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The Good Work Goes On
Frankly, The Tribune is pleased
with the way the steering committee
of the forces opposed to Hylanism
find further misrule of the city pur?
sue.-: its task. We applaud the
astuteness and political wit which
are guiding its councils.
Could a happier nomination have
been made for the aldermanic presi?
dency than that of Vincent Gilroy?
We think not. Nephew of the late
Mayor Thomas F. Gilroy, an inde?
pendent Democrat, a former mem?
ber of the rank and file of Tam?
many, who three years ago for?
swore it and its works, as thousands
upon thousands of young men like
l;\m have been compelled to do, he is
added assurance of the victory which
the decent citizenry of New York
can achieve in November if they be?
stir themselves.
Mr. Gilroy's -election means that
coalition is something more than a
name. It mtans that fusion is a
fact. With the Republican vote
plus that of the independent Demo?
crats, who are a legion, Tammany
must go down to defeat.
Curran, Lockwood and Gilroy ?
There is a fighting ring to those
name?.. *T7e lihe the sor-nd of them.
and we feel that the town is going
to like them more and more as the
on.
But the naming of those three by
no means ends the steering com?
mittee's work. The District At?
torney's office must be swept clean
this year, and a man, a real he-sized
man, must be selected. Let the i
same wisdom, the same political wit,
control the members of the commit- ]
tee in awarding th?3 nomination as
led it to present to the people the
nara? a of Curran, Lockwood and
'oy.
The nominee for District Attorney
must be one of their quality. No
party hack, no professional misfit,
will do. He must be a citizen in
;red with a genuine spirit of pub?
lic service. He must be a lawyer of
unblemished character and reputa?
tion, who believes in justice as he
does in his own personal honor.
New York is entitled to no less
than this in a prosecuting officer.
New York will not be satisfied
wi;h less.
Character Does Count
(X r neighbor The World rebukes
The Tri..une because it has expressed
a special liking for Major Curran
based on the way he reacted to the
war, going to Plattsburg in 1915.
The Trihune ventured to remark
that in its opinion this was an index
cf character, and that character has
an intimate relation to fitness for
high public office. But The World
says we arc mistaken as to this?
holds either that Major Curran's
conduct did not reveal anything
pertinent about him or that charac?
ter is of no consequencj in a Mayor.
Fortunately, all New York does not
entertain this view. There are some
who think that character matters.
"The voters of New York," ex
c'aims The World as it warms to its
theme, "are not interested in the
fact that Mr. Curran went to Platts?
burg in 1915." How does it know
this? Who told it so? Is it nothing
that when a test was made Major
Curran was of the sort that went to
camp while his prospective opponent
collogu'vi with Hearst?
Why should our neighbor be so
f.'ircr to avoid mention of the war
and the attitude of public men
toward it? Its doctrine of indiffer
entism will scarcely have popular
appeal.
King or Pawn ?
Charier, of Austria ;.:: getting rest
. . : * poing back
to the comi'
adventure to Hungary, and ci i
o? the
the feudal ??-. tocracy of Hungary,
are ' in his ear that the
country I i - to welcome him.
Report? from Switzerland .;.- he I
'?n his way to '.'? udapi ? lise.
His private secretary ha? pre?
. ..-< .<? ready the t;,r^'?'-.
It ii hard tot maje ty to <'????<
itself of For a Haps)
emperor.
< >. it that tu? realm is
< ? ?:. in the - that tl
?r: i. t his ret?
daily mor? (kjsired. He doe? not
forpet that his enemies have never
made him abdicate. Is this not a
tacit recognition that some day he
will i.vo back? His palace in Buda?
pest is comfortable, and the Hun?
garian court is more pleasant than
a villa in Switzerland.
But has it occurred to his majesty
i that, instead of being a king, he may
be merely a pawn in the game of
' European politics? Is (here an at- ;
tempt to counterpoise the. Little En
I tente?
