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New-York tribune., 1922-12-28
The One-GalIus Hunter

The opposition to the bill to create
public shooting grounds and refugees
for migratory birds is based,
strangely enough, on the charge that
it will hamper rather than help the
hunter Of little means. The fact that
he has to pay a Federal hunting
license Of one dollar is cited as proof
Of the hardship that this new law
will work upon him.
AS a matter Of fact, no sportsman
objects to this extra dollar when he
realizes for what II is 10 be spent.
The purpose Of this bill Is to provide
game refugees for ducks, geese and
other migratory fowl, where they
may breed and feed in safety. There
are already a number Of such ref
uges throughout the country, but
these are widely scattered and are
inadequate to meet the demand for
them that has arisen as the result Of
the drainage Of millions Of acres Of
swamp lands which formerly served
this purpose. Besides these game
refugees the bill provides for the pur-
chase or lease Of hunting grounds
which shall be available TO the gen.
eral public. The dollar license is to
be divided between the purchase and
maintenance Of these lands for the
sportsmen Of the nation.
In the old days Of sparse popula-
ton and plentiful game such meas
ures would have been superhuous.
Nowadays, however, when so many
Of the breeding grounds have been
made unsafe for the birds and when
most Of the good shooting grounds
have been bought up by wealthy in
dividuals or clubs, the ordinary
hunter is "out Of luck" Last year II
was estimated that more than a mil
lion men took out licenses to hunt
migratory birds. OF these million
only a very few we're wealthy enough
TO own their own hunting grounds.
It has been estimated that there
are still about 100000 acres Of
hunting lands scattered throughout
New-York tribune., 1922-12-28
The Cult of UgIiness

IL Is not unnatural that the real
ism so much priced by the moderns
should have degenerated into a cult
of ugliness. A French critic has re-
Gently deplored the fact that in their
reaction against beauty in painting
the modern French painters now
specialize in the ugly. The same has
been said of many modern musicians
with a good deal Of Justification
and It is undoubtedly true Of many
Of our younger American writer's.
The pity Of it is that in their
search for the ugly these writer's
have sinned against truth as much
as did those against whom they were
revolving. In so doing they have de-
prived their work Of much Of its
value. We in America were sorely
in need of a reaction against the
wishy-washy school Of writing that
had grown up under the influence Of
editors Of magazines with a circu-
lation of a million or more. Our
stories and novels had become so
conventional that whoever reads the
first paragraph or chapter need 90
no further. We had specialized In
red-blooded heroes, saturnine VII
lains and beautiful heroines until we
had reached a point where a depart
ure from these standards amounted
to heresy.
But those who revolted against
this mawkishness and artifciality
went to unnecessary extremes Of
drabness and realism" They ex-
plotted ugliness for its own sake. 80
overcome we're they with the discov-
cry that there is decay and corrup-
ton under most pleasant exteriors
that they could write OF nothing else,
and searching out that which was
moth-eaten and cankered became
their passion. They were so i'm
pressed with the part that the stork
did not play in the world that they
felt that they must shout their new
knowledge from the housetops. To
decry, defame and deface was their
method of procedure, and because
artists who had gone before them
had worshiped beauty they wor-
SHIPPED ugliness. Until the balance
is redressed there little hope that
writers anywhere will produce any
thing but ephemeral work.
New-York tribune., 1922-12-28
Great Expectations

It was to greet his old pal Hal
that Falstaff stood on a London
street as Tammany will line up in
Albany 10 cheer its old pal Al. The
expectations Of Tammany will out
run even those Of the fat knight and
be equally selfish and unworthy.
There is little hope that the Gov
ernor-elect will turn on any Of the
Tammany boys as the King-elect
turned on Falstaff and his crowd,
and tell them plainly that he is done
with them unless their deserts inn
prove. But Smith is better than the
company he has kept, and II is not
past praying for that in time he may
show Murphy and the rest that his
sense Of responsibility TO the people
who elected him because they be-
lieved in him is greater than his re-
sponsibility to the gang that nomi-
mated him because they wanted TO
use him in office.
In appointments, in influence over
the Legislature and in opportunity
for administration Mr.. Smith pos
sesses wide power for good. He can
not exert this power and at the same
time keep in favor with Murphy.
Upon his independence and honesty
of purpose will depend his success
as Governor Of New York.
New-York tribune., 1922-12-28
The Coming of Coue

