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New-York tribune., 1922-06-06
Returning Prosperity

Signs Of revival Of business and
a return to normal activities are
multiplying in the news. Yester-
days papers contain striking evil
dence Of change for the better in
many fields. The United States EN-
ployment Service reported that there
had been a further gain in employ
ment in May, and that within thirty
TO sixty days unemployment will
again be normal, excluding the pres
ent anomalous vacation" expert
ment in the coal industry. The di-
rector Of the service says: THE
broadening out Of industry in nearly
all lines Of activity for May clearly
emphasizes the fact that the business
depression is behind Us. Confidence
is restored. June will accentuate the
upward movement. Industry is
steadily expanding"
Dispatches from Pittsburgh an
nounce that 100000 gross tons
Of steel ingots were produced in April
and May, against about 100000
tons in February and March. This
is to say, the mills turned out %
per cent more steel in the first two
months of the coal strike than they
did in the two months preceding the
strike.
Building operations in Chicago
have widened out. The permits is
sued during May call for an expendi-
ture Of S27,OOO,OOO, a gain Of S10,-
100000 over April. Steel mills in
the Chicago territory are now oper-
ating at So per cent Of capacity.
Mail-order houses had an increase
Of 1872 per cent in business in May,
the first substantial gain in nearly
two years.
Oil shares have advanced billion
dollars in value since January /.
The railroads are at last earning
nearly the return guaranteed them
under the transportation act. The
Liberty bond issues all passed par
recently. The general bond market
has been splurging for several
months. There can be no question
that the tide has turned for good
and that prosperity is lurking
around the corner.
New-York tribune., 1922-06-06
Marion Harland

Longer than most Of those now
living can remember the pen Of the
beautiful woman who was known in
private life as Mrs. Mary Vir-
ginia Terhune and to letters MS
Marion Harland has carried its mes
sage to that widening circle Of
America which pays little attention
to passing literary vogues.
Marion Harland first found print
seventy-hve years ago, at the age
Of sixteen, when her first story was
deemed good enough not only to be
read at home, but to be translated
into a foreign language. Daniel
Webster, Henry Clay and even
austere and formal John c. Calhoun
read it. And in the three-quarters
Of n century that have elapsed the
fountain that then began TO trickle
steadily continued TO flow.
Lay preacher to American woman
folk, such was Marion Harland
when she began. and so she re-
NAMED 10 the end. She upheld,
much against the prevailing fashion
among our noisiest book producers,
such institutions as the monogamic
family, the home, the church and
the school. She did not accept the
doctrine that art should be with
out moral intent. She believed in
character and character building.
In a word. she was old-fashioned.
and though Greenwich Village did
not much admire her, others did.
A long life and a beautiful one
was permitted to Marion Harland.
She was beloved by her neighbors
and revered by her children. Among
the earliest Of American women
writers, she had long been the dean
of a sisterhood now having thou
sands Of members. Thus she opened
doors. and while serving all specially
helped to promote the great feminine
advance.
New-York tribune., 1922-06-06

status Of a way station on the 81.
Lawrence-Great Lakes route.
The present Canadian government
depends for political support chiefly
on Quebec and the maritime prov
inces. which were overwhelmingly
Liberal in the last election. Only
a relatively small portion Of central
Canada would be materially bene-
fitod by the canalization Of the st.
Lawrence. The Dominion has de-
yeloped a system Of transcontinental
railroads for handling export trade.
This system, maintained largely
through government aid, would be
injured by the waterways competi-
tion.
The projectors of the st. Law
renee Canal took too much for
granted. They didn't look before
they leaped. A monumental enter
prise Ike this must be the fruit Of
years Of effort. An overwhelming
demand for it must be created before
its construction is ripe. The st.
Lawrence project was-and still is
a dream Of the future.
New-York tribune., 1922-06-06
Motor Manslaughter

Statistics Of killings in automobile
accidents during May show that.
contrary to common notion, this
city's record is little worse than that
Of the rest Of the state. There were
l29 deaths in the entire state, Of
which seventy-three were in this
city. The city, therefore, had about
56.6 per cent Of the fatalities, and
It las Sal per cent Of the popula-
tion. Considering conditions here,
that showing is comparatively cred
liable 10 this city.
But the figures for both city and
state are discreditably high; all the
more so since in most other states,
and in the United States as a whole,
the number Of casualties is diminish
ing. II is a monstrous thing that in
single month seventy-three per-
sons should be killed in the streets
Of New York by motor vehicles.
Drunkenness, overspeoding and
reckless taking chances" are the
chief causes Of accident, the last
named resulting in an appalling
number of deaths at railroad cross
New-York tribune., 1922-06-06
What Readers Are Thinking

