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New-York tribune., 1922-06-25

front Of the desk. one by the bed and
one against the wall, complete the rest
Of the furniture IN the room. Wien
tho private secretaries suggested that
an easy chair would be- o. use His
Holiness pointed out that he had given
up sitting IN easy chairs, as be feared
it would make him grow stout
His Holiness is not on- 70 allow ira
di;ion 20 interfere with his usual mode
~ liic. He wishes 20 follow tho same
simple customs De has been used 20
All his life. One of these Is that in
his own private apartments be has
around him only his personal attend
ants. who know his love of simplicity
End abide by IT.. IN HE life down % The
papal reception rooms be allows the
tradition o. centuries 10 be kept up.
For this reason no one is allowed IN
his bedroom until ne IS dressed and
has entered his study for his break
fast. His own personal attendant LOOKS
after his needs when he Is m his
private apartment
This man. Giuseppe Malves;iii. was
New-York tribune., 1922-06-25

owing 10 them alone d; could be pos
s.blc 20 hy over the Atlantic within
twcniy-four hours, or perhaps sooner.
But row arose the second difficult
question: How was the "Aync stage
coach 10 rctarn 70 New York. since the
air currents were constantly eastern; +;
Also for this question the clever aero
naut had an answer.
"This." Mr. Wise opined. did not
matter. a. least in the frst attempts
Suppose even the direct way back
through the air was impossible. then
ws do Ike Columbus, only We travel
Ell the time in an eastern direction
over Pekng. Japan. and the Paeihc
Ocean. back TO Broadway in Now
York"
So much FOR the American Mr.. Wise.
A contemporary German critic, how
ever. wrote concerning this project;
The time is past whore one may laugh
A. such an adventurous prospect with
out thinking that the laugncr IN 70"
years renders himself ridiculous for
his doubts. Il is also seen that the
man ia not discouraged by obstacles.
He intends in the next few months 10
study the air currents on the Ameri-
can Continent and. should they prove
favorable. TO undertake the voyage over
the ocean. Nor are there lacking in
America capitalists 70 support him.
and. as said before. il would be foolish
20 laugh at a plan which in tae near
future may come true
Il remains 10 be added that while
Mr. Wise never succeeded in crossing
the ocean he did achieve an eRiraordi-
narily long fight. In juno, 1882 be-
and three companions asconded at 81.
Louis and made an unbroken flight on
eastward-bound air currents 20 JefeF-
son County. y. T.. a distance of l'i5o
miles-a long distance record which
had never been approximated and which
was not exceeded for many years.
New-York tribune., 1922-06-25
Modern Women of Peking
Turn Back on Aged Suitors
Girl Threatens to Commit Suicide Rather lhan DE
We'd to Rich Old Man Selected
bv Her Father

drcn Of the marriage. Of whom Tsu-
tsang demanded the custody. She
stated that Tsu-ping's affections cooled
after the birth OF the second child'
when he began 70 look for another love
whom nc quickly found and married
As time went on. Tsu ping grew
abusive and frequently seolded her
while mis- mother assaulted ner. he
also requested Tsu-tsane 10 sign
document so that both parties could
remarrv without having TO so TO court.
She refused 10 sign the document
Tsv-.sanc demanded $1,000 damages
and alimony. The defense declared
that the husband had not married
aoain. but had taken favorite' which
IN China. it appears, Is very dii-
ferent thing. Tsu-ping also demanded
restitution Of eonjugal rights as ne
was quite willing 20 return TO his wife
and children, whereupon heartbroken
Tsu-tsang lost her case
Women in Peking. however, are more
cautious in their choice OF nuspands'
as the case Of wenty-one-year-old Sih-
wang shows. Sin-wang lived with heI
narents. who kept small shop IN the
Street Of Many Turninss. Business
was poor. and as her father' VINO was
in failing health. could not make ehos
meet. he sought rich husoana loi
Sin wang. who was as yet unoetrotheo'
He arranged contract with In, in,
IN Official circles and bad several
wives. The girl. however, Objected
strenously. This is new age, she
ssid "You cannot force me TO marry
an old man whom ! have never seen ,,
and whom ! do not and never VII
1--we" ;.;d.
As she threatened 20 commit SUICIDE
ar Lin.sang's doorstep II her father
persisted in tire marriage. and as ,ne '
authorities have a bad habit Of closely
questioning persons on whose door.
steps young girls commit suicide the
proposed union was abandoned
New-York tribune., 1922-06-25
The OricinnI NJ

