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MONDAY. NOVEMBER 1, 1920
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Normalcy
After March ! the order of prece?
dence will not be :
1. The President.
'J. The Democratic party.
;;. Humanity (meaning foreign
interests I.
4. The United Stale.-.
Keep Murphy Out of Albany
The c ? ver 1 hi Governorship
is altogether : 10 important to lose
sight of in tl
thai Governor
Smitl . th? idol cf Tammany Hall,
\\ ill run ahc I of his 1 icket.
lie prol a will not run far
enough aliead to c eleel d Governor,
but thai i. ss every man
who belie ? -..; government
vote -? ?Her.
!' using all its
energy to ?.- ? o For Smith. It is
off ring ? . : - thai it lias to
barter to ] into the cxec
i'tive chai
And il -' this because every
Tammany that Smith
:- for Mu . rphy is for
Smil and th? the tall of the inde
pi li c of the Govt rnor is abso?
lut" :
In tl day of t! e campaign
T ny ase its efforts to
reel? ct .- .
All i . is already mo
' '. ' - pose,
Thei e i that Governor
Si ing pei sonality.
thai he has
quali es make him
en -.- : rous in view of
his oh ?ience I ? : timmany.
si bcii aid n th?' asser
that ? < me fr im I he peo?
ple, an ; ' ': ref w i what the
; pie \ ant.
Bu1 Sm record - ? w > thai
Smith a ilurphy, and
i ?n I ? ? t en!; known what
il ; -7. to get it.
fr>r hi n.
elect Murphy.
Ele ?' . :- i ral ic major
inch the grip
of Ta nut ; ' Lite as firmly
as il ! upon 1 he city.
Th? :... a ? ay to keep
Mur] '??;- oui ! ' defeat
: ? '. re tl feating
him i rity for Miller
so de . t Murphy v. iil under?
stand ? I al / i to control
the statt - ' I ned forever.
Assemblyman Ullman, American
Without regard to party affilia?
tion the g wishes of the city go
out. to Sol ' an, A; temblyman of
? he 6 h Dirt ri< , ; '<"?? ? rries on his
coi test for a eel ti i nd to main?
tain an Eu. ' outpost against
furthc r Red l? ments. lie has
ret eive.l nol only I c Republican
? i . - tic i dors?
;.' mee1 -It oppo
of : !raight
A me rica r, i
Mr. I natcd. He
?1 o s p h y n ot
from ' . . ' old f? udal nni
mo.-'.t i; till e; r, but from the
. . . This coun?
try and i ns are good
. - , , ees himself
ene of I great estate
of ('.i?:: i o] iiity and thinks his
neighbors 'hey also have
been 1 ? ;. ? ppoi eel to a
p i i ical | . en caged in
nevt r-endin Vt? rica and
which fro . cam milage
carries on ? ?ng bombard?
ment f ? 'acy.
B .i ? . '? racti 'al Amer?
ican Mr. ? it satisfied
?neVelj to . ? right s ide of a
ge i al qu? ves in ap?
plying ': ? ' - a a | 5 ..doing
's day and
;? ? '? ;? niber of the
... - - part
in lie did
t?te ' ' his party's
aucus in t! i I t I of I hi- eight
hour and ? ? bilis. He
has rec? congratula
?ons of ! : id, of "Mary
' S3. Dreier, . ' 1 he Women's
Joint 1.? ? ? ference, and
Clara M. Teal, of 1 he Con?
sumer; ' ' . Mr. Ullman has
been of re ! . ' > people of
nig di: ; won the friend?
ship of aii who ?-.' ant more than mere
words.
Socialist effori Is concentrated to
an's defeat, for he
??Mue: ont- the district where Chair-'
man Koenig resides, and the Social- j
tsts care little as to whether or nota j
man has been a faithful ami intelli- ;
gent public servant An appeal may
properly be addressed to every!
American of the 6th District, no '
matter whesa born or of what race
or religion, to unite in his behalf.
