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The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-11-28
PISTOL PERMITS.
If Police Headquarters Won't Issue
Them Country Magistrates WIN.

To THE NEW YORK HERALD: III Police
Commissioner Enright were to use com
mon sense in the issuance OF pistol per-
mits country magistrates would not be
called on so often to issue permits.
hold that the conditions OF lawless-
ness, the murders, holdups, assaults, pay
Arolls robberlea burglaries and tho like.
that exist in this city constitute @ sufi-
GENTLY good reason to entitle any rep
utable citizen TO carry a gun. but be-
fore a man without a pull can get a gun
permit out Of Headquarters he's got to
have tho papers to show that official
notice has been served on him that he
has been elected to and win be initiated
in the victim class by the United Order
of Burglars and Highwaymen- I carry
a gun by virtue Of a higher authority
than Enright and was reference on an
application which was rejected for a pis-
toll permit. so just dropped in on a
magisterial, friend in Westchester. told
him my case and no issued permit for
my friend.
The Sullivan law presents not the
slightest impedmont TO anybody plan
ming a murder, robbery, eticliup or gang
fight. but II presents a very real i'm
pediment TO n citizen wishing to defend
himself. his homo or his property against
attack. No reputable citizen Is going 70
lndorso an application for q permit TO a
crook and no reputable magistrate will
issue a permit to an improper person. but
so long as Enright refuses to grant to
persons OF unlmpeaohable character and
reputation. whose applications are In
dorsed by three othor persons OF unim-
peachable character and reputation, per-
mits that viii enable tho holders law
fully to possess means Of defence against
gunner and robbers country magias
trates are going to be appealed to- For
evory gun legally kept at home under
permit I'll wager therc are 600 with
out permits. and all kept by household
ers OF character. repute and intelligence
A permit 20 carry or have at home a
pistol should be granted as a routine
matter TO every citizen applicant of good
reputation II Is tho rejection Of the ap-
pllcation that should be for cause
ANT1-Su1L1vAS.
NEW YORK, November 81.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-11-28
Europe Also Has Limestone
Scandal.

The strong psychic bond between
America and Europe Is again in evi-
dence. Right on the heels of the IN
termyer revelations comes the news
that the limestone apex of Mont
Blanc has fallen Off and smashed its
way down the valley.
1t Is understood that Mont Blanc
maintained its strong support Of lime
stone for centuries without having
any letters drafted for it by Mr.. HET-
TRICK. But, hearing that limestone
had started an avalanche IN New
York politics, the good old peak
turned the same trick itself
Mont Blanc has lost considerable al
titude, but so have some gentlemen in
and about New York's City Hall.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-11-28
MORE LIVES INSURED.
A Better Popular Understanding OF
the Value OF a Policy.

To THE NEW York HERALDi In your
editorial article entitled "SIacRening
Business Shows in Life Insurance Writ
ten" you suggest that It would be inter
esting to ind out what relation the
lapses. cancellations and policy loans
bear to the new business written.
Comparative tables, especially II COW
ering only q short period, often do not
get at the underlying truths. But 1t
would seem in a comparison between
1919 and 1918 that the percentage of de-
crease in the above items was greater
than the percentage of gain In insur-
ance written In our experience the
lapses and loans seem to follow the
curve of general business more closely
than does the production of new pol
icies.
The increase of outstanding insurance
in the United States since 1900 cannot
be wholly attributed to the gain in the
national wealth or general business. and
it is out Of all proportion TO the growth
in population. There is an important
element in the growth OF life Insurance
that is distinctly It's own. It's value is,
becoming moro accurately KNOWN 10
more people OF those who are physi-
cally and financially able TO buy life in
surance larger percers|age are buying
it to-day than was the cnse twenty years
ago. The agency problems to-day have
not so much TO do with the uninsured
as the underinsured.
When most men arc adequately pro-
tected, that is. when the average man
will know how to apply life insurance
to his needs in a more scientific way,
then the production Of new business may
be a more accurate barometer of gem
eral business; perhaps when that time
comes there will be less need to watch
barometer. IVES s. MYRIcK.
New York, November 27.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-11-28
TOTAL PRINCETON
FUND IS $8,222,166
$3,543,7 97 Has Been Paid in
Assuring an Income of
$4,000.
SALARIES ADDED BURDEN
Library Which Has Been Much
Neglected Also Needs
Relief.

