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Sparkling Sky Splendors.
Venus, Jupiter, Saturn and Sirius i'm
the Evening Spectacle.

To THE NEW YORK HERALD: There is
Just at present an excellent opportunity
to scan and study the shining, sparkling
splendors Of the early evenings starlit
armament.
After sunset VIC behold and admire
the bright and beautiful planet Venus
In the west. Venus Is visible longer
than usual. setting about 9:24 J.. NJ.
However. we should look for her an
hour or more before her time sof set
ting. since she is likely later to be
hidden by roofs or hills. At twilight
Venus is rather high in the heavens.
After adriring Venus around half
past eight, we should search for the scin-
tillating sun Sirius. the dog star We
behold IL above the southern horizon
southeastwardly from the bright sun
Rigel at the bottom of the constella-
tlon orion. We should also study and
admire orion, whose three belt stars
point downward toward scintillating
Sirius.
Leaving Sirius and orion we behold
the planets Jupiter and Saturn in the
east. They are both situated against
the ornamental background Of the con-
stellation Leo, distinguished by n sickle
shaped outline Of six stars. Jupiter is
higher and much brighter than Saturn,
and Jupiter is much brighter than the
sun Rcgulus at the bottom Of Leo's
sickle. CHARLES MEYERS HOLMES.
NEWTON, Mass, February 21
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Facts for Mr.. Gompers.
Why Some Of the 100000 Unem
plOyed Are Out Of Work.

To THE NEW YORK HERALD: Samuel
Gompers is quoted as asking, why Is It
that Ave million Americans are out Of
work through no fault &C their own?" I
can answer this inquiry with reference
TO few Of the five millions.
Building materials have come down in
price from 10 per cent. to so per cent.
or an average Of over 80 per cent, but
the building mechanics refuse to accept
one cent reduction IN their wages.
] would like to build q small cottage,
but It is impossible to secure an estimate
from a builder which is not nearly 100
per cent. more than IL would have been
a few years ago, and therefore l am SIM
ply deferring the operation. This means
that work which would be given to a
few mechanics during the next season
will be deferred possibly for a year.
Multiply this case by the cases OF thou
sands Of other people in the same situa-
tion and you have accounted for very
large part Of the unemployment.
Houses must be built in order that
people may live, but unless prices are re-
duced the same method will be followed
by the public that has been followed in
the clothing and other trades, namely,
the refusal TO buy.
To paraphrase the Quaker's remark
we might say, "Everybody's prices are
high except mine and thine" The me-
chanics want all prices. including rents
TO come down except their own wages
and this is n condition that Is absolutely
impossible. HOME SEEKER.
New YORK, February 81.
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Avert a State Motor War.

Ii would be a serious misfortune II
q war of reciprocal arrests of auto
mobilists should be started between
New York and New Jersey, and
started over matter that should be
easily arranged. The threat is made
by WILLIAM y. Dill, State Motor
Vehicle Commissioner Of New Jersey.
He has taken up the cause. of DoUG-
LASS s. CoLYER of Nutley, who was
arrested in this city, locked in cell
and held in bail instead of being
summonsed for a violation of traffic
regulation the penalty for which was
only So fine
Mr.. CoLYER parked his car at some
forbidden spot near Broadway and
Forty second street. The policeman
who noted the crime insisted on TAX
ing him to station house and hav-
ing him detained because he was not
resident OF New York. But Com
missioner DILL holds that this sever
ity was In breach Of an agreement
between the States. He has written
to Chief Magistrate McADoo asking
that the officials responsible for the
arrest be disciplined and clear un-
derstanding reached that the sum-
mons shall be used In all cases OF
minor offences against motor regula-
tions. Otherwise, he says, he may have
to instruct New Jersey police officers
and motor vehicle inspectors to arrest
and lock up all New York automo-
bilists accused over there Of infringe
ment of laws or ordinances regulating
motor traffic.
Mr.. Dill points out that New
Jersey has always coorerated with
New York in enforcing the law, even
70 the extent Of cancelling New Jersey
licenses for serious offences on this
side OF the Hudson. 1t Is to be hoped
that speedy and distinct under
standing may he arrived at. Natu-
rally. New York must see that its
regulations are enforced as respects
ali who use the highways Of the State,
but this should he possible without
provoking the inconvenience involved
in merely retaliatory arrests in both
territories.
For motoring purposes the two
States are largely as one. Their citi-
zens mutually enjoy their facilities
Why should hard feeling and great
personal annoyance be caused by a
dispute that half an hours conference
and gentlemans agreement should
settle satlsfa ctorily?
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ana the Democratic. The National
ist An principle Is the most pro-
nouncedly reactionary of all German
parties. The Democratic the old Ger
man Liberal, upholds republicanism
because II fears monarchy might lead
to civil war and the Peoples puts
stress on the German idea as EN-
bodied in monarchy but has no plan of
restoration OF royalty. The Nationalist
is both Junker and Agrarian, and II
retains the old Prussian motto, with
GoD for King and Fatherland." But
II was not upon platform of de-
stroying republlcanism or Of restoring
monarchy that it won. but upon the
idea that 1t was best able TO secure
a satisfactory treaty adjustment from
the Allied Powers
The frequently expressed fears Of
extreme measures in one direction or
the other are not justified. There
will be, according TO all indications,
little change in the complexion of the
Prussian Government. The National
lists are not strong enough TO pre-
vail without sincere support Of other
parties, and support for the overthrow
Of the republic Is most improbable
under the present political alignment.
The principal Socialist organ Of Ger
many, ForicoGrts, thus disposes OF
radicalism: "The Bolshevist revolu-
tlonary swindle, especially in view
of the circumstances that four-fifths
of the total Socialistic vote is against
1t, resolves itself into Il frank dis
avowal Of Soviet IDEALS
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William F. McCombs.

