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The New York herald., 1921-04-17
Einstein for the Schooroom.

Within twenty years, we suppose,
the theory of relativity. will be
brought down (or up to the level of
the fifth grade. Then the grownups
of to-day will be able to peek into the
sons schoolbook and read the follow
ing problem:
An ant Is crawling around the out
side Of a baseball which has just been
projected, with a whirling, outcurve
motion, from the hand of a youth.
The youth is standing on fiat car
which is proceeding toward Akron,
Ohio, at the rate of eighteen miles an
hour. The fiat car is moving over an
earth which is spinning at the rate Of
1000 miles an hour and at the same
time circling the sun ut a speed Of
eighteen miles second. The sun is
revolving at 1000 miles an hour and
moving toward Hercules at the rate
of twelve miles q second. Problem: !:
When the ant is on the bottom Of the
baseball what Is its relativity, in
speed, direction and location, to
HerculeS2
1t seems to us that by 1941 this
will be simple question for our rap
idly improving young people. Any
boy or girl who cannot answer it by
that time should be compelled to stay
after school and write twenty times,
in a perfect copperplate hand, an un-
impeachable definition of the Cosmos
and its cause and purpose.
The New York herald., 1921-04-17
Troy on the Map Then.
It Saw Great Actors, Not Moving
Pictures. and Won at Baseball.

To THE NEW York HERALD. Park
Benjamin's recollections of Edwin For
rest recall to me the plays and players
OF the lato eos and '70s, when Troy
was on the map as one of the best the
atre towns in the country.
At that time the star travelled with
one leading man or woman as support.
Forrest had Gertrude Kellogg. a beau
tiful woman and fine reader; Mary An
derson had Mines Leyick or Forbes
Robertson. An adequate resident stock
company furnished the remainder OF the
cast and sent the audience homo happy
with an afterpiece. usually farce, even
II the play was Hamlet" and the hour
midnight. The scenery was new every
year and answered for Rome, Venice,
London or any other city. the motto OF
the time being "The plays the thing"
I recall seeing Forrest eight times in
one week, six nights and two matinees,
in eight different plays, as king Lear,
Hamlet, Vr0inius, Macbeth. Jack Cdde,
RichcHeu, OthelIo and Shvlock. This
was in the first Griswold Opera House
upstairs. The admission was rs cents
and so cents, with % cents extra for
seats reserved in advance. Compare
these prices and the work OF the actors
with the present time.
I remember distinctly Forests whis-
kcrs (natural) and his wonderful voice
liked his Lear and ViroinsLs best, He
roared through Hamlet and was too old
and heavy for any Illusion, with usually
his mother tho Queen less than half
his age.
Some ten years later ! saw him again
In the present Griswold--now. alas. de-
voted to the movies--in Macbeth" Ills
supporting lady was Ill and the play was
about TO bo changed when the manager,
Mrs Emma Waller. wife of d. w.
Waller, at that time stage manager OF
Booths Theatre. in New York, who had
played 1t years before with her hus-
band, took the part and we had the
greatest performance OF Macbeth" that
Troy ever saw At tho close OF the
play Forrest led her before the curtain
and informed the audience that before
going on she told him she proposed maxi
ing him sit up and take notice and that
she certainly lsspf her word that he had
seen many Lady Mdcbcths. but never
her equal.
These are some OF the bright remesn-
brances OF the past. At present we
have one on the finest theatres in the
country, devoted to vaudeville and
movies, which gives M nbcut Four times
The New York herald., 1921-04-17
Fear of the Dark.

Now I my whole life long have been
afraid
OF what? That could never say Alright
Most like the ohild's fear, when- the
candlelight
Blown out. leaves 1t little time dis
mayed
TIN soothed away into sleeps deeper
My fear. too. is the Dark--of an un-
fathomed night
A nothingness that baffies touch and
sight.
Wherein all vart-colored life doth fade.
Or is 1t but the dark Of Ignorance
That bred tho fear which haunted SO my
days?
Then, Sleep may knowledge bring-c
glorious chance,
To wake to some great Mornings widen
ing rays!
But. II no waking, fear at least shall
/ shall not know that I can never know
EDITH NJ THoMAA
The New York herald., 1921-04-17

TO THE New YORK HERALD: Charles
Burnham's memories of Broadway in
1929 led mo 20 turn to an old play bill
Of 1889 of the Broadway Theatre. IL
reads as follows: Week ending January
s. 1889. first production of Little Lord
Fauntleroy' under the personal directics
of the author
There was a notable cast to pressed
the play, among It's members being y
III. Gilmour. who played the aged Earl;
Miss Elsie Leslie, the charming child
actress of IL years, In the leading part !:
Kathryn Kidder, Alice Fischer and
Efiie Germon, all stars In their orbits.
ALrHEA SCRIBE
NEW York, April Is.
The New York herald., 1921-04-17
Night Music.

