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CHARGE SALE OF POSTAL JOBS.
Pennsylvania scandal Causes Hold
MP Of Appoin tments.

PHILADELPHIA. March 24.-EyIdencs
that postmasterships IN York and
Adams counties. Pennsylvania. compris-
ing the Twentieth Congress district.
have been bartcrol ard sold under tho
Wilson Administration has been forwarded
20 Washington.
II is alleged that candidates for the Of
fees have had 10 sign agreements prom
Using to pay per cent. OF their salarl cs
to the support of the Democratic State
and county organizations and that jobs
have been put on the political auction
block and krock.d down TO the highest
bidders
This system is said 10 have been un-
earthcd IN an investigation OF conditions
in the two counties. Testimony To- ais
tain the charge that this wholesale aIc-
tonecring Of post offices has been runis
on has been laid before the United States
autnori;i,s in Washington.
As result of the exposure. appoint
m'nts OF postnastcrs for vacancies or-
curing In the district have been held
up ~ the order of Mr.. Burlesou. APP
pontments have already been wadc ct
Hanover. New Freedom. b.ll.etowp and
Wrightsvillc. Two new postinastcrs &C.
said to have confessed to-day that they
had signed papers agreeing to pay $40
:. year to the support of the Democratic
organization.
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ONE cow IN THREE IS
DISEASED, SAYS REPORT
Milk Committee Thinks Webb
Bill Is Inadequate in Fight
ing tuberculosis.

Tho New York Milk Committee mas sent
to Gov Glynn and the presiding officers
OF the Legislature a statement containing
the startling announcement that 500. 900
OF the 100000 dairy COWS In New York
state are tubercuiar and that 40 per cent,
Of these are spreaders OF the disease. II
for n compulsory examination Of all dairy
cattle and the destruction Of all showing
physical signs Of disease. can at best
only retard the spread Of the disease to
a slight extent"
Under the present agricultural law"
the committee says. ''the Department OF
Agriculture Is authorized to pay for such
cattle as II has slaughtered after Il reac-
ton to the tubercuiln test. Such tests
however. are voluntary and the appropria-
ton OF about 100000 has been exceeded
to such an extent that many dairy FARMS
have been compelled to wait two years
before the State was able to cash their
vouchers"
The committee quotes authorities show
ing the prevalence of tuberculosis among
dairy cattle and the accuracy Of the tu-
berculn test. devised by Dr. Koch OF
Berlin. TO detect the disease
The committee says that the annual
economic loss 10 dairy farmers and cat
tie breeders In the United States because
OF bovine tuberculosis according to Dr
Ncranus A. Moore Of Cornell University
Is not less than $40, 900, 600. Il is AS
serted that 30 per cent. Of the residents
OF the State. outside OF this city. consume
raw milk and are therefore exposed TO In
lection.
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SILENT ON FREMSTAD CONTRACT
Mr.. Gattt-Casnasa Won't Sn
Whether Singer viii Renew.

Giu!io Gatti-Casaz2a, general manager
OF the Metropolitan Opera Company.
would not comment yesterday on the re-
port that Mime. Olive Freinstad nad not
renewed her contract and may not do
SO. After pointing out that the singers
contract does not expire until the end
of the present season Mr.. Ggtti- Casazza
said that any discussion of the subject
would be premature. IL was said at
Nine. Fremstad's home. sol West End
avenue, that she WAS out OF town.
Those familiar with matters at the
Metropolitan Opera House We're not par
ticularly interested In the rIrnor. II was
explained that Nine. Fre.Ls;ad has al
ways been one OF the last 70 renew her
contracts and that when the present con-
tract was signed three years ago II was
only after nearly three months delay.
There would probably he no question
of price. ii vas said, and II any difference
did crop up 1t would b. over tho number
of performances.
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The BID II l.. j. & J. ID. Stein of $4,000
for the assets OF the Merchants Express
COMPANY Was accepted, rs was the bid
OF Giinbel Bros. 1857 900, FOR III. ,ner-
chandise of the simpson Crawford com.
pany. o'Neil!- adams Company bid s23l.
