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New-York tribune., 1922-12-26
History. Philosophy and a Tomb

The contribution which has been
made 10 art and the history Of art
and to our knowledge Of a splendid
civilization still enshrouded in the
mist Of antiquity by the archeolo-
gists who recently uncovered the
tomb Of Pharaoh Tutankhamen is
fairly obvious. The value Of this
particular discovery, however, Is
perhaps not fully enough empha-
sized in the news dispatches telling
Of it. Tutankhamen's sepulcher
contains, conceivably, a secret
which, if unfolded, can influence 70
some extent the thoughts Of our
time and, more than that, will add
a new facet to the gem Of human
tradition that is to be handed down
to future generations.
Tutankhamen, it so happens, was
relative, probably a son-in-law,
and the successor Of that strange
iconoclast and idealist the Pharaoh
Akhenaten. Among what Is known
Of Akhenaten is rather circumstan-
tial evidence tending to show that
he was the first man recorded in
history who rejected polytheism as
his religion and clave to one god.
That was about 1876 B. c. The
Hebrew tribes were still worship
ing stones and idols Of wood. For
a while it was supposed that this
progressive Egyptian monarch vas
a true monotheist, just as Chris
tians, Mahometans and Jews are
to-day, but It now seems more
probable that, believing in one su-
preme god, he admitted the CO.
existence Of minor gods. That,
however, was a great advance upon
pure polytheism, and when II Is con-
sidered that the Egyptians before
that time had been just as god
ridden as any pagans Of the present
it will be seen that this bold young
Egyptian king in throwing OF the
yoke that had bound down his an
eestors 70 the worship Of a multi
tude Of hungry deities and proclaim
ing his belief in one Principle more
important than other Principles
took step that marked a milestone
in human thought and in religious
philosophy.
In Tutankhamen's tomb have
been discovered several boxes Of
sealed royal documents. II these
contain the record Of the events
Of the Pharaoh's reign, then there
is more than a fair chance that the
world will soon know all the tenets
Of Akhenaten's faith, for Tutankha-
men himself, until he succumbed in
middle life TO the pressure Of the
polytheistic Amen hierarchy, was a
follower Of Akhenaten's god Aten.
How far had the monotheistic
idea advanced IN this magnificent
civilization on the banks Of the Nile
in the days when our own ancestors
Of western Europe were Uur learning
the first crude lessons Of agriculture?
Why was II abandoned? How did the
Hebrew conception Of God. from
New-York tribune., 1922-12-26
Chri,lma, Card

Christmas Card
Business Is bad and getting worse,
As usual in this glad season.
Creditors dun and debtors run,
Which is in rhyme but not in reason.
Gay cards the market stalls frequent,
Describing Christmastide as merry.
With these / cannot orient,
Which is to say / am not jerry.
With sinking confidence I strive
To face the sum Of pennies present.
The total gross which they contriye
Is confidential and unpleasant.
To thee turn, o Lantern bright,
AS the old years last hours are
heeting,
And HE me to thy loftiest height,
Whence / may wave this frugal
greeting.
To those who arc enfeoffed in fee
OF all my hearts sincere affection,
A gallant, joyous company,
Thou lnowest all the gay collection.
Brave pilgrims on this curious way,
For you may the onrushing year
With store Of hours both grave and
gay
Withhold no laughter, bring no fear,
o. u. DENNIS.
New-York tribune., 1922-12-26

whom we draw our own, compare
with that mystical Egyptian kngs'
The answer TO many such ques-
lions may bo at hand. Our con-
ceptions Of the development OF re-
lirion may well be clarified touch.
ing this first striking appearance OF
monotheism. In the red dust OF
hat distant Theban tomb there lies,
perhaps, knowledge that history and
philosophy sorcly need and that may
echo IN the hearts Of men alive to-
dav.
New-York tribune., 1922-12-26

conference idea. He afterward tried
to destroy It's work. II an inteFna-
tional economic conference should be
called and produce any concrete plan
embodied In treaty form he could
easily restore brotherly relations
with Mr.. johnson by voting with the
latter against Il.
New-York tribune., 1922-12-26
Frances Military Budget