The darkness throbs with subtle har-
monies:
Wild uncaught songs that CULVER
through the night,
And never human touch may catch
Alright
The wonder Of their hidden mysteries.
When twilight shadows crouch beneath
the trees
Like little. laughing elves who fee the
light,
A lifting tarantellc floats gay and
bright
AS summer warmth and bloom and buzz-
ing bees.
And when the dusk her denser network
weaves,
Out on the moor strange spectres hang
their lutes,
And on the unseen strings the great
winds blow
Dim fugues. like driven storms of rus
Ting leaves,
And. clear as Pan upon his reedy
flutes.
The midnight whispers direes sad
and low.
CHARLorTr BECKER.
The New York herald., 1921-04-17
Young America a Filler.
Two Trips Between New York and
London in 1861.

To THE NEW YORK HERALD: Among
the fast passages of the celebrated clip
per ships built following the California
gold discovery "R. r." writes of trips
made by the ship Young America, and
as was a passenger on a fast run
desire to add my experience.
Leaving New York in April, 1861,
bound for London, fourteen days after
sailing we were anchored in the Downs.
Returning later in the year it took six
teen days for the Inman steamship City
OF Washington to make the voyage from
Liverpool.
The Young America was owned at
Portland, Maine. Sutton & Co. were not
ship owners. like my Arm. but loading
brokers for many of the California
bound clipper ships of the early days.
WILLIAM A. STREET.
NEW YORK, April 16.
The New York herald., 1921-04-17

just cut the wires that hold the pipe
TO the cellar beams and then you act
like SAMSON at GAIA. The pipe comes
down in time, but it should be kept in
horizontal position until the ends
are plugged, for the pipe is full of
rich SCOT. Close the end with any
suitable object A derby hat will do.
The pipe should then be carried to the
flower garden and the SCOT deposited
about the rose bushes. There 1t has
beneficial effect. A rose beetle, re-
turning to his companions with his
face covered with SCOT, causes them
to laugh until they split their sides,
after which they may be knocked into
a pan of kerosene. Keep the pipe in
clean, dry place during the summer.
The exterior OF the furnace should
be oiled or blackened and neatly pol
ished And If you wish to follow ex-
actly the directions which came with
the furnace you should buy small
can of gold paint and cameps hair
brush and regild the makers name on
the coal door. Many householders
neglect to do this yearly, but are they
playing fair with the trusting manu-
facturer? He asked them to do this
artistic little thing. Perhaps he never
would have let them have one Of his
furnaces If he had not thought they
would keep his fame alive.
Such are the essentials of letting
the furnace out. When the house
holder has done this great spring work
in n conscientious way he Is entitled
to step out on the porch and while
getting his breath take look at the
thermometer. The mercury will be
starting in the direction Of zero.
The New York herald., 1921-04-17
Rhyme Of the Aviator.

Never did ancient skipper,
Seeking the Isles of Bliss.
In his most daring visions
Picture such ships as this!
Bold Phnnician sailor,
Steering by friendly star,
Greek in your gallant trireme.
Strenuous Roman tar.
Viking. mighty sea rover.
Free as the seas were free.
Blond, buccaneer pathfinder.
You would have stared to see
These, our aerial cruisers,
Rise from the oceans face.
Circle, like dream birds, slyward.
And fade in the depths Of space.
Columbus, bold. audacious.
Daring as none had dared.
You would have stared like the savage
Who at your carack stared!
And maybe our children's children.
On interstellar trips.
Will paint their grandsires staring
at future superships!
SAMUEL A. WOOD.
The New York herald., 1921-04-17
Another Side to the Tacoma Dispute
The Mountains Indian Name and Other Pacific Coast
Place Names Traced to the Chinese.

