may
exist between your business and your
going to bed.
New-York tribune., 1921-09-05
In Spite Of General Dawes

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: Is it possible that the Govern
ment Printing Office has been ordered
by our sage legislators, as l see it
reported, to print 10000 pages on the
former Comptroller Williams owe rnor
Harding controversy? If so, it is high
time for Congress to investigate itself
more and the cntire universe less.
General Dawes needs help in econo-
MIXING. He can cut waste expenditures
on authorized jobs, But he can't pre-
vent throwing money away on stack
of tomfoolery like this 10,00O-pag job.
The daily press, financial papers and
magazines have already given the pub
lie the high spots in this farmer bank
er controversy. Congress should not
waste cash in a tardy and Intellectual
duplication of the work Of the press.
And who in blazes will read 10000
pages? JAMES G. FERNALD.
Upper Montclair, N. j., Aug. 81, 1921.
New-York tribune., 1921-09-05
North Carolina Child Labor
Work in the Mills Compared With
Life on Hillside Farms

Life on Hillside Farms
To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: l have some knowledge of con-
ditions of life in the mountain dis
tricts of North Carolina, and I have
read reports on the mills. 1 yield to
no one in detestation of the exploita-
tion of the health and future of the
children, whether in cotton mill, coal
mine or canning factory.
But the child workers in the cotton
mills of North Carolina are frequent
ly recruited from the families in the
mountain districts, and l venture to
assert that the life and work in the
mills is an improvement in living con-
ditions and educational opportunities
en- the life of the farmers of the noun
tain districts. l refer to the people
living on the hillside farm, frequent
ly rented one.
I do not say that no children are ex
plotted in tho cotton mills. The
standard Of intelligence which regards
children as assets to "cash in" on
rather than responsibilities to be dis
charged honestly is not confined to
North Carolina. The child workers in
the average cotton mills of North Caro-
lima are given healthful conditions and
light labor and opportunities for educa-
tion and their elders are offered in
struction and help in health and home
protection. Are these opportunities
within reach Of the mountain people :?
Actually, are not conditions in the
average mill better opportunity for
the development of body and mind
than the conditions of life on the
average hillside farm? Is it not pos
sible to protect the child from exploita-
tion by shiftless parents by a proviso
that certain proportion Of his earn
ings must be expended to his direct
benefit, with restrictions as to the &C
tual physical effort that may be de-
manded Of him? I suggest you read
the report of Mr.. Dawley in "The
Child That Toileth Not"
w. D. CHAPMAN.
New York, Aug. 81, 1921.
New-York tribune., 1921-09-05

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: Ask literary folk where Do
Foe laid the scene of Robinson
Crusoe's lonely island life. 1t will %
found that nearly all will ansve.
Juan fernandez" The experiences %
Selkirk on that island is said to nav.
been the historical fact that suggsstea
the story Of Crusoe; but the island !"
which the waves washed Crusoe IN sns
Imagination of De Foe wa. Trinidaa'
near the northeast coast OF Sou'A
America, on the opposite side of snss
continent and far from Juan fef
nandex. CRTIICUS.
Brooklyn, Aug. 81, 1921.
New-York tribune., 1921-09-05
Mr.. Anderson Speaks Again
The Anti-Saloon League Goes On
Record on Several Questions

