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The New York herald., 1921-02-16
Beethoven Association Concert.

Last evening at Aeolian Hall the
Beethoven Association continued to pur-
sue its fine philanthropic purpose OF
raising funds for needy musicians by
giving the fourth OF its six subscription
concerts. The printed programme was
changed. Before the concert began
Louis Svecenski. an officer Of the asso-
citation. announced that owing to the ILL
ness Of Louis Bailiy. one Of its members.
the Flonzaley quartet would not be able
to give the opening number. Beethoven's
G sharp minor quartet. opus 131, but In
place Of \this music Mischa Levitzki
would play Beethoven's sonata "Appas-
sionata;" that the second number.
Beethoven's rondo In G major. opus 81.
No. 2. which Mr.. Levitzki was to have
played. would be omitted and instead the
pianist with Sascha Jacobsen would give
Franck's piano and violin sonata Other
wise the selections remained the same
Following the Beethoven sonata Rein
hold Warlich, barytone. with Walter
Golde at the piano. sang twelve songs
from Schuberts "Winterreise" cycle. and
in closing came Mozart's r fiat trio for
piano. violin and viola played by Messrs.
Levitzki. Tinlot and Pollain. The au-
dience filled the hall.
The New York herald., 1921-02-16

sion viii go ahead anyhow TO reor-
ganize the existing companies and
complete a comprehensive, workable
unified system. But the commission
will not make or modify any con-
tract involving an expediture of mu-
nicipal funds without the consent and
approval of the Board of Estimate.
Either those In control OF the local
government will join In to obtain the
municipal ownership of the new
rapid transit system which Is going
to become fact anyhow, or they
will simply refuse to take the very
thing they have been clamoring for
and denouncing the State Govern
ment for letting them have.
In any event, THE NEW YoRK HER
AID is happy to be able to congratu-
late the people OF New York on the
rapid transit they aresgoing to get.
whether the politicians help or not.
The New York herald., 1921-02-16

from the field. because in 1869 the Grand
Opera House, at Eighth avenue and
Twenty-thtrd street, built by Pike OF
Cincinnati fame. was opened with the
La Grange-Brignoli troupe In "Trova-
tore" the other two In the cast being
Natalie Testa and Orland both of
whom had been in Maretzek's troupe at
the Academy. There must be many
other youngsters like myself who re-
member dear old Bri ,noli, with his FORE
lock. which. shaken down over his fore
head, formed his one and only gesture.
At the Academy there followed a Job
lot of voiceless singers like Tamberlik,
Pancani and the rest and the operate
performances may well rest in oblivion.
think 1t was the musical critic Of your
newspaper who. In reviewing perform
ance OF Lucia" said: 'The name of
the gentleman who took the part of
Arturo is withheld out of respect for
his family
At last, in 1873. came Strakosch with
his splendid company, Christirc Nilsson,
Torianni. Annie Louise Cary. Campa-
mini. Maurel. Del Puente and Nanetti,
and I have no hesitation In saying that
better performances Of Faust" Aida"
and THE Huguenots'' than were, given
by them have never been heard In New
York. Even the threadbare "ErnanY"
was raised to a triumph by the splendid
singing and acting OF that great artist
Victor Maurel. who. as DON Carlos. was
every inch an emperor.
HoRAr1o J. BREWER.
New YORK, February 16.
The New York herald., 1921-02-16
Too Many Commissions.

