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New-York tribune., 1922-03-23
Eastward Ho!

It's the season, on Dan Chaucer's
authority, when folk 60 on pilgrim
ages. The purscrs of the trans-Atlan-
tic liners arc sure Of it. A full tide
CT travel is setting toward Europe.
The flood of American tourists will
tloW over the great cities of the Con-
tinent and old friendships will be re-
neved.
Some are bent on business. more
perhaps OF pleasure. On the Aqui-
tania sails the president of an engi-
neering company to study the Euro
pean market. Standard Oil's vice
president goes to see how petrol
wells are gushing. The Pennsylva-
MIA track team embarks for relay
races in England and France. The
New-York tribune., 1922-03-23
Ungrateful Child

Without malice toward Mr.. Ford
the nation has nevertheless laughed
at the report from Georgia that he
narrowly escaped death under the
wheels Of tlivver. Not that people
see in it anything approaching retri-
button. Not even the great prophet
Bryan would go so far as to suggest
d similarity in this occurrence to the
provcrbial warnings Of the preacher
OF old that "IIe that diggeth q pit
shall fall into it," and "Whoso re
removcth stones shall be hurt there
with"
But there is nevertheless some
thing diverting in the picture of the
father and mother of all aivvers
being subjected to the same brutal
callousness that every citizen of the
United States able to walk abroad
has experienced at the hands of some
erratic fiivver steerer. Henry, men
cannot but feel, should be immune
from needless assault by one Of the
creatures Of his own invention.
Autos and trucks might force him
swearing to the sidewalk, but every
flivver should know its creator on
sight and behave with due decorum
IN his presence.
New-York tribune., 1922-03-23

year In and year out in the daily
news columns it's the big four" the
Dig SIX" OF the "big' something else
that is exploited to glorify the great
american virtue OF bigncss in all
things. When the American newspaper
perceivcs merit wherever it cxists
there is hope that journalism in this
country may pass the noisy stage OF
existence into tho maturity of re-
Meeting the nations life in all its
favorable aspects.
EDWARD L. STEVENS.
Librarian Pratt Institute.
Brooklyn, March 20, 1929.
New-York tribune., 1922-03-23
The Peace Scare

Is it fear of the horrors OF peace
that sets Borah. Johnson and the
Wilson Democrats in the Senate
bowling against the four-power
treaty? Is It the prospect Of ten
years Of concord and amity that
throws them into convulsicns when
ever they enter the chamber?
Manifestly it can be nothing else.
'rhs treaty IS specifically a peace
treaty. 1t is ten-year insurance
policy against tire war with Japan
that johnson has so darkly prophc-
sled and Hearst has all but advo-
Gated. Not even the irreconcilables
can successfully deny that it is q
war preventive.
Yet whenever the treaty is men
tioned they cry out in alright that
it threatens the very existence of
he nation. To put the matter in
ths form Of the cstechism:
Question What threatens the very
existence Of the nation?
AnSwcr-Peace.
The pallid fear Of peace sends
Borah securing stenographic records
IN search of evidence that British
and American statesmen don't want
heir countries TO fight each other.
1t inyolles Johnson's most fervent
and bitter denunciation. Il sends
enissaries scurrying between VII
son and his friends on the floor of
the Senate Woe unto the nation'
Try the irreconcilables; q peace
cloud is on the horizon
New-York tribune., 1922-03-23
Paris Prices

10 the Editor OF The Tribune.
Sir: have been interested in rad
ING letters OF your readers who have
VISITED brave, honorable France during
the last few years, and think, perhans
one from the mother Of joyce Kllmcr
may be also OF interest.
In 1920 went to England for the
summer. paid my fec for passport.
much in excess of what had paid in
1915, when was last over When nv
husband joined me in the carly autumn
he had to pay still more than I did.
we wished to visit our sons grave in
France, so went to the French Am
bassador in London to have our pass
port vised for France After the
formalItlcs were gone through With nv
husband asked the amount of the fee
required. The French Ambassador
aaid: "Why arc YOU going to France ?"
and on our reply that VIC were only
going to visit our sons grave he said:
There is nothing to pay!"
reasonable than in London, which is
sadly changed since the war. The little
shopping which I did in Paris was q
great surprise to me in the reasonable
ness Of the charges. paid only about
$50 for pretty white afternoon gown.
accordion plcated, braided panels, etc.
] said to the clerk "You should
charge more for your goods! France
has suffered most, and it is only fair
that re Americans should pay for
our luXurics, since we hesitated so
long in paying anything elsc!" Criti-
cism of France is not only ungcnerous,
it is also uncalled for and in some in
stances untrue!
TIE MOTHER OF SERGEANT
JOYCE KILMER.
New York, March %, 1929.
New-York tribune., 1922-03-23