No man, except Mr.. WILSON him
self. was more responsible than Will
IAN F. McCoMBs for putting WooD.
ROW WILSON In the White House.
Had it not been for this young law
yers enthusiasm over the Governor
OF New Jersey and his clever and un-
tiring work in Mr. WILSON'S behalf
before and during the Democratic ma
tional convention of 1912 it is not
likely that Mr.. WILSON would have
been nominated.
Mr.. McCoMRe was only 81 when he
became Mr.. WILSON'S Warwick. TO
many politicians Of that day, doubt
less TO Mr.. McCoMBs himself, II
seemed as If this ardent supporter
and manager must become the right
hand Of the new President. Mr.. VIII
SONS temperament was not then
thoroughly understood Mr.. Nc
COMBS did not take the place later
occupied by Colonel House He did
not win the seat in the Cabinet TO
which he aspired. All that came to
him as reward was the passing
glory of the Baltimore victory and
the hollow honor Of being nominaIly
the national chairman OF his party's
organization in years when the Presi-
dent himself was the party's leader
and dictator.
1t was one of the tragedies Of poll
ties that man Of such gentle ways
and good intentions as WILLIAM F.
McCoMBs should not have Jared IA
little better than he did.
The New York herald., 1921-02-23
Love end Freedom.

Sometimes / think my love may not be-
faiv
In that my heart would ask too much
81 you
being often prone to wear the rue
You who should always have the rose
for wear;
Your thoughts mount upward like the
morning air
Your spirit changes, Varied as the
dew
sun-touched. ana prismy and Of
charmed hue
AS is the rainbow, al ethereal stair
Sometimes fear that you might find
In me
A pain and sorrow that you should not
find
Whose soul should be as free as is the
wind
That comes and goes above a cloudless
sea,
That has no duh horizons marked
20 bind.
rte outward nights, saving inhnity
Crr~To~ scoibs-r
The New York herald., 1921-02-23
John Keats After a Century.

1t may well be said that JOHN
KEATS wrote his own epitaph in the
most quoted aphorism Of his poetry:
"A thing Of beauty is a Joy forever:
Its loveliness Increases"
At o'clock this afternoon, Roman
time-about 10 in the forenoon in
New York-he will have been dead n
hundred years. During this period
hrs star has risen from the clouded
horizon Of discovery by small admir-.
ing group to shining place among
the greatest names in the galaxy of
English letters.
The glory Of his work is not alone
n JOY to the world to-day, living
force in poetic thought and produc-
tion his character, his personality,
rescued from Misunderstanding and
malice by candid inquiry, no longer
depends for lustre upon his poetic
fame; 1t adds radiance thereto.
KEATs's repute as n poet famed up
untlmely end. 1t was steadied and
rationalized all through the Victorian
epoch by PALGRAvE, MATTHEW ARNOLD
and generation Of critics whose in
terest was stimulated by Lord HoUaH-
TONS biographical work. It attained
It's crownng tribute in the grudgingly
rendered but unstinted recognition of
SwINBURNE, who placed KEATS with
final authority in the front rank Of
those lowered with the love Of beauty
and the gift Of poetic expression.
There are, naturally. two John
Keatses in the poet who died 80 un-
towardly in his twenty-sixth year
the Keats who was and the Keats
who might have been. The Keats
who actually wrote had not fully
emerged from his apprenticeship. The
nature that he saw he painted with n
splendor Of view that clothed 1t in
celestial light; the image in his
Imagination he transmitted to his
reader with mastery Of words. n
perfect matching OF the thought and
phrase that even SHAKEspEARE has
hardly surpassed. AS his life failed
he was awakening to a new conscious
ness Of meaning behind material love-
liness, Of the richness Of humanity,
Of the divine mystery that wells itself
in exterior beauty. But his greatest
message was never written.
No poet means more to the intelec-
tual and imaginative life Of to-day in
it's broad aspects All poets have
their lovers and lovers OF poetry culti-
yate the whole great heritage of song.
But KEATS is the beloved both of the
adept and the amateur Of poesy. lie
is not only the poets poet" but the
women's poet, and the~po Of men
who love suhllmity interpreted I'm
music and light. Over and above his
own legacy Of verse he has lent OF
his spirit and his art to every English
poet who has followed him.
"Oh. weep for .Idonais-he is
dead walled SHELLEY with poignant
keration. Put who will weep for
\ him to-day? His figure after hun
drcl years star ls rot for failure OF
t'rrufiriency or ns symbol of Dc
The New York herald., 1921-02-23
The Prussian Elections.

