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The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-10-17
BECAUSE OF A MONKEY.
A Change In the Greek Throne Might
Wreck the League of Nations.

To THE NEW YORK HERALD: l wonder
If it is clearly realized what monkey
may have to do with the salvation of
TIE world represented in the League
of Nations. Yet it will be no e.saggera-
ton to say that to-day the whole League
Of Nations hangs or that monkey.
The monkey got into fight with the
cog and King Alexander of Greece tried
to do peace making, with the result that
he was bitten by the monkey and is
row at the point of death.
AS we all know, the father of the pres
ent King, King Constantine, who was
expelled from Greece for his pro-Ger-
mansm, has to-day no kind feelings for
the great Powers. The entire Greek
royal family. with the exception of the
in sympathy with the former ruler and
accordingly had to leave the country.
No one who knows Greece and the
Greek people can expect that the ma
ton is ready for a republic. 1t must
have king, and since the armistice the
funds of King Constantine have gone
out very materially. In fact there Is
even to-day a powerful group in Greece
which maintains that after all King
Constantine was right and that Greece
would have gained more by German
tie Central Powers.
1t is therefore by no means unlikely
that either King Constantine himself or
one of the members Of the royal family
n sympathy with him will ascend the
Greek throne In the event of the death
Of King Alexander.
But Greece is a member of the Coun-
ell of the League of Nations and every
decision of the Council has to be taken
unanimously. Therefore, IL King Con-
stantine becomes the ruler of Greece
he will have a beautiful opportunity to
avenge himself by wrecklng the League,
which he can do in a very simple man
rer, and that is by instructng his rep
resentative in the Council to vote nay to
every proposition presented.
Moreover. the League covenant has
been written so cleverly that there is
absolutely no way to get rid of the Greek
representative In the Council.
1t Is true that the covenant provides
has the right to change the four small
Powers represented in the Council. but.
and here is where the rub comes in. the
decision of the Assembly has to be unan-
imous. and as Greece is represented in
the Assembly also. the Greek represent
'ative cannot be removed from the Coun-
ell without his consent. which he is not
very likely to give 1t would therefore
appear that a change in the holder OF
the Greek throne might in the course
Of events lead to a complete wrecking
OF the League OF Nations with all It's
promises OF keeping alive the heart OF
the world.
Now who would think that in the final
count a monkey would be capable Of
wrecling the great League of Nations,
and of what good Is the League of Ma
lions IL monkey can wreck it7
L. CAMMEN.
NEW York, October 16.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-10-17
A Shore Siesta.

From the Los Angeles Times.
With efin bows on muted strings
The south wind sings a lullaby.
The white gulls dip, then lazily
Sweep upward in cloudless sky.
A yellow butterfly sails low
And pauses at the silver pool
That lies a-ripple On the beach.
In cliff-made shadows cool.
Then Amplitude from the sea.
With corals woven in her hair,
Calls sweet and low, a siren song
That lures me on and on TO where
The pale anemones are found
Where green and purple seaweeds floa'
And gold named dolphins lie at ease
Beside old Father Neptune's boat.
The sea nymphs tend their silken hair
With combs of opalescent shell,
And gayly laugh to hear the tales
The boastful Tritons tell.
The westering sun peeps underneath
The scarlet canopy that shades
NY couch upon the wind swept cliff.
The deepening shadows start their raids.
The yellow butterfly has gone.
The silver pool has Joined the sea.
But family from the far blue deep
The mermaids' laughter comes to me.
WHITELAw SAUNDERS.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-10-17
POEMS WORTH READING.


Moon Song In Autumn-
Moon of the changing leaf. of the shifting
sheen
On the poplar boushs where gold supplants
the green.
Moon of the sumach's flame and the maple
fire.
Moon of the soidenrod and the hip of the
brier.
Moon of the aster plume and tho wild sun
flower,
Moon OF the clear autumnal midnight hour.
30 as a beckonng torch that | may know
Into tho darkness whittier my feet should gol
Show me the climbing pathway over the hill;
Beacon me still where the long road follows
the ril;
Sever the gloom where the deepest hollows
are.
And lead mo on and on. though the leagues
be far,
To the little house where she waits for me
at the doors
Then. o guiding moon. you need shine no
more:
Then, o kindly moon. you may fade from
sight
For the CLEAN in her welcoming eyes viii be
my light
CLINTON SCOTLAND.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-10-17
Music i Heard.

