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New-York tribune., 1922-09-20

ment associated with the name Of
Sir Christopher Wren, nothing mod
ern in church architecture has had
unusual distinction. We If America
have had little, that deserved the
name of really excellent church
architecture, with tho exception Of "A
number Of the early meeting houses
aud churches in New England,
Pennsylvania and the South. Some
of these for simplicity of design and
beauty Of line deserve to rank high
among our churches.
But unfortunately church archi-
lecture of the last two or three
generations has consisted for the
greater part of adaptations OF the
Gothic, with occasional samples Of
an Americanized Romanesque and
developments of Wren's designs. In
too many cases the adaptations have
been unsightly, owing sometimes
solely to design and sometimes to
the use of materials untitled to the
particular style of architecture.
There have been, of course, notable
exceptions. Trinity Church in Bos-
ton is one and our own Trinity is
another.
Other cities can also boast of ex-
ceptions, But the charge of the
Episcopalians is undoubtedly true.
The mass of American church archi-
lecture is conspicuous for it's ugli-
ness. It programs for higher
standard of church art could be
adopted something definite might be
done to put an end to the continued
building of unsightly churches.
New-York tribune., 1922-09-20
A Serious-Minded Guatemalan

10 the Editor OF The Tribune
Sir: In the past few days have re-
ceived from friends eleven clippings %
the poem which I am told appeared On
the editorial mage of The Tribune OF
Wednesday, September n. entitled
"ln Guatemala
The Impression created by his poem
Is utterly false. ! wonder whether the
author of these lines has ever been in
Guatemala, or whether he ia Of Il +
great majority of Americans who. when
asked If they know where Guatemala
is reply that it is the eapitsl Of Peru
or something equally ridiculous.
Guatemala has had two se-called
revolutions in approximately forty 2
years In neithcs ono Of them Wssse
." many lives lest as in the AVERAGE
coal or railroad strikev in your coun.
'ry, which, believe. are matter ef
'reouent occurrence
! Perhaps We arc savnges and alt else
which IS sttributcd 20 US by the iene.
rant, bu; may sav that we worried
a'onr and managed To exist for many
decades hefoee your fiiihpsters. fortune.
hunters and others created the snirit
o. revolution through their exnlcita.
tiop Of our country.
aonf suppose ths' The Tribune
would consider i good nnlicy 10 pub-
! 'iah erlt'cSstn If tho author o; eMere
Truth 'rhsn re.try rs Il ssald tesd
70 show nv hts irnnraaee ard e'nade
Gus statements as rcgards Guatcmals
end her sayar~ si2snS
folly aprveeistc 'het onc ,hea'd
have sympathy for the ienossrs. but
after certain lpngsh Of tire on. be-
comes anneyed. JULIO I.AZn.
Financial Agent Repuhlic ~ Guatemala
Now York. Sept, rs. i9es.
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By Luptol 4. Wakinson

affect the ]ig - Of ans eiti.ss Fs.
some reasec lhis Democratic iSt.l !,
been achieved TO degns uhies
makes the thoueatful wa,ek,y rsh Ii.
eyes.
What is tho Nnswsvs sur,,s g,
would be ridiculous 70 ssgu, : De.
li.ieAl conclusion rom tho strange
contrass The basis ~ N. ahraSex /,
New-York tribune., 1922-09-20
Argonauts All

