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New-York tribune., 1922-01-30
that he did not write the great so
cial comedies which bear his name.

that he did not write the great So
cial comedies which bear his name.
In each case the ignoring of hu.
man nature is an error which would
be fatal even if there were nothing
else to destroy the theory. If this
charge against Moliere were true we
should have to believe that one or
several Of the greatest literary and
dramatic geniuses Of the world
played the part of Sydney Carton
and lived, wrote and died unrecog-
nized and unknown to fame. This
oHends credu!ity What man would
write in cipher without the intention
that some time his work would be de
ciphered? There is no conceivable
'aoiive which Bacor cou'd d have had
ior rl,ing = plays and embodying
'H inem ar elaborate cipHes or cryp-
tog~are which vould nos have re
.1red I'm, moss lmperat.vely, %
axe precautions for the disclosure
Of that cipher at some future time
To suggest that he would take the
p-iHs to construct so elaborate a
e.nAcr ~lh h the intention that it
.aosi1 reeer be read or discovered
Helld 81 % write hlm down a fool
However, after s.Aty-odd years of
tie Shakespeare Dacon controversy,
1t S perhaps time for some new "bie
gooseberry' for tine perennial silly
season, and perhaps it is as we'll that
he master comedian Of society
should be its tnemc. We can inag-
Inc the glce with which, in the Ely
sian Fields, the shade Of the creator
Of Tartuffe and George Dandin re
CARDS this quest for the Great TN
known whose laurcls he wears.
New-York tribune., 1922-01-30
The California Booster
onkers, n. Y, Jan. 27, 1922.

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: Some years ago a friend Of mine
from the East was motoring in Cali
fornia. He tried to telegraph his wife
about as follows: cam enjoying my
self immensely. Roads not particularly
good The telegraph operator regarded
him with cold and fshy eye. "You
mean to say she said sternly, that
the roads are particularly good As
it was clear that the telegram would
never get through in its original form,
California then being in a paroxysm of
boosting, my friend told her that she
could have it her own way.
The California booster is a very re-
markable person. The San Francis
cans knock their own climate savapelv
in San Francisco. AS I thought nv
self 1t was pretty good climate, sum-
mer fogs and ALL used to say so-to
their great amazement.
California is state which most
fasteners like, and with reason. The
only trouble is that it is infested with
boosters. They talk too much
XY.z.
Albany, N. Y, Jan. %. 1922.
New-York tribune., 1922-01-30
Judges in Berlin?

1t begins to look as though we
shouA have to reconsider the Old
time saying about there being
judges in Berlin at least so far as
it is supposed to be general assur-
ance of justice in German courts.
Certainly the exhibition of juridical
administration which has been made
since the war. at Berlin. at Lcipsic
and elsewhere is calculated to inspire
neither confidence nor respect.
That any German courts would
administer justice to any important
criminals Of the WAY was too much
to be expected, save by those who
daily live in titllatipg anticipation
Of seeing the leopard changing his
spots. Forced under the Treaty Of
Versailles to go through the motions
of trying them, the court made a
practical application Of the principle
of The tishnct which caught in its
mcshes only the little ones and let
the big ones go through.
That was the first step. The sec
ond in the judges progress was to
impose severe sentences upon all
who were found guilty of the slight
est disloyalty to Germany. For
playing ducks and brakes with in
ternationa law, with the interna-
tional rules of war and with the
dictates Of humanity there was no
penalty. But for any act or word
that could be construed as savoring
of treason to Germany she heaviest
of punishments was fitting.
Well, let US for the sake of argu-
ment attribute that to excessive pa
triotic ardor. Not so can the third
step be dismissed. When a man
grossly insulted and libeled the
President of the Reich, he was let
off with a light fine. But when he
published something which might be
interpreted as rejecting upon a few
members of the old military ring, he
was much more heavily punished.
The court did not venture to chal-
lenge the truth of the hideous reports
of the lecherous and obscene orgies
Of the then Crown Prince and many
of his fellow officers. But it could
not endure the thought that thus
aspersions were cast upon the old
military gang as a whole, and so it
decreed far more severe penalty
than that imposed for a mere out
rage upon the President.
1t is poor showing for Judges
in Berlin" 1t indicates that not
only is there no hope of justice in a
case brought against a German by
non Germans, but also that there is
gross discrimination in favor Of
military rather than civil digni-
taries. The spiked helmet rather
than the Liberty cap is still the crest
of the German "republic'
New-York tribune., 1922-01-30
Flaws in St. Lawrence Plan

