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The New York herald., 1921-05-04
"La Forza del Destino" Has a Revival
Favorta Company at the Manhattan Follows the
Metropolitan and Gives Verdis Opera.

When Giulio Gatti-Casazza began his
excavations among the Verdian cata-
combs and dug up the bones OF la
Fora del. Destino" he doubtless had no
thought OF precipitating general resur-
reetiQn 1f defarc' operas. But when
la EorzA as tse knowing call 1t.
seenisa q CARRY. new dsiisnts 70 nun1ut-
Gus audiences. tac in7psesarios of the
Ops road pricksd 30 their snrs. and
heard the glad tidings HeFe StsF
operas which couio ~ revival witt
scenery as old as themselves .pa wifA
costumes once paraded through u.~
iagacns of Venice or the byways OF
Fadps-. while any voices would serve so
lore as the four cornered tunes or the
sJH unregenerate Verdi could be made
gnizable.
-ast evening the Favorita Opera Com
pGny. which Is enjoying brief season OF
glory at the Manhattan Opera House,
gave La Forza del Destino." The per-
formance was of the kind which this
company made known to its patrons IN
the first week OF Its season. The music
was all presented In a vigorous manner.
with little fuss about delicacies of style
or beauty of tone Most of the singers
showed that they had known operatic
doings for considerable period and gen.
orally they sang the music fairly we'll In
tune and with passionate pressure upon
all high tones.
The principal singers were Nine. Rob
inson, as Eleonora Nine. Fernando, as
Pres{csilid: Mr.. Tommasini. as Alvdres,
and Mr.. Ordognez, as Carlo. A. DELI
Orefice conducted. The audience was not
large. but It apparently enjoyed the per-
formance very much. Tomorrow even
ing La Favorita" will be given.
The New York herald., 1921-05-04
sa.nYo for V,-yinia Works.

rBoolfs and uasasss. leLs- relating to Vir-
'sinsp- Tie .,tcrayy of 20, "a, Hawkins -
R4chuond. togela%r swsths Z spalt coi-
lection 9t AIefloaas, sola az the Al-'
derson Galleries yesterday and ga Non
day for total of $3.97v. The first
session totalled s2,47s.7o. and the ssc-
ond $1,493.60. At Mondays sale rare
copy IN large quarto OF the Declaration
Of Independence. printed by John Dun
lap In Philadelphia in the year 1776.
sold for 1910. the highest price of the
day. to L. c. Harper. An unusually
large collection OF the autographs or
the Governors of Virginia from Patrick
Henry to Fitzhugh Lee. 17S9-1SS6,
was purchased by w. NJ. Hill for s19b.
At yesterdays sale the first thirty
eight volumes Of "The Southern Literary
Messenger" Richmond. 1S35-1S64.
were knocked down to the Cadmus Book
Shop for 500. The first twenty-seven
volumes of the "William and Mary Col
lege Quarterly" Williamsburg. 1892
1918. went to F. w. Morris for s72.5o.
The New York herald., 1921-05-04
Daily Calendar
THE WEATHER.

For Eastern New York---Rain to-day:
tomorrow fair; no change in tempera-
ture: increasing east to north winds.
For New Jersey-Rain to-day; to-morsa,~
fair; no change In temperature; rTrong
Tor Northesn New England-Rain to-day:
fair tomorrow; fresh northeast winds.
tomorrow fair: increasing .orsh-.ef winds.
For Western New iork--rartiy cloudy to-
day and tomorrow: no change in tempera-
ture; fresh northeast winds
WASHINGTON, May 3.-The disturbance
that was central iaet night over Georgia
owed northeastward and tonight its CEN
tire war off the Virginia Capes, whence 81
will move norsheastward and increase In
intensity. Storm warnings have been dis
played on the Atlantic coast at and be-
tween Cape Henry, Virginia, and Boston,
The pressure remains high along the
noTthert. .or0ar and over the plains states
u tie Rock Mountains. Within the last
twenty-four hours rain f9ll In the south At
iaatc ard middle Atlandc States. tennessee
ana the ohio Valley and fair weather con-
tinuc& IN other regions.
AbnormaIiy ccel wcsthsr prevails generally
east OF the Rocky Mountains. especially so In
the south Atlantic and east Gulf states and
the Mississippi and Ohio valleys.
There were frosts this morning In the up
per mississippi Valley and over the plains
States as far south Kansas and In the
northern Rocky Mountain and western
pllteau regions.
There will re rain tomorrow in the middle
Atlantic States and southern New England
followed by fair weather in these regions
Thursday. Elsewhere east OF the Mssissippi
River the weather will be fair. Cool weather
will continue generally east of the Mlssis-
sippi River through tomorrow and Thurs
day. but with gradually rising temperature
on Thursday.
Observations at United States Weather Bu-
reau stations, taken at p. M. yesterday.
The New York herald., 1921-05-04
ASTOR HOME OPENED
IN AID OF CHINESE
Meeting Held Under Auspices
OF Y. w. C.. A.