state.T portals Of tac old aCcnturv
Magazinc'-;hose doors tsat we're
guarded b. . por..scal tribe q coz
se-vat.ves. tank il would have been
Impossible. Instead, he came mo tire
literary word through ehe Ding little
doors o. "Ai1sloe'z" and THE Smar,
Set; as did Henry Sydnor Harrison.
Who told me orce that he had knocked
IN vain a. every gate until he sent ne
his thumb-stainsd manuscripts al The
Smart Sci Once ending himself in
type, nc rad 10 difficulty in breaking
down al barriers; ard "TcClure's,'
which had previously rejected hin
automatically. ordered countless stories
from him in iater years. At prices far
beyond lis widest dreams
Such has Been -he experience Of
many struggling author, and when til.
tale IS told around tablo the wise
acres nod their heads and whisper
Yes: I told you 50. That's the pro
cedure everywhere. How IS the mar
o. genius ever TO get on?a
But they forget that eventually tn.
man Of genius does get or, if he has
also faith in himself and the courage
to perseverc. There arc still, and al
ways Will be. Watchers of the literary
skies; men CT discrimination and
imagination who ara looking for TIE
new planet that may swim into their
ken. In however obscure place ones
work appears, if it is worth while II
will be read and spoken Of. Marx
hams The Man With the Hoe" frsi
appeared in San Francisco news
paper. In less than fortnight II hsc
encircled the globe.
For q time, yes, there is danger OF
q genius remaining unnoticcd. But III
these days of pitiless publicity win
critics anxious to make names for
themselves as daring discoveries, j
is not possible for true talent to blusa
unseen. To think ones self genius ana
actually TO be one are two totally dn-
fercnt things.
New-York tribune., 1922-03-23
axe Back Your Cold"-

Virtue is not altogether its own
reward. Sometimes the Legislature
recognizes it and raises it's pay to
$25 600 q year.
lake, for example, the case of Mr..
hylan Last year, when he was
standing With reluctant feet outside
the door Of Tammany Hall, where a
nomination was being placed on
silver salver ready for his accept
ance, who should come along but an
agent Of the interests,
"Spurn the nomination" said the
agent. Refuse to run, Keep out Of
the race and we will give YOU nice,
easy lob IN one Of our law firms. and
pay sou $4,000 a year"
Now, for Z Mayor who q wear be
fore had vetoed a raise in his own
salary this must have been a hand
scme offer. But it was made to the
wrong man. We have Mr.. Hylan's
own testimony for that. Compared
to the beggarly $4,000 year the
people were paying him $4,000 was
staggering sum. But it was the
price Of surrender to the interests
clumsily disguised bribe.
The agent returned to The inter
ests baf7ed man. He had in effect
been told that rags are royal raiment
when worn for virtues sake. Mr..
Hylan. in hot indignation, said "I
will to Mr.. Murphy. The rest is
history.
But was his noble rage for right
eousness to be repressed by chill
penuHy? Net entirely. The salary
bill he had vetoed the year before
was reintroduced in the Legislature
and passed again. This time Mr..
hylan did not veto it. Consciousness
of his increasing worth may have
moved him to accept it. Knowledge
Of competition for his services may
possibly have been a factor. In any
event, he will henccforth receive
$4,000 year which will support
him in the style to which any Mayor
should become accustomed.
The Tribune, however, approves
Mr. Hylan's decision to accept the
added pay. This town can never get
the Kind of men it needs in the City
Hall until it pays them an adequate
wage.
If the pay were $4,000 a year, in
stead Of $4,000, it would not be too
much for competent Mayor. and it
would attract to the Office the sort Of
men who ought TO occupy it.
New-York tribune., 1922-03-23
eJudges Must Know a Lot

