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The New York herald., 1921-01-20
Why Not a Half Nickel?

The House. Committee on Coinage
has reported favorably the Senate
bill that provides for a two cent
piece. The best thing about the pro-
posed new coin Is that II will bear a
likeness of THEODORE ROOSEVELT. The
genuine need" which the committee
says exists for q coin of that denomi-
nation Is not obvious. A two cent
piece will do nothing which cannot
be done with two copper cents.
A two and one-half cent piece would
fll a number of wants. Put with a
dime it would make what some old
fashioned Americans refer to. at least
In reckoning, as SHILLING" or zone
bit" That the York shilling Is still
an attractive price Is evident from
the many "two for quarter" arti-
cles that are sold In the stores.
If two and half cent piece or
half nickel existed trifles worth less
than a cent could be sold for half n
cent, the purchaser rendering three
cents and receiving one Of the new
coins in change. In the same way an
article worth more than five cents
and less than ten cents could be sold
at seven and half cents and con-
venlently paid for.
When the Federal Government puts
10 per cent. luxury or stamp tax on
an article which costs % cents there
is no present way OF paying exactly
the tax on that article. The taxed
quarter seat at the motion picture
show costs 2s cents, whereas It should
cost 27iA cents. The half nickel
would make exactness possible in
cases like this. A two cent piece
would not help.
The New York herald., 1921-01-20
Germany's Improved Position.

1t is not surprising that the sur
vey of economic conditions in Ger
many, given in more detail in an
other column Of this newspaper, re-
veals an amazing resiliency in Ger
man industry. Nor is it any wonder
that the real conditions of Germany's
financial arrangements are not so bad
as the foreign exchange market and
the Reichsbank note issue would lead
us to believe.
The Germans hold second place to
no one In their knowledge of inter
national money markets and how to
manipulate them to the advantage Of
the Fatherland. When Germany lost
the war she seemed to believe that
the Allies would square accounts by
declaring peace without heavy finan-
clal penalties. But in reality Ger
many knew that she would have to
pay the greatest indemnity in his
tory If she only repaired the dam
aged areas, thing which she agreed
ought to be done at her expense.
For this reason the greatest bank
ers and industrial captains got to-
getller almost before the cannons had
ceased firing to assemble Information
and map out plans for meeting the
burden they knew must fall upon
them. 1t was simply history repeat
ing itself. The victors were not hasty
about getting down to the business
of production and reconstruction be-
cause they expected to be relieved
Of this necessity by the penalties
imposed on the losers. But for the
losers. who knew they could not escape
penalties, there was every incentive
to discard every thought except that
Of increasing their production and
rehabilitatlng their position in for
eign markets.
The fixing Of the Indemnity and
the payment Of 1t is nothing other
than a huge financial transaction in
which all parties concerned want to
utilize every available advantage. The
worth Of large indemnity fixed upon
weak and impotent nation would
not be nearly so great as that of n
small indemnity to be paid by ma
ton alive to its circumstances and
determined to seize every advantage
to minimize the size Of the assess
ment, but In the end determined to
grid up It's loins and never cease
working until the last mark had been
paid.
The New York herald., 1921-01-20
Coloration and Crime.

1t has been a tradition OF the the
aire for many years that evildcers
must always be OF the brunette type.
Mephistopheles, archpriest and oldest
Of existing devils among men, always
has black hair and Is almost invari-
ebly attIred In scarlet In church
symbolism these colors typlfy sorrow
and charity or sacrifice. but on the
stage they are so closely associated
with evil that the adventures OF
melodrama used always to wear n
cinglng black gown and red silk
stockings
The only variant TO the assocla-
ton Of red and feminine vampiring
Is I'm the case of an opera chorus.
There peasant woman may wear
red cotton stockings and be regarded
as n perfectly proper member Of bu-
collie society. How strongly the as
ISOLATION between dark tones and
social misbehavior Is implanted in the
theatrical consciousness was well II.
lustrnted by that highly moral song
MARIE DwSsLER ysed TO sing about
The New York herald., 1921-01-20

