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The New York herald., 1920-12-28
Oratorio Sings "The Messiah"

The first concert of the Oratorio
Society took place at Carnegie Hall
last night, when. according TO the or
ganizations custom. now observed for
the nlnety-fifth time at Christmastide,
Handers oratorio "The Messiah" was
sung. An audience. deeply interested.
filled the auditorium The imposing
performance of the music, under the
leadership of Walter Damrosch, was
given by the ESQ singers who form the
chorus, the full orchestra of the SYM
phony Society and as the four soloists,
Nine Frieda Hempel, soprano; Miss
Mabel Beddoe. contralto Judson House.
tenor. and Royal Dadmun. bass.
The singing of the many familiar recit-
atives by the different soloists was
done with devotion, the choruses were
delivered with authoritative understand
ing and finish, while the hearing Of the
great score as a whole was dramatically
effective.
The New York herald., 1920-12-28

goes beyond its means and is at the
end of its money raising capacity 1t
puts on the brakes and stops short
with all new investment until 1t gets
into easier circumstances again. The
State has got TO do the same thing.
The way to do it is to let the new
buildings that are asked for the
Department Of Health, Division of
Laboratories, for the Veterinary Col
lege Of Cornell and the School Of Ag-
riculture at Farmingdale, each want
ing about half million dollars, wait.
Let the new construction that is
wanted for the prisons and hospitals
and the charitable institutions to the
extent Of nearly $17,000,000. or the
greater part of ii, wait Let other
construction that Is wanted by the
Conservation Commission, Depart
ment of Public Works, and the State
Fair Commission 10 the extent of
some S90o0,0O0,l wait. Keep up the
roads already built, but let new road
building wait. Let this. that and the
other construction project be post
poned wherever 1t can be postponed.
When construction absolutely must
he carried on let it be in the simplest
and cheapest form, such as the steel
construction type of loft building
which industrial and business enter
prises put up even in New York city,
instead Of the massive, monumental
and costly structures which go into
so many public institutions.
IL $50,000000 is to come out Of the
estimates Of State expenditures for
next year it can come out only by
such strong arm methods applied to
the great objects which call for the
great spendings And probably If
such strong arm methods can wrench
out $50,O00,000 they can wrench out
Governor MILLER and
the Legislature must get at these big
spending ventures with all the power
that is in them.
The New York herald., 1920-12-28
Mans Evening Dress.
Veto of the White Waistc0at and Tie
With the Dinner Jacket.

To THE NEW YORK HERALD Do be
consistent In one of your recent edi-
torial articles you talk about embellish-
ing the dinner jacket with white neck
tie and a white waisteoat Why gild
the lily?
Mans dress should be uniform, as
much as possible, and particularly In re-
gard to swallowtails or dinner jackets
it must be one or the other, according
to the originators OF the idea.
Can anything bel more ridiculous than
a man in a swallowtail coat with a
black tie, for instance, or a dinner
jacket-which Is informal dress-with
white waistcoat or q white tie, or white
socks with tan or black shoes?
It is grotesque. and@only affected by
what a friend of mine described as
Broadway Johnnies. NoBuNKUM.
New York, December 27.
The New York herald., 1920-12-28
Making Streets Safer.
A Physicians Plan to Lessen the
Number of Automobile Accidents.

