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New-York tribune., 1922-12-21
Pigs and Damages

Secretary Wallace has sung the
paan of the pig, and the Depart
ment Of Agriculture has published
glowing accounts Of the profits made
by home pig clubs for boys and girls,
but it has remained for an Italian
citizen Of White Plains 10 show that
pigs can be profitable, even when
not possessed on the hoof, on the ham
or in the sausage. A Frenchman of
his acquaintance had the temerity tO
apply the epithet "cochon!" 10 him
in the course Of a dispute, and in
the suit promptly brought against
the Frenchman by the Italian the
jury handed the latter a verdict of
$3.50, evidently for defamation of
character. The testimony must have
been convincing as 10 the extent Of
the affront, for the judge pronounced
the verdict sensible and the amount
right.
To the Anglo-Saxon the pig has
never been an object Of particular
antipathy. It's name when applied
to humans has implied selfshnesB or
bad maners. Evidently even a pro-
longed contemplation Of pigpens
and diligent search Of ancient au-
thorities did not inspire Noah Web
ster 10 characterize the pig as any
thing worse than young swine, and
the swine in turn as "artiodaetyl
animals Of omnivorous habits" In
this he does not differ much from
Messrs. Funk & Wagnalls, who de-
scribe a hog as IAN omnivorous
suoid mammal" All three are i'm
pressed with the gluttonOus nature
Of the beast, as is any one who
listens 10 him eat.
To the foreigner, however, and
especially 70 the Continental, the
swine, be he pig or hog, has some
thing about him sufficiently repulsive
10 make the use Of his name a term
Of reproach. Whether il be "coehonl"
"puercol" "poreo!" or the more ex-
plosive German "Schweinhundl" the
recipient is almost sure to consider
himself mortally insulted. Had the
recipiens Of the term "soshcn" and
New-York tribune., 1922-12-21
Smith or Murphy

Governor-elect Smith knows every
man in Tammany Hall as well as he
knows Mayor Hylan. He has grown
up with the organization. He can
have no illusions about 1t. But it
was not Tammany Hall that made
Mr.. Smith Governor. And IL will
not be Tammany Hall 10 which he Is
responsible for the government Of
the State Of New York during the
next two years.
Whether or not Mr.. Smith wants
10 be President Of the United States
-and no one could blame him for
harboring such an smbition--hs has
a duty TO perform for the people who
elected him. That duty is TO give the
state a clean, honest and able admin
istrstion, to keep professional place
hunters and grafters out Of office
and to keep their grasping hands of
public utilities.
If he is to be the Governor Of
New York this is the course he will
pursue. lie will make no appoint
ments without weighing the fitness
Of the man for the Office and reject
ing him II he Is not the best quail
fed man who can be found.
II he takes suggestions and rec
concentrations from Murphy the
people will discover too late that it
is Murphy and not Smith that they
elected Governor in November. If
any mandate whatever was given to
Alfred Z. Smith by the people Of
New York it was a mandate TO con-
duct his Office in the interest Of the
whole people and not In the interest
Of Tammsny Hall.
New-York tribune., 1922-12-21
Why Insure or Prepare?

Senator Borah laughed loudly at
the notion Of certain Senator'S who
wanted a merchant marine for pur-
poses Of national defense; because,
he proclaimed, no one could point to
any war that was Imminent" That
seems 10 be the favorite argument
nowadays Of the anti-preparedness
devotees-just as II was in 1913.
War has been made unlikely on the
Pacific by the four-power pact and
the chance Of our fighting anybody
just now is small. Therefore, abol-
ish the army and navy and forget
about a merchant marine-even
though it was merchant marine,
the British, that enabled the Amer
lean army TO arrive in tinis in 1918.
This is a fine idea, but TO be con-
sistent the Senator ought TO apply
his theory all along the line. The
risk Of "fre-proof" building burn
ing down is obviously small. No fire
can possibly be shown TO be "immi-
nent." Therefore, cancel all insur-
ance on your "hre-Proof" buildings.
Or since national defense involves
lives quite as much as property take
the parallel Of a modern school
building. Every precaution has been
taken TO reduce fire risk in it. The
chance that it will burn down is, let
us say, one in a million instead Of
one in a thousand. Why waste the
time and energy Of school children in
that obsolete relic, fire drill?
Cancel your insurance policies.
Stop all fire drills in schools. Then
go ahead and end all preparedness
for national defense. We hope Sen
ator Borah will round out his pro-
gram for gambling upon all perils
not imminent"
New-York tribune., 1922-12-21
Art for Politics Sake

