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The New York herald., 1921-02-17
THURSDAY. FEBRUARY IT. 1921.
New House Tax Exemptions.

A tax exemption for ten years on
new dwellings up to n value of $1,000
house or apartment, and constructed
within the next year, does mean, we
can all agree, a virtual rebate of
abont 30 per cent. on their real cost.
1t does not mean, however, that the
rebate necessarily depriyes the city
treasury of the amount of taxes equal
mated at $S,00O,000. On the contrary,
It would be more likely to mean that
the staxpaying buildings, already heav-
lily overloaded with taxes, would be
assessed, In effect, the amount of the
rebate. In other words and accord
ing TO the ancient rule, what the treas
ury fails to get out of those who don't
pay their taxes it must get out of
those who do pay their taxes.
But. ofeeourse, as the present tax
bills must be passed along in the
rent bills 10 tenants, so the extra tax
assessment to cover the amount of
the rebate TO those not paying any
taxes would be added to the already
high rents of taxpaying property.
Nevertheless, as the only way TO
end the housing shortage is to get
more houses built, and as the only
way to get more houses built is to
. make the building business attractive
TO. capital, this rebate certainly ought
to draw capital to IT If anything will.
AsAan emergency measure, therefore.
It would seem to Justify itself, though
at the\aforesaid exhense of the pres
ent taxpaying property and those that
rent it.
After having contributed toward the
rebate millions the general rent payer
might begin to get some benefit him
self by virtue of the increased hous-
Ing supply checking the tendency of
rents TO keep on going up. AS against
that possibility, however, there Is also
to be considered the other possibility
that when the period Of exempt
building has expired-April, E1922--
builders will not take the risk Of put
ting UP non-exempt houses to try TO
compete for ten years with landlords
having the advantage of non-taxable
properties.
Yet it would. be reasonable enough
for the, Board of Estimate to take a
chance on that outcome. so long as
the rebate probably would come
largely out of the pockets of present
taxpayers and rent payers instead of
out OF the municipal treasury.
The New York herald., 1921-02-17
EVENTS TO-DAY.

Charles G. Dawes will speak at the tenth
annual banquet Of the trust company soc
tion, American Bankers Association, Wal
dorf- Astoria, p. M.
Miss Helen varick Boswell and Mrs. Doug
lag Robinson NH speak at the formal open
Club. so west Thirty ninth street. 80 p. NJ.
JOB Il. Hedges and Travis II. Whitnsy will
speak at meeting of the New York Young
+. Nj.
American Institute OF Electrical Engineers.
Three HUNDRED and Sixth Field Artillery
Post. American Legion, meeting Seventy
seventh Division Club. 81 West Twenty
Mayor j. Hampton Moore of Philadelphia
and United States Senator Irvine l.. Lenroot
Of Wisconsin will speak at the annual dinner
TP.M. ~ 'p S
Or. Thomas W. Galloway will discuss
''Heredity and Environment at "a meeting
OF the Federation for Child Study. dls Cen
uel Park West. 4 T.. M.
Tbe Typhoid Carrier" paper By Abraham
I. Garbat at stated meeting OF the. New
York Academy of Medicine. IL West Forty
third street. $3.50 +. NJ
Meeting OF delegates to discuss plans tor
nndley NJ Garrison Will speak o1 Trans
Union League Club. :i5 r. NJ.
Wonen's National Book Association. meet
ing, II West Forty-sepenth street. s:lo - NJ.
Anglo-Eaxon and the Practical Mind at
Town Hall, iia West Forty-third street. IL
A. NJ.
David George lIogarth Will lecture on The
HittiteH OF Asia Minor at Metropolitan
Museum OF Art, 5;j5 y. NJ.
Karl Irsero VIII lecture Occult
SciRnce" At meeting Of the Anthropo-
sopEisal Society 20 West Thirty-ninth street.
Tr. Max Talmey VIII lecture on THE Prob
lem u an Auxiliary International Language
and It's Solution Through lido at the
College Of the City Of New York, Amsterdam
avenue and iSsth street. this noon.
my Experiences In the Balkans lecture
BY LILY G. Mebane at the Bowery Mission,
y y. ~.
Rotary Club, luncheon. Hotel McAipin.
~ 40 =. NJ.
Eastern Bar Iron Institute. meeting. Wal
dorf-Astorie, 0 A. M.
Foreign Exchange Club. dinner. Hotel Mo-
Apin. Z +. NJ.
New York wholesale Grocers Association.
convention. Hotel Astor all day; dinner.
Pm.
chiropean Club Of Brooklyn. luncheon. Ho-
tel Commodore. ~ 80 =. III.
Label Manufacturers Association. meeting,
Hotel Astor. 10 A. NJ.
Michigan Women, meeting. Hotel Pennsyl-
vanla, 4. NJ.
Baptist Social Union OF New York City,
dinner. Hotel Aator, 80 =. NJ.
The New York herald., 1921-02-17
A Trolley Protest.
The Rev. Milo III. Gates Objects to
Line i'm 155th Street.

