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The New York herald., 1921-04-09

world crop of 100000 bales OF cot
ton, or 5000 900 less than the normal,
is likely to prove inadequate for the
increas sed demands of countries fully
able to buy what they want and only
awaiting the proper moment to make
their purchasing power felt. Only 21
per cent of English cotton manufac-
lures went TO the European continent
In 1917. and II this We're cut in half
Mr.. mcconnell thinks the increased
buying power OF the Far East and
America would more than take up
the slack.
Bg way of proving that there Is no
danger Of an oversupply OF cotton he
cites the increasing population OF the
world, the backward races yet to be
clothed, the increasing consumption
which will arise from the fact that
cotton is the cheapest textile, and the
new uses to which the staple is being
put. He may be overdrawing 1t a
little when he says the world will soon
witness "a match between progress of
all kinds and one single vegetable" :"
but the weight OF his evidence ought
certainly to help dispel some of the
gloon which now hangs so heavily
over the cotton grower.
The New York herald., 1921-04-09
SATURDAY. APRIL 3, 1921.
Murphy on Hylan.

When CHARLES #. MURPHY says
JOHN #. HYIAN viii be renominated
as the Tammany candidate for Mayor
of New York he can speak by the
book, for what MURPHY says about
Tammany politics goes. But when
MURPHY says Mayor HYLAN is eff
cient, efficient from the point Of view
of the grea test municipal business on
earth, he knows better.
CHARLES f. MURPHY. whatever may
be said of his political motives and
acts, Is very able man. He has
not merely the iron will of a strong,
dominant character. but the execu-
tive capacity to direct and control n
huge political organization composed
of various and varied elements, and
TO put a high driving power into its
ranks. MURPHY knows, then, in the
degree that only man who himself
Is able and efficient can know, that
Mayor HYLAN's business management
of the affairs of New York city is
hOL puL iAtohhPC
tent, costly and dangerous.
CHARLES r. MURPHY knows what
It cost the people of this city In taxes
and rents for Mayor HYLAN to let
BRINDELL. now In State prison, pull
the wool over his eyes and make a
tool of him for the benefit of the
labor grafters and building crooks.
MURPHY knows what 1t inflicted upon
the travelling public of this city in
discomfort, suffering and extra fares
FOR Mayor HyLAN to play the game
of cheap politics in forcing street car
lines to quit and in setting UP his
miserable makeshift of bus service.
MURPHY knows how 1t has dam
aged this city's shipping industry
and business for Mayor HYLAS to let
the dock system of this great port
be made the plaything Of political
favorites.
CHARLES f. MURPHY knows that
the inefilcieDcy. the utter unfitness Of
Mayor HyLAN for his great office has
demoralized the police force indescrib-
ably, has deprived the schools of the
required resources to care for the
education of the millions OF children
IN New York city, has sunk the nunic-
ipal credit to Its lowest depths and
has left an empty treasury which
cannot always meet the city's cur
rent bills.
CHARLES r. MURPHY can ws-' = re
of JOHN +. HYLAN in the City Hall
for the ends and the uses of MURPHY
himself; but he cannot believe that
more Of such man as Mayor can
make for anything but the further
mismanagement and the ultimate
financial ruin OF the first city In the
United States and the world.
The New York herald., 1921-04-09
Rewards for Horse Breeders.

The policy OF encouraging the
breeding of the light types of horses
In the United States. especially those
devoted to racing. might be modelled
with benefit to the industry after
the French system, by which a fixed
percentage Of every premium goes to
the breeder of the winner.
This is one OF the methods by
which the French Government has
built up fine and dependable breed
ing system all over the republic.
More than 1000 stations were EN-
ployed I'm the industry, which EN-
braced the production OF thorough
bred. halfbred and draft types. before
the war.
There are few races on the run
ming turf in the United States which
carry q breeders premium. Fore
most among them Is the Futurity. the
great classic for tvo-yehr-olds, which
is decided annually at the autumn
meeting OF the Westchester Racing
Association at Belmont Park. The
money divided among the breeders
OF the placed horses Is $500, sufi-
cient TO keep alive .he interest Of
every man and woman with q thor
oughbred mare whose produce ls
eligible to start IN the great race.
The awards are high enough TO com
pensate in d measure n breeder whose
yearllngs may have sold Mt low prices.
The Inclusion Of breeders premium
clause in the conditions Of every
stake race decided on the racetracrs
IN the United Stetes wauld stimulate
the industry. because the uncertainty
of the return would furnish that
element Of chance which old human
nature has always found allurlng.
II the plan were extended to the
horse shows. giving the breeders Of
the half and three-quarter bred hunt
ers. the standard bred and saddle
The New York herald., 1921-04-09
Out Go the Socialists.