MOST OF france Cfitltos Nuth
driven into a corner, admit that she
S in no sense "militarist" so far as
her navy Is concerned. The French
battle feet Is moribund Since
1914 the French have built one de-
stroyer and one submarine, while
Great Britain has built nineteen
capital ships, ffty-seven cruisers.
c47 destroyers and 1876 submarines,
md the United States has built
tAsnty-hve capital ships, seven
cru users, 2se destroyers and 122
sub iarines.
I lese figures speak for them
selves. But, the "anti-militarists"
insist, France is maintaining too
Urge an army and spending too
Much money on it. The question
Z IS smugly asked: "Why don't the
French reduce their land armament
and their military expenses as other
nations are doing?"
Here, again, the facts refute un-
Informed charges. France has re-
duced her army. It's maintenance
costs much less now than it did be-
fore the war. NJ. GALAXY de La
mazlerc, who reported the army
budget FOR 1923 to the Chamber Of
Deputies. shows that the budgetary
army total Of 1914 was SS4,UoU
men, Of whom 67,170 were sub
officers. The budgetary army total
for 1928 will be 100000 men, 6S,-
600 of them sub-officers. Here Is a
reduction Of 2O4, 1000 men, including
1000 sub-oficers. The base total
for the army in 1914 was 934,S71
men and sub-ofIieers. The base to-
tai for 1928 will be 69s,020. Here
8 reduction Of 236,851. By
either method Of calculation the
army Of 1914 was about 30 per cent
larger than that Of 1928. Incl
dentally, the American army OF
1923 will be 80 per cent larger than
the American army Of 1914.
France has now $4,000 men In
Syria, 5000 in Constantinople, vs.
600 on the Rhine, 5000 in the
sarre and small additional forces
al Memel and elsewhere in foreign
enemy territory. These troops are
helping to execute the treaties. If
they are deducted from the total
the French army In France, Mo-
rocco and the colonies in 1914 was
about 63 per cent larger than II
viii be in 1928.
Now ~ 10 cost. The total army
budget for 1929 will be 4,191 ,OOo,.
600 francs, about s900,oo0,ooo
This includes the cost Of the armie;
Of occupation. For the army In
France s,661, 100000 francs will
be required, about s26o,Ooo, 900
The budget Of 1914, covering al
military credits, navy as well a.
army. was 2,657,OOO,OOO francs
more than 100000, 900 at the 1914
rate Of exchange.
No major Allied country has 81
good a record as France in the wa!
Of reducing military expenditure
below tho 1914 level. British
Japanese and American expendi
ture has gone up, not down. Th'
charge Of "milltarism" brough
against France is, therefore, a reek
less slander, due to malice or ig
.poranee, or both.
New-York tribune., 1922-12-26
The Lantern
coyr, x.~ rors Tribuns IDo- i'ii

One Of tho most terrible things In
the world-and II happens TO col
umnists every day--Is TO know Just
what Is going 10 be In your mall
before you open II
New-York tribune., 1922-12-26
GUaRsETY

~ sss psrrhsss rsrehaaelts ssvsftitst " Iht
TninuHF vita sstolsts saf~ty--fcr " elttatititt-
tlsa rtsrfts ln asy esss fhg fbieUNt euafan.
fres - tay your nsaty bsck assn reeuett ~ ~
ffr9 ~ eUithifaq We fNipaa Es"S'V w
n1Wri,tf esa set
New-York tribune., 1922-12-26
WILLIAM JAAfEsIE HALL

A correspondent writes: MAY I
venture 70 ask for your opinion on
the trend Of modern verse;"
In our opinion the trend of a
great deal Of IL Is toward the
poctical, and the trend Of a great
deal Of 1t is just the other way, and
very little can be done TO stop
either movement
Don MARQUIS.
New-York tribune., 1922-12-26
The Last Straw