all know Of the better living eondlh'''
brought about by prohibition OF y.
and women compelled 70 come o.a
70 sober, industrious living, win 'n'1
moral point OF view recovering .
healthy, normal tone. =,
And one might ask from whs"
financial support comes from 70 ~
the tremendous propaganda OF w
liquor interests and incidentally p's
back into the daily life Of our ps0s,
habits which never elevated SOU W
have debased millions. How can '.
fine thinking American lend hlmssi "
such a movement
tn lk IL over, my fellow Amere'-
before you identify yourselves ~''' =
objective 50 detrimental 20 our
tional life.
FLORENCE HoLLIsTER BADGES
New York June 1, 1922.
New-York tribune., 1922-06-06
o The Editor Of The Tribune.

To the Editor OF The Tribune.
Sir: May join the Walking
Right Club? ! have appealed TO the
Board Of Education to have this lesson
taught to the boys and girls. but with
little success.
| cross Twen.y-third Street regular
ly and find that must hold a folded
newspaper as buffer against coll
lisions. The half-grown boys and girls
have not learned the rule Of the road.
and the man who Is in a hurry has
found that II he. walks fast on the
wrong eide. people will instinctively
move TO let him pass. But II those
who believe in keeping the law will
hold their own and not step aside they
may educate the ignorant and remind
the careless to keep to the right"
a WORKING WOMAN.
New York. June 4, 1922.
New-York tribune., 1922-06-06
The Case of Linseed Oil

To the Editor OF The Tribune.
Sir: am constant reader Of The
Tribune and value it highly. do not
agree in all you have to say but IN the
majority OF issues do agree.
The issue uppermost in my mind Is
the tariff. and especially n tariff on
aexseed and linseed oil The emer-
ceney tariff has caused the closing OF
our four mills Mt Edgewater, Buffalo,
Minneapolis and Superior, throwing out
Of employment, for the first time that
7 can remember on account Of the
tariff. a very large force Of men,
can assure you the linseed oil
manufacturers had TO fight strenuously
before the tariff commission TO con-
vince them Of the necessity Of protee'
.ion for this industry. The committee
made an extremely thorough examina-
tion Of the facts. The Democrats de-
elared. in T. general way, that the COM
mittee did not investigate thoroughly
That ,s not the case in our industry
When they made such a charge be-
lieve they we're not fully informed.
England and Holland are having 3
veritably happy time Of II. They have
flooded and arc still flooding our mar.
ket with linseed oil TO the beneht OF
their exchange and the undoing OF the
farmer and the linseed oil Industry.
Why not take Germany before the
war as an example In protective
tariff Was not Germany largely con-
trolling the markets Of the world be-
fore the war; Has she not tarl'i
hoard that can change the tariff quickly
and TO her advantage
Before the war our country was
sending large quantities Of eostonseed
oil 10 Germany. The Germans put
New-York tribune., 1922-06-06
Tardy Justice

Almost three weeks after the kill
ing Of Clarence Peters became known
a Westchester grand jury has been
impaneled TO determine, if possible,
the manner Of his death. The delay
Of a step which is usually taken i'm
mediately on the discovery Of the
body of a slain man has not been
explained.
Because the usual methods Of in
quest and investigation were not
employed the people Of Westchester
County have commented freely on
the case, many wondering what
would have occurred had the slayer
been a man Of no particular impor-
tance.
1t is not yet too late to vindicate
the law. II after a searching grand
jury investigation the story told by
young Walter S. Ward is substanti-
ated he will, Of course, be freed. But
delays Of this sort have a bad ef-
feet on the public mind. Confidence
in the impartial enforcement Of the
law is essential TO the safety Of free
institutions.
The findings Of the grand jury,
whatever they may be, would have
carried far more weight had they
been made within the shortest prac-
ticable time after the confession.
New-York tribune., 1922-06-06
Hail TO Home Cooking!

