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The New York herald., 1921-02-21

The early British forms differ in 6, z.
s, from the present welsh, but these
variations are capable Of pathological ex-
PLANTATION too long TO enter upon here.
The Connecticut Indians, on the other
hand. counted as follows up TO ten !:
nekwut ncos kh'wce. law, neepau.
k'doosS. neozush. khweeosk. bozookoo-
wong. byog. which Is pure Algonquin
(Mohegan) and was used as late as
1904 by Mrs. Fidclia Fielding Of Mohe-
gan near Norwich, Conn. Csee Professor
Specks and ny article on this dialect
in the american Anthropoiogist. 1904.)
This language. which was purely Amcri-
can has OF course not the slightest con-
nectlon with Old British.
Furthermore, the forms yumpita- 10
and eat-it 90 given by Mrs. Scott are
very evidently variants OF the Cumbrian
bumht-15 (Wolsh rumtheg) and siggot
20 CWelsh hig yn).
The Indians who communicated the
Connecticut enumeration TO Mrs. Scott's
grandmother must have received II from
whites either Of Cumberland origin or
connection. j. DTNELEY PRINCE.
NEW YORK. February 10.
The New York herald., 1921-02-21

SS2.4 40 a head, as against $94.42 year
ago. They are selling at lower prices.
with the exception of the choicest
specimens, than at any time since
1906. The mule has dropped from an
average price of $14707 to $115.72.
Milk cows are down from SS5.11 to
S63.97, and other cattle have dropped
from an average of $13.22 TO $3l.41.
Swine have gone from Sl9.ol to $12.99
head. Sheep have fallen TO $6.41
apiece as against Sl0.52 twelve months
ago.
The shrinkage in valuation of the
live stock in the United States reaches
the great total of $2,271 $40 coo.
The only satisfaction 10 be derived
from these facts comes through the
knowledge that the prices for fine
breeding stock of all kinds remain
high. This must be construed as indi-
eating that the breeding industry Is
fundamentally sound despite the dis
quieting figures made public by the
Government.
The New York herald., 1921-02-21
The Slaughter of the Innocents.

Every year 10000 children under "a
are killed by accident IN the United
States. The Red Cross has been gath
ering the statistics and 1t finds this
appalling total.
No other human being can know
the grief which fills the heart of n
mother whose infant has been
snatched from her. The sum OF the
cuffering caused by the slaughter Of
t4e innocents Is beyond computation.
beyond understandable statement.
There is another way OF looking at
this roster Of meaningless sacrifice,
however. Every one of the 20.000
children accidentally killed is poten-
tally useful citizen, worker in in
dustry, in commerce, in art, a great
leader in politics, in social betterment.
Every one of them is possible de-
fender of the Republic. The vast, the
overwhelming majority of them would
surely grow up into good ana useful
citizens.
Their parents feel the sorrow Of
their loss: the whole country bears
another burden imposed by their
death. Is 1t not worth while for
everybody to help save them?
The New York herald., 1921-02-21
Near East Comes to London.

1t is not n new Near East question
with which the allied Premiers will
begin struggling at the opening of
their conference at London, out new
entanglements and complications in
which the old problem has berome
involved since the signing of the
Sevres treaty.
The hopes Of those overly sanguine
persons who saw In the acceptance Of
tliis treaty by the Constantinople Gov
ernment the disappearance of the
Near East rs a source Of international
trouble have been rudely dissipated.
The Near East has refused TO settle
down in accordance with The Seyres
programme and two distinctly dis
turbing factors have entered into the
situation. Greece. upon which fol-
the burden OF enforcing the terms Of
the treaty. has undergone a change
of political sentiment which raises
doubts as to her ability to perform
her part Of the agreement. The Turk
ish Nationalists, at the time Of The
signing of the treaty an apparently
insignificant faction have developed
into n power which rivals the Con-
stantinople Government.
There are several reasons that
make Il impossible longer to ignore
the Nationalist movement. The army
which II has collected around It's cap
ital. Angora, may he more or less the
rabble which the Greeks declare It Is;
hut Its commander, MUsTAPHA KEMAL
Pasha. Is undoubtedly well supplied
with money and munitions OF war,
aud he has the whole Of Anstola,
which IN the past has furnished the
best Of the Turkish soldiery. upon
which 20 draw for men. Besides. rs
the world knows, n reputed Turkish
rabble has In the past made strong
fight. At least, IL this Nationalist
force were to he put in the field IN It's
full strength Il would he superior In
numbers and equal in equipment to
the present Greek army Of occupation.
It remains question whether &c
could sweep the Greeks. unsupported
The New York herald., 1921-02-21
Shipbuilding in Japan.
IL Has the Skill hut Lacks the Steel,
Its Officials Say.

