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New-York tribune., 1922-02-28
Al Westminster To-day

From this side of the water the
heartes, good wishes will be broad
castcd to-day to Princess Mary and
to Niscount Lascelles, to whom she
gives her hand in marriage. not
emitting the promise to "obey' The
bride he self has expressed her
qualification that happy fortune
has willod that sAe shall spend her
life among hey own people with the
husband Of her choice She does
not say that reasons Of statecraft
might have compelled her TO adorn
a foreign court, but the only daugh-
ters Of kings have not always had
their way.
1t is an interesting example Of
the continuity of English life that
this royal marriage is 653 years
distant from the last that was
solemnized in Westminster Abbey,
when Henry HIS second son.
>NHiui4t' tIiul | icu ANtllnG OF La u
caster. There stands the venerable
abbey much the same. and anti
quamans can doubtless tell US that
the wedding ceremonial and trap
pings are not so vastly different
from those Of the Plantagencts.
The professional features Of
the occasion viii afford the London
ers. as the cable says. "a spectacle
OF surprising elegance" The Lou
don "bobbics' will have a busy day.
The pageantry would not be less
sp.endid if a brokcn-hcarted prin-
cess We're being bestowed ON a
prlncelng She detested; bat it will
be merrier. colored as it is with
the warm human sympathy that
soes out to Wholesome girl. we'll
loved of the people, who has chosen
10 cast her lot with sterling fellow
countryman whose qualities have
been proved
New-York tribune., 1922-02-28

ccptcd the tripartite treaty draft
as compensation for the surrcn-
der of French claims on the Rhine.
He discovered aftervard that he had
traded something for nothing.
French difficulties in the last three
Years have been aggravated by that
miShar Now partial rcpsration has
been made and the treaty status q'1o
in Europe has been fortified
S;abilization in Europe can come
only through the continued concert
& the two powers most concerned III
and most responsible for the peace
settlements. Ii has been brought
much nearer by the happy results
Of the Boulogrc conference. which
in Importance viii probably far out
weigh any results attalnablc at
Genoa
New-York tribune., 1922-02-28

Of this metropolis to ask for hclp III
their hour of need. he knows that
the interests of the state arc bound
up with the interests of its port and
largest city. And as Governor of
the state he doesn't intend to have
these interests menaced by Tam
many grab for more power.
Pending the submission Of new
charter by the commission the city If
comparatively safe from Tammany
IN the matter Of transit and the
schools. The Transit Commission
has taken the wind out of Tam
many'S sails by establishing the fact
that its real objective is a scent
fare. The Tribunc's exposure of
The 1ammany plot to turn the
schools into a Note-gctting machine
has temporarily frightened the poll
,icisns out Of the schoolhouscs
Other home rule measures can
wait for action by the Charter Com
mission. Unfortunately, the police
and ctner city departments arc still
in Tammanys hands The power Of
removal, however. remains with the
Governor. And if conditions become
intolcrablc hc can use it.
Meanwhile. there viii be no rush
hour legislation. The new charter
viii probably be ready for a next
session of the Legislature Us prep
sration is in competent hands. If
adopted. it viii give the city an
adequate measure of home rule, re-
serving to the Legislature and to
the Governor only the right to in
tcrfcrc in emergencies.
New-York tribune., 1922-02-28
Hollywood
To the Editor Of The Tribune.

TO the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: From coast TO coast the tonic
OF the day seems to be the whole sa le
condemnation of thousands of earnest
workers in the motion picture Industry
Tor the shortcomings Of few. The
public, so ready to take to their hearts
the members OF that organization that
has given Joy TO the rich as we'll as
the poor, seems as quick to forget, and
directs its attention 10 censorship.
The motion picture people have been
ever ready to respond to any public
need. such as Liberty Loan drives.
extra matinces, fairs, etc, and the re-
sponse has been sincere. have been
associated with the motion pictures for
years, have lived in Hollywood, that
much maligned suburb, and in my con-
tact with the studios and their people
nave found them as Woodworking and
perhaps even more moral than most
communities. especially those whose
people live more or less in the public
eye. They cannot conceal as much as
their neighbors who are more obscure
and taking that into cons Iteration the
percentage Of scandal among the thou
sands OF workers is Surprisingly small
]. EDWARD TRIPPE.
Los Angeles, Csli1.. Ea6. 22, 1902
New-York tribune., 1922-02-28
home Rule and the New Charter

