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New-York tribune., 1921-10-28
The Hee-Haw School
Humor in the Hands of Amateurs
Who Have No Respect for Il


To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: 1t is interesting to note that r.
P. AS assertion that the Hee-Haw
school of humor reached its apoges
in the sos and '90s is disputed by Mr..
Charles Lane, who declares it is
"flourishing now. as never before
The discussion between these TIVE
learned men-the one humorist Of
far higher school, the other evi-
IDENTIFY a close student Of contem-
poraneous thought and its many
counterfeits-lays bare a rich mine Of
speculative study to the philosophic
mind. The truth is that ee-Hawism
has taken humor from the competent
hands of professionals and placed It
in those of amateurs who have no n.
spect for it and think that being funny
is the common lot of all humankind.
In the eyes of the disciples Of this
school every one of the states, con.
ditions, ills and evils to which flesh
is heir can be made to yield its quota
of mirth. 1t is funny to be fat and
funny to be lean; funny to be married
and funny to be single; funny to be
thirsty and funny to be drunk, and
funniest Of all are the afiancsd
couples. Such is the wretched quality
of this school of wit that it finds ads-
quate expression only when aided BY
q poke in the ribs of the sufferer.
Mr.. Lane is right in his contention
that the Hee-Haw school of humoF
still fourishes. JAMES l.. FORD.
Brookhaven, L. T., Oct 26, 1921.
New-York tribune., 1921-10-28
Judge La Fetra's Case

The principle that judges who
have served a full elected term and
have done satisfactory judicial work
should be reelected regardless of
party rs properly neld in esteem by a
large hody of good citizens. Stirring
campaigns to uphold and apply this
principle have been carried on for
many years. Thereby steadily,
shcufh slowly, the tone of the bench
laas neen raised. Even though it is
still lamentably possible for bosses
to make judges, it is more difficult
for bosses to unnlake them.
The supporters of the non-parti-
New-York tribune., 1921-10-28
Is Homemaking No .Tob2
le Editor OF The Tribune.

To the Editor OF The Tribune.
Sir: A group of women met and dis
cussed the attitude of the majority
Of the clerks at the places of registra-
tion. If woman, upon being asked
her occupation, can give an employers
address, her word is quietly accepten'
If, however, she is retired, or married.
or has given back to the soldier MS
position, the clerk shouts out, mo
business" and records it as such.
If a man gives his profession, task or
job, it is at once accepted.
l know from personal experience
Being married, I said last year, "A
homemaker." That's no job" was the
answer l received. l said Very we'll
then, | shall not vote at the primaries
This year l named the profession f0i
which I was trained at college ana
which during the war earned enough
for large bonds. Again. the cisfI
called out, mo businessw
Many women resent being called io'e'
Are not the educated women wanted -
the polls? Although they voted ias'
year, their own parties do not notis
them of the election. The men, I"
every case, are informed of the "piaes
of registration"
My idea is for the editors to encpuf-
age homemaking women being treaseo
in such a manner that they are u"
more idlers than the working girl ana
the retired business man.
Brooklyn, Oct. 26, 1921. M. S. C.h
New-York tribune., 1921-10-28
Farming in Macdougal Street

How to join the back-to-the-farm
movement and still live in New
York is problem that is being
solved on the outskirts of Greenwich
Village, as we'll as in several blocks
on the old Beelzman farm.
Though Little Italy rattles by on
roller skates and the voice of the
truck is raucous, there are all the
comforts of country life in the Ar
cadian backyard, with the exception
of the proverbial pigs and chickens.
Green lawns, big trees, gardens,
shrubs and even an incipient coun-
try club can be enjoyed by going
out the back door. In fact, SO gen
eral are sporting activities that it is
necessary to insert into the leases
that tenants must pay for their
own broken windows" And there
are warm family disputes as to
whether tennis courts should usurp
the place of existent croquet
grounds. Restrained golfers may be
seen on Saturday afternoons practic-
ing swings. Fox terriers, Belgian
police dogs and just plain pups keep
the city toms out of this metropoli-
tan countryside, and ten-year-old
"Deadwood Dick" polices the place
in the day time, Staying obnoxious
small boys who refuse to play
pirate.
What matter that the grounds are
New-York tribune., 1921-10-28
Forcing Unemployment on
W0xnen

