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The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-11-14
The Admiral without a Medal.

In the list of the officers on duty
at the Naval War College to whom
Distinguished Service Medals and
Navy Crosses were presented last
week the name Of Admiral WILLIAM
$. SIMS does not appear. And yet
Admiral SIMS is now president of
the college at Newport and was, as
the world knows, the splendidly eff
cient American commander in the war
zone when the war was on.
Happily, the reason for this con-
spicuous omission is yet bright in
everybody's mind, and it stands to
the everlasting credit Of the gentle
man concerned The Distinguished
Service Medal has been Rewarded to
Admiral SIMS and awaits at Wash
ington q claim for its presentation
that is not likely to be submitted.
1t will be remembered that in an
earlier award of honors Admiral
SIMs's distinguished services and pri
macy of title to his country's graft
tude were properly recognized, as they
could not possibly have failed to
be recognized. Yet SINS then de-
clined to accept the well earned
award, for the simple reason that
some of his subordinate officers, rec
commended by him as their chief for
distinction, had been unfairly treated
in the list as arranged or promulgated
by civilian naval authority, repre-
sented in the person Of Secretary
JosEPHUs DANIELS.
And the country understood and
applauded.
1t is unique honor that Admiral
SIMS holds to-day. Unmedalled, he
wears the undying fame of having
been foremost among the heroes who
put the fear Of COP into the German
submarines.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-11-14
Some Truths About the Village.

More nonsense has been written
about Greenwich Village than about
any other section of Manhattan, not
overlooking the Tenderloin, China
town, the Bowery and Hell's Kitchen.
In the territory Of the Village, from
Houston street to Fourteenth street,
from Sixth avenue to the North River,
there are probably more dwellings oc-
cupied as homes by single families.
more homes of the third and fourth
generation Of Americans, more old
fashioned, neighborly associations than
any other district of equal size in
Manhattan can boast.
The men of the Village, whether
employed long shore or in offices,
banks or the theatres-for the viii
lage has always supplied many to the
theatre-are admirable, law abiding
citizens. The women are home makers
and home keepers. The children do
not have to be pursued to school by
truant officers
twenty-five years or so ago a few
artists and writer's of high reputation
went to the Village to live because
they found there surroundings which
were attractive, and moderate rents
Later other painters, sculptors, writer's,
less well known, rented studios or
workrooms In the Village.
Many Of them patronized modest
little restaurant near the Village in
South Washington Square where
French chef and his wife cooked and
served good meals for small charges
An enthusiastic reporter wrote a spe-
cial article for a Sunday newspaper
about the little restaurant and It's
patrons. Idlers with much money to
spend and eager to see lions feed
rushed to the restaurant, ordered
champagne instead Of claret, terrapln
instead Of chops, canvasback instead
of chicken. The lions growled and
went elsewhere for dinner. The res
taurant closed
But other idlers, woud-be "bohe-
MANS had heard tales, for one story
bred n thousand. These rushed TO the
Village; a number Of women, hair
bobbed and feet sandal shod, SLOUGH
lily dressed men, negligible number
compared to the native dwellers, but
with frantic desire for publicity and
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some facilities for obtaining 1t. They
opened, or induced others to open, eat
ing places in cellars or garrets, where
they talked an infinite twaddle about
art, about social freedom, about any
thing they believed would attract at
tention. They smoked much, drank
moderately of cheap claret, wore
smocks and really were not seriously
harmful, for they could easily be
avoided. But to be avoided narrowed
their souls and lessened the profits of
their restaurants, so they posed, GRIM
aced, wore grimier smocks, slouchier
coats, talked redder politics, and thus
managed to keep the pot simmering If
not boiling.
With these were others: earnest
though radical students Of art, litera-
ture, drama. These have produced
some interesting work. They have
made their Village life attractive to
respectable class of men and women
who for reasons in which there is no
improperly seek unconventional rec
reation, environment, atmosphere.
But all this amounts to little in the
life of the Village, the whole Village.
It's manners have not been corrupted;
crime, vice, have not increased. Com
missioner ENRIGHT has done more to
encourage than to prevent vice there
by asserting in an official report that
the Village attracts many Of the de-
generate type of both sexes, who par
ticipate' in the absurd diversions Of
fered at these places at high price,
with all of the ridiculous and some
times suggestive conduct which is
characteristic Of such resorts"
Such outgivings may attract degen-
crates, but that could not have been
the purpose in the mind Of an official
who must be concentrating all of his
mind on the problem of preventing
such crimes as murder, burglary,
street robberies, assaults, holdups in
stores and shops, payroll snatching
and hotel sneak thieving, which are
making this city notorious. The Viii
lage Is now, as it has been for hun
dred years, admirably free from such
crimes.
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The Man with the Field.


