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The New York herald., 1921-12-26
Our Constitutional System.
Should Its Essential Principles Be
Changed BY New Amendments

10 THE New YORK HERALD: With
the President of the United States eug-
gesting to the Congress the thorough
consideration Of an amendment to the
Federal Constitution $50 as to end the
issue Of non-taxablc bonds" which must
Of course operate TO limit further the
sovereign powers of the States, and
Stuyvesant Fish urging the utility Of an
amendment which would permit tho
United States to levy a tax upon ex-
ports, It may be worth while to stop
and consider whether our experience In
changing the principles of our constitu-
tional system has been such rs to JUS
tify further experimenting for the pur-
pose of dealing with temporary condi-
tions.
"The love OF things ancient" says
Hooker, doth argue stayedness, but lev
ity and want Of experience maketh apt
unto Innovations" and so Il r. laid down
by the maxims of the common law that
every innovation occasions more harm
and arrangement Of order by its nov
city than benefit by its abstract utility"
and II we find on examination that this
is true of constitutions the thought may
suggest itself that, in the language Of
Jefferson, we should hasten to retrace
our steps and to regain the road which
alone leads to peace. liberty and safety"
The Constitution OF the United States
as 1t was offered to the people for rati-
fication through the instrumenta1ity OF
delegates chosen by the people of the
thirteen original States was, according
to Gladstone, "the most wonderful work
ever struck of at a given time by the
brain and purpose Of man." It was
balanced system Of government utiliz-
ing the thirteen existing States for the
purposes Of local and internal adminis-
tration. while embodying In the "su-
preme law Of the land" all those rela-
tions with foreign Governments and
with the several States which were
deemed essential TO that more perfect
union" which the designers had IN
view. It was a matter OF great delicacy
to subtract from thirteen independent
nations--for such they were declared to
bc by the Declaration OF Independence
and so acknowledged by Great Britain
in the treaty by which the war Of the
Revolution was brought to ciose-thc
elements Of sovereignty essential to the
rational character. whilo preserving To
the States the powers necessary to the
dignity and well being of the State and
it's inhabitants--and It Is safe to say
that no document In human history was
ever worked out with greater precision
of language.
Notwithstanding the fact that this
constitutional system was developed in
the immediate presence of Washington
The New York herald., 1921-12-26
Frank Duffy Built the House.

To THE NEW YORK HERALD: II. Roose-
velt ostrom is In error In saying Jack
Duffy kept an alehouse On Columbus
Circle. II was Frank Duffy who kept and
built the place. He was an old Thirteenth
ward politician. but was always on the
outs with the Tweed ring. then in power.
He always wore a red neclstie.
y. J. Duryr.
NEW YORK, December a.
The New York herald., 1921-12-26
EVENTS TODAY.

The Bohcmians. fifteenth anniversary din
ner. r, In honor Of Rubin Goldmark, Hotel
Bitmore. z p. NJ.
Dinner in honor of Harry Bolana, Hotel
McAlpin. p. NJ.
The y. M. C.. A. viii give a Christmas
party Tor men. Cooper Union, p. NJ
Federation for the Support of Jewish
Philanthropic Societies. exhibition and page
ant. Hotel Astor. s p. M.
Park Community Council. Christmas en-.
,ertainment and play by the Sunshine Club,
funlc school 81, Park avenue and Eighty
seventh street. s:15 p. NJ.
Ieta Beta Tau. convention, Hotel Astor,
all day: dance, 8 p. NJ
Handel Vocal Society. meeting, washington
Irving High School, Irving place and Six
teenth street, 8 p. NJ.
Peoples Liberty Chorus. concert, High
School Of Commerce. I55 West sixty-fifth
street. p. M.
Phi Sigma Tau Sorority, dance. Hotel
Commodore, s p. M.
British War Veterans. dance. Hotel Penn
sylvania. $40 p. NJ.
dore. p. NJ
The New York herald., 1921-12-26
PICNIC AT PrNEHURsT.

Special Dispatch to THE NEW Yonx HERALD.
PINEHuRsT. N. c.. Dec. 25--A four
horse tallyho attended by several riders
on horseback carried a group Of tho
younger set on a picnic party TO Chand-
lers Grove this morning. Those who
went by tallyho included Miss Clariesa
A. Metcalf. Miss Louise Emery, Miss
Peggy Lefilngwell. the Misses Way and
Messrs. Kenneth Heath. Glen Covert and
Hugh Somerville. Those on horseback
included the Misses jeanette and Theo-
dore johnson, Susan M. Jones. Ann M
Merrill, virginia Burrage. Helen Curtis
Mrs. r. q. Long and Messrs Henry
Swoope, Richard Stillwell and Freder-
iclt r. Harriso
The New York herald., 1921-12-26
A Dead Robbers Record.

