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New-York tribune., 1922-07-02
A Loss to the State

Men Of genuine legislative ability
who are willing to serve the state
for 81 500 year are difficult to find.
That is one reason why the impend-
ing retirement of Senator Lockwood
will be generally regretted.
During his entire term of service
Mr.. Lockwood has devoted the
greater part of his time and atten-
ton to the business of his office. AS
the head of the legislative committee
which investigated building con-
ditions in New York his labors were
very great, and perhaps account for
the i'll health which he assigns as his
reason for retiring at the end Of his
present term.
He went at the job of finding out
why building costs were too high in
a brisk and businesslike fashion, and
he got results. The punishment of
a great number Of building grafters
and the curtailment of the rascality
they had been practicing were due to
the efforts Of himself and his as
sociates.
So was the legislative permission
granted to insurance companies to
invest in dwelling house property,
which has already resulted in actual
work on many new houses and plans
, for building many more.
There are men in the Legislature
whom the state could easily spare,
and one Of them, unfortunately, is
the Republican leader Of the Senate.
But Senator Lockwood will be diff
cult to replace, and his loss will be
severely felt not only by his constitu-
ents and his colleagues but by tax
payers and citizens in every city,
town and county.
New-York tribune., 1922-07-02
By James L. Ford

confined his activities TO tho thsater
and did not always receive what he
earned. His work was of primitive
nature. Tho result was that stars we're
compelled to depend more on their
own talents and less on what the pa
pers could be cajoled into saying about
them.
Among my most agreeable memories
Of those Palmidays are those that
bring back the first night perform
ances Of the absurdly bad shows with
which vagrant managers were wont to
tempt capricious fortune on Monday
nights in midsummer. Very little real
money passed through the window Of
the box Office on those occasions, but
such was the managerial faith In tho
value Of full house that everybody
connected in any way with the pro-
fession was admitted FREQ. I remem-
Der that on the first night Of "Coney
Island, or Little Ethels Prayec," the
Square literally emptied itself into
the Union Square Theater. Actors are
notorious "guyers" and quick to note
absurdities, and when Little Ethel re-
peated the prayer that the author had
believed to be q masterpiece Of moving
pathos she was greeted with roars Of
derision, and from that moment the
play was doomed.
"4U. All Aro Cono,,
Deeply etched on my memory 10 Che
Square Of my Palmidays, with the
humber members Of the profession
gossiping on the sidewalks, swarming
in and out Of the saloons, gathering
with anxious Importantly about some
star or manager in search Of talent
and talking cheerily about the enor-
nous emoluments Of their calling. I
seem to hear again such bits Of talk
as: "Are they all in YETI" "Did you
hear that McCaffrey "a local publican)
had pulled in his lunch?" "I'm just
waiting to sign with Abbey for the
season" "But when I asked him for
some salary he said he'd see me later,
so up and quit" (They always spoke
Of "some salary" regarding it not as
a dependable income but as floating
debt to be drawn against when bust
ness favored).
Of those who fitted about the Square
in my Palmidays nearly all have since
started on the last and longest Of their
many long journeys, sustained by the
hope that the ancient and hoary door
keeper whom we must all face sooner
or later would '"pass the profession"
l wish I were equally sure that his
orders are to show the usual courtesies
to the press.
New-York tribune., 1922-07-02

were not for the contribution ron
dered the woman's cause R the Consum-
ers League, Of which Mrs. Nathan was
president for more than twenty wears
and OF which Mrs. Kelly is still general
secretary. The experts of this orrani-
zation collected and recorded n oroat
body Of facts regarding the human
side of industry, and the dissenina.
'lon OF these facts gave surrag;sts
more compelling arguments than the
enc that has been used to enfrancbise
men In addition, this organization
revoiutionized the conditions pnder
"hlch women work to such degree
tha' the organizers Of the Consumers
League are entitled to the gratitude Of
every working woman in the world
or that ever will be In the world.
Mrs. Gilman Is a woman Of geniu.
ana should be included with tho mr.
t.s1s' who are great by the grace of
"od' Nevertheless, Mrs. Gilman's
ei1ts have been expended so gener-
ousiy on behalf Of the emanc,nation ~
women that Mrs. Gait naturally places
her on the list Of great women. Mrs
raymond Robins surely deserves to
be there, and so does Hor.at
H"ioia~. SARA McPIKE.
New York, June %, 1922.
New-York tribune., 1922-07-02
The Race for Ellis Island