In its news columns this morning
THE New YORK HERALD presents a
picture of the extent to which the
commission idea has grown In the
Federal Government. We are spend
ing quarter of billion dollars an
nually to support administrative
bodies entirely separate from the reg
ular departments.
confessions of incompetency. When
Congress or one of the departments
finds that 1t cannot handle something
easily or in q popular way there is a
tendency to turn it over to Smith,
Brown and Jones, each Of whom gets
a fat salary and who Jointly, as
commission, committee or board, set
up money spending organization
with an always increasing payroll.
Some of the existing commissions
are composed of good and wise men
who are giving the Government their
valuable services for little or moth
Ing. But In the main the commits
sion idea has been stretched too far
When we find that, besides ten regu-
lar departments, each with five or
ten bureaus, the United States is sup
porting thirty-five commissions, it is
time to wonder when a halt Is going
to be called.
1t was within this generation that
people said "Wheww when 1t was
announced that 1t cost a billion a
year to run the country. Now we see
a quarter of billion spent on COM
missions alone.
The Federal Government in this
respect is in a predicament like that
Of New York State, which has nearly
200 boards, bureaus and commissions.
Some are useless. some overlap Or
duplicate others, and all cost
The United States needs less gov
ernment, not more.
The New York herald., 1921-02-16
For Light on Our Foreign Loans.

The unanimous vote of the Senate
Judiciary Committee against further
payments to foreign countries, even
to commitments already made, until
all the facts concerning the loans are
revealed to Congress, does not seem
inappropriate or yet ungracious. IL
all Congress should concur with a
solid vote the action would not be
unseemly.
If the United States Government
has pledged itself to definite financial
engagements abroad under the pro-
visions of the war acts covering such
matters, and if the foreign Powers,
relying on those payments as pledged,
have entered into undertakings de-
pendent upon the fulfilment of our
part Of the bargain, this nation is not
likely to put itself in position from
which even a racetrack bookmaker
recoils.
Nevertheless, the American people
In general and their Congress In par
ticular have every right to know
what has been done and is being done
with their ten billions of dollars
offered as loans to the Allies and
others, and on what terms and condi-
tions. Within scarcely more than
fortnight now the new Administra-
tion will have access to all the facts
and presumably they will be made an
open record for the Congress author
ity which also is entitled to them.
Meanwhile there is no occasion for
concern by anybody over the good
faith Of the United States Govern
ment In the matter Of it's solemn obi
cations and sacred honor.
The New York herald., 1921-02-16
PUBLIC LECTURES TONIGHT.
MANHATTAN AND THE BRONX.


Trend of the Times" BY Henry n. Klein.
at Cooper Institute, Eighth street and Fourth
Trend of the Times" by Prof. Nelson =.
Mead, Ph. D., at Townsend Harris Hall, o.
G. N. Y, Amsterdam avenue and i36tn
"The Book OF the Hour. by Prof. }. @.
Carter Troop. PHI. T.. at New York Public
Library. Forty-second street and Fifth ave-
"F,nland's Rescue From the Reds" by
iiith Ftrcet, west OF Lexington avenue. Mo-
Lung development Through Music Exer-
clsea.' by Signor Giovanni TArliapietre, at
Central Jewish Institute. 125 East Eighty
fifth street. Songs.
"sopgs Of America and Other Lands" by
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas W. Fuson. at Hunter
College. sixty-elghth street and Lexington
GIVE New Education for the American
Family" by Mrs. Lucia Amos Mead. at v.
NJ O. A.. Harlem branch. West 1c5th
street.
DEMONSTRATION OF the Health of a Ma
ton" bv Dr. Matilda Hunt, at Public SCHOOL
40, Prospect avenue. Jennings street ana
HIf.er place. The pronx.
''The Fading of the Frontier" by Azei Hull
Fiah. at Public School 40, Brown place and
ia8th street. The Bronx. stcreopticon Views.
Harrington, at Public school a. ipGth street
between Bainbridge and Briggs avenues. The
Bronx
''For Love OF Country" by Mrs. Icva E. A.
Adams. ut Public School AZ Jiandoiph stroct
and Lawrence avenue, The Bronx. Illus
trated BY sterecptcon views and cornet
solos. N
The New York herald., 1921-02-16
Man the Trouble Maker.
Evidence That He Is to Blame for
What Is Wrong With the World.

