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We make oood promptly If advertiser does MENfBEK OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESO The AwociaiM Press la excluslTely entitled to the use for of all news dispatches credited tT" or not otherwise rredited In this paper and the local none of origin published jSl rlibta of of all other matte? bfreln reeerred. Not Debatable Tho correspondence between the President and Mr. Lansing is more illuminating than all the interviewa and bulletins recently given out. The whole country must have read the letters with a heavy heart and a sense of uncertainty as to the future. The public realizes that the Cabi? net is not an organism known either to our Constitution or to our Stat? utes.

It is never "constitutionally" summoned into session by any one. The departmental heads have not only the right but the duty to confer with one another, to avoid acting at cross purposes. During the long illness of President Garfleid Cabinet conferences were regularly held. The ship of state cannot be al? lowed to drift. Some one must steer and others must keep the propellers moving.

This is not debatable. It r.pplies with equal force to the past, the present and the future. How Much Really Up? In view of many wild and contra? dictory statements concerning the average increase In the cost of liv? ing since 1913 the following table, propared by the official Bureau of Labor Statistics, is interesting: Estimate percentage of Increase In cost of living In the United States from 1913 to October, 1919? Increase as ap Increase plied to P.O. of ex- In prices family per.diturw: pendlture. 1918-'19.

budget. Food.88.2 80.70 80.8 16.6 139.30 23.1 Housing. 13.4 17.75 2.4 Fue! and light 5.8 45.07 2.4 Furniture and furnishings. 8.1 189.62 7.1 Miscellaneous. 21.3 81.31 17.8 83.1 The prices consulted are those of industrial centers.

Various reasons, such as increases In transportation ratea, the gTeater universality of rebider.ee renting, the purchase of ell food instead of merely a part of it, have tended to make the increase larger relatively in cities than in towns and rural communities. It is likely, if all family budgets, country well city, could be examined as to the cash outlay to maintain the 1913 standard of living, that the in? crease would be found to be some? where between 70 and 75 per cent. Th? table's first cotumn shows the percentage of expenditure devoted to the different cloth? ing, etc. This percentage is based en figures obtained from over 12,000 families in ninety-two localities, in a survey of the cost of living recent? ly made by the bureau. The second column shows the average percent? age of increase in the prices of the Beveral groups from 1913 to October, 1919.

The third column is the prod? uct of the first and second columns and shows the percentage of in? crease applied to the total family budget. To illustrate: 38.2 per cent the total expenditure goes for food; food costs have increased 80.7 Per cent; this makes tho percentage of increase in the price of food, as related to the total family expen? diture, 30.8 per cent. The Father of the New Navy In naming the destroyer launched yesterday at Newport News the Department paid a somewhat tardy tribute to Secretary William H. Hunt, the Father of the Modern American Navy. Mr.

Hunt entered President Garfield's Cabinet in March, 1881, and held over as Secre? tary of the Navy in President Ar thur'a Cabinet until April 11, 1882, u'hen ho was made Minister to Rus? sia- In both cabinets he took the tiatl in urging a thorough rehabili? tation of the navy, whose wooden and iron ships had become obsolete. ta bis first and only annual re dated December, 1881, he wrote "The eondition of the navy imperatively demands the prompt and earnest attention of Conpresa." But he had already, on his own ini? tiative, made a start toward tho construction of a new steel fleet. Ho appointed, on June 29, 1881, the first Naval Advisory Board, headed by Rear Admiral John Rodgers, and instructed it to prepare "a practical and plain statement of the pressing need of appropriate vessels in the service at tho present time." The work of this board unified naval opinion and enabled the department to present plans which Congress was willing to approve. As a con? sequence of its activities tho first four steel vessels of the new navy were laid down: The Chicago, Bos? ton, Atlanta and Dolphin. Secretary Whitney has often been called the Father of the New Navy.

He worked energetically to enlarge the fleet. But he was not tho pioneer. Neither was William E. Chandler, his predecessor, the pioneer. The latter didn't pretend that he was.

