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Bisbee daily review., 1922-11-24
Grange Opposition to Any Sales Tax
 Voiced by Member

WICHITA, Kans., Nov. 23.- Unani. nous opposition to a sales tax in any form and resolutions to oppose any through congress was voiced by the National Grange today. The bill has been defeated once, partly through the
Bisbee daily review., 1922-11-24
Close to Signing

SANTA Tr,, x. NJ, Nov. 23.-Ncry. very close to the signing of seven
The New York herald., 1922-05-28

Last of our lands great singers,
lowered at birth
With music's passion, swift and
sweet and strong,
Who taught in heavenly numbers
new to earth
The wizardry of song.
His spirit, fashioned after Freedoms
mold,
Impatient of the bonds that NOR
tails bear,
Achieves franchise large and un-
controlled,
Rapt through the void of air.
What ofs the night? For him no
night can be;
The night is ours, left songless and
forlorn;
Yet Ger the darkness, where he wan
ders free,
Behold, star is born.
Naturally Punch was amiable in
its treatment of Thackeray, for the
reason that he was early and long a
member of the Pupch family. 1t was
The New York herald., 1922-05-28

ment Of Rudyard Kipling. In 1890
it recognized in "Plain Tales from
the Hills" a "new and piquant fla
vor," as of an AngloIndian Bret
Harte. Punch found an excessive
abundance of phrases and local allu-
sions which will be dark sayings to
the uninitiated." But with that ad-
verse criticism ended. For the rest
Punch acknowledged in the new
writer a surprising knowledge of life.
military and native. and a happy
command of pathos and humor. The
tribute was followed up a few weeks
later by the following limerick, which
is more creditable to Mr.. Punch's
heart than his head.
ITO THE NEW SCRIBE AND POET"
o Rudyard, in this sherry,
1 drink your very. very
Good health. l would
That write / could
Like Kipling sad or merry.
In 1894 the Jungle Book" was
welcomed by Punch with a salvo of
puns on the Kip-lingo of the Lau-,
reate of the Jingle-Jungle, the Bard
of the Bandarlog. In 1895 Punch
characterized 1.-THE Men That Fought
at Minden" as perhaps the most
coarse and unattractive specimen of
verse that this great young man has
yet put forth-a tumble of words
without a trace of swing or music.
All this Tommy Atkins business is
about played out" In 1898 Punch
attacked Kipling's Imperialism"
and in 1899 his ''glorification of ma
chinery"-calling him the "Polytech-
mic Poet" Finally. the Punch irri-
tation reached its height with the
publication of "Stalky and Company"
which Punch considered an ignoble
travesty of public school traditions,
and the famous poem about the
"fianneled fool at the wicket. and the
muddied oaf at the goal" But the
resentment had entirely passed in
1907. when PHnch depicted Mr..
Kipling as "a Very Parfit Nobel
Knight'-on the occasion of his re-
ceiving the Nobel Prize. In 1910
The New York herald., 1922-05-28
Punch and England's Men of Letters

be wiser to seek matrimonial al
liances for the royal family at home
than to continue to import obscure
and frequently pauperized German
princes and princesses.
II.
In it's attitude toward Americans
Punch has, of course, not been con-
sistently friendly, though no real
American likes it the less for that.
But it was exceedingly cordial in
it's welcome to the American humor-
lists Artemus Ward and Mark Twain
when they went to England in the
sixties and seventies. Artemus Ward
was in broken health when he lee
tured in London in 1856. Punch
began its Endorsement of the lectures
with the words: "Mr. Punch would
recommend funny men on or off the
stage to hear Artemus Ward speak
his piece at the Egyptian Hall. and
then, in so far as in them lies, to go
and do likewise" In addition the
The New York herald., 1922-05-28