Mrs. Vincent Astor opened the ball
room of her house at $40 Fifth avenue
yesterday afternoon for meeting for
men and women interested In the sttua-
ton In China. The needs of these people,
especially for immediate relief. was told
by @. Sherwood Eddy and Mrs. kath-
crime Willard Eddy Mrs. Eddy's ad-
dress dealt with the work in China OF
the Young Women's Christian Associa-
ton, under whose auspices the meeting
was held.
Mrs. Arthur Curtiss James. chairman.
told the 500 persons present that the
eyes of the world now should be focused
on China and that the women of that
country are looking toward the United
States for help. Seventy-flve per cent
of the suffering could be prevented. she
said. II proper care were taken Of the
people, The Young Women's Christian
The New York herald., 1921-05-04
Croquet Spells Trouble.
1t Tries to Trip the Upright and
Makes Friends Quarrel.

To THE NEW York HERALD: When,
speaking of croquet. you suggest the
possible need in future Of a State Cro-
quet Commission. you show true vision.
II ever there was game that tries
to trip the upright 1t is croquet In
recent number OF the North American
ReUteto Walter Camp recalls the fact
that many years ago croquet promised
TO become the national pastime "Inci-
dentally." says Mr.. Camp, there is evil
dence that at the time this game ex-
tended throughout every city and vii
iage In the country there were more
cheating and bitter quarrels than had
ever racked families or friends In the
history of any game. Even the most
straitlaced and precise Of our forebears
seemed not to be above a gentle NOV
ing OF the ball with the foot
when no one was looking, and many
a lawn saw the beginnings of quar-
rels that sundered relatives and even
disrupted church entertainments"
This is all too true. One day in the
early '70s my uncle Jabez. who was
engaged TO a very beautiful young
woman, saw her deliberately bend a
wicket SO as to make a shot difficult
for an opponent. He never smiled. cx-
cept in an alcoholic way. again.
In 1876 my little nephew Azarias was
transferred to the socf5ty OF the angels
through the eating OF the paint from a
new mallet. He would be 4s years old
by now had 1t not been for croquet. and
undoubtedly tall and handsome.
Better far for this sweet country that
we should have bear batting or purring
matches than a revival, on a large scale,
of crcquet Only those into whose lives
1t has brought sorrow can know its
wickedness.
AGATHA SPooHEN
FLATBUsH, May g.
The New York herald., 1921-05-04

p. J. ScULLY, like the late JOHN F.
AHEARN. held his post as Tammany
leader of an East Side district long
after tho racial makeup of the region
had changed. He was a good citizen
and an honest official. In his twenty
four years as City Clerk no scandal
attached to his conduct OF the place.
The city will be lucky If 1t gets an
other man as tactful as JOE ScuLLY to
rule the City Clerks office and Tam
many Hall will find It hard 10 choose
an equally amiable leader for the East
Broadway district.
The New York herald., 1921-05-04
Too Many Dates in History.