Laundries are not so expensive in
themselves. The trouble Is that when
the collars come home from them
they so often require the services Of
a dentist.
New-York tribune., 1922-12-26
Merely the Pedestrian

Automobiles have been greatly i'm
proved mechanically. It is not tho
owners one sees under them any
more.
lcopyrIKhl BY Jamss J. Montarusl
New-York tribune., 1922-12-26
,-nnmrr 81 - lssnl1ArI-n -

fh< Assr1atai pfess l. etcuatcif eniltled 70
- go for rrruhHrsiicn of al uees dNracnea
rr.ifed 70 % or nof 0iherNiss credfei IN ulls
fsptr. AID sio BE loeai nsat y srcnitnerif ofizin
Aii rfhs q rspobirtuos q ali o,hsr matter
herein rif0 ar rrfefrfd
New-York tribune., 1922-12-26
Theory vs.. Practice
- ~ RnfaIo Ernre.,l

fFron fhs Buf1io ErprsssJ
Two wounded in barroom aFray,"
says local headline Nonsensei Did
not the law abolish barrooms several
years agoi
New-York tribune., 1922-12-26
TUESDAY. DECEMBER ls. ISzs

oanaf ~ Nrr r,rt rfituns IRE. NsT lct
trsi. nslfn Rortr Reif. Nie.ffr.- fsni hqFaf
Dss.s e-r-sisrT. III " Mtsasit. Tisatafsi. -.
lrse. Tffouls buidirf, ~ Na'.sa eH0'' ~
TnG Cu. Triephrns httkntn aeel
New-York tribune., 1922-12-26
By Frederic F. VGn de WGic1
(F.F. "

member Of the opposits aeI and eva
those who trust him most Will szl,
at one another and say "0h, kol"
Knowing ali this, it was not sush .
real triumph Of mind ever smotoi
that kept Us In our seat n our self
moments there would lave been .
internal struggle at ell Oar yssra'
Ing for lsWlsssnss vas due ens-tAifl
to her smile-il was q nice smile -sti
two-thirds to Rafael ssba.inL W
we're deep IN the adventures Of "c4
tain Blood" when she spoke. W
finished Il several days ago. We 81
think the lovely lady VAS right
We do like it, ane It 10 vsrT VI
told.
We don't know Of 8 better beck 90
Captain Blood" 10 take The tasss 4
women in Love" cut Of y0ur n'uh
But then we always had a preiutiss :
favor Of pirates. "captsiE Blood'
filled with them and gore and he f'a
Of saltpeter and the blue Of a
Spanish Main and perfect hsrolsn ~
equally symmetrical and rasll'y"
villainy.
Mr.. sabatinrs book came in'o .,
life like a pri1efght after weeks q
opera and Philharmonic s'nssfss az
esoteric lectures It did g f'ed. "
don't think we've had juss hs nii q
fun Captain Blood" afforded ui -, ~
We read our last csssa D''"
romance.
New-York tribune., 1922-12-26
Frank Bacon

Frank Bacon
Time after time you played your
destined part
Giving from out your sympathetic
heart,
So human, so appealing, your true
best,
And fame flashed your loved name
from East 10 West.
Friends you made by the thousands
night and day,
Moved them 20 tears, then your dear
wistful way
Made them rejoice In laughter. An,
but we
No longer know your voice All
silently
Beyond that Outer Curtain, We
would hear
Your new audience. But our listen
ing ear
Is unattuned. The glad acclaim that
rings
Through that arena no sound to us
brings.
AGNrg Al HICKEY
New-York tribune., 1922-12-26
We Shall Try to Make Our Non.
sense More Serious Hereafter