To THE NEW YORK HERALD: Almost
daily we see in the press reference to
the high mortality among our citizens
from street automobile accidents. That
a remedy should engage the thought of
the press, public officials and all in
terested in the public welfare is to be
expected. The measures employed.
which consist largely in traffic regula-
tions and in the punishment of offend
ing automobile drivers. are unquestlon-
ably of great value. but for pro-
nounced reduction In the number Of
manned and killed the problem will have
to be approached from an entirely differ
ent angle. Under the present regula-
tions, with the steady increase in popu-
lation and in automobile traffic. the NOR
tality Is bound to Increase.
In my occupation, that of physician.
have travelled the streets of New York
city many thousands of miles in every
possible type of conveyance during the
past twenty-nine years. During the past
fifteen years the private automobile or
taxi has been used exclusively. l use
a sedan type of car and always occupy
the front seat with a competent and
very careful chauffeur, for the reason
that the utmost attention Is required on
the part OF both to prevent us from
more or less damaging the New York
city pedestrian. UP to the present time
we have never injured n single indivi-
dual, but we are not at all sure about
tomorrow.
TNt.1 ~fslto
streets who apparently insist on being
run over. II one is to Judge from their
indifference to their surroundings. Aged
men and women are particularly care
less in this respect, but they are not by
any means alone among those who in a
great busy city with this tremendous
street traffic are as unconcerned for their
safety in crossing a street as though
they were in the centre OF ten acre
cornfleld a hundred miles from Broadway.
A certain number OF the very young who
will take the Smart boy chance with
which we are all familiar will continue
to be killed. As l see It from the front
seat OF my automobile, about 10 per
cent. of accidents may be laid at the
door Of the automobile driver and the
rest are due to absence of concentration
on the part Of the pedestrian.
Tho remedy rests in suggestion. Let
every daily paper print conspicuously on
the first page every day Before you
cross the street to-day look carefully right
and left" In every motion picture
theatre have flashed Before you cross
the street to-day look carefully right
and left" In every theatre have flashed
on the curtain between the acts Be
fore you cross the street to-day look
carefully right and left" In every school
where all may see have large placard
with Before you cross the street to-
day look carefully right and left" AT
every third lamp post have displayed
conspicuously q sign Before you cross
the street look carefully right and left"
In a very few days every person who
is not totally blind and who can read
English would look involuntarily right
and left before crossing the street He
would do II because he could not pre-
vent it. We must educate the individual
to protect himself In spite Of himself.
PHYSICIAN.
Nuw yopx nacamhar ~.
The New York herald., 1920-12-28
Uncle Joe's Achievement.

To-day the Hon. JOSEPH G. CANNON
of Danville overhauls and surpasses
the record for length of service in
Congress, held until now by the late
JUSTIN S. morrill, of Vermont. Mr..
MORRILL, served but twelve years in
the House. He completed his ex-
traordinary career by sitting thirty
one years nine months and twenty
four days in the Senate. Mr..
CANNoN's entire service has been in
the House. He has been elected and
reelected from what is substantially
the same Illinois district twenty
three times.
On the fourth of next March his
record will be forty-four years. II
that Divine Providence which has
generally approved the doings of Uncle
JOSEPH permits him to complete the
term for which he was triumphantly
reelected last month, at the age Of
eighty-flve years and six months, by
the heaviest majority in all his politi-
cal experience, his record at the end
Of the Sixty-seveItb Congress will be
forty-six years. Twice only has he
been defeated for reelection.
There is no more modest autobi-
ography in the Congressional Dlrec-
tory than that which we now repro
duce in honor of to-day's event:
JOSEPH GURNEY CANNoN, Repub-
lcan. OF Danville, was born at Gull
ford, N c.. May T. 1886; is law
yer was States Attorney In Illinois
March. 1851, 10 December, 1868, was
elected TO the Forty-third, Forty
fourth. Forty-ffth. Forty-sixth. For
ty-seventh. FoTty-eighth Forty
ninth. Fiftieth, Fifty-hrst. Fifty
third, F1fty-fourth, Fifty-ffth Fifty
sixth, Fifty-seventh, Fifty-eighth.
Fifty-ninth. sixtieth, sixty-first. Six
ty-second, Sixty-fourth. Sixty-ffth
and sixty-s,xth Congresses. Mr..
CASNoN was elected Speaker in the
Fifty-elghth, Fifty-nlnth. sixtieth
and Sixty-arst Congresses"
Add now the Sixty-seventh Con-
gress, soon to begin, and the impress
sive chronology Is complete.
We are not insisting too much on
the longevity record as u prize of
merit. 1t might be gained by. any
commonplace person, any OK eyed
legislator, under favorable political
conditions, with good luck and rea-
sonable attention TO the laws of
health. In this case the victor has
won something immeasurably more
important than any mere triumph Of
physical endurance. He has made
steady progress through all these
years to unique place in the esteem
and affection of a hundred millions OF
so Of his admiring fellow citizens,
regardless OF party distinction. There
Is perhaps no other uncle who in the
imagination Of everybody, comes so
near 10 the Uncle SAM Of the car
toons as the conventional type of the
genuinely American essentials Of tenn
perament and genius and good na-
tured cussedness.
And the blacklist Of madura cigars
for nearly half a century,
The New York herald., 1920-12-28
Italian Pianist Makes Debut.

