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The Topeka state journal., 1922-09-30

Miss Lucille Skinner. Miss Jettie Dem
mark, Miss Melba Napier, Miss Flea
nor Allen and Miss Marjorie Hodge.
Professor Skilton is a man of un-
usual talent not only in his organ
work but is a composer of a number
of melodies which have set him high
in the musical ranks of the day.
Members of the club ushering will
include: Mrs. J. Kari Rankin, Mrs
Kelsey Petro, Mrs. Earle Brown, Miss
Elsie Chapman, Miss Euphemia Page
and Miss Edna Haywood.
Mrs. J. K. Rankin entertained her
sewing club this afternoon at her
home.
Guests and members present in
cluded:
Ms Ms PsEd sfGbdv Pagf sgftn Mrs eau M9ser
Mrs. Clyde Pentx Lawrence
Mrs. Barton Phelps Mrs James Mcclure
Mrs Guy Andre Mrs Fred Bowman
Miss Grace Frost Miss Effie Page
Miss Katie Belle Miss Alice Meade
Cuthbert
Miss Anna Speck entertained a few
guests at bridge this afternoon. COM
plimentary to Miss Mary Harrison of
Emporia.
Mrs. George Sutherin gave a party
Thursday afternoon at her home on
Underwood avenue in honor of the
birthday anniversary of her small
daughter Helen. Mrs. Sutherin was
assisted in entertaining by Miss Isabel
Sutherin and Miss Eleanor Hines
The children in the party included:
BETTY Jane Graham Vernita Larison
Mary Lucille Lillard Marcia Mills
Esther Flora Elizabeth Monroe
Marjorie Adams Margaret Porter
Louis Allen Berenice Porter
Dorothy Wilson Helen Louise Swan
Thelma Anderson Airline Millard
Virginia Howe Cara Strain
Margaret Howe Nellie Gear
Mildred Menninger Charlotte Amick
Florence Allen Genevieve Sheriff.
lisa bel HOPKINS Edith Oliver
Alice PieFSon Ruth Bair
Grace PieFson VeVa Wiksten
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New-York tribune., 1922-12-10
The Man Ahead of the Show

Whenever Mr.. Hylan entrains for
ore Of his frequent trips TO Chicago
he announces that somebody like
William Randolph Hearst or Hiram
johnson or RodmaR Wanamsker
ought to be nominated for President
in 1924. And always the name Of
William Randolph Hearst leads all
the rest.
Possibly, as in the case Of Abou
Ben Adhem, this may be due to
alphabetical arrangement, but now
end then Mr.. Hylan speaks Of Mr..
Hearst without reference to I be
others at all.
This fact, coupled With the cir
cumstance that the Aoyor is spend
ing a great deal Of his time on the
road Of late, awskens the suspicion
that another three-ring political cir
Gus such as toured the country in
1904 and the State Of New York in
1908 will be seeking bookings IN
1924, and that Mr.. Hylan is out
ahead Of the show.
His announcement that he is
merely trying TO organize a city bloc
isn't convincing. The cities are full
of pride, challenging each to each,
and it would be impossible for Mr..
Hylan to unite into political unit
even those in which Mr.. Hearst
publishes his manifold newspapers.
There is, Of course, the possibility
that the bee is buzzing in Mr.. Hy-
lan's own ceremonial high hat, but
at home and abroad he talks like an
advance man, and is even civil to
reporters when he is speaking about
Mr.. Hearst.
If in the wake Of the peripatetic
Mayor the billbosrds fame forth
with glaring announcements Of the
coming Hearst circus no one who
knows either Mr.. Hearst or Mr..
Hylan will be much astonished.
New-York tribune., 1922-12-10