Milwaukee has long been the pride
OF the Socialists in the United States.
The Socialist vote has been heavy
and political conditions have fire.
uuently prevented effective coopera-
tion Of non-Socialist voters against
IL even in local elections VICroR
BERGER, one Of the leading lights OF
the party in this country, shrewd,
able politician, lives In the city and
plays politics all the time.
Because of these facts the defeat
Of all the candidates except one on
the Socialist ticket at the municipal
election this week is matter of
more than local interest. The non
partisan ticket was generally and de-
cislvely successful The vote was
truly representative. The victory
was won against Socialism in con-
test in which other factor did not
have place.
Whether this defeat for Socialism
means a recession in the radical yot-
Ing strength in Milwaukee is an In
teresting question. It is a fact that
In other cities and towns there has
recently been a marked decline in
Socialist strength, as in the strength
of other radical organizations.
The New York herald., 1921-04-09
To Aid Art in Newport.

At the home OF Mrs. Stanley Moru-
mer, 4 East Seventy fifth street. group
of New York residents of Newport. all
members OF the Newport Art Associa-
ton, met yesterday to discuss ways and
means OF furthering the development Of
the Newport Art Association and OF car
rying to completion the ambitious plans
that have been devised for the expansion
OF the Newport Museum of Art The
Newport Art Association flnds itself In
the unusual predicament of having @
larger attendance at Its lectures than 1t
can accommodate IN it's present quar-
ters and has undertaken to enlarge the
building already in its possession.
Miss Edith Wetmore presided at the
informal meeting. which was held in the
private art gallery of the Mortimer resi-
dence. Col. Anthony Dyer. one of the
moving forces in the Providence Art
Club. and DR.. Edmund Curry Of the
Rhode Island School of Design, enlarged
upon the value TO the community of the
work of such an organization as the Art
Association of Newport.
Among others at yesterdays meeting
were Mr.. and Mrs. J. Stewart Barney.
Mrs. William Cotton, Mr.. Grenville B.
Winthrop. Miss Maude K. Wetmore. Mrs.
Maud Howe Elliott, Miss Anna Sands.
Mrs. Lorillard Spencer. Mrs. Ogden Fl.
Hammond and Mrs. Egerton L. Win
tArop.
The New York herald., 1921-04-09
Raffles and His Creator Dead.

Sherlock Holmes has passed into
the language like Robinson Crusoe
and Mr.. Pickwick. Everybody knows
him and knows what his name stands
for. Twenty years ago II looked as
II RafIles. the amateur cracksman,
would achieve an equal distinction.
In fact. for a time he did. Raifies
was a token in the small change Of
daily discussion, with a definite i'm
press and fixed value. Somebody
writing In the early years Of the
century-probably ANDREW LANG--
bewailed the fact that the only two
figures In fiction since the days OF
DICKENS which had made this sort
Of mnrk were products Of crime.
But the reproach does not really
apply. For Sherlock Holmes repre-
sented the reaction against crime and
lives in the public favor In virtue OF
his eccentric skill In fighting 1t.
Rafles. the criminal, Is as dead as
my dime novel hero that ever had
brief hour of popularity. With the
younger generation d reference 60
him almost needs m explanatory
note. Older readers and theatre
goers recall him With languld indif-
ference The vogue Of Raff1es only
ran through a very few years and
would have faded out stiil more
The New York herald., 1921-04-09
Musical Mathematics.
Prof. Einstein Anticipated by an Ohio
School Ma'am.