From the Los Angeles Times.
Wrapped in his pride OF place. lie sits apar,
From all his kind; his solitude
Is never fraught with happiness OF heart
Nor peace OF mind; no tender mood
OF love for fellowmen he ever feels
No sense OF sympathy for human need
The one great passion that his life reveals
Is an Unsuitable, devouring greed.
Throughout the glorious. golden harvest land
His fields are bent with ripened grain
But all unheard the generous command:
"Of purpose let some sheaves remaini"
Unheeding nught but that which multiplies
His fortune; all intent upon himself
And on the hope that he may realize
His dream OF empire DER a world of pelf
No faint desire for that great stewardship
Which might be his; no single thought
For all the poor who smart beneath his whiu
OF power. Unloved and never sought
In honest friendship by the men who Weld
Him homage for the force he can control
Great. powerful, rich-the owner of the field
Is but pauper in his inmost soul
KATHERINE LrNcK BEurrtL
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DECIDED BY THE ELECTION.
Notice Of Americas Foreign Policy
Served on Europe.

To THE New York HERALD: one
would naturally suppose that after our
recent election British and French states
men could read the writing on the wall
and see their hope of drawing America
into the League of Nations fade away
When a vast majority of the American
people registered such an emphatic pro-
test against entangling alliances Win
foreign Powers It meant the death kneli
OF the League Of Nations as Tar as
America is concerned. -
The League of Nations was buried on
November 2. Under the Administration
of President Harding and patriotic
Congress America will never mortgage
her national resources. her independence
and the lives of her young men to any
alien supergovernment. The majority
of our people are unalterably opposed to-
destroying the policy set forth by Wash
ington In his Farewell Address, and in
tend to preserve the Monroe Doctrine,
two of the fundamental principles I'M
DERIVING our foreign policy for a CEN
fury or more.
Previous to the war of independence
the American colonies were uTaWH lHt"
every European war. Whenever a quar-
rel arose in Europe 1t spread to the
American colonies, involving them in
all it's evil consequences. Washington
sought to divorce his country from the
broils and turmoils Of Europe. He said :
"Why. by Interviewing our destiny with
that of any part of Europe. entangle our
peace and prosperity in the tolls of Eu-
ropean ambition. rivalship, interest, hui
NOR or caprice?'
The Monroe Doctrine was designed to
fit the policy of Washington to keep the
European system from being trans
planted to the American continent. 1t
declared that Europe should not enter
America. 1t was declaration Of Amer
ica's right to defend herself against
foreign aggression.
Personally I have no faith in the loud
protestations of friendship for the United
States INDUCED in by foreign diplo-
mats. Their eager desire to draw us
into some sort of coalition to fight their
battles and pay their debts is palpable.
GEORGE +. SHRADY.
NEW YORK, November 10.
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SUNDAY. NOVEMBER IA, 1920.
Inter myers Big Achievement.

