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New-York tribune., 1922-02-09
Still in Peril

The Tribune's publication of Mr..
Hylan's frantic orders to "kiIl Me-
leney' will delay for time the ef-
forts to convert the schools into a
political machine. The Board of
Education will not dare destroy
Meiency at once To sacrifice an
efficient educator, even at the COM
mand Of the Mayor, would be I'M
prudent nov
There Is no reason to believe,
however, that Mr.. HylaN will be
turned from his purpose for long. a
school machine is too full Of promise
TO be abandoned merely because
news Of its creation leaked out pre-
naturcly. Hylan's patron and
bcncfactor, Nv. r." is candidate
for Office and TOO willy to reveal
himself openly as school destroyer.
But as soon as the stir aroused
by The 'rribunc's disclosures dies
Gown d little a further attempt by
the two to get the teachers in line
Is certain to be made
Under Sections 9o and 81 Of the
state education law the State Com
missioner Of Education can remove
members Of tho local board "in the
event Of an emergency" An cmcr-
gency might we'll be inferred from
gross mismanagcmcnt and the in
PRODUCTION Of political influence in
scnool affairs. 50 caution is now
the word.
BU. there arc ways TO tcrrorizc
teachers other than to refuse TO rc-
&ppcint them. a Board Of Educa-
t!on completely under the control Of
political influence csn'find means of
making it unpleasant for instruc-
tor.; ohnoxiously efficient. If this is
done adrCitly it can be done with
out creating an apparent "cmcr-
gency.'
The sooner. therefore. that tho
state recognizes that guardianship
&C education is aud always has been
{. ststc function. and never alto
Ecthcr Il local ono, the safer it will
nc for the schools.
The Mayors outburst over the tclc-
phone furnished all the proof OF his
purpose that any sane person could
9sh. No Mayor sincerely interested
in education bawls orders over the
longdistancc telephone TO "kil" or
smash every school man who darcs
to be an educator first and to reveal
the true conditions Of incompetent
administra ton in the schools. The
Tribune has checked, temporarily,
The effort TO make the schools an ad-
junct Of the Hearst Murpby-Hylan
machine, but unless safeguards are
erected the respite soon will como to
an end.
New-York tribune., 1922-02-09
Last of TIC "Carpeshaggers"

Net often does the vhirligig of
time present within single lifetime
more striking change than that
suggested by an item of half a dozen
lines, obscurely tucked away in some
newspapers and omitted by others,
announcing that "Stephen B. Pack
ard, Governor Of Louisiana in 1877,
died at Seattle. Washington
There was a time when Mr. Pack
ards name was scarcely less fan1il-
lar, scarcely less often heard. than
that Of the President of the United
States himself. For months it was
an off day in news when dispatches
concerning him were not conspicu-
Gus on the first pages of leading
newspapers and there was not some
editorial discussion Of his doings.
That WAS when he was United States
Marshal at New Orleans and. more
particularly, when he was Governor
Of Louisiana.
lie vas the last Of the so-called
"carpetbag' Republican Governors
N the South. He was, as he claimed.
elected Governor Of Louisiana in
1876. q the same time that The state
voted for Rutherford z. Hayes for
resident. and his title to the Office
was involved in the same DISPUTE
that ragged over the electoral ticket.
1t vas through his efforts and res
oiutIon that the vote of Louisiana
was held for Hayes, and he not Hog
'c&4lH argued that if Hayes was
elected President he was elected Gov
ernor. lie assumed the office. and
for time he'd ii by virtue of a car
r'soA Of United States troops at the
State House. though his Democratic
competitor. General Nichols, was
recognized as actual Governor BIZ the
gree majority of the white poDu-
la.ion.
President Hayes, few weeks
after his inauguration. directed the
Withdrawal ot the Federal troops,
and 'hat made the fall Of the Pack
ard sovernment-April %, 1S77-
inevitable. The Republican govern
lnent in South Carolina fad already
fallen.
Mr.. Packard retired to private
life, but a little later Vas made
American Consul at Liverpool. a
man of high ability, snfinching
courage and unquestioned honesty, it
fell to his lot to suffer the Gnal
odium Of a failing cause. Eut he
had the consolation Of retaining
New-York tribune., 1922-02-09
Progressing Backward