To THE New YORK HERALD: For the
last twenty years public spirited citizens
of Washington Heights have fought
against constant attempts on the Fart
Of the Third avenue and Bronx lines
to run overhead trolleys through the
streets of this beautiful region. About
ten years ago. under the plea that it
was impossible to have a trolley car that
would be at once an overhead and
underground trolley, the Third a,nnue
people persuaded the citizens into allow
ing an extension of their line across the
yiaduct through 155th street to connect
with the Amsterdam avenue line. They
did this on the promise that this was
all they desired. At the time they were
working for franchises on Broadway and
155th street.
An attempt is being made to extend
the overhead trolley system. The troll
leys are now to go down only as far as
Broadway, we are told Next year or
the year after next the accelerator will
weepingly tell us that the people desire
to have it go up Broadway little way
las far as 16Sth street, for instance
to connect with the trolley lines there.
Then we shall be asked to have it go
down Broadway as far as Manhattan
street and then to let 1t go up as far
as 1S1st street to connect there. This
beautiful region will then resemble some
streets of Brooklyn and The Bronx I:
cobwebs of ugly and disgraceful over
head trolley wires.
To put a trolley line through 155th
street from Amsterdam avenue to Broad
way would be an outrage. At the
corner of Broadway and 155th street Is
the fine hospital for incurable cripples
owned by the Sisters of the Annuncia-
tion. Opposite is the beautiful Gothic
Church of the Intercession. A little
way up the block Is the fine building OF
the North Presbyterian Church further
up the block stands the Welsh Church.
The Y. M. c. A. is also on the block.
All these institutions have large classes
for children and the street is filed with
little ones going to and from their
classes on week days and Sundays.
No one Is simple minded enough to
think that such an extension as Is pro-
posed is going to relieve the subway.
The subway is overcrowded by those
who live in this region. IL we are to
add further crowds who go to the base
ball games life on Washington Heights
will not be an undiluted delight. The
civic pride of the citizens of this region
who desire to preserve what of its beau
ties are left may be depended upon
stanchly to oppose this new aggression.
Milo II. GATES.
NEW YORK, February 16.
The New York herald., 1921-02-17
The Presidents Pay.
Precedent for Collecting the Income
Tax from the Chief Magistrate.