murder cases lies simply in its own
immemoriai safety, It's clustered
quietude, IFS habituation 70 a kind Of
existence in which nothing ever hap
pens. The editors Of the widely pop
ular magazines know this. On the
one hand they swathe the readers
calm consciousness in stories and
articles dedicated to the sublime gos-
pei Of getting on" until he is
wrapped, 80 to speak, in layer upon
layer Of sweet-smelling cotton wool.
Then, lest he rebel, they stuff him
with romsnces revolving around cpl
sodes which range all the way from
clean-cut murder to unspeakable
atrocity. Detective fiction" must
rank high as TO quantity in the
years output Of new novels.
II is inevitable. We. must have
some form of liberation handily
available when life Is as uneyentfui
as Il Is for most Of US. Matthew Ar
mold, in his playful way. long ago
pointed out the inescspable monot-
ony which no crime can alter. His
words for the portly jcweler from
Cheapside still apply: "The great
mundane movement would still 90
on, the gravel walks Of your villa
would still be rolled, dividends would
still be paid at the Bank, omnibuges
would still run, there would still be
the old crush at the corner o. Fen
church Street" The quiet life, the
sheltered life, the life Of the multi
tude, never ends. II was ancient in
the glamourous days Of Robin Hood.
II persists under the gentle sway Of
Mayor Hylan. The warders change
from age to age, but the portcullis
still endures, still rises in the morn
ing, still lets in the cat and sets its
master walking toward the bottle Of
milk and the paper. Who shall raise
cries Of morbidity, of blood lust, II
the placid gentleman turns with
avidity to the more lurid headlines
on the front page?
New-York tribune., 1922-12-10

Of all kinds Of trsfis, aud remember
we are Speculating about a future
which is unknown but promises to be
destructive.
Why. for instance, should we not,
having removed By other means the
considerable alien trafic, 60 further
and stop The interruption OF trafle At
all cross streetsl In short, depress
the roadway Of the cross streets 20
that they 20 under tho avenue from
Thirty-fourth Street 20 Fifty-seventh
Street, allowing trafie 20 enter the
avenue or leave u at each street, but
not TO cross it at grade. This would
Increase the speed, and, although Il
might for @ time have a slight adverse
efeat on property on the side streets.
IL would protect the value Of the ave-
hue. As next step we might build a
second street under the present level
for deliveries and for convenience In
reaching side streets and for parking.
A further step IN police regulation
might be 70 withhold permission to all
private cars 70 use Fifth Avenue, al
lowing only buses and special taxis,
which might 20 from point to point on
the avenue but could not leave Il. t
We shout our conviction from the
housetops that life in New York is not
ugly, Is not undesirable, but Is only
temporarily unhandy, and We are
strong In the belief that Il can be cas-
lily improved and tho future safe
guarded.
No preeedents will serve IN our dif-
heulties, for no such city has ever
been.
We muat Justify our confidence In
ourselves, in our elevemess In lnven-
tion, In our efficiency, In our capacity
TO conceive and carry out great things,
and We must rebuild whole districts
and devise new schemes for streets.
After all, what is this compared 10 our
accomplishment in building New York
so far?
New-York tribune., 1922-12-10

for either in the Electoral College
will have TO be spceded up. These
are mostly matters Of legislation.
But they affect all the states as we'll
as Congress, and viii have TO be
taken into account in the considera-
tion Of the Norris plan.
The main thing is to equalize the
Congress sessions and at the same
time TO synchronize the terms Of the
President and Vice-Presidcnt with
the terms Of congressman. To do
this ancient traditions must be
smashed and Inauguration Day
shifted either backward or forward,
preferably forward, so as 70 give
complete expression to the popular
will without undue delay.
New-York tribune., 1922-12-10
Revival Of Portraiture
Welcomed as a Stabili1ing Influence
in the Community
ro the EdltOr Of The Tribune.

