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New-York tribune., 1922-11-02
The Importance oe Hats

The black shirt won Italy's blood
less revolution, but when Mussolini
and his ministers came before the
King to take their oaths they were
clad in frock coats and glossy silk
toppers. Ceremonial traditions are
not lightly to be disregarded. Even
Tchi.cherin wore plug hat at the
Genoa conference. Bonar Law put
on the dignified headpiece for his
late trip to Buckingham Palace. At
the same time he pulled at his briar
Pipe and stovepipe! Bonar Law is
not so commonplace statesman as
he says. Yet he and Mussolini and
premiers one and all must submit to
the tall hat as the badge of states
manship. When prime ministers
cease to do SO the world will be as.
mad as the Mad Hatter-who also
sported topper.
Mussolini is a stickler for hat eti-
quette. He has started in BY abol--
ishing the double hat system in tho
goveranent Offices. BY this ingen-
New-York tribune., 1922-11-02

rider nleaner treatment than he re-
ceived, and often calls for the doctor
were more frequent than at q foot
ball game. Even the "stunt' known
as "bull-dogging" steer, which con-
sists in throwing a steer galloping
at high speed, often proved as dam
sgeycus for the rider as for the steer.
This particular feat has been
ruled out in various contests So
also have other acts which tended
toward cruelty to animals, such as
placing burrs under the saddle and
using big spurs with deep rowels. 1t
is rare, therefore, that the modern
rodeos show exhibitions of cruelty.
The cowboy who takes part in them
is generally as much lover of ami
mails as the city dweller who watches
them. He would be the first to con-
dern bul!fighting for the reason that
1t is utterly cruel. The Madison
Square Garden rodeo need be no
more cruel than any football game,
and 1t is certainly to be hoped that
its managers will see to it that the
few possibilities of cruelty are com
pletely eliminated.
New-York tribune., 1922-11-02
Hylan and Hearst in the Senate

Dr.. Copeland, when he is not act.
ing as Mr.. Hylan's Health, Commits
sioner and defending as well as any
one can the Hylan administration, is
answering letters from readers of
Mr.. Hesrst's newspapers who want
to know why they are sick. Up to
date the doctor has not told then,
that they are sick because they read
the Hearst newspapers, but possibly
he is not specialist in mental
health. In any event DR.. Copeland's
claim to fame rests largely on the
fact that he is an admirer Of Mr.,
Hylan and contributor to Mr..
Hearst's newspapers.
His speeches betray little under
standing of national problems, which
is not surprising inasmuch as he has
devoted his life to medicine. 1t is
certain that if he We're sent to the
Senate Mr.. Hylan and Mr.. Hearst
would have a willing supporter
there. However, there are approx
mately ten million people besides
these two politicians in the State OF
New York, and these people have
problems whose remedies cannot be
written in a prescription book.
New-York tribune., 1922-11-02
Shaking the Plum Tree

Every day in every way the. bus
business has been boon to the Tam
many faithful. Murphy's business
associate and his nephew profted by
the Eighty-sixth Street line. Hy-
lan's son-in-law's brother wrote the
insurance for many Of the lines. A
Public Works Commissioner in the
Bronx got an exorbitant rent for a
garage used by the busses, the city
kindly spending million dollars to
improve the route that these busses
travelled.
Now comes one Frankenberg, who
ran a bus line to City Island---and,
incidentally, charged 20-cent fare
with the admission that he paid
two-thirds of his profits to two COM
parative strangers. He told the
Transit Commission that he did this
because he wanted to. Nothing more
could be got out of him.
The persons who got this thirds
of Frankenberg's profits put no
money into the bus lines and did no
service for it. 1t is likely that the
commission may in time find where
it went.
The commission is also on the trail
of the "Big Chief" who was credited
with desiring the $4,000 demanded
from one bus owner as the price of
permission to operate in Manhattan.
The "Big Chief" is still elusive,
but as trail is growing warmer. The
Transit Commissions powers Of In
vestigation are limited. But grand
jury can clear up the whole ugly
business, and the sooner it is done
the better it will be for all con-
cerned-excepting Tammany.
New-York tribune., 1922-11-02
Beauty Unadorned

