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The New York herald., 1921-03-30
Debt Adjustment Courtesies.

Aside from the stupendous interna-
tional debts and accusations of In
debtedness engaging the attention of
grave financiers there are not few
questions Of the same nature which.
small as they may be. are causes oE
irritation between sovereign peoples.
The case of the debt claim Of the
state Of Virginia against the Federal
Government. dating, as we recall, a
century or more back, sets renowned
and agreeable precedent to be consid-
cred In this connection. As the
stately story is told. an ofiicial repre-
sentative Of the Old Dominion, bear
Ing a despatch box of ancient fashion
bulging with yellowed documents, an
nually voyages TO Washington, where
with ccremonious courtesy betting
the nature and venerableness of his
mission, ne makes demand for pay
ment. He IS cordially received by
representatives Of tie state and
Treasury departments. who. accord
ing to honored custom which long ago
nlellowed the occasion, invite the
commissioner TO dinner.
Follow in dignified procession q
lunch. n visit to the White House.
entertainments by Cabinet officers. n
drive out TO Chevy Chase club house
The New York herald., 1921-03-30
MUSIC FESTIVAL OPENS al NIdnndttdn
Walter Damrosch and Oratorio Society Begin Per
formance With Pierne's "Children's Crusade"

"Libera nos, Domino" in the third part
and in the Anal alleluia
For the performance of the work
Mr.. Damrosch had brought together q
large festival chorus of grown singers.
another of children from the pubisc
schools, and the Symphony Society Or
chestra- The soloists we're Nine. Mabel
Garrison and Mario Chamlee of the Met
ropolitan Opera House, Royal Dadmun
and Misses Myrtle Leonard. Ada Ty-
rome. Ottilie Schillig. Jeanne Laval and
Adele Parkhurst-
The performance was admirable in
almost every respect. The acoustic prop
critics of the auditorium were favorable
to clarity and balance and Mr.. Dam
rosch had nicely calculated all his effects
TO fit the opportunities. The Oratorio
choir distinguished itseif by unusual
elasticity OF style and Misses Tyrone,
Farkhurst. Leonard and Laval sang tho
music OF the four women very beauti-
fully. Miss Schillig was not always at
her best In the phrases OF AIdfn, but
she was generally comrlendable. while
Mme. Garrison sang well tfe music OF
A1ys
But the true stars OF the evening were
the public school children, trained to
the minute. and singing with most de-
lightful suavity. clean cut phrasing. well
graded dynamics and excellent Snuncla-
tion. The effect of the performance
as a whole was good and the audience
was manifestly much interested.
The New York herald., 1921-03-30
Our Mary the First.
Miss Taylor Preceded Mary Anderson
as a Stage Favorite.

To THE NEW YORK HERALD: ] wonder
II any OF your readers remember Mitch
elI's old Olympic Theatre of the early
sos. II was situated on Chatham street.
His stock company was made UP Of
Mary Taylor-New YorIS's original "our
Mary" and the best beloved actress Of
her time--Agnes Robinson (Nrrs. John
Brougham). Matilda Corsova (Mrs. J. III.
Stoddart), Mrs. Drew, John Brougham.
George Holland, J. II. Stoddart and Joe
Jeffersonxas juveniles and many others
have forgotten.
In those days It meant hard work to
he an actor. Tho curtain rang up at Z
p. NJ. and often II was midnight before
II was finally rung down. comedy. drama
and light opera constituting the per-
formance. One programme mentions
London Assurance" ''Pocahontas" and
"The Child or the Regiment" as given
the same evening. Mary Tayior's IA
nous song "salut n la France" was a
feature of the last piece.
A VERT OLD MAN.
NEW YORK, March 20. a. s.
The New York herald., 1921-03-30
EVENTS TO-DAY.