To THE NEW York HERALD: A cor
respondent Of yours wrote the other day
In rather q pessimistic strain, saying
he had friend who was afraid his
children might ask him some day why
he had brought them here.
This seems to imply that there Is
something wrong with the world. There
is nothing wrong with 1t. Man alone
Is the author Of his troubles.
In demonstration of this may point
to three present day movements which
are big with trouble.
The first is Sovietisrn. This appears
to be a movement to compel the millen-
MUM by destroying capitalists and
money. Result. as I read II In THE
NEW YORK HERALD: Russia denuded
and has nothing left to export"
The second is a strike against work,
or at least for short hours and exor-
bitant pay Result: insufficient produc-
ton. with everything soaring sky high
and short commons on many a BOARD.
The third is strike against domestic
service. Result: The breaking up Of the
home with the former domestics no
better of--quite the contrary.
The best corrective Of all this and
troubles generally is the free play of
natural and economic laws. but man
seems to have taken ii into his head
that they can be superseded
NEW YORK. February 10. STRINUs.
The New York herald., 1921-02-16
Daniels for an Oil Embargo.

secretary DANIELS urges that the
President be empowered to prohibit
oil exports to countries where Amer
lean citizens are not allowed TO hold
title to oil lands. This means, of
course, an embargo ON oil to England
and the English navy because Ameri-
can citizens are barred arbitrarily
from holding oil lands In British do
mains and likewise prevented from
sharing in the development of Meso-
potamia and Persia, which are only
quasi British.
Certainly something ought to be
done and soon will have to be done.
But an embargo would be a drastic
step. Probably 1t would not be prac-
ticable. In peace time 1t unquestion-
ably would establish an awkward if
not dangerous precedent.
1t makes little difference who de-
velops the oil In Mesopotamia and
Persia, so long as it is developed and
the world can get 1t. So long as
American oil remains at price which
puts premium on keeping the oil in
the ground In foreign lands those for
eign lands will not be developed by
anybody. Meanwhile we are exhaust
ing our supplies. When they are gone
we shall be at the mercy of foreign
producers.
If we cannot gain for ourselves
equal rights In Mesopotamia and Per-
sia by other means than an oil en-
barge we probably cannot gain these
rights at all The next best thing
would be to raise the price Of our oil.
either directly or by fundamental
legal changes to permit an export
tax or price similar In effect Once
our oil becomes costly instead of dirt
cheap to consumers abroad foreign
Powers will not be long in developing
their own sources Of supply and the
drain on our resources will be
checked.
The New York herald., 1921-02-16
The Rapid Transit We Wished.

Governor MILLER's summary Of the
legislative bills which are TO rescue
this city from the rapid transit chaos
supplements his General Bridgman
letter with specific details If IL Is a
satisfaction to THE New YORK Her
AID, which from the very first con-
tended for the principles and prac-
tees which his measure now formally
proposes, 1t must be q modification to
those newspapers and politicians that
flew Off the handle the moment Gov
ernor MILLER first mentioned the sub
ject 10 the Legislature.
New York city Is going to- have an
enlarged and improved service by the
existing systems. rehabilitated and re-
energized. New York city is going to
have restored to 1t the use Of Its
1arter Of a billion dollars now frozen
In traction investment which is not
self-supporting. New York city is
going 70 have new construction, ex.
tensions and equipment. 1t is going
to have a great system or systems ac-
quired. maintained and operated on
the sound business basis Of an inveor
tory valuation Of the properties, re.
gardless OF their present issues of
securities.
And New York city Is going to get
all this without either being deprived
of its share In the work or being
compelled to wait for Its completion
till doomsday. The commission to
get action and produce results is
going to represent New York city. II
the municipal government will not
cooperate with the city's representa-
tlves on the commission, the commits
The New York herald., 1921-02-16
Congress and the Navy.

