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Letters to the Editor should be as

Letters to the Editor should be as
brief and to the point as possible.
avoiding anything that would open
UNCONVENTIONAL or sectarian dis
cusslon.
No attention will be paid to anony-
nous letters. Names and addresses
must be signed as an evidence OF
good faith, although names will not
be printed II request Is made that
they bo omitted.
The publication of n letter is not
to be taken as an Endorsement of its
views by this paper.
Communications will not be re-
turned unless accompanied by post.
age, nor will manuscript be saved.
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Poems and Songs Desired
Things Reversed In Verse

To the Editor Of the Evening Public Led0er!
sir-ThIs is to wish you q Merry Christi
mas and hope you find these verses Mt TO
print:
DO your Christmas shopping carly;
Wear your winter hats In June;
Ard before the music's written
Hum the latest ja.zzland tune.
Road all books before they're published;
Make engagements in advance.
But. for heavens sake. be careful;
Don't be early at a dance.
JEAN Il. THOMPSON.
Butler Pike. Amber. Pa. December 49,
1921. "i.
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"Each In His Own Tongue"

To tho Editor of The Evening Public Ledger:
Sir-U gives me great pleasure to be able
to supply II. +. Wood with the poem he asks
for. Perhaps nc would be interested to know
II can be secured in booklet form. In plain
board or limp leather. For me It 10 such
n treasure that finding the booklet delighted
me.
Some months ago asked for n poem con-
tanning the lines:
give me my bouquets while live
And knock me when I'm dead
Another verse ending:
''For I will be no judge OF flowers
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When I've pnsscd In mo chccisf'
Can any one or some nne supply w
EVA u. GUYER.
Philadelphia. December 10. 1921.
BEDS EACH IN HIS own TONGUE
BY william Herbert Carruth
A fire mist and planet.
A crystal and n cell;
A Jellyhsh and n saurIan,
And caves where the cavemen dw ell;
Thon n sense Of law and beauty
And r face turned from the clod;
Some call II evolution
And others call II God.
A haze on the far horizon,
The infinite. tender sky,
The ripe. rich tints of the cornnelda
And wild geese sailing high:
And all over upland and lowland
The charm Of the goldenrod--
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To Dispose of Liberty Bond

To the Editor Of the Evening Public Ledger:
Sir--woud you kindly tell me how I can
dispose OF a registered Liberty bond7 This
pa rtIcuar bond Is from the fourth loan.
and the interest comes direct from the Gov
Nrnment each six months. INQUIRER.
Philadelphia. December 10. 1921.
Take your bond to your bank and doubt
less you will have no trouble In dsposing OF
Il at tho current market quotation.
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rotf Later o., lhe couple. coming 70 Amer'ca
on a German boat. flying the German nhs os
child is born 10 them on TIE high seas
what nationality Is the childf W. H. i'
Philadelphia. December IL. ia2i' -.
The wife becomes nm American -
through marriage. and child poIm ,,,,,,
American parents on a German snip. y.ar H
the German nag. would - an A'"e'
citizen.
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. Men In World War

To The Editor Of the Epcniao Public ledger:
Sir--What was the total number ot men
engaged In the World war7 Has II ever
been estimated7 WILLIAM T. DRUSE.
Philadelphia, December II, 1921.
1t has been estimated that the total num-
ber OF men mobllized by all nations during
the World War was 5O.1TG.s6i.
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Letters to the Editor
A..rsoiates "Rellaious Talk"

rothc Editor Of the Evening public Led0er;
s,r-I want to express to you my great
s1ociation Of Sarah Lowrie's Saturday
e.,ng talk OF Decenhet Q. That is the
sva event. os religious talk that is needed for young
enan,e' VIZ and feel that the EVENING PunLIc
pgavp Is doing a splendid and progressive
hing in publishing such an article;
nuns " MARTHA G. BARRY.
,suade,phIa. December 8, 1921.
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Questions AnsUered
Seeks Pension

To the Editor Of the Evening Public Ledger:
Sr-I am spanish war veteran. having
volunteered for service and having received
honorable discharge. My discharge was lost
In the sinking of q vessel on which I was
q passenger In 1905. Can I get u pension >
Where should apply7 W. D. l..
Philadelphia, December l2> 1921.
We do not know whether you are entitled
to a pension not. Apply to the Com
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DIschsrue Bonus

