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The New York herald., 1921-02-24
Bicycle Race Abuses.
Another Contest Planned, Though the
Sport Is Threatened.

To THE NEW YORK HERALD: The So
called sport of six day bicycle racing is
threatened by an ordinance recently in
troduced in the Board of Aldermen for
the purpose Of eliminating what are
said to be brutal and obnoxious fea-
lures of the races. Chief Of these is
that which requires a rider to be on
the track twelve out of twentyfour
hours. The use Of drugs to stimulate
the riders also Is referred to and the
intimation that the buildings In which
the races are held serve as rendezvous
for the rougher elements Of the city's
population is made.
Naturally there are differences of
opinion regarding the ordinance. One
thing certain is that II these contests
are abolished by the drastic terms Of
the measure now pending the promoters
have themselves to blame. Up to few
years ago only one six day race was per-
petrated on the public and those who
don't look upon 1t as a sporting event
took the view that it was something that
must be endured But there was no op-
position to ii and it came as regularly
as taxes.
A few years ago, however. certain pro-
moters decided that the public would
support two races a year. And in JUS
tice to the intelligence of the promoters
1t should be said that the public did.
Even then they were not satisfied, Judging
from the fact that while this city already
has had two races this season plans are
being made for a third one. There are
rumors too that fourth will take place
little later HIGH WHEEL
NEW YORK. February 23.
The New York herald., 1921-02-24
ut Is Me-"
The Expression Called an English
IdiOm Of French Origin.

To THE New York HERALD: The
Superintendent OF Schools In Cook
county. Illinois. is right. TT is T.
sounds stilted and 'is outlawed by COM
mon usage" The reason La that the ex-
preston 1T is me" is a real English
idiom.
Every idiom rests upon some histori-
cal cause. II we can only trace 1t up
to It's source. In this case the historical
origin Is so plain that any war veteran
might guess II. The expression grew out
Of the close contact of English and
French in the centuries succeeding the
Norman conquest. and 1T Is me" is sim
ply translation of the French phrase
"C'est moi"
Grammar will certainly kill the ex-
preston TT Is me-" but II wiz take
some time. Grammar is always prey
ing upon the ldIoms ss the language (;
grammar is always promoting regular
lty, logical order and conventionality.
and. alas. grammar is always destroy
Ing some natural beauties of the Eng
lish language. ID. SIEBRANDTs.
New YORK, February %.
The New York herald., 1921-02-24
Checks Not Deposited.
An Inquirer Surprised at the Automo
bile Bureaus City Office.

To THE NEW YORK HERALD: Mr..
Lyons. Secretary of State of New York,
is reported to be opposing the Govern
or's suggestion of removing the auto
mobile bureau from the jurisdiction of
the State Department. / would like to
offer one reason in justification OF such
removal.
/ mailed application for registration
of my automobile on January IL, ac-
companying the application with a check
for the amount due. on February II,
a month later. not having received my
number plates and the check not having
been presented at the bank for pay
ment, / called at the branch office of the
automobile bureau In West Sixty fifth
street to ascertain If the application and
check had been received there.
The lady who presided at the informa-
tion window advised me not to worry
about 1t. as my check had probably not
been deposited for collection. Upon my
expressing surprise at the idea of hold
ing a check more than n month before
collecting she affably informed me that
they were holding a huge pile of such
checks. indicating the size of the pile
by holding her hand about FIVE feet
above the floor, and intimated that
evidently did not realize the tremendous
volume of mail received every day by
that Office.
II the statement of this lady is ac-
curate the lack of ordinary business
judgment shown is enough to justify
an investigation of the New York city
branch of the automobile bureau.
New York. February 23. G. F. NJ.
The New York herald., 1921-02-24
Take a Speck OF the Map.

Not since the discovery that there
was no Crocker Land have the geog.
raphers run into such a tragedy of
the maps as is indicated by the news
from the ship Carnegie
The Royal Company Islands, on the
map for seventy years, do not exist.
At least the Carnegie, sailing over
the water In which the islands were
charted, saw nothing of them. So
you may as well take your atlas and
delete the speck which appears in
the blue about 700 miles south of
Tasmania.
The Crocker Land myth is attrib-
uted to one of those mirages which
abound In the Arctic. The observers
aboard the Carnegie suggest that the
British skipper who put the Royal
Company Islands on the map was
deceived by icebergs, which In
the dark Antarctic often resemble
Islands.
Suppose that the Royal Company
Islands had been German instead Of
British, and that, In the division Of
German possessions at Versailles, they
had been awarded to one Of the Allies.
Would the recipient have any redress
now that the non-existence of the
islands has been announced? But
perhaps when you take something "as
Is" you also take it "as isn't"
The New York herald., 1921-02-24
Reformed War.
Battles Might Be Fought by Cable
Like the Recent Rifle Match.