Accepting as true the record pub
lished by the police Of the holdur
man who was killed on Friday night
after he had shot two detectives
there is a serious indictment of the
machinery of the law. There is also
a justification, In some part at least
of the complaint of the police that
their efforts to stop crime by catch
ing the offenders are nullif1ed. The
police record of the dead gunman is
so remarkable that we reprint It.
"On May 20. 1918, arrested for
burglary in New York county, sem
tence suspended; August 20, 1918.
sentenced to Elmira Reformatory in
General Sessions; July 25. 1915.
burglary. sentenced to Ave years but
paroIcd in General Sessions: March
10. 1915, burglary. sentence sas-
peatded In General Sessions Juno 10.
1915. burglary. four and one-half
years in Sing Sing; June %. sentence
suspended, concealed weapons charge
dismissed by Grand Jury; August Is.
1919, grand larceny. no disposition
September 16. 1919. disorderly con-
duct. sentenced to twenty days In the
worlxhouse; December %. 1919. ar
rested for robbery. 40 disposition;
April 15, 1920, arrested for grand
larceny. bail forfeited; April 27. 1890.
arrested for grand larceny. bail
forfeited"
There, according to the police rec
ord, was man arrested four times
for burglary, three times for grand
larceny and once for robbery. He
seems to have served one term OF
four and half years in Sing Sing
for one Of the burglary offenses. But
after other convictions he escaped
three times on suspended sentence
and once on parole. In the instances
where he was arrested but not
brought to trial he escaped twice on
mo disposition" and twice by for
feiting his bail.
The police appear to have done
their duty in the case Of this thug
Of many aliases and many crimes.
Detective MCCARTHY, who killed the
gunman after he was himself badly
wounded, did a particularly good job.
He effectually prevented any further
suspensions Of sentence, paroles, mo
dispositions" or jumping Of bail.
But what must the people Of New
York think of a District Attorneys s
ONCE which permitted the escapes
through mo disposition" of the soft
hearted Judges who turned this tiger
loose on parole and suspended sen.
tences, of the bondsmen who went
bail for this habitual criminal?
There has been too much Of cod.
ding and escape. Robbers must not
be let return to their work. The Dis
trict Attorneys Office, the courts and
the bonding companies should unite
to support good efforts on the part
of the police. To Sing Sing with the
thugs!
The New York herald., 1921-12-26

To THE NEW YonK HERALD: In the
early sos was employed on Peck,s
Sun In Milwaukee. One day George w.
nor OF Wisconsin. said to me: "Bili.
everybody around here seems to be
crazy but you and me--and sometimes
l suspect myscif--and you"
This may add interest to the inquiry
going on in your columns. w. F. H.
NEW York, December "a.
The New York herald., 1921-12-26
cHALIAPIN AT HIPpoDRoME.

The Hippodrome was besieged last
evening when Feodor Chaliapin. the dis
tinguished Russian basso, gave another
concert. The seats had all been sold
several days ago and tickets for stand
ing room were put on sale at o'clock.
The crowd eager to purchase them was
so great that eight policemen were
needed to handle IT.. and many were
turned away after all tho available
space was occupied.
AS Is his custom. Mr.. Chaliapin an
nounced the songs before singing them
For the first time since ne began his
series Of local appearances he was in
good voice and was able to sing with
boldness and with the full volume Of
his enormous tone. His singing was re-
ceived with loud applause and frequent
demands for repetitions. Mr.. Chaliapin
was assisted by Josef Stopak, violinist,
and Leo Berdichevsky. pianist
The New York herald., 1921-12-26

Rare birds imported into the United
States this year included two blue
birds Of paradise, four Count Raggi
birds Of paradise, twenty-one satin
bower birds, two New Guinea mynas
and rare toucans, parrots and other
species from South America. It will be
observed no Blue Birds for Happiness
are on the list. These are a domes-
tic product, successfully bred only at
home
The New York herald., 1921-12-26
Tooley Street Has q Plan.