Everybody says that lawyers and
Judges should be very learned. The
recent stiffening Of educational re-
auircments by the American Bar AS
sociation was generally approved
Men who conduct litigation should
he stored with philosophy and bellies
lcttres and know their Coke, Black
stone, Kent and Story like the alpha
oct. Even Mrs. Malaprop will ad-
NIT they must be "progenies Of
learning" if justice is not to mis-
carry.
Cases come up every day that test
their requirements to the utmost
Take this Kansas instance over
which attorneys and jurists are SOL
cnnly engaged. Did the Ninland
school board have a right to exclude
from the local high school two girl
pupils whose skirts did not extend
three inches below their knees?
That question is being argued dcs-
perately and is tangled in maze of
demurrers and other pleadings.
And there's more still. The Judge
has to settle the profound problem
whether or not the skirts did in fact
extend three inches below the knees.
This case is on its way to the Su-
prene Court Of Kansas. The court
reporters are likely to be busy with
1t for long time. II will eventually
get into the textbooks, and profes-
gors at Harvard and Columbia will
point out that the decision rested on
al intricate technicality and the |
judges opinion was practically all /
0bitcr d.cta.
Equally deep contentious come be-
'ore the British Judges. A wigged
occupant Of the Kings Bench has
New-York tribune., 1922-03-23
The Bunk about "BZushing Unseen"

There Is mo shaoov OF doubt. 70
possible doubt whatever" that GRAY
vas right when ne wrote that thcr.
was full many q flower born to blush
unseen and waste its sweetness on the
desert air. But I doubt the truth Of
tho statement now, with the busybody
otor,the prying airplane and the ub;o-
u!tous tripper. In every artistic failure
that mas since occurred, whether It
VAS poem or picture. a piece Of
sculpture or concerto, the author.
artist and composer have ATTEMPTED 20
justify their non-succes. by quoting
these immortal line. from the "Elcrr";
and sort Of sclf-hypnotisn,, or. curl
ously enough, Pollyanna optimism.
mas sustained the creator OF that fail
urc IN the sad days that followed t.
1t is always comforting for Us TO
believe that our genius rs unappreci-
ated; TO blame cold and cruel world
Tor our intellectual disasters. Once 7
magined-indecd, va. certain-that
the world was full OF rnisunder
stood men and women Of talent: that
the stage doors OF our theaters we're
closed and barred to the unappreciated
h'strionic genius; that through ieal-
ousy on the part Of established
authors some light under busIel in
OSHKOSH vas being perpetually hidden;
that there was conspiracy TO keen
down many a marvellous pianist from
Poland or Centre Junction; that the
untrodden ways were likely to become
congcsted-with singers
Who would never be heard
was convinced that the great
American novel, for whicl, we were nil
waiting, had been written MANY times
and lay neglected or the desk Of some
trst reader for one OF our popular
magazines; that il I could only have
the privilege OF sitting in an editorial
ONCE would be sure to discover these
manuscripts and make namo not onlv
New-York tribune., 1922-03-23

just handed down q decision that
college lecturer was rightfully dis
missed for stealing kiss from q
miss after school hours. The learned
judge took pains to say that his de-
cision should not be taken as a prec-
edcnt. as most cases are in England,
but each dereliction Of the sort must
be considered on its own merits.
Thus exceedingly small does the
legal mill grind. Judges must be
monuments of erudition. Never dare
to question that.
New-York tribune., 1922-03-23
What Readers Are Thmkine

10 the Editor OF The Tribune.
Sir: The Borah-J ohnson cartoon bv
Ding" hita the nail squarcly on the
mead. These two Senators have ncvor
originated any Legislation Of value
their only occupation is obstruction
and objection to anything and every
thing that others may try to do.
Why not cartoon showing them as
two ravens sitting on the limb of q
dead tree, with surroundings Of peace,
contentment and plenty, and one cry
Ing Wool Woe! Woe!" and the other
"Calamity! Calamity Calamity!"?
NJ. ". TENNY.
Holly, Mich, March IS, 1922.
New-York tribune., 1922-03-23
Adams AIibi Again