Guido Agosti, young pianist from
Milan, made his American debut in a re-
cital at Aeolian yesterday.
With Busoni's transcription of Bach's
c major toccata as his principal number
his list included Godowskys arrangement
of q ''Pastorale' by Corelli, pieces by
Debussy and Albeniz's ''Fete-Diou a
Seville" lie disclosed intelligence and
a remarkable technical clarity. Ills lack
Of feeling for sensuous color was noted
in the middle section of Rachmaninovs
q minor prelude, and In this work insult
ficient dramatic power marred his cli-
makes. The same was true of Chopins
A fat polonaise. For the most part he
showed n keen rhythmic sense, he
phrased we'll, and he was of modest and
serious demeanor.
The New York herald., 1920-12-28

filet and the cloying squad when beef
stew is to be had
Each dinner will cost the provider
% cents and the diner $1,000. The
guest who brings pencil will be al
lowed to figure how many dinners for
hungry European children will he
bought with the odd S999Ts.
The New York herald., 1920-12-28
Loves Magic.

Love turned my heart into a dancing
star.
Love touched my blood into a singing
flame
/ never knew. until his blithe step
came,
That life could hold such wonder, near
and far.
My hours were made OF all dull things
that are,
Linked with drab workaday's insist
ent claim
Love turned my heart into a dancing
star,
Love touched my blood into n singing
flame.
And though the flame should pass and
leave scar,
Though sorrow cripple me, and an
rliish MAIN,
I shall not moan, nor place on Love
the blame,
Since once, with magic naught can
change or mar.
Love turned my heart into a dancing
rtari
cHAmorrp BECKER
The New York herald., 1920-12-28

In an era of diaries and other self
revelatory documents the passing OF
New York's most experienced gunman
suggests the frank book which he
might have written if he had had the
mind for it.
Literary art would not have been
necessary MONK EAsTMAN's diary,
set down in words of one or two syl-
lables but containing the candidness
of PEPYs and the merciless detail of
MARGoT, would have added much to
the lore of sociology.
What did Monk really think of his
associates, of the men who hired him
to assault others, of the politicians
who were willing TO use his primitive
energy to their own ends? Were
there among the people of the under
world scandals which never drifted
up through the crust?
What were the thoughts of the
gunman and former convict when he
enlisted for the war? Was he actu-
ated by patriotism, or by wish to
hold his head higher among his ac-
quaintances, or by desire to blot out
the past and start all over again?
What We're Private EAsIMAN's inn
pressions Of war? Was he able to
differentiate between lawful killing in
struggle Of nations and lawless kill
ing in the private feuds of his own
circle? Was there a difference in
the kinds of courage required for
killing in Chatham Squar- and killing
at the Hindenburg line?
What were EAsTMAN's thoughts on
turning square guy" and how senti-
mental was he over the restoration of
his citizenship? What did that citi-
zenship mean to him?
Probably the best diary ever written
was one which the diarist tore up
some remorseful morning. The diaries
written nowadays for publication,
such as Mrs. AsoUITH's and Colonel
REpINGToN' are never completely
satisfying. Much that Is astonishing
in them is put in to startle. They
lack the flavor of the, unconscious.
Even the diaries supporting to be
written by ladies who are about to
kill themselves or others have the
same artificial color. But we cannot
imagine Monk EASTMAN trying to
startle-with pen and ink.
However, as no literary executor
has turned up for EASTMAN, the ad-
mirers of violent autobiographies will
have to go back to BENvENUTo GEL
LINZ. He and Monk EASTMAN were
probably very much alike in their
view of the surrounding world. 1t
was full of enemies, of men who con-
spired against them and would have
played them false If they had not
acted first. Never did the goldsmith
run foe through without swearing
to himself as we'll as to the world
that this was a scoundrel who de-
served death. Never, probably, did
Monk EASTMAN shoot a gangster of
whose utter villainy he was not con-
vinced. Both victims of the delusion
of persecution, both bullies, neither
was coward. Adages do not always
stand up.
Somebody's revolver robbed Monk
EASTMAN of contemplative old age
which, like CELLINI's, might have been
we'll employed in writing.
The New York herald., 1920-12-28
Daily Calendar
THE WEATHER.