The President has been invited TO
Secretary Davis's farm, in Illinois,
that he may satisfy his reported
longing for a good old-fashioned
home-cooked meal. Not that this is
in any way a reflection on the White
House cooks. A President, or any
official, condemned TO attend even
occasional "banquets" soon yearns
for the old home cooking. To Mar
shal Foch is attributed the saying
that while he had fought and con-
quered the Germans he dreaded be-
ing overcome by the banquets Of
America. And much lesser Ameri-
cans than the President, fed on
much more palatable food than that
served at banquets, have been
known, after a months session with
the Paris restaurants, to rush with
relief to one of the few little tea
rooms, where they could get real ham
and eggs or a 100 per cent genuine
corned beef hash.
Brillat Savarin, Of gustatory
fame, is the hero Of most French
chefs. His concoctions have brought
renown to French cooking through
out the civilized world. All the re-
fnements Of favoring and other
devices to tickle the palate were
stimulated to new ecstasies under his
hand.
But even Brillat- -Savarin in all his
glory never surpassed the delights
Of home cooked corn = fed chicken
with stuffed chestnut dressing, ac-
companied with fried sweets coated
with sugar and vegetables fresh
from the farm. Did ever a French
chef invent any delicacy to surpass
genuine Adirondack flapjack,
fresh maple sugar and new maple
syrup covering each layer thickly,
or ever a pastry cook devise tart
or eclair that is the rival Of a good
old-fashioned cup cake?
Small wonder that the President
longs for the simple delights Of
home cookingl His longing arouses
sympathetic feeling in the hearts
of all who have been driven to stow
ing away the dishes called food
in the cities, and who have fondly
thought Of the "vittles" they used
to love when they were youngsters.
New-York tribune., 1922-06-06
Copyright i,i1 New York rfibun' u

as Mr Lo Gallenne says, II is fear
fully close 20 the broken, bleeding
heart Of life" Summoned by an as
signment to report the "Follies" he
relinauishes the volume just as a
drunken French harvester, with laws
set. eyes wild, and shaking all over
in an uncomfortable fury" expresses
his wrath in the ejaculation, by
golly."
Mr.. Harrington, twice the winner Of
the Pulitzer prize for distinguished
fiction, ombodies his literary creed in
letter which Mr.. Julian Street quotes
in his introduction to the Lambskin
edition Of "The Magnificent Amber
sons"
Don't worry about plot writes
Mr.. Harrington, "or your alleged lack
Of inventiyeness.' what you mean Is
something you oughtn't to have. The
characters make their own plot-all
the plot there should be. Think oi
them in their relation to one another
and they will make your story. Your
struggle should be against everything
extranoous. II is unusual poignancy
that makes book unusual, not unusual
plot.
Hardy, Meredith. Daudet and Mau
passant weren't inventive Of plot
Mark Twain's failures are the result
Of seeking plot. The American Claim
ant and 'Pudd'nhead Wilson don''
show up alongside 'Huekleberry Finn,
Life on the Mississippi and Joan Of
Are You can tell the plot of The
Egotist' in three minutes.
I'VE are here-we writers-to dis
cover and reveal things about life
and We seek the finest means Of doine
so-the most vivid means. We must
make our words into colors and sounds
New-York tribune., 1922-06-06
A Little Leaven

1t is quite possible that the warn
ing against cynicism in Chaplain
Knox's baccalaureate sermon to the
Columbia class Of 80 fell upon cold
ears. Modern education persuades
many Of the youth Of the land that
life at best is a dreary business
holding nothing for the cultivated
mind but a bleak prospect of end
less boredom.
The droop of the cigarette in the
listless fingers Of many a college
senior is expressive of his hopeless
attitude toward the future. After
the mechanical enthusiasm for the
football team and the crew inspired
by frantic cheer leader what has
world Of dull witted men and
women to offer?
Perhaps Pollyanna went a trihe
too far in her prattle about happi-
ness. Perhaps even Mr.. Longfel-
lows psalm of Life" bubbles little
too effusively in It's optimistic ca
denee. Still, one does not necessar-
lily lag superfuous on the stage
after he has finished his college
course. 1t is still healthful, if no
longer natural, for man to indulge
in the illusions Of hope, and enthusi-
asm is still an agreeable and COM
forting companion in the journey be-
tween the cradle and the grave.
This may not be the best of all
possible worlds. Whatever is is not
always right, by a far shot. But
by a liberal indulgence in hope and
an unlimited use Of enthusiasm
some Of our ancestors succeeded in
making the present more agreeable
for those of us now living, and there
seems no reason why that good work
should not be carried on for the
benefit Of succeeding generations.
As Mr.. Knox pointed out, we have
just come successfully out Of a war
which we entered chiefly from
altruistic motives. At present we
are cropping about for some way to
make the results Of that war per-
manent, TO secure TO the world some
Of the blessings that were promised
in the most optimistic Of all written
documents-the Declaration Of In
dependence.
In the years TO come there will
be bridges TO build and highways TO
be spun like spiders webs across the
country, and child labor exploiters
to suppress, and prohteers to curb,
and there will be lots Of fun in the
task. The world is far from COM
pleted, and if the youth who to-day
are flocking forth into it will forget
their fear of being caught with in
New-York tribune., 1922-06-06
Liquidating a Hope