Financial geniuses appear to arise
when they are needed. In the dark
hours of the Republic Alexander
Hamilton smote the rock Of public
credit and a stream Of revenue
eushed forth. Here in the metropo-
lis when school funds run low some
inspired member Of the Board OF
Education snatches a portrait Of De
Witt Clinton from the walls Of the
board room and disposes Of it for
enough money TO pay a judgment
against his department for Sl40
Thus the problem Of where the
money for schools is coming from is
solved. Other portraits Of distin-
guished former mayors and COVER
nors adorn the interiors Of public
buildings. AS fast as claims are
fled they can be sold to meet them.
And even II all the relatives Of John
II. McCooey, Mr.. Murphy's Brooklyn
satrap, aspire to high-salaried posi-
tions in the schools the funds can be
readily provided.
Some day Mr.. Murphy or Mr.. Nc
Cooey may wander by mistake into
the large stone building on the east
ern edge Of Central Park at Eighty
sixth Street. This building contains
many pictures, whose combined value
runs into the millions. If way can
be found 10 sell them, even though
the title 70 them is not vested in the
city, the entire McCooey contingent
can be kept in excellent places even
to the fourth OF fourteenth genera
tion.
Raphaels Madonna" alone could
be instantly turned into a quarter Of
a million dollars in cash. Paintings
by Rembrandt, Yer Nicer and a score
Of other old masters would pay tho
salaries Of all the Tammany appli-
cants for pedagogical positions who
have managed to get through high
school, and there might even be
little money left over TO build a
couple Of new school buildings.
Just a hasty collection trip through
the museum would prove more lucra-
tive than a raid on the Mint. And
though the city has not at present
the right TO dispose Of these art
treasures and some of them are
loaned by their owners, an organiza-
tion like Tammany with full power
in the city could, by asserting the
power Of eminent domain, condemn
and sell them whenever new Jobs
were demanded by the supporters Of
the boss.
The ignorant cry out upon art as
having no practical value-like other
manufactured products such as home
brew and radio sets; but II it can be
made to educate the children Of a
great city and at the same time
keep hundreds Of faithful Tammany
voters on the pay roll this opinion
viii have to be revised.
New-York tribune., 1922-12-21

same political party, and the appoint
ment Of his two associates seemed
equally Wise and happy.
We are informed that the commits
sion, so constituted, has worked out
a comprehensive plan which experts
commend, and GOvsrnor-olset Smith
faces the question whether that plan
shall bo retained and put into COM
plete operation, or shall be disrupted
and displaced by one Of which Mayor
Hylan will approve. Can there be doubt
as TO what Is the duty Of Republican As
semblymen-eleet, having due regard to
their oath Of ofacef How can they
conscientiously eyade the solemn duty
TO preserve this wisely devised plan
at all hA1ardsi
GEORGE r. BISHOP.
New York, Dec. 10, 1929.
New-York tribune., 1922-12-21
World Wide Maine

Mr.. Don C. Seitz puts the town Of
Norway, Me-, on tie map In a pleas
ant letter 10 "The Times" He lived
there once and Is "jealous Of the
fame Of the very extraordinary
number Of men who have come out
Of that unique community and
carved high places for themselves
in the world" He speaks Of the
Kimball family, but for the rest
leaves the reader guessing who these
men were or are.
Maine has, indeed, not only It's
Norwegians but its Danes, Swedes,
Egyptians, Mexicans and what not.
Whoever named the Maine hamlets
Surveyed mankind from China 10
Peru; both those countries are in
cluded in its boundaries along
with many intervening lands. The
worlds capitals are drafted, too.
In Lisbon, If we recollect Alright,
Frank Munsey thumbed his primer
or perhaps 1t was in Athens, Bel
grade, Madrid, Edinburgh, Moscow
or Vienna, if it was not in Palmyra,
Verona, Smyrna or Rome.
When Maine ran out Of the geog.
raphy she named her villages FOR
Colonial governors, presidents and
other statesmen, with an occasional
departure such as Bangor, which
was called after a favorite hymn.
But with all the raids on the atlas
and American history there remains
a rich residuum Of Indian names,
especially Of lakes and rivers. There
New-York tribune., 1922-12-21

is music in Millinocket and the ALA
cash. in Meddybemps (beloved OF
Glare Briggs in cobbosseeeontee'
Norridgewock and Mooselucmegun
Tic. And what aboriginal triumphS
are sysladadObsis, MOlechunkA-
munk, PamgoOdkamOek and Chin
quassibamtaeookl
The varied wealth Of Names
nomenclature Is a delight to those
who have a taste for the state, either
native or acquired. II Is good to
hear Mr.. seitz boost Norway, even
II Il Is not a unique community,
as he says, but quite typical Of that
neck Of the woods. Let us hope II is
still breeding hardy Norsemen TO
send on 70 Park Row.
New-York tribune., 1922-12-21

