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Evening star., 1920-01-04

ROCKS, Reds, White Orpingtons, $50 breed
ers eggs. 50 hundred; go baby chicks; fen; 20 !.
each Wanted. Colony brooder. coal stove.
Simpkins. 2S11 Central ave-, Woodbridge, D. Z.
North 3gSO-W.
Evening star., 1920-01-04
AUTOMOBILES FOR SALE, ETC.
Continued.

1918 Buick sedan cord tires mechanically perfect bs t,
1918 Dodge svertown AL condition
1917 Cole s. 4pas Al condition. good tires bargain
1916 Hudson Continental mechanically perfect
1916 Mitchell spass.
Evening star., 1920-01-04
FOR sALE-M1sCELLANEoUs
MISCETIAN neutrality-suspicious.,

CLOTHES we think it about
time that more wise hustlers should know OF
This cash saving store, as we like to keep busy
and see the cash rolling in and sell new pants
and sweaters at 81 up; slightly used overcoats
- up. ladies' dresses, waists, s. up. Justh s
Old Stand 61Q ID
Evening star., 1920-01-04

/ 1918 FORD sedan. starter and electric lights.
$s25; 1 Saxon touring, fine shape, $42o; Ford
like new. e00O Mr. McWilliams, 1915 n. Cap.
- A.
Evening star., 1920-01-04

MANS OvERCOAT. boys suits. mackinaw
lady's long coat, gas heater. 1119 Riggs place
Evening star., 1920-01-04
FORTUNE TELLING
PT AVTNG CARDS

Answers every question on love,
business, health and wealth
worlds OF excitement; a child
can read them; ST prepaid. Carl
Huber, 513 Merchant ST., Pitts
burgh, Pa. x
Evening star., 1920-01-04

EBONY WOOD for sale cheap; 300 lbs: make
offer Address BOX ISLE. Star Office.
Evening star., 1920-01-04

IH-TON GARFORD TRUCK.
New; electric lights, self-starter,
pneumatic tires, inclosed cabin.
stake body; loading space, 10 # /;
written guarantee; model 25-
Phone NJ. 647o. Apply 532 Cen
ter Market.
,.1,r1,- 1,orrpIIcS theee 1a17 .lH IN. All
Evening star., 1920-01-04

NV"
Open 8 80 AM. to PM. Main 99l2. ja30s
1918 model; splendid running condition: gesA
tires. Tel. Col. 1914.
Evening star., 1920-01-04
MARSHALL BUSINESS BROKERS.
9l3 New York ave-

Bakery and confectionery: good fountai in
four nice living rooms and bath; immediat
possession: rent. S45: lease; price. 81 500.
Candy store, 9th St: rent. 500: price
s., 500.
Evening star., 1920-01-04

FORD TRUCK, 1918, in good
condition, $3.50 cash, III AZ st.
sw 81
Evening star., 1920-01-04

5000 cash or liberty bonds; will take player
piano in part payment. Address Box 133-E.
Star office
The New York herald., 1920-12-26

unwilling to pay a salary OF $4,000 a
year.
This is $1,000 less than the plumber
would earn in the same time and far less
than the salaries OF two-thirds OF those
who objected to the increase In the sala-
ries of the members of the force.
And now the poor. and 1t is claimed
poorly protected vpeople are making loud
complaints and demanding greater pro-
lection from these same loyal over
worked members of the force who are
so miserably underpaid. While living
expenses have far more than doubled
within the last five years. yet the pa
trolmen are supposed to be well paid
If they have a raise of 90 per cent. Of
the salaries of five years ago. and when
they ask a very modest and reasonable
advance it is met with argument and
rebuff and nothing Is done concerning
the matter.
Would 1t not be good enough for the
citizens OF New York to be given Just
about the modicum Of protection that
they have shown themselves willing to
pay for? DANGrpF1E1p.
NrwBURGH, December 2i.
The New York herald., 1920-12-26
Against Naval Control.
A Critic of the Bill Relating to Mer
chant Ships in Time Of War.