The result Of the elections TO the
Prussian Landtag, which were held
Sunday, had been matter Of con-
siderable speculation both within and
without Germany from the beginning
OF the campaign. Even many of the
most active OF Prussian politicians
refused to make prophecies on the
outcome, processing to see, on the one
hand, q general sweep Of radicalism
which would open the way for Boil
shcvism. and, on the other, so strong
n reactionary sentiment as TO fore
cast the restoration OF monarchy.
The Communists, II is true. received
n larger vote than had been expected.
But MS most Of the members OF
this party refroined from voting at
the last general election there was
no means OF knowing the party's nc
tunl strength. The gains which II
mnde were at the expense OF the In
dependent Socialists, who were 80 di-
vided among themselves that IL was
difficult to know how generally they
accepted the paper platform Of inter-
nntionnlIsm and the introduction OF a
Soviet form Of government. The re-
turns also indicate that the moderat te
socialistic parties drew about the
same number Of voters from the Tn
dependents as did the Communists.
RadIcallsm has thus made no real
gain. The Majority Socialists, the
conservative socialistlc element, will
enter the Landtag with gain in seat
and an increased power in the conll.
tion government which will undoubt
edly he formed.
The other winner in the election Is
the Nationalist party II drew votes
from both Of the other two conScrva.
tive or bourgeois PARTIES, the PEOPLES
The New York herald., 1921-02-23

default on their share Of II, not to
mention the regular costs Of running
the government.
In addition to this huge burden of
debt, the man who follows the war
President has To battle with the more
elusive problems which result from
the eXtravagances Of war-the prob
lens Of unemployment, of living costs,
Of the depression that has to follow
imitation. of the various miseries that
come after debauch OF extravaganza.
or all the Presidents who succeeded
war Presidents, Mr.. HARDING will face
the most appalling mess.
1t embraces. besides. the heritage
of debts, unsound and destructive tax
alton which harries industry and bus
iness. There are as well the threaten
Ing floods OF imports which will sub
merge our home markets If not
damned ont but without which we
cannot expect 70 have our foreign
loans paid There are the Inflated
costs of production which menace
our export trade and expose our do
nestle trade to cheap labor competi-
tion from abroad There are the diff
ficulties and dangers Of the unsettled
exchanges. There are the clamor for
colossal bonus payments and the ma
tional transportation system ham
strung by labor working conditions
established under ruinous Govern
ment operation. There are the in
juries which the Powers collecting in
demnity from the German people
would infiict upon our rights and in
terests, the i'll feeling that is ex-
pressed against us because we are
unwilling to be taxed 10 help pay
that indemnity. the intrigueS that
are aimed ut us. the charges that are
directed against US.
II is, in truth, n sea or troubles
which the next President Ga the
United states will face as he takes
up his work on the fourth day OF
March.
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The Presidents Salary.
Other Taxes Besides That OH Income
i'm the War Revenue Act.

