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New-York tribune., 1921-04-12
The Last Wet Hope
To the Editor of The Tribune.

10 the Editor OF The Tribune
Sir: AS one who took a small and
unsuccessful part in the fight against
the Eighteenth Amendment / have
been interested in the large amount Of
space given by the newspapers in all
sections of the country to various
schemes for repeating that measure,
amending the Volstead law, and other
wise mitigating the existing more
or less dry condition. host of
liberty leagues, associations against
prohibition, etc, are springing up in
various directions, and thousands of
men and women who would not take
the trouble to write q letter to their
national or state legislators when the
dry amendment was pending are run
ming around in circles shouting wild
ly that something must be done, and
that they are going to do it.
l do not wish to discourage these
guileless people, whose belated dis
covery that the whole prohibition
scheme is a gigantic fraud and failure
shows how little the average citizen
knows of what is going on in public
affairs.
l wish, however, to point out that
there is not the slightest chance for
repeating the Eighteenth Amendment,
and not one chance in hundred of
iberalizing the Volstead law. That
act has been sustained by the Supreme
Court of the United States in an opin-
ion that avoided passing upon the
most important constitutional ques-
New-York tribune., 1921-04-12
This Foozling World

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: In your editorial on "Mr H. G.
ellis and the Cherry" the last SEN
~ence is to me a non sequitur. "Clear-
w. you submit "the pathos Of Mr.
Wells far surpasses his impudence"
Mr.. Wells apparently believes that if
The best minds in the world o-day
were to collaborate and devise a pro-
gram of action and submit it to the
civilized world we might be able to
evolve a civilization that would be
freed FROM the handicaps and plaques
which afflict this present order-this
present order being characterized by
nothing but disorder.
Why is such a proposal inpudent? :?
1t is the supine attitude that seems to
me pathetic-yes, and pernicious. "The
world is going to pot" say the supi-
ners; "Quite so; but there's nothing
to be done about it; it goes to pot
once every SO often"
And "any practical worker in poll
tics Will sigh with despair at such
innocence, you say. Well, if we have
to depend on practical workers in
politics to get the world on its feet,
We'll all be supinc. But why not
tighten your belt and put up a show
of fight first? While there are con-
structive minds in the world, people
with vision, why not encourage them
to evolve a plan? It's nonsense that
the world must go on foozling for
ever and ever. PAUL DAVIS.
New York, April Q. 1921.
New-York tribune., 1921-04-12
Party Self-Rule

AS far back as 1883, nearly
thirty years before Governor
Hughes made his campaign for a
direct primary, The Tribune took
an active part in bringing about the
reorganization of the Republican
party by making it more easy for
its rank and file to control it.
Discussing what should be done
to lessen machine rule, Whitelaw
Reid, then editor Of The Tribune,
wrote to Edward Mitchell, who
headed the reorganizing committee,
as follows:
"The way to do this, in my judg-
ment, is to give the Republicans
the right of fgovcrnmcnt. That
they do not enjoy it here is the rea-
son for the general discomfort now
officially recognized by the appoint
mcnt of your committee.
"The ideal organization would be
one in which every Republican voter
would cast his ballot for the selec-
tion of candidates for local Offices
and of delegates to The state con-
vention; and the voice Of the ma
jority of the party thus fairly as
certained should make the ticket"
Will party self-rule be increased
or diminished by the changes it is
to make in the direct pri-
mary law? Will it be easier or more
difficult for the bosses to boss?
What do the professional politicians
IN their candid moments think and
say as to this?
And don't they know that funda-
mental reform, struggled for dur
nig thirty years, is not to be
throttled?
New-York tribune., 1921-04-12