Meeting of marine workers and tow boat
owners to attempt arbitration OF differences
william II. raft ana Alfred II. smith win
speak at a non-poltical mass meeting 70
urge economy in State expenditures, TOWN
Hall, 12S West Forty-third street. S:13 p. M
Frank Harris will lecture on "Individualisn
VS.. Socialism," 81 Fifth avenue; $3.50 2; N,
Packer alumni block party. Packer ihs'-
Meeting, New York and New Jersey Inter-
state Bridge and Tunnel Commissions.
University Of Rochester musical clubs con-
cert under the auspices OF the Marquette
Club, Hotel Plaza, $50 Z. NJ.
Gen. Louis Collardet. French Military At
tache in Washington. will review tho Tiiir-
in Brooklyn. $3.50 p. NJ.
DR.. Mary r. Isham will lecture on Psyche
analysis" woman's University Club, S:l'
r. A. Wallis. Commissioner of Immigra-
ton, will lecture on Immigration In the
Boys High School, Brooklyn, p. NJ. and
in Grace Church parish house. 9s Fourth
Gard party and reception. st. Ambroses
parish hall, De kalb and Tompkins avenues.
Brooklyn. p. M.
Meeting. Torrey Botanical Club, schermer-
horn Hall Columbia dssn. nnysTsty sso rs Fl
sity OF Paris Will lecture on The Ne"
President and the New Parliament" TOY
Hall. i23 West Forty-third street, II A. H.
Meeting and luncheon, National Association
OF Harplsts Hotel Pennsylvania.
| Meeting. National Association OF Men
straw HAT MAHuIuCtuTeTss r1otci <NbtDfs -
A. M: banquet. p. M.
Meeting and dinner. Jewelry Crafts Assc-
citation. Hotel Astor, 30 p. NJ.
Luncheon. Kiwanis Club. Hotel McAipn'
Dance. Phi Delta zeta. Hotel McAlpin.
s r. NJ
Hotel McAlpin. 1890 P. N.
Dance, All Haliows Institute. Waldorf
Dance, Our America Club. waldorf-As-
i toria. & p. M.
Dance, skldmoro College Alumni. Waldorf
Hotel Commodore, SEQ P. M.
Meeting. luncheon snd dinner. Collier's
Weekly Company employees. Hotel Commo-
| dore.
Dance. Angio-Niexican Petroleum Company
employees. Hotel Commodore.
Dinner. New York Flour Club. Hotel Bllt-
more. +. M.
Meeting. Railway Accounting Officers Asso-
citation. Hotel Commodore, 10 A. M.
Alumni Association, Hotel Commodore.
Luncheon. Pan-American Advertising As
sociation. Hotel Astor, 1890 p NJ
Dinner and dance, Temple Seth Elohin,
Dinner ana dance. Columbia Bank en-
ployees. Hotel AstSr. yS s:so ;,s p; N. ,y,,.
/ 1870 p. NJ.
Buffet supper and dance. Marion Lodge.
| T.. and A. M. Hotel Astor, IL p. NJ.
Meeting. Grand Street Boys Associat aticn.
1 Caledonian Club, SAC Seventh avenue.
Exhibition OF etchings by J. Alden Weir.
/ Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Reception State Federation OF wcmen's
Clubs Fine Arts Building. 2f5 West Fifty
seventh street, to 6 p. NJ
Recital, Mortimer KaplRn. under the aus-
pises OF the American Dickens League for tho
benefit of the Westminster Abbey Restora- :
4 tion Fund, Dclmonico's, p. M.
Song recital for the benefit OF Ellen Hardin
Waiworth Chapter. d. A. r.. Hotel McAipin.
| p. NJ. .
Joseph ". Choste. IT., win speak on shall
4 America Remain the Only Important Coun-
try nj the Mercy of the German Chemists? : :
AT n luncheon at the Advertising Club, ~
Fast Twenty-fifth street.
The New York herald., 1921-03-30
North Carolina Leads the States.

our friends in North Carolina arc
filed with enthusiasm because their
State had the highest birth rate In the
Union for 1920. and its death rate
was among the lowest The State
Board of Health tells the story IN
these words:
Reports during the past year show
a total OF ss,s6s births In the State,
rate of 32.S per thousand
Tho deaths totailed for the same
period 33,22s, a rate OF 1919 per thou
sand.
During 1890 every six minutes a
now life was born into the world
every fftecn minutes another life was
snapped off
That the births are so far In cx-
cess or the deaths accounts for tho
large increase in the population or
the State during the last decade, as
shown by the last census figures, for
the state has had little increase by
reason OF immigration"
Certainly the old North State has
reason 70 he proud of this record. 4
The New York herald., 1921-03-30
Daily. Calendar
THE WEATHER.

