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New-York tribune., 1922-06-09
Explaining Applause

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: have been very much inter
e-,.d in the opinions Of your readers
on the subjce, Of what causes applause
in a theater. doubt very much that
weather has anything to do with Il, as
stated By DR.. Free. and am not at all
convinced that Joseph Santley and
Richard Barthelmess are right IN at
tributing the cause % audience in
telligence and the art OF the actor re-
speetively.
Applause IN a theater or out Of IL Is
simply the manifestation OF the mob
spirit. II Is seldom. II ever. the express
sion o. the individual. So much for
audience intelligence As for "the art
OK the actor" an audience may DC en-
raptured at the close Of . fine piece Of
acting, It's senses and emotions deeply
moved. but great and wonderful as the
action Of the stage may be, the mob
audience sits moribund. dumfoundcd,
inert, puzzled by SIS own impulses.
Then let an usher. working gnder in
structions from the stage director,
make ever 80 feeble 4 hand clap. and with
one accord the mob will burst forth in
riotous applause.
One Of the most subtle devices Of the
oldtime actors was based precisely on
the knowledge Of this mob Psychology.
New-York tribune., 1922-06-09
Where There's a VIII

= Secretary Hoover's admission Of
:, the legal powerlessness Of the gov
eminent TO settle the coal strike is
z scarcely a conclusive answer to
those who have been demanding that
the government act. These know as
we'll as Mr.. Hoover that under ex-
listing laws there is no authority
which gives the Administration
power 10 enforce its advice.
But this power did not exist in
1902, when President Roosevelt set
tied the anthracite strike. The ef-
fectiyeness Of his action was due TO.
the fact that he represented the
people. and that he had modified
sthe entire public opinion Of the
Country behind him. ~
What President Roosevelt did in
l902 the present Administration
gould have done and may still do in
.i922. Definite and forceful action
BY the government to-day would at
once win the support Of public opin-
son. just as it did twenty years ago.
New-York tribune., 1922-06-09
A Hale Old Teetotaler

To the Editor OF The Tribune.
Sir; As 10 Hudson Maxim's recent
challenge TO produce teetotaler
stronger physically and mentally than
he, obviously comparisons in such mat
ters are dificult. But wonder whether
he is stronger physically than my
father. He is the oldest OF six sons
Of a drinking father--a man who. while
never abusive, was often under the in
auence Of liquor. furnishing 10 his sons
an example OF the beauties OF applied
personal liberty" so impressive that
every one Of them was a total alb
stainef.
when. at the crisis Of a severe
illness. the doctor ordered brandy TO
sustain my fathers strength and said
he would not be responsible for the
consequences IL IL was not admin
istered. my father replied: Il may die.
but | shall die with clear BRAIN
That was thirty-hve years ago. To-
New-York tribune., 1922-06-09
Amendment Plus Volstead

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: One Of your correspondents in
to-day's issue seems TO think that an
effort is being made to weaken the
Eighteenth Amendment. She refers TO
the use Of light wines and beer. There
is no mention in the Eighteenth
Amendment about either.
There seems TO be good deal OF
Misunderstanding about the Eighteenth
Amendment and the Volstead law. A
good many when referring 10 the
amendment mean the Yolstead act.
The Eighteenth Amendment refers 20
Intoxicating liquors for beverage pur-
poses" That is all there is 10 that
There does not appear 10 be much
chance Of changing the Yolstead act,
judging from the vote some time ago
on a resolution TO modify it. Il was
test vote and showed only 4 small
number in favor Of changing the Law.
jim
Paterson, n. j.. June 6, 1921
New-York tribune., 1922-06-09
Books By Percy Hammond