FRANK NJ. NliilanS, New 0rk 5
state Engineer and Surveyor, has
narshaled number Of reasons
aeains. American participation in
The construction of s.. Lawrence
ship canal Physical conditions
along the St Lawrence route, he
says, arc highly unfavorable. Below
ST. Regis the river runs north of the
fortyffth parallel Of latitude The
winters arc long ana severe and the
lower st. Lawrence is practically
closed for six months each year. At
the mouth of the river is q zone Of
heavy fogs. The Gulf of St. Law
renee is known as "The Graveyard
Of the Atlantic" Insurance rates for
st. Lawrence traffic are higher than
those for ordinary Atlantic Coast
traffic, and no insurance can be had
on vessels using the river later than
November.
The appeal which the st. Law
renee project makes to the lake re-
gion is largely psychological There
is a thrill in the idea that the lake
ports arc to be converted into ocean
terminals and the present lake
steamers to be replaced by ocean
carriers. The former are an eco
nomlcal type, however, readily load
ed and unloaded, carrying much
smaller crews for the same tonnage
and paying only a third Of the in
surancc premiums which ocean
steamers pay. A type suited to canal
use would have greater draught
and much less speed than the lake
steamer, and its cost Of operation
over the 2.200 miles between Duluth
and the sea would be far greater
than the cost Of operating the pres
cnt lake craft and The Erie Canals
bargcs to tidewatcr at New York.
Mr.. Williams says that the cost
estimate contained in the lnterna-
tlonal Joint Commissions report
S2o2 900, ,000--is much too low. He
believes that if all the 100000
horsepower which the canal advo-
Gates claim will be generated as an
incident Of the canals construction
is actually developed the cost will
be $1,000 900, 900, not including prop
erty damages
The 100000 horsepower which
is to go to the United States, MIR.
Williams also points cut, belongs at
present to the State OF New York.
This state would have to pay % per
cent of the Federal outlay on the
canal. At the same time power
rights now ours would be taken
away from us and turned over to
Joint americana Canadian enter
prise.
But it is not solely because New
Iork's interests are thus sacrificed
that New Workers oppose tho St.
Lawrence project. They believe that
the northern ship canal would be d
poor national investment. The bes,
and cheapest route from the Middle
Ncst TO tideWater is now. as it has
been for generations. that Via tn.
lakes and the Hudson River.
New-York tribune., 1922-01-30

propriate but certainly an unin-
tended object lesson in sanitation.
Still, there is no telling. The
mountain air may yet come to Man.
haitian. Hygienic fashions are often
slow to start but quick to spread
when once they get headway. A
generation which has learned to be-
lieve in germs, which has acquired
the habit Of the daily bath, which
has seen calories some in and cor
sets go out, is not one to gasp Mt
such a little thing as synthetic air.
New-York tribune., 1922-01-30
"Coddling" Prisoners
Danger in Uninformcd Criticism Of
Penal Methods