In a speech in the Senate on May 13, 1892, he said, with characteristic generosity: "I date the genesis of our new navy with the recommendations of Presi? dent Arthur and Secretary Hunt in 1881, and the views there expressed found concrete form subsequently to that period In what may bo termed the navy act of August 1882. The construction of a new navy not only originated with Presi? dent Arthur and Secretary Hunt, but it proceeded In a general way upon lines laid down by an advisory board organized by Secretary Hunt on the 29th day of June, 1881." It highly appropriate that some fighting vessel of the new navy should bear Secretary- Hunt's name. Suffrage Triumphant There is nothing particularly graceful about the reception ac? corded to suffrage, nearing its final triumph, by those who so long and bitterly opposed it. No one asks a I man to reverse his convictions until convinced that they are wrong; but it would seem to be a not unmanly proceeding for an anti-suffragist to admit specific errors in his heart? felt arguments of the past. One of the most persistent predic? tions of these opponents was the arising of a woman's party that would set sex against sex and rend the country into warring fragments.

The prediction has not come true. To the contrary, as has been illus trated in every election and is con firmed by the proceedings at Chi cago, women are not the least dis posed to organize as a sex. They or? ganize and vote as human beings. i They fee) the call of the old parties the much as do men. Does The New York Times or The New York World acknowledge its error in this regard? Does Sen i atoT Wadsworth, gulping heroically, confess his mistake? They do not.

An occasional sneer at the women for being so like men in their po? litical notions is the most that the persistent anti-suffragist is heard to admit. As a matter of fact and justice, the great-hearted women who opened and led the suffrage fight in this cjuntry never gave countenance or i encouragement to tho notion of sex 1 warfare. Miss Anthony and Mrs. i Stanton were both true American women, normal in their feminine qualities and without a particle of i animosity toward the male sex. It was chiefly in the cheap witticisms I of the anti-suffragists that the anti male female was created.

As the suffrage cause grew in body it con tinued along these healthy normal lines. A small group of hysterical I women marred the record slightly in i the last hours by their absurd antics in Washington; but these exceptions only proved the rule. Suffrage came to America as it began, as the natu I ral outgrowth of the development of normal women to new activities and new responsibilities. The whole country Is In debt to that farseeing woman, born a hun dred years ago to-day, who started, with clear vision and generous mind, the great reform now at its triumph. All honor to the memory of Susan B.

Anthony on this day of great memories and greater hopes 1 The Disintegration of Germany Is Germany threatened with dis solution? The German Socialist review Der Dampf says it is. i "The Reich is in the way of dissolution," it says, "not only eco? nomically, but also politically and intellectually. When we speak of the economic transformation of Ger? many we have in view not the on? ward march of socialism but the geographical displacement of the economic center of gravity. Under the pressure of the victorious En? tente tho will end in the paralysis and Isolation of the jun? ker-ruled East." The Allied occu? pation of the left Rhine bank and the growing significance of the Dan? ube as an outlet of German trade work for the destruction of Prussian hegemony. The growth of political separatism Is even more pronounced.

Recent ut? terance? in Prussian Diet con corning what la called "the unity of the empire," but what is really Prussian predominance, have aroused bitter resentment not only in Ba? varia, but also in Thuringia and other regions where particularist sentiment had not been strong. Everywhere outside Prussia proper the regime of the Scheidemann So? cial is regarded as the heir of the Prussian autocratic and centralist fact, of tho entire estate of Prussianism minus its efficiency. In Bavaria the present party, with a program of "Catholic democ? racy," of thorough social reforms and of anti-Prussian separatism, is rapidly gaining ground. The strength of these centrifugal tendencies is indicated, on the one hand, by tho anxiety and rage of tho Prussian press, both conservative and liberal, and, on the other, by the appearance of suggestions on the French side that after all it might bo a good thing to reconsider the veto on the union of Austria with Germany. The realization begins to dawn that union with Bavaria would isolate Prussia and transfer her hegemony to the Austro-Bavarian group.

They Are Always Dignified Are women in business offices vic? tims of prejudice, and, if so, can they dissipate this unpleasant feeling by dressing differently? These highly important questions aro among the matters discussed by the Federation of Business and Professional Wom en's Clubs. There seems to have been general agreement that they must be answered in the affirmative. Yet to many the theory that women suf fer under any disadvantages of this sort nowadays seems to be far fetched. There are thousands of i women, quiet, self-possessed, effl cient, who have the respect and con iidence of their employers. Do any appreciable number of these "place I themselves at great disadvantage by lack of proper recognition of dignity in dress," as one of the speakers at convention asserted? It may be doubted if "gowns obvi? ously designed for afternoon teas," though their inappropriateness be 1 conceded, aro as obnoxious to the men in an office as their critics i would have us believe.