A Copperhead Attack
The Wilson-Cox campaign, which
has masqueraded as one for high and
noble moralities, ends in the mire of
slan 1er.in the dissemination of the
dirtiest lie ever circulated concern- i
?ng a Presidential candidate.
That which was advertised as a '
1 great and solemn referendum has de?
generated into the slime of cowardly
and unscrupulous whispers. Mr.
Wilson from his pulpit preached ?
sermons about making the world i
rafe for democracy, but in each pew
; were left copies of the leaflet "The
Harding Family Tree." Devotion to |
a league of peace and the brother- !
hood of man was paraded, but to
carry the election reliance was
; placed on a falsehood that grossly
: appealed to prejudice. ^
The Democratic managers, now
; that exposure has come, disclaim re?
sponsibility. They deny they nur- i
tared the crawling thing. Curious, !
isn't it, if, the defamation was not j
authorized or concerted that the cir?
culars which distilled the poison:
i happened to appear not merely in
Ohio and Indiana, but in far sepa- j
?rated Connecticut and California
and especially freighted the mails in ;
' the border states?
How did it come that the spontane?
ous generation was so diffused and j
| that the "literature" was identical in
verbiage? The denial will not be ac
i cepted; the evidence is that the slan
. der flowed from one source, and what
this source is few have doubt.
Nor will the alibi be strengthened
by knowledge of the circumstance
that the conductors of the Wilson-Cox
campaign have long known what was
going on. They could have stopped
? the story at once. They didn't do so.
It wns allowed to fester and gan
| grene, and this, perhaps to some de?
gree, explains Svhy Mr. Cox has been \
so confident of an election result
favorable to him.
The American love of fair play, no
less than the complete and crushing
refutation furnished as soon as the
invention came above ground, make?,
it certain that Senator Harding will
suffer no loss and Governor Cox
; make no gain because of it. Not by
' the employment of sneaking and
1 secret detraction is it feasible this
year to filch the Presidency.
The Two Referendums
One constitutional amendment
and one legislative proposition are
to be submitted to the voters to-mor?
row. The amendment changes the
manner in which the state may con?
tract and discharge its bonded deb?,
substituting serial bonds redeemable
in annual installments for long
term bonds amortized th.rough sink?
ing funds. The change is in the
direction of better financing. The
sinking fund system accumulates
more money in the. state treasury
than is needed and the surpluses
have to be reinvested. The amend?
ment is similar to one suggested by
the Constitutional Convention of.
1915. It ought to be adopted.
The legislative proposition pro-'
villes for a soldiers' and sailors'
bonus. It contemplates the issue of
bonds to an amount not exceeding.
$46,000,000. Each beneficiary is to
?receive $10 for each month of serv-j
ice or major fraction thereof, but no !
person is to receive more than $250.
The bonds are to be redeemed in
twenty-five annual installments. The
cost of the bonus is estimated at
$4,250,000 in taxes for the first year
and an average of $2,925,000 for the
twenty-five years.
The chief argument in favor of
'he bonus is the natural desire to
recognize the services of the men
who enlisted. The arguments against
it are that it doesn't discriminate
among the various classes of men,
ignoring disability, needs and char?
acter of service, whether at home or
abroad; that the payment of com
pensation is primarily a Federal and
not a state matter, and that an in?
crease of public debt at this mo
nent will have an injurious general
?fleet, interfering with post-war
financial readjustment and tending
m f ustain war prices.
The Fusion Congressmen
'i ... re are four Congress districts
of Manhattan in which the Socialist
party is strongly organized and
ambitious t?. send Representatives to
Washington. The 12th District, in
fact, elected Meyer London in 1914
and 191G. In order to prevent minor?
ity Socialist control in this district
and in the three others the Republi?
can and Democratic parties com?
bined in 1918 and ran Fusion candi?
dates. Meyer London was beaten
that year by Henry M. Goldfogle,
Democrat, who is this year a candi?
date for reelection on a bipartisan
ticket. London is again his opponent. :
The other districts in which the
anti-Socialist alliance was in effect
in 1918 an?! has now been renewed
are the 13th, 14th and 20th. Christo?
pher D. Sullivan is the Democratic
Republican candidate in the 13th
District. Mr. La Guardia, now Pres?
ident of the Board of Aldermen, was
reflected from the 14th District in
1918 on a fusion ticket. Nathan A.