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: There is much spoken and writ
ten to-day of the "coddling' of crimi-
nails in prison. Much of such talk is
by persons who have never seen tho IN
side of prison. Other persons act OF
write on little accurate knowledge, but
with strong emotion
Prisons arc most complicated institu-
tions to administer. In the same prison
arc all sorts Of inmates, requiring a
great variety Of individual treatment
Health requires exercise. Abominablc
cells at Sing Sing q century old, and
not such as one would keep valuable
animal in, warrant reasonable efforts
to supply activities for prisoners out
side Of those cells in carly evening
hours
There is probably hardly a prison in
the United States that does not permit
its prisoners HI occasional baseball
game within the walls Disciplinary
troubles arc fewer on that account and
health is better. This is only ono in
stance for the reasonable use Of rccrc-
alton.
Undoubtedly "coddling" Of prisoners
does exist in places. The public, on
the other hand. would never tolerate a
rcvcrsion to the brutal days of the past
The danger of the present day is that
certain members of the public, inveigh
ing against the "coddling" of criminals
may do an irreparable damage to the
development Of the penal system, which
is fundamentally sound although open
to just criticism in specific instances.
GEORGE W. WICKERSHAM.
Chairman Executive Committee Of the
Prison Association of New York.
New York, Jan. 26, 1922.
New-York tribune., 1922-01-30
The St. Lawrence Waterwa,

TO the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: Your editorial this morning OF
the "Lakes-to- Canal" approacnes
this subject fairly and frankly nv
truer word hss been said than ''n'
West is entitled to the outlet wn'co -
economically most advantageous. 81
you sure that the long. narrow 'o'e
canal across New York State Is oe''''
than the St Lawrence River CANA =.
all concerned? Granted that, itspss
ter for New York, if mere incrssse
business and congestion of business o.
better for New York. Perhaps such eo"
gestion. however, is not better for 'ns
business.
New York Is inclined to demand ~ns'
she personally wants and to get peeS''a
If it is not granted. New York Is e;s'
looking out for New York's best >.
terest, but not always for Amer'es > >
welfare. 1t is naturally CALLING to th'ns
that any city, American OK Canao'A1. :.
should rival New York as q seapors :, :,
is naturally disconcerting to peru,
ocean bound freight to reach the oe'..
without permitting New York 10 ''N'
its toll for handling!
Perhaps Matchmaking and deye'op'',
of the Erie Canal is good thing p.
building the st. Lawrence wateF"ss. !.
better thing for present pus'o
And perhaps, after New York hss
come one Of the best equipped ss
as most capacious ports in the wos'o
and has solved its local housing, S'sn'
portation. education and trafnc psS.
lens, it will deserve an Erie ship eane
which may then be built. ". RE
New York, Jan. %. 1929.
New-York tribune., 1922-01-30
More Truth Than Poetry
By James J. Montague

A Protected Industry
In dear old Paris, years ago,
When managers produced show,
And carping scribes
Penned diatribes
Upon the leading actors,
The actors, as in duty bound,
Next morning sent their cards
around,
And asked the right
To meet and fight
Their cynical detractors.
To-day an actor cannot start
A duel to defend his art,
Although the raps
OF critic chaps
Arouse his savage dander.
He's not permitted to run through
The writer of harsh review.
But may assuage
His righteous rage
By bringing suit for slandek
In consequence the critics stuff
In Paris is becoming rough.
Full we'll they wot
They can't be shot
For getting mean or funny.
And, if the actor should resort
For satisfaction to a court,
1t will not fright
The men who write
They haven't any money
New-York tribune., 1922-01-30
And Nov Moliere

After Shakespeare. Moliere. 1t is
VOW nearly two-,lirds Of century
.lnce that accomplished though err
-:.tic woman, Della Bacon, with the
assistance of Nathaniel Hawthorne,
developed into great Mterarv and
popular propaganda the tfeory.t6 ~
erto coHhned - an :ns't4...cs
ira o SIS a!scsp~1- ,,-4e
: ga .f.e ;t ''se.~,s saeos..
->n'F $685. [ctcens4aar " 'ie
l.s.a - zi-.e.r. thcrs is all asscmpt
q %.Hsii~f ssspl9isasa OF sne idea
New-York tribune., 1922-01-30
An Authority
(Trom The Chicago Daily Ne,o.