To THE NEW YORK HERALD: Profess
sor Einstein, the author of the theory
OF relativity. told a correspondent OF
THE NEW YORK HERALD that "one must
be musical to understand mathematics. I"
Those is a theory which will arouse
Interested discussion.
IL is not, strictly speaking, a new the
ory. 1t was a method practised by a
young woman teacher who now, for her
grandchildren's comfort, prefers to re-
main unnamed. She revealed the Sc
crets OF the three RS TO a noisy. rest
less gang OF towheaded boys and a bevy
cf the prettiest girls who ever sat at
the whitfield desks OF a certain little
red school house in the illimitably mar
vellous state of Ohio.
In front OF the school house, between
its only door and lichen adorned rail
fence, stood a mighty walnut tree whose
fruit was none of your fragile. paper
shell kind, but hard shell variety
which could best be cracked when rest
ing on an upturned fiatlron gripped be-
tween the operators knees and Justify
whacked with hammer although a
roadside rock and q horseshoe were
sometimes used with moderate success.
A walnut II was whose shell furnished
reliable stain for playing Indians.
Very well Miss Mary. that much OF
Teachers name may be revealed, taught
rithmetlc by the musical method. II
was triumphant
School went into the fall term before
the first frost. and every boy knows
that walnut gathered before Il has
been frost nipped has a soft kernel
which smashes into bitter paste when
the shell is broken. When that first
frost came every boy, believing he was
the best climber In school, was fidgety
fot recess when he might show the girls
his excellence as q nut gatherer.
Then 1t was that Mss Mary, prettier
and wiser than any star gazing acade-
mlcian, would draw attention from the
walnut tree. yes. and from the meadow
larks and killdees In the fields across
The road-there was a bit Of sandy bot
tom and q creek beyond the meadow,
hence the lsilldees and an occasional
plover-would get the attention of pupils,
We were saying, by announcing, Multi
plscatlon tables. please !" And tgiey
we're sung. DR.. Einsten! Yes. even the
sevens and mines. and to thus day. a
quarter Of century and more later,
one Of those pupils can never tell how
much + nine times seven until he re.
calls the old tune. and when he does
that he also recalls the plaintive cry
OF hlidees. u. w. r.
NEW YORK, April s.
The New York herald., 1921-04-09
EVENTS TODAY.

Gov Albert c. Ritchie Of Maryland. Balm
bridge Colby, Dr. Henry Van Dyke nnd
5efRsr 0 Day n anns w HoEsl oRsas A-or
8. X. Ratcliffe. Mayor George r. Lunn of
Schenectady and Miss Jane Addalns win dis
Ethical Culture Auditorium, West Sixty
fourth street, p, NJ.
The Dickens Fellowship OF New York will
give a luncheon I'm honor OF G.. X. Chester
Ton at the National Arts Club. 15 Gramercy
Park. 1880 p. NJ.
High, school Art teachers. luncheon. Hotel
New York Alumni OF Valparaiso univsr-
siiy. dinner, Hotel Netherland. 2. M.
Bradford County Society, dinner Hotel
pr. William L. Ettinser. Henry H. Curran,
James Byrne and Charles Il: Craig Will dis
OF n luncheon conference of the Public Edu-
cation Association. Hotel Commodore.
r. NJ.
Alumni Association OF Public School Gc
annual dance. Chaiif's, f63 West Fifty-sev-
Park slope Jewish Community Centre. an
Shamrock Club Of New York. concert
Yorkville Casino. Eighty sixth street and
Third avenue, p. NJ.
G. clyde Fisher viii lecture 10 children on
The Spring Awakening OF the Flowers.
enty-seventh street and Central Park West
Louis X Anspacher win lecturs on ''co-
third street, II A. M.
Or. LlndIey N. Keashey win lecture "a
characteristics OF the Coming Economic
Cove rnmcnt.' at Labor Temple. Fourteenth
street and Second avenue. 8:ib y. NJ.
James A. Morton. Jr., will lecture on
Esperanto" at Washington Irving 1figh
School. Irving place and Sixteenth street, 8
+. NJ.
Employees Mutual Aid Society OF Bloom.
ingdaie Brothers. annual entertainment md
dance Hotel Commodore, p. NJ.
wornan's Press Club. meeting. Waldorf
Astoria, 2 +. M.
Pershlng Club. dance. Hotel McAlpin, s
p. VI.
Cooper Union Students League, eptertain-
ment and dance, Waldorf-Astoria, +. NJ.
Evening High School Teachers, dinner
dance. Hotel McAipin, p. M.
New York Chapter OF the Mary BALDWIN
Association. luncheon, Waldorf-Astoria, 1
The New York herald., 1921-04-09
quickly but for the clever stage pres
tian hry Kyprr Rrrrvw

