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New-York tribune., 1922-05-18
Striking Fire Fighters

At least one minister of the Gospe!
IN Jersey will use as his text next
Sunday the Verse from the epistle of
James which tells of Elias, "a man
subject to like passions as we are"
who prayed that it might not rain,
and it rained not. "And he prayed
again, and the heaven gave forth
rain, and the earth brought forth her
fruit"
For drenching rain fell in the
neighborhood of Woodbine, N. j., on
Monday night, putting an end at last
to the forest fire that had ragged for
eight days in the neighborhood and
giving relief to the volunteer fire
lighters who took the places of the
striking fremen.
80 ended one of the worst cases of
callous disregard for the rights of
the public that has occurred since
the strike of the Boston police force.
The forest fires which have been
sweeping Jersey have threatened not
only farms but also villages. Under
the laws the fire warden is empow-
cred to call upon any able bodied
person to Gyht the fire and is Obliged
to pay him at the rate of SO cents an
hour for the first two hours and 40
cents an hour thereafter. But the
drafted men demanded rs cents an
hour, and when it was denied laid
down their brooms and shovels.
There is little difference between
such action and a strike of the city
fremen should the city be threat
ened with destruction by fire. There
are classes of work which so vitallv
concern the public safety that thew
must be placed outside the domain of
strikes.
The state authorities are expected
to prosecute these men. 1t is to be
hoped that the strikers will be made
to pay the full penalty for their cow
ardly selfshness.
New-York tribune., 1922-05-18
Tuck of Drum

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: Did Lady Astor really say 81
don't give a tuck -dunt' for the un-
intelligent woman? | think not, for
as an intelligent woman Lady Astor
knows that tuck k-of-drum' is the
idiom. 1t means a tap or beat of q
drum.
The Standard Dictionary tells US that
tuck" is a beat, tap, blow or stroke,
and that the word is used GO ;amonly
in the phrase tuck of drum" AS an
illustration OF usage it quotes the fol-
lowing lines from Whittier's "Pano-
rama (Stanza 1s), written in 1856:
salute thy staff. immortal Quattlebum' %
DR.. Murray shows that the idiom
dates from 1900, and is given in the
collection of Scottish Ballads" pub
lished in 1890:
with trumpets and with tuicke of drum =
CBattle OF Harlaw).
But the same lines are cited as in
use in Scotland by David Herd in his
collection of Ancient and Modern
Scottish Songs" published in Edin-
burgh in l776.
Formerly in Scotland proclamat tions
were published by tuck or touck Of
Drum" and Scott, in "The Heart Of
Midlothian" refers to the practice Of
opening q convocation hv this moan.
New-York tribune., 1922-05-18

hensible." The commission, for ex-
ample, is justly shocked at the
thought that Samuel Adams should
be spoken Of as political boss"
Any good Commissioner Of Accounts,
however, knows that this not only is
not "reprehensibl~" but is actually
laudatory. Had the commission been
really serious it would have found
something much worse to bring
against the writer's about Sam
Adams. 1t might, for example. have
turned from recently published text
books to the letters of contempo-
raries. where it could have found the
amiable Benjamin Franklin speaking
Of Sans cousin, John Adams, tho
second President OF the United
States, as sometimes entirely crazy,
and John Adams, in turn, accusing
Benz jamin Franklin of excepting his
mind in constant state Of dissipa-
ton and of being "indolent in bust
ness"
The findings of the Board of Edu-
cations special commission are all
right as far as they go, but it is un-
likely that they will go far enough to
suit that master and maker Of his
tory, Commissioner Hirshfield.
New-York tribune., 1922-05-18
Harding Time

President Harding in his capacity
Of potentate of the District of Co.
lumbia adds a third to the country's
time systems. In most parts regu-
lar standard time prevails, varying
from zero to thirty minutes from true
solar time. In other parts clocks
tick along an hour ahead of stand
ard time, and people rise and get to
work at nominally the same hours as
formerly but actually an hour ear
lier. President Harding's clock has
not been advanced, but he practices
daylight saving by getting to work
an hour earlier than before.
That is really the logical thing to
do. He goes back to Ben Franklin
and follows Poor Richards advice
of early to bed and early to rise. 1t
is thus not alluring to a sleepy-head
generation. Moreover, the psyche
logical factor is important. We like
to kid" ourselves. 1t is easier to
get up at instead of at 7, provided
the hour is called T; at instead Of 9,
provided it is still called 9. As a
people we all are normalists, so to
speak.
The Presidents system must COM
bat this psychological idiosyncrasy,
and IT bets are made it seems safer
to lay a wager on a victory of the
idiosyncrasy.
New-York tribune., 1922-05-18

