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The New York herald., 1921-05-23
Cheap" Operas Effect.

Out of the various revelations re-
garding the legal entanglements OF
the Manhattan Opera House comes
one definite statement by Mrs. OscAB
HAMMERsTEIN, namely, that she is
negotiating with a syndicate which
purposes TO give opera at low prices
in her theatre next autumn, and that
this syndicate, like that made famous
By LEW FIELDS, Is entirely sur.
rounded by money"
Two significant facts are now be.
fore the music loving public Of this
country. The first is that "cheal
opera"--opera produced at popular
prices-eyidently pays. The second
is that nearly all the orchestras OF
the country are in financial Difficult
ties. The music critics, who are held
to be a gloomy and depressing race
prophesied long ago that If educa-
tional opera succeeded In educating
the mass Of American music lovers
to like the lyric drama above all other
forms of music Just such conditions
as those now before us would be
developed.
The astute impresario Of the San
Carlo Opera Company, FORTUNE
GALLO, has conclusively proved that
"cheap opera" can be made to pay,
and consequently numerous other en-
terprising men are Fastening into the
field. There are already several pros
porous travelling opera companies.
Others are projected. What is going
TO become of the orchestraS and the
other concert enterprises If opera is
to invade all the strongholds of seri-
Gus music?
For many years Italy, wholly alb.
sorbed in the composition and pro-
duction Of operas, was barren of sym
phonic music and the music of the
chamber. Her lyric art had no in
dependent standing but relied upon
the accessories of the theatre. In
those years but for the genius OF a
Verdi she was outstripped even in
opera by France and Germany. But
recently her youth has asserted its
vigor and she has brought 10 the
notice Of the world n new school of
orchestral writer's gifted with poetic
Imagination and brilliant technical
skill. Perhaps her operatic years
were not as antagonistic to the devel-
opment of music In other forms as
they seemed, and hence we may view
the probabilities Of our immediate
musical future with equanimity.
The New York herald., 1921-05-23
Memorial Window on View.

The j. & r. Lamb Studios, Greenwich
Village. have placed on exhibition in
advance OF final erection a three pane
stained glaes window donated by Mr.
and Mrs. William II. Pouch as a me-
mortal to their daughter, Miss Helen
Pouch. to the new Sunday School Build
ing OF the First Presbyterian Church
Stspleton, Staten Island.
The centre panel is filled with the
subject. Christ Blessing Little Chill
dren." The panel TO the right carries
the scriptural text. Suffer Little Chill
dren to Come Unto Me-" while the panel
to the left Is inscribed. an Memory OF
Helen Pouch. August 27, 1so1-January
Q. 1912" Both OF the side panels are
landscape effects, harinonizins with the
exterior of the centre panel. and har-
moniously carried out with lilies OF the
resurrection. The memorial Is twofold
It embodies the services of Miss Pouch
for her country in the late war and the
many years she gave in the advance
ment OF educational church work.
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Warning to Babies.
Perhaps Some Of Childhoods Ills
Come from Creeping and Crawling.

To THE NEW YORK HERALD: In text
books referring to enlarged tonsis--
hypertrophied - and adenoids-fungus-
In children and adults We read little Of
the origin OF the trouble aside from the
statement that the most important pre-
disposing cause is youth. Ia my opin-
ion perhaps nine cases out OF ten are
due to children spending the greater pert
0: the time between the first and third
years creeping and crawling upon the
floors. being subjected TO continual
drafts. causing first running nose, then
rhinitis, one cold following another until
adenoids and enlarged tonsils develop
into a chronic state of deterioration.
We all know OF no place else but the
floor of our homes where children can
creep and crawl. But caution as to
drafts must be needed. otherwise. in
my opinion. curatives will go on forever
and preventives will be neglected.
PAUL w. HILLER ID. d. s.
NEW York. May 81.
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Old Glory Alone.

To THE NEW YORK HERALD: Some
action should DO taken by patriotic
Americans to insure special respect for
the United States nag by regulating the
manner I'm which Il Is carried beside all
sorts OF other flags in some OF our street
parades, 1t being the custom for all good
citizens to Uncover or salute when the
color bearer OF the procession passes
with our flag. 1t is offensive to sec Il
carried alongside the rag OF revolu-
tionary association. society or some out
ut with which we are not In sympathy
and do not wish to honor by salute. A
law or regulation should be enacted
which would prohibit any other flag or
emblem being carried within fifty feet
OF the United States flag on parade.
thereby emphasizing It's Importance and
making it supreme and glorious by its
conspicuous Isolation. II. l..
NEW YoRK, May 81.
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First Upset in Hoylake Forecasts.

