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New-York tribune., 1919-05-29
Mortgage Companies Found
1t More Profitable to In
vest Capital in Securities
That Paid Higher Interest
Clarence Kelsey Testifes
Fewer Applications Made
for His Company's Stock
in Last Few Years. He Says

Title companies began withholding
building loans when it became more
profitable to invest in railroad and
other securities paying a higher rate
OF interest. This reason for the de
cline IN building operations, which real
estate experts have said is directly
responsible for the present housing
crisis, was given yesterday by Clar-
ence H. Kelsey, president of the Title
Guarantee and Trust Company and
the Bond and Mortgage Guarantee
Company, before the joint legislative
committee investigating housing con-
ditions here.
Mr.. Kelsey testified that investments
in mortgages in this city slumped from
$500, 200 in 1906 to 1892 100000 last
year, In 1905, he said, the Title Guar
antee and Trust Company had $73 ,000,-
600 invested in mortgages, while last
year the figure had dropped to $19,-
100000.
Senator Kaplan asked if Mr.. Kelsey's
company invested in other kinds of Sc
curities during 1918. He was told that
1T kept its capital employed at all
times, chiefly in railroad and govern
ment bonds. Some of the railroad bonds
were bought at below par, Mr. Kelsey
coiJ
New-York tribune., 1919-05-29
In Bronx County
Satisfied Judgments

The first name is that OF the debtor
the second that OF the creditor and date
when Judgment was filed:
In New York County
New-York tribune., 1919-02-03
Veteran Postal Worker
To Be HOnOred
Bag of Gold Will Be Given to
G. b. Mooney as Token for
Fifty Years. Service

A veteran of fifty years service in
the Postoffice Department., George R.
Mooney assistant superintendent of
mails at the Hudson Terminal Station,
will be honored Tuesday morning by
his associates
Fifty pieces of gold and a set of
embossed resolutions will be presented
to the veteran, who is sixty-eight years
old and lives with his wife at 434
Monroe Street, Brooklyn.
Owe handled hundred billion
pieces of mail, l guess" he said yes
terday, when asked to tell something
of his experiences. "But Pm not tired.
I think l could stand another fifty
years. In the early days politics con-
trolled the service. There were no
Civil Service laws and every so often
pretty often, at that-a Republican OR
Democratic emissary would come
around and collect $50 bill from each
Of US.
Frank Ball, another assistant super
intendent of mails at the terminal sta
ton, will observe the saith anniversary
of his entry into the Federal employ
on April l of this year.
New-York tribune., 1919-02-03
Another Inquiry Started
Into 'Tlleatrical Trust
Vaudeville Managers CHARGED
With FTnfsir Practices by
White Rats and Oi',e,.s

Vaudeville managers Of New York
are to undergo another examination
to determine whether they consti ute
a "theatrical trust" TIE --latest ores-
tionnaire, resulting from charges made
by the White Rats, representing
unionized actors, and the Associated
Actresses of America, suppor ed by
certain Independent managers in Phil
adelpfia, Rochester and Providence,
will be corducted before Charles S.
Moore, q special examiner for the
Federal Trade Commission The hear
ings will begin in the Federal court
room in She Woolworth Building this
morning.
The CHARGES ere directed against
the Vaudeville Managers Protective
Association. which was organized two
years ago. when The National Vaude-
vile Artis's, Inc, was formed TO bring
about arbitration to settle grievances
between managers and actors. Charges
gre made against E. F. Albee, one of
the promoters of the Protective Asso-
citation; Martin Beck, Pat Casey, tie
United Booking Offices and Variety"
Waller j. Kingsley, of the Keith
circuit issued a statement last night
saying that vaudeville welcomed any
investigation.
New-York tribune., 1919-02-03
Real Bluebeard Slew Tots

The Bluebeard Of Perrault's fairy
tale had the habit Of killing his wives
but the first and original Blucbeard
was slayer Of chi dren. He was
Giles de Laval, Marshal de Retz, a
famous soldier, and at the time the
richest man in France, and he was
executed for his atrocious crimes Ats
years ago. His beard was of tint
which won for him the popular name
later given TO Pcrrault's fairy tale
villain.
The original Bluebeard was noted for
his piety and liocntiousness.i His
chapel was the richest in its furnish
ings in all France and he gained from
The Pope perm 'ssion to have a gold
cross carried before him on his travels
All OF this time his accomplices were
Turing to his castles little girls of the
vicinity, all Of whom were put to death
by the monster. just how many he
made away with is unknown. but they
are said to have numbered several
hundred. At length hc wns arrested
and calmly confessed his crimes and
the judges, horrified by the terrible
revelations ordered him executed on
the spot.-Detroit News.
New-York tribune., 1919-02-03
Maternity Society
Now Has q Clinics
And Centres i'm City
Association to Hold Annual
Meeting Tuesday; Seeks
to Reduce Mortality Of
Babies in New York