TO the Editor Of the Evcnino Public Led0er'
sIr-wiu you please inform me where l
can send to get my United states bonus ior
military scrylce7 s. r. v.
PhjIadeiphin, December 10. 1921.
Take Iisch urge papers to R"d Cross pet
them certified. and send copies 20 Chiet Oh
/ Einnnce War Department, Washington.
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some of a. oaii II autumn.
And others caii y God.
Like tides on o crescent seabeach'
when the moon is new ana thln'
Into ones heart high yearnings
Come yelling and surging in' l
Come from the mystic ocean
whose rim no foot has trod-
Some Of us call II longing
| And others call II God.
! A picket frozen on duty,
A mother starved for her prooui
| Socrates drinking the hemlock
And Jesus the rood;
! And thousands who. humble and nameisss
The straight hard pathway trod-
Some call II conservation,
| And others call IL God!
Also sent in by Roswell A. Robinson
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N they would only return the purss nne
such f.rtleles contained therein u.at are OF
no value to them but OF great value TO me.
l.. X. r.
Philadelphia, December IT, 1921.
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Child an American Citizen

To the Editor Of the EucninO Public Ledger:
Sir--An American citizen marrIes a Ger
man girl In Germany. The wife automatl-
Cally becomes an American citizen does she
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The Peoples Forum will appear daiiy
in the Evening Public Ledger and nI.s
In the sunday Public Ledger. letter.
discussing Timely topics will be printed.
ns wei! ms requested Do.m.. md anes-
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eeneflts .Erom Antltoxln .

missioner OF Pensions. Pension Bureau, De-
partmcnt OF the Interior, Washington, ID. Q.
The New York herald., 1921-03-06
Railroad Safety.
One Sure Way to Prevent Accidents
Like That in Indiana.

To THE NEW YoRK HERALD: Railroad
accidents like that at Porter, Indiana,
will be impossible to prevent as long as
tho safety devices in use are, as they
must be. dependent on human action,
which Is almost certain at times to fail
However, there is one thing that can
be done, In fact should be done, and
that is to force the railroads all over
the country to abandon their policy OF
rivalry as regards the making Of fast
time with their crack trains, making it
a State prison offence for an engineer
to cross the main line of any other
road at the same level without first
bringing his train to a fun stop and
being positively sure he has the right
Of way. This was formerly the rulo
and is yet where so-called derailing do
vices are not installed.
II railroad company believes that
It must make the time now demanded
by the public It should be compelled
either to elevate or to depress its tracks
at such points. This would OF course
be expensive, but would the expenditure
exceed the expenses which will now have
TO be met In the way OF settlements Of
damages to relatives OF the dead and
injuries to others?
AN OLD RAILRoADER.
RAMSEY. N. J., March 6.
The New York herald., 1921-03-06
A Bonfire of Novels.
Remedy for Discouraged Wives
Offered in "Don Quixote."

To THE New YORK HERALD 1t is Curl
Gus that In the series of interesting
letters you have been printing about the
discouraged wife no comment has been
made on the cause of her discourage
ment. namely tho reading of certain
book. Apropos Of this her husband
asked: rs there not tendency nova
days to sneer at the affairs OF every
day home life and to overemphasize the
spectacular" There certainly is, and ID
need hardly be said that the spectacular
means doing something to get talked
about-going on the stage. writing
book or painting a picture.
Now not one person in ten thousand
or hundred thousand has the ability to
do those things and get talked about.
otherwise succeed. And IL you don't
succeed. what then? Well, those who
have got a glimpse behind the scenes
OF obscure Bohemia know. Compared
with that a happy home-but enough.
In a chapter OF Don Quixote" tho
curate Is represented as consigning to
the flames the works OF chivalry which
were responsible for the mental aberra.
ton of his friend. Would we had some
like him nowadays TO make bonfire oe
the novels and scenarios which induce
young persons to turn their backs on
search OF adventure and glory with
about - much success as the poor Done
NEW YORK. March 8. STRINuA
The New York herald., 1921-03-06
Only a Station Needed.
Then Upper Central Park West Would
Cease to Be an Island.

