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New-York tribune., 1921-09-04

TUDOR IDEALS. BY Lewis Eins.ein
Published by Harcourt. Brace & Co.
THE sixteenth century in England
4 was presminently a period of Aux
dieval feudalism had been broken, but
the ideals OF modern society had not
taken firm root. Old standards and be-
liefs disappeared with startling rapid
ity; the seizure of church property,
the rapid increase in national wealth,
the voyages of discovery and adventure
to the New World, The spiritual ideas
Of the Reformation and the cultural
ideas of the Renaissance, all these fac
tors contributed to the unsettlement of
the stable and rigid established order
of the Middle Ages.
In studying this era, so full Of rich
and contradictory manifestations of
energy, Mr.. Einstein employs tech
nique which suggests Mr.. Lytton
Strachey's brilliant analysis of the per-
sonality of Queen Victoria. Casting
aside the restraints of chronological
order, he picks out the salient charac-
terlstics of the age, as illustrated IN
the actions Of it's rulers, in the writings
of its poets and scholars, in the GUS
toms of its people. His work is inf
nitely more valuable and fascinating
than the conventional history, because
it is not mere narrative of events; it
rather explains why certain events hap
pened and how they are related to the
culture of the time.
The sixteenth century, especially
during its early decades, was an age
of rampant and defiant individualisn,
of revolt against the petrihed strait
fication of feudal society. The power
Of the church, incomparably the
strongest international force of the
Middle Ages, was challenged. Doc
trines which had been held sacred
throughout Christendom for more than
a thousand years we're officially cast
aside. The breakdown of the old faith
led first to a widely held conception
Of religion as state matter, in which
the sovereign's will should be binding.
Gradually stronger instinct for indi-
yt1vol Hin of rnVuosarra JoJ b ba
growth of Puritanism.
The Reformation in England also had
important material results. The con-
fiscation and sale Of an enormous
amount of church property favored the
rise Of class of newly enriched in
dividuals.
There was a rapid and substantial
revision of accepted moral values
throughout the sixteenth century. The
internationalism of the medieval church
and the loose particularism fostered by
the centralism Of a strongly organized
national state. Patriotism was fos-
tered alike by the awakening national
consciousness and by the knowledge
that this virtue was highly esteemed
by the Greeks and Romans. The crown
increased enormously in prestige, es-
pecially under such polite sovereigns
as Henry VIII and Elizabeth, who un-
derstood the art of ruling despotically
and still retaining a measure of per-
sonal popularity.
The Elizabethan age is universally
associated with the qualities of adven-
ture, initiative and exhuberant energy
These were the natural products of the
New-York tribune., 1921-09-04
By Samuel Abbott

