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The New York herald., 1921-11-28
Remington's Paintings in Peril.

1t was matter OF no little concern
to Americans whether or not the col
lection of FREDERIC REMINGToN's s
paintings which were buried in the
fire ruins of the Ogdensburg Public
Library could be recovered intact.
REMINGTON was so distinctly an
American artist and his paintings SO
markedly interpretations of phases
Of American life which are now rap
idly passing that the destruction Of
any of his works would have been a
matter of extreme regret.
These paintings were part Of the
collection which REMINGToN's widow
left to the town of Ogdensburg, where
the artist spent much OF his boy
hood and near which, at Canton, he
was born. The souvenirs which
formed a part OF the gift and which
comprised an unusually interesting
.assemblage OF Indian costumes and
weapons, of the picturesque garb and
equipment OF the Mexican vaquero
and Of articles of historical value be-
longing to the Spanish period Of the
Southwest were fortunately in an
ether building and were unharmed.
With the paintings were also a
group of MIR. REMINGToN's last
sketches and the final castings Of his
best bronze pieces. These had all been
temporarily stored In the library
awaiting transfer to gallery which
had been provided for them by resi-
dents of Ogdensburg.
The report to the effect that the
collection was uninjured IS good
news, for had it been destroyed its
loss would have been irreparable.
While REMINGTON was a prolific
painter, his canvases are to a very
great extent privately owned. The
collection at Ogdensburg will un-
doubtedly form not only the largest
and most complete public exhibition
Of his paintings but at the same time
the most representative. This coun-
try could i'll afford to lose the best
works Of such thoroughly American
artist
The New York herald., 1921-11-28
EVENTS TO-DAY.

ns II ths Rem jRs%%akIng',, , q a. dinner e the Eco
View New e York MED Medical ala Association. annual
meeting. Academy of Medicine. IT West
Forty-third street. 8 p. NJ.
sification of School Children by Psycholcg;-
cal Examination at a meeting of the sec
tion OF anthropology and psychology and tho
logical Association. Schermerhorn Hall. Co
lumbia University, r. M.
Commoaore Robert P; Forshsw v will review
the armory. Fort Washington avenue and
16Sth street. Z. NJ
American Ethnological Society. meeting.
American Museum of Natural History. Sew
enty-seventh street and Central Park West.
S:15 r. NJ.
color prints and photographs, Sage Founda-
tion Building, Twenty-second street and Lex
ington avenue. 10 A; M; to r: NJ.
Merle St. Croix- Wright. will lecture on
Recent Poetry" League for Political Edu--
street. at u a. N.
James Bryce's Modern Democracies."
Women's Conference of the Ethical Culture
Society. West Sixty-fourth street at p. M.
'Tho Story of the Pilgrims" lecture for
children of the public schools. Museum OF
Natural History. Central Park West and
seventy,seventh street. at s;ao F. M.
Times for high school classes. Metropolitan
Museum of Art. at P; M.
Lectures VIII be delivered under the au~
spices of the New York Bible Society at
it's building, East Forty-eighth street. on
From the Heart OF God to the Heart OF
Man." by DR.. ]. @. Massoe at 4 80 and
p. NJ. and on 'Is the BE- True?'' b.
the Rev. DIR. Charles A. Blanchard at the
evening meeting.
Automobile Salon. Hotel Commodore. all
day.
Ohio Society, annual dinner dance. Wal
dorf-Astoria. z +. M.
American Committee for Devastated
France. benefit bridge, Hotel Biltmorc. 2
Z. M.
The New York herald., 1921-11-28

the family, neighborhood and commu-
last years Of her life. The money would
pay for service rather than for the up
keep of bricks and mortar and the hui
man needs more likely would be met. I
suspect that the income Of the sum men
toned would not be needed for the care
OF all suitable old ladies in the county
Fifth-School prizes to stimulate the
study and practice Of good citizenship
Is appealing and seems both practicable
and desirable but 1t is doubtful IL the
income of so large sum could be wisely
used for this purpose alone in so small
a territory.
My experience In furtherlng work in
behalf Of dependent and neglected chill
give prominence to an endowment, es-
tablished by far seeing woman in a
small city OF the State. to perpetuate
the services Of a trained social worker
IN that territory, whose sole business is
looking after the welfare of needy chill
dren in the territory. The terms are
sufficiently elastic to make 1t possible
for this children's agent to do whatever
is required for their welfare. The fund
is in the hands of an incorporated State
organization Of unquestioned standing,
but Is administered locally by a commit
tee organized for that purpose.
AS human needs and conditions change
Tie provisions of such a gift as Is pro-
rosed should be sufficiently broad to
avoid It's restriction to purpose which
may cease to exist.
A county foundation for the benefit
Of needy children might be established.
with trustees who shall determine not
only an initial programme but what
changes in such programme shall be
made from time to time. In this way
the fund could be expected permanently
to deal with whatever problem was most
outstanding at any given time.
II. IDA CURRY,
Assistant Secretary and Superintendent
County Children's Agencies. New
York State Charities Aid Asso-
citation.
New YORK, November &c.
The New York herald., 1921-11-28
And Think This Over, Too.

