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The New York herald., 1921-12-27
By w. ). HENDERSON.

Giulio Gattf-Casaxza declared that Il
was not merry Christmas. IT was yes-
terday afternoon when he said II, and
there was a special matinee performances
Of "zasa-" Mr.. Crimi was 70 have sung
the role Of Dufresne, but no was on the
sick list, and the evening program had
already been altered for that reason. II
he had not been I'll he might have had
to sing twice I'm the course Of the day
because Mr.. Martineili was also indis-
posed. Mr.. Martinelli might have been
called on to sing Co~$s in Mr.. Crimfs .
place in the eveninA But Mr. cr1mi In
the natural order Of s.-fn.> would have
been Mr.. Martinelirs vubs.itute In the
afternoon. Then thers was Mr.. Cham
lee. who might have--weiI lie was sick.
too.
with all these M. n feii % ths lot OF
Morgan Kingston. ''scmper paratus"
tenor. to sing Dafresne, which ne did. to
the apparent satisfaction of the audi
ence. With three tenors out Of commits
sion, the news came yesterday that
Johannes Sembach. tenor of German
operas had also succumbed- Mr.. King
ston may havo a chance to sing Sje0-
mund on Saturday. -Four tenors being
on the pinnacle list. Mr.. Gatti-Casazza
was not jesting when he said it was not
a merry Christmas for him.
Miss Farrar repeated her fmporsona-
ton of ZGso at the matinee with excel
lent effect. She was In good votoe ana
sang her music well. while her acting
exhibited its now familiar diversity.
In the evening the ever faithful and
always ready double bill Of 'Cavalleria
Rusticana" and "Pagliacci' was substi-
tuted for "Ernani." which had been
heard at revival performance early
this month.
The large audience apparently felt no
regret because an old Italian opera
which many persons present had proba-
bly, never heard--was replaced by the
two modern Italian works. A genuine
holiday spirit of contentment and inter-
est prevailed throughout the auditorium,
and there was abundant applause for the
principal singers.
The cast of the Mascagni opera had
Miss Rosa Ponseile as the S0ntnScG.
Miss Perini as LoIo, Mr.. Gigli as TairSd
du, Mr.. Picco as Alto, and Mme. Berat
as Lucid. The chief singers In the Leon
cavallo opera were Nine. Easton as
Media, Mr.. Pertile-who seems to be
making himself very useful to tho COM
pany-as Ca4io, Mr.. Danise as Tonic,
Mr. laurent as Siluio, and Mr.. Paltri-
nieri as Beppe. Mr.. Moranzoni conducted
both operas with spirit.
The audience at the Metropolitan last
night included M. and Mrs. Ogden II.
Hammond and Mr.. Grafton Gushing. who
were with Mr.. ana Mrs. Henry White in
Box II.
with Mr.. Clarence II. Maclzay in Box
23 were Major and Mrs. ]. c. o. Mar
riott, Miss Florence Johnson, Miss Kath-
oyfpa Ma ckav and Mr. Rnharf p Crov
Mr.. and Mrs. Richard T. Wilson's
guests in Box were Mr.. and Mrs. Allen
g. Wellman and Mrs. Robert Shaw of
Boston.
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Hastings and
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter p. Maynard wero
members of the party in Box 1s.
With Mr.. and Mrs. Cornelius Wander
bilt, Jr., in Box were Mr.. and Mrs.
Martin W. Littleton, Jr., and Miss Grace
Vanderbilt.
Mime. Domicio Da Cana and Mr.. and
The New York herald., 1921-12-27
California Trees for Greece
New verdure Promised for Barren
Greek Hills.
Fron the london rVmes.