Mining Is not a hazardous employ-
ment, the statisticians assure us. by
comparison with such ultra perilous
pursuits as crossing a New York
City street. But its perils are con-
splcuous and terrible. It's dailv
routine takes man into the bowels
OF the earth, where are foul air
CRIME and the blackest of NIGHTS
Every so often, whether the quarry
ls coal or gold, there comes a dis
aster like that of the Argonaut shaft
IN California. There is an explo-
SION there are scores of men trapped
oehlnd a wall of rock, there are res
cuers toiling feverishly, there are
wives and children waiting wide
eyed hour by hour for news, there ;s
the final bulletin of good or evil
import for which a whole nation is
waiting.
Yet into these mines descend, wear
aheer year, generation after genera
eloh' the miners of the world. No
peru daunts them. Sons are glad to
sake up their fathers picks. Wives
are proud of their husbands skill
There has been great alienation of
working conditions in the last gen
eratlons: the safety factor has been
increased. the number of accidents re-
dueed, means of rescue bettered. The
essentials of the job remain--a life
underground beneath mountain Of
earth, dark and dirt and danger.
There is no materialistic explana-
ton OF such persistence. IF men
were looking only for sustenance
the means to bay food and shelter,
they could not be driven into a
mine any more than they could
be driven into forecastlc or a
boiler room. Fortunately for man
KIND, there is in every man worth
ms salt an indomitablc will to
DO something, to dig or to fight, to
conquer whatever gets in front of
him. Romance" is dressy word to
lower into mine pit, but the genu-
ne thing belongs right there and
nowhere else. The miner who bur.
rows underground with his pick
after gold is just as much aaa
adyenturer as were those famous
Argonaats who crossed the Black
Sea under Jason to bring back the
Golden Fleece.
Such is the queer mixture that
man is, He was driven into hard
and perilous labor BY sheer hunger
and necessity, theh anthropologists
New-York tribune., 1922-09-20
The Bonus Veto

Presiden' Harding's veto of the
bonus bill Is expected. His opposi-
ton to it as indicated long in adr
vance. But his message lifts a great
weight from the public mind. 1t
confirms the theory that the Presi-
dent, elected by the nation, must in
critical matters put group and local
interests aside and stand unswerv-
ingly for the national interest.
Representatives and Senators
played cheap politics with the bonus
bill. They looked on it as an cleo
tioneering enterprise, an easy means
of capitalizing the soldier vote.
They thought first of reelection.
They had little thought beyond re-
election, for they were satisfied to
pass bill which they knew would
be vetoed and which seemed to offer
the soldier a bonus without really
Offering him one.
But President cannot descend to
such chicanery. He holds the keys
of the Treasury. He is responsible
for the payment of claims saddled on
the government. He must consider
whether the Treasury can pay. He
must maintain Federal solvency and
honor. He said that he would sign
a bill in which Congress made pro-
vision by new taxation for meeting
bonus expenditure. He could not ap-
prove a bill whose promoters snip y
ran away from this duty of imposing
taxes because they were afraid Of
angering the already overburdened
taxpayer.
Congress passed the bonus act in
bad faith. 1t put a duty up to the
President which both party loyalty
and proper sense of public obliga-
4tion should have prompted it to
spare him. But it unintentionally
did the President a, service. 1t en-
abled him to let his own enlightened
patriotism and sobriety of judgment
shine in comparison with Congress
sional recklessness and levity.
Mr.. Harding has risen to the
height of his responsibility. He has
demonstrated afresh his courage and
his freedom FROM the taint of op-
portunism in dealing with group
clamors. He has strengthened the
puoilc's trust in the Presidential
Office as barrier against Congress
sional alteration and frailty. The
thankfulness due the President is
measured by the fact that the en-
actment of the bonus bill would
be nothing short of an economic
calamity
New-York tribune., 1922-09-20