rc TIE NEW YORK HERALD: y naval
group has asked Congress to enact law
authorizing the navy in any future war
automatically TO take over. man, OPP
crate and repair all merchant vessels
passing into marine danger zones"
Only countries weak at sea attempt
tho confusion of functions between civil
ian and naval sea services in war or
peace that the navy tries to foist upon
the country. Our official naval record
OF relations with the merchant marine
during the war Is a very bad record. not
very good record, as the naval pun
licity group likes to advertise.
While this latest attempt to Spring
something" and tuck IL away for future
naval aggrandizement is being manou-
vred in the halls of Congress the anom-
ally is all the more apparent Of having
naval Admiral ever, and no matter
how excellent his qualifications. Ut the
head OF the Shipping Board, which
should be the Jealous custodian of the
civilian sea tradition. Secretary Daniels
placed the bill in Congress. But Sec
retaries pass It is the group. not any
particular Secretary Il uses. that is
always willing and anxious to think
navally at the expense Of thinking ma
tionally. NELSON COLLINS.
NEW York, December "a.
The New York herald., 1920-12-26

kansas, with Its health restoring
waters, is open for visitors all the
year round. Under ordinary winter
conditions Lafayette National Park
on Mount Desert Island. Maine, is
open. But If winter sports do not
appeal to the traveller the national
park system offers luxuriant verdure,
balmy sunshine and the beauty of the
tropics In Hawaii National Park.
There too is the "lake Of fire" al
Kilauea, lake OF molten lava lap
ping Its banks with a sound like the
rising sea, while great fountains Of
fire rise from its surface. This revela-
tion of natures irresistible forces, OF
the earths eternal fires, may be
watched with safety and the sea voy-
age requires only five days from
Americas Pacific coast.
The New York herald., 1920-12-26
Mr.. Morgenthau and Armenia.

We agree with the editor of Hdr-
reVs Weekly that Mr.. WILSON'S status
as arblter or intermediary in the Ar.
menian-Turkish complication Is en-
tirely personal. This opinion has al
ready been expressed by THE New
YORK HERALD. 1t has been illustrated
by the historic example in which an
application from Belgium for Presi-
dent HARRIsoN's good offices in the
matter of the Congo State controversy
was declined in the Presidents be-
half because he was then going out of
office in about four months, thus
rendering it improbable that the sug-
gested trust could be personally ac-
cepted and discharged"
The fact that Mr.. WILSON accepted
the invitation of the League of Ma
tions to undertake negotiations In be-
half of Armenia, Notwithstanding the
brevity of his remaining term of Of
fee, shows that he clearly under
stands the personal nature of his COM
mission. Indeed, he has said so very
plainly. There will be nothing to pre-
vent him from continuing the func-
tions of negotiator, as the representa-
tive Of the League, after he has ceased
to be President of the United States
In his personal capacity he can pos
sibly do much good, without In any
respect committing the Government
of the United States
Mr.. WILSON as the representative
of the League has in turn appointed
Mr.. HENRY MoRGENTHAU to be his
personal representative in Armenian
Turkish mediation. The choice is ex-
celIent, and Americans generally will
join us in wishing success to Mr..
MoRGENTHAU's efforts.
We cannot share the apprehensions
expressed by HdrpeyS Weekly that
the circumstance that Mr.. MoRdEN-
THAI has been comforting with the
Department Of State on Armenian af-
fairs is calculated TO create the I'M
preston that he is in some way ac-
credited by the United States Gov
ernment and is to act with its au-
thority.' Mr. MoRGENTHAU cannot be
accredited by the United States Gov
ernment, except as any reputable and
distinguished citizen on an errand Of
public Interest may be so accredited.
He certainly cannot act with the au-
thority Of the United States.
AS to his visits to the State De-
partment, 1t is quite natural that he
should go to that quarter for infor-
nation and legitimate advice. That
is a different thing from going there
for instructions" Indeed, it may be
that Mr.. MoRGENTHAU has merely
been attending to the personal matter
of his passport.
The New York herald., 1920-12-26

Salaries of City Guardians COM
pared With Building Trades Wages.