To the Editor Of Tho Tribune.
SIR: b. all who place a high value
on the family unit, In an age Of hotels,
apartments, rented rooms and studios,
the revival o. portraiture must be re-
gardcd as a favorable sign. Pride OF
lineage, not carried to tho point o.
ancestor worship or racial bigotry, Is
one Of the surcst guarantees Of high
standard OF living.
With a finer sense Of tradition de-
welcoming. we welcome the appropriate
vogue Of portraiture as a stsbilizing
influence in the community. Promineus
Americans arc at last overcoming DIFF
fidence and arc now willing 20 pose,
judging By the arrival and activity Of
many portrait painters, and society
women are coming 70 regard their
portrait IN the drawing room as a mat
ter Of necessity.
There Is a practical as well as moral
value in portraits, for their intrinsic
worth in many cases increases with
years, Il the artist becomes well
known, and thus they constitute im-
portant items in the estates inherited.
Tho community wealth in England has
been, in the aggregate, considerably
augmented By these paintings Of dis
tinguished ancestors.
In view Of tho prevalence OF
Colonial designs and antique furniture
the present revival Is not surprising. It
needs only the adoption Of the less
desirable panniers Of extreme girth,
now shovn IN Fifth Avenue windows,
to start a general securing Of attieS
and grand reunion OF begrimed and
bevhlskered ancestors with Henry Clay
collars and Peter Cooper ehins. How
ever, compared with the colorful 1922
model portrait, these heirlooms would
be quickly discountenanced, and why
not give our artists Of to-day the
chance they have been praying for7
Already a score Of illustrators have
forsaken the begrudsed "eOm-
mercialized" art to ell orders for up
to-dnte representatives Of the elite
while In heated competition are en-
gagged several foreign artists OF note.
Among the latter arc two or three OF
futurist persuasion, whose elongated
nscks and spindle-like hands will not
be esteemed to hatter the fair subjects
In fact, It would appear that the sub
siding wave Of ultramodernism VIII
soon be replaced by placid, mirrored
waters, where perhaps something more
celestial and sentimental viii be
seen. CHlITENDbN lONNEN'
Forest Hills, L. l., Dec. 8, 1922.
New-York tribune., 1922-12-10
Evening
fEroDs Posfv)

ffroDt Posfry)
THE crimson day is stepped IN TyrlsH
dyes;
The stream runs white, wsshed with =
fabulous glaze.
A sail: one with the flying vessel, ni's
The skipper's silhouette, black on the
blaze.
On every island autumn's forests lit
Their rudy heads where space spreads
wide her wings.
From dark defles low leafy murmurs
drift
OF woodlands music soft a. cithsTn
strings.
with OutpOursd dsrknsss new che east
is soaked,
Like blue wine from an urn that care
less hands
Have broken. And afsr, In mourning
cloaked,
Tall night on shadSvy bushns mutsly
stands.
GEoRG HEYn.
Translated by D. Dsutsch and A. fev-
moiinsky)
New-York tribune., 1922-12-10
Folly Song

(Pross Contemporary Yw,O
II WOULD give my wise heart for ths
Il foolish heart I had.
Be very kind to Folly, you Win miss
her when she gOesl
Wisdom has no secret way to make The
sorry glad,
Nor any small. forgetting songs iiss
those that Folly knows
whsa you walk with wisdom than ssur
feet 20 slow and steadily.
Dance with Folly while you nay. her
hour "a not Ioagl
And when you are rsnsnhsars ths
happy thlnes that used 20 ts.
Ies likely you'll ba th!nk!ng Ct =
little. foolish song.
o, would give my wisdor Tor the
folly that IL deed sad dona
Dear, dear Polly. With hes lidi dssn
on nor eyssi
Nov rn working quist'y upon The ta,f
hare begun,
And al r.y songs are ended s'nes ~
asir. grew Wise.
LOUISE pRi3coLL.
New-York tribune., 1922-12-10
Two Feet Too Tall

George Anger, eight feet four
inches tall, was the real Cardiff
Giant, a lesser mountain Of a man
than Barnum's famous hoax, but
quite like other folks except that
he was enormously outstanding. a
native Of Cardiff, Wales, he should
have been born in Brobdingnag. It
was his lot TO associate with wee
nortals who wolld have been at
home in Liliput.
Two or three feet up or down Is
not a magnificent distance, yet
enough to make men and women
side shows. There are so many un-
happy persons TO sylnpathizze with
on so many grounds Lat perhaps IL
is maudlin 10 be sorry for those
whom nature has exaggerated or
uinimized. They earn a fat liveli-
hood through misfortune in freak
ish defiance Of fate.
If they are afflicted with self-pity
they are stoics, their misery is not
broadcast. George Anger, for ole,
was not happy. He was sick Of Le-
ing gaped at by circus crowds,
hankered for something a little more
normal. And but for his sudden TAX
ing Off he would have been rescued,
for he had signed contract to play
with Harold Lloyd in the movies.
From the side show TO Hollywood
There have been less pathetic stories
Of thwarted ambition.
New-York tribune., 1922-12-10
Nah Jongg