900 Tor the accounts receivable OF the
Simpson Crawford Company. No decision
was announced on this. John Clailin said
however. that If the reorganization plan
was accepted by the court. O'NcIll-
Adams Company would transfer the ac-
counts to the new company ut the same
figure on which they were bid IN. In that
case. too. T. u. x j. j. STEMS Nd on the
Merchants Express Company's assets and
G!mb'l Bros bid will be rejected.
Ste!nfeid & co. bid sl;0.50l for the
stock of the Fourteenth Street Store, de-
cislon on which vas reserved. The bid of
simpson Crawford fixtures was rejected,
although the only one for this parcel. De-
cision was reserved also on Joseph Field
stems bid of $4,000 for the Fourteenth
street Stores fixtures. Karp Bros. bid
slSj.50o for the merchandise and fixtures
OF the Fourteenth Street Store. but /, was
rejected because the Individual bids were
higher 4 hid of william l.. Gibnoy OF
$4,000 for the accounts receivable OF the
latter store was rejected.
Judge HouGh decided on a petition for
1923 recently fled by Harry Grceuherg.
lNtI tTt'lD'T@ ana All VINO ntd put N OIiry
IN the bank the week fore Il closed
would get their money without fail be-
cause such deposits. amounting TO about
SIC 900. had been egr,gatcd by Slegei
and Nogcl
About $4,000. the proceeds from The
Three Musketcers" at the New York
Theatre on April .. will be used to pay
the Segei bank claims of the salesyirls in
the stores, amounting to about $500. and
to help those who have no Jobs since the
crash.
CHICAGO. March c4.-Frank T.. Vogel.
who has been III. Is expected to appear in
court In New York on Monday DIR. Eman-
uc, Friend said to-nl:ht that he believed
the patient could travel TO New York by
SUNDAY
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SAYS TANGOITIS RUINED
6t.YEAR- OLD HUSBAND
Mrs. Roster Tells Judge Otto 70
Too Busy Learning New
steps tO Work.

Tho age limit for tnngoitis was extended
n bit yesterday when OTTO Roster. who 10
white haired. lmps and aays he is a.
years old. was summoned by Mrs Roster
before Magistrate Frcschi IN the Domestic
ltcla lions Court. Tatgoitis has brought
about ersas!uphohia. according to Mira.
Roster. but she put her husbands all
mcnts simpler Ivy saying that his sudden
devotion TO the tango has aroused la him
AN aversion TO work
Mira. Roster gave her address IN $40
East Scventy-ninth street. but there
Isn't any such number in East Seventy.
ninth street
The defendant lmpcd into Magistrate
Frcschfs court yesterday leaning heavily
upon II cane He could not WORT he said
IN answer 10 hts wisc's accusations. he
cause he was physically unable. It's
answer 10 his wifc's charge or abandon
ncft and non-support was that II. had
been laid up In II hospital and had Just
got out. He limped to prove H. Tn.
Magistrate said that tho limp looked
painfully real To him.
why. Judge" cried tho wife, who
Seemed TO tc at least ten years younger
than her husband. but says che Is four
years older. the tango and these other
newfanglcd dances have spoiled him
Some young people in our neighborhood
have taught him the tango. Now he
stays out all night tangong and when
no does come homo he always has to
practise UP the steps Just before no goes
to bed. And the first thing when he gets
up again. what does he doy''
What does he do. madam" asked the
court with interest.
Begins to tango" said Mrs Roster
Tie starts right of as soon as he Is out
OF bed trying the new steps he learned
the night before. Then he goes out and
maybe he won't come back for days"
well. your husbands appearance GER
tainly does not suggest that he is able to
tango" the Magistrate said. ~ may bo
deceived. but his limp looks very real
to me"
Magistrate Freschi thereupon announced
that lac would parole Otto for "a week.
during which time the stories told by
Otto and Mrs. Otto will be looked into by
II probation olcer.
