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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-05-02

For ages, at least since the time
Of General Caius ]. Caesar, there
has been an observable difference be-
tween the characteristics Of the Ger
man and Of the French people. And
now, following the great war, this
difference is scientifically consid-
cred by that keenly appreciative
connoisseur Of French culture, Pro-
fessor Karl 10th. AS man is to
woman, he tells US, so is German
culture to French culture. Such is
the result Of his consideration Of
the forms in which the society and
morality, the conception Of life and
mode Of thinking, the culture and
art, Of the two countries have
developed.
The learned Herr Professor sets
forth the difference in a semi
mathematical table worthy Of Elm
stein, in which the approximate dis
tribution Of Manliness (M,m) and
Womanliness (W,w) is specified for
Germans and Frencfmen. With the
French the equation is substantially
as follows. Man equals NJ (bom-
bast) plus w (ickleness, graceful
ness, superficiality-most unfavor-
able because unnatural for mani.
Complement: Woman equals w Tall
engaging qualities Of womanhood)
tlus M (Chauvinism, love Of power,
etc.,. Summary: W plus w plus
M plus M-predominance Of femi-
ninity.
Applying the same rigmarole
formula, the professor fiads the Ger
mans possess nanliness. He then
shows how tho culture Of the
French is one Of beauty and lux
ury, thus explaining the general
popularity Of the French and the
general unpopularity Of the Ger
mans In the World War. The
French, he insists, are themselves Of
little significance in the world, but
with their superficial brilliancy and
external charm they attract all
and, most Of all, the Germans-who
SO ungrudgingly, we are told, recog-
nize and honor the culture o. other
peoples.
Now, asks the learned professor,
what promises for the future do
these two, contrasting cultures bear
within Themselves? So far a. the
French are concerned his answer
is decisive. If the French people
want to impress their netional per-
so1ality upon Europe hereafter his
idea apparently is that they should
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-05-02


"Sunbeams from cucumbers" is
phrase which has been synonymous
with fantastic inpossibility ever
since Swift wrote his matchless
satire. Quite the reverse, however,
is the proposal to extract heat or
energy or healing from sunbeams.
"Solar myths" have existed from
the beginning Of the race, associ.
ated with ideas of power, life and
great achievement, and what they
were to the ancient world scientific
knowledge Of the great fact Of
multiform' solar energy is to our
twentieth century civilization.
It would be foolish, therefore, to
regard with skepticism the plans Of
DR.. G. G. Abbot, of the Smithsonian
institution, to employ solar heat in
stead Of coal or gas or electricity
for the kitchen cookstove. Indeed,
there is ample reason for expecting
it to be found practicable. If the
direct rays of the sun are not suf-
ficiently hot for culinary purposes
methods Of intensifying their power
have been known since the days Of
Archimedes, TWEEN. zone centuries
ago. The problems Of simply but
efficiently concentrating their energy
and Of insulating and storing heat
are doubtless difficult, but the
achievements Of inventive genius in
our own day forbid as TO regard
them as insoluhle.
Nor is solar energy the only great
force Of nature which awaits har-
Messing for the service Of man. A
thousand times attention has been
called to the folly and waste Of de-,
pending upon increasingly expensive
coal for all generation Of power,
when the equivalent energy Of mil
lions Of tons year is flowing idly
down our rivers. There, ct least,
no new invention is needed, but only
the application Of principles long
familiar.
Tidal energy, too, has been al
NEST entirely neglected, though it
exists at our very doors in volume
beyond computation. II is interest
ing to note that the French are
taking steps for it's practical utili-
cation ct the embouchure Of the
Rance, which Browning invested
with 50 iauch romance in his "Herve
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-05-02
Educational Insurance

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
j. Sir: / read with interest the letter
Of 70. W. G." setting forth his en-
deavors to find n life insuranee policy
suitable for the future education Of
his son, now one year old. Being an
old insurance man, can state that
such policy as he outlines not only
is not but I am sure cannot be writ
tens. he requires . combination Of =
seventeen-year tsrm policy and . So
called "pure endowment" without pay
ment in case Of death, which latter
condition cannot be included in : life
policy.
No matter what kind Of special form
company might write, it must in
clude the payment Of some amount to
some person st some future time. A
ssvertsen-year endowment policy ct
any age would cost upward Of $500 .
year for the $1,000 required, even II
the amount Of insurance were to be
peid In four installments.
w. A. L.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-05-02
Panama and the White Award

