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The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1921-02-20

TWENTY-FIFTH ANNUAL REPORT OF
THE AMERICAN SCENIC AND HISTORIC
PRESERVATION SOCIETY, 1920. Legisla-
tive Document. No. III. ]. 3. Lyon Com
pany. Albany.
"O turn the pages of the twenty-fifth
annual report of the American
4 Scenic and Historic Preservation So
ciety for the year 1920 is to be reminded
how little we know, or how much we forget,
Of the patient faithful work done by this
organization to preserve our country's nat
ural scenic beauties and to maintain our
historic shrines. Although primarily New
York state institution, the scope of its work
now appears to include the whole world, for
in it's text the reader will find described the
progress of the work of preserving our ma
tional parks and national forests; the con-
servation Of animal life; a page devoted to
the newsprint situation ten pages to stalls
tics Of the world war; American soldiers
graves and French soldiers graves in Amer
lea; soldiers memorials in the United States
and Canada; notes of historical buildings
and restorations in Great Britain. France,
Belgium Switzerland; scenic preservation
movements In Switzerland, China, Germany,
Italy and Japan. And this world-embracing,
mass of information is particularly well ar
ranged and indexed.
Naturally our interest must be chiefly con-
cerned with local and state movements de-
scribed here. These include the Stony Point
battlefield, Letchwork Park. Phillipse Manor
Hail. the John Boyd Thacher Park, Battle
Island Park, the New York city parks. the
state Forest Preserve and the latest nc
tivity OF the general movement for the
preservation OF distinctive scenic features. az
historic monuments and the plan to acquire
Mount Marcy in the Adrondacks as me-
mortal OF the part which the State OF New
York took in winning the world war.
This proposal was originated by the Vic
tory Mountain Park Association, formed
under the auspices of the Association for
the Protection of the Adirondacks in 1919.
Mount Marcy Is the States highest mountain.
and for that reason as well as for Its geologic
and historic interest the mountain and the
surrounding territory desired as Victory
Memorial. The annual report of the Amer
lean Scenic and Historic Preservation So
ciety recalls the fact that the late Theodore
Roosevelt was enjoying an outing at the
base OF the mountain in 1901 when President
Mckinley was shot Roosevelt had started
to climb the mountain and had reached its
summit when he received word that Presi-
dent McKinleys condition was such as TO de-
mand his presence in Buffalo.
While Roosevelt was on the road from
Mount Marcy to the nearest railroad station.
at North Creek. President Mckinley died and
Roosevelt automatically became President at
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1921-02-20

e sx@sraHgss. eEyro~s
Ancey's IN. Lambin," and the FRANCHISES
Luck" of Porto Richie.
Germany has one more than France, the
third being comedy by Wedekind, which
ends in a suicide! Richard Strauss's ibret-
fist, the poet Hugo Won Hofmansthal, is rep
resented by little play in verse well trans
lated by Harriet Betty Boas. Not the least
excellence of this volume, by the way, is the
general excellence of it's TRANSACTIONS. Drama
aside, it is worth reading if only for the
comparative hints of international psycho-
cgy Among the translated pieces are plays
from Holland Hungary, Italy, Russia, Spain,
Sweden and two from that intensely human
language of all lands and no land, Yiddsh
OF the thirty plays originally written in
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English, Great Britain has six. One Of these,
THE Pierrot of the Minute" by Ernest Dow
son. is in verse. The poets have their right
full place in the volume, as they have made
their place in the dramas history. 1t hap
pens rather curiously that Pierrot appears
also in the American section in the verse of
Edna st. Vincent Millay.
There is an astonishing variety in the
character of these plays The dramatist
like the singer of lyric or ballad, being less
preoccupied with structure is able to indulge
his fancy with a gayer inconsequence. On
the other hand, if the purpose be serious,
into the brief space is forced a full charge
of tragedy Susan Glaspell's "Trifes" is as
fine an example of concentration in its own
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1921-02-20
New York Preserves Historic Sites