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Waiting for the Eosa
Some criticism was recently lev
eled at the coalition conference on
? account of the disposition of the
members to argue.
But consider by way of contrast
j the Tammany way. A small com- j
pany of men met on Tuesday night j
at the Wigwam. Reporters were!
not admitted. When adjournment
came the statement was made there j
was no information to pive out. The |
boss had not yet sent in his orders.
Until he did the gathering had no
idea of what would be done. There
was no wrangling or difference of j
opinions. Automatons have no opin?
ions. They don't think?they react; j
they don't consider?they do as they?
aro directed.
Which do you prefer, a free and i
open conference, with all matters j
threshed out in the open, or the '<
sort that waits for the boss to say?
Which is the more American? Which
way is the more democratic? It is
said that Tammany has reformed.
It hasn't reformed and it can't re?
form. One of its essential principles i
is submission to a boss. It knows
no other way.
Any one wanting a reason for a
turning out of Tammany need do no
more than to compare the proceed?
ings of the coalition conference and
the lack of proceedings at Tuesday's
Wigwam meeting.
Diplomatic Cuttlefish
Many attempts to befog the issues ;
of the coming disarmament confer- ?
ence arc to be expected. A certain
type of mind delights in obscuring
the words of honest men and dark- !
ening their plain meanings. Such i
diplomatic cuttlefish flourish on both
sides of the ocean.
One of this kind, a Frenchman,
?amed Saint-Brice, who writes in the;
Paris Journal, accuses America of i
sei king to repudiate a treaty with
Japan. He gives a version of the
Yap question which is a stranger to '
the truth and describes the Shantung ?
issue in words that show a peculiar j
unfamiliarity with the subject.
The "treaty" which he says we I
seek to repudiate is the Lansing
Ishii agreement. He ignores thel
fact that this was merely a state-:
ment of policy of the Wilson Admin- ?
istration, not binding on its suc?
cessors, and that Japan, of course,]
knew this when the notes were ex?
changed.
His version of the Yap question it
that the island was awarded to
?Japan by the Supreme Council and ,
that President Wilson approved. As
a matter of fact, the understanding
about the Pacific island was reached
in 1915, and Mr. Wilson, not know-,
ing about it until late in October, |
1916, was not originally in a posi- ;
tion to protest. That. America dis- j
approved of the disposition of Yap
made at the peace conference is evi?
dent from the recent protest of Sec?
retary Hughes and the reply of the
Trench government.
M. Saint-Brice then goes on to say
that Mr. Wilson accepted the Shan?
tung settlement cm account of the
Lansing-Ishii agreement. Inasmuch ;
as this agreement did not directly
mention Shantung and was open to
various interpretations, it is hardly ]
fair to lay the acceptance of the;
Shantung clause to it. What were '
those stories about the Japanese hav
ing copied Mr. Wilson's example of
ordering that the George Washing-1
ton be held in readiness for his de
parture? Mr. Lansing has thrown an
interesting sidelight on this question.
Except for these twisted concep?
tions the article of M. Saint-Brice is
interesting. To charge him with de?
liberate unfriendliness would be un?
just. But this is the sort of attempt
to mislead the public, that may be
expected to recur in increasing num
bcrs as the date of the conference
draws nearer.
The Search for a Superman
Lord Bryce's Wiiliamstown words,
which paraphrase that ever-present
aspiration "Cod give us men!" are
startling in their intensity, coming j
from such a highly honorable source, i
Lamenting the fact that the Ver
Bailles Treaty, with its concomitant :
complexities, is a breeding place for ;
war, he calls for supermen:
persons who possess not only a ,
te I no .'.???flee of ?
the fact? they have to deal with bul
ah ) ;> wide vision, a grasp of funda
tal principles, a calm judgment
1 above the revengeful passions
cf the montent."
