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The New York herald., 1922-10-01
BURYING MENELAUS
A PERILOUS JOB

.CTHE only thing we could find to
bury Menelaus in was a black
satin bag, inappropriately, ad'
nit, lined with Du Barry red. But the
time was short and it had to serve.
Don't let me make a mystery OF IT,
Menelaus was (alas, to have TO use
that tense!) a cat, beautiful, proud
and most discriminating Persian We
both worshiped him, would sacrifice
everything to keep him well and beau
tiful and good natured. and here she
was telling me he was deadP
1 couldn't believe 1t. 1 had left
Menelaus In the country where he had
diyested himself OF city ways and gone
at least part way back to nature. He
thought less Of his extra long and
bushy tail and more Of the birds he
expected to catch. It had been lots
of sport to see him, after long hesita-
ton, dash up q tree and even more
fun to watch him, as he turned TO
come down, fall out OF It.
had left this vitality alive treasure
on Saturday and here In the city on
Monday she showed me his stiffened
corpse. ct was laid out on my bed)
Well. there lay Menelaus. not so
beautiful In death as In life, for the
marks OF his death struggle were ap-
parent.
What could we do with him?
Couldn't we take him TO the park
and under cover of night bury him
in some floral corner?
Yes. we could, but our arrest was
sure to follow.
1t was decided that our best chance
was to carry him over to the East
River and take a chance at consigning
poor Menelaus to a watery grave.
| 1t isn't as easy to reach the brink
Of tho rivers about Manhattan Island
| to-day as Il was in Washington Ir-
wings time. All sorts OF obstructions
have been thrown up by the city. In
| this neighborhood. for instance, there
| Is a sea wall spiked by a high iron
fence, You can see the river, true
but It's edge must be as least block
away.
Then we remembered that there was
little park near by, bordering the
river. 1t was full of people, of course
and but one bench at the extreme
right of the sea wall offered place
to seat ourselves. Behind us glared
an electric light and built over the
river on a platform in front of the
public bath party OF men and women
were playing society. Fragments OF
their conversation drifted across:
"1've been c'f tho stuff so long that
ust one t., slt n.c Up" sail q
The New York herald., 1922-10-01

HERALD.
New York Herald Bureau.
London. Sept. Is.
THE Old Lady. of Threadneedle
Street is getting new frocks.
She is going to bloom out in
cclors brilliant and gay. she is 60
ing to appear among her aged and
shabby companions with the raiment
and mien of matronly beauty which
all had thought she would never re-
gain.
The old Bank Of England, the old
lady who has watched over the golden
gains of prosperous British merchants
and the gradually dwindling wealth Of
the landed gentry, is going to be
dressed up like some great American
beauty Her lovely old Grecian face
alone is not going to be altered one
iota. Those smooth and settled lines
and that bland, dignified expression
is still going to smile down upon
Threadneedle street. But she is going
to become big and stately.
For a number of years previous to
The New York herald., 1922-10-01
SAYS BRITAIN (!
is AGAINST WAR
Sir Philip Gibbs Denounces What Ht
Considers Reckless Gambling With
Lives by Churchill in Encouraging
the Greeks to Take the Aggressive
in the Near East.
By SIR PHILIP GIBBS.

