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New-York tribune., 1922-09-21
What France Can Teach Us

Returning from France, Hugh W.
Wallace, ex-ambassador, observes
what stay-at-home Americans could
observe if they looked about them
that we are fonder of giving advice
to the people of foreign countries
than of learning from them certain
very useful lessons. He notices, as
do most returning Americans, that
we do much complaining on this side
of the water of the burdens the war
imposed on us, but neglect to do a
great deal that could be done to
alleviate them.
The people of France have discov-
cred that the best way to pay their
debts is to make more money and
that the best way to make more
money is to increase production.
They are all Of them hard at work.
They are getting the utmost out of
their soil, out Of their manufactures
and all other agencies of production.
This necessitates considerable oui-
etude On their part in the matter of
complaint about their lot or criti-
clsms of other countries. But they
have discovered that it pays to say
little and work hard.
The tendency in the United States
just now is to be sternly censorious
OF the conduct Of European politics
by the countries Of Europe, to wax
bitter over the non-payment of the
Allied debt and to regard Europe
generally as section Of the map
that would be better abolished. This
attitude requires much inattention
TO our own business, which would
De speeded up materially il we
adopted more of the industry Of the
people we criticize SO severely.
New-York tribune., 1922-09-21
Two Schools Of Fishermen

Salt cod VS.. fresh seems, ac-
cording to the latest dispatch from
Halifax, to be at the bottom of the
question of the eligibility of the
May1ower for the international
fishermen's regatta. The men of
Nova Scotia still engage in the salt
fish trade, as did their ancestors be-
fore them for generations, but many
Of the Gloucestermen and Bostoni
ans have turned to fresh fishing in
place OF the old salt-iisl1 trade.
Their fortune lies in quick trips in
from the Banks, whereas the Nova
Scotlans go in for long cruises and
do the sailing while at sea.
AS a result speed is the prime
requisite of the fresh fishermen.
whereas endurance and the ability
to ride out all weathers are demanded
OF the salt fishermen. The Nova
Scotlan boats go to the Banks and
remain until they have packed away
and salted down their catch to the
limit OF their carrying capacity.
Ihls is naturally test of staying
power. The strain on the ship is
greater and the work Of the crew
infinitely more trying. To spend a
few weeks anchored on the Banks
Is comparatively easy for men and
boats. But when the season is long
and the fish are running slow, and
morning after morning the little
dories are dropped oyer the ships
side to return with tM days catch,
New-York tribune., 1922-09-21
A Regular Amendment
To the Editor of The Tribune

To the Editor of The Tribune.
SIR: One of your correspondents,
writing of minority rule, speaks OF
the wishes Of per cent of the people
being in conflict with those of s6 per
cent and asks if the same situation
does not apply to the Eighteenth
Amendment. There is no comparison
between the two. The Eighteenth
Amendment became a part of the
Federal Constitution through rati-
hcation by more than three fourths
Of the states of the Union. The
legislatures of forty-six states voted
Tor ratification and the legislatures
are supposed 20 represent the wishes
OF the people who elected the men,
bers Of the legislatures. If the
legislatures do not represent the
wishes of the people then our form
OF government is failure.
1t Is the duty of every loyal and
patriotic American to uphold the
Federal Constitution, whether he
thinks the Eighteenth Amendment is
good thing or not. 1t is in the
Federal Constitution and is as much
part Of that great document as any
other amendment. There can be no
evasion on that subject. The Consti-
tuition is the supreme law of The land,
and as such is entitled to the support
Of all good citizens
AN AMERICAN.
Paterson. N. j., Sept. is, 1922.
New-York tribune., 1922-09-21

Mr.. Hearst's political ambitions
lie somewhere under an avalanche
of primary votes. Not even Muir
ply could nominate him for Gov
ernor now.
The results in Erie and Albany
counties, where the Hearst campaign
was really organized and led by men
of political experience, showed how
hopeless has been his cause from the
beginning. Incidentally, it proves
that no amount of advertising or
ballyhoo can create sentiment that
does not exist, or enable a man who
is distasteful to the voters to force
himself on them.
If Mr.. Hearst had paid for the
campaign publicity given him in the
newspapers he owns, the cost of his
candidacy would have been very
great. Hardly has a day passed
when he has not been favorably men
eio'iSN iOL NONGinOI ny OIlS OI Ills
publications. Every word said about
him by Mayor Hylan has been pub
lished in full. Every person who
could be found to say word in his
behalf has been quoted extensively.
Despite all this advertising, despite
the activity of William j. Conners and
the efforts of Hearst representatives
to convince the people that he ought
to be nominated, the Democratic
voters rejected him overwhelmingly
wherever they had an opportunity
to express their choice.
The result of the primary extin-
guishes Mr.. Hearst's last hope for
the nomination. incidentally, it
proves that when the electorate is
we'll Informed as to a man and his
issues it cannot be buncoed by dema-
gogy, no matter how expensively it
is advertised
New-York tribune., 1922-09-21
Law and the Children's Court

