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The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1922-01-14
You Would Fly
Out OF Your Skin
Ee.ema MAKO Yco WIsh You oouId

Eczema Makes You Wish You Could
Your disease. which Is sometimes
called salt rheum. not only itchos.
hut also burns, oozes, drRs and
scales over and over again. Some
times Il covers the whole body and
causes Intense suffering.
You have found shat local apnli.
cations have no. lasting effect and
you want permanent relief.
You must thoroughly purify your
Mood or the eruption will continue
10 annoy, perhaps agunlga YOU. Take
Hoods Sarsaparilla This blood
purifying medicine has been sue
cessfully used in thousands OF cases.
70 make and keep tho bowels
normally ncllvc, take Hoods Pills.
rhey are gentle and thorough.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1922-01-14
The HlIarIoua RustIon

"Aren't you going to have any mer.
ry villagers In your show like they
used TO have in the old operas?"
NO" replied the musical comedy
manager. They're all supposed to be
IN the audience"
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1922-01-14

hams Negeta BILE
Compound. l have
AIKEN it off and on
or twenty years and
t has helped me
change from a deli
cate girl to a stout,
4 healthy woman.
When l was married
was sick all the
inc until / took
Lydia E. Pinkham $
We ge table Com
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1922-01-14
ACCOUNTING for the Shortage.

Mrs. Famtree-We have great derl
Of old family china, but nothing as late
rs the Eighteenth century.
Mrs. Newgilt-I reckon that's be.
cause your folks had money enough
&c hire help TO wash their dishes.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1922-01-14
road, aeturn 70 oId Pond.

II is said TINT fullgrown toads
always return 10 the poid where they
were Matched TO mate and TO lay their
egrS
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1922-01-14
A FRIEND IN NEED
A FRIEND INDEED
Writes Mrs. Hardee Regarding
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound

Los Angeles, Calf. 81 must ten you
that ! am true friend to Lydia Il. Pink
New-York tribune., 1922-03-26
Losing Respect for Law
Temperance Advocate Convinced hat Cough Did Far
More for Sobricty Than Volstead

racy as this (Eighteenth) amendment
and legislation. In the deepest sense
we can only respect law when we
recognize il as the free expression Of
the American conscience. This
breakdown Of respect for the Consti-
tuition has been accomplished by loss
ef respect Cor the majesty and su-
thority o. The law. for when laws can
80 quickly and so arbitrarily be placed
upon the statute books it ia no wonder
that the peoples feeling of reverence
for the sanctty OF the law is impaired" "
l am convinced that whatever has
been accomplished in the past is
ewing wholly to education as to the
evils of intemperance; and as evangels
in the cause, Murphy and Cough we're
agents of far more potency to lessen
!ntemperance in drink than will! ever
be all the Nolstcads that legislative
halls can be built 20 hold.
Habit-formins drugs we'll could have
embraced all distilled alcoholic liquors
ard in that category the government
ret only could have controlled their
sale, but their purity for medicinal
purposes AS well. Then, as now. their
dispensing would have been with the
medicinal profession, as is opium CO.
cainc, etc. Malt, vinous and fcrmented
drinks of all kinds could we'll have
been confined in distribution solely by
package and the dealers therein would
more likely have become agents in
law enforcement through motives OF
protection, looking to reimbursement
for heavy revenue paid for privileges.
Through legislation, based upon con-
cessons to that spirit Of dominance so
dangerous to liberty, the Federal gov
ernment has entered into a participa.
tion with the states in policing for a
particular purpose, and that purpose
is believed by many to be in violation
Of a previous Constitutional amend
ment which says, "The right Of the
people to be secure in their persons,
houses, papers and effects against I'M
reasonable searches and seizures shall
not bo violated and no warrants shall
issue but upon probable cause, sup
ported BY oath, etc"
move to amend the amendment by
interting the word distilled" before
the word liquors, leaving to the states
ail supplementary legislation and
police power.
A. c. KNISKERN, Nj. D.
Mechanicville, N. Y, March 60, 1922,
New-York tribune., 1922-03-26
Letters to the Tribune's Ed1tOr
LZ%ux o " . and nj . @-Z.x hx5"m