To THE NEW York HERALD: May O.
mere reader of THE NEW YORK HERALD
venture to review. / dare not say criti-
else. your leading editorial article en-
titled Don't Tax the Presidents Pay?
That the President of the United
States, speaking impersonally, Is and has
been underpaid goes without saying.
Admitting this the compensation OF that
officer should now. and before March 4.
1921, be suitably increased. because the
Constitution (Articie H., Section ID pro-
vides that his compensation shall nei-
ther be increased nor diminished during
the period for which he shall have been
elected. and he shall not receive within
that period any other emolument from
the United states. or any of them" In
like manner it is also provided (Arti-
Gle III. Section - that the compensa-
ton of the Federal Judges shall not be
diminished during their continuance in
office"
These provisions OF the Constitution
we're enacted in order 70 preserve the
independence OF the Executive and the
judicial branches Of the Government.
They did not, however prevent the tax
Ing of the compensation for services paid
to the President and the Judges during
the income tax period Of the civil war
and the years following. Indeed, the laws
OF those days required all disbursing
officers of the Government to deduct the
income tax before paying salaries to any
Federal officer. civil or military. 1t was
not until the present incumbent came
into the Presidential chair that an excep-
ton. in his favor. was written into the
law, which ne made effective by his
signature.
All these facts are doubtless known
to Mr.. Harding and they may have in
duced him 10 express the wish that hIs
salary as President be not exempted
from income tax. In any event his
wishes should be controlling, as were
Washlngtons when In 1875, on taking
the command OF our armies, he refused
all compensation over and above his
necessary expenses. OF which he ren-
dered most minute and detailed state
ments. which accounts remain to this
day as an example TO his successors.
With all respect TO the President
elect let ne ask, Why In a republic
should the President alone be exempted
from any tax? SruYvEsANT FISH.
NEW YoRK, February Is.
The New York herald., 1921-02-17

1t is a practice not INDUCED in by
those who have given the matter the
study it deserves. The removal of
much wood at one time Is a shock TO
the tree, and Nature exacts a penalty
as Il rule by withholding her gifts
until the system has had chance to
revive. A little wood at atime is the
proper method, but the best plan Of
all is SO to shape the tree from the
earliest period of its growth that
dehorning and other severe treatment
Will never be necessary.
There are few farmers who know
everything about the care of orchards.
The bulksof their pruning is done by
jackson -all-trades, who go about the
country performing this task when
other employment is scarce. 1T Is
either this or utter neglect until what
should he a source of income becomes
an eyesore. Decay next destroys
light to the eye-what can surpass
an apple tree in its spring regalla P
but generous contributor TO our
food supply.
Any traveller over our highways
can observe orchard conditions which
are highly undesirable. A campaign
Of education might act as spur, but
the Inauguration of compulsory meas
ures in the care of fruit trees by pro-
gressive communities would get at
the heart of the evil more quickly
and stamp out the pests which are
bred in these neglected areas.
There are few things more delight
full, either raw or cooked, than an
apple which has been developed under
proper conditions. 1t affords graft
fication 10 our senses Of taste and smell
which no other fruit imparts. Is not
the culture and preservation Of such
q product worth while?
Pruning judiciously and spraying
are the preliminary steps, and now is
the time to begin the work.
The New York herald., 1921-02-17
Daily Calendar
THE WEATHER.

For Eastern New York-Cloudy and
colder to-day tomorrow fair and much
colder; southwest and northwest winds
and gales.
For New .Jerssy-Cioudy and somewhat
coider fo-uay; tomorrow fair and much
winds.
For Northern New Engiand-cloudy to-day
ana tomorrow; colder IN south. ruch eaie-e
TOMORROW; fr-sk southwest sne Hees wssSS-
FOR southern New Engieau~--Cioudy sssS
somewhat colder to-day: Tomorrow fair srs,.
% much colder strong southwest and we--
For Western New Yoris--Rain or snow ana
much colder
WASHINGTON. Feb. ls.-The storm that
was central over western Minnesota last
night continued 10 move ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
and It's r, centre was over north Ontario to-
night Ihls storm was attended by gales
IN the region Of the Great Lal:ee. ,tile Ohio
and upper Mississippi Valleys and the Plain,
states and by light rain In the region CT
the Great Lakes. the Ohio and middle Mis-
souri, Valley. and light snow in the. North
west states. Over the remainder Of tho
country generally falr weather prevailed
The temperature was unseasonably high
to-day IN the east and south States while
decidedly colder weather overspread tho
Valley and the Fiains states. The Sem. seln
perature will fall In the States east Of tho
mississippi River during the next 80 hours.
tions.
There Will be snow fIurries In the region
OF the Great Lakes and aIpper Ohio Valley,
anu proSapn sssia In south mississippi and
south Alabama. es~ generally fair weather
eisewhere east Of the .sssnsissippi River dur
ing Tomorrow and Ffiday.
storm warnings are displayed on the At
iantic coast at and between Sandy Hook.
N. j., and Boston. Mass.
Observations at United States weather Bu-
X Law
The New York herald., 1921-02-17
WanderIust.