host OF The bills providing for \
'arger measure OF home rule for
New York City now before the
Legislature would best be referred
to the Charter Commission. New
YORK City wants home rule. but il
doesn't want the sort Of home rule
chat viii fasten tho grip of = bad
administration 50 firmly upon it 1hat
the latter cannot be shaken of. New
YORK wants home rule by the Ell.
zens, MOI home rule by incompetent
eitg officials.
The Tanamany shout fol home
'l'e is. Of course. hypoceiticai. Tam
many desires only to increase its
power N New York. 1t wants con
uoi not only Of the Offices it is now
administering, but of the transit
Haes ana TIC schools Any Depart
ment of government that can be
made ilto d politica machine Tam
many wants to manage Spoils are
IL only obiec'
To deprive tie Legislature or the
Governor Of al veto power over the
New York City administration wouid
be merely To lisk government here
by { corrupt amnanv oligarchy.
The mea behi1d most Of DE home
rue bilia IN the Legislature are
perfectly aware OF TINS That is
way they are behind the oils.
An attenp, viii he made to rush
some of those measures through the
Legislature il" the few remaining
days Of is session There is az
eneouraeing prospect that this at
tempt Wiz fail Governor Miller.
while faVonne home rule. is inclined
to believe that i, can best be brought
about by careful consideration by
The Charter Commission of all bills
relating TO New York Citvs govern
ment.
The Governor is sufficiently prac-
tea 70 understand the Tammany
oatcry for home Iuie. lie will not
consent to legislation which will put
il beyond the power Of the citizens
New-York tribune., 1922-02-28
Iidc-Ovcr Jobs

To the Editor OF The Tribune
Sir: To-day in New York City there
are many thousands Of men out Of
work, heads Of families, honest, indus
trious, hard wording men; men Who
feel the sponsibi'ty that IS theirs
for providing for their wives and chill
dren; whose records show that thev
nave always done their best 70 meet
that responsibility. If every employer
would decide to add one or two men 70
his force for month, doing perhaps
work which IS being held for a more
propItious time, it would mean the Big
difference between "a Job and no job
for many OF these men An old sugges-
tion, know. So also Is the Golden Rule.
One other way; The New York Asso-
citation for Improving the Condition Of
the Poor has at present some twenty
six family men at work in the Bronx
Geological Park doing work at diech,ng,
wood clearing, etc, which would not
be done at this time by the regular
park force. 1t IS paying the wages o.
these men in order that the men may
provide life's necessaries for their
families by work rather than by relief
given.
These men work under the direction
Of the regular park foreman and under
the usual conditions obtaining as TO
efficiency. More men could be used
there under the same plan If You are
interested in some one family which is
III distress from the father being out
OF work, and are wondering how hest
you can help them tide over the diff
flculty, is not this a way. il no other
work can possibly be secured?
Still again: Would IL not be worth
while for the city itself to do some
work of this kind on large scale in
Central Park and others? 1t would be
the answer to the bread line. 1t would
be the answer to the large group of
men now being fed and housed by the
city at various lodging houses-wors.
WILLIAM II. MATTHEWS.
New York, Feb. 27, 1922
New-York tribune., 1922-02-28
The Passing Family Doctor

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: What has become of the old
time general practitioner, commonly
known IS the family doctor? asks Go
iumba" in The Tribune In reply il
may be stated that he still fingers in
out-of-the-way places and among com.
monplace people like the old-fashione ed
principles and tho fashioned vir.
tues.
Something about him, when he is
met, suggests that he belongs with
such departing posscssions as ole
friends. old times, old songs and ole
revercnces. Needless TO say, he is out
OF harmony with jazz, with free verse
and with free and easy manners ane
principles Of the hour. OCCASIONAL,
something of the traditions belongings
to his day and calling may still b>
New-York tribune., 1922-02-28
Route 25 Sidetracked
Small Hope for Adirondack Road
the People Voted For