he launched into these costly enteI>.
prises; at time when peace was vital
to the British Empire he played with
fire. Against the instincts. desirds
and protests Of public opinion In Great
Britain he persisted in a policy Of eff
pansion in the Far East to the vefy
last throw Of the dice. and when ludk
turned against him, as 1t has always
turned, for his record has been one
long series of disasters, he tried to
reverse the decree by a sensational
appeal to the British dominions f9r
military aid.
Looking back on that document
which startled Great Britain by it's
sensational tidings of imminent war
there is not a man in England who
does not deplore the insanity with
which it was issued, without previous
consultation with France or the other
allies. Is there no telegraph or teld
phone between Paris and LondonS?
Was 1t not possible to sound the
French Ambassador at London? Ito
any mind not unbalanced by rage anH
disappointed hopes it was clear FROM
the start that instant cooperation wa|s
necessary with France. France waits
deeply committed to the Turkish view
point. France had for that reasotl
political influence with the Turk. In
any case it would be impossible for
Great Britain to take separate action
to which France would be hostile and
to which she would not lend troops.
British Would Fight
Again in Just Cause
The British people are not those who
shrink from any sacrifice when ma
tional honor and national life are at
stake. Even now, after the agony anSl
losses Of the last war. they would rise
again to fight on behalf OF civilization.
The British Empire is not so en-
hausted, so weak spirited, that 1t will
not assemble its manhood once mo1e
to defend its heritage to the last gasn.
But 1t was made clear at once neither
in Great Britain nor in any dominionAs
would men enroll for any war that
was not matter of life or death foE
their race. Not to bolster up mistakes
Of Churchill nor to save the prestige
of Lloyd George would men leave theif
women and go into the shambles once
again. Not to establish Greece in All
empire which she cannot hold will they
add the ruin of their trade or further
burden to their taxation. From ali
parts of the British Empire to THE
mother country came the message OF
peace at any price not dishonor.
1t is possible even now that before
long there may be war not peace.
Kemal and those who massacred the
people Of Smyrna may be only the
advance guards of the Mohammedah
world in arms, supported and incited
by Soviet Russia. In that case, which
is not beyond possibility, the British
race will fight for Christendom, as all
white races will fight, or civilization
will go down to shame and ruin. BUT
that is only possible If the white na-
tions plot against each other with
treachery in their hearts, If states
manship remains in the hands Of mefl
who have gone from one blunder to
another with alarming folly.
Copyright. 1922. by The Mcclure Newspaper
Syndicate.
The New York herald., 1922-10-01

and to soil souls in the muddied
waters of things that are not so.
Given the necessity for accepting
the evils of war to avoid other evils
even greater, I do not feel qualified
to state the extent 70 which squeam-
ishness can be- expected to affect its
conduct. but I assume that in the
minds Of thinking men there is agree
ment that in world seeking a basis
OF cooperation rather than of con-
flict the prevalent wartime practice
of distorting truth and of clothing
plausible falsehood with responsibility
should not prevail-and yet it does
prevail,
The New York herald., 1922-10-01
Fear of the Unorthodox
Cause of Unjust Stigma

Or again. to the lurking fear that
some new movement will disturb the
existing order and thus create per-
sonal complications for us, is added
the suggestion that certain individual
crimes OF violence. increasingly prev
alent, had their origin and instigation
within the disliked movement. Inn
medlately there is almost inevitable
disposition to assume these things TO
be fact. We detest and fear the type
OF crime and we dislike and distrust
people who think thus unorthodoxly.
What moro reasonable than that the
two are associated And Immediately,
without mental effort and ALMOST with
The New York herald., 1922-10-01
Says Colleges Should
Fight Spirit of FaIsehood

AS a tangible and practical objec-
tive. college men could commit them
selves to no purpose more in accord
with the spirit of the foundation by
which they seek to benefit than the
early and utter elimination of the
spirit of propaganda in the affairs of
this world, and in the discussion of
those of the next. There could be no
more genuine conservation to the prin-
ciple of the search for truth than in
militant opposition to and reputation
of this spirit, whether IL emanate from
the manufacturers association, the
offices of organized labor, the editor s
column, the preachers pulpit or the
college officers desk. The principle
and the method are invariably wrong,
however worthy be the motive.
In course of time 1 hope that some
thinker will write a serious disserta-
ton on the subject of labels as related
to truth and propaganda. Unfortu-
nately, labels do not always accurately
designate the goods. The buyer re-
turning from Paris with a few
Partisan hats but with a quantity OF
Partisan labels to be affixed to crea-
tions OF domestic manufacture may do
no great injury to the purchasers OF
his goods but he certainly will never
advance the science of honest mer-
chandising. The duty dodger who sits
on the edge Of his berth industriously
tearing out from his clothes the firm
name of his English tailors and re-
placing them with labels forehandedly
provided, bearing the name OF his
homo town suit maker, may not
greatly damage society but he def
nitely damages his own capacity TO be
useful to society when he perjures
himself to the Government inspec tor
! When we. however, somewhat less
consciously disregard the true labels
to be affixed to men or causes and
without care In ascertaining the facts
tag them with labels which designate
them to be what we wish them to be
thought TO be we destroy the essential
evidence In regard to their true char
acteristics and make accurate desig-
nation impossible. and thus make un-
obtainable all thought or action de-
pendent upon accurate knowledge.
We have all seen the effects of this
on individuals. To the latent un-
popularity of a clubmate. or It may be
popularity so great as to arouse
envy. there Is attached. through ir.
responsibility or malice. the whispered
| implication OF some disapproved action
| 1t Is Immediately assumed that he Is
not of our kind. II begins to seem thai
he might be OF the kind that he Is
accused of being, and Of n sudden al
which has been suggested become:
accepted as fact. The label is affixed
and the man is outlawed.
The New York herald., 1922-10-01
Statesmen Were Deaf
To Warning of Danger