Lord Bryce might hav? suggested
more clearly that of which there is
only the slightest intimation in his
speech?namely, that the burden of
modern problems is too great for a
mind to bear or a single class,
and that the need is for a super
racy rather than fm- super?
men. The masses of mankind must
d ;. ?? they never have been,
Knowledge of how men act in soci?
ety, and why, must permeate. The
? ? tury reached finalities
i;? politic?, the nineteenth in cvolu
tionary physical science and its ana?
logues; a deeper realization of the
truths of sociology is the task of the
tw< ntieth. Mankind is now confused
I cause of ignorance of man's be
i avior as a social animal.
Powell Serves
Chairman Lasker of the Shipping
Doard has made another bullseye.
He has persuaded Joseph W. Powell
to accept the senior vice-presidency
cf the Emergency Fleet Corporation.
The Quincy shipbuilder is going to j
Washington to "help out," but not j
for the large salary which the chair?
man of the Shipping Board cff< n 1
him. He named his own salary.a
dollar a year.
With men of Powell's experience ?
and spirit willing to help, the public
should feel that the evil days of their
shipping business are not to last al- j
ways.
Collective Insult3
That the unwillingness of the
State Department to deal directly j
with the League of Nations consti?
tutes the "equivalent to an attempt
on the part of the government to
interfere with the rights of all the
forty-eight governments belonging
to the league to organize their own
affairs in any manner which may be
deemed most effective to them?
selves" is the extraordinary conclu?
sion of Mr. Raymond B. Fosdick in
a letter addressed to The Times.
This is indeed a strange method
of reasoning. The league, says Mr.
Fosdick, is not only a creation of \
the forty-eight governments belong?
ing to it, but it is a part of all these
governments, and hence an insult to
the league is an insult to all its
members individually. The league j
is a collective body, an entire bj !
itself, for purposes of functioning, j
but relating to matters of insult is i
a porcupine with forty-eight quills. '
"Love me, love all my dogs," is its j
attitude.
This is deplorable. Think of our ;
State Department deliberately in?
sulting forty-eight nations each
time the league sends in a com
munication and gets no answer, j
This means that for the last ten j
communications Mr. Hughes has re- !
turned 480 insults. Can it be that !
these nations have all learned to !
turn the other cheek or?worse still
?do not exactly reason as does Mr.
Fosdick?
Foreign Place Names
An interesting and farreaching ;
question is suggested by Gabriele
d'Annunzio's proposal for the honor- ?
ing of Dante by restoring the name j
of his home city to the form which
was in use in his time. Wc call it
Florence; modern Italians call it
Firenze; but Dante knew it as Fio-;
renza. All three names are eupho?
nious, though, singularly enough, the
English form is much closer to the
original Latin, Florentia, than either
the early or the late Italian.
D'Annunzio's proposal is, of
course, intended only for Italian
adoption. Much as the English- :
speaking world reverences the name
and fame of Dante, it is scarcely
likely to change its nomenclature in
his honor. Yet the question is raised
to what extent we should adopt the
names or forms of names employed
by the peoples of foreign lands and
cities or are warranted in giving
them names of our own devising.
Wo very generally respect the !
right of an individual to be known
by his own name in precisely the
form in which he himself uses it?
even in the cases of foreigners with
what seem to us the most difficult
and outlandish names. Logically
wo should similarly respect the right :
of people to have their country or ?
their city called by the name which
they themselves give it and use for
it, instead of arbitrarily giving it
another name of our own devising.
Logic, an ! analogy do not always
prevail, however, over custom and
convenience, and we cannot expect to
see a general transformation of our
geographical nomenclature; the more
so because while in some cases there
would be a gain for euphony, in
others there would be a loss, while in
not a few cases we should involve
ourselves in almost hopeless diffi?
culties by adopting names practi?
cally unpronounceable by our
tongues.