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SAYS TANNENBAUM TOLD
OF STREETS OF BLOOD
l. w. w. Leader Predicted Revo.
luton. Detective Testi-
ficS ut Trial.

FRANK Tannefibaum. the |. W. w. agi.
tator who led several hundred unem.
ployed men to st. Alphonsus's Catholic
Church recently was put on trial before
Judge Wadhams In General Sessions yes.
terday charged with participating in All
unlawful assembly. The trial probably
VIII last several days.
The jury was selected at the morn
Ing session. but not without some difil.
Guilty as many talesmen said frankly that
they have convictions In regard to the
]. W. W. The jury comprises among
others. an artist. n business man, n min,
promoter and an architect; Jeffrey T.
Martin. salesman OF 2i9 East Twenty
second street. was chosen foreman. Tan
nenbaum. wearing "A clean collar and look.
inS none the worse for his imprlsonme n I.
appeared cheerful
Ass slant District Attorney Press made
brief address TO the jury and then called
Detective Gildea az the first witness GIL
dca told of the gathering OF the uncm-
ployed In the church and testified that
Tannenbaum had said that in Paris the
street ran with blood during the French
Revolution. and the same thing will oc-
cur in this country under the leadership
of the I. W. ".
ON cruss-eNamlnation Justus Sheffield
asked the detective II he il a Catholic.
Gildei said he Il and then Mr.. prcss.
jumping ia his feet shouted That uues-
tion IS an outrage. move that Il be
stricken from the record. as II has moth
ing whatever to do with this trial"
Tn. oour. ordered the question stricken
out.
Detective James j Geegan corroborated
Gildea's testimony He used the word
mob arousirg an objection from Mr.
Sheffield. Whcreupon Mr.. Press sug-
gested:
We'll. this body OF distinguished gen.
tlem.n."
Again Mr.. Sheffield was angry. and Judge
Wadhams suggested Il guess you had
better call them men"
The hea-!lE viii nrocenl this inorninr
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Either German IL not suited To the best
exposition OF the Shaw humor or there
Is minimum OF II In tine new drama
There Is, of course. the usual lack Of
dramatic action. aud Ia the long second
TO provide some movement as an accom-
panlment 70 the long speeches, The pro-
lessor has In the scheme "A partner COL
Pickering. and he was kept busy trying
the various Instruments In the laboratory
In order to give some appearance OF action
during the long speeches.
More surprising was tho transparency
OF the whole scheme of the play. Every
thing happened just az x has for years
when mere p!aywrights have used the
same idea, The man educatcs the ignor
ant girl and after certain degree of
opposition OF one Kind or another he mar
ries her. Mr.. Shaw developed this ia
Miliar idea by means of talk. some OF II
OF It downright dull But there were
quantities OF II. II was half past II last
night before the Anal curtain fell on this
slight product.
The audience received II with some en-
prcss!ons of pleasure. but II would be
II confession Of II hopeless lacl; OF the
appreciation Tor the right thing II an au-
dience failed to laugh ut the first night
OF play by q. u, Shaw
There seemed in It, however, little to
arouse the enthusiasm OF uny public,
The author had his moral. of course, In
the ease with which It IL possible to pre-.
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Tells in Five Acts Adventures
of Manufactured Society
Lady.


II does not often happen that the most
interesting novelty Of the theatre week
by famous English playwright IL heard
first at tho German Theatre. Yet that
occurred last night when Bernard Shaw's
latest comedy. "Pygmalion," was intro
duced TO this hemisphere In the language
Of the country tina, saw 1t lrst. So far
the comedy has never been acted In Eng
llsh. although its performance has been
announced for His Majcsty's Theatre in
London. with Beerbohm Tree and Mrs
Patrick Campbell in the leading roles. But
until last night the play has been acted
only In Vienna and Berlin.