The following statement. authorized
by President John Grier Hlbben of
Princeton University and by Henry B.
Thompson. chairman OF the Princeton
Endowment Committee, will be sent to
the alumni of the university this week
The subscriptions to the fund to date
are sS,222166.S9. Subscriptions amount
ing to S3,54S,797.95 have been paid in,
which money, when all invested will net
the university an approximate income
of $175,00 1t is now netting less than
this amount, because the university is
not as yet enjoying full years income.
During the past year the university
has had to face and settle in some de-
gree the question of advancing the saf
aries Of the feculty. During s1919-20
the advances made amounted to a. total
of over $4,000, which will OF course
be an annual charge hereafter.
The result of this salary increase,
coupled with the high cost Of materials
AMI labor for work done on the campus,
was net deficit in 1919-20 amounting
to $4,000. This net deficit had to be
taken care of by borrowing from prin-
cipal account. This year 1920-21 we are
facing a budget which shows an ap-
proximate deficit Of $4,000.
rms deficit is caused by three main
items, salaries, grounds and buildings
ana library. In the matter Of salaries.
further necessary advances have been
made this fall in addition to those made
last year. In the case OF grounds and
buildings the increase in the budget Is
due to increased labor costs. The pro-
gramrne for this year calls for only the
most necessary expenditures.
The library has been virtually starved
Tor the last few years, both in salaries
and books. TO hold our library staff
It has been necessary to increase sal
aries, and the book situation needs i'm
mediate relief to enable us even to an
rroach filling the necessities of our de-
partment.
It is manifest that we cannot con-
tinue to borrow from principal account
as permanent policy. There are only
Two apparent sources of relief-instal-
ments from Endowment Fund subscrip-
tons and payments on account of the
Frick bequest.
AS to the Fricl bequest, we have no
reason to expect to receive more than
$6,O00.000, and in any event we will not
receive any income from this source for
period of three years. This is an off,
cia statement.
We can therefore only look to the I'M
paid portions of our endowment sub
scriptions. These subscriptions were
made on the basis of payments over a
period of five years, and we have no
right to ask any subscriber to antici-
pate payment on his subscription. II
Is our duty, however TO point out to
our subscribers that II they can antici-
pate payments in whole or in part, 1t
Will help the university to tide over the
present difficult period.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-11-28
WHIP THE RUFFIANS.
Cat o. Nine Tails Prescribed Ms n Cure
for Crimes OF Violence.

To THE New YORK HERALD: Being in
complete accord with your editorial ar
ticle entitled "Forty-one Murders Here
in Flfty-four Days" might one suggest
that as a corollary you make It your
editorial policy to agitate the revival Of
the whipping post or cat o. nine tails
for rufIians who bludgeon harmless or
defenceless people. including policemen
Such miscreants ought 70 be thrashed
within an inch OF their lives. the re-
naming inoh TO serve sentence wherever
tho court sends them.
You would then sec that much OF this
violent rough housing would DO stopped
effectually. A. X. c.
NEW York, November 81.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-11-28
POEMS WORTH READING.
November Gold.

This morning tnEles with tang of cold
Blown from the north where all the hills
are barei
A precedence OF snowflakes haunts ths air.
And cattle linser nearer TO tho fold
The pools are trimmed with rime. and sers
and old
The rushes seern that stood so tan and
fair
A few weeks Eons. yet brightly here and
there
There glistsn glints Of clear November gold.
Leaves thiclet sheltered. hardy clustered
flowers,
Autumn's last loveliness. these light tho
year
Along ITS path across the yielding mould;
They are as guiding torches to the hours
When skies have ceased to wear tho face
OF fear,
And earth again reveals its April gold.
CLINTON SCOTLAND.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-11-28
Sea Charm.
From the Montreal Daily Star.

From the Montreal Daily Star.
Pale brook that flows and flows
In mad or merry mood,
Piping what no one knows
From your long solitude,
Dear IS your voioeI but still more dear
The sea whose accent is a tear.
wild woods that run and run
All ND and down the land,
Sharing the gold moth sun
In every kindling hand,
Sweet IS your shadowy cool: but oh.
70 feel the seas unbosomed snowl
Tai peaks that yearn and yearn
70 pierce the prairie blue,
Ii'ey are the dreams that burn
Within the heart of you;
Iut I would give my soul 20 DO
a star that dances on\the sea.
CLARA MAUDE GAKRErT.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-11-28
suppressing Unnecessary Noise.

