New-York tribune., 1921-11-15

Dickens, Boswell, The Book of snobs.
| CHARLOTTE.
1t might be hard to get the inter-
view, but if 1t could be got, our head
line on it would be Hughes Plan
Vexes Grim Reaper"
"You're rotten copy reader" COM
mented the night, as they are still
called, editor. "'Vexes'! You mean
Irks."
The Silence Heard Round the World
F. P. A.: This noon, when the town
whistle blew its customary two blasts
for IL o'clock, and our three clocks
began striking, put down my pen for
the nationwide two minutes of silence
and prayer that were mentioned in the
morning paper. 1t seemed fine thing
to do. Really moving. And, besides,
If any four men in human history ever
needed two minutes of silence and
prayer they are Messrs. Root, Lodge,
Underwood, and Hughes.
And then, during the Iilcncc, my
gaze strayed out the window. An au9
tomobile was passing, with horn honk-
ing loudly. Then another. In ell,
twenty-three cars went by between j12
and 1902. At about 12:O11z a trolley
car went past through the block on
Sudbury Road. At 1901 train pulled
out of the station, with bell changing.
During the two minutes, as we'll, nine
pedestrians passed.
Counting the train and trolley as
having two responsible persons each.
engineer or motorman and conductor,
and only one person to each automo-
bile, that makes thirty-six persons all
hard at it to my solitary silent self. And
as, in my quickening interest. l forgot
the prayer and offered only the silence,
that makes the odds against any effec-
tive thought-waves passing from this
neighborhood about seventy-two to one.
Perhaps we'll have to fight Japan
after all. SAMUEL MERWIN.
| Concord. Mass. Armstice Day.
The costly lengths to which a man
will advance to advertise his wares
pass the bounds of credence. Sunday
night one poker player showed SIS into
the pot. what have you?" said the
other remaining contestant, throwing
away three blue chips. The second
player wss the author Of "Seeing
Things at Night"
And here is Mr.. George S. Kaufman,
who is all for the ten-year naval holi-
day just because he wants a matinee
at "Duley."
THE DIARY OF OUR OWN SAMUEL PEPYs
November 12-Early up, and with my
wife to the station, and met B. Baruch
there, and with him and others to New
Haven, and saw Yale defeat Prince
ton, and they deserve to win, albeit
wagered on them. To the city, and to
Mistress Laurette Taylor's for supper
very merry, too; and thence to party
for Allan Pollock, highly enjoyable and
affecting, too, and so home and to-bed
13-Lay till IL, and c. Merz come
and shews me many pictures he took
In Arabia and China and India and ia.
pan, and so to hear r. Werrenrath sing
better, methought, than ever. To J
Toohey's, and played cards and won
to the establishment and discontinue
Of all. Home to dinner, and Ruth
Samuels and her mother and hel
brother there, too, and l so hungry
was thrice holpen to everything.
14-To the Office, all day at my stint
and talking with J. Darling the car
toonist, who is the sanest man know
Home to dinner, and early to bed.
This plan Of Mr.. Hughes's does mo-
suggest that If Shimidzu and Kumagae
> and Brookes and Patterson lay dow,
their rackets for ten years, Tilden ane
Johnston will follow suit.
Another reason we should like to Sc,
the Navy scrapped is the relief i
would give US to stop worrying, abou
this time every year, whether we arr
! going to get tickets to the game.
At Fridays concert in Port Chester
Mr.. Roderick White played, the pro
gram says-and Gretch sees the post
election infuence--"Ballot Music from
: 'Rosamunde.'
Secretary Hughes's ten-year polio,
is all right. 1t carries, as we under
!, stand It, an enormous cash-surrende
!, value and the privilege of convertin,
0 1t into 200-year endowment.
AS football expert, it looks to u
as though November 2s would be tn
Arst Naval Holiday. F. P. A.