To THE NEW YORK HERALD: Ono OF
the seven tailors OF Tooley street offers
to the United States the contents Of the
National Gallery and the British Mu-
scum in discharge of all British war
debts. W. o. DUNCAN.
ABERDEEN. Scotland, December 8.
The New York herald., 1921-12-26
WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS.

specidt Dispatch to THE New YoRK HppALn
WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS. W. Va, Dec.
25.--Mr and Mrs. Lawrence Lewis Of
81. Augustine, Fla, who are passing the
holidays at the Meadows with Mr.. and
Mrs. Thornton Lewis, entertained party
Of ten at dinner at the Grcenbrier last
night.
Mr.. Robertson Bliss. Assistant Secre-
tary OF state. and Mrs. Bliss. went driv-
ing this afternoon, going to the Pines at
Sunset Gap.
Miss Sarah W. Masters and Mrs.
Elmer W. Bliss of Dobbs Ferry, ". ",
will arrive tomorrow for a fortnight's
sojourn.
The New York herald., 1921-12-26
Entertaining the Children.
From the Karsas CITY Star

"wife's paw has been visiting us yur Of
late." confessed Gap johnson OF Rumpus
Ridge. Ark. THE old feier heint got no
more teeth than turtle. and at dinner
time It's right comicnI to watch the chill
dren eat everything IN sight while their
pore gran'daddy Is fooling around trying 70
ect enough to stay his stummirk."
The New York herald., 1921-12-26
MISS sAR1 E1ssNER's RECITAL.
Pianist Shares Program With
jacques Amado, Tenor.


jacques Amado, Tenor.
Miss Sari Eissner. pianist, was heard
for the first time here in recital yester-
day afternoon at Aeolian Hall The pro-
gram was shared by jacques Amado
tenor. The list suited the mood OF a
holiday. but they made no very exhaust
ing interpretative demands upon either
artist.
Miss Eissner played music by Mozart,
Weber and Liszt in the manner OF
talented and advanced conservatory pu-
pil. More individuality Of style and
brilliance she will perhaps acquire. Her
final group included a piece by herself
called "Roumanian Ciocarlia." Mr.. Anna
do sang his numbers with a naturally
good voice. much power In sustaining
high notes and with only limited range
of tonai variety. The two performers
had many hearers. and their work was
we'll received.
The New York herald., 1921-12-26

The trade union of American actors
and actresses has Joined with the trade
union of English actors and actresses
in bonds of mutual protection and sup
port; and, incidentally, to show that
art recognizes no national boundary
lines.
The New York herald., 1921-12-26
Schnabel, Vienna Pianist, Makes Debut
Discloses Some Admirable Qualities, but His Effects
Are Wrought Chiefly by Dynamics

Rabbi Jacob Joseph School. The pro-
gram included the "Birkas Chanuka."
for tenor solo and choir; the "Acheynee
Kol Beth Israeli and 'ShoIfer Shal Mes
slab" for tenor solo. and as the first
number The Star Spangled Banner"
Cantor Rosenblatt has fine. resonant
voice of admirable carrying power. and
he sings the music Of his field with deep
affection and sympathy. His hold upon
his audience is remarkable. and his
hearers are wont to wax more and more
enthusiastic with each number he gives.
Last night the audience filled the hall
The New York herald., 1921-12-26
RosENBLATTs CONCERT.

Cantor Josef Rosenblatt. tenor. who
had been heard here this season as
soloist with the Goldman Concert Band.
gave a Chanuka concert last night In
Carnegie Hall for the benefit Of the
Kitchen and Malbish Arumin OF the
The New York herald., 1921-12-26

At the Grave Of the Unknown Soldier.
You. Mother. who have lent a son to
Death,
But have no grave by which to stand
and weep,
Your boy lies here in quiet. honored
sleep,
In this high company. What mat
tereth
II what men called him by. and whence
he came,
Are gloriously forgot: God knows his
name. A. G. p.
The New York herald., 1921-12-26
Old Santa, Please Note.

From tho Arkansas Gazette.
child was born last week TO Mr.. and
Mrs. Dow Wolf Of Greasy Creek, Marion
county. This Is their twelfth child and all
thcf: children are living. Mr.. and Mrs.
Wolf are comparatively young people.
The New York herald., 1921-12-26

The Associated Press is exclusively entitled
10 the Use for republication OF all news dis
patches credited to II or not otherwise
credited In this paper. and also tho local
news published herein.
All rights OF republication OF special dis
~ tchcs herein arc also reserved.
The New York herald., 1921-12-26

A double Christmas holiday gives
generous impulse double opportunity.
What charity overlooked yesterday 1t
can do to-day.
The New York herald., 1921-12-26
Missouri Editor Appeals to his Constituents.

rToW inc cfHfdm CIooe.
No parties. no visitors. no marriages, no
politics, no fights. no nothing. How IN
thunder is a fellow to get out newspaper
full Of news OF local interest under such
conditions?
The New York herald., 1921-12-26
A Texas Suggestion.