2 A. NJ on September IA. To commemorate
this event the late Harry V. Radford erected
a monument by the roadside between the
lower Tahawus Clubhouse and Minerva bear
ing the following inscription:
NEAR THIS POINT.
WHILE DRIVING HASTILY FROM TAHAw-
US CLUB TO NORTH CREEK AT 2:15
A. NJ, SEPTEMBER IA, 1901
THEODORE ROOSEVELT
BECAME PRESIDENT
OF THE UNITED STATES,
AS WILLIAM MCKINLEY EXPIRED
IN BUFFALO.
RELAY DRIVERS:
DAVID HUNTER. TAHAwUS CLUB
ORREN KELLOGG, TAHAWUS TO
ALDEN LAIR
MICHAEL CRoNIN. ALDEN LAIR TO
NORTH CREEK.
ERECTED 1908
AND PRESENTED TO THE TOWN OF
NEWCOMER
BY III. W. RADFORD.
Among the New York city parks and
historical buildings described and pictured in
the report are Battery Park and its sug-
gested peace memorial 100 stories high; Cen
trail Park and its proposed stadium; our
latest memorial and pleasure ground Hero
Park on Staten Island the modified plan
completion OF the new Assay Office: the de-
molition of Stanford Whites distinguished
Madison Square Presbyterian Church.: the
Town Meeting Hall. and a description Of
Walt Whitman landmarks In the suburbs
OF the city
The presentation of the freedom OF the
city OF New York. 10 distinguished foreign
visitors in 1919 has served as the occasion
for the indefatigabe secretary Of the assoc
citation making this report. DR.. Edward
Hagaman Hall, to prepare and include In the
book n list of recipients OF this honor from
1902 to 1919, with rotations of the costs OF
some OF the gold boxes presented to distin-
guished "freemen" OF the city. One OF the
curious features disclosed by Or. Halls re-
searches In this particular field Is that there
is no official record Of "any formal action
authorizing the comforting the freedom of
the city on Cardinal Mercier, King Albert
and the Prince Of Wales In 1919, although. as
n matter OF fact. the Mayor did publicly con-
fer the municipal honor on those distin-
guished visitors"
There Is also no record of the Mayors
action In the case Of Eamonn De Valera
president Of the Irish Republic" although
the Board OF Aldermen voted him the compli-
ment Of the freedom Of the city The re-
port suggests that a form OF procedure be
authorized for the hestowal Of this gift. to
perfect the future records of the city.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1921-02-20
BY MARY GRAHAM BONNER.
~OR fourteen years John Butler Yeats
the well known Irish writer and por-

NOR fourteen years John Butler Yeats,
the well known Irish writer and por-
trait painter, has lived in the same
little pension" in the upper Twenties
the West Side of New York. At his table
gather nightly many of New York's literary
people, artists, sculptors, critics, theatrical
folk, who go to talk to Mr.. Yeats, and who
always return. For those who have thought
that conversation was lost art in this age
change that opinion after sitting by this
corner table at the head of which is John
Butler Yeats. He is always kindly in his
criticisms and in his talk, though incisive
and keen and ever on the alert, with gent
ality which is contagious and smile which
lights up his whole face. with a nimble wit
and the gracious gift of being able to find
the heart of any subject.
His interest in what the fashionable man
should wear" is obviously lacking. 1t is not
his height which is commanding nor his
gray beard-which, If you stop to think
about his appearance, you remember that
he has-but it is the brightness of his eyes.
the illumination of his smile, the dignity
and charm inherent in the whole man, that
win the listener.
Always other irish poets, artists, gather
about him when they come to New York,
to hear what he has to say. to tell him of
their latest efforts and to bring him per-
sonal accounts of his two famous sons. For
John Butler Yeats, in addition to being him
self. is the father of the Irish poet and play
wright leader of the irish literary move
ment, William Butler Yeats and of the ar
fist, John Butler Yeats, who is more often
referred to as Jack"
He sat in his room when l interviewed
him, surrounded by books and magazines
portraits, sketches. pencils, pipes. And he
sketched as he talked.
MY father Intended me TO be a barrister"
he said. But you see what kind of a bar
rister becamei | was admitted to the bar"
he continued. his eyes twinkling at the
thought of such incongruity, land remained
barrster for just one year. / remember
that another young barrister had small
group Of us in his rooms one evening-we
were all good friends Every one of those
who were there that evening became a verv
successful. very important man Several o.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1921-02-20
Reviewed by ROBERT J. COLE.