The United States is not alone in
it's apparent inability to do justice to
the war veteran except by the doubt
full system Of throwing out of the
public service others, usually women.
In Great Britain the plan of immedi-
ately replacing married women in
government service by ex-soldiers
and gradually eliminating women
employees generally in their favor is
advocated. In Italy groups of ex-
soldiers, many of them entirely un-
trained for the posts they coveted,
have invaded municipal Offices, evict-
ed women clerks and taken over
their jobs. Bureau chiefs said that
the women performed the work
moro satisfactorily than the men
had, but out they went.
In this country the proposal is
made that married women be dis
charged at once from the civil serv-
ice. In Middle Western city, recent
ly, all the women municipal en-
ployees, married and single, were
dismissed, their places to be filled by
unemployed mea generally. The fal-
lacy persists that women have no
financial responsibility in life or that
they break some divine ordinance
when they refuse to be parasitic. No
exception is made in favor of women
who are family supporters, and the
delusions continue to prevail that a
job is favor and that there is gen.
eral advantage in ousting those able
to do the most for the wages they
get.
There can be no doubt that the
problem Of the returned soldier has
been mishandled to a distressing ex-
tent, but to attempt to cure it, or to
solve the unemployment problem
generally, by creating another set of
unemployed is absurd; and to ask
married women to step out of jobs
for which they are qualified, to make
way for unemployed men who may
not be, is just as intelligent as it
would be to ask carpenters to quit so
that their places may be given to
machinists Nobody suggests this,
because the right of men to work,
from clerk to multimillionaire, is
admitted by everybody; indeed, the
less necessity there is fog man to
work the more he is acclaimed for
doing so. Women, it should hardly
be necessary to say, are joint heirs
of this labor right, and it can't be
taken away without injuring all
through lessening production.
The industrial depression is not
because women are crowdtng men
out of Jobs, or because men are
crowding one another out, nor is it
due chiefly to the war. 1t is because
of semi-insane interferences with
production and distribution. The
world, under the specious leadership
of poisonin6 theorists, assumed that
New-York tribune., 1921-10-28
An Experienced Premier
(Frorn The Kansas Cttv Timssl

(Frorn The Kansas Ctfv TsnssS
Mr.. Lloyd George has settled 'A'
controversy between the Disciples es'
Baptist denominations, both OF "hisA
claimed him as a member. They SUD
mitted the question to him to sens
and the Premier replied that whiis ~
was a member of the Disciples chu.''
he attended the Baptist chapel. ~"
you know how it happens that ms'
Lloyd George is Premier Of cosi's''
government.
New-York tribune., 1921-10-28

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: Apparently the revenue bill will
soon be returned by the Senate to the
House and, thanks to the activities of
the agricultural bloc, it will be very
much worse bill when it goes back than
when it was received by the Senate.
For many years the farmers of this
country suffered from legislation in ia
vor of the men who owned and the men
who worked In factories. Now a turn
in politics has given the representa-
tives of the agricultural states the bal
ance Of power and they are trying tn
get square.
''7ax-Eating States''
Readers of that interesting daily
"The Congressional Record" have real
lied that the Senators who are con-
tending for the higher income taxes are
not doing so because they believe that
the income tax is one which is just
and fair or that the higher super
taxes will bring more money into the
Treasury, but they see very clearly
that this high rate of taxation pro-
'vides a market for their tax-free Sc
curities and, in spite of the fact that
every one in the United States ought
to be economizing on all unnecessary
expenditures, the states Of the South
and the West are pushing their COM
paigns for good roads, for irriga-
tion projects and for countless schemes
which will work for their benefit, and
they are able to secure from the Fed
eral government subsidies because,
forsooth, the government is able to coll
lect from the great manufacturing
states large sums of money, of which
the ax-eating states demand share.
In the last appropriation for good
roads the Republican Senators at
tempted to base the legislation upon
principle-namely, the right and duty
Of the Federal government to build in
terstate roads-but the tax-eating states
frankly declared they would have none
Of this. They wanted the money to
spend as they pleased, and they got it.
They could see TO reason why Federal
money should not be used for building
a. road from every farmers door to
his county seat, entirely irrespective
of whether it was part Of route run
ming from one state to another.
The socialistic poison which is at
the bottom of the super-tax idea is
spreading through our body polite. If
it is fair to take from the rich man his
surplus income in order to pay ex-
penses Of government for the poor man
it is equally fair to take from the rich
state for the benefit Of the poor state.
If it is a sound argument that because
one man has more means than an
other you may force that man to pay
the governmental expenses for the
benefit of the other why is it not
equally fair to contend that if a man
Is rich he should be compelled to pay
for the other expenses of the poor
man?
That, OF course, is the argument of
the Socialists and Bolshevists. The
trouble Is that when man insists that
pay for his dinner and do it and he
finds number OF people that will do
1t for him he becomes q hobo and a
pauper, bad citizen and a useless
creature. Now you can turn states
into paupers just as we'll as you can
individuals, and the states that are in
New-York tribune., 1921-10-28
Brands Victory