Henry Edward Manning vas born
1907 and died in 1892" Bsi NF sFs
ford. unlike Mr s,aehsy. psis.s's
musty obseryat.orsi sna. a. ~ "a
Mr Strachey's statemsn, q The y'
Of Cardinal Manning's birth ard sst
seems less tri.e than Mr. Bradford
announcement that Marx IT''1
seriousness. bis psthos. his roni't
his instinct tor adventure are al 4
kncwledged and erioyei.'
Il is w Bradford's intention n q
and succeeding groups % eoned
himself with the souls Of distinguish
persons ard 70 deal w.'h their wa
only as their souls are illustrated
H." II lived says he. 'tor ten yer
with the soul Of Robert :. Lee a
Il really made a little better mar
me. Six months Of Marx Twain ms|
me a worse. 7 even eagSh, his hsg7
ing cxssgerstion Of profanity. Andl1 4
hfty-six years old and no. o'1
susceptible 10 infection. What can
no. do to children Of sixtsea7
So. you see. Mr. Bradford IS z
avcrse 90 attacking. as Nr stTaes'
advises. mis- subject in unsApeei'
places. nor % shooting sude'
searehlight into obscure rese'ses ai'
orto undivined" The most critical
these studies is perhaps that q Her.
James and the liyeliess that % u
erea, moral tragedy % James Cue
pie Blaine" which treats sympa'a''
eally, though with an honest 'k'r
eism Of the tumul,s rather than Z
DEPTHS OF that ststesman's soul W.
pretty much all the virtues. all y
graces. all the gifts Of genius y
Bradford concludes. Blaine VII
remembered IN mis- country's annas
the man who lost the Presidency >
cause he was suspected Of nnan''
dishonor'
New-York tribune., 1922-06-09
Bucketing

The American Cotton Exchange
has been fined the maximum penalty
Of $4,000 for bucketing. Charges
against individual officers and men,
bers of the exchange are expected TO
be acted upon in the immediate
future.
The penalty for the corporation
is so trifling as to seem almost 10
put a premium upon Illicit transac-
tions. It is difficult not 10 recall
some of the stories told Of res
taurateurs who violate the prohibit
ton laws and pay the maximum fine
gladly, alleging that it is cheap at
the price. Unfortunately, the char
ter Of corporation such as the
American Cotton Exchange cannot
be revoked until the concern has
been twice convicted. An active
prosecuting attorney, however, can
render a service by watching it
carefully in the future.
But it is still possible to inflict
effective punishment upon some Of
the individual offenders. Under the
law the maximum fine for an indi-
yidual is 81 1000, but he may be i'm
prisoned for not more than five
years besides. If several of those
who are convicted of bucketing be
given Jail sentences it may act as
warning to others who wish to emu
late their crooked deals. If they are
let of lightly. however, the buck
eteers, like the bootleggers, will
merely charge off their fines to op-
Grating expenses and proceed abou.
their activities with renewed vigor.
The evil OF bucketing, to be
checked, must be stamped on heav-
lily. Not only must the law be en-
forced 10 the limit, but social and
business pressure must be brought
against the offenders. The convicted
members Of the exchange must
receive the maximum penalties. Be-
sides this, individuals and firms Of
the New York Cotton Exchange,
which has in its field a leadership
comparable 20 that Of the New
York Stock Exchange, should ex-
ercise toward dealers suspected of
shady transactions the same sort Of
ostracism that the Stock Exchange
New-York tribune., 1922-06-09
Still Cumbering

Senator McCumber has reported
his bonus bill to the Senate. 1t has
not improved with age. Nor does
the accompanying report dispose OF
the objections which have been urged
from the beginning against meas
ure of this sort, which involves
about $4,000, 100000 Of expenditure
and yet provides no new revenue
with which TO meet it.
The Senate bill is almost identical
with the House bill. II ignores
President Harding's announcement
that he could not approve any bonus
act which did not pay It's own way
The President informed Congress
that he would gladly sign a bonus
bill coupled with sales tax. There
is no allusion to a sales tax in the
McCumber bill.
The report, moreover, holds out the
hope that the bonus will be taken care
Of through repayments of the war
loans made TO the Allied nations.
The act which authorized the issue
Of Liberty bonds and the advance TO
our allies of about S10.000,000,000
from the proceeds Of Liberty bond
sales contained a specific pledge that
interest and principal repayments
should be used to take up outstand-
ing Libertys. The additional Sc
curity was allotted TO the purchasers
of the bonds. Il would be a viola
ton Of contract 10 divert foreign re-
payments to other Treasury uses.
The plain fact is that the Treas
ury cannot afford to assume such n
burden as the McCumbcr bill would
put upon it. The country knows
this. 1t is little interested in
the passage of a bonus bill
by this Congress. The pol!ti-
clans guessed wrong. Every impor-
tant primary election this spring has
shown that the voters have other
things on their minds. In the case
Of three primary contests which
have stood out-those in Indiana,
Pennsylvania and Iowa--the bonus
cut little figure. All these results
have been attributed TO a progres-
sive drift. But Senator Bevcridge
was not nominated on the bonus Is
sue. Senator Pepper got huge ma
jority in Pennsylvania, although he
opposed the bonus, and Colonel
Brookhart. who won in Iowa for a
variety of other reasons. happens,
incidentally, to be in favor Of a
bonus.
The bonus hysteria has died away.
There is now no real obstacle 10
dealing with the question Of adjust
cd compensation for the veterans
on a basis which will not upset gov
ernment financing and will be fair
TO the rest Of the country as we'll as
to them.
New-York tribune., 1922-06-09
Ii Shows the Way