West New York. This and some other
modern books were added TO the course
70 dispel the notion, too commonly held
by high school students, that all writers
OF literature wrote rather dull novels,
poetry rsdry essays. and died many
years ago.
by special study do not mean the
old method OF tearing a book 10 shreds
by minute analysis. nor using It for a
kind Of disguised grammar study Tho
students are given a certain number
Of pages 10 read for q certain recita-
tion, and In class we discuss this assign
ment, teacher and pupils together, tell
ing what wo liked or did not like, citing
especially striking passages and some
times getting into rather deep water
in dlgrossions, philosophical and other
wise, that are suggested by what VIC
are reading. Everybody has something
to say and most Of US have q great
deal Of fun; perhaps the teacher has
the most OF that.
Tho students like The Edge Of the
Jungle They were a little puE-
zled by it at first; it was so different
from anything they Lad read before,
but when they had become acquainted
with II they we're enthusiastic. II was
interesting 10 see how II broadened
their horizons"
II Miss Cleveland really means that
students IN the New Jersey high
schools are permitted 10 speak right
out in meeting and tell what they did
not like in the books they have been
obliged to read we think that the edu-
cational authorities Of the state Just
70 the west are doing q tremendous
work for the future Of American litsrA-
ture.
The chief trouble, it seems to uS,
with the people Of this nation has been
their literary inferiority complex. Few
OF them have the least confidence IN
their own taste In books or their own
eountry's literature. Automatically, the
American mentality, confronted by a
volume by a native American, registers
lukewarm or depreestlng judgment. Az
best the book Is "pretty good" On the
other hand, there aren't many great
grandsons Of the heroes Of Lexington
New-York tribune., 1922-12-21

THE source Of most Of the Ills that
IL beset US currently can be traced
back 10 the fact that we didn't stay In
New Jersey, where you were born, bat
lmmigrated 70 New York at an early
age. II we had remained upon our native
heath we might now have the money
the New York State Income Tax Bureau
has taken away from as and would be
more popular figure among our
friends and relatives. Christmas morn
ing. than we are destined to be, this
year.
Furthermore, our literary taste might
be keener and moro appreeiatiye II we
hadn't studied English literature for
four yecrs in a New York high school.
That ordeal almost cured US. It is now
some time since we we're emaneipated
from George Eliot and De Quincy, and
from the day Of our graduation TO this
we have never resumed contact. We
don't think we could see a production
Of "The Merchant Of Venice" to-day
without reminiscent shudder, and the
only reason we cherish any kindly feel
ing for "Ivanhoe" and "The Ancient
Mariner" is because we read both Of
them before their glorious bodies were
probed, fayed and disjOinted in a class
room.
The educational method Of our day
inspired true love Of books about as
much as a course in physics would Inn
prove ones appreciation Of painting or
music. On emerging from four years
Of literary forcible feeding one thrills
no more 10 the art Of great writers
than q man who had worked for months
in a dissectlng room can respond 70
the artistic appeal Of Russian ballet.
Apparently. they do these things bet
ter In New Jersey.
Donna B. Cleveland, head Of the Eng
lish department Of the West New York,
NJ j., High School, writesi
an speaking Of william Beebe you
say that no one pays any attention 10
him. You might be mildly interested
to know that this year his Edge Of the
Jungle" has been added 10 the list o.
books for special study IN the Junior
English classes Of tho high school IN
New-York tribune., 1922-12-21
A Christmas Story
To the Editor Of Tho Tribune.

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: May / tell a beautiful Christ
mas s.oryi Just a day or two ago two
sisters, young women who are working
for their living, brought a gift Of $50
to the Soldiers and Sailors Club. sour
brother was killed In France" they ex-
planned, "and this is what We would
probably have spent on his Christmas
present II he were with us now. We
want other soldiers 70 have It. We've
been saving II up all the year"
wonder II some Of your readers
who are particularly lonesome at this
Christmas time because Of some dear
boy who did not come home from the
war would like TO follow the example
Of these devoted sisters and make other
soldiers and sailors happyin his place ?
This Is the season when the heart
speaks. MRS. FRANCIS ROGERS.
President Soldiers and Sailors Club
Of New York.
Pei Madison Avenue. New York, Dec
70. 1922.
New-York tribune., 1922-12-21
The Last Defense"
. EDITOR Of The Tribune.