-sn pAsovE COUNTRY BY Rom.,,y
fHS Hrssdsn and katherine Fedden. Tho
iyessnton Muffin Company. IS.
.nnwAy AND DENMARK BY A. r.
Isssrn Ferrs,ar Tss M.sma.aa ana compsny nspssSn
...,y ~. AND GREECE BY John rinne-
Hnrs Hsssrs and Edith 4, Browne. The Mac
m,l,sn Company si.5c
rniNA AND JApAN. BY Lena B. John
s.n and John Ftunemore. The Mac
allan Company. $50
,,-sTRAIIA AND NEW ZEALAND. BY
rssnk Fox and p, A. vaiic. The Mac
sr;lan Company. $iso-
STRIDE the Atlantic end Of
"A the Pyrenees lies the Basque
country, region with his
4 tory that should be more
~;aely known TO the world. For it's
,omanee--it is nothing less than that
a a thing Of beauty, the annals of
.sn-contained race intensely individ-
nal maintaining its life and it's Ian
susxe for thousands of years against
the encroaehment of the influence Of
bordering peoples. The streams Of
European travel, especially OF the tides
Of Americans who cross the Atlantic
and then dehouch along many beaten
rsexs, rarely touch this Basque land.
And yet it has a scenery rarely pictur-
esuus. many delightful old towns, the
sesrfngiy eternal touch of the past in
the matters of the present.
rev Americans know that there is
eash reason TO believe that our coun-
IN may have been seen by Basque
aldermen even before the landfall of
Columbus. 1t is strange that the
Sasqus word for Goldfish, "bacalaos,"
was in use among Canadian Indians
when the first French and English ex-
plosers went up the St. Lawrence. 1t
is recorded in history that tons of
goldfish found a way to the tables of
France and Spain in the early years
of the sixteenth century, brought in by
the boats of the Basque fishermen, who
dared the North Atlantic in their quest
for fish. And there are traditions Of
isolated adventurers who went far into
the waters of the setting sun before
1900 Surely this little land OF brave
people, with its possible link with
America through the deeds of it's ven
turesome seamen, should have a lure
for those Of US who have the money
and the time for following old Euro
pean trails with misty pathways ex-
tending from them overseas
By far the hest and rnost ;nteresfip0
work on this land is "The Basque Coun-
try" by Romilly Fedden, who painted
the excellent pictures reproduced in
color on its pages, and Katherine Fed
den, who wrote the text. Few books of
travel Of the year equal it in prose
'hst is both descriptive and educative,
and none excels in illustrations that
are q delight.
The shelf Of usable little books on
travel in different countries, published
~sder the title, Peeps at Many Lands"
the first four of which appeared early
IN the year, is now augmented by four
new volumes. The first of these, on
Norway and Denmark, is by Lieutenant
Colonel A. F. Mockler-Ferryman and M.
Pearson Thomson. The northern sec
tions Of Europe have come into the no.
tice Of Americans during the last
twenty years through the remarkable
original work of their authors and
musical composers. 1t is safe to as
New-York tribune., 1921-09-04
Psychology and Ethics as
Applied to Everyday Life
Practical Aspects of Modern Social Sciences
Discussed From Four Angles
in New Books

THE PSYCHOLOGY OF INDUSTRY. BY
James Drevcr. Published by E. p. Dut-
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THE PSYCHOLOGY OF EVERYDAY
LIFE. BY James Drever Published by
f. p. Dutton g. Co. $3.50
THE ELEMENTS OF SOCIAL SCIENCE.
BY r. NJ. MacIver. Published by E P.
Dutton & Co. $3.50
COMMONsENSE ETHICS BY c. T. NJ.
Joad- Published by z. P. Dutton & Co.
$3.50.
New-York tribune., 1921-09-04
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by LEONIE AMINOFF

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New-York tribune., 1921-09-04

CASEY RYAN BY B. NJ Bower Pub
iished by Little. Brown & Co. Boston.
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New-York tribune., 1921-09-04

NOW BLIND. BY Katharine Newlin
Burt Published by Houghton. Miffiin
Co. $3.50.
4 GOOD novel that brings to the
readers safe and comfortable
The New York herald., 1921-11-13

ALco-eRAVuee. INC NEW YORK. sAlr r,Mosr sr LOUIS
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1921-02-02
JURY CANNOT RULE ON
WIDOWS LOVE BOND
Justice Blur Will Personally
Study Document.

Supreme Court Justice Nathan Blur
refused yesterday to permit a jury to
determine an action for breach of "a
deep bond of friendship. affection and
regard" which was the unusual docu-
ment on which Mrs. Wallace +. White.
a widow. OF 203 West Eighty-first street
based her suit against Courtlandt Pal
mer of New London. Conn.
The Justice announced he would settle
for himself whether public policy would
be hurt by such suits to recover from
breaches OF bonds OF friendship, affec-
ton and regard.
According to the terms of the bond,
Palmer. who was not at the trial and
who had long been n roomer at Mrs.
Whites home. was required to pay her
$50 a month during her life after he
left her household. The plaintiff testi-
fled that there had been no improperly
in the relations between herself and her
roomer and that the bond was given
to recompense her against loss Of his
friendship. affection and regard"
She admitted she had written letter
TO Mr. Palmer In which she said:
Don't discuss this with any one. our
lives must be sealed. sacred book al
ways. forever"
William II. Darrow. counsel for Mr..
Palmer, asked Mrs. white IL she knew
Palmer was a married man and she re-
piled she did.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1921-02-02
APPEAL TO BAKER FOR
STATEN ISLAND SUBWAY
Van Name Going to Washing
ton to Get Permission.