The Maternity Centre Association
will hold it's first annual meeting on
February 4, at $3.50, at the home of Mrs.
Arthur Scott Burden, 23 West Fifty
third Street. report on the years
work will be given and plans discussed
for future programme.
statistics prove that more women of
child bearing sage (fifreen to forty-fve)
die IN the United States from causes
incident to child bearing than from
any other cause except tuberc llosis.
In New York in 1917 1868 babies
under one year died. Th.rty-fve per
cent or them died as a result Of condi-
tions arising before birth or accidents
at birth, mostly preventable. In that
same year 5,ll5 babies under one
month died, rs per cent of whom were
given to mothers before or at their
birth. In one year 6,120 still births
were reported-only about one third,
probably, of the number actually oc-
curing, since few of such births are
officially reported. Hundreds of these
losses, according to Board of Health
statements, are preventable.
Aims to Combat Death Rate
The Maternity Centre Association
was organized to combat the ower
birth rate and increased death rate
usually attendant upon war through
the means of prenatal care Of the
mother. The association has endeav-
ored to establish a systematic mater
nifty service in every tenement district
in Manhattan.
At the end of years work the as
sociation had on February /, 1919,
twenty-five maternity centres and pre-
natal clinics in Manhattan and one in
Brooklyn. Twelve thousand eight hun
and registered. At present 3432 active
cases are under the associations care
and forty nurses visiting mothers to
see that everything is being done
which should be.
Many Associations Cooperate
Cooperating with the Maternity Cen
tre Association are maternity hospitals
throughout the city as well as child
welfare organizations, the New York
Diet Kitchen Association, the New York
Milk Committee, the Women's City
of Health and the Henry Street Nurs-
ing Association. This latter organiza-
tlon undertakes to do whatever bedside
maternity nursing is needed.
The cost of conducting this work in
the ten zones in Manhattan on a sci
entific basis is about $4,000 year,
or $4,000 a zone.
"This is a minimum estimate" said
Frances Perkins, executive secretary
of the Maternity Centre Association
"Our aim is to reach women who do
not come in contact with the hospital
service. This makes necessary the
maintenance of visiting service This
is the chief item of expense. The CO.
operation of other organizations re-
duces the amount to S45,O00"
New-York tribune., 1919-02-03
Opera
More Than Twoscore Operas
Are Heard in New York
in Single Week


II the opera lovers. so called, of New
YORK were not satisfied with the of
ferlngs of the week which came to
close last night, they are Unsuitable
Within the space of six days the
managers of three theatres presented
tor their delectation twenty one rep
resentations and these representations
compassed twenty four operas, a
larger number of operas, it may be
said, than all the rest of the United
States was privileged to hear in six
months
To emphasize the extraordinary
character of the record, it may be
added that of the twenty-four operas
lilne were heard yesterday at the
metropolitan Opera House, two at the
Lexington Theatre and two at the Park
Theatre. Whether or not the circum-
stance IS an index CT musical culture
we shou d not dare say. 1t IS recorded
as among the marve S Of the day
At the Metropolitan in the after
noon the three new operas by Puccini
were repeated with no change in man.
ner or cast save that Miss Mary Ellis,
one Of the company's novices, took the
p'aceiof Lauretta in "Giannt schicchi"
heretofore assumed by Florence Eas-
ton, crushed under a recent great sor-
row. Miss Ellis, the possessor of a
fresh young and pleasing voice of
small calibre, fitted well into the pict-
ure and added to the sentimental ele-
ment which is wofully lacking in the
registering comedy.
In the evening "L'Oracolo" was
brought forward for the first time
this season as companion piece to
lie Coz dor" Both works were heard
with manifest delight, the former
largely because of the excellence of
the swift little drama. the acting of
New-York tribune., 1919-02-03
On the Screen