Hf OffkfHHi
The latest attempt 70 A. around the
world - regarded as very modern
performance. But our grardfathefs
envi.iored regular lines Of aerial
travel and transportation acrcss the
Atlantic. or course. In those days as
Ka-l Mossner recalls IN the New
Vienna Courier" balloons were not
equipped with propellcrs. rudders or
other such equipment. and airplanes
were not get dreamed of. Yet the great
adventure OF transoccan.c flight was
seriously planned. and. long ago as It
uas. there are still those who remem-
her J. VIE and his great balloon.
The project, o. course. originated IN
America. already At that time the land
of unlimited possibilities. and after
two continents mad discussed the mat
ter for months nothing more was heard
of IL. The thing. however, was thus
imagined:
In the summer Of 1883 Mr.. Wise an
aeronaut Of New York, was eagerly
tent upon establishing a balloon post
T. Europe. To this end he wanted TO
build balloon rs feet IN diameter.
Tn. bag. according 10 his plan, was TO
be filed onlv one-half with gas, as TINS
was sufficient 20 keep the balloon NOV
inc At A vertical distance Of 81 miles
from the surface Of the earth. Inc
cos, of construction was estimated a.
only ~ 900. The carrying capacity o.
,be half.alled balloon vas likewise ex-
se,ly given: it amounted TO 5''S75
mounds. /. c.. including a sea liicooa''
eight passengers. the scientific in''ru-
ments. provisions, etc. ioio4 pounds
$3.50 kilos). 20 that there was lett
24.27l pounds for mail.
with such balloon" Mr.. Wise de-
clared. zone could travel comfortably
and safely, from New York TO Lisbon
Madrid, Naples-as far as CONSTANT
nople."
So FAR the plan brought nome con
vietion. There were, however lively
doubts as 70 the way Of directing and
steering the balloon toward the east
from America. Those interested
therefore. applied 20 Mr. WISE ior
information.
Mr. Wise replied briefly ard to the
aoint: Mature will attend 20 that
Through the mcteOrologi't Professor
Espy it is proved that three and one
half miles above the surface OF the
earth a constant wind is blowing from
west to east, this being the result OF
two other air currents. one of when
cones from the southwest and the other
from the northeast. 20 that an aero
naut az corresponding elevation over
the surface Of the earth could quite
comfortably travel northwest. south
east or directly toward the east. By
means Of those eurrents-or, rather
New-York tribune., 1922-06-25
"OId WM?"-Nais Non,

There is not the shadow Of rea-
son 70 call Shakespeare 'Old Wili, ~
ssys lie Mercurc De France"
There Is perhaps no more common
plaee a-d no more absurd phrase than
these words. Ie vieux Will which We
tor Hugo was probably tho first 20 en-
rloy IN speaking Of Shakespeare. But
Hugo had this cNeuse-he did not kno"
English. However this may be. tie
phrase has been employed and is be-
in~ employed IN France a. every
moment. Only lately a brilliant writer
" Henry Breon. wrote in Confer
.nela. Musset 10 most assuredly
weaker than 10 v.eux Will a..
I. r. then q sacred and sanctioned eS-
preston.
However. no English writer has
called the author Of Hamlet old VIII
what would be said II an Englishman
were 70 write the old Pierrot' melting
Racine. or the old To-,or' in exal'ing
New-York tribune., 1922-06-25
100000 Are Members
or Cooperative Congress

The activities Of which. as president
Of the Cooperative Congress, Mar
garet Llewcllyn Davies is the titular
head, are on larger and more embrac-
ing scale than even the great indus
trial undertakings that Lady Rhondda
controls The congress represents a
membership OF 100000 co-operators-
full tenth OF the population OF this
country and as great a proportion Of
that population as England modified
during the war. Cooperation in this
country means mostly consumers co.
operation. Starting at the opposite
end 20 the producers' cooperative
movement like that initiated among
the farmers of Ireland By Sir Horace
Plunkett. which served largely az a
model FOR agricultural cooperation IN
the United States. cooperation IN Eng
land has organized the consumers
first. On the basis OF that organiza-
,ion it has bull, % a great demoerati-
cally controlled productive organiza-
tion. backed by is own banking facili-
ties.
The cooperative movement here
ough. % be. on the showing % rs
figures Of membership and trade turn
over. a greater force than IL is But.
as the now president remarked in her
interesting and powerful inaugural ad-
New-York tribune., 1922-06-25
Pope Plus ri Insists on Working 10 Hours a Day
While Utmost Simplicity Rules His Life at Vatican
Unusual Number of Audi.
ences Granted by the
Holy Father in Few
Months