was unyielding because he could not
consider the Rapallo treaty a sacred
obligation. Italy and the Italian Gov
ernment, however, did and as mat
ter of honor they enforced 1t and
brought the D'Annunzio regime to
an end.
Why Italy endured D'ANNUNzIo's S
pretensions so long has often been a
matter of speculation outside the
country itself. The great fact of the
service he rendered Is overlooked. 1t
was that service which made him a
hero and held him In the high re-
gard of young Italy. When Italy's
decision still hung In the balance
D'ANNUNzIo, man of middle age, a
student, a poet, and by many called
a decadent, appeared at Rome in
defence of the allied cause. The Gov
ernment, as represented by SALANDRA
and SoNNINo, had aligned Italy with
France and Great Britain; but at the
same time German intrigues were at
their height, and the defeatists were
In the field against intervention, led
by master italian politician. DAN
NUNZIo, with the background of the
Forum and the monuments Of ancient
Rome, poured into words all that was
inspiring, noble and patriotic In the
thoughts of the nation The German
plots and the keen calculations Of the
defeatists disappeared; the oppo-
sltion to the war policy "melted be-
fore the fierce burst OF Roman elo-
quence and the die was cast"
That D'ANNUNzros work does not
end with the termination Of his COM
mand at Fiume must be the wish of a
world which can understand his
patriotism and his literary genius.
Pope LEO MIL, himself poet and
an able writer of classical prose,
refused to have D'ANNUNzIos books
placed on the index of prohibited
works. To the critics he replied that
In D'ANNUNzIo's works there survived
the purity Of the Italian language and
the best Of the world literature. One
who scarcely can be considered DAN
NUNzIo's friend, In counselling him to
be a modern Tasso and write the
Italian epic Of the war, says: "Then
the world will remember how he rose
on the eagles wings In the war and
forget how the beacon's light was
quenched In smoke in the murky days
of peace" Fiume was merely phase
in a poets life; the greatest working
days of his career may lie before him.
The New York herald., 1921-01-20

An exceptionally spirited performance
OF "Tosca." in which a large audience
showed enthusiastic interest. furnished
the midweek performance In the Metro
politan last night. with Miss Geraldine
Farrar In the title part. Beniamino Gisii
as the Cdvdrddossi and Mr.. Scottl as the
Scarpid. Mr.. Gigli deepened the excel
lent impression he has made since te
Joined the Metropolitan force. of singers.
Mr. Moranzoni conducted.
Mr.. and Mrs. Stanley Mortimer and
Mr.. and Mrs. Herbert d. Robbins were
welcomed by their friends In the par
terre row for the first time this season.
Mr. and Mrs. Mortimer were guests In Dox
IL of Mrs Henry Clews. in whose party
also were included Mrs. L. Work Hew-
tit, the Hon. Alfred Anson and Mr.. An
tonic Algara Terraros Mr.. and Mrs.
Robbins were guests In box II OF Mrs.
Hamilton Mex. Twombly, whose party
also included Mr.. George Ledlie.
DIR. and Mrs. Nicholas Murray Butter,
Mr.. and Mrs. Irwin B. Laughlin and Mr..
J. Coleman Drayton were with Mr.. and
Mrs. Adrian Iselin In box %.
The party in box 10 included Mrs.
Charles A Childs, Mrs. Frederic Nelson
and Mrs. William +. Sheehan. Miss
Mary Parsons had party with her In
box 25 and in box 27 were Mr.. and Mrs.
George B. Post Jr.. and Miss Harriette
A Post
The New York herald., 1921-01-20
Figuring Franklins.

When old Ben walked down Chestnut
street,
Clad soberiy IN raiment meet
Gray garments or tobacco brown
His pace sedate, his eyes cast down,
He reused no thrill in Quakertown.
No sword was girded Mt his side
Nor lofty port nor kingly stride
Drew notice from his fellow cits,
Nor stirred the hoi polloi's wits
To rend the welkin into bits.
He wore no medal on his coat.
lie struck no eloquential note.
1Ie couldn't sound a clarion call
To captivate or 10 enthrall--
In short. he threw no front at all.
Yet nowadays throughout the land
They're booming Ben TO beat the band
without press agentry or pun.
Why is Il we can't say enough7
Why. Just because he was the stun.
In other words. II doesn't take
The drum and trump a man to make
The world we'll weighs you small ol
great:
And. II you pass. may celebrate
Your birthday for a week--some date.
Nkupfcr Mosrfs
The New York herald., 1921-01-20

disease carriers pass Quarantine. The
possibility that under the exist
ing laws and regulations any Of these
unfortunstes would escape detection
by an alert and painstaking medical
examiner is too remote to arouse the
slightest disquiet.
If necessary, this country can at
any time declare a quarantine against
any port or any nation in the world.
1t may give notice that passengers
from this or that country will not be
permitted to land here, and that YES
sells bringing them Into port will be
held up for week or month before
being permitted to discharge cargo.
With such a notice served on steam
ship owners they would be very care
full about the passengers they brought
into the country.
The United States has to-day ample
legal authority to protect the health
of its citizens against disease borne
by immigrants. No new legislation Is
needed to arm 1t for this purpose.
Neither Mr.. CAMINETTI nor anybody
else need worry about the adequacy
of the statutes. IL Mr.. ClsMINETTI
will make the administration OF his
bureau square with the excellent pro-
visions Of the law, and the health
authorities do their part as well. we
shall be in no danger Of disease from
obroo1
The New York herald., 1921-01-20
Reassuring Mr.. Caminetti.