For Eastern New York-Partly cloudy
and colder to-day; fair and colder to
morrow; northwest gales.
for New Jersey.-Fair and colder to-day:
tomorrow fair and continued cold; strong
Enr N.h, WHO'S, diminishing by tomorrow.
TOT Nortnern New England. - Unsettled
to-day; probably snow north portions OF Ver-
iront and New Hampshire and northern and
varmnrt "a1ne; Tn colder In New Hampshire and
northwest Winds N eoiuef' s'ioi's
FOR southern New England. - Cloudy to-
gay colder on the south coast Tomorrow
fair and COLDER strong west and north-
west winds and gale sto-day.
% for western New York.-Snow and much
s eotuer to-oay. Tomorrow generally fair: di
minishins westerly winds.
,WAiasHlNGToT. Dec. 2s.-Pressure fell de-
eidely to-day over the northeastern States
ances or marked intensity were central OF
the southeastern New England coast and
over northeastern Alberta tonight. Pressure
vas nign over all sections from the Mis-
sissippi River westward except along the
northern border from the north Pacific
coast eastward to North Dakota. SNOW has
fallen within the last twenty-four bowrs ~ 1n
me northern. snow and rain in the middle
tha a,iu ram N the southern sections east OF
IN the northern Rocky Mountain region and
rain along the north Pacific coast
and ns soSa mea.ner became much colder last night
hiiu an Today over the plains States. the upper
lake region, the Mississippi and lower Ohio
vnneys on the west Gulf States, while there
was marked rise In temperature Monday
,he ~ montana ona and the Canadian provis.rss -
Inc outlook Is for generally fair weaths1
m m tne states east OF the Mississippi River
1uesday and Wednesday, except snow
liurries ~ . are probable Tuesday In the region
uorth u6 ths great lakes. north New England and
considerably lower in the region of the great
,,akes, the upper Ohio Valley and the At
Iahtic states, and freezing temperature Is
prooaole In northern Florida to-morrow
nlght. ght. The weather will continue cold In the
ta thtiafitic states Wednesday, while there will
.1 ue reaction to higher temperature west OF
are displayed on the Atlantic coast at and
pptyt"een cape Hatteras, n. c., and Eastport
Observations ~ United States weather nu-
The New York herald., 1920-12-28
Winter Morning.

From the Toronto GLOBE.
a gray mist creeps across the pines;
A gray light on the water, shines;
On the wide fields a faint stir grows;
Vague shadows waken on the shows;
And to the far hills. dim and cold,
Come phantom touches of pale gold.
A weird moon hangs in the weird gray |;
A weird star pales and fades away;
From out the west little breeze
Wakens, and cries amongst the trees
And with cold breath, remote. forlorn-
Across the fields comes In the dawn;
And wealth and want, and JOY and pain
Go out to meet the Day again.
The New York herald., 1920-12-28
Good Brood Mares Pay Well.

At the recent Newmarket thorough
bred sales all records for brood mare
values were broken when an agent of
Sir w. FURNEss paid $4,000 for the
seven-year-old dam Salamandra by
st. F'rusquin, from the noted pro-
ducer Electra, by Eager. The mare
is with foal TO The Tetrarch, the phe.
nomenal gray son Of Roi Herode, and
the British experts deem her well
worth the price paid.
Salamandra was consigned by l..
NEUMANN. a we'll known breeder,
who received a total of $4,000 for
five mares. Snow Marten, by Marta
gon, brought $4,000: Sourabaya, by
Spearmint, commanded $4,000; Mo
nisima, by Gallinule, $21 900, and Me-
sange, by Persimmon, $4,000. An
agent for the famous Gotham Stud
was the buyer of Sourabaya. Snow
Marten and Monisima.
When the English breeder wants a
mare whose blood suits him he buys
her. The wisdom Of inducing the
best of the English thoroughbred
matrons into a stud was exemplified
in the case of AUGUST BELMONT,
who, desiring suitable mates for his
Derby winner Rock Sand, for which
he paid $1250OO, secured Topiary,
by Orme; Fairy Gold, by Bend Or,
and Hautesse, by Archiduc, for the
sums of S27, 900. $4,000 and $4,000
respectively.
Topiary gave Mr.. BELMONT in sue
cessive years Trap Rock and Trhcery.
The latter, which was raced exclu-
sively in England, was considered as
good as anything seen abroad in
twenty years. He was recently sold
to the Argentine for about S260, 900,
while his son, The Panther, was taken
to the same country for 100000.
Another son, Monarch, is the winter
favorite for the EPSON Derby of 1921.
Fairy Gold is the mother of Fair Play,
himself great performer and the
sire of the peerless Man o. War. An
other of her children Is Friar Rock, 4
superb racehorse and promising sire.
his wo-year-old son, Inchcape, hav-
ing sold for S150,0O0 last summer.
Hautesse, mated with Rock Sand,
gave to the blood stock industry Hour
Glass, a filly which was never trained,
~ accordance with theory of her
owner that untried dams, If they have
the blood, are the best. Hour Glass,
bred to the French sire Negofol, pro-
duced the beautiful horse Hourless, Ii
racer of the highest speed and cour-
age. lie is now member of the
Nursery Stud in Kentucky.
There We're other foals from these
English mares, but those enumerated
are the best. The combined value
Of their produce in the first three
generations would be difficult to esti-
mate. Man o. War is priceless, an
offer of 100000 having been re-
fused for him; $150,000 has been
turned down for Friar Rock, S150,o00
would not tempt his breeder to part
with Fair Play, and 1t is the belief
of experts that Hourless would COM
mand an equal price if put up at auc-
ton tomorrow.
All of which goes TO prove the
soundness of the old axiom that it
pays to buy the best.
The New York herald., 1920-12-28
In the Same Choir Seventy Years.
From the London Chronicls.