F'7-'riman is the RepuMican-Demo
cratic nominee this year. He and
Sullivan ought to win without diffi?
culty. But in the 20th District Rep?
resentative Isaac M. Siegel, like Mr.
Goldfogle, has a hard light on his
hands. His Socialist opponent is
Morris Hillquit. He beat Mr. Hill
quit two years ago. This year, how?
ever, he will need the full Republi?
can and Democratic support to win.
Mr. Siegel has been a valuable Rep?
resentative in Congress, zealous, in?
fluential and attentive to business,
lie deserves reelection. None of
these four districts should be allowed
to drift away to an anti-nationalistic
party which stood throughout the
war for slackerism and defeatism.
Swann
The reasons Edward Swann
should nut be elected a justice of the
Supreme Court are stated with
clearness in the report of the Bar ?
Association committee which advised j
against his indorsement.
In brief, they are that he has j
neither the ability nor the character '
qualifying him to be a member of
the Supreme Court bench. As Dis?
trict Attorney he has used the
powers of his office to oppress de- !
fendants and to browbeat witnesses, j
He has been instrumental in secur?
ing indictments never pressed to;
trial. His behavior has been such !
that a grand jury refused to trust
him with its records, and the Gov- !
ernor of the state, although of his
party, has assigned others to do
work naturally falling to his office.
The record of Edward Swann is
such as to suggest that he is not one
to possess the high prerogatives of
a justice of the Supreme Court. To
place a politician of his type in such
an exalted place is to make absurd
all talk of the betterment of the
bench.
Other matters press on public at- ;
tention, but some thought should be
devoted to Swann when marking a
ballot. if you have doubt as to
what sort of man he is and do not
care to listen to newspaper advice,
then ask any lawyer or any one else
who is familiar with our courts.
The Senate Fight
Everybody admits that the fi*ht
for the Senate is closer than the
fighrt for the Presidency. At present
t^ere are forty-nine Repubi: in id
forty-seven Democratic Ser.M F o
.hold their own the Dem ral i .tve
to win in California, Ariz na, Ore?
gon, Nevada, ('?dorado Idaho South
Dakota, Kentucky, Oklahoma and
Maryland, success being conceded in
'he Solid South states which elect
Senators. To maintain the status
nun the Republicans have to win in
Connecticut, New Hampshire, Ohio,
Indiana, Wisconsin, Missouri and
Utah, Republican victory being as?
sumed in the other Northern and
Western states which elect Senators.
It is apparent that the situation
favors the Republicans. California,
Oregon, Idaho and South Dakota are
rial irai Republican states. Mr.
( hamberlain, who is half a Republi?
can, has a great hold on the people
of Oregon. But when he was elected ?
in 1914 the Republican party was
?till divided. Mr. Phelan won that
year in California in a mixed, field
and Mr. Johnson slipped in from
South Dakota. The story of 1914 is '
not likely to be repeated. Mr. Nugent j
won his seat in Idaho because of Re- :
publican factional dissensions. But j
the Far West has swung strongly i
toward Republicanism in the last
\our years.
Colorado shows the effect of this
reversion. There are two Demo?
cratic candidates for Senator this
year. Two years ago Mr. Phipps re
? aptured the other Democratic seat.
Oklahoma is probably Democratic,
but Maryland, Kentucky, Arizona
and Nevada are in doubt.
