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The New York herald., 1921-10-29

nothing about 1t, by the way, in the
Koran, as many people thinl-is silent
on the subject Of the feet and ankles.
Humber Moslem women still trail
Their volumfnous wrappings in the dust,
but the harem lady displays smart shoes
and stockings when she walks ABROAD to
the same extent as her EgyptiaIA sister
and that N Alexandria and Cs1tv is
saying q good deal.
Harem ladies are more than blossom
ing out. They are making themselves
conspicuous.
was at concert the other day with
q bevy Of them. all daughters Of noble
Egyptian houses. Each one changed her
seat at least ten times. They were
overpoweringly scented. Their chatter
drowned the soft notes and filled in an
the singers dramatic pauses.
In the amount and the kind OF jew
elry they wore they showed how little
they are removed In matters Of taste
from the Bedouin bride, such as I have
seen in the jewellers bazaar Of Da-
mascus with fifty English sovereigns
strung across their tattooed foreheads
like a polo pony's browband.
In diet they are still fiappers. Pastry
cooks and confectioners make their for
tunes in Egypt. In literature they have
not advanced beyond the fiiinsiest
French novels. In music they are still
in the grip of "Czerny's 101 Exercises"
Yet in the last year or two they have
not hesitated to plunge straight from
the harem into politics.
Few moro pathetic sights could be
imagined than that Of n middle aged
and conservative Egyptian politician In
terviewing a deputation Of Egyptian
"suffragettes" They call themselves
1.-THE Future Mothers Of Egypt" though a
cynical politician friend Of mine who has
suffered from their attentions tells me
that half the deputation that waited on
him were too young to be thinking Of
such thlngs-and the other half would
have to hurry UP.
At present they are concentrating on
the Independence OF Egypt When that
Is achieved they mean 10 agitate for the
vote.
They are a sad dislncsionment to
those Of us who have read Pierre Lott.
We expected his "Desenchantees." when
they did emerge from their bondage. to
be such refncd. farseeing. PERHAPS
rather sad and sober but certainly well
hammered young people.
1t Is disappointing to sec them at
large, these very nearly emancipated
Egyptian ladies'. After centuries OK re-
straint their greatest need-in dress. In
ideas and in manners-is still restraint.
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Housing as an Issue.
Mayoralty Candidates Asked to De.
bate the Single Tax Question.