It Is announced that the city off,
Gals are about to begin another cru
sade against unnecessary noises.
They should, and when they get II
under way they should keep it UP I'M
til from bitter personal experience
every violator Of the ordinances and
laws enacted TO protect us from wan
ton, purposeless rackets has learned
that there is n public right TO quiet.
From small boys who shout and
whistle to horn blowing demons in
motor cars the town is plagued by a
host Of men, women and children who
in the search for pleasure OF the pros
ecution Of business do their utmost to
shatter the nerves Of the healthy and
10 drive the ailing TO insanity.
Some OF these inconslderate and
tlio1ghtless persons may BE corrected
without the infliction Of severe penal
ties A child shouting at It's play does
not merit punishment Of the kind
which is deserved by q truclman who
refuses to wrap load Of steel beams
ps they should be wrapped.
A word Of caution from q police
man viii be sufficient In one csroi a
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-11-28
Bridge and Moonlight.
From The Athenaeun.

FFom NE HtHtHueuTt-
Suddenly, ut n gap IN the curtains,
The Moon shone throughi
4 little slip Of a moon II was,
SO young and newi
But to us In the mellow lamp 1T room
That allen light
Seemed 20 come as the cold rememorancer
OF ultimate Night
For moment the players forgot their game,
Their trumps and aces;
The blood ran hurrylng home to the heart
F1Om the mirth flushed faces;
ism eys met questioning eye. and still
No word was spoken,
+!t a woman said. what n lovely Moe1i"
Att fhe spell was broken,
II. ". Law.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-11-28
Men Oninis Merlarg"

From the Seattle Post-IAteHi0encsr.
Though men Will call me dead, dear heart. l
shall not wholly die.
I will live again ip the roses breath and the
south winds whispering sigh;
And every song of the meadow lark shall
bring from Heaven above
A silvery message. darling, OF my never
dying love.
l will live again for you. my dear, In the
friendly sOltudes,
Where the pungent scent of the pine trees
makes sweet the Oregon woods.
In every part Of the great outdoors, where
we have walked together,
My soul shall be with you, Aileen, roaming
the golden heather
Though men will call me dead, dear heart,
I laugh ut their paltry lie
shall not wholly die, dear heart, for love
can never die.
JEAN SALIsBuRY.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-11-28
IdeaIlsm I'm Mesopotamla.

Without any desire to be unduly
critical, this newspaper cannot re-
frain from calling attention to the
damaging testimony against the whole
fabric of the settlement reached at
Versailles which is contained in the
note concerning Mesopotamla and
Palestine just despatched to England
by Secretary Colby. The main issue
is embraced in this paragraph of the
communication
This Government notes with in
terest your statement that the draft
mandates for Mesopotamla and for
Palestine, which have been prepared
with a view to secure equality OF
treatment and opportunity for the
commerce. citizens and subjects OF
all States which are members OF the
League of Nations. will, when ap-
proved by the interested allied Pow
crs, be communicated TO the Council
OF the League OF Nations"
It is hardly necessary to stress the
Importance of Turkey as a potential
disturber of world peace. The geo.
graphical position Of the Sultan's for
mer domains gave command Of the
passa geways to the Near East and to
India. Germany, France, England,
Russia and Turkey were ever at odds
over the Bosporus and the Darda-
nelles. Control Of these gateways has
been one of the main objects Of vari-
Gus European wars. The same desire
for this control Is still a paramount
influence in French and British poll
cies, and will be similar factor In
the policies of Russia and Germany
once they regain their power in d.
plomacy. But this struggle for con-
troll will be enhanced many times
over by the discovery of oil fields In
Mesopotamla.
1t is q small phase Of the argument
to show that the American consumer
at this moment pays high price for
petroleum products because foreign
nations are conserving their oil re-
sources This position viii become
stlll moro acute as the demand for oil
increases, But the Turkish question
is not solely one Of oil.
Looking into the future It is not
difficult 10 foresee the time when the
peoples of the Near East az we'll as
the Germans and the Russians will
demand a revision Of the San Reno
settlement. But that time will come
only after established English and
French interests have obtained n foot
hold. What possibilities this would
entail can best be imagined by citing
the Berlin to Bagdad railway project
as on analogy and all that It stood
for in the world war.
Here is q problem OF Import to the
whole world. And yet we learn that
when the interested allied Powers"
have approved the division OF Turkey
by mandate the League Of Nations
VIII be apprised Of the fact, and mem
bers Of the League will be assured Of
equal treatment. Since we are not a
member Of the League, that definitely
excludes MS. This agreement has been
arrived at peaceably enough. But in
stead Of mitigating the danger OF fu-
ture strife, the settlement opens the
way for greater aggravatiou
This shows that the League cannot
perform the functions Of diplomacy as
II was. expected to do without becom-
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-11-28
New York, November 81.