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: Your editorial "The Last De-
fense" most accurately presents the
transit problem that confronts not
only the Governor-eleet but the Re-
publican members-eleet Of the As
sembly, who coneededly can. II faith
ful to their trust. prevent the carry
ing into effect Of the Hylan transit
policy.
Governor Miller's transit plan
won approval from Democrats as
we'll as Republicans from the
start, while It was still pend
Ing in the Legislature, before We knew
the bills would be enacted into laws
or who, II they became laws, would be
appointed on the Transit Commission.
asked Mr.. MeAneny, who had been
in touch With and officially an actor
in the dual plan az the time when ne
was President Of the Borough, II, in
his Judgment, Governor. Miller was not
the ono onicer having authority In the
nAttsr who had looked the situation
through from top to bottom and de-
vissd a workable solution, and he
answered that he thought that about
expressed II.
II was gratifying that, with Mr.,
MeAneny's conceded familiarity with
the subject, he was appointed TO head
the new commission. though he and
the Governor did not belong 70 tho
New-York tribune., 1922-12-21
n G I'll By Frederic F. Vdn de Vote
bOORS ana 30 TOHH FFV)

and Monmouth who viii fail y fis
much higher praise % Inisn.f bocli
BY English writers. Historically. u
still seorn perhdIouS Alhlsa IA llsn.
ture, we bow before her W.h a tIssu
Of humility.
People don't say what tAsy tAiri
about books. They say what thsy iAlri
they ought TO think
Only once or twice IN our hlgh sehs
experience do We remember any q
having the insurTsnt spirit to speak =
and say that the book being diisss.e
az the moment was stupid o., Ia u
opinion. badly written or untrue 70 lht
And the fate OF the unf0rtunste PRIV
dent-breaker Is uVid In our nsnsif
His remarks were received a. A'sii
they bad besn directed sgslnh u
home life Of the principal
And yet wo think he had ius;ia .
his side. High school ssudsns r' -
entirely unqualified for ind'ps,ts'
thought-that is, II they hsyta, W
In high school too long. ssisr,a y
course, permits no debate. ne -,
who tries to quarrel with ne hs'uh
theory or the principle Of Aftliz,dH
is setting himself up against o, 'si'''
tihe testimony Of the ages Bot NAM
values arc to . large extent n'si'ne
opinion. We think the studsai VA :"
Of his conviction, says hat h nlin
~silas Manner" iS stupid ~ ~
largo proportion Of Dc ouis''I ~
ought to have hIs marx fsl''d =
cent immsdiatsly FOR Iiss'sp H'''
tive.
II the high school nudssa = ~
Jersey are reading IN esiin E n
Bssbs, who In our OpIuln ~ :
over W. h. Hudson MI u
starts, and II IN sddItiOn sh'i ~ -. -.
permitted to say what sAsI ''l' -. -
instead Of being expected V '''''''
. D.ru.rsnt attitude Of fiiaeu "
prOval, we promise, X bora as'~
stay where nature deposited "a
The eonspisuOus lack Of se'l :. a's I.
cIsm in our last two 'eOrs. = =, ~ = I
tho fact that we're trying 60 res >
H. LAwrsncss "wOnsn In Love
New-York tribune., 1922-12-21

security she asks only FOR whst Is OBJ
viously fair and right. 1t Is Amer
iea's duty 70 support her demand.
Whether that security Is best 20 be
found in the seizure Of the Ruhr or
by other measures is a practical de-
tail Of minor importance as to which
a reasonable decision can surely be
roached
New-York tribune., 1922-12-21

the $3.50 been native American he
would have gone uninsulted and un-
recompensed. It evidently pays not
20 have a thick hide and to come
from a country rich in the voeabu-
larry Of insult.
New-York tribune., 1922-12-21
Baseball in the Papers

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir; The letter Of Mr.. A. L. Rogers
In tho Tribune relative to baseball end
newspapers Is both important and
true. Az no says. II the New York
papers (and the papers Of all other
cities and tOwns) would not devote 90
much space to baseball games COM
mercial baseball would soon go out Of
business.
Now do not object to baseball, as
played and conducted in the 'eos, but
New-York tribune., 1922-12-21
pol;,ie. h the Schools

To the Editor Of The Trisun" All
Sir, Il hurts very deeply y M. M,
that the disturbing slsm.n. = !i,,." ,s''i I
has entered the Board Of Eea'..'.' \. y
poIn.msnts to such rsspon''e'. ,..s
a. that Of associate supssIn,.s..s.s,sra
SIDNEY scHwEIf'''
New York. Dso. "a, is'A
New-York tribune., 1922-12-21
,,.,mrn IL - lesnrrIrrn III

