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New-York tribune., 1922-03-09
the bounds of reason to expect an air
nail service piloted from the ground
Some day newspaper may be print
ed by radio.
At Last

Fox Hills Hospital. on Staten Isl
and. is to be closed. The reason
given by the director of the Vet
Grams Bureau is that it is "struc-
turslly unfit and contains "iirc
hazards"
Thus ends a chapter in the care
of wounded veterans which has
brought much just criticism upon
the government. Investigating
committees have on various occa-
sions visited the hospital and pro-
nounccd II unfit. The American
Legion. in particular. has carried on
a long campaign against the hos
pital and has protested that it is cs-
pecially unsuitcd for the housing Of
tubcrcular patients. The federation
of conditions there has been singled
out as an example Of the way
in which the country has forgotten
the wounded service men and has
neglected their interests. Those
who have studied the care of the
disabled have felt that this hospital
should have been closed long ago.
That the decision has finally been
made, therefore,, is good sign.
Tho soldiers cannot be evacuated
until room for them is found in
other institutions. but the very in-
tent TO close Fox Mills aicspital
shoVs that the new administration
of the Veterans Bureau cannot bc
blind TO the conditions that existed
there. 1t promises we'll for the fu-
ture and raises the hope that the
general treatment of wounded men
will at last be put upon basis
which none can criticize.
The feeling is overwhelming
throughout the country that the
wounded veterans should have The
best possible treatment. Any moves
which tend TO better their condition.
such as the present one to close Fox
Hills Hospital, viii receive the
hearty support Of every one.
New-York tribune., 1922-03-09

and, Mr.. Dos Passos says, 1t is
rumored that, like Victor Hugo, he
cats Holsters With the shells on
American journalists who have re-
ported Presidential conventions with
him know that ne chews chewing gum
while in the throes Of composition.
The works into which Mr. Ibancz has
poured the riches of mis- learning. in
clude ten volumes of universal history,
three volumes Of the French Revolu-
ton translated from Nlichelet, uni
versal geography, social history, books
on science, cookery and house clean
ing, nine volumes about the European
war. twenty-four novels, treatises on
travel and translation of the Arabian
Nights "a thousand and one Of them
without an hour missing
Mr.. Dos Passos thinks it is too bad
that Blasco learned the typewriter
trick so early. The combination Of the
caligraph and the printing press has
given d new and horrible impetus to the
spread Of half-baked thought" and in
1banez's case has turned q promising
energy from interesting things to mere
popular fuency. "Platitudes would
have obscured the slanting sides OF
the Pyramids had stone-cutting in the
reign of Cheops been as disastrously
easy as is printing to-day If the
American public insists on taking up
Spain, why. Mr.. Don Passos IS eager
to know. doesn't it consider the worth
while things instead of the works Of
popular ulgarization." Why Ibanez
when Barajo, Unamuno, Azorin, Vale
lnclan and Machado are at hand?
There are sixteen other essays in
"Rosinante to the Road Again. the
record OF reflections inspired by
travels across the Spanish country
side. 1t is Mr.. Dos Passos' first book
since his argument against the bonus
in "Three Soldiers.'
New-York tribune., 1922-03-09

name word with which to conjure
terror until the day of his death
William Hohenzollcrn is but an old
man whose own countrymcn feel for
him neither love nor respect Tho
last vestige OF the royal illusion was
7dissipatcd by the reply of the former
war lord to an appeal for financial
aid for a charity devoted to the caro
of orphans of German soldiers. he
sent his autographed portrait and a
ludicrous bleat about his own hard
ships--of exchange.
New-York tribune., 1922-03-09
Books r.,., 4s,,,,... Ss