No doubt the north star must grow
tired
OF keeping an accustomed place.
or pointing mortal fools the way
To guide their little crawling pace.
'Tls not unlikely TO SUPPOSE
a star may have the wanderlust,
For all the lanes of space must call,
The roads that shine with starry dust.
Some night when spring comes up the
sky
And all infinity is sweet
The ships may look for II in vain
And lost will be the sailing feet.
Then wise astronomers on earth
Will scan tho he tvens wonder sown,
And publish tldinss Of their nnd---
A comet hitherto unknown.
McLANpBt.RGu WILSON
The New York herald., 1921-02-17
A February Twilight.

There is no change to touch the sombre
scene
Save barren boughs against a steel
gray sky;
AS far as one may gaze the weary eye
Senses a white monotony of mien.
AS swiftly as hawks wing long and
lean
The shadows gather and the cattle lie
Closer together as q gust sweeps by
Seeking as though some crannied grain
to CLEAN.
The branches oraclSle meath the hand Of
frost.
And all the illinitable land is lost
In darkness. save where CLEANS a
cotter's light;
Then desolation grips as does a spell,
Until the long susurrus of bell
Makes hiatus in the heart of night
CLINTON ScoLLARp.
The New York herald., 1921-02-17
Mayor MitcheI's Way.

To THE NEW YORK. HERALD: The
honor paid to the memory of Mayor
John Purroy Mitchell last Saturday was
well deserved
Mayor Mitchell in the Board Of Esti-
mate was mild hammered personality.
always alert to the subject under dis
cussion, with remarkable perspicuity,
and no only expressed his opinion after
the matter had been thoroughly pre-
sented. Often by some question he
would bring out some salient feature
Of the subject which had been over
looked. A NEW YORKER
NEW YORK. February Is.
The New York herald., 1921-02-17
"Juggler Of Notre Dame" at Manhattan
Massenets Opera Presented With Ballet Accompany
ing Schuberts Unfinished SYMPHONY.

Juggling and dancing occupied the
stage of the Manhattan Opera House
last evening. but the Chicago Opera
Company had not turned into ,vaude-
vile troupe. Tho programme conslsted
Of Massenet's opera lie Jongleur de
Notre Dame" and a ballet constructed to
accompany Schubert.s unfinished sym
phony. The dancing of symphonies is
no longer unfamiliar but 1t continues to
confound musicians. who persist in won
dering what artistic end can be accom-
plished by 1t.
Massenet's opera is an old acquaint-
ance. Its presentation inevitably includ-
ed the appearance of Miss Mary Garden
as Jean, the wandering MEDIEVAL Jug
gler who won the approval Of the Virgin
by utilizing his humble art in worship.
1t was long ago conceded that Miss Gar
den was the greatest vocal Juggler In
opera, and therefore no new amazement
could be aroused by what she did last
evening. 1t seemed almost incredible
that any one could sing the music as
she sang II. but there she was, audible
and convincing.
Her impersonation of Jean had its ia
miliar merits of action and general in
depreciation. Whatever Miss Garden
does is interesting. Even her singing Is
interesting. 1t IS full of surprises, and the
unexpected is always interesting. though.
Of course. not always agreeable. But
Miss Garden was not alone in her vocal
vagaries. The performance was filed
with them. Mr. Dufranne as Bonifdce
was in very poor condition, and spent
much time in vain efforts no find the
pitch. But he was a very good natured
Boniface. Mr.. Cotreuil was tolerable
as the I',ior, although he made some
striking contributions to the tuneless
singing of the evening. Giorgio Polacoo
conducted and the orchestra played the
notes written by Massenet
Among those in the audience were
Mrs. Frederic Neilson Dr. and Mrs.
The New York herald., 1921-02-17