Between Florence and Firenze, or
Fiorenza, there is little choice, and
we may well retain our close modi?
fication of the original Latin. There
would be real gain in renouncing our
ugly Leghorn for the musical Li
vorno of the Italians. It would be.
scarcely worth while to change
Naples for Napoli, or Venice for
Vcnezia, or Mantua for Ms*- I >va,
the Anglicized forms being as t uph >
nious as the Italian and so lil e th< m
as to be readily recognized. In other
casi , elsewhere, there would be
ground for protest against a change,
Vienna is far preferable to Wien or
to the ancient Vindobona. Lem
berg is easily spoken, but Lwow
would puzzic our vocal organs, and
Warsaw is similarly preferable to
Warszawa. As for Danzig, we may
be uncertain whether to spell it: with
or without a "t," and whether with
a final "g" or "c," but we certainly
shall not sanction any suca form as
Gdansk or Gyddaniec. "That way
madness lies."
So our geographers will doubtless
regard with sympathy Mr. d'Annun
zio's proposal, for Italy only, and will i
go very slow in recasting our own
nomenclature. And, since turn
about is fair play, we shall not ob?
ject in the slightest if our European
friends keep right on calling this
country "Gli Stati-Uniti"or"L'Etats
Unis," or whatever its name may be
when translated into their melodious
languages.
Coal Costs
Little Hope of Anthracite Price Drop?
ping?Shortage Threatened
To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: The writer, who is connected
with a large, responsible coal company
in this city, notes with interest R. A.
Watson's question, in your issue of
August :.'. to F. D. Underwood regard?
ing the prevailing high prices of an?
thracite coal.
The public does not realizo -what
enormous costs are involved in anthra?
cite coal mining. The majority of peo?
ple think that a hole is dug in the
ground and that the coal is produced
at practically no expense. A mine pro?
ducing 1,000 ton?, of coal a day re?
quire? 500 men, The mines are any?
where from ,n,00 to 1,000 feet deep, re?
quiring tremendous pumps working
night and day, pumping thousands of
gallons of water and air. A large
amount of tiinber is also required for
the props to prevent cave-ins, and va?
rious other necessaries, which add ma?
terially to the cost of coal.
During the month of April, 1921, the
approximate cost of a well managed
operating company for labor alone was
$4.90 a ton. The supply bill amounted
to $1.20 a ton, the royalties to the city
of Philadelphia $1.00 a ton, and other
costs, such as taxes, both Federal and
state, general and compensation insur?
ance, interest on borrowed money, sala?
ries, etc., amounted to 60 cents a ton,
making a total cost of $S for every
ton of coal produced.
Out of every ton produced 30 per
cent is small size coal and must bo
sold at ai average price of $2.50 a ton,
which in turn should be figured to ad?
ditional cost on the egg, stov:., nut and
pea sizes. Then v.-o have the exorbi?
tant freight rates, which in some in?
stances are higher than the price of
the coal itself. The freight rate to,
say, Orange, X. J., is $2.G6 a gross ton.
The cost of the coal and the freight
rate added amount to $10.GO a gross
ton f. o. b. the dealer's coal pocket at
Orange, N. J.
The average cost of mining eight
years ago was about .$2.30 a ton at the
mines, compared with a ton cost of
$8 to-day. There is very little chance
for the price of anthracite coal to drop j
before April 1, 1922, at which time ex-!
President Wilson's administration
agreement with the labor union ex?
pires.
From all indications and close ob- ?
servation the writer believes that there
will be a great shortage of coal this
winter if the public dues not take the
advice of the retailers and order its
supply now. According to statistics,
there is 100 per cent supply and 100
per cent demand for anthracite coal.
A large percentage of the mines to-day
aro closing down, due to the lack of
orders. Some have been shut down for
several months, due to the high cost
of mining, and others are only work?
ing two and three days a week. This
condition is caused indirectlv by the
people, who are holding off awaiting
lower prices and lower freight rates.