The race to land immigrants has
begun again. The newcomers on
those ships which can be first served
at Ellis Island are sure Of being
within the quota Of their country
men. Those on ships that have been
delayed run a risk Of being ex-
cluded
The lesson is simple. Provision
must be made for spreading the
yearly quota over period of months
and for exercising more thorough
control in Europe. Not only does
the present system work hardship
and injustice upon immigrants, but
it places an unnecessary strain on
the whole immigration machinery.
1t causes congestion at Ellis Island,
necessitating unnecessary delays and
discomforts for the new arrivals,
and places upon the officials burden
too heavy to be fairly discharged.
1t is natural that these defects
will be seized on as grounds for at
tacking the entire system. During
the coming months there will be
many instances Of injustice and suf-
fering which will be pointed to as
reasons for abolishing the control.
Such a view, however, is blind to
the broadest aspects of the plan and
sees in defects of administration
errors of principle. The present de-
fects show not need for removing
restrictions but for applying the re-
strictions in a manner that is at
once efficient and humane.
The time is soon coming for the
passage Of permanent immigration
legislation. The percentage prin-
ciple will doubtless be it's basis. But
in order that this principle can be
properly applied the necessary ma
chinery must be created for con-
trolling selection in Europe and for
distributing each annual quota
through the months.
New-York tribune., 1922-07-02
A Public Safexuard

The refusal Of the Federal court
to declare unconstitutional the new
taxicab bonding law is in the interest
Of public safety. Taxicab companies
and individual cab drivers have
made great fuss about the bin, in
sistlng that it is discriminatory and
that it places upon them an unfair
burden.
Yet they use the streets Of New
York as place to make thcir living,
and in making that living they are,
as every pedestrian is aware, eager
to make it as rapidly as possible.
It is idle to say that taxicab drivers
are always careful. Their very skill
in lodging traffic renders them cal
lous to the risks they take them
selves, as we'll as to those to which
they expose their fares and the peo-
pie who happen to be in their path.
Severe hardship falls on an injured
man if, after his return from the
hospital, he discovers that the taxi
cab driver who injured him has no
assets and is, therefore, unable to
pay any damages. All that many
drivers own in the world is their
taxicahs, and these are usually mort
gagged.
1t is true that a law like the taxi
cab bonding law tends to put the
taxicab business into the hands of
large companies. But the railroad
traction and motor bus businesses
are in the hands of large companies,
and there is an opportunity to fix re-
sponsibility and recover damages
when accidents happen.
If there is any class legislation
about this law the class that it
favors is the public, and inasmuch
as the public in New York owns the
streets and pays for their paving
and upkeep it is surely entitled to
safeguards while it uses them.
Individual taxicab drivers will not
be entirely forced out of business by
the law. The irresponsible drivers
will, and that is one of the best
things about it.
New-York tribune., 1922-07-02
A Week of Verse
Moon in the Moyn;,o

""h III the Morning
(Fron, Voioes)
dERE was bold white ,,i..o
face
Ahat peered at me from tho edr. -.
the wood,
LII ciutched at my heart in ;ts bia;,c
place
AND ran as fast as could.
ih,ef! Theft" quavcred. nv r.L
was dry,
1 stammered and stumbled J.
fright,
III saw the sallow, blinking eve
W my own lamp in the night.
hut now there stands in the door Of dsv
Huddled and harmless as moon "a, -
Ny thief Of the night, all starved and
gray,
Holding dim hands toward me-
pull at the strings Of my tieh.-t;ed
purse,
iil Its songs 60 spilling about tn.
floor,
ana Deg him accept a handful Of verse.
And will he come back FOR more?
LEONORA SPEYER.
New-York tribune., 1922-07-02
Big Motor Truck S Utilitv
Figures Contradicting Assertion
That Large Size Is a Menace