quickly but for the clever stage pres
entation by KYRLE BELLEw.
Il. w. HoRNUNG, who invented the
character, or at least the name OF
Raifies-for the idea of the fashion
able crook had previously been eS-
plotted in a novel called "A Social
Highwayman"-has just died in
France of influenza. He made sort
of double reputation as writer of
fiction. He was an Englishman, but
couple Of years passed in Australia
in his youth furnished him with In
formation and local color for the con-
struction of sundry tales, OF which "A
Bride From the Bush" is perhaps the
best and the best known. These had
novelty OF scene, freshness of atmos-
phere, character interest; they were
good stories and met with hearty rec
ognition among English readers.
Then there was a long series Of
novels of the seaIny side of London
life, which were much read at home
but comparatively little elsewhere.
From among these stands out "Raf-
fies," no doubt the authors greatest
hit, yet, on any healthy estimation,
his greatest blunder. The bold idea
Of the kid gloved felon, using his
social opportunities coolly and heart
lessly to prey on the world of fashion
and wealth, gave an unhealthful FLIP
to the public fancy. His desperate
risks, his hairbreadth escapes, his
enjoyment of peril and endless In
genuity in avoidance kept readers
for a year or two greedy for new
flights OF daring and luck.
But at last 1t grew monotonous.
The escapes were too sure, the dam
gers too artificial, the devices too cut
and dried. The attempt to make
RafTies loyable by using some Of his
plunder generously, and to excuse his
unconscionable wickedness by making
some Of his victims disagreeable,
failed to overcome natural instincts
Of right and wrong in readers. They
tired Of having impudent theft always
triumphant. Even the thoughtless
felt soon that there was nothing OF
real life In such stuff. II was made
Of nightmare material, and after all
variety enough could not be furnished
to keep 1t from becoming bore.
1t would be going too far to say
that the Raffles cult amounted to an
immoral influence. 1t had that ten
dency, but it defeated itself by its
own preposterous assumptions. AS
HoRNUNG married a sister of Sir
ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE Rallies and
Holmes were closely related; Holmes
was the elder birth by twelve years.
He is also the more long lived. The
remarkable detective stories are still
generally read. We doubt If Raffies
has any readers worth counting to-
day. OF HoRNUNG's many books
probably at least half dozen have
better standing IN the market than
the momentary success In which he
sponged one or two Of the Ten Com
mandments off his tablets.
The New York herald., 1921-04-09
Italian Ambassador Attends the Opera
In Large Audience at the Metropolitan That Hears
"Andre Chenier" With Miss Muzio and Mr. Gig

Andre Chenier' was repeated at the
Metropolitan Opera House last evening.
This opera seems likely TO retain In
Pace In the repertoire for some time.
The opportunities which It affords 70
several singers 70 display their best art
give II an especial value in this unpro-
dLctive period. Miss Muzio, Mr.. Gigii
and Mr.. Danlse have been happily fitted
with roles nicely suited TO their voice.
and styles and the results are pleasing
10 the auditors.
Mr.. Gigli last evening seemed to have
recovered from his recent attack OF
bronchitis and his singing evoked fire.
quent and hearty applause. Mr.. Danise 8
sincere impersonation OF Gerard again
won commentator and Miss Muzio was
once more excellent as MddsIesne. The
performance as whole went well. Mr..
Moranxoni was the conductor.
Senator vittorio Rolandi Ricci. the
Italian Ambassador. attended last
nights performance in the Metropolitan
as guest of Giul!o Gatti-Casnzza, gen.
eral manager OF the opera company;
saw ANDRE Chenier" first in perspec-
tive form from the excellent vantage
point of Mr.. Gatti-Casazza's box. No.
4S in the grand tier row. and afterward
In more detail from back stage" A
member of the party was Mr.. Filippo
Ricci, son of the Ambassador. who,
like his distinguished father. saw in
such general and detailed form his first
performance of grand opera in America.
The Ambassador expressed his ad-
miration over the architectural oeauty
OF the interior and brilliant appearance
OF the auditorium when crowded with
an audience in its best opera DID and
tucker He also congratulated MI.
Gatti-Casazza upon the technical ex-
cellence of the performance.
Last nights audience was the most
important In the social record OF the
week at the Metropolitan. The guests
OF Mr.. Charles z. Sampson in Box 81
were Mrs. Leverett $. Tuckernan OF
Boston, Prince and Princess Micnael
Cantacuzene- -Speranskey, Mr.. and Mrs.
A. Murray Young and Mr.. William
Rhinelander Stewart
With Mrs. Richard Gambrill in Box
70 were Mr.. and Mrs. Henry White.
Mr.. and Mrs Frank Gray Griswold and
Mr.. Charles A. Mum.
In Box 2, with Mrs. Frederick Pear
son. were Mr.. and Mrs. Beverley 30
CERT Mr.. and Mrs. Henry b. II. Ripley
and Mr. George Ledlie.
Mrs. Minturn Pinchot, the Duke and
Duchess de Richclieu, Mr.. and Mrs.
James r. Deering, Mrs. Newbold lie Roy
Edgar and nfr. Frederic a. Juilliard
formed group in Box 8.
The party in the Astor box included
Miss Louise Scott, Mrs. Irwin Il. Laugh
lin and Mr. and Mrs. Charles M. Conn
felt
Others present were B1ias Fanny l..
johnson and Miss Ogden, who were IN
Box IS: Miss Julia Eerwind of Phila-
delphia, who was with Mr.. and Mrs. Ed
ward J. Berwind in Box %, and Mr..
and Mrs. Joseph Earle Stevens, Mr.. and
Mrs. James Cameron Clark and DR..
Emanuel de Marnay Barich.
The New York herald., 1921-04-09
Neglect Is Charged.
Major McCIave Wants the Ships at
Pralls Island Examined.