A picture called YDon't Change Your
Husband" is the feature at the Rialto
this week, and it contains a horrible
truth One may gradually absorb this
as the story unreels itself, but it is
brought home sharply in the final title
which is used as a fadeaway instead of
the conventional embrace.
The title says, in part, Husbands
are pesky brutes and not fit for publ
cation"
1t is merely working on the same
principle that no man is hero to his
valet. The story is amusing, and oh,
SO true, though we are not sure
whether we liked it as well as "Old
Wives for New" That story proved
that there is difference and if you are
rot satisfied with the old wife you may
exchange her for another and be happy.
Elliott Dexter is the husband in the
case. He has been married to Gloria
Swanson for few years and has de-
Perforated to such an extent that his
AS a matter of fact, we didn't think
that Elliott Dexter could look as unin-
teresting as that under any conditions.
He wore small mustache of the type
affected by worthy business men who
60 to Slnep at 8 o'clock. He never got
home in time to dress for dinner and
lie wore shabby c.othes; he developed
q large waist and, worst of all, he ate
onions.
So. when Schuyler Won Sutphen came
along trim and handsome, with a small
waist and scorning onions, it was no
wonder that Leila decided to change
her husband.
But, alas, she soon found that Schuy-
ler didn't go to sleep evenings because
he never was home. That he didn't
smell Of onions because he always
smelled of whiskey and that he forgot
to make love month after she re-
turned from Reno.
And what does husband number one
do? Why, he goes to gymnasium
and reduces his waist line, and gets
lid of his moustache and buys new
clothes and eschews onions and sets
out to get his wife back again. And
of course he gets her because husband
number two had proved to have faults
winch were even worse than number
one.
And SO Leila goes to Reno again and
remarries James and then we see them
once more at their old occupations
she playing solitaire and he sleeping
behlnd the paper only Leila has
learned by this time that there are no
nice husbands, so she heaves a sigh
and says "All right, darling, go to
sleep on my shoulder"
Schuyler is seen making love to
some one who is unattached and no
doubt marries him and divorces him
and ,marries some one else The moral
is that. you've either got to have a
horrld husband or none at all There
are no other kind, it seems.
On the picture programme is a Mutt
and Jeff comedy called "Pousse- Cafe"
New-York tribune., 1919-02-03
Miss Mary Garden as That's
AT the Lexington Theatre

Miss Mary Garden appeared as
That's yesterday afternoon at the Lex
lngton Theatre. The audience was
large and Miss Garden wa wat she
always has been in the past, superb
rs the courte an, dull as the saint.
Salnthood in opera requires beautiful
singing to make it bearable. ard Miss
GARDENS singing is rever beautlf fu !,
though it is ways orjgina ana some
times interesting. Miss Garden yes
terday was in recu lar poor voice
But that magnificent entrance and
wfat fol ows in the first act of hers
is worth going leagues to zee.
The Althanal was George BaA' anofT,
who despite his bu k and magnificent
voice was most smoot ed out fam
attic, who looked like a sort of subli-
mated Jim Ham Lewis. John OSu l.
van again showed vocal Improvement
in the part Of Nicias; his voice is
really fine, though imperfect training
often makes it rough and throaty.
Gustave Huberdeau lent dignity to
Palemon, and Irene Pavlovska and
Alma Peterson were moderately sue
Campanini conducted with his usual
authority and effectiveness.
In the evening Oifenbach's ever
popular LES Contes d'Eofman' was
the opera. Mr.. Campanini's forces
were at home in the old work and the
performance was one of the best the
Chicago company has yet given. The
title part was sung by Charles Fon-
taine, whose excellent diction stood
him in good stead, though there was
precous"lttle of the part in him. Two
excellent approximations were those Of
Alfred Marguenat as Coppelius and
Dapertutto, the ormer q splendid bit
of low character acting. the latter
possessing sinister dignity. Mr..
Moguenat is an actor Of the first orders
His voice is hard in timbre and often
New-York tribune., 1919-02-03
Jefferson Club at Annual
Ball Celebrates Victories
Sixth District Organizations
Event Triumph Over Ger
many and Socialist

The Jefferson Club Of the 9Th AS
sembly District, Of which David Laza-
rus is executive member, had its an
nual ball last night at Palm Garden
Fifty-seventh Street, east of Lexing-
ton Avenue. 1t was a victory ball in
two senses, Mr.. Lazarus declared, as ii
gave the Jcffersoniars a chance to cele-
brate the defeat of Germany at the
same time they were celebrating the
defeat Of the Socialist Assemblymen
in the district.
"And both Victories" said Mr.. Laza-
rus, "were due to good teamwork on
the part CT the allies-the defeat OF
the Socialist resulting from the ALI
ance between the Democrats and Re
publicans in the district"
The hall was crowded to capacity
A lively vaudeville entertainment pre-.
ceded the dancing. Much of the credit
for the success of the affair was given
to the woman's auxiliary of the club
of which Mrs. R. Hoffman is president
l.. NJ. Weider was chairman cf the
committee On arrangements.
Among those present were Repre-
sentative Christopher d. Sullivan, AS
semblyman Sol llman, Lieutenant Sam
Roth, Magistrate McGeehan, Magis-
trate Eilpren, Magistrate Morris
koenig, ex-Coroner Goldenkranz. Sam.
uel Fassler, president of the club; AS
sistsnt Corporation Counsel Adolpf
Stern, Assistant District Attorney
Lester Lazarus, Assistant District At.
torney Moe Edar, Max Weider, H. N
Zadikow, Isidor APPEL. Sol Eislcr
Henry Stern, Mr. and Mrs. navit
Robson, +. Gledstcin, E. Kaufman. Emi
Hertz, John LANCER, Ben Batlin, Isidol
Wells, Moses Grossman and Davio
Schwartz
New-York tribune., 1919-02-03
Fabulists Are Most Quoted