Results on Hoylake links Saturday
proved that in golf no less than in
horse racing 1t is unsafe to prophesy.
Lively bantering must be endured by
those experts who believed and ex-
planned why they believed the Ameri-
cans would lose majority of points
In the foursomes and gain, II at all,
In the twosomes. The morning and
afternoon rounds brought the Ameri-
cans in winners in all the foursomes
and losers in three Of the eight
twosomes.
Rules OF the style Of foursome
played at Hoylake give each pair one
ball to play, partners alternating shots
from tee to hole. This style of match
is unfamiliar because unpopular here ;
in foursomes In the United States, as
In twosomes, each player has a ball
which he alone plays. American and
British golf players and critics gen
orally held that this would be a
AuhuiCdp W lHc ihNutClS, thC hco
soning was plausible because it was
American temperament which re-
jected the two ball foursome. An
American prefers to hoe his own row
and hoe all Of it. and in golf as in
every other sport rebellious state
Of mind is supposed unfavorably to
affect the players performance.
The tournament for the classic golf
trophy is on to-day. so discussion of
preliminary matches now would be of
no value; the records are made, in
dexed and filed, to be used as post
script to this weeks deciding con-
tests, which may leave one, possibly
two, and, to be safe In forecasting,
possibly not one American visitor in
the finals.
It is pleasant to note that Satur-
days winners and losers dined to-
gether as guests OF the Hoylake Club,
and that British press critics gave
American players generous praise for
their work, notably for their winning
steadiness on putting greens.
The New York herald., 1921-05-23
Bicycles Are Still Popular.

That the bicycle is not an obsolete
method of conveyance In this country
IS revealed by official figures from the
Federal Bureau of Census, which
show that the output OF the industry
increased from S3,757,31S in 1914 to
s12 ,277 ,341 in 1919. While the bicycle
was making this remarkable come
back the motorcycle was losing ground.
In 1914 there were produced 62,154
motorcycles, while in 1919 the total
was 59,214.
The bicycle was once a medium for
healthful exercise and pleasure and
was also used as a means OF transpor-
tation to and from business, especially
In rural communities and in urban
centres where railroad service was
either poor or infrequent. IL is a
much more pleasant means OF trans
portation than straphanging, and for
those engaged in sedentary occupa-
tions the bicycle opens a pleasant
road to better health.
The bicycle contributed many de-
vices. such ms ball bearings pneumatic
tires and wire wheels, TO the auto
mobile industry. 1t made traffic regu-
lation a live Issue; the policemen on
stllts OF to-day are the descendants
of policemen on what was once the
Boulevard and is now upper Broad
way.
Back of the increase In sales and
popularity OF the bicycle there is les
son IN cooperation and organization
which Il might be we'll for manufac-
turers OF other lines of merchandise to
heed This growth is largely due 20
the well directed efforts of an or
ganization maintained not by one
manufacturer or group of manufac
turers but by nil the bicycle makers
Of the United States for the purpose
Of boosting the industry, bicycle riding
and bicycle sales. It works not In
the interest Of any one make of wheel
but In the interest of all makes.
The organization is supported by
contributions from manufacturers
based on the number of machines sold
by each. A competent stafr Is always
The New York herald., 1921-05-23
Inwood People Worried.
They Want Protection Where Chauf.
feurs Take Flying Starts.

To THE NEW York HERALD: Resi-
dents Of Inwood are worried by the large
number of automobile accidents that
have taken place in the last few weeks
and in which children have been the
victims in nearly every case. They
want police protection end say that the
latest accident, in which baby was
run over and seriously injured by a
runaway automobile which came down
Fort George Hill without driver, might
have been avoided had there been a
traffic policeman at the bottom of the
hill at Dyckman street and Nagle ave-
nue..
At this dangerous junction OF Fort
George Hill, Nagle avenue, Dyckman
street and the Speedway traffic police
OF Inwood. AT this time Of the year
especially traffic OF all kinds is very
heavy at this point. Thousands of chill
dren and adults cross Nagle avenue at
Dycknan street on their way to the
ferry to get to Interstate Park, and
considering the fact that there is no
policeman to regulate traffic it is re-
markable that an accident with serious
results for more than one person has
not happened.
AS the weather grows warmer more
and more persons will come TO Dyckman
street on the subway. and the number
Of automobiles will increase. Should a
traffic policeman be assigned to the
junction he might watch out especially
for chauffeurs who get,~a flying start
on Dyckinan street and cross Nagle
avenue at full speed in order to make
their machines climb the hill to WASH
ington Heights. There has been a good
deal OF this kind of speeding and a
serious collision is likely to be the re-
suit of the daredevil work unless steps
are taken to stop it. RESIDENT
NEW YORK, May 81.
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OF his fellow men. He knows that