If he were here to-day, Shakespeare would
very likely turn his famous lines about in
some such way this:
The stage is all the world;
And all the players merely men and women
Older dramatsts brought life into the
theatre; it seems to be the task of to-day to
humanize the stage ITSELF to bring it into
relation with the other interests Of the
people.
The actors status as a citizen has i'm
proved notably. Traditional separation from
other contributors to the community's well
fare has largely vanished. There was no
class of workers that gave a more whole
hearted service in the various agencies for
war relief, for example. But the professional
work of these creators of comic or tragic
parsonage has come to be accepted as
necessity of civilization, force that must
be recognized as equal with college and
newspaper.
Progress in Americas dramatic art de-
ponds upon more than one element. The
actor is the last step in presentation to the
public. Behind him is the dramatist and
the organization of the theatre; before him
the audience. His Intervention between
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1921-02-20
VIEWS The One-ACt Plays the Thing
ABOUT AU TIL RS

nie play on the dramatic From left right they are
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1921-02-20

way as Barres Twelve Pound Look"-a
masterpiece to which the editors may have
referred sadly in their regret over some gaps
caused by copyright restrictions.
The characteristic of the American group
is it's youthful tone-whether the KEY be
that of comedy or of tragedy. IT is the
drama of experiment, of intellectual adven-
ture, suggesting even the nature of new
organizations like Stuart Walkers Portman-
teau Theatre.
1t would be easier to write page than
column about this crowded book. There is
art in 1t and ethnology and psychology and
many a long evenings good reading. In
thousands of dramatic clubs ii should help
to answer the question of repertoire
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1921-02-20
81 Cannot Hold Him in My Heart"
By SAMUEL HoFFENSTEIN.

A rose leaf is His perfect bed;
He finds home within a tree;
A little child, whose heart is new
And vast, contains Him easily;
A dewdrop is His universe;
Bees hail Him in their honey mart.
/ give Him to your spacious love-
| cannot hold Him in my heart.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1921-02-20

I cannot hold Him in my heart;
/ share my burden with the night;
| trust Him to the knowing stars,
The evening wind, the morning light ;
| lay Him down upon the dawn;
| cradle Him upon the sea
| give Him to the mountain peaks
That hold Him. high and holly.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1921-02-20
BOOK REVIEWS
Text Of Comedies and
Tragedies Used in
the Modern Theatre

FIFTY CONTEMPORARY ONE-ACT PLAYS.
Edited by Frank Shay and Pierre Loving.
Stewart and Kidd Company. Cincinnati
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-01-03
Home for District Feeble-Minded
Is a Most Serious Need
By BILL PRICE.

Praise to the District Commissioners for insisting to
Congress that home for District feeble minded is of
urgent Importance at this time!
Official statistics gathered time ago indicated
that there were 800 individuals in the District who
needed institutional OF this number 428 were at
large in the community; 249 inmates of institutions
not especially designed for the of mental detectives
and elghtytwo were in training schools outside of the
District paid for out of District number Of
colored feeble minded children were boarded in family
homes under the supervision of the Board Chldrens
Guardians More than 80 per neither in public
institutions nor under the supervision of public authorities
who at present limited to the care of comparatively
few
These facts indeed startling the National Capt.
tai Many States have recognized feeble as the
basis of much crime and disease and have provided the
most approved institutional care, the program generally
including training school for juveniles and farm colony
for adults With proper and efficient training large
numbers become able to their support The in
mates do laborng and mechanical work WELL become good
farmers and keepers of stock and poultry The outdoor
life improves them in many ways.
To make the feeble minded useful and contented is
the policy the Commissioners have in mind if appropria
tons granted them establish colony and institution
Roaming at large these unforunaes to social
life. Congress well afford to place the District on
par with advanced States in the modern handling of the
mentally weak.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-01-03