From the London Times.
Mrs. p. Martineau, the expert on fiori-
culture and tree planting. has Just re-
turned to England from a visit to
Athens. where she has been advising the
King and Queen Of the Hellenes In the
culture and laying out OF gardens. She
has spent a good deal OF time in Cali
fornia and has found that the drought
resisting trees and flowers Of that ooun-
try are particularly suited to Greek soil.
The Queen has formed a small society
among her friends with the object of
furtherlng tree planting in the country.
All the streets of Athens have been
planted with pepper trees. the light
green foliage of which, with clusters of
berries. is very effective. The pepper
tree an evergreen, is a native Of Cali
fornia- Another tree seen there IL the
maritime pine, with which the Queen
hopes to clothe the hills OF Greece as
far as possible. Some Of the small hills
surrounding Athens are elready covered
with this drought resisting tree. which
10 particularly suited to a soil which Is
practically lime and dust. The maritime
pine grows very quickly, and Mrs. Mar
tineau thinks that the covering of the
hills around Athens may have the ef-
feet Of bringing more rain.
The great Forest of Tatoi, with its
wealth of evergreen oaNus Of great an
tiquity, which. with the Royal Palace.
was destroyed three years ago. is now
being reclotiied with small pines. which
are springing up everywhere from seed
lings. The King has a number Of fine
vineyards at Tatoi, and the great gar
dens Of the palace. now mainly thrown
open to the people. are very beautiful.
They contain the remains of Roman
bath and a small stream runs through
the grounds. A portion Of the gardens
has been retained for the private use
Of the royal family and Is at present
laid out IN strawberries. There" said
Mrs. Martineau. II should like to plant
masses OF roses and Towering shrubs
and many drought resisting flowers
found in California
The gardens In Athens, which were
laid out by an Englishman some years
ago. are very beautiful. Many plants
which In this country flourish in green
houses are to be found in profusion, and
myrtle and orange trees arc everywhere.
violets border ali tho beds ana bloom
throughout tho winter.
Mrs. Martineau also visited Ru-
mania to give advice on the rcconstruc-
ticn Of tho royal gardens at Bucharest.
The palace stands on hill, and Mrs.
Martineau is carrying out scheme for
the construction OF six terraces, Of vary
ing depth. on the hillside. Each terrace
will be planted with roses OF distinct
color. The soil of Rumania is very rich
and produces flowers of exceptional size
and color1ng.
The New York herald., 1921-12-27
Income Tax Rulings.
Inconsistency in This State in Re.
gard to Gains and Losses.

To THE New YORK HERALD: concur
In your editorial remarks on the atti-
tude Of tho Government in regard to
income taxation. Both Federal and State
Governments resolve doubts in the tax
law against the taxpayer and in favor
of the Government. which is contrary
to law. Only a young person will live
long enough to obtain refund Of an
unjust tax from the Federal Govern
ment after II has been paid.
Under the State income tax law tax
payer who has made a profit on stock
transaction is allowed in computing his
profit to select the value of the stock.
either at the time he bought It or on
January /, 1919, whichever will make
his tax the smaller. 1t seems meet
inconsistent that under the same law a
taxpayer who has made loss, and
presumably with reduced funds with
which to pay tax. is compelled in COM
putting his tax to adopt the value for
the stock, either when purchased or on
January I. 1919, whichever will make
his tax the larger. JOHN M. SHEpp.
New YoRK, December rs.
The New York herald., 1921-12-27
AMERICAN PIANIST PLAYS.

Of Welsh parentage not unknown here.
gave a recital in Aeolian Hall last night.
He played Bach's 'Chaconne." tram
scribed by Busoni; Revels's sonata and
"The Spirit of Passing Clouds" one Of
his own compositions. His playing IS
satisfactory because Of an understand
ing OF dynamics. good pedalling and a
general plan. clearly conceived and well
executed. His playing is not deeply
emotional nor Is his coloring OF great
variety, but he has intelligence and an
attitude Of sincerity in all he does.
The New York herald., 1921-12-27
The Harbor.

