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Summer has a shepherd watching
his flock. with mountains In the
background and the house still in
the distance. Autumn was skipped.
and in the winter medal the scene
shifts to the interior of the house.
revealing a woman weaving at a
loom, another spinning. and a child
rocking a baby's cradle. Lest there
be any mistake. each scene is labeled
U. S. a.
It is not plain now just exactly
what the early republic expected to
teach the Indians by these idyllic
scenes. The Indians knew how to
plant and raise corn, few of them
had sheep to tend. they certainly
were past masters at the art of weav-
ing. and their record for taking care
of their children seems to be as good
as any. The idea was. possibly. to
prove to the original land owners
that the country was not going to the
dogs in the white mans hands. and
that the new republic was a stable
and home-respecting proposition.
Maybe. in addition to this, the red
men were expected to fold their tents
and take to Colonial mansions and
four-poster beds. 1t is not clear.
These prizes were handed out to
the good Indian chiefs and they
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-02-18

must have been somewhat satisfac-
tory for medal making for various
purposes continued. There were
over a hundred medals of Washin-
ton, concentrating his virtues
and fame. 1t was always the peace
loving side of Washington hat was
stressed in these bronze memorials.
A collector of Washington medals
saws there was not one lauding his
victories. A few of the dies of the
Washington medals are still in pos
session of the mint. The others can
no longer be struck. and the few
copies of them in existence are
much priced by collectors.
Washington set precedent that
has never been broken when he re-
fused to allow his lineness to be
reproduced on u coinage. A few
washington cents were minted In
1871 and 1892 following the Euro
pean usage by which the sovereign's
head adorns the coinage of coun-
try. Some of these coins were. Il.
Is believed. minted in England.
washington is said to have been in
%'t-~ant over the suggestion that
such coins become standard. He
INSISTED on the destruction of dies
for pieces bearing his head and ad-
vocated in their place designs
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-02-18
Harding Will Receive Medal
Al Inauguration; This Year
Artistic Design Is Planned

! ing ia front. Inscribed around the
heats were phrases selected as typl-
tying the policies of the two-'Am-
erica First for Harding and Law
and Order" for Coolidge. Inc re-
verse side OF the medal was to carry
Columbia seated. looking toward the
national capitol. her left hand lean
ing on the national coat Of arms
and her right holding the fasces'
symbolic of the unity of the republic.
The inaugural medal is financed
by private subscription in Washing
ton. so that 500 copies. costing about
s. 1900, do not represent any expense
to the Federal treasury. Even so.
the medal will probably not be pro-
duced this year. as the committees
are 10Y dissolved and the money
raised for the medal is to be re-
turned.
There will, however. be a bronze
inaugural medal which any II can
buy because the United States mint
always celebrates this way. Few
people know that the Philadelphia
mint runs a sort of art shop. where
the public can buy pictures in bronze
of all of our presidents and some
naval heroes and other great men.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-02-18

This is no joke, like the aged
wheeze Of a steel engraving of wash
ingtOn for two cents-in n
words, a postage stamp. Most of the
mint's likenesses sell for one dol
lar and are round bronze medal
lions. three inches In diameter. They
carry the head of the hero, usually
in profile. on one side. and appro-
pirate lettering or symbols on the
reverse.
Medals of the Indians
1t is said that originally the gov
eminent produced these bronze OBJ
jects of art to inculcate love and
patriotism in the Indians. Among
the first of these examples to the In
dams were three med Is known as
the Seasons Medals. They are nov
extremely rare. a set of three sells
for about $1,000. All three were
made during Washington's second
presidency. but his portrait was not
used on them. Instead. the dates
and administration were marked on
the back between a design OF crossed
oak and laurel leaves.
The other side bears the pictures
by which the Indians were to profit.
Spring, is represented by a farmer
sowing grain and another man plow-
ing. with a farm house at n side.
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ured in this series. The reverse
may have any suitable design. For
he first few Presidents the usual
reverse showed two hands clasped
and a tomahawk and pipe of peace
crossed. This was partly because
the Indians were a real factor in
the history of those times, partly
from the sentiment which always
associates the red men with Amer
lea and partly we understand. be-
cause of the original idea of inspir-
ing the Indians to be civilized
through this medium of bronze
souvenirs. Later. laurel branches
took the place Of the Indian SYM
boIs, though in 1850, Fflmore's
medal r~esurrected the Indian and
showed him standing with a white
man on a farm with the American
flag waving in the background. MI.
Wilson'S medal, the last n struck
in this series. carries on the back
a spread eagle. and in the back
ground the Capitol in low. shad-
owy relief.
Besides the presidential medals.
the Philadelphia mint has designed
and struck medals COMMUNICATING
such events and persons rs Perry's
capture of the British feet in Lake
Erie: Emancipation Proclamation:
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with a head of Liberty. The Sem
ate held that the Presidents head
should In respect to him be used on
the money of the republic, but the
House agreed with Washington,
and a law was enacted as the Pres
ident wanted ii.
Use Only Dead Celebrities
Since then. no living persons
features have been used on our
money-either paper or coins.
Likenesses of persons who might be
suitable monetary designs are kept
sometimes until a time when they
will be eligible to this kind of fame,
Medals are different. Every
President has been immortalized
in bronze. though the presidential
series which the mint now strikes
and sells was not started until JEFF
Persons administration. Later, the
earliet Presidents were added to
the medal series. and now the gov
eminent presidential medal is usu-
ally struck by the mint about the
time of the inauguration or shortly
after. =.
Mr.. HardSng's medal has not yet
been planned, the treasury depart
ment informs us. 1t will probably
have the Presidents head only on
it, as the Vice President is o feat
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-02-18

