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New-York tribune., 1922-10-31
By Frederic F. Van de Water
eonyrighs, 1sa2. New Yerk Trsbuno Ife

/ to aspire to membership with the
Olympians.
We belong to that great and un-
comfortable majority who have ac-
cepted the words Of others until they
don't know thing about art and are
not at all certain what they should
like. From this lamentable state we
are not going to surge desperately
toward enlightenment. We are going
to slump. We are going to become pre-
Raphaelite or something in cur atti-
tude toward literature. Maybe the
word we are after is honest
That sounds swashbuckling and an
dependent. Actually, it isn't either one.
It's only frank admission of our dis
qualifications. Consider them.
We don't know Neysa McMein. We
don't even know whether or how she
pronounces her name.
We couldn't find the Hotel AIgon-
quin on bet without the aid Of a
directory or cop.
We haven't a single associate Of
our own generation whom we yearn to
press-agent. Our son, being a year
younger than the offspring of Hey
wood Broun, hasn't Chinaman's
chance Of originating anything worth
printing.
We know only one publisher, and the
tact that he charged our account with
sl25 for proof corrections doesn't en-
courage us to enlarge our circle of ac-
quaintances in that direction.
We've never read "Jurgen."
All these omissions in our education
we deplore moderately. There are
others of which-such is our benight-
edness-we are almost inclined to
boast.
1t Is our conviction that Kipling Is
great and that Conrad isn't.
We'd rather read George Barr Nc
New-York tribune., 1922-10-31
Whsn Henry Goes to War

Those Eastern critics of Governor
Allen of Kansas who have been won.
dcring what he would do about the
Ku-klux Klan have now their ar
swer. Behave or get outl" is the
sum and substance Of his utter.
ance upon the horsewhippings ant,
other violent activities Of these
direct-action gentlemen.
In short, when Governor Allen
fights he fights, and his spear knows
neither friend, nor clan, nor brother.
In that raey episode Of Will White s
poster, more or less sympathizing
with the striking shopmen, Henry
treated his best friend exactly as il
he had been a stranger or hated
enemy. The law being what 1t was,
he went right after the editor ana
proprietor of "The EmporIa Ga
zette" and brought the offending
poster down.
The Ku~Klux Klan is powerful in
Kansas. Also, no doubt, It's motives
are often patriotic and right. So
were VIII Whites motives. But a
civilized government cannot endure
II it winks at violence, no matter
how well meant. Governor Aliens
whole strike legislation is founded
On this solid basis Of truth, and by
his action toward the Ku-Klux Klan
he demonstrates afresh that he pro-
poses to live up to his creed, no mat
ter whom it hits.
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this would seem to be g correct dedue-
ton, but if microscope is brought to
bear upon the difference between the
two parties it will be found at once
that although the policies given out by
both are substantially the same the
methods of carrying out these
policies are widely different and are
at the bottom of the upheaval; and
upon this point think it will he
proved by the result of the forthcon,-
ing general election there is absolute
ly no confusion In the minds OF the
electors.
Let me endeavor to explain, If may,
my contention by switching the argu-
ment from politics TO golf. They are
both the great popular games Of the
day, though the latter is played ct a
mans own expense, while the ever IL,
creasing expenses Of the former are
paid out CT the pockets OF the tax
paycr--not infrequently also by the
astonished and impotent taxpayer OF
countries other than the one in which
Me game is played on its national
links.
Mr.. Lloyd George has been the cap
Tain Of team consisting Of Lord
Birkenhead, Mr.. Austen Characteristic,
Sir Hamar Greenwood, Sir Philip Sas-
soon and others, for some years. In
order that there should be no pos
sibility Of their ever being beaten they
have taken advantage of the war, de-
parted from All st. Andrews precedants
and rearranged the clearly laid down
principles Of the game to suit them
selves, by keeping q conapeting team
off the course. Not consent with
communicating the coursp they have
New-York tribune., 1922-10-31
Broadening the Rent Laws