Busy em? ployers, in particular, probably pay little attention as a rule to the gowns their women employees wear, ex? cept it be with a dim consciousness i i that they are becoming or unbecom- I ing. Admitting for the sake of the argument that the present fashions 1 in women's wear have a less busi I nesslike look than some that have preceded them, the woman who dis? regarded the fashion would no doubt only make the man uneasily aware I that there was something wrong i i-bout her appearance. There is a curious echo of age i long jests comic papers in the contention of one speaker that "the wife of the man in charge of the I office is slow to accept the young woman employee for her true ability and worth" if she dresses too flip pantly. When the woman stenogra pher was a novelty there might have i been some excuso for the wifely jealousy so signally exploited by the humorists. But a well dressed and attractive woman is too common a sight in every kind of business now to excite comment, domestic or other.

Did not the speaker who insisted that "there are wrongs and injus tices In modern day business," pre sumably for women to correct, come nearer to the mark? Surely it is pleasanter to think of all the young I i women In pretty blouses as cru? saders for justice, as advance i heralds of the Uplift, than as care ful guardians of the artificial dig i nity of sombre and unbecoming I gowns. Praise for Anti-Saloon League To tho Editor of The Tribune. Sir: Since prohibition went Into ef feet interest has been focused on the Anti-Saloon League. Many have been asking what is this organization which lias played an important part in this great reform. Permit me just a word which may throw some light on what tho Anti-Saloon League is.

This organization has been fre 1 quently flayed for its method of ques? tionnaire. To aak political aspirants to answer questions has been regarded I as an Impertinence. But this much criticized method has made a real con? tribution to statesmanship. It has stressed the independent po? sition of the voter and thus holped to break up rigid political affiliations. It has contended against the control or submergence of moral Issues by politi? cal bosses, who are always favorably "wet" and selfishly Interested.

It ha3 clarified moral issues by forcing them to the light of publicity. It has com? to the defense of the voter by com? mitting the candidates. It has helped to freo our legislatures from the or? ganized control of corrupt Influences. It has simplified and purified our po? litical life by Its non-partisan position and aggressive independence. No one has anything to fear from such an or? ganization except compromised politi? cians, corrupt bosses and selfish inter? ests.

And the fears of these classes are fully Justified. D. BATCHELOR. Brooklyn? Feb. 9, 1820.

WONDER IF WE'LL HAVE TO INAUGURATE A "1 O'CLOCK CLOSING HOUR" FOR DOCTORS OFFICES? (CopyrlKht. 1920. New York Tribune Inc.) Critics and Defenders The Tribune's Stand With Respect to Speaker Sweet and the Suspended Socialists Debated by Our Readers To the Editor of The Tribune. Sir: The extraordinary critic who accuses you of continuing to bolster up your case in behalf of the Socialists, "whilo refusing to take up the gage against the real menace, which is social? ism of the uresent-day typo," must be an extremely new reader of Tho Trib? une; else he would bo aware that its voice has been one of those most loudly and clearly raised in the very cause which he maintains. No paper in Now York City is more bitterly detested by tho revolutionary elements than is The Tribune.

If any charge can be brought against, your policy, it is that of an ex? cessively conservative tendency. Unlike certain other conservative organs and individuals, however, The Tribune does not believe in destroying the fundamental principles of democ? racy in order to combut the enemies of democracy. To do so would be to surrender the very issue at stako' and to sacrifice the substanco to tho fornr. Tho advo? cates of socialism can never accomplish their ends unless they succeed in con? verting the great body of the people to their way of thinking. When they ap? peal to the ballot they are within thoir right.

They are seeking redress for what they hold to be unjust conditions in precisely the manner that we, who do not agree with them, have always called upon them to do. Franco and other countries, In which their propaganda far more wide? spread than with us, have never dreamed of an autocratic suppression of their rights at the polls. Is our country, the pioneer in a genuinely democratic politi? cal organization, to stand alone in re? turning to the brute suppressions of a past epoch, and to deny to any class the right to register Its views and its will in the manner provided by law for all? JAMES F. MORTON JR. New York, Feb.