According to Mr. Hoover's recent
statement, there is very little hope of;
u reduction in freight rates before the ;
first of tho year. The public dpes not!
realize that there is only about 30 per'
cent of the railroad equipment in con- |
dition to handle the demand, and that
the people in the West and New Eng?
land (who have also held off buying
for the same reason) will want their1
coal before the lakes freeze over, and
that the snow and ice are a great hin- ;
drance to the railroads.
If the people do not soon wake up
and order their coal there is no ques-\
tion but that there will be a very se-]
rious shortage which will result in
higher prices, due to the same old story
of supply and demand,
W. W. ALLAN.
Brooklyn. Aug. 3, 1921.
Delight in Uncut Pages
To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: You object in an editorial to the
publishing of books with uncut pages
and appeal to book producers to cease
the practice. This is a cruel blow to
those who from early childhood have
studied how to read with attention and
yet at the same time be cutting that ex?
citing, mysterious page just ahead.
There are those among us who have
become virtuosi in this art. Slicing
that page was like opening Pandora's
box. Sometimes stinging things did
not come out and sometimes they did.
It gave an exquisite satisfaction; un?
reasonable, perhaps, but actual. And
now if you have your way it will be
all over, the art lost and the joy un-j
known. Surely paper-cutters are not i
so scarce as to justify this measure.!
For the love of bibliomaniacs desiaV
from this iniquitous campaign! Apres
moi, if you will, but Irt the last few
palsied days of my life have that de
light of slowly cutting the finest linen
and seeing suddenly open two pages of
enchanting print.
FRANCOIS PARQUETTE.
New York, Aug. 2, 3 921.
Disabled Civilians' Plight
To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: 1 have read with appreciation
Alexander Sidi ey Lanier's letter in
The Sunday Tribune in which justice
is rendered to the civilians in Wash?
ington who helped "win the war."
What of the many disabled civilians
who served with the army in France?
Many of these women would probably
have perished of want but fur the
splendid aid of the American Red
Croi !.
i ? .i one of many suffering with
ilosi ; and rigi ro sly excluded
from war risk insurance; bonus, both
Federal and state; even from em?
s' compensation relief, and am
noaring tho end of slender resources.
What is the answer ?
DISABLED CIVILIAN.
Mcndharn, N. J., Aug. 2, 1921.
The Conning Tower
Society News
Summer Mr. and Mrs. Julian Street
At Norfolk, Conn., thei- country scat.
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Womrath and ca?
At old Port Chester, N. Y., are.
Mi- and Mrs. Randolph Hartley
P.ecjpe at Cos Cob, Conn., partly.
1 ut Old George Taggart has to stay
Light here at Paters"ii, X. J. G. T.
Mrs. Percy Hammond, cf Dearborn
Avenue,
Chicago, Illinois,
: I?. here to join her husband, who seems
to have a new
Job as a 'Tribune boy.
? New York.
.".1rs. Ilobart Chatfield Chatfield-Taylor
I Next month for Europe will be a
?Bailor.
Mrs. Howard Richmond and Miss Mary
Bouvier
Arc having lots of fun at Narragansett
Pier.
? * ?
? In reverent adoration of the sport of
kings,
; The Herbert Bavard Swopes are up at
i .
Saratoga Springs.
I played square ball all my life and
the charges against mc were untrue ?
Joe Jackson.
Joe should seek out the boy who
\ asked him to say it wasn't true. At
the time the hoy asked him, Joe said,
"I'm afraid it is." So now he ought
j to tell the hoy it isn't true.
"I want my job back," said Eddie
i Cicotte. "I'm going to fight for my old
I position at third," said Buck Weaver.
'? Well, organized baseball hereby is
? warned that if they get their jobs back
? we'll never accept another season pi'.ss.
FOR THE DEFENDANT
; When I came out of law school
| [ thought it would he great
: To become a corporation lawyer,
| Advisor to captaim of industry and
railroad chiefs
I And dictators of corporate policy.