Justices Cropsey, Faber and La
zansky, sitting in the Appellate Term
of the Supreme Court of the I'd De-
partment, handed down last Satur-
day a rent law decision of great i'm
portance to New Yorkers. It, in
effect, extended the operation of rent
laws to all tenants, regardless of the
date on which they obtained possess
sion. Up to now the decision in the
Farnham case has been followed in
all the local courts. 1t held that the
exemptions from dispossession and
other rights conferred on tenants
applied only to those in possession
in September, 1920. These 1920
hold-overs were set apart in a spe-
cial class, which could not be in
creased and which has been steadily
diminishing.
Justice Cropsey's opinion cites the
fact that certain amendments to the
rent laws We're made too late in point
OF time for consideration by the
judges who passed on the Farnhan
case. These amendments, in the
courts view. widened the scope Of
the law and seemed to suggest that
it should be applied without any dis
elimination. The law, Justice Crop
sey remarked, would be greatly
strengthened if relieved of the
charge of protecting only one dimin-
lshing class of tenants. On the
question of extension he said:
ut may be that the greatest need
OF the statutes originally was to pro-
tect tenants who were in possession
But 1t they needed protection there
was then and is now need of protect
ing tenants who were not and ara
not IN possession. Especially is there
need OF protecting those (many thou
sands Of whom there must be) who
were then in possession, but who have
since been obliged to vacate for one
OF the reasons which the housing laws
make the basis of a dispossess at tha
END OF term. Those tenants have
Deen compelled to give up possession
and to seek new quarters under new
landlords. There is no reason whv
they should not be protected the same
as tenants who were more fortunate
and who were not required TO leays
their old dwellings.s
This decision will make It mnch
more difficult for landlords to purs,e
sneir present policy of boosting the
level Of city rents. They have had
the movers and the newcomers to
work on without restraint. Figures
coaected by the Federal Department
Of Labor show that rents In this c;tv
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have risen steadily above the normal.
In December, 1913, the excess was
only 6.5 per cent. Now it liz 56.2
per cent. The pressure for increases
has not been checked by new build
ing. But it will be checked If new
and old tenants alike have the right
to submit rentals to the judgment of
q court.
The Crapsev deeision, if sustained
higher up, will a.so have the effect Of
vastly increasing the demand for an
extension Of the rent laws beyond
February, 1924.
New-York tribune., 1922-10-31
Rlackiscking the Public

Just as the evil consequences Of
the coal strike are beginning to
wasse and there is coed prospect that
there viii be no serious ccal short
age this winter, the international
Lcngshoreman's Association an.
nounces that a strike of the cap
taina Of tidewater coal and grain
Eoats and scaws is threatened un-
less the employers agree to increase
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MUSINGS OF THE OLD SOAK

never seC OUT 10 get drunk In
my life afore that Eighteenth
Amendment come. 1t used to
jist happen to me. Now when I
take a coupla drinks of Home
Brew or Bootlegger's Pride I
never can tell what's gonna
happen to me.
Prohibition is breakin' up the
sanctimony Of the American
Home. It keeps liquor right un-
der the noses Of the children all
the time, instead Of into the bar
room where it oughter be. No
kid should be allowed to drink
liquor afore he is eleven or
twelve years old, and then he
orter be started on soft drinks
like wine an beer. But with
hard stuff around the house all
the time, and their Dad drinkin'
it, how Is the kids gonna escape
evil influences? I guess these
here Prohibitionists won't feel
SO smart when the next war
comes an they find out that the
next generation of posterity is
weaklings jist because they was
learned to drink too young by
liquor bein' in the home.
If you're settin' down all
alone with a bottle O. whisky
Like you mostly do nowadays,
you're likely to drink too much
of 1t. Because you get to
thinkin' Of all your old friends.
and you take a drink for YOUR
self, and you take drink for
one of them friends, and YOU
take another drink for yourself.
and you take a drink for an
other Of them old friends, and
the first thing you know YOUR
feet has got plumb incompatible
with each other. But if all
them old friends was standin'
by the bar alongside Of YOU.
like it used to be in the old days'
they would speak for their
selves, and you'd only get drunk
onc't a day, instead OF two or
three times.
When mans drinkins he
wants to tell his troubles to
some other man, and the other
man says: "Oh, hell, cheer upl
Have one with mel You air,+
got no troublesl" And pretty
soon you amt. But drinkin' at
home you don't get drawed
toward tellin' your troubles to
your wife. In the first place
she's got more'n you have, and
IN the second place she's alwaya
got the idea you ought to be
Workln, at somethin', and in the
thlrd place women gets the idea
that troubles comes from drink
IN, instead of drinkin' bein, the
result Of havin' troubles. / rot
liquor. but what 7 need is en-. an
couragement.
Bartanders is changed sinca
Prohibition come. They used fo
be friends. But now they are
all business men.
DON MARQUIS.
New-York tribune., 1922-10-31
A Protective Measure

fFro4n The caaeuac Dastv Nesrsl
II this country were ever astassss
by d foreign foe and Attorney Genefas
Daughesty's dry law were enferceg
against him we & 4uld not need e
worry. All tina enemy ships wousa
carry liquor sad so woald be bavfss
at the sArss-nniIs limit.
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archy

