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New-York tribune., 1922-02-26
Can Europe Disarm?

The scheme for European military
disarmament and a tcn-year guar
anty Of existing boundaries credited
to Lloyd George would. of course, fit
IN with the British Premier's pen-
eral plan of European reo~ganjza-
ton. Lloyd Georges point of de-
parture IS economic rather than
political. He originally intended to
0onllne the work of the Cannes con.
terence to economic rcadjustments.
Every dollar saved on military cs-
taollshment would be a dollar re-
leased to industry or debt reduction.
Ii Europe could get along for ten
years without armies she would be
vastly benefited, financially and in
dustrially. Therefore the Lloyd
George suggestion will appeal
strongly to the economic mind.
1t is violent assumption. how
ever, that Europe can get along for
ten years without armies. Europe
Is not a political unit any more than
1t is an economic unit. The present
European status rests on the Yer
sallles Treaty, which divides the Eu-
ropean countries into opposing
camps. There is political balance
OF powcr. sustained by armed force.
II the force which stands behind the
treaty is removed how can the treaty
be executed and the status QUO pre-
served?
The Entente powers have an OBJ
structiVe and unrepentant Germany
on their hands. Will Germany ever
fulfill her treaty obligations except
under military threats and pres
sure? Russia is another burden. No
faith can be put in engagements en-
tered into by the Soviet government.
Lennc has not yet given up his idea
Of Sovietizing Western Europe by
conquest. How can the nations bor-
dering on Russia afford to disarn?
How can France, the only power
competent to enforce the Versailles
Treaty, be urged to throw away the
single coercive weapon which q
treaty breaking Germany would re-
spect?
The sort Of disarmament which
Lloyd George is reputed to advocate
would be helpful in different sort
OF Europe, but hardly in the Europe
Of to-day. The League of Nations
guarantees the boundaries of each of
its members against external ag
grcsSion. But Germany and Russia
are outside the league. The Euro
pean members of the League put
little confidence il the covenants
promises, because the League is it.
self disarmei. Would the parallel
promises Of another European asso-
citation, also unarmed, arouse any
greater confidence?
Politically speaking, Europe is
tied up to the Versailles settlements.
The ultimate sanction behind these
settlements is force. How, then, can
force be dispensed with at present
in European affairs? Even if the
Versailles Treaty is torn to pieces
and new balance Of power is estab-
lishcd, it, too, will have to rest, as
things now are, OH some form of
military and political force.
New-York tribune., 1922-02-26
A Week of Verse
I line

(Frona 7iSe Atlantic Bonthiy)
fTHEY sec amiss who picture Tim. a.
old,
A STOPPING baldpatc with his wrinklcd
hand
clutched on scythc. Not so I under
stand
My comrade Of lifetime, who has told
This listening heart from childhood
manifold
Strange stories Of the past as through
the land
We ran together, while the glad winds
famed
Back from his forehead locks Of youth
full gold
But these my mortal limbs may not
much longer
Maintain the ardor Of his quickening
pace;
find him never younger. swifter.
stronger,
Singing no more Of strfes and splendors
gone,
But painting for the goal Of his great
race,
AZ the importunate vision sweeps him on.
KATHARINE LEE BATES.
New-York tribune., 1922-02-26
Crepe Hanging

Sir Philip Gibbs, one of the most
diligcnt Of the undertalsers hanging
out crepe for Europe, in recent I'D
dress at Boston said:
Prussia has under arms on the
Polish frontier a force of 1000, 900
men. With the press of button that
force could be increased to 100000.
On tho other side Of the border arc
millions of armed Polcs.'
The Polish army now numbers
about 100000. If Russia would re-
duce her military establishment Po-
land, Warsaw says, would gladly cut
down to 100000 or less. Yet there is
no slowing down of the propaganda
which presents horrible Poland as
'imperialistic.'
New-York tribune., 1922-02-26

conservation of the Schoharie dis
trict's water power under Governor
Miller's conservation scheme.
The fear that Tammany may no,
have hand in the purchase of the
Schoharic basin has for some
months been troubling the leaders of
that organization. 1t is this, no
doubt, which sends Mr.. Hirshfield's s
mind SO far from the city to find
something TO illuminate about.
New-York tribune., 1922-02-26
White + car