1t Is q tribute to the general good
sense and keen vision of the House
of Representatives that on the ques.
ton whether the naval appropriation
should be $90,00O,000 or only $7,O00,-
600 the vote for the liberal mainten.
ance Of our sea power was 2S2 to O.
The proposal to reduce the figure to
$50.000,OO0 was easily defeated.
The House evidently agrees with
THE New YORK HERALD in thinking
that, however great the need for
economy, this is not the time to lay
aside our defensive armor. And so
far as actual economy is concerned
to scrap the present naval programme
would cost almost as much as to 20
ahead and carry 1t out.
The world has not yet become AL
truria. We should be glad to see ii
blessed with the assurances of eternal
PEACE, but they will not come until
mankind is in better and more un-
selfish mood Meanwhile no nation
that has the spunk and the money will
deprive itself of armament COM
mensurate with the possible needs of
its coasts and it's colonies. AS this
newspaper said on December 16, our
naval strength SHOULD be proper
tionate to the interests our nation Is
called upon to protect" To junk our
arms before other nations have done
so would be sheer bravado.
The future may show that the day
Of the great battleship is over; that
the feeter vessel of war, aided by
the submarine and the airplane, has
surpassed 1t. But nobody can make
an exact blueprint of the future.
Meanwhile. we shall have enough
capital ships to withstand possible
attack from any quarter. We shall
have six new battle cruisers, faster
and more powerful than anything of
that type now afioat.
In addition to the programme
which the House votes to continue.
the United States should make
greater strides in the matter of fight
ing planes and submarines. II it is
true, as General MITCHELL declares
and as Admiral SIMS is inclined to
believe, that the airplane may have
the battleship at its mercy, we must
have bombing planes of the best de-
sign. capable not only of carrying
their loads of bombs but Of dropping
them accurately.
Congress has done well, pending
the possible revolution in methods OF
naval warfare. to give America the
best 1t can provide at the moment.
The New York herald., 1921-02-16
Weather Gone Astray.
How a Prophet May Be Right When
the Forecast Is Wrong.

To THE New York HERALD: There
has been a question In the minds of
some persons as to my forecast OF the
fourth general cool wave. dated Decem-
Der 81.
1t was scheduled for around Febru-
airy 5. j have explained more than once
that a cold wave may be masked by
clouds and storm. The forecast was
quite correct. Whereas warmth and
rain were predicted In the daily FORE
casts, a snowstorm came.
II there had been no cold wave de-
scending from above. backing northwest
winds to northeast on account OF the
storm. the storms would have moved
northwest Of here and temperatures gone
into the fifties with southerly winds and
rain. AS It is We are getting North
Carolina winter; that Is, the season Is
500 miles further north cold waves and
snowstorms are. say. 80 degrees warmer
than in cold winter the blixzards are
restricted TO Newfoundland. The FORE
cast was accurate. A. d. ELMER.
BOSTON, February IL.
The New York herald., 1921-02-16
How Europe Could Pay.
CessiOn Of Colonies Might Cancel
War Debts to America.

To THE NEW York HERALD: Some
OF the countries to which we lent money
can even now cancel their debts by
cession of desirable territory.
For instance, England. with the con-
sent of the territory's population. might
allow US the west coast of Canada, con-
Meeting the United States with Alaska.
She also might allow us certain islands
off the coast OF Florida and British
Guiana.
France might similarly discharge her
obligation by ceding territory in Africa
OF elsewhere. and Russia. later on, could
discharge her debt by turning over to
us eastern Siberia, which Is very rich
in mineral resources.
BY the annexation of desirable terri
tory the taxes collected there would
e, entualy discharge the debt
J. c. TEMPLE.
JACKSONVILLE. Fla. February IL.
The New York herald., 1921-02-16
That Down East Twang.