The formal resignation Of Boris
Bakhmeteff as Russian Ambassador
To the United States is a melancholy
attestation of the liquidation Of a
great hope.
Who will forget those days early
In March, 1917, when the wires from
Petrograd suddenly became dumb
and then sprang into joyous life
with the great news that the Car
had abdicsted and that temporary
government had been set up, cap
tanned by Russian liberals and
pledged 10 establish a free demo
cratic government in Russia? Ger
man agents were among the Cars
ministers and a treacherous deser-
ton was feared. 1t looked as if the
danger had been averted. Then
came Bakhmeteff 70 this country.
But, alasl While the bells still
rang Germany, defeated on one
front, was busy on another. She
found Lenine and his group in Switz-
erland; she stuffed their baggage
with gold, put them on a special
train and brought them 10 Petro'
grad to play the German game. II
the Russian feast thus came the
devil also. Burrowing, playing on
cowardice. infaming all the malcon'
tents and using the German spy
army, the great betrayal was
achieved. Since. step by step Russia
has been pushed further into ruin.
Sublime was the hope. Cruelty II
has been destroyed. We like to as
sumo that good causes always win
The departure Of Boris Bakhmeteh
shows that they may fail If mol
properly supported.
New-York tribune., 1922-06-06

ings. In some recent cases drivers
have smashed their way through the
frail barriers, and in many cases OF
daily occurrence they ignore the dis
play Of warning flags or lanterns.
II is hardship for n man to be
deprived Of the privilege Of driving
a car on the public roads. But It Is
a very much greater hardship for
innocent and law-abiding people to
be killed, crippled or otherwise in
jured in person or property by ire
sponsible. incompetent or vicious
drivers who abuse their own priv
ileges and ignore the rights OF
others.
New-York tribune., 1922-06-06
No National" Holidays

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir; | noticed in The Trieus
June 1 a letter taking exception 70 ~
display Of the Irish flag in . par
on Memorial Day. Your eorrespono.-
thinks the children should be sdas'.
in the methods to be observed on -
tional holidays.
As there are no national holida''
this country it might be difheui' ~.
to educate the children in that fsss-
Holidays are created BY the states. VI
gress has no authority 70 ersa" ~
days except for the District Of COW.
bia and the territories. The e''.
in Americanism might get busy ~.
more. II is an error that is often ~ ~,
among folks who should Be oss"
posted. :.
Paterson. N. j.. June ., isaA
New-York tribune., 1922-06-06
BOOKS By Percy Hammond


and the cheap old tricks and pAfiia
won't do that. You've got % get llTiiF
words out Of yourself Nobody siisi
words; the used word is stale
Confronted by two printed plays 80
By Arnold Bennett the other By y
John Ervine. you will. as fruit ofs
perience, open the second with na
cagerness than the first. For X
Ervine's plays are better than those
Mr. Bennett. which as a rule arc prs'q
bad. But since "The Love Mateh' 3
Mr.. Bennett at his best. and The sAif'
is Mr.. Eryine az his worst, the rue
should be reversed, this time az ltaii
"The Love Match" is sprightly larf Z
amusing conversation by amusing per
sons in a haekneyed situation. Rsa
an airy millionaire. regales his brilllis;
Nina with animated and unpFofoshi
observations, and she Is equally kini
to him. The interchange is brigai
enough 10 warrant you IN Forgetting
Russ's obsoleseent scheme Of feignins
poverty in order 10 teach Nina .
lesson"
"The Ship" is all about the familiar
old captain Of industry and bis deal
istic son. who. preferring other ehaa'
nels Of existence. refuses 70 90 into 'hs
firm, a stately house Of shipouileerh
The boy loathes this "nsehins'driTsn
civilization and despite bis parsn',
angry expostulations buys farm ana
"goes back 10 the land fin'Hb
forced by sentimental Circumstances =
sail in place OF his father on me DIV
voyage Of the Magnificent, me .
mans masterpiece. he goes down wa
her, proving thereby something
other Mr.. Ervine seems 10 have 0'''
tired when he wrote "The ship.
New-York tribune., 1922-06-06

terested expressions on their faces
they can help with rather impor-
tant enterprise.
OF course the pose Of pessimism
lends the poseur look Of superb
oritv. There is n sad satisfaction
in looking upon life and finding it
dross. But life feeds on hope, and
even in the sordid business Of earn
ing ones living, from which few
members Of the classes'of 90 will be
exempt, enthusiasm is an extremely
helpful factor.
New-York tribune., 1922-06-06
More Truth Than Poetry
By James J. Montague
Why the Zulu Became Homogeneous