There is good deal in what the
New York Principals Association says
about the faults of history as it Is
taught. Reducing the detail of the
earlier epochs" ought 70 help the pu-
Pill, now that the last seven years
have added so much to the burden
which a school child's memory is
asked to carry.
One of the reforms proposed by the
association Is the elimination Of some
dates. Every child is and has been
fed up on dates. The boy at school
used to have to know when ETHEL
WOLF succeeded EoBERr and ETHEL
RED took ETHELBoLp's regal job. And
then that tenth century procession of
EDMUND, EDRED, EDwY, EDGAR, ED
WARD, ETHELREp and back to EDMUND
againi The lad was rather plea sed
when WILLIAM came to conquer a
race that was 80 fond of it's Es. But
the Conqueror put his brand on child
life too. Yea, on more than youth !;
for though grown men forget their
telephone numbers and the name Of
their favorite collars, they never cease
10 remember that the date of the
Norman conquest was 1906. What
It meant TO England they have for
gotten. Why WILLIAM found HAROLD
so soft they never knew. Ten sixty
six conquered a memory cell and
holds it against all comers.
cit Is sufficient" says the associa-
tiou, "to know the dates of the begin
ming and the end OF the Revolution
airy War, but II is not necessary to
memorize any date within that
period" There is one date between
Lexington and Yorktown which does
not have to be memorized. 1t Is ab-
sorbed by American infants with their
milk and firecrackers. No native can
remember when he first learned that
there was Fourth of July. AS for
memorizing 1t, man might as well
try to memorize his heart.
History, the principals say, should
treat Of the social environment Of
man with less stress on the dates
Of events" True; If we could forget
A. ID. 1906 and learn just what WILL
TAM had for supper after the battle OF
Hastings and how 1t was cooked the
world would be happier. Everybody
knows what happened on October -,
14p2; but not all the girl pupils un-
derstand that IL was woman's vanity
which drove men to find easy routes
TO the land Of silks and perfumes.
IT should be easy to reform our
school histories. Americans are nat
ural historians. Our real students Of
history. most Of whom do not plunge
into study until middle age, revel in
The New York herald., 1921-05-04
Debts Plus Something.
British Grounds for Intervention for
the Benefit of BOndhOlders.

To THE NEW York HERALD: see the
opinion has been expressed that but for
the Monroe Doctrine Great Britain and
France would intervene by force In
Mexico TO compel the Government to re-
sumo payment of interest now some
years In arrears. on its external debt
AfaY I point out that forcibie interven-
tion tog the benefit of bondholders has
mover been usrt Of British policy?
Lord PaIrnegst>n in a famous circula,
u British diplomatic and consular on
e.ala q 1sAs pointed o0i ,that the Bril-
ish 5overnneaf had neTs yet taken
this co.rsa having Thought L s,desira-
BILE that bsitisa cap.tsi ahcuid ps IN
vested abroad a. COG as5aageJle risk Rnen
II might have been ss,rleyeo profsah.y
at homo. The losses sul ,et ne ssid
would be a salutary warning. bus & loss
might be too large price to sey for
warning. and so each case mus h-
considered on Its merits.
Lord Salisbury took much the same
line in a speech to British holders OF
Turkish bonds in 1880. Neither he nor
Lord Palmerston absolutely excluded the
possibility Of forcible Intervention: but
II has never taken place on the ground
Of non-payment Of debts alone. In Mexico
in 1852 and in Venezuela early in this
century there were other and more seri-
GUS grounds for British Intervention, and
the experience gained on these occasions
would deter any future British Govern
ment from ever intervening again.
In Egypt In 1882 the aim OF British
Intervention was to protect the Suez
Canal. In the case of Guatemala In
1913 Sir Edward Grey's ultimatum was
sent not to compel President Cabreras
Government to resume payment. but to
prevent It from pledging to other cred
itors funds already pledged to the for
eign bondholders.
Default on the foreign debt was the
chief ostensible motive Of French inter-
vention In Mexico In 1852, but as the
chief creditor, the Swiss banker Jecker,
became French citizen in order to give
Napoleon III. O. reason for intervention,
the default was obviously a mere pre-
text to enable that potentate to attempt
to extend French influence abroad. Since
then the growth In both Great Britain
and France of formidable Labor and
Socialist parties absolutely precludes the
idea Of Intervention anywhere by either
country on behalf Of Capitalism"
J. s. MANN.
BROMLEY, Kent. England, April %.
The New York herald., 1921-05-04
Tells Of Camp Fire Work.

