davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
New-York tribune., 1921-03-30
John Spargo on Debs
His Pardon Urged as an Act Of
Tolerance and Forgiveness.

Tolerance and Forgiveness
To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: Permit me to express nv ap.
probation Of your editorial "The Re4
lease of Debs." I most earnestly hopa
that President Harding will see thu
wisdom of putting an end to what
cannot but regard as a cruelty vindics
tive sentence upon q man who, whats
ever his failings, is not a criminal.
To begin with, the sentence upon Mr..
Debs, like many other sentences im4
posed for violations of the sedition and
espionage laws, was excessive and out
OF ali proportion to the offense coml
mitted. No unprejudiced and fair
minded person who is In full sympathy
with the fundamental ideals Of America
can question, 1t Acems to inc, Il at for
his offense Mr.. Debs has slresdy been
punished far more than enough. Every
day that he remains in prison adds I'd
stain upon the fair name of American
democracy.
For those who actually engaged ir
the service of the eneE>-, whether by
communicating militar. secrets or in
formation Of military value, or by en-
gaging in crimes of violence designed
to assist the enemy, there should be
neither compassion nor pardon, OF
course. On the other hand, for that
much more numerous class of offenders
whose offenses arose from an inability
to accept the war as a fact End to
lear their share in it, who. however
mistakenly, continued to express their
individual opinions in opposition to the
war, there should be the large and
generous tolerance and forgiveness
characteristic Of democracy.
AS one of those wfo had to part
company with Mr.. Debs on account of
the war and who supported the ma
tion, have always felt that Presidents
Wilson made a very serious mistake in
refraining from pardoning Mr.. Debs
and others committed to prison in Sims
lar circumstances. On several occa-
sions l urged Mr. Wilson to use his
rardoning power in such cases with the
utmost libcrality.
I can quite we'll understand the atti-
tude of those who hold that general
amnesty is alien to the spirit of our
laws and institutions. ! am inclined
to agree with this view Speaking gem
orally, amnesty as applied to whole
classes of prisoners in : procedure as
sociated with and peculiar to auto-
cratic and despotic governments. The
czars of Russia and the sultans Of Tur-
key, for example, celebrated important
anniversaries by proclaiming general
amnesties. The method is the con-
comitant Of arbitrary and despotio
methods of administering justice. At
the same time, it is within the province
of the President and wholly in keeping
with the spirit Of our laws and institu-
tions to pardon individuals like Mr..
Debs. JOHN SPARGo.
Old Bennington, VT. March 2s, 1921.
New-York tribune., 1921-03-30
The Surgeon 8 Fee
To the Editor of The Trihnns

TO the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: The news you publish about
Dorothy Miller needing $1,000 for an
operation to save her mothers life is
a serious reflection on the medical
profession. Any person can get all
the expert care needed by applying to
reliable surgeons, without charge, if
the patient is worthy. No reliable
doctor would hesitate to operate to
save persons life, even though he
had to pay the costs of the operation
himself. A. GRAHAM BIDDLE.
New York, March 20. 1921,
New-York tribune., 1921-03-30
Wasted Sympathy

lFrom The Birmingham Aoe-HeraId)
A good cigar can be had for nickel
in Mexico. and the rents charged for
homes and apartments are ridiculous
ly low Isn't it about Lime for US to
quit thinking about poor Mexico".
New-York tribune., 1921-03-30

view Of painful details. With the
best of intentions, it seems probable
that the modern sensitiveness upon
the subject and the continued effort
to make death by the state as hu-
name as possible have only served
to harrow the public's nerves, with
little or no gain to the criminal.
New-York tribune., 1921-03-30
A Blue Oudook

fFrora The Louisuiile C,nricr-J JournolJ
Harding blue" recalls "Alice blue"
Then there is navy blue, and deeper
shade which might hs called Demo-
cratic blue.
New-York tribune., 1921-03-30
John Burroughs