10 the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: At the fall election of 1918
the people of the state of New York
voted for a state road" from Old
Forge, Herklmcr County, north through
Eagle Bay, Raquettc Lake, Blue Noun
tain Lake and thence through the Adj :
rondach Mountain region to Saranac
Lake and vicinity.
This proposition was carried by a
majority Of 100000. showing that the
people of the State Of New, York ap-
precjatcd their forest preserve land
and wanted communication through it.
1t seems that in order to carry out
the wishes OF The people OF this state
It is necessary TO first get the O. x o.
the boards Of supervisors of the re
spective counties traversed by the pro-
posed road
Anticipating no trouble on that score,
John w. Barker, Supervisor Of the
Town Of Webb. the township in which
the Village OF Old Forge is located, in
troduced a resolution in the Herkimcr
County Board Of Supervisors, which
"as passed unanimously. authorizing
construction at once OF the route that
IS now knoNn as Route 30" Much to
his surprise, the matter was side
tracked at different times in favor OF
what is known as Route 2S." pro.
posed route which runs for eight miles
through timbered waste land and ends
at the Hcrkimer Hamilton County line,
which is over eight miles from any
connecting link.
Supervisor Barker enlisted the aid OF
the chambers of commerce in Ilion,
HerAimer, Little Falls and other nv
inequalities In this section and made
trips to Albany and elsewhere to Sc
cure the carrying out OF the desires OF
the people. Theodore Gross, OF Utica
and others secured the indorsemen
Of the automobile associations OF the
State Of New York and Mr.. Cross made
several trips to Albany in the inter
csts Of the road
There seems to be an passable
barrier, politically, to the construction
Of this road. Mr.. Cross was told very
bluntly on his last trip to Albany tina.
he must get the Endorsement OF loca.
politicians before Route 20" would be
considered ahead Of the present plans
and this in spite OF the fact that there
arc not over ten families located alona
proposed Route 90" and there are
thousands living OF Route 25."
AS the matter stands now "Routs
25' VIII not be built, and the only piecs
Of road that the State Of New Yorl
ever voted to build remains unbuilt
four years after the proposition wa:
carried by an overwhelming majority
for the simple reason that local poll
tcians in central New York for some
reason have decided on Route 90,
which starts nowhere, ends nowhere
and does no one any apparent good.
CARROLL A. THOMPSON.
Old Forge, N. Y, Feb. 25, 1929.
New-York tribune., 1922-02-28

prisoners for automobile trips to
New York and no petting Oh
favortes. The discipline, as he says,
has been stern and wholesome.
And in spite of the lack Of the old
fashioned methods it is still neccs-
sary for policemen TO conduct
criminals to that institution Nobody
ever tries to break in.
There is no doubt that the build
ing Is antiouated and should be
torn down. or that many new
method OF dealing with criminslsare
necessary Among these is ono pro-
vidcd for by bill now pending in
the Legislature by the terms of
which the relatives of prisoners will
be paid for the work they do, thus
lcsscning the hardship imposed upon
the innocent by the guilty.
Sing Sing under Mr. Lawes is n
place Of sautary punishment, IS
we'll as an agency which seeks to re
form the criminals There is nc
codding.. no luxury And even
if there were the people of New
York City would he safer if the
gentry now engaged in the bandit
business were incarcerated there.
If MIR. Enright would stop worry
ing about Sing Sing Injuries and
send more criminals thithcr the ap-
pal'lng crime list in his territory
might be cut down.
New-York tribune., 1922-02-28
Suffrage Constitutional