Mr.. CAMrNETrI, the United States
Commissloner-General OF Immigra-
tion. has returned from Europe.
where he spent two months. and as a
result of his observations he fears
"an influx Into the United Statesl
of typhus infected aliens unless
prompt measure are taken to keep
out the diseased who are preparing to
sail for this country in the spring"
Several other observers have
brought forward a similar suggestion
In support OF the plan for the severe
curtallment or entire suppression of
immigration.
Such attempts to alarm the public
are utterly unjustifed. Congress has
already enacted statutes comforting
on the Executive Department OF the
Government ample authority to pro.
tect us from any slch invasion OF dis
ease carriers as. apparently Is fore
cast by Mr.. CAMrNErrI.
Not ship Is allowed to pass Quar-.
antine until the persons on board OF
IL have been certified to be free from
contagious disease. Tf such disease Is
discovered among them the afflicted
individuals may be Isolated and de-
talned. "A all the persons aboard may
be detained. The ship Itself may be
serzed and moored where the nuthorl'
ties want her.
This course has been followed with
infected or suspected vessels In the
past. n would be followed with such
vessels to-day. II will be followed In
the future. Only if the United
etntcs Government officials them.
selvos were grossly nrslircrt con-
The New York herald., 1921-01-20
EVENTS TODAY.

Supreme Court Justice John Ford win
speak on New York for New Workers." at
Association of New York City. Hotel Bit
more. 1880 p. NJ.
Justice John McCrate viii speak at the
monthly meeting of the Republican County
COMMITTEES. Bryant Hall. 725 Sixth avenue.
this evening.
The Uniformed Firemen's Association of
Greater New York, fourth annual entertain
ment and ball. Central Opera House. 205
East Sixty-seventh street, p. NJ.
Miss Janet Richa rds will lecture on Topics
of the Hour" Hotel Biltmore, under the
auspices of the Ely Club, lO:45 A. NJ.
DIR. John L. Elliott will give the third In
his series OF talks TO parents and teachers.
cal Culture. West Sixty-fourth street.
The Board of Standards viii hold hear
Ing. on the proposed rules amplifyins the
building code provisions for ratproof!ng
board room. Municipal Building. 2 p. NJ.
County Judge % = Grst.on Men Mcmahon S win
bers OF the Osceola Club. 1896 Park ave-
The People. Liberty Chorus; messing.
High School OF Commerce.. f55 West SLSty'
fifth street. =. NJ.
Mark Graves, director OF the New York
state Income Tax Bureau. will speak a,
Broadway. this afternoon.
The Chicago Club. Inc, will hold its
ual card party, Hotel Pennsylvania. 2:3o
John C. Quinn will lecture on "stories
of the West" Carnegie Hall, 80 p. NJ.
Mrs. jackson Fleming will lecture on For
eign Affairs In Relation to the United
States" Town Hall. 1i3 West Forty-third
street. II A. NJ.
The Dramatic Union of Our Lady OF
Lourdes Church will hold reception aud
supper dance. Hotel Pennsylvania. this eve-
ming.
Fifth Avenue Association, COMMITTEES
l.ir cheon, Waldorf Astoria, I p. N.
Rotary Club. luncheon. Hotel McAlpin.
f2 80 p. NJ.
Atlantic Whist Association, meetings.
Knickerbocker Whist Club. 26 West Fortieth
street. all day and evening.
Tea Associa tion OF the United States. an
nual meeting, 1O6 Water street, p. NJ.
National Industrial Conference Board, meet
ing, Hotel Astor. 80 A. NJ.
American Protective Tariff League, meet-
ing, 33o Broadway, this noon.
National Wholesale Dry Goods Associa-
ton. convention, Waldorf Astoria, all day.
Equitable Trust Company. dinner and
dance. Hotel Astor. p. M.
National Jewellers Board OF Trade annuai
meeting, IL Maiden lane, T. III.
Holland Society. dinner. Waldorf-Astoria'
p. NJ. ...,
l,,ncheon Cafe Boulevard, ! +. NJ.
The New York herald., 1921-01-20
Senator Harding's Tariff Views.