John Burroughs belonged in the
great succession as Enthusiastically as
any man Of his generation. His
nature possessed that large sim
plicity and ampleness of spirit
which we are proud to think of as
peculiarly American--that was the
outstanding quality Of Franklin, of
Lincoln, of Walt Whitman, of Emer-
son, of all our most typically Ameri-
can heroes. Yet it is Homeric as
well; it belongs to every race that
lives greatly and under the open sky.
There can be no self-conscious-
ness in such a breed of men. All
! living creatures are kin to them.
Neither conceit nor shame is con-
ceivable. They are at home wher-
ever life takes them. Benjamin
Franklin face to face with the
French court; John Burroughs
patiently, hour by hour, making
friends with a chipmunk; Walt
Whitman hy1nning the universe
the problem is one and equally
worth while, and never to be viewed
with either mean pride or debase-
ment.
John Burroughs had the love of
truth, which is the inspiration of the
scientist. He had not less the love
Of life, which is the inspiration of
the poet. Most of us at times share
this fellowship with all things liv-
ing. In our best and highest mo-
nents we know tnat our own life
does not end with our fingertips,
but that it is one with everything
living round about us for that
matter, with sea and mountainside
as well. The zest which Mr.. Bur
roughs brought to his painstaking
observation Of nature was born of
exactly such kinship. His writ
ings fostered sense of it in his
readers.
But truth was his eternal goal.
He had no patience with the sloppy
minded naturalist who eked out his
lack of observed facts with senti-
/ ment and false humanization of
motives-that "sham natural his
tory" written by the mature fakers,"
against whom another naturalist,
his warm and constant friend, Theo-
dore Roosevelt. also delighted to
shatter a lance.
Such research and such writing
are at the other end of the earth
from all the hasty generalization
and popularization of the hour.
Their spirit is handed down to US
in this serene and patriarchal figure
from an elder race. Nothing ma
terial we have is one-thousandth
part as precious. No hero of any
age is better worth affection and
following. &
Of course, he was true demo-
crat. Of course, he was heatedly
and outspokenly right in the great
way A mind so accurate and
simple and human could not fail to
see to the heart of any big and
living question. His writings upon
democracy are among his most NOV
ing words. He understood it's
breadth and foundations, it's limita-
tions, its slow, long progress; and,
not less, its purpose and ultimate
achievement.
Some men at their passing i'm
mediately bestir thought Of monu-
ment-in no other way can their
fame be adequately expressed. Not
John Burroughs. His looming fig-
ure, living in his books for many
generations of Americans to come,
is monument and to spare. To set
him up in marble or bronze would
only limit and confine him, spirit
at one with winds and mountains,
with every least and greatest living
thing-himself a mountains of truth
and faith, and above all of the noble
serenity that is Wisdom's best gift
to her children.
New-York tribune., 1921-03-30

fat is this critic who complains that \
am too heavy?" 1t would not have
been pertinent. Criticism is all too
disembodied. One may try occasional
ly to get his back and shoulders into
1T, but nothing comes through into
type. Just this afternoon reader
has amused himself by sending in a
note to acquire if the mental por-
trait which he has made Of the writer
from the basis of dramatic reviews in
The Tribune is correct. 'I think"
writes W. F. r., 'that you are in your
early forties, slightly gray, tall and
thin. Probably you stoop little and
I'm sure you wear horn-rim spec
tacles."
w. F. R. gets ~bout ten in a scale
Of one hundred on his guesses, but it
makes no difference. The critics only
worry is to keep his fat below his
shoulders.
Authors are In somewhat the same
enviable position, which makes one
wonder why they are so little loath to
become lecturers. Once upon the
platform they must submit to the
same tests as an actor. Mr.. Dalv
would be we'll within his rights to lift
the finger of scorn at us as a fat
lecturer. Fortunately his opportuni-
ties to see US thus unprotected have
been few.
But the lecturer subjects his mind
as we'll as his body to a dangerously
close scrutiny. In type sChesterton,
for instance, seems brilliant and
whimsical. Under the temptation to
startle his auditors as lecturer he
has been moved to say a good many
things which were merely careless and
slovenly. His method In refuting
Wells has been to misstate the theory
expounded in The Outline of History
and then to pick it to pieces. His
more recent remarks on psycho-analy-
sis show that he labors under a GER
tain handicap from the fact that he
has only the dimmest knowledge of
what he is talking about. There Is
a certain authority in the very fact
of print which should not be lightly
abandoned.
New-York tribune., 1921-03-30

Still, we can applaud the restraint
which Mr.. DAILY has displayed in his
piece in The Bookman. At no place
In his article has he yielded to the
easy temptation of saying, "Just how
New-York tribune., 1921-03-30

Our apologies to the once revered
proofroom. "Egregiously rotten" we
wrote; and when it was set "grievously
rctten," we corrected the proof. "Knock
it" we wrote, and when it was set
"know it," we corrected the proof. But
we made the corrections only three
times. Our apologies for not having
made them four.
New-York tribune., 1921-03-30
The Coming 7ooer
BE 1t Ever go Humble, You Can Always