To THE NEW York HERALD: The
newspapers inform us that Mr.. Harding
must pay an income tax of $4,000 on
his salary as President but Mr. Wilson
was exempt from income levy on ac-
count Of the constitutional inhibition
against diminishing the Presidents sal
airy during his term of office. Would 1t
be unreasonable to suppose that the
intent and meaning OF such provision
was to prevent plain, out and out
reduction of salary-nothing more and
nothing less?
After Mr.. Wilson receives his salary
in full for year, without It's being di-
minished. has not the constitutional pro-
vision been complied with?
May we not inquire wherein lies the
difference in fact and effect. except as
TO amount, as regards a diminution OF
salary, whether Mr.. Wilson's bankroll
is lessened by payment OF an income tax
on his salary for the previous year or
by the per cent. internal revenue tax
on q new automobile. the 10 per cent.
tax on theatre tickets and the thousand
and one other taxes, all imposed by the
same revenue act?
In theory the President should bear
his share OF the burden Of taxation, but
in practice 1t might be well II he were
specifically exempted from paying an
income tax on his salary. unless it is
increased.
But, above everything else. let us
have due regard for the eternal fitness
of things. the love OF justice and a
square deal. and let us play no favor
ties. If our law does not permit of like
treatment in the cases of Mr.. Wilson
and Mr. Harding as regards the income
tax let us change the law.
]. II. NETTLEToE.
NEW MILFORD. Conn, February q.
The New York herald., 1921-02-23
Too Much Loose Thinking.
A Plea for More Facts in Discussing
Public Questions.

To THE NEW York HERALD We are
nation of sentimentalsts. We enjoy
our sadnesses 50 much so that we go
far to find unhappiness.
We sway with the strongest influence
Sf the moment, sway so far that we
attend TO our own several businesses
only In passing We constantly move,
but back and forth and seldom in these
days unnterruptedly on. A demagogue
predicts our doom because the working
man has become Bolshevist. lie is an
swered by another who also sees our
demise because the employer has become
an absolutist.
Factories close and the demagogues
tell idle men that it was not necessary
10 close the factories, but that the bosses
did so TO starve the worker into glad
acceptance of lower wages. Some of his
hearers may believe him. some may not.
but nobody takes the trouble to give
the worker cold, sharp cornered facts.
The demagogue says tits so, and the
employer replies 'taint So and so it goes
not q fact in million words.
The home nreside echoes with loose
thinking and misinformation about the
railroads, rapid transit, soldiers bo-
muses.. taxation. disarmament. the open
shop, President Wilson, the Japanese in
California West Virginia coal miners
troubles, the textile industry, unemploy-
ment and internationalism.
What Is II to the man who wants
work that Lenine has vel, turned
skull? What does internationalism mean
TO the family facing (evicton? OF what
interest to the industrious man who sees
his business dwindling and his fortunes
melting are the lamentations of the ex-
Kaiser? How concerned in the German
reparations is the widow who faces pow
crty because her few bonds and shares
have ceased yielding an income?
Let's stop swayine with every wind
Issuing from the mouth OF ignorance,
insincerity and falsehood. Let's deal
with facts! Let's take our courage by
the nape of its neck and march it up
to face facts-sociologi economic in
dustrial and political. Let's decide that
our enemies are potential comrades at
least let's give them the chance of prov
ing themselves one thing or another.
Let's stop the mouth of the factless
demagogue with straight questions,
briefly put in plain, sidewalk English.
America is all right IL she'll let her
self be. d.
NEW YORK, February 81.
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Tosca, Romeo ct Juliette' and ParsifaP
Miss r. isa Tosca, Mime. GalliCurci Juette and
Mime. Matzenauer as Kundry.