On the other hand, Mr. Spencer's
chances in Missouri have been great?
ly improved by Senator Reed's recent
repudiation of Cox and Breckin
ridge Long, the Democratic Sena?
torial nominee. In Utah Reed Smoot
is stronger than Harding and his
election is now indicated. There is a
three-cornered fight on in Wisconsin,
Mr. Lenroot being opposed by a La
Follette nominee as well as a Demo?
crat. Party lint s are broken and the
outcome is highly uncertain. New
Hampshire, Indiana and Ohio seem
only a little :< - afely Republican on
the Senatorship than the Presidency,
In Connecticut, there is a bitter per?
sonal fight, cutting across party
lines, between Mr. Brandegee and
his ? pponents,
Republican gains ought to exceed
Rep?blica! ! s es by :i fair margin.
Democratic hopes are based solely on
a wide variation between th*; Presi?
dential and the Senatorial vote. But
such a variation is extremely un?
usual. It d.id occur in LUG. But the
191G election was abnormal. Condi?
tions this year favor normalcy.
Vote for Fairchild
A Congressional district which
should be redeemed by the Repub?
lican voters is the 24th, which in?
cludes the easterly portion of the
Bronx and also Yonkers, East Ches?
ter, Mount Yernon and Pelhani in
Westchester County.
The Republican candidate is Ben?
jamin L. Fairchild, a Congressman
of experience and ability, who made
an excellent record for intelligence
and fidelity during the trying period
of the war. He stood faithfully by
his task in Washington despite the
loss of a son, an aviator in the A. E.
\ __ t i
F., and was defeated in 1918 largely I
through the fact that he refused to
return to nia district to campaign.
His Democratic opponent is James
V. Ganley, the present representa?
tive of the district, whose record is
a blank save for the interesting
detail that he applied to go on the
Congres, ional junket to the Far
East?and later changed his mind.
Mr. Fairchild deserves to be re?
turned to the House on Tuesday by
a handsome margin. New York is
sadly in need of men of his type and
caliber in Congress. _
?-:
Calvin Coolidge Says
(From his address delivered at Fred?
erick, Md., Oct. S3, 1920)
The hopeless confusion which has
existed and still exists in our execu?
tive department is an indictment of
the business ability of the American j
people. Its natural consequences are j
bureaucracy, which governs not by
"the consent of the governed," but !
by the will of the beneficiaries; con?
tinuous encroachment upon the lib?
erties of the people through the de?
sire for more power where there
should be a desire to be of more
service; an appalling increase in the
number of officeholders, without
which bureaucracy cannot exi3t, p.nd '?
a gross waste of public funds, al?
ways the method of satisfying per?
sonal ambition. To destroy bureau?
cracy there must be administrative
action and process. The powers of
Congress do not permit it to execute.
It can prescribe, but it cannot en?
force. It can limit, but it cannot
guard against interpretations that j
nullify its decisions. Confusion can
be reduced to order only through a i
complete change of the spirit of the '
national administration. There ar? im |
half-way remedies. The conditions, the \
country, require the election of Warren ;
G. Harding.
Who Is Winning?
To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: A letter in The New York Times j
this morning proclaims the League of'j
Nations ?is "the paramount issue of
this campaign," and its editorial says
that "Governor Cox and hi:; supporters
are clearly winning the argument."
Plainly as to both of these it is a mat- j
ter of opinion. Those who think so,
think so. I am not one of them.
I have voted for President Wilson
three times, first, of course, for Gov?
ernor of New Jersey. Is it prejudice
which puts me against the Democratic
party and candidate this time? The
New Jersey Democracy that knifed the
President in the election of 1916 is en?
thusiastically supporting the candidate
this year, nut because of any change of
hear?, on the part of the knifers. All
those elements of the party whose his?
tory has led us to distrust them are
cordially united in this campaign. "The
League of Nations, as the paramount
issue" serves well their purpose to ob?
scure the real issues. The people want
housecleaning at Washington in the
interest of governmental efficiency, and
they are sure that it will not be ??or.e
by the continuance of a Democratic ad?
ministration under the leadership
which is offered us.