The compromise indicated above
was forced upon us by outside pres
sure. Archy seems to have worked
upon the general public to such an
extent that he has partially under
mined our position. Left to our
self, we would have let the miserable
insect perish in obscurity before we
granted him single concession. His
mention Of food and clothing Is not
only hokum sentimentality, but it is
hypocritical as well. He has lived
for two years upon the paste and
binding of "The Life Of Leonard
Wood" and 5'The Speeches Of Calvin
Coolidge in our library, and we
have told him repeatedly that when
he gets through with those books he
can begin on Joseph Tunulty's
recollections Of the part that Mr..
Wilson played during Joe's admins
tration. Besides this, if he wishes
variation in his diet, he has access
to countless (or at least uncounted)
poems sent to us by our contributors.
We have been more than just with
him; we have been generous.
Tho broad-aninded publicity agent
does not hesitate to fronulgate the
truth, aohem it falls into its proper
place in has pTopGGanda.
New-York tribune., 1922-10-31
Rather Obvious

E fFroas The Aeniphis Commercial AppeaD
The Greek revolutionary committee
y trying to fix responsibility for the
disaster in Asia Minor. We may be
wrong, but from here it looks as IL
the Turks had a great deal to do
New-York tribune., 1922-10-31

Perhaps among those present at
the former KGiser's wedding will be
the ghost of Edith CoveN.
Says Lloyd George in one of his
speeches: Working with the United
States ought to be one of the chief
purposes Of any government" We
wish we could get United States
government that would work uni
formly for the benefit Of the United
States.
Jenny the Mule seems to haze been
the only detective in that Neav Jer-
seq matrder case a0ith half horse
sense.
New-York tribune., 1922-10-31
Belated Discovery

The only thing startling in the for
mer Kaiser's memoirs was a sort Of
halfway admission that Germany
didn't altogether win the war.
New-York tribune., 1922-10-31
OUR OWN WALL NOTICES

GIVE Me RUM
AND GIVE
Me REST!
THAT is ALL ASK
OF LIFE!
THOSE WHO THINK
THAT WORK
IS BEST
ARE WELCOME TO
THE TOLL AND STRIFE.
GIVE ME-
REST
AND GIVE ME RUM,
A PIPE,
AND TIME TO GO A-FrSHIN',
T'TL ENTERTAIN
THE DREAMS THAT COME,
AND MURMUR:
DEVIL TAKE
AMBITION!"
New-York tribune., 1922-10-31
Not Perceptible to the Eve

Among the present discoveries
credited to the microscope is slight
decline in the cost Of food.
Copyright by James J. Montsguel
New-York tribune., 1922-10-31
lust AS Well

Lloyd George probably isn't wor-
rying about losing his job. He
needed little time off to write
book, anyway.
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The 7oue,
a Communication From Archy
cspr.. Nsw Yerk Tribune lac,. isc'

4 Communication From Archy
thank you boss
for putting me into
BREWER type
instead Of nonpareil
or minio,1
regard it as
a raise In salary
and will work on in
contentment henceforth
and say nothing
about food or
clothing this winter
will get through somehow
as have got through
other winters
you certainly know how
to appeal to the
vanity of the artist
your faithful little
bug archy
New-York tribune., 1922-10-31

are tonic. Garibaidi won freedom
In a red shirt. Muasolini is fighting
for normalcy and Italianism In a |
black one.
The New York herald., 1922-10-22

spectacular play in Iowa's defeat of Yale, GO,
in the first EastWes football game of the Haas
Yale halfbac being thrown by Kadesky of Iowa after
ten yard gain in midfeld Wide World.
The New York herald., 1922-10-22

Lieut.. R. L. Maughan, United
States Army pilot, and the plane
with which he won the Pulitzer
trophy at Mount Clemens. In
a test flight after the race he
established a new world S speed
record of 248.5 miles an hour.
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Read Your Character
BY Dig6Y Phillips
Signals Of Fear