fFron, The Chicago Daily Ne,os)
H. G. Wells thinks the United State.
ought to take over the management of
Europe. This is very fatterine to the
United States, inasmuch as the super
manager Of the universe. Mr.. Wells.
has had opportunity to study the capac-
tiles Of many submanagers.
New-York tribune., 1922-01-30

coins Secretary Of State as a man Of
wide reading and genuine scholarship.
Yet Drnkwater in Abraham Lincoln
gives US this bit of dialogue:
Lincoln (after a pause e)-"There is
tide in the affairs Of men," Do
you read Shakespeare, Seward?
Seward-Shakespeare? No.
Recently l spent some days in the
old Seward mansion in Auburn, n. y,
visiting my friend, the present William
Seward, grandson Of the Secretary, and
had the opportunity Of examining Sec
retary Stewards extensive library.
There are no less than three editions
Of Shakespeare in it-there may be
more-one Of which is literally mar
gined with notes in the Secretary's un
mistakable handwriting. Yet Mr..
Drinkwater, in a single line, points him
as exhaustively ignorant upon the sub
ject
Suppose, by way Of paraphrase, an
American playwright were to produce
a play dealing with the life of Glad
stone and include in it this historical
touch:
Queen victoria-Mr. Gladstone. arc
you familiar with Latin?
Gladstonc-No, your majesty. 7 know
nothing Of the language.
"The mind shudders at the thought
of what British criticism would do to
him!"
There Is good Lincoln story In the
February "Boohman," by Kendall Ban
ming, about the Presidents memorable
letter to Lydia Bixby, "the mother Of
the five sons who were killed in bat
tlc,' and whose sacrifice was happily
shown by later developments to be less
than 1t was believed to be at the time.
The letter, in which Father Abraham
reached forth his hand to comfort one
or the lowliest of his children" and
which is now in the J. Pierpont Morgan
collection, is reproduced.
To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: ! think "Duzcn" WRITING about
George Jean Nathan) has slightly mis-
quoted the extract from the "Ode on
Grecian Urn" Isn't it
Beauty is truth, truth beauty, that is all
fc know on earth. and all We need IN know
HELENE BENNETT.
10 Van Rcipen Avenue, Jersey City.
Jan. 35, 1922.
"Hergeshcimcr's Cythcrca' will never
be dramatized," said Martin Herman
tho other day, because there is no
actress living who could understand
tho character OF Savina Grove" Mr..
herman added that he knew two or
'hrec, however, who would be able to
.mpcrsonate the doll. From several
"Cytherea' casts suggested vagrantly
by newspaper and show men while at
luncheon last Friday this is selected
as one of the least impossible:
: parta amny Handon. Margaret Wyche riley
~. ~ so'l MOTIFS. ......- Ralph Morgan
Anette Shsrc,,, Lillian Gish
Iiaire Norris. Kathlene MacDoweii
a. e.ce Auclan. Irene Tenwick
Wjl,i.,r encot.. E ......--. Frank Burbeck
"a aniaI Hiove. Paul Everton
Da"'0' "ahooh. ..... Harry G. Browne
X
If Winter Comes" is to be motion
photographed by the Famous PLAYERS
Lasky Corporation, with James Kirk
wood in the role of Mark Sabre. The
picture will be made in England.
Henry's Latest
New-York tribune., 1922-01-30
Henry's Latest

(Frons The Syracuse Post-Stondord)
Henry Ford has new hobby. He
"ants the United States to print mill
IONS Of grecnbacks, "based upon the
'esources of the country" so we may
all be rich, as they are in Russia.
New-York tribune., 1922-01-30
Poker REQUIEM

Stand by his bier With bowed down head
And drop tear of sorrow in it,
Joscphus pillworth never said
"I'll stay. I'm shy for just a minute"
New-York tribune., 1922-01-30
The Returning

