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The New York herald., 1921-07-08
Gallant Grey Lag.

BY winning the Dwyer Stakes yes
terday, after having previously won
the Belmont Stakes and the Brook
lyn Handicap, Grey Lag has earned
a niche in the hall Of hippic fame.
While he is not Man O. War he is a
good, honest thoroughbred.
The Brooklyn Handicap brought
out the best field of the year and
resulted in contest which will bear
comparison with any other of the
series in the many years it has been
a feature of American racing. The
race perhaps lacked the whirlwind
excitement of the first running of the
event, when Dry Monopole, owned by
SAM EMERY, soldier of fortune;
Blue Wing, the property Of Captain
SAMUEL S. BROWN, coal magnate and
steamboat owner of Pittsburgh, and
Hidalgo, from the stables of the Cop
per King, JAMES b. HAGGIN of Cali
fornia and New York, finished heads
apart in the order named; but as a
display Of speed and gameness it was
quite as interesting.
In the Dwyer Stakes the field was
Of Grey Lag's own age and not so
formidable. Nevertheless, he showed
his quality by equalling the worlds
record, made by Man o. War, at a
n, iJa opd q f,,rIopo Cray Tor ;e 10
the lean, rangy type Of slayer, with
out an ounce Of superfuous flesh in
his makeup. He is chestnut in
color, like his dead sire, imported
Star Shoot, by Isinglass. AS his
mother, Miss Minnie, is by the Eng
lish sire Meddler, there is not much
comfort for American breeders in
his achievements.
The New York herald., 1921-07-08
Self-Reduction in the Army.

When Congress insisted on reduc-
ing the army to 10000 enlisted men
by autumn Secretary WEEKS was
afraid the discharge Of the number
of men necessary to keep within the
appropriation would impose hardships
on many men and involve breach Of
faith on the part of the Government.
President HARDING was so impressed
by these possibilities he told Con-
gress and the country that If it
should be needed he would ask for
a deficiency appropriation to pay the
excess men, despite the general ban
on such appropriation.
Apparently Secretary WEEKS was
needlessly alarmed. To comply with
the new legislation the privilege Of
discharge on application before the
term of service expires was offered
to enlisted men this month. The re-
sponse Of the men was immediate.
On Governors Island 25 per cent. Of
the men serving at Fort Jay have
applied for discharge. 1t is asserted
that the same proportion obtains in
other organizations. The men seek
ing liberty are mostly recruits. The
men who by years of service have
earned the right to be called profes-
sional soldiers are sticking to their
organizations and may be expected
to stick.
II the rush OF youngsters to quit
the army continues the limit estab-
lished by law will soon be reached
and the privilege of withdrawal may
have to be cancelled.
The New York herald., 1921-07-08
PICNIC AT HOT SPRINGS.
MIR. and Mrs. w. Gill wyIie. Jr., OF
New York I'm the Party.

Special Despatch to THE New York HERALD.
Hot SPRINGS, Va, July 7.-Mr. and
Mrs. John +. Lewis of Philadelphia ar
rived at the Homestead to-day to take
the cure. Mr.. and Mrs. Decatur Axterl
are here from Richmond.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. Gill Wylie. Jr., with
Mr. and Mrs. ]. Clark Milholland OF
New York and Mr.. and Mrs. Harry c.
Milholland of Pittsburgh, drove to Flag
rock for q picnic luncheon.
Mr. and Mrs. Edward Vessels of
New York drove to the Jackson River
and McGuffin's Mountain.
Miss Mary Gallery and her brother.
Mr.. George l.. Gallery, who are with
their mother. Mrs. Dawson Gallery, at
the Pillars, rode over the Ritchie Trail.
The Messrs. Richard A Park and
Louis Gourd and the Misses Gabrielle
Gourd and Eleanor Martin were on the
tennis courts.
Mrs. James Vaudeville Carlisle OF
Washington and Mr.. William F. Lloyd
of Pittsburgh played a twosome over
the long course. Other golfers were
Mrs. Clifford b. Wright and Miss Ethel
Wright of Cincinnati. Messrs. Jay Gates
and Francis Chapman of Philadelphia.
Emmons S. Smith and Emmons S.
Smith. Jr., of Washington and Mr.. and
Mrs. James B. Candy of Philadelphia
The New York herald., 1921-07-08
British Unionism for J. H. Thomas