To THE New York HERALD: Believing
that the important issues Of this cam
paign are the housing and unemploy-
ment problems, and not FIVE cent fares
or overcrowding in the schools,
hereby challenge either OF the contend
ing Mayoralty candidates TO debate these
issues at such time and place as may
be Jointly arranged.
The land and taxation Questions are
Lfoccing themselves to the fore In every
country In the world. The acute hous-
ing shortage Is the form that the land
question is taking in this city. The
question cannot be camoufiaged by talk
OF limHeS school accommodations, since
the people must live before they can be
educated, nor by talk of the continuance
OF five cent fares since the enforced pay
ment to landlords for the privilege OF
living in New York would pay any con-
ccivable tribute TO the traction compa-
MES many times over.
JOSEPH DANA MILLER,
Single Tax Candidate for Mayor OF
New York.
NEW YORK, October 2s.
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the other hand the construction Of brick
and frame houses Is proceeding on an
unusually large scale, thereby requiring
the services OF nearly all Of the more
common building trades
A study OF the clerical group. the
committee found. showed that 1896, or
about per cent. of the 1896 workers
estimated to be connected with this
group. are out of work.
The 1920 census gave 306,067 engaged
In domestic and personal service. The
committee estimates that 26.661. or
about 9 per cent. OF this group are not
unemployed. This estimate was based
on reports from twenty hotels and res
tnurants employing more than $4,000,
and other sources.
Under Transportation" the commit
tee includes all engaged In the manage
ment and operation of the subways, ele-
waited and surface lines, buses. taxi
cabs and trucks: seamen, longshoremen
railroad and telegraph company en-
ployees. OF q total number of workers
in this group Of 242.447 reported in the
1920 census, the committee estimates
$4,000, or about 26 per cent. out Of
work.
Unemployment among the professional
classes Is computed at 16 per cent. The
total number In this group. which in
cludes actors. dentists, writer's. doctors.
lawyers. architects, clergymen, musi-
clans and nurses. was 168.376 In the
census report. 1t is estimated that
26,94O in this class are unemployed.
Teachers. It was found, are practically
all employed.
In the public service" group the COM
mittee includes workers employed by the
city, State and Federal governments, of
whom there were 61.0S4, according to
the census. The estimate OF 9,163 un-
employed Is based on the trend Of un-
employment in the city.
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the owner OF a race horse who backs
in moderate way the chances OF
beautiful animal he has trained"
This is ''the harmless backing of
formed judgment" Quite another
thing. Of course, from backing the
alleged judgment of racetrack tip
ster or blind betting on judgment that
is uniformed, uninformed, ,misinformed
or formless; in other words, betting
without any judgment at all. This
is yielding to "a vicious propensity"
The Bishop puts it quite on a par
with the conduct of women capable
of much good in life who use the
telephone day after day calling up
stock brokers and racing agents to
get money for dress and frivolity."
In this matter of bad form gam
bling. which is demoralizing, and
backing formed Judgment on the
chances. which is harmless, the
Bishop would have the Church draw
a distinction. By SO doing he be-
lieves that it would accomplish more
than by "a crude statement which
by its suggestion tends to make peo-
pie disregard its voice."
1t will hardly be disputed that any
thing which tends to make people
disregard the voice OF the Church is
deplorable. Likewise are those con-
ditions deplorable which obscure
Church activities. And this leads
the Bishop of Birmingham to the
enunciation of another proposition.
The churches should advertise. They
should advertise, Hc affirmed, in the
manner OF large American business
houses He went on to say:
"It comes hard to have to apply
advertising to the Church. but 1t is
an advertising age, and the only way
to get the Church's case clearly be-
fore the people is to advertise In the
modern way"
All OF which opens up q sizably
large field for discussion. 1t is not
improbable that it will be well filled
with controversialists. But what
ever the adverse critics of the good
Bishop may find to say about his
views none Of them is likely to ac-
cuse him of reactionary tendency
toward hidebound narrowness.
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For a Farley.

In frank discussion much Is won,
And so distinguished men and able
VIII gather soon in washington
And meet about the conference table.
The railroads and the union men.
Though seemingly they're always
fighting.
And what Is wrong they're bent on
righting.
Sweet, you who'vc closed your heart TO
Where once your smiles put mo IN
clover,
You may be right but can't you SEQ
We ought 20 talk the matter ovcr7
NATHAN n LEVY
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The Bishop and the Ponies.

The Bishop OF Birmingham, Eng.
land, does not approve Of betting on
horse races. Far from 1t. In the
address with which he opened the
recent Church Of England Congress
he clearly said tnrt he considered
gambling in its bad form as dis
tinctly demoralizing.'
But between "a vicious propensity
and the backing OF a formed judg.
ment" the Bishop drew sharp dis
tinction. He frankly admitted that
he himself had backed with money a
Judgment he had formed as to the
speed OF horse in racing field.
He added:
II SIN am prepared 70 forgive
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Ultimatum.

They sat across the car from me,
A decent. neatly clad old pair.
With something strangely tragic in
Their patient fate submitting air.
"Poorhouse." the motorman called out
When we had gone a mile from town,
Like two who wandered in ti.c.. y:csp
They pulled their ancient satchels
down.
watched them straggle up the path.
So brave In their slow journeying
From freedom to imprisonment
That meant the end Of everything.
CHARLOTTE BECKER.
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The Negro Problem.
Praise for President Harding's Ad.
dress Mt Birmingham.