Tired of delay in the matter of get
ting subway connection to Staten ISL
and, Henry u. Van Name, Borough
President of Richmond. announced yes
terday that he will appoint a subway
committee to take the project in hand
and left for Washington TO confer with
the War Department regarding the lift
ing of certain regulations in connection
with the use Of the Narrows.
John II. Delaney. Transit Construc-
ton Commissioner, in his report last
year recommended construction of a
subway to Staten Island from Brooklyn
under the Narrows The War Depart
ment is understood to have objected to
test borings IN the bottom of the Mar
rows to determine what sort of ground
would be encountered in boring a tunnel
Mr.. Van Name seeks to overcome
those objections and also TO obtain per-
mission for the construction of a We
hicular roadway on the Baltimore and
Ohio Railroad Bridge over the Kill Won
Euli to New Jersey. where Jersey au-
thorities have promised to connect the
bridge with the main highway between
Elizabeth and Perth Amboy. Mr.. Van
Name also will ask for the use of strip
of the army aviation field at New Dorp,
Staten Island. for the widening OF New
Dorp lane.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1921-02-02
BLOCK TRACTION RESOLUTION.
Aldermen Table Attack Made on
Governor Miller.

Objection from Alderman August Fer
rand. Republican floor leader, prevented
immediate consideration yesterday of a
resolution introduced in the board by
Alderman William T. Collins. Demo-
cratic floor leader. opposing Gov. Nil
ler's plans for solution of the transit
problem and attacking the Governor in
bitter terms The resolution was re-
ferred to the committee on State legisla-
ton.
The resolution called upon "all ele-
ments Of our citizenry. regardless OF po-
litical utilization, to organize I'm potential
numbers and resent this outrageous as
sault on home rule and the principles
of seif-govcrnment" The resolution also
declared that mo elected official In either
high or low station in the whole history
of this country has ever had the temer-
ity to state such an astonishing falsity
in regard to representative government,
and referred further to the Governors
message rs "thc latest and basest edict
of political autocracy."
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1921-02-02
FORBIDS PENSIONS FOR
POLICE UNDER CHARGES
Whitran's Inquiry Prompts
Introduction of Measure.

Special Despatch TO THE New York HERALD.
New York Herald Bureau,
Albany, Feb. 1.
Police officials are forbidden to resign
on pensions while facing charges Of mis-
conduct under terms of a bill intro
dueed to-day by Assemblyman Stein
berg. The measure would require that
all city employees entitled to a pension
must get the consent of the Board of
Estimate and Apportionment before they
can retire.
In discussing his bill Assemblyman
Stefnberg called attention to the indict-
ment last week through the Whitman
investigation of a police captain within
couple OF days after he had been re-
tired on pension by Commissioner En-
right.
With the discovery of n graft room
In Police Headquarters" Steinberg said,
where graft was paid to a few of the
men higher up, it Is time that some
thing of this sort was done. The bill
Will not hurt the ten thousand or more
honest members of the department who
suffer because OF the grating activities
of the few in control of the system"
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1921-02-02
ASK HYLAN TO NAME
A HOME RULE DAY
Community Councils Attack
Gov. Miller's Plans for
Transit Reformation.

