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New-York tribune., 1922-11-11
The Special Session

No course of action pursued by
Mr. Harding has been more states
rnanlike than his steadfast resolve
70 upbuild the shipping Of America
In calling a special session Of Con-
gress, largely TO consider this prob
lem, he brings clearly before the
country the most pressing and seri-
Gus issue that confronts the nation.
Our great marine advance was &
by-product OF the war. BY sheer
luck we were enabled in few
months to restore our ships to a
position lost in the Civil War. The
problem now is how to retain this
gift Of the gods, how to forge it
into sound and permanent weapon
II national enterprise and defense.
Mr.. Harding has held no pet thee
ries as TO how our shipping should be
saved from the destruction that is
Detailing it. He has taken expert
advice. The conclusions that he has
reached will doubtless be presented
TO Congress. 1t will remain for the
House and the Senate to devise the
exact legislation which will best and
most economically keep our flag fiy-
ing upon the seas.
The question ID Of great interest
70 New Workers, living and laboring
IN the greatest port of America. But
it is far from a sectional issue. A
great carrying fleet means that the
surplus produce Of America,
whsther wheat or hides or ore
or manufactured goods, can be mar
keted in every port of the world
upon at least an equality with the
goods of other nations.
Americans are but just beginning
20 think in terms of overseas trade.
We are only starting to comprehend
the countless tricks and devices by
which a great trading nation handi-
caps its rivals. The notion that the
carrying trade was free-for-all af-
fair, in which all goods looked alike
to the carriers and received equal
treatment from them regardless OF
nationality, is being shown up as q
costly and deceptive dream. Foreign
trade is rather a great united ma
tional adventure, for which a nation
must mobilize its entire commercial
enterprise of production, of finance,
of craftsmanship, Of vessels. 1t must
enlist the farmer and the miner ana
the banker not less than the ship
owner, the sailor and the agent over
seas.
1t is toward such mobilization
of national ability that President
Harding now urges Congress and
the nation to take great forward
step.
New-York tribune., 1922-11-11
Expensive Stupidity

Mr.. Hylan, as was to be expected,
has refused to permit any action by
the Board of Estimate on new sub
ways until the state administration
changes on January J.. Plans conf
pleted by the Transit Commission
End ready to put into execution were
disapproved by the Board Of Esti-
mate at Thursdays meeting. Among
them We're the proposals for the
Washington Heights line and the
Staten Island tunnel.
The Mayor and his Estimate
Board fondly imagine that they will
have the planning of subways soon.
The hope of putting over the billion
dollar plan submitted by the Mayor
is strong within them. A billion dol
lars to be spent on subways is q
dazzling prospect to a collection of
Tammany officeholders.
Meanwhile there has been enforced
a delay of two months, perhaps six
months, in the beginning of work on
two very necessary units on the new
system. Even if Mr.. Hylan thinks
that the present commission is not to
continue after January /, its COM
pleted plans can, be sent along,
thereby assuring immediate action.
TO hold them up serves no useful
purpose. 1t merely provides for a
few extra months of Inconvenience
10 the public.
II was to be expected, as we have
said, thai this course would be
adopted. Snlall-nsinded men deiigh.
% annoy their bettsrs when the op-
portunitg offers. Mr.. Hylan and his
official brethren fancy they have the
whip hand over d commission which
has shown plainly how little the
city authorities know about transit.
But the venting Of spite ON the
Transit gpssinsission il in this IN
stance ass2he expense Of the public.
New-York tribune., 1922-11-11


Happily coincident with to-day's
anniversary of peace Is the begin
ming of the annual roll call of the
Red Gross. Here is a concrete way
for every citizen to express good will
for all mankind. Join the organiza-
tion that relieves misery, that car
ries on in peace as in war, that
knows no international barriers and
has never yet failed to rise to emer-
gencies, however great. No wonder
it is close to the worlds heart and
calls to all on this day commemo-
rating great emotions and great
deeds.
New-York tribune., 1922-11-11
Voluntary Defenders