We Shall Try to Make Our Non.
sense More Serious Hereafter
Sir: II is With a good deal Of
regret that / have followed an
irresponsible thread Of nonsense
which comes 70 the surface rather
frequently in your writings.
refer to the careless audacity Of
your attitude toward work and
leisure, as IL the delaying of
labor 20 secure leisure for to-day
were n commendable advice 20 a
young generation already bedev-
lied with ambiguous morals and
ideals, who frankly confess, I am
told, no regard at all for the i'm
portance Of duty and work and
the ordinary sanctities Of tho
stanch old America of our fathers.
/ call you 10 account for your
contribution toward the general
inflammation Of this generations
morals, and / do it fearlessly and
unashamed Of the caustic remarks
which must follow the publicity
Of my protest. Clever persons
will make these remarks. There
are so many clever persons in the
last generation or two, and / am
afraid | detest them. These are
the persons whose theory and
practice Of cleverness goes 70 far
as 70 include even the distortion
OF the elementary truths Of hard
experience, the violations Of which
carry with them terrible penalties.
] am not a member Of the Klan,
l am all for boldness. You will
notice my name typewritten be-
low.
WILLIAM JAAfFsTr UATr.
New-York tribune., 1922-12-26

Loom
The healing hand Of God Is In tho
grass,
Covering with green the blemlshe'
Of earth,
Bringing all things to glorious
rebirth
When years have sown destruction
as they pass.
o glad renasccnce which all beauty
has.
Always reviving ecstasy from
dearth,
Life's sweet, recurring magic and
its ninth.
The healing hand Of God is In the
grass.
Men die. War puts on earth an
ugly blight.
Dark hings a curtain Of enfolding
gloom.
But always comes the calm and ra-
diant light,
The glory and the blessedness OF
bloom.
The dawn that follows every moon
less night,
Tho handiwork Of Gods eternal
loom.
BLANCHE SHOEMAKER wAdsTAFF.
Too much-tho warning is for the
bon vivant-too much hospitality
leads to the hospital.
Fothergil Finch the Poet tells
US that, curiously enough, the quail
ity Of classic verse depends largely
upon the quantities.
New-York tribune., 1922-12-26

Incidentally, We have vonos'.e ~
In the years before Sir ArtAar nA'I- ~
out heaven Tor the bsnsas Of Anl - /.
sibls explorers. be was r'iss'.s .sa....'s
always as "the author o. s.'' 4.
Holmes" instead Of, oess'i''slll w., ',
author Of micah Clark Or n.- !,
stone" or ~Brigadisr O.n1 v,',. ~
above all. ~sir Nigel" ard 'Ii' ~, =,
COMPANY" We don't bsli''' 'na -,
ever wrote any better 'sv..s ", s.,,0
rOmances than these and q a'. "a. .' nd
others. And some people p''''s ...,l,,
since. have written ds.ss.is' 80, 80. 4
quite as good as any Of 's 'ns 'rI H.lru
the mysteries that Sh'r,v.s re-, sha
solved with such ease, 49, w.. -,.,a
doubted II sherlock h''n', n.. o1' =
have been so omniseisns 70 any Wv
the fat.hsadsd Doctor watson
New-York tribune., 1922-12-26

Prpsent-day eAh'enN' - "a
orou, and Inspiring = tninG va ~
personally, don't value the !. e'o., -. 7.
pSiI p',,, no, enc clean out Of Il ana y, y
h,n, ' dosr % again a few centuries g., =.
from Mayor Hylans and AO'N
and coal shortages -. nsri
voa !" ,ooy.read uneonseiOusly. Is -, 80
- nine cases out OF ten win -. ~,
or with q social system or VIZ "a. "a y
49,. - 49, vi,h which you have 'on.
rect or indirect personal eonn',Il ~
n vha. Il says is true you, y,,
t..s, !, ~1I saving TO yOu' "Hs,' :. fisss y.
Snow that's the way it is u y. =.
1oor r novel its inaccuraey snn'y' -
Tn,.ipe,ively. Il you've ever ~. 49,,
pIvbt city editor. you loo. n.
wrsthfully for the author 70 paw
out before turning his wsFk '''
a rewrito man. n
We don't know anything per''a,, !,
about buccaneers or seamansh'p :. .
customs Of the early eighteenth sss.s' -.
Therefore. we're an uneritlesl aos'.. /.
90 whatever Mr.. sabatini has % :
~, And he tells Il So wen 'ha' !
sole regret Is that the e0etlua,ns =.
,er pIeturcs Captain Blood" =
permanently reformed "a
othorwlse our hope ser 'sasel ~
b. brighter and bsst>F f'und'e
New-York tribune., 1922-12-26

Too much-the warning is for the
bon vivant-too much hospitality
leads TO the hospital.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-01-23
\ CLEVER REsCUE.
Workman NIaroencd in the, .Nir Finally
Gets Down to Earth.