M. Brands victory in the Cham
ber of Deputies will enable him to
fulfill his ardent wish to como to
America. With the exception Of
Lloyd George he will be the only
Premier to sit in the Washington
conference, and next to his British
colleague he will probably be the
most interesting international figure
there.
The fight made to prevent BRAND
from attending the conference
turned on personal feuds in French
politics. rather than on any sub
stantial differences over French for
eign policy. Clemenceau's return
and his recent speech at the un-
yelling of his own monument started
Andre Tardieu and the other fol-
lowers Of the Tiger on the business
of evening scores with the BRAND
Ministry. Tardieu is the prophet
of the Versailles Treaty, which, he
insists, contrary to general French
opinion, gave France ample Sc
curity. He criticizes Millerand,
Leygues and BRAND for compro-
missing away many of Frances
guarantees. BRAND, on the other
hand, says that the Clemenceau
treaty was defective and unexccut-
able, and that all the concessions
made to Great Britain and Germany
were necessary in order to maintain
the concert among the Allied powers,
which is the sole hope of per-
manent peace settlement.
Ex-President Poincare now stands
apart from both camps. He has
condemned what he considers
Brands surrenders. But he also
condemns the Clemenceau diplo-
macy and recently published CORE
spondence to show that he, as Presi-
dent, warned Clemenceau in 1919
that the left bank of the Rhine
guarantees, which the latter and
Tardieu were accepting, were un-
satisfactory.
The Tardieu-P -Poincar6 attack on
BRAND raised the question Of re-
sponsibility for a bad bargain and
the wisdom Of the efforts made since
to repair that bad bargain. But
BRAND was left in q favorable
strategical position. He could ask
his opponents what they had to sug-
gest in lieu of his adherence to
policy of continued understanding
with Great Britain, and whether
they wanted to declare policy Of
independent action in Europe on the
eve Of the Washington conference.
The Chamber Of Deputies wasn't
prepared to do anything Of that
sort. France hopes to see the old
Allied concert strengthened at
Washington. Brands policy is her
natural policy, whatever regrets
there may be for past blunders.
BRAND got his vote Of confidence
because the ideas which he stands
for are still the ideas to which the
common sense Of the French peo-
pie clings.
New-York tribune., 1921-10-28
Know South America -
To the Editor of The Tribune

TO the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: Your correspondent John P.
Gray is 100 per cent correct in his
letter know South America" go a
little further! We Americans send
letters, price lists, etc, out to South
America and in most cases minus
enough postage. We don't live up to
sample. We print our catalogues, ETC..
in English instead of Spanish. We try to
close deal in short order, when time
alone gains the object. We boast too
much, and last, but not least, fail to
give long-winded credit. How about it
Mr.. Keith? L. G. COOPER
Scranton. Pa, Oct. 2s. 1921.
New-York tribune., 1921-10-28

there was royal shortcut road trav-
cling which mankind could escape
disagreeable features Of hard work.
AS millions listened 80 millions are
paying the penalty. Why visit the
consequence Of bad psychology on
women?
New-York tribune., 1921-10-28

vsu ear purchase merchandise ADVERTISED 'n IHE
TRIBUNE With absciRts safety--for u dlssatlssac-
tiea results In any case rKE TRIBUNE suarsn.
tses 10 pay your roney hack upon request No rec
taps. No auihhlnv. We make good promptly "
the advertiser does not.
New-York tribune., 1921-10-28
MgMnrR OF TIE AssoclArvp PRESS

The Associated Press Is exclusively entitled TO
the use FOR republication Of all news dispatches
credited to 1t not otherwise credited IN this
paper and also the local OF spontaneous
srigin published herein.
Xii rishts OF republication Of all other matter
herein also reserved.
New-York tribune., 1921-10-28
MRS. DUFFY THE CHARwoMAN

o Blessed Mary!
And why did I come
From the green hills of Kerry
To live in a slum?
The green hills Of Kerry
And Kerry's blue skies;
Sure wherever ye'd look
1t would pleasure your eyes.
No hills nor no green
Now my eyes ever meet;
'Tis gray roofs overhead
And black mud in the street,
My own Kerry cottage
Had two rooms, no more;
I've three rooms now-Och.
But they're on the fifth floor!
Lapping Of waters
No more do I hear:
'Tis the rumble of trucks
Is all day in my earl
In Kerry the neighbors
We're good Christian souls;
Here my neighbors are Portygees,
Russians, and Poles.
Rossi the Ginney
And Cohen the Jew
Sure their jabber is worse
Than the apes at the zoo!
At home ye'd see fairies
And green fairy rings;
In the tenement district
There do be no such things.
O Blessed Mary!
And why did l come
From the green hills Of Kerry
To die in slum?
X. LIvERMORE.
1t may cheer contribs to believe tha
have their unprinte,
,blations.
New-York tribune., 1921-10-28