From the Los Angeles Times.
Music ] heard with you was more -har
music,
And bread / broke with you was more
than bread;
Now that l am without you, all is desolate;
All that was once SO beautiful Is dead.
Your hands once touched this table and this
silver,
have seen your fingers hold this glass.
These things do not remember you. beloved
And yet your touch upon them will not
pass.
For It was in my heart you moved among
them.
And blessed them with your hands and
with your eyes:
And In my heart they VIII remember al
ways
They knew you once. o beautiful and wise.
CoNRAD AIKEN.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-10-17
The Porpoise Lies In State.

How still and black you looked.
In the quietude Of death.
Lying there In state
In the restaurant window.
A gorgeous night setting
Glorious in color--bright with brilliant lights
And your 1.-THE, black body
Surrounded with sea green lettuce-flowers
too,
And bedecked with crimJon tomatoes
oh. color Of lurid life;
And beside you too
Some Holsters In terra Gotta
That had also known
The cool sea depths
Where your gay youth began.
In this back channel of Broadway
At last you were at rest
* kinsfy spectacle for passing crowds,
For pleasuring, careless crowds,
who looked and laughed perhaps.
And went their many ways,
But unrejoicing.
In that bizarre surrounding
we saw your form of inert ebony,
And thought what lines OF speed and strength
You had, and wondered why
Won had been brought to this uncnnny bier.
And we remembered too the calm nights,
At the old anchorage.
When we heard you playing
And splashing off the Point,
Near the old bell buoy
really dirgeful knell. suppose,
But golden music then,
Heard In the glamour OF romance.
And on those soft nights.
when we we're under way.
we often heard you splashing-
Diving, playing, always playing,
In ri,o mooniit summer sea.
IN the joyousness Of life that was yours.
And the ecstasy OF youth.
Aias, you play no more
About the bows OF ships
Running down the Trades.
nut are frozen In eternal sleep
And put on show for pallid mem
In q world sroww old.
| srAsrxx rAwxrrn-
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-10-17
STAGE LIGHTING.
The Late John Dale Was n Pioneer In
Modern Theatrical Illumination.

To THE NEW York HERALD: John
Dale. whose death was reported in THE
NEW York HERALD this week, was one
OF the pioneer stage electricians of this
city, IL not of the world.
His interest I'm stage illumination by
the then unfamiliar means was aroused
whom. as a youngster he was learning
the art of the electrical engineer in the
employ OF one Of the early electric COM
ranies He added to his work for the
company supervision Of the lighting In
one Of tho downtown theatres, and so
primitive were the appliances at his
command that he was Obliged to run
from the theatre TO the generating sta
ton to get the current regulated to his
needs.
Mr.. Dale was n young man when
no died. and his too brief life saw the
wonderful advance In stage lighting
which has contributed perhaps beyond
our realization to the physical improve
ment Of theatrical productions within a
brief period of time. ONLooKER.
NEW York, October 16.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-10-17
At Evening.

From the Boston Transcript.
AS day draws to its close and Phosbus drives
His cnariot DER the hills III scarlet splendoI
The shadows begin their march with stealthy
feet.
They lengthen inch by inch: and soon the
fields
Are haif-enveloped In haze. We view the
scene
AS II with tear-dimmed eyes. The faintest
pink
Now tops the hill to show where the sun
has gone
To rest Then UP above the first lone star
Struggles to send Its signal of inflnity.
Its comrades soon appear. The golaen street
lamps
OF the town flare up as II 10 mock the stars.
or answer to their call. A chill pervades
the air,
And now the mist hangs thick, velvet gray,
The twilight hour is past. Farewell bright
dayi
ALLEN II. GLEASON.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-10-17
A Light Fancy.