For Eastern New York--Fadr and
warmer to-day; tomorrow cloudy and
warmer: fresh south winds
tomorrow cloudy and warmer: fresh south
aat and south Winds.
Tor Northern New England-Fatr and
.rncr to-day tomorrow partly cloudy and
warmer: moderate variable winds. becoming
ffsrr for as sou,Ss.n sSs.ner New EnslandFasr ana
warmer to-day: tomorrow cloudy and
warmer. fresh southery WINDS.
For Western New YoIx--Fair and warmer
to-day. tomorrow cloudy, with moderats
temperature.
WASHINGTON. March 2s.--Pressure is
high generally east of the Mississippi River.
low over narrow belt extending from Min
nesota southwestward to Arizona and New
Mexico and high and rising In the North
west. During the last twenty-four hour.
there were rains in the Atlantic States and
local SHOWS In Wyoming and Montana. Fair
weather prevailed In all other regions to-
day. Cold weather continued In the Atlantic
States to-day and considerably colder
weather has again appeared over the Far
In temperature throughout ths Gulf States.
the plains States. the great central valleys
nnd the region Of the great lakes.
The outlook is for fair weather to-rnorrow
and generally fair weather but with much
cloudiness on Thursday in the States east
VIII rise generally east OF the Mississippi
River tomorrow and there will be q further
rise on Thursday In the Atlantic States The
weather will become cooler Thursday In the
upper lake region and the lower Ohio Valley.
observations at United States Weather Bu-
reau stations taken at p. M. yesterday,
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The New York herald., 1921-03-30
Clippers and Yachts.
Speedy Voyages Made Under the
Command Of Yankee Shippers.

To THE NEW YoRR HERALD Haswelr,
Engineers Hand Book" OF 1850 givei
both sailing and steamship records dat
ing back 10 the early sos, among which
are the following made by clipper ships
is5i-Fiying Cloud. New York to San
Francisco. 1880 miles. 80 days IS hours;
3T4 miles in one dny.
is5s-Trade Wiad. New York to San
Francisco. 1870 miles. 10 days.
is54--Red Jacket. Sandy Hook to Liver
pool bar. 5000 miles. 10 days IL hours
25 minutes.
bourne. Australia. 12,T2o miles. 50 days
II hours.
is55-Mary whitridge. Baltimore fCepe
Henry 70 Liverpool. 3.do0 miles. IS days
hours
is6o-Andrew Jackson. New York to Fan
Francisco. 1850 miles. so days 4 hours.
1s65-Dreadnaught. Honolulu TO New
Bedford, 1870 miles, So days.
IS60-Dres dnaught. Sandy Hook TO off
Queenstown. 2.T60 miles. days II hours.
is3o--preadnaught. Sandy Hook TO Rock
Light. Liverpool. 3,000 miles. I3 days
hours.
In 1869 the schooner yacht Sapphc
sailed from Sandy Hook TO Queenstown
2,S57 miles. in Q days Q hours.
The Sovereign of the Seas. ship OF
medium model, sailed 341.7S miles day
for four days and 375 miles in one day.
AS the first edition of Haswell's book
was published in 1856, or about the time
of the clipper ship era, his records are
no doubt reliable. Mr.. Haswell died a
few years ago at the age of about 9S
and had the distinction OF having served
as the first Engineer in Chief Of the
United States Navy.
! believe that speed equal to that OF
any of the ships named above. or better
was made by the schooner yacht Cor
onet in the race with the Dauntless the
latter commanded by Captain Samuels
in either 1899 or 1890, in the month OF
March, the Coronet winning by few
hours. l served as assistant engineer
on a steamship which followed the
yachts to within a few miles of Fire
Island. and they were going at speed
which left us several miles astern. A
few years later the Coronet went to
Japan with an expedition to observe ar
eclipse of the sun, and before starting
Captain Crosby told me he expected to
make Cape Horn within thirty days.
NEW YORK, March 29 w. L. v.
The New York herald., 1921-03-30

high birth rate and low death rate
mean good health all the way round.
Taken together they indicate a sound
and vigorous population living under
excellent conditions. North Carolina
has remarkably fine air and an in
vigorating climate.
We salute with respect and affec-
ton our fellow citizens In North
Carolina. and sincerely congratulate
thcm upon the prominence in sani-
tary ard wholesome living their stats
ticians disclose.
The New York herald., 1921-03-30
Hope for Crippled Service Men.