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: In connection with the an
nouncement in your issue of October
81 of the incorporation of the Volun-
tary Public Defender Committee Of
Kings County may we call your atten-
tion to the existence of committee in
New York County. which has func-
toned for nearly six years and for the
last two years in association with the
Legal Aid Society under the name of
the Voluntary Defenders Committee of
the Legal Aid Society? The work has
been approved by the Bar Association
and the Court of General Sessions, in
which the representatives of the COM
mittee practice, as being in furtherance
of justice. ).
This organization has conducted the
defense in nearly 1890 felony cases.
1t has not been able to extend it's
activities to other counties in the city,
although frequently requested to do so.
because of lack of staff and funds. The
new organization, it is hoped, will fill
the need in Kings County as the exist
ing one has in New York County.
The great difficulty is to keep such
organizations going. The giving Of
such legal services in criminal cases
involves careful investigation and
preparation, and adequately to meet
this the public. which is generally so
interested in justice, should be generous
in Its financial support.
LOUIS FABRICANT,
Counsel, Voluntary Defenders Com
naitteesx
Nav vz.grfs Nv
New-York tribune., 1922-11-11
What Readers Are Thinkino

he and his friends. We had the same
privilege, but we did net in like man
ner abuse it.
Ihis technical defense may bs suf-
.s'ene 60 "Prohib" and his confreres
40. she saving of their faces and the
saving of their consciences for having
ehsratsed upon the Constitution this
eSotie and life-sapping growth, but it
is noS sufficient to convince the sverare
citizen that this monstrous thing was
not framed up" and "put ever, on the
country while he was not looking.
GEORGE WEsTERvELT.
x New York. Nov. 6. 1922.
New-York tribune., 1922-11-11

We are little surprised that those
addicted to non-hction have not made
Harry Kenp's "Tramping on Life" one
OF the twenty best sellers; it seems 80
thoroughly work of non-fction.
~ HRIsToPHER MORLEY was pa
~ thetically nonplussed the other
day in "The Evening Postn over the
words Of song called "Oliver Twist"
dedicated to and rendered in the course
of the cinedrama of that title. AT Mr..
Chaliapin's performance last Sunday
evening we, COO, were embarrassed by
our inability to appreciate the trans
lated Lyrics" of the repertoire. Each
member of the audience was equipped
with song book containing the words
OF the solos, which were numbered
for purposes of Identification. Mr.
Chaliapin would announce, for in
stance, Number Thirty -Four." where
upon nearly all those present would
give vent TO pleased little outcries of
anticipation and say TO one another:
"Oh, it's the Flea! It's Mephisto's
Flea!" They would then ioyously ac-
company MIR. Chaliapin's recital of
Goethe's verse via the following trans
lation:
Once. long ago. a king lived who kept such
a fine fat flea.
"a feat heall
And cherished him az dearly as tho SON
were he.
a neai Ia, ha. ha, ha, hal
heal Ha, ha, ha. ha. has A fieai
He sent for his own tailor, who came TO
Court in haste.
NOW cut my flea doubiet. and clothe him
in good taste.
douniet fer flea! Ha. ha. ha, ha. ha
A flea! Ha, ha. IA, ha, ha,
flea! Ea. ha, ha, ha. hal
Ha, has ha. ha. ha. hal 4 aea Of taste,
Again, Mr. Chaliapin, his visaee
blooming with promised benefaction.
would call out like Santa Claus dis
tributing gifts; Number Seventeenf s.
A great rustling of the song books
would Immediately ensus and the
audience would murmur deiighredlv
Bravo, The Government Clerk,i,,
Like the ahashed barbarian in the Par
New-York tribune., 1922-11-11
It ech,sical" Prohibition
o the Editor Of The Tribune.