from Thc Mcqsur~J
AN not afraid in April,
] am cool enough TO pass
Where robins burn like embers
And tulips scorch the grass.
But oh, when snow has fallen
On little city park,
would not dream to venture
Alone there in the dark.
For if I made one motion
Along the mufled street,
Whole whitened trees would tumble
Into ashes at my feet.
The almond lamps would ripcn
In the velvet shell and fall
Upon the plush Of pavements
With no sound at all.
And trembling in the silence
Like some one very old,
I would find my hair silver
And feel my heart cold.
WINIFRED WELLES.
New-York tribune., 1922-02-26
Suspicious Alarm

me panic into which Commits
''Aer Of Accounts Hirshfeld is
puAged by the Robinson water
y'"er = Dill is doubtless shared by the
,lsmmany members of the Legis-
ature.
'ammany has had its eye for
"y years on Schoharie Greek as a
sS'Sloie ~ feeder for the New York
~, a,sf supply system. The fact that
~ :'A the addition of the streams
" Ss''lng into the Ashokan basin
>. =" 1ork's water needs are taken
ss'e ~ Of for many years did not in
!. Iammany. The opportunity
0uy vast tracts Of land while it
> IN power in New York was all
ast a.. it could see.
j. 'a's opportunity may possibly
a,s.s ssuf'aiied 10 sorne extent by the
s''son bill, which provides for tie
New-York tribune., 1922-02-26
Culture
{ Fro1n The Soft0'

fFror* The Nation
I SAW an oak upon hill,
Etched against an empty sky
Weathered gray and great;
Like mask Of fate.
II was as scornful as sprig
Whose life has just begun;
AS lovely as an old man
Smiling at the sun.
1t knew of old the believing storm,
And dared his thrashing might;
1t did not shrink from soaring day.
Nor dread choking night.
And they will fell it, shrivet il,
In cold mechanic rage,
That its bleachcd flesh and bones may
bear
These words, upon this page.
CLEMENT WOOD.
New-York tribune., 1922-02-26

lhe same belief in the value of
mental training has been stressed
by many others, as has also tho i'm
portance of q general background of
history, politics, literature and other
subjects.
Whether the full four years or
shorter period at college should be
made the minimum is a question of
detail. But all who arc interested
IN seeing the high standards of the
legal profession maintained will vel
come any action that tends to raise
the qualifications for admission.
New-York tribune., 1922-02-26
Metempsychosis

From The Poetry Repic,o)
IF AS some sages sing
The soul re-entering
This life in after days
Should shun the devious ways
Of man, then let me be
Best of all things, q tree!
Not the tall poplar, lest
Too high for birds to nest
In me were I, nor yet
The willow that doth fret
At ripping waters edge,
Nor hazel in the hedge,
Nor oak, mighty with Time
Fain would be lime.
For softest songs Of Dird
And bee would then be heard
From my glad heart, and mine
The fragrancy devine
From blossom downward spreedI
And though so chill and dead
Seemed my bare arms at fall
OF leaf. | should recall
Mine own fair towering
And wait with joy for spring.
HILDA HART.
New-York tribune., 1922-02-26
Industrial Peace

The signing Of q reform code for
the building trades by union brick
ayers, masons and plasterers as
sures peace in the building industry
at time when peace is necessary
80 prosperity. The union men ap-
parently have laid down the
weapons employed in the recent
labor war and joined with capital in
an effort to end the disastrous
building shortage.
After conference with William
Hayward, United States Attorney,
and Attorney General Daugherty,
Ike executive heads of the intcrna-
,ional building organizations have
signed consent to the entry Of
decree affecting the national organi-
sation and all its local unions.
The agreement thus made follows
cIosely the agreement made with the
lockwood committee. 1t removes
The limit to the productive capacity
Of Individual workmen. Il gives to
the employer the right to buy build
ing materials wherever and from
Whenever he chooses, whether the
materials are union made OF not. II
,MlHhes favoritism by organized
abOr toward trade associations or
contractors' associations. II for
ids labor organizations to allow
aemselves to be used by materials
xn, contractors or sub-contractors
|a instruments for the collection of
Rbts or the enforcement of the pay
aent Of claims.
This is merely a return to COM
non sense. 1t clears the way for
ontractors to resume building on
large scale. Also it assures to
Employee abundant employment at
good wages.
The only sure way TO end the
building shortage is to make build
ing safe investment. All the
legislation that has passed at
Albany with the purpose of supply
ing the demand for houses has been
made Ineffective because the dispute
between the employer and the em-
ployee made building prohibitive.
Labor and capital have both ap-
parently recognized the fact that
houses cannot be legislated into
existence. Capital, whether it
comes from life insurance COM
Fanles o. private investors, will not
90 into building if the strike peril
continues.
The new agreement, which will
soon be entered as court decree.
Oflngs about an understanding at
Tine when weather conditions are
most favorable for the extensive re-
sumption Of building.
Building activity will promote
Prosperity in many kindred indus
1es. 1t viii enable capital long
"'nheld from manufacturing be-
'suse Of the impossibility of secur-
As factory buildings to find an op-
"f'unlty. 1t VIII through the
'aNders payroll put a great deal
u money into circulation.
Inc Lockwood committee was the
Prime instigator of this effort to
,mg about industrial peace. If
:" That rea son alone, it has deserved
" De continued by the Legislature.
w. Daugherty and Mr.. Hayward
s''e been of great assistance, and
y'a are entitled TO public apprecia-
"0a and gratitude.
New-York tribune., 1922-02-26
The Old Songs
A Readers Memory Links. from
"Shoo Fly" to the Airs of 1922