prairie hereabouts where they cud find
good paster. The same way with my
hogs. cud turn 'cm out in the mora
ing. and they would wander off and
root around on the prairie, not costing
me anything for feed except little
corn at night II my cattle OF hogs
broke into neighbors field and in
jured his crops, why, ii was up to him
to build better fence. There was no
law agin' my letting 'em run loose. A
man had some liberty then. Now there
is a law forcing mN to pay damages il
my stock Injuries my neighhor's crops,
and they say law is being made to
prevent us old settlers from letting
stock run loose on these broad prairies
at all. Yes, sir! This kentry is being
ruint by tew many laws. 1t is getting
tew civilized for me. I'm going furder
west"
lie was right. 1t was getting too civ
ilizcd for him and his interests but
rot too civilized for the good of the
majority. 1t is a beautiful farming
country now, all fenced up and dotted
over with comfortable dwellings where
wide open prairics were at that time.
SO civilization goes on. Laws are
made for the greatest good of the
greatest number. Necessarily per
sonal Hberticsr have to be sacrificed to
some extent for the common good. No
doubt mistakes arc made, but the great
benefit Of prohibition is being recoG
nzed more and more IS time goes on.
he curse Of alcoholic drinks will be
held in cheek az civilization advances.
no matter If it does interfere somewhat
with personal liberty
S. B. LANGWO ORTHY. NJ. D.
Leavenworth, Kan, March %, 1922.
New-York tribune., 1922-03-26
Brooklyn, March 81, 1922.
The Greatest Line

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: Apropos Of Grantland Rice's e2-
cellent article "Who Wrote the Great
est Line? % quote clipping from my
note book, credited to "Christian
Work" on the occasion Of Kipling's
fftieth birthday. The writer's name is
not given.
We have ridden the low moon out
of the sky,
Our hoofs drum up the dawn
"The last line has been declared by
. great English critic to be the very
finest in modern poetry. Certainly no
other line, long or short, contains such
tremendous appeal to the imagination
as do these half dozen words. In them
we have pictured troop of cavalry
riding onward through the darkness Of
the night watches, until, as if in an
swcr to the drum Of the horses hoofs,
the pale dawn creeps slowly in the
eastern sky.
"What other living writer, think you,
could conjure up this scene, even in
fifty lines, as graphically as Kipling
has in six words?"
ADELAIDE NJ. PRIME.
Mddletown, n. y, March q, 1922
New-York tribune., 1922-03-26
The Skinned Milk Bill
Restriction on Powdered Product Opposed Harmful
to Consumers and Darymen

used principally for cooking, for
bakeries and confectioneries.
(c) The manufacture Of skinned
milk powder would be an advantage to
dairymen, since the prices realized by
them in supplying milk for this prod
uct are very satisfactory.
() The more uses milk is put to the
better it is for the dairy farmers.
Concluding its arguments, wqich We
have only given in part, the commit
tee says:
"rhe opinion is widely held, and
in our judgment well founded, that
the dry milk industry will not seri-
ously compete with or in any way
injure the fluid milk industry as it
now exists. but rather will supple
ment it and make possible the good
use Of its seasonal surplus
"That with increasing recognition
by consumers Of the great Importance
of milk as food for adults, as well
as children, dried milk will come to
he largely used in cookery without
diminishing the consumption Of milk
in fluid form
"That the drying OF milk both as
means Of preservation and OF greatly
reducing transportation costs will
permit the extension Of the milk in
dustry into regions too far distant
from large markets to ship milk in
fluid form.
That because Of this extension Of
the source of supply the greater con
sumption Of milk in its different
forms should not necessarily result
in higher prices.
That the drying of milk will
facilitate the production and han
ding of milk in the South, where
lack of natural ice 50 greatly hampers
the fluid milk industry and where
an increased use Of milk in the dict
is so urgently needed and will doubt
less do more than anything else
toward the lowering Of the infant
death rate and the suppression Of
pellagra among adults
We believe that the dairy interests
have been guilty Of amazing short
sightedness in fathering such anti
milk legislation. We know of no one
aside from the dairy farmers and q
mere handful Of misinformcd con-
sumcrs who are in favor of it.
J. T. EMERY,
President "The American Food
Journal.'
New York, March %, 1922.
New-York tribune., 1922-03-26
To- day s Girl Best
tor OF The Tribune.