for Punch that he wrote the papers
that make up the Book of snobs,"
the Letters to Young Man About
Town" his "Punch's Prize Novelists"
and the "Yellowplush Papers," in
which he satiriZed savagely Sawed
wadbul&iglytton," as he called the
eminent if somewhat eccentric and
rhetorical author of "The Caxtons."
Not only did Thackeray write for
Punch: his suggestion is perceptible
in many of the cartoons in the forties
and early fifties. Although he re-
tired from the Punch staff in 1854 as
a protest against the papers con-
tinued hostility to the French En-
peror, which he thought unpatriotic
at time when England and France
were in alliance. he remained con-
stant member of tee council, and sat
with them only eight days before his
death. on Christmas eve, 1863. The
tribute in the issue of January 2.
1864, paid tribute more to the COM
rade and fellow worker than to the
man eminent in English letters.
Seven years later. on the occasion
of the announced betrothal of the
Princess Louise to the Marquis of
Lorne,' Punch revealed Thackeray as
the writer in the issue of February 8,
1S49, of the suggestion that it would
The New York herald., 1922-05-28

paper invited Artemus to contribute
to its columns. the sincerest possible
form of tribute. and the invitation
led to the series of paper "Artemus
Ward in London" which was pub
lished in 1866.
Seven years later Mark Twain ar
rived and Punch greeted him in the
quatrain Welcome to a Lecturer:
otis time we Twain did show our
Selves" twas said
By Cesar, when one Mark had lost
his head:
BY Mark whose heads quite bright,
tis said again:
Therefore. go with me, friends, to
bless this Twain"
From the American point of view
that quatrain is so abominable that
it is impossible to doubt its sincerity
Its spirit was maintained throughout
Mark Twain's life The humorist
was entertained at the Punch table
on the occasion ole his last visit to
England in 1907, when he went over
to receive the degree of doctor of
literature from oxford.
III.
The author of "Mr. Punch's His
tory of England" Mr.. Charles L.
Graves, considers that the literary
issue of the paper was probably at
its lowest ebb in 1898, when a re-
view Of Robert Louis Stevenson's S
"Catriona" was bracketed with a re-
view of Marie Corelli's ''Barabbas,"
recommending the latter and speak
ing of the former as book for those
who like Scots dialect. which Punch
did not. Four years earlier. in Jan
uary. 1889, it had included among its
Mems for the New Year" for lit
erary men: 'Resolutely to avoid
making the most distant reference to
DIR. Jekyll and Mr. HYDE" In that
same year Punch printed a review
of Mr.. J. L. Steverson's ''The Mas
ter of Ballantine." although there
was no such author and no such
book. But when, in 1894. Stevenson
died in his early prime, Punch wrote :;
| The lighthouse builder raised no light
That shall outshine the flame
OF genius in its mellowest might,
That beacons him to fame.
And Palas peak shall do yet more
Than the great light of Skerryvore
To magnify his name,
| Who mourned. when stricken flesh
would tire.
That he was weaker than his sire.
Teller of Tales! OF tales so told
That all the world must list:
Story sheer witchery. style pure gold,
Yet with that tricksey twist
OF Pucklile mockery which betrays
The wanderer in this worlds mad
maze,
Not blindly optimist,
Who woos Romance. yet sadly
That Life's sole growth is not the
Rose.
Punch has also varied in its treat
The New York herald., 1922-05-28

VICISSITUDES OF A RISING PERIODICAL.
THE PROPRIETOR: "I tell you what it is.
Shardson I'm getting sick of the ole bloomin Show
The Knacker amt selling Scrap-No notice too of
anywhere-not bloomin Advertisement! And
yet there amt 'ardly livin' Englshman of mark.
from Tennyson downward, 'aven't shown up
and pitched into, and dragged is Name in the
Mud!"
THE EDITOR: Don't let's throw up the
Sponge yet old Man! Let's give the dead 'uns
turn-let's have shy at Thackeray, Browning,
George Eliot or better STILL let's bespater General
Gordon and Cardinal Newman a bit--that ought to
fetch 'em few and bring into Not,ce!"
The New York herald., 1922-05-28