- A\eooOi NlcH1Ory Links. from
Shoe Fly" to the Airs of 1922
To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: l have been much interested in
the cold song" letters in The Tribune.
as l have right to be, with popular
song memory running from "Shoo Fly"
to 1922. l have wondered if everybody
has a memory which couples each par
ticular period with some popular ditty
of the time.
For instance, my earliest memories
are linked with "Givc me three grains
OF corn, mother-to keep the little life
/ have till the coming of the morn"
that Irish famine song which was, with
much painstaking, taught me at nv
motners knee for use as a four-year-
old's stunt when compny came. Then
came boyhood, with "Shoo Fly" and
Captain Jinks," youth with
When the corn is waving, Ami. dear
III meet You at the stile
10 near your loving voice again
And greet your winning smile.
Of course, I didn't sing it, but T
heard many older fellows, leaning on
pianos, sing it to fair accompanies in
a manner that l envied.
Then came the singing school period
where the singing teacher drilled us
for later "patter" stuff with
Ny dame had lame tame crane.
Ny dame had crane that was lame
lat "A
tame crane
Drink and come home again
relieved by that soothing glec of home
comfort which began:
The fire Is lit. the light Is trimmed
Inc curtains are of dimty;
1 nothing have to think about
10 mar my eQuanimity.
They sang "The Low Backed Carr
and Lilly Dale" too, but these added
nothing to the education Of our hero.n
Then came 1879 and the clown sing
ing whoa, Emma" in Barnum's circus
And what hit it made and how eagerly
Dom Pedro, the old gray horse with
which / raked the stubble, used to
listen for my whooping rendition of
the refrain by taking advantage of
me and stopping SO suddenly that in
variably pitched off the seat, Linked
up with this also is the fact that in
"store show" accompanying that circus
l saw the first exhibited phonograph,
making its records on tinfoil while one
waited and then received the grooved
tinfoil to be taken home as a memento
to show to people who didn't believe it
and said that we country boys had been
made fools of by ventriloquist hiding
under the counter.
Then the early show going days,
closely linked up with "Annie Rooney
as that wonderful singer and soft shoe
dancer George German used to give It;
Fritz" Emmett's "Lullaby' and Dixey' s
singing of "It's English. You Know"
Then certain lonely period "on the
road" always connected in my thoughts
with "my boyhood's happy home,
.ow-o own on the farm because | hap
pened to hear a rube quartet in one
night stand show sing it when I start
ed out.
The first time I was really" in love
Pretty Pond Lilies" was popular
Then my first three months in Europe
recalls "Under the Bamboo Tree be-
cause Jimmie Powers sang it in "The
Runaway Girl" before left New York
and 1t lasted as hummer" during the
trip.
And thcn--but that brings it up to
almost yesterday! | wonder if other
people find that old songs remind them
Of periods and periods remind them of
old songs that way.
c. n. II.
Medina, N. T., Feb 80, 1922.
|
New-York tribune., 1922-02-26
Economically Unsound'

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: A Senator has just written me
as his argument in support of the
bonus: 81 know of many boys who SUI
fered severe financial losses by reason
of their enlistment AS we'll might
and others like me claim a bonus be-
New-York tribune., 1922-02-26
Slow but Sure
(Fron The Kansas Citv sta

(FrOr The Kansas city STAR
Income taxpayers who fail to receive
a blank form for their tax return need
not feel sighted. as it Is the govern
ment's purpose to overlook nobody.
The government may be slow in this as
in other things, but, unlike other things,
it never forgets taxes.
New-York tribune., 1922-02-26
Wonder
fFron The CcrturD)

fFro,n The CerturD)
THREE things there be- that seem
to me
The lovehest, as life runs by:
The endless legend of the grass,
The sunlight on the green morass,
And the great silence of the sky.
CHARLES HANSON TOWNE.
New-York tribune., 1922-02-26
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New-York tribune., 1922-02-26
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New-York tribune., 1922-02-26
A Rare Specimen
r,o,, The Baltimore su,,)