Who, would you guess, is the most
quoted author in al French litera-
ture? Not Moliere, not Montaigne,
not Rabelais. No, it is the writer of
fables, La Fontaine. And who is the
most quoted author in Russia? 1t is
Tolstoy, Turgenev, Dostoievski, or any
of those generally referred to in this
country 1t is the writer Of fab es,
{ Krylov. In English we have no writer
of fables of high rank, but some years
go it wrs . imated that in the
House of Commons the book referred
/ to most after the Bible and ahead Of
Shakespeare was "Alice in Wonder
land" If in the next decade or two
the United States is to compete with
Germany in influence in Russia,
Americans must learn Russian. Not
otherwise can we get near to those
scarcely known masses. Americans who
do take up the language should count
sure among their books the fables
of Krylov. Fables always tell US much
about nation, and when Russian liter
ature is we'll known as English, French
ard German it will be realized that
Krylov is the foremost fabulst since
La Fontaine His rabies are heard
constantly in whatever classes read,
and they are acted in the Popular
Theatre of Petrograd. Some of them
refer to distinct persons and episodes
in Russian history, but most of them
have the broad human applicability
that is the soul of the fable, as of its
cousin, the parable. Not few illus
trate these Russian qualities brought
to our attention by the war | give
few examples: Trishkas coat was
out at the elbows. Why worry? He
cut off the ends of the sleeves and
mended the elbows. Then he was
laughed at for the shortness of his
sleeves. He made them longer again
with pieces form the tail of his coat.
go" says Krylov. "have I seem many
en- mbarrassed peop'e set their affairs
straight" "The Quartette" telfN~of a
musical enterprise of the monkey, the
goat, the ass and the bear. They ac-
quired the necessary Instruments.
They worked hard. There was noise,
but no music. The monkey said the
difficulty was in their positions. They
tried various ways, ending by sitting
in row. with no improvement. Fin
ally, they called on a nightingale for
advice. "You lack ear and inte'li-
gence," she said. "You may place
will never become musicians" A
monkey, becoming weak-sighted in his
age. oht~;nod nosae~o'o~ N0'f y
dozen spectacles, as he had heard men
say that by them nearness of sight can
be offset. He turned them this way
and that, put them on top of his head
smelt them, licked them, applied them
to his tail. "What FOOLS" he said at
length. "are they who listened to the
nonsense Of men! There's no use in
/ spectae!es !"@Leslie's.
New-York tribune., 1919-02-03

and Illinois. When you consider that
in twenty-one states the women now
vote for President it totals 213 Presi-
dental electors. There are 1872 Presi-
Dental electors from the unenfran-
chised Republican states and 1926 Presi-
Dental electors from the overwhelm-
ingly Democratic states. 1t therefore
leaves the balance otSpower in the en-
franchised states in the part of the
country from which Republican Presi-
dent must be elected 1t is for this
reason that we lay particular stress
upon the Importance of an intensive or
ganzation among both the men and the
women within the party"
New-York tribune., 1919-02-03

Mr.. Scott end the singing of Miss
Sundelius and Miss Braslau.
1t will always remain pity that
Mr. Fernaid's capital drama, "The Cat
and the Cnerub did not fall into the
hands OF somebody with an apprecia-
ton of local oior. instead of those of
S gnor Leoni, who is only an imi-
tator, though a very clever one. of Puc-
clni In the incidental music which
William First and others wrote for
The First horn" and "The Cat and
the Cherub" the plays were given more
of the Chinese spirit in a minute than
the opera possesses. In the Rus siar
opera pantomine Miss SPARES re-
lieved Miss Sundelius of t e trying mu-
sic assigned 10 the titalar har cter-
the cockerel. H. E. K
New-York tribune., 1919-02-03
10 Discuss Women Prisoners