1t is a practice of authors, we
understand, to clip from the daily
news bits of real life, convincing
situations, character sketches, even
dialogue, for later amplification or
condensation in short stories,
novels, plays, poems, motion picture
scenarios. This use of fact in
romance is a method in which
Shakespeare emulated Homer. SO
much for its legitimacy.
A we'll ordered and diligent
literary shop finds its scrapboolz
grows these newsy mornings. The
old writer's never had such richness
of material. The business of read
ing, marking, clipping, cataloguing
and filing away the many striking
fragments Of life that choke the
columns Of daily paper starts the
diligent authors day pleasantly.
Take late copy Of The Tribune.
With an authors shears and pencil
beside us, we begin on the front
page:
CHARACTER, Meek.-suicide leaves
note apologizing for trouble he
causes men who handle my body"
PRISON (cross-n ndexed GRAF
leader spurns prison hasl gets eggs.
MTTpDTI
VENICE. Woman) ).-Confessed &C
complice OF murderer of rich
sportsman tells Of being hired by
wronged woman whose identity he
later learned from her PHOTOGRAPH in
newspaper
ROBBERY (cross -indexed HOAX
Diamond.-Girl confesscs rehearsals
of jewelers. staff to fake diamond
robbery to get 100000 insurance
At the bottom of column (still
page one) we come to the gem of
them all, in our estimation:
VALUABLE (cross-indexed RA-
DIUM; CT. Aladdin's Lamp, Danger
ous.-Golden capsule containing
$4,000 worth of radium. lost bv
hospital attendant, is deadly menace
to finder who keeps it.
In that capsule we have the germ
of great melodrama. Rather than
let it settle down to diabolical
career in an innocent family, we
prefer to have it stolen by band
of international thieves. At once
a fierce chase begins, leading into
Mexico, Siam, Senegal and the
bleak end Of Maine promontorv.
The band of thieves dwindles. One
by one its members are attacked bv
the unsuspected malignity of ra-
dium's rays and suffer an ugly can
cerous death. Perhaps the sur
vivors fight over the disposition of
the capsule and destroy each other.
Or they decide, in terror, to leave
che capsule to their pursuers, and
the hero bandits laugh scornfully
as their enemies sicken and die.
Why bother with strainine the i'm
agination as long as newspapers are
not too proud to publish what hap
pens?
New-York tribune., 1921-04-12

tions involved. If the folks who want
to "do s,mething" about prohibition
are wise they will organize for fur
ther legal contests that will compel the
Supreme Court to pass squarely upon
the one great fundamental issue of
shether human rights and liberties
guaranteed by tho Constitution can be
taken away by an amendment that did
not specifically repeal the guarantees
of that instrument.
WHIDDEN GRAHAM.
New York, April 8, 1921
New-York tribune., 1921-04-12

There were brilliant clusters Of
leaders in the famous houses Of
the '70s, sos and zoos. Now there
is an uninspiring uniformity. The
House is more Of an organized
workshop and less of public
forum. 1t can hardly regain it's
lost prestige unless it corrects this
drift.
New-York tribune., 1921-04-12
No Revival Needed

From The Louisville Cossrter-IoaruaI)
W. F. Shipley, of the faculty of Wssh
ington University, predicts a great re
vival of the classics. Revival? The
Kentucky Derby always has grown
steadily in attendance and in value 10
the winner.
New-York tribune., 1921-04-12
The Diary of Our Own Samuel Pepv.

April Up, and to get my petrol
Wagon, newly painted, and so with
my wife and Marion for q ride to Ny
ack, and had luncheon there, and met
Cory Kilvert the artist whom had
not seen in long time, and he tells
me he lives in Nyack. So to Engle-
wood, but the court too wet to play,
so home, and A. Samuels come for din
nor and ate near two Holsters. To J..
Tooheys, and played at stud poker,
and acquitted myself calamitously,
and so home to bed, at near in the
morning.
10-Lay late, and to the courts with
S. Spaeth, and beat him two setts
and he me two, and so home to dinner,
he and Kate and Marion there too.
and he and l played upon the marim-
ba, he with surprising skill, and play
ing the bass, which I am unable to do
at all
11-Early to the office, and my wife
come IN and had Izzy Kaplan take her
photograph for her passport; and she
to luncheon with me, but I cast dice
with J. Wise, and he paycd for all.
At my scrivening all day, and then to
the dinner Of the Authors League.
Kussewitzky, who died of starvation
In Russia and later was murdered by
the Bolsheviki, conducted several con-
certs recently in London with great
SucceSS-POst0O Herald
What do you mako Of this, Com
missioner?
New-York tribune., 1921-04-12
The Coming 7'ower

Ballade of Literary Appeal
Buy a book a tocek."~-Publishers'
prayer
Hear tho publisher his cry,
Hear his wistful wall:
"Buy book week" Oh, buy
Story, poem, tale.
Lest you mentally grow stale,
Obsolete, antique,
Hit the Literary Trail,
Buy a book a week.
Mysteries that mystify;
Robberies of the mail;
Books by Edgar Wilson Nye;
Books by Zona Gale;
Books by William Bayard Hale;
Books by Harvey Peake;
Books by Billy Phelps of Yale;
Buy book week
Buy The Story of a Spy;
Buy The Purple Veil;
Buy Sir Thomas Mallory;
Buy The Holy Grail;
Buy TheNcritus, nor fail
To read him in the Greek.
Though your bank account be
frail,
Buy book a week.
L'ENVOL
Queen, I crave a little kale,
Royalties seek;
All my volumes are on sale
Buy book week.
There is no assaling the relentless
logic of DR.. Maurice Francis Egan.
"These memoirs" he writes in The
Times, "end with Count Whites death
in 1912, therefore they do not concern
themselves with events that took place
after that date"
New-York tribune., 1921-04-12
Tennis Hymns of Hate