To THE NEW YORK HERALD: The rifle
match which was shot by cable and re-
suited in a decisive victory for Yale
suggests the question, Why not settle
international disputes In the same way?
Small armies could De mobilized on
the coasts and at cabled orders would
commence firing at paper targets. rep
resenting battleships anchored three and
one-half miles out. These would soon
be destroyed. resulting in a drawn bat
tie. Then the question between con-
tending forces would be referred to some
neutral tribunal for final settlement.
Many advantages OF this system will
at once occur 70 the thoughtful reader,
not the least of which would be that
the troops not firing on Tuesday could
spend that day at home with their fanr
lilies. Then they would report for bat
tie on Wednesday by early morning
commuters trains This method to be
carried out until every one was satisfied
and good time would be had by all.
WILLIAM Corr.
NEW York. February 30.
The New York herald., 1921-02-24
Justice to the Peanut.
Easily Digested and of Real Nutri-
tive Merit as q Food.

The statistics of the peanut crop in the
United States. as a writer In the Journal
of the American Medical Association
says. attest the growing popularity of
the product. For many years peanuts
were eaten essentially as extra foods,
like candy and other sweetmeats. Latterly
they have begun to claim a moro
substantial place In the diet. Under the
appealing designation Of peanut butter
the ground peanuts are finding wide
spread use as a palatable, wholesome
food
Peanut oil is now expressed in large
quantities from shelled peanuts and has
received commendation. From the re-
sulting press cake peanut flour has
been prepared by grinding. Peanuts are
unusual In containing a considerable
proportion of protein along with both
fat and carbohydrate. Water soluble
vitamine is also not lacking. Experts
in the office of home economies at the
United States Department OF Agriculture
have shown that the nutrients of pea
nuts are easily digested by man. Johns
and Finks of the same department have
given an added worth to the food by
demonstrating convincingly the high
physlologic value of the peanut protein.
Various investigators have demon
strated that bread made from wheat
-four Of current composition is made
quate as the only source OF protein In
the diet The Government workers have
found. however, that bread made with
a mixture Of twenty-five parts Of pea
nut -four and seventy-five parts of wheat
-four furnished adequate proteins for
normal growth OF experimental animals.
The proteins OF the peanut bread were
utilized for gain almost twice as well
as those contained in wheat bread. This
does not mean that the familiar staff
Of life should be abandoned or regu-
larly diluted with peanut -four; 1t does.
however. put a stamp OF real nutritive
merit on a food product that many a
physician still thinks OF solely In terms
of a trouble maker for digestion.
The New York herald., 1921-02-24
Blind Bravery.

1t Is impossible not to feel a glow of
admiration for the veteran comedian
BEN WEIGH, who, though certain of
lifelong blindness, burned up his ac-
cident insurance policy and deter
mined to keep on maintaining himself
by his own efforts. OF the misfor-
tunes that may befall the individual
blindness is less lamentable only than
loss Of life and loss of mind. 1t
strikes both at the material interests
and the capacity for enjoyment. Gen
orally 1t means both isolation and
dependence.
When WEIGHS vision departed a
month or so ago and the doctors told
him he would never see again because
of impairment Of the optic nerve he
took the sentence of darkness with
cheerful courage. He continued to go
on the stage nightly, playing his part
as leading comedian in Jimmie" with
such spirit and humor that his audi
ences were unaware of his affliction.
This was in Washington. He still
travels with the company, and toward
the close of last week in Providence
he made the crowning demonstration
Of his courage and Self-reliance. His
policy gave him an option of $4,000
cash, but he would have had to stay
idle for year to win it, or S75 week
OH condition of doing nothing for the
rest of his life. He preferred to take
his chance of continuing to act and
thus to support himself. In the pres
ence of friends and the Mayor Of
Providence the policy was burned by
his order, on the day of It's expiry, to
prevent renewal.
Whether or not the act was rash
beyond justification In the economic
sense is a question that every one VIII
decide his own way. However that
may be, the indomitable spirit Of the
man is a fine example to all who are
In difficulty and an encouragement to
those in danger of lying down under
the buffets Of fate. Truly WEIGH
shows to all that no calamity can
wholly cast down the man who has
bravery and resolution and that the
way to fight and triumph over fate is
to face it cheerfully and keep on do
Ing. Hope and opportunity reside for
each man In his own soul and not in
The New York herald., 1921-02-24