To the Editor OF The Tribune.
Sir: Your correspondent "a Girl Of
a Generation Ago" beat me to it last
week on the "fapper agitation,' which
has been worrying your readers.
want to sing a duet with my friend Of
the dapDer for we'll do I remember my
salad days. With inhibitions from
parents on almost every subject from
beaux to bicycles, the wonder is
that hypocrisy hadn't claimed me for
it's own years ago.
The young girl Of to-day is glorious
ly free and natural in her clothes and
disposition. What if a certain type as
sumcs a style that irritates their
elders? 1t is so transient it really
isn't worth getting "het up" over. And
besides, the happer stride in sensible
shoes is away ahead Of the dcbutanto
slouch in toothpick, pointed toes and
Louis ~ heels, a combination fit to
give any woman curvature of the
spine for life.
| had to wait until war and hard
times kicked me out into the business
world, and my only regret is that it
didn't come when l was twenty-one in
stead of in my forties.
SEM1RAMIS.
Jersey City, N. j., March 20, 1922.
New-York tribune., 1922-03-26
Prison Improvement
Special Emphasis Good Wardens and Keepers-State
Use of Prison-Made Goods

city use about $4,000, 900 worth Of the
kind Of goods that prisoners can pro-
duce, while the product Of the pris-
oners in the State Of New York
amounts to only about s1,000,000 at
present, so it is obvious that there is
ample room for the city and state to
use all the goods that can be pro-
duced by the labor Of its prison in
mates. In order to obtain reasonably
good results and to make this plan
effective the commodities used by the
city and state should be standardized.
cannot dwell too strongly or the
fact that to dismiss the subject as un-
pleasant and unimportant is great
harm to the public welfare. As said
before, we cannot expect perfection, but
BY giving this matter proper and sensi-
bic attention We can bring about great
I improvement.
ADOLPH LEWISOHN.
New York, March %, 1922
New-York tribune., 1922-03-26
Lincoln a Storekeeper
He Never Kept Grocery Anywhere
in the World"

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: With reference to the letter Of
II. L. Ksrpelcs, concerning Lincoln as
a liquor grocery keeper, apparently Nj.
Karpeles is not convinced that | am
quoting from the record when ! con
tend that Mr.. Lincoln never kept a
liquor grocery. In order to clinch the
matter l desire to quote from the Of
fetal report Of the "politcal debates
between Hon, Abraham Lincoln and
Hon. Stephen A. Douglass in the cele-
brated campaign Of 1858 in Illinois.
This volume was published by Tollctt,
Foster & Co.. Columbus, 1860, and
Lincoln revised his own speeches be-
fore the book was printed.
In the first debate at Ottawa, August
q, 1855, Douglas banteringly said: "I
was a school teacher in the town Of
Winchester, and he, Lincoln, flourish
ing grocery-keeper in the town OF
Salem. He could beat any Of
the boys wrestling, or running a foot
race, in pitching quoits or tossing a
copper; could ruin more liquor than
all the boys Of the town together" etc.
Douglas, who was an adept in this
style Of debating, apparently injected
matter Of this sort in order to tempt
Lincoln to waste his time in answer
ing it. Lincoln noted only the refer
ence to his being a "grocery-keeper. -
treating the other references as
Douglass 'little follies." Of the i'm
portant slur he said:
"The judge is woefully at fault
about his early friend Lincoln being q
grocery keeper I don't know as It
would be great sin if I had been;
but he is mistaken. Lincoln never KEEP
a grocery anywhere in the world 1t
is true that Lincoln did work the lat
ter part of one winter in q little still
house up at the head Of hollow"
And now to dispose Of whatever con-
. nict there is, as cited by Mr.. Karpeles
Douglas clearly had in mind, when he
used has 6Iurrlng pleasantly, a
liquor grocery, Of which there were
many at that time. The Century
Dictionary says Of this kind Of
grocery:
"U. S. 5--A drinking shop (south-
western U. S."
every other house in Santa Fe was
grocery continuously dis
gorging reeling, drunken men," (Rux-
ton, "MeXico and Rocky Mountains,
page 1907
Lincoln undoubtedly had this kline
Of grocery" (not a merchandise
store) in mind when he made the direc
statement, "Lincoln never kept
grocery anywhere in the world.
Douglas likewise meant liquor grocery
CHARLES T. WHITE.
Brooklyn, March %, 1922.
New-York tribune., 1922-03-26
The College Debaters
Pioneer Of Academic Dispute DiSagrees VIII y
That 1t Encourages Insinceritv VI
o the Editor Of Tho Tribune.

