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The New York herald., 1921-06-07
Scrubbing Brush or Uplift.

II his facts are as he states them
there is common sense as well as pub
lie spirit in the declaration Of the
secretary OF the National Federation
of Postal Clerks against theoretic up
lift work in the Department until
gets at the practical job
of scrubbing the floors, cleaning the
windows and otherwise making the
postal buildings fit to live in.
He charges that thousands of clerks
have to work under unsanitary condi-
.ions that are inimical to their health,
and anything that is inimical to
health Is injurious to efficient service.
In virtually all the great cities, he
says, conditions exist that never
would be tolerated by the law or con-
doned by ordinary decency in private
industry. This is a moro immediate
and serious matter than rainbow
visions of "happy family" Govern
ment cleI .
Take a and at the homely scrub
bing brush first, and then see whether
the colorful uplift may not the more
easily work out it's own destiny.
The New York herald., 1921-06-07
EVENTS TO-DAY.

Secretary OF Agriculture Henry c. Wallace
and Gov. q. r. McKelvfe OF Nebraska viii
speak at dinner given by the Standard
Farm Paper Association, Manhattan Club,
Madison avenue and Twenty-sixth street, Z
p. NJ.
Grand Street Boys Association, meeting,
Hotel Pennsylvania. p. NJ.
New York Press Club, meeting, at the club
house, Fl Spruce street, p. NJ.
Quaker Ridge Golf Club, meeting. Hotel
Blltmore, p. NJ.
San Salvador Council. Knights of Columbus,
dinner. Hotel Commodore. P. NJ.
Theatre Owners Chamber of Commerce,
luncheon, Hotel Astor, 1850 p. NJ
New York State Pedic Society, meetings,
Hotel Dessert. Brooklyn. 1880 A. NJ. and
p. M.
Executive Club. luncheon. Hotel McAlpin,
f2 80 p. M.
United Ancient Order Of pruids Of New
York state: meeting. Labor Lyccun. Brook
lyn. p. M.
Rumsni.n % A,a Society. luncheon. Hotel
National Machine Tool Builders Associs-
tion. Hotel Astor. 10 A. M.
The Association Of Foreign Press Core.
spondents. dinner IN honor OF Mark Sheldon,
commissioner for Australia. Hotel Brevoort,
Fifth avenue and Eighth street. this evening.
Rear Admiral VI. p. Huse and Henry q.
Hawn will speak at a dinner OF the Rotary
Club. Hotel McAlpin, 6:15 p. NJ.
New York University Council, dinner, WAL
dorf-Astoria. 7 p. NJ.
Teachers interests Association, me6ting,
Waldorf-Astoria, p. 81.
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indirectly TO help pay the higher
levies on private and corporation in
comes, and II the Government were
TO be kept solvent the sales tax would
have to be superimposed on all the
other taxes, further increasing the
price OF everything the soldier would
buy with his bonus money.
Add to this the consequent indus
trial stagnation. reduced production
and increased unemployment, the
further depreciation in the price of
outstanding Liberty bonds resulting
from the higher general interest
level. and the war veterans would
Veiy likely find they and the nation
bad paid entirely too much for the
bonus whistle and nobody had bene-
flied.
THE New YORK HERALD believes
that IL the war veterans and the pub
lie at large fully understood the fall
ltcies OF bonus raid on the Treas
ury, which would increase the ma
tional debt, run up taxes for the
next quarter century or more, in
crease the cost of living, further
depress the price OF Liberty bonds,
and invite general national hard
ship, they would not for a moment
think OF sanctioning It.
The New York herald., 1921-06-07
A Word Killed Thirty Men.

Because the word assault" long
has been and Is generally misused
in the United States to mean rape,
Tulsa, Oklahoma, endured a riot in
which a million dollars In property
was destroyed and thirty persons
were killed.
Assault" does not mean rape, or
anything like rape, though an as
sault may be part OF the crime. II
means a menace, as OF n blow; IL one
man closes his fst, raises his arm
and makes as II to strike another,
he has committed an assault. II he
strikes, and hits the other man. the
blow constitutes the battery; assault
and battery have been committed.
There being a certain number of
persons in every community to whom
the word rape sounded harsh, 1t
became common TO use assault" in
its place. just as in certain circles a
few years ago women had limbs but
no legs, and folks retired when they
went to bed.
a negro man In Tulsa stepped on
a white girls foot and she upbralded
him for his clumsiness. The negro
answered back. A row resulted. The
negro WAS arrested and a newspaper
said he was accused OF assaulting a
white girl. A few lawless fools took
the word TO mean rape. and started
the trouble which. through weakness,
stupidity or cowardice on the part
OF the authorities, eliminated In ar
son, murder and the necessity for
the imposition OF martial law.
There are many words besides as
sault which have been abused in the
manner In which II has been. In
some cases they have been deprived
In common acceptance Of their origi
The New York herald., 1921-06-07
Stop the Squander!