In "Rosinante to the Road Again
John Dos Passos tabulatcs, with ar
eloquent sham admiration, some OF thc
many things tina, Mr.. Ibanez knows
and tells about in his novels. MIR. Dos
Passos is mildly dissatisfied with the
fecund Sapniard and calls him "an in
vertcd Midas" whose golden fingers
turn everything they touch to common
place. In his ''hobnohbing with the
universe" lbanez makes Mr.. Wells's
diligent familiarity with a parochia
inhnity seem but faint smattering
but the knowledge with which the
Ioancz dome and works are replete in
cludes:
Lord kelvins theory of vortices
The uebular hypothesis and the
ways o. ocean currents.
The qualities of l1elp
The direction the Goldfish 90 in Ice
land waters whcn the north wind
blows.
Gothic architecture and Byzantine
painting.
The social movement in Jerez.
The exports of Patagonia.
The wall paper in Paris apartment
houses.
The red paint with which countesses
polish their finger nails in Monte
Carlo.
The feelings of bullfghters when
seduced BY passionate Baudelarian
ladies of the smart set
This cosmic education was acquired,
Mr.. Dos Passos infers, through Ibane7
having lived full life, while serving
thirty sentences to Jail and six terms
as a Deputy, in addition to his expert
cnces as a cowboy in the pampas Of the
Argentine and as sailor rounding the
Horn in hurricane. He founded a
city in Patagonia with bull ring and a
bust OF Cevantes in the center of it;
New-York tribune., 1922-03-09
Masked Paternahsm .
Applied to Federal Aid for Mothers
and Similar Legislation

To the Editor Of Tho Tribune.
Sir: Thinking people have viewed
with alarm the constant cncroach-
mcnts Of the Federal government il,
those fields that should be controlled
by the states. For this reason the
principle Of Federal aid" is dangerous
whether it directs our education or
prctcnds to help mothers and babies
Such legislation is masked pntcrnalism
Of the most insidious form. There are
no super-mcn or supcr-women in
Washington that can look out for our
local affairs better than we can look
out for them ourselves.
We are creating an ovcrcertralizcd
government made up Of countless
bureaucrats, and the ovcrburden cd
taxpayers pay tho bills, not only di-
rectly, but through the increased cost
OF living; for the butcher, tho baker
the candcstick maker" pass on their
taxes to tho consumer. or course
there arc matters of foreign and
government must control, and on ac-
count Of this people often draw =
wrong inference. and say that because
millions are spent by the government
on r'gs and cattle it should also look
out For the mothers and babics. Nhs
we do for tho pigs and cows, however
Is done to safeguard the food supply
OF the mothers, and not because VIC
love the pigs and the COWS. Certain
~ the great mass of the mothers Of
this country believe in scf-rcspcct
and self-help, and the fathers also can
give aid in solving these problems
without Federal interference.
We have Testimony from all over
this country that the states and COM
munitics are making headway with
maternal care snd child hygiene in a
way that is a credit to our people. and
yet lay bureau in Washington is given
power under the Sheppard -Towner ma
ternity act to control our standards.
The groups OF women that Miss
Lillian W&ld quotes as being in favor
Of the Sheppard -Towner act perhaps
fail to realize that local self-govcrn-
ment is the cornerstone on which our
democracy rests.
CORNELIA A. GIBBS.
Secretary Wonnan's Constitutional
Loagu. Of Maryland.
Baltimore. Nd, March 4, 1922.
New-York tribune., 1922-03-09
The Bronx for Parades

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: Years ago the st. Patrick S
Day parade started Oh Fifth Avenue
in the vicinity Of Washington Square
Business and traffic conditions later
compelled it to start in the vicinity
of Forty Street and Fifth Ave
nue. Again the terrific congestion
of traffic on Fifth Avenue in the
vicinity Of Forty-second Street raises
the question Of moving the starting
point further up town, or finding an.
ether parade ground.
SO new parade ground is desirable
The Grand Concourse and Boulevard
from 18TH Street up to Mosholu Park
way, is ideal for parsdes. The Crane
Concourse rivals Riverside Drive ir
many respects. 1t has three wide
roadways. The center roadway can be
used for paradcs without interfering
with traffic north and south. The tran
sit facilities are excellent. the sec.
tion being served by the Lexington
Avenue subway, the new extensions ot
the Sixth ard Ninth Avenue elevated
lines and the municipal bus line
starting from 10th Street and Fifth
Avenue.
The Borough Of the Bronx woulG
welcome the st. Patrick's Day parade
The starting point could be in the
vicinity Of the site Of the new Yankee
stadium. The parade would not bs
squeezed in, there would be more room
for spectators and every one would be
happier. PRO BONO PUBLICO.
New York, March 7, 1922.
New-York tribune., 1922-03-09
The Man Who Was