than the corner grocer or the vir.uas.
mother of nine?7
II do" said Villon. The SNUG, ii.
respectable, never live. They rsysr
Feel. They nevsr know"
"You can't judge" said the pspa
Il despise you'" said villor, and
called him many names, some Of them
so picturesque that the Papa under
stood only by implication. Whist c,n
you know Of me-
81 don't despise you in the least
said the Papa. Being married and
obliged to cling to mis- job. he bad
learnt to control his temper admirably
and l know more OF you than youn
ever know about me. I have in ne
something of you. can comprehend
Your fierce joys. Bu. you have in yor
nothing at all Of me, and you can't II
the least comprehend my happiness.
"Certainly," he said. "the respectable
man can understand the rogue, eTss
secretly admire him. But the rogue
can't understand me- am. in ny e.
sence. two men. one walking here this
Sunday morning. and the o.hss
shackled inside me. But yoa'n oaF
one man; you can know nothing but
yourself, can observe but cne .iet
Of life. How" he went on. "shsll !ss
know the world only from the gutss'F
Because I look up. at the san
said villon.
But what matters lies between u
gutter and the stars" said the Pr
Il have my feet on the earth ana
head in the sky. and my heart IN "
tween. am. assure you. ordlnaH'
ubiquitous, and omniscient."
"And I, uniquei" said Villon.
And if there be no other Villa'A
then" inquired the Papa, who G"
read and love your poems:'
Passion was wearing Villon away
already the leafless tree behind nla
was visible through his waistcoas n''
answer was too rarehed. and the fsP
replied to himself.
'T1l tell you." ne said. Its !. i's
live in me"
Villon's voice reached him, nls@
thin, furious.
II prefer to die" he said. y.
The Papa carefully lowered '''
perambulator off the curb.
"You can't" he observed.
New-York tribune., 1922-05-18
A Suspended Verdict

ne fndlngs Of the Board of Edu-
cations special commission to inves-
tlgate textbooks on American history
must not be taken as the last word
on the subject. Commissioner Hirsh-
yneld has yet to speak. and until his
decision has been made public all
final judgments must be suspended.
The Commissioner, self-acknowl-
edged authority on American his
tory, will in due time unmask the
hateful plot of the interests to turn
the United States back to Great
Britain. Pending his disclosures if
is to be presumed that the report of
the Board of Education must be con-
sldered as unauthoritative, being the
work of mere educators, like all their
kind notoriously biased.
The proof that the Board of Edu-
cations commission is blinded hv
prejudice is to be found in it's fiat as
sertlon that there is no evidence to
support the charge that the textbook
writer's whose books were examined
were Intentionally unpatriotic' or
that they were written as a result of
"unwholesome propaganda" ANY
one familiar with the Vaccinations
Of the enemies of the people knows
pr'ort that this statement is un-
true.
Nor is it in any way palliated bv
the somewhat more Healthy condem-
nation of an attitude of mind on the
part Of the textbook writer's toward
the founders of the Republic, which,
New-York tribune., 1922-05-18

story in part of Vertumnus -
Pomona:
A Hamadryad nourished in those Zealand
Her name Pomona. from neF
race. .ved
In garden culture none could 90 eAS., w.,
Or form the plant souls OF plan.s MAJ
Or to the fruits moro gen ns'1 sasas 10
Or teach the trssa with noe'ss
bend. .,.,yy az
The Nymph--to such Joys her nui'"
prefer.
Alone to tend her vegetable care s..A
A pruning hook she carry'd 10 NJ nv -.
And taught the strasglsrs 70 oo''
Lest the iicsntious and unthrifsy o'''
Tho too induIgsnt parent snouio u1S :" thss
She shows how stocks Invite ~
A graft. and naturalist g foreign tn n ns
To mend the savage faint anu
stead ia. h,eed--
Adopt new nature--and noolss surosise
Now hourly she observes nef
care, -. hIankE
And guards their homage from 'n' ''
afr: .,,,.aa -
Than open her streaming sla'0''
with sowing draushts her thirsty -.
Mount Kiseo, N. Y, May ~, iss1'
New-York tribune., 1922-05-18
Listening Now