To THE NEW YORK HERALD; Residents
or New York are excited over what Is
called crime wave and are demanding
greGter exertions from the Police De-
'partment in order that they may have
the desired protection.
Some time ago proposal for an in
crease In salaries Of the members OF the
force was received by the taxpayers and
prominent officials with great apathy
and was permitted to be turned down
and forgotten.
The wage scale of the house building
trades is an average of s12 day. which
would make the earnings OF a year.
based upon the service required of the
patrolnen in Washington. ID. c.. 245
days in each year, si,t4O. The patrol
men in New York asked for s2,50O,
about two-lhlrds of tlns amount.
Now your plumber carpenter, brick.
layer or metal trades worker incurs no
risk TO life and limb moro than Is In
CURED In the ordinary activities OF or
binary life nc Is required 70 pass no
thorough physical or intellectual exam
ination, nor is he required 20 be honest,
trustworthy and courteous, but the pa
trolman must not only be the possessor
of all these good qualities but he must
risk his life every day OF his service.
and for all these the people and their
representatives were so unfair as 20 be
The New York herald., 1920-12-26
Job for a Spartanburg Man.
Specific Directions for q Necessary
Task of City Improvement.

From the sportanburD (s. o. Journal
Some we'll disposed resident OF West
Hampton avenue who has an eye for
appearances might celebrate the sea-
son by arming his butler or footman
with a hammer and 10 penny naii---
two s penny nails would be better
and espatching him 70 the corner OF
Perroneau street with Instructions to
save the sign which was barely hang
Ing on by It's eyelids" yesterday, so TO
say, BY driving a nall or nails through
the wood or metal. az the case may be.
on which the sign is painted, or was
painted at one time, into the body Of
the pole. or, peradventure, the tree, to
which the sign was attached within the
memory of the oldest inhabitant Tho
people who are fortunate enough to
live IN the southern part of '"The City
OF Success" cannot be too careful about
these little trifling matters. ns they
would be regarded in such dIsgracetul
thoroughfares as North Spring street.
The New York herald., 1920-12-26
SUNDAY, DECEMBER 2s. 1920.
Another Bubble Pops.

IN the summarized form first given
20 the public Judge HuaG1Ns's deci-
sion in the Kansas Court of Industrial
Relations on what has been called
''the right Of labor to q job" caused
h momentary sensation. But on care
ful reading Of the complete opinion 1t
turns out to be q Socialist bubble
picked by the Judges own pen point.
In the complete and exact text, as
we have received it by telegram, Judge
HIGGINS does not even vaguely claim
but distinctly disavows the authority
of his court TO compel industries to
continue producing when nobody will
buy their products. He expressly de-
clares that the Kansas Legislature has
not empowered the State to take over
and operate or compel anybody to op-
crate any business except In case Of
s great public necessity, in other
words, In case OF an emergency"
Furthermore, Judge HUGGINs says:
"Unquestionably the testimony
shows that the millers Of Kansas
are confronted with market condl-
tions which are beyond their control
and beyond the control OF this
court"
And under those circumstances all
the Kansas Court of Industrial Rela-
tions could do and did do was to rec
ommend that:
''In the restriction Of the hours OF
operations, therefore. the miller
should be very careful and solicitous
concerning the matter OF labor
Skilled and faithful employees should
be given such treatment as will en-
able them during tho Seriod OF linn
tied production to support themselves
and families. SO far as it is possible
20 do, this rule should be recognized
IN all the mills of the State"
AS matter OF fact, this is exactly
what the Kansas mills were doing,
AS the court shows, of their own &C.
cord. 1t is exactly what all employ
ers do--try to keep the good workers
through slack times so as to have
their tried and proved services in
5usy times.
This opinion OF the Kansas Court
Il Industrial Relations, it is true,
macks here and there of political
,aptrap, as the summarized reports
% the opinion given out for publica-
ION shrieked political claptrap. But
1oiIed down 10 cold law, cold econom-
les and cold sense, there isn't enough
revolutionary doctrine or revolution
ary anything In the Kansas court
opinion TO be ten second wonder.
The New York herald., 1920-12-26
Wildernesses Next Door.