10 the Editor OF The Tribune
Sir: The letter of your corre-
spondent "Prohib" and the other "an-
swers" to my question as to the peo-
pies opportunity of voting on the
Eighteenth Amendment are all based
upon the same old quibble. They con-
tend that in the passage OF. the amend
mene the letter of the law was strictly
complied with and then they rest their
case.
Granting that the letter Of the law
may have been complied with, never
has the spirit of the law been more
grossly and deliberately violated. /
accept without question "prohih,s,
statement that during the period be-
tween 1913 and 1917 he, in company
with others who shared his aims.
voted consistently for congressman
who would pass upon the amendment.
II is now a patent and notorious fact
thai during that period these people
We're quietly and systematically lining
up behind certain candidates for Con-
gress with an eye single to the one
aim Of national prohibition. 1t is also
matter of common knowledge that
during the same period the thoughts
and attention Of the rest of the coun-
try We're engrossed with the pressing
issues Of the hour, growing ont Of the
terrific world struggle then waging
and involving the preservation Of the
country and Of civilization itsels. True,
as "Prohib" says, the rest of us had
the same privilege In the matter as
New-York tribune., 1922-11-11
Oddments and Remainders

VETE DID not realize until the other
Wv day that the "six best seliers''
is, obsolete as a literary institution.
1t seems that no longer do those
luminous Pleiades glitter among the
Sunday book reviews, indicating what
volumes have most attracted the
populace in its librarious moments.
Increased industry on the part both
of authors and bookwer1ns has rem
dered the modest compilation insult
fcient, and now, we learn from Mr..
Rascoe's department, it has been re-
placed by the twenty best sellers;
ten fiction, ten non-fction, neither Of
which list more than remotely re-
sembles the old arrangement
When we became employed ten
tatively in what is known as "this
work" best seller was something by
Harold Bell Wright; or one of the
tricky frame-ups eontrived for in
dolent consumption by those Of lesser
understanding. A best seller then was
the product of one who writes much
and with rapidity about the easy melo-
drama of life as it is suspected by a
thoughtless majority. It was some
thing to be derided by those possess
ing culture, or information.
But among the twenty best sellers
no gewgaws are included. 1t is not
the tawdny yarn-spinner who in the
pageant of literature now rides in the
gold equipage of popularity. You will
learn from Mr.. Rascoe's comforting
invoice that the loud huzzas and wav-
ing kerchiefs of large circulation are
addressed to the honest mobiles of the
art, instead of to its thrifty dema-
gogues. 1t will teach you that WORTH
ness in the book-market is profitable
commodity and that it is not, as it
used to be said of virtue, it's only re-
ward. Can you imagine, as you must,
from this irrefragable straw vote, that
the destination of long lines of
customers In front of the non-fction
counters is such works as "The Mind
in the Making" or "Outwitting Our
Nerves" or "The Conquest of Fear?
New-York tribune., 1922-11-11
Fuel-Saving Devices I-ield Y

To the Editor OF The Tribune 4
Sir: The country Is 50 dssps''., !,
In need Of coal that an enloa's
been placed on several proaass
give coal the right Of way s /,
all we'll and good SO far as Y sDss !,
it goes too far, fer the eneas &
applies to fuel-saving dsyieesl = :
not most illogical under pfess 81
cumstances, when ton Of sss' &
is as good as a ton Iained =
hyered? I.
write from personal kno~'seMs1 q /,
am associated with . eesrpssss IS s
manufactures fuel-saving easa
which is used extensively W !,
fuel is burned in large qpai's's'ss; NJ
it now has several shipinei1 ss \, &
the lifting Of the embargo ea A ,.l.|
Ing equipment, fer when 'a'
plants are patiently wait s.. |
As one step tewasd silss's'sss ss,3|
fuel famine. / trust ths psepss s. 8 4
will lift the embargo in - rs I. I'll
applies to any applisace va'sa .,,'
fective in reducing fuel so,ssssss asss s,sl|
Psasass, n. J., Nov = as&'
New-York tribune., 1922-11-11
A Department of Profiseering

