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The New York herald., 1921-04-30
Lone Pine.

From the Arledxsos Goeette.
Year by year was beauty builded; slowly
through tho elder ages
Earth hath robed herself in splendor.
Now. confessing IN our shame,
We have sacked and raped and looted.
we have taken without payment;
And the glories they are gone that were
before the white man came.
We have wasted without wisdom. we
have slain where we should cherish
In our service on the gods Of greed. the
axe blade for our sign
In q husted and AaggArd valley whore
the sirdled treos stand dying
Rears as relic OF our wantonness one
lonely. lordly pine.
He was once q lord OF lances with his
sQuadroned troops behind him
Coiumned closely through the valley, nle
on flle and rank on rank,
with the guerdon Of green spr1ngtime
laid like laurels on their helmets
And the little yellow goldenrod as
guidons on the flank.
But he has seen them vanish--troop ~
columned troop departing:
Broken ranks with no recruiting. no re-
placement: till at last
He alone looks down the spaces where
his full battalions bivouacked--
Single sentinel Of silence: last ione
outpost of the past
The New York herald., 1921-04-30
Fur Names in the Trade.

At this season, when fair woman
begins to wear furs in earnest, non-
furbearing man sometimes wonders
not only at the style but at the names
OF the skins. Some fellows go all
their lives without knowing what
kolinsky Is; others learn to know
wombat from ermine. There have
been many changes since the days
when the geography told us that the
American fur animals were beaver,
bear, marten, mink, lynx, fox" 1t
never mentioned civet cat or genet.
There is a genet sitting In City
Hall Park as we write. 1t does not
know it is a genet. 1t thinks, IL 1t
thinks self-consciously at all, that 1t
Is black and white cat Of humble
origin. Yet every furrier passing
looks upon 1t as a potential genet of
the trade. There are such things as
genuine genets-animals very like
civet cats-but the quadruped Of the
his hide enters peltry.
If you asked a Spaniard what a
nutria was he would tell you 1t was
an otter, but the nutria of the fur
business Is not an otter. 1t Is the
fur of the coypu rat, beaverlike
South American. What a poor name
for q fur "nutria" is anyway The
fur trade should sell the word to the
butterine manufacturers. The otter
from which nutria steals Its name
lends Its fur TO trade. Unhaired and
dyed It sometimes Is sold as real fuI
seal, sometimes as electric seal. Thi:
frequently Is the fate Of nutria, which
also masquerades, clipped and dyed
as beaver and Hudson seal.
Let us hasten to tell eager hus
bands what kollnsky Is. The Stand
ard Dictionary defines 1t as Siberian
polecat or mink, while Or. WILLIAM
T. HoRNADAY, in an article on th,
fur trade In the Geological Society
Bulletin, says 1t Is the red sable OF
Siberian mink. 1t Is an honestly
named fur. On Its native heath 4
Is known as kollnsky. We canno
say the same for what Is known II
the fur business as "civet cat" fol
this Is really the little striped skunk
according to DR.. HoRNADAY; and I
skunk and a civet cat are In lif'
much further than the poles, or pole
cats, apart.
The fur sold under the name O.
wombat should properly be callet
koala, which is smoother In sound
To the male reader we must explain
that the koala Is the little gray beai
OF Australia, harmless vegetarian
against the wholesale destruction O
which DR.. HonNADAY protests. O.
The New York herald., 1921-04-30
Mr.. Stone Of the Associated Press.

For nearly thirty years MELVILLE L.
STONE has directed the operations Of
the Associated Press. His name has
come to be, to the general understand
ing, almost a synonym for the ener-
getic collection and effective presen-
tation of the news of all the world.
Our neighbor the Tribune speaks
justly of Mr.. STONE as great re-
porter. Our neighbor the Times re-
fleets that perhaps no other man on
this earth has come into daily rela-
tions with so many Of Its inhabitants
as this modest gentleman.
Probably among the twelve hun
dred or so newspapers in the mem.
bership Of the great organization
which MELVILLE STONE has long
served and overseen with tireless
fidelity and steadily increasing tech
nical success there are few, II there
Is any. unready to join in the tribute
Of esteem and approval which marks
his retirement from the active man
agement OF the Associated Press.
THE New YORK HERALD adds It's own
special expression Of good wishes and
high appreciation.
Connected yet In an advisory ca
pacity with the institution he has
done so much to upbuild, Mr. STONES
experience and knowledge will con.
tinue to count for the organization's
welfare; and he, as well as all others
concerned, will be glad that the I'm
mediate responsibility of management
falls now to so capable and compe-
tent successor as Mr.. FREDERIC Roy
MARTIN.
The New York herald., 1921-04-30
Water Meter Monopoly Graft.