f Secretary Hughes has written an
other note to Panama, which is still
holding out against an acceptance Of
the Loubet- White boundary award.
The State Departments policy was
clearly defined in earlier notes.
Panama submitted her case to arbi-
tration and is morally bound to
accept the arbiter's decision. She
has contested Costa Rica's occupa-
ton Of territory found to be right
fully Costa Rican. Her Congress
recently voted to resist execution OF
the White Judgment, the Chief JUS
tice of our Supreme Court having
consented some years ago to act as
umpire in a Qualification Of the orig
inal settlement made by the former
French President.
Under our treaty with Panama
we guarantee the latter's territory
against aggression, and we also
have the right to maintain public
order in case the Panama govern
ment is unable to do SO. But we
cannot defend Panama's. territorial
integrity if she refuses to relinquish
territory fairly adjudged not to be
hers. Our guardianship involves the
right to demand that Panama re-
spect boundary rectification judi
cially arrived at.
It follows that the United States
cannot consent to the reputation
by Panama Of Justice Whites find
ings. We have recommended COM
pliance and an evacuation of. the
districts awarded to Costa RIGA. If
Panama continues to try to hold
these districts by force it will be-
come our duty to see that they are
evacuated and turned over to Costa
Rica. Panama stands in peculiar
relation to the United States, this
country having guaranteed her In
dependence not only against Euro
pean aggression but against the
aggression Of neighboring American
states. But this guaranty doesn't
give her immunity to poach on the
territory Of others. She must ac-
cept the limitations as well as the
benefits Of our guaranty. The
White award is final and will have
to be executed.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-05-02
A Federal Budget Il, Sixht

The Senate has passed the Nc.
Cormick budget bill and the House
OF Representatives. il expected to
pass Il within the next two weeks.
A similar measure was passed BY
both branches Of the preceding Con-
,gress, but was vetoed by President
Wilson. Tho House repassed it,
modified to meet the Presidents OBJ
jections. The Senate took no fur
Their action.
Mr.. Wilson protested against the
clauses in the original bill which
made the Comptroller General, hold
ing Office during good behavior, re-
movable only by q concurrent reso-
luton Of Congress. He held that
this provision trenched on the
Presidents power to remove execu-
tive officials. It was technical de-
feet, which could have been cured
by subsequent legislation. The
veto, at all events, helped to put
off budget reform at time when
some intelligent control Of esti-
mates was sadly needed. The COM
mittees Of Congress were forced to
check spenders like Secretaries
Daniels and Baker by doing all the
drudgery Of q budget bureau.
The amended bill provides that
the Comptroller General may be
removed only by Joint resolution,
which must 60 to the President.
The Comptroller General is In
reality an agent Of Congress rather
than Of the Executive. His func-
ton is to assist Congress in that
audit Of expenditure which should
be the main duty OF Congress
under a well-developed system.
The Administration ought to
assume full political responsible
ity for the cost Of government.
Congress properly approves or re-
duces estimates, but it shouldn't
undertake to increase them and 1t
should see that the money allowed
is expended carefully and advan-
tageously. It Is the real controlling
body, and the essence Of q budget
system is to free the work Of SUPER
vision and audit from departmental
influence.
There was originally dispute as
to whether the budget bureau
should be placed under the Treas
ury Department OK directly under
the President. The Nice ormick bill
puts it under the Treasury. It
seems to belong there, since it is
merely research and estimate CO.
ordination agency.
By heroic efforts tho last Con-
gress nearly budgetized the coun-
try's expenditures and succeeded in
enforcing wholesome economy. The
creation Of adequate budget ma
chinery will keep these gains
secure.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-05-02
at the creek" But there now, we've
given the whole story away already.