Pope I'VE will make my secretary not
the fifth, but the hrst one"
In this way Pope Plus has sur
rounded himself with assistants who
have proved their efficiency In the
years they have been with him. He
has chosen these men from his own
province. Lombardy They all know
their duties and never have 10 be told
a sccord time. For instance. the Pope
never allows his desk 10 become lit
tered with papers. Ne probably reads
more n.pcrs and reviews than any
other man. He has his own book Of
press clippings shown 20 him every
day. besides reading carefully his own
Milanese paper. yot nothing is allowed
% h6 left about. The same rule IS Kept
In his study. upstairs and down. He
insists on neatness and quickness. In
" day hc probably examines, besides
his usual correspondence, ten very
difficult and serious documents, each
one being brought to him in turn.
The severity Of HE private rooms is
.of,cncd by the number Of flowers
placed about on biz desk and on the
dining room table. he always has been
rassionately fond Of flowers, and In the
library AZ Milan he always had a small
vase with flowers in il. This love Of
his is so we'll known that on his birth
day mis- Milancse friends sent so many
flowers tha, his private rooms were full
q .hem.
Plus is an undemonstratiye man, very
calm. very sure in everything he does;
hut once his mind is made up he eX-
rccts absolute and instant obedience.
a short while ago he notified his valet
TO arrange that rooms in one OF the
outer wings Of the Palace should be
prepared for his old housekee9er, who
was coming from Milan. This elderly
woman. Signora Linda, was house
keeper 20 the pope's mother from his
boyhood. and 1t the time Of the death
of Signora Rat,i. few years ago. she
retired 10 q convent, as the Pope had
not then been appointed Cardinal Arch
t.shop Of Milan. When he succeeded
Cardinal Fcrrari he sent word 20 the
signora Linda 20 come and take charge
of tho Archipiscopal Palace.
Soon af,crward Cardinal Ratti was
elected Pope. Naturally everyone
thought that she would have 20 re-
.urn 90 ,ho convent again. But Pope
Plus decided that she should come 20
Rome and take care Of his vcsiments
and clothes. so that IN her old age
she Nigh, still be looked after by the
Rat,i family.
Whcn tho Pope's entourage heard Of
this decision they pointed out 20 him
that. though Plus X. desired 20 have
his sister live in tho Vatican. the op'
position was co Great that he had been
forced 90 arrange about taking q house
in 81. Peters Square. For centuries
tho Popcs have abided by this rule
,our Holiness To which Pope Plus
rcolicd. "Wcn. we arc Pope now and
future Popcs can follow our example"
New-York tribune., 1922-06-25
4 German "Rcfort Conrfeous'

The correspondent CT the "Nouvcl-
h.te do Lyon" in Wiesbaden publishes
an interesting revelation Of the mind
that rcigns IN Germany:
The syndicate OF French initiative in
Wiesbadcn. he says, recently informed
the burgomaster Of the island Juist
that several French families intended
10 par a visit Of several weeks, and
therefore inquired n they would re-
ccive lodging and a good reception The
hurgomastcr replied with tho following
letter which he FASTENED to publish in
the German press;
The keepers Of hotels and boarding
houses have unanimously refused 20 re-
eeiye French families. By way OF com
pensa,ion they would gladly welcome
any other strangers. We could no, per-
mi, the French during their residence
here. by their very presence. 20 re-
mind MS Germans with what barbarism
France has treated our poor country.
Numerous Germans OF the occupied
Rheuish regions visit our health re-
sort, These. our countrymen. who are
physically and morally exhausted. in
stead Of enjoying necessary rest, would
sustain great injury TO their health II
they had 70 endure with US the sight
Of Frenchmen."
And the correspondent, adds:
81, would have been more polite %
avoid this German impertinenee and
no, 70 furnish the burgomaster oe-
easion FOR q cheap advertisement"
New-York tribune., 1922-06-25
Pontiff Has Hasiy. Frugal
Meals When He Feels He
Can Spare Time From
His Duties
F-om a Special Correspondent
PONY fvr.