In the drab story Of the building
trade vultures who preyed upon pri-
waite construction in this city and
sought to maraud the municipal treas
ury it would be neither a fair nor an
adequate writing of the record to
neglect to speak Of the credit due to
SAM UNTERMYEB. He has long been
known in this community as among
those of the keenest brain, the most
cunning craftsmanship and the most
resourceful strategy in the legal pro-
fession. He has proved now, in his
mastery exposure Of the building vul-
lures, how his ability can be turned
to public service.
SAM UNTEgMYER in truth has done
and is doing a work of Unreasonable
value to the city of New York, to hon.
est builders whose business has been
ruined, to honest wage earners whose
livelihoods have been made forfeit, to
honest organizations whose names
have been indelibly stained, to tax
payers who have been robbed and to
rent payers who have been plundered.
And SAM UNTERMYER, in uncover
ing this rotten mass of corruption.
more startling than anything of the
kind that has happened in this city
since a Board of Aldermen nearly
forty years ago stole Broadway and
sold it to JAKE SHARP, has made 1t
clear to the public that if JOHN T.
HYLAN, Mayor of New York, does not
resign because of the way he was
used as tool by the master mind of
tile building ring he must be put out
of-the City Hall, If not by Governor
SMITH now, then after January 1 by
Governor MILLER.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-11-14
Opera In 192O-21.

The selection Of the work to open
the season at the Metropolitan Opera
House tomorrow night is task not
so easy as it might seem in the case
of a lyric theatre with repertoire
as rich and varied as that possessed
by our own. Past years have con-
WINGED the impresario that too serious
Il work is not suited to the occasion.
The attempt to start one year with
Tristan and Isolde" taught this les
son most impressively. Nor Is a nov
city appropriate. Perhaps the social
emphasis laid on the first evening pre-
vents the listeners from concentrating
on music not perfectly familiar to
them. On the other hand, artists
especially interesting to the public
must appear. One opera season took
several weeks to recover from the
appearance on the first night of a
beautiful incompetent in a leading
role.
Therefore the impresario must give
thought to the work he first invites
the public to hear as well as to the
choice Of his singers. 1t is easy just
now to select the singer who holds the
first place in the heart Of the public.
Ever since he won his great popu-
larity here the name of ENRrco CA
RUso has been found on the pro-
gramme Of the opening night at the
Metropolitan Opera House. To-mor-
row night he will sing one of the
roles which have been potent in add
ing lustre to his latest fame AS la
Juive" remains one of the most brill
liant memories of the past season Mr..
GATT1-CAsAzzA has been able to offer
an irresistible combination for the
first performance this year.
The Metropolitan Opera House
serves double purpose in the life of
New York, which is responsible not
only for the problem Of the first opera
of the year but for the difficulty of
arranging other details OF the season.
Opera has always been aristocratic,
and recent changes in this old world
have not altered that characteristic.
Only our lyric theatre may in reality
be called fashionable. There society
in the correct sense of the word is
represented. Were there no other
class of patrons the conduct of the
theatre would be simple.
But the Metropolitan is in a high
degree democratic as well. It sup
plies to all classes OF music lovers
their unique opportunity to listen to
the great music dramas. It is not
possible to consult only the taste of
those who sit in the orchestra seats
and in the boxes. The crowded balco-
MES as well as the throng of music
lovers standing throughout the rep
reservations Of favorite operas or the
appearances of beloved singers must
be considered In every plan for the
season. Opera may indeed be aristo-
cratic and depend for it's existence on
the liberality of directors or stock
holders. But It Is sure to be most
prosperous when 1t is so presented as
to receive the support Of all music
lovers. That is the admirable plan at
our own opera house to-day.
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fame as a forecaster," or from the
Ohio buckeye shell, or the Shenan-
doah Valley goose bone prophets, or
from Hermit JoE of the Big Kinzu,
the Pennsylvania prophet who has
not once gone wrong in his forecast
for nigh unto fifty years.
But Il local forecast based on
the statements of the Board Of Health
ana several city judges that land
lords must properly heat their build
ings or be hailed into court indicates
that the temperature in flats and
apartment houses of this city will be
warmer and more agreeable this win
ter than it has been in the last two
or three years.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-11-14
MISFITS AND ANGELS.
Thoughts on Knut Hamsun's Failure
as q Car Conductor.