From, ths Cohesion News.
The inconvenient way TO correct other pco-
pies English Is to use correct English your
self.
The New York herald., 1921-12-26
Over snd OFF.
AT the Grave Of the Unknown soldi

From the Ricotnsvte (Mo.) Jeyyersonton.
Don't put things off: put them over.
The New York herald., 1921-12-26

Highest temperature. 3s. at midnight.
Lowest temperature, "a. at 10 A. nj
Average temperature. 81.
The New York herald., 1921-12-26
LOCAL WEATHER RECORDS

Ine temperature in this city yesterda,
recorded by the official thermometei
The New York herald., 1921-12-26
Governor Peck's Version.

PHILADELPHIA, December "a.
The New York herald., 1921-12-26
Aged, but Up to Date.

PELHAM, December ~.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1921-08-17

gt
DR.. Ijams, health officer of Marsh
all, makes the following statement,
which is quite as applicable to other
cities and towns as it is to Marshall.
"As there is an epidemic of Acute
Poliomyelitis {infantile paralysis) in
the northern part of our state and one
case in our city, for that reason we
would like to have the cooperation Of
every citizen in our city, by swatting
every fly in your house Every fly
that you kill may save some child's
life, or, even city from having an
epidemic. Also burn, bury or feed to
chickens all garbage that draws flies.
Make sure that children's hands and
faces are washed thoroughly just be-
fore eating. Be careful what they
eat and try and keep them well. One
fifth of all persons sick with this dis
ease die and many who survive re-
main more Or less disabled for life.
Three-fourths Of all cases occurr in
children under ten years of age.
When the disease OCCURS in adults,
death claims about one-haf of the
cases. 1t pays to swat these flies in
time, first as to children; secondly, as
to the grownups."
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1921-08-17
Cows on Drunk.

According to the Waseca Herald
while the Meridian section crew were
going over the Northwestern track a
few miles east of Waseca the other
day they noticed a bunch of cattle in
a mad scramble around a clump of
bushes near the railroad fence. On
investigating they found barrel tip
ped over on its side and a small
quantity of nicely ripened "mash" in
the bottom, the balance having been
eaten by the cows.
The barrel had been covered by a
cloth and carefully placed in the
bushes, with some brush thrown over
to further conceal it. Some one, pre-
sumably from Waseca had figured
that he could keep the mash in the
pasture without detection and draw
the contents off when ready for the
still.
Soon after eating the mash the
cows and other cattle began to snort
and run around the pasture like wild
animals and furnished circus. per-
Torrance before they became tired.
AS result of the inqusitiveness of
the cows, some moonshiner lost his
toddy and some farmer got milk with
a .'kick" in it.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1921-08-17

from the mental tests, such as the
Binet. They are made on the assump-
| tion that the right social adjustment,
depends on the whole individual make
up rather than on mentality.
"The scale was arrived at by cor
relation of tests. First, we selected
fifty traits that are generally consid-
cred indicative of social insuficiency
One after another Of these was thrown
out when it was discovered to be I'M
common to any group of individuals.
Finally by the process Of elimination
we had just the seven left and worked
out the ratio from them.
Zone hundred and twenty-five in
dividuals were selected for the test.
They were given two different Sets of
ratings-one by persons who actually
know of their social fitness through
observation. This rating was given
according to the Scott plan and is used
in the army Then for the other
mark traits were experimentally rated
after consideration Of their correlation
with this estimated general fitness.
Then the rating Of one set of
judges was compared with that of the
other set, and it was proved that the
social rating that we gave experiment.
ally matched up with the rating that
was given from observation by those
familiar with the individuals. Furth-
er technical lines of proofs were fol-
lowed until finally we felt justified
that our standard was correct and de-
pendable.0
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1921-08-17
Seven Keys to Failure.
From the New York Sun