President Harding, it appears, has ;
become wireless fan ard is to IN
sstall 4 set" in the White House. 50
she can listen N to The news Of ;he
swosld broadca sted every evening.
s,But he Is said 10 oppose the wireless
telephone craze fearing that the
.installation Of many instruments
Will interfere With the government ;
1yireless service.
As soon Is ne President begins
.his "listening IN he probably viii
sovercome hi prrehensions. TO OBJ
7ject to the Development and spread
~of wireless apparatus on the ground
Chat il woul1 interfere with the eli =
eiency Of the government wireless is
Ike objcctins to the development o.
ziallroads or automobiles on he
seround that % many Of them might
e1mpede government business in war
rt;mc.
: The WIDER the public interest in
wireless telephony the more certain
is its carly development. Thousands
now nightly listen to news reports.
-coDcerts and other forms Of ertea-
~tainment sent out from centers cf
rdissemination. School boys and girls
sare saving their money to buy "scts"
New-York tribune., 1922-02-09
Yale Habiliments
To the Editor Of Tho Tr;h,,r

10 the Editor Of The Tribune
Sir: May be SO bold as to inquire
if 'Ysie artist really submitted the
picture above the article entitled
News as Gathered by College Daily
Papers in Sundays paper? II so. how
unreal.
Since September I have been living
in New Haven within d stones throw
OF the Green" and what | have seen
are young fellows in kniclcrbockcrs
and huge fur coats. A great many of
them wear ovcrgaitcrs. These are al
ways unfasteAed so as not to "muss
the trouscrs' and arc often rolled
down. Perhaps 80 per cent Of the
boys own and wear when the occa ion
permits yellow slickcr.
A NEW YORKER.
New Haven. Conn Feb 6, 1922.
New-York tribune., 1922-02-09
Hylanograns

The artistic value of the many
sided Commissioner Of Accounts is
conceded by upcrintcndcnt Ettin-
ger, who regards him as "a human
gargoylc on our civic cdifcc.' The
gargoylc, If grotcsQuc enough, is an
embellishments joke in stone by
medieval architects who thus showed
the spirit Of Briggs. But more cx-
citing than his ornamental aspect is
tho psychological gift that Mr.
Hirshficld has disclosed.
lie has broken tho long distance
record Of teIcpathy. Hirshficld's in
slant, overt response to tho "kill
Mclcncy" thought wave from Palm
Beach proves a psychical wireless
that must confound the scoffcrs. The
Society for Psychcal Research has
been lax in rot long ago availing
itself Of this mans powers.
Tc'cpathy has been neglected some
what of late for tho more cxtraor-
binary manifestations Of spiritism.
Let US hope Hlrshficld's achievement
will revive experiment.. But it is to
be noted that Mr.. IIirshhcld, SO far,
has had mono but terrestrial COM
munications. His range of equip
ncnt, however, seems unlimited, and
nc may yet receive 3 thought wave
on the school situation from the
shade Of William M. Tweed.
New-York tribune., 1922-02-09
Small Town Normally

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: IN today's editorial "Thc Great
Day." with reference to the email
town. is this sentence: "This condi-
ton may irritatc philosophy, but it
subdues conduct to average Judgment"
We been III politics and business in
the small town" 1t seems to me that
your sentence is uly-mighty close to
What VIC Yankees used to refer to as
'lnspiratlon. READER
New York, Feb. s, 1922.
New-York tribune., 1922-02-09
Mr.. Hughes