Has it occurred to the Conference
that men-patriotic men, the bulwark
and defence OF nations-will not
stand for methods Of warfare that
don't give them a chance for their
lives?
Has 1t occurred to the Conference
that as men have demanded and got
better working conditions in indus
tries and on the sea, so too they will
demand and get better fighting con-
ditions in war-fair fighting?
Has it occurred to the Conference
that the citizenship of nations will
not countenance another Lusitania
horror, will not stand for poison gas
and the unspeakable bombing air
plane?
Isn't it we'll for nations to be wise
in time and eliminate these hellish
creations? To take the initiative in
the inevitable is a good thing.
The New York herald., 1921-11-28
Peddling Masterpieces.

From the Manchester Guardian.
The seventeenth or eighteenth century au-
thor traded rather more on the trustfulness
Of the public than does the new school. for
he peddled his book before IL was written
and sometimes spent the proceeds before he
had completed half n dozen chapters. The
only difference is that his pedding was par
ticular rather than general; he went round
the houses of the great and wealthy with
ais ''plan." and the great and wealthy. gen.
rally in sufficient numbers. got rid OF him
by agreeing to have their names put dow,
for subscription. II they were very great
or very wealthy they might expect dedica-
tion thrown in, rs it were. In which respect
he modern pedler has an advantage, 70,
no obligation is implied In the purchase of
a copy Of the book.
The New York herald., 1921-11-28
Hope for Austria.

Underneath the brave cheerfulness
Of recent interview with DIR. VIII
HELM ROSENBERG, Austria's leading
financial authority, there is the sub
stance of a profound and moving
tragedy when he says that the great
est optimist three years ago could
not have anticipated conditions as
favorable as they are now in cer-
tain respects" in Austria. He points
out that his country now can obtain
coal and raw materials, and for the
first time in many months she "can
regard the supply of both as assured
for the future" He adds that "Vi-
emma, as a capital, gains daily in i'm
portance."
Who cannot see in these words new
proof OF the resiliency Of human ma
ture? From the depths of economic
ruin where she lies, as it seems,
buried inextricably under countless
fathoms Of deprecated currency and
bewildering state debt, there has
appeared TO be little prospect of res
cuing the Austrian nation. Her eco
nomic and possibly political demise
has seemed even to her best friends
only a matter Of time.
But while the world thus looked on
In despair Austria was struggling
bravely and against terrific odds.
She cannot yet see daylight, but she
has made progress and her spolies-
man finds courage to announce that
Austria is lost only II Austria her
self gives up
How shall the rest OF the world,
which has not known n tithe OF the
hardships which Austria has under
gone, interpret these words? Are
they tho mere rawlings Of a madman
over a cold corpse, or do they mean
that Austria, dismembered from the
other parts of the old empire, can
live? Perhaps neither one of the
two.
Austria has felt for so long the bit.
The New York herald., 1921-11-28
Central Park Conditions.
Improvements Cited in Answer to q
Charge Of Mismanagement.