OF his fellow men. He knows that
either savage terrorists or irrespon-
sible fanatics that march under the
red flag TO prey upon the millions
that have garnered their fruits OF
toll and then have not wasted them
all are the enemy the American is
willing to fight in behalf of his fam
lily and his country, II the issue
comes TO the supreme test, as the
Yankee soldier fought on the battle
fields Of Europe.
And 1t is a certainty that the Boil
shevism which brutalized and
wrecked a Russia would have about
as much chance in this country to
survive against that sane and rugged
Americanism as SNOWFALL in the
furnaces of Beelzebub.
The New York herald., 1921-05-23
A New Financial Order.
Far Reaching Changes Caused by the
Northern Pacific Contest.

To THE New YORK HrRaLp: Finan-
cial lore contains no more thrilling chap
ter than that recalled by the refunding
OF the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy
Railroad joint bonds of the Northern
Pacific and Great Northern into new
$3.50. 100000 issue by consent Of the In
terstate Commerce Commission. Mem
ories brought up by this largest private
bond issue on record are rich In their
association with the names of flnanciers
like Hill, Hartman. Gould and the elder
Morgan.
The Hill-Harriman contest for control
OK the Burlington eliminated in the
whirlwind panic of May 9, 1901. the day
Northern Pacific slSyroclSeted from s17o
to $1,000 a share. That day marked the
beginning of many things. II famed
into flame the popular demand for trust
busting and 1t resulted in the 1906
and 1910 amendments to the Interstate
Commerce law, giving the commission
complete control over railroad rates and
thus over the railroads.
The business world did not again set
tie down to normal quiet until after the
panic OF 1907. The changes OF those
seven years were Of such magnitude
that in retrospect ID seems ntrang9 20
regard them as having originated in
mere Stock Exchange transactions. -
And yet sitting on the very eGge OF
new era which was to wipe out old
practices and customs. a group OF lead
ing men gathered uptown the night after
the panic and talked airily Of their cx-
periences. James r. Keene was the
only one in the group who would talk
for publication and the interviewer set
down this report:
"Mr. Keene wasn't saying much ~x-
cept. to express the opinion that now tho
market had righted Itself another era
OF good times and good stock prices was
at hand. Mr.. Keene took something
mild about 3 o'clock and said he guessed
he'd so to bed"
SO far as he was concerned the Incl
dent was closed. But II wasn't closed.
The changes In railroad practices and
railroad regulation. the alteration In the
public attitude toward railroads and
toward business generally. which can be
hiatcu nAftStiy W Lhc tNcHlS the lTNL
Ave months OF 1901, would have made n
fat half century's history. but they were
crammed into seven or eight short years.
All this seems a long time ago. In
truth IL was n long time age as time
is measured in the financial world. T..
II, woodlock remarks in the Weekly
Rcvicto:
Twenty years is not so very long a
time In the life even OF man. In Wall
Street II is equivalent to a geologic
period"
Twenty years has been SUFFICIENT TO
establish new financial order. Trans
portation. industry or banking can no
longer be tossed up In the air and
dropped with a crash TO afford bit
OF light exercise during the day. followed
by Jovial evening at the Waldorf AMI
something mild before bed. Twenty
years OF progress-and prohibition-,ie
between then and now. T.
NEW YORK, May 81.
The New York herald., 1921-05-23
First Aid for Wheat Spectators.

