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New-York tribune., 1922-10-15
Work for Better Homes
An Object Lesson in Road Improve
ment in Brookheld, Mass.

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: The Tribune's appeal for gen
eral recognition of a Better Homes
Week, as a nationwide movement, is
timely For more than a half century
the rural life of New England has been
on the decline; good and productive
soil is overgrown with trees and
bushes, and many farm houses and
buildings are in rundown condition.
One prominent cause for these con-
ditions has long been poor roads, with
increasing taxation upon the property
1t has cost the farmers of New Eng
land more to get their products to
nearby good markets than from farms
IN the Vest, 500 miles by railroad,
As practical contribution to the
encouragement of the work for better
homes in rural life, with one pair of
horses and road scraper I have piven
one full day as an object lesson in the
regarding of nearly two miles of road
to center that will turn the water
(the chief enemy of roads, quickly to
we'll opened bitches. This road leads
out from Brookfeld, Mass, through a
once highly prosperous farming sec
ton, with much soil of exceedingly
high productive quality, over which
there is much travel from outlying
manufacturing towns. There is no
expenditure of public money that is
more wasteful and intelligent than by
local town officials upon country roads.
In addition TO the road demonstra-
tlon, some ornamental highway plant
ing has been done, with nearly two
thousand feet of borders made and
New-York tribune., 1922-10-15

method of taxation, and in no eircum-
stances would they be available for the
payment of government debts except
by the will of the owners. As a mat
ter of fact the same applies to bonds
and stocks--they arc mobile and quick
.iy disappear under such confsscatory
taxation as England must necessarily
impose for many years if the interest
on her debt is to be paid. Even if the
grand total reached the highest
figures indicated, the securities would
never be available for the liquidation
Of national debt.
National credit should be based
mainly on the industry and thrift of a
people. The true "cxportablc surplus"
is the "spcndable fund or net in
come of the whole people. Whether
England or France can pay additional
government costs two or three times
more than the normal yearly rate Of
wealth increment is quuestion that
only the optimist may answer in the
affirmative
Looking at all the circumstances, he
who affirms that Frances credit ought
TO rank with that of England is doing
no violence to the latter country.
England and France will strive to
pay; Germany. the richest state in
Europe, will not pay, and through
fault of the present English govern
ment will avoid reparations. Is civil
ization to see in European finance and
commerce "Deutchland uber Allies?
If so, what then?
A BRITISH FRIEND OF FRANCE.
New York, Oct. IL, 1922.
New-York tribune., 1922-10-15
Anti-F rench Viewpoint
Motive for Delaying Advance
Of Kemal's Forces
% the Editor of The Tribune.

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: The article by Dr.. Alfred P.
Dennis in last Sundays Tribune was
not only interesting, but in a way
authoritative, find myself in prac-
tical agreement with most OF his state
ments. There was one sentence which
appeared to me to give a wrong i'm
preston of the actual facts. Dr..
Dennis, speaking OF France and her
assistance to the Turkish aims, said:
Though recently she has been acting
as a restraining friend to delay the
hasty and fanatieal advance of Kemal's
forces on Constantinople"
/ know that DR.. Dennis appreciates
the motive that animated France, but
believe that the public at large does
not appreciate what that motive was.
France was quite willing to allow the
Turkish army to rush on into Con-
stantinople in spite of the evident
danger of the repetition there of the
dreadful events in Smyrna. In fact
France withdrew her troops in such
way as to make possible that onrush.
| It was the determined stand of Great
Britain at Chanak which held back the
/! Turkish forces. Great Britain threat
ened war on Keaml if there was any
further advance.
Only then did France intervene with
a restraining hand, and her purpose
was in no way to save Constantinople
from pillage or to prevent the Turk
ish army from overrunning Thrace
| Her purpose was to prevent war be-
| tween Great Britain and the Kemalists,
and here again there was no recogni-
tion of any entente cordiae toward
Great Britain On the contrary, her
fear was that affairs would come to the
breaking point so that the Kemalists
would be defeated by the British. Such
an eventuality would have meant the
collapse of the French program and the
discontinue of Frances ally. This
/ was the reason why France exerted a
! restraining influence to delay the ad-
vance of the Kemalist forces on Con-
| stantinople.
GEORGE R. MONTGOMERY,
Director of the Armenia America
Society.
New York, Oct. H. 1922.
New-York tribune., 1922-10-15
What Children Used to Read
Great Stories in Our Young Foks" and Boys and
Girls Weekly Back in the 70s