With regard TO the proposal to change
the name of Mount Rainier to Mount Lin
coin. and the controversy between Seat
tie and Tacoma, there are some things
not generally known to our people which
should be considered and furnish the
determining factor in settling not only
the name of Mount Tacoma but the
names C4 many other places on the
Pacific coast.
used to be quite familiar with the
language Of north China, and many
years ago in travelling through the
West was surprised to ind aboriginal
names with the word ma" as a palt OF
them, and almost invariably the In
dams had furnished the white man
some translation of the name which
showed that it concerned horse. There
were Kicking Horse River and Running
Horse Creek and White Horse Mountain.
and many other variations. Now the
word ma" Is the Chinese word for
horse.
Probably the most common Chinese
word connected with names Is the word
"ta" or "da," meaning big or great.
You will find on our Alaska coast the
Taku Glacier. Now ''taku" 10 a very
common Chinese name. meaning "bis
mouth" and you will and it as the
name OF the Chinese city at the mouth
OF the river just south Of Tientsin
There Is absolutely no doubt that the
name of the Alaskan glacier was plainly
given to 1t by the Chinese.
AS you come down the western coast
the very first point of tho State of
Washington that you meet further out
than Cape Flattery is Tatoosh Island
Now "ta-too-sah" means big or pro-
1ecting. belly. and the island was doubt
less so named because OF its prominence
and obtrusive character.
On the mainland Just behind Cape
Flattery Is an Indian reservation. Ma
kah. know nothing OF the Indians on
this reservation, but the Chinese name
plainly indicates that they are the
Horsehead Indians.
Further In along the Straits you
come to Sekou Point. Now ''se'' is the
word for west and ''kou" or "kow" Is
the Chinese word for mouth. and this
Point is the Western Mouth Point. Still
further down the coast is point marked
Hohhead. Now ''ho" or "hoh' is the
Chinese word for river. and just below
the head IS a river which our people
have named tho Hob River. not knowing
that the first WORD was the Chinese
word for river. A little bit further
down IL the city OF Taholah. Now
"taho" means the big river and "lah''
means place Of, or tho place a. the
great river.
Without attempting to explain the
Chinese significance of more names, ]
wish to say that there 10 no doubt at
all of the Chinese origin OF such names
as Chehalis. Nahcota. Chimacum
Just north OF the Columbia River is
a place called Nemah--to one who un-
derstands Chinese this means that 1t il
the place where you found your horse.
The Chinese word for mountain Is
The New York herald., 1921-04-17
Barnum in Eclipse.

To THE NEW YORK HERALD: The
Brothers Ringing. honest 10 goodness,
havo taken much OF the Joy out OF life
for me by dropping the pilot, or more
strictly speaking the famous. familiar,
friendly. Falstafflan face of Phineas
Taylor Barnum. the patron saint of the
circus, from every bit OF their printed
matter. A circus poster without his
phiz fails 20 awaken the usual gweet
memories Of the years that arc gone,
and I'll leave II to you IL It isn't tans
and fiat. ]. M. 7.
NEW York. April 10.
The New York herald., 1921-04-17
Aladdin on the Screen.

Aladdin and his wonderful lamp
are going into the motion pictures.
How did they manage to keep out
50 long? They are to be daintily
inducted by MAUDE ADAMS, who has
done them into a scenario. She is
not to play the happy Chinese boy
herself-how perfectly she would
have fitted the part but this is
only a detail Of regret in a whole
wave Of joy.
Aladdin ON the screen reaches out
to the heart Of all mankind. The
old story from the dim antiquity Of
the East has perhaps the widest ap-
peal Of any legend that ever was
babbled over water pipes or read by
Christmas firesides. 1t embodies the
great "If'' In a splendid necromantic
machinery. It touches the latent
hope in every heart, 1t lights up the
spark Of Imagination in the grayest,
coldest, everyday soul.
The strongest hold Of the idea is
not upon the mind Of childhood. 1t
is to the growpup that the mere
thought of unlimited possibility at
the motion Of finger-just by rub
bing the lamp-brings an inspiration,
a solace, q richness Of contentment
such as no youngster can enjoy, seeing
that he lacks the background Of fail
ure and disappointment upon which
the man or woman, with a larger
experience, projects the bright colored
and dancing images from fancy's
magic lantern.
Nor is 1t in mere hours Of idleness,
Of rosy speculation and fantastic
dreaming that the old tale has It's
most genial potency. To the unfor-
tunate, the down and out, the one
who has lost his place amid realities. 1t
must myriads of times have brought
cheer in the conjuring up pictures
of imagined triumph over fate. The
lamp, ah, yes, the lamp and the
shunling failure, jostled by the crowd,
rubs it vigorously. The genie ap-
pears. "Slave of the Lamp, my pal
ace, my yacht, my Office, my beau
tiful wife, my soft and lovely chill
dren-take me to them" ITO hear
Is to obeyr' The dream goes on !;
the grim reality vanishes for few
minutes under the film of OMAR's
Heaven-"the image of fulfilled de-
sire" And when the illusion is past
and gone, does there not often re-
main behind the vanished joy,
vestlge Of hope smoldering somewhere
in the heart and struggling to break
into flame?
Few indeed are there Of so scanty
Imagination that they have not toyed
with Aladdin's lamp. 1t is the prop
erty Of all. How great will be the
procession to see it in operation in
form as unsubstantial as its storled
being. Miss ADAMS plans to add
the charm OF color to her Pickering
pictures by some novel process. There
cannot be too much color for Alad-
din, nor color too vivid or too
dazzling.
The New York herald., 1921-04-17