The stars are candles burning bright
Behind the curtain of the night,
Lighted by hands invisible
When evening rings the vesper bell.
The moons a silver lamp that swihsS
Suspended from the sky and filings
The soft effulgence of It's beams
Upon the world enwrapped In dreams.
But in the sun of rose and gold
An incandescent we behold.
A blazing globe. a dazzling arc
That daily drives away the dark.
From some celestial dynamo
1t draws the power that makes 1t glow,
The great electric light that showers
It's rays upon this earth of ours.
MINNA IRVING.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-10-17
III It's Cold Blame the Moon.

To THE NEW York HERALD: The moon
passing between the earth and the
planets Mercury, Venus and Mars will
force the earth and those planets a
little further apart temporarily and since
the sun is indirectly in the direction OF
those planets the moon will thus force
the earth outward little from the sun
as a result.
This will cause the earth's tempera-
lures to be lower in most longitudes and
most localities about October is and Ia
or cooler spells of weather about that
time. d. A. N. GROVER.
KANSAS CITY, Mo-. October IL.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-10-17
woman's Choice Of n Jury.

To THE NEW YoRK HERArpi I notice
you say 'Tf the defendant had been
a woman we wonder whether the learned
Recorder would have given her the priv
ilege Of excluding all men from the
jury"
VIII you permit me to doubt II any
woman would regard It as a privilege
to exclude men from her Jury and to
be tried by her own sex?
CHARLES r.. SrRArroN.
BosToN October 16.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-10-17

10 be unthinkable, bur in which the
revolt against Wisconsin and all its
works and Indignation over the sur
render of the Democratic machine TO
one individual are not, because of this,
less pronounced. Georgia in it's pri-
maries has supplied an Illuminating
exhibition of this feeling, for without
wisconsin there could have been no
victory for wisconsin. a
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-10-17
Apathy Among Florida Democrats

Under the headline Makes Plea fol-
Contributions our contemporary the
Tampa Daily Times prints the sub
Joined appeal, document interesting
because of the light it throws on Dem
ocratic apathy in Florida:
AREN'T the Democrats of Tampa
and Hillsborough county interested
in and DESTROYS of the success OF the
national ticket? Surely they are
but It must be admitted that they are
not presenting very tangible evidence
Of the fact
"Of course there Is no doubt that
the Democratic ticket viii receive an
overwhelming majority OF the votes
cast here, but the vital need of the
national organization is financial sup
port. So far the local organization
has forwarded TO national headquar-
ters but little over 500. and among
the contributors. so far as 1 am adj
vised. is only one county official.
This Is not creditable perform
ance. am receiving urgent appeals
daily from headquarters. and once
more appeal for contributions. Large
amounts are not expected nor sought,
but each member OF tho party--and
particularly the men who have held
and are holding lucrative positions
through the party's favor--should
give something.
THE election is near at hand, and
to be of value money should be for
warded at once. All that is asked is
sufficient to pay for campaign lit
erature and its distrlbutIon-no effort
is being made to raise great slush
fund as the Republicans have done.
I'd. b. MCKAY,
chairman Democratic Finance Com
mlttee for Hlllsborough County"
Governor Cox's unfounded charge
that the Republicans were seeking to
raise a great fund. although exploded
utterly by the testimony given before
the Sonata committee investigating
campaign contributions, is ingeniously
used by this Democratic collector In
Florida.
II will not be hard for any place
hunter to read a warning between the
lines addressed to those who have
held and are holding lucrative posi-
tions' through the party's favor.
But the thing In this appeal most
interesting 20 voters beyond the con
fines OF Hillsborough county is che
open confession 1t records Of Demo.
critic apathy toward the party ticket.
The party candidates and programme
arouse no enthusiasm in n stronghold
Of partlsanship In which politics IS
taken seriously all the year around
and where Democratic success at the
polls is popularity felt to have an I'M
mediate social significance unknown
in any section Of the country except
the South.
This innocent and unquestlonably
genuine revelation Of the actual con-
dltlon in Florida may be accepted as
typical Of the sentiment OF Democrats
In many Of the other States in which
Republican Victory at the polls Is held
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-10-17
Sea Distances.