AS a mental diversion hope Is
infinitely preferable to hatred. The
fact that the one has had little TO
feed upon since the war has led a
great many people to turn TO the
other. This Is ono Of the reasons
that the Ku-Klux Kan Is occupying
the public mind to the exclusion Of
more important things.
But in a very few days a simple
souled and mild hammered French
apothecary will arrive in America
20 tell the dwellers therein that
"every day in every way they are
getting better and better" Because
that is exactly what they want to
believe many will listen to him with
rapt attention and for a time make
his teachings almost a religion. Al
though he has already been hailed
in England as the prophet Of a
brighter day, he will be astonished
at the welcome he receives over here.
An America which turned out al
most en- masse 10 strew flowers in
the way of a bogus discoverer Of
the North Pole will surely outdo
itself in greeting the discoverer OF
star Of hope shining over
despairing world.
1t may be that in the years TO
come historians will be writing
cynically of the "Coue myth" and
marveling that men regarded as Ii
sage a man who only told them
what they had always known. But,
man or myth, anything that con-
vinces humankind that it is getting
better and better instead Of worse
and worse is Of inestimable value.
1t was not so long ago that book
written by a country parson Of much
the same type as this rainbow
minded Frenchman was avidly read
by hundreds Of thousands Of Ameri-
cans, and TO a few of them at least
brought substantial good. The vol
ume, almost forgotten now, was
called "The Simple Life"
Perhaps the coming Of Coue with
his message, which is as old as Con-
fucius, will produce an equally fleet
ing impression. Perhaps again It
will prove an antidote for the dis
eases of religious prejudice and
bigotry which are becoming alarm
ingly epidemic. In any case it will
break a little rift in the clouds. And
even a few struggling rays Of sun
shine are a blessing in a gloomy day.
New-York tribune., 1922-12-28

WHAT America needs most, we
w think, is picture, by some great
artist, Of Jesus Christ laughing
heartily.
That is said with all possible
reverence. In saying it we are not
trying to be either sensational or
shocking. We believe that human
existence is endurable to-day chiefly
because Jesus Christ once endured 1t.
We are equally certain that life would
be a pleasanter and a brighter thing II
we remembered with any accuracy the
fashion in which He lived His life.
Our theology Is shaky. Our Biblical
knowledge is none too good. We re-
member that Jesus wept. That is
specific statement in the Gospels. We
believe that he laughed, too. Internal
evidence convinces us that Tie did.
We have been told that He was "a
man of sorrows and acquainted with
grief" We have looked up the
authority for that statement. 1t is
Isaiah. His Is a prediction, not a de-
seription.
Paul makes Of Christianity a rather
stern and stark thing. He was an
organizer. The chief fault we find
with the present form Of the philoso-
ply originated by Christ Is that It has
been overorganized and overinter-
preted.
Children and Jesus Christ loved each
other. We don't think they would
have hoeked 10 Him II He hadn't been
Jolly and fun-making and filled with
laughter Publicans and sinners came
to Him. They would not have clung
with affection to a sorrow-blighted
aiestie. People gave Him dinner par
ties. He was an hOnored guest at the
marriage at Cana. We believe He
laughed and made some sonvivial joke
when He turned the water into wine.
We Wish the generations that fol-
lowed and the theologians who have
revised and interpreted had left us
an echo Of that Christ-like laughter.
We don't think, despite the host Of
volunteer witnesses, that Christianity
was designed TO take the robust
mortal 10y out Of life.
We suppose II is the inheritance Of
New-York tribune., 1922-12-28
"Rum-RuIed'' England