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: Since the guilt Of introducing
intercollegiate debates into academic
life in this country rests primarily
upon my shoulders, beg leave to ap-
ply word or so Of comment to your
editorial "Major Sport at Colby
Ny own tendency is toward the some
what austerc view attributed by you
to the late Theodore Roosevelt ! have
participated IN community, school, col
lcgc, forum and other debates to
degree equaled by very fey other per
sons, and it has been my boast that
on not one Of the literally hundreds
Of occasions Of that nature have
maintained point Of view in which
did not at the time genuinely be
lcVe. By q curious coincidence ny
first school debate, at the age If four
teen, was on the subject: Should
lawyer accept the case Of client wh ON
he believes to be n the wrong %
maintained the negative in few H.
chosen words, while ny knees tremDled
beneath me a. though shaken BY palsy.
Nevertheless, | can now see some-
thing more than utter insincerity in
THOSE who have followed Il different
tourse Of training. There are two
sides to nearly all questions; and an
unprej udjced decision must come from
a balancing Of facts and considerations.
a speaker who seeks to mold opinion 70
a definite point is in Il different situa-
ton from a debater. VINO IS avowedly
Illustrating the possibilities Of argu-
ment ON either side Of 4 given ques-
tion. His private belief is OF the
concern ,of his audience. They have
come to witness war of wits, an at
tempt by the respective disputants to
bring out all that can be legitimately
New-York tribune., 1922-03-26
Powdered Milk
Debating
To the Editor Of The Tribune.

To the Editor OF The Tribune.
Sir: Samuel Wilson's letter fol-
lowing the ere on "Denssured AmSri-
cans" written b. Hudson Maxim has
given rae much food FOR thought, ros-
sibIy Nr. Maxim was rather explosive
and exceeded the bounds Of temperance
IL language; nevertheless, I think Mr.
Wilson il one OF those exceeding the
bounds OF temperance in advocacy of
lntoierant lekisl&tion. Enforcement Of
ali Law should be unduestioned, al
though respect Tor It never can be
Having through Che Years of lifs now
nearing its close according to allotment
been an advocate % temperance in It's
general ssnse, I an free to say that
my sympathy was with most an meas
ure likely TO curb both drink and crime
encouraged by panderers TO human de-
pravity as exemplihed BY keepers OF
saloons.
The oldest eXhortaton respecting
temperance vas an appeal TO reason
not to force, and nowhere IN ali Bib,i-
cG! teaching is there interdictioh.
All the good that Christianity has
ever accomplished, as pertaining to its
svewed purpose-vi2., the salvation OF
the penitent, has been wrought through
precept and example; never by act Of
Parliament The Eighteenth Amend
rnent has this fact to weigh against
consequences every obsorvant citizen
IS conscious Of Citizens, in every
other respect law abiding, without com
Function. each week or two, are turn
ing Kitchens into brewerics, with not
thought given TO the effect upon the
minds Of children standing about and
imbibing something worse than the
brep-namsly a first lesson in con-
tempt Of the Constitution We were
brought up to revere. Think Of It.,
Citizens who would scorn to break
a commandment out OF self.fespect
and rcspect FOR the purpose behind the
commandment yet teaching by ex-
ample disrespect for law that carries
consequences penal in effect.
What is the psychology Of it? Was
Dr.. SehurmAn right when recently he
declared from the pulpit, as reported
Nothing has happened in the history
Of our country which is such a menace
to the character OF the institutions Of
a free. self goHerninr AmeticAn dAmnc-
New-York tribune., 1922-03-26
You May Remember
Grandma's Advice to beware False
Young Men-An Qd Song