SAMUEL UNTERMYEB and the LOCK
wood committee uncover municipal
graft, instance after instance, and
usually Mayor HYLAN Is revealed in
the pitiable posture Of being either
the catspaw, as in the Brindell extor-
tions, or Indifferent, as In the latest
case Of the meter monopoly. This
meter graft tells its own story and
points its own moral in the mere rela-
tion of the facts.
A meter approved by the Chief En-
gineer and the Commissioner Of Water
Supply, who are responsible for the
way the meters operate and the SER
vice is performed, is recommended for
use in this city because it costs only
one-half what the monopoly meters
cost
But Alderman KENNEALLY objects
Who is Alderman KENYEALLY? He Is
or was a member Of ROBERT P. BRIN.
pK1L's executive committee Of the old
Building Trades Council. He is o
delegate of the plumbers union to the
reformed organization. More impor.
tant yet, he is from CHARLES F. MUIR.
PHY's own home Tenth district.
so no meter that is not wanted by
the Tenth district can get by Alder.
man KENNEALLY, whether commits
sioners and engineers want 1t or not,
whether 1t costs half as much or what
ever 1t costs.
Then the Legislature tries to give
the Water Commissioner the power to
use q cheap meter which he approves
In place Of the dear meter which the
Tenth Aldermanic district DEGREES,
The Legislature passes bill to make
this possible. Mayor HYLAN, running
true to form, vetoes it. The meter
monopoly is saved. Bleeding New
York goes on bleeding.
The New York herald., 1921-04-30
G. ID. Smith Library Sale.

At the second and final session yester-
day in the sale OF part six OF the George
d. Smith library at the Anderson CAL
leries small quarto volume OF the ut
most rarity, dated 1923 and entitled "A
Pleasaunt Conceited Historic. called
The Tanning OF the Shrew." sold for tho
highest price Of the day, $1.400. to the
Rosenbach Company. This play Of un-
known authorship. apparently In its third
edition. was the original of Shakespeare's
comedy, which first appeared sixteen
years later in the folio edition Of 1929.
The days total was $13.220.25 and the
total for the entire sale s22.5s1.75.
The first edition OF Christopher Mar
loves Famous Tragedy OF the Rich
Jew of Malta" London. 1898. brought
$3.50 from ]. r. Drake. Gabriel Wells
paid @S45 for an important autograph
letter from Percy Bysshe Shelley to his
publisher In defence OF his "Laon and
Cythna," afterward called 1.-THE Revolt
OF ISLAM" The Rosenbach Company
gave 800 for the second edition of
Shakespeare's Loves Labour's Lost" in
small quarto, dated 1881 S645 for Wyn-
Ken de Worde'S edition OF the Gram
matical Works. Latin and English. Of
Robert Wh1ttinton, dated 151S-1524:
S445 for a rare black letter volume
bearing the date 1920. "The Merrie Con-
ceited Jests Of George Peele, Gentle
man, Sometimes Student In Oxford" and
$270 for the first edition Of Thomas
Middleton's play 1.-THE Familie Of Love-"
The first edition OF Thomas Middle
toms play "The Inner Temple MasQue"
was bought by "Order" for $s25, and N.
Yonge's "Musica Transalpina." London.
1888. the original edition, went to S. w.
Morris for $3.50; @. Wells bought Mrs.
Perkins's Ball." by NJ. A, Titmarsh. with
Walpole's manuscript commonplace book
for 1920.
The New York herald., 1921-04-30
sf.4oo for Antique Iron Gate.

A Spanish wrought iron staircase gate
and wings. dating from the seventeenth
century. sold yesterday afternoon at the
ffth session OF the sale Of Spanish an
tiques az the American Art Galleries for
81. 400, tho highest price OF the day Tho
purchaser was l.. J. O'Reiliy. Othe purs
chascs by the Same bidder were six.
teenth century wrought iron CRATE for
s1,a25, n pair Of wrought iron window
jaiousies, seventeenth century. for
$1,000; n seventeenth csntury wrought
and cast iron rate for 3s26. and another
gate OF similar description for S725. A
sixteenth century BASQUE bread cup
board went 70 the same buyer for $50.
The total for the day was f22,7s0 ana
the grand total for the entire sale to
date was ssi.1S7. To-day's session COM
pietes the sale.
A beautiful fifteenth century Andalu-
sian wrought iron fire screen was bought
by p. w. French a Co. for $3.50 and two
Spanish wrought iron crcstings of eigh-
teenth century make went to the same
bidder for $320. Mrs. Abby paid S4S6 for
three Castilian wrought iron candle hold.
srs OF the sixteenth century, and Mrs p.
wiidsheirner gave S340 for . seventeenth
century Andalusian wrought Iron lectern.
A pair Of Spanish wrought Iron window
screens OF tho eighteenth century were
sold TO Martin Mower for $500. and .
Castilian walnut table Of the seventeenth
century went to Miss r. H. LorenA
agent, for S40o.
The New York herald., 1921-04-30
Not Luck but Law.
Biblical Keys to Explain Il
Discrcpaucies sf Life.