A man I hate
Is Henry Ladd;
At double faults
He cries: Two bad!"
But even more
/ loaths young Eddie,
Who, when he serves,
Shouts: ''&-ce you ready?"
PUFF.
New-York tribune., 1921-04-12

Just because we saw two women.
che married sixteen years and the
otnef twenty seven, at hardress-
er's yesterday is enough reason for us
to have wasted three hours trving to
write song about permanent wives
getting permanent waves.
New-York tribune., 1921-04-12

The stage ge-pictorial tennis season has
opened, too. The Theater World prints
picture of Miss Viola Dana holdjne
the conventional racquet and wearing
the conventional high heeled shoes.
New-York tribune., 1921-04-12

[From The Greenwich News and Graphicl
The Country Club held ts formal opening
Of the season last Saturday. During the day
many of the members playing golf
over the 19-hole course. which has never
been in such excellent condition.
New-York tribune., 1921-04-12

lence there will be time and proper
occasion for the consideration of
nardons.
New-York tribune., 1921-04-12

veu cas- rarchsse merehsndise advertised In 1As
rFtSpNE ~fh absolute satets--for " dtssatisfac-
toe results In anv case TNE TRIBUNE euaran-
tees TO pay money back unon request No rcd
tape. No auibhline. We make sood promptly II
iha ndNsrttssr docs not.
New-York tribune., 1921-04-12

Harding Expected to Call for New Deal!
For q great many years, telephones
G. S. K, they've been playing with
deuces wild.
New-York tribune., 1921-04-12

MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
TIE Associated Press IS exclusively entitled to
the for republication OF all dispatches
credited 70 /. or not otherwise cr~iNcd in this
PAPER. sr' ESQ The local OF spontaneous
origin published herein
A. ri5h,s Of republication Of AL other matte
herein also reserved
New-York tribune., 1921-04-12
Maybe Eddie Cicotte Found the Phrase
Under His Pillow

Sir: Noble as was the thought of
the ball player who did it for the wife
and the kids, the expression did not
originate with him. When Emperor
Francis II offered to Schiller "a patent
of nobility it was accepted, or so the
poet phrascd it, "for the sake of the
wife and Children" R. r. W
Glorious is the dramatic contor-
ton achieved by Mrs. Patrick Camp
bell, who, according to the treasured
Times, "prefaces the film showing in
an epilogue written by Louis n
Parker"
New-York tribune., 1921-04-12

Who Is it knocks this stormy night?
Eddie Parks, the Boy Detective.
New-York tribune., 1921-04-12

Owned by New York Tribune Inc. New York
Corporation Published daily ogden Ue.d Prc~'
dent. G. Vernon Rogers Vice President Helen
Rogers Raid. Secretary Il Nay@rd. Treasurer.
Address. Trsb,ine Ba'ldlne l5s Nassau Street. Nov
lcSk. Telephone ReeKnsn 5000.
New-York tribune., 1921-04-12
Dulcinea on Colds

Dulcy was in to-day. "Todaled
over to find out how that cold is treat
ing YOU" she explained. "Lots bet
ter, isn't it? Or, to be perfectly cor
rect, you're lots better and the cold
is worse l hope yours feeding it
feed a cold and starve fever, you
know. Are you doing a foolishness
and taking everything that every one
recommends? never do. I just lis
ten and then follow my own sweet wi |.
don't believe there is any cure for
colds, anyway. All one can do is en-
dure them. Well, I'm running on.
Don't be caught by another cold, will
you ?' FEM
New-York tribune., 1921-04-12

If you must stay awake these moon
lit, as we 60 to press, nights, there is
than asking yourself literary questions
and answering them. Such as:
Watchman what of the night?
Well, what of it?
New-York tribune., 1921-04-12
suARAN tn

Entered at the postofice al New York as Second
Class Mall Matter
New-York tribune., 1921-04-12

And did you once sec Shelley plain3
No.
New-York tribune., 1921-04-12

Queen, I crave a little kale,
Royalties | seek;
All my volumes are on sale
Buy book week.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1921-05-06
FAMOUS OLD CHURCH GONE
Flames That Consumed Historic WASH
ington Edifice Also Destroyed
Relics That Were Priceless.