ne tnSup pressed Ola fs1s
To the Editor Of Tho Tribsas.
Sir: Nc are daily scsaess q ~
Tribune aed note your sdFssfH
Brace and Proud of a." ] wsHi e
protest aca.rst sucA articles.
This old gentleman, is there is ss'A
a one. has lived to great Ss :
spite al the cigarettes and alsase
liquors and not because ef them ~
in this mans lifetime hew msny tsfs
sands have died from the Effects :
alcohol? How many cases Of eals3'l
and insanity have been caused tfyss'p
alcohol ard o,hrr usrcef'ssE ~
may have heard of the destof W
when called in 20 treat casa :
three year., said The israsmsa' s
this child should have hessa
hundred gears age" Have yss s'ps {
the effects the use o. tobacco ~
have upon the children nd s's's
children Can you tfatklellS =
at docs no harm
Where is the "Socirfg fer iAs ~
pressicn of tho Drinking ef Csfise
there seeh a sceiesy, or IS thlt yer
gsnaas Would 4 not he better e Z
rather shSn hinder the efs s''s
Which are WORKING foi moral rst
EDNA L. igNlst
Bfcaklyn. sept is. is-2
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tell us, THAT spur is still power
ful incentive. But in labor. in the
skill Of performing difficult tasks, Of
cheating death, he has found I, plees-
IRE Of accomplishment which is
something altogether different All
of mans s,ifcess upon the earth can
he stated rs the conquest Of a world,
of mighty hills and widn seas and
great animals, by one small breed
Of relatively weak and insignificant
creatures. There is romance, the
one great romance, and some sense
Of it is in most human beings to
carry them through endless toll un-
derground, to drive them into sthe
teeth of the gale. Argonauts all,
New-York tribune., 1922-09-20
Women's Activities

The exhibit of women's activities
arranged by the New York League
OF Business and Professional Women
at the Hotel Commodore this week
forms a comprehensive study of the
advance women have made in en-
deavors outside the home. Woman's
usefulness in business has been
satisfactorily demonstrated by this
time, but the extent of her penetra-
ton into the world of affairs has
never before been brought to atten-
ton as it now is.
There is hardly business. pro
feasion or occupation not repre-
seAted in the group of exhibitors.
When not actually owned, run and
administered by women, the various
businesses are proud Of the fact that
a large part of their executive and
working forces is made UP Of
women. The experimental stage of
women in business has passed, and
there is no doubt that they arc valu-
able to any organization, no longer
merely as cheap labor, but as
trained and competent associates
all along the line, from selling
notions to bonds, from tapping the
typewriter to directing the office or
shop.
The arts and crafts, Inventions.
manufactures, Insurance, o1vertis-
ing, banking. hotel keeping - all
show the influence of women's in
terest in their development, and the
exposition sets out an unsupported
variety OF vocations better than any
classified report could ever do. 1t is
quite believable, as the National
Federation of Business and Profes-
sional Women's Clubs claims that
1t membership has an aggregate
earning capacity of $4,000 600 a
year.
Not the - of the present
exposition is the .sSent Of the or
canned group of business and pro-
fesslonal women to show to the
younger women who are casting
about for inspiration the almost
endless opportunities WAITING for
them when school days arc over.
New-York tribune., 1922-09-20
Even Murphy Can Learn

There is little doubt that Charles
f. Murphy could, if he chose, make
William Randolph Hearst the candi-
date of the Democratic party for
Governor of New York. There is
great doubt that he intends to do so.
Murphy's objections to Mr.. Hearst
as a candidate are not personal,
They are not based on the fact that
Mr.. Hearst once pictured him in
stripes and has frequently attacked
him savagely in his newspapers. A
year following the depicting in the
Hearst newspapers of Murphy in
prison garb Murphy made the Buf-
falo bargain by which Mr.. Hearst
was nominated for Governor. The
boss does not permit his feelings-if
he has any--to interfere with his
bossism.
His objections to Mr.. Hearst are
founded on the belief, amounting to
certainty. that Mr.. Hearst could not
be elected if nominated. Despite all
the red fire that would be burned in
the campaign, despite the; lavish ex-
penditnre which the Tammany faith
full are sure the editor would make
IN the next month or two, the boss
cannot afford to pick a sure loser.
His tenure OF office is too insecure
for that, even though it has survived
twenty years.
In nominating Mr.. Hearst. in the
face of the opposition to him by Gov
ernor Smith, who is far and away
the most popular man in Tammany
Hall, Murphy would start a real re-
volt in his organization. Half of
Tammany would vote against Hearst
for any Office for which he might be
named. All of Tammany would re.
sent his nomination.
OF late years Murphy has become
an easy boss. He has lost his stoiid
doggedness. His fighting ability has
faded. He wants to spend his de-
years in placid and undis-
puted leadership. 1t is not in him to
start ANYTHING" now.
Therefore the fears of upstate
Democrats that they may be forced
30 accept Mr.. Hearst as candidate
are gfyundless. They may, it is true,
New-York tribune., 1922-09-20
Ugly CIa,,rchea

