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The New York herald., 1921-12-18
Austrian Village Sees Spooly Sights
The Schoomaster Develops Into Medium and
Committee Investigates His Powers.

and pencil from the table flew UP by
themselves to him and he then wrote
comfortably on them, using the ceiling
as his pad.
A most interesting thing was this: At
a meeting on the 21st of August, 1921.
the note of the deep A on the piano,
which stood with it's lid closed, was
heard eight times while the medium
wrote the following words on sheet OF
paper, "A force of yours is done a bod
lily harm; your Mr.. Miller is in great
danger to-day" Forty-five minutes af-
terward the sitters received notice that
Mr.. Miller was saved.
This Mr. Miller was at the time of the
sitting at least 500 lzilometers-200 miles
away from the place of the meeting.
This can be proved by documents. On
September the chairman of that meet
ing saw Mr.. Miller and the latter told
him the following:
I'VE were four persons making an
excursion to o. on the 21st of Au-
gust Missing the steamer on our re-
turn we hired a boat and went down
the Danube, then turned to it's tributary,
the Traun, and sailed up this river.
NtdT tle railway UrluSo Ol I
there was some dredging going on. the
river was deep and numerous eddies
made sailing dangerous Our boat cap
sized. the other people could swim, but
got under the boat, which was at dis
tance OF fifty meters from the bahk. and
lost conscience. When came to found
myself on the top of the bank in exactly
a straight line from the place of the ac-
cident so that i had not in the least been
carried down by the current"
We are not going to detail other hap
penings or experiments at great length.
as they would go far beyond the account
we are giving. They may be published
at some later date for the benefit of
those interested in them. We shall only
mention that at one of our recent sit
tngs a pendulum clock was stopped by
the same medium at distance of sew
eral meters. The clock had been made
secure by means of a thin thread that
was fixed on both sides in the wall. In
this way any outside tampering could
be controlled, as the thread would have
broken under the gentlest contact. +.
musical box began to sound by itself
while all present remained in their
places and the medium was tied to a
chair which was being held by several
people.
In all the cases reported any deceit on
the part of the company was absolutely
impossible. The strictest precautions
had been taken to secure indisputable
results. On all hands wish was ex-
pressed that such secret powers should
be used for the benefit of mankind and
that researches for scientific purposes
should be made in special institutes.
The truth of the above statements Is
confirmed and verified by twenty-one
persons, among whom the chairman of
the Union for Psychical Research, Mr..
Reisenauer. teacher of the Ebensee pub
lie school; DR.. med. Franz Gnadt and
Franz Weinberger. master at the Eben-
see College. all of them residents of
Ebensee. Salzkammergut.
The New York herald., 1921-12-18
Women Sang 1t Also.

TO THE New York HERALD: Lots of
vaudeville artists In those days sang
They're After Me-" including Jimmy
and Bonnie Thornton and Lydia Yea
mans, now Lydia Yeamans Titus, play
ing in moving pictures 1t was also
sung at the London on the Bowery, and
when sung by a woman the word man
in each verse was changed to the word
one. One verse ran:
Our ship of state Is sailing on a most
uneven keel.
The people are dissatisfied and want an
other deal.
The countrys bound for ruin at a railroad
rate OF speed.
so they've come to me and say they've
got the very man they need.
Chorus:
They're after me: they're after me.
To capture me tits every ones desire.
They're after me: they're after me.
I'm the individual they require.
]. w. X.
STAMFORD, Conn, December IT.
The New York herald., 1921-12-18
A Great Work by Women.
Mrs. Lincoln, Miss Grace Dodge and
the Domestic Science Pioneers.