there Is more gold and silver in India
than at any previous time, but it is
hidden away where 1t cannot be used
to take up the trade deficit.
japan has kept her gold reserves
we'll centralized. At the end of 1920
the total gold holdings of the EN-
pire were 2,1S3 100000 yen, of which
1,107, 100000 yen was held at nome
and 1,076,0O0,000 yen remained on de-
posit abroad, both under control
either of the Imperial Government or
the Bank of Japan.
In these figures lies the explanation
of the steadiness of the japanese yen
In the money market despite the un-
favorable trend Of japanese trade.
With more than two billion yen or one
billion dollars in gold at her COM
mand, and millions of yen in foreign
investments not represented In the
gold holdings, Japan had little diff
Guilty In dealing with an unfavorable
balance Of trade amounting to less
than fifth of her total gold and only
about 40 per cent. of her foreign gold
holdings, the latter ready for instant
use to finance foreign commitments.
Japan has not by long odds escaped
severe hardship from the worldwide
depression, but her comparative finan-
cial stability and the strength of her
currency in the foreign exchange mar
ket despite her short career in world
finance are the strongest kind Of
argument in favor Of centralized gold
reserves and large foreign investments
for nations engaged in world trade.
The New York herald., 1921-02-24

Gen. John J. Pershing. Senator William NJ
Calder and DR.. David Jayne Hill will speak
AZ the twenty-second annual dinner of the
Society of the Genesee in honor of United
states Senator James w. Wadsworth, Jr.,
Hotel Commodore. 7 =. NJ.
Senator Irvine L. Lenroot of Wisconsin
and Mayor J. Hampton Moore of Philadei-
phia VIII speak at the dinner of the Bronx
Board OF Trade. Hotel Astor. 1880 p. M.
University or Virginia Alumni Association
OF New York. dinner. Plaza Hotel. 7 p. NJ
Malor-Gen. Robert l.. Bullard will review
the Seventy-first Infantry Regiment in the
armory: Park avenue and Thirty-fourth
Broad Street Hospital Training School for
Nurses, reception and dance. Ritz-Carlton.
Brooklyn Teachers Association. rally, Max
wen Training School for Teachers Park
place near Nostrand avenue. Brooklyn. 8
Lenten Sewing Glass of the New York
Nursery and Child's Hospital. meeting. 90
T Li,,sg stpees & u ,iS a.
citai under the auspices OF the Cultural
Federation. wadeigh High School. Seventh
avenue and 115th street. $3.50 p. NJ.
Mrs. Corinne Roosevelt Robinson and Mar
tin G. Ansorge Will speak at a mass meet
ing in st. Marks Methodist Episcopal
High School teachers Association, open
meeting. Washington Irving High School.
Irving place and Sixteenth street. 4:15 p. NJ.
Teachers Union. meeting, Civic Club, u
West Twelfth street. 4:15 P. NJ.
Benefit entertainment for the Wellesley
Endowment Fund Association, Hotel Nc
Alpin. r. NJ.
DR.. VIII Durant win lecture on ''Hypnot-
ism at Broadway Casino. 700 Broadway.
Brooklyn, $3.50 p. NJ.
Corporation Counsel John p. O'Brien will
speak Five Cent Fare-No More"
osceoia Club. 1896 Park avenue. 40 p. NJ.
Republican Club of the Seventh Assembly
district. dance, Hotel Pennsylvania. 1880
p. NJ.
Young women's Hebrew Association. an
nual meeting. 81 West 10th street, z. NJ.
Anthroposophical Society. meeting. En-
gineering Societies Building; s:i5 p. M,
trated lecture on THE Palace" Metropoli-
tan Museum OF Art. $3.50 p. II.
B. r. Baumgardt Will lecture THE
Latin and the Sense of the Beautiful" Town
Hall, 113 West Forty-third street. II A. NJ.
Hittites OF SYRIA" Metropolitan Museum OF
Art. 4:15 p. NJ.
Linnaean Society OF New York. meeting,
American Museum Of Natural History,
Seventy seventh street and Central Park
League Of Catholic Women. luncheon,
Hotel Commodore, ~ 40 +. NJ.
Rotary Club. luncheon. Hotel McAlpin, IL 30
p. M.
Pennsylvania Wholesale Hardware ana
Supply Association. luncheon. Hotel Astor..
p. NJ.
Society of Independent Artiats. exhibition.
waldorf-Astoria, all day. .
Veterans OF the Seventh Regiment din
ner, Hotel Astor. p. M.
u s. 8. Tennessee, ball. waldorf-Astoria.
8 r. NJ. 80
,a,nment' Palm Garden. Lexington avenue
and Fifty-eighth street. 8 p. M.
University OF Virginia centennial dinner
In honor of Edwin ". Alderman, president
OF the university. Hotel Plaza, o'clock.
The New York herald., 1921-02-24
Daily Calendar
THE WEATHER.