To THE NEW YORK HERALD: All han
to Warren @. Harding. the first Presi-
cert to depart from studied Indifference
- the negro problem; the first Presi-
dent to assure the American people OF
the restriction Of immigration from Eu-
rope Of cheap and unassimilable labor
ers tho first President to have the cour-
age to exhort the American people TO
return to the work Of the hands that
was tho priceless heritage OF Americans
before the advent Of cheap alien labor
and insinuating collectors OF tips.
Back to normalcy' is the keynote OF
a remarkable address. CANDID.
NEW York, October 2S.
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worst fault and the best virtue of
allied statesmanship during the war.
Its principal error was in not having
sooner a single directing force; its
wisest act was the selection OF this
great French soldier to do the think
ing for all the armies. Whether it
wes CLEMENcEAU or LLOYD GEORGE or
HArG or Lord MILNER who brought
about the elevation Of FocH to the
post of general commander, that man
did the world g great good turn.
Americas own debt to FERDINAND
FooH is stupendous. Not only did
his supreme military genius result
in the termination of the war before
the date fixed by other strategists, but
his faith in the lighting spirit OF the
American soldier resulted in our ar
mics having the opportunity to show
their mettle and to establish their
fighting qualities so firmly that no
nation will ever forget them. It was
flattering to our troops, as we'll as
wise from the strategic standpoint,
that NFocH should have allotted to
PEEsnING's soldiers as difficult a task
as any army faced in the whole war.
That the Americans accomplished
everything which the Generalissimo
expected is beyond doubt.
Marshal FocH has come to see the
country that sent such good men to
France. America is greeting with
her whole heart the great soldier
who had such faith in us; the great
est man of the war; an unselfish
Napoleon; Caesar without am
bition; an Alexander who finds here
new world to conquer with his
smile.
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Our Debt to the Dutch.
Why One Group withdrew From the
Making Of America Pageant.

To THE New York HERALD: A director
of Americas Making Is credited with
the statement that the differences with
the representatives of the Dutch settlers
of the Hudson had been satisfactorily
adjusted and that Mrs. John King Van
Rensselaer, would appear In the pageant
showing what the different nations had
done toward the making Of America.
THIS statement is misleading and incor-
rect, for our Dutch committee aban-
doned all idea Of being connected with
the function and SO notified the man.
ayers Of the entertainment.
While It is true that the Mississippi
River was early discovered, these people
left little constructive work and their
lineal descendants are submerged. Nor
are there any survivors Of the English
adventurers who landed In virginia.
every one having been murdered by In
dams. starved or left for England.
On the other hand. Manhattan was
occupied in 1914. when the first ship
built In America was launched in the
East River and named the Onrest. From
that date the shores Of the Hudson have
always been inhabited by descendan nts
of the first Dutch settlers, SO the per-
sons who were to represent them have
thirteen generations In direct descent
through the 800 and more years Of set
tlenent. and these can show their reg
istered proofs Of this statement.
Five and more were to appear in
ancestral dresses representing PATRONS
Of Rensselaerswyck. Lords Of the
Manors Of Livingston and Van Cort-
landt, Ave American Governors, a Presi-
dent OF the Council and two Privy Coun-
cillors. the defender Of tho liberty of
the press in the Zenger trial, Major
In the French and Indian war, a Major
General, Major. Captain and Colo
mel in the Revolution. a General and
a Major in the war cs 1912, Brigadier-
General in the civil war. two signers Of
the Declaration of Independence, two
Presidents Of the United States, oil New
Workers.. who served their country from
generation to generation.
Therefore, when the Dutch group was
given an inferior position in the parade
of Making America to make way for
undistinguished adventurers the New
Yorkers felt that they had no choice
except to withdraw.
At no time did I intend to appear IN
the parade and certainly cannot coun-
tenance an exhibition that assigns an
Inferior position to the home Of my an
cestors. the city OF my birth. the great
metropolis that represents the Making
Of America as much as any locality on
the continent.
M. X. VAN RrNssnIAzs.
NDw YORK, October 2s.
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No glamour is involved in being
heroic in the stokehole Of a steam
ship, and those coal shovelling firemen
Of the George Washington who by
continuous and extraordinary work
brought General PERsHINo into port
in time to reach the Battery and well
come Marshal FocH must not be for
gotten in the celebration attending the
Generalissimo's visit. They gave their
ship speed she is not expected to
make, and kept 1t up till Quarantine
was reached, q tribute to Marshal
FocH more substantial than will be
that paid by good many orators.
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Av1AroRs TO HAVE REUNION.
War Filters to Dine Together OF
November IL.