We are accustomed TO think OF New
York, with It's 100000 inhabitants,
as a thickly populated State. Yet an
army balloon bound TO the north from
Albany over the Adirondacks has been
lost for week and no word of its
passage has been brought out Of the
forest wilderness by farmer, guide or
traveller.
What route the gas bag followed,
whether it landed in one of the un-
counted. unnamed lakes which abound
in the northern part Of the State or
came to earth on one of the remote
mountain peaks which rise in the
district south OF Canada, are mys-
teries to the world
The fate of its occupants is hidden
in the silence Of the woods. They
were young, vigorous, self-reliant, ca
pable. They were trained to protect
themselves in danger, to extricate
themselves from difficulties. Their
first thought in case of accident must
have been to report themselves to their
superior officers. Yet not a word has
reached the army from them in the
week in which anxiety for their well
fare has been felt.
This accident Of military training
inspires regret for the plight of the
imperllled soldiers; hope for their
safety survives, though every hour
which passes without news renders
hope less confident. And 1t also i'm
presses on us the thought that even
In so populous State as New York,
in counties next door, as II were. TO
those In which human beings struggle
desperately for mere standing room,
there are vast expanses man has not
conquered TO his use, great areas where
nature holds sway, where the adven-
turer might disappear as easily as ia
the interior Of Siberia.
The New York herald., 1920-12-26
Nocturne.

FROM toe Seattle Pos.-IntelGceEcer.
West Wind, that whispers from over the
ocean.
You bring dream OF tho night and
the moon.
Fountain, that glays in perpetual mo-
tion,
Old as the hills but still loved is thy
tune.
Starlight, that glows but 10 darken the
shadows,
Where in security lovers may kiss.
Moonlight, that brooding the hills and
the meadows
Brings me weird visions of moments
miss.
Night birds, melodious. mockingiy sing
ing
Follows the silence SO deep and so
sweet
Perfume drifts up from some flowers
a-clinging
Crushed by a wanderers unheeding
fcot
MARIE H. HENDERSON
The New York herald., 1920-12-26
Hylan and the Taxicabs.

IN letter to a lady who inquired
what the police were doing to stor
crimes of violence Mayor HYLAN
makes q statement which will rouse
mixed feelings of astonishment and
alarm;
Persons using taxlcabs are re-
quested to use only the cars OF
reputable taxicab concerns and take
the number of the cab so that IL any
crime is perpetrated or the law vio-
lated the police may have some clue
to the violator."
No taxicab Is permitted to be oper
ated in this city without q license
All taxieab licenses are issued by one
of the Mayors subordinates.
Are we to understand from the
Mayors statement. as quoted, that he
has permitted the licensing of cab
drivers Of character so doubtful that
he must warn the public not to pat
ronize them? Use only the cars oi
reputable taxicab concerns" sounds as
If the Mayor held every free lance
driver under suspicion.
If the Mayor thinks as he talks,
why does he not suspend or revoke
the license of every driver whom he
advises the public to avoid?
The New York herald., 1920-12-26
Still the War Books Come.