ia THE NEW YORK HERALD: The Pub
lie Service Commission held on Wednes-
aay another of those perennial hearings
in regard TO new subway station At
tO4th street and Central PARK west.
A crowded roomful OF people asked for
Tho station. but the attitude OF the COM
,nisa,on seemed 20 be that there had
been no such growth OF population in
Tia, section as to demand additional
transit facilities.
And the principal reason why popula-
tlon does not grow there Is the lack Of
adeouate transit. How long will II take
to overcome that impasse?
The elevated express trains give good
service morning and night 70 the district
helov city Hall Park, although to get
an them from i04th street there are
arst seven local stations to be passed.
But even this service Is not available
TO points above City Hall except those
on the extreme wcst border OF the city.
Nor Is II available outside rush hours
or on Sundays. and holidays.
The local elevated trains must be used
to the theatre and shopping districts
and to most Of the business sections. and
they are exceedingly slow.
From that little island at the north
end Of Central Park West The Bronx.
washington Heights and points north.
and even Mornlngside Heights, arc well
nigh inaccessible
4 Is II not good business for the city
The New York herald., 1921-03-06
Speed in the Air.

The recent record breaking flight Of
the cross-continent aerial mail, dur
ing which an average speed of ninety
eight miles an hour was maintained,
does not by any means gauge the
speed which may be attained by air
planes. A record of 1913 miles an
hour has been made by a machine of
the cout type under normal condi-
tions and 201 miles going with the
wind. This test was made mt the
Buc Aerodrome in France by ROMA
NAT, and the first named figures were
reached in reverse tests which were
conducted under close scrutiny.
Before the advent of the flying ma
chine our ideas of speed in the air
were measured by the flight Of birds.
Comparisons between the animate and
inanimate agencies which have con-
0uered the air are interesting.
Experts agree that the speed cham
pionship among the feathered tribe
belongs to the peregrine falcon, COM
monty known in this country rs the
blue duck hawk. This graceful bird,
whose employment in the ancient
sport Of falconry has made him q
favorite object for the brushes Of the
greatest painters, Is credited with a
speed Of 200 feet a second, or approx.
mately 1876 miles an hour. The pere-
grlne falcon relies upon his great
speed to capture his quarry, and his
flights are mot sustained like those OF
the wild geese, snipe. upland plover,
arctic tern or any Of the other stay
ers among the feathered tribe. The
snipe Is said to cover 1000 miles or
more at single flight, while the up.
land plovcr, which breeds In the prov.
inces Of Manitoba, Saskatchewan and
Alberta, In the Dominion OF Canada
spends his winter In the Argentine,
The Wild goose is known to cover
tremendous distances without stop.
ping to rest, while the habitat OF the
tern embraces the poles.
Next to the falcon the palm for speed
among the birds goes to the canvas
back, one OF the heaviest and largest
OF the duck family, which Is credited
with being able to cover lao feet
second, or 9T1a miles an hour.
With the wind in his tail he will beat
the 100 mile an hour mark handlly.
The blue winged teal, which shares
with his green winged brother the
distinction Of being the smallest mem
Der OF his tribe, can cover 130 feet in
second. This makes record Of
around SSM miles within the hour,
and those who have tried to bring
down either the canvasback or the
blue winged teal when they are going
in n hurry--as an old guide once said,
with a dnte for supper and half an
The New York herald., 1921-03-06
Federal Protection for Game.

There has always been a whole
some respect for the Federal courts.
Violators of the law know that pun
ishment swift and sure awaits them
If they run foul Of Uncle SAM.
The force Of this has just been
brought home to resident Of New
Jersey who was arrested for killing
wild geese out Of season in contra
vention of the provisions Of the Fed
eral migratory bird treaty act, which
closes the season for these and other
migratory water fowl on January 81.
A fine of 5000 accompanied by jail
sentence of ten days should act as a
warning to others who have found 1t
convenient to plead ignorance Of the
game laws when hailed to court for
killing birds out Of season.
It was the custom not so long ago
to regard laws for fish and game pro-
lection as something in the nature of
a joke and in communities where the
game warden was sort Of hail fel-
low well met there were undoubtedly
violations which were winked at.
Ruffed grouse, known in some locali-
ties as partridges, have been netted
in numbers during August and Sep
tember by poachers. who find mar
ket for these splendid birds at hotels
in the mountain resorts in this and
other Eastern States. The birds ulti-
mately reach the tables Of those who
are sufficiently initiated to ask for
owls.
There is no finer game bird extant
than the ruffed grouse and there are
many interested in his preservation
who would like TO see the same sort
Of punishment which was inflicted on
the killer Of wild geese out OF sea-
son visited on all who take ruffed
grouse in trap at any time or kill
them outside the period designated
by law.
The New York herald., 1921-03-06
Poems Worth Reading.
BalIade Of Change.