Aviators Of the war will have o re-
union on Armistice Night at the Hotel
Commodore, and each squadron that
flew along the front and each training
field of the war will have its own
table. There will be no speakers or
toastmasters. Every war aviator is
invited to attend the dinner the night
Of November II, and to communicate in
advance with the dinner committee at
SO Vanderbilt avenue. The committee
comprises Messrs. Laurence La Tourette
briggs, Gerald Clark Brandt. Eddie ".
Rickenbacker. Sumner Sewell and
Elliott w. Springs.
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The authorities are doing sensible
thing in suppressing the beggars who
solicit in the subways and on the ele-
waited railroads. The crowded convey
ances are rendered moro uncomforta-
bio than even traffic congestion re-
quires when tin can bearers force
their way through crowds. We should
have reason even In our opportunities
to give to charity.
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To THE NEW York HERALD: I have
been reading in several newspapers lately
great deal about a grand opera
singer named Nine. Gamma walska.
VIII you kindly tell me where. when and
in what opera shc sang? OPEnAooEn.
New YoRK. October 2S.
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PUBLIC LECTURES TONIGHT.

Trend OF the Tlmes.' by Prof Nelson p.
Mead, at Townsend Harris Hall, G. G. N. r.,
Amsterdam avenue, 13Sth and 139th streets.
The italian In American Science.' by
John Horace Mariana, American Museum OF
Natural History. SeveEty-seventh street and
Central Park West.
''The French In America" by Miss Anne
Partlan, at Y. M. @. A., Harlem branch.
West 12Jth street
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A Missouri Industry.

From the KamsasA 7itv 7imes.
There Is one place In Missouri where corn
Is raised not for the corn but for the cobs.
It is the Herring place near Glasgow. A
hundred acres Of corn Is raised there for
tho cobs. which are very large and are
sold for 90 cents a hundred to a cob pipe
factory ac'-r ttc grain he's been src'fod off.
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No Bobbed Hair Here.

From, the Norborne Bcmocrus.
Mrs. Edna Dean Blackgord, who lives In
south Missouri. was In town Monday to have
her hair photographed. II Is ninety-two
inches long from the crown of her head to
the end OF her braid. Until recently Il grew
at the rate of five inches a month.
The New York herald., 1921-10-29

A Red plot to spread terror through
out the United States has been dis
covered in Boston. If Boston ever gets
really angry at the Reds those reckless
radicals will discover that under the
calm exterior of the New England
capital lies capacity for thorough
going retaliatory justice which will
amaze them.
The New York herald., 1921-10-29
The Roosevelt of History.