To THE NEW York HERALD: Strictly
spesking, there 10 no such thing -
luck or fortune (fortunA). The great
religious writer's and philosophers have
exploded the idea chat tho world 10
formed and ordered by the fortuitous
concourse and meeting Of atoms ~ Epi-
Gurus and his disciple Lucretius
thought. The world 10 governed BY
wisdom. not chance.
There 10 no suoh thing ~ luck, but
ti,ere 10 such . thing rs Providencs.
Providence 10 tho divine foresight that
orders things. and orders them sright,
according 70 It's own infallible wisdom.
Men who are not always able to discern
the reason why . thing happens apply
the term luck TO some happy Occurrences
that falls to some mans portion.
Some bad men are rich end famous
and apparently happy. Many good men
are poor and obscure and apparently
miserable. Mans wisdom 10 not al
ways able TO reconcile the msny incon-
sistencies and discrepancies Of life.
One OF your correspondents quotes
from Eoclesiastss: Il returned and saw
under tho sun. that the race 10 not to
the swift, nor the battle to the strong.
. but time and chance happcneth to
them all" Time and chance" arc not
equivalent to Tuck" here. The wriosr
simply expresses what he has seen
In tho world Of men, namely. that
prosperity seems 20 pass by deserving
men. He docs not explain this condition
OF things or nnd fault with II. It 70.
mains for religious faith and true phil
losophy 60 explain these things - Ear as
they can. We can fnd In other pessagss
Of tho Bibie keys To ell these mysteries
os ufe. One verse OF Scripture can no
more explain life than one window can
make a house. II wc would possess Z
true philosophy Of life we must study
Scripture AZ a whole.
Thsrs y no ouch thing a. luck Never
believe nj 1T Il luck" says the en-
vious and unsuccessful man. But do
not permit your unbsiisf In iuck to MI
you with the idea that your own dsserv-
inss ana merits have brought you your
good shinga TOR who maketh thee "a
diner from anotherf And what hast
thou that thou didst not receiver now
n thou didss receive II, why dost thou
glory. a. X thou hadst not rece'vsd itr'
Il. Cor. w.. ~. 80 then II 10 not oi
him that wilieth. nor oe him that run
meth. but OF God that shewsth mercy
from. H.. fs).
rnu wssrnH PHILOSOPHER
SPOKANE. Wash. April Is.
The New York herald., 1921-04-30
National Symphony Plays Its Farewell
Frederic Jacobs New Symphonic Prelude The Eve of
ST. Agnes" on Its Last Programme.

may become importan. X Mr.. Sopkin
acquires distinction in his chosen call
ing.
His playing last evening showed him
to be we'll schooled violinist, though
even In technic he could make improve
ment. His tone had good qualities. but
possibly was marred by an inferior In
strument. He showed a good command
Of the finger board. but his trills were
not all of equal merit. He played viott's
A minor concerto In a straightforward
style with some touches of beauty In
the cantilena. But In finish. warmth.
and above all in rhythm. Mr.. Sopldn
can make considerable advances. Wal
ter Code played the accompaniments.
The New York herald., 1921-04-30
South Sea Idyls.
|. w. Stoddard's Sketches Were
Highly Praised by Howells.

10 THE NEW YORK HERALD: In the
current discussion Of the Pacific islands
that were once supposed to DO little
paradises and are said TO be - no
longer / am surprised to observe that
every writer on them Is alluded TO ex-
cept one. and that ono probably the
best.
Charles Warren Stoddard, who was
born In Rochester. N. Y, 1S43, and
died In Califo rnia, 1909, eojourned ir
some Of those islands for several years
and wrote descriptions OF the life there.
Some OF those essays appeared In the
Atlo~ttc Monthly and all were gathered
into a volume entitled South Sea
Idyls." Mr.. Howells wrote Of them
You know long ago how I delighted IN
those things, the lightest, sweetest.
widest, freshest things that ever were
written about the life Of that summed
ocean. remember very we'll
my Joy in "A Prodigai in Tahiti when
accepted It for the Aflontio Monthly,
and think now that there are few such
delicious bits Of literature In tho lam
guage. Tho rest rise up like old memo
ries Of delight-Graceful shapes. care
less, beautiful. with q kind OF una yins
youth In them One does thest
things but once. n ono ever does them
but you have done them once for all
no one need ever write OF the South
Seas again"
The new edition of the book was pub
iished handsomely by the Scribners. and
I believe II 10 still In print RI.
NEW York. April 20.
The New York herald., 1921-04-30
Real Arsisans.
A Typa ef wsriksss Unisn Labsr II
Accused of Destroying.