The second lecture OF the course on
Camp Fire which is being given for the
members Of the National Board OF d.
rectors Of Camp Fire Girls will be de-
livered tomorrow morning by Lester F.
Scott, the national executive. The third
lecture will be given on Monday. Among
those taking the course are Mrs. Oliver
Hartman. Mrs. Ballington Booth, Mrs.
Shepherd X. de Forest, Mrs. S. L. East
burn. Mrs. Charles n. Farnsworth, Mrs.
J. Fl. Ford, Mrs. A. Clark Hunt, Mrs.
Alice Mckay Kelly. Mrs. Henrietta Ba-
ker Low, Mrs. Robert Lyle. Mrs Flora
Munroe. Mrs. A. Maclay Pentz, Mrs.
Forrest 3. Royal and Mrs. Lorillard
Spencer.
The New York herald., 1921-05-04
German Shipping Coming Back.

Germany possessed a merchant fleet
of ocean going ships in 1914 aggre-
eating 4,935 vessels wiki a total Of
approxima tely 5,240,000 gross tons
register. At the signing of the armis-
tice In 1918 this fleet was practically
intact, not having been subject to the
submarine blight or even to ordinary
ocean hazards. The tonnage seized
in the course Of the war by the Pow
ers opposed to Germany was more
than counterbalanced by new keels
laid down, while the rest of the fleet
was safely held In German ports or
doing what amounted to ferry duty
across the Baltic Sea.
Ii was the purpose Of Part VIII,
Annex Ill, of the Treaty Of Yer
sailles, to vest ownership of the whole
German fleet in the nations which
had been victims of the German sub
marine campaign. After delivering
the required ships to the Entente
there remained to Germany only
about 100000 tons Of ocean going
merchant vessels.
Despite the destructive work of
German submarines the total world
merchant tonnage, which had been
about 100000 gross tons in 1913,
had reached 100000 tons by the
middle of 1919. when German deliv-
cries under the treaty began. Great
Britain still maintained her place as
the leading maritime Power with
more than two-fifths of the worlds
tonnage, but Germany's position as
second maritime Power with pre-
war IL per cent. of world tonnage
was assumed by the United States
with about % per cent
1t was assumed that not only had
the German fleet been swept from the
seas, and that plentiful world ton
mage would keep 1t out of the run
ming for years, but that there would
be no disposition on the part Of her
opponents in the war 10 put at Ger
many's disposal their surplus tonnage.
In his book attacking the Treaty Of
Versailles for It's drastic economic
provisions Professor JOHN NJ. KEYNES,
| English financial adviser at the peace
conference. said:
FOR the present no lines viii run
from Hamburg. except such as for
eign nations may find II worth while
TO establish out OF their surplus ton
mage. Germany will have to pay to
foreigners for the carriage OF her
trade such charges as they may Be
| able 70 exact, and will receive only
such conveniences as 1t may suit
them 10 give her The prosperity
of German ports and commerce can
only revive, Il would seem, in pro-
| portion as she succeeds in bringing
under her effective influence the mer-
chant marines OF Scandinavia and
| OF Holland"
n may be added that at the time
the foregoing was written English.
German and American shipping au-
thorlties also believed Germany would
fire poorly In obtaining tonnage to
carry her commerce. But just the
contrary has been the ease 10 the
The New York herald., 1921-05-04
A Philanthroplst.

The lavish moon smiled down on every
brook
And lent her loveliness to each lagoon !:
Glowing at midnight like a rose at
noon.
In lustrous beauty she forgot to look
On no least hidden and enchanted nook
Which lovers made their own. She
bent to peep
Wherever fragrant gardens lay asleep.
And shim'ring silver on their petals
shook.
Then. chatting with the clouds. she
drifted down
The sky. where stars, like blossoms
gay with bloom,
Lighted her way into a weary town
So dark with CRIME her rays scarce
pierced the gloom
And here she dropped dover Of spar
king beams
That all the children might have happy
dreams.
CHARLOTTE BECKER.
The New York herald., 1921-05-04
Women to Aid Veterans.

