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New-York tribune., 1922-03-02
Handy Weapon.

o the Editor OF Tho Tribune.
Sir: heartily agree with your cor
respondents. Edward L. Hall and a. ".
%. D. in regard TO The proposed fire
ARMS law and lengthened sentences for
armed criminals
But what other means Of defenxe for
the citizen are availablc9 TheYe is no
law against having few stout clubs
conveniently placed tor quick use. and
1t might be disappearing 10 q hold-up
man TO have fcw cans Of tomatoes
bottles on jars Of tobacco thrown at
his head at short range
A robber might pull his trigger first
if one attempted to use a gun. 1t NAV
be that rnloaded pistols have nlaved
+ greater part in hold-ups than neoplo
imagine, and the fear shat they were
loaded has worked TO jhe advantage Of
the robber. Citizens should have other
surprises fer bandits rs well as fce-
arms. AMOS
NeN YorA, Feb. p. 1922.
New-York tribune., 1922-03-02
N. Y. u.

Inc General Education Board
las indicated its approval Of the
work Of New York University
in practical manner Toward the
81 500 600 required to meet out
standing obligations the board has
contributed $500. 600. This amount
is to be used for immediate aud
pressing debts and is not to be
added 10 the general endowment.
The board believes that the best
Nag to help the university is TO en-
able il 70 pay of lis debts and that
the endowment WiI benefit Indirect
ly through the saving Of interest.
The university is regarded by The
board rs Of great Importance TO
New York City. especially because
Of its arrangement for part time
and overtime courses, which give
young working men and women
an opportunity to get college
education.
Such approval is particularly
gratifying to the faculty and
friends of The university, who have
been bending every effort TO make
i a community institution. The
courses Of study are particularly
planned to meet the civic and i'll
dustrial needs of the city. It is
claimed that oue-fourth of the
young people in New York City
who go TO college are enrolled
ut New York University. The
Washington Square quarters must
he expanded Immediately to take
care OF the increasing registrations.
The community leaning Of the
university is eNemplifed again in
the recently announced plan to pre-
sent graduates with jobs as we'll as
New-York tribune., 1922-03-02
The Last Refuge

The taxpayer will find it difficult
to share Senator Frances regret
that he cannot illustrate a Senate
speech with motion pictures. The
motion picture has invaded the town
meeting, tho school room and the
church not only as an instrument
Of education, but also az an enter
tanning device for driving dull care
away. Up 10 the present time the
Senate chamber has been safe from
it. May it remain so
Many Senatorial speeches doubt
less would be made far more inter
esting with the assistance of the
screen. Beyond question, if a Sen
ator's often futile appeal to the ears
of his colleague were supplemented
by an appeal to their eyes he
would talk less frequently to empty
benches.
That alone would constitute sufll-
cient ground for barring the film
rom the floor Of the greatest dclib-
eratlye body in the world. There
are distractions enough now TO in
terrupt public business without add
ing new and powerful one. There
IS enough time wasted in footless
discussion without wasting any more
III gazing at motion pictures. Mr.
France, Of course, intended that his
hlm should be purely illustrative of
the contentious he desired to make
Bat 1t would never end there. Once
used To the screen Senators would
demand that ii be jazzed up now and
then. They would tire Of watching
shipments Of coffee and insist on the
Interpolation of Fairbanks or
Chaplin iilnn az comedy relief.
soon the educational film would oc-
cupy az inconspicuous a place in the
Senate program as it does in
the program Of The motion picture
theatcr.
The Senate is grave. reverend
and useful body. Ii needs AL the
time it has 10 spare Tor public bust
ness. If ii must see movies" let it
attend the private views which Nj
France gives III the Senate office
building. Its own chamber should
remain sacred to debate and oratorv.
New-York tribune., 1922-03-02

diplomas on commencement day.
When it is realized that thousands
of young men and women arc
turned out OF college every year
equipped for the business of max
ing living, but rather hazy about
where to begin, the Importance Of
having an employment bureau right
on the spot will be recognized.
Business and financial interests in
New York City Will be glad to take
advantage of a placement bureau
so we'll acquainted with its material
az college, employment bureau
naturally would be.
There is no doubt that New
York University is doing great
work. and it should not be hard to
raise the total Fund hoped for at
this time. Subscriptions have been
received for another $50O,OG0. lcav-
ing a similar amount yet to be
raised
New-York tribune., 1922-03-02
A Bonus for Loan Sharks