| The French Minister of Commerce
and Industry probably will have a
hand in the new fashions. It seems
that the present wave of simplicity
which has rejoiced the heart of the
woman who makes her own clothes
has caused an industrial slump in
France. Simplicity in a tailored
garment is the most expensive fad
there is. But simplicity in the home
made gown is a great saving in out
lay for materials, ornaments being
practically taboo. And that is the
root of the matter. Laces and
feathers, embroideries and ribbons
are conspicuous by their absence or
are used so discriminatingly that
not much is required to decorate the
most approved frock. Hats, too.
share the prevailing passion for line
and color rather than the top-heavy
trimmings Of other days. A buckle
in just the right place, one slim
trailing feather or a pompon, and
the hat is made.
In Consequence of all this beauty
unadorned the export trade Of
France in goods designed for orna-
ment has fallen off by $4,000, 900.
So the hard-pressed Minister of
Commerce and Industry has ap-
pealed to the chambers of commerce
of Paris dressmakers to please do
something. If the hard headed busi-
ness man and the government Off
cial are thus to bring pressure to
bear on the problem, what becomes
of the charge that woman's fickle-
ness is to blame for the styles?
Dress reform for women obviously
must be a slow process if it must
make war against an army of
bureaucrats and magnates. One
wonders, if men had been subjected
to such heart-rending industrial
pleas, would they still be wearing
knee breeches, cross garters and
lace ruff1es2
New-York tribune., 1922-11-02

The Peoples Prohibition Vote
To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: Your correspondent George
Westevelt. inquiries IS TO when the
people had any opportunity to vote
upon the Eighteenth Amendment.
This question has been answered
many times in your columns. The
amendment was submitted to Congress
December 10, 1918, and was voted upon
December 22. 1914, obtaining ma
1ority vote, but not twosthirds. ss re-
quired by law. It WAS finally passed
December Is, 1917. During these four
years ! was voting for Congressmen
who would pass upon the amendment.
Your correspondent and @.he boys whe
went over" had the same privilege. I
also voted for Nav York Legislators
who would ratify the amendment.
Was there any other legal way te
vote upon the amendment or any bes-
ter way! PRoHIB.
Brooklyn, Oct. Is. 1922.
New-York tribune., 1922-11-02
Fair Play in Rodeos

A correspondent protests against
the rodeo that is to be held in Madi-
son Square Garden on the ground
that Wild West shows are as cruel
as bullfghts.
Whoever has seen both exhibitions
will resent this comparison. There
have. OF course, been instances Of
undue cruelty in Wild West shows,
but these have been comparatively
rare, and to claim on their account
that the entire performance is on a
par with a bullfght is manifestly
unjust. In the bullfght neither the
bulls nor the horses, as a rule, have
chance, and both meet painful
death or cruel injuries. In the
roundup no such thing happens.
Whatever risk there is is simply the
risk Of any active sport, and it is
shared equally by men and animals.
The rodeo was originally the an
nual roundup, when all the new
calves and colts on the range were
branded. It was usually followed BY
exhibitions Of prowess on the part Of
the cowboys. and by breaking wild
horses and doing such stunts as
riding steers.
From this to the formal contests
Of the Wild West shows, since made
popular on Frontier Days. and
other occasions in the West, was 4
natural and short step. To them
came famous bronco busters" from
different sections Of the West to ride
the worst horses that the state could
supply. Many . bronco gsve tha
New-York tribune., 1922-11-02
Ernancipated Reading

Hugh Walpole's plea that readers
be not ashamed of their favorite au-
thors has much to commend it. The
critics, of course, will contest it,.
They do not, as a rule, welcome such
emancipated views of taste and read
ing. But the Individual who has
been somewhat oppressed of late by
the dicta Of the smart set of book
reviewers that anything which is not
ultra new is unworthy of attention
will welcome Mr.. Walpole's plea with
relief.
There seems to be natural law
Of gravity which operates silently in
each individual reader. Books that
are too heavy for him sink out of his
consciousness either before, during
or after being read.
A corollary of this law is that
the reader is inclined naturally to
find his own intellectual level, which
varies at different stages of his ex-
lstence. He may go through
"crushes" on certain authors, or GER
tain types of books, and five years
later will marvel that he ever saw
anything in them to attract him. He
may find book indigestible to-day,
but on picking it up next week will
derive much nourishment from it.
AS a rule the endeavor to force
ones self to read a book which has
no special appeal, just because
friend or neighbor or critic rec
ommends it, results in little profit.
Reading for pleasure or relaxation
and this, after all, comprises most of
what may be called reading" rather
than "studying"-should not be
painful process. If it is, it shows
that the book and the occasion are
not in conjunction. The best thing
to do is to drop the volume.
So different are peoples concep-
tlons OF pleasure or relaxation that
the individual cannot accept an
others dictation in the matter of
reading and must be guided by his
own instinct and his own natural de-
velopment. He may seek advice, to
be sure, but if he finds it unaccept-
able he need not for that reason be
ashamed of himself, nor must he feel
obliged to apply this advice to his
practice.
The movement of the intellectual
liberators of to-day has endeavored
to obliterate all that has gone before
as worthless or contemplate. Isn't
it time to demand complete emanci-
patton for the reader, and permit
him to enjoy those books which best
meet his intellectual needs of the
moment?
New-York tribune., 1922-11-02
Save the Bench From the Boss

