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ers of the United States will indeed
be fortunate in having access to such
potent strains of blood.
All the produce of Mahubah are by
Fair Play, son of Hastings and i'm
ported Fairy Gold, by Bend Or, and
they were bred by AUGUST BELMONT
at his Nursery Stud in Kentucky.
Each is the property Of different
owner, a fact which increases the in
terest in their turf and stud perform
ances. Man o. War is the property of
the Glen Riddle Stable, which ac-
quired him at auction as yearling
for $4,000. Playfellow is owned by
the Quincy Stable and cost $1,S00 at
private sale from A. B. HANCOCK, a
Kentucky breeder, who had bought
a number Of youngsters from Mr..
BELMONT before Man o. War showed
his greatness. My Play is owned by
the Xalapa Stable, which took the
foal crop at Nursery two years ago.
Mirabelle roams the blue grass pas.
lures Of her breeder in Kentucky.
Whatever the turf may hold in store
for her, she is priceless as a brood
mare prospect.
The careers of Playfellow and the
other descendants of Mahubah will
be watched with interest. Perhaps
this country is to have Perdita II.
of it's own!
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British Income Tax.
Regulations Concerning the Recov-
cry Of Disputed Payment.

To THE New YORK HERALD: You were
recently good enough to insert letter
from me on the above subject. and as
taking the liberty of writing you again.
! am now pleased to inform your read
ers that as a result of prolonged ne
gotiations with the Inland Revenue all
persons receiving income through a
British trust are entitled to recovery
of tax in exactly the same way as If
no trust existed.
The position of residents abroad in re-
lation to British income tax is, there
fore. as follows:
All British subjects can recover the
whole or part of any income tax de-
Quoted from their dividends, annuities.
rents &C.. for 1s20-21 and in future. tho
exact amount depending upon their total
income.
All Crown servants. serving or retired,
or their widows missionaries and per-
sons resident abroad for the sake of
health can claim as above for three
years back.
Every person abroad. British subject
or not, can recover the whole of the
tax deducted from British war loans or
Exchequer bonds, and foreign and Colo
NAL securities for three years back,
whether held in trust or not.
! shall be pleased to advise, without
charge. any of your readers who care
to write me exactly how any OF the
above claims should be prepared.
WILFREp r. FRY,
421 Strand, London. w. c. 2.
Tune
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ticular that marks the difference be-
tween failure and success. 1t is in
deed the eternal problem of the mer-
chants of smiles. To sit in delighted
contemplation of the stage oblivious
to the fact that there is any other
spot in the world marks triumph in
the world of make believe. The un-
easy distraction that sets the mind
OF the theatregoer to wandering un-
til the final decision Is flight from
the auditorium proclaims that the
play has failed. So the desire Of the
Shuberts to keep their audiences
seated until the end of the play is
easy to understand.
The first nighter may be late, for
there is the conviction of the spec
tator that having paid for his ticket
he may arrive when he chooses. 1t is
the same belief in his own right to
enjoy himself in the way he pleases
that will lead him to depart at the
first feeling of boredom. 1t Is of course
within the power of the manager to
keep him quiet. But to do that he
must entertain him or mystify him
or thrill him. Then he will not have
to appeal to his regard for the
rights of others.
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Five Horses and a Mule.

To THE NEW YORK HERALD: When I
first visited Australia. in 1862. was told
the story Of an Incident which happened
many years previously. A convict. hav-
ing accumulated fortune, obtained n
ticket Of leave, went to England and
was arrested in Hyde Park, London.
driving Ave horses and mule s 'dola-
ton OF law prohibiting six animals TO
vehicle privilege availed OF only by
a monarch.
Queen Victoria was on the throne at
the time. His ticket of leave was can
celled and he was returned to sydney.
but was not alive at the time OF my
residence there
Convicts In those days were and prob
ably still are spoken of as '1ags," and
I was cautioned to be careful in con-
versation, as there were many descend
ants of the unfortunates.
The citizens of New York had the op-
portmity Of visiting one Of the convict
ships, Success fitted with instruments OF
torture and original cells in the hold.
moored at North River pier few
years ago and subsequently taken to
San Francisco through the Panama Ca
nal. Sho was brought to this country
under her own sail for exhibition pur-
poses. WILLIAM a. STREET.
NEW York, June 13.
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EVENTS TO-DAY.
Flag Da,