WASHINGTON. Feb. 1S.-one OF
the honOrs which Warren G. Hard
ing will 70 ego. by mis- po,:Sy o. SIM
plicity first at inaus uration time, IS
that of having his profile struck on
4 god medallion as an Inaugural
souvenir for himself.
Ever since the time OF William
Henry Harrison this has beer one OF
the customs of the occasion. \ gold
media. with the likeness OF Ia new
executive is presented to him au-
other eoes to the vice presidenr and
a third TO the char man OF the gen.
eial inaugural ~committes. Silver
duplicates go to chairmen of the
inaugural ub-committees, bronze
medals to the committee members
and a few extra bronze copies are
made tor museums and collectors.
These medals are among the perma-
nent souvenirs Of the adm.nistrd-
ton. and as such they are always
higniy priced
This year. the committee on me-
dals planned to eclipse all pas per
formsnces in artistic finish. Eleven
designs were submitted. and n had
been selected. II bore the prctiles
of Harding and Coolidge. with Hard
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-02-18

the Wright brothers airpiane dis
coveries: Louis Agassiz, the natu-
ralist, and Cyrus Field, the dnan1
cier.
Formerly, visitors to Philadei-'
phia toured the mint. and many
bought medals as souvenirs. now
however, the mint is closed to our
lists. because of unsettled conditions
and those who wish to patronize
the art store do so by mail.
The New York herald., 1921-12-21
nent stirred by any tampering with

ment stirred by any tampering with
food
A farmers strike the sole purpose
Of which is to reduce the output OF
corn would be subjected to the clos
est public scrutiny. With market
stagnation as it is at present. it is
possible that a 25 per cent. reduc-
tion in the corn crop is necessary to
insure the farmer a fair return for
his labor. 1t is, however, a definite
fact that the need for American corn
next year will not be quarter under
the need this year.
Various reforms are under discus
sion to improve the conditions of the
farmer. President HARDING and Sec
retary WALLACE propose more CO.
operative marketing. They and 4il-
ers urge long time farm credits and
lower freight rates. Some even favor
a return to Government grain cor
poration. Almost any measure would
seem preferable to a move the direct
result of which would be to enlarge
the world famine area by decreasing
the grain planted belt.
The New York herald., 1921-12-21
BY w. j. HENDERSON.