The League of Nations is an impor?
tant, issue. All America wants for the
world that which it is intended to ac?
complish. Hut purpose and result arc
two entirely different matters. The
result of the league and covenant of?
fered us, I earnestly believe, would be
just such an entanglement as President
Wilson urged against in 1916. Guar?
anteeing territorial integrity of tha
Balkan States, the republics of Chile,
Bolivia and Peru, China and the Brit- ,
ish Empire is certainly an entangling
alliance, with grave uncertainties as to
its consequences.
As a Republican who supported Pres?
ident Wilson and rejoices in everything
worth while that his mlministration
has brought about, but who U disap?
pointed in some most important things
wherein he has patently failed, and
sees less hope of success under the lead- '
ership of the present Democratic can?
didato, my vote is for Senator Hard?
ing and a Republican administration.
FREDERICK W. JACKSON.
Glen Ridge, X. J., Oct. 27, i;>20.
For Cooperative Marketing
To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: This morning's papers indicate
that representatives ?if the agricultural
interests are leaving Washington in a
state of mind which will lead them to
spread through the country the idea
that they are discriminated against by
the money power. This is undoubtedly
a fact.
The present conditions play com?
pletely into the hands of speculative
buyer?, who, hi-ing in commercial rela?
tions with the banks, find it possible to
arrange credits where farmers are un?
able to do so. This is a condition, of
course, that has existed for years and
is perhaps the principal cause for th?3
big profits of the middlemen, made at
the one end out of the farmers by buy?
ing their crops at ruinously low figures
(owing to the farmer's need for ca i I
and at th?.? other end out of the :on
sumers by hoarding products an '.
thereby controlling market prices.
Fortunately the farmers arc at last
learning their lesson and learning it
fast. Their cooperative marketing or
ganizations are being formed all over
j the country along sound business lines,
and are becoming able to stabilize the
output and command the confidence of
and b.?-nco secure the needed credit
front the banks.
This is a much better solution than
thai of relying on the government for
aid, and while in the opinion of the
? writer the Federal Reserve system
should have responded to the farmer's
plea for aid in the present emergency
it is probably better in the long run
that he should be forced to rely upon
himself and more quickly develop his
cooperative marketing organizations,
which by eliminating the speculaTors
will both increase the farmer's profits
: and decrease the consumer's expenses.
GEORGE A. CULLEN,
Vice-President North American Fruit
E'diange.
\ New York, Oct. 22, 1920.
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The ConningToWer
AT THE "HISTORICAL ROOMS"
Before the weather-beaten doorg
We stood in hesitation;
We reatl-tho hours for visitors
With vast deliberation;
The bell we rang?its warning clang
Would waken half a nation.
The vigilant custodienne came
In answer (somehow, I've a
Suspicion this archaic damo
Was Hepzibah rediviva).
Were we idlowed? The lady bowed,
As haughty as a diva.
She hurried us from room to room,
Aa solemn as a meeting,
In tones that seemed pronouncing doom
Each ?tereoed phrase repeating;
If good the show, I d? not know?
But it was surely fleeting!
?'Now, if you please, just step this
way?
An ancient watchrr.an's truncheon?
These guns were used on Training
Day?
This floor, you see, is puncheon
Old chair?old bed . . . And now,"
she said,
"I have to eat my luncheon."
We ventured: "Yours a happy lot
That studious souls might single,
To dwell here in this storied spot
Whore many memories mingle,
Such as conspire the soul to fire
And make the pulses tingle!"
Unsmilingly, she said, "You're wrong: :
In winter time it's freezing.
I have a cold all winter long,
With constant cough and sneez'ng ? ? - ;
The rooms are free; there is no fee? .
But gifts are always pleasing."
G. S. B.
Well, we have seen an advance copy
of Charley Edson's "The Gentle Art of
Columning," and read it. It is vitally :
interesting, if we do say so. The only
important type error occurs in the
preface we wrote. It makes us say
"columned daily since 1913." It should
rend 1903.
As near as we can come to under?
standing a telephone message left in
our absence, somebody has an idea '?
that there is a wheeze to be whittled
out of calling the White House Shat?
tered Theory.