Be- It Ever go Humble, You Can Always
Rent Your Home
IT'S nice to live in Greenwich
Where they have a Garden Club
And the ladies every winter
Discuss tho newest shrub;
And when the winds are coolest
And gardens full of snow
They send their lovely dahlias
To New York's Flower Show.
But in the glorious summer
When roses bloom and ramble,
They rent their houses furnished
And off to Europe scramble.
-
New-York tribune., 1921-03-30
rhymes Are So Scarce"

Sir: Speaking of the concert in aid of
the HaverforG College scholarship fund, at
the Plaza Friday evening. April s. with
David Bspham assisting some one said the
other day, Isn't it a pity that there are no
rhymes for 'Haverford ?''
Quick flash tossed off the following :
Don't talk to me of jitney cars.
Cut out all that palaver. Ford
My coin shall go to back the show
They're giving for old Haverford.
SIG SPAETH
New-York tribune., 1921-03-30
1t HAS Been Wasted Effort

Sir: A little more elbow-room,
understand, would be appreciated by
you and many contribs, especially when
inspired to burst into dactylc hexame-
ters.
In your opinion, would 1t be wasted
effort to lombard the Editor of The
Tribune-or whoever is Lord High Ad-
miral of the Towers width--with ap-
peals for wider column? n. 3. l..
New-York tribune., 1921-03-30

To our mind legs, chests, stomachs,
shoulders, elbows, eyes and all the re st
are part of production. Mr. Ziegfeld
has been shrewd enough to recognize
this and has been we'll rewarded for
his foresight. Of course, we have seen
performances in which homely women
played the part of great beauties and
made everybody in the house forget
that they were not beautiful. We have
even seen performances in which they
made the audience believe that they
were Ben Ami, who is a little man
in Sampson and Delilah," towers in
The Idle Inn" All these things an
actor may do. He need not make the
lightweight limit if he can seem 81
lightweight. Mr.. Daly's insufficiency
in THE Tavern" to our mind, was not
only because he was too fat, but, more
than that, because he seemed too fat,
It seemed to US that he needed more
art or less flesh.
New-York tribune., 1921-03-30
something Of very cousiderabl.

-. something Of very considerable
moment it is now very improb-
able very acute disappoint
ment . upon very broad lines
:. they give very clearly = {.
with very Slight notifications. L.
Editors Note to H. G. Wells's "The Sal
vaging Of Civilization" in the Sateve-
post
They don't strengthen it very much,
do they?
New-York tribune., 1921-03-30
Books u.yv,.a n9 o,..n

Writing in the current Bookman,
Arnold Daily complains because two
newspaper critics hazarded the opinion
in their reviews that he was too fat
for the role which he plays in "The
Tavern" "Lucien Guitry, the leading
actor of France, tips the scales at about
25O," he writes. "Even so, not in
twenty-five years has a Partisan critic
referred to his size; they confine their
criticisms to his acting"
1t might be said at the outset that
II Mr.. Daily remains stout for the next
twenty-five years the fact will be men
toned with rapidly decreasing fire.
quency in the newspaper reviews. Mr.
Daily should feel fattered at the fact
that his size was considered matter
OF news Importance. 1t may be that
Guitry's persistence in flesh Is the
source Of his immunity from the re-
marks Of critics as we'll as his arts
After all, no reviewer in this country
ever takes the trouble to mention that
Marie Dressler is large.
we are HOV prepared TO Del1eve CnaC
Mr.. DAILY is yet ready to be taken for
granted as a fat man. Indeed, he takes
pains to state in his article that in his
own case "the Bltmore Bath scales
register scant 1e7." 1t seems to be
kindly scales. In future we shall be
weighed there to the exclusion of all
other machines.
Yet what we are chiefly interested in
is the assumption put forward by Mr..
DAILY that acting is among the abstract
and disembodied arts. "They confine
their criticisms to his acting,p writes
Daily, cutting off with a sentence all
f1eshly attributes of the art of acting.
In reviewing "a Midsummer Nights
Dream" Mr.. DAILY would allow the
critics to speak of the art of the Rosa
lind, of her voice, of her intelligence,
her reputation, her technique, but not
of her legs.
New-York tribune., 1921-03-30
"How DO You Think of These Things ?"