A special virtue in the redefintion
of Americas Russian policy which
has come from Messrs. Hughes and
Hoover is that it is put forward un-
der circumstances that forbid sup
preston of its circulation.
Our government has long been
saying what it now says. We stand
in the presence of no novelty. The
simple doctrine, abundantly sup
ported, that the source of Russia s
troubles is within her own borders
and that they flow inevitably from
the sort of government Russia has
and the economic system imposed on
her is commonplace. Equally COM
nonplace is the deduction that it is
futile to talk of extending credit or
building up trade while this system
dominates.
Russia's 130,000,000 are tyranni-
cally ruled b. gang of about 200,-
natics. The regime they have estab-
lished by force has throttled produc-
ton and brought famine The facts.
Every one is acquainted with them
They are interchangeable and self
declaratory. testified to by every
species of observer and substantially
admitted by Lenine himself
But it has suited some, apparent
ly to serve political ends or to keep
from acknowledging the collapse of
preconceived ideas, to ignore the
facts. Lloyd George, whose courage
and skillful resourcefulness have
won the worlds admirs ton, found
himself assailed by combination of
the semi Bolshevists of England's
powerful Labor party, the conces-
sion seekers of London and so-called
parlor intellectuals, an anamic crew,
who pose as liberals but really have
the spirit of the Roman aristocrats
who delighted in stroking the mus
cles of the gladiators Of the Cesars.
SO Mr. George brushed the facts
aside. He didn't want to talk about
them.
Now Mr.. Hughes has used a meg
aphone for his facts, and the OBJ
vious conclusion to be drawn from
them can no longer be ignored. Eu-
rope is listening. the Sovieteers are
listening, and SO far as they are per
nltted to do so the millions of Rus
sia are listening. If company of
|eXperts wish to assemble at The
Hague and go through the supererog-
atory motions of investigating fur
ther, no law can be invoked against
them. But ordinary folk need no
further instructions.
Bolshevism must go before there
is any comeback in Russia. The
only question to be settled is wheth-
er Bolshevists are good instruments
to effect the expulsion. Some say
they are--that Russia is to be cured
by doses of the hair Of the dog that
bit her. Perhaps the Bolshevists
are capable of reversing themselves
in this manner, but to many it seems
contrary to common sense.
AS to what element in Russia Of
fers the best hope Of restoring her
Mr.. Hughes expresses no opinion
But it takes some power of imagina-
ton to see him vigorously champion
ing the idea that the Bolshevist
group can now be relied on to sting
their system to death. But this issue
he is not called on to decide. The
first thing is to have universal
agreement as to the nature Of Rus
sia's disease. Diagnosis precedes
writing a remedial prescription.
New-York tribune., 1922-05-18
What Readers Are THINKING

learns that many years ago "Aperdeen
carefully caused tuck of drums through
the town, charging all men to be in
readiness with their best arms"
This idiom serves to show that
words shall presume
To hold their honors and Immortal bloom
Many shaH rise. that now forgotten He
others In present credit, soon shall die"
DIR. SYNTAX.
New York, May l6, 1929,
New-York tribune., 1922-05-18
More Truth Than Poetry
By James J. Montague
The Friendly Arctic

CA Review
Though Stefansson may think it
nice to lay him down on
cakes of ice
Which often crack and drop
one-smack -
Among the chilly pillows,
And though he loves to lie awake
and hear the foes about him
break,
| know | sleep more sound and
On mattresses and pillows.
Though Stefansson is fond Of
meals composed exclusively
of seals,
And says to eat that sort of
meat
At last becomes a passion,
The more | read his Arctic books
the more | find I'm fond of
cooks
And realize my love for pies
That mother used to fashion.
Though Stefansson delights to
stare at an approaching polar
bear,
And will not run and hide when
one
Gets mean and roars and
RACES,
The polar bears I like to see are
not untamed and fancy
They're in the zoo, where they
pursue
An idle life, in cages.
Though Stefansson may find sub
lime the glorious sub-polar
cline,
And says the race will make
the place
It's hang-out soon or later,
The more | follow what he writes
the more | think what rich
delights
There must abound in regions
round
The good old warm Equator.
New-York tribune., 1922-05-18
Strange Discovery

The crime wave in New York City
is coming to an end. Some studious
lawyer found out that highway rob-
berry and burglary are against the
law there as elsewhere
New-York tribune., 1922-05-18
The Liberian Loan

To the Editor of The Tribune ~.
Sir: The House Of RepreSens. !.
recently passed a bill authorn8. Il. U.
loan of s5,0oo,o00 to Liberia, yer 'n ~
diers' bonus is held up because %
Of funds, 40 Mr.. Mellon says.
Why should this govefn"ss. S.
lending money to ther ee'n ..
when it owes money to its owh
New-York tribune., 1922-05-18
An Abused Word

fFrer, The Louisville Courier -JournoU
why" asks book critic do 40
many authors write mush?" Why, an
appreciator of mush may ask, do SO
many book criticA slandar aond nic+
New-York tribune., 1922-05-18

rou can nurchas, merohandi,s Advertised In THE
TRIBUNE with absolute safct--for II dissatisfso.
t.oa resuits in any ThE TRIBUNE anaren
tess 10 pay your money back upon request. Nc red
fape. No uubtjinq Ws refund promptly II the
advertiser does cot.
New-York tribune., 1922-05-18
Proof