The old woman who yelled "Hur-
ral for The Kaiser during bard
concert at the Hippodrcme estab
1ished definitely thai this is not d
raliying cry IN the United States.
The audience that had come to lister
to patriotic airs was not even
angered by this inconcinnity. The
only emotion expressed was amuse-
nnent. There could not be more sig
nificans exposure of the utter neel-
glbility Of tie selfish old strutter Of
Doom.
Picture the rumble Of displeasura
rlaas would have swept British
audience hearing "Viye Napoleon!"
20 soon after Waterloo. The Corsi-
saa ~as u,snacing nightmare, his
New-York tribune., 1922-03-09
Beer and the Bonus

To the Editor of Tho Tribune. -.
Sir: Would not an unobiectionAp.'
and compromising way Of raising snna'
to carry the soldier bonus bill Do y
restore light wines and beer, emu "'
them both? -.
| believe those who are favofsp'
inclined toward drinking would WIZ
ingly pay 15 or even 20 cents Ao' :. .
glass of beer, rather than pay :.
cents for the non-alcoholic ne'e'.s.
shat is sold under that name across 90,
bar to-day. Wines could be SOLO -
taxed accordingly. =. "
New York, March z. 1929.
New-York tribune., 1922-03-09
The Star-Spangled Banner

To tho Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: In recent editorial you speak
Of bill at Albany to forbid the play
ing Of "thc national anthem" for
money. You say that, although "The
Star-Spanglcd Banner" has never been
officially declared to be the national
anthem, it is so generally regarded
as such that we may safely give it this
place.
1t is, Of course, idle to assume that
the bill introduced has any legal
chance of becoming law while we have
no anthem officially designated by Con-
gress as our national anthem. The
popular notion that "The Star-Spangled
Banner" is the national anthem has
no weight whatever to make it so with
out the action of Congress-.
This song, "The Star-Spangled Ban
ncr," is unfit to be our national an
them. Its tune is an English drinking
song. The animus of the words is hat
red for Britain, to whom we are united
by ties of common origin and ideals
The title of the song misstates the
name of our flag, which is officially
known as the Stars and Stripes.
A bill was introduced some months
ago in Congress to make "The Star
Spangled Banner" our national anthem
but this bill has not yet been reported
out of committee, owing to opposition
to it.
Americans are great and sood
enough to evolve national anthem
whose air Shall fifty correlato with
the spiritual ideslsm of our nation.
JAMES p. b. HYNDMAN.
New York, March 6, 1922.
New-York tribune., 1922-03-09
Air Wixardry

They call ii the Radio Show. and
1t is modest description for seem
ing miracles. What is there in "Thc
Arabian Nights to equal the little
automobile that wcavcs in and out
among the throng like clever
cancer, as though spock- controller: ::
Why pursue the ghost cf Antagonist
when there are goings-on so much
more eerie on the Hotel Pennsylva-
MIA roof"
There is nothing more cxsraordi-
nary in the story of inventions thar
the sudden expansion Of The wireless
wonder. Yesterday a toy and to-day
an instrument not only Of curiosity
and enjoyment but of tie utmost
practical utility. II is Ike adding a
sixth sense to the human equipment.
The amateurs have right to
plume themselves on The Padio
Shcw. 1t was they largely who de-
Feloped plaything into all agent Of
commercial and military use whose
p' tentialiiies nobody can measure.
Now that professional radio engi-
neers have taken up the game the
re6nelnents OF the radiophone and
the by-products OF aerial commun-
caticn almost Outrun the imapina-
ton.
Radio control Of mecimnsms-the
airplane, for example-offers aston
ishiY1~ possjbijtjss. Il is not hevord
New-York tribune., 1922-03-09
The Elderly Patagonian