Congress is getting messages as hot
as they are numerous from all parts
of the country because, with all the
talk that there is in Washington
about reducing the cost of govern
ment, the taxes do not come down
and new ways to spend money crop
up like spring wheat.
1t is not merely the army and
navy appropriations that swell In.
stead of shrinking. A very heavy
outlay is demanded for the new
project of a department of public
welfare, with long payroll lists. So
called reform measures, all calling
for salaries and expenses, litter the
legislative calendars. More money
is wanted for pretty nearly every
thing. Even the new budget system
with a big and costly organization
will add heavily to the spendings
before it can work out the savings
It is designed to achieve.
Administrative and legislative
members OF the Government by the
hundreds are busy on the job of
pushing new schemes into which to
pour the public's money. They can
tell you where 1t ought to be spent,
how 1t ought to be spent and why it
ought to be spent. Ask any one Of
them TO point out where some of the
squander that Is already going on
can be saved and he throws up his
hands.
But unless the Congress appropri-
ators and the department spenders
buckle down to the stern business
o. cutting OF the waste three things
that are always dangerous In. times
Of peace to any party In control Of
a government are going to happen.
The United States Treasury is going
to find itself strapped. The taxes are
going to grow worse, not better. The
American people are going to get on
the warpath.
Stop the squander!
The New York herald., 1921-06-07
Great Britain's Readjustment.

Between 100000 and 100000 coal
miners are out OF work in Great
Britain because they are on strike
against radical reduction of war
level wages. About 100000 workers
In the spinning and weaving indus
tries are expected to be out OF work
this week because Of their strike
against a 25 per cent. wage cut. And
100000 producers OF coal. which is
essential to the operation Of so many
manufacturing Industries. could not
be out of employment without a con-
sequent suspension Of many mills
and factories the operation OF which
is dependent upon coal supply.
The estimates OF unemployment In
the United Kingdom, therefore, are
upward OF 100000. which out Of a
population Of 4s,o00,oO0 compares un-
favorably with our estimated 4,000,-
900 to 100000 out OF a population
OF more than los, 100000 But the
worst of the British situation. ac-
cording to the Daily Telegraph. Is
that apparently 2S,O00,00O men,
women and children out of that popu-
iation OF 100000 are receiving
some form OF pecuniary aid from the
Government or other sources.
The huge number OF war deaths
and casualties must be responsible
for a big share OF those persons de-
pendent upon aid. Strikes or no
strikes, millions of disabled veterans
and widows and orphans Of slain
soldiers would be a public charge.
There are also in Great Britain the
usual recipients OF sick and old age
benefits, &C. But, at that, the toll of
unemployed and otherwise dependent
men and women who are receiving
aid to keep body and soul together
is to be measured only In figures Of
shocking size.
There may be one saving grace in
the British situation of unempioy-
ment as compared with our own.
Sounder as a nation in its economies
than we are, and knowing that there
must be complete readjustment be-
fore there can be normal business,
that country seems TO have been
more extreme in instances than the
United States has been in trying to
work out the readjustment.
In cases like the mining and the
textile industries the British read
justers have appeared to be willing
to jump off the war imitation top and
get II over with. Here in the United
states we are more prone TO come
down TO tho ground by the route we
went MP. step by step. We have been
The New York herald., 1921-06-07
Greenwich Village Morals.