The New York Historical Society and Sons
of the Revolution will formally present a
Liberty Pole to the city. City Hall Park.
Flag Day exercises. New York Lodge. No.
I. 3. P. o. f.. 1o3 West Forty-thrd street.
will speak at the Flag Day celebration Of
Brooklyn Lodge. 3. p. O. T., Fort Greene
Park; Brooklyn, p. N;
Gen. Robert L. Bullard will speak al the
special service of Grand Lodge. r. and A.
NJ, In commemoration of Flag Day, Ma
sonic Hall. 46 West Twenty fourth street,
f. H. La Guardia, President of the Board
of Aldermen, will speak at a meeting OF
West Side and Harlem patriotic societies.
Memorial Church, Broadway and Sixty sixth
street. s:15 p. M
Dedication of schiff Parkway Delancey
street. near Williamsburg Bridge. this af-
League of American Pen Women, inc.
luncheon In honor of Mrs. Claire Sheridan,
National Arts Club. Ia Gramercy Park.
National Tuberculosis Association. annual
meeting, Waldorf-Astoria, beginning at .
A. NJ.
Health review of staten Island school
children, Curtis High School Athletic Field.
New Brighton, 10 A. M.
Presentation of medals to school children
for writing Peter Cooper essays, Cooper
Union. p. M
The Priors. meeting. Van Cort'ardt Ma
nor House. van Cortlandt Park. IL .5O a. NJ.
Manhattan College, sxtv-eighth annual
commencement. exercises. at the college.
Spuyten Duvvil Parkway. 1880 =. M.
y. o. Detlefsen will speak on Inspections
and Audts of Branch Ranks at a meeting
Of the New York Society OF Accountants.
Inc. Rumford Hall, 30 East Forty-first
street. S:f3 p NJ.
Adeiphi Academy annual commencement.
Adelphi Hall. Clifton place, Brooklyn. s p. NJ.
New York Institution for the Instruction
Of the Deaf and Dumb. commencement. az
the institution. Fort Washington avenue and
t63d street. L. NJ.
Dinner in honor of John M. Richie, Ma
tional Democratic Club. Git Fifth avenue,
Z r. NJ.
Music Publishers Association. meeting.
Hotel Astor 10 A. NJ. dinner T. NJ.
American Flag Association. meeting City
Hall. 2 80 y. NJ.
Eastern Bar Iron Institute. meeting. Wal
dorf-Astoria. 0 A. NJ.
National Lime Association. meeting. Hotel
Commodore 10 A. NJ.
Theatre Owners Chamber of Commerce.
luncheon. Hotel Astor. 80 =. NJ.
New York State Master Butchers Asso-
citation. meeting, Hotel Pennsylvania. J; $50
p NJ.
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Flag Day.

Flag Day is observed on this date
because it was on June IA, 1777, that
JOHN ADAMS introduced In the Con-
tinental Congress a resolution de-
claring that ''the flag of the thirteen
United States shall be thirteen
stripes, alternate red and white; that
the union be thirteen stars, white on
a blue field, representing a new con-
stellation."
But the Flag Day exercises in City
Hall Park this afternoon will be
reminiscent of events antedating the
Flag. They will remind the partici-
pants Of the early American banker.
ing for freedom. The new Liberty
pole on which the Flag will be raised
to-day is the sixth of it's kind in New
York's history. The first was erected
to celebrate the repeal of the Stamp
Act in 1865. 1t became the centre
of the towns politics. 1t and three
Of it's successors were cut down by
the Kings. soldiers. A fifth pole re-
mained up until 1875. Now the sixth
of New York's Liberty poles is ready
for its flag; and this one will carry
the official Stars and Stripes, an
honor which its several predecessors
did not have.
1t is pleasant to think that this
town has not grown so big or so
thoughtless but that 1t finds the time
and the inclination to put up, In the
very place where the New Workers
of $50 years ago had 1t, this symbol
Of the peoples desire for liberty.
May pole stand in this historic
place, flying the precious Flag, so
long as Maine can send pine for
the topmast and Oregon spruce for
the mainmast!
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$6O7, ,442 Vassar Commencement Gifts
Largest Class in the History of the College to Be
Graduated To-day.