THE Railway Mems Conference in
Great Britain has rejected, by a
vote Of 81 to IL, resolution having
for it's object the removal Of j. H.
THOMAS from the supreme leadership
of the Railway Mems Union. The sig
nificance of this victory for Mr..
THOMAS becomes evident when it is
recalled that he has been held princi-
pally responsible by the leaders of
the British coal miners for the re-
fusal of the railway and transporta-
tion workers, who, with the coal
miners, constituted the powerful triple
alliance of British labor, to support
the miners strike by quitting work
this spring.
Mr.. THOMAS was one of the leaders
who argued that the concessions Of
fered to the strikers by the mine
owners and the guarantees offered
by the Government made sympathetic
strikes of the railway men and the
transportation workers inadvisable
He was severely criticised for his
stand, and the failure of the triple
alliance to function in this crisis has
been the most serious blow to the
labor movement in England, Wales
and Scotland. AS matter of fact, it
was blow to arrogant, selfish, heed.
less labor political leadership, but not
to sane unionism. The miners after
long and costly struggle were
forced to accept terms in no way
better than those put forward when
Mr.. THOMAS took his stand against a
general transportation strike.
Defeat Of the resolution to oust him
from his union Office shows that a
strong majority of the railway men
in the conference-which was held at
Newcastle, where miners influence Is
strong-approve his course. Until
another expression concerning Mr..
THoMAs's policy comes from a re-
sponsible labor body this act will be
accepted as rejecting the judgment
of sound British unionism.
The New York herald., 1921-07-08
If the Pirates There, Catch Him

Our uptown neighbor the Times
tells us of an encounter between the
Munson Line steamship Munalbro
and a mysterious stranger showing
no running lights 300 miles east of
Philadelphia, which the customs Off
GERS at Baltimore considered of
great Importance" 1t is conjectured
that the lawless vessel was manned
by "out and out pirates" or was sent
by the Soviet Government to prey on
American commerce"
The scene Of the encounter is In
the path of coastwise shipping, and
IL pirate or a Soviet raider is there
or thereabouts it should not be diff
cult to catch the rascal. Practically
all the ships traversing the sea in
this vicinity have wireless. Uncle
SAM has a sufficient number of coast
guard and naval vessels to patrol the
waters carefully. A trap for the un.
welcome visitor could easily be laid
and should be laid IL the Federal
authorities are not gravely misrep.
resented in the reports which de-
scribe them as taking seriously
strange tales of marauders off our
coast.
If it's pirate, 1t can be easily
captured; If it's booze runner, the
evidence should be preserved.
The New York herald., 1921-07-08
Invocation.

From the Montreal Daily stor.
Awake, thou slumberer fart
Paans of joy on incense-laden wings
Attend thy pleasure:
In sylvan glades where first the south
blown air
Incltes thy dreaming soul with fervid
whisperings,
There shall await thee flowers and fes-
toons rare
In lavish measure
And redolent, robe OF living green,
To drape thy dryad charms with seraph
sheen
Spirit Of Spring. awakel
At the advent million throats shall
swell
In raptured trilling.
The night OF winters sullen wand e
break,
And the gray shadows OF thy musine
dreams dlspel
With passion thrilling:
Soft winds shall fan and fitful showers
attend
And joyous sunshine change thy tears tt
mirth,
The moon by night her silv'ry torch
shall lend
To Join in hymning thy renascent birth
ALICE KATHRYN GOULD.
The New York herald., 1921-07-08

in respect of such fundamental rights
of the United States than Secretary
Colby under President WILSON and
Secretary HUGHES under President
HARDING concerning the very small
matter of Yap and the very great
matter of Mesopotamia and the cor
respondingly great matter of cable
rights in Germany. And nobody in
behalf of any Power of the Old
World has successfully or as much
as whole heartedly rebutted these
two American Secretaries of State.
How, then, can anybody venture
to maintain that what the United
States holds to be true and undeni-
ably true, as to American rights in
respect of properties and privileges
stripped from Germany and from
other Powers whom we helped to de-
feat in war, can be less true as to
American rights in respect Of prop
critics and privileges remaining Ger
many's own after the war? How can
anybody conceive that what the Al
lies, the League of Nations and the
Treaty of Versailles cannot take away
from us anywhere else In the world,
when it is ours, the Treaty Of Yer
sailles can take away from us in Ger
many, when it is ours?
Our rights are our rights.
The New York herald., 1921-07-08
Job Seeker in Hard Luck.
He Met Swindler and Was Left
With So and Sick Wife.