Ii Yuan-hune, Cincinnatus among
Chinese statesmen, has been sum-
moncd from retirement to fiji the
Presidency Of the republic. He is
disposed to listen TO the call, but lays
down in a remarkable manifesto
what he considers to be the essential
conditions Of China's reorganization.
Ii was President in 1917 and
yielded at that time 10 the pressure
Of the militarists in Peking to the
extent Of dismissing the legally
elected parliament. This act he now
refers to in almost Calvinistic Ian.
guage as his "sin." It was a sin
against China and against the hopes
of regeneration created by the estab-
lishment Of the republic.
Perhaps Ii was not altogether to
blame. China was forced into the
World War much against her will,
tempted mainly by assurances that
as belligerent she would have a
better chance Of recovering Shan
tung in the final peace negotiations.
These assurances proved empty
when the peacemakers met at Paris,
and it was left for the Washington
conference TO restore to China the
ancient homeland Of Confucius.
After China's entry into the war
foreign influence, and especially Jap
anese influence. got a tighter hand
in Peking, and conditions in the
provinces became more chaotic. The
japanese encouraged separatism and
the spread Of the power Of the mill
tary satraps. These functionaries,
nominally provincial governors, alb
sorbed all authority in the regions
in which they set up as overlords.
They maintained what were prac-
tically private armies. They col
lected and kept all the taxes and
local assessments and left the Fed
eral Treasury pitifully empty.
1t is this system Of local private
government by the Tuchuns which
Ii rightly regards as the greatest
obstacle 10 the restoration Of re-
sponsible central government. One
Of the Tuehuns recently seized Pc
king. Another rescued the city and
drove the intruder back to the wilds
of Manchuria. A central govern
ment needs 10 be able TO protect its
own capital, 10 collect its own reve-
nues and 10 conduct relations with
foreign governments unterrorized by
local magnates who can starve il
into helplessness and annul engage
ments which il has entered into with
the outside world. Last fall the
Chinese government at Peking was
actually unable to raise the money
70 send delegates 10 the Washington
conference, at which China's fate
for many years was 10 be deter
mined.
Ii Yuan-hung's manifesto is sound.
II he resumes the Presidency and
gets at the same time the Tuchuns
TO abdicate, he will have put the re-
New-York tribune., 1922-06-09
Why Lily Dalep

To the Editor OF The Tribune.
Sir: Why did Mrs. Deland call '''
street girl in The Vehement Flame
Lily Daleg Doesn't she know or o..
she forget the charming heroine = :.
"The Small House at Arlington
There are many Of US who still rs''
Trollope and who love Lily Dale soo''
all the rest OF his women. and W
resent keenly the use Of her name "
this degrading and incongruous fs'A
ion. EDWARD FoLbN
Philadelphis, Pa, June 8. 1917 =.
New-York tribune., 1922-06-09
What Readers Are Thinking