The Philadelphia Orchestra bestowed
concert last evening in Carnegie Hail.
Since the entertainments of the admir-
able organization belonging to the re-
gions of the Delaware and the Schuyl-
of the season of music in this town the
spectacle of a crowded auditorium no
longer causes astonishment. But 1t is
undeniable that some small clouds. not
upon the armament in which blazes the
antares Of conductors called Stokowski.
There are persons so difficult to please
that they grumble at his interpretations
of Schoenberg. Even last night there
were carpers. The program began
with Bach's Brandenburg concerto in F.
and some carpers whimpered at the way
in which NJ Stokowski caused it to be
performed. The first movement is
marked simply allegro" and the re-
bellious ones thought that Mr.. Stokow-
ski had of his own volition made this
more specific by adding "pesante."
OF course Bach was not meticulous
about such matters. 1t did not occur TO
him that Stranskies and Bodanzkies and
Stokowskies would be giving readings of
his works III years after his death.
Otherwise he might not have left so
many opportunities for editing. Mr..
Stokowski felt obliged even TO edit the
Instrumentation of the concerto. but
about this the malcontents made less
complaint than they did about the gem
orally soporfic delivery of the compost
ton. AS to the elegant finish of the
performance there could have been no
difference of opinion. What Mr.. Sto-
kowski wished the orchestra to do was
done beautifully.
After Bach, Haydn. The good old
father of the modern symphony was
represented by his familiar one in G.
major. There was more life in this per-
formance, albeit practiced carpers might
have declared that they had heard it
done with more of Haydn's irrepressible
humor and gayety in the first and last
movements. The slow movement was
admirably played and the minuet had
the true flavor.
The last number on the list was Rim
sky-Korsakov's melodic translation of
The New York herald., 1921-12-21
Ballad of Jane McCrea.

To THE NEW YORK HERALD: ] have
only recently come across the conclud-
ing couplet OF the epitaph Of James
Davis, '1ate smith to the Royal Artil-
lery," whose grave is in st. Paul's
churchyard. The two first lines are:
Behold and see as you pass by
AS you are now once I.
The concluding lines, which time hae
obliterated from the tombstone, are
As l am now so you will be,
Prepare for death and follow me.
Can you tell me where to find the
following poem, of which / can remem-
ber only these lines, and by whom it was
written:
Fort Edward on the Hudson is guarded day
and night.
But early In the morning II saw a bitter
sight,
A bloody deed and shameful
! think it is named Massacre of Jane
McCrea." X. Y. u.
SARATOGA SPA, December 90.
The New York herald., 1921-12-21
Britain's Handiest Man.

A man whom Great Britain for the
last quarter of century sent to un-
usual peoples and peculiar places on
missions requiring exceptional tact
and diplomatic skill was Brigadier-
General George +. PHILLIPS, whose
death in London is just reported.
Soon after he entered the army he
served in Hongkong as aid-de-camp TO
the Governor, Sir w. ROBINSON; then
he was sent into central Asia, to
Afghanistan and Persia; afterwards
to Egypt and central and south Az
rica. He was in command Of the in.
ternational forces at Scutari when
the war broke out and he was the
head of special allied missions to
Serbia and Greece.
He was kept so busy as the handy
man of the British Empire that he
had no chance to see military service
in tho field; to his deep chagrin
he was intrusted with so many deli
cate little diplomatic jobs that he
did not even get into the Boer war
His opportunity came, however, in
1913 when he was ordered to take
command at Scutari. This town was
then center of international strife
and intrigue; Montenegro, Serbia and
Bulgaria were trying to grab IL; Rus
sia, Austria, Italy and Greece were
suspicious and fearful that one or the
other might gain some advantage
which would give TO it control of the
east Adriatic coast. It was besides d
hotbed Of tribal and religious war
fare and the center Of the north AL
banian blood feud
Thc Powers OF Europe sent troope
10 keep peace and order rrc Gags ol
Great Britain, France, Germany,
The New York herald., 1921-12-21
EVENTS TO-DAY.