To the Editor Of The Eribune.
Sir: In response to your correspond
ent Mrs. G. r. HilImau's request, /
send you the words Of the did song, Of
line:
MY GRANDMA's ADVICE
My araud1nG lives on yonder ltile green,
Fine Old lady ever
She often cautioned me with carr'
0f all faise young men 50 bewat@.
Tim . 4 tim . un tltfyl. tim -utn pa Ia,
OF all false young men TO beware.
"rheae false young men they. Hotttr and
50. ny love, you must not believe
TheyIi hatter, they'll coax. till you "re in
And a,aay goes poor old erandma's care"
Tim tim e-nn -tum. tirn-e-um pa-rss,
Away gdes poor old grandma care.
The first came Il -courtlng was IittIe Johnny
Green,
Fine young man az over was seen
hut the words Of my grandma rang Tin
my head,
And / couldn't hear one word he said.
TIM tim urn -tufu. tim utu pa ia,
And | could not hear one word he said.
The next came counting was young Ellie
Twas then we met with Joyous love
with Joyous love I couldn't ne afraid.
You'd better get married than die an old
maid
Tim J-e-i-tln1 9 urr -turn, tim nm -pa-ta
you'd better get married than die an Ola
maid.
Thinks to myself. "Theres soue mis-
take.
What fusa these old folks make.
II the boys and tho girls had all been so
'frad.
Then grandma herself would have died an
old maid
Tim 2 l-tim . uin-tum, tim u1r pa-ta.
Then grandma herself would have died an
old maid"
A. G. +.
Brooklyn, March 21, 1922.
New-York tribune., 1922-03-26
"Denatured Americans .
Kansas Reader Is Reminded Of a
Personal Liberty" Anecdote

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: I WIS interested and amused in
reading the article entitled "Denatured
Americans" which micht well be called
The Lamentations OF Hudson Maxim"
Lst's stop to shed tear with him ever
the Imaginary degeneration Of Amer
ican MANHOOD
I an reminded OF farmer and stock
raiser I knew at one time many years
ago when lived in northwestern Mis-
souri,. He had just sold his farm, and
came one day to our house to pay a
little sum OF money he happened to
eve US. Some one asked, "Why are
you selling out, Mr.. L,"'
'I'il tell YOU how it is said he, as
ne took of his big gray slouch hat and
shifted his horny bare feet about on
the aoor. This kentry is getting tew
civilized for me. 1t used to was that
my cattle cud run anywhere on the
New-York tribune., 1922-03-26
Facts About Lincoln
Dubious Prohibition