The Returning
There. a little white house on the
breast Of the hi1l;
There's we'll with sweep and a
barn;
There's a NOV that it takes twenty
wagons to fill;
There is also a hearth where when
weather is chill,
The countryfolk gather to yarn.
There's a rutted dirt road; it's a path
way that leads
To simplicity, quiet and peace.
1t calls and it beckons the exile who
needs
The scent Of its dust, and his weary
car heeds
Its voice and he longs for release.
And one Of these days am going again.
shall break from the lettering cord.
shall forget cities; their strife and
their pain.
shall live with the hills. l shall drink
of the rain.
And be most unholily bored.
" Hu Honor doesn't stop TALKING
about tho advantages Of busscs, the
first thing he k'tows Governor Miller is
9o1ng TO eo11,s out il, favor Of them.
Thus far We have received six inter
pretations Of the Amy Lowell white
Currant" poem, recently reprinted in
this, in the manner Of speaking, funny
column. The only trouble with most
OF them Is that they seem to need de-
coding quite as much as tho oririna,
We still are uncertain whether we're
too lazy to understand this ultra-mod- -
ern verse or whether tho writer's
thereof are too lazy to make themselves
understood.
After all, 1t may be our environment
that keeps US from q proper apprecia-
tion Of true lyric worth. When you've
sat and glared six days week for
three weeks at hat rack, map Of Cen
trail Europe, last years calendar and
portrait of Bayard Taylor, you begin
to feel that somewhere in tho world
there may be more effective incite-
ments to beauty.
YATES ONLY GOLFER UNDER
EIGHTY" announces "The Newoyls
News," o'sd ". J. S., .0ho calls this to
our attention, also announces his in,-
petuous purpose to begin TO tutor in
tho sport on his seventy-ninth birthdny.
Promises Leave Us Entirely Neutral
r. F. ": You seem to Sc finding
some alleviation of the hardships Of
The Tower. Having promoted scran
between lady contribs, one of them is
promising to feed you pie that she NAV
win the decision. And you suggest that
it be your favorite kind. Verify. all
crust doth not abide in the institute.
M. B. T.
Right out Of footncte in Mr.. Bot.-
ford's history of Greece we've obtained
what will probably be the most erudite
ending of The Tower during our brief
period Of janitoring Listen!
Nulla diea alma Uoa. N n -,
New-York tribune., 1922-01-30

While the City Hall houses its pres
cnt tenants it's difficult to commiseratc
with those whose aesthetic scnscs arc
offended by the present Federal Build
inc
New-York tribune., 1922-01-30

"History's kind Of funny at that"
says Uncle Abimelcch Bogardus, OF
Preakness, N. j. "It's all about nations
what overpopulatc their territory and
have wars so that they can get moro
territory to ovcrpopulatc and have
wars"
New-York tribune., 1922-01-30
The Tower
LONG BEACH: JANUARY

LONG BEACH: JANUARY
The home of the most high God
Is tiled with amazing blue.
Mortal has never trod
Stone of so brave Il hue;
The living blue Of the living
sea that the whitecaps
trample through.
The walls of the house are gray ;
Tranquil and soft and kind.
Color of dusk are they
Or the sheen that His children
find
On the silver wings Of the
screaming gull as he
wheels in the winter wind.
New-York tribune., 1922-01-30
Difference Of Method

The Germans have been buying
plots for consulates in this countr''
The time is past when they col'u
make plots here.
New-York tribune., 1922-01-30
Dull Dog

I.ittle is to be said for the doS
which g~owled at movie villain IN
less he came IN too late to get LOOK
at the hero.
Copyright by james J. Montague :
New-York tribune., 1922-01-30
SHADOWS

Shadows are lovely things,
Slender and tall,
Black on the pool and field;
Black on the wall.
Shadows are lovely things,
Crooked or straight.
Strange men should choose them for
Symbols Of hate.
MABEr WIYra SrMpcoN
New-York tribune., 1922-01-30
qua p AN ~

Wv ear rurcss,s msrchancs,e HI
'kI 8Ust sth so.cluis sa!et,--'cf n oiss4tisf4.-
tsr' '-as 4, At, vht tFtBOst susfsa-
f'r' q sosr bsst uycn He
tA,t. no e1t5 70 We .es- ,songi'y &
ne a-segt.scf
New-York tribune., 1922-01-30
MABEL WILEs SIMPSON.