Gray sky; gray sea; gray mast and
hull.
Gray dawn; gray winter mist and gull.
Gray city hidden in the chill
OF morning gray. Gray thoughts that
I'll
A mind too trained to sorrows doom,
And keen to mark but grayest gloom.
Another IN the grayncss sees
A vision soft and Japanese.
on dreamy waters. dreamy craft
Dream laden float In winds that waft
Dream hopes from town the mist con-
ceals.
He notes the strength of gull that wheels.
And their comes sun TO break the clouds
And gray no more the scene enehrouds.
The sad souls darkness fees away:
Tho others dream unfolds TO stay.
Gold sky gold sea gold mast and hull.
Gold dawn: gold winter mist and gull |!
BLANCHE ELrsAsErH WADE
The New York herald., 1921-12-27

WASHINGTON, Dec. 26-Heh pre9ure
siderable cloudiness. prevailed to-day east
of the Rocky Mountains. while pressure con.
the disturbance was central tonight off the
California coast. This disturbance was at
tended by rain In California, Arizona and
portions OF New Mexico and western Col
orado. and by snow in Utah. Nevada. Idaho
and Oregon.
There was little change IN temperature,
except in the lower lake region. the Lower
Mississippi Valley and the west Gulf States.
where the weather became warmer. Lower
temperature continued in the Northwest.
The indications are for mostly fair
weather, but with considerable cloudiness to-
morrow and wednesday IN the States east
WIN be slightly higher in the east Gulf States
and in the Atlantic States north of Florida
tomorrow, otherwise It viii not change ma
the Mississippi River.
The New York herald., 1921-12-27

to an attempt to defeat the purpose
of the United States.
And that is why the American
people are severely condemning-in
the absence of any sound reason for
the release Of DEBs-the action of
the ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Office In using
its machinery to set this dangerous
fellow free.
The New York herald., 1921-12-27
To Check the Crime Wave.
A Reward Advocated for Policemen
Who XIII Thieves.

To THE NEW YORK HERALD: To put
an end to the daily holdups / suggest
that we offer a reward OF $4,000 TO
every policeman who kills an armed
thief or burglar. Surely there are q
thousand mon or women in New York
who win be glad TO subscribe that sum
TO encourage officers and to rid tho COM
munisy OF desperadoes. I will be one.
and II only a hundred contributors can
be found I viii be one Of them.
JOHN l.. BuroRp.
BRooxLrN, December 26.
The New York herald., 1921-12-27
Mike Lyons's Partner.
Cunningham Was an Actor as Well
ms n Restaurant Keeper.

TO THE NEW YoRK HERALD: In the
letters about Mike Lyons and his res
taurant 1 have noticed very little mem
ton of his partner. Cunningham. who
for some time was an actor and ap-
peared on the Bowery and at Tony
Pastors.
Cunningham kept a restaurant at
Broadway Just below Bleecker street in
a sort of basement few steps down.
At the entrance he had a statue like a
cigar sign Of Jim Crow. He moved
from this place to the Bowery and took
in Mike Lyons as his partner. The res
taurant remained for years under the
nsme Of Cunningham & Lyons.
M. f. FOLSOM.
NEW YORK. December 26.
The New York herald., 1921-12-27
GOLF AT HOT SPRINGS.

Special Dispatch 10 THE Nrw YORK HERALD
Hor SPRINGS. Va. Dec. 26.--Christmas
week started to-day with much activity
on the long golf course, the short course
being closed for the winter. Capt and
Mrs. II. w. Hvoslef OF New York played
a twosome early this morning. Two
somes also we're played by Mr.. and Mrs.
II. Clay Miller OF Baltimore and Mr..
and Mrs. Henry Carson. Jr., OF Green
wich. Conn.
Mr.. and Mrs. NJ. Fl. Mann and Mrs.
s. c. Lamport OF New York and Mr..
and Mrs william Woods OF Philadcl-
phia played In the afternoon.
The New York herald., 1921-12-27

OF to attempt to produce in 1922 as
large a crop as this year. He is in
much the same position as a manufac-
turer who suddenly discovers that he
has an enormous supply OF raw material
on hand without demand for his fin
ished product.
GEORGE NJ. RoMNEL,
Editor I'm chief the Field Illustrated
and System, on the Farm.
NEW YORK, December 26.
The New York herald., 1921-12-27
sEvangeIine. and Its Stars.

