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The New York herald., 1921-10-16
Big Verdicts Against Motorists.

Two recent suits for damages aris-
ing from injuries inflicted on young
girls by vehicles In the highways
have resulted in notably high ver-
diets for the sufferers. In a New
York State Supreme Court the jury
awarded 100000 to little girl for
the loss of both hands through being
run over by truck while she was
playing in the street. In New Jer-
sey a jury made up of six women
and six men decided that a girl
whose legs were broken by an auto
mobile was entitled to $4,000 from
the owner of the car, while $4,000
was given to her father to pay the
surgeons bills which he incurred in
hs< behalf.
Appeals will undoubtedly be taken
from these verdicts and new trials
will be demanded. 1t Is not neces-
sary 10 speculate on the outcome Of
these appeals, however, to see in the
acts of the juries a positive refiec-
ton of strong public sentiment In
favor OF curbing reckless motor car
drivers and making the highways safe
for everybody. In one of the cases
under consideration a corporation
was the defendant; in the other an
individual owned the motor car
which did the damage. 1t is appar-
ent that no question Of prejudice was
Involved.
It is undeniable that the constantly
growing list OF deaths in street &C.
cidents due to reckless motor driving
has produced public feeling which
upholds large verdicts against blame
worthy car owners when they get
Into court.
The New York herald., 1921-10-16

hours were all for play or for the
performance Of domestic duties mod
ern youngsters know little of. From
beginning to end Of terms books
slumbered in desks when not on
parade.
Microbes, germs Of all sorts and
evil condition, how they must have
peopled thousands of McGuffey's
Firsts, with never fumigating storm
OF gas to trouble them! Were chill
dren stronger, sturdier then that
they repulsed attacks Of unseen in
habitants of text books; or, not know
ing that the enemy was there, did
they and their teachers thus earn
the bliss of ignorance?
Anyway, we hope that Mr.. FoRp
somehow will recover his very own
and only copy Of McGuffey's First.
The New York herald., 1921-10-16

abolished the territorial form Of govern
ment Of the District and created the
present commission form Of government !;
and this act. which was temporary in
character. was on June II. 1878. made
permanent by act OF Congress OF that
date. Neither of these acts OF 1874 and
1878 In any wise or to any extent af-
fected the continuance of the cities OF
Washington and Georgetown respec-
lively to the contrary, by the subse-
Quent act of February II. 1895 (2S
Stats. L. 650), Congress In terms en-
acted that
all that part Of the District OF Columbia
embraced within the bounds now consti-
tuting the city OF Georgetown as referred
to !, said acts Of February twenty-flrst.
eighteen hundred and seventy-one. and
June twentieth. eighteen hundred and
sevcnty-four. shall no longer be known by
the name and title In law OF the city Of
Georgetown. but the same shall be known
as and shall constitute a part OF the city
OF Washington, the Federal Capital.
This designation of Washington has
neither been changed nor in any particu-
lar qualified by Congress: a demonstra-
tlOn tHdt, So idT ITOfH dDOllSnlnR tne
city. Congress has recognized It's con-
tinuance and existence and has given It
the distinctive name OF the Federal
Capital, in contradistinction to the Dis
trict Of Columbia. described as "the
permanent seat Of Government of the
United States" (R. s. u. 8. Sec. 1850.
The abomination Of certifying acts of
the President as Done In the District
Of Columbia" instead Of as formerly
and properly Done at the City of
Washington" was introduced by Pres
ident Wilson under the wholly errone-
Gus impression, created by a former
chairman OF the House of Representa-
tives Committee on the District of Co.
lumbia that by some act Congress had
abolished the city. For this impression
there is not and never was the slightest
foundation in fact; and II Is against all
practice and precedent to certify any
executive or diplomatic act otherwise
than as done at the city and not infre-
quently the very building In which such
acts are performed. The proper prac-
tice Is as set forth with illustrations in
my letter to THE SUN of January 16,
1919. HENRY Il. DAVIS.
WARRINGTON. ID. c.. October Is.
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A Massachusetts Young Woman.