Charges of incompetence and graft
in the Department of Public Markets
were forgotten during the late cam
paign. Now this department, which
has had so much unpleasant notori-
ETY., is beginning to attract unfavor-
able attention once more.
Morris Ernst, counsel for the New
York Market Growers Association
calls attention to bill before the
Board OF Aldermen which would
legalizc the occupation Of the best
places IN the markets by the specula-
tors, prohteers who have long de-
feated the declared purpose of the
markets--to supply wage earners
with food at reasonable prices.
At present, though the spectators
are operating, they can be got rid OF
by legal proceedings. The passage
Of this ordinance, Mr.. Ernst de-
clares, would make them immovah,e
fixtures.
1t will be remembered that the
same sort of tactics was employed
when The Tribune called attention
to the grating of license collectors
in the Markets Department. An i'm.
mediate effort was made to legalize
operations, which had 20 be discon-
tinued because of an order forbid
ding them which was issued by JUS
tice Cropsey.
II has been the contention ~ NJ
Hylan that tbs public markets are a
boom TO the people and that thav
New-York tribune., 1922-11-11
By Percy Hammond

thenon we turned timidIy 20 Nsnha,
II and were mgstifsd by til
comique:
He was a government clerk,
She wes a generals daughter;
he uaodestly told of his love,
But she ssnt him packing. It's exst
daughter.
Away went the government cEsrx,
And spent the whole night IA csrurxL
And tfpstly safd TO himzsH ID dfsarx
"WeIl. shes only gepersrs dausttr, /
Our evening was saved. hcwex.r. \
no doubt, was that of tsw others, L
"a friendly Sootnote &c tha song Wig
thus illumined its subtIer mssaiisS
In explanation. Of course o ssszs3
daughter is far higher in ths social Sd
than a government clerk, but nsvsthsz
generals daughters in Russia uaass a
old regime were as numerous a Ahsf
berries on q bush. and III ths tpsy n
brought on by his carousai the cefk ras
soies himself with the reaectiea; vel
she's only generals daaghtssv
MFR ADAMS. In his airy esrsHas'l
A'~ ton to "The 49ers,' inGi:stisg shs|
love songs habitual TO musical ssneds,
has good time kidding the sraadvsy
tsoubadours. Here is the program q
the ballads In Mr.. Adans's velysI
trayesty. "The Love Girl,e whaal
familiar scenes are @q'ta eoastyza
of The Golden Spider Darmstatt
and "opposite the Palm Beach IN
Palm Beach, Fla"
/. ''Caa This Be Lover. EMILY ana esst
Sehmpa
,. Love. Love. Love. Emily and PrsHI
4. my Garden Of Love" -,
Sigmund Westeryeit. cloe ane va
5. "Oh. Love Me New .........,..... ...S
Emily. Prince and Entire cor7ss
s. THE Love Bear Thee .....:..;
Wurzman and Annapois HsFE
:. "Love Me Forever" -. ..-....... -. 81
Winifred. Edgar, Pierre and sso'fHs
s. I'm Love With You" 4,
Jimmy aud the Raa'o GlisE
8. When Love Comes Tag TIP
Tripping. .LeideTha ans sns@
10. Just Love-" ..........s...s,..
Entire Thompsoa-starrstt B
Something tells us that ws nay aa 4
copied the wrong playbill, aad thai y /
above song sheet is the cataics = q
serious Broadway operetts pug
way it seems to be rather funny. B
New-York tribune., 1922-11-11
Governor Edwards's Success

~soVcfnof Edwards Success
70 the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir; I see in your issue of to-day
that Governor Edwards frankly gives
credit for his success on Election Day
20 his opposition to prohibition. I
am not surprised. During the cam
Paign ] heard Governor Edwards
speak IN small town in New Jersey
and was very much impressed by the
lack OF uplift and ideals in what he
had to say, OF course, he denounced
the fact that the laws were constantly
broken but did not say that he had
done anything to suppress the stills
running in that particular county.
The audience consisted of farmers
and small town people. They have
voted for light wine and beer, and
the grand and glorious army ef taa
vets is marching on. How much
more glorious il all wero united to
New-York tribune., 1922-11-11

uphold the Constitution IS It s's1s
When q malignant case Is fasA
a hospital the skillful surgeon 8
hot leave q part Of the srsas.'
growth because it may do 20 ~
He removes the whole.
A WOMAN yoss1
New York, Nov. 9. 1922
New-York tribune., 1922-11-11
TIE THOUGHTS OF HERMIoNE