st. Paul's parish church, in Rock
Greek cemetery, the Oldest church in
Washington and one of the oldest In
the United States, was recently de-
stroyed by fire. The interior of the
building, valuable memorial windows,
old relics and paintings were burned,
and the four walls of the structure,
erected in 1776, were all that was left
Of the historic edifice.
Among the historic relics destroyed
by the fire was large folio Bible,
which was contained in a glass case
near the chancel The Bible was
bought in 1927, was used for many
years and was paid for by the con
gregation with tobacco With the
Bible, also destroyed, were two large
folio common prayer books, the price
for which, according to records at
the church, was a quantity Of to-
bacco which was to bring not less
than I'D per pound"
The first Easter service to be held
In the present territory Of the Dis
trict of Columbia took place at old
st. Paul's church, Rock Greek, in 1871.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1921-05-06
AND IT WAS THE SAME MULE
Friends Tell Good Story on Lawyer
Who Has Risen to High
Position In State

Col. w. II. Holmes, state superin
tendent of game for the department OF
conservation, was admitted to the bar
on reaching his majority. His first
case was to prove that a certain mule
belonged to certain negro. He won
the case.
Subsequently in another mule case
he proved the animal belonged to an
other negro. Then he was elected dis
trict attorney, and the first case he
had to prosecute was one concerning .
mule. The mule had been stolen and
was over the line In Mississippi. He
was going 10 abandon the case, when
one of his former clients approached
him and said:
"Cunnel, eff l was you all, I'd 20
after dat mule. OATS de mule been
surpohtln' you evar since you was q
lawyer"
And In all three cases it was the
same mule.-New Orleans Tlmes-Plca.
yune.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1921-05-06

While drilling test well for oil
on the Turkey Track ranch near
Spearman, Tex, w. Scott Haywood
and associates discovered deposit
of salt which is Ill feet thick. This
salt strata was encountered at a
depth of 700 feet, and what is said
to be the most remarkable thing about
1t is that no water was encountered.
Neither has there been any water
found anywhere else in the well,
which is now at depth of more
than 200 feet. The fact that there
is no water above the salt bed makes
the mining of the product an easy
matter, it is said.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1921-05-06

II used to think all the Tanlac tes-
timonlals were exaggerated, but l
have felt thankful a thousand times l
ever believed In 1t strong enough to
give the medicine trial. said I. J.
Parker. well-knewn salc.nan FOR
Gately's Clothing Store, residing at
4246 Juneau St, Seattle, Wash.
Several years ago l commenced
having SSsslc spells Of sickness and
few months aee hadLail ATTACH that
| thought would finish me. When |
did finally get up, l was scarcely able
to 90. had no appetite and what lit
tie l forced myself TO eat caused so
much gas on my stomach l could hard
~ get my breath.
AT night | was often so bloated /
couldn't breathe while lying down and
just had to sit up and struggle for
air. AT times ] had cramps so bad /
could nHruiy endure II.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1921-05-06

Whoever heard of an electric doll
The idea has been patented by David
zaiden, of East Orange. N. j., and
with the help of an armature in the
head of the doll and a little battery
to energize it, he gives to the mani.
kin lifelike movements of the arms
The arms are connected by a spiral
spring; which passes through tube
that is hung on a rod carried by the
armature of an electric magnet. When
the electric magnet is energized the
arms are agitated with movements
Stimulating life, the effect being in.
creased by the resillency of the spring.
Philadelphia Ledger.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1921-05-06
]. II. y! :::i;.i:::s:ssence Of Disease
e
rter &c
]: }: : Isn't Health; You
Need Vitality, Energy

You may have no particular dis
ease, and yet fall far short Of en-
ioying real health. To be actually
healthy you must be sturdy, alert,
vigorous, a-sparkle with enthus-
iasm and the joy of living-fairly
bubbling over with vitality and
energy. Are you thus?
If you are well, yet listless and
unambitious, it is because you lack
some quality that would fill you
with vim and drive, and nine times
cut Of ten the sole cause of this
lack is found to be disordered, weak
blood
Wholesome blood is the very
fountain source Of that energy
which puts spring into your mus
eles, snap into your step and spar
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1921-05-06

The newest idea for airplane wheels
is to mount upon the periphery Of
each wheel number of little wheels.
This arrangement says the Popular
Science Monthly, helps to retard the
forward motion of the flying machine
on making landing The little
wheels, brought successfully into DO.
sitlon by the force of impact, tend to
check the plane and bring 1t to a
quick and smooth stop.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1921-05-06

kle into your eyes. If you want all
this, begin right now to enrich your
blood stream.
You will find, as thousands Of
others have found in the last fifty
years, that S.S.S. is an excellent
remedy to do this for you, one that
removes the poisonous impurities
and helps build your blood into a
rich, nourishing supply. S.S.S. is
an herb compound, discovered by
the Indians, and still made as they
made it.
Get S.S.S. from your druggist to-
day. Start taking, and then If you
want expert medical advice free,
write in detail about your condition
to Chief Medical Advisor. 1862 Swift
Laboratory, Atlanta, Georgia.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1921-05-06
Why Castoria?