lhe ugilness of American church
architecture has been condemned by
the Episcopalian bishops in conven-
ton assembled. Although in their
opinion their own churches lead
those OF other denominations in GOOD
architecture, nevertheless only l per
cent OF their churches, gays their re-
port, may be called excellent and Q
per cent good, while of the rest is
per cent are mediocre and rs Der
cent either poor or bad.
This sentiment wili doubtless be
eoncurred IN by The lay public. It
IS true that churcf, architecture here
and abroad has gone through but
few periods Of real inspiration.
On the Continent little that sue.
ceeded the Gothic style has equaled
IT, III England, except for the move
New-York tribune., 1922-09-20
What Readers Are Thinking
Branch Library Shortcomings

Branch Library Shortcomings
To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: While the lamentable condi-
tion Of the circulating branches of our
Public Library is under discussion il
is not amiss to point out the humili-
ating disadvantage at which New York
remains, even under the most favorable
conditions.
Our magnificent reference library at
Forty-second Street deserves all the
encomiums which it has received. Ii
does its particular work extremely
we'll and is great treasure house for
research workers. The general reader,
however, is worse off here than in
many a smaller city.
Only small fraction of the reading
public is able to spend long and CON
tinuous hours in reading in the library
building. The overwhelming majority
must read at odd times at home, on
the trains and wherever they find
themselves with few minutes at their
disposal. No one branch contains any
thing like an adequate range Of choice.
The more common and popular boo&s
are to be found; but the gaps ara
frightful, leading books on many i'm
portant subjects being conspicuous by
their absence.
1t Is true that few books rot il
one branch may sometimes be found
III another, but there IL no general in
deX by which this msy be aycertaincd.
and much time is lost wNea the local
/ librarian uses the only pgailn5lo ma.
chincry for the purpose Of securing
the book by general inquiry among
the other branches.
The whole situation is dcp,orable,
aud it is difficult TO sec how IL may h,,
rcmedied. Since il Ia evidently uscte u
to hope for funds sufficient to s,ipnly
the sariety Of l0ols actually nesdcd
/ for circulation, and sgcllahlc for thc
pufpoee in many much sNaller eitics
! perhaps sons help would ho found in
single cumulative cafd index, sua.
plementery TO the separate indexes m
cscli branch library and kent up 10
dnte, containing he titles Of all book
| IN tha circulating branches. with intli.
cesion Of the particular branch in
which each ID TO be found. This would
New-York tribune., 1922-09-20
Debt Erasure in Germany

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: You may have pointed out that
the apparent prosperity of Germany
(for internal use only) is due largely
to what the Romans called "tabula
rasa,' q practical release of all debts
mortgages, bonds, taxes due, customs
duties and current accounts by every
one.
Owing to the depreciation of the
mark any one can pay his debts m
Germany at about one hve-hundredth
part of the money he borrowed. The
paper mark is legal tender for all dues
to the government or to any one else
in Germany.
That amounts to legal reputation
of all debts.
If you have noticed this, have not
noticed your notice, nor any one else s
notice Of it. BOLTON HALL.
New York, Sept. lS, 1922.
New-York tribune., 1922-09-20