For Eastern New York-Fair and
colder to-day; increasing cloudiness and
somewhat warmer tomorrow strong
northwest winds to-day, diminishing by
night.
For New Jersey-Fair and colder to-day;
temperature; fresh to strong northwest winds
For For NoTthern New Engiand-cloudy and
mucn colder to-day; tomorrow fair: fresh
70 strong west and northwest winds
For southern New England-Fair to-day
ana tomorrow; colder to-day; strong wsEt
and northwest winds to-day probably gales
ON the south coast.
For Western New York-Cloudy and some
what coioer to-day, with snow flurries. to-
morrow unsettled and warmer. probably
snow.
WARRINGTON. Feb. 23.-The disturbance
uat was central over Lake Superior last
night moved eastward with increasing In
tensity and its centre was over the st. Law
renee. renee valley tonight This storm was at
tended by snow and gales In the region OF the
great lakes. rain and snow in the north At
iantic states and the Ohio Valley and rain
s,.. ~ ,ne middle Atlantic States and the South
states. digh pressure and generally fair
weather prevailed to-day over the western
nalt or the country.
the Atlantic States and tbers wss 'gner grner.sa az
rise In tho plains States and the Northwest
while colder weather overspread the region
OF the great lakes. Ohio and lower Missis-
sippi valleys End the east Gulf States.
Tne outlook is for generally fair weather
IN tne States east of the Mississippi River
tomorrow and Friday except that light snow
Is -, PROBABLE In the region of the great lakes.
Inc temperatur4 will be lower In the At
,anuc states tomorrow. while there will be
reaction to higher temperature in the up-
per lake region. the lower Ohio Valley, Ten
nessee and the east Gulf States Tomorrow,
ana almost generally east of the Mississippi
IHver friday. Storm warnings are displayed
port. N" " East
The New York herald., 1921-02-24
History Making Numbers.
IL Indians Count I'm Welsh Madoc
MAY Have Discovered America.

To THE NEW YORK HERALD: The let
ters from Mr.. vanderpoel and others
about those strange numerals bring UP
question regarding the ancestry or
early education of the Indians of the
Atlantic coast and II has been answered
by Welshmen, from the syntax OF nu-
meration and other linguistic peculiari-
ties. as proof that the legend of the
two voyages OF Madoc centuries before
either Columbus OF Norsemen and the
settlement by Welsh somewhere in the
United States Is more than a myth
II Mr.. vanderpoel found that his
search for the origin OF his mysterious
words led him toward the Pennsylvania
Dutch. the map Of that State shows
that William Penn's Quaker Welsh set
tied a stretch of the State Immediately
to the south. as shown by their town
names between, Gwynedd and Uwchland.
and thus Welsh numerals, and especially
Welsh syntactical methods In their use,
became common property. as youthful
curiosity always grasps and remembers
what is mysterious.
with the proviso that the letter u Is
pronounced In Welsh like In sin, but
with a slight tendency to become ee.
and that id has the sound of tn In
this-but not tn In thing-the similarity
In sound and arrangement Of Welsh
numerals and those of Mr.. Vanderpoel
and other correspondents is apparent. ]
take Mr.. Lovell's list:
The New York herald., 1921-02-24
The Feathered Columbus.

When Columbus journeyed forth
Twas quest beyond compare.
But the first bird dying north
Has a greater task TO bear.
Little canvas can he toss
To the mighty gales that blow;
Half world he has to cross
On the way that he must go.
When Columbus landed here
All was fresh that met his range,
But his little feathered peer
Must effect wondrous change.
Bud and blossom, leaf and song,
Hope and beauty he music bring;
To the world that waited long
Bring the new Transforming spring
McLANpBURGH WILSON.
The New York herald., 1921-02-24

statesman and a graduate of Annapo-
lis with naval training. And In
himself and In his life work with its
broad experience JOHN WEEKS ranks
high among our big men.
Mr.. HUGHES, Mr.. MELLON, JOHN
WEEKS and HERBERT HoovER-these
four go far, very far, toward bring
ing the Harding Cabinet up to first
rate average with the Cabinets of a
good many years
The New York herald., 1921-02-24
ORIENTAL RUGS ON VIEW.