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: Now that the supplemental pro-
hibition enforcement legislation has
gone over until after the Congressional
recess desire to put the Anti-Saloon
League of New York publicly on rec.
crd in favor of legislation, state as
we'll as national, providing for pun
ishment of officials who IN violation Of
the explicit terms of the enforcement
laws, either to discredit prohibition
and its enforcement or for purposes
of blackmail or to cover up their COM
plicity with violation of the law ons
large scale, break down the protection
of the home ty unlawfuliy searching
homes without warrants and disregard
the rights of individuals by searching
persons and baggage without such
probable cause as would under similar
conditions warrant detention or inves-
tigtions in other cases.
The Anti-Saloon League does not be-
lieve that home brew should be legal
lied, and believes that it is not legal
lied by the proposal adopted by more
than 2 to l vote by the House of Rep
resentatives. However, believing that
the home brew proposition will nave
taken care of itself by the time big
liquor crimes are stopped, when the
majority of those who try it discover
as they will, that it is neither pleas
ant nor profitable and has no spice Of
danger connected with it, the league
is opposed to anything which permits
the waste of any time in the search Of
homes for home brew watch is intend
ed and used only for home ccnsump-
ton, when vastly more importan. mat
ters impcratively demand prompt, Wig
orous action.
The Anti-Saloon League Of New
York, while keeping its record abso-
| lutely clear from approval Of any IN
I lawful things that have been DONE
has refrained from charging bad faith
against the officials of New York City,
for example. to avoid being put into
position where the league could be
accused of being afraid Of the rcae-
ton from thorough enforcement eT OF
objecting to enforcement merely bs'
cause Tammany was doing it.
Now that the public has come to
understand that these alleged abuses
are already unlawful, the league be-
lieves the time has come to say thst
while it will resist any attempt TO de-
stroy the effectiveness of honest en-
forcement effort and will expose
judges and magistrates who liberats
criminals it will also join with level
headed, conservative, law-abiding eiti-
zens generally in vigorous stand
against either official lawlessness or
fanatical attention to such things ss
individual hip pockets at the expense
Of efficiency in stopping the crooks
who are permitted to make fortunes
by dealing in hundred and tn ,u ana
case lots of liquor.
WILLIAM H. ANDERSON,
State Superintendent Anti-Saloon
| League of New York.
New York, Sept. 8, 1921.
New-York tribune., 1921-09-05

reduced by nearly SO per cent. The
reduction Of serious accidents is
not reported. But as every auto
mobile accident on a public high
way is potentially serious, we
may assume that there was con-
siderable reduction OF their mum
ber also. And this result must be
credited almost entirely to the elm
nation of incompetent drivers.
A system which excludes from
the highways Id per cent Of would
be drivers as unfit and which leads
straight to decrease of SO per
cent in the number of accidents has
obvious merits.
New-York tribune., 1921-09-05
The Coming Tower

If
If it be that we may wait,
Woman of the rain gray eyes,
BY the pearl empaneled gate
Opening on Paradise;
If upon TINT day of days
We may sit with clinging hands;
Fearless toward the dais gaze
Where in judgment Peter stands;
II it be that we may meet
There beside the walls Of brass
While above, with mail shod feet,
Armored angel sentries pass;
II through endless depths below,
Black in the eternal morn,
We may see the lost suns glow
Faint like firefies in the corn,
If from those abysses dread
We may watch them wheel and come
Cleaning spirits of the dead,
All triumphant, winging home;
If He grants my single prayer,
1t. it be that there we may
Wait together, I'll not care
On which side the gate we stay.
New-York tribune., 1921-09-05
Theoretical Walls
(Fron The Boston Globe J

Will the two British Labor members
OF Parliament who, after an investiga-
tion over here, say that prohibition
In the United States is "merely theo-
retical" explain why SO many of the
thirsty are making such bitter COM
plants about it7
New-York tribune., 1921-09-05

lie by eliminating all unserviceable
Aying machines. Both from The
point of view of commerce and RIA
tional defense the Wadswcrth bill
seems to be entitled to prompt en-
nctment
New-York tribune., 1921-09-05
The Shadow Deepens