Russian Famine Fund. Christmas party.
Lexington Theatre, S:iJ r. NJ
OIL; nr; WIZ Durant VIII lecture THE
original Nature OF Man." Labor TempIc
Fourteenth street and Second avenue, $50
Il. NJ. ''V
Carroll Club. Christmas party for IN
to J.. NJ.
American Society of Civil Engineers, die.
cussion of The Zoning Law-what VI Has
Done for New York" Engineering sociotic,
Building. 80 West Thirty-ninth street
The Rev. Or. Caleb r.. Stetson viii ne
inducted into the rectorship of Trinity
Church. . y. NJ
American Manufacturers Export Associa.
! tion. luncheon Hotel Astor. IL 80 r. M.
Carver Chiropractic Institute. graduation
exercises and dance. Hotel McAlpin, 4 T.. NJ
hiwanis Club, luncheon. Hotel McAIpin,
| i2:30 p. NJ.
clason Point Military Academy. dance.
Hotel McAlpln. r. VI.
Near East Relief, luncheon Hotel Nc
Alpin. =. NJ.
New Jersey Medical Club, dinner. Irotc,
McAlpin. +. M.
Jewish, Jewish Memorial Hospital. dance, Cato
Board Of Education. meeting. Park avenue
and Fifty-ninth street. T. NJ.
Greenwich House. 81 Barrow street Baby
Club. party, r. NJ. Girls Chorus enter
tains the English Italian classes. T. NJ
New York Academy of Medicine. section
Of laryngology and rhinology. meeting II
Wcst forty-third street. $3.50 y. NJ.
! Parents Association, Public School 81, Ani-
sterdam avenue and Seventy-scventh street.
c. j. Blanchard will lecture on ''Our
Pagan People" Brooklyn Institute of Art,
and Sciences. Academy of Music. S:15 T. NJ.
Grover A. Whalen, Commissioner OF Piant
luncheon of the Staten Island Rotary Club,
Staplcton, i. M.
Luncheon TO Gutzon Borglum. president
Of tho International Sporting Club. Banker,
Club, I r. NJ.
The New York herald., 1921-12-21

levels and the railroads, which must
burn coal to haul coal, can and will
be forced to cut their freight rates.
Reduce the cost of producing the coal,
of transporting the coal and Of
handling it in the local territory
where it is delivered, and consumers
can save hundreds of millions of
dollars. Coal exports and domestic
industry can be energized again. La
Dor can be reemployed. But until
these basic costs do come down all
together and in substantial measure
this country is going to be up against
a coal problem which cannot be
solved.
The New York herald., 1921-12-21
American History.
Influences i'm Asia and Europe Shap.
ing This Nations Destiny.

To THE New YORK HERALD: Let us
hope that something important will
emerge from the controversy about
school histories. Let no class, section,
sect or nation be favored but let us
have truth and fact. Our elementary
and general historiography suffers
frightfully from two causes:
/. The false notion of almost unmixed
English culture and political precedents
in Americas making-absolutely OPP
posed to fact and record.
g The production of American his
Photography thus far is almost wholly
OF New England origin, inheritance or
influence. to the slurring over of our
middle States or European continental
influences, origins and forces. Distinc-
tive America was shaped by the States
and people of the central region.
The undersigned. whose blood or ichor
is English and Welsh and who has
studied, seen and helped to make his
tory on three continents, knows moth
ing of two parts of the universe as they
are usually pictured in histories:
l. The United States of America as
pictured by the average writer. who
leaves out, as most makers or our school
histories do. the direct and indirect in
fiuences through Pilgrims. Puritans. Lord
Calvert. &C.. and leading American
statesmen before 1850 A. D. of the
federal Dutch Republic on our flag,
Constitution and national customs. Our
federal precedents are derived from the
Dutch, not the English.
2. am unacquainted with any true
history of the world. of mankind or of
civilization that leaves out the direct
and Indirect influences, factors or prece-
dents, from religions to paper money
derived from the Mother Continent Asia
invented. Europe developed and applied.
America borrowed. Our debt to Asia IS
immeasurable.
WILLIAM ELLIOT GRIFFIs.
New YORK, December 20.
The New York herald., 1921-12-21
The Tree of Light.

From the Edison Monthly
Peace of the Earth / was a forest
tree
And with my brothers whispered on a
hill;
We felt the sun, the rippled rain, the
Dark were the nights and far the city's
glow.
But ours the hope of Spring that feared
no cold
Watching the drifting stars burn blue
and old.
We prayed our winged seeds were
rooted deep
Down where the little valley dreamed,
asleep.
But always did we know the time would
come
Sun in our hearts might find another
home,
Pride of our strength to needs of men
might bend:
Life which had thrilled in youth must
brave its end.
Light
Honored to stand within the ctys place.
Ilumined beauty for an eager throng !:
Stars / have loved come in my arms to
lie.
To raptured eyes I am a gloried sky,
Each breeze, long cherished, is an
angels voice.
o Holy Night! Humbly do I rejoice
Who never dreamed to CLINT a human
face,
To be "a symbol of the gifts of grace.
The Darkness sways-a little Babe Is
born!
And caroling upon the air is sweet.
Mans mercy knows the path of shep-
herds feet.
I glow anewl l fash my story far,
Joy to the world-to every heart star
The dawn is hushed, the Christmas mes
sage told;
Then does no wistful child cry in the
cold
Forests and men live but their growth
to spend:
I would flame warmth and light unto
my end
EDITH LIVINGSTON SMITH.
The New York herald., 1921-12-21
Germany's Financial Problem.