8, Open to Conviction To the Editor of Tho Tribune. Sir: Relative to the discussion anent the ousting of the five Assemblymen: Every little counts, and there will be one Socialist less in the community if it can be made plain that what wo call the Right Wing Socialists have ever advocated that the government of the United States bo overthrown by violence. For my part, I am never convinced by the calling of names; ib was arguments that brought me into the ranks of the Socialist party, and it would have to be plain statement of of course, straggling phrases torn from their proper get mo out of it. Before voting tho Socialist ticket I studied carefully what the party advo? cated, and decldod that while socialism is not without defects, yet what the Socialists aro in favor of is far superior to anything we have yet had. I am open to conviction; but if any one will peruse the letters in tho public press, for example, against socialism, ho must admit that the contents are vitupera? tive rather than argumentative, Ex President Taft declared onca, In speak? ing "Warn 1 want to I vert a man to my way of thinking I never call him a fool, for he would I then form a very poor opinion of my delivered with a distinct chuckle.

Some Americans may praise and con demn according to instructions, but a few of us like to U3e our own brains, whether the latter be good or inferior. WATCHFUL WAITING. New York, Feb. 10, 1920. Hearty Disapproval To tho Editor of The Tribune.

Sir: I trust you will permit mo to say that I arn among those who heartily disapprove your attitude toward tho ex I r.mination of the five Socialists iov; being conducted at Albany, as well as tho ill-considered and hasty action of Mr. Hughes. Whoever is acquainted with the constituencies of theso men, as I have been for the last five years, is aware that these individuals were not sent to Albany to legislate, but to pre? pare for "tho revolution." Ho is aware, clso, that the object of the revolution the destruction of our forms of govern? ment and society and their replacement by the soviet system. That so many of these men who have already sat in the Legislature have neted uniformly in accordance with tho foregoing interpretation of their con? stituents' wishes is proved by their opposition to every measure there pre? sented for the strengthening of the hand of the government, or of the patriotism of the people. HENRY A.

WISE WOOD. New York, Feb. 2, 1020. No Gentleness for Mad Dog To the Editor of The Tribune. Sir: I think The Tribune makes a mis 1 take in assuming that it has been "chided" for opposing "lynching all Socialists." for one, have no desire to "lynch" all or any Socialists, but, on the other hand, neither do I defend them and refuse to believe in their guilt when they have themselves furnished proof of that guilt through their own words.

Those of us who "chide" you do so because it seems to us you have will fully disregarded evidence given in the trial of the five suspended Assemblymen and have put wrong conclusions upon i perfectly simple and plain facts. I I never thought to bring such an accusa? tion against Tho Tribune, for it has I been my Bible in the past, but its apos tasy has been giving me some very try? ing mornings during tho last three weeks. Forgot the books that have meant socialism to us in the books by Spargo, Walling, Trine, Gilman and all the other high-minded American idealists who made the word "socialism" mean altruism and the brotherhood of man. They are Socialists no longer. Let Victor Berger testify as to the meaning and purpose of hi3 party.

Who dare3 to deny his right? Speaking, in the national Socialist convention in 1908 said: "I have no doubt that in th? last analysis we must shoot, and when it come3 to shooting Wisconsin will be there." And in "The Social Democratic Milwaukee, July 81, 1909: "It is easy to predict that the safety and hope of this country finally will lie in ono direction only, that of a violent, bloody revolution." Walling has said that the American Socialist party is identical in every particular with the Bolshevists. No one can deny that Victor Berger is a thor? ough Bolshevist, and the Socialists have given ample proof of their approval of the man and his radical stand. His position as a Socialist is unchallenge? able. Why talk of gentle treatment in deal? ing with a mad dog? No matter what you do, you can't make him any madder than he is already, for his condition is not actuated by any action of yours, and nothing you can do will change The important thing is to get in the first blow, and if you work quickly cough maybe you can put him out without being bitten. Rabies is a hide ou3 infection, but not more so than socialism, and the latter is to be fought with the same swift ruthlessness if it is to bi? eradicated from our nation before the virus spreads.

LILLIAN ALBERTSON LEVY. Ossining, N. Feb. 4, 1920., A Brief for the Constitution To the Editor of The Tribune. Sir: Referring to your editorial, "At Last Direct Evidence," every one will agree with your statement that if the evidence is true Assemblyman Solomon should be expelled.