But how did tine work-even of an CO.
centric II "A famous playwright using the
English tongue-happen to. he acted in
Germany before his own country? Prob
ably II was the desire 10 do what il tn.
mos: unusual thing that inspires so ilucn
that q. II. shaw does \ more formal
reason. however. is supplied by the Irish
playwright. His recent dramas have
been severely criticised in London. In
Germany lie Is popular. and ;h' theatres
there include many OF his plays In their
repertoire. The bad report ~ mis- efforts
that raNels To the Continent. he averred
may interfere with the popularity oi his
works. 80 "Pygmalion' vas acted IN
Vienna. then in Berlin and met IN "aCn
city with such success Is to satisfy tie
sensitive author who had come - insirust
the fate OF his plays before his own
Cbu"tr.men.
The German adaptation has been APP
proved by the author OF "rygmalion." so
presumably his humor is fairly repre-
scented IN the Teutonic envelope which
encloses II. The hero OF this pay follows
the example Of the classic sculptor. al
though he is powerful enough to do his
Will without appealing to AphrudIte as
his more famous precedessor was COM
PEELED TO. He * nor" modern than the
Imam tina; Mr.. shaw has Identified with
the original hero since ne is professor
Of phonetics He Is capable o: teaching
anybody TO speak with elegance and COM
pete culture. and In also equal to recog-
nizing the most delicate nuance in speech.
He happens to meet wish flower girl
whose vulgar method OF speech seems be-
yond mendlng. But he wagcrs with
friend he vii! he able to make her talk
with as much polish and smartHess AZ "a
duchess.
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THE OPERA NEXT WEEK.
Wolf Ferrari's New Opera "L'Amor~
MedicO" to He Repeated On Monday

Wolf Fcrraris new opera "I'Amore
Med!co." which will have its American
premiere at the Metropolitan Opera House
Tonight, will be repeated on Monday eve
Ming when II will be followed BY the same
composers one act opera III Stgreto di
Susanna" sung for the first time this sea-
son. The cast o! the former opera will
include Miss Bor Nine. Alien ana Messrs
Cris.alli Plni-coTs, Rcthier, DE SeEugola.
L.onhardt BadG and Ananian. Mr.. Tos-
canlni conducting In IL Segreto di
Suzanna' will appear Nine. Aida ana
Messrs, Scott! and Bada; Mr.. Polacco
conducting.
Aida" win De given as u special per-
Torrance outside the subscription on
Tuesday evening. with Mines, Destinn.
Homer ana Sparkes and Messrs. Caruso.
Amsto. Rothicr. lossi Gad Bada. Mr..
Toscan.ni viii conduct.
die WaliSuere" viii be sung on Woines-
day evening, with Mines, Gadski Fremstad
and ODER and Messrs. Berger. Well and
Ruysdael In the cast. Mr.. Hertz will con-
duct,
Die Zauberiioett" win he the opera on
Thursday evening. with Mines. Destinn.
Hempel and Alien and Messrs. Jorn,
Goritz, Well. Witherspoon and Roiss Mr..
Hertz conducting.
4 special double bill matneee AZ re-
duced prices for children will he given
Friday afternoon. consisting OF "lIaensel
und Gretel' and "Pagiacci." The former
opera will he sung By Mines. Alien. Matt
field. Roheson. Cox and Braslau and
Messrs. Re,ss and Leonhardt. Mr.. Nor
censtern conducting. and the latter by
Nine. Tornia and Mrssrs. Jorn. Gilly.
Rcsch!sl!&n and Bada. Mr.. Polacco co.
Quoting.
"Orfeo cd Euridce' will be repeated on
Friday night. with Mines. Homer. Rap
pold. SpaIkes ANA Case. Mr., Toscaninl
Will conduct,
"Toscu" Will he sung IL tho saturday
matinee. with Miss Farrar. Miss Braslau
and Mcssrs, Caruso. Scott. Rossl and
P!ni-Corsi, Mr., Polacco conducting.