Apart from all consideration as to
how much Germany can pay on rep
arations account in the immediate
future, the German financial figures
which Premier BRIAND of France and
Prime Minister LLOYD GEORGE of Eng
land will examine in the discussions
which began in London on Monday
are highly interesting.
Germany is inundated with paper
money. When the two Ministers at
the London conference look at the
figures for note circulation in Ger
many they will see that they rose
from 71,S3S, 100000 marks in June to
1900 900, 900 on November 1 and to
101 900, 100000 on December 1.
1t is estimated that private inter
ests have gold values of $7,000,000,-
900 held abroad. But no scheme for
turning this over to the account of
the German Government to discharge
reparations has been worked out. The
German Government resists the de-
mand of the industrialists to hand
the railroads over to private inter
ests in return for reparations cred
it's. If it did this there would be no
possibility of foreign loan with the
railroads as security. Besides this,
the Government undoubtedly would
he rislxinp sharp censure IL not actual
removal from power if it should fol-
low such policy.
The ultimate payment of 132,000.-
100000 gold marks is not the ques-
tion at issue between M. BRIANp and
Mr. LLOYD GEORGE. The present diff
Guilty is to find some way to cover
over to the German Government and
thence to the Entente some of the
reserves of wealth now in private
German hands.
The New York herald., 1921-12-21
RUSSIAN C0NTRALT0 SINGS.
Nine. TarnsOva Gives Her First
Song Recital Here.

Nine. Nina Tarasova. Russian mezzo-
contralto gave her first song recital of
the season last night at Town Hall.
Nine. Tarasova, popularity known as an
interpreter of Russian folksongs and
ballads. deviated from her rule and
sang folksongs from several lands and
few art songs She gave also, as she
has done before, folksongs which have
been used by standard Russian COM
posers.
Nine. Tarasova's delivery grows more
artistic. Always a singer of fine dra-
matte instincts, last night her diction
was commendable in several languages.
her skill in phrasing and coloring more
finished. Her personality is always
charming A humorous Russian folk
song given as an encore and with re-
markable expressiveness told OF how the
family had potatoes to eat every day
and then on Saturday (Jewish Sunday
as a great treat they had potatoes,
Yasha Bunchull assisted the singer by
playing some cello solos. Lazar Vein
er played her accompaniments and
Gregory Ashman those Of the cellist.
The New York herald., 1921-12-21
Open Price Agreements.

1t is not easy for the lay mind to
grasp the technical legal points in
the Supreme Court decision which ad'
judged the open price methods of the
National Hardwood Manufacturers
Association an illegal combination III
restraint of trade. Justice BRANDEIs
in his dissenting opinion opposed the
majority opinion that 365 dealers in
hardwood could successfully restrain
trade or influence prices among the
5000 hardwood mills east of the line
from Minnesota to Texas. 1t will be
recalled that the United States Steel
Corporation was not adjudged an or
ganization in restraint of trade, al
though controlling more than so per
cent. of the steel industry.
The obvious facts are that the
hardwood dealers did keep up prices
by disseminating information which
led both dealers and purchasers to
believe that this class of timber was
becoming scarce and that dealers had
an arrangement among themselves to
control production. These are the
facts on which the majority opinion
was based. On the other hand the
Steel Corporation, it was earlier
found, did not use its influence to
keep up prices or to raise them,
although it possessed the power to
do so
The hardwood case draws a new
line of cleavage between what is and
what is not an illegal combination.
If there is an open price arrangement
the only purpose of which can be to
control the markets, such combina-
tions are in opposition to the anti
trust laws. If there is no open price
agreement, but a combination, as in
the Steel Corporation case, built up
with the purpose of consolidating
productive units and cutting down
overhead charges, such combination
is legal so long as it does not use its
concurrent influence in the markets
to control prices and restrain the
trade of it's competitors.
The distinction is not always so
easy to make as it may appear to be
from an analysis of the present rul
ing and the decision of the court in
the Steel Corporation case.