THE SMALLEST THUS FAR 1T is ON THE STREETS
IN LONDON AND CALLED THE CAMBRIA"
Many small American boy will feel his heart beat as
he this car about the size of big sled 1t weighs only
q hundred and fifty pounds-you see how easily the man
holds up end of it, costs less than three hundred
dollars.
ought to be useful to take mechanics with tools to
their work. for ditch dgger with pick and shovel for those
that find the bicycle and motorcycle not satisfactory
But what the people want and will eventually have is
light car extremely inexpensive costing about three hun
dred dollars, able to carry the WHOLE FAMILY Henry
Ford when he gets ready supply such car He has
perfected engine with eight cylinders very light with
great power capable of developing speed of fifty miles
hour Some day perhaps he will add to his present produc
ton the real MINIMUM PRICE car and at the time
REAL
Meanwhile it would be good idea for somebody to
build like this, cheaper, really big SCALE for
mechanics and for the delivery of parcels and
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-01-03
HEARTsEAsE FOR ~sHUT-TNs.,

Anthology Is n gruesome word-sug-
gests tho sarcophagus and catacomb-
but when the lids of the tombs are
lifted, what . direrence7 No black
ened skulls, no musty doors of death,
only beauty is revealed. A host Of
stately figures emerge, spritely in their
eternal youth, glowing with vitality,
bearing lovely gsrlands. giving or
scents OF myrtle, violets, heliotrope and
roses-6owers plucked in the poets
Valley OF Heartseasei First and last
blessed be anthologists!
Re one yourself. Clip things you
fancy whether prose or verse) from
II. and 8. and paste them In a scrap
book. So you shall find a present JOY
and comfort in after years.
JOE CONKLIN
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-01-03
HOMEMADE POETRY.

(By Rhymester.)
Old Aunt Nancy Nash
Made some hash
And baked II in a pot
She put red peppers in,
Which made II awful hot.
She gave some to hobo
who was passing by.
The hungry hobo gulped II down
And a tear came to his eye
He said, Thank you, ma'am,"
As on his way he did start,
II think you are no lady;
You surely have no heart"
Come back. my man.
Please do not say good-bys;
II you'll cut up cord Of wood
I'll mako you q nice onion pie
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-01-03
Beatrice Fairfax
Advice.
WOULD RATHER WAIT FOR HIM.
ON
Advice.

DEAR MISS FAIRFAX
will soon be nineteen. and have been going
with young man for seven months. l love
him and l am sure he must care for me little
because he has taken me to his home about
every two weeks for dinner since l have
known him. and he comes to see me three nights
a week He has never asked me not to go out
with other fellows. but is always telling mo
what he wishes he were able to do. On one &C.
casion he told me II any one asked me to go to
dance to go because he did not have the money,
and he did not want to take up all my time
when he could not afford to take me out. Sew
eral people have remarked that they think l
should go out with others But when / think
of him working, which know he does because
his mother has confided in me. would much
rather stay in and wait for him. What shall
do? EYES OF LOVE
II you really believe you are in love with this
young man. and that he loves you and IL you
happy in waiting for him. pay no attention
derstand how this young man can work at night
and come to see you three nights week.
FORGET HIM.
DEAR MISS FAIRFAX:
1 a girl eighteen years old, am very good
looking and have very winning ways. so my
months ago l met young man five years my
senior. fell deeply in love with this fellow.
and at first l thought he liked me- but have
found out that he goes around with other girls
while stay at home. I would like to know
your opinion on this matter az the young man
processes his love for me.
My mother has advised me to drop him. The
girls he goes around with are not the rig right
kind. HEARTBROfNEN
Your mothers advice Is very good. Any
way eighteen is too young to be thinking seri-
ously about any young man. II you are so good
looking and have such winning ways, what care
you about this young man who lets you sit at
home?
HOW CAN sHEf
DEAR MISS FAIRFAX:
Please advise me what to do. There Is a
young boy of whom l am very fond. Before he
went to Cuba and after he came back he was
quite anxious to meet me. Since he has been
back from Florida he has not said anything
about meeting me. A boy who lives next door
to me has told this boy that was crazy about
him and wanted to meet him. did not say any
thing like that at all This young boy thinks
l said all that this boy has told him, and. nat
uraly doesn't want to meet me any more.
girl friend with whom l go. doesn't know this
boy any better than l do, only that she has
hirted with him. and haven't and don't intend
to. She does not like this boy but just hirted
with him to be fresh. am quite fond Of him,
but won't frt because l don't think It's right
Please tell me what to do, because i like him
very much and would like very much to talk
to him. ANXIOUS
Even though you don't approve OF your girl
friend flirting with the young man, and since
they seem to be on speaking terms, you might
have her introduce you, IL she will BY the
way-how can you be fond Of him" IL you
have never met him?
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-01-03
COPYING AFTER PA.