Fear might we'll he made the subiect
or an entire specialized branch of psv.
chology. To great extent it has been
hut the work Is far from complete.
Nevertheless It has brought the scien.
tfic man to the point where he no ionue,
nesplses the coward-at least the physi.
cai coward-but ,pities him instead.
1t has brought him to the point where
nc realizes that much which passes for
courage is merely ignorance, mental in
ABILITY to grasp the seriousness of III.
FISK taken, or the consequences OF il. II
the result is upfavorable.
wise officers, in the medical corps
ana the line, made truly noble usc nf
this knowledge in the war when Tho,
saved many a man from the disgrace NJ
..cowardice' simply by transferring him
from the kind of danger that bis ncrua"
would not stand to the kind that thew
However, there nre unfortunate IN.
dividuals who seem to be accursed u,;th
more than their normal share of t;m;d;tS
in daily life. Sometimes it's nhvsicc,
ana sometimes social timiditv II
either case, II 1t is extreme, il is trait
not difficult to identify. Like tbc ora
tors, you know the timid ones by thei,
gestures. 'Aei'
These gestures are not generous tro,
outward and upward gestures IN
serve closely and you'll see thot tbo,
carry their hands in toward Tho hnSS,
or downward. ''aS
Y
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"The Marriage Gambler"
BY HAZEL DEYO BACHELOR
Copyrioht, 1888. bv Pubic Lcdoer Company

a great deal to intensity her feeling for
him.
The night before the dress rehearsal
they were going hurriedly through the
play for the last time.
Carol had not slept we'll and her
nerves were all on edge. She was verv
gay. however, forcing herself to laugh
ana talk so as not to show her real feel =
ings. She played her part desperately.
1t gave color to her acting. it lifted her
out OF herself and made her vivid
character. and she was astoundingly
When Britton caught her in his arms
IN the second act. she felt a change In
him, and for the first time she looked
directly into his eyes with something
in her own that he had never seen there
before.
His arms tightened about her. "Dar.
ling!' he whispered tcnsely.
Her lashes dropped and she was con
scious that he was going on with his
part: That one sharply whispered word
had been for her ears alone. She chit
her cue from him and went on with her
lines. and the slight trembling of her
voise gave reality to the scene she was
playing.
iHn Suuueniy 1t was over and q
little cheer came from the sidelines.
Carol: you were wonderful" came
IN Grace's voice; "simply wonderful.
as good as professional.
Carol smiled, turned toward Grace.
and found herself looking into Nick's
eyes. He had come in while she was
playing and she had not known it.
Tomorrow-HOw Much Did Nick
Know?
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Welcome Back, "lleut. g."