day. approaching mis- seYen'y'nn
birthday. he still has "a clear oFaia
and. n skilled mechanic, still woFp
hard every day Of his life n
Woodworking establishment, bs's'
taking care Of a COW ana gafo'-
Not long ago the family physics,
after a thorough examination ss"
You haven't even an increase In DO"
pressure .
Candor eompels me 70 admit 'a0U'
that do not believe his condition I
due wholly TO his abstinence W t0-
stimulants. any more than l oe'''
that Mr.. Msxim's vigOr is due 70 y
moderate use Of stimulants.
UPSTATE
Brooklyn. June 6, 1922.
New-York tribune., 1922-06-09

shows toward brokers suspected OF
bucketing.
That a verdict of guilty has been
brought against the American Cot
ton Exchange is encouraging. But II
must be considered only as a first
step in the process Of ferreting out
crooks in business. The more Wig
orous the prosecution and the heav-
ier the punishment Of those who are
convicted the better for the general
public and for all honest dealers.
New-York tribune., 1922-06-09

When the curtain fell on a scene. il
there was not enough applause, they
would shake the curtain. Inevitably this
would cause a frenzy Of hand clapping,
and the curtain would be sent up again
and again amid tremendous demon
stration. HECTOR FULLER.
New York. June 7. 1922.
New-York tribune., 1922-06-09
Again Germany Won't

49, IL having developed tnaJ tne Hc-
gotiations at Paris looked to a re-
duction Of the reparation total and
- France having refused to consent to
a reduction, the project to float an
international loan for Germany's
benefit dies. .
s,, II has been denied that the bank
ers had in mind a cancellation Of
part of the German debt. Germany.
Jsit was hinted, had privately indi-
:. Gated willingness TO pay, provided
- q loan was made 10 her. II there
was such assurance il is now repudi-
ated. Otherwise the bankers would
not call of the parley. Germany
wont pay, even though lent the
money. All along it has been sus-
pccted that Germany never intended
otherwise.
The Reparation Commission may
extend the date and modify the form
Of payment. but Article 234 Of the
Versailles Treaty specifically adds
'abut not to cancel any part without
the specific authority Of the several
governments represented OF the com
mission" France having given ad-
vance notice that she viii not con-
sent to cancellation, and Germany,
in effect. having refused 10 borrow
g unless there is cancellation, the
bankers naturally broke up their
meeting.
For reasons convincingly stated
by Bernard NJ. Baruch in his book,
the American delegation at the
peace conference supported the idea
that Germany could not pay except
for actual damages done by her.
The delegation estimated that these
damages approHimated Sl5,00o,0OO,-
0e0, an estimate subsequently con-
frmed by the detailed investiga-
tions Of the Roparation Commission.
= Allowing for the spread Of the pay
ments over a long period, This sum
is something more than that agreed
20 by Germany year ago.
But the ink was hardly dry be-
fore Germany whined that the bur-
den was beyond her power to carry.
Then il became generally known
that German taxes are but SO per
capita. while those Of France are
$40 and those Of Great Britain SEQ
So new csmoufage was painted
The new excuse was that her dis
orfanization prevented Germany
paying now; that if the benevolent
! would but buy her bonds she would
turn over the proceeds to her cred
itors. The mask is now off this pre-
tense. Her real object is cancella-
tion. She would land the burden of
the actual damages she did on her
victims - particularly on France.
She says; "We won't clean up the
smea we made. That must he done
by our victims
~. II is not strange that France re-
CARDS this as hard doctrine.
', The practical questions faced by
this country are two. One is
whether We are willing to assist
e France TO collect. The second (as-
2. suming a negative to the frst) is
whether our public opinion would
back France should she take appro-
I. 1<iate measures to collect for her
Self.
New-York tribune., 1922-06-09

public again on i,s feet II China Is
to be a nation she must be genuinely
federalized, with the power OF the
sword and the purse where Prcsi-
dent and parliament sit.
New-York tribune., 1922-06-09
,o,nrp oy THE ASSOCIATED rREss

I,< Ausrsed Przs ia eIc,usiTsly enated 20
ne uae for rsDubNcaiioa q al news dispatches
icgrdited u Il 90 no c,is-sise cfedied Ia ths
eap~s and also the lcca news o. sponiAnso1s oTiEn
pobl.saed herrin-
Al rghu q rrpub.iestica q AL othU matter
j. wiz Nso are rrse7el
New-York tribune., 1922-06-09