was vehement in its literary
likes and dislikes. 1t had its
When there was a quarrel between
literary men it was usually to be
found emphatically on one side or
the other. For example, in the con-
troversy between Bulwer Lytton and
Alfred Tennyson it offered it's col
Tmns to the latter. Bulwer, in 1.-The
New Timon." had referred to Ten
nyson as "School Miss Alfred" Ten
nyson,s retort was of unexpected
yigor.
A Timon thou? Nay, nay, for shame;
1t is too arrogant jest.
That fierce old man to take his name,
You bandbox, off, and let him rest.
Then there was another line in
which Tennyson summed up his OPP
ponent as "the padded man who
wears the stays" Eventually there
was a kind of reconciliation between
the two men of letters. But that did
not make Punch much more tolerant
OF Bulwer. On the other hand, the
paper never faltered in it's attitude
as champion of Tennyson.
In its dealings with Algernon
Charles Swinburne Punch expert
enced a change of heart. Its attitude
toward the early Swinburne was
typically British Philistine. In the
controversy that in 1866 ragged over
Poems and Ballads" the paper pro-
tested In the name of responsibility.
1t said that "having read Mr.. SWIM
burne's defense of his prurient poetics
Punch hereby gives him his royal
license to change his name to what is
evidently it's true form-'Swine-
born.'" The idea was not quite orig
ina1 with Punch, for in the warfare
that had been waged in pamphlets
DelMteh IL
we'll Phillips the latter invariably
called the poet "Pigsbrook." Thirty
years later Punch was more amiably
disposed toward Swinburne. In 1897
there was brought forward the idea
of establishing a British Academy.
Punch made free use of Swinburne's
publicly avowed disgust at having
his name associated with the scheme,
to which he referred as a ridiculous
monster" also made a jest of the
matter by printing imaginary letters
from various aspirants-Hall Caine.
Marie Corelli, Grant Allen, William
Watson, Sarah Grand" and Clement
Scott.
BY the time of Swinburne's death
In 1909 Punch was in a mood to ray
him full tribute. 1t forgot Swim
burne's violence in controversy. his
extravaganza and lawlesSnes5 of
spirit. 1t forgot the rebel and re-
membered only the singer. and
wrote:
What of the night? For now his day
is done,
And he, the herald of the red sun
rise,
Leaves us in shadow even as when
the sun
Sinks from the somber skies.
High peer Of Shelley. with the chosen
few
He shared the secrets OF Apollo's
Tyre,
Nor less from Dionysian affairs drew
The gods authentic fire.
The New York herald., 1922-05-28

We That Have Gone Astray the foue novel that
English and that in absolute filth its
Author give modern French writer six and beat him hol
lowi"-The Parthenon
FAIR AUTHOR Ito her Publisher pointing above opinion OF
the Press quoted in his advertisement of her nove And
Mr. Shardson what by inserting this hdeous notfce
PUBLISHER: my dear Miss Fitzmorse must remember
that paid large price for book and brought
great expense and naturally wish to sell lit!
The New York herald., 1922-05-28

"The Trilby mania grows
apace. 1t has reached Peckham-
Aunt Maria went to the Fancy
Dress Ball of the Peckham sea-
son as Trilby in her first cos
tune" Extract from letter of
Miss M. Br-wn to Miss N.
Smith.
Punch happily compared the perusal
of Kipling's Rewards and Fairies"
to reading English history by the
light of a Will-o'-theW Wisp.
".
George Meredith was an old friend
OF Mr.. Punch from the days when
Continued on Follotoino Page.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-06-05
OF COURSE IT'S GOOD.