Der RoSenkava!!er" at popular prices
for its last performance this season Will
be offered on Saturday night. with Mines
Hempel, Ober and Case and Messrs
Goritz. Althouse. Murphy. Reiss. Leon
hardt and Ruysdael, Mr., Hertz conduct
Ing.
Nine. Alma G!uck and Messrs. Carl
Jorn and Dinh Only will sing at next Sun
day nights concert The entire opera or
chestra under the direction OF Richard
Hageman viii play.
The Good Friday "Pars!.al' matinee on
April 10 VIII be given this year as usual.
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necs The eczema caused much itching
and disfeupnen..
u used several highly recommended
toilet soaps and creams bu, without doing
Any good ! Wa advised to try Cuticurs
Soap and Ointment and AFTER using them
two weeks they broaigh, relief and nov
after usirs two cAkes OF Cut.curA Soap an1
one boz Of Cu,!curA Ointment I an CON
r,e;ely cured Signed Mis- Virginia L.
Fletcher. June 20. 1918.
Do you realize ina: 10 go through life
tortured and dishxurd BY itching. burning
scaiy and crusted ersernas. rssh.s. and other
sAin ard sca,p hunors 10 In IRE majority
q cascs unnecessary Curcura Soap and
Ointment anord immediate relief In the
most distressing caves when the usual
;1.ihods rAN. Cudolrs Soap 1Sc and CUT.
oura Oin.n.n. scr arc sold everywhere.
Liberal sample Of ~rh mailed free. With 49,.
s.la Book AG6nsss pos--card "CatcurA
Dep. + Boston
tyMen who shave ana shampus Nth o..
ccurs soap VIII nnd /. beat FOR skin and sealD
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NJ Perkins, who got the provisional nc-
ce'tdhce from Col. Goethals, has said
mat DIS personal interests are such thai
=" '"AId not take the job. In the sam.
u'ar' however, Mr.. Perkins has said
" 'he place is attractive. But he
v-'l h"' ADMIT that he even thought OF
gong INTO the Police Department while
-. fuyt1a.s Was in the field
W. FOs1.ck has other work which he
l. 70 finish. He has made an examine
.''' OF police systems abroad ANA wants
- study conditions in this country. Ills
ADVICE is available to the Mayor. but az
.o' me Commlssionership. Mr. Mitchell
a.' ue are agreed that the job should go
elsewhere.
Arthur Woods is now the MAYORS
se'rt'ary. lie was Fourth Deputy Com
'n'''"'er under Gen. Bingham and likes
"''se "orE. lie knows tine Mayors mind
~ could he trusted to carry out the
Ma oss IDEAS Of police reform.
ALBANY, March 24--Mayor M!tchcrs
po''. D.'' failed in the Assembly to-day
~ aus the Mayor refused to approx. an
amendment giving a proposed board Of
'e'''" the power T. affirm, reverse or
.I'''S- .It decision OF the Police Com
r!I,,IuI,!
=, 4"e bl..r were attacked py Harold J.
n''mau Republican leader. and by Al
,,S' Z. smith Democratic leader Mr.
n,hh'n said the bills We're an assault on
,H' power Of the courts. and Mr.. Smith
wondered what names Tammany would
nav "ecn called If Judge Mccall had
D''' ".ocud Mayor and had asked for
power Of this sort
Ass Wbi! man r. f.. Moore a Progress
T,'' from New York. and otto Henschcl
impressive from The Bronx, said thcy
,''' deem approached and had virtually
zen 'uercd Jobs under the Mitchell ad-
m'h''ratlon II they would support the
Treasure,
another charge was that the bills had
"'h E'ld In the Cities COMMITTEES. of
."''h Almeth w. Hon ufsBrooklyn, in
uo'u'er Of the bills. 10 chairman at the
'""Hahd Of certain Republican polIti-
, ,,l. IN Instance OF Invisible govern
Mtni,' Il was said.