BY the way, they might make him
Marquis of Canaan.
New-York tribune., 1921-10-28
The Subway Takers

The Subway Takers
"What v reading"
"Corneille's lie Cid"
"Charlie Chaplin was swell in that,
wasn't he?"
New-York tribune., 1921-10-28

1t may cheer contribs to believe that
mail-robbers have their imprinted
oblations.
Evening journal., 1921-06-16
i. S., JAPAN
ARE NEARER
AGREEMENT
ON PROBLEMS
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has not been taken up definitely be-
tween Hughes and Shidehara accord
ing TO authoritative information.
Neither have the Far East ques-
tions in which this country has an
interest, such as a japanese occu-
pancy of Siberia and the japanese
promise TO return Shantung to China
been discussed directly.
1t was stated authoritatively to-
day that while this government real
izes that the question Of Japan's
mandate over zap is open for con-
sideration by all the principal Allied
and Associated powers, it is believ-
ed that If a practical agreement can
be reached between Hughes and
Shidehara this will lead TO a final
settlement of this problem, satisfac-
torily. Japan is known TO be prepar-
ed to offer concessions TO the United
STATES on the zap question. It is
believed that Japan may agree 20
give up the former German cables
through zap from Guam and TO
Menado and also give free access to
the island for cable purposes. pro-
vded that Japan be allowed to re-
tain the mandate over Yap.
Evening journal., 1921-06-16
.DR. MELMOYLE
TOGO TOBALTO.
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an fellowship OF the Presbytery OF

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tian fellowship Of the Presbytery OF
Baltimore.
No call. it is thought, has been re-
ceived by DE- McElmoyle TO a pas
torate in Baltimore. but it is UNDER
stood that he prefers TO make Balti-
more his.home. because he has rela-
tives living In the city.
The controversy regarding DR.. Nc
Elmoyle Is one Of long standing, and
arose out Of the many marriages
performed by him. The elders of the
Elkton church asked Dr. McElmoyle
TO resign in April, 1918. The con-
gregation retained him by vote. The
matter was taken TO the Presbytery
Of New Castle. which decided in an
ecclesiastical court 70 dissolve the
pastoral relations.
An appeal was made before the
Synod of Baltimore. which decided
in favor Of Dr. McElmoyle. and ther
the Presbytery OF New Castle ap.
pealed to the General Assembly OF
the Presbyterian Church. which de.
cided in favor OF the New Castle
Presbytery. Following this action
the New Castle Presbytery, by re
quest Of DR.. McElmoyle. gave hin
letter Of dismissal TO the Baltimor,
Presbytery.
Evening journal., 1921-06-16
RECEIVERS HER
STOLEN jewels
fcontlnuad from a. naeel