Casting wildly about for some
vsy % save their faces with The
country and the American Legion at
tho same time, members &C the House
Ways ard Means Committee have
now abandoned altogether the cash
bonus plan and have substituted 4
system OF certificates payable at
some future date. These are TO lie
gwen only to the men who demand
cash The provisions for assistance
n home purchasing and vocational
training remain unchanged.
This idea, evolved during d Sc
cret session of the committee, is far
more obnoxious than any OF the
schemes thus far suggested since the
bonus travesty was inaugurated
II means putting very large part
# the bonus into the hands Of loan
sharks who will discount the certif-
Gates when the men receiving them
Veed thc money. and become TIC cred
tors Of the government for the prin-
cipal
f the loan brokers Of the country
aad absolute control Of Congress
they could not secure the passage Of
Il measure better calculated TO en-
rich them.
We're any further proof needed of
he insinccrity Of the Congressional
supporters Of the bonus bill it is sup
plled by this pitiful attempt to carry
Tatef on both shoulders. It's adop-
ION would mean deprivlng the men
no fought Of considerable share
# the money they were being osten-
aibiy paid and handing ii over to The
rotc shavers and money lenders. It
would put premium not on patriot
sm but on financial cunning. It
could saddle an army Of parasites
lpon an army Of fighting men.
IT Is not surprising that the com
nlttoe went into secret session 10
adopt this measure. 1t is only sur
prising that it was willing to talk
about it after It's adoption. No law
maker who cared a rap about the sol
'iers would be known even as the CO.
author Of such a measure. 1t is
merely frantic effort to get on both
SIDES of the question-to mollify an
Indignant public and at the same
'imc please the American Legion.
The plan viii be favored neither
by tie public-which is opposed to
he bonus bill altogether nor by the
solaiers. some Of whom favor ii. L.
.sll, however, gain an immediate
and immense popularity with thc
can sharks. and perhaps it's authors
Tiii be content with the support of
hose gentry.
New-York tribune., 1922-03-02
Worcb for Toy Soldiers

Tho third movement "a again
march, but this tine en miniature-s
march for toy soldiers. Then the spire
changes, and TO dainty accompanimerl
effects we hear from afar & sentimenta:
ditty played on the trumpet, when l..
resistibly calls up in the minds Of PEI.
sons familiar with Viktor Won Schoe
fels "Trompeter Won SsAkinger1
thoughts af the music which youns
Werner ssrt up TO his lady loves cas-
tie from his boat on the Rhine. Ihs
fourth movement is song for cot.
tralto voice, the words taken froD,
Aietzsche's also Sprach Zarathustra
about the depth Of woe, but the inf
nitely greater depth Of JOY. Tho solo
runs into a thrcc-yoiccd chorus fcr
chiidrcns voices angelic they mey
be supposed TO be which sing = quair-
old folksong which tells OF the adino-
milton given b. the Lord to Peter when
he sat wee ping because Of his infrsc-
tioI Of The Dccaloguc. "All bliss IL
for Peter reserved through Jesus for.
evermore." Wherefore there is glad
ness among the angels and they "Bim,
osW' ('rhich is the German Tor Ding,
dong to thc accompaniment Of bells
Finally there s 4 long, very louc,
slow Increment. hici. begins 5eaut
fully in the strings and cnds IN
banal hymn tune. in which The whole
orchestra joins. There is fearful lot
Of reiteration and much striving fer
coor effects. But through o4erciaL-
Grafton this. too, becomes weariSome.
Mr.. Mengelberg evidently believes N
the music He has worked up its
effects with consummatc care; its most
obvious ,nanities seem full Of sgnia-
cance to him. and he made Of the pieces
al that can be made IN tho way OF ey
preston and cuphonious sound BE
had tho help of Miss Julia Claussen,
solo contralto, and a cho'r Of BOYS
from the Church of the paulist Fathers
and women from the ST Cecilia Ciub.
The audience was marveiously patient,
and al tines tried to work UP some er-
thusiasn, but it was obviously weary
at the end. The work VIII be repeated
at Carnegie Hall this evening and to
morrow afternoon and in BROOKLYN on
Sunday afternoon.
New-York tribune., 1922-03-02
The Subway Job