China's Christmas present TO
America this year is Nah Jongg.
The game that has caught the fancy
Of New York's holiday shoppers has
been a long time arriving. It was
played perhaps by Confucius, and
certainly by mandarins and lesser
folk in China ever since his day.
Why did not Marco Polo bring it
from Cathsy along with playing
cards, as tradition tells? Goodness
knows. Time has its revenge, at any
rate. In this year Of our Lord polite
gamesters will be building the Chi
ncse Great Wall with little domino
like affairs Of bamboo and ivory,
hand-carved and colored in exquisite
patterns, Of which the suits acc
winds and dragons, flowers and sea-
sons. There are dice, too, and sets
Of counters - heaven, earth, male
and female. AS the game unfolds
the player may get "a moon from
the bottom Of the sea" or "a plum
blossom in unreasonable time 1t is
ell most delicately sensuous, most al
Turing.
Nah Jongg is a pastime for long
leisure, typical of the Orient, where
they let the legions thunder past,
then plunge in thought again. Not so
.leep as chess, which also came from
China's nelghborhood, and with n
high percentage Of chance, it re-
quires application and a good meas
ure Of skill. Its scheme is as COM
2lex as It's apparatus is charming
Don't waste Nah Jongg set on one
who doesn't like TO use his wits.
In China Nah Jongg, meaning
sparruw, is the aristocrat Of indoor
games. High officials are much sd-
dicted TO this combination, as a
writer has described it In The Trib-
une's Magazine. Of rhummy, DOM
inocs, poker and children's building
blocks. Il il their form Of junket,
and the people frequently grumble
about the governmental sparrow
parties" It might be dangerous to
let our congTessmen get hold Of
such an engtossing toy.
New-York tribune., 1922-12-10
Murder and the Quiet Life

When Charlie Chaplin laid eyes
upon the castle scene in Robin
Hood" then in the course Of being
"shot," it is said that he pressed
upon his friend Doug a great con-
structive idea. The thing to do, as
he saw it, was to have the porteuilis
lifted By the light Of dawn. A sleepy
warder would emerge, yawning and
stretching, to approach a jog in the
masonry previously unnoticed by tho
spectator. From that convenient hid
ing place he would withdraw a bot
tie Of milk and the morning paper.
The gallery would howl. But Mr..
Chaplin is essentially a philosophic
artist, and what he was driving at,
Of course, was the undermining OF
one Of the fundamental laws Of civil
izstion. It is the hImdrunl that is
eternal. The earth may rumble with
eruptions OF wars and shake of a
lot Of the population, but mankind
never shakes of habit-espeeislly
that immense proportion Of mankind
which escapes disaster. To the
tramp Of the legionS myriads Of cob
blers 20 right on cobbling. Fate
leaves them untouched. Amid the
crash Of worlds there are always
survivors, the sheltered, protected
souls. each behind its portcullis, who
in generation after generation know
Of the historic collisions only
through runor, through that morn
ing paper which they take in with
the milk.
Some such reflections as these are
promoted by recent public interest
In the New Jersey murder case.
Everybody followed it. Persons OF
the palest, most rarefed refinement
watched the divagations Of the au-
thorities and made their shrewd
suesses. The mystery maintained
itself on che front page for length
of time probably unparalleled, under
similar circumstances, in the annals
Of newspaperdom. Why? Your
spnay;or commentator is pat with
the answer. It was because heen-
tious press pandered to the morbid
instincts Of host Of low-brow read
ers. II was because the sedate COM
muter, reading his favorite journal
on the way to town, nouriShes
secretly Lust for blood. As a mat
ter Of fact, he but Graves the excite
ment Of a glimpse into another
world. a world that, reckoning him
and his fellows in millions, he and
they have never known and never
viii know. :,
A good mystery is. after all, g good
mystery; which is to say that It en-
braces surprises, suspense, illusion;
yea, reader, all the constituents
Of pure romance. Mankind, in the
bulk. is not in the remotest degree
bloodthirsty. It is morbid. perhaps
when it is a little bilious, but only
then. The source Of it, passion for
New-York tribune., 1922-12-10
The Ship O'Bed