The man whose reputo Is most en-
largcd by the Washington confer
crce is, of course. Charles Evans
Hughes. His colleagues and all
observers agree that be was the mas
ter mind Of the great gathering. To
vision he added wlcdgc Of practi
cal details and skill in tactful diplo
matte management.
Nature usually so distributes her
gifts that public nicu seldom escape
tho defects of thor virtues. Sweep
Of general conception is az the OK
pcnsc of ability to handle practical
affairs; idcalsm subtracts from re
alisni. The distinction Of M
Hughes is that he combines qualities
commonly separated or disproror
tionatcly present. For it will be con
ccdej that the general program Of
Inc conference showed amazing
breadth Of view. yet 50 firmly linked
vcSc its several parts that il went
through lsttlc amended.
The skcptical citizenship OF New
York first began to take the measure
q Mr.. Hughes years ago, when he
emerged from obscurity to take
charge Of legislative inquiry. 1t
was discovered that the attorney Of
The committee had remarkable lucid
ity of mind, coupled with industry
and capacity to sec plan in It's parts
as we'll as It's whole. Then on the
larger stage OF the INSURANCE in
ycstlSation the same qualities ,Nerc
displayed, and also that Mr.. Hughes
Was much more than a lawyer. SO
he was chosen Governor, and though
he could not conquer hostile Lcgis-
1atur" when be went to the Supreme
Court he quickly won place as a
great jurist.
As a Presidential candidate he did
not fire the popular imagination. He
had so high a conception of the cx-
altcd Office to which he aspired that
he felt self-restraints that prevented
q full revelation Of his personality
: and his possible policies. Tic Amer
lean people like sentiment and arc
not kindly to anything suggestive Of
austcrity Of character. Mr.. Hughes
in fact, is warm and generous, hat
alas. he has little liking for wearing
his heart on his sleeve.
Americans arc often said not to
he internationally minded 1t is
complained of them that they are
provlncia!ly immersed in home af-
fairs. But as to ono thing the criti-
cism is not Just. Let il appear that
a course is in accord with the spir-
ltual urgings which come out Of our
%past. and that there is chance to
extend the domain Of the American
.splrit. and they arc intensely inter
scSted. So the more ambitious Mr.
Hughes was 70 play the role Of a prac-
teal altruist the stronger became
his home support. Cynicism retired
:sbashcd in the presence of his can
~dor and directness. VIC are filed
Through Mr.. Hughes With what We
-rcgsrl as proper pride over the re
ssu'ts of work not merely for our own
good but for the worlds good.
Fortune in the cause events gave
him an opportunity to further,
she was specially fortunate in having
sss his Presidential chief q man
.ncithcr nervous nor dogmatic and
swilling to show abiding confidence in
sone To wnom Ee delegated power.
New-York tribune., 1922-02-09

Hero in oTho Lonely Warrior is one
dreamy crusadcr In serious fiction, he
loss OF vhoae ideals by battlo proves
beneficial 10 himscf aud to his fellow
man. Stacey Carroll, rich Young archi-
tcct became so wrought up over Bel
gum, IN the carly days OF tho war
that he enlisted with the British and
set forth at once to help crush down
the Huns usurping helmets After
-FOUR years Of it he returned. cold, hard.
bitter and isolated bearing decorations
for valor and the melancholy scars Of
disilusionTncnt. lie was sickcncd with
wars CHASTITY plundcring; With the
stupid fools who gave 1nurderous or
ders; with the grasping French peas
ants. the gouging Paris shopkccpcrs,
and the Y. n. c. A. The American Red
Cross, with its "silly, pompous majors
and colonels." irked him; and he
sneered at President Wilson for taking
"a million Journalistic with him to
Italy in the midst of Italy's coal and
food famine
:. "a S>
When he was asked how he got
his decoration he said: 81 got
the D. S. C. for carrying out
an order that was sheer murder
for leading my company in frontal
attack against a perfectly worthless
position over ground rotten with ma
chine guns. Not half of my men got
off clear. A perfectly worthless posi-
tion, tell you, that We retired from
next day because it was impossible
to hold it, and wouldn't have done US
any good if we could have held it." One
Of the things ho would tell his son
about was that he was refused his ina
iority" because he declined to take his
battalion into futile action on the
morning of the armistice.
So Captain Carroll came baek to his
home in Vernon, H., aloof and a little
sullen, declaring to his intimates that
Belgium didn't matter, that Prussian
militarism was word, that love and
hate disappeared, unimportant, and that
nothing was left but pain He pottered
around aimlessly, broke his engagement
to the beautiful Marion Latimer, quit
his Job of building houses, and listened
internationally to his fine old fathers
apprehensons concerning the. Bolshe-
wiki. He sent most of his income to
the Viennesc. Even the cinema failed
him in its lcthAl functions, for he was
revoltcd by its sloppy sweetness and
light, and by the contrast between the
movie" actors ''promiscuous California
divorce court lives" and their behavior
on the silver screen. "No matter how
abominablc real life is" he said, "l'd
thousand times rather have to live in it
than in a Pollyanna, Mary Pickford,
gladand d-tender world! Faugh." He
was beginning to say "E'augh.'
4 =: y
He enjoyed much of thrill once, in
Omaha, however, at the time OF the race
mobs there Selling one Of the partcu-
larly loud mouthed and offensive rioters
who were hanging the Mayor, he
dragged him up an ally and choked him,
as ne thought, to death. Captain Car
roll "bent him back and leaned over
sinking his thumbs deeper and deeper
with every ounce of his great strength
into the f1eshy throat, and as he pressed
he had the delirious. cxutant deusion
that he was strangling all humanity
His teeth were set. His eyes were ter
rible with hatred Again he had a
New-York tribune., 1922-02-09
Russia's Paralyzed Will