To THE New YORK HERALD: Your COR
respondent Mr.. Maxwell asks what is
meant by my reference to the bigger
things that have been done In Central
Park. They can be briefly stated as
follows:
The construction OF new foundation
and new asphalt pavement on the east
erly side drive from Eifty-ninth street
to 10th street; Construction OF new
concrete foundation on drives on the
westerly side for nearly three miles /;
reconstruction of many miles of walks
throughout the whole park; removal OF
thousands OF old trees that have borne
a red ring around them for many years
indicating their uselessness; in their
place we see the planting OF thousands
OF other trees thinning out of the old
dead limbs of the old trees and the
planting of a great deal of shrubbery,
which in the Towering time is very ef-
fective; the reconstruction of the Fifth
avenue entrance to the park at the
Plaza placing substantial rest benches
on Fifth avenue the rehabilitation OF
the old Arsenal, and the same as to the
menagerie and houses for birds; the
supplying OF more animals and birds for
exhibition; the reconstruction ana
strengthening of all the bridges; new
pathway across the sheep meadow new
pathway across the park at Ninety-sixth
street. used by thousands OF working
people instead OF the old transverse
road reconstruction of the bride paths.
making them the best in years accord
ing to friends who enjoy that sport.
"a 49, f,rrva IN 90
and they are noticeable to all who 60
around the park. l care not which po-
litical party is in power so long as our
parks are being cared for.
I have always had u great interest in
Central Park, having lived alongside OF
II for twenty-five years, and / walk and
ride through it. l was instrumental In
having the Dyckman House Park at
Broadway and 104th street turned over
to the city by Mrs. Bashford Dean and
Mrs Alexander Mcmillan Welch. iiract
descendants OF Isaac and Michael Dyck-
man, who lived In the present house. L
have served as a commissioners in taking
lands for park purposes and appreciate
the wisdom of their creation and upkeep.
The park Is for the people, and Mr.
Maxwell knows as we'll as 1 do that in
the summer time the people of the East
Side swarm into the park and sleep
there hot nights. and that 1t takes
months to bring back the lawns and
shrubbery to their former condition.
We know that each citizen has right
to arrest and take to police station
any one who commits a criminal act IN
his presence, but we do not care to eX-
ercise that right, as We are not equipped
for the fray, and we think that right is
not known or not respected by all our
fellow citizens. JOHN Fl. JUDGE.
New YORK, November 26.
The New York herald., 1921-11-28
Forest Waste.

who can behold with studied unconcern
The diminutior of that ancient line
Beloved from elder days. the oak and
pine,
And all their forest brethren that the
fern
Loves for their shielding presence? Must
we learn
Too late the great Creators wise de-
sign
That set these woodland monarchs.
line on line,
Along the upland crests at every turn?
The careless woodman who lays axe at
root
Unwilling the full meaning of the
deed,
Not he should bear the burden of
the blame!
But he who prompts the act for selfish
(Bitter the taste be of such wanton
fruitD y
Upon his head should fall the
shadow Or shame
4 CLINTON SCOTLAND.
The New York herald., 1921-11-28
Appealing to Children.
Objections to a Plan for Raising a
French Fund In the Schools.

To THE NEW York HERALD: wish
to protest against the suggestion to raise
funds for the children of France by ap-
peallng to the children in the New York
public schools to help In the work for
their relief.
We are told every day OF the under
fed condition OF children in the public
schools and are asked to subscribe to
aid the efforts for relief. There are
thousands of children for whom there
is no room In the schools. and some Of
them are no doubt underfed and suffer-
ing from lack OF care In their poor
homes. And such as these are expected
to sympathize with the French children
ard to take boxes for their pennies TO
feed the children in far away France
Let us hope that the plan will not
be carried out. The French people viii
not let their poor children starve In any
section. and we must look to ourselves
lest those in our care suffer from mall
nutrition. A CONSTANT READER.
NEW YoRg, November 20.
The New York herald., 1921-11-28
Small Birds Mob a Snake.
Letter IN the Eicld.


Noticing many small birds, chiefly SPAR
rows. white checked bulbuls and wagtails,
lowering round the base of a date palm and
every now and then darting at 1t with
much noise. went TO investigate. found
coiled on the roots OF the palm green
snake about three feet long, looking as
though dead. It was absolutely inert. and
It's tail had been almost completely severed
from the body about six inches from the
tip. On closer inspection noticed u flicker
In the snakes eye. and on touching 1t with
piece of scrap iron which picked up
near by, intending to kill II. II leaped for
ward like flash of lightning. and then,
after n pause, dived into stream and dis
appeared among the reeds.
The New York herald., 1921-11-28