fFrom The Frssn0nJ
WHEN was young, had a bed
" That was no bed at al,
But a good great ship with seven maSss
And seamen brown and tall.
Each seaman had a lantern white
To light US past the bars,
And all Of them knew old sea-songs,
And their eyes we're like the stars.
Four Captains had ny starry bed,
named them In my prayer,
Matthew, Mark, Luke and John,
With golden boards and hair.
But the Pilot, whom loved the best
Because he called me Sir
And played tho games I liked 10 play,
Was good Saint Christopher.
Out We broke our sails which sssr-ss
Like patches that the moon
Makes upon quiet door
When criekets sing their tune.
And We were on to seek a Dame
Who would be kind TO me
And turn each sailors hssrs tS Eels.
The Lady Of the Seal
/ think she lived beyond the plssa
Where fish grow crowns Of gold
And whore there arc 50 many tales
That all arc never told.
The f,h took wing and played absut
Each opal sail and sang
OF goOse-girls and the currant-fruits
That on the bun-,rees hang.
When flowers came above the waves
We knew the port was nigh;
We could see a silver town
Rising up hard By.
Down came our sails, each sailor bowed
And plueked his cap 10 me.
Twas day, and there my Mother stood,
The Lady Of the Seat
ROBERT p. TRIsTRAM coFFIN.
New-York tribune., 1922-12-10
Neic Through Routes

-Having arranged for the distribu-
tion OF our people and glvOn them suf-
feient new store and ofiee space In
heretofore unimproved districts, Il now
remains 10 consider how the streets
themselves are 10 be adjusted 70 the
motor and pedestrian trahie.
The motor traffic Of New York may
% divided roughly into two classes;
First, the through traffic from Brook
lyn, from Staten Island or from Jersey
which lands on Manhattan and ira
verse. IL 20 a destination outside, and,
second, the point 70 point traffic Of
.Ac island. with tbs foreign trhfic
bound 70 or from a destination on the
island.
The FIRST, or, as We may say, alien
trafic, which now to a considerable
but unknown degree congests our
streets, should be diverted By every
inducement Of speed, Of ease and OF
pleasure.
This can be accomplished by Offer
inc a better route, for instance, from
South Ferry through Brooklyn and
ousens 10 the Bronx, than tho present
route through the island. II means q
new highway in Brooklyn from Fort
Hamilton 10 Randall's lsland, with
connection to upper Manhattan and the
Bronx. 20 the Brooklyn bridges and to
Borough Hall, a new Staten Island
Fort Hamilton ferry, etc. IL means
in short, that every possible reason be
offered motor trafic to get out Of Man
haitian Island as quickly as possible, IN
order 10 rid the Island OF all alien
traflc and TO make the stay OF Man
battan destination trahe as short as
possible. -,
In this connection Il will be Interest
ING 90 see what effect the vehieular
tunnel 70 Jersey will have. We tus-
Deet Il Will produce great congestion
and that a tunnel should at once be
started 90 take much OF tnis ana otnoi
v,hleulsr trafae 70 Brooklyn and thence
70 the Bronx without coming out OF
ground IN. Manhattan at all.
The city should, IL seems, In It's own
d,sen,e provide adequate and direct
Communication from the Bronx TO Jer-
s.y In order TO keep that heavy tFane
"a Manhattan streets.
The building Of new dlrtrls's' loea'
ssnters, they might be called Is only
Fastening natural tendency. and In
ereaslng its effectiveness. New YORK
/, already full Of such nuclei. One has
only 70 mention Fulton Street, Brock.
lIv-: Broadway. Brooklyni Grand
s Il Mnnhattsni i25th Street. hsH-
haitian, etc, TO realize how many 'epa-
rate eommunitiss are bound together 70
make the great eitr We talk Of q. one.
Let Us return. then, 10 the small ano
Ioe,i proslem Of Fifth Avenue snd is
shrestened injury b. ovsr''ntuTa"0a
New-York tribune., 1922-12-10
Wholesale Rebuilding