The nomination of Miss Ruth Tay-
lor for justice of the new Children's
Court in Westchester County prom
ises likely looking experiment that
will be watched with interest. If
elected-and her nomination by the
Republicans makes her election al
most a certainty--she will have
chance to show just how we'll
woman of great experience in the
study and care of children, but with
out training in the law, can handle
the work of a modern children's
court.
There are obvious objections to
letting layman sit as judge. They
have all been urged against Miss
Taylor. But those who know most
about children's courts have declared
that knowledge of child psychology
is far more important in administer
ing justice to children than any legal
learning. The ordinary rules of evil
dence, for example, mean little in the
trial of a child. The court ma
chinery can take care of the legal
routine. Miss Taylor will be largely
free, as every successful judge sit
ting in children's court must be
tree, to look her boys and girls in
the eye and handle them according
to their exact individual needs, with
no legal red tape to hinder.
New-York tribune., 1922-09-21


whose death could be laid to insuffi-
cient training was as high as 80 per
cent can probably never be proved.
The fact remains that the majority
of the men who went into the fight
ing were exposed to greater danger
than would have been the case If
they had had the thorough training
which modern soldering requires
The blame for this is directly trace
able to the country's unprepared-
ness. To avoid the repetition Of
such a state of affairs is the purpose
Of the anti-pacifist campaign of Gen
eral Harries and his like
New-York tribune., 1922-09-21
Father and Pal
To the Editor of The Tribune.

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: AT present juvenile crimes are
very numerous. What are they blamed
to? Usually the mother. People say
that she has not trained her boy
right. 1t is my opinion that it takes a
mother to raise 3 boy from habyhood
to boyhood. but it takes the father to
raise him from boyhood to manhood.
/ have been a boy and know that
there are things which a boy feels are
only for his father to hear; he does not
wish to worry his mother with them,
and unless the father is not only a
father but pal the boy often keeps
things to himself. A fellow who has
no pal, no father, to tell his secrets
to often forms bad ideas of things and
later goes wrong. II the father would
only reach the boy's heart, and that is
New-York tribune., 1922-09-21
Deaths Due to Unpreparedness

Although General George Fl. Har-
ries may be charged with drawing
the long bow when he claims that
more than SO per cent of the Amer
leans killed in the war were l,il]ed
unnecessarily because they didn't
know how to fight" there is an un-
dercurrent of truth in his assertion
that should not be overlooked.
Now that the war is over and we
can consider calmly the mistakes
winch we made it is difficult to min
imlze the handicap which we placed
upon many of our men through in.
adequate training. 1t is true that
the British, after the humiliation Of
'he 1rst hundred thousand, rushed
green men into the worst Of the
hghtlng with practically no training
at ALL But this was done under the
stress of dire emergency. The
Germans were moving their ruthless
miiitary machine forward with fierce
precision, and even though the un-
trained English soldiers hurriedlv
shipped across the Channel to stand
up against this efficient force fought
with great gallantry and partially
checked the enemy, yet they served
as little more than the 'kanonen fut-
ter" which the Germans SO scorned.
When we declared war the emer-
geney was hardly as imperative. We
had the strong wall of French and
British seasoned troops between our
selves and the Germans as we trained
our men. Thanks to this wall our
first fighting divisions went in fairly
we'll prepared. But when it became
necessary to furnish them with re-
placements injustice began to be
shown. Men with little or no train
ing IN anything but the manual drills
found themselves incorporated into
lighting units, and cases were even
reported of men getting into the
first-line trenches without ever hay-
ing fired a rife.
Whether the total figure of those
New-York tribune., 1922-09-21