That was a pretty turn the grain
spectators made on the emergency
tariff which Congress put through for
the benefit of the farmer after he
had disposed of his crop.
The spring wheat of 1927 being due
to go to market and being at the
same time an enormous crop-630,-
100000 bushels against 57S,000,0OO
estimated at the corresponding date
year ago--the farmer naturally
had to get rid of all his old wheat
that he could. He had to get rid Of 1t
at the bottom price. On January the
price received by producers Of wheat,
il they would take 1t, was SLAB a
bushel. On March l II was S1.47
bushel On April ! it was S1.33
bushel But the farmer, waiting for
the promised emergency tariff, had not
been anxious to sell on those dates.
On May /, however, when the
farmer had to take what was offered
because he was cleaning up in prep
aration for the new bumper crop
coming in and needing all the bin
room, the price he could get for the
old wheat was S1.10.
Saturday the same May wheat,
worth on the first Of the month S1.10
to the producer. was worth to the
Chicago grain pit speculator S1.o5.
1t was an emergency measure all
right. and it hit the bullseye. Ask
any honest grain speculator If he
knows of better way for Congress
to meet q crisis than with a special
tariff for the farmer-a special re-
lief tariff which waits till May
wheat falls out of the hands Of the
farmer into the lap of the specula-
tor at S1.10. and then goes into effect
50 that within three weeks the same
May wheat turns into coin in the
pocket of the speculator at $1.65.
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ought to interest thousands Of New
Workers.
1t is planned to have the Memorial
Festival IL II proves the overwhelming
success 1t now promises to be, an annual
event for New York. Just preceding each
Memorial Day, and the committees now
acting made permanent
The programme that is to be sold be-
forehand is as large in size, though IL
has not as many pages. as the Dig
monthly magazines that crowd one an
other on the newsstands. It's cover is OF
white boards. bearing the shield of the
United States In color. Color effects will
predonninate in the pages within. 1t is
to have twenty-four pages in all and its
dedication is to the brave men of the
army, navy and marines, who gave their
lives to the service OF their country.
The New York herald., 1921-05-23
Another Muscular Christian.

When Chuck CARPENTER, the heavy
weight wrestler from Princeton who
won the intercollegiate championship,
was able to Withstand for twenty min
utes the best efforts of the profes-
sional expert Stranger LEWIS in this
city recently it was thought by many
that he would take up wrestling as
means of livelihood. The returns from
this sport are very large in these days
of big purses for man possessing the
elements of a headliner.
CARPENTERS resolve TO enter the
ministry instead marks the passing
of another muscular Christian from
the field Of sport TO the pulpit. DR..
BILLY SUNDAY liked baseball and
was a star of considerable magnitude,
but he felt a call to help men to sal
vation which was irresistible, and he
found his athletic career an aid in a
field In which he has scored a con-
spicuous success.
Fiction writer's have found mate
rial for their work in the possession
of athletic prowess on the part of
preachers of the Gospel. As mat
ter Of fact truth is stranger than
fiction here as elsewhere, and the
ranks of the clergy are filed with
men who were remarkable athletes
boxers. football players, shot put
ters, wrestlers and oarsmen--who felt
the call to higher life and obeyed It.
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larger value is considered as having


already accrued in a lump profit.
An analogous case would be that
of vacant lot which might increase
in sale value without any increase In
earnings, and if such value We're cap
itallzed or realized in cash 1t would
be taxable as a profit. From another
ore lands is comparable 10 increased
value of inventories which is subject
TO tax.
Inventories may be marked down as
market value recedes, and these losses
may be deducted from income or
profits in computing income tax.
Likewise depreciation of property
values is a legitimate charge off be-
fore taxes.
SO all corporations affected by the
La Belle Iron Works decision will be
able TO recover what taxes they paid
on unrealized values marked up dur
ing imitation If dedation should prove
these higher values were only tenn
porary. This will OF course mean
squeezing the water out Of a lot of
stock dividends too hastily declared
while the boom was In progress. But
it will not impair the value of stock
dividends issued against actually in
creased invested capital. The dis
tinction may appear technical, but 1t
is the difference between sound, con-
servativa business and stock jobbing
finance.
The New York herald., 1921-05-23
Bennett Square.
Honor Due the Man Who Trans
formed q City District.

To THE New YosK HERALD: In re-
gard TO changing the name OF Herald
square TO Roosevelt square would say
there is already Roosevelt square ct
the junction OF Morningside avenue.
125th street and La Sale place, in Har-
lem. 1t is shown on the real estate
aliases. and consequently the name mus.
have authority.
The appropriate name FOR Herald
square is Bennett square. James Cor
don Bennett established THE NEW York
HERALD there at time when his con-
temporarics doubted the wisdom Of mov-
ing so far up town. Mr.. Bennett de-
serves credit for erecting on leasehold
property a building so individual and
solely for the use of his newspaper. He
was the notable pioneer OF the uptown
movement.
All the big stores and big buildings in
the Herald square district were built
after the Herald Building. Consequent
~ Nj. Bennett may properly be cred
tied with augmenting the city's taxable
assets by millions OF dollars. He made
many blades OF grass grow where few
grew before. From that viewpoint alone
his name should be given to Herald
square.
Aside from the foregoing circum-
stances Mr. Bennett and his father the
elder James Gordon Bennett. gave to
New York its first really great news
gathcrer. THE New York HERALp's
place In the vanguard Of civilization
should inspire the city to identify the
name OF Mr.. Bennett with the square he
made famous.
Let the name OF Theodore Roosevelt
be identified with some other great mu-
nicipal centre.
CHAuNCEr L. c. DIrMARs.
New YORK, May 81
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LEACH CONTEMPT CASE
BEFORE COURT TO-DAY
To Test Pcver of Committee
Probing City Affairs.