The Shadow Deepens
The Tribune's Investigations dis
close the shadow cast upon justice
by the Brandon case darkening, not
clearing. The charge Of the Citizens
Union of New Jersey that the repu
tation of that state, famed through
OUT the Union for the quality of it's
Justice and the integrity of its bench
and bar, is indelibly stained cannot
be dismissed as mere rhetoric.
Governor Edward Irving Ed
wards's statement to The Tribune,
which was published in our news col
umns of Friday last, let it be under
stood that he had given the fullest
consideration to the alleged new evil
dence put forward by Brandon's
counsel in substantiation Of his claim
of innocence of the murder Of Ar
thur Kupfcr and Edith Janney. He
said he had examined the affidavits
of Dorothy Brodell and the garage
man Meyer, which placed Brandon in
New York and Brooklyn on the night
Of August %, 1918, and not in New
Jersey. He gave specific reasons for
having chosen to disregard these
sworn statements and the appeal Of
counsel that he intervene.
Brandon's counsel answered:
eve had but one interview with
the Governor and we have
not been able to see him since. He
would not permit us to read the afi-
davits. We later sent Ave kilograms
at various times, but received no
reply. We spent nearly all our time
for weeks trying to obtain = reprieve
for Brandon and to have our nev
evidence receive careful considera-
tion, but were unable to do either"
Mr.. Goldenhorn subsequently stated
that Governor Edwards read the
Meyer affidavit, but not the other
ones
j. Harry Foley, Governor Ed
wardSs secretary, retorts that Bran
don's counsel saw New jerseys Chief
Magistrate on three different occa-
sioAs in furtherance Of their efforts
to obtain a reprieve, once at the
State House in Trenton and twice at
the First National Bank Building
in Jersey City.
On one occasion Mr.. Foley boasts
that not only did he prevent Bran
don's counsel from seeing Governor
Edwards but that he threatened to
punch the principal Brandon attor-
ney's nose.
"'No more hearings!' told him.
There was an argument, and then I
told him I'd punch him In the nose.
The Governor would not see him. He
was perfectly satisfied Brandon was
guilty, absolutely guilty"
Also, Mr.. Foley testifies that the
affidavits presented in Brandon's be-
half s'were not on the level" Again,
Governor Edwards told Brandon's
attorneys that "any one can write an
affidavit"
But what spectacle was that Of
the secretary to the Governor Of the
great State Of New Jersey meeting a
proposal of recognized attorneys to
submit proof in support of con-
demned mans claim Of innocence
with threat of assault! It Is in
credible
Let the bench and bar Of New
Jersey take steps to institute judi
cial proceeding competent to estab-
lish the truth in the Brandon case.
Though Brandon be dead, the case is
not closed. It can never be closed
and the public conscience will not be
satisfied until every circumstance
having to do with tho mans final
conviction and appeal for a hearing
is settled.
Meanwhile the shadow on justice
deepens.
New-York tribune., 1921-09-05

Hylan, the Republicans say, has
neglected the schools throughout his
administration, and you only have to
listen to one Of his speeches to un-
derstand why he feels that way about
them.
New-York tribune., 1921-09-05
THE OLD MEN

The old men watch the young men
With crafty, glowing eyes,.
They tell them rsstty stories
And know that they are lies.
Saying:
I'm labor lies conteutment-
Minds e0se is like q foaoer-
And toll aoilI bring you riches;
And riches bring you power."
Saying:
"Let not tho snarcs Of pleasure
Your ontD1rd march returd;
Life's joys Gre known to .oorkers.
Toll Is its oDn rewnrd."
The old men watch the young men
With hateful, jealous eyes.
They hide from them life's secret
BY telling crafty lies.
GENE DONALD.
New-York tribune., 1921-09-05

After the hero is attacked, in our
precedent shattering novel, the hero is,
Of course, arrested for the crime. The
scene of the book will not be laid in
New York. The wretch will listen with
passive countenance while the detec-
tive gives hirsute recital of the
facts to the judge, and will then enter
curved denial of all the charges.
New-York tribune., 1921-09-05
The Perfect Prediction

If they (the Yanks) happen to be in
first place when the season ends they
will have won the pennant.-The Eve
ming Post.
New-York tribune., 1921-09-05

The I. r. T. might escape receiver
ship by increasing the price of "The
Subway Sun"
New-York tribune., 1921-09-05
Some Day

Some Day
From over the sea there comes to me
A whisper Of lands afar,
Where life is gay and you go your way
In the wake of your guiding star.
And I grip my pen at sights I ken
lE my mind of countries free,
Where man can burst two years
thirst
In a riotous jamboree.
Where at tables gray in an old cafe
Men tarry, no prey to fears,
And sip their rye while the world
goes by,
And their cognac and ports and beers.
So 60 ! will, and I'll pay the bill,
Whatever the costs may be;
I'll go, say---but not to-day;
Not while I'm an employee.
HOWARD TOWNSEND.
New-York tribune., 1921-09-05

OF course, Immediately thereafter
the pistons Of justice will begin to
plunge.
New-York tribune., 1921-09-05
Still, why should we feel irritation;
III three weeks more we'll have vacation

At the hour of going to press the
endurance race between the heat wave
and the last straw we're going to buy
this summer was continuing, neck and
neck.
New-York tribune., 1921-09-05