more vividly do remember what they
wrote.
1t was in those pages of hallowed
memory that Aldrich's STORY of Bad
Boy" appeared in serial form, and /
have looked in vain since then for a
truer portrayal of American boyhood.
1t was there, too, that followed with
breathless interest the career Of
boy named Paul Parker, in Winning
His Way" tale of the Civil War An
installment that held US all spell
bound was the one ending with the
line "And Paul lay cold and motion
less among the dead" Innocent as
was then of all knowledge of the
serial fiction trade. feared the worst
and felt that | could hardly wait for
the next number of the magazine to
reach me with tidings of Pauls fate
did not know that no author who
killed his hero in the middle of the
story would find a market for his
work.
Another tale of the Civil War times
that lives even more distinctly in my
memory was "The Drummer Boy"
rich in character studies of soldier
life. There were the old drum major,
St. John, Seth Tucket, who quoted
poetry and furnished the comedy re-
lief, though we did not know it by
that name; the cowardly Jack Winch,
and the hero, Frank Manly. l think
Gail Hamilton was the author OF the
fascinating serial in which "Gertie"
and "Trip" figured conspicuously. Mrs.
Abby M. Diaz wrote the William
Henry letters and Lucretia Hale told
Of the doings of the simple minded
New-York tribune., 1922-09-21
The Near East Crisis

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: l have frequently said the two
fundamental mistakes of the war were
the withdrawal Of Russia and the
armistice. The instability Of the Rus
SLAMS has resulted in Sovietism and the
armistice laid the foundation for all
the troubles in regard to reparations.
The present situation in the Near
East seems the direct consequence of
vacilating policy. Had Lloyd George
stood firmly behind the French on
reparations they would now be with
him at Constantinoplc. The British
Premier is getting dose of his own
medicine.
1t is natural for the French to feel
that their first duty is to guard against
Germany, since they have been clearly
deserted by their allies, and yet the
Turk must not be permitted to come
back into Europe,
CHARLES S. HARTWELL.
Brooklyn, Sept. 10, 1922.
New-York tribune., 1922-09-21

for such muddle. That is a veto.
There is little question that veto
of the Fordney tariff by Mr.. Hard
ing would be one of the most pop
ular acts of his administration
among Republicans as among Demo-
Gratis. 1t would certainly be an act
of high courage and true statesman
ship.
New-York tribune., 1922-09-21

Peterkin family and their sag. eoup.
selor, the lady from Philadelphi..
A contemporary Of "Our Yeusr
Folks" was The Riverside Masayipeo
Of whose contents recall oniy series
Of stories called The Ones Up,a
Time Club" in which a group Il
boarding school boys told stories to
one another. The ssr;>~ ------ sL- ----i.
of writer wHo signed himself visux
Moustache, and I have often wondered
who he was and why / have never
seen anything else from his pen. Few
modern authors have caught and trans
mitted to the printed page the spirit
of schoolboy life as did visux
Moustache. I read his tales while at
boarding school, and they were passed
from hand to hand until we had all
read them. That they stood this seid
test fairly indicates their suprsns
merit
In considering the excellenes ss
those publications we should rsnnen-
Der that they were printed during a.
age of literary innocence before the
art of writing down" to supposedly
unsophisticated readers had become
the vice of which SO many present.
day editors and authors are guilty.
The youthful and even the chiidiss
understanding is keenly critical Of the
fiction known TO the book srsds a.
Juveniles" and lurking in the saeSs
of those minds is the suspicion thar
books addressed estensibly TO beys
and girls are really prepared win enc
eye, if not both, on their elders ana
belong in the same category with thsss
dreary diversions called "tsacasn
games"
Coeval with the magazines hsss
named was "The Boys and e'f's
Weekly" issued from the pres
of Frank Leslie, around when clusssH
much Park Row legendry.
"The Boys and Girls Weekly
troduced into juvenile litsratufs
personal element of the kind taH
later found full fruition in the page
of our Sunday press, its most pcpaisa
feature being a series entitled ny
Distinguished Scholars Of Our Sa0"'
Schools" with biographies ana p','
traits of the children thus exps0i'ss'
The first OF these biographies es"
brated the intellectual prowess u
| certain bright lad, and, it is neeasses
to say, was carefully preserved oy a.a
for future use. Two years later ~
presented himself before Mr. Lesp'
and asked for a job.
"What testimonials do ycu Ds,ne
young man? 2" demanded the pup'isaS'
pompously.
"You can't go back on thsS
joined the youth, as he placed On q, q,
desk the article that set fofh a
virtues. In this fashion began ~
career of Sidney Rosenfeld, ths y,
editor of sPuck" and still W.
known parsonage in theatrical sa.s,S s..
|: Mr.. Leslie was very proud 0i e
Fart department. which occupied . az
light room, in which the artists W.. 81.
each in a separate PEN Inen -
ployer had an annoying habit q &.
hibiting them to visitors, with 'hs :,
troductory remark "And fhess IS
my artists" a,.,,s
"Ill fax him next time saia -. -
Wales, after one of these unwe''sss -,
visitations, and forthwith ne
cured a long pole and placed = II,
corner of his cubicle. His opposs.a 8,
came when the publisher usheEsa
the apartment the Rev. Dr. r 80,
with his customary remarS. ...aI,
seized his pole and made the s 80,
of the room, stirring up the osss Ne
of each pen and crying "NoW' -
roar! Rcsri"
New-York tribune., 1922-09-21
The Silver Lining
More Of Mr.. Hirshfeld