Local psychologists are not
greatly exercised over the Argentine
zooloeist's report that q plesiosaurus
has been seen to eyre and gimble
in q Patagonian lake. The story
seems TO them rather Jabberwocly.
New Zealand thought it had g
Il glyptodon a while ago. Africa
lately claimed bvontosauras
Neither has matsrialized Yet
as to the live plesiosaurus Dr..
Hornaday, for one, does not regard
1t as an impossibility. 1t seems
iite'e more wonderful to him tran
the Australian lungfsh, which has
q 10000 000-year ancestry.
The skeleton specimens of the
plesiosauNus. one Of thc least hid
eous Of the marine reptiles, show
that it ran to length rather than
bulk; it was svslte and swift. more
like q cruiser than a dreadnouglt,
"'i" ~ Had pcttef CHaNce OF SufNl-
val than more monstrous, sluggish
species that were attacked from
above BY winged aircraft and from
below By sharp-toothed submarine
rodents. Still. no scientist has sus-
pected that the extinctncss Of the
pleeiosaurus, along with its fossilized
contemporaries. was exaggerated.
Professor Onclh is sending out an
expedition to capture the mesozoic
lizard for the Buenos Ayrcs zoo. If
the creature has a family enc of the
youngsters would make an attractive
pet for the Battery Aquarium.
New-York tribune., 1922-03-09
More Truth Than Poetry
By James !. Montagu.

Benighted-and Happy
TG~es4Ilomd has declined tae Do-s,s cs~
Of radio stofsonl
In Greenland = land Of year
round snow
They haven't any radio;
They haven't heard a single
word
About the late divorces;
They haven't yet had any news
Concerning how our Mr.. Hughes
Has asked the Jap to lay Of
zap
And scrap her naval forces
For all they know, there still is
peace
Between the Sultans gang and
Greece.
They do not lie awake to try
To solve the Russian tangle;
Nor do they con dispatches
through
To learn what England's going 10
- OASeNA -HCi1 DSS III again
Another Irish wrangle.
They do not sit around and fret
About the unpaid German debt;
They don't concern themselves
to learn
The stock exchange quuis-
tons;
They never get the slightest thrill
About the news from Movieyille;
They have no wish except to
fish,
And ply their plain voca-
tions.
In Greenland they are satisfied
In ice-built igloos TO abide;
They never care to probe the ar
For radio dispatches.
They think that ignorance is bliss
And though the latest news tney
miss,
Well say they've got tidy lot
OF sense beneath their
thatches.
New-York tribune., 1922-03-09
A Nervous Man
(From rhe Philadelphia Inquirer

IFFoW TIC Phlladclphin Inquirer)
Whoever else may be satisfied by
such a reservation to the four-power
treaty as the Senate Foreign Relations
Committee has adopted, Hi Johnson
will not be.
He is the Little Orphant Annie of the
Senate, fearful that the gobble- -'uns
will get him II ha doesn't watch out.
New-York tribune., 1922-03-09
The House Of Lords

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: / shall not diacuss the good
manners involved in the giving Of
political advice to the nation which
gave birth to parliamentary procedure
rs We know it today, but shall point
out instead to Your corresp spondent
James F. Morton ir. that Lady Rhondda
is rot likely to he numbered among
the onc-chsmber conspirators.
il only men OF noble birth could
reach the upper chamber, then indeed
could that body be called "anachron-
istic,' but as long as seat among
the Lords implies mer;torious services
rendered to the state, it is no more an
anachronism than is the United States
Senate, and not so much so in namo.
OF course there arc men who inherit
their seats, men like the Cccils, Ben
tincks and Stanlcys. whose influence
mas on the whole been very saiutary.
Surely system which produced Mr..
Bal3our. a Cecilian, is to great extent
justified.
The House of Lords appllcs the
much needed check Of conservatism to
the often precipitate action OF the
popular assembly. an elective upper
chamber would impair this revising
faculty, and the members thereof
would think chiefly Of political cxpe-
dients whereby they might placate the
voters, advance the interests Of their
party and, incidentally, retain their
jobs.
Mr.. Merton hes permitted his demo-
cratic complex to tilt his judgment.
PETER RUDDlNiAN.
Yonkers, N. Y, March 6, 1922.
New-York tribune., 1922-03-09
Boraf, Wilson & Co.