But though The Man-Killers is con-
ventional in form it provides a certain
amount Of entertainment, unless you
are over-sophisticated for the ways Of
Western novels. For the most part
Dane Coolidge does talk we'll, but we
wish he could arrange not to have his
cowboys refer to their enemies as
dirty dastards." We have not been
West for some years, but we believe
this is not the expression. We do not
demand absolute fidelity ON the part
of the author, but we do think that q
somewhat more convincing circumlo-
cution should be invented or the phrase
dropped altogether.
Unfortunately the most glamourous
character mentioned in the book does
not actually appear in person. "He's
dead now, the rascal" says Wahoo Me-
shackatee, in describing him, "but they
called him One-Eyed Text was there
when he got his name. It was over in
New Mexico and be got into a shooting
scrape and the other fellow plugged
him through the eye. Bullet went
plumb through his head and blew out
part of his brains-made him feel
kinder dizzy for q spell. Then he come
to himself and drilled his man dead
center, after which they took him to tbs
doctor. The doctor wouldn't touch him
until they told him it was Tex. and
then he sewed him up. all right. Said
fellow from Texas would never miss
his brains nohow and he'd heal up
and grow hair in week.
"Well, Tex he got we'll, and / will say
for him that there was ono sure
enough brave Texan. He'd take on any
body and give 'em the first two shots
and git of for self-dcfense. He come
on over to Bowie, or / believe it was
Lordsburg, but anyway his reputation
had preceded him. He was known to
be bad, and he shore run It over those
Mexicans. You couldn't kill the scoun-
drel and there warn't no way 70 stop
him, until some Of them Rawhides
chopped his head plumb Of one night
and hid it out in the brush. He starved
to death in about week-hut there
was one brave Texan"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-05-02
Railroad Dividends
Hardship Of Thousands Of Stock
holders Dependent on Investments

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: The reduction Of the dividend
Of the Pennsylvania Railroad from to
4 per cent has naturally produced the
fear that other railroads may follow
"Pennsy's" example.
In commenting on this reduction the
remark was made in Tribune column:
ut was generally expected that the
stockholders would share In the gen.
eral reduction Of earnings" To this
remark may it not be rejoined that
stockholders have all along during the
period Of high cost Of living suffered
sewers cut In their incomes, for the
dollar has been cut down to so cents
In purchasing value while dividends
remained at pre-war per cent?
Employees Of every description de-
manded and secured increases Of sala-
ries to keep their incomes up to the
former level Of buying power. while
those whose living came from their
railroad investments found that their
8 per cent was practically only 8 per
cent, or even less. And even now, when
tho value Of the dollar is slowly in
creasing, how many are resisting, so
far rs they can, the defiation Of their
increased salariesl
At the old dividend rates, if con-
tinued. stockholders are only coming
back gradually toward their just re-
turn on their investments. Your edi-
torial in to-day's Tribune on "The
'Pennsy' Dividend" was, doubtless,
read with much appreciation by many
Of the over $4,000 stockholders, of
whom $1,000 are women. Many Of them,
no doubt, need all possible return from
their investment, made through rigid
economy and self-denial.
It is an erroneous notion which
demagogues and anarchists would fos-
ter-that the ownership Of our rail-
roads Is in the hands Of few rich and
grasping men and that all means, fair
or foul, should be used to wrest from
them as much Of the income Of opera
ton as possible.
Many In their hearts, at least, thank
you for your editorial, which, as is
usual with Tribune editorials, is sound
to the core. STOCKHOLDER.
Metuchen, N. j., April 20. 1921.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-05-02
Gotham Gleanings

Frank Hunter was to Ithaca last
week.
Welt, we'll, here Il Is May al
readyi
Ray. Ives went to the theater
Thurs. eve'g.
Mr.. Allen Schwab Of Chicago is
in Our midst.
Bill Fischer was pleasant call
er ! day last week.
Will Hays of Sullivan, Ind,
Thursdaycd in Gotham.
Miss Elsie G. Finch is betrothed
to Art McKeogh of here and Phila-
delphia.
Eddie Blash6e1d was reelected
Pres. of the Natl Academy of De-
sign Thurs.
Will Beebe the demon ornitholo-
gist is back from S. America and
in town for the summer.
Vince Astor gave party Thurs.
eve'g, dancing and gen'l conversa-
ton being the chief events.
Mrs. Raymond Hitchcock is
Maying in Gotham while her Ct.
Neck house is being fixed up.
Geo. Kelly and Geo. Ruth are
hitting the bali almost hard enough
for their teams to win these days.
Repairs on the Frankfort st. side
OF Mr.. Ralph Pulitzer's bldg. 20
noisily on these lovely spring days.
Hank Suydam of Brooklyn has
been appointed head press ag't for
the State Dept. Send along the
finishes, Henry.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-05-02