From Harper's Mo0dsine.
His native sea washed isle
Was bleak and bare.
Far Off there seemed to smile
An isle more fair.
Blue as the smoke OF spring
Its far hills rose.
A delicate azure ring
Crowned with faint SHOWS.
At dusk, rose red star
Set free from wrong,
1t beaconed him afar
His whole life long.
Not till old age drew nigh
He voyaged there.
He saw the colors die
AS he drew near.
1t lowered above him, bleak
And cold, death cold.
From peak to phantom peak
A gray mist rolled.
Then, under his arched hand
From that bare shore,
Back ut his own dear land
He gaZed once more.
Clothed with the tints he knew
He saw II smile
Opal and rose and blue,
His native isle.
ALFRED MOVES
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-10-17
RAILWAY DROPS 1000 MEN.

PHILADELPHIA. Oct 1.-THE Phila-
delphia and Reading Railway announced
to-day it had reduced it's working force
approximately 1000 men, and that, eff
fective to-day. all employees on the sys-
tenn were put on an eight hour basis
superintendent were instructed to make
such further reductions as lis consistent
with economy and efficiency"
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-10-17
A Characterization by Carlyle.

To THE Nrw YORK HERALD. "Can
there be more horrible object In exist
ence than an eloquent man not speak
.rg the TRUTH"
This quotation is from Thomas Car
lyle's address as rector OF Edinburgh
University in 1865. DIsausrED.
New York, October 16.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-10-17
POLES BUY ARMY CLOTHING.

WASHINGTON, oct. 16.-Reclaimed
clothing and shoes valued at approx
mately 100000 have been sold by
the War Department to the Polish Gov
eminent Secretary Baker In comment
ing on the sale to-day. said payment
would be made in notes and equipment.
and that the goods. which would be
turned over TO the Poles Immediately.
had no salable value in TIC United
States
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-10-17

The New Jersey gentleman who Is
carrying his food with him on trip
to Florida Is merely extending a prac-
tice many persons found convenient in
the days of Government operation of
railroad dining cars. The shoe box
luncheon, long stranger outside the
day coach, moved triumphantly into
the Pullman car in 1918.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-10-17

Under new prohibition regulations It
is asserted that diplomats may no
longer ship alcoholic beverages over
the lines of common carriers. but may
have them transported by private
truck The job of chauffeur for the
Minister Of a foreign Power is likely
to attract numerous searchers for con-
genial employment.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-10-17

An Assistant District Attorney of
New York county has sailed for Italy
to attend the trial of ALFREDO CoccHI
for the murder of RUTH CRUoER in this
city, February 10, 1917. The authori-
ties can scarcely assert that they have
not had time to prepare their case
AGAINST CoccHI
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-10-17

Europe informs the world that a
German scientist has succeeded in
making diamonds in quantity and OF
size to make the output of his cruel
bles commercially worth while. II he
has tho price Of diamonds will fall,
and the lovers Of display must find
another means of self-expression.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-10-17

City Magistrate BRouoH says there
are 1000 worthless husbands In New
York city, but for each of 10,999 Of
them there is faithful wife who will
p.ead that zone more chance" be given
TO her man.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-10-17

After ALL Briton who has his win
ter coal In ahead Of the strike seems to
be much better off than an American
who, despite the fact that there Is no
strike here, cannot get coal.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-10-17

In articles on the death Of c. N.
WILLIAMSON this paper inadvertently
referred to his wife and literary col
laborator, ALICE MURIEL WILLIAMSON,
as being dead. This, we are glad to
say to her many friends in America,
is not the fact.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-10-17

The king was IN the counting house count
ing up his money; the queen was in the
kitchen eating bread and honey.
"Dcnation has evidently set In" we OBJ
served.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-10-17

The Associated Press IL exclusively entitled
TO the use for republication of all news des-
patches credited 20 II or not otherwise
credited IN this paper and also the local
news published herein
All rights Of republication Of special des-
patches herein are also reserved.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-10-17
Same Old Standard Of Measure.