ROhk. June 10.
@lUS XI ia man Who thrives on
- work and he insists. against his
doctors orders. on devoiing az
least sixteen hours Of. the
twenty-four 20 management Of 'the
Church.
Probably never since the time Of Leo
XIII have 90 many audiences been
granted as in the last few months with
diplomats a. well as pilgrims. The
papal entourage. accustomed 70 Rene
diets precision in keeping 10 Z o'clock
as his luncheon hour. find Z, little
difhculi 20 adapt themselves to Pius's
new rule-that audiences come first
and meal time "a second considcra-
tion. Many thousand pilgrims hastened
70 Rome for the Eueharistie Congress
and within a certain number OF days
we're due 20 he on their homeward jouJ
ncy. In consideration Of this the Pope
decided tha, all the different groups OF
pilgrims must be received and greeted
within this limited time.
This nceessitatcd making The Holy
Fathers luncheon a movable feast
Some days he lunches az o'clock and
sometimes few minutes before. but
never at o'clock or 1890 O'clock
which was always Plus Ks. hour
Though the Porc's doctor insists that
no man can stand this and keep well.
hard work in Rome being contrary 20
habit and the climate, the Holy Father
only answer is that he has always been
busy man and likes TO get through
what he sets out 20 do. No amount Of
demonstrating causes him 70 change
his mind.
Il always has been the custom for
the Pope 90 have the walls Of his suite
covered no, with paper but with dam
ask, and up 20 the present every Pope
has accepted what was tradition in
papsl houscfurnishing. When Plus XI
visited his apartments on the third
floor Of the palace he ordered that the
tapestry be taken down. the walls
scrapcd and white wall paper put up.
with the exception OF his private
chapel. which was 20 remain decorated
with damask
The papal private suite consists Of
seven rooms. besides a waiting room.
and a modern bathroom. which WAS re-
modelled this year There is. besides
tho Pope's bedroom. drawing room. lin
inc room. two waiting rooms, study and
chapel. a suite for the private secre-
taries. Monsienor Gonialoniori and
Monsirnor Venini, who held their posts
with the Pope whom he was Archbishop
o, Milan. Pius XIs chapel is the room
where Benedict died. The present bed
room was under the last poatiacatc tne
private chspe.. u is moderatc-sized
room. with brass bcdstcad, ma
hogany chest OF drawers and small
desk. Above the bed is q large pic
turc OF the Madonna of Good Counsel
ON the chen OF drawers 81 small
mirror. the only one in the suite oi
rooms. Three straight chairs. ono ~
New-York tribune., 1922-06-25
Woman Directs 100000
In Cooperative Organization
Margaret LewelIyn Davies Guides One-tenih of the
Population Of England in Economic
Drive by Consumers

dress, IL IL hampsred By the spsthy of
many Of its members, which &, Is vital
FOR the movement % overcome, she
urged. She laid emphasis on the par.
women could play IN contributing to
the advance of the labor movement
wage-earning women through tnsr
trade unions, gsge.spending women
through the eo-operatiy. organizations.
"Co.operation," she claimed, was
subversive enough for the violent reyo-
lutlonary and orderly enough for the
pacific reformer. j, held the glamor Of
future possibilities ior The idealis''
while a. the same time the most prae-
teal msprislist could not ressonsoly
be dissatisfied when h, noted what BED
been already accomplished"
Unemployment Has Acted
To Restrict Movement
Cooperation. like every other move
ment which IL concerned with Indus
trial or commercial activities, ia find
ing II very difficult just nov 70 make
headvay. FOR unemployment, trade de-
preston and chaotic exchanges arc
very serious obstacles 10 IS progress
It has 70 reckon, too, with the political
> complication that the Socialists Tor
some time past have been striving hard
70 capture the cooperative machine.
Again, the trade pn.onist ard the CO.
operator do not always see eye % eye,
and complaints have been heard from
workers now and then suggesting that
cooperation, even while . l' working
for the common good, Is a bard task
master Still, even though the rev
presidents visions Of the future Of CO.
operation may remain visions, the sub
stantial fsture Of the British move
ment revolyes now around a core o.
solid business which nothing IS likely
/ 20 shake.
! On the face Of il the position Of
women in the cooperative societies
ought 70 be particularly strong, seeing
I that in practice j, is the women OF the
families who make most Of the pur-
chases. But here, as elsewhere. sex
equality has been a plant % gradual
growth. I, reaches maturity with the
election of the first woman preslden, OF
The Cooperative Congress.
Indicative. perhaps, even more Of so
/ cial change is the fact that tho parlia.
mont of commercial travellers sitting
AZ Swansea should greet warmly The
/ frs, woman delegate 20 their annual
conference. and. g. their chairman put
; IL. welcome her 20 the rank. without
reserve The literature and the ira.
dition not 70 speak Of the provincial
hotels OF the Commercial are ~
masculine as any in tho lard. az char
acteristic chapters Of Dickens. Borrow
and Gissing 90 70 show. Even here the
women are breaking in. Throughout
their wide range the main fact IN = So
cial sense that the Whitsuntide con-
ference. yield this year Is their proof
OF the emancipation Of women.
New-York tribune., 1922-06-25