! Don't you think that the elan
vital is just simply wonderful?
We have been taking it up and
discussing it lately, my little group
Of serious thinkers and I, and we
don't see what the arts could do
without it!
| Or life, either, for that matter.
Mamma doesn't think it is quite
respectable but then poor,
dear Mamma is so hopelessly old
fashioned!
The way / judge of plays and
books and everything is simply this.
| ''Does this thing have the elan vital
In it or doesn't it?"
And if it doesn't, it is total
failure, so far as am concerned.
That's one thing Evolution is
doing, don't you think? Putting
more and more of the elan vital into
things, if you get what mean.a
We are doing a great deal of
! volunteer social welfare work this
year, my little group and I.
Visiting the poor, you know, and
trying to persuade them to live in
, better way more sanitation
and everything, if you get what
mean.
Every time I feel temptation to
(! plunge into frivolity of any sort /
take up the poor again in serious
way.
The poor have meant a great deal
to me in the way of bringing
proper rhythm into my life.
| And without rhythm, how can one
have harmony?
And harmony, as the dear Swami
says, is All.
And since Harmony is All, we
must work to see that All is Har-
mony, don't you think?
I am going to give dinner next
week, at which some of us will dis
euss the fuel and food situation as
1t will affect the poor this winter,
and ] must hurry to my dress
makers for a fitting.
For ! shall wear gown at the
dinner in harmony with the idea of
the dinner itself.
Unless have harmony, my spirit
ual life becomes becomes
l.. well inharmonious,
If YOU get what l mean.
Ny costume must somehow SYM
bolize the purpose of the meeting.
think ones every act and move
nent should be a Symbol and
Gesture, don't you?
O, the Gesture! The Gesture!
How aoomderfut the Gesture can be!
Nearly every night before I 20
to bed / ask myself: "Has my every
action to-day been Gesture? or
have failed?"
New-York tribune., 1922-11-11
The 7ogyer
f,snf.. MaH fnrk Trihnna Ian.. lnas
Copyright. 1888. Nav York Tribune inc.
THE GREAT GLAND MYSTERY

Copyright. 1888. Now York Tribune anc.
THE GREAT GLAND MYSTERY
(Novelised from the Film Version
by Earl harrington Sinclair, ass-
thor of "Au For Love's Sake
Gladys, the BooHsgger's Daugh-
ter etc.
Let us return to the five detec-
tives whom we left standing in the
millionaire's apartment with the
two corpses, the cobra, the empty
jewel case, which had contained the
stolen gland, and the mysterious
Woman in Purple, wondering what
could have caused the explosion
which had just wrecked the front
Of the house.
What is your theory about this
snake?" asked one of the reporters
Of the Chief Detective.
After consultation the five de-
teetives gave signed statement to
the press, in which they said: eve
are now working on information
which leads us to believe that the
snake is q reptile"
The reporters then withdrew for
a consultation, the result of which
was apparent in the afternoon
papers. Some of the headlines read:
"Gland He Bought From Sheik
Explodes, Destroying Millionaire's
House"
Arabian Gland Wrecks Home;
destroys Thief Who Dropped It."
"Sheik's Gland Elopes, Destroys
Home; Commits Suicide"
mad Gland at Large After Slay-
ing Two, Destroying House"
Gland Bootlegging Conspiracy
Causes Lurid Holocaust"
1.-TWO Slain, Scores Hurt, as
Gland Probe Begins"
X.
1t is now time to introduce Dartie
Dunn, the Cub Reporter.
ITO Be Continued.
New-York tribune., 1922-11-11

have aroused opposition only among
food protiteers. Apparently the food
profiteers have decided to cease this
opposition, and by taking stands in
the markets make as good a thing
out of them as SOME Of the poll
ticians have been doing.
New-York tribune., 1922-11-11
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4 (fa)
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Grey
4 =