Il IS clear that the Legislature
viii not attempt to repeal the transit
law. No intelligent person has the
slightest fear that the United States
Supreme Court viii upset it.
The Transit Commission VIII con-
tinue to direct subway construction
in New York, despite the Mayor or
tho Comptroller or any other OBJ
structionist or objector.
This being the case, it is important
that the plan for extension and uni
tcation OF the transit system be
drawn up as speedily as possible.
Transit conditions, which were never
fully relieved by the subwavs, have
again become intolcrablc.
Tho commission las determined
that q five-ccnt fare will return
profit to the operating companies.
1t has not, however, discovered how
thrce hundred persons can be packed
into Il car whose outside capacity is
two hundred, and that is the puzzle
that subway riders have to solve
just now.
New lines, both trunk and feeders,
are needed, and q comprehensive
building plan must be adopted short
ly. II the city officials are really
Interested in the welfare of the citi-
zens they viii Join with the commits
sion in the working out Of its plan,
New-York tribune., 1922-03-02

poscr's philosophy Of life and its SUP
posed musical exposition in the score
have left Us in the same attitude O.
mind that we were in when we heard it
for the first time. yearly seven years
ago. Aided By the official annotator
of the program when the symphony
was brought forward by Mr. Mengel-
berg in Amsterdam, and the conductors
outgivlngs Of the condolences poured
INTO his mind by the composer, Mr..
Gilman tells us the familiar tale. which
"c also had from his own lips, that he
was not programmatic composer. but
wished his music to be accepted as
music. and then eXpounds and eluci-
dates and philosophizc. about every
section Of tho symphony, quoting Walt
Whitman, Pindar, Mr.. Santayana, Wag-
ncr and St. Bernard to prove that the
symphony Is an expression Of universal
brotherhood,
New-York tribune., 1922-03-02
Protecting Bears

There IS a proposal in Name 10
remove the black bear from the out
law class and place it under the
protection OF the game laws. Under
the present Legislation a bounty Of
s5 head may be claimed on every
black bear killed in the state. which
in some counties, where the animals
are most numerous, is doubled,
This is a survival Of pioneer con
ditions. The black bear has gen
orally been classed with the wolf.
the coyote and the wildcat as a pest
that ought TO be eaterminated. Not
that the animal is dangerous to man.
but its nlarauding habits make it
destructive in farming regions. All
Of these agiimals have at one time
or another been the enemies of the
pioneers, and as civilization has ex-
tended and settlements have thick
New-York tribune., 1922-03-02
Musical Ideas InjnnfiIe

1t seems like satire on the intelli-
gence of knoweY OF music 20 talk
at all about The political or psyche
logical contents Of this symphony, and
equally like 2 satire TO conceive II as
net having been associated by the
composer with some processes of his
erratic MIND. Mailer was essentially
Of naive musician. 40 man Of his time
who aspired to Ike standing with him
would nave dared to string together
such in}antile musical idess as he
has blended in this worl. with tnc IN
gcnuousness Of a novice. the pro.iNity
Of an artist without sense Of cohereNce
and proportion and the daring Of 81
man convinced that ne was IN i;s1ircd
prophet proclaininr an evangel. The
work is in 10 sense 1 symphony, hrt
q compages of six unrelated pieces Of
music, the first of which is mon-
strousiy long march (it occupies
thirty-tive minutesl, alternately lugu-
brous ard merry and monotonous in
is erratic and unmotived change Of
character In its principal theme
which begins thus:
New-York tribune., 1922-03-02
A Mexican 10 Obreson

Inc editor of "El UNIVERSAL. one
IF the most influential papers in
IeNico City. has called upon Presi-
aent Obregon % take the people Of
'leAico into his confidence az to the
~1atus Of the negotiations With the
nited States. This appeal for open
.plomacy is based upon the urgent
aeed of doing something to restore
diplomatic relations between The two
ountries.
obregcn has been handicapped by
'ae fear that his enemies would as
rr'be any concessions 10 America's s
ipulations as surrender Of Mexi-
IN sovereign rights. He has feared
~ offend She sensitive pride oe his
people by openly admitting the need
+ changing those clauses IN the
.deNlcan constitution and statutes to
which foreign nations took excer-
'.on. If Gel Universal" can bring
about q far discussion Of these
questions. without merely raising
rev popular aNimus against the
gringos, 1t may enable Obreeor 10
hasten the establishment of rela-
lions.
The stipulations Of The foreign
governments are simple. III order to
comply with them The Mexican gov
erament must, in fact as we'll as hy
declaration Of intent, remove the
eontiscatory powers still existing
under the present constitution, and
It must abandon all ideas OF repudi-
ating even in part the various for
ei.n loans which it has from ting to
time foated. 4 partial settlement of
Article q Of The Mexican constitu-
'5on was made last summer With
cut being conclusive, it was at least
~ indication Of good viii. Since
nen various suggestions have been
made about funding the Interest On
fhe debt aad resup1iDg payment as |
Of given date, but 50 IA. th~se sug-
New-York tribune., 1922-03-02
Subtisles By Composer