The City Parliament of Community
Councils. meeting last night in the Board
Of Estimate Chamber of City Hall,
adopted resolutions favoring home rule
in transit matters as against the State
commission proposed by Gov. Miller and
called upon Mayor Hylan to name
Home Rule Day" as a civic holiday.
A resolution was adopted also favoring
the passage of the Booth daylight saw
ing bill pending before the legislature.
The meeting of the parliament is to be
followed with council meetings through
out the city protesting against any in
vasion of home rule with regard to tran
sit
The principal speaker on transit was
F. H. La Guardia. President OF the
Board of Aldermen. who opposed the
Governors plan and advocated his own,
which was advanced in his message last
month to the Board of Aldermen, as the
proper solution. His plan was the crea-
ton of single operating company to
take over the various transit systems
with the city of New York REPRESENTED
OF the directorate by elective officers. the
or home rule
Mr. La Guardia characterized Gov
Miller's plan as one which would bring
about vicious control of traction, car
nival of stock gambling, an orgy of
financial manipulation and Increased
fare and in a few years the entire coll
lapse OF the transit system"
He compared the Philadelphia Rapid
Transit Company. Of which Thomas e.
Mitten, with whom he conferred Mon
day. is president, with the transit COM
nanics here as an illustration of how
transit facilities may be operated sue
cessfully on a cent fare. Points in
which he indicated the Philadelphia con-
Germ was more efficient and economical
were catering to short hauls. expendl-
lures for maintenance and equipment,
expenditures for insurance, cost of legal
department, liabilities paid for injuries.
amounts spent for power. cost OF well
fare work and greater realization from
advertising space in cars. Mr.. La
Guardia said that whereas the Philadel-
phia lines are successful to-day ten years
ago they were in a worse plight than
the New York lines are now
He called upon New Workers. To lay
politics aside and rally to the defence Of
the city.
The meeting was scantily attended. ex-
cept for actual representatives of local
councils. Henry Curran. Borough Presi-
dent of Mania ttan. spoke on the need of
housing relief and asked those present
to ask their Aldermen to support the
measure pending for exemption OF new
dwellings from taxation.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1921-02-02
SISSON CONFIRMED
AS HIGHWAY CHIEF
Col. Greene, His Predecessor,
Attacked by Senator Lusk
for Extravaganza.
DEFENDED BY DEMOCRATS
Senator Walker Charges That
Road Material Manufacture
ers Are Behind Charges.
Special Despatch to TIE NEW York HERALD.
New York Herald Bureau,
Albany Feb. L.

Special Despatch to TIE NEW York HERALD.
New York Herald Bureau,
Albany, Feb. L.
Herbert S. Sisson of Buffalo, former
state Excise Commissioner. was con
firmed to-day by the Senate as State
Highway Commissioner after Senator
Clayton r. IusIs majority leader
charged that Col. Frederick Stuart
Greene had turned the department over
to politicians. Senator Lusk said that
the appointment of Sisson was to do
"away with gross extravaganza and in
competency"
Senator James j. Walker, the Demo-
cratic leader, in reply, declared that
Col. Greene was sacrificed in the inter-
ests of certain road material manufac-
turers Senator LusK had said that the
wasteful system of patrol repair gangs.
instituted by Col Greene, was respon-
sible in part for his being replaced.
THE only gang involved here Is
the Syracuse gang" retorted Senator
Walker. "The Tarvia gang is respon-
sible for the decree that Col. Greene
must go and that Sisson who. we have
been told, is a harmonzer.' be put in
his place. Col Greene took the High
way Department out of politics and now
you are putting 1t back. The real rea-
son that he is out is that the Tarvia
crowd and William Hamlin Childs de-
creed that he must GO"
Senator Luslo declared that Green had
been a complete failure as a roadbuilder.
He charged that he had changed his
specification for concrete eleven times
since he had been in the department, and
that at one time he constructed a road at
a cost of more than the value of the en-
tire real property in the town where it
was built.
Senator Duell. Republican, of West
chester county. expressed resentment at
the attack on Col. Greene. He said that
Mr. Greene had received testimonial let
tiers from 1000 Republicans when 1t was
learned that he would retire. and that
many boards of supervisors and cham
bers of commerce had indorsed him.
The vote confirming Mr.. Sisson was 81
to 5. the negative votes all being Demo-
cratic.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1921-02-02
WOULD PRESERVE RENT LAW.
Assenblymnu Lyman Acts To Pre-
vent NuIIiHcatton.