No longer can Nlr. Wilson's ad-
horen;s wax indignant at any inti-
nation that he would stoop from .hls
position of proud aioofness to join a
plot 10 wreck the arms conference
treaties. The evidence that he is
concerned directly OF Indirectly in
the business is supplied not hy his
enemies but by his organ. "The
World" and by his gallant defender,
"The Times
Says the Washington correspond
ent Of The World"
"While the statements os the for
nier Presidents trends that he would
take no public pavs in the attacks on
the treaty stiil stand, the fact remains
thai his views are in accord with
these of Senator Borah. who is ead
ing the fight against the arms con
ference pacts, Indeed, 1t is said that
frequent communications have passed
between the former antagonists
Says Washington special dis
patch to THE Times:
Almost simultaneously With the
news from the White House came
revival Of the report that the ex-
President did not dsapprove the ef-
forts Of close friends to accomplish
The rejection Of the four-power
treaty. 1t is even hinted in high
CHARTERS that he is in direct contact
with Senator Borah.'
This appears to establish Mr, VIII
sons part in the treaty-smashing
game rather definitely. His motives,
il would appear from "The World,
are not the same as those of Senator
Borail-~quite the reverse. in fact
Mr., Wilson, says "The World.' ob-
iects to the treaty because it is not
sufficiently inclusive of the nations
Of the world; M. Borah because it
100 closely approximates the Yer
salles production.
We feel rather certain, however.
that it the actual motives of these
Two gentlemen were disclosed they
would be found to be in perfect har-
1nony. They both are astute enough
20 know that the adoption Of the
treaty will complete the excellent
work begun by Mr.. Harding and Mr.
Hughes in the conference. They
both know that if it is defeated the
Administration will be robbed Of the
credit of magnificent achievement.
And they both are against il.
Mr. Wilson long has been sus-
pected of secret sympathy with the
efforts Of his friends to come TO the
assistance of Senator Borah. Many
of his appontees. notably j. p. Tum-
ulty and B. NJ. Baruch, have been in
conference with the Senator from
Idaho. Norman Davis. former
Under Secretary Of State. has at
tackled the treaties volubly and has
permitted It to be inferred that he
was speaking for Mr.. Wilson.
Up to few days ago, however.
Mr.. Wilson's newspaper supporters
boldly defended him from any
charge of joining hands with Borah.
who did more than any other enc
man to defeat his plan for league
Of nations. Wilson traffic with
Borah! The idea was simply ludi-
crous.
This curious political partnership.
admitted now by "The Times" and
"ihc World" is creditable to neither
party to 1t. Indeed, it will lead
many of Mr.. Wilson's sincere ad-
n1irers to fear thst he is more deeply
concerned for the future of the Dem
ocratlc party than he is for that Of
humanity, while those who have oh
served Mr.. Borah's antics will he
confirmed i'll their opinion that he is
against anything and everything
save what he conceives to be the
best political interests Of Senator
Borah>
New-York tribune., 1922-03-09

in this field. Men from the farms
often showed even greater improve
ment than men from the cities. In
both cases release from the tyranny
Of grease was largely responsible.
And this, in the final analysis. meant
emancipation from the domination of
the frying pan.
New-York tribune., 1922-03-09
The Tower
TRAGEDY Y

Because live within a house
| have beaten candle bright,
And cannot guide me with a star
Across the velvet floor Of night.
Because ] live within house
| must forever stitch my seam,
And dare not pause to sec you pass
With noisclcss footsteps of dream
MABEL WILUs SIMPSON.
New-York tribune., 1922-03-09
Purely Formal

fFrom qae Charleston Nsaos chs oss'
"The Philadelphia Record" is jus9 =.
serious in discussing the question O.
Dem ocratic nominee for Govsr"0f :.
Pennsylvania as Is the Qncsrsen
really OF sorae pract;ca: inrcsssSSe'
New-York tribune., 1922-03-09
In Bad Company
IRON, The Clerelerd pIal, {