Independent and public spirited
men everywhere are interested in
the fight which the friends of Sur
rogate Cohalan are making to resist
Boss Murphy's effort to control the
bench.
On Tuesday Senator Borah tela-
graphed from Idaho:
"The fight for Cohalan is far more
than fight for capable and faithful
public servant. 1t is a noble contest
to preserve the independence and
honor Of the judiciary. The whole
country is deeply interested. If the
Judiciary is to pass under the domi-
nation Of sordid politics and boss rule,
it means that the last citadel Of free
b government has been taken"
Borah is a Republican and Coha-
Ian Democrat. But there is no
partisan issue where tbs bench is in
volved. Every honest lawyer wants
a free and untrammeled bench, and
every honest citizen knows that his
rights can be protected only if the
bench is saved from the boss.
New-York tribune., 1922-11-02
France and the Rhineland

France and the Nhlneland
To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: AS an old and experienced
traveller in the Rhineland, know we'll
both the people and the region, and
know also their feelings concerning
France. Therefore, reading recently
the report, said to have been made
secretly to the Finance Committee Of
the French Chamber Of Deputies by M.
Adrien Dariac, in which he declared
that France had made great mistake
in not announcing annexation Of the
Rhineland to France, and making a
most eloquent appeal that this course
be at once adopted, know from my
own observation that, as he says,
"After the war the people Of the Rhine
land certainly expected change Of
status, such as either immediate an
nexation, or separate state, entirely
disconnected with the German gov-
ternment, with president Of their own
selection, under the approval Of the
Allies"
The published report of the Finance
Commission contains the following:
As The Rhenish people are large
" q mixture Of Latin races they are
susceptible to almost any argument
strongly put before them, and are
docile and easily led. Their leaders
confidently looked for and expected
some prompt and decisive action in
regard to their national status when
peace was declared They were
ready and willing to even submit to
France the question Of their whole
future. They were done forever
with the Prussian yoke, Thus the
substitution Of limited period Of
occupation a& ave, ton. or fifteen
New-York tribune., 1922-11-02
Why Not Wake

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: While your correspondent A..
N. is justified In complaining Of taxi
extortion, 1t Is hard to work up an
overwhelming amount Of sympathy for
one who, not being cripple or an
invalid, deems it necessary to hire q
taxi rather than walk paltry eight
blocks.
What is the reason that we are be-
coming such race Of wcaklings that
the natural use Of our means Of loco
motion Is considered an impossibility
BY able-hodied men and women 7 Those
who know the pleasure rs we'll as the
value of walking cannot help mingling
some degree of contempt with their
pity for those whose indolence makes
a bugbear Of what ought to be the
most wholesome OF Joys.
JAMES r. MORTON JR.
New York, Oct. 2s, 1922.
New-York tribune., 1922-11-02
By Frederic F. Vu, de Water
(F. F. W
Copyright. 1879. New York Tribune

the various younger members of the
forsyte clan were abandoning the
ancient custom of large numbers of
offspring out of lively fear for their
own future.
sin this way" he continues, "little
risk was run and one would be able
to have motor car"
If. in 1895, people were saving up for
automobiles the recent increase In
savings bank deposits is probably due
to the public determination to purchase
helicopters.
Incidentally, we wonder why the
moralists continue to urge as duty
the bringing into the world and rear
ing of children, yet frown upon the
minor forms Of gambling.
Moralists and the morals they hold
are a dreary and withal an amazing
spectacle. The longevity of a bad
ACPNeoeioiA ID hotAi1lS CSufp6ECu W LlG
Immortality and rigidity Of the re-
quirements for a good one. If we can
manage to amend the Constitution Of
the United States eighteen times in a
century and third it does seem as
though there should have been a
couple of popular referendums on the
teachings of Moses in the last four or
five thousand years.
AS for the joy and rapture Of little
feet about the house that the other
moralists and Eddie Guest speak Of 40
frequently and so feelingly, we believe,
after four years of parenthood, that
they have been considerably over
press -agented.
Parenthood is something you have to
acquire taste for, like olives and
tobacco. The first year after the little
stranger comes, with its rosebud hands
gripping at your heart, is plain hell
for the collaborators in the production,
and also, IL oral evidence goes for any
New-York tribune., 1922-11-02
Keeping a Promise to China