To THE NEW York HERALD: adver-
tised for a position last Sunday and
7 had a man call at my address. telling
me he wanted a man to work for him.
He was so very nice in his way. He
settled on me, and told me to be at
the Grand Central Terminal at p. M.
There he had me fill out statement
of where l had been for the last ten
years. While 1 was doing so he said :
Now I will give you check and you
can cash it at the hotel when you land.
But" he said, you will need to pay
your own fare up and it will be re-
funded to you when you go on the job"
While 1 was writing out the places
I have been in the last ten years he
said. Now you give me tie $15 and
I will get your ticket" which did, but
he failed to show up.
Now I am a married man and my
wife is a sick and weak woman, and all
the money we had In the world was
$40. / had to hire taxicab to take
our belongings 10 the station and gave
up my room. When we discovered we
We're trapped we had to go back and
all we had left to keep us from becom-
ing cast out Of a place to sleep was 81.
Now / was told to make this report
to you that you may be able to print
something in your paper that will per-
haps be the means of saving some other
poor people from such crooks as this
one was to me and my sick wife. ]
trust such a man as this will be caught
and punished. r. B.
NEW YORK, July z.
The New York herald., 1921-07-08
The Return of Caruso.

The visit of GIULIo GATTI-CAsAzzA
to his foremost artist, ENRIco CARUso,
must set at rest all the rumors con-
cerning the health of the tenor which
have recently been brought to this
city. The sources Of the report that
CARUsos Improvement had not con-
tinued since his arrival in his own
country were not impressive. Prob
ably his failure to sing in the ships
concert was the chief ground for the
rumor that his health was not con-
tinuing to mend.
Now that Signor GATTI-CAsAzzA
has found CARUso still improving
and feels sure that he will be able
to sing next winter at the Metropoli-
tan Opera House 1t is agreeable to
recall some of the special reasons
New Workers have for rejoicing at the
news. The public should be grateful
that it will have the pleasure Of
hearing the greatest tenor Of his
time. 1t will also be able to witness
one of the worlds greatest operatic
actors, notably in such works as
HALEvY's LA Juive," the perform
ance of which to-day is justified only
by his participation in them. These
are the causes for the thanksgiving
Of operagoers.
The directors of the Metropolitan
Opera Company will no doubt suff1-
ciently appreciate the presence Of
an artist who whenever he sings is
sure, as the phrase is, to sell out the
vast theatre. Opera is an expensive
exotic in this land and nearly every
other. The presence Of such a popu-
lar favorite in an organization marks
the difference between possible def
icit and some degree Of profit, al.
though opera directors rarely count
on profit. But more than even this
comforting business certainty the
directors feel the honor of including
in their forces such a preeminent
figure in the world of art.
The New York herald., 1921-07-08
Let Him Go tS Paris.
Muses. Of the Latin Quarter Await q
Retired Business Man.

To THE New YORK HERALD: Referring
to the letter of Thomas +. Ottway !
would offer some advice to the gentle
man of 40 who has come to the realiza-
tion that the making Of money Is not
the only thing that is worth while In
this world Of ours and who ought to
thank his stars that he has found this
out at an age when there is still ample
time to follow the muses. and do the
things that lead to spiritual uplfft and
real happiness.
Let him go to Paris and establish him
self in the Quarter Latin. where ne
could study and have all the advantages
of associating with men and women who
also follow the muses. and have the true
cul. of the beautiful.
Besides, it is an excellent centre to
radiate from for travels to the other
centres of art and culture In Europe,
and in addition he could do II all In q
princely manner on his limit Of $4,000
year.
I have lived and studied In many OF
thu important centres of the United
States and Europe for the last twenty
five years and I know Of no better CEN
tre than the Quarter Latin Of Paris
tor doing just what your correspondent
warts to do. A. L. HELwIo.
NEW YORK, July Z.
The New York herald., 1921-07-08
Glimpse of the Settles.
Islands Off Cornish Coast Where
Wind and Sea Rule.
From the London Times.