For the revised arithmetics'. If a
coal bin is 6 ft. long, 4 ft. wide, and
!? ft. high, how mRiiy cases of Cale?
donian smoke will it hold ?
Prohibition Mother Goose
Twinkle, twinkle, little bar,
How I wonder what you are!
You who once sold gia and rye
Have to sell it on the sly.
"Gue?s who this is," telephoned Dul?
cinea yesterday. "Right -the very
first time. Well, I was thinking that
my 'kiddies' always wear 'nighties
'cause they're so 'comfy.' Can you hear
me ? Oh, all rightie."
Tn Poughkeepsie a second hand cloth?
ing store "offers a convenient place for
buying any apparel you wish to dis?
possess, being just below the car
barn."
? Election tcf-morrow.
? Vote for Al Smith is our advice.
?\V. E. Hill of l'-'klyn was a trans?
pontine goer Wednesday.
? Bert L. Taylor has returned to
Glencoe, 111., where he lives.
-?Miss Lola Fisher shopped for
cats Wednes. without succ?s?.
?Miss Wilma Shore was to the
Hippodrome Saturday afternoon.
?Miss Zona Gale of Portage, Wis.,
was a Gotham passer-through last
wk.
?Miss Margaret Case of here and
Paris, Fr., sailed for Gotham Satur?
day.
?Art Samuels was sitting next to
Ray Hichens at the Dutch Treat
Club Tues.
? Mrs. Grantland Rice is home
from a trip to her native burg,
Americus, Ga.
? Art Guiterman and Berton Bralcy
the w. k. poets were pleasant callers
one day last wk.
? Everybody is giving Frank Cra?
ven the deserved glad hand over his
dandy play, "The First Year."
? Percy MacKaye is living in Ox
ford, O., where he is working on
?days and pageants and conferring
with the students of Miami Uni?
versity.
?-Old Clare Briggs's daughter
Sarah eloped last Thurs. with Wil?
liam King O'Lcary of Little Rock,
Ark. It happens in the b. r. f., Clare,
say we.
Probably tl-, hand of II. Bell Brown
?a different han?l of the better ?ort?
-.vriies the publicity for "Parfait Un
derthings."
SECOND AVENUE
Life stamps Itself mora bitterly along this
avenue
Upon the faces of its denizens
And on their walk and Rate
And hero come tho>e who prate of "types"
To find the thinif they seek:
The vivid and the easily described.
And ail the s<iualor that tiiey find
And all the hopelessness
They'll try to pack into a ten-line verse
like this *
For readers who will not look for themselves.
Donald Lindsat.
Suggestion- D. R.'s--to the Hon. J.
Daniels: Sit Down, Sit Down, Sit Dcwn,
You're Rocking the V >te.
Going to rtay up late to-morrow
night to hear the return:, on an elec?
tion in which the odds on a candi?
date are 7 to 1 ?
Well, so are we.
F. P. A.
Copyright, 1320, Now Tork Tribune Inc.
OOPS
By
Heywood Broun
The doctor said that nobody knew I
what tonsils were good for anyway
and that he might is well take ours
out. But now after :wo days of review
ing in bed it seems to us that a change
has taken place. Something of the
forbearance and tolerance has gone :
with otw tonsils. Back in the days
when we had them we might have come
across an adjective like "dolichoce?
phalic" in Henry Kitchell Webster's1
Mnry Wollaston with no more than
passing irritation. Now that the word
necessitates getting up from a bed of
pain to hunt for the dictionary our re?
sentment is deeper and more lasting.
We are also tilled with an unreasonable
anger against F. Scott Fitzgerald be?
cause he insists in saying in one of the
stories in Flappers and Philosophi rs
that when somebody or other came out
into the hall it "was quite empty." We
have had no solid food for two days
and we are empty, ?.nd that's just as
bleak and devastating as if we were
"quite empty" or even "very empty."
Still, of the entire batch of new
books which we have on hand Flappers
?nd Philosophers is the only one
which we can stand without tonsils.