To THE NEW York HERALD: When
ana where was tho first production Of
Rice's ''Evangeline" given? Did Henry
Il. Dixey ever appear in this production7
Also aid any other actors appear In II
who subsequently became noted in other
lines7 THEsPrs.
PHrrAprIpHrA, December 26.
The New York herald., 1921-12-27
Four Tenors III, Opera Casts Changed
Zaza' in the Afternoon, Followed by Cavalleria
Rusticana' and PasliaccI at Night

Mrs. Lewis L. Clarke were in Box Is
with Mr.. and Mrs. Elbert H. Gary.
Mr.. and Mira John Aspegren's guests
IN Box were Mr.. and Mra. Gustav J. 8.
White. Mr.. and Mr.. Cyril Judge and
Mr. Samuel Pisa
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Moran. Mr.. and
MIRA Frederick Goodwin and Miss Helen
Moran were IN Box IS.
The New York herald., 1921-12-27

-Four men shot In Christmas fight
in Williamsburg have refused to re-
veal to the police the cause of the
disturbance. Reticence about ones
private troubles is commendsble. OF
course, but tho authorities who had
to call out the reserves TO quell this
particular battle feel that It may be
carried too far.
The New York herald., 1921-12-27
Under the Wind.

I am like a shaken tree
On a hill;
What I am and how grow.
The tempests will.
I am like a blade Of sraes
In a field;
When the wind rushes over
I must yield.
Take me, love. or leave me here
L shall be
Happy as the bending grass
Or tho tree:
Mold me to your hearts desire,
But to find
I shall bend tho other way
With the wind.
ABIGAIL w. CRKssoN.
The New York herald., 1921-12-27
Daily Calendar
THE WEATHER.

For Eastern New York-Cloudy and
warmer to-day. tomorrow fair: moder-
ate south shifting to west winds.
For New Jersey-Cioudy and warmer to-
day. tomorrow fair.
For Northern New Engiand-Cloudy and
warmer to-day; tomorrow fair.
For Southern New England-Cloudy and
warmer to-day; tomorrow fair.
For Western New York-Cioudy to-day and
tomorrow. probably snow flurries near the
lakeg.
Observations at United States Weather Bu-
reau stations taken at 8 p. NJ. yesterday.
seventy-fifth meridian time:
The New York herald., 1921-12-27
Greatness.

Yon man has graspcd the jewelled
crown
OF high renown,
And yet some lifeless clown
Is greater far than he.
Having but touched and turned the key
That swings the gates OF Immortality
CLINTON SCOTLAND.
The New York herald., 1921-12-27

The Associated Press Is exclusively entitled
20 the use Tor republication OF all news die
patches credited 60 Il or not otherwise
credited IN this paper. and also the local
news published herein.
All rights OF republication OF special dis
patches herein arc also reserved.
The New York herald., 1921-12-27

To-day begin the household confer
ences on the Limitation of cold turkey
The New York herald., 1921-12-27
LOCAL WEATHER RECORDS.
EVENTS TO-DAY.

Highest temperature, So. at z. N:
Lowest temperature. II, at 7:20 A. M.
Average temperature, rs.
The New York herald., 1921-12-27

Cigar store clerks are getting to be
very much stuck up young men
The New York herald., 1921-12-27
A Good Guess.