People should smile more, Charles
M. Schwab tells the universe, and then
goes on to announce that he's spend
ing S26,o00,00o more on his steel plant.
After frowning over it for several
minutes VIC can't think Of single rea-
son why, II we were in Mr.. Schwab's
place, our smiling average for the sea-
son should be less than 1905 per cent
In fashio~ heroldto this column ed. ramps
To frighten tho Customers sending in
stamps.
New-York tribune., 1922-01-30
A Good Opener

Evidently Kid Wedge thought mis-
name would get him into Harvard.
New-York tribune., 1922-01-30

Humdrum though our life nay be, we
have still the thrill each morning Of
betting with ourself as to how many
locals are going to pass our express
and If that doesn't agitate our 1.ervcs
sufficiently we can always work up ex-
citement wondering whether the Park
Place escalator is going to break down
before we get to the top.
Tho rush hour locals, By the way, are
tho trains that usually stop only at the
stations.
New-York tribune., 1922-01-30

If Winter Comes is to be motion
Photographed by the Famous Players-
Lasky Corporation, with James Kirk
wood in the role of Mark Sabre. The
picture will be made in England.
New-York tribune., 1922-01-30

Right out Of footncte in Mr.. Bots
ford's history of Greece we've obtained
what will probably be the most erudite
ending OF The Tower during our brief
period Of janitoring. Listen!
New-York tribune., 1922-01-30
ct

ttff
- -rs- e.. 80 MO-
fe....i 4..-a G. a cAes
h,
New-York tribune., 1922-01-30

We still are uncertain whether we're
too lazy to understand this ultra-mod
ern verse or whether tho writer's
thereof are too lazy to make themselves
understood.
New-York tribune., 1922-01-30

Thus far we have received six inter
pretatons Of the Amy Lowell white
Currant" poem, recently reprinted in
this, in the manner Of speaking, funny
column. The only trouble with most
OF them is that they seem to need de-
coding quite as much as tho original.
New-York tribune., 1922-01-30

YATES ONLY GOLFER UNDER
EIGHTY announces "The NewoyAs
News" and ". J. s., ,Oho calls this to
our attention, also announces his i'm
petuous purpose to begin TO tutor IN
tho sport o., his seventu.nirth birtbdn.
New-York tribune., 1922-01-30

II His Honor doesn't stop tnlking
about tho advantages Of busscs, the
first thing he k,toUs Governor Miller is
going TO corse out il, favor OF them.
New-York tribune., 1922-01-30

Nulla dies sine linea.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1922-03-06
Cold! Lumbago,
Or Stiff Back
Old st. Jacobs OH will stop
pain and stiffness In .
fsW moments

All! Pain is gone! st. Jacobs Oil
acts almost like magic.
Quickly?-Yes. Almost instant re-
lief from soreness. stiffness. lame
ness and pain follows a gentle rub.
hing with ST. Jacobs Oil
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1922-03-06
KILL INcURABLE INSANE
PATIENTS, SAYS PASTOR

WORCESTER. Mass. March G.
Kill the hopelessly insane to make
room for durable patients in public
institutions, is the proposal Of the
Rev. r. s. VIM, a member Of the
house committee on public institu.
tions, that has shocked many who
have heard Il.
Winn declares himself in favor OF
mercifully ending the sufferings OF
The more violently and hopelessly in.
sane.
He has also attracted considerable
notice by his arraignment Of dan.
cling, which, he says. Is responsible
for the presence of many Of the
young women now confined to in
stitutions for tuberculosis patients.