While repairing. >ingle-handed. the
roof of a 30-foot-high building in the
plant of the American Bridge Co. sChi-
cago. the workman let drop the line
which was his only means of returning
to the roof. and thence to the ground.
There VAS no possibility of conveying
line to that height with any appliance
IN the plant and so appeal was made for
help from the fire department, which
has a line-throwing gun, in appearance
exactly like a military rife. for use in
such an emergency. Several futile at
tempts We're made to fire the line within
reach of the marO0ncd workman. and fl
nally this method of rescue had to be
abandoned. Fortunately. AZ the stack
finally a fellow workman climbed from
Tie level of the roof up the first 80 feet
of the inside of the stack. to which
height it WAS lined with asbestos ON a
thre'-inCh steel ring. on the top of the
asbestos. the rcCuer stood. with his legs
astride the stack. In the meantime ~omc
long, light wooden scautlings. that had
been cue and drilled for templates. as
used ia all structural work. were OBJ
tanned and passed up TO him. lie pushed
upward, first one of these scantlings, to
the top Of which = line was made fast
and to the hattom of that scautling he
attached. with the aid Of the holes an
other. and $50 ON. SCautiing after ScauT-
ling, until the top of one came wit hin
reach Of the stranded workman. Thi.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-01-23
4 Vermont Justice Court.


(Rcad by the author at the Banquet of
the Vermont Bar association at Mont
pcliCr.l
When we was coming home from school.
And used to see old Squire Dubrule
A-trudging towards the Tavern Stand,
We knew that night thered be a ease
And likely Chickering and Chase.
The lawyer men. would both be there
With lots of private sass to spare.
We promised dad. if we could 60.
To set clear back and whisper low;
Twas fun to see the law-mPn come
And watch if they was glad or GUM;
Then Chick would pull the touch-off
Stri.g
And read the rit. or some such thing:
And when he got to force and arms
He talked with both his mouth and
arms.
Then Chase would contradict it all
As simply hosh and fol-le-rol.
And then put in Il coun.crril-m
That made the other man tc.blama.
And then they'd fetch kitchen chair,
And lots nf witnesses would swear
And then both lawyermcn would t~y
To make EN- say they'd TOLD a lie.
Once Chick made fun of Doctor Hyde,
But Chase spoke UP, Il guess he'll do.
He's cured your clients case and you.
One night. said Chick. in billing rage,
THE thing that saves you. Chase, is
age"
III waive the age, all right" said
Chase,
Come on, and III non-suit your face "
A>hoss. case or a fight was bout
The best TO make the crowd come out
Laid down where he was hitchcd and
died;
One time they tried Il village row.
And folks supposed that Deacon Dow
Had seen it all. and what he'd say
Would pretty likely turn the day.
They knew he'd been to town to trade
That morning and had kinder stayed,
Put Deak was very hard to see
Until he had his witness fee;
Then on he come and up and swore
Like this. said he. ATTEST aforc
/ got to town ! hccrd they'd fit,
And fore l left | hccrd they'd quit"
And then the pleas: they'd make YOU
think
That folks was black as logwood ink.
For Chase would find in every ease
y coon and wOodpilc, that was Chase
And Chick would stand and look of
South
And foam all round the teeth and
mouth
No wonder dad would always say
II lie was sued, he'd run away.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-01-23
HCr'sh,'
SHOES MADE wATERPROOF
Oil or Grease Applied to Leather Keeps
Feet Dry