The little girl was going to her hrst
party and her mother cautioned her
carefully how to behave and what to
say, especially when taking cake.
That is, the first time, take n piece;
also the second time, but the third to
politely decline.
Asked the next morning rs to how
she got on, she said: "Thcy brought
the cake round the fourth time, and
you hadn't told me what to say. So
I said: Take the damned thing away,
like pa says"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-01-03
Reflections on Reading andEating

There is deal of nonsense uttered about reading.
Said Emerson: 'There are $4,000 volumes in the I'm
peral Library Paris If to read industriousy
from dawn to dark for sixty years. he would die in the first
salcove."
The matter is very simple after ALL Reading is like
eating In fact is the minds eating And that ought
TO suggest the norm.
AS we eat unless be guttons dyspetcs only such
food suits palate and such digest
we should read what need
Eating is indoor sport its whole object is to nourish
the body so as to keep it fit.
So reading is not for the sake of reading but to do
something to u.s.
Not that we should read only what is useful Far
from it. We have tastes and it is right to crafty them
Life not wholly matter of Getting On It is also an
adventure.
But the point is that reading, to do any good
bring any pleasure, should be selective.
We should not read books, but read in books
AS is not likely to get much good from the table
unless he sits to it hungry he is not going to find much
in book unless he wants something
You go to the dictionary when you want to know what
word Every book is kind of dictionary. The
bestfed minds those that sul hunters the
omnvorous gulpers
Pick
i Skip
Mark your page so that when you read the book the
second time and children of the mind the second table
is best you will have to wade through much bran
to get bit of wheat
Suspect man whose shelves are full of sets uniform
bindings, complete works He probably Of
books Why not let the library keep the ponderous coec
tions, in these days of scarce and high housing?
Books should be chosen each for itself Turk selects
his harem, smoker his pipes, hunter his guns not
drafted by tens and hundreds army of conscrpts
What right has book shelf unless we love it,
Or once loved it?
Still, should not follow taste a capricious mis-
ess To read only what is easy reading is like eating only
what is sweet The taste deteriorates.
So ought to read what ought to like taking in
this the judgment of time and the world of culture
develop sound and lasting tastes.
The of culture lies in the application of nteli
gence to the formation of tastes
Just you eat whole wheat bread and unpublished rice
and learn to like them because you know the white kind
are unhygienic.
And read Ruskin and Pater and Maeterlinck until
like them and do not wholly give ourselves up to read
ing things because we like them
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-01-03
Ancient Surgery.

The skeleton of a twenty-year-oid girl bear
ing the evidence OF a terrible injury and OF
primitive surgical treatment is one OF the in
teresting relics OF lost civilization recently
brought to light by the excavation of the pueblo
ruins at Aztec, N. NJ, where the American Mu-
scum OF National History is conducting some in
vestigations
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-01-03
A BARGAIN DAY RUSH.

Women to the right OF us,
Women to the left of US,
Women back and front OF us
Chartered and chartered.
aome OF 'em pretty girls,
some of 'em witty girls,
Most Of 'cm city girls,
Battered and tattercd.
Deep in tho fray they went
None OF 'om spent a cent.
Know now what shopping meant.
Flattered and spsttered.
oh how they love TO dash
Deep in tho bargain crash.
Gosh how they hug their cash.
That's all that msttered.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-01-03
ALWAYS FOR THE COLUMN.

What / am sending is original,
as am always trying to think UP
something good enough to go in
our column. SO please look 1t
over and II anything Is worth
using. all right; IL not. to the
waste basket with II. l.. s. Il.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-01-03
What's the use Of the hus-
band bringing home the bacon
IL the wife does not know how
to fry it? f. VETTER

Rastus-I heah dat Miss Pansy
White has done broke her engagement
to RUFF Snow.
Sambo-How conner
Rastus-She done sent Rufe OUT
to git her some face powder and de
fool brought her back n box of lamp
black. SADlNOL kLOP.