Lord Bledisloes gardener. Mr.. Joshua
Gouiding. has been In the choir at 81. Mary's
Parish Church. Lydney. for nearly seventy
years. At one time he. his six sons and two
grandsons all occupied seats In the choir
stalls. Mr.. Gouding. who celebrated his
golden wedding n few days ago, still has
three sons with him in tho parish church
choir, and two others are In the choir at tho
adjoining parish OF Aylburton.
The New York herald., 1920-12-28
A Revolutionary Resolution.
Christmas Day Decision of a Re
former Who Is in Earnest.

To THE NEW YORK HERALD: Believ-
ing that reform, like charity, should be-
gin at home, I have resolved to devote
less of my time to correcting the short
comings of others and more time TO
eliminating faults OF my own.
JAMES J. MOORE.
New YORK. Christmas Day, 1920.
The New York herald., 1920-12-28

Paris has followed Berlin in one
fashion, at least by closing It's res
taurants because OF Government re-
strictions and taxes, the patrons being
the sufferers. Here such things arc
better arranged: restaurant patrons
pay the taxes when they get their
meals-but they get them
The New York herald., 1920-12-28

Highest temperature, 43, at 1890 A. NJ
Lowest temperature. 2s, at 1910 A. NJ
Average temperature, SO.
The New York herald., 1920-12-28

Senator HARDING threw stone at a
goose forty-iive years ago and to his
amazement the stone struck and killed
the unfortunate quacker. The Sem
ator should remember this incident
when he gets into the White House.
A thoughtlessly thrown dornick of
legislation may kill the goose busi-
ness which lays golden eggs for Uncle
GAN
The New York herald., 1920-12-28

Tho Associated Press Is exclusively entitled
20 the use for republication OF all nows des-
matches credited TO II or not otherwise
credited in this paper ana also the local
ne All rights Of republication OF special scs-
patches herein ara also reseFysd<
The New York herald., 1920-12-28

The seismic sharps in Washington
are unable to find the earthquake
which joggled their registers on De-
cember 16, and they appear to be quite
irritated about It. but the world at
large will be able TO do without a
closer acquaintance with the terres-
trial disturbance.
The New York herald., 1920-12-28
Credit Where Credit belongs.

From the Success Enterprise.
Sam Williamson and wife (mostly wifo)
havo been doing considerable repairing on
tho opera housA and II makes the Princess
look like a real theatre.
The New York herald., 1920-12-28
Proving an Alibi.

From the Arkansas Plain Dealer.
What has become OF all the money that
was In circulation around here some time
aEo7 We know durn well we haven't got t.
The New York herald., 1920-12-28
A Menu for Jaded Palates.

As tomorrow Is midway between
those two holidays Of feasting, Christ
mas and New Years, the menu chosen
for the Hoover dinner at the Commo-
dore Hotel is Of the sort proper for
everybody who has been dining heart
lily and intends on Saturday to resume
the pleasures Of the table. II is about
the most interesting menu that ever
was arranged for a public dinner:
Bread.
Beef stew
Cocoa.
The startling simplicity of the card
would please even LuoUILUs, who. ac-
cording 20 the rhyme, occasionally
went In heartily for roasted parsnips
with nothing on the side
Many of the diners at the Commo-
dore will say that the three item din
ner Is just the kind they have been
waiting for during long years of pub
lie dining. Away with the stereotyped
The New York herald., 1920-12-28

THE New YORK HERALD was founled ty
James Gordon Bennett In 1885. II remained
The sole property of It's founder until his
death, In 1872. when his son, also James
Gordon Bennett succeeded to the ownership
of the paper, which continued IN his hands
until his DEATH IN 1918. THE HERALD be-
came the property OF Frank 4. Munsey, its
present owner, In 1920.
The New York herald., 1920-12-28
LOCAL WEATHER RECoRps.

the temperature In this city Yesterday as
recorded by tho official thermometer Is
Shown In the ANNEXED tahle.
The New York herald., 1920-12-28

Theme was a brilliant audience TO
mark the beginning of the seventh
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1920-01-24

Use Nazol for colds in children and
adults. adv.