Following the evacuation of ST.
IBERIA by the Japanese comes an
other triumph for the Washington
conference in the announcement
that the United States and the AL
lied powers are about to relinquish
control of the Chinese Eastern
Railway.
This railroad, which is a link in
the Trans~Siberian line, forming q
cutoff through Chinese territory
that shortens the route from Rus
sia to vladivostok by many. hum
dreds Of miles, was taken over by
the Allies in the course Of the op-
erations against the Bolsheviks in
Siberia in 1918. The United States
has ever since maintained a tech
nical board under John F. Stevens,
with headquarters at Hardin, the
capital OF the province Of Man
cfuria.
The fate of this railway was the
subject of lengthy discussions at
the Washington conference, the
agreement finally being reached
that upon the evacuation Of the
srmies Of occupation from Siberia
the need for Allied supervision OF
the road wouldrease and 1t should
then be turned over to the Chinese
10 be operated and held by them
New-York tribune., 1922-11-02
More Truth Than Poetry
By James ]. Montague
The Doom of the Drama

The Doom of the Drama
If the drama was laid on the
placid old farm,
Surrounded with canvas built
greenery,
The dumbest of actors could do
it no harm
1t always was saved by the
scenery.
One saw lovely meadows, all vel.
low and blue.
And gardens impossibly flow
cry;
And sat there delighted, forget
ting to boo
At the tramp just arrived from
the Bowery.
When the. banker was stabbed in
the ruined old mill,
Where the villains were making
a night of it,
Your memory woke with wild,
joyful thrill,
And the tears flowed apace at
the sight of it.
The murderers' acting was dread
fully bad,
But you looked at the ancient
machinery
That your fingers had nipped, as
a bit of lad,
And warmly applauded the
scenery.
The plays Of the slums were
wonderful thing,
With the dive and the day-and-
night beanery,
Where the evil pursuits of the
opium ring
Were piled midst appropriate
scenery.
If you'd measure the actors by
merit alone,
From the stage you'd have
wrathfully bounded 'em,
But you sat through the horror
with never a moan
Because of the set that sur
rounded 'em.
And now they propose, in the In
terest of art
And this is no frivolous
japery-
To make every actor perform his
own part
Assisted by nothing but drap-
cry.
The stage of the future, the
aesthetics opine,
Will be bare as a countryside
deanery
Which seems to make certain the
dramas decline,
For at present it's founded on
scenery.
New-York tribune., 1922-11-02

thing, Tor the production him Cor herr
self.
After that both father and offspring
generally begin to sit up and cake
notice and, II neither is too urper.5
sonable, grow fond Of each other.
That fondness. so far as a father is
concerned, is pretty nearly purs
egotisn.
All his hopes for his son, ell his
pride in him, ali his dreams for tte
youngsters future-and they can 81
pretty fervent dreams at times-dcns
seem to US to be downright unseIfish-
ness by long shot. This nnsn-cub
who still talks with quaint mlspro-
nunciations, is a reincarnation Of the
man who sired him. He Ia the fathers
second chance TO make good. s
How long that fondness endures,
whether IL grows with the years, we
are not prepared at present to report,
We don't know whether 1t lasts up to
the time Of loud socks and rakish hats
and Kollege Klothes and the develop
nent Of eccentric and raucous be-
havior in the presence Of the opposite
sex. Perhaps 1t does; perhaps It con-
tinues even through that terrible
period. Love. even love based on
egotism,> has amazing tenscity. sene-
times.
We like Mr.. Galsworthy's treatment
Of the sex instincts and conflicts Of his
characters. He evidently learned that
people were created male and female
long before this matter was ever dis
closed to American writer's. They still
seem to consider it Of news value. APP
parentiy Mr.. Galsworthy never had to
be told there wasn't any stork.
We should imagine. without goingto
@Who's Who" for information, that hs
author Of "The Forsyts Saga" Is Eve
years less. than hfty. He insists and
reiterates that che dangerous age for
a man is forty-fve. Our impression
is that it Is thirty-two.
New-York tribune., 1922-11-02
What Readers Are Thinking