-N'i "dNc hcarn tnlS posing QucS-
ton: "How comes it that, despite the
horror and stcrility of the Com
munistic regime, the Russian people
do not resist their opprcssors?."
The reasons OF this passivity,
says M. J. kcsscl in the Paris
"figaro," arc complex. Terror,
moral decomposition and. finally,
physical dila lapidation-cach Of these
explains it in part. But there is one
reason which both sums them up
and aggravatcs them and is not
negligible 1t is what may be called
tho paralysis Of the Russian will
power.
NJ. kcsscl recently attended a
meeting Of rcvolutionary Socialists.
members Of the only party which is
still actively struggling against Rol-
shevism inside Of Russia. The meet
ing took place only little way out
side the boundaries Of Soviet Russia,
at a place which the most clcnen-
tary discretion forbids him to namc.
Present were energetic men, many
Of whom risked death in crossing
the frontier. Coming away, one of
the Russians said to M. Kesscl:
You have just seen some brave
fellows, YOU may believe me. If
there were many Of their like in
Russia Lcninc would not be in the
krenllin to-day. But it seems that
NY countrymcn have lost the sense
Of will and action. Their apathy
has become, properly speaking, stupc-
tying. III tell you on this subject
curious story.
"At the time Of the Cronstadt re-
volt | found myself with Two com
radcs at the very frontier. You
know how little at that moment was
the enthusiasm Of the Rcd troops
and With what hope the success Of
the insurgents was awaited. The
Red garrison Of Pskov was 50 little
to be depended upon that there were
lnccssart rumors of its rebellion.
Now. orc day the delegates Of the
committee Of the soldiers of that
town succeeded in crossing the lines
and came 10 see me. Here's exactly
what they said to me:
We arc 10000 men who want
to Join the Cronstadt movement.
But there arc 200 Communistic spies
and con,misssries in our way. If YOU
can send US 200 rcsolutc boys to ap-
rroach them with revolver in hand
the troops viii follow with cnthu-
siasm. If not, there's nothing
doing"
The Russian who related this to
NJ. kcssel bowed his head and his
lips tren1pled painfully in his thick
beard. He added:
That minute was the most cruel
Of ny lie. And yet, swear to YOU,
The mcn who had come TO see me
were no cowards'
This case is not isolated. Men
feel nooses about their necks. vet
makes little effort to loosen them.
Armed officers have let themselves
ne massacred without attempting a
defense. A few soldiers conduct to
execution scores of men who, with
swinging arms, void looks and lazy
legs. do not even before very death
feel the energy that might save
them. In Russian psychology is
something which is heritage from
centuries of the knout.
Nothing, it is said, is more calcu
lated to rouse the energy Of men than
hunger. Not SO. The fan1ishcd die
in silence. What is more, they
see al their side how their ax-
ecutioners feast and let them do it..
In Samara, one Of the most afflicted
centers, there is a summer garden
called the Strouk Garden, where last
autumn the :omn1issaries, checklists
and "sortbours" (Sovetic bourgeois)
New-York tribune., 1922-02-09
Books r.,., S.,n..s :.
WAR HEROES