wedding ring. Another was her en-
gagement ring. set with a beautiful
solitaire diamond. The third was
set with a cluster Of four diamonds
All three were valued at s2.765.
BY a queer strike OF fate. Mrs.
Clena Ramsey Hehinger was arrest
ed on a charge OF theft OF the rings
on Tuesday OF this week. a few
hours before Judge Wells I'm Hust-
ings court ordered amulment Of her
marriage TO Charles Hehinger. Gin
cinuau travelling man, which was
performed in Baltimore, July 10,
1920. Just eighteen days after he had
divorced a previous wife In Norfolk
The marriage was held TO be In vio-
[ lation OF Virginia law making
remarriage invalid until after th'
lapse of six months from the dat
Of the divorce decree. All three o
Mrs. Traynor's rings were recovere,
form Mrs Heflinger. the police say
her case being set for June H. sh,
had been living al the same hotel "a
the TraynorA
Evening journal., 1921-06-16
.FIREMEN BUMP
TROLLEY ON RUN
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iconDnueu from ufal paEel
Shoub. 14OO Rodney street. about
o'clock yesterday afternoon was ex-
tinguished by the district companies
which responded to an alarm struck
from Box 241 at the police station.
A lealSy carburetor Of the Chal-
mers automobile OF Harvey White
man caused a slight blaze and set
fire to the woodwork OF the machine.
The machine was in the work shop
being repaired, Damage to the ma
chine was slight There was no dam
age TO the garage.
The Independence Company at
$50 last night. responded. to a still
alarm and extinguished a slight fire
In the planking OF the Eleventh street
bridge. 1t was caused by some one
throwing a lighted cigar which lodg-
cd between the dry timbers OF the
bridge.
Fire in a pile OF rubbish in the
var dof c. X. Nicholson. 1908 West
! Thirteenth street. was extinguished
+ by the district fire companies at
l1.3O o'clock last night. An alarm
was struck from Box 45 at Van Bu-
ren street and Delaware avenue. The
damage was slight.
Evening journal., 1921-06-16
7. B. CARTMELL,
MERCHANT 81
YEARS, DEAD
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seven years he had been engaged in
business at Sixth and Madison streets.
For thirty-one years he conducted a
wholesale and retail drug business
at the same address.
Mr.. Cartmell was born in Brandy
wine Hundred, the son OF George T.
Cartmell. His mother was Mrs.
Rachel Bird Cartmell. After attend
ing the district school. he took up his
studies at the Reynolds Academy
here, and after finishing entered the
employ Of +. T. Diworth, a drug
gist at Second and Madison streets
where he learned the business.
At the opening Of the street mar
kets IN Madison street. Mr.. Cartmel
formed a partnership with Mr.. Dil.
worth. and on March %. 1854. they
opened a drug store at Sixth ant
Madison streets. Three years later
Mr.. Cartmell purchased the buildings
and interest Of Mr.. Dilworth.
The business grew as the street
market developed, and in 1890 the
building was enlarged and a paint
and glass department added. In
1915. Mr.. Cartmell discontinued the
drug business and the T. r. Cartmel
Paint and Glass Company was or.
| ganized. he becoming the president
Mr. Cartmell was a member Of La
/ fayette Lodge, A +. and A. NJ, st
Johns Commandery, and a trustee
OF st. Pauls NJ. +. Church. He Il
survived by his wife and son, Edwin
and one sister. Mrs. Wilson Talley
| of Brandywine Hundred.
The funeral will take place OF
Saturday afternoon, with services il
ST. Paul's NJ. f. Church. Intermen
viii be in Sloan Cemetery.
Evening journal., 1921-06-16
MARKET GETS
GOOD START.
Favorable Developments
Over Night Help Stocks
Go Upward

NEW YORK, June 1s (Uuited
Press s)-Buyers were confident at
the opening OF the New York Stock
Exchange today. Favorable devei-
opments overnight included declara-
ton Of the regular dividend OF the
Northern Pacific and the lowering
OF the Federal reserve discount rate
locally.
Northern Pacific was up Y at 6s.
At that price the stock was nearly
7 points above the weeks low.
Studchaker was the real market
leader. opening at n, up *.
Mexican Petroleum was up nearly
3 points at III and held up well
during early trading. Pan Ameri-
can b.. at 46 was up y and the A..
stock got above 90. American Wool
en- ex-dividend was up A az 73h.
Most Of the rails we're up a point
OF or better from Wednesdays
close.
American Sugar went TO new
low at &C n. when the sugar group
was subjected to another attack.
Another soft spot was American Su-
matra which made new low FOR
the year below 90. international
Paper reached a point and Crucible
Steel fell points The directors OF
the latter meet today ror action on
| common stock dividends.
Studehaker opened up ~ at II;
u. S. Rubber 5Sh. up a.; Mexican
Petroleum 1T. up 3 Texas Com
pany 34h. up y; Baldwin 73A
up 1; Bethlehem B.. 5Oh, up y
Retail Stores 55. up 4 Crucible So
up u Northern Pacific 6s, mp q
Asphalt sc. up *: Southern Pa
cihc 73h, up q; Reading 6SA. NJ
IS; U. S. Steel 75A. up q; Amer
lean Sugar 6Sh. up *; Pan-Amer
lean so, up 2ia Cuba Cane up y
Atlantic Gulf 23. up a.
Evening journal., 1921-06-16
$4,000 IN BACK
TAXES STILLDUE
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salaries Of the county teachers. II
was held that the teachers having
signed contracts with the board. held
prior claim to the money due them
over all other creditors. These
salaries will not be paid OF in full,
and whatever cash remains and what
is collected in from taxes viii be
devoted to settling up the accounts
Of other claimants.
Emphasis was laid today by the
county comptroller on the fact that
the back taxes due for school pur-
poses are as collectable as those for
roads or any other purpose. An
idea has spread that after July /,
when the new law becomes effective
the school levy will no longer be
valid This is entirely erroneous
/ IL was declared today, and the Levy
Court has full power TO prosecute IT
event the outstanding back taxes fol
schools remain unpaid.