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years seemed weak and vacillating.
and France thereby lost prestige in
their eyes"
NJ. Darisc announced that "ail fear
that the Rhineland will ever be re-
turned to Prussian control has
vanished" In his report to the
Finance Commission he strongly urged
the establishment of customs bound
AIRY along the bank Of the Rhine.
thus uniting the Rhineland with
France financially and abolishing the
collection Of customs between Ger
many and the Rhineland. This would
be welcomed by the people and tend to
relieve the present situation.
GEORGE WHARTON EDWARDS.
New York, Oct. 30, 1922
New-York tribune., 1922-11-02

ious device--not peculiar to Rome,
perhaps not unknown in Manhattan
the clerk hangs a permanent hat
by his desk, so that he is construc-
lively always on the job, wherever
ne may be intact. For this purpose
beaver would be rather exaggera-
tive, but any other old hat would do.
ltaly's new ruler has put a stop to
this agreeable practice, The Fas-
cisti have no use for loafers; that
much is certain, tophats or no hats.
New-York tribune., 1922-11-02
MIR. Harvey's .Cld Stuff

70 the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir; It may amuse some AZ ycur
readers to be reminded that Colonsl
Harvey's peculiar views ars at lsast
hundred years old. In 1921, john
Gait wrote in "Ths Ayrshire Lega.
teess: Il never had comfoTt or ex-
pectation Of the freethipksr, since I
heard he was injected with she blue
and yellow calamity Of The Edinburgh
Review in which. s1a eredibly told;
sit is set forth chat women have nae
souls" ssfs
GERTRUDE TREMBLEY BARB.
New York, Oct. %. 1872.
New-York tribune., 1922-11-02
Books and So Forth

MP to page $3.50, John Galsworthy's
"The Forsyte Saga" seems to us a
mighty book. We may change our
mind before we reach it's conclusion.
1t ends on page. $40.
We're not at all certain we're glad
that the three-voiume novel went out
of fashion. 1t had its advantages. 1t
took you weeks to read it, and in that
course of time you became pretty we'll
acquainted with the people who moved
through its pages. You got more in
terested in their personalities than the
| modern author usually gives you a
chance to get.
! Getting acquainted with character
in modern novel is not unlike talking
to stranger at baseball game. You
get a vague impression of his ap-
pearance, a still foggier one Of his
| behavior, and these are disjointed and
interspersed and shattered by violent
events progressing on the field before
you.
1t mightn't be bad idea to revive
the three-volume novel and make it
compulsory. There would be fewer
books, fewer book critics, fewer pub
lishers' blurbs and fewer authors.
Those Of the last who hadn't three
volumesful of idea in their heads
could go and get high salaried posi-
tions with the motion picture COM
panies.
Three-volume novels went out, we
seem to remember, about the time
that people began to abandon pens,
for any other purpose than check sign
ing, and took to the speedier type
writer.
And now, with SO many Of the lead
ing authors debating their work to
their secretaries, their books ara be-
coming shorter and shorter. That is q
not altogether gloomy thought.
New-York tribune., 1922-11-02
pending the settlement Of Russia 4,
interests in the road. AS, originally y

pending the settlement Of Russia's /,
interests in the road. AS. originally
built Il was primarily . Russian
affair. Its construction and OPP
Grafton We're undertaken jointly by
the Chinese and Russians, China
having the right to purchase the
read in entirety .thirty-five years
after its completion. The title al
the end Of eighty years was to pass
to China unencumbered.
In turning over the operation of
the road to the Chinese the Allies
reserve the right of supervision and
demand uninterrupted operation.
The manner in which the Chinese
carry out these stipulations will be,
in measure, test of their ability
to direct suci, enterprises by them
selves. But more important fron
the Chinese point of view is the
TACT that this return means anothe.
withdrawal of foreigners who had
intruded unasked in China's affairs.
This was one of the main points
for which the Chinese fought at
Washington. The evacuation Of
Shantung was their principal OBJ
Jective. But this withdrawal from
Manchuria is a further indication
OF the good. faith Of the foreigners
professions that as soon as practi-
cable they will relinquish the spe-
cial rights and privileges they have
long held in China.