.- Yes ssn psrehS, r~shsat's sfr''t'''d 10 IHt
TRIBUNE ~th sbsslsts ssfeo-fos " els,at'ise-
;, tks r,slu Ia any osss ThE TRIBUNE sv"sh.
-t,s, 70 pay yer asaeS bach upon request No red
t,,s No eslbblisi. ~s rsfvae pronsuy " ms
sCyertissr cees net.
New-York tribune., 1922-06-09

ovn-d b. No. Ycrf TSiouns Inc. Me- ros
carpcrsuoa rsblishsd daily. oEden Rad. frs'''
e<n,: @. verucy RoIsn. vio.frndsni; Hsien
Ros,n Reid. ss--,sD a K MaIesa Ttsasur'''
kddvss. rnbuns BgndinE ~ Nnsss s'-ret Ne"
rGk Tsisphone. Bectnp tccp.
New-York tribune., 1922-06-09

The mu0girsSs Of yesterday ALMOST
made us abandon our ambition 20 live
unm Judge Gary or Mr. Schwab an
nounees that tie stand or me threskod
Of an cr0 Of terrible busincss de-
pression.
New-York tribune., 1922-06-09

Senator Lusk seems TO be Jonah.
The police lieutenants who gave him
a silver service lost their bill at Al
bany, and Dier & Co.. who paid him
a five thousand dollar retainer,
failed not long afterward.
New-York tribune., 1922-06-09

Travel into the Balkans is dihheul,
because Of the rush Of royal families
coming out.
lcoryrlght By Jamc. J. MoniaEasl.
New-York tribune., 1922-06-09
Rushed

Between peace conferences and golf
matches Lloyd George gets precious
little time 10 run England.
New-York tribune., 1922-06-09
You Behave.

Sir: am warm enough in my thin
alpaca coat, but when ! see other mem
Jers of my Well-known sex swelter-
ing in vest and heavy woolen coat
.hink to myself that it amt the heat.
n's the stunidi.v. DELBE
New-York tribune., 1922-06-09
More Truth Than Poetry
BY James J. Montague
The Rule OF Reason

(A Grand luke IL nov cashier Of an Aus.
irlan hankl
Grand dukes are men | rarely
meet,
So who am 10 say
That they have not the sort Of
feet
That walk the narrow way?
They may observe the Golden
Rule
And scatter smiles about,
Or even teach in Sunday school,
Though that | rather doubt.
But they were spenders in their
time;
Before their jobs they lost
They had a noble and sublime
Contempt for what things cost.
They rode about in limousines.
And charged EN- to the state.
The public digging up the means
With which 10 pay the freight.
When used to wealth it irks a
man,
As everybody knows.
To buy on the installment plan
His furniture and clothes;
To have 10 wear a last years hat.
To save the cash TO meet
The rental Of a dismal fiat,
Upon a dingy street.
And so, though | do not imply
That people could not trust
A man with wealth in days gone
by,
But recently gone bust,
Were one employed in any bank,
] patronized. I swear,
That | should hurry down and
yank
Ny money out of there
New-York tribune., 1922-06-09

Why did Messrs. O'Brien and
Hirshheld go TO Poughkeepsie? Are
the corporation counsels and COM
missioners Of accounts also holding
conventions there?
New-York tribune., 1922-06-09

II is rot surprising that Mr. Bryan
does not believe in evolution. He be-
gan life as politician without any
Office. and--well,
New-York tribune., 1922-06-09

Mr.. Hearst's date for luncheon at
Doom has not yet been announced.
New-York tribune., 1922-06-09

o. Kourse loyal Ku-KluS Khan mem
bers wouldn't Konsider being indicted
for anything but Kidnapping and in
tent 20 Kill.
New-York tribune., 1922-06-09

Just when things were getting niee
snd quiet in the Balkans, the Ru-
msnisns and Serbians become .els-
tives-in-law.
New-York tribune., 1922-06-09
L'ENVoI

tn. high cost Of livirS seems 10 hare
been specially stimulating 70 lawyers
fees. Mr. DGY0heriy announces that he
rouidrt urdcrfdks 10 0,i himsrN ont
Of the Attorney Generals Office for
million doliars.
New-York tribune., 1922-06-09