Professor HOWE of Wellesley de-
clares that the New England twang
is due to 'laziness Of the jaw" Those
who have it do not let their jaws
fall far enough when they speak, the
professor declares. That this is lazi-
ness few New Englanders will admit
1t would be lazy thing not to lift
jaw high enough, but letting it fall
requires no effort.
There viii be those who will insist
that, far from being sign of laziness,
the Down East twang is a sign of con-
servatism. The speaker, holding his
jaws rather tensely, through careful
ness of words or earnestness, causes
nasal modulation Of the voice.
There are greater signs of laziness
of the jaw in those Americans who
misuse or neglect their 'rs." With
the cultured sinner world" becomes
"wuhld." With his Brooklyn or East
Side cousin 1t is "woild," and the
cousin goes further into distortion by
pronouncing law" as II it were
spelled ''lawr."
The cultured person is the lazier.
He leaves out the ''r' because II re-
quires use of the lip muscles. The
Brooklynite may seem, when he says
"Moiphy was hoit," TO be just as
lazy, but wlisR. he adds, "Derl sawr
It," meaning that Mr.. Doyle was
spectator, he Is not lazy, for he Is
going TO extra lip labor to put 'rs"
where they shouldn't be.
We should like Professor HowE to
come to New York and examine one
of the several thousands who say
"Oll struck Earl when they mean
that Earl struck oil. An explanation
Of this phenomenon would be much
more interesting than theory OF the
cause of the twang.
The New York herald., 1921-02-16
WEDNESDAY. FEBRUARY 1s. 1921.
Don't Tax the Presidents Pay.

1t is to the credit of Mr.. HANDING
that he does not wish his salary as
President to be exempt from the in
come tax, which under the present
schedule would take $4,000 year
from his pay. But 1t will not be to
the credit of this Congress If the tax
is thus levied. We say this Congress
hcca-se If 1t does not make the ex-
amptiag now probably nothing can be
Zone Aaring Nr HARpING's term.
ar HARnIEG may be abundantly
able 70 pay the tax, but the question
should be considered on the funda-
mental ground Of what the country
owes its Chief Executive while he is
in office, and what 1t win owe him af-
ter he has retired. In more senses
than one the man chosen to be Chief
Magistrate Of the nation gives his all
to his country. While he occupies the
post he cannot spare his strength, his
health or his future. Though he
should come out with greater powers
Of service to himself and others, how
ever, he cannot come out with even
as many opportunities as were his be-
fore he became President. In the
very nature of things retired Presi-
dent is not free to engage in various
highly remunerative vocations which
might be his for the taking, but which
be can properly consider only In their
relationship to his former honors,
duties and sentiments.
The thought OF the United States
Government accepting an income
tax from its already underpaid Chief
Executive does not have sweet
taste. The people of the United
States might well feel sense Of
shame If this should happen. And,
considered as a precedent, it would
be altogether bad. 1t must not be.
Senator HARDING, as a matter of
fact, can return to his Ohio news
paper, which will support him In COM
fort and ease. But many IL not most
Of our Presidents have gone into the
White House poor and have. come out
poorer. Some of them have left 1t
with the prospect before them of a
pretty bleak old age. Let this Con-
gress see to it that the salary of the
President of the United States shall
be exempt from the income tax so as
70 establish the definite principle,
not so much in its application to Mr..
HARDING as to his successors.
The New York herald., 1921-02-16
Health Law History.
A Sequel to the Typhus Fever Epi-
demic Following an Irish Famine.