From the fokohomd Chamber Of Commerce
Bulletin.
The Yokohama Booki Shunpo quotes
Mr.. Yuk.o Yamamoto. chief of the ship
building department in the Department
Of Communlca uons. who has just re-
turned from abroad, as saving that
Japan IS now first in the world In ship
building skill. which was the opinion he
Gays, that was expressed to him by the
head of the American Shipping Board.
The only drawback. he SAYS. Is scarcity
Of steel. and until Japan can supply her
own wants further development will be
impossible
Mr. Iamamoto says Ercat efforts are
being made in Europe 20 rebuild the
merchant service, SEQ now shins now be-
,ag undt construction. chiefly IN Great
Britain. Tho surprising energy shown
by italy will soon bring her mp with
Japan, but in France and Germany ship
building is vory depressed. The activ-
ity I'm the United States Is IN great con-
trast with this
Tho remarkable increase OF large
motor ships abroad attracted Mr. Ya-
maroto's attention, ana he thinks Il not
unlikely that in the near future they
will largely superseGd stcamships. In
view OF their great economic advantages.
The New York herald., 1921-02-21
Smashing English.

Under a ruling recently made by
EDWARD J. ToBIN, the Superintendent
of Schools in Cook county, Illinois,
"the expressions 1t is me- and he
don't are permissible for both school
teachers and pupils" In Mr.. ToBIN's
opinion, ''It Is T. sounds "stilted and
even egotistical" and although cor
rect is "outlawed by common usage
and a sense of good form"
What offends Mr.. ToBIN in the use
Of the contraction doesn't" with the
singular pronoun ''he" is not made
clear; nor are we enlightened as 10
the superior virtue of "he don't,
which, being expanded to its original
elements, becomes she do not" locu-
ton neither the common usage nor the
sense of good form to which Mr..
ToBIN appeals can possibly protect
1t would be as sensible to give in
dorsement to the use of any other
verb in the plural with n noun in the
as IL 10 " oICih VIZ "SN~ -
"he don't" because ignorant or slov-
enly speakers and writers use it.
1t is fact that the phrase 1T is
me" Is sometimes employed by lazy
persons who know better, but the rule
which DEGREES the nominative | in
agreement with the nominative 1t is q
sensible and understandable reguIa-
ton, based on history, reason and
logic. Why any person occupying a
place in the educational system should
give his Endorsement to violations OF
this rule passes comprehension.
What Mr.. ToBIN does when he
throws the mantle of his liberation
over the use of plural verb with a
singular subject and the mutilation
of the language involved in the bar
barism at is me" is to take his
standard of speech from the litter
ate and to weaken all standards of
clear and careful speech. He goes to
the gutter for the purposes of the
study.
The New York herald., 1921-02-21

10y the Allies, out OF eastern Asia
Minor, and recover Smyrna.
That there is an understanding be-
tween the Constantinople Government
and the Nationalists is no longer
questioned. The Paris bureau of THE
New YORK HERALD says that repre-
sentatives of the two factions at
meeting in Rome came TO secret
agreement upon their demands. While
.he NatiOnalists Will not be permitted
20 present their claims In person at
the conference, there is no reason why
TEwFIK Pasha, the head of the Con-
stantinople Government, cannot lay
before the conference the Nationalist
programme. In this way the strong
est weapon which the Nationalists
have, an alliance with the Bolsheviki,
becomes the weapon Of all Turkey.
But despite the new elements in
the situation there Is no reason to
believe that the Sevres treaty will be
entirely made over. The threat OF a
Bolsheyist advance which would carry
Red armies TO the shores Of the east
ern Mediterranean implies q peril
which Italy and France especially
fear. But it remains a problem
whether the Moslem Turk would com
placently enter into an alliance with
the communistic and atheistic Mos
COW Soviet or If MUsTAPHA KEsfAL,
with the cry of united Islam as his
best appeal, would attempt to form
such an unnatural alliance.
Another saving factor in the situa-
ton is the steadfastness of VENIzFLos
TO his ideals. Instead of sulling after
his overthrow he has shown his patri-
otism and greatness as a man by
laboring diligently for the treaty of
which he was the builder and the
architect. Again 1t has been a prin-
ciple with which Great Britain, Italy
and France have ever agreed that "a
Christian population once released
from Ottoman rule shall not be sent
back into bondage to the Crescent"
While the Premiers are not likely to
settle permanently the Near East
question, it may be depended upon
that they will not turn back Thrace,
Smyrna or any other strongly Chris
tian regions to the Turks.
The New York herald., 1921-02-21
New Sonata by Bloch Lacks Harmony
Friends of Music Hear Paul Kochanski, Violnist and
Arthur Rubinstein, Pianist, Play Novelty.