Washington dispatches OF Satur-
day morning reported President Hard-
ING ~ beins very ansry over the str,o-
turcs OF Democrptio Senators ana
Representatives In passing upon tho
results Of his administration. He b.
iisvss their attacks TO bs -unfsir and
mtustified."
But therc II hahn for President IIarSs-
inE's perturbad spirit. Al a meeting
OF the Young Mems Republican Club
IN this city. Inst Friday night Repre-
sentative Caleb r. Layton and Col
onel Thorrns w. Miller made speech %
highly lnudatory OF tho Harding nh-
ninistration. They declared Il had
been one, thus far. OF flnc accomplish
men., even II tho people do not think
90.
OF course. DR.. layton s . mcrnh.I
Of the Republican Congress whoss
work 1. 90 severely condemned by the
people. and Colonel Miller enjoys a
fine otfsce by Erncs of prcsident Hard
ing. But what matters that7 They
say tho administration IL AL right
AVA x,,hv sbould dep,1nci,.IonH by par.
tisan Democrats or an Indignant pub
lie count for anythtng7
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-06-05
GOOD CARE OF OLD CHURCH.

II must indeed hAve been pleasing
10 the many friends o. Old Drawyer's
Church. near Odessa, who attended
the 21lth anniversary OF Its founding.
yesterday. to note the very excellent
care which Is being taken of the
church and the surrounding gro1nda
II is really surprising. when one con-
s,ders it's extreme age and the fact
that the church IS not in constant use.
to see how fresh and new every thing
looks.
This was particularly noticeable
yesterday. AS gentleman whose
family has taken q keen interest In
Old Drawyer's for many years, stated
yesterday: "The appearance of the
place Ia another evidence of the deep
love which many people living today
have for the institution" Surely that
Is a well deserved sribute to the de-
votion which many have to this beau
ttful old church. Let Tvs hope this de-
votion will be shared by many gen.
erItions yst TO come.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-06-05
THE MIRROR OF
PUBLIC OPINION

Labor voters (1a20 rcturns) who might
otherwise rise UP and take charge OF
tho 104.000,000 or 10 of their follow
countrymcn. They arc told they must
not try anything like that. II wouldn't
work.
watchful waiting. They are tust TO
sit around until the capitallst sys-
tenn hns collapsed. and then como for
ward and "grapple with the problem
OF the continuity Of production"
Meanwhile they may or may not
trouble Themselves about continuity
OF production. But they must do
what they can TO destroy tho Ameri-
can Federation OF Labor--in which
they may rely upon tho Md Of n num-
bcr OF capitalists and employers
II IL angular that the executive
committee fails to fix a date for the
coqlapBc of capitalism. Such events
used to be clearly and coy'dentiy set
forth In the revolutionary almanac.
Waiting n never very stimulating
business for n party. It's followers
may get tired and forget to pay their
dues. To keep up interest leaders
have TO etnge something alluring, and
II they can't they at least have To
promise n revolution at n relatively
early date. That In what most of
them have done in the past. t.-;Balti-
moro American.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-06-05
SIMPLY AND TRULY SAID.

To speak simply and truly about
Lincoln ia not an easy thing to do. II
ia particularly difficult Cor a President
because almost inevitably he eeems 60
challenge comparisons and TO be
thinking n great deal more than IN
proper about himself. Hut Presidcnt
Harding In accepting the Lincoln Me
mcrial spoke simply and truly and
with flne affection.
For one thing, his address waa
sound history. What tho President
said about Lincoln tho Tmancipator
and Lincoln tho Unionist is not so
often said IA II should be. Yet he
cause Lincoln realized 20 clearly how
much moro important IN tho long run
Is the maintenance OF union to tho
abolition OF rny particular OWL, how
ever terrible, ne ranks not only among
the great spirits but among tho most
fnr- seeing statesmen. 1t WAS In that
tremendous and fundamental judR-
ment that the greatness OF Lncolns
mind can most surely be tested. For
that Judgment--that no would fght
only for union but leave 10 time and
education the eradication even OF hu-
man slavery-that judgment meant
the conquest Of Il very sensitive soul
10y very tough brain.
Mr.. Harding grasped. quite rs truly.
II seems to us. as any ono has grasped
II. the essential balance OF mind and
heart in lincoln. For II is that bal
ance. rather even than his enormous
service 10 the American Nation. which
has made of Lincoln n peculiarly per-
sonal ideal wherever men are strug-
CLING with the perplexities of popular
government
Wherever men feel deeply about n
free community they know that some
how they must achieve that union
Of qualities which Lincoln by I'M
mense self discipline finally achieved
for himself. They know they must
achieve II. and that is why the praise
of Lincoln IS subject OF which be-
levers in Democracy never grow
weary. And that. too. is why mon s,
often show the best Of themselves
as the President does. when they tall
of Lincoln.-New York World.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-06-05
SOCIALIST "MENACE.r