There should be inspiration for
boys and girls in the story Of the
achievements of New England girl
who is a senior this fall in the high
school at Amherst, Massachusetts,.
What she has done unaided should
bring shame to those youngsters Of
rural communities who, like Micaw-
ber, are waiting for something to
turn up.
This girl-she Is II and her name
Is ELIZABETH FARLEY--took course
four years ago with boys and girls
club. She wanted to buy q cow, but
her father discouraged the venture
because she did not know how to
milk. Shortly afterward. while her
father was away on business, the COW
was bought and housed in a stall
rented in neighbor's barn. The COW
was a registered Jersey and when
Mr.. FARLEY returned home his daugh-
ter could milk and had a number OF
customers for the cows daily out.
put OF milk.
From this small beginning Miss
FARLEY advanced to point where
she had several cows and calves, and
soon she had boys helping her to de-
liver the milk. Then her next ven.
ture was the purchase OF registered
SOW which gave her litter of thir-
teen pigs, ten OF which lived. Then
she obtained 200 one-day-old chicks.
She sold the cockerels and some Of
the pullets, reserving the best OF the
latter for winter eggs. Just as soon
as she was able this thrifty young
woman bought twelve acres Of pas
ture land, for which her herd, con-
sisting now of nine head of pure
bred Jersey cows and four calves, is
paying.
Specialists from the Massachu-
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setts State Agricultural College say
Miss FARLEy's cattle are worth $4,000.
She has hired two boys to help in
milking and taking care of the cows,
but she is personally delivering the
milk to her customers before and
after school, using an old wagon
which she bought for $5 and repaired
herself. In addition to her cows she
has a flock of chickens, number of
pure bred pigs and horse, as
against one note for $500.
Miss FARLEY's next step after high
school will be in the direction Of
the State Agricultural College. That
the State of Massachusetts, is big
and prosperous is no wonder when
1t contains seventeen-year-old girls
like ELIZABETH FARLEY. And what
light her story casts on some phases
of the unemployment problem!
The New York herald., 1921-10-16
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 1s, 1921.
A Clarifying Explanation.

In connection with previous testi-
mory before the Meyer Investigating
Committee to the effect that Mayor
HYLAN's motor car had been cared
for at the expense of the city, Police
Lieutenant JOHN A. PARKER made an
explanation on Friday which clarifies
the situation and sustains the Mayor
ir his denial that his car was cared
for at the expense Of the city.
Lieutenant PARKHR testified in sub
stance that the Police Department
records showing the ownership OF
cars In it's custody were incorrect in
designating the Mayors private car
as having had certain work done on
1t. 1t was case, he said, Of mixing
up car numbers and names on the
police records.
This explains how the investiga-
tor for the Meyer Committee reached
his conclusion. basing it, as he did,
on the records of the Police Depart
ment.
The New York herald., 1921-10-16
McCufey's First.

The element of romance in HENRY
FoRp's makeup is once more disclosed
by his search for and happiness in
finding copy Of a school book from
which he learned to read. He OBJ
tanned brand new book; probably
he would have preferred to come into
possession Of a we'll worn school
room copy rather than one sleek
from the publishers shelf.
In those simple days when men
now elderly turned with boyish
thumbs pages Of their copies of Nc
Guffey's First Reader microbes were
known only by laboratory workers;
at least they had not begun to worry
boards of education. Public school
children did not receive text books
free OF charge, to pass along, after
fumigation, to new classes OF pupils
just beginning to spell out the mys-
teries and delights OF McGuffey's
First. Then one copy OF text
book 70 a family served each gen.
Grafton, unless the encroachment of
aoz ears, missing pages, broken
backs compelled purchase Of new
copy for a late arrival in the family
circle. Even then the oldest child in
family was likely to hide away his
battered copy unless his mother had
already hidden it among the treas
ures only mothers keep.
Text books were not then taken
from school daily for home study;
school hours were longer. study
hours we're all in the school, other
The New York herald., 1921-10-16
Pierre Qui Roule.

Oh. clap your hand to the north winds
mouth
And hide the road away:
Put out the sun and the moon and the
stars.
And then perhaps I'll stay.
As long as rye tuppencc to Jingle.
The trail and I are one;
The end OF the journey shall never be
Until my life IL done.
Like a bad penny I'm rolling the road
Off for a day. month. or a year.
Now here. now there. and then
Back to my own again.
How can tell you what sends me out
Who should be glad TO stay?
Oh. It's O something that's in my
blood
must be up and away!
Never be wasting your tears on me,
Only save me a smile.
A bit Of a place In the heart Of cou---
And forget me the whilei
ABIGAIL w. CREssoN.
The New York herald., 1921-10-16
Casolene on the New Haven.