Two performances were given az the
Manhattan opera House yesterday In
the afternoon the opera was "Tcsca," p"
with Nine. Rosa Raisa in the name part,
Mr.. Hislop as CduurdGossf and Mr.. Bak-
lanoff as Scdrpid. Despite the fact that
il was a holiday. comparatively few per-
sons availed themselves OF the oppor-
tunity 10 observe Mime. Ralsa's imperso-
nation Of the Roman singer. Matters
were much better I'm the evening when
Romeo et Juliette" was repeated with
Mr.. Muratore and Nine. Galli-Curci az
the unhappy lovers.
At the Metropolitan a special perform
ance Of "Parsifal" took place In the af-
ternoon. The theatre was crowded with
typical "Parsifal" audience. which re-
ceived the performance as an inspired
message. Mr.. Sembach was the repre-
sentative of the pure fool and acquitted
himself with great credit Nine Matze-
nauer repeated an impersonation of
Kundry which is now familiar. Robert
Leonhardt was the Kln0sor. For him
opera In English had no existence, for it
was impossible TO tell what he said.
Messrs. Whitehill and Blass as ADijortas
and Gn1nemdnE were the other princi-
pals. Mr.. BodanZky conducted.
One Of the most notable audiences of
lilS OHlcdSo scdSOf was Indt oil I3SI
night for Romeo ct Juliette"
In one of the lower proscenium boxes
were Mrs, Charles 4. Hoffman and Miss
Marion Hoffman. Mrs. j. Frederic Tams,
Mrs Frederick Pearson. Mrs ]. Russell
Soley. Mr. Frank A. Munsey and Mr..
George Ledle.
Mr.. Willem Mengelberg, conductor
from The Hague was in the box with
Mrs James A. Stillman and Miss Muriel
Mccormick.
In another box were Mrs. Charles
Mather MacNeill. Mr.. and Mrs. Sidney
Whelan. Mrs. Herbert Shipman. Miss
Elsa Maxwell, Miss Fellowes Gordon
and Mr.. David Constantini
With Nine. Marcella Sembrich were
Mrs. Edward J. de Coppet and Miss
Jul!ette de Coppet
Among others In the audience were
Mr.. and Mrs J. Woodward Haven. Mr..
and Mrs. +. Gray Griswold, Mrs. w. 3.
Osgood Field. Mrs. Raymond T. Baker.
Mrs. William A. Jamison, Mrs. Newbold
Morris, Miss Daisy Hollins, Mr.. Wal
bridge 5. Taft, Mr.. Henry W. Taft, Mr..
and Mrs Rowland Davis Miss Dorothy
Bigelow, Miss Jeanne Faure, Mrs. How
ara Potter. Mr.. Harry Hardness Flag
ler Mis Mary Harkness Flagler, Mr.
Rutger Jewett, Mrs. Henry NJ. Alexan-
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Moiseiwitsch,s Piano Recital.

Benno Moiseiwitsch gave his second
piano recital of the season yesterday in
Carnegie Hail. That Il was Washing.
toms Birthday was brought to mind
by the handsomely drapped flags from
the proscenium arch; that 1t was a
holiday. by the mary men in the large
audience and the type of programme
offered. presumably in holiday spirit,
as it was lighter than this pianist is
wont to play. Chop.n's II minor sonarta
was preceded by Brahms's "Etude
d'apres Chopin" and eight of his waltzes,
then Schumann's toccata. Groups two
and three included shorter pieces by
different writer's and Liszt. Mr. Moi
seiwitschs performance delighted his
hearers and many repetitions were de-
rnanded. with two given. namely,
"Karelian" and "Finlandish" dance
by Palmgren.
There also were encores Mr. Moi
seiwitsch's reading of Chopin's sonata
was without greatest power. but there
were in Il fine dynamic shading and
clarity the largo was cxquisitely given
The player did some OF his finest work
in Brahmss watzes. while Schumanns
toccata suffered from some lack Of in
clsiveness,s as did also the "Grande Pre-
lude" Of Rachmaninov. Another toccata
in the list. by Nandor Zsolt, served for
o fine bravura piece and II was played
with excellent effect. MIR. Moiseiwitsch
is always an agreeable pianist TO hear.
as he 80 thoroughly understands what
he is trying to do at the keyboard and
he plays with 80 much ease of manner.
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horse to appreciate that it was an act
requiring considerable nerve.
Most OF these people / .have heard
spoken of by my elders. Some of them
have seen on the stage and one or
two I have known. Mrs Sharpe. Mrs.
Conway, Mrs. Vernon were all good
stock actresses of their time, and that
generally meant covering everything
from the finest shade of comedy to the
heavier grade OF tragedy. The Satur-
day night performance at all theatres
at this time was double: that is. two
plays, and in my time doors opened AT
7 and the performance commenced at
80 o'clock. and in the COS Saturday
was not fashionable night for the
theatre j. GARDNER BIET.
New YORK, February 21.
The New York herald., 1921-02-23
Italian ViOIinist's Debut.

Carlo Sabatini, an Italian violinist,
who has played in concert in Europe for
several years. gave his first recital here
last night IN Carnegie Hall. His pro-
gramme was hardly comprehensive one
for debut. 1t comprised Bruch's q
minor concerto, Wilhelmy's arrangement
OF Schuberts Ave Maria" beethoven )
"Kreutzer Sonata" for piano and violin,
and his own paraphrase on the "Ra-
koczy" march Mr.. Sabatinfs playing
showed him to be a serious and digni-
fled musician. In Bruch's concerto his
performance was varied as to merit. In
more difficult parts his technic and style
had insufficient finish and brilliance.
Also he had trouBle with the pitch. IN
slower sections his tone was good. there
was no little commendable knowledge Of
violin technics in general and his feeling
ives admirable. Francis Moore was at
the piano.