(Frona The Clerclend Platn Deoier)
The larger cities of Massachusetts
show the largest percentage of litter
acy of any OF the big cities of the
United States. II Boston has anything
to say on the subject it is time for her
to speak up.
New-York tribune., 1922-03-09
Plenty

When De Valera was President sas
treasury was the only department Of
the Irish government. But that seemed
to satisfy him.
New-York tribune., 1922-03-09

fsu car purehs.- merchandise ADVERTISED tn Tte
den results In sny case THE TRIBUNE susran-
eess 10 BAY ycu- meses esot uscn r-euest No red
ssss. 30 eulhblins US rsfasd promptly " tbs
ssY,rtiae- dees rot.
New-York tribune., 1922-03-09
Rubbing 1t In

The meanest thing the govern
ment does is 60 frank our income
blanks to US and make Us pay post
age when we return 'em.
New-York tribune., 1922-03-09
= 7 u = =
land America.

< NIGHT WITH ) MADAiAN
4 feeling ia gripping ny heart.
II 3 not from love. but excitement
Ny senses arc alert. | start.
As warning 10 ne is sent.
This feeling is so annoying
Thal even my ncrYes ara unstrurg;
While a MY heart comes q clawlns
Then suddenly curse Is flung
This IL the old madnan's greeting.
l stay still and isht self-cont 20.
Ny pulse and heart fast are beating
The madmsn starts TO curse and scold
Liks the terrihle storms at sea,
Ito continues IN his fury:
Then suddenly Il vase hits me-
Causing serious injury.
The dark and cold nigh. seems so loug,
The old rasdman then sings song.
IT'S then l feel blood on my nose
j DC everything TO please him.
Thinking that he will quiet down
All al once no gets new whim,
And begins TO act like clown
A. last it's three in the morning
The tcrlib.o cursins storm burst.
Continues until past dawning,
W hen he must cease to Quench his thirss.
Gradually he settles down,
Then he is AS quiet a. dove
In the house there is not y sound
While the brig nt sun shines above
WILLIAM B. CHAMPION JR.
New-York tribune., 1922-03-09
He Never Lived in America

When Shelley wrote "It winter
comes can spring be far behindT" -
was in Italy. The answer wss no
over there.
Copyright by James J. Mcntasrt,
New-York tribune., 1922-03-09

The Assembly is considering a bill
forbidding an unmarried girl under
seventeen to attend a dance unless ac-
ccmpanied by at least one parent.
We're going to rush home and spank
our son before wo have to violate some
statute to do it. It. r. v.
New-York tribune., 1922-03-09

Tse Assosistsd Press Is s-clus-sci5 euNtsa 70
~ ,se for reyrlb,catfae az al nav. d.s3scnas
a.~i!-ed - it INT o.hersise c9ssNted In 'h's
ps7or and sie7 TIC ocsl news Of sponsaneels ortsid
- pn>is.,es Lereiu.
A. 1shts q rsp1sNcsaon 0, al o.hes m.ttsf
h.-esn rcss,red
New-York tribune., 1922-03-09

".Accordin' to The papers, says Uncle
.AbimelecA Bo9ordus, Of PrecIness, n.
j., "thc Nicaragua joil reports that
t1ce1ty-sir marines haze landed and the
sitMCt tioM is 1NeU IN GnndN
New-York tribune., 1922-03-09

After the Subway Sun Finishes oX-
planning how to get through a feather
weight gate, We do wish it would in
form ono reader who has memorized it
faithfully week after week how ono
can open newspaper in Mr.. Hcdlcy's
trains without subjecting his fellow
victimo TO tho possibility Of assault and
mayhem.
Ia thess days the strop-hnngsrs aro
among the elite. Most Of us are Gtrop-
hangtr-hangcrs or strap-honge hanger
hunoors.