From the Arkansas Thomas Cat
Rube Gilliam's corn Is looking good. At
the least calculation n win make slightly
gallons 10 the acre.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-10-17

Nebuchadnezzar invented hanging gardens.
II always said hanging was too good for
smi' muttarcd n vengeful suburbanits-
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-10-17
NATION WIDE DRIVE
ON TO AID TEACHERS
Chambers of Commerce in All
States Lead Campaign to
Boost Salaries.
PAY LESS THAN LABORER
Survey in $50 Cities Shows
Need for Quick Action to
Save the Schools.

The salaries. training and experience
OF public school teachers in the United
States are declared to be Inadequate"
by the National Committee for Cham
Der of Commerce cooperation with the
public schools. Despite recent salary
Increases the committee asserts that
the crisis has not been passed
These conclusions are drawn In n
summary of survey of the schools or
$50 cities conducted by the COMMITTEES,
which is composed of thirty three Sec
retaries OF chambers of commerce and
thirty-three superintendent Of schools.
THE thoughtful citizen needs to ask
himself" said DIR. George w. Strayer of
Columbia University. chairman Of the
committee, lin the light of the returns
presented by our inquiry questions like
the following: Can teachers in our COM
munity have a comfortable place to live,
good food and decent clothes for the
amount of money which we pay them?
Are the teachers who work in our
schools able on the salary paid to them
to make provision against the liabilities
OF illness and old age?
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-10-17
PUBLIC LECTURES TONIGHT.


MAMMALIAN AND TTIE TKONN.
"organ Recital" by Archibald Sessions.
NJ warhington Irving High school, Irving
place and Sixteenth st.
burke. the Friend 81 the American Colo
nies," by Thomas McTicrnan. at Public
School 6i EdridRe and Forsyth streets.
"'rhe United states and Mexico," by Prof.
Nelson r. Mead. NJ Public School 101, 111th
st., west Of Lexington av. Public Forum.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-10-17
Applied Variety.

Knicker-what Is our Haytian policy?,
r--eeif-extermination-
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Some of the Handieaps.

do the teachers in our cities have
salaries sufficient to enable them to buy
books, to subscribe to magazines to en-
JOY music, to travel, to continue their
professional study and otherwise to lead
the type of life which makes them the
kind Of men and women that can be
most helpful to my boys and girls?
would | want my son and daughter.
to go into teaching? Is the recognition
given to teachers in terms of salary in
my city sufficient to attract the ablest
Of the young men and women in our
community"
The replies to these inquiries in view
OF the findings must all be il the Mega
tive, says DIR. Strayer.
In 1913-14 one-half of the men ele-
mentary teachers in cities with popu-
lation of from 5000 to 10000 the re-
port shows. received less than $946. In
l919-20 one-han Of the same group were
receiving less than $1.262, an advance OF
1915. or 33 per cent Meanwhile, 1t was
stated, the cost of living had advanced
104 per cent
American cities paid high school prin-
cipals an average of $4,000 last year,
while the elementary school principals
received an average salary of $3.50.
Many Of the salaries paid in these
positions requiring the management of
complex organizations and sl1ilful lead
ership," the report points out, ARE not
enough to secure a competent secretary.
let alone to be considered adequate pay
for the principal"
A summary of the survey issued by
the committee says:
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-10-17
Pay Less Than Laborer.

'rhe survey also discloses that the
salaries of artisans and laborers
throughout the country are much higher
on the average than those of teachers.
These low salaries have resulted in
serious teacher shortage throughout the
country. The demand for teachers Is
so great that students leave normal
schools when their courses have been
but half completed. An alarmingly
large proportion of the teachers as
result are emergency teachers lacking
in proper training for their work.
Reports from the cities of this sur
very show that so per cent of the
teachers in the elementary schools of
American cities have had less than six
and one-third years of training beyond
the eighth grade; that so per cent OF
the Junior high school teachers have
had less than seven years training bo-
yond, and that so per cent Of the
senior high school teachers have had
less than eight and one-half years.
Chambers Of Commerce in every
State have assumed the leadership In
conducting local campaigns to bring the
seriousness Of the situation to public
attention and organize community forces
for improving conditions"