The New Haven Railroad Is going
to use gasolene motor cars instead Of
steam or electric driven cars on some
of its small branches, Of which the
road has great number. Mainte-
nance of service on some of these
lines has been a serious problem for
the road not only In hard times but
in normal times, for traffic has fallen
off almost to the vanishing point,
operating costs have risen and fran.
chise requirements have remained
unchanged.
The cars to be used on the New
Haven will look much like the buses
familiar to all New Englanders, but
they will be longer and heavier than
most of the vehicles in use on the
highways. They will be equipped
with flanged wheels. Each gasolene
driven car will have a compartment
for ordinary baggage. The new cars
will be tried out on branches as
widely separated as Cape Cod and
western Connecticut, and from its ex-
perience with them the New Haven
will be able to learn where and un.
der what circumstances they may be
advantageously employed.
This innovation will be closely
watched by all transportation mana.
gers. Some Of the New Haven's
problems are peculiar to the system,
but others are such as practically all
other roads must solve. II substitu-
tion of the gasolene driven car for
steam engines and regulation coaches
is success in southern New Eng
land It will unquestionably be
adopted by other railroads on COM
paratively little used branches.
The New York herald., 1921-10-16
Blind Tiger in a Belfry.
An Early Case Of Bootlegging by a
Sexton In Westchcster.

To THE NEW YORK HERALD: The boot
logging industry and It's patrons will no
doubt be fraternally interested in the
following excerpt from The History OF
the County Of westchester" by the late
Rev. Robert Bolton:
"At a meeting OF the Vestry on the
7th of May. 1891, Marcus Christian. the
sexton to the church at East Chester tSt.
Paul's1 was sent for and examined
on his selling lcure in the belfrie OF
the church, on training day. which he
acknowledged. Whereupon they did
agree he was not worthy to keep the
keys Of the church. or to be employed
as sexton: upon which he delivered the
key and was dismissed the service"
We have advanced morally since tho
days Of poor old Marcus Christian; GER
ta inly no modern bootlegger. for all the
grossness of his turpitude, would be
guilty of the sacrilegious infamy Of
turning a church belfry into a blind
tiger. JOHN LUDLOW.
MOUNT VERNON, October Is.
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Bobwhite Is With Us Again.

The call of the bobwhite is heard
in cornfield and stubble these clear
autumnal days, carrying Joy to the
hearts of gunners.
He Is a hardy little chap, Drawing
the SHOWS OF the most rigorous North
ern winters unless he is caught be-
meath the crust Of ice which is fire.
quently the aftermath Of sudden
change in temperature in January
or February. He thrives where CIV
ilization is at It's highest as long as
he has feeding grounds and a reason
able degree Of immunity from the
furred and feathered enemies which
war upon his species.
When the weather Is too severe to
rustic for weed seeds in the thickets
or fence corners bobwhite will in
wade the barnyard and forage with
the fowls like the valiant little free
booter he is. At such times the true
type of sportsman gets as much
pleasure in contributing to the we'll
being of the quail as he found In its
pursuit with dog and gun in the
previous autumn.
There was a period when this
splendid game bird was found in
goodly numbers throughout the North
as we'll as In the South and middle
West. Unscrupulous pothunters and
restricted feeding grounds cut it's
numbers until 1t became a rarity to
find a covey in territory where quail
were once abundant. Closed seasons
for a period helped In the restoration
of the supply somewhat, and so did
the liberation of numbers Of the birds
by clubs and land owners. Two sue
cessive mild winters and three favor
able breeding seasons have also con-
tributed to bringing about a condi-
ton which promises sport beyond
anything enjoyed In years.
The Biological Survey Of the United
States Department of Agriculture re-
ports quail unusually plentiful this
fall in Virginia, Maryland, North and
South Carolina, Illinois and Indiana.
The same is true Of Ohio, Kansas,
Iowa and Nebraska. In these States
sportsmen living in them should
have fine shooting in the future un-
less the blizzards, foxes and hawks
take an undue toll Of the birds In
the meantime.
Bobwhite is the best bird Of all the
feathered tribe to test the nose and
stanchness of setter or pointer, with
out which no day in the field is
quite complete.
The New York herald., 1921-10-16
So Near and Yet So Far.
Four Inches Between the Yankees
and the Championship.