So remembering what I had read about
Lincoln,
: That in his spare moments
He read diligently,
Saying to himself thac some day
; Some one would come in needing the
advice
| Which from what he had just read he
I could give promptly,
I, too, read diligently
Of the law pertaining to corporations,
And studied forms and precedents,
Until I could dictate from memory
' A charter, a corporate mortgage, or a
deed of trust.?
That was twenty years ago.
Well, I am a corporation lawyer, now,
Put I have spent those twenty years
Proving by testimony of disinterested
witnesses
That in each case the corporation's
motorman
Rang his bell
When I knew perfectly well
That tha whole thing happened so
quickly
He didn't have time to. ZENOS.
Of course, also, there Ought to Be a
Law making it a crime to ask, "Who
is this?" and then to say "He's not in."
It has been our experience that
whenever we give a false name?any
name at random?in answer to "Who
is this?" the Important Person come?
to the telephone anyway.
The Groaning Board
A dish that always makes me sing
Is champagne with my chicken ? la
King.
Gimme candy, ice cream, and cake
And I'd leave my home for your sweet
?ake. JAPPY.
The lure of life in vain may beckon
When I'm in front of a dish of
Schnecken.
I open wide my lovely face
When I behold potato Kl?as'.
ALINE.
? ? ?
Well, I'm the boy who could breathe
s ballad
About steamed clams and lobster salad.
Though A. S. M. Hutchinson's
stylo often drips with beauty, the j
metricality of it gets in our eyes so i
that sometimes it is hard to see the ?
rl.ory, and yet when (in The Happy ]
Warrior) he can achieve things like ?
this, we let the story go for a moment ??
and come back to the passage as prose:
And thero were thoughts of Dora.
Who soon must be met and whom to j
meet he burned
filis darling!) and feared (his darling
and his goddess!?
Too rare, too exquisite for him, as :
tracery of frost
Upon the window-pane that touch or ,
breath will break or tarnish!)
Thus he thought of her; thus to help j
his thoughts ? !
Often walked over to closed Abbey
Royal; thus never could approach:
Th? gates without the thought that if, '
by some miracle,
He met her there ho could not dare?
approach her.
He would steal away at her approach, ;
ho knew.
'?'"? ' h In r. if unseen, he might unseen
adore her?
Mark her perfect beauty, breathless
see her breathe;
Watch her poii id to listen to some
bird that hymned her coming; s
Watch her stoop to greet some flower's
frai:-:'nee with her own.
Watch the happy grasses take her feet j
and watch those others
Benisoned and scanted hy the border!
of her gown;
Watch the tumbling breezes give her
path and only kiss her?
See them race along the leaves to give
her ir.in-t rclsy.
Hylan or Curran? Hylan or Curran?
The latter's the lad for whom most of
ua yurran.
F. P. A. '
BREAKING HOME TIES
Copyright. 1921, New York Tribune Inc.
An Air Man on Flying Accidents
I To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: During the w?r I was train*?*'
as a flyer and served in the capacity
of a flying instructor at Mather Field.
I am greatly interested in the future
\ of flying and in the work of the press
in bringing tho necessity for action
before the public. I have read your
articles in favor of a consolidated de?
partment of aeronautics and feel, like
all flyers, that this is the shortest cut
to efficiency. I have read communica?
tions relative to making provision for
keeping former pilots in training so
that the valuable skilled reserve built
up in war time shall not become useless
from lack of flying practice.
It is my opinion that wc cannot have
a united department of areonautics nor
*n effective flying officers' reserve
corps until pressure of public opinion
forces tho government to constructive
action.
To my mind your editorials are ren?
dered nugatory through the manner in
which news items referring for the
greater part to accidents are reported.
All papers sin in this respect, and I
am writing to you only for the reason
that yours is the one I read most
often. So long as engine stoppage and
air pockets are deemed sufficient ex?
planation for fatalities the public can
never be expected to become enthusi?
astic over flying. There is no Buch
thing as an air pocket or air hole 01
vacuum. If there were it would b*? *
matter of common knowledge, for we
would experience difficulty 4n breath?
ing when we walked into one. There
are up and down currents, but these
would never cra^h a plane to earth
except in a hurricane.