While the Society of the Friends Of
Music assembled in Aeolian Hall yester-
day afternoon, the winds howled and
moaned about the building and ever and
anon there were rumblings and culver
ings and groanings, as II the sorely tried
assaults from without. OF course 1t
must have been that, because within the
peace of music dwelt In souls serene
while Paul Kochansld, violinist and Ar
thur Rubinstein, pianist, saturated the
atmosphere with three sonatas, differing
from one another very greatly and one
indeed from everything else.
This one was new creation OF the
peculiar genius Of Ernest Bloch. II
possessed three movements, labelled agi-
tato, motto quieto and moderate the
key was not nominated in the pro-
gramme. Perhaps there was not any.
1t sounded that way. Mr.. Bloch's music
is not unknown to these parts. IT has
admirers among those who love progress
toward dissolution in harmony and dew
astation in melody. Many excellent per-
sons perceive wonderful merits In II.
while less ecstatic minds discern only a
few For example. yesterdays sonata
mlrable. In another place the composer
caused the two instruments TO play in
different keys. That device is no longer
modern. 1t has become a conventional
formula. Mr.. Bloch must do better.
But there need not be a learned dis
cussion of the sonata. The simple truth
about 1t Is that most Of it Is so uncom-
promisingly ugly that it is painful to
hear. What is the use of pretending
about such music? 1t is not beautiful (.
1t is not intended to be beautiful. 1t is
designed to puzzle and even stupefy hear
ers and TO challenge all those who dare
TO say that music should be made for
public enjoyment.
Mr.. Bloch is extraordinarily clever.
but he is too much given to lamenta-
tions. Never for an instant does he let
note OF joy sound in his composition.
1t Is one long wall sometimes melan-
choly, sometimes demoniac. Without
doubt it will be said of it as Mark Twain
said of Wagners work: "A great deal
OF it is better than it sounds"
Many musicians in the audience looked
formidably wise while the two men on
the stage were hurting its pages into
the auditorium. Perhaps they under
stood it. Or maybe these rapt visions
are not intended to be understood. Any
how it can be said that only about two
thirds of the sonata were heard. Mr..
Rubinstein smote the piano relentlessly.
and Mr.. Kochansl<l. armed only with
violin. had but little chance Of making
his whole part audible. In addition to
Mr.. Blochs characteristic composition
the programme contained Bach's Il
major sonata and Brahms's in D minor.
An audience of fair size faced the storm
to hear the concert
The New York herald., 1921-02-21
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1921.
First, Care for the War Wrecks.

The record of neglect, abuse and
sacrifice of our crippled and helpless
soldiers during two years of peace has
been one of the cardinal scandals or
the war administration. To the ma
zion it has been burning shame.
For the legislative branch of the Gov
ernment to take up the question Of
bonus for soldiers that are in sound
body and mind, self-supportlng and
thriving. while the wrongs against the
manned and the suffering still cry out
for attention and remedy would be
sheer political trafIicking as brazen as
ii would be base.
1t was selfish and heartless for
executives and legislators to give
grudging heed to the needs and
wrongs of the nations human war
wrecks while the bonus demands of
the well and strong were clamoring
at the Government doors. To serve
those well and strong, however ap-
pealing their cause, while the halt
and the lame yet lay neglected In
their misery would be unspeakably
brutal.
If Congress is going to take up the
general bonus question again, in the
name of mercy and in the name of
decency let it first dispose of the
fragrant injustice against the crcken
and dying war victims whose treat
ment rankles in the national heart
no less than it blots the Government
shield.
The New York herald., 1921-02-21
Cedars.
From the Toronto Clio