Mrs. Lillian Pascal Day and Mrs.
Julia Heath will leave for Washington
to-day as a delegation OF the Women's
Press Club of New York to urge the
passage Of the veterans legislation now
pending before Congress. Mrs. Day Is
chairman of the veterans welfare COM
mittee Of the club, which adopted ward
3s at the Fox Hills Hospital. She will
take a survey of eighty cases at the
hospital with her. and hopes to be able
to adjust fifty compensation claims be-
fore she returns to this city.
The New York herald., 1921-05-04

ANtt1fV tOho ACAA0AAAhA6 va ANA AAANA
chant tonnage and the $4,000 tons
left to her out of the $4,000 tons
under construction at the close Of
the war, Germany has added up to
the end OF the first quarter of this
year an additional 10000 tons, and
by the end of next year 1t Is expected
she will have a fleet OF ocean going
vessels close TO 100000 gross tons.
But this is not all that has hap
pened to upset previous calculations
concerning the amount Of tonnage
Germany would be able to secure for
her commerce. At the end Of 1920
there were no less than sixty-seven
foreign steamship lines maintaining
regular service from Hamburg to the
principal countries Of the world.
According to II. w. ADAMS, repre-
senting the United States Department
Of Commerce at Berlin, among this
number were several flags seldom If
ever seen in Hamburg before the war.
Instead of having to depend on the
vessels flying Dutch or Scandinavian
colors, rs had been expected, regular
routes were established and regular
rates quoted on business by twenty
two English steamship companies,
eleven Dutch, six Norwegian, Ave
French, four Belgian, three italian,
three Swedish, two American, two
Danish, two japanese, one Portu-
guese, one Cuban and five OF other
nationalities.
The result Of the establishment OF
these lines has been to bring the ar
rivals and departures of merchant
tonnage at the port of Hamburg. two
and one-half years after the armis-
tice, up to about 80 per cent. Of what
they were just before the war. The
arrivals and departures at Hamburg
in 1913 and since the war are given
by Mr.. ADAMS as follows:
Net tons: 1913. 1919. 1920.
Arrivals. .14,1S5.4s6 1,543.714 4.537.331
Departures. IA. .44s.o26 1,14s.70l s.4ss.SSs
Improvement In the volume Of ship
ping at Hamburg gathered momentum
toward the end Of 1920 and still con-
tinues While for the whole of last
year the entries and clearings were
about % per cent. Of the pre-war
total, the following table shows that
by the end of February. 1921, the
movement was fully half as large as
before the war:
Jan, Dec. Feb.
Net tons 1920. 1920. 1921.
Arrivals .... .247.44s s44.391 672,77s
Departures. .26S.607 573,312 62s.137
Two years more Of improvement at
the same rate as since the armistlce
would restore the 1913 volume Of
shipping In German ports even If the
future improvement should be brought
about by other than German shipping
concerns, as has been the case In the
last two years. But 1t would not be
surprising If in the next two or three
years not only the normal tonnage
movement should be restored, but
likewise through Increased output by
German shipyards and through joint
ownership and charter abroad Ger
many should again acquire control of
fully as much as the old 5,240,000
tons and regain substantially the
same maritiSe position as in the
prosperous days of her pre-war mer-
chant fleet.
The New York herald., 1921-05-04
Apparent Luck.

To THE New York HERALD. True,
there is no such thing as luck, but there
is no use telling II to a horse when you
drive him on an Erie fcrryboat behind
a load OF hay. lie can't see IL your
way. H. IA. Burns.
NEW yoRK. May ..
The New York herald., 1921-05-04
Renewed Activity Of an Interesting Patri.
otic Society.
From the Army aud Navy Journal