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
siri The statement Of Mr.. Wayne B.
Wheeler in yesterdays Tribune in re-
gard to the happiness enjoyed in this
country on account Of prohibition Is
certainly interesting. He speaks pity
Ingiy Of ~rum-ruled" England, where
only one person In two hundred and
thirty con boast an automobile. II Mr.,
Wheeler would visit the rural sections
Of that country and find out for him
self how many people own a spiek and
span turnout and good-stepping
horse, the result Of his Investigation
would explain 70 him the sSssnee Of
New-York tribune., 1922-12-28
The Delaware Crossing Memorial

In New York 146 years ago this
week the British made merry. The
war was as good as over, so they
thought. CORVALLIS put his bag
gage on board a packet for England.
Washington had retreated through
the Jerseys and lay on the Penn
sylvania shore of the Delaware with
his gallant little half starved, tat
tered army. 81 will not despair" 1"
he said. Others had lost hope. The
Revolution seemed q lost cause.
Then came Trentonl The cross
ing Of the Delaware through the
ice foes ard the rout Of the Hessians
is one Of the supreme episodes Of
American history, dramatic and
glorious, never TO be recalled with
out rekindling patriotism. until
that hour" says Bancroft-good old
historian, perhaps too little read
nowadays-"the life Of the United
States fickered like a dying fame"
On the British side "All our hopes"
wrote Lord George Germain, "were
blasted by the unhappy affair at
Trenton"
An appropriate memorial Of the
great adventure, the turning point
Of the Revolution, is by all means
desirable. II is already well in
hand. The states Of New Jersey and
Pennsylvania have established spa
cious parks on both sides Of the
Delaware River a few miles above
Trenton where Washington crossed.
The plan is. further, 70 connect
these parks BY . memorial bridge
New-York tribune., 1922-12-28
Warden Lawes's Vigilance

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
siri About a week ago It was re-
ported that one Of the prisoners at
Sing Sing had escaped during an enter.
tainment that was given In the prison.
II Is, Of course, quite natural that
among a large number Of prisoners
one OF few Of the lonr-term
prisoners would try TO escape, whether
during an entertainment or otherwise.
but we have very good warden,
Major Lawes, at Sing Sing, who
watches the matter very carefully and
has been able 10 prevent escapes. or
in the few escapes that have taken
place. he has got the prisoners back
again.
During the entire administration Of
Major Lawes, who has been warden
Of Sing Sing for nearly three year,.
not single prisoner has been lost
with the exception Of the one above
referred 20, and he may yet be re-
covered. There have been FIVE or six
other escapes Of prisoners during
Warden Lawess administration, but
they we're ali reesptured. This err
tsinly 10 a splendid record.
ADoLPH LEwIsoHN.
New Hork, Dee. ss, 1874
New-York tribune., 1922-12-28
Not Wholly Successful

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: As 20 Prohibitions Success
let mo say a word. / recently re-
turned TO the city after quite a lengthy
stay In a section Of the country where
there we're no foreigners Of any de-
serIption, the population being all old
time Americans, shurehgoing and llv-
ing In oldtimo style. While there
was invited on many occasions 10 stake
something" There was lots Of liquor,
imported and moonshine. Il was passed
shout like stolen property and was
more dangerous and harmful 20 both
white and eolored than in ante-pro-
hibltion days.
In this city and elsewhere l repeat
edly see people suffering from tho
effects Of the vile and poisonous COM
pounds produced since the introdue.
tion Of prohibition.
DiSGUsTED.
New York, Dec. 20, ls2a
New-York tribune., 1922-12-28
The Lantern
Tn. s.orL Lose. HI. Job
cspr- Ns- rorh Trisun' fa'- 1873