heep the lUfk out Oh EUROPE,
say some of tho administration I
volunteer advisers. Such q phrase
represents popular reaction u
American distrust of the Turk and
all his doings. II embodies senti-
ment based on ancient religious
and racial antipathics.
But it is rather late in the day
for anybody to urge the Admins
tration to translate this pious as,
piration into political action. We
had our chance to thrust the Turk
out Of Europe and keep him out
We were at war with Germany ans
the Turk was fighting on Germany
side. Congress wanted to declare
war on Turkey and Bulgaria. Blu,
President Wilson held Congress in
leash. If we had fought the Turks
and helped to conquer them we
would have been in legitimate po-
sition to demand their permanent
expulsion from Europe.
Mr.. Wilson kept us out of war
with Turkey. He seemed in a way
to regret this mistake when he di-
rected the American commissioners
at Paris to take hand in negotiat-
ing treaty of peace with Bulgaria,
although we had never been at war
with her. Our delegates actually
signed the Bulgarian treaty, ending
a war in which we had not been Ell
gagged. They did not sign the treaty
with Turkey, however. That in
strument hung fire until the sum
mer of 1920, and by that time the
President fully recognized the flu
tility of bringing home peace treat
les with powers with which we were
ct peace.
AS the head of on-signatory
power Mr., Wilson did, however, ad-
wise the signatories at Sevres to ex-
pei the Turk from Europe. They al
most needed his advice. The Sultan
was left at first with only shadowy
sovereignty in Constantinople. He
was to be vaticanized Caliph. But
this solution caused ferment
among the Moslem inhabitants OF
the British and French dependent
cies. They saw their religious lead
cr humiliated. They clamored for
restoration Of the Caliph's tenn
poral power. France yielded first
to this pressure. Great Britain sue
cumbed to it with more reluctance.
France, Great Britain and Italv,
the major Allied signers of the
Sevres treaty, agreed last March to
bring the Turk back to Constan-
tlnople, to recognize the Sultan's
tulI sovereignty there and to extend
II over the greater part of eastern
Thrace. The powers which defeat
cd Turkey have right to make
then own peace settlement. What
excuse have we for interfering? ?
Are we, who refused to fight Tur-
Key to say to those who conquered
her; Stop; we forbid the return of
the Turk to European soil"?
Merely to state this proposition
exposes its political ingenuousness
and extravaganza.
New-York tribune., 1922-09-20
The Tariff Rebels
To the Editor of The Tribune.

To the Editor of The Tribune
Sir: The individual "tariti rebc."
docs not now need to seek expression
through the daily press, 1t is too late
IN the day. He and his associates will
before long find their opportunity for
Expression at the polls.
AS soon after the passage of the
Fordpey McCumbcr tariff bill and it's
approval by tha President as oppor-
tNl1ity at the polls affords, the "tsrif
rebel will find that he has uncon-
sciously joined an army, the greatest
and finest of armies. that o. Ameri-
can independent voters.
Fortunately, or perhaps unfortunate
~ for the present leaders in Congress,
the great majority of independent
voters are enrolled Republicans.
But for independent Republicans
party lines arc simply lines of tape.
They do not hesitate to break through
and to join the opposition whenever, in
their judgment The welfare OF the
country SO demands. With the passage
ard approval of the Fordnov- McCnmber
hill the tariff rebels" in NY humble
onii'ion, will have to r. rcckoncd not
in battalions, regiments, brigades, di-
visions or even army corps. but in
army units.
We know from experience what %
expect from independent Republicans z
or "mngwumps,' If you prefer that old
time Characterization. 1854
New York, Sept. IS, 1872.
New-York tribune., 1922-09-20
The Song nj sIrhitsbel