public school teachers. 1t should de-
fend the schools, including the use of
the buildings, against all invasion Of
un-American theories AS for the
churches. they may be trusted TO deal
with their own obligations. But one
of these is to see that the reverence
accorded TO them, the authority at
tached TO their ministry and the IA
cilitles of their organization shall not
be used for their own overthrow or
for the impairment of that broad pub
lie morality of which they are, along
with the State, thetcustodians.
The New York herald., 1921-02-17

Preston p. Satterwhite, Mr. and Mrs.
Justus Rupert Miss Lily Ruperti. Mr..
and Mrs Arthur II. Lippincott. Mr.. and
Mrs William Wade Henshaw. Mr.. and
Mrs ~ Ecrbes Mccreery. Mrs. Charles
William Sloane. Mrs. Bernard M.
Baruci, Mis- Belle Barueh. Count de
Perigny, Mr. William Koch. Mrs. Il.
De Witt Walsh, Mrs. NJ Saunders
Draper Airs. Stuart Wing, Mrs. j. Lee
Taller. Nine. de Weerth. Mr. Charles
c. Matchett, Mr. and Mrs. J. Insley
Blair. Mrs. "A. Fabris 4Spanuth. Mrs.
y. Juch Weilman. Miss Emily Rigl.
Mrs. Burke Roche. MIR. A. Morris Bagby,
Mr. Joseph Davidson, Mr.. Addison f.
Andrews and Mr.. Joseph Redding.
The New York herald., 1921-02-17
Lincoln's Meaning.
A Study Of the Proper Acccnting Of
the Gettysburg Address.

To THE New YORK HERALD: On Lin
coins Birthday his Gettysburg speech
was read or quoted in hundreds of
places, and the words ip the closing
sentence. government of the people. by
the people and for the people" were
undoubtedly delivered in the traditional
way with the accents on the three prep
ositions of, by and for. This render
ing is unquestionably incorrect.
1. It is against tine spirit Of Llncoln's
style, which Is simple. natural and un-
artificial. A play on Of, by and for is
Chestertonian, fashy. Lincoln's style is
never found to SAVIOR OF the professional
rhetorician.
2. Tie triple emphasis on the pregJsi-
items not only makes Lincoln an artifl-
cial rhetorioian. It makes him an mac
curate and misleading one. UnwIttingly
the ear is misguided and the idea pro-
duced by the accent on the first prepo-
sition, Of, Is that Lincoln in referring
to government OF the people has In
mind government derived from and
having its source In the people. But
this Is the idea conveyed III the second
Is therefore to make the second preposi-
tion. by. redundant Lincoln often re-
peats; he Is never redundant.
3. What Lincoln wrote was, first a
commonplace, and. second, mastery
summary OF the essential elements of a
republican form of government The
commonplace is: THAT government Of
the people shall not perish from
the earth" He pleads for government.
government Of the people, that is, over
them, the orderly direction Of their civic
affairs. There is nothing distinctive
here. A monarchy is a government OF
the people, so is an oligarchy or a con-
stitutional monarchy. A republic Is sim
ply one Of the many forms of govern
mept Of the people. With the states
men Of all times Lincoln pleads for gov
ernment legal control OF the people.
Without government OF tho people there
IS lawlessness, anarchy. the death Of ma
tions. The emphatic word therefore in
the first part Of Lincolp's sentence is
government. and II should be rendered
government Of the people" with the
accent on government.
4. But that which is distinctive in
Lincoln's language Is his powerful char
aoterization Of the true essence of a rev
publican form OF government. which he
condenses in two words, by and for. He
does this with great briiliance and with
out losing that serious love of truth
which is apparent In all his utterances
on Affairs Of state. What he says IS.
a. In a republic there is govern
ment of the people" but It is not by a
king. an oligarchy or even by n lesisla-
tuFe II is derived fv6m the popular will
1t is by" the people.
CD A republican government by the
peor !" is for the people 1t is In their
interests. not in the interest Of any
ruler or of any individuals or special
classes.
II this analysis OF the Ideas In Lin
coins words is reasonable, his great
sentence should be rendered: THAT gov
ernment Of the people'--accent on gov
ernment the phrase "of the people" be-
ing smoothly associated with it--"by
the peopie'--aecent on by--rand for the
peope'.---accsnt on for---'shal not per-
isl from the eartlT'---aceent on perish.
FRANK ]. GOODWIN.
LiTcHFfEfp, Conn, February is.
The New York herald., 1921-02-17
To Save a Shoe a Year.