Mat "The Phantom of the Prairie,'
"The Young Scouts of Wyoming" "rhe
Iron Eel" (by P. T. Barnum)? There
arc many others | could mention
These were all published between 1876
and 1877. Between 1870 and 1876 we're
such wonderful tales as "Owen Gar
diners Fortune "Ben the Buccaneer,
"O'Neil of the Red Hand, /" "The Ghost
of Paul Priestly," 'tWild Horse Joe, "
"Blundorng Rob-" "a Split in the
School, "Tfue to Each Other" etc.
The magazine also had Letter Box
and puzzle column called "The Round
table to which I had the honor of
contributing along in 1877 to 1880.
While | read many of these tales
when boy of tender years, | again
read them when in my teens, and about
three and half years ago the desire
again to Hcad them came over me. |
started countrywide search for
copies of the paper, with the result
that | have received and treasure
many beautiful letters from some Of
the "old boys" (prize winners), whose
names / recalled.
] have canvassed practically every
book shop in the States and am very
glad to state that | am the proud
owner Of rsearly all the B. and G. Week
lies issued. ! also have every volume
of "Our Young Folks beautifully
bound, and the story Winning His
Way" in book form: also the Rev.
Elijah Kelogg's wonderful Lion Ben
of Elm Island" series, pleasant Cove"
series and "Forest Glen" series
Where can any better reading be
found?
1t was a strange coincidence that the
very night l happened to read Mr.
Ford's article I had a volume Of Our
Young Folks" and one of the Boys
and Girls Weekly" before me.
?. G.. MAROSKE.
New York, Oct. IL, 1922.
New-York tribune., 1922-10-15
TO the Editor Of The Tribune.

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: / was deeply Interested in the
article What Children Used to Read,
by James l.. Ford. / recall very vividly
the periodicals for boys back in the
carly '7os that, as Mr.. Ford aptly puts
1t, deserve grateful remembrance.
Tho magazine called sour Young
Folks" ia still a fragrant memory of
my boyhood days. 1t was edited by
J. t. Trowbridge, Gail Hamilton and
Lucy Larcom. In addition to Aldrich's s
wonderful STORY of Bad Boy" there
was Mayne Reid's "Afoat in Forest"
Elijah Kellogg's Good Old Times,
Trowbridge's "Jack Hazard and His
Fortunes "A Chance for HIMSELF
Doing His Best" Mrs. Whitney's 1--WE
Girls; also "a Summer in Leslie
Goldthwaite's Life" Perhaps some of
our dear elderly ladies will recall the
last mentioned two. And there were
short stories by the Young Contrib
utors and "The Evening Lamp" with
its entertaining and educating charades,
cnigmasr ETC., besides the very in
teresting Letter Box
Mr.. Ford's reference to Frank Leslio's
"Boys and Girls' Weekly" has struck
the tendcrest chord of ALL That was
my favorite and, in my opinion, the
best boys paper ever published Oh,
those wonderful tales by Braccbridgc
Homyng, ,sincluding the immortal Jack
Harkaway series! Who among the
writer's of to-day can approach Hemyng
and such others as Roger Starbuck,
Lieutenant R. H.jJayne, w. l.. Stoddard,
Nym Rugby, Jack Manly, Pierce Cut
ting and Matt Marling? Do you, Mr.
Ford, recall "Thc White Horse of the
Pampas," "Nettie the Queen Of the
Newsboys," "Sam Sawboncs," "Out
With Captain Cook" "The White
Schooner" "Thc Gorilla Hunters"
"The Hobgoblin of Devils Hollow"
climbing Dave" "The Troublesome
Twins" Larry O'Keefe," "Mischievous
New-York tribune., 1922-10-15

TO claim 3 domicile in Greenw;.a
Of the weaithiest towns in Amer,.a '"s
Greenwich has recently been 60
of rs most expensive place in 49,
to live, with very high tax rates ~ %.
g comparison with other towns j., ~
vicinity does not justify the state,ss. -
Our town tax rate is less tbaa a.
thousand, and although our total v,,n.
tion Is upward Of s7o.00oooo
actual value is much greater. Wa.
chester County readers may naks tl..
own comparisons.
Cur nearness to New York, our ANA
roads, abundant water supply and -
feet drainage, together with III. n.
versifed beauty Of the shore ana ~.
hills, are further reasons why G,,.r'
wich people will never claim n H..
anywhere else, if they know it.
FREDERICK A. HuggApn
Greenwich, Conn, Oct II, 1929
New-York tribune., 1922-10-15
He Can t Believe II
Doubts Bookings Are Cancelled Be-
cause Liners Are Going Dry