To THE New YORK HERALD: Captain
Patton, former port captain Tor the
Shipping Board here. Is quoted as say
ing that the twenty-eight vessels laid up
at Pralls Island are in deplorable
shape, that he made repeated reports as
to their condition. and that because he
insisted that something be done he was
discharged. In the same article Admiral
Benson is quoted as saying on the au-
thorlty Of Captain Foley. who inspected
the ships. that their condition was very
good and that only about s2,s0o damage
had been sustained.
Evidently somebody Is mistaken. IL
only s2,5o0 damage had been done to
twenty-eight ships this would mean less
than 800 a ship This seems very little.
because It is admitted by both Admiral
Benson and Captain Foley that there has
been damage. and 1t Is matter or rec
ord that the Shipping Board has paid
extravagant prices in the past, one item
that recollect being $165 for an 80 cent
hinge.
The Shipping Boards actions In the
past have been a puzzle to me, and as
our merchant marine Is the only real
asset we have received out OF the war
II behooves us to see that 1t Is fostered,
enlarged and made a permanent institu-
ton. II charges are made and denied
as in the present case II is essential hat
an impartial inquiry shall be made AS
I have heard Of others discharged Tor
making assertions OF waste. neglect and
indifference In the same department OF
our Government 1t is time for dis
interested ard unbiased committee OF
citizens who are taxpayers TO accompany
Captain Patton to Pralls Island. make
their investigation ard report their find
ings to the President OF the United
States.
AS o patriotic duty | am willing to
spare the time TO make one OF that coul-
mittee. s. Woop McCLAvE.
NEW York, April s.
The New York herald., 1921-04-09
The Size Of It.

Such honors great have come to him
He's Bojum Of the FTipperloos
And Hocus OF the Clan OF BIN
And Pocus OF the Buckarooe.
He's Upper Of the Letmedrops
And socker OF the Golden Key.
And in tho mighty Lollipops
He has the nincty-third degree.
Moreover, the young man Is known
Az Llcker OF the Llppitoo.
And In the order Of the Bone
lie Is the high and only Boo.
And yet with all or this he raves
In manner most dlsheartenlng.
For with the girl whose love he Graves
He does not count for anything.
NATHAN NJ Levy.
The New York herald., 1921-04-09
Children at Morningside.
At Present They Are Not Permitted
to Play on the Lawn.

To THE NEW YORK HERALD: have
noticed constantly that children are
obliged to vacate the broad meadow in
Morningside Park upon the advent Of
a policeman. Evidently there must be
some regulation prohibiting recreation
on this lawn. and If 50 it seems TO me
to be unjustihed.
IL the argument Is advanced that
tranpling on the grass spoils the ap-
pearance Of the park ! would reply that
Morningside Park could scarcely be
termed an aesthetic tonic, and WREN peo-
pie desire beauty they need but walk
few blocks to Central Park.
on the other hand. owing to New
Yorks lack Of sufficient recreation facil-
tiles every available plot OF ground
such as the NIorningside Park lawn
should be thrown open for the children's
use. This field in particular is well
adapted for play in it's largeness. IN its
Uniform levelness and in its situation
In a vicinity where there are no play
grounds to speak Of.
The present practice OF having a pa
trolman stroll around the lawn. chasing
children before him, would be ludicrous
were not serious factor behind it. This
serious factor Is the encouragement OF
disrespect for the law, which is brought
about in the following manner:
The policeman clears one end OF the
field and while he is walking little
more than four blocks to clear the oppo-
cite end those children who have just
been ordered Off return. laughing at him.
There are two remedies for this situa-
ton: either post three policemen on tho
lawn to keep II clear or throw the lawn
open for use.
THEopoRE M. BERNSTEIN.
NEW YORK, April s.