Engine stoppage means a forcee
landing, but a flyer is supposed alway;
to be within gliding distance of a field
If tho nature of the country is sue!
as to forbid this, the pilot should pan
cake into a forest or swamp, or side
slip into a gully, smashing his machine
but breaking the force of the deseen
so that he would not be seriously in
jured. Most accidents are due to fool?
ishness and youthful recklessness, and
the sooner this fact is made plain the
quicker the American public will real?
ize the future of flying. Given suf?
ficient altitude, a machine can be
brought out of any trouble, save fire or
breakage in the air. Most accidents
during stunting occur when the pilot
has not sufficient altitude to regain
lost control.
Reading between the lines of Miss
Bromwell'3 fatal accident, it would
appear that she misjudged her speed
on the last loop and did not have
enough momentum to carry over. She
apparently attempted to rudder into
a dive or tailspin and pull out of that,
but hit the ground before she had
attained flying speed.
Zooming off the field ?s a spectacular
stunt and results in many accidents
The flyer maintains his steep climbing
angle too long and loses his flyinp
speed. He falls into the beginning oi
a tailspin and crashes before ho car
recover. He has stalled his machine?
i. e., lost flying speed. The reporter;
invariably state that the engin*
stopped.
The Tribune of August 1 states tha
at Mitchel Field Lieutenant Doolittle
in a Thomas Morse, had a wing buckl*
at 4,000 feet, and tha', he landed with
out injury to himself. The World o
the same date says that the win?
crumpled at 300 feet and that Doo
little brought the machine to th<
ground in safety. This is a matter o
treCendous interest to every flyer. I
his wing buckled or crumpled, wha
means did he employ to descend 30
or 4,000 feet and land right side up
How badly was that wing damaged
I desire to take no credit from Lieu
tenant Doolittle, but I find it hard t
believe that his wing was damage
further than the cracking of a stru
or the breaking of a drift wire or th
loosening of four flying wires.
C. KIXGSLEY.
New York, Aug. 1, 1921.
Cheese and the Chemists
To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: Washington chemists have dis?
covered that all foreign cheeses can be
manufactured in this country just as
good as, if not better than, the original
product. Washington chemists have
found the secret of perfect (!) holes in
Swiss cheese and also that holes in
cheeses are simply there to ventilate
the cheese! Washington chemists have
discovered that French Roquefort
cheese is made of cow's, not of goat's,
milk.
May I bo permitted to answer briefly
the chemists of Washington, D. C?
All foreign cheeses can be made in
this country as soon as the sail will
give grass and herbs exactly like those
of the country where this or that
cheese comes from?when the buttcrfat
of the milk will amount to the same
per cent as the foreign product con
herc it is manufact ured.
That the holes in cheese are
for ventilation is a new discovery.
Some American store cheeses, 500 to COO
pounds in weight, excellent in taste,
even if not full cream, have not the
smallest boles; but I suppose now that
American cheese manufacturers will
have a little electric fan inside the
cheese. Limburger could be ventilated
? v ? le with a perfume 1 < Irieni il
wrapper, etc., etc.
The chcnii ts' claim that Roqu -
made oui. of cow's, not goat's, milk is
not new. For centuries Roquefort was
exclusively a goat's milk product, but
tho popularity of this French cheese
became so great on account of its high
d?gestiv? qualities that all the gont?
: in the world would not give milk
enough to make one-sixtieth of the
Roquefort cheese manufactured. At
present 88 per cent of the Roquefort
is cow's milk, 12 per cent goat's milk.
I should like to see a genuine Eng?
lish Stilton made here with cow's milk
and come to the a<je of sixteen to eigh?
teen months, when the blue streaks
have completely appeared and the crust
looks like silverplate.