a year an attraction for one day that has
run it's course in New York am yet
devoted to the stage, but have to 60 to
New York for 1t. There I find many
shows well staged. beautifully and ex-
pensively mounted. appealing moro to
the senses than the intellect. the char
acters selected by type. each fitting his
part like glove.
In common with old fellows who live
In the past look back to the time when
in winter New York had nothing on
Troy in theatres, and in summer our
Haymakers would go down and knock
the stuffin' out of the Unions of Nor
risania on the diamond.
TROY. April 16. w. J. WOODS.
The New York herald., 1921-04-17

"shan." or sometimes spelled "san," and
wherever you find. as you frequently
dc. this syllable as part Of name 1t
Invariably refers to some mountain.
Shusan, the great mountain. next TO
Mount Baker. is plainly Chinese.
Now 'hu" or ''hoe" Is the Chinese
word for lake, and it IS no surprise to
one who knows Chinese to learn that
Tahoe IL a big lake.
Chelan, tho name of the mountain
range In central Washington. is plainly
Chinese. as Is also Peshastin. Cnewe-
lah is also Chinese.
have mentioned these to show that
The aboriginal names all over that west
ern country are OF Chinese origin with
easily understood significance. and they
should on that account be preserved.
Now going back to the mountain in
controversy Because the name of man
who never saw 1t was given to it by a
friend who simply happened to be the
first white man to identify 1t is little rea-
son for preserving the name Of Rainier.
The so-called Indian name Tacoma Is
not Indian but Chinese. The first syl-
liable TIA" means great, the second
''co" or ''cu." or more properly "ku."
means mouth. and ma" 10 the well
known Chinese namo for horse. In
other words. 1t is the mountain Of the
big mouthed horse.
/ may be mistaken In my surmiEe as
to the meaning of the second syllable,
but there is no possibility Of doubt
that the first syllable and the last
syllable refer to big horse and the
middle syllable Is some Chinese word
OF description qualifying big horse.
In order to be certain as to what this
word is 1t would be necessary to get a
number of the Oldest Indians living to
repeat the name and get Its correct
phonetic equivalent.
Tho name Tacoma Is plainly the name
given to the mountain by early Chinese
who came to our coast, and was pre-
served by the Indians, who may or may
no, have understood It's meaning, but the
origin OF the name indicates its an
touity and Identifies it with the many
other names of aboriginal origin, and
the Government authorities. geographi-
cal and otherwise. snou1d end tho con-
troversy by sticking to the oldest name
that the mountain has known.
While 1t has no particular relation to
the controversy over the name Of Mount
Tacoma, 1t Is interesting to note the
Chinese origin of many other OF our
Indian names. Utah is plainly Chinese.
and ''pe" or pie means north. and so
the Pieute Indian tribes were simply the
North Utes. Dakota is also OF Chinese
origin and significance.
What ought to be done Is to get some
person who knows the north Chinese
dialects thoroughly and we'll to go into
this country and get the Indians to pro-
nouncs the aboriginal names 30 as to
Identify their phonetic equivalent In Chi
nese words. Not only would the result
bo most interesting but 1t would be OF
enormous ethnogrdphic importance.
GUY M. WALKER
The New York herald., 1921-04-17
Gomez in the Field.
Part He Took in the Cuban IBsur.
rectiOn of Four Years Ago.

To THE NEW YORK HERALD: In your
editorial article of April / on Cuban
Intervention Demand" you say tina,
General Gomez remained in Havana
during the insurrection four years ago
when General Menocal was elected for
second term. This statement is an
error
Jose Miguel Gomez was actually the
leader OF the insurrection and led his
followers against the Government forces,
and when he saw he was in danger
he surrendered to Colonel Collazo, at
Caicage. He was brought to Havana
and lodged in Jail, but owing to the
magnanimity of President Menocal he
was set free shortly after. CUBAN.
MANzANILLo, Cuba, April s.
The New York herald., 1921-04-17

To THE NEW York HERALD: Is there
not some way for the unfortunates who
are compelled to use the Vernon avenue
bridge at Long Island City to be re-
lieved Of the conditions that have ex-
listed there for not months but years?
If you want a complete example OF
what municipal management does this
is the best illustration that know OF.
/ may be mistaken. but it seems to
me that the viaduct connected with this
bridge has been under repair rs per
cent OF the time since It's completion.
THOMAS Il. BENsEN.
BROOKLYN, April 16.
The New York herald., 1921-04-17