There has long been complaint of the
scarcity OF tenors. These songbirds
tend. 1t would seem, 20 become ever
rarer. even in Italy, their country OF
prediction.
Where. then. are they 20 be found
From the Hottentots In South Africa
where all men are endowed with the
much desired vocal organ. Not single
bass or barytone voice can be found
there. Only. the difieulty is not alto
gether solved.
One cannot imagine, indeed the
Rnoul de Nangis OF LES Huguenots,'
tho Eleazar OF LA Juive,' the Jose OF
Carmen. the Des Grieux Of "Manon'
suddenly appearing in the form OF a
Hotientot
New-York tribune., 1922-06-25
GirI.Nurder in China

Despite the vaunted progress Of civ
iliration. az least one o. the most
hideous practices OF pagan antiquity
still prevails IN the most populous
country Of the world II only the much
talked-of principles or sex control IN
birth could be made 70 work. AZ csiima-
ble blessing might be conferred upon
IN. Flowery Kingdom-or Republic
tor then parents could assure the birth
Of sons and avoid the practice of DOOM
ing their girl babies to deaih-oF
worse.
For that such disposition cf female
infants Sill prevails in China Is as
serted by Dr. ?. Z. 4. Krause IN the
~peutsche Revue as the result OF a
thorough eulturo-histor.eal investiga-
tion. .
In China, he observes, the object Of
New-York tribune., 1922-06-25

frrm Nffffni 'NfTf'IoNNfW
BERLIN. June 5.
-~HE American visiting Germany
FOR the first time since 1913
will find much 10 interest him
n in the Berlin Of to-day
The decline OF the mark makes Il
possible for 81, or 81 at most. 70 cover
ones bill at the best hotel in Berlin
for a day, and this amount will include
the 10 or IS per cent tax, which goes
70 the waiter. For the man with thou
sands Of marks in his pockets land
$40 will buy q thousand there is no
scarcity oi food, and the waiter, with
an eye on his 10 per cent, will see that
one has plenty.
The average German is excessively
polite 10 the American or Britisher in
quest Of information, that Is, proyid-
ing he speaks either in his mother
tongue, or In German. Let the unwary
traveller air his French and he must
look out for himself The French are
not loved By the Germans. Accord.
ing 20 a German guide with an Ameri-
can accent. Lloyd George is the Ger
mans idol.
Perhaps the chief thing that would
strike the American. who knew the old
Germany is the absence OF soldiers in
uniform in the streets. Outside the
Presidents Official residence sentry
is on duty, others are stationed out
side Of some government buildings,
and that seems 70 be all.
The police 10 Berlin are few and far
between. and the casual visitor will
sec few. II any beggars. and no
wounded soldiers One is told that all
the wounded soldiers, and ex-soldiers
are now working, and that the Official
figure FOR unemployed in the whole Of
Germany is only $4,000. Another thing
thu, separates Berlin from other
capitals IL the absence OF civilians
wearing war medals, or ribbons, or
decorations Of any kind.
Although the average German seems
70 have no use for the ex-Ksiser and
mis- family, he has a real reverence FOR
his dead kings ard queens. Hun
dreds Of people will visit the royal
mausoleum at chsrlottenburg TO gaze
on the four sarcophagusses Of marble
erected above the crypt containing the
remains OF Frederick william II and
his Queen Louise and william and
Empress Augusta.
Just now the customs authorities At
the frontiers are so severe that all Wis
itors 20 Germany are told not 20 buy
anything in Germany. To take things
ont Of the country an export license Is
necessary. and this, for the ordinary
pcrson, is difieult to obtain. Without
New-York tribune., 1922-06-25
By Ware B. Wells
.oNDON, June i5.

LONDONt june 10
TIME Committee Of Privileges Of
the House Of Lords, on second
thoughts. has turned down the
claim % Lady Rhondds, As =
peeress in her own right, to q seat in
the House; but, despite a rebuff or two
o. this kind. the advance Of British
women toward a position Of full equal
ity with men goes marching on. This
has been seen In tho conferences Of all
sorts and conditions of organizations
which iradi'ionally are held In this
country during Whitweck. - those
who get together during this week for
the benefit Of this organization or thn.
cannot all achieve Cannes or a Genoa.
England has AZ least her Brightons
and her other seaside resorts. a. which
conference can be made a mixture OF
holidaying with purposeful talk.
The Cooperative Congress. meeting
az Brighton. was remarkable for two
features. One was that for the first
time IN rs history the congress had a
woman president The other was that
for the first time since the war a Ger
man delegate attended The first wom-
an coop chief is Margaret Llewellyn
Dayies--a compatriot OF David Lloyd
George who has been intimately asso-
ciatcd with tho growth OF Cooperative
Women's Guild movement in this coun-
try and Is as well known IN the larger
labor movement as in rs cooperative
aenoc-