\
cause Liners Are Going Dry
| To the Editor oil The Tribune.
Sir: In this mornings Tribune
comes the statement from your Euro
/ pean Bureau that prospective passen-
gers On American ships have already
begun to cancel reservatio: g." The
article was captioned DRY Ships Lose
Bookings
Persons familiar with bookings for
ocean travel know that there are many
cancellations every day. Legitimate
reasons arise which compel buyers and
other passengers to change their plans
Recently because OF an explosion on d
British liner business man sought to
change his booking to an American
liner. The British clerk fought strenu-
ously against It, and did all in his
power to disuade the American from
travelling on an American liner
To say that any sane person, an
American worthy of the name, having
booked on an American liner, would
cancel his passage because he could
not get q drink seems incredible.
Correspondents with "wet" bias
would have. us believe that this order
regarding liquor on American ships
would bring the American lines into
bankruptcy. Next summer, when | ex-
pect to 60 abroad with party Of
friends, bookings will be made on an
American ship, and we shall also use
to American vessels.
The number of business men who
travel the seas who place their stom-
achs above their patriotism ia not as
large as the "wet" adherents would
have us believe. ! have met one such
person. He hailed from Pittsburgh.
He is an idler, rich enough to exist
without working. He Is young and his
chief occupation seems to be smoking
cigarettes as he drives his motor car,
When asked II he was going back to,
Princeton for the commencement last
June he replied: mo, they do not serve
liquor any more at the reunions" Ger
tainly no one would trust the Judgment
or value the citizenship of one who
would cancel bookings on an Ameri-
can liner or deny himself the fellow
ship of college classmates simply on
the ground Of being denied liquor If
this is actually true-that Americans
refuse to travel in American ships bea
cause they cannot get liquor--we are
indeed back to pagan days and epi~
curean in our habits. 1t will be sad
day for America when we come to such
a pass. J. b
Newburgh. N. Y. Oct, % 1922.
New-York tribune., 1922-10-15

planted with climbing roses and mas
turtiums to cover stone walls a
century old, and with hollyhocks and
}arkspurs for perennials, and asters,
petunias and gadioli for ANIMALS.
This bit of ornamental planting has
awakened interest in better road work,
Another day of this Better Homes
Week will be followed by the giving
away of seeds and surplus plants to
those who desire to start some small
home garden. GEORGE T, POWELL.
Brookfeld, Mass, Oct. II, 1922
New-York tribune., 1922-10-15
Bone-Dry Shipping
Does Sea VoIsteadism Conflict With /
International Lawp

LSoCS Scd foistedulSlil IOHillCI WItIi
International LaWp
To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: Frankly the ruling of the At
torney General Of the United States
| fforbidding the bringing of liquors
within the territorial waters of the
United States in foreign bottoms, and
not for Importation or unloading, is in
violation of acknowledged international
law. We have the extraordinary con-
fict Of an amendment to the American
Constitution and Of time honored
rule Of the law of nations and of the
sea. Which shall prevail?
What would the Supreme Court Of
the United States hold? The answer
is at hand in its own adjudication
mo single nation can change the
law of the sea; that law is of uni
versal obligation, and no statute of
one or two nations can create ohli-
cations for the world. Like all the
laws OF nations, it rests upon the
common consent cf civilized COM
munities.' GA U. S. ITO, 1877. Lam
guage quoted with approval in the
"Paquete Habana," 175 u. s. 57T,
I'll; see also Fed 622)
The question is one Of admiralty, and
Chief Justice Marshall declared: "A
case in admiralty does not in fact arise
under the Constitution and laws of the
United States. These cases are as old
as navigation itself, and the admiralty
and maritime law as it has existed for
ages is applied in our courts to the
cases as they arise"
Admitting the principle asserted by
Marshall in "The Exchange agt, Nc
Fadden" G. CIR. 316), that "The mer-
chant vessels of one country visiting
the ports of another for the purposes
of trade subject themselves to the laws
which govern the port they visit so
long as they remain; and this as we'll
in war as in peace" to which is added
the significant phrase unless it is
otherwise provided by treaty.; it is,
nevertheless, a fundamental principle
in American law and diplomatic prac-
tice that rot municipal law, but the law
of nations. is the measure of interna-
tional obligation; and,~ as stated in an
early decision just prior to the cstah
lishment of the Federal Constitution,
the municipal law cannot change the
law of nations SO as to affect the rights
of foreigners, or, in other words, those
which consist with the law of nature
and of nations, and very particularly
those secured by treaty deciaratory Of
the accepted usage of nations.
The American government has never
until the present deviated from its his
toric rule that the true measure of in
ternational obligation is not to be
found in the validity of any act of
government under the municipal law or
national authoritye The remedy of for
eign governments and ship owners is
in the law of nations, and their claim
is perfect under that law in the United
States
JOSEPH WHITLA STINSON.
New York, Oct. 10,N1922
New-York tribune., 1922-10-15
News From Abroad
(FrOm Tue rrovidenee Journol