Feet Dry
Naier-proofed leather boots and shoes
are very satisfactory for protecting the
feet during rain or snow storms. Though
they have Il tendency to cause the feet to
perSpire. they are not as Objectionable int
this respect as rubber. the department of
agriculture states.
In summer the department advises Al
grease harder than that used in the Win
ter. As there is less need for water re
siStant shoes in summer than in spring
and winter, and because of the tendency
IF the heavily creased shoes to cause
the feet to perspire and swell in hot
weather the quantity of grease used in
summer should not exceed the amount
leaving the surface greasy. In winter
especially if it is desired To secure the
maximum water resistance. Il mixture of
grease and oils that will remain soft
when exposed to cold is required. More
of the grease than the leather will absorb
may also be used in cold weather a an
excess will do no harm, and Will make
the leather more water resistant.
The department suggests for such WA
tcr-proofing mixtures of neutral wool
grease, dark petrolatum. paraffiu. bees
wax. crude turpentine. tallow and cod
oil.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-01-23
FOSSILS IN NoRTH DAKOTA
Renairs EEd;cate a FLORIDA Ci;aate
ancc existed There

Once Existed There
Fss5ils have been aptly called the il
distractions in the great book recording
the worlds history, the pages Of which
3tre the LAYERS of rock that fOrm the outer
part cf the crust of the earth. By
looking at some of the Photographic re-
productions Of fossil plants We can re-
store in Imagination the ancient yegcta-
ton of various parts of the world;
THESE fossil plants are very abundant
in the Fort Union formation, a~series of
Tertiary rock beds in North Dakota,
where they are found in the sandstone,
-, tie harder e0neretiops or lenses and
IN the claF between the beds Of sand
stone. Aiost Of them. especially those in
tac clar. ore preserved with remarkable
fidelity. About three hundred species of
plaurS from THIS formation have been de-
scribed, and the total number OF species
il contains may reach 600 or moro. &C.
cJrdiug 70 the Geological Sarvey.
This abundant fossil fora shows that
what Is now aa almost treeless plain was
once covered Nith splendid forest OF
nardUoGds. inter>persed with confer and
ginkgoy The presence OF numerous and
e. many places, thick beds Of Ignite
make ii clear that in this region there
were great sHampe. which must have ex-
listed with but little change for long pc
riodS of time.
Among the plants Of this epGch were
liz trees and Il fan palm with leaves five
or six feet across. Indicating That the
climate was then as warm as that now
prevailing ON the South Atlantic slope oi
The country.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-01-23
MILLING QUE sONG BIRDS
Foreigners Intentionally Shoot Robins,
ThrusIcs and I'IiciieFs

4 person unfamiliar with conservation
work in the vicinity Of big city could
hardly realize the havoc created by tull-
grown men who go out expressly to
shoot insectivorus birds. says a bulletin
of the Association Game Protective As
sociation. Recently, two men living in
Westminster County who held commits
SioHS as deputy game wardens serving
without compensation because of their
love of wild life. apprehended and
searched no less than thirty men who
were hunting in territory where no le-
gal game could possibly be found.
These men. the bulletin says. were
practically all foreigners and the object
uf their search was our robins, thruSheS,
fiiCkcrs-birds that any man with 4
heart would not kill These song bird
shooters come from country where II
is legal to kill anything with feathers on
it. However. they do not shoot our song
birds in ignorance. for never is Il man APP
pretended who has not attempted to con
caal the birds he has killed. Usually one
of their number accompanies the hunters
without a gun. This individual Is hunt
ing for mushrooms or nuts or herbs. He
Is the man the warden must get his
hands on If conviction is to be secured
In most cases in. the bottom of the bag
the warden viii find the song birds that
have been killed Illegally.
These two volunteer WardenS in one
day arrested six men who had in THEN
possession seventeen fliclers. thirteen
robins. one catbird. one blueiay and one
phoebe. Others were searched who had
feathers in their pockets and in tEeii
bags. but who has cached their kill to be
gathered later in the day, possibly by an,
other man not carrying gun. No &C
ton could be taken against these men. al
though they were undoubtedly as guilty
as the six who were arrested and fined
the warden said.