SIR Now that former Secretary Lansing
has published his book it might be an op-
perfume time to inaugurate drive for
the reclamation of the devastated portions
of the fourteen points, beginning with num-
ber one, ehot to pieces as follows:
Open covenants secretly connived at.
F. IT. p
New-York tribune., 1921-03-30
The Diary Of Our Own Samuel Pepys

March 26--To the train, and read
Evelyn Scott's "The Narrow House."
full of truthful reporting, and brave
book, too; and yet less interesting chan
it should be. To bed at nine o'clock.
27-Up, and had. my sisters Amy and
Evelyn to breakfast, and found them
grown big girls now, and pleasant to be
with, too. To Mistress Emma Taylors
for luncheon, and found her in brave
spirits, and Alva, too; and she gave me
Bert's cuff-buttons, which | am glad to
have. With them to a memorial meet
ing, and the whole city is in deep
gloom, and not to be consoled or COM
forted for the loss of their greatest
man. With P. Hammond and Florence
to dinner and T. Blake there and Mar
garet, and J. Patterson and Mistress
Marion Strobel the poet, but with deep
charm, too; and all to see "Dulcy,"
the merriest comedy ever I saw, and
I took Marion home, and talked till late.
28-Early up, and with A. Loeb my
old schoolmate for a ride, and we called
to see Miss Harriet Monroe. and then
I to the train, and read G. Grossmith's
"The Diary of Nobody" amusing,
but too loud and too much spilling of
beverages and tearing Of trousers and
suchlike easily comic catastrophes
Tried to read Dorothy Canheld's "The
Brimming Cup" but found it verbose,
and full of long speeches. I wish
might have patience to read one Of her
books, forasmuch as all tell me they
are Good, yet have / never finished any
of them.
2g-Up, and from the train to the
office, where my wife is come to lunch
con, and finished my stint, and so to
hear S. Lewis the tayle writer talk
about fiction, and home to dinner.
New-York tribune., 1921-03-30

Harding Pleased With Packer Pact.
journal of Commerce.
Sartor Resartus; or The Packer Pact.
New-York tribune., 1921-03-30

"Pooh-Bah," with his diligent appli-
cation of his "snickersnee" in the elm
ination Of persons who "never will be
missed From the Oil, Paint, and
Drug Reporter.
Come over here where the shade of
Gilbert can't hear US.
New-York tribune., 1921-03-30

Newton and Watt and Franklin
stumbled upon their discoveries, ac-
cording to most of the legends.
New-York tribune., 1921-03-30

If you must write on the train, use
pillow as shock-absorber.
New-York tribune., 1921-03-30

Mr.. Daily accuses his captious critics
Of ignorance. He does rot hit US. We
make no pretence Of being learned in
the art of acting, but in the matter of
being too fat we are among the ex
perts.
New-York tribune., 1921-03-30

Sir: II she buys pair Of silk stockings
for So cents and on the first trip (ha-ha,
no joke) one little stitch divorces itself from
its fellows and proceeds silently to creep
away to parts unknown, would you, or
wouldn't you, say that they are the cheapest
in the long run? CARLO.
New-York tribune., 1921-03-30

A sum of money. at per cent COM
pound interest, computed quarterly,
will double itself in 17,415 years.
Evening Mail
Sounds like one of Ponzi's arguments.
New-York tribune., 1921-03-30

The Turkish Luncheon held at the
homo Of Mrs. Greene on Wednesday
was great success. Fifty ladies' sat
down to be waited upon by elegantly
clad maidens, and were served with
the characteristic native dishes. After
the luncheon Mrs. Greene red short
paper on Turkish Literature" and
opportunity was offered to inspect the
handsome rugs, brasses and embroid-
cries which decorated the rooms
Christian Union Congreg gational Church
Bulletin, Upper Montclair, N. J.
Gopher Prairie, Mimi, papers please
copy.
After the finger bowls-which were
filled, as Deems Taylor once said, with
the kind Of water Turkish baths are
made of-possibly Turkish towels were
served
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-04-16

$50 ACRES, FEE AND
ROYALTY
,.r 300 cash. some production,
.a.a . Nu.sH -.
,.a ...- CLOSE to rock road. eight
.... .. Tulsa. improved; Sl3,sOo.
$4,000 cash. good land.
...f ,H acres 20 miles Of Tulsa on
...t .,..H. $40 and $50 per acre.
...g, .... Hes. Usage 6SG6-R, $50
CLINE & WHITLEY
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-04-16
REAL ESTATE
HOT w WATER HEAT

Fine south side location. extra large
seven-room bungalow, modern in
every detail: well constructed. ga
rage for two cars, modern servant
quarters; large basement with lauu-
dry; all large rooms, finest OF
bath fixtures and many other very
desirable features. This property is
a bargain at the price OF St3.5OO
If you are looking for home and
appreciate these features, sec this at
once. Terms can be arranged. Call
us FOR appointment.
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-04-16
REAL ESTATE
$50 CASH