y, NA oNAStAIlS H8ScfuOQ
hat Large Size Is a Menace
10 the Editor of The Tribune.
sir' In your issue Of June % an
pears an article containing q statement
by Captain Van Kuren, corroborat.d hv
Captain Ahearn. both Of the Police
Department, to tho effect that the six.
OF motor vehicles now being manufac-
tured should be restricted or rsdnced
IN oroer TO relieve traffic congestion.
Ihe largo capacity truck plays an
important part in tho transportation
OF all commodities necessary in a city
OF this size, and instead Of BEING a
menace 1t is practically Indispensable
to the efficient handling Of these ne
cessities.
10 my knowledge the largest capa-
city truck manufactured in this coun-
try Is rated at IN tons, and the largest
practical body for such q vehicle is
is feet long. A vehicle Of the above
dimensions would occupy 174 square
feet Of roadway, while the standard
IL ton truck with the smallest prac-
eical body takes up approximately lot
square feet. In other words, II the tn
ton load carried on the large truck
were transferred to Ave smaller vehi-
cles OF III tons capacity. the combined
roadway space occupied would be 535
square feet, or a7o per cent Of the
space occupied by the 7,5 ton vehicle.
The elimination Of che heavy duty
truck would encourage overlooking
and the danger Of accidents would be
greatly Increased by this practice, due
to tho brakes and other safety factors
not being able to function properly
under these adverse circumstances.
Their elimination would mean also ap-
proximately three times as many vehi-
cles on the streets, thereby adding to
instead Of decreasing tho congestion.
1t is not the vehicle but the oper-
ator who is the road hog. and regard
less Of what capacity truck he is driv-
Ing his apparent sel1ishness can be
deferred only by. severe action on the
part Of the authorities, or sufficient
publicity to show him he is in the
wrong.
Captain Van Kuren further states
that one large truck will block a
whole roadway. This may be true In
lower Manhattan, where the streets are
narrow, but they are In tho minority
and quick action should be taken to
eliminate them II tho city hopes to
keep step with the rapid strides being
made by the motor vehicle as trans
portation necessity. Modern highways
should be built to conform to the pres
ent-day vehicle, instead Of bringing the
vehicle down to the limitations Of an
tiquated streets and roadways.
The use Of the club sounds moro
logical than legislative enactments that
would kill the efficiency Of the truck
that Is struggling to bring the cost Of
transportation down to point where
produce and other essentials can be
paid for by the average family.
A. D. HERMAN.
New York, Juno 27, 1922.
New-York tribune., 1922-07-02
UNREGENERArH

7 SHALL come back In ways , think
you'll know:
A cocky, strutting robin where you pass.
Perhaps a fake Of sudden. singing
snow,
A cricket mocdng st you from the
grass;
A gusty little wind WIN whirl your hat
(And laugh to watch your funny POM
pous wrath).
III be an April rain and drench It fat,
Then stand, prickly hedge, straight in
your path.
shall not come sentimental thing:
A star, a cloud, Wordsworth dafodil;
A woodpecker. red-topped, will light and
bring
Her maddening racket TO your window
At a. m. And when you've walked and
heard,
She'll love to hear you mutter: "Damn
that bird!"
JACQUELINE EMBRY.
New-York tribune., 1922-07-02
oupporting Federal Highways

Il system of highways to serve
'ne whole country is now being
mapped out in Washington by Fed
e'ai' and state engineers under the
supervision of the Bureau of Public
-''aus' Plans submitted by different
states are co0rdinated so as to as
sure the most effective interstate
cooperation.
:, Inc new Federal highway act
limits the use of Federal aid to 7
pe' cent OF the road mileage in each
.'''e' 10 put this mileage into
proper shape-the system will total
sOout 10000 miles-will naturally
,Squlre an enormous sum of money.
ass o"s year, Of total of about $780,
.sV'Voo spent for highways, 33 per
:, '' came from Federal aid and mo-
- 'ehlcle revenue. The remaining
per cent came from local and
ss'e taxes.
w.. "e initial cost and upkeep of the
49,. system of Federal roads raise
sos ~" 'he question of the proper
bs.. VI the burden to be distributed
b.. zen the local taxpayer and the
c,s, VI the road. Highly compli-
a, as 1t is by such matters as the
s,s image to a given community of
a. roads and the relative amount
e,s, -a' and long haul traffic, it seems
logical to endcavor IN shift r.
New-York tribune., 1922-07-02

the actual user Of the road a greater
burden of the cost than he has here
tofore carried.
The most practical suggestion so
far advanced has been the creation
OF Federal automobile tax, graded
in proportion to the weight Of the
car, so that the enormously heavy
trucks that do SO much damage to
the roads shall return a much larger
revenue than the light passenger
flivver.
New-York tribune., 1922-07-02
Painted Too Black