To THE NEW YORK HERALD: Your edi-
torial article telling how Knut Hamsun,
the Nobel prize winner, failed as a street
car conductor in Chicago recalled to my
mind the words How innate greatness
may be out Of place or undiscovered
in its latency!"
Garfield said that he took off his hat
to every boy, not knowing what this
one or the other might in time turn out
to be, an act that many more of us
might initiate.
1t is remarkable how few of us ever
think that angels may be entertained
unawares, that the misit may be the
one who is in time to immortalize his
name and cast lustre on the country Of
his birth or adoption. 1t may be all
right to canonize the great when they
are dead. but 1t is sad to think how few
of them have been appreciated while
alive. B.W.
MoRRIsTowN, N. j.. November 49,
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body of newsboys yet "the study Of
the 1000 newsboys indicates there is
no deterioration" This same view is
taken by very considerable number
of men who are described as ''those
successful men of affairs who refer
with pride to their early struggles
when they worked as newsboys."
These men who know the newsboy's
life and temptations best always be-
lieve in him, always stand up for him
and hold their friendship for him in
every emergency.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-11-14
A Lincoln Campaign Medal.

To THE NEW York HERALD The cleo
ton of another Republican President
naturally recalls the first one. sixty years
ago. l have a material reminder of II
in the shape of brass medal, the size
Of a silver half dollar. having on one
side bust view OF Hon. Abraham Lin
coin" and on the other side an illus
tration OF the Rail splitter OF tho
West" This 1 have worn during the
TO my Harding badge.
r.. H. WIsEwELL. NJ d.
PHELPS. November 10.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-11-14
POEMS WORTH READING.
The Oldest Garner.

Now all those ancient gamers are heaped
high
Through whose warp'd siding shot the eve
In empty summer. Now. the harvest done.
On threshing floors. unbound. the gold
sheaves lie:
The tanning mills their dronins burden ply,
And fragrant falls of hay the mows o'errun;
And, looki the merry bubble from the tun
Declares not quite have vintage Joys gone by.
All fruiteries and granaries-behold.
Full TO the eavesi And thankful shalt thou
be,
Whether with prayer. o man. or careless
mirth.
But, while thy hands long spell thou mayst
fold.
Comes not. sometimes, this quiet thought to
thee
The Oldest OF all gamers is the Earth7
10, she her thrift is ever harvesting,
By wild unfenced or by the garden croft.
All summer taking 1.-THE unmarked, and oft
She gathers on the very bound OF spring:
From when frail seed barks first go voy-
aging,
Charmed back to her. howe'er they sail
alofD.
To when witch hazers pallid plumes are
DOTTED.
And. too. she boards what swollen streams
may bring.
Her store a million, thine TENTH o man!
And all she hath she will most safely keep
The marrying winter through-'tis but n span.
Her harvests are not dead. but hold new
birth,
And shall in beauty rise-after a sleep.
The Oldest OF all gamers is the Earth.
did, myself. too lightly hold the thought
TIL this November eve. when dead leaves
stir
Around my pathway, and q rainy blur
All cheerful color In veil has caught.
Now is my theme with darker meaning
fraught:
She who outrivals every harvester
At last-not late. she beckons him TO her
He gathered is. with all that he has wrought.
So, year by year. mine own sho downwar I'd
drew,
And took them to herself to closely keep.
What knowest thou, o man? Would that I
knew
Such harvests are not dead. but hold new
birth,
And shall in beauty rise-after a sleep.
The Oldest OF all garners is the Earth.
EDITH M. THOMAS.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-11-14
MANUFACTURERS ARE
USING LESS COTTON
Census Shows Smallest Con-
sumption in Six Years.