To THE NEW YORK HERALD: Your nne
tribute to Mrs Lincoln as one OF the
early domestic science teachers OF our
country recalls that great movement OF
which the Boston Cooking School was
,be nioneer and which worked out to
rich frution in New York in the do
nestle science department at teachers
College.
Like all great movements this passion
for making it possible for girls to pe-
come efficient and intelligent home build
ers found lodgment In many minds at
the same time and began making It's
vay to the surface through many chan
nels. One of the most noteworthy was
II, Roston. Millions of women have re-
ceived inspiration and help from that
original Boston Cooking School Of which
Mrs Lincoln was president and which
cap,e to an end few years after its
oneninr. Associated with Mrs. Lincoln
in that school were Miss Parioa, MIS-
Richards, who was afterward connected
with the Massachusetts School OF Tech
noloey. and Fannie Merritt Farmer.
known to all housewives. Another whom
Won did not mention but who Is widely
known as an authority on all culinary
tonics. an author of distinction and
successful teacher. is Mrs. Janet Mcken-
zie HILL
In unite another class belongs Marion
Jarland-Mrs. Terhune--who endeared
herself to thousands Of housewives, old
and young, by her friendly heipiu''
practical articles in various papers, as
we'll as In her numerous books on DO
nestle topics. My understanding is
that Mrs. Terhune carried on her liter
ary work while attending to her house,
hold and social duties. and that neither
sho nor her daughter was ever connected
with the Boston Cooking School.
II was my privilege in 1905 to hear
Mise Grace Dodge address the domestic
science students at Teachers College, and
in that talk she gave a bit OF reminis-
cence that was highly interesting. Miss
Dodge's heart wac full that day. for cir
cumstances had emphasized to her the
fact that what had seemed an impossible
dream in her youth had become won
derful reality. The college cap and
gown with degree in domestic science
were impossible when she was girl.
but as she said. she had lived to sec
the day when her own niece would enjoy
that honor. What Miss Dodge's modesty
carefully avoided saying was that that
wonderful event had been made possible
through Miss Dodge's far eighted devo-
ton to tho cause OF young women and
her unstinted generosity in providing tho
wedge which should pry open the closed
door
And the beginning OF Miss Dodge's
work was in a way linked up with the
Boston movement, for It was Miss Parloa
who instructed the little band OF Jealous
welfare workers who before undertaking
to help others set about TO make them
selves proficient. a few young women
OF leisure were convinced that by know
ing how to sew and to cook they could do
better uplift work In the homes OF the
poor. One OF these young women was
possessed of a maid who was an expert
neediewoman, and she became the teacher
Of sewing to this little band. Miss
Psrioa was employed to gfve iessons tn
The New York herald., 1921-12-18

cookery, and one of the accomplishments
insisted upon was the perfect cooking OF
potato. That work Of self-preparation
was probably the first practical step in
Miss Dodge's dream that came true.
Years after through her came the do
mestic science course with degree at
Teachers College.
All these pioneers, these clear sighted,
devoted. unselfish women, have with a
few exceptions passed on, but scores
have taken UP their work and carried 1t
out along various lines. But the peculiar
charm which belongs to pioneer work
has departed forever. That which may
be done In the future. II 1t endures and
influences perceptibly, must keep to the
old time standard of excellence. To that
end the work of the pioneers should be
honored. WEALTuA A. WILSON.
MONTREAL, December 16.
The New York herald., 1921-12-18
First Snow.

How love those stories old
To the eager Young World told
OF the witchwife's lonesome child.
At her task on cloud banks piled;
fearful, there she sat aloft.
Midst her downfiocks chill and soft
And that older tale store
History's father heard of yore:
Scythian nomads told it him,
or land. undwelt-in, dim.
Where the Graa launched their dooms,
Midst world of fiuttering plumes,
Where white darkness closed the day,
And no man might pick his way!
How / love these stories old
l have mine when / behold
The white migrants winging forth
From the lands beyond the North:
TIyperborean fiocks are they
STILL their plumes shut out the day.
They were fiedged far in the sky.
But on earth their wings they try,
Flocks uncounted, on they stream
In wavering. downward dream.
Siugly, though they come, at last
On their earth-bed they are massed.
Plume and plume in falling blend;
They are at their journeys end
Fallen, yet they are not 10th
All unsightliness to clothe.
Just as If they must fulfill
Service set by Beauty's viii!
So. the stubble hides In down.
Withered rose-hips get crown,
While the cold north-flank of trees
Have their samite draperies.
Dipping sedge they gather on
In the likeness Of swan,
Floating gently until stayed
BY the touch that Frost has laid.
Often it s some orphaned nest
Where the migrants choose to rest.
Which so tenderly they brood
It forgets its solitude
AS for me, have my debt:
Some black care some thorny fret,
Caught beneath those wavering piumes
Fell with them to neither glooms!
7 am soothed, and / can sleep.
When on earth the snow lies Deep
EDITH M. THOMAS.
The New York herald., 1921-12-18

unhappy days, and now oysters guar
anteed to be unfattened may be OBJ
tanned almost anywhere.
What the law can do to protect us
from soaked scallops remains to be
seen. Whatever it may be it amounts
to less than the consuming public
can do for itself. If men will not
order scallops of dealers who serve
distorted limitations Of the real thing
and will patronize dealers who sell
the unsophisticated shellfish the
trade in bloated scallops will col
lapse and only the genuine article
will be offered in the market.
The New York herald., 1921-12-18
Soaked Scallops.