To the Editor Of Ths Tribune.
Sir: 7 was interested in Mr.. nv
Kittrick's letter in this morning.
Tribune because too attended LA
coins reception in the Governor
Room in your City Hall in 1851.
There was long line Of men shsso
of me and longer line behind pas.
When within about hundred feet y
the building an officer came down IN
line saying: "Don't offer to shsas
hands with Mr.. Lincoln; his arm "a
given out" This / was sorry to hsss,
for ! wanted that shake. When :
came near an officer inquired ns
name, which was bawlsd out 70 hs'
Lincoln, who immediately bowed . "s
and said "How do you do, sir!" .t
Thres things suppressed me; hM
height, his musical voice and bis vsFy
gracious manner, making me feel
II he. xeally cared to see me.
ELIAS vosSELLEh 4
Pennington, N. j. April Is ltsi- =.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-05-02
The Way Out

= - r-f~NN~sSS Hs>SSS~N WIG 4ALAVA xCSO-
luton By 40 votes to 90, more than a
two-thirds majority. The House Of
Representatives will pass it. The
President will sign it because it rep
resents his views and was offered
with his approval,
The opponents Of the resolution
failed to make q case against it.
There was no case to make. 1t
repeats the declaration Of the ex-
istence of state Of war with
Germany made by Congress on
April s, 1917. Every one knows that
state Of war has ceased to exist,
except as ! legal fiction. We our
selves ended-it by signing the armis-
tice and by resunling commercial
and political relations with Ger
many. The German government has
been busy recently sending direct
communications to our State De-
partment.
The Knox resolution merely
recognizes the fact that hostilities
have ended and that domestic legis-
lation effective for the duration Of
the war status is out of place to-
day and ought TO be allowed to
lapse. A peace treaty with Ger
many remains to be concluded, and
the Knox resolution leaves the Presi-
dent free to negotiate it on what
ever basis he may think best. The
resolution does not give Germany
any advantages which she doesn't
possess now. We reserve all the
rights and privileges to which we
are entitled under the armistice or
under the Treaty of Versailles. We
shall still be in a position to enforce
those rights and claims and may
keep our army in the Rhineland as
an agency Of enforcement.
Most Of the criticism in the Sem
ate boiled down to partisan pro-
test against taking a short cut out
Of the treaty imp0sse resulting from
President Wilson's. refusal to &C
cept the Versailles Treaty with
reservations which would have COM
manded the support Of a. necessary
two-thirds majority. He brought
home q treaty draft which he was
duly warned would fail in the
Senate. He repealed all reasonable
compromises. Rather than let
others Improve the treaty he him
self wrecked it. The long deadlock
in the Senate was his personal work,
and II was he who demanded the
ssgreat and solemn referendum" Of
1920, which showed conclusively
that he had misrepresented Ameri-
can wishes and purposes at Paris.
We have never before ended a
state of war with another nation by
resolution of Congress. The innova-
ton was forced by Mr.. Wilson's
blunders. But ending our war with
Germany this way involves no dan
gers or Inconvenience. The Demo-
Gratis in the Senate ragged at it only
because it. is one means IF escape
from the morass in which our rela-
tions with Germany were left by the
ex-President's leadership. It is q
painful expedient to them because
it recalls their own unwise accept
ance Of the Wilson program Of
irreconcilability and failure.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-05-02
No Further Farley
70 the Editor Of The Tribune.

Sir: Why allow the Germans to
trife further7 Let France show them
the straight path At once. Then see
how quickly they will draw on the hid
den billions sent out Of Germany and
invested In New York, Chicago and
London. They could pay In full the
demand Of the Allies. Call halt on
their gush and propositions. Don't
lose sight Of the hundred thousand
good Americans that paid toll to their
cruelties. A CIVIL WAR VETERAN.
New York, April 70, 1921.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-05-02

It is repeatedly The American Art
News, II you must know--that there is
possibility Of adding an Art port
folio to the Cabinet. Possibly illus
traitors who fail to read the stories
they illuminate will be turned over to
the Attorney General. Or pos
sibly there will be Secretary Of the
Interior Decoration.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-05-02