A public which has been disgusted
by tl,e sloth Of the Government in the
matter Of sick and wounded soldiers
ss5 eailors viii take heart from Presi-
dent HARDrNGs action of yesterday.
The President has appointed, TO in.
vcstignte the question Of soldier relief
and rehabilitation, committee Of live
and sympathetic men and women.
with energetic persons like General
DAWES and Mrs. DoUoLAs RoBrNsoN
on the job we ought soon to know
what the conditions arc and how the
problem should he solved.
BY n happy coincidence the Presl-
The New York herald., 1921-03-30
The Call Of the Sea.

From the Seattle Post-InteIliOeacer.
From snowy heights emerging,
Bounding, leaping. surging;
The mountain stream is rushing,
Ever seaward pushing
Foaming, tumbling, dashing,
Swirling. eddying, flashing
Here and there swift swerying,
While stormy points round curving.
Or in pools placid purling,
Then out again mad whirling
Past cliffs increst with lava,
Rocks cut by Divine Carver,
Or reddish bluffs bold tow'ring
O'ertopped with dark clouds low'ring
1t bears voice far calling
And onward speeds. past falling.
Until, spent with emotion,
1t rests, merged in Old Ocean.
FLORA A. p. ENGLE.
The New York herald., 1921-03-30
Adirondack Deer Killing.
Game Wardens Accused Of Winxinl
at Some Lawbreakers.

To THE NEW YORK HEHs,o: There is
no doubt that the killing of deer during
the closed season is the habit OF cer-
tain lawless men in the Adirondacks. /
have in mind one man who brngs that
when he wants meat he GOES out and
gets it; another who has established the
reputation Of getting meat any time he
wants it another who had venison in
his possession last August.
A rifle shot in the forest during the
spring and summer months carries but
one meaning: another deer down.
Killing deer during the summer is
vicious. cruel, wanton. 1t probably
means that besides the mother deer, a
fawn, perhaps twins. dies a lingering
death. Anybody who has heard the
plaintive bieat of fawn for it's lost
mother may partially realize its DESC
late condition and the crime involved in
this violation OF the law.
IL is the opinion of many who have
had opportunity to observe conditions
that some game wardens do not care to
be over active in noticing transgressions
OF the law by people they know. They
are. however, alert to get enough con-
victions TO satisfy Albany and so hold
the Job. / have trustworthy informa-
tion about a game warden who recently
said that he wished the fellows who
were spearing pickerel, using a jack
light, would go around the bend i'm the
lake so he could not see them. This
occurred when pickerei were on their
spawning beds in shoal water.
The law largely fails to protect be-
cause of it's unsatisfactory enforcement
Why not associate the State Police with
the game wardens in this work, particu-
larly in the Adirondacks?
TROY, March 30. NORTH woops.
The New York herald., 1921-03-30

Walter Damrosch and the Oratorio
Society gave music festival In the
Seventy-first Regiment Armory last
spring and the amount OF public inter-
est evoked by the venture encouraged
the projectors to try it again this year.
The local habitation. however. is no
longer an armorY. but the Manhattan
Opera House, to whose walls the So
lemnities OF oratorio are not familiar.
The festival began last evening with a
performance OF Gabriel Pierne's 'The
Children's Crusade"
This work was first given here under
the direction of Frank Damrosch on
December 4, 1906, and was repeated
twice in the same winter. 1t was given
again under Walter Damrosch on De-
cember s, 1917. The story used by
PierDe is a medieval legend about a
band OF children who undertook a cru
sade in the direction of the Holy
SeDulchre. Their leaders are AIojn and
Alys, the former blind boy. The adults
In the tale are accessory to the action.
Parents, for example, plead with their
children not to go. but Aloin leads
them forth. they come TO the sea, en-
bark on ships, are overtaken by tenn
pest and lost A voice from on high
chants Suffer little children to come
unto Me-" and the heavenly choir tri-
umphanuy sings Children Who Were
Dead Have Risen Again"
The composer has written a cantata
OF more than ordinary beauty. Ger
tainly some portions are little dry,
owing no doubt to NJ pierne's desire
70 avoid the commonplace, but by the
quite artistic expedient OF writing SIM
pie music for the children he has Gre
ated an atmosphere OF tenderness, con-
veyed to the hearer the illusion OF the
helplessness of the infant army, and
made a powerful appeal to parental in
stincts. There is much real beauty in
the choral parts. especially In the
The New York herald., 1921-03-30
A British Coal Crisis Again.