From the London Times.
Some twenty miles southwest from the
end Of Cornwall the traveller will see
dark blur low on the horizon, presently
to resolve itself into ring of black
rocks. capped with green, broken with
the white foam of the leaping waves.
The ship will slow down, seeming to feel
Its way round dangerous and impen-
etrable coast until passage opens on
the left, and almost in a moment Is
swung round into the little harbor of
Hugh Town on ST. Marys.
In front lies placid expanse, calm as
the lagoon of a coral atoll, and, like 1t,
ringed round with islands large and
green, or small and black. a defence
through which the Atlantic shows its
white breakers but fails to disturb the
central peace. The pacific illusion will
be heightened If at dusk visit is paid
to dim grove on Tresco. There the
waves boom behind thicket and send
fecks of scud across the trees. And
there on the green lawn stands the
strangest assemblage of carved and
painted images, all in the same conven-
ton. They rise 10 to 20 feet from the
ground, are tall and slender, curved like
the necks of swans. There are rude fig
ures of men and dolphins. of deep breast
ed women and Of strange beasts, all re-
vealing an intention, threatening and
imminent. of moving toward you. They
are the figureheads of ships wrecked off
the Settles. many of them generations
old, preserved by an odd and pious fancy
of some former Lord of Tresco.
The wind and the sea rule the forty
islands of the Settles. Five of them
st. Marys. Tresco, st. Martins, st. Agnes
and Bryer-are inhabited, their 1000
acres supporting population partly sea-
faring, partly growers of flowers and
fruit. The Gulf Stream, bathing the
western side, keeps the winter tempera-
ture up to an average of 46 degrees. and
brought the seeds of many tropical and
sub-tropical plants long before the an
cestor of the present lord-proprietor
turned Tresco into the most famous SUBJ
| tropical garden Of Europe.
The wind roars across the islands from
whatsoever quarter it blows. but most
persistently from the west and south
west. The houses are hudded i'm the
easterly hollows and II you will make
garden you must begin by planting a
wall of wind resisting pines. The fields
from which the English markets, still in
winter. are supplied with spring flowers
look like chessboards marked with
squares. Waffle fences eight feet high
divide them into compartments few
feet square.
The smaller islands range from a few
yards of turf and bracken. the home of
| rabbits. TO wave washed rocks. on the
Atlantic side the great gray seal and
the common seal breed in security. and
there is no corner of the United Kingdom
in which land and sea birds nest in more
variety or abundance.
The New York herald., 1921-07-08
5000 Hear Opening Stadium Concert
Hadley Conducts First Programme of New Season and
Mr. Lewisohn Speaks.

Another season or summer night con-
certs in the Lewisohn Stadium at the
City College started auspiciously last
evening for a period Of eight weeks.
The night was one OF the hottest this
town has known In many trying sum-
crowd Of 5000 persons that journeyed
to the stadium felt It or top OF the hill
at 18th street and Amsterdam avenue.
A week ago rome of the eighty mus
clans who composed the orchestra knew
he was to play last night at the open-
ing concert. Just when the plans
for the concerts had been COM
pleted the Musical Mutual Pro-
tective Union called out all the mu-
sicians who formed the original orches-
tra- Within seven days the executive
committee Of the Music League of the
Peoples Institute. that has arranged this
years stadium concerts. whipped to-
gether another orchestra with the CO.
operation Of Arthur Judson. manager OF
the Philadelphia Symphony Orchestra.
Many Of the men who had played
under Leopold Stokowski last winter
were Joined by musicians OF this city,
and with two rehearsa1s. Henry Hadley.
as last nights conductor, performed
programme made up almost entirely OF
Wagnerian music in a manner that won
him hearty applause Mr. Hadley will
be the conductor for the first four weeks
of the season. Victor Herbert, who now
Is conducting at Willow Grove Park In
Philadelphia, will succeed him Tor the
last month
Adolph Lewisohn. who, az chairman
of the executive committee or the
Stadium Concerts. has helped make these
delightful summer nights possible. gave
the season a proper start by addressing
the audience from the conductors desk.
He said In part:
I'VE are pleased to be of service to
our fellow citizens of this great city In
offering these splendid concerts at a
very moderate entrance fee. so that e
large public can avail itself CT lei...
thus giving pleasure. recreati9 aud ed
ucation to large and ~'sii!gent audi
ences and making New York attractive
during the su-a-Ier months for those
who rem" = in the city"
Mr.. Hadley led the orchestra through
eight Wagnerian numbers, starting with
the "Rienzf' overture, closing with the
overture from "Tannhauser' and in
ciuoinS exceiplS irom oiesirieu' lhe
Valkyries," 'The Twilight OF the Gods"
and 1.-The Master Singers" Some relief
from the heaviness of the set programme
was found in such encores as Mendels-
sohn's Spinning Song and Nevin's MAR
cissus."
In the audience in addition to Mr..
Lewisohn were Mr.. and Mrs. Charles s.
Guggenheimer, Mr.. Herbert l.. Satterlee,
who came In from his country home
purposely for the concert; Mr.. and Mrs.
Felix M. Warburg, Prof. and Mrs. Henry
Fairfield Osborn. Mr.. and Mrs. Charles
The New York herald., 1921-07-08
The Fight in Review.
Newspaper Accounts Cited to Show
It Was Marked by Brutality.