To THE NEW York fIERArD; should
really like 70 know the cause OF tho de-
layed mail service in New York city. II
seems rather extraordinary that II should
take twenty-four hours TO send lcttor
from Stuyyesant Square to East Thirty
eighth street A few years ago the de-
livery would have been made In two or
three hours at most.
H,11zABrTu WOODWARD.
NEW YORK, November "a.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-11-28
The Lowlands.

From the Seattle Post-IntelNoenoer.
For scenery. true picture place,
Give me the lowland sceneryi
Tho cattais by the boEsy pond.
Tie Willow, and the alder trea.
The ground IS damp. the soil ~ rich,
And black rs any soil can be,
And grconness in the summer stays
Beneath It's thriving fernery.
The lowlsnd wilds, the lowland farm,
The meadow where the frogs are free,
The pasture where the hummoclSs are,
Delight the soul and heart OF me.
A little stream goes dancing past
These aches OF my revery;
No clearer waters ever sang
To cheer my Land OF Memory.
HELEN EMMA MAKINu.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-11-28
SUNDAY. NOVEMBER 2s. 1920.
What Chopping $500, 600, 900 OF Gov
eminent PayrOiIs Means.

The man, the bureau or the Gov
eminent that begins and goes on for
years as a spendthrift never ends as
a saver. It takes brand new manage
ment to stop public sQuander and
waste which have become habitual
under the old management.
In the previous session Of Congress
the Administration spenders de-
manded appropriations on the old war
squander scale. They couldn't see
how to get along with less. But Con-
gress declared they must get along
with less and cut their estimates by
hundreds of millions Of dollars.
The Administration spenders didn't
think they could get along with any
fewer Office holders than they had
some 10000 on all the Federal pay
rolls--but Congress said they would
have to get along with fewer and cut
more than $4,000 names off the pay
rolls by refusing to appropriate sal
aries for them.
Now, on the eve Of the reassem-
bling Of Congress, the Administration
spenders are again asking for
more employees-actually asking for
more than the 100000 which Congress
then left them. But the Republican
Congress leaders declare they are 60
ing to cut the payrolls this time by
rs near a quarter of million of
names as they can. This will be saw
ing the taxpayers money by barrels,
for If Congress can get rid OF quar-
ter of a million of such Office holders
IL can save in the neighborhood of
S400,O00,000 a year in salaries alone.
Four hundred millions a year in
saved salaries would equal In five
years the first Liberty Loan issue.
Or 1t would cover in the same time
the two billions Of dollars wasted and
lost In the Government ship business
or 1t would pay about one-thlrd the
interest the Government has to give
ND every year on the colossal war
bond debt.
But In getting rid, first, Of $4,000
Office holders and then Of 100000
more office holders, or 100000 all told,
the saving to the taxpayers Of the
United States is not merely in the
salaries that are thus stopped. Every
Government Office holder, besides
what goes into his pocket as pay,
helps TO spend the public's money.
in some cases 1t may be only red tape
the Office holders use up, or stationery
or ink or paper or coal or light. In
other cases It may be vast stores of
enormously costly materials that they
are pouring into useless ships or need
less buildings or dispensable works
and functions. But It all counts up
20 huge treasure.
It may well be that cutting Off four
hundred millions a year from the pay
rolls may save another four hundred
millions that those Office holders have
been spending and wasting one way
and another. Anyhow, when the Re-
publican managers go at expenditures
with n firm determination TO get rid
OF hundreds OF millions Of waste and
Joss right at the pay windows II
means that they can clean up more
and more Of waste and loss every foot
Of the way behind those pay windows
60 the very last spender on the Gov
eminent rolls.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-11-28
The Dress Problem in the Orient.