In its natural state a scallop is
small, firm of flesh and sweet of
flavor. Fried or broiled or creamed,
scallops are food for supermen. But
the innocent tenant of the ribbed
shells is too often the victim Of So
phistication and reaches the table
bloated almost beyond recognition,
robbed of its characteristic tang and
generally unworthy of its family.
The process by which this lamen-
table change is wrought is called
soaking" 1t consists of distending
the scallops with water, and United
States officers in New York and Bos-
ton have impounded 1000 gallons of
the soaked bivalves. alleging that
they are misbranded or adulterated
under the pure food laws. The
problem will be tackled by the
Federal courts in due season, and the
public will be told by them whether
when IL pays for scallops it may ex-
pect them as they come from the
sea or as they are prepared by thrifty
fish handlers.
A similar problem has been raised
as to oysters. A few years ago per-
sons hereabout who ate with their
eyes and not with their palates began
to call for white oysters. The sup
ply was furnished to meet the de-
mand. oysters appeared which had
been bloated in fresh water, some.
times with cornmeal added, until
they displayed a plumpness no self.
respecting oyster would show and a
pallor which shamed the oyster fam.
lily. They we're tasteless things, in.
sipid and unsatisfactory. To the
credit OF oysterdom let it be recorded
that self-respecting oyster men re
fused to handle them. There has
been @ marked revulsion Of feeling
ON, the part OF the public since those
The New York herald., 1921-12-18
Protection for Doves.

A decision rendered in Georgia re-
Gently holds that doves are entitled
to protection under the provisions Of
the Federal migratory bird treaty
act. The case is of interest to gun
ners as we'll as to bird lovers mas
much as dove shooting has been long
established as sport in the South;
the birds are rarely seen north of the
Mason and Dixon line.
Those who have shot doves have
found them a fine test Of their skill
as wing shots. When on their way
to a water hole to drink in the eve-
ming, driven down wind or disturbed
in old cornfields or other favorite
feeding grounds, the birds are not
an easy target to hit. They are in
season in the period before the heavy
cover is leveled by late autumn
frosts and before quail shooting may
be enjoyed in comfort. They fire.
quently fly in great flocks. They are
delicious eating when broiled or
served in pie.
Their status under the provisions
of the migratory bird treaty act has
been matter of controversy. All
doubt on this subject seems to have
been settled by the result of the
trial of JOSEPH II. LUMPKIN before
Federal Judge S. II. SIBLEY and a
jury at Athens. Georgia. In this case
LUMpKIN was found guilty Of killing
doves during the Federal close sea-
son. His defense was that the birds
he killed were bred in Georgia and
had not migrated, and for this rea-
son were not covered by the Federal
statute.
The turtle, or mourning, dove, as
the species is known in some Sec
tions because Of it's peculiarly plain
tive note, is found all over the South
as well as in Mexico, Cuba, Central
America and parts of South America.
Georgia has long been famous for
the great number of doves within its
confines and drives against them
have been annual events Of the open
season in such winter resorts as
Aiken, South Carolina.
One by one the various links in
the chain Of bird conservation are
being strengthened and sportsmen in
general will welcome this latest de-
cision as calculated to conserve our
game supply.
The New York herald., 1921-12-18
They're After Me-"
Tony Pastor, Old HOss HOey and
Young Mule HOey ALI Sang 1t.