Sgcclal Despatch n TItp NEW YonK 1lraNp.
New York Herald Bureau.
Aibnr.. Feb. I.
Assemblyman Lyman Of The Bronx
to-day proposed to amend the new iua-'
tees court act which goes into effect
Arril Is. IN order 20 eliminate any pOs-
sinllty Of its interfering with the adj
nInlstration Of tho rent laws.
- sas been stated that the court law
would nullify tie rent acts passed IN
spccla session. This would be done. II
81 feared. by transferring to the new
court summary proceedings for the
eioctment of tenants. now under the civil
procedure code. Such a mixup will be
avoided BY the proposed amendment
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1921-02-02
TWO MEN ARE HURLED
TO DEATH IN 5TH AVE.
CroUds See Sixth Story Scat
fold Break at 57fh St.

Passengers on Fifth avenue buses and
others passing at Fifty-seventh street
and Fifth avenue yesterday afternoon
saw the sudden topping ONWARD of a
scaffolding on the sixth floor of the new
Hecksher Building, under construction.
The two workmen standing on the scat
fold plunged into the street. striking
few feet from the curb, narrowly missing
an automobile. The planking Of the
scaffold fell on the men. Both died on
the way to Roosevelt Hospital.
The accident produced a short tleup
in traffic In Fifth avenue at that point
The dead men were William Hansen. 80
Pleasant Way. Crawford. n. J.. and Carl
Lane. address unknown. The men were
rlveters employed by the Hay Foundry
Iron Works. 10 East Twenty-sixth street
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1921-02-02

must get all OF the facts. How else can
we determine what TO do?
THE New York officials and Public
Service Commissions have failed TO meet
the situation. No one can doubt the
existence or an emergency. Something
1pust be done or New York is going TO
"a left in bad way. The only logical
reasonable starting point. as far as
Ian see, is what the Governor has
commended, get the facts and then de-
mime what must be done.
"If what ! understand of the Inter
brough financing is true, II is little
hort of a crime the way the New York
Government has been cheated. There
hre subway contracts giving preferential
payments to the corporation on an en-
tirely wrong basis. and | cannot COM
prehend how the city could have ac-
cepted such a deal.
N,"Why should there DE any such a
preferential contract In favor OF the
company and at the cty's expense? The
transit company should not have a pref
erence over the city.
IF commission such as the Governor
recommends goes TO New York with au-
thority TO do something such unfair con-
tracts can be kicked out and the city
protected. Certainly no one would for a
ilOiieHl ever CoHsiuSl EiNAiS titS lilsS'
borough an increased fare as long as
such preferentials stood against the city.
The company must give up its unfair
advantages.
THE city should have a fair return
on its $3.50. 100000 invested in the sub
ways. The interest on the underlying
bonds should be paid.
This is my conception of what the
Governor has recommended. This cent
fare cry coming from one source only in
New York is purely q political cry.
Those making it know 1t is unfair, they
simply refuse TO he fair. Evidently they
would rather have the situation drift
into complete ruin than 20 give up the
political possibilities involved and deal
fairly with 1t. / believe the public will
understand in short time there is no
basis for the cent fare cry"
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1921-02-02
OPPOSED TO DOUBLING
INCOME TAX EXEMPTION
Realty and Other Interests
Object to Letting DoUn Bars.
Special Despatch TO THE NV YOnK HIalALD.
New York Herald Bureau.
Albany. Feb. l. (

SPECIAL DcSpdtch 20 TIE INV nOnK HERALD.
New York Herald Bureau.
Albany, Feb. I.
Opposition 70 extending exemptions
under the State income tax law was
voiced to-day by State Tax Commits
sioner John ]. Merrill and representa-
tives of the state Conference OF Mayors
and The New York Real Estate Board
They appeared before the Assembly
Committee on Taxation TO oppose the
Halpern bill. making the exemption for
unmarried persons $4,000. instead Of
$1,000. and for married persons $4,000.
instead Of $4,000. and the Roosevelt
bill. providing an exemption ~ $500. in
stead Of S2O0 for each dependent.
Commissioner Merrill. IN attacking the
bills. assailed the entire state tax sys-
TEN. He called Il the greatest hodge
podge on the face OF Gods footstool,"
and said that Gov Miller was right
when he characterized It Anticipated and
inefficient
The hearing on the prohibition en-
forcemcnt bill. scheduled for tomorrow
has been postponed until Wednesday Of
next week. az well as the h--ring on the
bills compelling New York city 70 use
voting machines.