utu
To THE New York HERALD: A small
percentage Of the thousands that at
tended the world series realize how
slight was the difference between the
winning and the losing of the series.
There were two unusual plays. one OF
which was almost miraculous. which
made the Giants champions instead Of
the Yankees.
In the game on Wednesday Rawlings's
jumping catch Of the line hit from
Mays's bat saved the game for the
Giants. The miraculous stop of Raw
lings in the ninth inning of the last
game saved that game which would
have at least been tied had the ball
gotten by him. Therefore two batted
balls. which IL one had been batted two
inches higher and the other two inches
nearer first base, would have made the
Yankees winners of the series instead
Of the Giants. Had either gone safe an
additional game would have been re-
quired. Had both gone safe the Yankees
would have been the champions.
The writer has attended from fifty to
one hundred and fifty ball games n year
for the past thirty years and has never
witnessed seven games whose outcome
depended solely upon the breaks in tho
game as did the seven out of the eight Of
this wonderful world series.
3. NJ. MoRRrsEY.
NEW YORK, October 10.
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Order of the Ships.
Wi.limantic Fifth Among After Wat
Arrivals at Hamburg.

To THE New YORK HERALD: I haS~
read with particular interest the state
ments concerning the steamships SuS-
quehanna. Manchuria and Chester Sun
and records will prove that neither veg
sci was the first to enter German por5
after the war.
The American steamship WiniInants;s
built by the Todd Dry Dock and C@rT
struction Company, owned by the United
States Shipping Board and operated by
the Oriental Navigation Company. 33
Broadway. New York. arrived in the
port Of Hamburg on Tuesday. May 27.
1919. and was, understand. about the
fifth American vessel to enter that port
after the war. EDGAR II. LANG.
Ex-Supercargo. SIS. Willimantic.
MERIDEN. Conn. October 15.
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An Old City Block.

It's houses huddle close, as II they knew
Strange secrets that they dare not bear
alone.
Weird tales. which through the misty
years have grown
Misshapen as the gnarled and dingy
Whose thickset leaves protect them from
the view
OF little, upstart shops. fast creeping In
Across the way, whose wares attract
the din
And hustle which their ancient neigh
bors rue.
Bleak. arrogant, the warped old houses
peer
Grimly betwixt the barricading boughs.
Bewildered. that this later day allows
Its youth to be so confident and queer.
Yet, curious II these changes they dis
Germ
Hold stranger secrets still for them to
learn.
CHARLOTTE BECKER.
The New York herald., 1921-10-16
The Homeward Trail.

The old signs keep the tryst by the
river-marge and the lake;
There is the riven pine and the crested
crag In the brake;
There is the aspen wood. ghostly. shim-
mering. white,
And the slope where the naples burn
like a pharos-fire by night;
There is the cloven height and the echo
haunted vale;
Oh, we are the clan of the Light Of Foot.
for we're or on the homeward
traili
Winter hangs on our heels like q hound
that Is keen of scent;
And that sound from out of the hills
was It the wind forspent,
Or the hungry snarl Of the wolf-pack
pickering over bone
And stirred by the taint Of the man
smell up through the cedars
blown?
Tho golden lure Of the north. It IL
naught but a tattered tale;
The sharp hearth-love has gripped our
souls and we're off on the home
WdTQ tfdh
We must breast the perilous pass; we
must plunge through the icy ford
We must run the rapids that roar and
race where the ancient wrath is
stored;
We must wind through the murky maze
where the pines like pillars are;
We must crouch DER the emouldering
blaze under the midnight star;
We must. rouse and away in the shud-
dering dawn ere the waning moon
grows pale
Yet are we kin to the Brothers of Joy.
for we're off on the homeward
trail!
Our hearts cry ION" when we pause our
hearts cry "On" when we pace;
And into the CLEANS of our deepest
dreams comes ever a waiting
face;
Where that face shines out like a flower.
there is our compass set,
And when we brood on the beckoning
hour our eyes are dim and wet;
For we're sure of the welcome of open
arms II we whisper win" or
"fail."
Then, lads, a cheer-let 1t ring out
clear for we're of on the home
ward trail
CLINTON SCOTLAND.
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Sanctuary.

From the Ronsos City star.
No choir. no priest, no church aisle vast
and dim,
No organ grnndly rolling hymn on hymn.
But In the West the altar cloth Is bright.
For woven there with threads Of sunset
light
Are rare designs in purple rose and gold,
Beneath bright opal tints in beauty
scrolled.
And high Ger all star candles family
glow,
While flowers offer incense from below.
Low winds an anthem breathe through
dark'ning trees,
Earth, sky, cloud, star temple fair
In these. ELLA MAY ARNpAL.
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At Hamburg in April.
A Naval Vessel Among the Earliest
After War Arrivals.