rom the New YORK sun.
Through a system of elimination
DIR. S. D. Porteus, New Jersey psy-
ch0logist, has found that seven traits
form the most common defects in per-
sona1ity or ability to "de things" in
the world And those seven traits
are:
1. Lack of planning capacity, or
being dependent on others for impulse
and direction, the most serious draw
back in personality. In a system Of
demerit marks it would count six.
2. To be too easily influenced by
other peoples suggestions-the reed
Shaken-stands second in serious de-
fleets; three dement's.
3. The man who likes to show off |,
who INDUCES in foolish laughter and
is too laxative; two bad marks.
4. The man who finds it hard to
make decisions in emergencies, who
lacks se1f-confdence and is always ir-
Tesolute; two demerits.
5. Being impulsive and tending to
act without due consideration; two
bad marks.
6. Internationally ranks equally
with impulsiveness.
z. Moodiness, persisting in any
one mood such as obstinacy or elation;
one demerit.
Thus it can be seen that to lack alb
ilitY to plan or execute ability is six
times as deleterious to success as is
TOO much obstinacy, and so on down
the line an interesting ratio of the
propOrtionate size of obstacles to sue
cess can be worked out.
Personality" DIR. Porteus, who is
the creator. of the Maze intelligence
tests, says, "is something behind men,
tality. These tests are entirely apart
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1921-08-17
Huge Shipping
Loss IS Found
POORLY ADJUSTED TRAIN SCH
EDULES WASTE FOOD SUPPLY,
CUT LIVESTOCK PRICES.

| Livestock producers are losing
| money, consumers are paying higher
prices for meat, and food is being
wasted as a result of improper mar
keting. That is the conclusion reach
| ed by committee Of farmers, pack
ers, and railroad officials, which has
been investigating the shipment of
| livestock to the South St. Paul mar
ket.
The findings of the committee will
be laid before the county farm
bureaus, the Minnesota Farm Bureau
federation announced last week. The
facts revealed by the investigation, the
federation says, are of vital import
ance to every farmer in the county
who raises livestock for market.
Heavy losses are suffered by both
farmers and townspeople, the COM
mittee said, because shipments to the
South st. Paul market are not adjust
ed to the capacity of the yards nor to
supply and demand.
Shipments are so arranged that the
market is glutted on some days and
undersupplied on others. The report
shows that in one week last year, ALL
of the stock cars received on the South
st. Paul markte arrived on Monday,
only 1873 per cent on Tuesday, 14.5
percent on Wednesday, IA percent on
Thursday, 9.3 percent on Friday and
AS percent on Saturday.
"Such condition." the committee
said, causes congestion on the rail-
roads, which means a greater time on
the cars for the stock, with consequent
loss in weight and heavy loss due
to death and Gripping. 1t also causes
stockyards congestion, makes it i'm
possible to handle stock efficiently,
forces the employment of a great
many more men than should be need
ed, gluts the market and forces pri-
ces down All this economic waste
means less money for the producer
and higher prices for the consumer.
It is of the utmost Importance that
the various railroads do not schedule
stock trains to arrive at the yards on
the same day. We believe that by
getting representatives of all rail
roads, producers organizations, pack
ers and stockyards to work together,
a great deal can be done to improve
conditions"
The committees findings will be
used as a basis for recommendations
to railroads and shippers in an effort
to prevent flooding the market with
stock on one day and undersupplying
it on other days.
The Minnesota Farm Bureau fed
Grafton, the Minnesota Central Co.
operative Commission association, the
Union Stockyards company, the North
Dakota Agricultural college, the pack
ers and four railroads are represented
on the committee. The inquiry
marks the first time that all these in
terests have united to eliminate mar
keting waste in territory as vast as
that which ships livestock to South
St. Paul, farm bureau officials say. /
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1921-08-17
CHURCH OF CHRIST"
Phil B, Ellsworth, Pastor.

Services Sunday, August 21st, 1921.
Bible School at 10 a. m. The in
terest in the school is growing and
we hope soon to have every member
of the church enlisted. Morning
Worship and Communion at II a. m.
Pastors subject "The Account in the
Book" Christian Endeavor at p.
M. The young peoples society is well
attended and much interest shown.
Come out young folks and lets go
over the top
Evening Worship at o'clock. Pas
tors subject "Make Haste! Be in a
Hurry!" On the night of Sunday,
September 4th the pastor will preach
an illustrated sermon entitled 'The
Path of Life" at this service there
will be special music, illustrated
hymns, and a cordial welcome to all.
The mid-week Prayer Service Thurs
day night at o'clock.