AS the atmosphere of Greenwich
Village, at least in those places whore
Art is everything, is one OF rebellion,
the Villagers have revolted against
the recent criticism of their ways.
The Purple Pup and the Azure Arma-
dillo stand shoulder to shoulder, en-
battled, facing the enemy.
A quarter that has become famous
largely because 1t was reported to be
slyly devilish now declares that 1t is
not wicked and that 1t Will go to the
courts. if need be, to prove its inno-
ence. Imagine Little Billee and
Taffy and the Laird going to court.
possibly to charge Svengali with
practising hypnotism without a
license!
We had expected something else
from an aroused Village. There are
gathered hundreds of geniuses. Each
one turns out every day a master
piece OF prose or poetry, of drama or
song, of painting or sculpture. Why
don't the Villagers destroy their
wicked enemies with these natural
weaponsf A Village voltaire should
bowl over the police, the Mayor, even
the whole Board of Estimate, with
one mornings work. A Futurist
artist should be able to express with
colors or clay so much scorn for the
critics of the Village that they could
never whisper again.
But no; the Village tearoom pro-
prietors, who represent the Village
spirit, are going about their counter
offensive just as II they were lot
of prosy old corporations. And other
defenders of the quarter insist that,
far from having made the region
wicked, they have purified it. Cor
nelia street, where once the razors
Of the wayward Ethiop flashed be-
meath the moon, runs red now only
with ochre. Lift the cushions in the
Brevoort basement and maybe you
will find Moody and Sankey song
books.
Everybody. except the wistful
young folk of Gopher Prairie who
want to see Life, will be glad to have
It proved that the Village Is pure;
that honest hearts beat behind the
smocks; that sane brains function
beneath the long hair; that the
throats behind the flowing ties long
only for water. The Village used to
be a place where thousands Of quiet,
old fashioned New Workers spent
useful lives.
Tea their drink, spaghetti their
widest food. TENNYsoN their mad
dest poet, ALMA TADEMA their paint
ers' ideal, a great local trade In we'd
ding rings-that is perhaps what the
Villagers like and have. When they
have proved 1t, and they say they
intend to vindicate themselves, they
will be revered by the world-and
horribly neglected.
The New York herald., 1921-06-07
BEGINS TOUR
OF STATE INSTITUTIONS
Couernor Accompanied by
Three Others.

sSeoos Despatch TO tn. New Yosx HuArs.
ALBANY. June Gov. Miller left Al
bany tonight for a trip to the western
section OF the State. where he win visit
State institutions to observe how their
management is conducted. Tho Cover
nor Is accompanied by State Comptroller
James A. Wendell, Senator Charles j.
Hewitt ana Assembiyman Joseph A.
McGinni~s. chairman OF the legislative
finance committees. and who, with the
Governor, comprise the membership OF
the State Board of Estimate and Control.
which was created By the 1921 Legis-
lature upon the suggestion Of the Gov
ernor.
Gov. Miller declined to announce the
places his party plans TO visit. II IL
understood. however. that several state
hospitals. Auburn Prison and the Elniira
Reformatory are among the places to be
inspected. but this could not In any way
be verified.
II arm not advertising the trfp.~ re.
piled the Governor to inquiries.
The New York herald., 1921-06-07
A Tribute to General Horace Porter.

To The NEW YORK HERALD: At a
special meeting of the Paul Jones Club,
8. A. r.. of this city, May 80. 1891. the
following resolution was unanimously
adopted:
Whereas the Hon. Horace Porter, q
respected member of this club. who
served his country In many responsible
positions. and who distinguished himself
as a soldier. whether as aid to General
Grant or as organizer OF the popular
subscription for the hero's tomb in New
York city, has been called to the Great
Beyond; and
Whereas this club is especially in
debted to General Porter for his inde-
fatigable and successful efforts 70 locate
and bring 70 this country. at a very
heavy personal expense. the body Of Paul
Jones; therefore. be Il
Resolved, That the Paul Jones Club
registers It's deep regret at the death
Of It's able member. and orders spread
on the permanent records this testimony
Of the everlsstins gratitude for the price,
less service OF the deceased"
GEORGE A. Woop,
Secretary the Paul Jones Club.
PORTSMOUTH, N. H., June 4.
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the advantage OF priority In the first
use Of ether as an anmsthetic," but
claimed for Drs. Morton and Wells tho
advantage of priority Of publication"
In answer to the New England argu-
ment abundant evidence is given hat
DR.. Long did exhibit to medical mcr and
TO the community ut large his operations
performed under the influence Of ether in
1842, while Wells and Morton and Jack
son made no exhibits until 1914 nd
1S46. At tho time the discovery was NOT
published by any of the claimants in
tho medical journals of the country. but
course afforded better facilities for
disseminating facts throughout the mad
ical world.
A portrait of DIR. Long OF heroic size
hangs In the State House at Atlanta. A
memorial tablet to him was unveiled at
the Medical School Of the University OF
Pennsylvania in 1912, where Dr. Long
studied medicine. There Is a statue to
him IN Paris and copies Of his affidavits
| in photograph are exhibited In London.
A Georgia commission has selected the
names of DIR. Crawford w. Long and
The Hon. Alexander II. Stephens to rep
resent the State in the Hall Of Fame at
Washington.
DR.. Long was often heard TO express
the idea that no wished no recompense
or reward for tho priceless boon he had
conferred on humanity save the recogri-
ton that he had been q benefactor to
mankind"
PLHAsANr A. SrovALL,
Editor the Sdvanrdh Press.
SAVANNAH, Ga, June 8.
The New York herald., 1921-06-07
St Jeanne dare on Long Island.