To THE New YonK HERALD: In his
recent address to the board OF directors
Of tho United States Steel Cooperation
Judge Gary very truthfully depicts the
present status Of unionized labor by say
ins that labor unions kill the workers
initiative.
do not, however. comprehend. nor
do agree with his statement mo one
cAn certainly and definitely draw . line
between . skilled and unskilled work
man or establish an exclusive sphere
for either" There Ii especially to-day
Z dinerence-and to my mind q vast
difference-between the product Of .
skilled and an unskillcd workman.
though undoubtedly the remuneration II
the same in either case.
Broadly speaking the skilled worker
to-day is an exception rather than the
rule. Formerly this was not the case.
We had then. that is before unions at
tempted despotic rule. the skilled worker.
and by that I mean the real artisan.
tho trained workman, the superior me-
chanic. That is the worker who pos
sessed dexterity. who had fairly prac-
tlcal application Of knowledge ana who
gave a fair days work FOR fair days
pay.
Unionized labor to q marked degree
destroyed this type OF worker. His class.
however. does exist and there IL q great
difference between his work and that
Of the present day unslxilled workman.
NEW York. April -. J. B. n.
The New York herald., 1921-04-30

profits for plants outside Of Pitts
burgh. because. although the imagi-
nary freight from Pittsburgh is not
actually paid. 1t is added to the Pitts
burgh base price to make the selling
price Of the outside plants.
The contention Of the Pittsburgh
plus price supporters naturally would
be that II the high cost mills doing .
major part of the business were not
thus kept In operation at a proft
there would be an inadequate supply
with a corresponding increase in the
price Of the product of the low cost
mills caused by the insistent demand
for their insufficient output. But. In
any event, 1t Is matter Of Official
record, as we have said, that Judge
GARY, chairman Of the board OF the
United States Steel Corporation, has
courted the Federal Trade Commits
sion investigation and expressed his
belief that the Importance OF the
question does not rest merely on the
steel trade practices but on the fact
that the principle Of the Pittsburgh
plus price plan OF the steel industry
is generally followed by other basic
industries Of the United States.
If that is 90 1t Is well to have all
the cards laid on the table and the
whole question threshed out. II the
system Is right and can be shown to
be right to the greatest possible inter.
est of the greatest possible number.
1t can stand on its merits. II 1t is
wrong 1t will have to fall.
The New York herald., 1921-04-30
DiscsatsnI

DIec0ntene
When / have cast my anchor 10 the
sands.
When ] have felt It twist ana turn and
drag,
When I have seen the taut held fbrcs
SAG.
I've slid tho cable through my nerveless
hands.
But whom II caught and held mo srm a
last,
r've sudden ionged for freedom and the
The bright waves turned their lips and
laughed At nne,
And all the outbound ships cut swiftly
past.
Then have I struggled wildly to be free,
Only to md my anchor held mo fast:
Then maddencd by the calling OF the
sea,
Have cut the cable when my blood ran
warm,
Have leaped all restive to the restless
And hur.led forward TO the arms OF
storm.
AsroAn ". CHxsseH.
The New York herald., 1921-04-30
High Heels, Turned In Toes.
Receive Words Of Praise From Eng
lish Orthopaedlc Surgeon.
Ffutn fhe Manchesfer Gunriinn.