Dear Cynthia-Greetings! Is there
a little space In the good old column
for an "Old Timer? 1t has been well
over a year since my last letter, has II
not? Guess I am pretty much OF q
stranger to your present contributors.
but perhaps few will remember me.
I have recently returned from the
land OF oil and sandstorms-Texas--
I surely did miss the EVENING PUBLIC
LEDGER and the members Of the x u.
II. c. Texas Is grand old State, but
do you know, couldn't resist the desire
to come back TO Philadelphia, the City
of Beautiful Girls" I am ready to de-
fend that statement against all argu-
ments to the contrary,
Cynthia. hate to admit 1t. but I am
more than disappointed with the column
as it appears at present What has
become of the clean, wholesome debates
Of the days gone by? Instead of help
Ing each other by writing cheerful and
inspiring letters there seems to be o.
general tendency to drift into discus
pers" and international Marriages"
May I offer suggestion. Cynthia?
Why not appoint yourself committee
Of one to censor all letters contributed?
] know you do to certain extent. But
that that Submitted by by ? "Iandsome" @ and and the he
rest of the pests belonging to that
breed? It seems to me there Is enough
concet in this world without printing
It In capital letters under the pen name
OF Handsome"
/ must confess that had just about
reached the point where felt like skip
u ng your page each night. Then one
night l saw u letter which made my
blood boil. Result, this protest Of mine.
am a pretty quiet sort Of chap,
and 1t takes lot to ruffie me. But
when I hear or read Of any one knock
ing the American girl I see red. Some
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AnSrrSS 1t Is the same dou
COOLEY Bile standard OF
noraiity; the man may commit any
o-calied sin. and his social position
yoes not suffer. The worst rouc Is
ftten looked upon with favor by parents
q life partner for their lovely young
eaugnter. II he be rich or prominent.
MORALITY is for one sex alone,
~ according to the old standards.
1 II people have been unfortunate in
o0e early love affair, they should be
eoeper and finer for having suffered. A
widow often makes better wife than
maid. because she has passed the
period Of selfish demanding. Of hysteria,
hnd 'scenee." She knows mems weak Z.
hesses and failings.. and Is tactful and
gracious. and willing to overlook small
euman errors.
In way. a woman who has suffered
xDm6 tragedy in early youth. some
eartbreak, who has had past" in
hat she Is not marrying the first man
Fho ever stirred her romantic emotions.
Is like widow. She looks upon be.
lcved husband with leniency. and
kindiiness: She appreciates his good
points and ccndones his failings. Hav-
InG previously been disappointed and
dsiilusioned, she is not perpetually
paEging at him, or making demands for
Ealantry and attentions that annoy
end irritate the average male when he
has settled down into prosaic busi.
pezs of being husband. :.
THERE Is much that may be said in
favor of the woman who hns buried
Pr forgotten some early sweetheart, and
burned to the safer, saner and more
love Of maturity. Where
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why John Jones married the third
time, and why Gertic Goldilocks sent
pack the million dollar diamond neck
lare ana then took seven headache
powders to kill herself. Then the author
having created an impossible situation
ana seeing no sensible way out, bland!y
leaVes off his yarn with a row OF
asterisks and the reader can find his
own solution. Bah" ~
Virginia laughed.
They're too modern for you, dear, I
think she said slyly.
Sure. they're too modern. So arc
lot OF these people who eat geraniums
Tor salad too modern. and men who arc
SO languid they cant lace their own
shoes, and so hire some poor fish to do
for me-
"Oh. well, taste in literature changes.
Maybe they'll swing back to Dickens
long"
Paul considered thoughtfully.
You know. honey" he said pres.
emily. 1.-THE trouble with the world lust
now is that nobody knows what one
wants TO do. It's unrest, ! guess, and
these modern novelists are merely The
expression of the whole works. it's
it's ," But his voice trailcd of
TO nothing.
But. Paul honey she murmured
softly. they always have to put a love
story in it. no matter how blindly they
grope. don't they"
He chuckled.
You bet they do, darlin'. no matte-
what they're aiming at, they have to
cement it all together with a love
theme" '''
lie felt more optimistic as be con.
sidered IL and resumed the book with
the scarlet jacket! ''''
TomOrrOw-The Great Enigma
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Please Tell Me What to DO
BY CYNTHIA

Of your readers accuse her. Of making
an Inferior wife as compared with those
Of foreign birth. Isn't It remarkable
Cynthia, that a nation Of women WI
have given us such men as Wasningto,
others Of equal greatness should be
The trouble with most Of these
knockers" is that they pick the one
bad apple out Of the barrel and upon
the srsnsh .sss g iss Of n ts
There seems to be some doubt - to
the true American. But there should
not be. It is not q question Of birth or
nationality Of parents: rather one OF
sentiment and right thinking. An An
country above all others; loves It enough
to sacrifice and stick up for II. right
or wrong. and abides by its Constitu-
ton.
America for Americans.
these feHs feresn m sympathisers-and sym U for.
eigners as well--that they were not
compelled to come here. neither are
they compelled to remain. Let them
marry girls of other nationalities. Who
cares? But let them remember that
there are any number Of men in this
country who object most strenuously to
having American girls classed as In
ferlor matrimonial prospects. When
Detter women are created they will be
Americans Even now they are the
height Of perfection. far above the men
they marry.
thank you, Cynthia.
LIEUTENANT B.
Very glad to welcome you back.
Lieutenant B.. who started the Keeping
Up Hope Club" Perhaps some Of
our lonesome readers will write in to
cynthia oftener. and just the letters
from them, her answers and the letters
TO them from other readers will take
the loneliness away.
You happened home at rather un-
interesting time, Lieutenant d, The
letters to "Handsome" were 70 MANY
mat Cynthia has printed a few, and two
weeks ago stopped sending any more to
INC composing room. Some may still
oe on galleys and appear vet. but
SymtnLa thinks there has been quite
eiiltIInsn iittIas~ ~ or It Though. you know. "a
~. Li.tie nonsense now and then Is relished
by the best of men," '''~
l., There are lots OF other letters coming
Lieutenant e. '1'''''