candidates by applying to hopeful vocal
lists and instrumentalists the process of
elimination in a series OF private audi
tions in Aeolian Hall.
In all there were 500 applications for
hearings and 500 were selected. Yes
terday twenty-six were heard and more
will have their additions to-day and Fri
day. Tomorrow forenoon will be de-
voted to additions for pianists and vio-
linists.
The tryouts will be continued on Mon
day. Wednesday. Thursday and Friday
Of next week. The possibilities" Sc
lected by the preliminary committee will
be heard In the Anal addition by another
committee of last resort, and from the
singers and instrumentalists passed up
to them will be selected six who will be
heard, one week. at the summer con-
certs In the Lewisohn Stadium. opening
July z. II the committee decides to ex-
tend the Stadium concerts to eight
weeks. eight soloists will be selected.
In tho 'tfnals." which will be held in
Aeolian Hall, the judges will hear. out
not see, the singers and instrumentalists,
as they will be hidden behind q screen
The purpose Is to select eoloists Of lesser
note, who will be heard In addition to
vocalists and instrumentalists who are
we'll known to the public.
The guarantee fund of $4,000 for the
Stadium Concerts is advancing, although
the fund is $4,000 short Of the desired
sum. The directing committee includes
Mr. and Mrs. Herbert L. satterlee, Mrs.
Charles r. Mitchell. Messrs. Henry l..
Wardweii, George Z. Chisholm. Joseph
NJ. Price, Walter II. Beer. R A Carter
and Lee Kohns, Mrs. Mark Ash, Mr.. J.
ID. Armitage. Mr.. Harry Jacobs. Mrs.
Eugenia Raphael. Mrs. John Moody.
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TUESDAY. JUNE "a. 1921.
The DENLY Performance.

Mr.. DESBY, Secretary OF the Navy,
has given the American people q
very poor performance in the Sims
incident. However far the great Ad-
miral. in the expression of his con-
victions with regard to hyphenates
rs such, wandered from discretion,
il is certain that Mr.. DENNY has wan
dered much farther.
The Admiral is a strong man ac-
customed to strong work. and men of
strength who think strongly and act
strongly express themselves strongly
In what he said he made no attack on
any individual, sought to belittle no
individual, to humiliate no individ-
ual. 1t would be quite impossible for
that illustrious sea warrior, the fore
most figure in all our naval activities
during the war, the terror OF the
German U-boats, to speak softly and
automatically of types against which
his whole soul revolts.
Mr. DENBY seems not TO have taken
into consideration the proprieties OF
the occasion; seems not to have
taken into consideration the stature
and the standlng OF the man he so
peremptorily ordered home; seems
not to have taken into consideration
the major part Admiral SIMS played
in turning the fortunes 6f war
against the Central Powers in the
dark days OF Allied desperation.
If Mr.. DESBY had despatched that
peremptory order to a callow lieu
tenant having as yet to his credit no
great achievement. and this young
lieutenant was already booked to sail
in three days, the Secretary OF the
Navy would still have committed
an offence against good taste and
fair dealing in the eyes of the Ameri-
can people. But to have done such
thing to a man like Admiral SIMS is
unthinkable and objectionable.
To make the matter worse, IL is
fact that there was no boat sailing
on which Admiral SIMS could have
sailed at an earlier date than the
boat on which he was already booked
TO come, and this the Secretary of
the Navy knew full well or should
have known full well.
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APPEALS FOR OLDEST
METHODIST CHURCH
Bishop Objects to Moving of
Philadelphia Edifice.

PHILADELPHIA, June 13.--An iiupas-
stoned appeal not 10 deface historic St
Georges Methodist Episcopal Church.
the Oldest church of that denomination
In America, by moving Il from Its pres
ent site to make way for the proposed
s2s.000,000 bridge between this city and
Camden, n. j., was voiced to-day by
Bishop Thomas B. Neeley at the first
public hearing of the Bridge Commits
sion
Should tho engineers carry out plan
to have tho Philadelphia terminus at
Franklin Square, st. Georges Church
would be included In property that
would have to be condemned. Bishop
Neeley scoffed at a suggestion that the
church would be moved safely Ia another
and more popular part of the city.
The graves of some OF Philadelphia s.
earliest settlers are located In the cemc-
terry surrounding ST. Georges Church.
The Franklin Square site was favored
by Mayor Moore. the Philadelphia
Chamber of Commerce and other buai-
ness organizations.
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Late Corners at the Play.