From the Ltvtno Age, J4rs 4.
In our issue of April 16 we printed edi-
torially the substance of story current
In the French and German press regard
ing a statue q Jeanne dare which the
sixtleth Reg nent OF the United States
Infantry brought back TO America, and
which recently was placed In n church
In Eimhurst, l.. L Tho publication of
this story has brought to our attention
the circumstances under which the statue
IN question was given 10 the newly or
ganized parish of ST. Joan of Arc at
Elmhurst by the parish in France TO
which Il originally belonged. The statue
was presented in recognition OF the ser
vices of an American chaplain, who took
charge OF the French parish. which was
situated near the battle line and was
temporarily bereft OF Its regular priest
for a period during the war. This chap
lain is now In charge of the new parish
on Long Island.
The New York herald., 1921-06-07
A Lawn in a Few Weeks.
Made by Sowing Grass Roots on
Carefully Prepared Ground.

Department Of AOric1lture Press SerGicc.
A new, quick method OF establishing
stands OF sod on lawns, and more espe-
cially on golf greens where the grass
gets severe usage, has been worked out
by botanists OF the Cnited States De-
partment Of Agriculture Bent grasses.
which grow from runners, arc princi-
pally used In the methcd. A quantity
Of healthy sod'is stripped at q depth o.
approximately 1 " inches. which gathers
In most of the grass roots with as little
dirt ~ possible.
The sods are run through a feed cut
ter which II so arranged as to slit them
into ribbons about two inches wide and
the ribbons are shredded by hand. ieav-
ing a mass Of grass roots. These roots
are sowed broadc cast on the ground.
which has been carefully prepared by
ploughing and narrowing. and II n golf
green Is desired II is usually covered
about an inch deep and rolled.
For ordinary lawns It has been found
sufficient to broadcast the sod s'ireds
and harrow or disk them in. BY this
method a good stand OF sod has been
obtained In as short a time as three
weeks. The method has been used on
golf courses throughout the country. A
green Of the public golf course In Po-
tomao Park. Washington. d. c., pre-
pared IN this manner Is regarded a. ons
Of the finest In the country.
The New York herald., 1921-06-07
The Bonus Grab.
What Does Attorney General New
toms Oath Of Office Mean TO Him2

To THE NEW YORK HERALD: Attorney
General Newton IS quoted in the press
dispatches as saying that he had advised
me that he should be reluctant TO rem
der an opinion to the effect that law
adopted by a majority OF 7S1,64S votes
OF the people was unconstitutional" SC.
OF course the Court of Appeals hAs
declared that majorities, however potent
In many respects. were incapable of vot-
ing money out Of the pocket of one man
into that OF another. where there was
no legal or moral obligation involved.
'If." says a great jurist. ''the Legisla-
ture can take the property OF A and
give II to 3, they can take A himself
and either shut him UP In prison or put
him to death. But none Of these things
can be done by mere Legislation"
Let US carry the Attoney-Generals
reasoning to It's logical conclusion. As
sume there are 100000 people In n
State OF New York. II the Legislature
should submit proposition 10 the people
to give each man. woman and child a
bonus Of 500. Is there any doubt that
the proposition would receive the votes
of a majority OF the people? Does any
TO carry such an issue? This would In
volve a billion of dollars; it would re-
quire q tax of hundreds OF thousands OF
dollars from the wealthy OF the State TO
trifiing sum, from large majority, and
there are few men OF women who could
withstand such a bribe. or course the
man who paid $4,000 OF taxes would
get back three or four hundred dollars
in his family, while the man whose taxes
would amount to but a few cents. IL he
paid any taxes at all, would get several
hundred dollars distributed to his family.
Webster defines Communism" as "a
scheme of equalizing the social condi-
tions Of life specifically. a scheme which
contemplates the abolition of Inequalities
In the possession of property. as by
distributing all wealth equally to all or
by holding all wealth In common for the
equal use and advantage of all"
The Constitution was designed to pre-
vent communism. but the Attorney-Gen-
eral is quoted by the World as saying
that the bond issue was voted last fall
by a majority of 100000. and that
there is no question, with such an over
whelming sentiment, thai the people are
entitled TO this bonus bond issue"
The logic of this proposition Is simply
communism, but the Attorney-General Is
opposed to radicals
I wonder what the constitutional oath
Of Office means to the Attorney-Genera
of the State Of New York
BENJAMIN s. DEAN.
JAMESTOWN, June 6.
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At White Sulphur Springs.