AS for British craftsmanship and
diplomacy, one can only raise ones
hands in despair. Against constant
warnings of the gravest kind from
men who knew the weakness Of the
Greek character. the growing strength
and fanaticism of the Mohammedan
world Government, largely influenced
by Churchill, the biggest gambler in
world politics to-day, they gave their
full weight of influence to the Greek
claims, melted the Greek army to take
risks which were deadly danger. as We
know now in the result.
Ever since the armistice with Ger
many, in 1918. this man Churchill.
whose urdoubted brilliance and au-
dacity put spell on Lloyd George and
his colleagues, has played with high
stakes for the Eastern empire. Ig-
noring all cautious advice, contemptu-
Gus of his country's burden Of debts
and taxation, fascinated by Oriental
visions, he adventured wildly into
MeCopotamia and Palestine, challenged
French interests in Syria, stirred up
unrest in the Mohammedan world,
used Greece as a trump card against
the Turks. His responsibility Is enor-
nous: he ought not to escape the
frightful consequences.
At q time when economy was the
only wise watchword for British policy
The New York herald., 1922-10-01

Another instaIiment of Can't.
Rftter's book will be printed in
The New York Herald next
Sunday.
The New York herald., 1922-10-01
DO TOO MANY
GO OTO.COLLEGE?
Full Text of the Address by President
Hopkins of Dartmouth, in Which
He Declared the PrivilegesofHigher
Education Should Not Be Wasted
on the Unfit.

derstanding. and the earliest, few
principles applying to our mutual re-
lationship may well be stated at this
juncture. These principles are in
volved particularly at Dartmouth in
such policies as the restriction of en-
rollment. TIE selective process Of ad-
mission and the permanent elimina-
ton from the college membership OF
men incompetent or unwilling to quail
ify according TO the standards which
the college seeks to maintain.
The New York herald., 1922-10-01

Syecfol CooIs to THE NEW YoRK HERALD.
LONDON, Sept. 80.
N HATEvER may be the fipai
M settlement terms with Tur-
key the story of this Near
Eastern crisis will remain as a pain
full and humiliating memory to the
British Empire and as danger sig
nal to Europe. Neither France nor
Great Britain will emerge from this
crisis with unscathed reputation. The
peace itself made for the time being
with Kemal Pasha will settle nothing
but a establishment of Turkey in
Europe, with its old inevitable men,
ace Of unceasing strife in the Balkans,
with smoldering fires to fnflame hos
tile policies among the great Powers.
France, by right Of tradition protec-
tor of the Christian minorities in the
East has sullied that honor by her
enthusiastic advocacy of the Turkish
claims by arming the Turks with
French rifles and ammunition, while
watching the horror of the Smyrna
massacre.
Although the French Government
accepted the original treaty with
Turkey made at the Peace OF Sevres
they broke away from their allies by
a separate compact with Kemal which
smashed that treaty to bits. Recently
when Turkish victories and menaces
demanded the closest cooperation be-
tween France and Great Britain they
acted again with utter disregard of
British prestige. with no sense Of
loyalty, by withdrawing their troops
from Chanak in the neutral zone on
the Asiatic shore of the Dardanelles at
the very time when English soldiers
were ordered to hold that line at all
costs.
The New York herald., 1922-10-01

Interior
of the
Bank VIII
Retain
Most of Its
Familiar
Features,
Including
the Old
Garden.
but the
Historic
Rotunda
Will Have
to Go
The New York herald., 1922-10-01