George Graham Rice (Simon Jacob
Herzig) was convicted before Judge
James T. Malone on January 20, 1920
Of grand larceny in the first degree.
Justice Mitchell L. Erlanger granted
a certificate Of reasonable doubt pend
ing an appeal on March IL, 1920, and
Rice was released on bail. The Dis
trict Attorneys office last heard OF
Rice in Los Angeles. The record in the
appeal, according to Rice's counsel
will be filed within a month. A date
will then be set, after briefs have been
filed by prosecution and defence, for
an argument on the appeal.
The New York herald., 1921-04-17
Jewish Respect for the Elderly.

To THE New YORK HERALD: 1t is witt,
gratitude that have noticed the nat
ural, unselfsh manner OF the Jewish
young man toward the elderly or those
evidently in Ill health.
My husband and myself. advanced in
years and weakened by Ill health. have
many times found the Jewish young
man the first--and evidently from his
kindly manner finding It a pleasure--to
offer US a seat We have not always
mad the same consideration from young
men Of our own faith.
WOMAN READER.
The New York herald., 1921-04-17
Collar and Size.

To THE NEW YoRK HERALD: II seems
to me that flowers that have much pig
ment sacrifice in size. Many occur in
white. pink and red varieties. with the
white largest. pink next and red SMALL
est. This Is seen In the wild triilium.
now abundant in our mountains; II oc-
ours in carnations also. Do you not
think that It applies. at least somewhat.
to human beinss7 Tho whittier tho race
tho larger the type? II.
WEIGH, w. Va, April 16.
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hall. The impression he made may
be gathered from the remark of En-
peror CHARLES to one OF his mobiles !:
rs that the monk? He would never
make a hereto of me-" LUTHER's s
loneliness and apparent helplessness
must have made a strong appeal,
for one of the old generals of the
Empire laid his hand on LUTHER s
shoulder and said: Little monk,
little monk, you are about to 90 into
more terrible battle than and my
knights have ever fought, but II your
cause is just and Cop. is with you
go forward boldly and have no fear"
LUTHER acknowledged the author
ship of the books produced as evil
dence against him, and when the de-
mand was made that he recant GER
tain statements he asked for time to
consider them. On April Is he again
appeared before the Diet; his stead
fastness asserted itself, and his an
swer, uttered in firm voice, was that
unless convinced Of his errors by the
Scriptures or plain reason he would
not recant. II cannot and / will not
recant anything" he said, 'for 1t is
neither safe nor right to act
against ones conscience" The famous
edict of Worms declaring LUTHER an
outlaw, in reality his death sentence,
was drawn up and signed. 1t was
never enforced, and LUTHER's great
est works, including his translation
of the Bible, were performed between
1921 and his death in 1546
While historians have very gener-
ally agreed upon the Diet Of Worms
as one of the landmarks In the prog
ress of mankind, they have not SO
uniformly agreed in their estimates
Of MARTIN LUTHER. This is not un-
expected in man of LUTHER's
irascible temper and disputatious ma
ture, who for the time stood as the
central figure in the Reformation.
When in his Ninety-flve Theses he
attacked indulgences he did not stand
alone; other churchmen We're opposed
to and preached against the merce-
nary phase Of this practice. That
there were abuses in the Church HA-
DRIAN vi. upon reaching the Papacy
acknowledged 1--WE well know that
for many years the most scandalous
things have happened in this holy
see, Rome-abuses in spiritual mat
ters, violations Of the canons; that,
in short, everything has been just
the opposite Of what it should have
been" The spirit of the Renais-
sance was sweeping southern Europe,
and the cults Of the humanists were
widespread in the north. HUss had
been burned at the stake at Con-
stance, but his death had not ended
the religious unrest of the time.
LUTHER, impetuous, fearless and sin
cere, came when the time was ripe
for him.
In refusing on the ground of con-
science to utter the word "Revoco"
demanded of him at the Diet OF
Worms he appealed to broad prin-
ciple Of humanity. He swept away
the limitations and restraints of me-
diavalism and he established the
right to freedom Of conscience and
liberty of action as the terms are un-
derstood to-day in the religious and
secular worlds.
The New York herald., 1921-04-17
Scotland Yard has decided to err

Scotland Yard has decided to EN-
ploy women as detectives. an innova-
ton which is causing considerable dis
cussion in England. There is no rea-
SON why women should not be sue
cessful as detectives in England just
as they have been here. New York
has had a number Of highly useful
policewomen, who, under the title of
"matrons," gave excellent service to
the city in following and capturing
lawbreakers.