The Yokohama Reform Association re-
Gently sent a communication to the Mayor
ting his cooperation IN endeavorlng 70
prevent coolies ond workbench appearing IN
public places with insufficient clothing TO
conform with Western ideas OF propricty
The associations spokesman stated that tho
reason for the request Is the presence OF q
large number II foreigners IN tho city. and
the sight OF Tho scantlly clothed persons on
the streets and Ia inc tram cars win tend
10 give them an unfavornbie opinion OF
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-11-28
Hex and the Motor Bug.
From the washington Stdr,

From the Washington Star.
81 am a man OF liberal mind"
Said Hezeliah Bings,
my prejudice Is not inclined
TO brinhtone and such things,
Described as waiting down below
Mid an unhappy host
And yet there are some folks / know
Who need Just such a roast.
when I behold a motor bug
Who cares not where he goes,
But through the crowd attempts 20 chug
Ana lay folks out in rows.
When, as no sees the scurrying flocks
His raucous laughter rings,
NY views become most orthodox"
Said Hezekiah Blngs.
pUuANprR JOHNSON.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-11-28

The Department OF Agriculture is
eradicating barberry bushes from
wheat growing sections because they
harbor rust spores in cold weather.
What pest win thrive because the bar
berry Is eliminated has not yet been
disclosed, but we may be sure 1t pro-
tects us from something.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-11-28
A New bird for The suburbanlte.

From the Popular Mechanics Mo0ostns.
No longer will the auael,ing Of the back
yard poultry ralseTs ducks call down upon
his head the wrath Of his nelghborhood. for
ducks without a uuaok are being introduced
IN the United States, This comparatively
new breed OF ducks is known as ths Mus
covy'' and r. native Of Russia They
make good mothers, are splendid layers,
and fatten early for the market. many OF
the fowls Weighing seven pounds dressed
when three months old.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-11-28

In 1913 the Jamestown, Virginia, to-
bacco crop was priced at s1o,95o, while
the American crop for 1919 was priced
at s543.000,o00, an increase worth
thinking about even II tho money Of
to-day is not worth as much as money
was three centuries ago.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-11-28
CNrtinnancs.

Out of the dust we come.
Into the dust we 60.
This is the final SUM
All that we. mortals know.
Yearly from dust old roots
Bud into rose and green,
And 90 the light frail shoots
Lean as we mortals lean.
SO Il no word be due
That shall the truth reveal
Blossom and leaf renew
All that we mortals feeii
CHARLoTTE BM Rm.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-11-28

AS a sequel to his book on 1.-THE Eco
nomic Consequences OF the Peace" Mr..
KEYNES might give US dissertation
on the "Gastronomic Consequences of
the Division OF Turkey"
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-11-28
killing 10000 Americans a year, the

Killing 10000 Americans a year, the
automobile makes the railroad look
comparatively safe. The steam engine
Is confined TO its rails and the public
knows where II may not walk. But
the joy rider knows no rails, NJ gates
and no traffic rules. Until no Is sup
pressed and tho pedestrian taught to be
watchful we fear the fatality figures
will keep on rising,
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-11-28

An airplano service is 20 be estab-
llshed between Canada and New York.
Each plane will carry twelve passen-
gers. Tho bottle capacity is not
stated
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-11-28
The Change.

From the Kansas City star.
With scorn the finger pointed TIL
II found out by and by
II could cause more annoyance
by sticking in the pic.
TENNYsoN J. DAFT
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-11-28

Connecticut may have been slow in
approving equal suffrage. but It Is
making up in a practical way. II has
FIVE woman legislators, while Kansas
has only four.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-11-28

Mexico has decided not to have an
income tax. Between villa and his
imitators all the collecting worth while
was done long ago,
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-11-28
A sunnower DcfInitlon.


From the Topeka capital
Really. pessmlst II only person who
expects 70 got tho worst Of u little sooner
than the rest OF usl
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-11-28

Mother--If YOU aren't good SANITY won't
bring you anything.