IRON the Ozark Democrat Enterprise.
There was Wedding somewhere Sunday
evening.
The Penn's Grove record., 1921-01-28
ROBERT BURNS
Born January 25, 1859.
Died July 81, 1896

Scotland's greatest lyric poet, is re-
called on his birthday anniversary by
those who are lovers of Nature and
Truth unadulterated.
The Penn's Grove record., 1921-01-28
Popular

Flue-heated hotbeds, economical and
efficient, are gradually su~perseding
the expensive old-style m%anure-heat-
ed beds in some parts of New Jersey.
In the old-style hotbeds from II to 20
inches of manure was spread on the
bottom and covered with four to six
inches of fine earth in which the seed
was sown. The fermentation of the
manure gave off enough heat to keep
the temperature of the air under the
glass above freezing. At first the
manure will give off considerable heat,
but this will be reduced gradually
during the next six weeks. AS the
plants are sown any time after the
first of February, there is enough
heat to bring them safely through
February and March.
Hotbeds of some kind are essential
for starting such plants as tomatoes,
elephants, peppers, sweet potatoes
and cabbage. But fresh manure suit
able for making hotbeds is not only
hard TO secure but very high in price,
and in the case of sweet potatoes and
peppers it will carry over from year
to year disease organisms which affect
the young plants as we'll as the crop.
Perhaps this is why the fue-heated
hotbeds adapted so readily in the
sweet potato growing section of South
Jersey where many are already in use.
The average specifications for these
f1ue-heated beds are about II feet in
width and from 80 to go feet in
length. The outside wall is made of
concrete. The fues are 8-inch clay
tile and the firebox is lined with fire
brick, 4 feet in height, 3 feet wide and
5 feet long. In the firebox is kept a
s~mouldering fire of stumps, cordwood
or old material of any kind.
If a little care is practiced and the
construction is right in the first place
these hotbeds will remain in good con-
dition for thirty to forty years and
will gradually take the place of the
old-style manure beds.
Blue-prints giving specific details of
construction, and also the cost of
material, may be secured from your
county agent for 25 cents, or by send
ing Is cents in starnpe to C.. H. Mss
ley, New Jersey Experiment Station,
New Brunswick. Any further detailed
information regarding the construc-
sieu Of these beds may also be OBJ
tanned nom tEe above sources.
The Penn's Grove record., 1921-01-28

tier president. For western New YORK
was an outpost when he was born
there of New England parents. After
receiving about the same kind of
schooling as our other ~log-cabin presi-
dents, he was bound out to learn the
trade Of wool carder.
The one enduring act of the Fill
more administration was taken when
it sent Commodore Perry to knock at
the long-closed gate of Japan, and,
with the gift Of q toy railroad and a
toy telegraph, to tempt the japanese
to come out of their hermit %seclusion.
The rest is politics.
As American men struggled to rise
from the bottom in the more primitive
days of the country, their women Of
ten failed to keep up with them. BY
the time half of Fillmore's predeceS-
sors gained the presidency, their
wives were either dead, worn out or
1gging behind.
Mrs. Fillmore, finding herself with
strength or ambition to reign with
husband, her place was taken by
d daughter. This girl Of eighteen,
Miss Mary Abigail, was enough of q
new woman to have insisted on fitting
herself by a course in a normal school
to earn an independent living. Being
Obligated to teach a certain length OF
time after graduating, she went on
teaching school even after her father
became vice president. She kept at it
until her mother summoned her to
preside over the White House, where
she promptly induced congress to in
stall a library, the mansion having
been until then a bookless desert.
A month after the end of her hus-
bands term Mrs. Fillmore was dead,
Next Miss Mary died of cholera, and
then, after a tour of Europe, the
pathetic loneliness of a retired presi-
dent was relieved by a marriage with
a wealthy widow.
Fillmore had tried to avert this re.
tirement by an unsuccessful effort to
be nominated to succeed himself
Four years afterward he attempted
to break the retirement and return
to the presidency. Although he had
both the Knownothing and Wing nom
nations, he ran third in the election
He lived On in his Buffalo EornG until
the YER year when another RT.ffalo'
MAN, Grover Cleveland, sta. ted fol
the White House by way Of the
~shrievalty of Erie county.
The Penn's Grove record., 1921-01-28