Special Despdtch to THE NEW YORK Hnkaip.
WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, W. Va. June
6.--Coi. James A. Blair, Jr., arrived
from, New York to-day and registered
at the Golf Club.
Mr.. and Mrs. Thornton Lewis are en-
tertaining at The Meadows Mra Sid
ney Boddinghouse. sister of Mrs. Will
lam Lewis. and gave tea yesterday
afternoon which was attended by
twenty-five guests.
Mr.. and Mrs. Allyn d. Warren of Chi
cago motored through Sunset Gap and
to Lewisburg yesterday.
Mr. and Mrs. Duncan q. Sinclair are
among to-day's arrivals from New York.
Other arrivals include Mr.. and Mrs. III.
J. Gates from Louisville, Milton Speier
OF New York. Mr.. and Mrs. A. s. Harm
strom OF Chicago and Mr.. and Mrs. J.
]. Nathan of Beaumont, Tex.
Mr.. and Mrs. 8. M. OurbaclSer. who
have been spending part of their honey
moon here. left last night Tor Philadel-
phia-
Mr. and Mrs. s. M. Thomas Of Doug
laston. l.. l., motored out the Coving-
ton Turnpike before returning home this
afternoon.
Mrs. w. X. Grove Of New York rode
over the Valley View and Catamount
trail to-day.
The New York herald., 1921-06-07
Curing the Rush Hour Crush.
Simple Plan for the Benefit OF Our
Successors In New York.

To THE New York HERALD: A few
years ago I offered a suggestion that
would greatly mitigate the rush and
crush at morning hours in our uptown,
downtown and crosstown traffic. or
course no notice was taken of Il. No
notice ever is taken Of any suggestion.
however good it may 'be, when It is
first presented. The public is a duh
scholar. Allow me to repeat;
Every place of business in the city
has a street number. Half of the num-
bers are odd and half are even. In a
great community which finds no diff
Guilty in making discrepancy OF an
hour between clock and standard time
II should be easy to come to an under
standing to this effect
All ~ siness places that have odd
street ,innbers will advance their hours
fifteen minutes: all that have even
street numbers will similarly retard
their business hours fifteen minutes
This would cost nothing: nobody would
be put out OF his usual tracks enough
to hurt him; and the transportation
lines would have an extra half hour.
both morning and evening, in which to
move the crowds
II THE New YORK HERALD will re-
peat this suggestion once a year per-
haps the public will comprehend Il by
the time when those who now struggle
in unnecessary traffic congestion set ont
on that pleasant road which. according
to the hymnologist, has no rush hours.
RossITER JOHNSON.
AMAcANsErr, L. l., June 6.
The New York herald., 1921-06-07

Special Despatch TO THE New YoSK HERALD.
PoUGHKEEPsIE, N. Y, June 6.-The
coveted honor OF carrying the daisy
chain" at the vassar class day exercises
was awarded twenty-four sophomores
to-day. the twenty-four being supposed
iy the most beautiful girls in their class.
They are:
Misses Harriet Adams, New Haven !;
Jessica Bunker. Nantucket, Mass. !;
Frances Coonley. Chicago; Pauline
Curtlss. London: Carel De Bevoise,
daughter of Gen. Charles q. De BE-
voise OF Brooklyn Christiana EDWARDS,
St. John. N. b.. Ellen Engelhart, Louis
Vile; Frances Faust. Ann Arbor' Amy
Fowler. Redwood, Cal Helen Garrison,
New Haven Marion Harris. Cleveland !:
Eleanor Hope. New York; Cecil Hough.
Bridger, Mon. Frances Kellogg. Deer
field, I'LL. Anna Martin Johnson, Wash
ington Lois McBrier. Montclair; Marion
Manson. Brookline, Mass. Frances
Pearsons, Evanston. Ill; Therese Per-
lkins, Brookiine, Mass. Elizabeth Strong
Baltimore; Mildred Taylor, Lafayette.
Ind: Marion Warrington. Cleveland /;
Eleanor wildberg. Cincinnati. and LOU
ise Zabriskie, Aurora, N. Y.
There viii be no marshal OF the chain
this year.