In those "ANnsls cf Success col
lated by Editor Sidall and featured
50 alluringly in his American
Magazine we learn that most of ouY
wealthy and great attribute their
victory over chill penury to their
rothers. This is right and proper
and unquestionably true. It would
be a mean-spirited man who would
not, when he attained distinction.
give his mother the credit for wha-
he has accomplished
The understanding and the sv1n-
pathy and the help Of women do so
much for men that We are moved to
incredulity when Judge Gibbs. of the
Bronx, informs us that could the
voice of unsuccess speak from the
Jalls and the poorhouses and tic
park benches that are its habitat it
would ascribe its fall TO the wives
and daughters-of the land.
Says Judge Gibbs:
Modern women-yes. great ma
iority of thcnl-are using the dollar
mark TO steer their husbands into
jail. In these days OF furs and dia-
monds the wife or daughter does not
stop TO ask the husband or father
where the dirty dollar comes from;
Furthermore, ii makes no difference
to them. Just as long as tho man OF
the family brings home the money no
questions arc asked
Why should questions be asked?
The mans business generally
speaking-is to do the providing. If
he is the right sort he does this hon
estly. We recall no pledge at the
altar which binds him to buy dia-
monds or furs for the ladies COM
mitted TO his care-be they wives or
daughters.
He can always say mo" if they
ask for these things. If he is silly
enough TO permit them to bcdeck
themselves with furbclows and bau-
bles which he cannot buy without
stealing the money he can hardly
blame them for wearing them.
Neither his wife nor his daughter
can be expected to refuse gift until
he brings in witnesses to prove
that he came by the price Of it
without laU-breaking. If they should
so much as intimate that he WAS en-
bellishing them with "dirty money"
they would merely bring on lively
family row.
Judge Gibbs, we fear, hceds too
sympathetically the pleas in ritiga-
ton made by the gentry whom he
has to sentence. We have never
known Of jailbird who did not
blame somebody for his lack of lib
erty. The extravaganza of the wife
always serves as the handiest excuse.
The vast majority Of American
wives are entitled to far more in the
New-York tribune., 1922-03-23
Good Work in Small COLLEGES

10 the Editor OF The Tribune.
Sir: I was pleased by your editorial
N this mornings issue on major Sport
81 Colby" 1t was gratifying natural
~ 70 nave my alma mater receive men
t'on 80 honorable in the columns Of
New forks best newspaper. But apart
from foolish pride, it is refreshing to
observe enlightened recognition Of the
sooo work performed in a small COL
ieSe' and particularly when the good
work Is some other educational attain
ment than smashing record in sports,
New-York tribune., 1922-03-23
Mark Twain $ Yankee
To the Editor Of The Trbun.

Sir: II. G. X. charges me with be-
ing unfamiliar witt, Mark Twain's
aahSee' AS l have been brought up,
icd and nourished on Mark rwsin's
WORK crave permission to add a few.
words more. Yankee slang, of course.
out Manhattan slang, no. 1t was
mainly the misconception of character
objected to in the screen version OF
a Connecticut Yankee at King
Arthur's Court" The original Yankee
"ss never rude. nor did he shake his
hnger IN the Kings face and say. "You
New-York tribune., 1922-03-23
More Truth Than Poetry
By James ]. Montagu.
Waiting for the Prodisal

We've bellcd the cat; we've scat
tered seeds
Beneath the maple tree,
And everything q robin needs
Is handy as can be.
Of string and straw to build his
nest
He'll never find d lack,
For he will be a welcome guest
If only he'll come back
We've driven off the thievish jay
That hogged the worm supply.
We've warned that little owl
away
He had all evil eye.
we'rs s.,tnaq Eoias 70 have the trees
And soon there won't be left
About the place bird or beast
That dares commit a theft.
If we but knew just where he was
We'd send message on
And bid him hurry up; because
The snow is almost gone.
The winter frost has left the
ground,
lhe spring is on the way.
And We saw angleworms around
lhe garden patch to-day.
It's been mighty weary wait
The whole bleak winter long,
life passes with a laggard gait
, Without that tree-top song
1t seems an age since last ws
heard
Ihat voice across the fen:
re u be mighty welcome bird
When he comes home arain,
New-York tribune., 1922-03-23
A Rare Specimen

Urea Ihe Chtcooo Ddtsv Nsa"
Architects say that America IS ~
veloping several new styles IN shass
trial buildings, but the American h0ns
hunting rank and file for the tins De''.e
would be better pleased with more s
amples of the old styles of residshs''
New-York tribune., 1922-03-23

The Mayor has approved an ad
vance in his salary Of 500 year.
This ought to enable him to spend an
extra week at Palm Beach next
winter.
New-York tribune., 1922-03-23