According to the chemists Of the
Department of Agriculture everybody
in the United States wastes a shoe a
year. That is. instead of buying
300,0O0,000 pairs annually, as we do,
we could get along with 100000, 900
pairs if we took care Of them.
In pamphlet called "The Care of
Leather" the department advises citi-
zens of both sexes on the subject of
keeping their-footwear up to the peak
of endurance. 1t first suggests that
the same shoes shall not be worn two
days running; let the leather have a
day to dry thoroughly. Wet leather
is softer than dry and the stitches cut
through 1t more readily. Drying a
wet shoe calls for knowledge. The
shoe should be cleaned and in the case
Of farmer, golfer or other outdoor
man should be at once creased or
oiled. Then the shoe should be
Strengthened into shape and the toe
stuffed with crumpled paper. To put
wet shoe in a place where il be-
comes hotter than the hand can bear
means ruin to the shoe, for wet
leather burns more readily than dry.
Oiling and greasing shoes Is often
puzzle to the uniformed. The
city man remembers vaguely that as
n lad in the country he used to put
neatsfoot oil on those boots with red
tops and brass tips. SO he smears
neatsfoot oil on his costly calfskin
shoes that he wears to Wall Street
and--behold the bootblack gives
them up in despair. They refuse to
be polished.
1t is impossible TO have both water
proofing and high polish in the same
shoe. But If man or woman wants
TO treat shoe with oil so as to keep
it pliable, preserve the leather and
still make 1t amenable to the brush
this can be done, and castor oil is the
answer. 1t should be applied lightly
to clean dry shoe and rubbed into
the leather until it is dry. If the APP
plication is light enough the shoe may
be polished Immediately afterward,
but it is better to wait until the next
morning. A heavy daubing of castor
oil may put the shoe beyond the aid
Of the most energetic bootblack.
Every man and woman who farms,
hunts, fishes, golfs or merely walks
in all weathers wants to know how
to make shoes waterproof. The De-
partment of Agriculture's pamphlet
gives four formulas as follows:
mo. /. Neutral wool grease. 8
ounces dark petrolatum. ounces;
paraffin wax. 4 ounces.
mo. O. Petrolatum. / pound; bees
wax, 2 ounces.
mo. 8. Petrolatum. ounces par
ann wax. ounces; wool grease.
ounces; crude turpentine gum. 2
ounces.
mo 4. Tallow, 10 ounces; cod OIL
ounces"
Each Of these mixtures should be
prepared and applied warm, but not
very hot. The edge. where sole and
welt meet should be smeared most
generously, as that is the point where
shoes leak most. The sole itself can
be waterproofed by letting the shoe
stand for fifteen minutes in a shallow
pan containing the warm mixture.
The New York herald., 1921-02-17
Mime. Samaroff's Recital.

Nine. Olga Samaroff continued her
series Of eight 'recitals presenting the
by giving the third in Aeolian Hall
yesterday afternoon. She played -four
works, namely. opus % IN E flat Anajor.
opus q, No. /, in L fiat; opus II. No. l,
in L major; opus 27, No. 2. "Moon-
light The sonatas We're performed
without any pause between the move
rnents. Nine. Samaroff gave each
sonata with excellent clarity of style,
and she held the close attention of her
audience throughout the recital