ffrom The Providence JournaD
A newspaper in Berlin, commenting
on the visit of ea-Presidential canai-
date James NJ. Cox to that city, calls
Mm ex-senator Cox. and says he is
s@ee to get the Republican nomination
for the Presidency two years hence.
This is important if true.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-03-07
If Stomach is
Out of Order
"Diapepsin"

Every year regularly more than a
million stomach sufferers in the
United States, England and Canada
take Pape's Diapepsin. and realize
not only immediate. but lasting re-
lief This harmless antacid helps
digest anything you eat and over
comes a sour, gassy or out-of-order
stomach in five minutes. If your
meals don't fit comfortably, or what
you eat lies like a lump OF lead in
your stomach. or If you have heart
burn, that is a sign OF indigestion.
Get from your druggist a sixty-cent
case of Pape's Diapepsin. There will
be no sour risings, no belching OF
undigested food mixed with acid, no
gas or heartburn, no fullness OF
heavy feeling in the stomach, no
nausea, headache or intestinal grip
ing. Prove TO yourself in five min
utes that your stomach is as good as
any: that there is nothing really
wrong. stop this food fermentation
and begin eating what you want
without fear Of discomfort or indi-
gestion. Adv
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-03-07

The Department OF Literature.
Section /. OF the Progress club. will
meet wednesday afternoon at the
club. The program will consist OF
a biography OF o. Henry, by Mrs.
Norman Dakin and Waits and
Strays" by Mrs. J. ". LeLonde.
The Senior Queen Esther circle
OF the Grace NJ z. church will meet
this evening with Mrs. c. L. Ian
phear, 2O15 S. High ST.
The Jolly Nine club will give a
card party Wednesday afternoon at
the South Bend Woman's club. The
proceeds will be used 10 care for a
war orphan.
The Colfax W. c. T. U. will en-
tertain with a tea Wednesday aft
ernoon al the home OF Mrs. Fannie
Copp. 1928 California av.
The Women's Foreign Missionary
society OF the First NJ. L. church
will meet this afternoon in the
be India" and the leader Is Mrs.
W y. Dunn. Those assisting will
include Mesdames c. E. Lee, ]. w.
Waters, D. ". Place, ]. r. Neds,
Grant Tank. ]. F. L. Meyer and
Miss Fannie Taylor.
The Aurora Bible class OF the
Sunnyside Presbyterian church will
have an ali day sewing in the
church parlors Wednesday. A pot
luck luncheon will be served at
noon.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-03-07
THE WAY ELEANOR RUMBLE
AN-I- rILII 4 .-Ir 9

GAVE THANKS"
But few minutes before. az LII
lian's promise 20 aid her, 1 had Tx
ened Eleanor Rumble. IN my
thoughts, TO a rubber ball IN resili-
ency and power OF coming back.
As I looked at her now she re-
minded me much more Of a balloon
gradually being inflated. That Rob-
ert Savarin's appreciation OF her
flower canvases, and its unexpected
result IN the sale OF one Of them at
three hundred dollars 20 a wealthy
! collector had gone 10 her head. We
knew even without the concrete
| evidence Of her query TO Robert
: Savarin about the desirability Of in
structing the auctioneer 10 accept
no bid under one hundred dollars
for a canvas Of hers. And If we had
not driven past the Woodstock art
/ gallery with It's auction sale she
would have been overjoyed TO get
twenty-five dollars for any one Of
the flower piecesi
Robert Savarin's eyes. so recently
animated at the recognition his ar
I A.rA rUAA AAaA AAFfAA AAFA AlDM q IclAA-
vases. looked suddenly as If some
faucet had been turned off back OF
/ them. draining every trace OF ex-
+ preston away. d.
COT course. you must act as you
think best about that" he said,
1 bowling IT could not presume 10
advise you"
/ She was quick 10 catch the dis
approval, and held out her hands
dramatically
I "Oh. but your advice means so
much 10 me-" she said. Just think
what you have done for me this aft
ernoon! How can I ever thank
you?"
She had no word nor look for
( Lillian. TO whose kindly thought
alone she owed her good fortune. ]
confirmed my surmise that a woman
70 her was a negligible quantity
when there was a man 20 impress
do not understand how Robert
Savarin. without absolute discour-
tesy, managed TO avoid taking her
outstretched hands, but he did it
and turned slightly toward Lillian
That's LIS Speciality"
You owe no thanks to me. Mrs
Rumble" he said gravely. What.
ever small assistance may have
been to you was proffered solely
upon Mrs. Underwood's account
Any gratitude you may feel Is heI
due not mine"
His tone had a finality that ]
think penetrated even the thick
coating Of self-conceit which was
Eleanor Rundle's. I saw her bite
her lips savagely. then she achieved
. a light little laugh.
"Oh, that's LIS speciality" she
said carelessly. The trick of evok-
ing gratitude along her trail. And
of course. old girl I am tremendous
ly obliged and all that. Do come
to see me. all Of you" she included
me with a alf-contemptuous fickeI
of her eyelids. And l know you're
in a tremendous hurry, so I'll rur
along"
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-03-07
BIRTHS