To THE New YORK HERALD: In its
account Of the Dempsey Carpenter fight
THE NEW YORK HERALD speaks of ''ten
fighting" and says that Carpenter lay
like a dead man. eyes closed, breathing
in sobs, face smeared red from many
gashes," and that Dempsey belongs. In
might of muscle, in immunity to nerve
paralyzing punishment. in indestructible
vitality, not to this day and age but to
the day and age when men covered with
each other with great stones. a period
so remote that only the geologists can
speculate about it as they try to read
the record In the rocks"
All press reports attest to the brutal
ity of the affair. In the light of these re-
ports what are we to think OF THE New
YORK HERALD's editorial article 1T VIII
Not Hurt Them" with its reference to
"infuriated small boys" and "frenzied
little girls" being infinitely more brutal
and the statement that ito regard 1t as
a menace to the youth of the land is to
misunderstand its nature completely" I"
&C.? Where does the Joke of Eng
lish" come in "to call the Jersey City
affair a 'ight'"? The New Standard
Dictionary defines ITO fight to a finish
Gin pugilism), TO contend until a de-
cisve result is reached"
I maintain that your Sundays re-
port of the fight completely contro-
verted and disproved your editorial
utterances of the day before; that
the Joke of English" Is in calling the
affair a boxing match when all the
world knows 1t was prize fight, simple
IL not pure that such affairs are de-
basing TO the youth OF the land that the
Physical we'll being Of mankind can be
promoted and fostercd without such ex-
hibitions of barbarism; that practically
ell human endeavor is either uplifting or
lowering in its tendency and influence,
and that by no possible. reasonable con-
clusion can II truthfully be said that the
best interests of the human kind are en-
gendered and advanced by this latest
and greatest manifestation OF the prize
rirg. j. III. NETTLEToN.
New MILFORD, Conn. July Z.
The New York herald., 1921-07-08

present when court opened, with
many more ON the way.
But it was all in vain. Neither the
arguments OF his counsel nor the
Jnassed demonstration of his sympa-
'thizers had the slightest effect on the
twelve jurymen. They found Mr..
HowAT guilty as charged. This con-
viction did not come from a judge
but from jurors who weighed the evil
dence presented to them. Mr.. HowAT
has demanded new trial. His ap-
peal acts as stay. He is at liberty,
but the conviction by a jury is a
blow from which his cause will not
soon recover.
The New York herald., 1921-07-08
Sailoring a Fine Trade.
A Wholesome Life, Says One Thirty
four Years Mt Sea.

To THE NEW YORK HERALD: am an
American. thirty-four years at sea- !
started at 13, bound to Melbourne In
full rigged ship at 25 cents month.
and went up through the foreoastle tiii
was a master at 20, and / have
enjoyed every hour Of It
What learned was how to do things
right, thanks TO the masters and officers
I served under, and want to say that
there is not finer trade to follow TO-
day than the sea. 1t is no place for
weaklings. We need good sailors and
good firemen just rs much as we do
good officers and engineers. wish l
could make every mother and father
and school teacher throughout this great
land realize what a good, wholesome
life following the sea is.
A MAN WHO LOVES THE SEA
NORFOLK, Va, July 6.
The New York herald., 1921-07-08
His Baptism of Fire.
Good Words for the Fourth Of July
Celebrations Of Old.

To THE NEW York HERALD: was
deeply interested in the account of the
way the boys of the '70s used to cele-
brate the Fourth of July. as was one
OF the lads who fred crackers and big
ger fireworks in the fashion described.
1t Is my firm belief that the old way
of celebrating was best for the boys
anyway, and the harm was spread over
so vast territory that 1t amounted to
very little. The Fourth of July used
to develop some strange similarities In
boy nature, 1t made all kinds OF boys
kin. was a sort of repressed, kept
down kid. rather studious and not much
inclined TO games. and I might have
grown UP mollycoddle except that
getting u baptism of fire on the recur-
ring Fourths brought me UP with the
other boys and helped make a man OF
me.
But OF course a fellow Is young only
once and nearly every ffty-year-old
man thinks his own youth was the best
time, his age of gold. A. LUDWIG.
New YORK. July Z.