Where are the hoops OF crinoline.
The whiskered gallants' top hats gray
Tho epigrams that flashed between
Folk who had ample time 20 stayr
Where are the manners gravely gay.
Tho codes old diaries confade?
The years have swept them all away.
Only the trees unchanging bide-
Where are the bustles worn serene
BY DANES bumped up like beasts OF
prey:
The capes that with such dashins mion.
SWANS wore TO opera or play?
Where do the coaches brave array.
The dog carts and the broughams hide.
The prancing tanderz where are
they7
Only the trees unchanging bioa
Where are the chaperons SO keen
Lest innocence to harm should stray !;
The lanclers, loved OF king and queen;
The trains that in long splendor lay?
Old idols have turned back TO clay.
Democracy is now our guide.
And skirts grow shorter every day
Only the trees unchanging bide.
Prince. where decorum once held sway
A bouncing female rides astride;
Modes. manners. fallen to decay
Only the trees unchanging bidei
CHARLoTTs BECKER
The New York herald., 1921-03-06
Washington's Headquarters.

Written after dozen houses on and near
the Hudson had been pointed out TO the au-
thor as 'Washington's HeadouarterS.'
Pray tell me, is there hereabout
A house both quaint and hoary
That does not figure more or less
In old Colonial story
In narrow lane. on broad highway
BY Hudsons far famed waters
That was not, for a while at least,
George Washington's HeadQuartersf
No doubt he was a gentleman.
AS soldier brave We know him,
And when 1t came to craftsmanship
All others stood below him:
But II he lived here. there. elsewhere,
We'd ilave no trouble proving
That General Georgie Washington
Just took the cake for moving.
II he thus freely moved was It
Because he so desired.
Or did he fall to pay the rent
And thereupon was "fired"7
Or were there boarding houses where
Great George did dine and sup,
And when presented with bill
Said Kindly hang 1t up?
I've always thought quito well OF
George;
The chap must have been clever.
I've heard he beat the British. But
The boarding houses? Never!
And therefore. while I'd not reflect
On one In his high station,
think his Wandering Willie ways
Scream for an explanation.
L. c. EVANS.
The New York herald., 1921-03-06
And the Old Men Shall Dream Dreams.
From the Kansas City star.

From the Kansas City Star.
The old men sit by the fire and doze
And dream TO their souls content.
They were gallant enough in their time,
God knowsl
But the gold of their youth Is spent.
They were rovers. daring and eager then,
In their manhood's radiant dawn;
They are rovers still, for their souls at
will
Go venturing on and on:
The length and breadth OF the Hebrides,
From the far north fields to the southern
seas,
Past the austere Pillars of Hercules,
Venturing on and on.
They stir uneasily in their sleep.
They shuttle their hearth-bound feet
While the visions last they must hold
them fast.
For the dream Is sweet, Is sweet,
The old wives sit by tire fire and knit
And dream OF their girlhoods gone:
But the souls OF TIE old men seek the
lands
They never have trod upon:
For the langui1 beauty OF tropic shores,
Through the shrouding mists Of the far
Azores,
Past the frozen cliffs that are Labra-
doris.
Venturing on and on.
we, too. shall 81. by the nre some day
When our blood runs chill and thin;
And our once swift feet are no longer
fleet
For wandering out and in.
we, too, shall sit where the old wives
knit
And the old men doze and yawn,
As bent and gray and as spent as thoy,
When tho flower OF our youth is gone.
we shall nod and dream ss the years
drift past,
TIL we come to tho one great dream,
the last,
And then, with our hands on our hearts
locked fast.
Go venturing farther on.
ESTHER CLARK HILL
The New York herald., 1921-03-06
What Can Germany Pay?