By a unanimous decision the Su-
prone Court Yesterday declared
that the Nineteenth Amendment
to the Constitution docs not con
nict with Article Y and is valid and
binding
This dccision the first gwen by
the Supreme Court on the constitu-
tionalty of the amendment, arose
from 4 test case brought before the
Maryland courts The amendment
had been challenged on three
grounds first, that it was outside
the amending power Of the Federal
Constitutions: second, that owing to
the nature Of their constitutions five
states could not ratify the amend
mcnt, and third. that the activities
Of suffrage leaders in some Of the
atcs had been illegal. All Of these
were declared by the Supreme Court
TO be unsound.
Thi, decision makes future dis
cussions of the subject academic
Duly ratified by the requisite num-
bor Of states and when questioned.
declared by the Supreme Court to
he legal and binding, the amend
ment is here to stay and its scope
and application arc defined. Support
o's of woman suffrage may rightly
iecl that their fight has not only been
won. but that tho fruits of their
victory win be handed down to
thcir children.
New-York tribune., 1922-02-28
"Bushwhacking the Navy

I 0 the Editor OF The Tribune.
Sir: Thanks for your cdltorlsl
bushwhscking the Navy Both the
officers aud mcn OF the service have
come to the point of feeling that they
have no fricnds-but We nave onc.
The "gobs' can be heard to say
"Why don't they do away with the navy
II they don't want onc9' Which ex-
presses the officers feelings also.
1t might be well for the American
people not to forget that the navy did
as much as it possibly could (under con
ditions that then existcd) for its coun-
try during tho war. And the war was
not 50 long ago. Better little re
membrance than to wake up in q
few years and find We have navy
cqualing Frances or ltaly's.
ONE OF THE NAVY.
Brooklyn, Feb. %, 1922
New-York tribune., 1922-02-28
Make Germany Pay

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: ] am s. friend OF Francs sns
MY soul IS tried day by day by 0s',
many's non-payment OF her dept
want TO ask if nothing can be d0a' ,,
compel payment. II England .nD
America were 10 sgree TO buy noIn'"h
of Germany perhaps she would h"' "
best not to stick TO her misrspressn's
tions as TO her ability to pay. II "',
be answered that if she csnno' w..
she will have nothing TO pay WIFE, 'O'
that is not so. She has wealth oe"'
it AS she may: and If she were tnfe'.
ened some impression could be 'ns''
upon her.
What has come to Us Amer'cAn'
that we do not help our old snd ce''
friend France in her dIstressful e''
cumstances? Why do we not give Dc
fully and freely the assurance OF o.
support in case of need against rus'n'
outrage Il is all that is wanteo {
asked for. LOUISE HENhi'
Morristown, n. j., Feb. &c. 1922
New-York tribune., 1922-02-28
I.iberating the Railroads


J sustained the section Of the Esch-
Cummins law giving the Interstate
Commerce Commission power 10
regulate intrastate rates. i'm conucc-
tion With tho regulation of inter
State rates IN SO doing the court
la. followed IT'S OWN past logic to d
legitimate conclusion. The Tsch-
CumminS law provision was based
on Judicial Interpretations which
tad gradually developed the theory
that tic railroads were an IN
strumon;ality natioral m character.
serving national purposes. and rad
outeto4n eenaoing state rostrc-
,ions
If Fedora control OF the railroads
a. to he exercised and Federal re
eponsiblity for the results Of such
control was to be admitted. the
Federal government could not be cN-
pcctcd to share the rate making
authority with forty-cight indie
pendent regulative bodies in the
forty-eieht states. The Nsch-Cum-
mins act guaranteed the railroads
fair return on them Investment
and rates which would bring them
1hs return Ii would be d promise
to the car broken TO the hope if the
s ate raIroad commissions could
refuse to cooperatc with the Inter
state Commerce Commission and at
tempt to impose iNtlastatc rates in
conflict With Yates on interstate
business. tending both to derangc
Interstate traffic and to unset,e the
general rate fabric.
When Tic Interstate Commerce
Commission rai sed railroad passon-
ger rates IN 1920 the New Yorh
state authorities refused TO bar
monizc intrastate charges with in
terstatc charges. They lost their
case in the lower Federal courts
and, in conjunction with other state
reeuiatvc bodies appealed to the
Supreme Court They are now de-
feated again, and the end Of on
structive local rate regulation is at
tand.
The Supreme Court has again
sbown its nationalist spirjt in dc
tending a power which ought to 6e
lodged in the nation from statc en-
sroachmen; Tic day Of The rail-
soad as creature Of state. re
trained for local advantage and
hardened with regulations lnlmical
to the development Of rational
transportation system, has long
since passed The appea by the
stste commissions to the Supreme
Court was the last gasp Of the old
parochial order. The state com
missions VIII probably retain advi-
sory powers. They should not have
any broader powers
Transportation has federalizcd it
self. The Supreme Court recog-
nizes this undisputed fact and at the
same time vindicates the Constitu-
tons original conception Of COM
mefce untrammeled by STATE
boundaries.
New-York tribune., 1922-02-28