To THE NEW YORK HERALD: COR
respondent from East Orange, N. j.,
declares that 1 am far from right in
saying that Tony Pastor sang They're
After Me" and that -. q. F." of
Brooklyn, who substantiated my state
ment is wide of the mark. that it was
Jim Hoey who sang the song, and there
fore Tony could not have sung it.
/ have heard Jim Hoey sing They're
After Me" and his brother Bill Hoey
too. BY the way, Jim was billed as
Young Mule, Brother of Old Hoss
Hoey." I heard Tony Pastor sing this
song at least fifteen years before either
of the brothers Hoey sang it, Both
were great comedians, but Tony Pastor
antedated them in warbling They're
After Me-"
Everybody copied everybody else in
those days. ]. K. Emmett sang Gus
Williams's song Kaiser, Don't Yer
Want to Buy a Dog?" Billy Emerson
and Delehanty and Hengler used Love
Among the Roses" which was written
by Bobby Newcomb, and both Billy
Emerson and Bobby were famous in
"Josephus Orangeblossom." Johnny AL
len copied Charlie Pettengill and Cool
Burgess In "Nickodemus Johnson"
Charles Vivian sang all of William Hor-
ace Lingard's songs-"Up in a Bal
loon," walking Down Broadway"
Captain Jinks," "On the Beach at
Long Branch" &C., in San Francisco
before the originator appeared on the
Pacific coast.
Because Jim Hoey sang They're
After Me- in a "single" as Young Mule
and Old Hoss Hoey sang it with Charlie
Evans in "a Parlor Match"-an out
growth of Frank Dumonts Book
Agent there Is no reason to put me
in the wrong when ] say that I heard
the jaunty and effervescent Tony Pas
tor of beloved memory trill They're
After Me" many years before.
HERBERT S. RENToN.
NEW ROCHELLE, December II.
The New York herald., 1921-12-18
with an Old English Posset Gun

An ancient posset cup send
This Christmastide TO you:
Its heavy edge is wreathed about
with flowing lines OF blue.
Within its glazed interior
There fingers yet, methinks,
An aromatic fragrance rare
OF hot and spicy drinks.
The steaming wine Il held of yore
Is now tabooed. but sip
Your chocolate winter mornings from
Its smooth and shining lip.
And Il may prove potion brewed
with Lows sweet mystery
To set your maiden soul sname
And turn your heart 70 me
HfrrA- -;rxvuru.
The New York herald., 1921-12-18
For Army and Navy Men.
Money Needed to Run the Soldiers
md Sailors Club Next Year.

To THE NEW YORK HERALD: l am
writing in behalf of the Soldiers and
Sailors Club of New York at 261 Madi-
son avenue.
There are many hundreds of soldiers
in the camps near this city. Ships come
constantly into the harbor, which means,
of course. big parties of sailors on shore
leave. At present there are about l,6oo
marines in the city guarding our postai
service. These boys are practically
homeless when they are In the city. Al
the Soldiers and Sailors Club we are
Offering them the hospitality which VIII
prove to them that New York has kept
alive the spirit of friendliness for which
it was famous during the war.
This club also reaches the convales-
cent sick and wounded, for whom there
l.: a special rest room, furnished by the
Lest We Forget Committee.
To show how necessary this club is
I quote the figures Of the last four
weeks: 5,016 active service men regis
tered; SIS active service men were ac-
commodated In the dormitories. where
we have thirty beds renting at 40 cents
a bed a night; 1875 meals were served
in the canteen; the committee arranged
for 252 convalescent men to be enter
tained at theatres through the courtesy
Of the managers, the men returning
afterward for dinner at the club. fur
nished for them through special fund.
We are making special effort dur
Ing the week of December Is to 22 to
raise the money to run the club for
the coming year. Checks should be made
pavable to the Soldiers and Sailors Club
of New York and sent to me there
Mrs. FRANCIS ROGERS. Chairman.
New YORK, December II.
The New York herald., 1921-12-18
John Roach's Shipyard.

To THE NEW YORK HERALD: Mr.. Fent-
rick In his note about the Dolphin re-
fers to John Roach's shipyard as being
at the foot OF East Ninth street.
The Morgan Iron Works at that loca-
tion was the first shop ] worked in af-
ter serving a four years apprenticeship
at the machinist's trade. That was be.
fore John Roach took over the works
I also worked there after John Roach
took possession. but ! never knew there
was q ehipyard in that location.
Is there not some mistake about that
w. II. oDELL, NJ. e.
BRooxr,YN, December II.
The New York herald., 1921-12-18
The Mennonites in the South.