From the Toronto Globe.
Dear ladies' in your gowns of green,
You watchful stand beside my gate
And gaze at me with kindly men.
AS for my steps you gracious wait;
Steadfast you are though wild winds
blow,
Your friendship firm through storm and
SNOW.
Fond memories I know you own:
l often dream your talk must be
OF absent birds, the stars you've known.
The haunting love winds from the sea /;
OF smiling children who have played
In innocence beneath your shade.
Long may you stand beside my gate,
An garbed In green. and inplore
Your welcomes though my years be late.
And / shall wander oceans o'er
IL in the arms of death | sleep,
o calm eyed cedars, vigil keep.
ALLEN WARD.
The New York herald., 1921-02-21

basis for American beef and where a
herd rarely numbers less than 100 head,
with the average perhaps we'll beyond
the 500 mark.
Just now, or perhaps for the last five
years. there has been really remark
able increase in the production OF beef
STUFF in New England and the older
States generally. We have shipped toun-
dation females to Maine. New Hamp-
shire. Connecticut Massachusetts,, New
York Georgia and Virginia. in fact,
pretty well through the Atlantic coast
States. The reports VIC get from the
people taking them have been that the
results are profitable. whereas If they
had put in just few old cows not hav-
ing the beef instinct their loss must
have been inevitable.
Watchfulness over the cows Is highly
important. ] do not mean in registered
ttie but in commercial cattle. First.
"a yearling helfer should not be bred and
drop her calf In the two-year-old period
Second, IL a COW fails TO nourish her
calves properly she should be cut out
and sent to the shambes-no matter
how good she Is individually
] think inquiry would show that tho
cattle making UP good dairy herds are
the result OF selection. not from the
standpoint of indiv'du but from the
standpoint of their value as butter fat
makers. The breeder who overlooks the
law Of selection for the special puali-
ties he wants In his production Is over
looking his best asset
FRANK S. HAsriNGs
STANFORD. Texas. February 16.
The New York herald., 1921-02-21
Tests for Gas Meters.

We are glad to be able TO say that
we can be of immediate and practical
assistance to our fellow New Workers
whose complaint is described in the
letter:
ITO THE NEW York HERALD: For
some time past there has been a very
great dissatisfaction 'r complaint by
the owners Of many OF the prop
critics in our charge regarding the
exorbitant gas bills in these several
properties. We have complained to
the gas companies about the matter
but invariably we receive the same
answer, that the meter shows by the
index that the amount of gas was
ra'd and the bill will have to be
paid.
I'VE realize that in consequence OF
the increase of the rate per cubic
foot it is fair TO expect that there
ought to be an increase in the bills.
but in many cases the bills show an
increase of over 100 per cent. and
we cannot help but think that the
fault is in the mechanism Of the
meter or the desire o: the companies
to increase their revenue unjustly.
I'VE would appreciate very much
indeed II you would be willing to take
this matter UP and do whatever seems
wise in your Judgment to secure
some redress Tor the sas consumers
Of this city.
we win be glad 90 give you any
facts you might want showing that
our complaint Is perfectly justified
and we trust you can render the pub
lie some service which will tend to
reduce the high cost OF living.
JAMES KYLE & Sons.
NEW YoRK, February Is"
If any gas meter In New York city
is suspected of running fast the per
son in whose premises that metei
stands may call for a test OF it's in.
tegrlty. If it is inaccurate and runs
slow or fast beyond certain specified
limits Of tolerance tested and ac
curate meter will be installed in its
place without cost to the consumer
II the suspected meter is found to be
accurate the person calling for the
test will have to pay n small fee.
This has been the practice pre-
scribed by law for years. 1t was
followed before the Public Service
Commission was established. 1t is
followed now.
There Is no reason why any Gus
toner of any gas company should have
m inexact gas meter or should har.
Dor any doubt about the integrity OF
the ingenious mechanism which works
steadily when some finite human for.
gets 10 shut off the heat in ihe cook
stove or the radiator.
The New York herald., 1921-02-21
The Nebraska Philosopher.

Although Colonel BRYAN's heart
has been in the grave since the San
Francisco convention, it is evident
that the Democratic chieftains who
are now manpuvring for control OF
the party organization do not classify
the Nebraskan with the politically
negligible. The news Is flied with
reactions Of their fears and hopes.
Yesterday Colonel BRYAN and his
brother CHARLES were advertised MS
the promoters Of comprehensive
scheme Of party reformation. To day
tie Colonel is keeping out OF all
partfsan rows. Tomorrow another
tale may be told. Any of these reports
may have foundation; none OF them
may be based on facts; in either case
they reveal the overwhelming interest
the leaders of the Democratic party
have In Colonel BRYAN's present and
fungrtA For them he is not his
torical figure but n potentially active
force, factor which may at any
moment change entirely the conditions
with which they are dealing. They
do not smile when he produces his
political panaceas, but begin to trem-
BILE for their power when he speaks.
As for Colonel BRYAN. he IL obvi-
ously enjoying himself No other poll.
tician submits to the camera more
good naturedly than he does. No
other reformcr wears a more con.
The New York herald., 1921-02-21
Alarming Live Stock Decrease.