From the Army aud Navy Journal.
As a result OF campaign conducted by
tho executive committee of the Aztec Club
of tSsT there has been a marked Increase
of interest in the organization and In its
membership within the last few months.
In furtherance OF this idea Rear Admiral
Charles J. Badger. u. 8. NJ. president OF
the club. delivered nm address before the
thirtleth Continental Congress of tho Daugh-
tsrs OF the American Revolution. in which
he gave a history of the organization, re-
ferrlng TO the associated organization com
posed of women relatives OF the officers
participating IN the Mexican war. the
Guadalupe Club
The club calls attention TO the fact that
next year the club win celebrate the sew
enty-ffth anniversary of its organization
and before that time our list should he COM
plete SO that when the roll is called there
will be on II living member TO answer to
each honored name" The secretary OF tho
Aztec Club of 1s47 is Colonel J. r. Rev
noids Lands. y. s. A.. 1913 Twenty-first
street. n. W.. Washington. y. G.
The New York herald., 1921-05-04

Association recently held health week
in China and this showed what could be
done in the way of preventing illness II
organizations would cooperate toward
this end. The Young Mems Christian
Association and the Young Women's
Christian Association expect to build
schools and hospitals In northern China
Mrs. James asked for funds for the
World Council to carry on this work.
The New York herald., 1921-05-04
An Efficiency Exncrf

From the Kansas CITY Star.
Say, looky yur, LocvIndyi' spoke Gap
johnson OF Rumpua Ridge, Ark. after an
extended period OF cogltation. what sort
OF an idy would II be to paint the bsby's
face once In . while instead of washing
II no oftenr
The New York herald., 1921-05-04
PUBLIC LECTURES TONIGHT.

MANHATTAN AND THE BRONX.
"caius Gracchus,' by Henry II. Klein. at
Cooper institute, Eighth street and Fourth
1T. s. and Mexico" by Prof. Nelson r.
Mead ph ~, at Townsend Harris Han. g.
Q. ~. Y, 13sth street and Amsterdam ave-
'srne Book OF the Hour" Japan and the
California Problem tby I iyenasal. by
prof J. O. Garter Troop, Ph. ~. at ". Y.
p L.. Forty second street and With avenue.
International Trade RelatisIs, by Dr.
Samuel MacClintock. at Pubiis school 101,
..,The Tavern" by DR.. Henry Rose. at
Central Jewish Institute. ~ East Eighty
fifth street. stereopticon views.
George G. Flint, at Hunter College. Sixty
eighth street and Lexington avenue. Songs
'.iIeaith-auccess. =. by Miss Doris poscher.
at Y. ~. G. A.. Harlem Branch S West
i25th street Illustrated by physical culture
demonstrations.
Cairo and the Valley OF the Nile." by
Harry G. Ostrander. Mt Public School AZ.
Brown place and 13d,h street. Tho Bronx.
Coorcd stercopticon views.
From Cairo 70 Cape by Airplane." by
Misc Ida v. Simonton, Mt Public school ~,
ieGth street and Balnbridge avenue. -
bronx. Stereop'icon Views.
Theodore Roosevelt the American" by
James l.. Bnllagh. at Public School Al. RAN
dolph street. st. Lawrence avenue. The
Bronx.
BROOKLYN.
american Figure Painters" by Ernest
Enaufft, at Maxwell Training School, park
place. west of Nostrand avenue. Stercopti-
con views.
PROBLEM OF Land. Labor and Transporta.
tion." by Mrs. Mary r. Lease at Public
School 3, Tillary and Bridge streets
"Alaska." by Miss Victoria Hewitt. al
Public School i67, schenectady avenue and
Eastern Parkway. stereopticon Views.
'Wondersui Valley OF tho Amazon, Part
O." by J. ~. Mulrhead. Mt Public School III
Ridgewood. Lincoln ana Nicho1s avan,,.s
stereopticon views.
The Associated Press is exclusively e5iitiea
The New York herald., 1921-05-04

There are thousands OF young men
who know that the world has been
perfectly reconstructed now that J..
FRANKLIN BAKER Is again at third base.
The New York herald., 1921-05-04
Our Merchant Sailors.
Nearly One-third Of the Crews Of
American Ships Are Natives,

The Department OF Commerce gives in
its Reports of April 2S list Of the
nationalties of the crews of American
merchant vessels as follows