awakened in those who have succeeded
him in ministering to those who, from
their worldly circumstances, are called
the "better classes
With the city and tn state to-day
announcing themselves as the family
physicians of the people, with the na-
tional government assuming the pre-
natal care Of thc mothers ard infants
Of the country, and the employer as
suming Tire responsibility for the
health o. his employees, there will
soon be 10 more need for the family
physician. JOHN P. DAWN, ND.
New York. Feb. 25, 1922.
New-York tribune., 1922-02-28
Psychological Tests
Telling Not What Student Knows
But What he Can Do

lJut w nat lC AGIl NO
10 tho Editor Of The Tribune.
SIR: In you editorial "Tho Futil.ty
of the Quiz in to-days Tribune YOU
seem to confuse the quiz with the in
telligoncc test You say that the cir
cumstancc that college professors have
lower ratings than college freshmen
in tests of Intelligence" demonstrates
"how futile is tNc quiz method of de
term'ning intellectual ability" You
then comment ON the uselessness Of
loadine the memory with facts and fig
urcs that can be found in a book OF
reference
know of no experiments Comparing
college professors and freshmen by
psychologicsl tests, but it appears that
some university presidents in recent
test did not do as we'll as college fresh
men. and fifteen years ago found that
distinguished scientific mon did not do
better than freshmen. The explanation
IS that the three groups have much
the same degree Of natural intelligence
and KIND Of special training that the
army Intelligence tests measure.
But among the freshmen those who
do best in tho intelligence tcsts arc
likely 20 do best in their college work.
and viii probably accomplish the most
IN after life The advantage Of the
tests is that They give US more in
formation in regard to the htne7s Of 3
student for college than a memory cx
animation for which he can bc crammed
and I'M preparation for which Years OF
his life have m large measure beer
misspent. The psychological tests tell
US, and as they become perfected will
do so more exactly not What an in
dividual knows, but what hc can do
j. M'kEEN CATTELl.,
New loro. Feb. 26. 1920.
New-York tribune., 1922-02-28
No Bonus, SAYS A. +. +. Man

W DOiius' DAYS ~. l.. + Man
To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: One of your correspondents in
forms the public that he has never met
az eX-scrvice man VINO expressed him
self as being opposed to the bonus.
Now am a bona fde cx-scrvicc man.
having spent eighteen months in scrv
ice. and twelve Of these were in the
front lines in France ! was gassed
and have spent quite sum Of money
in getting rid of the effects. am op
posed to the bonus, as it is proposed
on the following grounds:
l. bonus a. this time viii Increase
the burden of taxation immea suraoly
The general public. even you and |,
Will pay for it,
>. The finances Of the government
arc not in a condition to award it.
5. The average cX-service man is not
in any special need OF it, say this
because each man has had practically
two years IN shich to adjust himself
and that, to my mind is sufficient Or
course, there are probably exceptions
but the chances are that those who
have failed to find work either did not
want to find it OF would not have ad
justed themselves under any conditions
have quite all acquaintance among
cN-servicc men, and tho majority Of
them have expressed sentiments
against it for the very reasons that
have set forth above.
DO believe that cX-service men are
entitled to any reward certainly
DO! Money No, There is not suf
ficient money in the whole L. S A. tc
pay the service men that which is due
them. How hall they be paid? By the
&c pect and undying gratitude of the
American people. Strange to say, thi.
payment has not taken any great steg
forward. II. X. X.
New York Feb. %. 1922.