hose Who voted in favor Of the Mitchell
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He succeeds IN his task. London So
cirty takes Up the pseudo woman ~: 'arl-
ion. But 4 In not altogether fortunate
thai she is thus removed from A.- earlier
phase % % 'st,nce. since SIC ha. become
too elegant to sell flowers II g. uct sure
what VIII become ~ hc-. Jus. rs In the
former product ~ that earlier Pypmuior.
the Gaiatea who came 10 love her creator.
q sou! - well a. Il smart 'uaauer OF
speech is developed IN her ny III. profess
sor OF phonct!cs whp has made such a
transformation In The flower girl
lie PROCESSES Indifference to her future
so long as he has accomplished what
he set out to do and has made her the
faNorite OF London society. But th-rr
is at the close OF the play an intimation
that the two may be happy. since there
Is an uhdou6t.d sentimental bond be-
tween them. She il quite aa much In love
with him as he In With her. despite the
stormy scenes between them.
The author has taken Ave acts in which
to develop this fable and the length Of
the play Is out of all artistic propo rtlo.
to Its content The first act ugcniousiy
introduces the characters awaiting &
passing Of - sudden rainstOrm and re-
vea.!ns themselves IN their !mpatleu; con
vcTsatiou under tho portico OF what
seemed last nigh; 10 I've theatre. The
second-an Internationally long division
OF the play--brought the street wait 20
the professor TO be 50 cultivated In speech
that she may take Il place in n Hover
shop Instead Of pcddling her bouquets on
the streets.
She is such rough and apparently
homeless specimen that IL undertakes her
education to accomplish . sheer tour Il.
force. In the third act he brings her TO
his mothers home 20 snow the results OF
what he has accomplished IN her already
unfinished state. Here was the familiar
old stage FUN that the breaks OF the rough
diamond Causo--a form of dramatic en-
terta.HMent OF when Mr.. Shaw has OK
pressed many times III. most emphatic
Gisa3prOval. Tie play was Up - this
point surprisingly obvious for 4 play ~
this ,Hl.sh;encd author.
The third act showed the heroine refined
to degree that made her suited 10 the
most exalted society. But sh" was uu-
happy. Her soul had begun 10 grnw aud
she longed for view OF life which she
felt would b" forever denied TO her. In
the final scene abe had escaped TO the
mother of her professor nul waI suiii-
GENTLY self-possessrd 10 CritcIsa unftvor-
ably the bad manners of the man who had
rescued her from the gutter. In long
scene he tanned her 20 state NJ sufficient
humanity To make him intimate that they
would be happy only as man AMI wlfc---a
conclusion In which she rehcll.ously ac-
quiesced.
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Fairly Well Acted.

The play was fairly well acted. Helm
rich Marlowe made character out Of the
professor. although II IL AZ yet by no
means finished portrayal. Hansi Arm
ftaedt revealed the vulsarity of the
hover girl and the refinement Of the
woman Of society; but there was not
much allurement In either portrayal Yet
she made the authors figure live before
the eyes Of the audience
The actors of the German theatre have
distinguished themselves much more In
other plays this winter. although the
general representation was capable Of Civ
Ing wholly adequate idea OF what the
author has accomplished In "pygmaiion''
even II Il would sound better in his own
tongue than In translation.
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pare the humblest by a little superficial
polish for the most exalted social world.
he poked his fun at the morality Of tho
middle classes through the father of the
heroine. who sold her for f5 and then
became shining light for the reforrnors.
and touched on the vuigari;y OF the youth
OF the present dav. which deliberately
REJECTS the polish that belongs to it, stu
ton AID initiates the less cultured
classes. Tho preaching was. OF course.
present
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U'HdII NeNrTv VWO yVuTs HHU.
After 4 time tho pimplcs fec
tered and caine to n head.
'rhese ri'nplcs were very an
noyiAg and I lost much rest
on their account. They
itched continually so I
scratched them and made
uEs!sntly sorts ! could rot
hrNr AnytninK around NV