The Shuberts have set out to re-
form the first nighter. They want
him to arrive at the play on time.
The usual first representation OF a
theatrical production in this city's
playhouses begins half an hour or so
later than the time set. Often the
spectators are lounging in the lobby.
Sometimes they are tardy in reach
ing the theatre. On another occa-
sion the performance is in a state
of unpreparedness. The playgoers
who arrive punctually on these fre.
uuent occasions are compelled to
wait until the impresario is ready
10 show what he has invited them
in 60 watch. During the years OF
complaint against the delay in rails
ing the curtain no manager has ever
had the courage TO open the first act
at the appointed time. The first one
to make such punctuality a rule OF
his playhouse would not have TO com
plain of any delay on the part of
his patrons.
Unfortunately this reform affects
only the audience, the managers and
the actors concerned I'm first repre-.
'sentations. They are not prepon-
iderating part of the community.
Whether they are kept waiting or
not causes no deep concern to citi.
,zens at large.
The Shuberts are also seeking to
keep spectators in their seats until
the final fall of the curtain. This
,object Is not exclusively their own.
There is not a manager, author or
star who has not felt keenly this
same responsibility. To keep the
audience I'm IT'S seats is. as it were,
4. the main object Of their efforts. II
n what they accomplish In this par.
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Special Despatch to THE NEW York HusASp.
PoUoHKEEPsIE, June 13.-Several thou
sand persons looked on to-day as the
twenty-four most beautiful sophomores
OF vassar College fitted across the cam
pus with the famous daisy chain as
part of the annual class day exercises.
Coincident with the exercises was the
announcement of cash gifts to the col
lege amounting to s6o7.442, of which
$500, 900 was conditional gift Of the
General Education Board and $4,000
from the Carnegie Foundation.
Miss Anne Goss of New York city wns
chairman Of ths exercises, which began
at half-past ten In the morning and con-
tinued until late this evening. Ten
classes held alumna reunions. the Oldest
OF which was the class Of II, of which
it was the fiftieth. The outdoor play.
"If l Were King" which was to have
been held last Saturday night, was pre-
sented this evening in the outdoor
theatre.
The class luncheon was held In the
student building at / o'clock and ex-
ercises in the open air theatre fol-
lowed. These consisted Of pageant
tellnS IN songs ana uahces the mo-
tory of the class. The players were
dressed In varicolored gowns One
scene presented was the search for a
pot of gold at the end Of the rainbow.
During the exercises fellowships were
awarded to Misses Harriet White OF
Richmond Hill. L. L.; Dorothy Barck
of Brooklyn, N. Y: Clara +. Cheney
OF Fort Edward, Elizabeth Larsen OF
Now London Conn; Amy Dawson OF
Brooklyn, Clifford Sellers of Montclair,
N. j.; Katherine Ogden of Ithaca. Vir-
ginia Butler of Bridgeport. Elizabeth
Hincks of Cincinnati. Ohio: Anita Mar
burg Of Philadelphia, Ruth Monroe OF
Chicago, Elizabeth r. Abbott of Provi-
dence, r. l.. and Ruth M. Sternberg
Of Frewsburg.
The commencement exercises will be-
sin In the chapel tomorrow morning
The largest class in the history of the
college will be graduated.
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Needless Deaths.
tuberculosis Is an Enemy Which
May BE Eliminated.

To THE NEW YORK HERALD: Needless
deaths"-certainly two very striking
words. Yet they apply. with sadly sig
nificant truth. to tuberculosis conditions
in this city.
As matters now stand, out OF all the
thousands who die here in New York
each year at ages 25 to IS years more
than one-quarter succumb to one disease
alone; and that one disease is tubercu-
losis.
Readers Of THE NEW York HERALD
will no doubt be shocked to think Of
this large, steady death toll as being
needless. Yet SO It is. We say need
less" because tuberculosis is prevent
able; and anything that is preventable
certainly need not exist.
tuberculosis in this or any community
means simply the existence Of bad hous-
ing, poor or insufficient food. lack OF
fresh air, overwork and too little rest
These should not be. In time they will
not be. And in that day and by that
act tuberculosis itself will not be--and
thousands Of valuable lives will no
longer be a needless sacrifice.
Our work Is remedial, of course, to the
extent of coping to our fullest ability
with conditions as we find them. That
effort must assuredly go on. But our
work is educational likewise. We try
to point out not only the effects OF this
scourye but It's source as we'll. and thus
to wipe out that source, so that in time
II will no longer sully our civilization.
To be sure tuberculosis has latterly
shown a decrease here. That Is most
gratifying, most encouraging. But this
decrease has a double value. 1t not only
calls attention 10 what Is being done,
Il points to what may yet be donc-to
what. indeed, must be done.
Ceaseless, intelligent effort is the an
swer-effort that holds steadily onward
without abatement In the crushing of
this scourge We do all we can. bNt
the task IL yet very great in checking
these yearly thousands of needless
Deaths
For the good of New York. therefore,
we shall be glad to give helpful infor-
nation to all who may inquire OF us.
New York TUBERCULOSIS ASSOCIATION.
10 East 39th street.
NEW YORK, June 13.
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Perhaps Another Man O War.