(Frons The Baltimore Sun)
Every once in while you run
across a man who hasn't been a dele
gate to any kind Of conference.
New-York tribune., 1922-02-26
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New-York tribune., 1922-02-26

lFrop' 7iSe Attantic Bonthiv)
|'HEY sec amiss who picture Tim. a.
The Washington times., 1922-12-07
200 Belasco Seats to
Be Sold By Times for
Good Fellow Purposes

Listen. Good Fellows, OF Wash.
inston, here is another chance for
you to make whole flock of
kids happy on Christmas morning.
George Jessel and :. the Courtney
Sisters, Good Fellows-At-Large, who
are to appear at the Belasco next
week, won't be IN Washington
Christmas. But they want to make
a lot of Washington kids happy on
Christmas. anyway.
So they purchased 200 seats at
he Belasco--100 Yor Sunday matinee
and 100 for Monday matinee-Aand
turned them over to The Times
Good Fellow Department with the
request that they be resold and the
proceeds given to the Good Fellow
Club of the loans and currency di-
vision of the Treasury and other
Good Fellow Clubs to supplement
the funds these clubs are raising
to Danish sorrow from the homes Of
the poor Christmas.
The Times makes no deliveries
Of baskets or other Christmas gifts
for the poor and accepts. no con.
tributions. But just to be n Good
Fellow and help out the theatrical
GoCA Fellows. The Times Good
Fellow Department will sell these
tickets and turn the funds over to
organized Gopd Fellow Clubs.
The tickets go on sale at The
Times Good Fellow Department to-
day.. The seats are the best in the
house. Those for Sundays matinee
are 81 each. Those for Mondays
matinee are so cents each. Call at
The Times Good Fellow desk and
purchase one or two. or a dozen of
these tickets. Every SO cents or
81 ticket, on the back of which
is the Good Fellow, stamp, means
that some child is going to escape
the tragedy of an empty stocking
on Christmas morning.
The Washington times., 1922-12-07
BEAUTY COURSE
!. IN SCHOOLS
!, UPHELD
Board of Education Votes, Six
to One, to Retain
Feature. =.

Establishment of a course In
beauty culture at the o street vo,
cational school for colored girls was
upheld by the Board of Education at
its meeting in the Franklin school
by a vote Of six to one. The
course was begun in September,
1922. The question of it's desir-
ability arose when the District Com.
missioners called Superintendent OF
Schools Ballou to explain an item
of $331.25 for rmanicuring ana
massaging equipment at the school.
DR.. Ballou brought the question
back to the board for reaffirmation.
James T. Lloyd was the sole OBJ.
jestor to upholding the stand OF
Superintendent Ballou and Assistant
superintendent G. c. Wilkinson, In
charge Of colored schools. ,,. :.
Mr.. Wilkinson said that such
courses were in operation In va
rious cities throughout the country
and were found to be wholly de.
sirable. He pointed out that S66
colored women were engaged In
beauty shops in Washington. "A
total of 551 women are in the
business here. Their ages range.
according to Wilkinson from six
teen to, sixty-five years.
The Washington times., 1922-12-07
TUMU[TY SAILS
FORHOME
TODAY
Accompanied by His Wife,
Their Daughter Mary, I
and Nurse.

Joseph P. Tumulty. formerly sec
retary to ex-President Wilson and
Mrs. Tumulty, are sailing today
from Cherbourg. France, on the
steamer Majestic, with their daugh
ter, Mary. who is convalescing from
injuries received in an automobile
accident several weeks ago while
touring Bavaria.
Miss Tumulty has recovered suf'
Efficiently to take short walks on the
promenade deck and no permanent
Ill effects are expected as result
of her injuries. With her Is Miss
Mary Walsh, of st. Paul. a private
nurse. who accompanied Mr.. and
Mrs. Tumulty abroad to attend
their daughter during her stay in
hospital at Munich.
The Majestic is expected to ar.
rive In New York December IL.
Mr.. and Mrs. Tumulty have been
absent from Washington for four
months. having left Immediately
upon learning of the injury Of their
daughter. They Will come imme.
diately to Washington and reopen
their home at 1917 Kalorama road
northwest.
The Washington times., 1922-12-07
VET PATIENT IS
KILLED, JURY:
IS TOLD
lnhuman Treatment Of Wound
ed In Philadelphia Hospital
Charged atProbe.
BY Universal Service.