Because OF their attitude during the
war and because of their outspoken
sympathy with the Bolsheviki, the
Socialists are having considerable diff
fioulty in orge nizing the national cam
paign they had planned.
The Socialist menace" in America
was never serious. All fear of Il ended
during the war, when It was dis
covered that the party was composed
chiefly of malcontents lacking either
sympathy with or understanding OF
the form OF government which thj
American people will maintain as long
as they remain united in nation.
In every election there are dark pro-
phecies of an overwhelming Social
ist vote, which always falls to ma
terialize.
What few Socialists manage to get
themselves elcted soon become as
other office-holders--so much SO, in
fact. that their fellow Socialists rapidly
become dissatisfied with them.
y In New York the Lusk bills sue
ceeded in ''martyring" few members
OF the Legislature and giving them a
talking point. in the succeeding
campaign; but even this was only tenn
porary advantage.
The Socialist party Is already split
into factions, with not enough mem.
bers in some Of them to carry on theiI
internal qusrrels.
Today they are seeking election
workers. candidates and party funds
and they are seeking in vain. Tn,
disclosure of their real motives during
the war crisis destroyed what little
menace the party ever held for Amer,
lean institutions.-New York Tribune
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-06-05
ruH AurRrlsrrC rYPrRR.

Pinchot ~ns not alone IN eStrava-
CANT expenditures for the favor Of the
ncpuhiioan voterS of Pcnnsyivania in
his campaign for the nomination for
Epvsrnor. senator Pepper. according
90 tho published reports. expended
sncut ,7p. 900 In his campaign for
nomination.
Pepper had no opposition 70 speak
of. yc, ne expended $4,000 In -edu-
eating tho voters to the proprie;y OF
having him continued In the Senate,
rnis expenditure Ia a, lear; 80 per
cent more than the toth OF hts
salary as Senator for the ensuing
fun term, assuming be win De elected.
How nltruis,lo. Pepper cd not want
th. scnatorsh,p for the salary. that he
certain. But why was he 20 eager fcr
~ NJ 60 cxpcnd such large sum Of
msnsy mcrsiy 20 get the nomination
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-06-05
THE EVENING SMILE.
WHAT A PUZZLER

IN tho trial Of a oaSs In = Boston
court IL became necessary 70 cAu TO
tho witness stand . woman maid.
Where wsrs you n s.AS o'clock on
tho evening In questtnnY~ was the
first query put 10 hr by the aIamin-
ing counsel.
"Dressing the hair Of madam was
the response.
Now" seid tho attorney. very SOL
EMMY. with upiiftcd nnser. think
very carefully before You answer. Was
or was not your mistress IN tho room
at that tine?"-Kansas City Star.
81 suppose your wife always wants
tho last word?" Yes. especially the
last word in clothes. ."--Boston Tran
script.
''Why don't you reformY The wo-
mon are out 10 make the world better"
I'm the raw material. Judge.
Back to normalcy." said Harding
Pack 20 Methuselah." advised Shaw.
But not back to the apes" said Bryan.
That's going too far."-Virsinia
Pilot
| He Continuing his narratlve)-
And there l was close up to one of
those Big Berthas." She-"Oh, Jack
you horrid thing! And you told me
you'd never look at girl over there.
American Legion Weekly.
How is Mr.. Grumpson's repartee?'
Not bad. 1 heard him make a snappy
retort to traffic policeman. and it was
80 good he was asked to repeat IL the
next day In Police Court. t."-Birming
ham Age Herald.
Would you mind turning OF that
electric fan. waiter?" Yes, sir. Toe
much draft, sir?" 1T isn't that. but ]
don't want the aroma OF this camem-
bert I'm eating TO be blown away
Erie Daily Times.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-06-05
SHOULD ACT QUICKLY.