$50 CASH
....., rut. in one of the best new
........ ID real money maker, $50
..l balance $50 per month
.ir vacant lot department
yADON INVESTMENT co.
...... security Bidg. Phone O. joSS
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1921-10-12

| this oill:?.
! Mr.. PITTMAN. The record |
! have read will disclose the efforts that
have made. and fail to find efforts
made by the junior Senator (Mr. Cd
dic) but | will say to the Senate that
there IS no mistake in the State of Ne
vada with regard to the attitude taken
by the two Senaors from that State
with regard to this legislation. As the
Senator has brought up in the matter
himself, and has seen fit to make rather
a personal matter out of it, | will
simply read few kilograms into the
Record, and | will ask the Senator.
if he has any kilograms, to read.
Carson City, New, Aug. y, 1921
Hon. Key Pittman,
Senator, Washington. d. c.:
We urge you to continue to block.
recess until road legislation is con
sidered, as this is greatly needed by
State
NEV HIGHWAY ASSOCIATION
Has the Senator received any con
gratulatory kilograms from the Neva
da Highway Associations If, so,
should like to have him read them into
the Record. 1t would be a good place
for them
Here is another telegram addressed
to me:
Carson City. New, Aug. y, 1921
Hon. Key Pittman.
Senator, Senate Office Building
Washington, d. c.:
The public here is absolutely be-
hind you in your attitude Of oppos-
ing recess until road bill is passed
Congratulations
G. c. COTTRELL
Mr.. Cottrell was chairman of the
highways board and chief engineer.
Perhaps the junior Senator from Ne
va has received some kilograms of con-
gratulations from him.
Let nc read a few more OF them;
Carson City, Ncv. Aug 3 1921
Hon. Key Pittman,
United States Senate. Washington
., c.
Strongly urge continuing block rn-
til promised road legislation passed
Senate
w. =. HARRINGTON.
State Council of Lincoln Highway
Reno, Nevada, Mug 2, 1921
Hon. Key Pittman,
Washington, ID. c.
Your stand OF yesterday demanding
passage OF road Legislation apprec-
lated here Accept our thanks.
RENO CHAMBER OF COM
MERGE.
Carson City Nev., Mug Il, 1921
Hon. Key Pittman
United States Senate Washington,
ID. c.
West demands road legislation with
out further delay and we urge i'm
action ON compromise bill be
fore adjournment.
GREATER CARSON CLUB
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1921-10-12

so serious in some sections as i'll
others, and yet it is serious. | do not
know of any other possible way i'll
which we can give employment to the
people in that country out there than
through legislation.
The towns out there are really in no
condition to do town work. The State
is in no condition to go further than
this bill requires. This road work has
to be done at some time. Why not
start it now? That is the theory Of
the conference on labor. They believe
that the building of roads should be
started at once. 1t is true that in
some parts of the country roads may
be built now, under existing appropri-
ations, where the money has not all
been exhausted. think possibly the
allotment in most of the States has
been exhausted, and in the public-land
States it can not be exhausted, be-
cause those States can not afford to
match the money under existing law.
All that | am doing is this: | am
trying to impress upon the conierees-
not alone on the Senator from Michi-
gan, who is chairman of the commit
tee because he is not chairman of the
conference.-the importance of I'M
mediate action. | am trying to reach
the matter in some way, and | know of
no other way i'll which | can reach it
than through this medium. | do not
know Of any other way to lay before
them what | have seen and what
know OF the emergency, and to urge
them that they try to get together on
this matter just as quickly as possible.
Then. as to the conference on Federal
roads, to enlarge the scheme or to get
more money Tor it. all OF lis favor it,
think, At least favor it. know
OF no one who is opposed to il
would help i'll every possible way that
was in my power, although, not being
a member of the committee. | have no
voice in the matter at this time.
Those are the things that | have been
urging, and that is all | have done it
for
Mr.. ODD1E Mr. President
should like to ask question of the
senior Senator from Nevada He has
addressed some remarks to the mem
bers OF the Post Offices and Post
Roads Committee. | am a member
of that committee.
want to ask the senior Senator
from Nevada if he does not realize
that one day before the recess was
taken might have had great deal to
do with passing this road legislation;
and | want to ask the senior Senator
from Nevada. further. if he does not
remember that he LETT the Senate
Chamber on the evening OF August
Is, the time when the committee had
planned to pass the road bill? The
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1921-10-12

OH the compromise road bill. Road
building in the public-land States is at
a standstill until this necessary legis-
laion is enacted, and we urge you to
keep up the good work and assure you
we are solidly behind you in your de-
ter1nined fight to get results.
OVERLAND TRAIL. CLUB
There is certainly no such UNDER
standing with regard to my action
in regard to this bill as the junior SEN
ator from Nevada would create the
impression OF by his remarks here i'll
the Senate g.