From the Manchester Gndrdidn.
The mothers who train their children
to walk with toes pointing outward and
counsel their little girls never to wear
high heels when they grow up were
told they were all wrong by DR.. w. H.
Trethowan. orthopsedic surgeon. in lee
ture on Healthy Feet" at the Institute
OF Hygiene yesterday In London. ITO
walk properly" he said. "the feet should
be kept absolutely parallel. The quar-
ter to six attitude Is one of the big
mistakes Of physical training. Three
minutes to twelve and three minutes past
ID what you want when standing. II
you examine the tracks OF the savage
you will see that the footprints are
straight and that he finishes by turning
his feet in. so that all 1--WE toes help
to push him along.
Remember that the foot Is a lever
to push the body along. You can only
get the full effect Of the lever by plac-
Ing all the toes straight on the ground.
Feet are very often used as stumps-
long stride is not good for the feet
A slow. short step is better, for It makes
you rise on the toe. Never discourage
child who Is turning his toes in unless
he has an actual deformity OF the foot.
He 10 probably trying to cure himself
OF knock knees or weak ankles.
when the feet are turned out too much
weight is thrown on the arch. For this
reason ballet dancing with the feet at q
quarter to three Is very bad. and even
tualiy destroys the arches and grace
and elasticity In walking. Ordinary BALL
room dancing which turns in the toes
In. on the other hand. good exercise, and
30 Is Grecian dancing for those who are
strong enough to 70 without boots"
The more the heel was raised. DR..
Trethowan went on. the more the foot
tended to turn in, and reasonably high
heels were very excellent things. Il advise
unhestatingiy." he said. "the use of
high heels. I do not mean by that the
silly three and half inch Louis heel
with It's curved mechanical shape and
insufficient support. The height OF the
heel for remedial purposes should not
exceed two and a quarter inches. and in
house shoes should not be less than one
and quarter inches."
The New York herald., 1921-04-30

The final programme Of Its season
was presented by tho National SYM
phony Orchestra yesterday afternoon in
be heard on Tuesday night after which
the National Symphony Orchestra will
glide away into the dim shadows Of the
past. . record and . memory. its future
and its name merged in a marriage Of
convenience with the ancient and hon.
orable Philharmonic society. Not many
were present at yesterdays ceremonies.
but some OF them belonged to that OBJ
noxious brigade Of shouters which has
recently spread It's offensive tactics
from the opera house to the concert
hall.
The shoutsrs appeared to be present
for the purpose OF cheering Mishel
Piastros performance Of Mendelssohn's
violin concerto. It was a respectable
performances. but IN no manner fitted
to stir listeners to unwonted demoTEtra-
tons. The deeper interest OF the after
nc on lay In the first hearing OF Fred
eric Jacobs symphonic prelude. The
Eve of ST. Agnes."
What better material could composer
wish than that brilliantly realized
dream OF tho maiden who found her
lover kneelins by the side Of her couch7
Yet when all 10 considered love poem
Is just love poem. and since music Is
the food Of love composers must play
on. Mr.. Jacohr has endeavored to ex-
press tumultuous emotions. soft and
languorous sighings. yearnings and I'm
effable delight. all IN music Of tho
truest modern type. music which seems
at the first hearing to ring with the
metal Of Strauss and Stravinsky. But
the symphonic poem Is in itself well
constructed, Il has some pith and point
and some imagination. II Mr.. Jacob
has not quite found his own idioms nor
proclaimed his emotions in overwhelm-
Ing manner wo must remember that he
Is still young and has time to acquire
mature independence.
The other numbers on the list were
the 'Lohengr1n" prelude and the
"Tannhauser" overture. Mr.. Bodanzky
conducted and Mr.. Jacob came forth to
acknowledge the applause Of the modest
audience.
The New York herald., 1921-04-30
Daily Calendar
The WEATHER.

| For Eaaern New York-Unsettled to-
: Say; tomorrow fair and warmer. fresh
northwest winds.
For New Jersey-Cioudy and continued oos1
today; tomorrow fair and warmer; modsr-
For Northern New England-6howers to-
day. cooler in interior: tomorrow fair:
For Southern New Ensiand-Unsettisd 10
day. probably showers, cooler In interior:
tomorrow fair and somewhat warmer; fresh
northwest and west winds.
For Western New York-Unsettled and
continued cool to-day, probably showers: to-
morrow ss, seneraIly fair and warmer; fresh
WASHINGTON. April 2p.-Prsssure was
low and falling to-day over the East States
and the Rocky Mountain and plateau rs-
relatively high over the upper lake re-
sion, the central valley and the north Pa
cific States. This pressure distribution has
last twentyfour hours in the middle At
antic states. the lower lake region. the
Ohio and upper Mississippi valleys. the south
the north Rocky Mountain region westward
to the north Pacific coast.
-, Ihs & temperature was somewhat lower IN
ley and Tennessee. while there was q re-
action to higher temperature In the plains
States and the middle Rocky Mountain re-
gion.
The outlook is for showers in New England
and interior Of New York. and generally
fair weather elsewhere in the States east of
the mississippi River tomorrow. while gem
orally fair weather will pervail Sunday ex-
cept that showers are probable In the up
west Tennessee.
The temperature will rise in the upper lake
regions, the Ohio Valley. Tennessee end the
generf lily east OF the Mississippi River Sum
day. except in north New England and the
upper lake region.