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and sing the exchange name to the
melody. For instance, Stuyvesant 1853
would fit the tune Of 'tWhere Did You
Get That Hat?" Or $500, "How DrysI
AMI" I am now working on a method
of teaching the binomial theorem on
the player piano. THEIs.
Even the Turks seem divided as
to their Turkish Policy.
Noah seems to have been The Old
est Soak.
News Of the autumn hunting saa-
son all over the country shows thai
some persons still grasp shotgnna
py the barrel and drag them through
rnderhrush and hedges with the
muzzle pointing toward vital parts
of the human makeup. Most 81
them are persons who can read ana
write and are entitled to the fran
chise. There will always be. no
doubt, an appreciable proportion 81
ne population whose attitude toward
i'fe is: Come easy, go easy"
DON MARQUIS.
New-York tribune., 1922-11-11
Not Too Late

If we can't have peace with Turkey
because we never declared war on
her, what's the matter with declaring
war on her right away7
New-York tribune., 1922-11-11
1t is now time to introduce Dartie
Dunn, the Cub Reporter.
ITO Be Continued.
A Wall Motto

Sir: In many day have not seen
such an inspiring Wall Motto as the
following Eastern proverb:
1t is better to stand still than to run;
1t is better to sit than to stand;
1t is better to lie doun than to sit:
1t is better 70 sleep than to svake.
IT SNYDER
New-York tribune., 1922-11-11

Ssu eaa psFehsse merchandise advertised In TIE
rsisuHE wisa asseiuis safety--iof II dissatisfac.
sias results Ia AIRY easa THE TRIBUNE auaraa-
sess Il sas ysrr nisnsS back aeon reausss. No red
saps. No cuisbssss. We rssyad ssemasly the
sssSs;isgg asss Hst
New-York tribune., 1922-11-11
Salvage

Many investors find the only fuel
connected with oil wells they buy is
the stock.
copyright by Iames j. Montasue)
New-York tribune., 1922-11-11
srvpgp OF THE AssocrArrp pnnss

TIE Associated Press b exclusively entitled TO
s5e use for republication Of all nsws dispatches
rroatea 10 IL or rot otherwise credited In this
paPcr snd also tho setai news Of spoataneoss origin
published herein,
All rights q republication sf ali otnes matter
asTen also reserved,
New-York tribune., 1922-11-11
Phenomenon

A curious thing about the cost of
living is that it is sometimes higher
than at other times, but never lower.
New-York tribune., 1922-11-11

And Mr. Hylan never made greater
blander than 10 think the cititzens
vii. approve of his present conduct.
New-York tribune., 1922-11-11

Owned by New Yesh TSikass Inc. New Yoqk
csrpesstions Fublished dssis. Ogden geid. Yresis
dent Hsisn Res@ss Reid, seSsessry; h o. Msxfiesd.
TREASURER Adarsss. 1fissne p0istins. is4 Nassau
Esssss New rosk Ctsy. Teispseae. Bessmsa 5000
New-York tribune., 1922-11-11
MEMORY SYSTEM

MEMORY SYSTEM
Sir: Your system of remembering
telephone numbers is too simple for
the average mind to grasp. Here is
method which | have used, with good
effect, for years.
set the number to music. Thus:
0 (mi)
New-York tribune., 1922-11-11
SUBSCRIPTION aArTa : y nail lnciud
GuAR MrY

siisred a. ne Possofiee 81 New York IS Second
glass Ma.l Matter.
New-York tribune., 1922-11-11
copyright, ieaa, Mew Yerk Trlbune Inc.

We are little surprised that those
addicted to non-fction have not made
Harry Kernp's 'Tramping on Life" one
Of the twenty best sellers; it seems 30
thoroughly work of non-fction.
New-York tribune., 1922-11-11

gbtfTS AUHIiHs9I
Something tells US that W may w
copied the wrong plsybilI. sad sAa' =
above song sheet is the eataies =
serious Broadway oreretta. n''a
way it seems to be rather fnnny'
New-York tribune., 1922-11-11

Even the Turks seem divided as
to their Turkish Policy. -