PHILADELPHIA, Dec. T.
Charges that a shell shocked world
war veteran was beaten to death
and that there was inhuman treat
ment Of wounded veterans, which
included a "water cure" were
heard late yesterday by the Federal
Grand Jury which is conducting an
inquiry into the former manage
ment Of the United States Public
Health Service Hospital in this
city.
Kept Ten Hours In Bath.
The treatment of wounded sol.
diers in the hospital was investi'
gated by the Department Of Justice
at the suggestion Of the American
Legion. The facts were laid before
the Jury yesterday.
Affidavits charging that orderlies
In the hospital kept shell-shocked
veterans In bathtub OF water Of s8
degrees from o'clock In the after
noon until o'clock the following
morning were placed before the jury.
Details of the cruel treatment OF
veterans after operations were given.
Dies After Beating.
According to an affidavit sworn
to by J. H. Collins. a former orderly
at the hospital, Alphonso z. Swortz.
q Belgian and an inmate OF the hos
pital, was beaten by four orderlies
until he died an hour later.
The investigation has nothing
whatev to do with the present
management Of the hospital, nor
have any charges been made
against 1t.
The Washington times., 1922-12-07

empty stocking mean much-tbe
difference between utter disappoint.
ment and the joy that Santa Claus
did not forget. Here Is where you
and the rest of the Good Fellows
get in; you and the rest of the Good
Fellows furnish the toys. the nuts,
the candies-in real child's Christ
mas.
Doe3 this plan tell you some.
thing? Does II send a little ripple
racing up and down your spinal col
umn? Yes? Then you are one of
the elect. You are to be Good
Fellow.
Last year Good Fellows spread
food and toys and smiles among
hundreds Of Washington's poor.
The Accomplishment Of a year ago
was reckoned great. But this year
we've just got to have a couple Of
thousand Good Fellows to act as
Santa Claus to several thousand
Washington poor-most OF whom
are kids.
Send in your name. Send in your
address. Tell us how many families
and how many children you will
care for this year. Don't wait until
the last minute Get going on this
thing, Mr.. Good Fellow. because you
are needed more this year than ever
before.
The Washington times., 1922-12-07
sC|OUS
FROM GAME :.
INJURIES .
Football Player Suffering Con-
cussion of Brain Found
Near Basin.

The delayed effects Of numerous
football injuries came near costing
Edward Blush, twenty-three years
old, living at 1913 Lawrence street
northeast, his life last night. He
was found unconscious and suffer
ing from exposure only a short dis
tance from the Tidal Basin In Po-
tomac Park by George Broadis. an
to Emergency Hospital. where to-
day he started coming out OF a
comatose condition. caused. say
brain. They discovered no skull
fracture.
Kicked In Head.
Blush, according to Mr.. and Mrs.
Gilbert H. Davis, with whom he
makes his home, while playing va
rious positions on the Brookland
Athletic Club eleven during the
past two seasons. has been roughly
used. Last year he suffered
broken rib, which was never set,
and one week ago he was kicked
on the head in game with the
Knickerbocker team Of Georgeown.
Friends had pleaded with him often
to stop playing football, but he
loved the game too much.
Complained Of Illness.
Last night, after complaining OF
feeling bad through the day, Blush
went out for a walk. How he got
as far as the Tidal Basin, where
he was discovered shortly before
midnight, Is not known. Clutched
in his hand was a picture Of his
baby girl which he always carried,
according to Mrs. Davis.
Blush was identified by Head
quarters Detective O'Dea, who sum-
moned sister, employed at Gar
field Hospital. Staff surgeons at
Emergency Hospital anticipate no
permanent Ill effects and consider
an operation unnecessary.
The Washington times., 1922-12-07
Are Youa Good
Treasury Department Club for Spreading Christ
mas Cheer Comes Back This Year to Continue
Good Work-Names of Needy Flow Into
Times Office in Steady Stream.

The Good Fellows going The Washington Times
today delighted broadcast the that these knights
and ladies Of happiness Christmas morning will spread
of the richest blankets of happiness that has warmed
the heart Of Washington.
Good Fellows Good Fellows GOOD FELLOWS!
They in droves today. They are ready spread
miles Of smiles the faces of Washngtons poor kids
Those who have served in previous ady
rushing in the coors Many who making their first
appearance speeded their steps today.