Samuel A. Berger. Deputy Attorney
General. will bring to-day before Special
Sessions. Part H., the contempt charges
preferred by the legislative committee
for the investigation of city affair.
against John A. Leach. Deputy Police
Commissioner, according to announce
ment yesterday by Senator Schuyler NJ
Meyer, chairman of the committee.
The trial of Deputy Commissioner
Leach will mark the first test OF the
scope and powor of the committee to
compel officials OF the Hylan regime to
do it's bidding to aid in the committed =
quest Specifically. It will decide
whether Chairman Meyer Is empowered
to hold examinations as a subcommittee
Of one, Leach having refused to consent
to such an examination.
The New York herald., 1921-05-23
MILLER IS NOT LIKELY
TO REPLACE RATTICAN
Prison Head Will Be Kept De-
spite Republican Pleas.

Gov. Miller has decided to turn leaf
ear to the urging of Republicans mat
he remove Charles f. Rattigan as Super
intendent of Prisons to make way for
Republican, according to the statement
yesterday OF Republican leaders in
Westchester county.
Considerable pressure has been brought
to bear upon the Governor for the APP
pointment Of George Franklin of Troy.
The Governors position Is said to be
that Rattigsn will hold the post for the
remaining throe years OF his five year
term unless he voluntarily quits. In that
event. 1t is expected. George Benham.
formerly warden of Auburn Prison.
W MI succeed him.
The New York herald., 1921-05-23
EVENTS TO-DAY.

President Warren G. Harding win speak on
business in Government and the Problems
OF Government Reorganization for Greater
Efficiency" at a luncheon of the Academy Of
Political Science. Hotel Astor. I p. NJ. He
VIII review the Twenty-third Regiment In the
armory, Bedford avenue, Brooklyn, at 4
p. NJ. and be principal speaker at the
dinner celebrating the 125th anniversary OF
tho founding of the New York Commercial. /.
Hotel Commodore p. IA.
Professional Women's League. reception.
Waldorf-Astoria. . r. VI.
New York chapter. Disabled American
Veterans of the World War, meeting. York
Vile Casino. 2f0 East Eighty-sixth street,
this afternoon.
Alice I. Coseo will talk to high school
classes on CITY Planning Metropolitan
Museum of Art. p. M.
Mulry Club. annual meeting Carroll Club
Madison avenue and Thirtieth street, S:t5
p. NJ.
Employing Printers Association, dinner,
Hotel Astor. p. NJ.
Yarn Dealers Association, dinner Hotel
McAlpin. Z r. NJ.
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available at the office Of the organiza

available at the office OF the organiza-
ton TO give advice for the promotion
Of amateur bicycle races and games.
Prizes are furnished through the or
ganization by the manufacturers OF
wheels and accessories.
The results achieved by this organi-
zation indicate plainly the duty of
manufacturers OF kindred articles, and
show what can be accomplished by
concerted effort rightly directed.
American progressiveness can always
be capitalized, and when it is 1t is a
benefit not only to the makers of the
articles but to the people Of the en-
tire country.
The New York herald., 1921-05-23
Composers in Lambs GamboI.

musical comedy called THE Com
posers Of America which will introduce
sixteen famous composers, was selected
yesterday as one of the many big fea-
lures for the Lambs Public Gambol st
the Hippodrome next Sunday night. APP
pearing in this feature will be John
Philip Sousa. Victor Herbert. Silvio
Helm. A. Baldwin Sloane. Gustave A.ker-
ker. Raymond Hubbcll, Irving Berlin. p.
C. Hilliam, Gitz-Rice Percy Wenrich.
Victor jacob. Max Hoffman. Robert
Hood Bowers, Louis a. Hirsch, Rudolf
Friml and Harry Tierney.