According to Mr.. Borah's logic,
the four-pover treaty will not be
binding on the United States unless
it bears the signature Of Paul d.
Cravath.
New-York tribune., 1922-03-23

By Charles Hanson Tonne

for myself but for the lons-struggling
authors.
But that was many years ago.
Afterward T got into several such
offices, and after years Of diligent
seesing I became certain that the
Young writer rot only got his chance,
but that there was not the slightest
possibility Of his losing it. II editors
erred, it was rather on the side OF
o7erprsise and ovcrenthusiasm. The
average unsolicited manuscript offered
TO any book publishing house or peri
od'cal IS so tragic2.ly lacking in merit
that TIE story or poem OF even decent
worth stands out Ike cameo; and the
iadcd editor IS too apt 10 think II bet
Ter than IL is.
NOW, | am perfectly aware that in
sone quarters the new writer is not de-
sired; that there is, in America. a
growing tendency in the publishing
world to play safe" to make capita!
out of names and regulations ALREADY
established. That is the result os our
national glorihcation of business; of
our tendency, as people, to refuse 10
train our imagination. MANUSCRIPTS
are ordered. just as groceries are Or
oered-and often over the telephone or
BY telegraph; and stories are ar
ranged for and accepted, sight un-
seem" like so much merchandise. Lists
are kept OF the "sure-fre circulation
builders; and around these mammoth
hamss the nlothlike editors flutter and
ny, wing with one another, psssiopat.
Tor the first warmth from the glowing
torch. SO soon as the light begins
TO wano competition likewise lessons.
1t is such editors that the ambitious
young author should avoid. He. TOO,
should keep his little lists, always
remembering thst somewhere there re-
main astute men and women who
eagerly await a Kipling. Stevenson
or Conrad. 7 often wonder if O.
Henry could have arrived through the
New-York tribune., 1922-03-23
Bright Boy. Willie

"lll Hays has taken charge Of The
movies, but he establishes bis of-
nee as far as possible from Holly
wood.
Copyright by James J. Montaxus)
New-York tribune., 1922-03-23
THEATRICAL LYRIC
s sho1o re rato az pretty foij
Ia Arnold Doly IN "Voltnirc"

. shoa0 "e rato az pretty for
Ia arnold Doly IN "Voltairc."
We're still wondering whether Mr..
l'aIy uses his present makeup to con-
vince the public that art will triumph.
no matter how high the hurdles. II
SO, we hereby protest our conviction.
If Winter Goes
lis spring; the snowf'akes huttcrinv
down
The seasons greetings bear.
And cold and ice will soon cntice
The flowers from their lair.
lis spring; the March winds tell the
tale
With tongues Of rain and sleet,
And poets sing of lovely spring,
TO pay For light and heat.
GEORGE P. SCHOONHOyEN.
Ine trout season opens April l. Six
hundred thousand coal miners are
going to quit work on that day, the
'ucSy st1Fs! r. +. V.
New-York tribune., 1922-03-23
What Makes It So Iouab

There is probably not man in
one country who doesn't believe that
with the sole exception Of himself
everybody is holding out on tn. in
come tax,
New-York tribune., 1922-03-23
As Bad as Thai

mere are lot of plays in New
ofF lhat no careful young girl
would take her fance to.
New-York tribune., 1922-03-23

or course. if they didn't have to
take their parents, children would
never go to the circus.
New-York tribune., 1922-03-23

DR.. Prince refused to approve the
Antigonish spook. And the spooh is
doubtless walking the floor of the
Mcdonald cottage and soliloquizing:
"Oh, how vretched is the ghost who
hangs on Princes favors."
The surest way for a statesman to
cinch fame is to introduce law for
bidding the manufacture or sale Of
saXophonos.
1t looks as though the only way
Mr.. Enright will ever gct the better
Of the bandits is to organize EN- and
then persuade 'enl to strike.
New-York tribune., 1922-03-23

II Murlel Ives will send ua her adj
dress Well forward the letter sent to
her IN our care.
New-York tribune., 1922-03-23
The 7owcr
u I Z G. u

[Undertokers to Discard Black Glores
and Gloom: n. Y. hssocfntio Told
That Somber Faces cnd Bleak Funeral
parlors Must Go.-Tyibttne headlinc.'
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-11-23
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