Offers of 100000 have been made
for the tbree-year-old colt Playfellow,
whose chief claim to distinction until
recently rose from the fact that he
is a brother to Man o. War. The
colt was too big and undeveloped as
a two-year-old to show his best form.
but within the last two weeks he
has found his legs and has won
twice in fast time.
That he is a colt of merit is ap-
parent; that he is another Man O.
War is improbable, for that horse
gave ample evidence of his invincible.
qualities not by the winning Of races
but in the easy manner in which he
galloped his opponents into the
ground and set new records without
being called upon for his supremest
efforts.
The turf has few examples Of
brothers being great performers. A
notable case was that Of Persimmon,
Diamond Jubilee, Florizel and Sand
ringbam. They we're all by st.
Simon out OF the famous mare Per.
dita H.. by Hampton, and they were
bred and owned by the late King
EpwARp VII. then Prince OF Wales.
Persimmon won the Derby, st. Leger
and Jockey Club stakes, as we'll as
other good races, and he was after
ward as great in the stud as OH the
race course. Persimmon's Derby
was in 1896. His brother, Diamond
Jubilee, scored in the same classic
in 1899. He was purchased for the
Argentine for si51 200. lie too has
been a stud success. Florizel was a
fair performer, while Sandringham
also won races.
It is tribute to the blood of
Hampton in the female line to find
n close up in the pedigrees of Man
o. War and his brothers and sisters.
Mahubah. their dam, is a daughter
OF the Derby winner Rock Sand,
which AuGusT BELMONT imported
from England at cost Of $125,000.
She is out OF Merry Token, by Merry
Hampton. a son Of Hampton. Should
Playfellow, now a three-year-old; My
Play. n two-year-old, and Mirabelle,
now yearling, show anything like
the quality OF Man o. War the breed
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Public Defenders.
California Goes In for Another Ex-
pensive Public Officer.

To THE NEW YORK HERALD: The
movement to establish the office OF
public defender to represent INDECENT
accused persons has received fresh i'm
petus by the recent passage Of State
wide public defender bill by the Cali
fornia Legislature. The bill provides
for the election of a public defender in
each county and city OF California, after
the approval OF the local board Of su-
pervisors. This law will shortly be ef-
fective in nine counties In California.
population in that State.
It is important to note that this State
wide legislation was passed after eight
years successful demonstration of the
efficiency and economy of the Office Of
public defender in Los Angeles, and that
there was a very insistent demand by
the principal civic organizations in San
new law.
A vigorous effort will be made at the
next session of the New York Legis-
lature to establish the Office Of public
defender in various counties of this
State, and there is reason to believe that
the proposed bill will receive tho sup
port Of numerous civic bodies.
The old idea that the State can do
no wrong is no longer regarded as sound
by those who are giving thoughtful con-
sideration to our criminal court system.
Public defence is essential to protect
the legal rights Of those who by reason
Of poverty are unable to protect them
selves. Voluntary legal aid or charita-
BILE Intervention fails to meet the issue.
The presumption of innocence" re-
quires the State to defend as well as to
prosecute. The present system Of "as-
signed COUNSEL Is fundamentally wrong
from any angle.
The public defender will promote JUS
ticc. save expense. facilitate the dispo-
sition of criminal cases and give a real
significance to the doctrine Of equality
before the law" MAYER c. GOLDMAN.
New YORK, June 13.
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Battery Park Concert To-day.

The American Orchestral Society, OF
which Mrs. z. II. Hartman Is president,
announces a series of park concerts to
be given during tho noon hour twice
weekly during June. July, August and
September by one of the society's neigh
borhood orchestras, under the leadership
Of Jacques L. Gottlieb.
The concerts are continuation Of the
society's educational project of develop
ing orchestral players in ensemble, the
members being picked from the musical
groups which have been training under
the society's auspices in various sections
Of the city.
The concerts will be held on Tuesdays
in Battery Park, beginning to-day, and
on Thursdays in Madison Square
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Inside Report on the Bouck Whltn
Affair.

To THE NEW YORK HERALD: Our
neighbor Bouck White has put Marl-
boro on the map. not that he has
any interest in booming the place. It's
mountain has furnished him quiet
refuge from which TO send his red stun
TO the radical papers. MS coat Of tar
and feathers was a small price to pay
for all the advertising he has got in the
daily press.
Conservative people here consider him
a joke. but IL the reporters continue to
write him UP he will certainly blow up
with conceit.
He is a Red for revenue only. If the
people here fay him he will get all he
can for his hide. "There is method in
his madness" JAMES a. STAPLES.
MARLBORO, June 10.