Shakespearian actor; the orations OF
Cicero. once the property of Nine. Vic
toire. the daughter Of Louis Nv; the
''Daphnis ct Alcimadure." once owned
by the Princess Royale. Nine. Adeline,
also daughter of Louis XIV; the dc
tionaire de la langue Bretonne," once
the property OF Princesse de Souolse.
mistress of Louis XIV: q copy oi
Euripiccs. which successfully beionged
to the poet Thomas Campbell and Wlii
lam Morris, the poet-artist and founder
OF the Kelmscott Press, and the copy
of a book dedicated to Marie Anne
Christine de Baviere, the Dauphiness of
France. "Heures Nouvelles. Dediees a
Madame La Dauphine."
A copy of "L'Office de la Quinzaine de
Pasque," Parts, 1741. comes FROM the
library of Mile. de Blois daughter -
Louis XIV. and Nine. de Montespan,
and bears her arms on the crimson mo-
rocco bindings by Nicolas Padeloup; the
"I.ettres de Monsieur de Maupertuis,
Berlin. 1853. bear the arms of Elisabeth
Farnese. Queen of Philip V. of Spain
the ''Opere del Signor Abbate Pietro
Metastaslo," Naples. 1872, belonged TO
Emma Lndy Hamilton, and she later
gave It to her daughter by Admiral Lord
Nelson; n copy of Montfaucon's lies
Monumens de la Monarchie FRANCHISE
Is stnmped with the arms OF Nine. de
Pompadour; there Is Charles Us copy
Of Ovid's ''Metamorphoses." presented to
him when he was Prime of Wales, and
bearing the Princes device of three os-
trich feathers there is Mrs. Siddons's
copy of Ann Radcliffe's "The Mysteries
OF Udolpho,' and there Is an Italian
grammar which once belonged to Mary
Sidney, Countess of Pembroke, the sis
ter OF Sir Philip Sidney.
Among the group OF Shakespeareana
there is fine copy of the Fourth Folio,
and there is a choice copy Of the rare
first folio edition of the "Workes'' of
Ben Jonson. An original autogra ph
manuscript by Sir Walter Scott. one
folio page of his History of Scotland,"
is inserted In a cor'v Of the first edition
of "Rokeby" Edinburgh. 1912. There
re large number Of important first
editions and several splendid bindings
from famous workshops.
The New York herald., 1921-11-28
Lively Days for Br'er Rabbit.

The cottontail is finding life any
thing but one continual round of
pleasure these days. Wha with the
farmers boy and his bench legged
fyce and the more experienced hunter
with his couples of beagles Br'er Rab-
bit must be constantly on the alert
to save his hide.
His real troubles will begin with
the first good fall of snow, for then
his comings and goings will be an
open book which anybody may read.
The pot hunter with his scatter gun
will be abroad and Mr.. Cottontail
will need all the speed his sturdy
legs can give him to keep out of his
pursuer's game bag.
None OF the furred tribe approach
ing him in size can keep pace with
the rabbit for mere sprint. He is
built for speed, his crooked hind legs
supplying a propulsive force that IL
possessed b. a horse would establish
records beside which the perform.
.ances of Man o. War and other cham
plons OF the racetrack would seem
ridiculous.
Sportsmen who have noted the
ease with which jackrabbit gallops
away from a hunting dog on the
prairies of the West have often been
amused by the one sidedness Of such
contests. 1t is an unforgivable OF.
fence fer a bird dog to chase rabbits,
but dogs will do It despite the GER
tainty Of a flogging The rabbit
lopes along for time just out of
reach cf the teeth Of his pursuer.
The New York herald., 1921-11-28
An Uphill Struggle.

What with enemies within and
without the gates, the fishermen and
oystermen in nearby waters are
heavily handicapped in their efforts
to live and, incidentally, to save an
important food supply from destruc-
tion. Even il the outside enemies
the oil. the sewage and the garbage
we're all that they had to content
with their difficulties would be am
pie. But these are not all. There
remain the enemies within the gates
natures own forces of destruction.
These last are particularly vicious
They are all submarines. They do
their deadly work In the true skulli-
ing, sneaking. submarine way. Each
one of them tries to be a little
meaner than the other, and he gem
orally succeeds.
II is the oystermen especially who
suffer from these depredators. The
borers, the starnsh and the drumfish
are the worst. Indeed were these
three eliminated oysters might sleep
In their beds in peace. The habits OF
the pests have been closely studied.
There has been scientific search for
devices that will kill them off. DE-.
THUmow NELSON of the New Jersey
state Shellfsh Bureau is experiment.
ing from an anchored houseboat on
Barnegat Bay. He has got electric
burglar alarm wires running from
the shells Of oysters in the bed below
him. The bivalves ring him up every
The New York herald., 1921-11-28
Famous Oyster Shuckers?
Call for State Commission to Regu.
late the Sport.
From the Brooklu, DaiIy EAGLE.