The stork Loses He Job
| met a shabby, sad old siork.
A sooty s,ork. and snufyi
He looked a bit like Sairey Camp.
He sneezed like Mr.. Chufey.
these scientists" remarked the
stork.
Dot rot EN- and their meddlin' -
They've up and went and gone and
stopped
The job ! had Of peddlin'; .
iii
They looked me over and they says
Unianitary eritter.
Your feathers are so full Of germs
They positively twiiteri
"'You amt been manleured this
year.
Nor last year. neither. maybe;
You are a pretty bird. you are.
To tote around bsbyl'
V
well, gents ('ays D. since you in
quire.
My habit, is my habitsl
Them kids don't take no harm from
germs
No more'n little rabbit,;
vi
- smoke, my pipe, | takes my snuff
Il liquors. if you ask it),
And somewheres. every night, !
leaves
A baby in a basket;
VII
and If lose my job (say, D
| ask you, what comes afterI-
Why. either some lndignants' Home,
Or else to be a grafterl"
VIII
"Old Stork," | said, u srieve for
you.
So mournful, glum and grumpy
But then, you know, you really are
A frowsy bird and frumpyl"
New-York tribune., 1922-12-28
Throwing Coal Away

To the Editor Of The Tribune
Sir: Any escape Of steam fror
radiator system Is Just 90 mus'
thrown away. Again, modern ip''.,
are fitted with automatic draft e''-.
apparatus. This must have steam \,
sure 70 operate, to balance sosi IN
heat furnished economically. a
leak In one radiator IN ten ON
this economy for the whole 1'''
Let an old engineer most l'.''~. ].
indOrse Mildred N. BlsiTs i'''" A.. =
coal waste in yesterdays TriSans ". y.
"can" get up pressure IN p'l' -,
at one end II the supply boiler T" ~ ~
enough and coal Is ss per cent s,' ,.s
su, ~ W. ". THOMAS
New York, Dec. 80, 1874
New-York tribune., 1922-12-28
More Truth Than Poetry
By James ]. Montague
Reputation

Reputation
The man who wins his way
BY wise and prudent deeds,
Who shrewdly puts away
The money that he needs,
Though steady and direct
His bearing and his look,
Will lead folks TO suspect
That's he's at heart a crook.
The man who frowns on wrong;
Who will not take a drink;
Who never walks along
Temptations slippery brink,
Who never has been led
Where bubbling beakers foam,
Of him it will be said:
"He drinks all right-at homeP
The man who would not hirt
(As certain men will do);
Who looks upon a skirt
As something to eschew,
Undoubtedly has heard
Himself quite often called
"A dangerous old bird
Especially If he's baldl
The man who seldom speaks,
But, silent, goes his way,
Because he vainly seeks
For anything to say;
Phe brain within whose block
A gnat would scare suffice,
To him will people flock
For counsel and advice.
New-York tribune., 1922-12-28
The Postmen's Christmas

The Postmens Christmas
To the Editor Of The Tribune.
sIri In this mornings Tribune there
was a statement that every letter car
rIer was home to dinner by noon on
Christmas. This Is decidedly incorrect.
My father. who Is a supervisor, was
home shortly after noon. My brother
worked until p. m; my girl friends
brother worked from 4iSo 4. m. until
$3.50 p. m. The last letter carrier In
my fathers once rang the clock to 80
home at si27 D. m.
think It is about time the post
once closed on Christmas holidays.
The last two years are the first times
we have had father home even for half
. day. GLADYS =. HART.
Brooklyn, Dec. 20. 1921.
New-York tribune., 1922-12-28

che United States which are avail
able for public hunting grounds
Every year, however, this acreage
gets less and less and the number OF
hunters increases. AS a matter OF
fact. unless public hunting grounds
are created now while there Is still
some land to be had, the hunter OF
small means will either have TO give
m his shooting or take to trespass-
ing. This is why The proposed public
hunting ground bill may be said 70
be the salvation Of the "one-galluS'
hunter.
New-York tribune., 1922-12-28
Young Bowel