Whatever the indemnity demands
Of the Allies and whatever the coun-
ter proposals of the Germans, Il Is the
simplest and the clearest proposition
that Germany cannot pay more than
she has the ability to pay and the
Allies cannot get from Germany more
than there is to get.
On the premise that Germany ought
to pay all that she can without eco
nomic ravage of that productive coun-
try and without forcing perhaps an
alliance with Bolshevist Russia which
would spell calamity for all Europe
and perhaps for the world; and on
the rational theory that the only way
to determine what Germany can thus
pay is to dig down to the bedrock
facts Of her economic, Industrial, COM
mercial, financial and social condi-
ton, THE NEW York HERALD for three
months has been making a first hand,
painstaking investigation Of those
very facts and circumstances in all
parts Of the country.
In THE NEW YORK HERALD to-mor-
row viii begin the first Of the series
of its articles on the results OF It's
German investigation by RAYMOND
SWING, chief Of THE New YORK HER
AID Bureau In Berlin. These papers
will be not merely important; they
will be astonishing and sensational.
Their interest and their value will
be of international moment
The New York herald., 1921-03-06

hour late" - know that the figures
vouched for by Outing and other au.
thoritlesleon game birds and their
habits and flight are correct. Every.
body who has shot at teal going UP
q fiyway, as the small rivers which
are traversed by the birds in their
passage north and south are termed
knows that any teal that Is not led by
at least fifteen feet Is live duck
The neophyte who shoots at the leader
of the flock and finds that he has
killed the last duck in the line learns
n valuable lesson on the speed OF
these birds, and the same is true of
the man who kills his first canvasba OK
from a battery, sink box or point.
That able citizen the redhead flies
at the rate Of 100 feet second. or
SIX miles an hour, while the Canada
goose beats the air with his sturdy
pinions with power enough to carry
him along at the rate of seventy five
miles an hour, his record to the Sec
ond being no feet. This is an aston
ishing speed for so large a bird, but
It is unquestionably accurate, as all
those who have noticed his flight In
group Of ducks will attest. The
gadwall and widgeon come next at
90 feet second, or 61A miles within
the hour, while the pintail, with a
record of so feet second, places
54% miles behind him every hour he
is on the wing.
There has been considerable discus
sion MS to the relative speed of the
smaller game birds, many contending
that the snipe was as fast as the
dove. The exaggerated flight of the
former may have had something to do
with this belief. Figures show that
the dove Is the equal Of the pintail in
velocity Of wing. Anybody who has
watched a dove come to a water
hole late In the evening knows that
he is a speed phenomenon. The quail
surpas sses the snipe by ten feet a
second, covering 75 feet to the lat
ter's 65. No wonder his whistling pin
ions startle the hunter, no matter
how experienced he may be in the
pursuits Of the field.
The feetest of the four legged ami
mails is no doubt the horse. Man O.
War, reckoned the greatest of his
kind, was unquestionably capable Of
lowering all records for a mile un-
der the conditions which governed
the trials of Salvador and Roamer,
and 1t was held that with ITO pounds
in the saddle, and with good day
and track, mile in l :33 would have
been within his powers. That would
have been at the rate of trifie more
than thirty eight miles an hour.
Nature evidently intended that the
denizens of the air should reign su-
oreme in the world of speed.
The New York herald., 1921-03-06

as n demonstration of American in
terest in the enterprise. They aim to
make the subscription as wide as pos
sible and MILES NJ. DAWSON. the treas
urer, will be glad TO receive any con-
tributions, even though small, at 20
West Forty-fourth street, this city.
Hampstead is the Keats neighbor-
hood in a special way. 1t was there
that the young poet visited LEIGH
HUNT, living at his cottage for some
time. FANNY BRAwNE. KEATs's sweet
heart, lived next door TO Wentworth
Place. in the villa itself he wrote
both versions of Hyperion" La
Belle Dame Sans Mercf" and other
poems. In the grounds a plum tree
under which tradition says he wrote
the "Ode to a Nightingale" still
fourishes.