quivcr OF strange pleasure vhen he
r7s4>cd his lifc in 3 fire and saved Nitzi.
doll, from incincration, because
Mitzis baby owner vas 50 unfasrypv ovcr
her plight
But, you may ask, how does Ii war
sinister transformation OF Stacey Car
roll from sentimcntalist to something
Ike hard-boilcd egg prove beneficial
20 himself and to his fellow men, Ono
evening after Captain Carroll had been
! sorely tempted to crimson impudcnccs
oy the pretty married woman 10 whom
nc had been betrcthcd he went out, as
the saying is, upon tho tiles. While
leading the loose. road-hous existence
he formed brief af4iliation with a
lady, who ere the party was over had
told him the story OF hex Life. She
had been Governess in the house
hold Of Colin Jefries, president of the
Vernon Street Railways, but had been
forced to resign because, one might, he
hid in }1sr bath.
So, when the street railway men
struck for more money, under tho lead
ership of a wounded soldier Of the
a. T. F., Captain Carroll was equipped
to help them out The employees were
beaten by the icy Jcffries until the ex-
idcal;st interceded. Ho called on the
president, told him that he would cx-
pose his conduct with the govrrnes-
did he not surrender; and thereby OBJ
tanned for the men what is known as
living wage. Such were the beneficial
tactics and strstegies learned by Cap
tain Carroll while high above the Ar
gonne the lonely bugle grieved. He
laughed, later. little when Jeffries
put an ordinance through the Common
Council doubling the fares At the
end the Captain has resumed his social
equilibrium, is a junior partner in a
firm Of architects and is married to the
widow Of his best friend. Perhaps the
reviewer has over-emphasized the sa-
tirlcal possibilities OF Mr.. Claude c.
Washburn's very interesting novel. II
so, Mr.. Washburn knows that the
chances are that some one else will
under-emphasixe them.
). i. j:
"Couiston" writes, among other
things: PRESUMABLY you were joking
not long ago when you identified the
six critics regarded by George Jean
Nathan as the only American critics
worthy of the name. If it is possible
for you to be serious regarding some
thing besides yourself, would you mind
telling us who you think Mr.. Nathan
really meant when he said there were
six" Ono suspects that Mr.. Nathan's
keen and unpublished selection was
made from these sagacious censors OF
music, literature and the drama
Henry L. Mencken. Laurence Gilman,
0. W. Firkins, Burton Roscoe, Robert
Morss Lovett, Phillip Littell, Robert
Benchley and George Jean Nathan.
): y. y
February ,, 1922.
Mr.. Percy Hammond. The Tribune New
YOrk City.
Dear Sir: How about Emily Stevens
for the role Of Savina Grove or Grace
George?
Eva lie Gallienne would to my mind
suit the role of Nina Raff better than
Lillian Gish.
think "Cythercs" would make a
/ GOOD plav. IL * = futile nook but as
play, especially compared to most OF
New-York tribune., 1922-02-09
NrSfrrH or 1-ur ASSOCIATED ryyss

Tae A.sorl@tc4 rre- (. e1clusiveiy -rl.'ci 70
th> q ~ tepuh..cs-io O. all ne~s d spa tete-
e-cane1 % cf ret r.hers credited n rs
'srer srI .c.al 7r~s y sloT .s0roSis
e-ir1a Tusii>hc6 hcrsiN
A -sr'. @. ropu5 ea,,on O. ~ ot.sr tnsft~
h-reip 70 resrrsci.
New-York tribune., 1922-02-09

Each day, the while ] fill The Tower,
In misanthropic mood I glover
Upon my prose and think it's worse
Than anything, except my verse.
IN desperation then 1 smoke,
The while seek brilliant joke
That maybe has been left behind
In some dark corner of my mind
Tacsc recesses | search with pain,
And usually search in vain.
Then. when the last lines reached. |
say:
ooh, gosh. This stuff is punk to-day."
Bu! on the morrow, when my stint
IS blazoncd in the fairest print
When all my whimsics, old and sere,
Stand out in minion and BREWER;
v hen with fresher eye I read
The stuff I said was bad indeed,
Respectable in white and black.
DO | then take my comment back,
And, with the yesterday forgotten,
Eytol the verse I thought was rotten .
10 l? In spirit analytic
SOB: 81 am a darn good critic!"
r r. V
New-York tribune., 1922-02-09
CUAR RANTY