It Is interesting 20 learn that though
the music is not programmatic the
composer originally entitled it az
Summer Mornings Dream and when
he first brought il out under his own
direction gave subtitles and notices to
it's different movements
Introduction: Awakening of Pan.
]. Summer enters. Procession Of
Bacchus.
II. (Minuet) What the flowers Of the
meadow tell me.
III. (Scherzo) What the animals in
the forest tell me-
". (Contralto solo) What man tells
nc.
Y. (Womens chorus, boy choir and
contralto solo) What The angels tell
me-
VI. (Adagiol What love tells nc.
All Of this, however, it appears. was
only a sort OF "programmatic red
herring" which disclosed a little Of
what Mr.. Mailer had in his mind, but
seems chiefly Go have been designed to
throw the listeners off his track
New-York tribune., 1922-03-02
Home Training Too Lenient>

To the Editor Of Tie Tribune.
Sir: Having read on the first page
of Sundays Tribune o. Two more per
sons robbed Of pay rolls in daylight, /
.oen read. with possibly more thought,
the letter on page II, Where PrisoH
Is Real
used to favor Thomas Mott o.
BONES methods. but I have children
who are rapidly growing to young mar
hood and womanhood, and / don't want
them to be like the present Gay young
men and women. May not the reason
why youths are as they aye be because
the homes arc as lenient Is "Realist'
says our prisons are Can't we hnd
the middle course before We &c TOO
far and have TO come back
!. NJ L.
New York. Feb. 81, 1922
New-York tribune., 1922-03-02

eestions have not been put into ef-
feet.
Ohreeon has shown unusual
strength and has done more for Mex
leo than all his predecessors since
Diaz. He can go further still and
win the support Of the American
and other foreign governments if he
Will turn his hopes and expectations
into acts. All that is asked of him
IS that there shall be no confscation
and no reputation. II remains for
him TO convince his people that this
policy is sound and then TO make il
good by deeds.
New-York tribune., 1922-03-02
Full Measure of MahLer
Three Performances of His Third Symphony Within Nccb-
Recalls the Recipe for Making Wagner Popular
By II. E. krehbiel

We do not know whether or not Mr..
Mcngclbcrg ever heard tho story of
now some fifty years ago Carl Berg
mann, when somebody protested that
he vas playing too much Of Wagner's
music and that the public did not like
il. replied: "Then they must hear it till
they dol We think The tale q bit
apocryphaI, but, whether true or not and
whether MIR. Mcnge lberg has heard it
OF not he seems TO be acting in ac-
cordance ~ith is principle in connec-
ton with some old music as we'll as
some ne,r.
There is scarcely q work IN the SYM
phonjc list which is more familiar or
admired than Schubcrt's great sym
phony IN c, vet the patrons Of the
Philharmonic Society have been asked
to hear it three. if not four, times with
in the last ten days, and on Tuesday
night at the Metropolitan Opera House
they heard tho first Of thrco perform
ances set down for this week Of Mahler'5
third sym mphony. 50 far as New York
is concerned the sym phony is a novelty,
though the majority Of its companions
have been performed here at one titne
or another under the direction of the
composer, M. Walter Damrosch, Dr.
Muck and Mr.. Stokouski.
For reasons which need rot ne in
CURED into none oe these conductors
made an effort to create Mailer cult
not even the composer himself. But
an exceedingly energetic propaganda
which began IN Europe before the
death Of Mailer has been cultivated
ever since, and the extraordinary effort
making in behalf Of The symphony
performed Tuesday night might seem
70 tue curious eye to appear to be as
sociatcd with it.
New-York tribune., 1922-03-02
The Snow Mclter

10 the Editor OF The Tribune.
Slr: photograph in SUNDAYS Trih-
une shows what purports to be 2 sue
cessfui snow mcltcr-ap impossible
attainment successful machine
would require about five hundred ral-
ions Of gasoline for The average citv
block. The gasoline. If used in saso-
limo engine with half the efficiency Of
the snow Enelter. could raise the same
snow eleven and half miles hich As
4 wagon loader need raise the snow
only eleven feet, it is evident that Il
Will dispose Of over FIVE thousand tines
the snow with the same consumption
Of gasoline
There has been no trouble in wash
ing snow down the acN'ers or over the
river bank when it has once been
brought to these places. and surely the
device shown does not lessen the labor
Of getting the snow off the street.
DOUGLAS X. ARNEP.
Bristol, Conn. Feb. q, 1892.
New-York tribune., 1922-03-02
Y omen in Men 8 Iobs