The Song nj Mrhif.be'
thiu is the sens of tnehifHho'
OF fnchitsbel thu alley cat
as ! wrote you before boss
mohtahel ia believer
ir. ths pytheserean
theory nt tho transmg grafton
OF the soul and she claims
that formerly her spirit
wss inearnRted in tho body
Of cleopatra
thas WAS q tong time ago
and one n1ust not ho
surpriaad II inehitabcl
has forgotten acme OF her
1nere regal manners
the hong Of mahitnbei
have had my UPS and downs
hui wotthetell wctthehcll
Yesterday sceptres aud crowns
frled oysters and velvet gowns
and to-day ( herd WITH buns
but wotthehei woIthahell
today am queen oi tnc sums
with alley ents for my chung
dg in the garbage heap
wotthehel wott hahell
/ wake the world from sleep
an ! caper and Hipg and leap
when | sing my Wild free tune
wottheheil wotthebeil
under the blcar eyed moon
am peited VITA east of shoon
but wotthehell wetthehel
do you think that would change
my present freedom to range
for castle or moated grange
wotthehel wotthehell
cage me and Il go frantic
my life is so romantic
cepricious and corybantc
and m toujours gal toujours gal
know that am bound
for n journey down the sound
In the midst OF a refuse mound
bat wotthohel wotthehell
oh I should worry and fret
death and Will coduette
there s A dance in the old dame vet
toujours gal tousours gal
once was an innocent kit
wotthehell wotthehell
with a ribbon my neck to fit
and bells tied onto 1t
wotthehell wottheheil
but n maltese cat came by
with come hither look in hin eve
and song that scared to the slsy
and wotthehell wotthehell
and followed adown the street
the pad of his rhythmical feet
permit me again to repeat
wotthehell wotthehelI
my youth | shall never forget
but there s nothing / really regret
wotthehelI wotthehell
there a dance In the old dame yet
toujours gai toujours go
the things that had not ought to
DO because We gotto
wotthehell wotthohel
and end with MY favorlte motto
tojours sai touiours gat
boss sometimes think
that friend mehitabel
is trlhe too gay
rplax
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v orrx Over Foreign Loaa'

To the Editor of TAe Trihaas
Sir; According So lhs 1919
City Bank Bulletin tAagas' ipas 81
rected figures Of alE foreign ~ i
lloated here during the tssa ~ I
this YEAR sotalea ss7s SEA 500 sRe'1s !,
Seas,ao@as5 for ,he eniiss Sest :
1921.
In view Of the conditions vAsFh g
prevailed abroad ii hi eeF'ee -, -
th~y arc growing wcsfe al sns 81 !.
il Il uet ahoes time 10 esil aeN &,
thesr lsasssctiensT After 'ns ~,
of 1907 u MAS feuiia fhs' e''s &.
we're leadca up with fallseae s' 1.
frosen credits fhef eenla as' 81
thswed epe The next eriais ~' i.
aitson. III hi Ai@N
brooklyn, Sept. is, iaea
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at least make all books which arc
avalIable anywhere. in the city FOR cir.
cuIation accessible to the holder Of q
library card without the tedious proc
ess OF personal search throu II the
branches or the long delay incident d.
inquiry by the Librarian OF one branca
among all the other branches OF the
city. JAMES z. MORTON Jr.
New York. Sept. II, 1917.
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More Truth Than Poetry
By James J. Montague
Throwing in the Reverse

throwing III the NcVcfSc
| have tasted every pleasure
That the copy books are sure
Can be had in fu1le It measure
BY the honest, upright poor.
| have known the delectatior
Which philosophers acclaim
Of pursuing vocation
Bringing neither wealth nor
fame.
have got the calloused fingers
Mr.. Bryan loves to praise;
Yet my heart still fondly fingers
On M dear old wealthy days.
There is glory in affliction,
Which the merest schoolboy
knows;
There's a priceless benedict;on
That chill penury bestows;
Riches look but cheap beside 'em,
But somehow they seem to pail,
And although for years I've tried
'em
| don't value them at all.
Shoddy clothes and simple victuals
Are, beyond a doubt, sublime,
Yet | dream of beer and skittles
Of an early affluent time.
I would trade my daily labor,
Which for ten long hours | ply,
For the leisure of my nejghbor
Without batting of an eye.
Though | ought to feel ecstatic,
With a calm, untroubled lot,
In my dingy little attic,
I'm constrained to say I'm not.
All the world will think it funny,
Yet my heart is like to break
When I think about the money
That my father used to make!