Not having liked This Side of Para?
dise we were prepare;! to find con?
firmation for everything we had
thought and said about the novel in the
new collection of short stories. We
found it in the first one, which is
called "The Offshore Pirate." A re?
bellious flapper, who refuses even to
meet an eligible young man who has
been picked out by her uncle, is kid?
napped in a yacht and spends a de?
lightful ten days on an island with a
stranger, only to find when the res?
cuers come that he is none other than
the. approve?! suitor who has chosen
this method of meeting her unconven?
tionally.
We are told that in spite of the silli
i ncss of.the plot the story is among thi
material which shows Fitzgerald's
amazing knowledge of the talk and
thought of flappers. It ma;.- be, but
1 the formula seems absurdly easy.
. Anhta's vocabulary consists, of "Oh,
shut u?p!" "Shoot'." "Put it in writ?
ing," and once, when she has exhaust?
ed this entire repertory of snappy re?
marks she varies her system of charm
. by hitting her uncle in the eye with a
lemon. We are not at ail certain that
w? have ever seen a flapper. We once
' lectured on "The Tendencies of Drama
In America To-day" before a girls'
boarding school and didn't get hit with
anything. Still, Fitzgerald's observa?
tions may be entirely accurate. We
; only doubt whether they ara important.
But after we ha?! finished "The Off?
shore Pirate" we came to a story called
"The Ice Palace," which brought a sud?
den conviction that after all F
i Fit-zgerald did bave something to -,
! and knew how to say it. "The Ice
Palace" is a skillful study of
in environment. It is extremely suc?
cessful in making the reader see places
and persons, even though those pel
sons are types. It is go???l enough t
I make us fear that Fitzgerald ma; yet
? find a more powerful springboar I ,?>.'i
ge on to writs something, which will
? make us eat all the prophecies we have
. ever made about him. There is also
, something disquieting in his story "The
, Cut-Glass Bowl" in the same volume
Although this is one of those tales of
horror and ?f mystery which generally
do not matter much, its technique is
sure and highly developed. If ever F
Scott Fitzgerald manages to make o
complete getaway from flappers anc
such like we may have to abandon t
fixed position and run for our life.
I Some of the other.new books ma>
H?? good for foik in the prime of health,
but we aro much too sick to get up any
interest in Edith Wharton's The Age
of Innocence, Doubtless Mrs. Wharton
knows what she is talking about and
her picture of New York society in
1870 is accurate and brilliantly writ?
ten. But what dull folk, what a dreary
tima! It is little near.' engaging than
little old last month's society section
in a Sunday newspaper. As for Ver- '
ena in the ?Midst, by E. V. Lucas, this
requires positive rttggedness on the ?
part of the reader. Even a hca
person is apt to have no little
culty with ?i book in which the author
seems to say at every point, "If you]
thought that last letter was \ i
jus*. W???,.for the next one. ["hat's g
ing to be the doggonedest w
thing ye-u ever read in your life, if 1
hava to die for it."
Henry Kitchell Webstt r's M iry Wol
laston begins like a novel of the first
rank. It has an intelligent under- ,
standing of the point of view of the
youngi r >'? nerations and several of the
characti rs are neatly sketched and
promise great interest. Uul after a
time the book begins to dawdle. The
charact r i lack stamina. I'he; no
longe r seem to be ; r >c? ? ,. ng o .
own steam. The autl r lea
each and every one by the hand, and
as he hasn't hands enough for all there
is a distracting flittering from one per?
son to another. No sooner dors the
render work up a reasonable interest
in one of the characters than hack he '.
gees into the box, while Mr. Webster
trots out another.
A Commuter With a Kick
To the Editor of The Tribu? ?-.
Sir: Since the recent raise
railroad fares we of the "comm
gang" have been brooding ovei
wrongs which wc hare been constra
to endure. It .-? ems to us tha tin
time has come whi n ? i : ' trike"
fot relief, assert < irs Ives, and
upon a reasonably r? iiab! ? servie? ,
: dally in view of p ? ' fa i e rat < i
The woi a ingmen strike
mai ; i are not listen? : - > and s icceed
in getting what they want, Why are
we, who ar" connected with the most
important business act vitic
and what is cur remedy ?