The keeper Of the largest collection
u books Ia this hemisphere confesses
that the tidal wave Of war writings
Is a little too much for him. I'VE
shall not attempt to get everything
On the war" says the Librarian Of
Congress, HEEBEET PUTNAM, iu his
annual report; that Is not feasible -
And he adds that IL is an administra-
tive problem whether we should even
endeavor TO find space to house an
International BibliOgraphy of the
War which has been initiated" Cards
are being fled in that system at the
Iate Of at least 1000 a week, and
nobody knows how long the food OF
books, pamphlets and newspaper and
magazine articles will keep up.
Yet the future historians Of the
var, who may be playing to-day with
new Christmas toys, viii not have TO
worry over lack OF material The
Library has bought, when II did not
acquire 10 the copyright process, all
publications relating to American
participation In the war. Several
important European collections have
been received. The volumes loaned
by the State, War and other depart.
ments TO the American Peace Com.
mission and to Colonel HoUsE's band
Of scientists have been sent to the
Library.
From Germany has come ian ex-
ccptlonal lot Of newspaper files and
Mr.. PUTNAM reports that 1--WE arc
strong in publications from Great
Britain and France" Little has come
from Austria, Turkey and Bulgaria,
and nothing at all from Russia and
the Baltic regions. italy Is well rep
resented In official publications. There
are plenty OF Dutch and Scandinavian
books, but few from Spain and Portu.
gal. The British colonies and Japan
have yielded a great many documen.
tary items
Mr.. PUTNAM suggests that a de
scriptive guide to the huge. mass Of
The New York herald., 1920-12-26
Workers From Spain.
Employers Of Labor Quoted in Answer
to Representative Knutson.

To THE New YORK HERALD: AIrnoss
every New York Newspaper published q
few days ago an abstract of Repre-
sentative Knutson's speech In which ho
said that he had seen over 1000
spaniards on Ellis Island. people that
mover came here before the war. He
said that Spain was seething with
anarchy, and intlmated that the Spanish
Government was financing the enigrs-
tion Of anarchists to this country.
on October IL. at the banquet with
which the Spanish Society celebrated tho
discovery OF America by thetsmall Span
ish fleet. we received a telegram from
Frederick A. Wallis. Commissioner of
immigration. in which he said: "wish
all immigration was as acceptable as tho,
high class Spaniards coming to our
shores
As to the character Of the immigrants
arriving here from Spain, testimony Is
given in letters which the Spanish So
ciety. Union Benefica Espafioia. has re-
ceived Robert @. Peters of the Labor
and Industry Bureau of Pennsylvania
writes: Spanish laborers are well con-
sidered and greatly desired"
j. *. Linn. employment agent OF the
Pennsylvania system, says: THE Span
ish laborers who have entered our SER
vice during the last few months have
proved to be very satisfactory en-
ployees. and we hope to be able to re-
tain them In our service permanently"
Alfred II. Sauerbrun. Superintendent
or Construction. Pennsylvania State
Highway Department. writes: I'VE de-
sire to hire Spanish labor. as we know
II to be Of the best labor obtainabls In
this or any other country"
These are few Of many letters tha$
the Spanish Society has received and
we might add that we have visited
many prisons and penitentiaries and
have rarely found q Spaniard In any of
these institutions.
We know the masses OF Spanish In,
boring men we'll, follow what they ara
doing. keep In touch with their en-
ployers. and have never heard anything
but unstinted praise and commenda~
ton about them.
LA PRENsA PUBLISHING COMPANY,
Per JOSE CAMpruB1, President.
NEW York, December "a
The New York herald., 1920-12-26
Try Bail Cases Quickly

To THE New York HERALD: The sug-
gestion publicly made that heavy bail
be required of defendants in criminal
cases is bad one. Such n practice is
manfestly unjust and unconstitutional
But all bail cases should be tried
forthwith. Not more than from two to
four weeks should elapse between the
indictment and the trial Of the ordinary
case. II there arc not judges and pros
ecutors enough to do the work their
number should be Immediately In
creased. I beg to call tho attention OF
tho Committee on Courts OF Criminal
Procedure OF tho New yorls County
Lawyers Association 20 tie matter.
ALFRED Il. CRUIKsHANK.
New YORK. December "a.
The New York herald., 1920-12-26
Boxes at the Academy.
Another Arrangement of Social Lines
mt the Opera.