Women prisoners will be the sub
ject for discussion this afternoon at
the first of three meetings of the Ma
tional Committee on Prisons and
Prison Labor to be held at the home
Of Adolph Lewisohn, 881 Fifth Avenue
Except for Mr. Lewisohn, who will de-
liver an address of welcome, all the
speakers to-day will be women. Prison
problems in the State Of New York
will be discussed tomorrow. when the
session will begin at 1O:30 O'Clock
a. m. Wednesday the members of the
committee vii, visit Sing Sing.
New-York tribune., 1919-02-03

restricted in utterance but his style
is uniformly excellent.
Miss Florence Macbeth was the
OLYMPIA. She sang the hccid music
skilfu'ly and che was moderately ne
rhGnical in her movements. Nine Mar
garct Namora was q handsome Gin
netta and she sang the "Barcaro le''
rather better than II usually is sung
Miss Myrna Sharlow as Antonia
showed pathos and a pretty voice.
while Constantin Nico'av showed hi
versatility as Or. Mirocle ard Spell
anvcni.
Our old Manhattan friend. Franci9co
Doddi was of cou ~se on hand to eve
Cochenille and Franz their proper
vein Of comedy. Mr.. Charlier con-
Quoted. G. Y.
New-York tribune., 1919-02-03
n. Y. Evening High School
For Women Opens New Tern

The New York Evening High School
for Women. at 40 Irving Place, has be-
Miss Adeline f. Simpson, the princi-
pal, is forming classes for beginners
in stenography, typewriting, English
French and other subjects. Italian
Spanish, algebra, geometry, biology
American history. c;vics and various
other subjects are taught, and the
same credits are given for attendance
as st a day high school.
Commercial subjects include busi-
ness law, Office practice and bookkeep-
ing. There are also classes in domestic
science.
New-York tribune., 1919-02-03

and the Rialto Magazine Anne Ros-
ner sang Victor Herbert's "In Dream
land" The overture is "Vltava,' with
Hugo Riesenfeld and Nat Finstner
conducting. The lighter number is the
Foster"
New-York tribune., 1919-02-03
Honduras Future

With a population estimated at 6OO.-
600. and an area approximately equal
to that of Pennsylvania, Honduras has
abundant room for development. 1t
New-York tribune., 1919-02-03
Help us find this man /!

has a tropical climate with few of the
usual disadvantages Baltimore Amer
lean.
New-York tribune., 1919-02-03

Reprinted from yesterday's late editions
New-York tribune., 1919-02-03

'HMpspE B'way ard 80 81 Eges at s %
'Aa sA>A Malinees Wed and Saturday. 80
YiLLIAM rs DLAN
J LLETTE SNEpY ERUTUS
New-York tribune., 1919-02-03

COLUMBIA. B'wny and 47th Twice Dai'y Pop
~ MNjESTICS. with Florence Bcnnuts Prices.
New-York tribune., 1919-02-03

NEW YoRN's LEADING
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1919-01-04
HOUSING PLANS
STOPPED CAUSES
MILLIONS Loss

New York, Jan. "a loss of mil
lions. Of dollars is threatened by the
sudden stopage OF government hous-
ing projects.
The senate resolution passed De-
cember IL, directs the United States
Housing Corporation to stop all work
on all government housing in projects
that are not 70 per cent completed, and
to cancel all contracts on such pro-
jects. The object is to save the tax
payers money. Instead, according to
the experts here, it will mean immense
loss.
1T is similar to a situation where
a private individual hs ordered a suit
of clothes to be made for him. said
Lawrence Weller. secretary and di-
rector of the National Housing Assoc
citation today. "He tells the tailor he
doesn't want the suit and to stop all
work on it with the idea that the
tailor can sell the suit in uneom-
pleted form.
THE market for uncompleted
buildings is not much better than 1t
would be for uncompleted suits Of
clothes. The practical thing for the
government to do is to complete these
projects and then dispose of them un-
der q well considered plan to be work
ed out by the U. S. Housing Corpora
ton and by congress. To stop these
projects without consideration of the
loss involved, the interference with the
contracts fo~ -talltion of public
iities = yz"
U. S. :iou-... operation officials
strongly oppose the blanket order. Be-
fore congress acted they had stopped
all work and terminated contracts
wherever. in their Judgment, there
would not be permanent demand in
peace times for such housing. When
the armistice was signed fifty-five
such projects were abandoned, IA pro-
Jects were curtailed . nd 20 only are
proceeding as planned. Projects in
voiving s17,oO0,0o0, were cancelled at
a loss OF only about 100000. The
projects cancelled without loss involv-
ed about s5,45O.000, and the projects
curtailed have been reduced in cost
from 100000 add to 11,0OO,0e In
addition, approximately $20.oo0.0o0
worth Of housing ready to submit to
contractors was voluntarily aban-
doned.