urged on each side. thu, a.
may weigh the evidence. enc. me f'aa
The devils advocate r.,,
in a service no less qenj1na ,a''' II 'aa'
opponent VINO is certain - +'s 'a'a
ness Of his cause. Many y. = ,as 5... '.'-
eebater who was glad = osf'ers
training purposes every o,9as' ,5es9' q
to marshal what argumsnt, O'D''s1''.1 )
found in behalf Of a eap.. .' co. '|aid >
knew veil 70 be hopelsssIg WIN, ~ai'' !.
thereby fitted himself to g3.., i s'at a,' ''a
jeets in broader light and :. a., %
ter justice even to the on;', s % 90 be-
he rejects. Such men have s,r'',s ns. T'e
into the real issues Of Ifa gone 'r
Il sincerity beyond all oys.t;" "Du Slow
public attitudes '''" IN tass
A 70 the Colby debat.,,
reason to assume that a, . mere n is ia
TACT they may not be epti,. '.'f l,. o.
In the side whico they have on. ys,'s'e''
to defend. The question is a 'sao t~al'5io .'5io d
one, and in a body Of stpdsr4' .'O..l''i
aent'og eross.section Of gsn..., 'sp'''
ment some sill be found ~ .;., M ''a',
the opposing camps. ''D'f d
Even assuming, however. ts,.
are limiting themselves to 49, - .as
to give q far and adequate nr.,. ..'
t'on Of what considerations NAV 's.'' !.
yoked in behalf Of view which =
strictly theirs, nothing il The ti,..,,
Of academic debating gives var,,,.s'
the assumption that they are il
way preparng themselves IA ).
honest IN their relation to this and
problems of civic life when ia. :.
comes for them 70 declare their -,
stand concerning them.
JAMES F. MORTON. Il |
New YORK, March %, 1922.
New-York tribune., 1922-03-26
To the Editor Of The Tribune,

To the Editor OF The Tribune.
SIR During the last two years
marked improvement has taken plaG~
in the handling Of the prison question
at least in soms Of cur prisons, and
particularly in the Northern states
bat a great deal Of further improve.
ment IS needed to bring this work,
which is so important to the public
Welfare. into real good shape
We must not expect ideal conditions.
After all prisoners arc failures. Some
Of them might be turned into good
members Of the community. All Of
them who are able to work should add
to the economic welfare. and they would
be the better for being kept employed.
rake, for instance, hos9ital which
takes care Of, say, 500 patients. 1t
cannot be expected that even the best
physicians and surgeons car cure all
OF than and get them all back to work.
/ II they cure q percentage and improve
the condition Of the rest it is ali that
can be expected.
cannst place too much emphasis on
the importance of finding the right
Kind of men who would make GOOD
wardens and keepers and by education
and training fit them for positions in
this particular line. We ought to ralse
the standard OF the positions Of warden
and keeper b. making them positions Of
high honor with a fair remuneration.
the same as the ofice Of Judge. &nd
those who do the work we'll should
have high and honered position In
society.
The National Committee on Prisons
AID Prison Labor, which represent, is
not committed to extreme iencncy. Il
gives due consideration to those who
are OF the opinion that because OF the
deterrent effect strict disciplinary
methods are necessary. but unless we
have high grade Of official and q
good example is set by the prison
management the deterrent effect is en-
tirely lost, because the most dangerous
criminals know that by influence. either
Of money or politics, they can escape
the punishment, while the weaker ones
who are usually The least guilty, suffer
without it acting as a deterrent.
The examination and classification
OF prisoners, both as to their mental
and phys;ca! condition, are, OF course.
necessary before determining now they
should be treated. The segregation OF
the feebleminded and those who are
otherwise untitled to DO regular work
IS also most important.
The National Committee on Prisons
and Prison Labor is strongly against
the exploitation OF tie prisoner by con-
%csrt labor FOR private profit.
Tciso"s~- =. auio ge. remuneration
Tor their labor to encourage them to DO
good work and strive for greater
efficiency. Such remuneration should
be used in part for their maintenance,
part toward the support Of their fsm,-
lies and the remainder for themselves
after their discharge.
In order not TO eompets with outside
free labor we believe in the so-caiied
state use system--thst is, In using the
goods produced by the labor Of pris-
onsrs for the needs OF the various In.
stitut'ons maintained by the city OF
state. The stasesyt system is now a
law in New York state. The state and