Senator Wa,son's grief over the fact
that certain ambassadors a; Washing
ton have actually been discussing the
proposed tariff is easily comprehensi-
bic. Any schoolboy knows that an am
bassador is sent 70 America BY an.
other nation only so that We can send
him home IL war is declared.
New-York tribune., 1922-06-09
The Tower
BALLADE OF EMBoNPoNTs

BALLADE OF EMBONPOlNTS
nNE.Two.THREE-FoUR and one
" two-thres-four-
Follow the charts in the exercise
guide.
Bend till your knuekles are touching
the floor,
seOrning the protests Of ligamsnts
wrled.
We. every morn, ere the dewdrop'
have dried.
Strive and endeavor our plumpne's
20 rout.
For. though the slim our gyration'
deride.
Corpulenee waits II our nerve should
give out.
Muscles arc aching and tendons are
sore.
sill. noble band. by our oath we
abide.
Spending at daybreak ten minutes or
more
Doing contortions 10 tighten the hide
over proportions b. fat magnifed'
See the proud dowager, naughty and
stout,
STOPPING TO conquer a waistline too
wide.
corpulenee waits II our nerve should
give out.
Youthful the heart in our innernaost
core.
tAdipose persons may still have
their pride)
Maybe the days Of our slimness are
DER.
Anyhow. credit US. Gosh, we have
tried
Daily VIC dozen, whatever betide,
High our resolve that the shirker
may scout.
Bitter our fate II we let duty slide.
Corpuleneo waits II our nerve should
give out.
L'ENVOI
So we'll continue, until at our side
Skinny Death ehuekles: Whats all
this about7"
Gosh! Just suppose where the Blessed
abide
Corpulcnce waits If our nerve should
give out!
New-York tribune., 1922-06-09
Two Stricken by Heat Wave

Two Stricken by Heat Wave
Sir: Please accept the grateful
thanks Of US girls for quoting the OBJ
seryation Of "A Woman strapharger,'
which has evidently borne fruit A
kindly vissged gentleman reading The
Tower this morning graciously prof
fercd me his subway scat, although !
haven't a gray hair.
said Thank you STENOG.
New-York tribune., 1922-06-09
GU "A ~

q ra.sr.d q, IRE Po.tnsto~ a. Se~ york - s>ccnd
Class Mai Mater
New-York tribune., 1922-06-09
TWO PAPERS ARE CHEAPER THAN
ONE-Ed.

TWO PAPERS ARE CHEAPER THAN
ONE-Ed.
Around your dancing. merry eyes
There ever shines the light Of wit;
You are an ardent column fan.
And that perhaps accounts for Il.
And daily as scan The Tower,
And try to understand each jest,
And search for gems OF wisdom there,
wonder which you think is best.
So this has led me on to dream
OF some bright day when we might
meet
And share this literary feast
The while we had our shredded wheat.
Each morning, then, in mock ARRAY
We'd strive 20 capture hrst the prize,
And ever the enleaguered Tower
I'D meet your dancing. merry eyes.
But ',isn't fair 20 ?. F. "
To use his space for such h.Ttaiion;
For. though the scheme appeals to me,
'Twould cut The Tribune's clreula-
,ion. p. c. c.
The increase in the number Of
portable typewr!ters on the market
leads US 20 wonder II we'll get our va
cation before some one inyents a
portable newspaper Office.
The Tribune halls the horse as "the
Oldest labor-saving device known to
mankind"
New-York tribune., 1922-06-09
srENoG.

The Bible is TO be broadcast by radio
and it's going TO be a terrific shock TO
lot Of people to find how many
things there are that the Scriptures
don't say We can't do.
New-York tribune., 1922-06-09

Tuttutl Ladies hrstl F.F.v.
New-York tribune., 1922-06-09

Sir: In all the papers Henry Ford
Is reported to have said he would be
willing to run for President. Up to
date, no one seems to have made any
wise cracks about a hivver running
anywhere. l.. B. !.
New-York tribune., 1922-06-09

The Tribune halls the horse as "the
Oldest labor-saving device known TO
mankind"