To the Editor Of The Trieuna -
Sir; Young Boswell Is the s'.-
and you have made in years he 49,
artist. The interviews With '0n,,., 1s-,,
Abbey and Santa Claus are esi'l's. 4.
masterpieces. know that ye's' Z,
opinions Of very many others OF W. y.
readers when say that ! ae'1I.. -.
hnd myself turning TO his column =.
fore look to SEQ what's become q ~ ~
Republican party and how 80, -,
murders there are or the front p..''
RUTH AUGHILrREe
PlainAeld. N. J.. Dso- 20. 1874
New-York tribune., 1922-12-28
What Readers Are Thinking

the tin lisEles which adOrA the streets
Of the rural sections Of this country.
Also, II Mr.. Wheeler will compare
the percentage Of crime per capita IN
England with that in the United States
he will find that the "rum-ruled" little
island Is at least a safe place for a
decent. law-abiding citizen to live In,
and one In which he can walk abroad
at all hours Of the day OF night with
out fear. l. A.
New York, Dec. 20, 1924.
New-York tribune., 1922-12-28
Bu Frederic F. Vdn de Water
(F. F. ~

We have sat in--unwillingly. shu
the twentieth or thirtieth-on Ioms
hundred impromptu debates On he
pros and cons Of prohibition. We have
heard probably Ave thousand arg.
ments advanced against the Violated
act. We don't remember once hearng
any one say that be was IN favor 4
drinking because it was, under ssf.
tain circumstances the best fun IN h'
world. All Of the protagorlsss 4
liquor have dwelt upon the throsslia
Of liberty and the growing pasernalin
Of the state and the terrible stuf IA
bootleggers sell you.
Not a single man Of them has ever
said that there was Joy IN getting
tanked up with a eongenial crowd.
The foes Of liquor cite glibly enougA
tho miseries brought about By strong
drink The bereaved families Of Whcn
they speak would take several days %
pass a given point. The evils thT
summon out Of a single bottle O
Scotch would, II modified ir tine
have made satans drive .againn
Paradise a bowling victory.
But not even the most fansiieh
adherent Of the vets, IN our prsssnes
has ever advanced the excuse that
say what you please about booze, tAs',
were Joy and laughter and song ana
exaltation Of a sort. IN drinking y
that is, n none Of your fellow IN.
bibers got one Of the garrulous "Am
right or am wrongi" jsga
New-York tribune., 1922-12-28

A correspondent approached us
the other day foY what he de-
seribed as a spirit Of irresponsible
levity in some OF our writings.
And we think he is right about
II.
And with the New Year, which
is only a few days distant as the
crow flies, we intend to turn over
a new leaf (as the saying is).
We intend to ally ourself with
the reformers and uplifters and
push onward to serious achieve
ment an idea that previously we
have only trihed with.
Here and now we announce that
our best efforts henceforth shall
20 TO the formation Of a Society
for the Prevention Of Cruelty to
Peanuts.
Please do not pretend that you
dd not know what we are talking
about.
You do.
You know that in preparing the
peanut for food II Is the custom 10
roast him alive.
Callous people and thoughtless
people have been saying for years;
"Oh, we'll, Il does not hurt the
peanut 10 be roasted alive as II
would man. His nervous system
Is not organized like mans. Why,
some scientists say the peanut
even enjoys being roasted alivel"
Stihe your conscience, II you
eanl
Lie 10 yourself, II you will, TO
excuse your cruelty. But deep In
your heart Of hearts you know
better-you know that the peanut
suffers agonies, torturea untold. as
the terrible heat penetrates his
shell and begins TO take effect upon
the tender organs within.
Stand beside the peanut roaster
as the heat begins TO get in its
work upon the peanuts.
Listenl
There, do you hear III That
hrst low, Huttering moan Of paint
Harkl
1t rises higher and clearer as
the agony grows; rises TO a shrill,
screaming whistle.
Can you hear that cry Of the
dying peanut and then. say that
he enjoys being slowly roasted
alivel Can you stand, dry-eyed,
we ask, In the presence Of that
wild plant wrung from the writh-
ing being Of the expiring peanut
Enjoys II, indeedl How would
vou enjoy III Away with such
hypoeriSyl
We have been wandering the
wintry streets ever since the Sat-
urday before Christmas, listening
10 the scream Of the tortured pea
nut, and II has made a different
man Of us, better man. And we
dedicate-"we consecrate with
tsars"-the best that Is in us to
the reform Of this barbArouS
abuse.
n~u~ X..A-
New-York tribune., 1922-12-28