Neither the astonishment of some
newspapers nor the shock of some
veteran legislators over Senator HAB-
DING's objections to railroading an
out of date tariff measure back into
use can be very genuine. Senator
HARDING is an American tariff advo-
cate of deep conviction and devoted
allegiance Because he Is exactly that
sort of true blue follower of the
American tariff and because he is
man of level head and clear percep-
ton he does not want tariff act
that may have been suitable forty or
thirty or twenty years ago, but that
might not fit at all the United States
Of to-day.
ANY sound and successful tariff Of
the past was based on the actual con-
ditions, domestic and foreign, of it's
time. Any sound and successful tariff
Of the present must be based on the
conditions of this age and generation.
A measure that could supply all the
country's needs at certain times and
under certain conditions might at
later date, when the country could
not supply all it's needs, become a
dangerous freak. A scheme that
worked very advantageously for us
rs n whole when our export trade
was only or per cent. of our do
nestle trade might, when our export
business was 20 or 80 per cent. of our
domestic business, become calamity
even to those whom that tariff was
intended to benefit.
Our Government never yet has
made a good and workable tariff
without knowing what II was doing
in all the details and all the possi-
bilities. What Senator HARDING
wants Is that the Government shall
make the next tariff on precisely the
same principles. Otherwise 1t may
not be worth a hill Of beans. 1t may
even become exploding dynamite un-
der the American home market
which depends first of all upon the
purchasing power Of American in
dustries, selling at home or abroad,
and of American wage earners.
The New York herald., 1921-01-20
THURSDAY, JANUARY 20, 1921.
The Pennsylvania Big Cut.

When the Pennsylvania Railroad
announces to its employees either 20
per cent reduction of the numbers
now at work or FIVE day week for
the existing force it means that there
are no fewer than $4,000 more men
on that single company's payrolls
than there is work for. This is SO
because that vast transportation sys-
TEN carries on its rolls the names of
272,000 employees.
If 272,000 men get paid each for
one day a week when there is moth
ing for them TO do on that day, or,
which IS equivalent to the same thing,
$4,000 men get paid for a whole week
In that week, the loss to the railroad,
at an average of $50 a week man,
is more than S1,600,000 a week, or at
the rate of more than $S0,000,000 a
year.
This example Of one railroad great
though 1t be, gives definite, intelli-
glble and impressive idea of the eco
nomic readjustment which has been
sweeping over the country. 1t tells
IN the language of plain arithmetic
what has been taking place on the
farm and on the range. at the mine
and in the forest. in the factory and
In the shop. For the condition Of
every industry is reflected in the traf-
fic of far flung national carrier.
But it does not tell what Is per-
fectly comprehended alike by the
clear thinking economist reasoning
along the lines of pure theory, and
the sound headed, practical business
man guided and governed by actual
experience.
The minds of such men have never
doubted that the liquidation which
alone could bring the readjustment
must begin as 1t did begin and work
ont its way as it has been working
It out. They do not question that,
like a fever, 1t still must run It's
course before the national economic
body can again be well, strong and
buoyant.
Expressed in terms Of the measure
Of what had to be done probably -
per cent. of the liquidation has been
accomplished. AS to the time re-
quired for the completion of the re-
naming quarter Of the work, much
depends on the determination and
courage with which It Is cleaned
up. We should say that much
more than 80 per cent. Of the
necessary time TO go clear through
II may have elapsed. In any event
there IS no longer danger Of violent
disturbance.
The country has escaped all chance
Of widespread ruin. IL has not suf-
fered even the ordeals that would
have been unavoidable II the impera-
tive needs Of the situation had not
been clearly recognized and the rene
dies manfully applied. The indus
tries. the business and the people OF
the United States now face the d.
rectlon Of the sunshine beyond the
shadows.
The New York herald., 1921-01-20

drinking ''demitasses with the wicked
upper classes" Even black coffee
could not escape the implication of
evil associated with its hue.
But of late there has been a grow
ing disposition among philosophers
and other students of human beings
and human nature TO question this
ancient habit of attributing evil pre-
dominantly to the brunette type. The
blonde, instead Of symboliZing inno-
cence, Is now held up as an agent of
evil. The comparison NIETzscHE has
been popularity supposed to have made
but did not make between his super
man and the great blond beast" may
have had something to do with this
changing viewpoint about coloration
and morals, for many curious ideas
emanated from German philosophers
before 1914. Whatever the cause the
brunette type no longer is held solely
responsible for evil
In Chicago only the other day a
learned authority on the human eye
asserted that gazing on blondes was
responsible for many of mans trou-
bles In that city. Testimony as to the
blond type of man not being wholly
free Of evil ways Is adduced by the
chief charity officer of Leeds, Eng
land, who says ''blue eyed men make
the worst husbands" AS no pro-
nouncement of a social service worker
can be authoritative nowadays with
out statistics to support 1t, he added
that 90 per cent. of the cases of wife
desertion with which he has dealt
have had TO do with blue eyed men.
Moved by this profound observation
an English poet penned a warning
to all lovers of men of this type,
pointing out that
Those eyes Of the deepest cerulean
hue
Mean black ones for you"
When poets begin, to take up the
defence we may feel that the atmos-
phere Of evil which has hung over
brunettes for so long Is about to van
ish. Golden locks and blue frocks
may yet come to take the place of
black and red as symbols of wick
edneSS.
The New York herald., 1921-01-20