The first of the Mennonite colonists
to leave Canada arrived at Yellow
Pine, Alabama, on Thursday. A dis
patch says that the colonists number
1000, that they brought with them
their cows, sheep and horses, their
household goods and farming imple-
ments, and that they ''at once began
breaking the soil for next years crop"
These are only the advance guard Of
the 5000 or 10000 Mennonites of
Manitoba and Saskatchewan who are
to go to the same region. Yellow
Pine, which lies about fifty miles
north of Mobile, is near the centre
Of the new Mennonite colonization
territory, which is to extend along
the Gulf region from central Louis
lana into western Florida.
They left Canada because, they as
serted, they were Earassed and dis
turbed during the world war. and
they feared that public opinion in the
localities where they lived would
compel them to forego the privileges
which they believed had been secured
to their sect by long residence in
Canada in the matter of the educa-
tion of their children and exemption
from military service. 1t was to OBJ
tain these privileges, which they seek
from religious convictions, that the
! first Mennonites went to Canada in
1886 and that the first to come to
what is now the United States ac-
cepted WILLIAM PENN's offer of land
at Germantown in 1888. For this
same reason they fed from Germany
to Russia in the eighteenth century,
and when a later Car broke the
promise made by Empress CATHERINE
and tried to force them into military
service they came to the number of
almost 10000 to America in 1874.
The remarkable phase of the pres.
ent migration is that IL Is the first
movement of a large Mennonite col.
ony from, as one OF their number
described it, "the frozen north to a
mild and sunny climate" From
Switzerland, where the sect had its
origin, the Mennonites spread first
through the Netherlands, then into
Prussia, Holstein, the Scandinavian
countr,es, Finland and northern Rus.
sia. They accepted the offer Of land
in western Canada because they
thought that they would find there
climate which would be agreeable
to them. The severe winters held
no terrors for them because they
were Injured to them.
IL becomes an interesting matter
Of speculation what this change from
the north to the south will in time
produce In these Mennonite colonists
AS a people they are really not so
Indifferent to their surroundings as
has been generally believed While
they are supposed to be opposed to
participation in political affairs and
to have no interest In art or litera.
ture Il might be remembered that In
the golden age Of the Dutch Repub
lie Mennonites held public Office, and
that among the painters and poets OF
the time, with REMBRANDT as the
most famous example, were Mennon
ties. Under the leadership of a
Dutch fanatic the congregation at Am
sterdam at one time actually engaged
in a military uprising against the
local authorities
4 They are supposed to be opposed
to higher education. but one Of their
The New York herald., 1921-12-18
Old Hoss Hoey in London.

To THE NEW YORK HERALD: / never
knew Jimmy Hoey, but Old Hoss Hoey
was we'll known character In Cleveland
during the sos and ran around with Doc
Beeman and Al johnson, who was
younger brother of Tom Johnson, our
former Mayor.
These three. that is. Old Hoss. Doc
Beeman and Al Johnson, toured Eng
land together. At show In London.
where they showed the flags OF all ma
tions, each nation got cheer but Amer
lea. When II came time to wave the flag
of America Old Hoss got up and recited
those famous lines:
The flag OF our country.
The home OF the free,
Al Johnson, Doc Beeman and me.
have heard Tony Pastor sing
They're After Me" so many times that
I know the words Of the chorus as well
as 1 know the Lords Prayer. At that
time Maggie Cline sang Throw Him
Down. McClusky," and Tony also had
two other ditties that were equally pop
ular, "Oh What o Difference in tho
Morning" and "Ours Is a Happy Little
Home"
supposed that everybody in middle
life knew all these old songs as well as
I know them myself.
a. II. SHorrER.
CLEVELAND, Ohio. December 16.
The New York herald., 1921-12-18
All Buy Christmas Seals.
Association Finds New
York Eager 10 COOnerate With II.

To THE New York HERALD: So deeply
am / impressed with the already wide
spread purchase of our Christmas seals
that I ask you to print this acknowl-
edgment, since it is plainly impossible
for me to reply personally to the thou
sands of letters that have already
reached the New York tuberculosis
Association.
The incoming letters that daily pass
across my desk tell wonderful human
interest story. The janitor of an apart
ment house sends a small sum for
himself and asks for more seals in order
that he may sell them to his tenants.
Little children write In childish round
hand that they like TO sell them to
their mates and their grownup friends.
Men who have been out of work for
months tell me that they must send
something. even " only little. Physi-
clans not only subscribe for themselves
but ask for more seals for their pa
tients. School teachers say that they
need more for the children, who want
them. People write that "Mr. So and So
is away, but have opened your letter
addressed to him and I believe In you
so strongly that am taking the seals
myself"
My associates and myself are very
deeply touched by this evidence that the
great body of the people are manifesting
so much interest and cooperation in the
work of quelling this tuberculosis
scourge and that they so evidently
esteem 1t to be not hardship but a
privilege to buy Christmas seals and
save human lives.
J. BYRON DEACON,
Director New York tuberculosis Asso-
citation, 10 East Thirty-ninth street.
New York, December IL