IN O recent address President Hop
fcins of Dartmouth declared his con-
Viction that too many men are going to
college. The tcle0rophed reports Of
his utterdnce. curtailed to meet the
space limitations of nert mornings
newspapers aroused so much interest
that THE New XoRK HERALD presents
heret1ith the complete tert Of the
speech.
The New York herald., 1922-10-01

Huge
Blank
Walls Will
Be Kept,
but Room
VIII Be
Gained by
Building
Up the
Center to
an Extra
Height
Of Five
Stories
The New York herald., 1922-10-01

Special Correspondence to THE New YoRH
HERALD.
New York Herald Bureau,
London, Sept. 15.S
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1922-05-27

field, where I had been at work since
daybreak. I was tired, dusty, and
hungry 1t was two miles into town.
I wanted to get my supper, and to
wash and dress for singing school.
My first impulse was to refuse, and
to do it harshly; for I was vexed that
he should ask me after my long days
work. If l did refuse, he would go
himself He was a gentle, patient old
man. But something stopped me
one of Gods good angels, think.
of course, father, I'll take it,
said heartily, giving my scythe to one
of the men.
""Thank you, Jim,' he said. I was
going myself; but somehow, don't
feel very strong today
"He walked with me to the road that
turned off to town. AS he left, he put
his hand on my arm, saying again:
Thank you, my son. You've always
been a good boy to me, jim
'T hurried into town and back again.
when I came near the house l saw
a crowd of farm hands at the door.
Zone of them came to me, the tears
rolling down his face.
e Your father he said, fell dead
just as he reached the house. The
last words he spoke were to you
81 am an old man now, but I have
thanked God over and over again, in
the years that have passed since that
you've always been a good boy to
me-
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-. THE...
CHILDREN'S HOUR
HOW ANNE SAVED cARFARE.

Her books under her arm, Anne
stood waiting for her brother Joe.
Her home was on farm several miles
from town, and though the interur-
ban cars ran frequently enough, it
was still more convenient to ride into
town with Joe and to return with him
at night, besides saving twenty cents
carfare a day. Anne's father was a
prosperous man, but he had not
brought his children up to think that
a dollar a week did not matter.
She saw the big horses some dis
lance down the street first of all, and
then the furry object that she knew
was Joe's cap. During the winter,
Joe was working as teamster for a
firm in town, and like Santa Claus
in the poem, che was all dressed in
fur from his head to his feet" fur
cap, fur coat, fur mittens. Anne told
him laughingly sometimes that he re-
minded her of nothing so much as a
grizzly bear.
Sometimes Joe came for her in a
big rafting wagon, and to climb to
the seat beside him was quite feat
Now, because of the snow, he was
on runners, and the big, heavy sled
looked load in itself for horses less
sturdy than Nip and Tuck
Anne waved her hand as she saw
her brother approaching Joe waved
his whip The big horses pranced
little, just to show that their days
work had not taken the spirit out
of them, and came up to the curb,
tossing their heads with a great jim
Cling of bells. And then Anne heard
behind her a voice, unsteady with a
little malicious Tilt of laughter. say,
"Cinderella's chariot
Anne did not need to turn her
head. She knew perfectly who had
spoken-Marie. Jeffrey. who lived half
mile from her own home. The
words were followed by smothered
laughter, and it was this that brought
the blood singing to Anne's very
ears. If the girls had laughed out,
she would not have minded SO much,
but those smothered giggles made it
plain that she was being made sport
of,
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CATHOLIC EDUCATION.
The Bishops Pastoral Lays Bare the Nature and the
Principles of Our Education-the Child has Right
the Parent Duty to Guard that Right by Furnishing
Religious Training.