From the brooklyn Ddily Eagle.
Ola Bill Lowney started the ball roll
ing by declaring that he had record of
opening 100 oysters in 3 minutes 3M
seconds. Naturally he could not get
away with a boast like that Fulton
street. Brooklyn, was quick to take up
the challenge There. not far from Bor-
ough Hall. is John Andrews, whose ex-
ptrience goes back some fifty years,
when Fulton Market was one Of the
greatest OF oyster shucking arenas. An
drews has little record of his own !:
The opening of $3.50 oysters in nine
hours
To a bivalve splitter like Andrews
Bill Lowney's record is a mere stunt
Opening hundred oysters In O. few min
utes merely serves to timber up An
drews's fingers. He does not really get
his stride until he has Clipped and un-
dressed a thousand or so. and when he
gets his second wind there Is no stop
ping him. Oysters jump out of their
shells like corn popping. and IL it were
not for the fact that Andrews is happily
has recently celebrated his
Golden wedding anniversary-and there
fore takes 1t easy part of the time, the
oysters In this latitude wouldn't have a
chance to grow shells.
or course Andrews is only one of the
local oyster openers with records. Sleeps
head Bay. Canarsie and other famous
oyster centres are yet to report. but 1t
should be obvious that Lowney will have
to do a lot of work to hold his record
4 =
new sport. There should be State
Commission TO supervise oyster openine
contests, establish rules and verify rec
ords. Then the public can follow the
new sport with intelligent interest. By
the simple process OF changing the calen-
dar so that all the months will have
RS" In them It might be made an a.
the year round sport.
The New York herald., 1921-11-28
Books Once Owned by Royalty on View
Volumes Autographed by Queen Elizabeth and Marie
Antoinette in Collection at Anderson Galleries

Rare books with special historical in
terest. some 1893 in all. are on view at
the Anderson Galleries until the dates
of sale on the afternoons of Wednes-
day, November 30 and Thursday. De-
cember l. The collection comes from
the Libraries of the Duke of Kent. Philip
Earl De Gray. Thomas Foley, Lord
Foley. &C., with additions OF some
splendid items from various American
and English libraries. and is distn-
guished for the number of its items
once the property of royalty. Such
great women of other times as Queen
Antoinette. Nine. de Pompadour, Mrs.
Sarah Siddons and Emma Lady Hamil-
ton are represented here by old volumes
crested or autographed which have at
last found their way from the dust of
old libraries to the public auction room.
1t is a collection rich in historical as
sociatios and Will stir the imagination
of all collectors.
The prize OF the collection is perhaps
Queen Elizabeth's own copy of George
Buchanans defamatory work against
Mary Stuart, another copy of which
with peculiar spite Elizabeth sent to
Mary instead of the priest she asked
for. The precious volume which is en-
titled "Ane Detectiovn of the duinges
of Marie Quene of Scottes. touchand
the murder OF her husband" &C., Lon
don, 1872, bears on both covers the de-
vice of Queen Elizabeth, crowned
Tudor Rose. A more intensely inter-
esting volume linking these two regal
rivals can scarcely be expected ever to
appear in the auction room.
A copy OF the complete works of
Beaumarchais, dated 1880, bears the
arms OF Marie Antoinette. A set of
Berquin's "L'Ami des Enfans" IL from
the library of Jane Austen and con-
tains her signature. There are Pere
Bourdaloue's ''Pensees," which be-
longed to Marie de Saxe, Dauphness OF
France; a first edition of Lord Byron's
'Sardanapalus," which belonged to
Junius Brutus Booth, the eminent
The New York herald., 1921-11-28
Let CONGRESS Kill Freak Bills.
Representative SIMEON D. FEss OF
Ohio, chairman of the Republican
Congressional Committee, says:

Representative SIMEON D. FEsS or
Ohio, chairman OF the Republican
Congressional Committee, says:
"The contemplated saving of sew
eral hundred millions OF dollars
through the limitation of armaments
will result in hundreds Of attempted
raids on the United States Treasury
with freak legislation"
THE New YORK HERALD has been
q student of legislation proposed and
enacted for a good many years. This
newspaper has never observed that
great appropriations for armament
exercised even the slightest deterrent
influence on cranks outside or inside
of Congress who had fool schemes
for tapping the Treasury.
At every session the back scratch
ers and the log rollers put in their
little bills for taking the kinks out
of the beds of nearly dry rivers, or
erecting Federal buildings in small
hamlets, or subsidizing useless enter
prises Of one sort or another. They
get together in offensive and defen-
sive legislative blocs. mount their
private schemes as riders on essen
tial bills and use every parliament
tary trick and lobby device to enact
their wasteful proposals.
There cannot be many freak meas
ures that are not on record on the
roster of bills introduced. The Con-
gress that will be able to save on
armament can scarcely be more be-
sought to enact freak bills than it's
predecessors have been. Whatever
amounts of money army and navy
appropriation bills may carry the au-
thors and supporters of freak legisla-
iion cannot be more importunate ir
the future than they have been in
the past.