RRuLARD FILLMORE, the second
Iva vice president to be promoted by
death, was the most commonplace
president even in a twenty-year period
when the presidency remained at low
water mark. Tall and with magisterial
front, but cold aud hollow, he looked
the part which he played-the dummy
of northern trimmers in politics and
of southern trafickers in slaves.
A fable of the day hit off the truth.
The new president must have a car
rage, and "Old Edward" Moran, a
White House attendant in many adj
ministrations, took him to see a hand
some outfit, whose owner was leaving
Washington and would sell it at a
bargain.
"This is all very well, Edward"
Fillmore unused, according to the pop
ular yarn; "but how would it do for
the president of the United States
70 ride around in a secondhand car
riage?"
"But, sure" argued "Old Edward"
"Your Ixellency is only a secondhand
prisident!"
In Fillmore we have another from
The Penn's Grove record., 1921-01-28

Habit causes men to do strange
things. Habit is stronger than reason
and men, therefore, do %unreasOn-
able, improbable things.
Russell Sage, who died a multi
millionaier, is said never to have
passed a pin without picking it up.
Obviously this was not a profitable
thing to DO, but he probably acquired
the habit in the days when he was
forced to make every penny count,
and in later life he was unable to
change the custom.
All Of US probably practice certain
petty economies to our great neon
v~enience and possibly to our actual
financial loss, just because we ac-
CURED the habit in our early days.
Thousands of business men whose
time is worth from SIS to $25 an hour
personally open all their mail and go
to the bank each day to deposit
checks and cash.
They find it easier to do this than
not to do it, because it is a habit.
A habit, good or bad, is hard to
break.
The psychologists tell US that
habits are fine things because they re-
lieve us of thinking about a multitude
of Insignificant trif1es. We just go
ahead and do them, thinking about
something else in the meantime.
But the trouble comes when we
form habits thoughtlessly, adopting
difficult and time-wasting ways of
doing simple things, when, if we
thought about it all, we would find
easier and quicker ways.
We also cling to old habits long
after the need for them has vanished.
Now and then, therefore, it is a
good thing to give ourselves a shake
up and analyze a few dozen of our
habits. We may find we can discard
a lot Of them, and change a few
others, with profit to ourselves.
A ctar for averv State and a Ctafc
The Penn's Grove record., 1921-01-28

Far a. That and a. That
Is there, for honest poverty,
That hangs his head and a. that;
The coward-slave, we pass him by,
We dare be poor for a. that!
For a. that and a. that.
Our tolls obscure, and a. that;
The rank is but the guinea stamp,
The mans the gowd for a. that.
What though on namely fare we dine,
Wear hoddin grey and a. that;
Gle fools their silks and knaves their
wine,
A mans a man for a. that;
For a. that and a. that
Their tinSel show and, a. that;
The honest man, thou e'er sac poor,
Is king of men for a that.
Ye see yon birkie, cad a lord,
VIVA struts and stares and a that;
Though hundreds worship at his word,
He's but a coof for a. that;
For a that and a that;
His riband star, and u that;
The mar of independent mind,
He looks and laughs at a that.
A prince can maxi a belted knight,
A marquis, duke and a. that;
But an honest mans aboon his might,
Guild faith, he mauna fa' that.
For a that and a. that,
Their dignities and a. that,
The pith o. sense and pride o. worth
Are higher ranks than a. that.
Then let us pray that come what may
AS come it will for a. that,
That and worth, Ger a. the earth,
May bear the gree, and a. that.
For a that and a. that,
It's coming yet, for a. that,
That man to man, the warld DER
Shall brothers be for a. that.
Robert Burns. :,
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1921-12-22

Surely this is a gift that every
wife will appreciate. Think OF
serving Christmas dinner in fine
new dinner set at such low price
Be sure and come In and pick out
the set you want either this even
ing or early tomorrow.