The Connecticut Woman Suffrage
Association after fifty-one years Of ef-
fort has seen the object Of It's ambi-
ton attained and has dissolved. OF
the original members-among whom
were such great leaders as SUSAN B.
ANTHONY. HARRIET BEEcHER STOWE and
JULIA WARD HowE--only one. Miss
FRANCES ELLEN BURR. survives. She
was the secretary of the society from
its formation until 1910. Few torch
bearers of reform have had an expert
ence as gratifying as that OF Miss
BURR, who has seen the triumph of a
cause which excited more OF ridicule
than OF serious opposition when she
first became interested In 1t. She is
to be congratulated on the victory she
did much to bring about
The New York herald., 1921-01-20
Miss Menges, yiolinist; PIeases.

Miss Isolde Menges an English vio-
linist, brought here in 1915 by Miss
Maud Allen, the dancer, and not heard
In the course of the last two seasons,
gave q recital yesterday afternoon in
Aeolian Hall. The most important num-
Der on the list was the d major sonata
Of Handel. She played also an unac-
companied prelude and fugue by Bach
and several shorter pieces, including two
of Mr.. Kreisler's arrangements.
Miss Menges has made progress IN
her art. When she first played here
she exhibited more temperament than
discretion. Her art then was aggres-
sive, bold and unfinished. Yesterday
she demonstrated that she had begun to
acquire self-control and to play with
finish where roughness formerly wouio
have been found. Her tone had beauty.
though not great sorority. and her into
nation was generally good. Her bowling
retained its former dash and elasticity
but her style showed an approach to-
ward smoothness and poise which 1t for
merly lacked.
The New York herald., 1921-01-20
D'Annunzio's Future.

with n bodyguard of four Of his
faithful Arditi D'ANNUNzIo left Fiume
Tuesday, according to a message from
that city. He abandoned the flight by
air which he had declared he would
make-the change 10 earth and an
automobile Is a poets license. Fiunie
will know him no more as its com
mander; and II closed Its doors and
gathered at its council hall in o great
civic demonstration as an expression
Of regret at his departure.
This brings TO an end one Of the ro-
mantically interesting episodes which
grew out OF the war and striking
phase In the career OF an amazing
personality. The building Of medl@-
val Italian republic at the head Of
the Adriatic with himself as chief,
surrounded by dependents and sup
ported by q government of the people
made strong appeal to his lmagi-
nation. His plan may have had Its
inception In his own vanity and ego
ism, but Mt the same time the desire
to save Fiume from what he con-
sidered Italy's enemies--thls which In
reality was what he most sought
was consonant with his ideas Of Ital-
ian patriotism. lie refused to sup
plant the 1rredentist ideals Of war
time with those Of peace. His views
Of greater Italy were the views Of
GARrBALpr, but he had not GAm-
BALDr's self-abnegation nor his pa
tience to await the working of des-
tiny.
AS n result D'ANNUNzTo failed 70
appreciate the dangerous diplomatic
and military complications in which
to was Involving hls country Tie
The New York herald., 1921-01-20
Franklin Again Misquoted.
He Did Not Say That Penny Saved
Is a Penny Earned.

To THE New YORK HERALD: 1 see
that Benjamin Franklin is misquoted
now just as he was by the Government
itself when 1t started the Issuing OF
War Savings Stamps. Only a super
ficial observer could have said that a
penny saved is a penny earned. The
great apostle of thrift knew from his
own experience that "a penny saved is
two pence gained"
People would be much more thrifty II
they fully realized that when they spend
a dollar they put themselves where they
will have to earn two dollars or very
much more In order to get even again
You have to live while you are working,
and II costs money to live.
Franklin tried to teach the American
people that saving Is just about twice
as important as earning, but his wis
dom was nullified by a foolish saying
which comes easily off the tongue, and
therefore lives on and on.
j. HOWARD CowPERTHwArr.
NEW YORK, January 10.