Henry Ford doesn't share his
friend Bryans disbelief in evolution.
He knows that the grandfather OF
the f1ivver was q wheelbarrow.
New-York tribune., 1922-05-18
The Secret Out

We know the names of two of
those spirits in Dr.. Doyle's photo
graph-Methyl and Ethyl.
Copyright by James J. MONTAGUE
New-York tribune., 1922-05-18
The Tower
NOT IN
NJOTHlN' but the footsteps OF the

NOT HIN
NOTHlN' but tho footsteps Of the
l. wind along tho hill,
Rustin' through the las years
leaves and swishin' in the grass;
Nothin but the sun that pours upon
you. lyn' still,
An the sudden breath Of coolness as
the swift cloud shadows pass.
The cedar trees are smcllin sort Of
spicy in the heat,
An A yellowhammer's callin' very
faint and far away,
An it seems that underneath your head
you feel the earth's heart beat,
While about the things you oughta
do, there ain't no one to Say
Nothin
Nothn' underneath you but bed OF
plushy moss;
Nothin overhead except the buett
blue Of skies;
Nothin' much worth watchin' but the
clouds that sail across
VI Lne SuHlIRnC IHakH sPdTkIes on
the lashes of your eyes.
A foolish swallows twittern' and
wheelin' round about,
An foolish, busy humble bee is
shoppin' in the clover.
Somewheres, I know the world is filled
with labor, work and doubt.
But I'd ruthcr lie here on my back
all day an worry over
Nothn'.
Nothin' to one side of me but meadows
an brook;
Nothin' to the other side but hills
in ranges spread
With the sunlight dustin gold on EN-.
I'd see 'em II Id look,
But it's too gosh darn much exercise
to try and raise your head.
Seems 'sif the earth had holt of me
and drawed me to her breast,
And somehow l amt man enough to
try and shake her free,
For she whispers kind Of comfortn'
that Death is only Rest,
An shouldn't ever be a-scairt to
lie with her an be
Nothin'.
New-York tribune., 1922-05-18
MEMBER OF THE AssocIArnp PRESS

The Assoc ated Press is exclusively entitled 70
The for republication az all dispatches
cgedited to I; rot otherwise credited in this
rsper and also tho loca news Of spontaneous origin
published herein.
Al tghts n republication Of all other matter
hsrsin also reserved
New-York tribune., 1922-05-18
OR LIBERTY STREET AND
MAIDEN LANE

MAIDEN LANE
IN the spring, ,uhen buds are bursting
and the sky is blue above;
VINE" the gay young fippers fancy
lightly tnrns to thoughts of loue,
When the angels (call them foppers il
you lrilN are all a-start.
Looking here and there and yonder TO,
Dan Cupid NTH his dart,
There's place ont IN Jamaica to which
f'ps and flaps should race
It's corner near the station: Arche,
.Are. and kissam Place,
DON Q.
We think we'd be better citizen if
the Postoffice Department would rear
range deliveries so that all the bills
didn't arrive before breakfast
1t Couldn't Be Easier
Sir: With automobile accidents and
newspaper accounts of automobile ac
cldents such a part of the city's daily
routine, why can't the publishers agree
to have mime eographed by the thousand
some such form as the following and
thus make life easier for the over
worked rewrite man:
0! - street, tOds killed
yesterday OF By an automobile
dr'pen By -----, Of -- Street. Tn.
dr'uer cos arrested on a technical
charge of homicide.
----vear-old of
Street, ras crashed to death bu ---
dri"en 6y -. Witnesses said the
driver of the machine Uas not to bIu,ne.
---- a0os seriously (fatally) injured
yesterday os result of being rum ovey.
at ------- By truck driven by -.
The driver failed to stop.
THE NIGHT REWRlTE.
During our absence. the night re-
write is apparently losing morale and
originality. There isn't word in the
proposed form about the nearby drug.
store.
The ,coy Lady Astor uses espletiyea
reminds us Of the manner in ,ch;ch
Wonen used to smoke cigarettes.
And speaking of tobacco, we wish
the person who keeps bombardinr us
with literature describing our dimin-
ishing chances of further existence il
we keep on smoking would Law OF for
q while. It's sort of DEPRESSING tn
realize that every column we ret out
subtracts at least week from our re-
naming tenure Of life.
so WE'RE NEW YORK AND HoNGKoNc;
Clipped bu Asinluth from "The sunn)
At the moment, however, Louisv,ll. i,
divided into three main classes-those who
bet on Norwich, those who bet against hin,
AMI those who didn't bet at all.
Sometimes we think we'd be more
hearty in our support of rule bv mo-
jorities if majorities would only he +,
little more stringent about their ad-
missions to membership
SO far as we've been able TO com.
prehend Mayor Hylan's attitude iowa ard
the Transit Commissions plans. he
| seems to hold that:
New-York tribune., 1922-05-18