We pay for good service, lar we do
not get it. Every time an, increase is
demanded wo meekly pay un an :
for better train service. Since the
strike of the railr? ad n - : cannot re
number a 7:45 or B:20 ... rn. train on
the I)., !.. & W. from M---.-ristu-.vn ever
being on time, md ret i train
the end if th? Jaj .:
Though the . ; of the railr ?;? Is
1 av.- :-?? :? ?\ d I nuses and ba k a .;
we, the v. . l( ng , ?-, .-. foot thi
and our train sendee is un
The commuters whose r.- ...
' erfered with
sufficiently nun... . class, one would
think, to reccivt the notice and con
-. :. ration of a wise railv .. .- ? ? : ig?
ment. A DAILY < i iMMUTER.
Sew Y rk, Oct. .:'. : -
Sentiment Not Whim
, ?? the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: I dssire to add my
? -...t of Mr. llanta in t? -i ??;.'- Ti ibune
; against the flying of flags ut ha
: on city buildings because of the death
by suicide of a foreign prisoner. No
such respect was paid to tha memory of
i Jacob H. Schiff, our 'Honored citizen.
The use of ?u?.-~ on city buildings
should represent the sentiment of the
, city, not the whim of "every politician
passing through the City Hall on his
? way from obscurity to obiivion."
A NATIVE NEW YORKER.
New York, Oct. 29, 1920.
fust Burleson
A Heartfelt Review of the Wilson
Postofjicc Department
T ? the Editor of The Tril
Sir: The Wilsonian A.dmini?tra
tion'-; sins of commission and omission
have been very well disclosed to read?
ers of The T bune, b it Ht this last
moment I would remind them of one
?eri is asp that has been given
?? c trci y e? gh public ty. I am al?
luding to thi postal service, or more
particularly to tho branch thereof
.....wr as the ?Railway Mail Service.
7i:: is the gre .: p iblic utility most
? " "' -?? i e interrelation
odd millions of
f copie, 1 : lost in
?ced of tin ? ? ?? ble ? mciency.
Since its incept ? by G? irge B. Arm
had gradu
ervice
the time
' ? ??' ' ' Mion. rhen along
came Bur!? and now look at the
[thing!
With I ngular ndi ptness at se?
lecting "duds" an Im fits for the high
official place -, Mr. I irned over
i pi e to a Texan tyrant,
K ? er , id occupant
of a i se only ap
lio of Post
able cam
jave the post
&f Second A aster Gen?
eral, v. ' pe? i il way
"r ?'ger, another
one off ' ?piece, who had mad?
tl as P< s'.naster
B twi ? ?i the two th?
Bcrvice has been
nder a pre
.-.ported by
? manity.
??. years the pos?
as to
. ?? what?
ever of sp? or Bafety in
\ Bpecial de
: . pry . nothing r w.
insurance guarantees
ection from loss nor in
. for loss. The general morale
? elerica f >rce ? a become so
of the whole
?tiers h|tvu been
soldiers' and
: : [ors' parci ?.n . ifltd with
.:.?'' " ? "?
md delay to first
? .
? :.. -? !?
: iyed a gang
kill a people
ito trucks, in ??pen
traffic regul itioni Hard
laugh
lursory v.ew
? the Bui ? < Spac*
, ? I
...
Railway M
to support
every accusa "?'?* WM
..thout just
. cause or i merely on the
?for the
.?? actu?
al y be? ? ?"? !
.ere! . ! b>' *
i word
was H?t even
B1 ?, .- three violati?**
?s COUl
d be
an o'i?
P*d the in?
sane Meten. rather
oficial pe?
IS-.' ,
AU m. favor r ?*?'?"* ?*
miff misrule, wastefulness *??
extortion, say "Aye!"
A. POO BE NL'TT.
j Sew york, Oct. 25, 1920.