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: May be permitted to call your
attention to misleading article by
your Mr.. NJ. Jay Racusin in your issue
of this morning? Among other mis-
statements he says that shifted after
testifying and approved the peddler
market inquiry by the August grand
jury in Kings County, now being con-
Quoted by District Attorney John E.
Ruston.
The fact is that l did not see your
Moses yesterday and did not state to
him or to any one else I was con-
vinced that the Brooklyn grand jury
investigation of street markets was
non-political. What did say was that
when | went before the grand jury the
grand jurors Informed me that they
were not actuated by political motives
and asked me to make that statement
to the press. told them that was
glad to hear their professions Of good
faith and would with pleasure issue the
statement they suggested, reminding
them, however, that their final action
in the matter will prove whether their
protestations of fairness were true.
AS to District Attorney Ruston l am
still convinced that he is conducting
this investigation and wasting public
time and money TO keep his candidacy
for District Attorney alive by this
artificial method of respiration.
DAVID HIRSHFIELD.
Commissioner of Accounts.
New York, Sept. 19, 1922.
New-York tribune., 1922-09-21
What Readers Sau

not hard to do, and get his secrets, guide
him and get him interested in clean
American sports, then the problem of
stopping juvenile crimes would be easy,
for there would be very few crimes to
stop. The mother has great deal to
do with the raising OF boy, but it
takes father, dad, real pal, to
make the fine men. RAY E. HARRIS.
New York, Sept. 10, 1922.
New-York tribune., 1922-09-21
More Truth Than Poetry
By James ]. Montague
An Inspiring Example

lsing Sing Prison was run at a big
profit last year
A place of small pretension
Was Sing Sing, on a time:
1t seldom had a mention
In histories of crime.
None glimpsed its future glories,
Its iron-padded halls.
Its cells in towering stories.
Its beetling granite walls.
But its undaunted inmates.
In that far distant day,
Cried loudly: "Work and win.
mates,
And make our prison pay!
No kind protective tariff
Will make us great or strong,
But every county sheriff
Will help us right alongw
This lofty spirit paid them:
1T brought them fame galore,
And presently to aid them
Came convicts by the score.
Held by a common tether,
Provided by the state,
They all have worked together
10 make the prison great.
And in this present century
In every cline and zone
This once small penitentiary
Is we'll and widely known.
And thus can any prison
Arise to wealth and fame
AS Sing Sing has arisen
By doing just the same!
Sure Success
A New York man has invented
wave motor. If it will run on crime
waves it will solve the perpetual
motion problem.
Disheartening
There is reason to fear that peace
Is about to break out in Guatemala
again,
The Silver Lining
Well, anyway, we won't have SO
much trouble with the furnace next
winter.
Copyright by James j. Montague)
New-York tribune., 1922-09-21


The brave Wings of saUauow,
While the ueiled day groaus DINNER.
Beneath the black storm simmer
Valiant aUings, and glimmer,
And leapimg hope avould foHoev.
Beneath the black storm simmer
The brave avings of saoallow.
Sir" said the girl on the streetcar,
"why did you strike
that match on my eyc-ball?
We are not on such intimate terms
as all that!
have known you scarcely
five minutes!"
IL pray you, excuse me-"
| murmured.
"Your eyes are the same
beautiful shade of brown
as the side Of a match box
and / must admit
| was musing-
| beg you, excuse mel"
ooh, WELL" she said, "the error
was natural one,
if the shade Of my eyes
is considered
and since you were lost
in your musings we'll! we'll!
the sight of but only
one eye is destroyed
and l do have another
you must not allow
this little incident
to depress you!"
"But it does" I replied,
Il was terribly careless!"
Come! Come" she retorted,
"Please say nothing more"
"But," I insisted, "I'm not
in the habit
Sir! Sir!" she cried, interrupting.
And then she turned from me coldlv.
but her manner
said palmer than words
that she found
my apologies tiresonle
Alas! that I should have bored her,
for think
she was learning to love me!
l make such good beginnings
with the women!- then
with an over-politeness
Ito which they have not
been accustomed
in this busy age)
I spoil everything!
Always!
Euery time t0e start to 4vrite ~
t0heeSe about the coat situation. ayr
tha'ad; OF aOlaat there isn't in our oac,,
cellar and the imh turns pale o.,
our pen.
New-York tribune., 1922-09-21
The Annual EIypnotism