The widespread interest this year
in the celebration Of THEODORE RoosE-
vELr's birthday and the variety and
fervor of the manifestations Of that
interest illustrate once more the
abiding vitality Of his fame. He is
memory now, but the memory is
charged with life.
Notable among the expressions OF
affection and admiration which the
day elected was President HAEDING's
Characterization Of his predecessor as
"the greatest American Of his time
The phrase was written on the fly.
leaf Of copy OF 1.-THE Winning of
the West" upon which ROOSEVELT
had inscribed nine years ago his good
wishes for the same locomotive en-
gineer who brought the Harding
Presidential special into Atlanta on
Thursday.
The incident is pleasant in that 1t
gathers together several Of the d.
verse qualities which combine to
make the greatness Of the THEODORE
ROOSEVELT of history: His merited
attainment of conspicuous place in
the illustrious line Of our Chief Ex-
ecutives; his literary achievement, as
exemplified in one Of the best, If not
the best, of his many books; his gen.
uine and unaffected democracy of per.
sonal habit, as shown in his attitude
Of friendship toward and comrade-
ship with men worthy of regard in
every calling; and, most Of all, that
clear perception of true American
ideals which was his torch through
out his whole career of service and
loyalty. Recall now his words away
back in 1896:
"The merely material, the merely
commercial ideal the ideal of men
whose fatherland is the till.' Is in
its very essence debasing and lower
ing. It Is as true now as ever 1t
was that no man and no nation shall
live by bread alone Thrift and in
dustry are indispensable virtues; but
they are not all sufficient. We must
base our appeals for civic and ma
tional betterment on nobler grounds
than those Of mere business expe-
dlency. The men who have
profoundly Influenced the growth OF
our national character have been In.
most cases those men whose influence
was for the best and was strongly
felt as antagonistic to the worst ten
dency OF the age. The great writer's
who have written in prose and Verso
have done much for US. The great
orators whose burning words in be-
half Of liberty, Of union. of honest
government flave rung through our
legislative halls have done even
more. Most Of all has been done by
the men who have spoken to US
through deeds and not words. or
whose words have gathered their es-
pecial charm and significance because
they came from men who did speak
in deeds"
If ROOSEVELT was, as President
HARDrNG measures him, the greatest
American of his time 1t is because
the foregoing and countless other ex-
pressions of the American spirit were
with him not phrase but creed.
Where so many distinguished per-
sonalities pale in the deadening proc
esses Of time he is sure always to
seem alive. AS with HENRY OF Ma
varre, in MoTLEY's fine characterize
tion, there was that color in RoosE-
yELT's blood and there was that
dynamic persistence in RoosEvELT's
spirit which make 1t certain that he
will always leap forth from the pages
Of history living. human figure,
animate. instinct with vitality.
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AIMS Ex-sERvrCE MEN.

Articles made by disabled ex-servic.
men Mt the Dug Out. 100 East Sixty
first street, will be offered for sais
to-day at the home OF Mrs. Maitland
T.. GrIggs. Ardsley Park. Ardsley-on-
Hudson There will be many useful
and artistic novelties suitable for holl-
day gifts.
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A pious Paper Mentions a Specialist.

From the sparFe. published BY the YoanO
Mems Bt6lc Class Of Crcnford, ". J.
Ed Hedenberg, Jr. (see his adv. on page
f0), signed us up Just recently. He sells
insurance. Will insure home brew against
taking the enamel off the sink. Why not
let rin handle year Insurance?
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The socini whIri In Arkansas.

From the White County CStiser.
Marvin English 10 getting popular with
the fair sex again. II is reported that he
escorted two youns iadics to prayer meet
Ing Sunday.
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Besides Mr.. Morgan, those on the
committee are J. Harvey Williams. presi-
dent OF the Brooklyn Chamber Of Com
merce; Bailey B. Burritt, director Of
the Association for Improving the Con-
dition of the Poor; William F. Kehoe,
secretary of the Central Trades and
Labor Council DR.. Thomas j. Riley,
secretary Of the Brooklyn Bureau OF
Charities. and Henry d. Ssyer Of the
New York State Department of Labor.
Discussing the employment situation
In detail. the report stated that the
committee classed $4,000 as factory
workers. The reports received for the
week specified in the report show that
130,571 factory workers, or about II
per cent. Of the total are unemployed
Similarly, 1t was ascertained that in the
building trades. which are for the most
part very busy. only about 1880, or
10 per cent. Of the total, are unemployed
The report says: 1.-THE only groups
In the building industry In which un-
employment is serious are the structural
steel workers, marble settlers. mosaic
floor workers and others whose trades
are carried on more or less exclusively
in connection with the building of large
office buildings, hotel or factories. On
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The Associated Press is exclusively entitled
10 the use for republication OF all news dcs-
patches credited to II or not otherwise
credited IN this paper. and also the local
All rirhts Of ropfY.s,.tics - r-~s.'s dss-
r.. -. a.. sein o. ~.Sr ta~e4,N.<
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All but one Of the members Of the
Board Of Estimate have applied for a
city pension. Well, they have done a
lot of fighting in the last four years.
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The strike having failed them, sleepy
commuters will have to think up a.
new excuse for being late at the Office
next week.
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Number Unemployed
Employed Week of
JAM, 1920. Oct. II, '21.
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Concerning an Operatic Career.

Nnw YORK, October 2s.
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LOCAL WEATHER REPORTS.

recorded ,,,, BY the official the