TO the Editor Of The Tribune.
siI: Regarding the suggestion Of A.
Sidney Johnston that women shall be
required to step out of their positions
for period Of five years, is it to be
presumed that the men Who occupy
the positions lef. vacant bv the women
for five years OF longer shall become
personally responsible for all women
relatives not otherwise supported
those without relatives being supported
by the state? J.B.F
New York. Feb. 20, 1922.
New-York tribune., 1922-03-02
'Wahler in .1n,eI.icn

A late issue Of q journal called
Die Modezetung,' published in Wen
ma, which recently fell andcr our eve,
was devoted wholly to the composer
and his works. 1t was luxurious
publication, superb in typography and
illustration, but to US lis most curious
feature vas all essay OF "sIahler in
America written by friend, in which
the composer himself was called rs q
witness to prove that an alleged state
ment by the writer OF this review to
the effect that Mahlers soioum in New
York vas failure was true. Net because
we said so, Dut because we cited facts
and arguments il connection with
Mahler's administration Of the Phil
harmonic Society's affairs which were
as obvious as the steeplc on a
church, Mr. Gabrilowitsch, then, as
ne thought, permanently housed in
Munich Git must have ben nine or
ten years ago., spent time, money ard
good deal Of vilulent and mendacious
cnersy in publishing pamphlet in
(ieJ us be polite and say) criticism cf
Nj. Afehbiel ana circulating it in
Europe and America. 1t did Not Dis
turb our composure IN the least, though
We could not conceive what its pur-
pose was, and till now we have not
referred to it. Now it appears that
Mr.. Mahlor confessed his failure here
TO his friends when he went back to
Vienna sick in mind and broken in
body.
This only in passing: we are not
concerned with Mr. Gabgalowitsch or
Mr.. Mailer personally, but only with
the symphony in y minor, which we
heard for the third time on Tuesday.
Fully two hours or more spent in
listening to it and half an hour in a
study Of Mr.. Gilman's essay on the com
New-York tribune., 1922-03-02
Who, if Not Tom Taylor?

10 me Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: Thomas L. Mason, in h's
e4.sers; aiming article IN Sundays lib
0ne q, Lnslishmen's opinions Of
America, says that the authorship o.
Punch's famous "amende honorable
after the assassination of President
Lincoln still remains in dispute, IS
far as he knows. thought it had
been settled that the author was To@
Taylor. y.
New York, Feb. IT. 1922 )!
New-York tribune., 1922-03-02
Cit c@i " T.. = II
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rhere IS al Obvious eeho Of the
opening measures OF the old German
students song, "Wir hattcn gebauet elm
stattliches uaus" of which Brahms
makes beautiful use in his Academic
Overturc'D, and the rhythmicsl struc-
ture Of the stout tune at the bass Of
New-York tribune., 1922-03-02

the finale of the same composers .
minor Symphony. The second move
ment is in gay minuet tempo tae
has nothing Of the minuet form.
New-York tribune., 1922-03-02
Spring. the Flappcr

Spring is in the town,
flapping large galosAes
Dark umbrellas frown
Spring is in the town,
Rain is pelting down,
Get your maGkintoshcs:
Spring is in The town,
Flapping large Saloshcs.
ANON.
New-York tribune., 1922-03-02

Even alter tito lesson of the expiring
lointer, Russio still Seems uncertain
lchothor sheW sos0 grain or Dragons
teeth this sp1inQ.
New-York tribune., 1922-03-02

'.u ar ear,hs,. 'nefchanai. sdssrtls.d IN THE
euft ~ah shssIa's ssfso-~fcr II dIs,sis''s'
iies r,.rifr IN snv ea,c TIE J7isUNE guar -
.tt. . rsy >nuc neaey back urer request. Ne ~
~. NJ -a,Dsaus. We retvra rrmp'y II the
=. fr'i.sf nee, ret.
New-York tribune., 1922-03-02
Compensation

We regret to observe that every
cFery Smile Week is followed almost
immediately hy Scowl Week,
New-York tribune., 1922-03-02
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| 90 Localized

Mexico objects to Me@ic lean mur-
derers IN the movies. The United
states objects to them anywhere.
Copyright by James J. NiontaguN