The principles of Catholic educa-
ton were thus set forth in the Pas
toral Letter of the Archbishops and
Bishops assembled in conference at
the Catholic University of America in
September, 1919.
"The Church in our country is
obliged, for the sake of principle, to
maintain system of education dis.
tinct and separate from other systems.
1t is supported by the voluntary con-
tributions of Catholics, who at the
same time, contribute, as required by
law, to the maintenance of the public
schools. 1t engages in the service of
education body of teachers who con-
secrate their lives to this high call
ing; and it prepares, without expense
to the state, considerable number of
Americans to live worthily as citizens
of the Republic.
'Our system is based on certain
convictions that grow stronger as we
observe the testing of all education,
not simply by calm theoretic discus
sion, but by the crucial experience of
recent events. 1t should not have re-
quired the pitiless searching of war
to determine the value of any theory
or system, but since that rude test
has been so drastically applied and
with such unmistakable results, we
judge it opportune to restate the prin-
ciples which serve as the basis of
Catholic education.
The Right Of the Child to Receive Ed
ucation.
'First-The right of the child to re-
ceive education and the correlative
duty of providing it are established on
the fact that man has a soul created
by God and endowed with capacities
which need to be developed, for the
good of the individual and the good
of society. In it's highest meaning,
therefore, education is cooperation
by human agencies with the Creator
for the attainment of His purpose in
regard to the individual who is to be
educated, and in regard to the social
order of which he is a member. Mel
Their self-realization alone nor social
service alone is the end of education,
but rather these two in accordance
with Gods design, which gives to each
of them it's proportionate value.
Hence, it follows that education is es.
sentially and inevitably moral activi-
ty, in the sense that it undertakes to
satisfy certain claims through the full.
fillment of certain obligations. This
is true Independently of the manner
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1922-05-27
THE BRIDEGROOM.

eff you read the descriptions of
weddings" laments the "New Repub-
lic," in the records of social events
you will notice that the bridegroom
is scarcely mentioned. He is as I'M
important as woman in her own
obituary notice. 1t is impossible to
find out what he wore, how he acted,
whether he looked foolish or re-
signed.
= The Springfield Republican" car
ries out the suggestion of the New
Republic" and submits a specimen of
the kind of "write-up" that a bride
groom ought to receive, as follows:
Zone of Springfield's prettiest nup-
tial events of the year took place at
st. Marks church, when Mr.. Alfred
Jones MacDougall became the hus-
band of Sallie Jane Barton. Mr. Mac
Dougall was unquestionably the city's
snappiest appearing bridegroom of
the present season, If not the past
dozen seasons. The Rev. Jerome
Joshua Jenkins. rector of ST. Marks.
performed the ceremony
'Mr. MacDougall wore a full-dress
suit of the very latest model, rented
for the occasion from the local rep
resentatives of Curtis, Jolson & Jones.
His shirt was done with a plated
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1922-05-27
CONUNDRUMS.

When is a fish above its station?
When it rises and takes fly.
When IS a boy not boy? When
he is regular brick.
When is a piece of wood like a
queen? When it is made into ruler.
When is a skein of thread like the
root of an oak? When it is full OF
knots.
What is that which has mouth
but never speaks, and a bed but
never sleeps in it? A river.
Why should you never have tailor
who does not understand his trade?
Because you would get bad habits
from him.
What is the difference between
sailor and soldier? One tars his
ropes, the other pitches his tent.
Which is the ugliest hood ever
worn? Falsehood.
What is the best thing to make in
hurry? Haste.
What is the difference between a
certain part of Africa and the shade
of Hamlet's father stalking in winter?
One is the Gold Coast, the other the
cold ghost.
Why is love like the Erie Canal?
It's an internal transport.
Why is New York City like flash
light? 1t has Battery.
When is a tourist in Ireland like
a donkey? When he is going to Bray.
Why is a nabob like a beggar? He
is an India gent indigenD.
Why is wit like Chinese lady's
foot? Because brevity is the sole
(souD of it.
What is man like who is in the
middle of the Thames and can't
swim? Like to be drowned.
Why is the Hudson River like
shoe? Because it is great place for
lows (toes).
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BEWARE THE HoUSEFLY.

Wherever he goes death and dis
ease may follow.
War to death should be declared
upon the little pest. His presence is
a disgrace. If there is no dirt and
filth there will be no flies.
Keep the flies away from the milk.
Don't allow flies in your house.
Don't buy foodstuffs where flies are
tolerated.
Don't let flies crawl over baby's
face or hands.
Don't let flies near baby's food or
nursing bottle.
Clean up your premises inside and
out, and then see that others do the
same. Strike at the root of the evil.
The housefiy breeds in horse manure,
kitchen offal and the like. Dispose
of these materials in such a way
that the housef1y cannot propagate.
Screen all windows and doors and in
sist that your grocer, butcher, baker
and everyone from whom you buy
foodstuffs does the same.
There is more health in a we'll
screened house than many doctors
visit.