A. Tho election approaches there Is
tordercy to apply the tar brush to
rouerass. Both House ard Senate
.re being abused indisorininato!y.
Bonus bill hysteria in Congress has
,.ar .hc chief factor in creating an
r,favoratle outside atmosphere.
poonle contras. the Presidents di-
rsct and open handling of the bonus
question with Congresses backing,
filing ard lodging. Neither house.
apparently, has the moral courage
10 levy new taxes in connection with
measure which would impose an
extra burden of $5,000,000,0oo on a
hard-pushed Treasury.
But Congress has many things to
It's credit which should not be for
gotten because it is now under a
cloud. 1t did q magnificent work IN
reducing expenditure. 1t never
ainched on this, passing a budget
law twice, besides trimming hun
dreds of millions out Of the pre-
budget estimates and steadily sup
PORTING General Dawes in his re-
trenchnent campaign inside the de-
partments. Congress has brought
US back to earth so far as govern
ment cost of operation is concerned.
1t also passed moderately good in
ternal tax reduction act, rldding the
country of part Of the excess taxes
which had burdened business and
stood in the way of economic read
iustment.
The Senate took up the Washing
ton conference treaties-one Of
Americas greatest contributions to
world settlement-in less captious
mood than might have been expect
ed. Patriotism and good sense
crowded down partisan and factious
opposition and the treaties were
ratified in spirit which did the
United States honor. This was not
party achievement. The credit
4 goes to Mr.. Underwood as we'll as to
the Republican Senate leadership.
, Yet here is something again which
controvertS the hasty charge that
Congress has been hopelessly and
wholly bad.
The bad is mixed with the good,
as is usual with Congresses. The
present House and Senate must be
contrasted with other Houses and
Senates. Then we get fairer judg-
ment, If this Congress were sue
ceeded by Democratic Congress the
situation would be worse, for a
Ielnocratic Congress inevitably
would play politics and the possibil-
ny OF constructive legislation would
END. The present Congress is at a
pretty low ebb of popularity, but
we are at least used to its failings
and We remember its virtues. BY
sectlng Democratic House and
Senate the country merely would fly
10 greater ills, not the least of which
would be an era of deadlock, suspi-
zion and political ghost dancing at
Washington.
New-York tribune., 1922-07-02
What Did Sherman Saw?
Did General Sherman real]v g


"War is hell" as he has a million
times been quoted? One Of his old
soldiers denies it most circumstan-
TALLY. Thomas D. Collins, who was
one Of the Generals dispatch bear
ers, declares that he stood within a
few feet Of him on the occasion on
which he is said to have uttered that
epigram and that his words were:
"War is cruel. I cannot refine it,"
That was at Fayetteville, N. c.,
when the city authorities came out
and begged him not to march his
army into the place.
That is, obviously, strong and d.
rect testimony, and it is supported
by two indisputable circumstances
One is the marked similarity in
sound Of the words "cruel" and
"hell," which would make it easy for
listener to make a mistake. The
other Is the correspondence between
Mr.. Collins's version and some other
utterances of Sherman's in writing.
Thus in q letter to General Steele
he said, "War at best is barbarism"; !;
and in his famous reply to the pro-
test Of the Mayor and Council Of At
lanta against his treatment of that
city he said, "War is cruel and you
cannot refine it." This latter re-
mark is almost identical with that Of
Fayetteville, as given by Mr.. Col
Inns.
The controversy may never be set
tied, any more than other disputes
over other noted sayings. Were it
absolutely demonstrated that Sher-
man never said "War is hell' people
would keep right on attributing
those words to him, just as they
have for so many years been attrib-
uting "The Guard dies, but never
surrenders!" to Cambronne, and
"Finis Polonim!" to Kosciusko.
If, however, we were compelled to
forego that virile and picturesque
phrase we should have consolation in
another and unchallenged utterance
of the same great campaign, not by
Sherman, but addressed to him.
When Sherman at Kenesaw sig
nailed to the beleaguered Corse at
Allatoona a message which hymnolo-
gists have paraphrased into Hold
the fort, for I am coming!" his in
domitable lieutenant replied, in words
which the hymnologists have lodged,
II am short one ear and part of a
cheekbone, but am able to whip all
hell yeti"
Also, 1t seems certain that on that
August morning in Mobile Bay Far
ragut did say Damn the torpedoes!"
Probably it was in reminiscence Of
that gallant objurgation that, at
New York's great feast of honor
given to him at the old Astor House,
he replied to an eminent cleric who
remarked upon his keeping his wine
glasses turned down, "No, Bishop,
l don't drink. I swear little some
times, but l don't drink"
So we shall not have to Bowdler-
ize all the Famous Sayings of Fa-
nous Men.
New-York tribune., 1922-07-02
Great Women
To the Editor .of The Tribune.