To THE NEW York HERALD: G. II.
Benjamins recollection Is little at
fault in his letter about the boxes at
the old Academy of Music
The stage boxes were known as the
proscenium boxes. II was because q
certain gentleman could not get one that
he organized and built the Metropolitan
Opera House. Not the middle row but
the two lower rows were occupied by
society people the third or topmost row
did mot count" Colonel Mapleson used
the left hand box.
The first gallery was known as the
horseshoe. 1t had the front row OF
boxes divided BY the aisle from the
back row. which boxes were entered
from In front. They wees small. the
width of two chairs.
The closed boxes were known az
artist boxes. as each had the name OF
an artist or composer painted on the
door. They ranked next to the prosce-
mum boxes. and were not small. being
the width of three chairs. They were
practically all owned by stockholders
and were considered much smarter than
the horseshoe boxes. and also more conn
Portable. Women much preferred them
to being lost In the crowd of the open
horseshoe.
What galaxy Of talent WAS there 7
Capoul in his prime. Maurel, Nilsson.
followed by Campanini. Gerster. Del
Puente, GaIassl. 9th Ardit as leader.
What voices What art
OLD TIMER.
New York, December 20.
The New York herald., 1920-12-26
Poems Worth Reading.
4If Could Live My Life Again"

AFT I Could Live My Life Again."
One old lament. at passing OF the Year.
know that ! shall hear:
IF only / could live my life again"
You sigh. you pause. What then7
You say that you different life would
lead.
Reformed. both scheme and deed.
All, well, I thought the same--'twas long
ago;
And now seem to know,
If I could live my life again, no whit
More deft I'd fashion I'll
For I have seen myself old faults re-
trace
Within some few years space:
A fatal trend, from inner bent-the
same,
Though variant in name;
A touch of palliation time might use
My vision to confuse;
And yet, / did but end where began
The wanderers circled spanl
Perchance you mean, IL from the pres
ent freed.
Another life you'd lead.
Then, you would no. be you, of memory
reft.
Nor foresight would be left.
o voyager. the great deep to be crossed
And all dead reckoning lost?
No sign to mark the ravening reef, the
bar,
And a strange pilot-star?
With every wonted guard 'tis toll enow
A fortnight course to plow.
again,
I still would ask, What then7
Those lives might change to sight Of
mortal men,
But not to Higher Ken.
And how so sure our faults we would
reverse?
Our worst might then be worsei
You still were you, and 1 but I--naught
new
Save that which Chance might do:
One might have met with scornful Cir
cumstance
Had snapped the knightliest lance;
Or, slumbering passion in the blood had
walked
It's thirst for i'll had slaked!
So steadfast now--some strange investi-
ture
Had drawn with fatal lure 4.
To lead my life again? Not would
dare
That perilous way to farei
EDITH NJ. THOMAS.
The New York herald., 1920-12-26
Betsy Stone Barton.
Memories OF a Singer Heard at 9
Gilmore Concert In Chicago.

To THE New YORK HERALD: read
with considerable interest and sorrow
OF the death OF Betsy stone Barton. who
sang with Pat Gilrnore's band back In
the sos. was very little girl then
and I recall being taken TO Gilmore
concert in Chicago. And. IL my men,
ory serves Alright, listened to Betsy
Stone Barton sing the 'Tnfiammatus'
from the "Stabat Mater" and then the
Hugo Liszt 20 quand 10 doris" BY way
of encore I think sho sang Comm
Thro' the Rye"
Maybe 1t is unimportant in these par
lous times. but I should like to hear
from your older readers on this ques-
ton. The obituary notice given Nine.
Barton cited her az a soprano. Ny
memory has II that she sang contralto
or. at least. mezzo-soprano Was my
youthful memory irresponsible? Who
else recalls her beautiful voice?
MARY WATSON.
YoNKEas December "a.