When the Lloyd George Government
dumps the uncomfortable coal load back
on the mine owners next Friday, Brit
ish industry again must meet an eco
nomic test and British nationalism a
political test.
Wages are so high in the British
coal industry that the total amount of
coal sent to market is not worth any
thing like the total cost OF getting 1t
out of the ground. The operating def
icit for the industry, for example,
amounted last month to something
like S35,0O0,O00
The mine owners will not be able to
meet the deficit when the business
comes back upon them, the Govern
ment doesn't want any more of it and
it is not practicable TO increase prices
further, as such a course not only
would kill British coal exports, now
hard pressed by American competition,
but would add enough to the produc-
check or stop their sale abroad.
So the mine owners have posted no.
tices Of general wage cuts to 60 into
effect on Friday, when the Govern
ment fetires from holding the bag. At
that. the owners propose to give the
miners as their pay so per cent. of all
the gross receipts, but the men declare
that even all the gross receipts, every
cent that comes from the sales Of
many of the mines, would not be
enough for them to live on. The
threat is, therefore. that all the men,
in the fat mines and the lean mines,
will quit on Friday IL the wage read
justments go into effect.
There Is no doubt that the policy
oe the British Government itself is
TO blame for this situation. 1T has
been willing to stand as long as it
could a stupendous loss on large
proportion of the mines, so as to get
the coal out. What a terrific loss II
must be on the poorer mines may be
judged by that before mentioned loss
OF $50, 100000. although some of the
better mines made profit. The Gov
ernment has wanted all the domestic
coal that could be obtained to keep
British exports up But it can't stand
it longer. The burden of mine losses
having become insupportable by the
Government. the owners and the
public. either the mines that are
not self-supporting will have TO
close down or the miners themselves
will have to put them on a paying
basis. This they can do in part by
taking a lower wage. but. better yet,
the men can solve the problem-and
nobody else can solve it for them
by getting out more coal as a days
work.
In the British coal mines. as in
many instances here, the men have
not been producing. In their eco
nomic folly they have gnored and
tried to defy the fact that wealth
which is not produced cannot be di-
viGed. Now. with the Government no
longer subsidiZing men who do not
produce as much as their own wages,
they are come to the reckoning. Either
they will have to mine more coal as
a days work and for days pay or
they will have to quit the job that
they do not make self-supporting
And exactly the same thing IS true
Of many workers in various American
industries. q
The New York herald., 1921-03-30
"Your Obedient Servant"
Reply Of Fort Sumter's Commander
When Asked to Surrender.

To THE NEW York Herald: / agree
with "Acaste" that Your obedient SER
want" should be discarded. An incident
In our national history presents itself.
The Confederate officer wrote to the
commanding officer at Fort Sumter de-
manding that the fort be given up. Tho
Federal commander replied in the mega
tive, but concluded with II have the
honor to be, sir, your obedient servant.
LUIS JACKSON.
UPPER MoNTcIAiR. ". j.. March 20.
The New York herald., 1921-03-30
Letz Quartet Closes Season.

At Aeolian Hail last evening the Letz
Quartet gave its third and final concert.
The programme, as was evident, served
for the Lett players tribute to the pres
ent seasons celebration OF the Beethoven
anniversary. 1t contained three quartets
illustrating the masters three periods,
namely. in c minor. opus 1S, No. 4: f
minor, opus 95. and b flat, opus 100.
The Letz musicians made their selec-
lions with admirable judgment.
The New York herald., 1921-03-30
Souls Imported Also.
A Theory of American Portraits
Painted by Foreigners.