I would ?ike to see the chemists in
Washington discover a way of making
' Swiss cheese w-'th holes only and no
cheese. That would he a money-making
' proposition. THE CHEESEMAN.
New York, Aug. 3, 1921.
A Roman Precept
To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: Year editorial of yesti
"Poor Washingti>n! " i thai
the Father of Our Country "v.;
author of the maxim that a v
avoid war was to be prepared for it."
Allow me to state, with i:,..- ?
for Washington, that this maxim was
known long before he was born, as i*
originated with the Roman who wrote:
"Si -\?s pacen, para bellum."
GIOVANNI IMMERSO.
New York, Aug. 1. 1921.
A Word for Armenia
To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: 1 notice at Northfield -he other
day one speaker said. "America had
only to say the word, and net another
Armenian would he massacred by the
Turks." Is America tongue-tied?
WILLIAM KI.MBERLEV PALMER, j
Chicopee, Mass., Aug. 2, 1921. '
J. N. R. Service Record
Complete Roster Sought of Junior
Naval Reservists in *l\e War
To ihn Editor of The TrtWune.
Sir: Admiral Dewey, in January,
1916, said of the Junior Naval Reserve:
[ "I fee] that your objects are most patrU
' otic and useful. They give our youth
! a training which teaches restraint,
j obedience and discipline based upon
I mWitary rules and regulations which
will prove not only valuablo in the con?
?duct of their various rocat.io*i3, but it
the same time fit then for duty for
! their country in case of war."
Within little mere thf.n a year
American forces had landed '.a
to join the Allies in the grea*
in history. Hundreds of young m*n
who wore the American uniform had
: been Junior Naval Leser*. ?
, a little while before.
National headquarters is endearor
ing to complete and preserve the roll
land record of every J. N. R. cadet who*
?entered any branch of the service dur
: ing the war. This appeal is addressed
I to the mothers and fathers of boys who
I never came back, and of those who yet
live to bless the day the J. N. E. gare
them their initial inspiration in Ameri?
[can spirit and taught them the first
: lessons of the sailor and the soldier.
Over 325 stars honor as many boys
whom the J. N. R. of New York con?
tributed to the service. A single post
at Jacksonville, Fla., sent over one hun?
dred young men. The posts at Ft. Au?
gustine and Tampa, in the same state,
did almost as well. The posts at Am?
sterdam, Seheneetady, New Rochelle,
Camden, Atlantic City, Beloit and rr.s'iy
other places ceased to function entire
? ly owing to nearly every member join
; ing the colors.
The Reserve wants to preserve tbs
names and the record?, of all these
young men who learned how to h?* trie
Americans and brave soldiers la tie
apprentice ranks of the J.
Every mother or father whose bojf
was a Junior Naval Reserve cadet at
any time in the past i most
earnestly to send in . rark,
ago and post to which he belonged, so
that this patriotic roster may be ma-ie
more complete and a permanent chrom
icle be thus prepared.
EDWARD A. OLDHAM,
Executive Secretary U. c. Junior
Reserve.
No. 2180 Broadway, N>*- York, Arj.
?., 1921.
Domestic Servants' Wages
To the Editor of The Tribune.
?Sir: it is amusing to read "Hoa?e
keepcr's" views on the high wages pmi
domestic servants. Take a laundry
maid at $60. If the wash was Bent out
it would cost mor??, than double 'Vs
figure and would not last or weai
as long. A ? It will ei y **rs
$100 a month on fo d
??nee teaches how i and
lise up ever-.- ! :'
1, He
Sundays ar:i h - lays, *?
-
. '
urs to ten I *
a day. When thai b It will W
time ? to d
Domestic
been underpai I
i rivations
taken into
keeper" : . '
she would
monthly :'
"
New York. Aug. 2, 1921
The Real Pest
(From Ths I o
Heat la Beldom as annoying as peo?'f
who talk about it. ?4