There Is food for thought for every
body in the announcement by tie
Federal Bureau of Crop Estimates
that the past Twelve months show
an alarming decrease IN the number
of head OF live stock IN the Unltel
Stntes. II either indicates q curtail-
ment Of breeding or the sale of great
numbers of horses. mules, cattle, sheep
ana swine for foreign account In re-
sponse to the high prices temptingly
offered a year ago.
The figures just made public indi-
cnte there were 100000 fewer head
Of live stock on hand January /. 1921,
than was the case at the end of 1919.
There were at that time 20,133,090
horses In the United States. The de-
crease In number I'm a year amounts
to COZ 900 head. or 30 per cent. of the
total Mules decreased by $1,000
head from n total Of 100000. while
milk cows. Of which there were 23.-
321 900. decrca sed 20S.O00. Cattle
other than milk cows, of which there
were 42,S70.00O. decreased 1,SS0,O0O
Swine totalled 66,649,OO0, and during
the year decreased 5,07s.000. while
sheep decreased 2,04T,000 from n
grand total Of 45,0e7 900.
Horses to-day fetch an average OF
The New York herald., 1921-02-21

third street. but the printed tickets said
Forty-fourth street This fact, and also
the storm, which. too, must have affected
the size Of the audience a small one,
caused q long delay after the hour set
for beginning before the pianist could
appear. However. Mr.. Lisan bravely
faced the ordeal before him and came
through in a manner highly creditable
to himself. In such difficult works as
Liszts arrangement Of Bach's A minor
prelude and fugue. Beethoyen's "Moon-
light" sonata. and Schumann's Car
neval,' he disclosed good tone much
technic and fine taste and intelligence.
His style was generally clear and some
obscurity in rapid forte passages was
due. in part at least, to the halls
acoustics, which vary in desirablity for
piano music, according TO the location
of seats-as one listener indeed, found
out yesterday by testing. Mr.. Lisan
should give more brilliance and freedom
by further public appearance He has
a certain poetic gift greatly in his favor
The New York herald., 1921-02-21
Distrust the Weather.
Even an Abnormally Warm Winter
Has Its Dangers.

To THE NEW York HERALD: In dis
cussing signs of spring you name sew
eral results for which a warm winter
is responsible. There is one infallible
sign: when the clock strikes IL on the
night OF March 20 il will be a sign that
spring arrived nine minutes before the
h>e'T,
The presence CT the robin. the flight
northward OF wild water fowl, the far
north edge Of the ice pack in the North
Atlantic and the swelling OF tree buds
are not signs of caring; they are merely
results of a warm winter. one that
Is in the class with the winters of 1891,
1892 and 1915.
There are still few days in Febru-
airy to come. Should they bring snow
and cold waves they Will prove a great
blessing. Normal temperature for Jan
uary and February is not quite 81 deg.
in New York city; In Mount Vernon 1t
is about half degree lower. Up to the
present time the winter is about de-
grees above normal temperature.
A warm winter may possibly indicate
an early spring, but it does not indicate
warm spring by any manner of means.
An abnormally warm winter is full of
dangers Advanced fruit buds are likely
to be killed by April frosts and garden
crops may suffer To humanity the abb
normally warm winter is followed
usually by a marked increase in the
general death rate.
The old proverb "A green Christmas
and n fresh graveyard" is true as far
rs the New England and the middle
Atlantic States are concerned.
OBSERVER
MOUNT VERNON. February 10.
The New York herald., 1921-02-21
The Penalty of Waste.

Dseouraging statements are COM
Ing out of Washington as to the heavy
fall in revenues caused by the drying
up Of the sources of taxes levied on
industry and thrift which served TO
enable a wasteful, inefficient Govern
ment to keep up its profigate spend
Ing on war scale through two whole
peace years.
THE New YORK HERALD does not
ignore the fact that in facing the six
billion dollar estimates, including a
two billion dollar deficit passed on TO
the incoming Administration the Re-
publican Congress and the Republican
President will encounter formidable
difficulties in putting the finances of
the nation on sound basis.
There would be no cause for worry
on the score of the estimates for the
coming fiscal year were II not for this
current unfunded deficit of $1,000, ,O00,-
600 which will be left by the Wilson
Administration. 1t Is regrettable that
the new fiscal year cannot begin with
clean slate. Then the economies
Of the incoming Administration would
stand out more clearly.
But whatever the contingencies. the
economies must be promptly effected.
New revenues must be found and un-
der solid tax system they can be
produced without exhausting industry
and business and without bleeding
the tax victims white.