"Gov'ment might pretty near do
away with taxation" says Uncle
Abimelech Bogardus, of Preakness.
N. j., "by chargin' Congressman space
rates in The Congressional Record ..
New-York tribune., 1921-09-05

oh, we'll. Labor Day 10 just labor day
to us. FEW.
New-York tribune., 1921-09-05

We've been sitting here an hour, and
Frankfort Street, three feet out and
twenty down, is Uttered with the man
gled corpses of what might have been
immortal jests.
You see the brilliant line approach
ing. You begin to smile in anticipa-
ton. And then along comes news
paper wagon and everybody on the
street howls for no reason in particu-
lar. The poor little joke become con-
fused. 1t rushes out under the wheels
that bump and roar over the cobbles.
And it perishes.
AS for the deatlless pieces of verse
that the trucks have slain, their num-
Der is endless. Each night a gloomy
street sweeper comes along and sweeps
them up and carries them away in his
cart, which may achieve them their
destiny after all.
There's swell joke about the Greek
armies and Turkeys angora that has
been standing in front of the World
Building for two days now, and the
poor thing doesn't dare try to get
across the street
Norwich bulletin., 1921-11-26
FAMOUS AUSTRIAN SURGEON
 GIVES "GRATITUDE" CLINIC

New York, Nov 25.-Misery so poig- nant and so widespread greeted pr. Adolph Lorenz. famous Austrian ortho- pedic surgeon, on the sttps and in the halls of the hospital for joint diseases tofIly, thtt he said he had almost de- cided to devote the remainder of his days to alleviating the sufferings of America's cripples.
 Dr. Lorenz said at the end of his first gratitude clinic, that never had he seen a land so sorely In need of relief from spinal and other troubles superin- duced by infantile paralyses.
 His observations so far, he declared led him to believe that there were "ter or fifteen times as many such suffers ir the Unittd States as in any other country in the world"
 After working like mad for more than five hours, Dr. Lorenz had seen 125 cripples-scarcely one-tenth of the sup. plicants for aid who crowded the hospi. tai and the streets outside, coming or crutches. in wheel chairs. and-some o1 she more fortunate-in automobiles.
 And during those busy five hours, he said sfterward, he had advised eneugf operations to keep one surgeon busy fol six months.
 Police reserves had to be called tc handle the eager. hopeful crowds out side. while nurses and i-ternes were kept busy within, maintaining some sembance of order among those who hat gained admittance.
Norwich bulletin., 1921-11-26
The Poppy

In the old days. the poppy was held in great esteem. being dedicated tc Ceres. the goddess Of agriculture. l. played an important part in harvest home celebrations and other ceremo- nies. and was protected by the coun- tryside-
 Today. in Switzerland. the poppy ii used as a love token. Girls place ( petal in the palm of their left hand and strike it with their right If tho petal bursts with a sharp pop" the lover in the case is held 10 be sincere if there is no sound the girls believet him false.
 The bold red poppy which flames al over the country at this time of the year once figured in a court romance.
 Napoleon III objected to the wife oi the Emperor Naximiiian Of Mexico choosing red as inc color Of a new Mexican decoration. pointing out thai it was already pged fO- the ribbon oi the Legion Of Honor. ] The Empress replied by sending Na. poleon red poppy. retOriirg that th, Order Of Nature preceded the Order i Of the Legion Of Honor. and that sh, intended to remain true 10 her choice.- Exchange.
Norwich bulletin., 1921-11-26
DENIES ALLEGED SALE
 OF MYSTIC ISLAND HOTEL

Charles Henry Osgood, of Norwich. owner of Mystic Island, contradicts the following New London dispatch in Fri days Hartford courant:
 The sale of the horl on Mystic Island this week recalls the time when that spot was one of the best known excursion re- sorts Of the Connecticut coast. The hotel has now ben sold to the Samuel 2. Chese- bro Fishing 6 Trading company and is to be torn down. The lumber will be brought across to the mainland and will be used in the construction f an ice house by the Cnesebro compahy on the Ecc,estone property in Fishtown. The old hotel is the last of the buildings on the island. to re main standing, the others having beer torn down and removed within the las- few weeks. An old landmark used b, mariners as range for various hsbinr grounds as well as sewing to recall th, time when Mystic Island fiourfshed as z summer and picnic res-rt, will disappea, when this hotel is razed.
 Friday evening MT. Osgood called tn above fairy tale. stating that the hote Is not sold, but is still his pro5erty. an, the title deeds are still in his possession.
Norwich bulletin., 1921-11-26
BREAK GROUND FOR NEW
 Y. M C. A. BUILDING MONDAY