To THE NEW YORK HERALD: Those
who have their portraits painted by for
eIgn artists get something they do not
bargain for. ! have never yet seen a
perfectly true likeness of an American
by foreigner.
The features may be all right, but
the man himself does not look out at
you. There is certain strangeness in
his expression.
Why ~, it? ! believe this Is the an
swer: The artist has failed to seize the
American soul and has put In his sitter
foreign one instead. CRrrrcus.
NEW YORK, March 80
The New York herald., 1921-03-30
PUBLIC LECTURES TONIGHT.
MANHArrAN AND THE BRONX.

MANHATTAN AND THE BRONX.
'sTrcnd OF the Times" Henry II. Klein.
Great Hall of Cooper Institute, Eighth street
and Fourth avenue.
Trend of the Times Prof. Nelson +.
Mead, ph u, Townsend Harris Hall. G. o. ".
" f3sth street and Amsterdam avenue.
Democracy and the Human Equation"
.sThe Book OF the Hour Prof. J. q. Car
ter Troop, Pin. D., at New York Public
library Forty-sccord street and Fifth ave-
nue..
ernayr. Public School 10f. 11fth street. west
of Lexington avenue. Tho first Of courys
Of five lectures on development of Art ia
CIviIiza ton stcreopticon. views.
"Probems OF Land, Labor, Transporte-
tior," Mrs. Mary E. Lease, Central Jewish
Institute, i25 East Eighty-fifth street.
IAN Evening ~ italian Songs" Miss Fs-
thcr DenEep, Hunter College. sixty-sighth
street and Lexington avenue. Illustrated ~
songs.
Poetry. tho Beacon Light Prof. Loui,
Leakcy. ". NJ. q. A.. Harlem Branch. West
Poetry. old and Ncw." samuei w. Pet
terson, ph, H.. Public School 10. f36th
stree, and Brown place. Tho Bronx.
''fIfe with the United States Agricultur-
,ets." Francis Roit Wheeler. Ph. ~, Public
school "a, insth street and cambridge ave-
nue., The nronx. S,e-, opticon views.
The New York herald., 1921-03-30

dents committee win hold its first
conference on April 5, the day after
the citizens meeting in Carnegie Hall
discusses the plight of incapacicated
service men. The New York gather
ing ought to provide much material
for the Presidents committee 10 begin
work with.
The New York herald., 1921-03-30
Quick Bunkcring nc Panama.

From the Panama Canal Record.
The Superintendent OF Coaiing Plants at
the Cristobal coaling station, Panama Canal.
has reported a new high record for the
delivery OF approximately 1000 tons. This
was tho bunkering OF the steamship Paxeha
on December "a. 1920. with t.0o2 tons in
one hour and ton minutes. The tons were
gross tons Of 2.2do pounds.
The New York herald., 1921-03-30

If EAps How and General CoxEY
both march their divisions on the Fed
eral capital, as they threaten. the Dis
trict Commissioners may get enough
able bodied men not in Office or looking
for Office 10 clean, for once. the no.
torious alleys OF Washington.
The New York herald., 1921-03-30

Petrograd artisans looting factories
of machinery to barter for food, in
stead of running the machinery to
produce goods to exchange for food,
are killing the goose and breaking the
golden egg at the same time.
The New York herald., 1921-03-30
Mhen spring Comes IN Arknn.a..
T-rotn fbe Rnrfer Rufirfit

from the Barter BhHctn
we refer you to the same old sign OF
spring this year again. When Bill Brlxey
cuts his whisI,ers. plant your garden. Bins
whiskers have got the frogs. the birds and
amateur prophets skinned CITY block.
The New York herald., 1921-03-30

A man IN Arkansas woke yester-
day after sleeping three years. Think
of what he missed! When he fell into
slurnber the Germans were just start
ing that drive which was surely going
to win the war.
The New York herald., 1921-03-30

One of the depressing consequences
OF low birth rate is the difficulties
uncles meet in finding nephews who
must be taken to the circus.
The New York herald., 1921-03-30

There was q wide demand yesterday
morning for self-starting furnaces.