Why the Zulu Became Monogamou
In the happy Zululian days,
When living cost nothing at all,
A chief had ten wives,
And led halcyon lives
In little tepees with 'em all.
They dressed in banana leaves
then,
Which they picked from the
handiest tree;
They danced in the shade
OF a palm dotted glade,
And not al an afternoon tea.
No wife ever drove into town
To purchase the raiment she
wore
And came home with suits
And golf costumes and boots,
That made all the other wives
sore.
The pastime called bridge was un-
known;
No wife ever rolled up a loss
And whispered next day,
In a casual way,
That hubby had best come
across.
They smoked kitchen garden
cigars,
Instead Of high priced cigar
cites.
There wasn't a track
With cute ponies to back,
Where one always lost all her
bets.
SO therefore a chief, as we've
said,
Could marry as much as he
chose,
And have his time free
For a fight or a spree,
Or a row with his favorite foes.
But now the Zululian land
Has learned all the civilized
ways
The ladies express
Quite a fondness for dress
And a liking for cinema plays.
No wife is the least bit content
Unless she can go out and jazz,
And will worry and fret
If she thinks she don't get
All the things that another
wife has.
So the chief, though he doesn't
regard
Polygamous living a crime,
Finds he cannot afford
To be master and lord
OF more than one wife at a
time.
New-York tribune., 1922-06-06
Evaporating

Interest in the ST. Lawrence
waterway scheme has been cooling
of elsewhere than in Ottawa. 1t
has been discovered on further in
vestigation that the cost Of deepen
ing the Welland Canal channel TO
thirty feet will not be S50,O0O,O 600,
but 500, 100000. The United States
government was expected originally
70 pay half Of this. Canada is
now inclined to insist that each
country should pay share proper
tionate to its shipping. which would
put about four-ffths Of the expense
on US.
Chicago has also learned that
costly changes would have to be
made in the present lake waterfront
10 convert it into a grain exporting
terminal. II is said that the rail-
roads alone would be obliged TO in
vest sl00,0O0,0OO in rearranging
their freight yards so as to tie them
UP with ocean carriers.
The most serious obstacle to a
waterway treaty with Canada is the
opposition of the seaboard provinces
and Of the Province Of Quebec. The
maritime section Of Canada has long
seen its trade diminishing and fears
TO be sidetracked entirely If ocean
traffic is opened to the vast inland
region of the Great Lakes. Montreal
has become a busy port, with a great
future. The people Of that city
who have invested millions in the
development Of port facilities, would
he ioath to see II relapse into the
New-York tribune., 1922-06-06
The T0Wer
TO LYDIA

TO LYDIA
Horace as he Is nhpped; Book III,
Ode Ix)
Horace
when ! was thy old bimbo and others
didn't neck thee.
knocked them for row Of goals.
That's how.
Lpdis
when I was thy pa;ootie and Chloe
didn't peck thee,
Despite my rep, was the eats meow.
Horace
But chlos's line IL smooth; she shakes
wicked knee;
I'd bump myself for her; she's my
monog.
Lydia
Calais. the bankers son, has long hung
round my tree.
I'd kick me twice to save him. He's my
meat. Hot dawgl
Horace
Yet. suppose tho old fame hared again
and We were bound as onei
Bleach.blond Chloe got the breeze and
should call thee hon?
Lydia
Though he looked like Dick and frisked
like Doug and vamped like Val,
well, now,
Boy. he'd have his hat; I'D leave him
fat. I'd love to cook thy chow.
". u. N.
New-York tribune., 1922-06-06
Doing II First

Will Hays has called upon the
motion picture producers to clean
their films. His policy is to do 1t be-
fore the public does it and generally
disturbs the industry with censor
ship.
The Association Of the Motion
Picture Producers and Distributors
of America, Of which Mr.. Hays is
president, represents between 70
and so per cent Of the producers Of
the country. BY heartily supporting
him a reform can be effected. Such
self-determination will prevent out
side interference. Aside from the
moral aspect Of the question, self-in-
terest should prompt the faithful
execution Of the Hays policy.
Some Of the producers speak Of
this movement as a form Of censor
ship. But is II not, in fact, rather
an elimination Of censorship, which
implies public supervision?