Unless weather conditions prevent, the contractors will break ground next Moheay morning at 9.30 o'clock for the ph---cal department unit of the new Y. NJ. <. A. building on the new site oppo- sit-' the post office on Main street. Ap- propriate brief services will be held on this occasion, and the friends of the as- sociation are invited to attend.
 The unit to be erected will include a standard gymna sfum, a marble tile reg ulation swimming pool and ample show CT bath rooms for the boys and men sep arate, and sufficient locker rooms to take care of an increasing membership This unit will be connected with the two hc1ses now on the premises, and these will put In condition and connected with the new building in such a manner as to admit of practical supervision of the whole plant.
 The first floor of one of the houses will be given over to socia' work for the men and the other will be used for sim liar purposes for the boys The new connection joining the houses together will b eused for the offices for the sec retaries. The upper floors of the houses will be arranged for sleeping rooms
 The new home of the association will be ready for occupancy by the fall ot 1922, Or earlier. denending unon the kind Of weather that obtains this coming winter. Already enthusiasm had de- ve'oped among the men and boys of the city in anticipation of the greatly en- larged privileges obtainable when thu new building Is ready.
Norwich bulletin., 1921-11-26
PERSONALS

Train Dispatcher Harry Campbell, of New London, was holiday guest of Mr. and Mrs J. J. Fields, of Norwich.
 It is stated at Colchester that Rev. Daniel F. Sullivan, formerly of Norwich is suffering from blood poisoning in his arms.
 week in Boston with her cousin, Miss Es- ther Allen, who is staying there this winter.
 MT. and Mrs. D. J. Brown and Mrs, Ora Brown spent Thursday with Mir. and Mrs. George Cole and daughter, Mildred, at their home in Versailles.
 Master Seymour De Rusha; who has been a patient at Backus hospital, has recovered from his serious illness and has returned to his home on Church street.
 Mrs. Earl Pullman of Aver Mass, has been visiting her parents, MT. and Mrs William Beetham for the past week, al so spending the holidays with her sister Mrs. David Ryan of Hartford.
 Raymond Gallagher, of Pleasant street, a, patient at Baclus hospital with plura pneumonia, sat up Friday for the first time since his illness. "a fact p.eas- ing to his little friends and schoolmates MT. and Mrs W o. Sears and daugh- ter, Patience, of Danbury, formerly oi Norwich, were Thanksgiving guests ot Mir. and Mrs. Joseph J. Fields. Miss Patience Sears remained until today l (Saturday).
 D. J. Lucy of New York, formerly of Norwich, spent Thanksgiving with Norwich Town relatives. Upon his re turn that evening, he was accompanied 1 by his niece. Miss Margaret Lucy Ma honey, of Scotland road, who, will be hi guest over the weekend.
Norwich bulletin., 1921-11-26
MAN MADE CONTRIBUTIONS
 TO ARMIsTICE DAY FUN

The American Legion is indebted to many for contributions to the 1-fmistice day parade fund Members of the legion who had charge of the fund state that all the contributors voluntarily gave to the fund and the legion is deeply grate- full The following are those who have contributed. A. E. Story, c. H. Phelps w. M. Eastwoodo, Will L. Stearns, J. E. Marcheault. M. H. Hourigan. W. R. Baird, W. T. Olcott H. F. Parker, Henry C. Gebrath, J. c. Caswell, R. F. Smith James J. Casey, Benjamin Sullivan, Louis DeGriener, Arthur E. Andrews, Ms; Alice Lonergan, Philip Goldstein, Owe Askholyn, William Tannar. Frank Park hurst Henry Hewitt, Alexander Jordan James E. Moore. Irving Watkinson Charles Bard, Alfred I4illibridge, San Therrien, R. c. Plaut. James Coyne. Dr J. ". Callahan, Charles Hagberg and Nelson Parker.