YEARS Castor OIL Pago Drops and Soothing Syrps the remedies
common for Infants and Children Castor Oil nauseatng be
almost impossible and the others all containing Opium in form another
but so disguised to make them pleasant the TASTE yet really Supply the
child and give the appearance of relief from pain
required years research find purely vegetable combination that
would take the place these dagreeab unpleasant and vicious remedies that
from habit had become almost universal This the inception Of and the
for the introduction Feches Casto and for 80 years has proven
WORTH received the praise of Physicians everywhere and become household word
among mothers
remedy ESPECIALLY prepared Infants and Children and mother
would think Of giving her baby remedy that she would for herself
without consulting physician
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1921-05-06
HAD A TRICK WORTH WHILE
Society 6eegar Knew How to Get on
the Soft Side of Mrs.
Gobsa Golde.

Charity begins at home" said DR..
Wilbur P. Crafts Of the International
Reform bureau of Washington. but no
truth Is so disregarded as this one
1.-TWO beggar women met on the
street one day.
"'Fine coat you've got there. Where
did you land it?' said the first beggar
woman.
"'old Mrs. Gobsa Golde gave it to
me- said the second beggnr woman.
Is that so? I've begged at Mrs.
Gobsa Codes hundreds of times, and
she never gave me a cent. How did
you work herr
"'Well. you see. said the first beg
gar woman. stroking her new coat COM
placently. I didn't tell her l was beg
ging for myself. 1 pretended l was
begging for the heathen.'
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1921-05-06
ASPIRIN.
Name ''Bayer" on Genuine

Warningl Unless you sec the name
"Bayer" on package or on tablets you
are not getting genuine Aspirin pre-
scribed by physicians for twenty-one
years and proved safe by millions.
Take Aspirin only as told in the Bayer
package for Colds, Headache, Neural
gia, Rheumatism, Earache, Toothache.
Lumbago and for Pain. Handy tin
boxes of twelve Bayer Tablets of As
pirin cost few cents. Druggists also
sell larger packages. Aspirin is the
trade mark of Bayer Manufacture Of
Observation-Disclosures Of Salleycacid.-
Adv.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1921-05-06

Herbert has no mother, but two
aunties, Ida and Nellie. who love him
dearly. Their pet name for him is
Buddy. Aunt Ida had company one
day and invited Aunt Nellie and Her
bert to chicken and yapnns dinner.
When seated az the table his Amt,
Nellie asked: Buddy, do you HE
dumplingsfr
He Strengthened himself up with an
offended air and said; "If you please
call me Herbert before company
Chicago Tribune.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1921-05-06

Wash, and have never felt better than
! have the last two years. can work,
eat, sleep, and feel as strong as can be.
Doctors told me l could never have
children-I was too weak but after
taking Vegetable Compound itstrength-
ened me so | gave birth to an eight
pound boy. was well all the time, did
all my work up to the last day, and had
a natural birth. Everybody who knew
me was surprised, and when they ask me
what made me strong tell them with
great pleasure, | took Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound and never
felt better in my life. Use this testi-
monial at any time. Mrs. ELIZABETH
SMART, 142 W. Sixth St., Lowell, Mass.
This experience of Mrs. Smart is surely
g strong recommendation for Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. 1t Is
only one of great many similar cases.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1921-05-06
A True Conservative.

VIII II. Brown of the Marmon COM
pany, was in Cincinnati last week,
and while there tried to lend a helping
hand to the local distributor in closing
sales. Browns gently convincing sale
psychology was called into play sew,
eral times, but he ran into one pros
pcct" that was bit hard to convince.
you see It's like this said the
prospective buyer, a man well up in
his sixties. ''AIy sister-in-law she is
sick. II she lives we want a seven.
passenger car. If she dies we can
get along with a five. l wait."-In-
dianapolis News.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1921-05-06

"YOu are fortunate man." said the
automobile tourist.
'How's that" asked the farmer
''You are monarch of all you survey"
q guess you are wrong, stranger.
still owe nine installments on that
tractor you see, my hired man won't
pay a bit of attention to what / say
and there's a mortgage on the old
home place"