TO THE NEW YORK HrnAID. As to
the question OF which American vessel
first arrived at or took load Of cargo
into German port after the war I can
say that was on the u. s. s. Sama-
rinda. Dutch vessel taken over by the
United States navy. which arrived In
Hamburg on April s. 1919, at 10 p. NJ.
with a cargo OF -four. lard and salt pork.
heard while ashore that two or more
American ships had been there before
us. GEORGE Il. Ross,
Lieutenant. junior grade, First Assist
ant Engineer.
JERSEY CITY, October 10.
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is mot to try to evangelize a nation
by the work of messengers from
America but to establish native
church that will evangelize the ma
tion."
The society could scarcely expect
to equal the work in Central Africa
accomplished by the English Church,
which entered the field much earlier
and sent to 1t some of its greatest
men. But it has been eminently sue
cessful in Liberia. The Church has
here forty-seven congregations and
eighty-five schools with an attend
ance of almost 1000. From these
schools have come men for the Presi-
dency of the black republic, for the
Supreme Court and other high offi-
GERS. In Latin America the intention
has always been to interpret the best
Of American feeling for the people
who share with US the responsibility
Of shaping the destinies of the West
ern Hemisphere. The result is shown
in such institutions as the Southern
Cross School in Brazil, the Industrial
School in Porto Rico and st. Luke's
Hospital. called the best hospital in
the West Indies, at Ponce.
Among the, primitive people of the
Philippines the society has sought
to supplement the civilizing work of
the Government. Among the negroes
Of this country the effect Of the local
schools as well az of the industrial
and normal institutions has been 80
helpful that the Federal Board of
Education has urged that the work
be extended. The society has been
so ably represented in its work
among the Indians by such men as
WHIPPLE, HARE, PURLEsoN and REM
INGToN that it has more than 100
Indian congregations and $4,000 bap-
tized members. I'VE are proud"
says reporl, ito have in our clergy
list the Rev. e. STANDING BULL and
among our lay readers ALBERT CRAZY
BEAR"
In work so broad and catholic,
so helpful and tireless in beneflting
humanity, the Missionary Society
has a centennial record of rich at
tainments. The world may differ as
to the value Of missionary endeav-
ors, but 1t Is undoubtedly the fact
that its highest praise has come
from those who have most carefully
studied it. Missionary work Is more
than proselytism; it is relieving suf-
fering and building barriers against
disease, 1t is preserving old native
industries and developing new ones,
1t is improving the primitive mans
way of winning his daily food and
raising him to higher standards Of
life. This is what one Of the most
painstaking Investigators of missions
! had in mind when he wrote that the
American business man could easily
afford to bear the entire expense of
missionary enterprises because of the
new markets it opened to him.
The New York herald., 1921-10-16
The Federal Capital.
Washington Has Been So Designated
by Act Of Congress.

by Act Of Congress.
To THE New York HERALD: You print
a letter referring to discussions in
schools and elsewhere of the question
whether or not Washington Is the capi-
tai of the United States. There Is really
no such question. In a letter to THE
SUN published September IL, 1917. and
In a later one to the same paper pub
iished January 16, 1919. I wrote fully
respecting this matter. demonstrating to
a certainty the fact that Washington Is
the capital Of the country.
Prior TO the establishment by procla-
nation OF President Washington OF
March 80. 1891. OF the boundaries vi
the District Of Columbia there existed
within the boundaries thus defined the
town OF Georgetown. created by act OF
Maryland of Christmas Day, 17So. The
city of Washington. originally called the
Federal City, was definitely located and
fully established by May 3. 1902. on
which day Congress Incorporated the
city with full municipal organization.
The city's charter, amended from time
to time, was on May II. 1S4S. by act OF
Congress put into the form In which
Il remained down TO February 21. 1871,
when Congress created the whole Of the
District OF Columbia. including the cities
OF Washington and Georgetown and
the county Of Washington outside OF the
limits of those cities. Into a govern
nent by the name of the District OF
Columbia" territorial In form; but this
act distinctly provided that that por-
ton Of said District included within the
present limits Of the city OF Washing
ton shall continue to be known as the
city OF Washington: and that portion of
said District included within the limits
OF the city of Georgetown shall continue
10 be known as the city OF Georgetown"
BY act Of June 20, 1874. Congress;