The distribution OF passengers from
suburban points being arranged Tor
fthose coming on subways are already
veil dis.ributed), we can speculate on
how to provide the room for the neees-
,srv shops and Offices. Part Of this
r5lI be done (rather badly, probably
No economic pressure causing people TO
nove out Of factories and residences
- make room for shops and Offices
hat the rebuilding should be done By
city corporation with power to con-
Aemn and rebuild entire districts, Tor
onlv by this Wholesale method and
Iolrt effort can q district be complete
" rehabilitated.
We have not as yet attempted 70
build IN blocks. and in most New YORK
hloeks there Is space for light and air
,,hieh could be used for streets even u
,b.v were areaded. 1t would be easy
sor instance, to take territory from
Avenue d 20 Ninth Avenue and from
Eiffoo0t1 10 ItFtHNNNAeA
rebuild Il, together vita much of the
blocks surrounding sspyesant and
Union squares, as we Ike, and TO give
ample provision. for motor and ioot
.rafie on new or wider streets. An
additional bridge or = yehieular tunnel
"a Brooklyn on tho line Of Fifteenth
stree. would naturally be part OF the
scheme. This rebuilding Is . larger
arsir than a bridge. but considerably
less than a subway. and could be IN
aertaken With a fair hope Of profit. II
mus. be remembered tina. much ot the
proAt IN such an enterprise Is Indirect.
The rehabilitation Of many districts
N New York Il going on rapidly. Dot
,or the best results I. must be done
wholesale b. large corporation ana
no, left 20 the individual owner. The
large public corporations nisat ea'i'y
New-York tribune., 1922-12-10
A Week of Verse
Hunting Dogs
fFrom TIE Rsasur.J

IRON TIE AsasuroI
NO OTHER animal, not dog nor boil,
Could be more noble o. more
beautiful
Than these. who are more eouYssous
than people
Whose heads arc higher and whose
bodies ripple
More sllkIly than any Of their kind.
No other dogs 20 .enssly take the wind
As these, who stretch their long neeks
on tho air
As II on water; 20 weedliy the hair
Fringes each tail. floats flom each dell.
cate limb,
SO hard they breathe and stare, they
seem 10 swim.
And, sviftness softeped, muscles At
their ease,
When one Of them, wish gentle hope to
please,
TrOts quantity up, and, With . humor.
Gus grace,
Drops on my hand the velvet Of his
face,
The petals Of his ears and tongue, I
lack
All hateful thoughts-sureiy the howl
ing pack
Is not OF these; surely no terrible
trouble
Was ever sought for Wild things in
the stubblc
By eyes so tender never, through sueh
soft breath,
Flashed, like mans steel, the savage
teeth OF death.
WINIFRED WELLEs.
New-York tribune., 1922-12-10
The Armenian Mandate

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: Was the United States really
o,scred n mandate over Armenian Ae-
cording 20 a statement made In a re-
cent lecture BY Herbert Adams Glib
bons. wo wero offered merely a man
date over a small section Of noun
famous land IN Asia Minor, between
Turkey and Russia. which would have
been an expensive undertaking for the
United States without any appreeiable
results.
In a recent lecture Mr. uorgenthau
made tho statement that the entire
trouble IN Europe was due 20 our not
accepting the mandate over Armenia.
HANNAH ELLEN LYONS.
New York, Dee. 8, 1922.
rThe territory Of the Armenian
mandate offered to the United States
al the peace conference was indeter-
inmate. At San Reno II was left TO
President Wilson to Ak the boun-
daries. lie did not do so, end the re-
covery By the Turkish Naiionalists
Of Turkey's possessions in Asia
Minor made further mandate discus
sion futile. Tho present independent
state Of Armenia Is confined TO for
mer Russian territory. The state.
ment attributed TO Mr. Cibsons IS
substantially eorrect.-Ec.l