Mr.. and Mrs Herbert Alexander,
72O 5. Clinton St. a son. Sunday
Mr.. and Mrs. Earl VandOren, 1903
Campeau St. daughter, March 4.
Mr. and Mrs Harland II. Moore,
719 George av., March 4, a son.
Mr.. and Mrs. John z. KuhOric,
1106 Glover St, March 4, son.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jesse K. Hively. s22
Milton av.. March 4, a daughter.
Mr. and Mrs. Phillip r. Seybert,
GA z. Corby St. March 3, a daugh-
ter.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles II. Beyrer,
925 Cleveland av., March 8, at Ep-
worth hospital.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Cunlain, r.
F. D. No 2, March 3, a daughter, at
st. Joseph hospital.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles r. Perkins.
224O w. Washington av.. March 2, a
daughter.
Mr.. and Mrs. John A. Tzchida, 413
s. Pine St. March 2. a son.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-03-07
UNCLE
WIGGILY
THE STORY OF THE MAPLE
WAX.
BY HOWARD r. GARIs.

One day. as Uncle Wiggiiy was
hopping along under the trees not
far from his hollow stump bunga-
low. a splash of something wet fell
on the pink, twinkling nose Of the
rabbit gentleman.
Dear me-" exclaimed the bunny.
THE April showers are beginning
rather early this year-in March! 1
haven't my umbrella"
The wet drop ran down into the
bunny's mouth. and he had a taste
of something sweet on his tongue.
That's funny" he said. "Sugary
rain, Something newt"
But as he stepped out from be-
reath the tree no drops fell on him,
and he began TO think better Of go
ing back TO his hollow stump bun
ga!ow TO get his umbrella.
Perhaps this sweet rain doesn't
fall all over" thought Mr.. Long
ears. He stepped beneath the tree
again. and once more, some sweet
drops fell on him. Then. as he look
ed Up, he saw what was happening.
From the broken end Of a tree
branch some drops were dripping
and, catching one in his paw, Uncle
Wigsily tasted It.
Maple sugar." he exclaimed IN
delight. cor. II It isn't exactly maple
sugar I can soon make it into that
by boiling the sap. The sweet. su-
gary sap juice is beginning to drip
from the MAPLE trees, Hurray, I'm
going 10 have a maple sugar party
Uncle Wiggily caught a few more
Of the sweet drops before hopping
away The wind had broken off a
branch OF the maple tree and from
this broken end the sap was drip
ping. as YOU may often have seen
il at this season.
Spring is on the way" laughed
TIE bunny. THE sap in the trees
wouldn't flow and drip IL spring
weren't coming. Now for good times.
even II We should have a little more
snow"
Uncle Wiggily could hardly keep
his hat on his head he was so ex-
cited as ne hoped back 10 his hol-
low stump bungalow.
Murray. Nurse Jane," he cried
"Hurrayl Sap's running and Wei
boil Z and make maple sugar and
wax. Hurray!"
"Hurrayi" cried the muskrat lady
housekeeper. fer she liked sweet
things almost as much as did the
bunry uncle.
a little later Uncle Wiggily had
built a FIRE out OF doors near a
patch or late snow. over the fire he
hung an iron kettle Then he and
Nurse Jane made hole IN the trunks
OF some sugar maple trees. and in
the holes they placed hollow spouts,
Ike those in a water cooler. Through
the spOuts the sweet maple sap. or
Juice, dripped into the little pals
beneath
Not every tree has sap sweet
enough 20 be boiled into eugar-not
even cve-y maple tree-only certain
kinds. but some OF the right sort
grew near Uncle wiggily's bunga-