Federal government agencies are
provokingly slow in action. but the
long delay OF the Emergency Fleet
Corporation in making transfer Of the
titles 70 its former Union Park Gar
aens properties in this city Is not only
inexcusable but most exasperating.
Also. II Is causing trouble and loss In
money 20 all the purchasers OF these
properties. The public sale took place
In this city February 27 and 2s. and
now s, u the first week in June. with
the important matter OF transfer Of
titles still unattended 10.
Secretary Budd OF the Chamber Of
Commerce has sent an urgent letter
to Sidney Henry, manager Of the sales
by the Emergency Fleet Corporation,
calling attention TO the necessity of
speedy action In this important mat
ter, and also forwarded copies OF this
letter TO Senators Ball and du Pont
and Representative Layton. at Wash
ington. Here Is an opportunity for our
Senators and Representative to do
something worth while for a large
number OF persons in Wilmington. II
= hoped they Will take the matter up al
once and keep after the officials Of
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-06-05
A UNIyERsITY's BUDGET.

Few OF us havc boon left in ignor-
anoc OF tho fact that II takes money
To keep colleges and universities go
ing. Most OF the institutions OF this
nature have either conducted drives
within the past fow years to raise largo
sums OF money or are at It at tho
presont time. A good Indication OF
what n done with tho money, OF how
tremendous the budget OF great uni
versity is, Ia shown by tho estimated
expenditures OF Columbia University
for tho coming yenr. Tho total budget
In placed at $7.<19,132.
In announcing this budget. which
has been approved by tho trustees OF
the university. President Nicholas
Murray Butler pointed out that the
total appropriations for tho work to
bo carried on by the university cor
poration itself amounted TO t5,725.-
704OS. which IL an increase OF nearly
5000. 900 over the appropriations for the
current year. OF this sum a4.<S5. .10t.74
is appropriated for educational ad-
ministration and instruction: 1851 .s33
for the care 10 buildings and grounds; ;
fEUD, fNi .nu lbI tnt lot
the business administration OF the cor
poratons: S20,370 for annuities; $780,
2O2 .58 for taxes and other charges: /:
$i03. .074.1 for interest on tho corporate
debt. and 100000 for the redemption
fund on account OF the principal of
tho debt.
President Butler explained that 10
these totals must be added tho nd-
ditional amounts appropriated for next
year by Teachers College. &t.25s.s4s
by Barnard College, sb2.31o.19. and by
tho College OF Pharmacy. fS2,7I0.
The budget also includes increaacs
In salary for younger professors and
instructors and continues the plan In
augurated several years ago of recog-
niying the distinguished services of
older members Of tho faculty by plar-
ing thom In n group OF most highly
paid professors.
or course Columbia, our largest
university. can hardly be taken as q
fair sample OF what it costs TO keel
an institution of higher learning
functioninR. but In n lesser degree ths
running eSpenses of tho many Other
colleses and universities are pro
portional TO their sire. No wonde,
the alumni md friends are called up.
on to help.-Hartford Courant.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-06-05

the county borrowing . half-million
dollars for good roads. which q being
honestly expended. with good results.
Tho people arc merely paying for what
they set.
We stu point to the Democratic
administration IN Kent county with
pride. Notwithstanding this advance
In taxAuon. Let tho Morning News
compare conditions thsre. higher tax
rate ana all else. with conditions IN
Republican New Castle county. and
see how Il likes the showing.