>se e4n purchase merchandise Advsstiseo Ia ThG
TEisuNE With absolute safeN-fer u di.satt,,ac-
tie- results In ery ThE TRIBUNE s1Ash.
TO ray ,ru- acu-y Back REQUEST No red
tape hs ouihbiiHc We make good promptly "
The advertiser does not.
New-York tribune., 1922-02-09

high degree Of personal appreciation
and respect. Hc was the last Of the
"carpctbaggers." but in his case that
term carried no personal oppro-
brum.
New-York tribune., 1922-02-09
A Question for Economist

1t has been suggested that tOe :"
cmpiovcd can't be employed os'ss
as soon as they arc employed ~ -.
cease to be unemployed. We a's
a. All certain about this ourselves
New-York tribune., 1922-02-09
Not Needed

Secretary Mellon says there y :. :,
money in the Treasury. why - -
save $4,000 year by laying d.
off. then?
New-York tribune., 1922-02-09
NJ r.o.r,-nt Needed

No Encouragement Needeo
The manager of the Ne" ,.,x ~.
Giants gets $4,000 g year So :,
That, however, is. not the res'o' ),
MANY Of our boys are tanns
baseball. A,
copyright by James J. N0nfas~
New-York tribune., 1922-02-09

the stuff we are offered today II = s' :,
be quite a success. "hs' 80 n H.
action on this. Gas they say - t,r,s
hest comm ercial circl@s). Your, loa,o,,n
a1o1 Harrison Avenue. New i
New-York tribune., 1922-02-09

Eren before tho pictures uers pub
hshed nee 'cere morally certain that
Mayor Hvlnn's bathing suit had quny-
ter-lcngM slceves.
New-York tribune., 1922-02-09

Ii was His Honor's thought waves,
instead Of telephone call. that ami
mated Commissioner Hirshticld, and
now VIC want to know who invented the
t1em cndous psychic amplifcr.
New-York tribune., 1922-02-09

To-daywhen 3 1overgoes woons
He never will run any cnsM.
OF the jaded young sweetneS''
pooh-pooing -
The gifts Of a weakllns ~
nance. "a.
He knows, does the up-to-oS*
lover.
The gift that affection p'V
vokes, -,
And he has been quick to diseos,., ~.
That it's wisest to say 1t WIZ
smokes,
New-York tribune., 1922-02-09

"You sort Of sympathlze with the
folcr they've accused of tho latest
movie killing" says Uncle Abimclcch
Bcgardus, Of rrcakncss, \. j. "rhink
OF all the murder trials that's con
flontin him"
New-York tribune., 1922-02-09
SMILE LlRI(,

Oh, smile ns you btow on your ,ubt-
cund bcaL,
The Nu epidemic has now passed its
pcuk!
New-York tribune., 1922-02-09

When you're away. ] sit and brood
And facts dimcnsional rchcarse;
| know the awful magnitude
And vastncss Of the universe.
But when we two arc face to face.
| try but cannot understand
Why llc who made our trysting place
Made all this extra sea and land
New-York tribune., 1922-02-09

p. c. insists that Mr.. J. Throck-
morton Cush always begins his letters
with "Rc.'
So he does, and almost invariably
continues yours Of even date,
would beg to state"
New-York tribune., 1922-02-09

Owned ey Ncv yc-S Tribune lac New York
Co-'crst'or Published Gaily osde, Reid. Fres,-
coai G.. Yersor EoSe. Wee President: V,'en
resrr RED. Secretary. r e Masae.d. Treasure.
's.rr5s Tribune bunlrs 15t Na.ssu srss Nsv
I--s Telephone Deesu,xn 5000
New-York tribune., 1922-02-09

But aim ost before we can work up
our daily Smile Week smile over this
prospect We begin to think of the
money his life insurance company made
of him.