I t1B LuItUr |OI I IIe 1TIUUIt.
Sir: The name of Mrs. Gait very
properly heads the list of great wom-
en-, but the general intelligence Of
those asked to compile lists didn't
function very brilliantly after they
had placed Mrs. Gait, or the names
of Florence Kelly and Maud Nathan
would not have been omitted.
Great women for three generations
made the fight for suffrage on the plea
that taxation without representation
is tyranny" 1t is possible that a
woman as great as Mrs. Gait might
still be fighting on that platform if it
New-York tribune., 1922-07-02

NEGRO LABORER
RROWN man, your falling back re-
calls the curves
OF waves that swiftly drop On cliffs Of
rock,
Careless magnihcence that greets the
shock
With strands Of foam that riss uka
wrfthing nerves.
But when the sack IL raissd upon your
back
The image changes TO dwart-lske rcla
Whose small contortion overawes your
And makes 4 stupid slavo Of your attack.
Brown man, your lowered back serovs
to create
And held fluid question IN its Ines:
Naively splendid .looseuess and desire.
But when your back received tts4menial
fate
And rose beneath another mans designs
Something within you changed 70 sweat
and mire.
MAXWELL BODENHErM.
New-York tribune., 1922-07-02

eclair! This is the type that has
brought hot biscuits in disrepute.
But the light, we'll made, thor
oughly baked hot breads are now
freed from the curse Of their soggy
brethren and, if the department is
to be taken as mentor, may be eaten
without fear.
New-York tribune., 1922-07-02

Ahe cat mas nine lives, the theatrical
profession but two-its Rialto and its
Palmidays. The one has marched
steadily up Broadway, keeping pace
with the city's northward growth, and
the other has trudged patiently along
about forty years behind, but holding
its own as vivid memory in every
players brain. The profession has
known many Rialtos since 1t moved by
imperceptible degrees from the neigh
borhood Of Houston Street to its pres
ent site we'll above Forty second Street,
but the one that lives the most dis
tinctly in my memory, possibly because
it was the first l ever knew, is Union
Square of the early sos.
1t lies beyond tho gift of even the
most far-seeing prophet to name the
stretches of sidewalk on which thes-
plans of the seventh decade of the
present century will congregate for
golden "reminiscences and futile resent
ment of managerial incompetency and
decadent dramatic criticism, but in my
minds ear I can hear bits of the
veterans converse as they linger in
convenient doorways or gather about
the soda fountain most favored by
their custom. Hush! They are bark
ing back to the glorious days of Shu-
bert and Syndicate, Of Belasco and
Charlie Dillingham;.
Perhaps They'll Say
"There were managers for you, my
boy! They knew what real acting was
Compare them with that bunch of thea
ter janitors who call themselves
Charles Dillingham;, incorporated! Try
ing to make star out Of that Barry
more girl, who's not a patch on he1
grandmother Ethel. It's a wonder the
police don't stop young Miller from
playing his grandfather's old part in
Famous Mrs. Fair The plays a clas-
sic and the boy hasn't learned how to
read lines. Did I know Jimmy Forbes
Yes, and did he know me? Saw my
comedy work in Only a Perfect Lady
there's q drama they'd oughter re-
vive-and after that he never signed
contract but what he wrote my name
in for one of the roles. Those were
the Palmidays, my boy"
Well do I recall the period of my
callow youth when I began to frequent
Union Square and listen reverently to
the aged mummers as they compared
the fallen estate of the contemporary
stage with the ante-bellum Palmidays
More than once have I heard Lester
Wallack bitterly assailed because his
playhouse was entirely British and
himself alluded to with contumely as q
"pantaloon actor" the old-fashionee
theatrical term for one who played ir
modern dress. I have heard Augustir
Daily denounced at a time when he was
doing his best to establish his magnif
icent stock company and fight the
sherffs at the same time. I have hearC
A. NJ. Palmer taunted with his predilec
ton for the French drama and for say
ing that the "box Office critic" was the
! only .one he listened to. I have heart
the delightful old Irishman, Johr
Brougham. alluded to as fraud" ane
Edwin Booth ridiculed as the unworth!
son Of a great father.
And coupled with these denunciation.
of the present and blending happil,
with the occasional sncering "I knew
New-York tribune., 1922-07-02
Incidental

from Tho Ne,o RepuoHoj
HOW can ! rid me
OF what Is not mine
This self that was youths,
This song swift and fine
That wraps me with fire,
And yet is not mine?
Song to be seemly
For her that is /,
Is song low with sleep
To be hummed in sigh,
As ! weave cool reason
Out Of sounds that go by.
And who would be wanting
Song not her own,
Though it warns with warmth
The sun has not known,
When she might be thinking,
And cold and alone?
HAZEL HALL.
New-York tribune., 1922-07-02
Effort

fFrom The Double DeolerJ
Hh wind Will not cry out In marble.
Nor towers be told In music;
Yet am 1 sculptor
Forever laboring to carve
The mourning wind
In stone;
And q musician
Seeking vainly
For sounds
Out Of which to build
My tower.