We think that Jesus Christ lsss,a
and 20 Us that thought makes hh |"
more human and compelling and ''.''
did. We think. leaving the ven
controversy out Of the matter 'n''is
ly, that when He sees the n0vsn',.
carried forward in His name so-t'I :,
still laughs, sometimes joyous1 ~
sometimes 20 Keep from weeping
New-York tribune., 1922-12-28
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New-York tribune., 1922-12-28

As matter Of fact, We d0us
whether Mr.. yolstssd put snouF
peace and comfort into the word .
compensate for the fun he ''sf ."
Of Il.
New-York tribune., 1922-12-28
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rrtflsrf II ~ uot uiGsfFise crrliiei ~ tilf
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brrrin aisJ ar rftfnrd.
New-York tribune., 1922-12-28
A Common Grievance

Uncle Sam complains that he can't
get all the money due for income tax.
Neither can the income tax payers.
New-York tribune., 1922-12-28
THURSDAY. DECEMBER p. l'aa

ours4 hr ~ Yo4 Tfeuns M. ~ rosh
co,.crnion. Putnrbrc daiB. ortrp Rs't fre'i.
s.si. aclsn kor.ss nH1 fios-rfe,deni. h0'sfa
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New-York tribune., 1922-12-28
Books and So Forth

the Pilgrims and Puritans that makes
Americans speak Of Joy as something
rather mortifying and disgrace
ful, like o burst Of violent rage.
Perhaps it isn't just New Eng
land influence, but an Anglo-Saxon
heritage fortified and intensified
by Plymouth and Massachusetts, Bay
We wish, by the way, some ethnologist
or anthropologist would give his atten-
tion to the problem Of whether the
Pilgrims were hard-boiled and vindie-
tive because Of the food they ate, or
whether they assimilated Goldfish balls
and baked beans because they were
hard-boiled and yindictiYe.
The Latins seem 10 have less self
consciousness than we. They do many
things that are pleasant 20 do without
feeling the necessity Of giving some
exalted reason for their action.
Laughter 20 them seems 20 be suf-
ficient excuse for laughing; Joy, for
being joyful
The American conscience, which Is
the New agland conscience in the ma
jority Of cases, sheers away In alarm
from things that simply are pleasant
and joyous and mIrthful. They must
be instructive or eleyatipg or eduea-
tional in the bargain, or else ministers
preach against them.
New-York tribune., 1922-12-28

Joy Is something that the average
American has not the courage TO ad-
vocate. To him It is poor excuse
for anything, and yet TO this consider
ably under-average citizen II seems
fairly adequate reason for many
things.
New-York tribune., 1922-12-28
A National Diskraee

II begins to look az II air the
liquor coming TO this country would
have TO come In foreign vessels.
New-York tribune., 1922-12-28

As a matter Of fact, the Mayhower
folk we're super-epieureans and
sybarites at bottom, II seems 20 US.
They appear TO have Stunned most OF
the happy and genial and gay things
Of this world so that they would en-
Joy the pleasure Of heaven more
keenly. They were like the gourmand,
whose name we have forgotten, who
took a mouthful Of red pepper because
the Burgundy always tasted better
afterward.