Grona The Lonisutlic Cour:er-JournaD
When fellow RECEIVERS from his
vacation his memory fools him into
the idea that he enjoyed two weeks
rest. 4
New-York tribune., 1922-09-21
The Tower
FRAGMENTS

FRAGMENTS
laughter and aOda'ptth aOcre 91' the
house, the yelloU ldmplight, the red
mine, eUen the luminous face Of
Ioue
Why, therefore, should nty spirit rise
to iodndcr Uith a 0,'ieui'ag morn
the ulimitubIe loneliness
Of night?
New-York tribune., 1922-09-21
Our Own Wall Notices

Recommended to readers: "More
Memories" by William Butler
Yeats, now appearing in The Dial.
We have found it more interesting
than anything of the sort we ever
feAu De1ore which is
clumsy way of putting it, as we have
never read anything just like it be-
fore. George Moore says in "Hail
and FAREWELL: CAN the Irish move
ment rose out of Yeats and returns
to Yeats And the strange, beau
tiful, mystical spirit which is Yeats
and is the core of the Irish literary
movement is expressing itself with
out reserve in more Memories"
How beautiful upon the mount
ings began the Old Soak.
ana then he paused and considered.
What are you trying to get at?"
we inquired.
One of these here quotations !"
ne explained, from the good book.
Oh, yes; got it now: .How beam
ttuI upon the n,ountiags are the
feet of them that brings liouo,.
ocrost tbs borderp"
DON MARQUIS.
New-York tribune., 1922-09-21

g q Y a Y 7 Y -.
Ysu esn s1rehsss merchanese advertised w ihE
TNIEUhE with absolute safssy--fof ~ dtssaus'se-
tsee TO pay Suur money rack upon resustt. we rec
isvs se sDishiins. We refund promptly ~ fks
advertiser esss hss
New-York tribune., 1922-09-21

Gg2fBER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Tic Associs,ed Press il sIeiusiVoiy entitled 70
tts usa fer republication Of ali news dispatches
rssds.ed 10 Il or not otherwise credited III this
.per and also the locs news Of spontaneous origin
lnhlishsd hsretu
Al risht, Of republication Of all other matter
Rs~efn afro are resegTed
New-York tribune., 1922-09-21

Seasons and centuries measurelcss
of brave PHILOSOPHERS
and generous deeds
Cycles and centuries,
Titans and prophets,
Buddhas and Christs,
and saints and singers drunken
with rapture
And yet the faces of this crowd
are blurred
are blurred, like mushrooms
melting into earth again.
Remuneration?
it is too often
merely impotence
making q Uirtmc of necessity.
In the starlight
| met ghost
disconsolately reading
the inscription on a monument .
"There is not a word here"
he said, "about the vices
was so proud of,
nor the rebellion that made me
what l am"
New-York tribune., 1922-09-21

Entered at ths Posiefhes st New York as 6sccnd
Cisss Mx.i Mater
New-York tribune., 1922-09-21

Every time 0e start to 4vrite q
10hee2e about the coal situation. qyr
th1'sh Of aOtat there isn't in our oac,
cellar and the i1ak turns pale o.,
our pen.
New-York tribune., 1922-09-21

owDsd by New York Tribune Ing. New fo,k
Ferxso< siioa Published daily Ogden Rtil, ftesa-
esrt: O. ysrnor uoseys vscs .Pses.denl. hsleo
Rogers Reid se<reIsrys T. y Masesid- Treasurer.
Address. Tsasens BnIldinS i5s Nassau street. Ss'
Terx- Isiepaens. BeeNsnsn 1885.
New-York tribune., 1922-09-21

A New York man has invented a
wave motor. If it will run on crime
waves it will solve the perpetual
motion problem.
New-York tribune., 1922-09-21
Dishearteniing

There is reason to fear that peace
Is about to break out in Guatemala
again,