To The NEW YORK Herald: Il Is a
little known fact that the autocratic
powers given the Department of Health
to-day had their origin in the epidemic
Of typhus fever IN New York following
the famine in Ireland due to the potato
blight in the middle Of the last century.
The immigrants who left Ireland by
thousands to escape the famine became
victims of typhus, which was called
famine fever, and also ship fever. There
is tablet in Bellevue Hospital to the
memory of the devoted physicians OF
New York who sacrificed their lives in
ministering to these unfortunates in an
alien land. The descendants OF Iris-
emigrants In this city have no more
worthy shrine than this to which to
make a pilgrimage.
Many Of the emigrants who were
landed here slept for while in a de-
serted house on the East Side of the
city. A great many cases OF typhus
were found among those who were thus
sheltered and an effort was made to
close the house. There was then no
authority to do this, as its owner was
at first unknown. Even when he was
discovered he could not legally be COM
PEELED to deny refuge to these dodgers
or to put his house In order Eventu-
ally. owing to a little newspaper pub
licity, which, as a wealthy and q well
known citizen, he was anxious to avoid.
he was induced to close up the premises.
Out Of this incident came the health
laws of New York city. drawn by Dor
man b. Eaton, which demolished the
principle Of law that every English
mans house is his castle, and extended
the police power Of the State to prevent
the spread OF pestilence. Lawmakers
have since extended the power still fur
ther to include matters Of morals and
health. with great increment OF police
power as result.
Meanwhile the profession Of medicine.
unaided by the States has solved the
problem Of the spread of typhuS fever
to the benefit Of mankind and with hut
little expense to the taxpayer.
JOHN p. DAWN, II. d.
New YORK. February Ii.
The New York herald., 1921-02-16
EVENTS TODAY.

Meeting OF the American Institute OF Mining
and Metallurgical Engineers. Engineering
Societies Building. 20 West Thirty-ninth
Meeting ulder the auspices Of the commit
tee on speakers training OF tho Speakers
Republican Club. 105 West Fortieth street.
7. NJ.
Mark Graves, director OF the State Income
tax law before the School of Commerce Of
Co ,vention. New York Wholesale Grocers
Association. Hotel Astor. all day.
Dinner and dance. Associated Dress Indus
tries Of America. Hotel Pennsylvania. 8 =. NJ.
Dinner. Economic Club OF New York. Hotel
Samuel Gompers will speak on ''Tho Labor
Situation Sn . at & meeting s.in Of the Marquette
Dr. =: &. Grant will speak Oil What Some
Church OF the Ascension. T.. NJ
ties for Nature study in the City" at tho
Ethical Culture School. 33 Central Park
Luncheon New York Electrical League.
Hotel Astor. IL 80 p. NJ.
Dinner. New York Lodge OF Elks, Hotel
Commodore. go T. NJ c,..,
Engineers. Engineering Societies Building. 70
West Thirty ninth street, L. M.
Luncheon. Americai Manufacturers Export
Convention. National Civil Federation. Ho-
tel Astor. forenoon and aternoon. 90,
pin Dinner ran and dance Foreign Commerce CLUB.
Dinner. Council on Foreign Relations. Hotel
Astor, 80 +. NJ.
u. II. Baumgardt will speak on Tho Anglo
Saxon and the Practical Mind" the Town
Hail, i23 West Forty-third street. ii A. M.
Herbert X. Job viii speak on How to At-
tract and Propagate Wild Birds" American
Museum OF Natural History. s:i5 y. M.
Meeting, New York and Brooklyn Meet
Packers Association. Hotel Commodore. z;Su
Luncheon. Iliwanis Club. Hotel McAipin-
Luncheon. Metropolitan Paper Box Manu-
facturers Association. Hotel McAipin. 1880
=. M.
Luncheon. American waterworks Associs-
tion Hotel McAlpin. II 30 z. Nj.
Dinner, Prudential Life Insurance Com
pany Hotel McAlpin, $3.50 y. NJ.
pinner and dance. American Institute OF
Mining Engineers, Waldorf Astoria, Z +. M.
Luncheon, Manhattan Matinee Club, WAL
dorf- Astoria. IL 80 p. NJ
Bridge, Ladies Auxiliary of the Lenox Iiil,
Hospital, Waldorf-Astorfa, y. M.
= Dinner, American Acceptance Councls WAL
dorf- Astoria, Z p. NJ.
Meeting, Folding Box Manufacturers Ma
tional Associs tion, Hotel Astor. all day.
Meeting. Textile Color Card Association Of
the United States, 354 Fourth avenue. IL
A. NJ.