Frederick O'Brien, so the Century
Company informs Us, lie now an exile
from the South Seas. A certain Cap
tain Joseph Winchester thought that
he recognized himself in White Shad-
ows in the South Seas in a charac-
ter called Lying Bill Pincher. He
brought suit in the courts Of Tahiti for
$4,000 francs and received a verdict
for 10000. Since that time Mystic
Isles Of the South Seas has appeared,
with further stories about Lying Bill,
and o'Brien feels that it will be i'm
possible for him to return to Tahiti
just now, even under the present rate
Of exchange.
Authors, however, have a habit Of
travelling on exceedingly slight provo
cation, as witness the following news
note from Little, Brown & Co.: "Hav-
ing finished the proofreading Of his
new novel, Tho Wasted Generation,
Owen johnson is spending the spring
abroad"
"Book reviewers suggestion
comes from Thomas L. Mason in Well,
Why Not ?--"should not only be segre-
gated but should be kept under constant
observation, be fed upon simple but
nourishins food and be required to pass
an examination, after which they may
be duly provided with book reviewers
license. Tho laws Of book, reviewing
should be agreed upon and become
better known. And reviewers should
be graded and licensed according TO
their standing. In grade A would
come those reviewers who are able to
read book day without fatigue and
to digest it properly. They should be
able to give the essential favor of tho
book without telling so much about It
that the reader will feel that it is not
necessary TO read it. They should also
have themselves under such good con-
troll as to restrain themselves from
writing anything clever about the book
merely for the sake Of being clever
and without regard to the damage done
to the author and publisher"
There are, to be sure, some obiec.
lions to Mr.. Masson's rules for review
ers. To whom, for instance, would the
decision be left as to whether the
critic was telling the truth according
to his lights or merely being clever
Then the stipulation that the reviewer
should give the essential favor Of the
book without telling so much about
it as to discourage the reader might
make difficulties. Sometimes too much
can be told about book in 4 para
graph. Suppose, for instance, we At
tempted TO give something Of the Ma
yor Of The Man-Kilfers (E. p. Dut~
ton), by Dane Coolidge, by some such
simple method as quoting the first two
sentences Of the opening chapter:
"Thcre was hash. beding silence, In
Deadman Canyon, and skirling hawks
flying high against the cliffs, settled
down and watched expectsntiy. A man
was riding up the Maverick Basin trail,
and ahead, like hunting animals, two
men were skulkin9 forth to cut him of
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-05-02
Ruainsaa Efficiency

Self-Ts this the Excello Insurance
Agency?
FONT nasal fensaIe voiee--Yes.,
What are, your rates on burglary in
surance?
Who are you?
You don't know mel am pros
pective patron and should like to find
out your rates.
What is your name?
My name has nothing to do with the
matter. Please put some one on the
wire who can give me rates.
Well, can't do nothing for you I'M
less have your name.
Ny name is Now do you
know me any better than you did be-
fore? (Wsth desperate effort ot bitter
snrcasns.)
(Ummoved) What is your address7
(Resignsd) Ny business address is
Well, what do you want 20 knowf
with some aspsrity) Exactly what
I did two minutes ago-your rates on
burglary insurance.
On how much insurance?
On any amount--1 want your per-
centage rates.
I'd have to know on how much.
Say on $1,000.
Well, you'll have to call up our man
ager; he'll give you all the informa-
ton you want. (Cats off briskly.)
C. p. D..
Whether, II G. P. d. had given more
information in his first sentence (such
as whether he wanted the policy to
cover jewelry; and whether the stuff
was in house, an apartment, or q
store; and where) he might have got
at once what he wanted, we doubt.
But asking for rates isn't specific
enough question.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-05-02

For many years the limerick has
been barred from this column, but its
use as . memory guids--in this in
stance, 1T any rate-we condone. One
Of the nations best known men.
thanks to Mr.. David M. Roth-of
course you remember him-is Mr..
Addison Sims, Of Seattle. II we were
mr.. Roth and met Mr.. Sims, We should
not lean on association-of ideas ~as q
mnemonic beacon. We should ssys
You think, in the terrible battle
OF Wits ana one At the cattle
That's grown to forget you.
Hal Hal Well, I'll bet yen
You're Addison Sims, Of Seattle.
Who has the mandate for last years
straw hat? PA
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-05-02
. SUBSCRIPTION RATEs--Isv mail Including
PUots9A IN THE UNITED STATEA
GUARANTY

~ can purchass merchandise advsrtIssd In THE
9ht6ChE with absolute sA3etr-tcr II dtssat1sfao-
tees = pay yeur money back upon request. Ne rcd
eepes No quIhbiIns. We make GOOD prsmptty n