A foreign collection of Oriental rugs.
many of them antique. consigned for sale
Mt auction by w. III. Iversen. Is now on
view at the Plaza Art Rooms, No. 8
East Fifty-nlnth street, preparatory 10
its dispersal on Friday and Saturday
afternoons. One of the features is n
Keshon Tree of Life" rug, whose pre-
yailing tones are glowing old rose and
Persian blue. Another is a Herati peel
men OF the seventeenth century, with an
all over design. rich in conservative
greens and dull reds.
The New York herald., 1921-02-24
Rocky Road to knowledge.

From the PottsviHe upu.) Journal
man who was acting uueerly about the
rooms OF the local library last week excited
much comment. He was In search OF some
book OF reference but refused TO accept the
aid OF the librarian In his search. After
he had made second or third visit and
gone II was learned he was member Of a
debating society and had been chosen to
uphold the affirmative on the question:
Gould you and would you order the court
martial Of n soldier who saved the lives OF
tho members of his company by shooting
the company cook7'
The New York herald., 1921-02-24
ITALIAN ANTIQUES ON VIEW.

The collection of Italian and other
antiques and textiles formed by the
Princess Maria Carraccioio OF Naples is
on exhibition at the Clarke Galleries.
AZ and A East Fifty-eighth street. In
the collection is a library room of Louis
XIV. with painted mirrors, marble man.
telpieces and furniture conforming with
the period. There is a sixteenth CEN
tury Italian dining room, Gothic re-
ceptlon room. n sitting room of the
Italian sixteenth century and an Italian
Venetian living room of the sixteenth
century
The New York herald., 1921-02-24
Mr.. and Mrs. charles Welsh and Mrs.
Violin Recital Pieases.

Essay Mitnitzky gave his second violin
recital last evening at Carnegie Hall.
with Francis Moore at the piano. His
programme included Paganini's concerto
in D, with a cadenza by himself. and
several shorter numbers. In Handers
E major sonata he again played with a
large. pure tone and good technic. His
style was clear. IL little heavy at
times, and his intonation excellent.
The New York herald., 1921-02-24
To Sing at Metropolitan.

Giulio Gatti-Casazza, general manager
of the Metropolitan Opera Company.
announced yesterday that he had en-
gagged the Viennese coloratura soprano,
Nine. Selma Kurtz. who is now In this
country. to appear in number OF per-
formanceS next season.
The New York herald., 1921-02-24

Senator HIRAM JOHNSON of Califor.
mia called on Mayor HYLAN yesterday
and announced that he already under
stood the traction situation here. Sen
ator JOHNSON is to be envied. A good
many New Workers. who have studied
II for years confess they do not un-
derstand the transportation problems
OF this town.
The New York herald., 1921-02-24
In the Windy City.

Rnlcker-It is all right in Chicago public
schools to say ''It Is me-"
Bocker--Then suppose Chicago's motto
IN "Me willi''
The New York herald., 1921-02-24

I'm full Of pictures OF the vernal time
That 80 exalts me,
But when 1 start TO put my thoughts
In rhyme
There's something halts me.
For with my glorious dreams of birds
and flowers
Come intervening
Sad visions of my good wife's awful
hours
or spring housecleaning
NATHAN NJ. Lew,
The New York herald., 1921-02-24
Hope for the Cow.

The cow-They are going to make syn
,hetc milk.
The Horse--Don't you worry; they haven't
made satisfactory hootch yet.
The New York herald., 1921-02-24
A Blow 20 Father.

shady Grove Correspondence in the De Queen
(Ark.) Bee.
Mr. ]. u. Jones was son struck Friday.
We understand the young gent has been
given the name, j. d. Junior.
The New York herald., 1921-02-24

The Associated Press Is exclusively entitled
TO the use for republication of all news des
patches credited to II or not otherwise
credited In this paper. and also the local
news published herein.
All rights Of republication Of special dss-
patches herein are also reserved.
The New York herald., 1921-02-24

welsh. Indian.
un cen
pedwar fether
8 pump flmp
10 deg dick
II un-ar-ddeK een-dlck
II pedwar-ar-ddeg fether-dick
is pumtheg bumper-dick
10 un-ar-bumtheg een-bumper
10 epedwar-ar-bumtheg fether-bumper
20 ugain
30 deg-ar-hugain
80 pedwar -ar-bumtheg-
Rr-hugain
40 deugain.
/ append a few Welsh numerals be
yond twenty so that II may be seen
the Indian numerals continue TO folio,
the Welsh syntax
EDWARD II. WILLIAMS. Jr.
WOODSTOCK. VT. February 81.