However, I cannot understand how so worthy a publica? tion as yours can believe that any one could have made a statement, such as Solomon is supposed to have made, spat on tho American flag, and then got out alive from the crowd which Miss Chilvera asserts consisted of, among others, sol? diers, sailors and policemen. Further? more, the policemen refused to arrest Solomon, and this in is a upon our loyal body of men who com? pose the police force. I hold no brief for the Socialists You will probably remember some strenuous fights when I opposed them but I do hold brief for the Con? stitution of tho United States and thi beautiful country; I do reverence the namo of Roosevelt, and therefore object to any one bearing that namo joining ir an unconstitutional action, but I do hopt that a progressive paper like yours wil between now and Tuesday, in an edi torial state, in the most terms, that the state should not be to the expense of hearing the side tho Socialists, that since no direct evi dence was produced excepting the flaj incident which was not known to tin Assembly, and since it inconceivabh that such an incident could have hap pened, that tha Assembly rescind iti action so that no legislative thereafter will ever dare interfere witl tho golden right of the ballot. Th greatest argument which all of us for the foreigner, for the radical, fo tho dissatisfied, vas tho nao the bal -4 lot, and now the Assembly Is to prove us wrong and by its action bring about disorder, violence and other things MISHA APPELBAUM. New York, Feh.

6, 1920. Where Were the Patriots? To the Editor of The Tribune. Sir: If any one had insulted the flag in the vulgar and childish manner that the girl accuser of one of the Assem? blymen describes, the papers would have had an account of the incident at the time It happened. Had It been a I i radical who was thus guilty it is safe to say that the deed would have been made known in the largest possible type in all of tho newspapers. Where were tho patriots among the onlookers? Conduct of that kind would kill any party; but the would not be readily believed by any one who has listened to such men as Dr.

Norman Thomas, Professor Scott Nearing, Au? gust Claessens and many others. If Mr. Louis Waldman may bo judged by one speech the writer heard, he, too, is a temperate speaker. Why, pray, did not the soldiers pro? test? Are soldiers usually pacifists? If Speaker Sweet cannot produce more dignified accusations it will be difficult for some of us to feel anything but con? tempt for the whole proceedings. However, even if one Socialist had stooped so low, that would not make socialism disreputable.

There are just a few vulgarians among the other political organizations, presumably. NEW YORKER. New York, Feb. 5, 1920. The Incomparable Celt A Few Among the Many 'Claims to Glory To the Editor of The Tribune.

Sir: When I wrote The Tribune what I thought the author of "Ben Bolt" should have said about Alice, instead of what he did say, I had no idea of starting some'thing. The aftermath just shows how the modern newspaper reaches educational it is. I i have been particularly interested in the communication of Miss Florence Drew. I take it for granted that she is a "Miss." Miss Drew writes: "It takes Ireland to make such dear, lovely men that can lift up the soul, so that one can weep with delight." Now, I have never studied the sons of Erin on their native heath, but I have observed the racial characteristics locally. It appears to me that they are so busy teaching us how to run our municipal, state and national govern ments, while carrying on a long range war with England, that I can't for the life of me see how they can find time for the soft stuff.

I trust Miss Drew will not misinterpret the soft stuff. admire the get quality in the Irish character, but I really think that in matters of war, poetry and the tem? peramental stuff the Irishman is at his best with a French blend. MacMahon was the greatest general in the French army during the Franco-Prussian War, 1871. And down in Mexico there is another fighting general named Obreon. His father's name probably was O'Brien.

On the poetic and emotional side we have had the Max O'Rells, Dion Bou cicaults and many other men of genius in literature, art and all kinds of adventure. Now, if that French pugilist wallops our champion it will be found that he is Irish on his mother's side. If John Malone were living he would prove it easily. To many Tribune readers this particu? lar John Malone will stand for the un? known quantity. For such, this brief biography: John was a member of the California bar.

Habitat, San John gave up Blackstone for Shakespeare. He became a legitimate actor. He played as leading support to Edwin Booth, Lawrence Barrett, John McCul and Mme. Modjeska. John was a good actor, a genial companion and a ripe scholar.

But first and always John was an Irishman. He had mastered everything in the history of the race? its wars, its drama, its poetry end its literature; and he had proven to his own entire satisfaction that about every man who had ever achieved anything really great in war, statesmanship, lit? erature or art could trace his forebears to the Celtic race. One evening twenty-odd years ago, just at the close of the Spanish-Ameri can War, John was the center of a notable group of writers and actors at The Players. He had a list of the officers of the American army and navy who had distinguished them? selves during brief campaign. had looked up their pedigreed and climbed their family trees.