N. l.sorstsd Pres h e1r'pfiTslf entted 20
~ a. for rrruhlctuon oi 90 ntvs ai,p IA.
srsflisi ID Cr not ofhfrHi,f e7faHed tn ". 49,
s,ssr frd sito ihs local news of sponianevu' oi1h
rubnfffd hsft.n. -, -. ...,t.-
kefsin alto are reserved.
New-York tribune., 1922-12-21
QUsHHHTS

s.y s,s ssr.ass. asrshssflss sfgsriitse y Iht
80 ..','it, is sss eass THE rRiBUht fntfaa..
i,rs A. psy yeor nssty bats gsse fsetel ~ ~
rec Se eaibhIaa. We frfund prenp.H w
aarsrfitsr cces ret
New-York tribune., 1922-12-21
Big Saving in Time

The retirement of Newberry ought
TO give the Senate at least fifty more
talking days in the next session.
New-York tribune., 1922-12-21
The Side Line

Nowadays your bOotcgger also
gives you figures on coal by the case.
(copyrieht By James J. MontaEus)
New-York tribune., 1922-12-21
More Truth Than Poetry
By James ]. Montague

A Human Wreck in the Making
He's sure to be a nervous wreck,
He always is suppressed,
His dull pre-Freudian parents
check
Each impulse in his breast.
He cannot squash a worm or ant
When on the walk they crawl,
Or chase the hens-in fact, he
can't
Express himself at all.
IPs altoays inhibition his,
Or inhibition that;
They cry "Nol no." il he should
thTOU
A store lid at the cat.
And iohon for years and years
theYre banned
The things that he enjoyed,
Too late they'll find his brilliant
mind
Is totally destroyed.
He cannot smear himself with
coal
Or stick pins in the pup
These small desires that move his
soul
Are always bottled UP.
He's told that eating half a pie
Is sure to make him i'll;
His stupid parents always try
To thwart his childish will
Ifs dli0dys inhibition here
And inhibition there,
Life is for him bat stern and
grim
4 record Of despair.
With all his impuises repressed
He'll groD up Dlum and sad,
And in due time hen turn TO crime
Or 90 stark staring mddi
New-York tribune., 1922-12-21
A Bust

It's about time the League Of Ma
tions asked for waivers on the man
who Is assigned 70 the Job Of keep
ing Europe out Of war.
New-York tribune., 1922-12-21

"The tarantuls is Ike an enor-
nous spider in appearance and
large enough, curled up. 10 I'LL a
cocktail glass;" says an exchange.
Conservative topers, however, win
stick TO scorpions, with a dash Of
nngoStura bitters.
Don MARouIa.
New-York tribune., 1922-12-21

We eOsher from tho EHropson
press that the main trouble sOith We
AmeriooHs sesrss TO BE- that zoe Grs
too American.
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1922-11-16

The Rich Hill Review says that
Del Requa, a prominent farmer
of southeast of this city under
went serious surgical operation
for intestinal trouble at the Del
ameter hospital i'll that city
Thursday. At last accounts Mr..
Requa was getting along as well
as could be expected considering
the serious nature Of the opera
ton.
Beacon Falls Rubber Boots.
Walker-McKibben Mere. Co.
Friends Of Clyde Anderson
here have received announce
ment of his marriage to Miss
Ruth Chapman, the daughter OF
Mr.. and Mrs. II. j. Chapman, at
Neosho, Sunday, November IL.
The happy couple will make their
home at Anderson Mo-, where
Mr.. Anderson is in the drug bust
ness. Mr.. Anderson is the son of
]. w. Anderson. who for many
years was a resident of Rockville
and he has many friends in this
community.
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1922-11-16

Mrs. G. c. Miller is spending
thu week in Kansas City with
herSons. J. O. and l.. G. Miller.
New Bertha Lace Collars.
Walker-Mckibben Mere. 90.
Judge Frank Fix, president,
and w. NJ. Hardinger, secretary,
of the Farmers Mutual Fire and
Lightning Insurance Co., left the
first Of the week to attend a
meeting of the Mutual insurance
companies of the State at Neosho
Tuesday and Wednesday.
DR.. C. E. Powers is in receipt
of a letter from J. w. Anderson,
formerly of Rockville, now IN
business at Anderson, Mo-, re-
joicing over the Democratic We
tory at the election. Mr.. Ander-
son says that Senator Reed car
ried Mcdonald county by Ill.
Call al Fisher Electric Shop for
IN kinds Of electrical supplies.
$50 Telephone soe.
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