Secretaries DENLY and Weeks and
the Annapolis class of '81 intend to
go to Japan shortly. Apparently
there is to be an Elder Statesmen's
convention over there.
New-York tribune., 1922-05-18
THURSDAY, MAY is, 1922

cwaes ~ New YoIS Tribune Inc New York
c5sfssrstiou Published daily. ost'eo Reid Presi-
cent? q. Ve-tior Roce-s. Vice Prsside,i, Helen
Ecs,-s Reid. SECRETARY n r, MaIfeid Treasurer
A5d;esS. Tribune Building IA Nassau Street. New
Aors Telephone, Beeknan 5000
New-York tribune., 1922-05-18

Ta(esmen Of either scu seem to cliog
TO the ancient marin that moman's
place is IN the home.
New-York tribune., 1922-05-18

The artisans of Europe's future
ought to view with alarm the continual
ly decreasing number of cities where
peace conferences can still be held
with any degree of safety for the
conferees.
New-York tribune., 1922-05-18

There is Peace Palace at The
Hague, but unless it has a golf
course that is it's only qualification
as the scene of another international
parley.
New-York tribune., 1922-05-18

A Jersey jury of nine men and three
women has dealt with a husband killer
in the traditional fashion, and those
who believe in, or oppose, sex equality
are herewith presented with a splendid
instance to indorse their stand.
New-York tribune., 1922-05-18

There seems to be no limit To the
stretching po'cer Of the Hiberntam
imagination. No,o thnt the Irish con-
ference is on tho verae Of failure, cable
dispatches say Dublin ia expecting the
UOrst.
New-York tribune., 1922-05-18

This must be as wonderful a coun-
try as Americans like to believe if
the Queen of Rumania is going to
postpone her coronation so she can
come over here to look at it.
New-York tribune., 1922-05-18

During our absence. the night re-
write is apparently losing morale and
originality. There isn't word in the
proposed form about the nearby drug
store.
New-York tribune., 1922-05-18

The Woy Lady Astor uses eSplet;p,a
reminds as Of the manner in ,vAich
Won,en used to smoke cigarettes,
New-York tribune., 1922-05-18

Entered A. the postofacn a Nep York Second
CIA.a MaN Meitsr
New-York tribune., 1922-05-18

So far as we've been able to com.
prehend Mayor Hylan's attitude toward
the Transit Commissions plans, he
seems to hold that:
New-York tribune., 1922-05-18

Sometimes we think we'd be NOR.
hearty in our support of rule by ma-
jorties if majorities would only be
little more stringent about their ad-
missions to membership.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-04-17

student enrolment will break all rec-
ords and will reach At least 500 this
year. Last summer about.b00S were
enrolled. That Wa the record up to
that time.
Normaisschool circles and the cities
In which normal schools are located
will see something entirely new IN the
history OF North Dakota. This will
be a Country Life Week Observance,
probably Immediately following July
4 although the exact dates have not
yet been fixed. These special weeks
have been held in other states for
some years but have new before been
arranged in the nornrals of North Da.
kota.
A resolution signed by. 90 residents
on Valley street has been submitted
to the city !commission. asking that
Valley street southeast, from its inter-
section with Fourth avenue and Fifth
street southeast TO the eastern limit OF
Valley street southeast, be graded and
improved provided with concrete
curbs and cutters, gravel surface and
the pecessary storm drains to carry
away surface water.
y Contagious diseases are diminishing
rapidly in Minot Of late, according To
q statement Of DR.. G. K. Allen, city
health officer. With the approach OF
farmer or rather more settled
weather outbreaks of ailments OF the
Kind grow less, the doctor says. Few
new cases of contagious maladies are
recorded now. There is ne small pox
in the city at present although there
have been a number of cases during
the last winter.
Those persons who have not secured
their 1922 automobile licenses by May
/ will be taking a chance of arrest by
the police department if they appear
on the streets with their automobiles,
|According to am announcement today
by Police Commissioners Otto Gross.