WASHINGTON. Nov. 13.--Curtailment
OF cotton manufacturing, which has re-
suited in the complete shutting down of
some mills and the placing Of others on
part time, was reflected in the October
cotton consumption statistics announced
to-day by the Census Bureau. The
amount of raw cotton used or manu-
featuring purposes last month was the
smallest of any month in the last six
years.
The quantity used In October was
399,S37 bales, or $4,000 bales less than
were used during October, 1919, and
$1,000 bales less than were used during
September, 1920.
Mills in the Northern States seem to
have curtailed production TO a greater
extent than have those in the South.
Spindles active during October for the
entire country numbered 67i.291 less
than in October, 1919. while in cotton
growing States the number OF active
spindles I'm October showed an increase
of 164,940 compared with the showing
of October, 1919. Cotton spindles ac-
tive during October numbered S3.669,s04.
against 34.344,095 in October, 1919.
Cotton on hand on October 81 in con-
Stunning establishments was 943,S51 bales
of lint and 234170 OF linters, against
1,365.139 of lint and 245570 Of linters
so held on October 81, 1919. and In pub
lie storage and at congresses f.167.992
bales of lint and 340.Ji6 OF linters.
against 3,6s7,141 OF lint and 2S5.361 of
linters so held on October 81, 1919
October imports amounted TO 1885
bales. compared with 35,2St bales I'm Oc--
tobcr. 1919.
October exports amounted to 5S2,014
bales. including 100 bales of linters.
against 352, 23l bales. including SO
bales OF llnters. during October. 1919
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-11-14
Recent Discoveries Regarding Birds
of Paradise.

From the London Times.
Mr.. Wilfred Frost, the Geological So
ciety's collector who returned from the
Malay Archipelago ten days ago, reports
that king birds of paradise and greater
birds of paradise are extremely album
dant and show no signs of diminution
in numbers.
Their habits are very different. He
has never been able to see the nests of
the king birds. Each male selects an
individual tree as his home and pugna-
ciously attacks any other male which
comes near him. In this respect they
are like robins, every bird defending its
own little area of woodland against in
truders. They appear to prefer the vi
cinity of human dwellings. The greater
bird OF paradise is more gregarious and
lives further from mankind. The nests
are large and conspicuous.
The brilliant yellow plumes, coveted
by the millinery trade. are not acquired
until the sixth or seventh year. Mr..
Frost says that he has never seen a male
in full plumage breeding with a hen
bird. The males associated with hens
and young were always in immature
plumage of the second, third, fourth or
fifth year, each of which could be distn-
guished. lie regards the elaborate deco
ration as sign of senility.
These observations. apart from their
economic interest, suggest that even Il
the original bright colors were acquired
by a process of selection the natural
process has outrun the utility which
initiated It, In the same way protec-
tive arnor and the development OF horns
or antlers and other weapons seem oc-
casionaliy to have been carried to an
extreme which was actually disadvan-
tageous to the possessors.
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That Radiator.

10i6-i920)
In days of peace and plenty
Q'our subtract from Nineteen Twenty,
when Jumps OF coal were everywhere about,
Then our radiators racket,
And its steaming and its screaming.
Seemed sufficient, quite. to crack Il,
And its pipes with heat were teeming
Then its sIssing,
And its swissing.
Made most Internal kissing,
Till We yelled in desperation,
Yelled above the conversation,
"Cut II outi"
Now. In days of fuel shortage.
Not TO mention price dlstortaec
when coal Is rightly reckoned ms a treat.
IL the radiator slz2les
Fer so gentle. accidental.
Then we listen lest II fzzles.
For It's ways arc tcmperhmcntal,
II it's purrine.
And It's whirring,
Seem 70 prove there's something stirring
Then we shout In iubilation.
Shout. despite refrigeration,
Here's the heatl"
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-11-14
Protection for Foreign Flags.

To THE NEW YORK HERALD; The nu-
merous unpublished acts OF lawlessness
recently committed in this city against
the flags Of our allies in the world war
have prompted me as a citizen and tax
payer to ask Mayor Hylan to instruct
the police to arrest any one who tears
down the flag OF any Of our allies or
who Injuries the person or property of
any citizen who displays such flags.
TAXPAYER.
NEW YORK, November 49,