He was pre? pared to prove that each'one of them came of Irish stock. Also, every great general of the British army during several centuries had been an Irish? man. He had long since established the Irish ancestry of Napoleon. It was aways a treat to hear John talk; and he usually did most of the talking. And he surely had a line of picturesque expletives.

Finally he shifted to the arts. He had established the Celtic ancestry of Dante, Homer, Cervantes, Ovid and Shake? speare. As the party was breaking up Mark Twain said: "John, if you live long enough, you will prove that Our Saviour was an Irishman." John replied calmly, "I am working on that now." MILTON NOBEES, New York, Feb. 8, 1020. We Doubt It (From The Boston Globe) According to official figures, govern ment control of the railroads, the ex? press companies, the Pullman lines and the waterways has cost the country $700,000,000 in two like $7 apiece for every blessed one of us.

Do you feel that you have got I you? worth! A Week of Verse Limehouse Sunset (From TKs Po-rrtry RrtrUno, AT LIMEHOUSB PIEH the do strong. And there are curious things adrift, But the wind hath a nobler song, Salt with the sea's sharp kiss, and swift. A flowing Are Is on the river, Like wine outpoured, wine gold, wing red, For purging of her piteous dead. The great crane engines swing and quiver. And the lost seabirds wheel and er-ffc Ihe long, slow barges, dreamfully.

The little brown-sailed boats go by, Intent to find the sea. The alleyways are dark at night, Stabbed fitfully with swords of light? And children in a shuttered room, through a chink, the staringmoos. A through tho gloom, Is weary with a wanton tune, And the girls dance, like antun? leaves. In wild, unwary grace, i No swallows love these sordid eaves, But clamorous women, hard of face-? If yon are sworn, as I am sworn, To love her loud, unlovely ways, To stand, when she is most forlorn, Pledged to her passionate praise, Limehouse will take your heart from you, And tread its -wann hopes in the dust, And all you hold as good and true Shall know the searing hands of lust, i will give you charity, And kindness born of pity and pain, A courage that can bear to see The truth, and yet can hope again, And you shall tread where satyrs trod, Strong in the name of God! HELEN Economics (From The Coterie. London) PETTICOAT LANE by Aldgata East 1 On jellied eels I have seen them feast The mute dismembered corpse? roll Salted in an enamel bowl.

Behind his stall th? huckster's loud Bass 'cello voice compels the crowd, I i Whose gaunt innumerable shoes Shuffle along the fetid ooze. And I knew that brick-bound sun must shine On eels that swim in wider brine, Where estuaries drain the sea And agile Aldgate eels go free, Where in pre-natal silence Bleeps The god of the everlasting deeps, Where for ten thousand years the sails Of ships before the Bummer gales I Trace the great circles of the seas i From Ophir to Caribbees, Till sails and ships and men are rotten. Till years and season are forgotten, Till all that lives is a dead motion Of plow winds and a somber ocean. i A Bequest (From The Little Review) "If this be modern, give us Worde Editor. well, then, You shall have Wordsworth.

I give you also A castiron deer for your dooryard. And a century plant, which is guar? anteed to bloom Before world peace is established; And should you still be Here are two handsome steel engrav? ings Of Pastor Russell and A Stag at Bay. Oh, don't mention itl You really de? serve them. Some Saturday afternoon when I can spare the time, I'll come around and trim your treea and hedges Into the form of birds and beasts. I can take a hydrangea bush And with a pruning knife give it th? shape Of a Peruvian anteater.

In the mean time I give you of himl I hope you choke. WEARE HOLBROOK. At the Cenotaph (From The Poetry Review, London) CJURELY such souls as Arthur's are not lost! Perhaps when England calls, those knights awake From their long sleep in Avalon And draw their stainless swords for England's sake. they took our form again And laid the spear aside For pack and perhaps, They came Bafe home Perhaps they died. But I am sure that somewhere Lancelot Walks royally in this London, gray and sad, And underneath a city clerk's cheap coat There beats the sinless heart of Gala? had.

VIVIENNE DAVRELL. The Wild Star (From The Little Review) is a star whoso bite is cer tain death While the moon but makes you mad So run from stars till yuu are out of breath On a spring night, my lad, Or slip among the shadows of a pino And hide face down from the sky And never stir and never make a siga Till the wild star goes by. room.