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The New York herald., 1921-01-29
Amateur Journalism.
An Institution Of Former Days Which
Had Distinguished Graduates.

To TIE New YORK HERALp: Along
in the '70s and sos New York was in
cluded among scores of other cities and
villages all over the United States in
which amateur Journalism was a -four
ishing institution. Under that name
there were edited and printed hundreds
of little papers by boys and girls. As
interesting an institution as II was, anna
teur Journalism Is now thing of the
past.
Scores of these boys. grown to man
hood. are now out In the world enjoy
Ing the reward Of great achievement.
Like James M. Beck. they have distin-
guishsd themselves at the bar: like
Cyrus II. X. Curtis. publisher of the
Saturday Erenixg Post, they are known
to fame as publishers. or, like Secretary
Of the Navy Josephus Daniels and Gov
ernor William C. Sproul of Pennsylvania.
they are conspicuous in public life. They
are editors, authors. clergymen. inven-
tors. captains of industry. railroad presi-
dents. fnanciers, artists. 1t is long
and honorable roll call.
A few years ago an organization
called the Fossils was formed to per-
petuate the memories OF that period.
Its present membership of 800 embraces
tho United States. II publishes for pri-
vate circulation record of the semi
occasional gatherings OF its, members
and tho "reminiscences which they de-
velop. This publication is called the
Fossil, copies OF which can be had by
addressing the editor. J. Austin Fynes,
at $50 Nassau street, New York, where
the Fossils maintain a library contain
ing the memorabilia of the period.
The Fossils are now seeking to round
up as many of the old boys as have
survived the intervening years.
AN ASlATEUR JOURNALIST or '75.
NEW YORK. January 2S.
The New York herald., 1921-01-29
The Jelly Fish.

20 one would be Jelly nslf.
It cannot even murmur ''Pish r.
When, most annoyingly. waves swish.
II cannot swear; IL cannot frown;
IL only wabbles UP and down.
II II were anything. 'twould drown.
II has no mind and no backbone
without the sea 10 give II tone,
1t probably can't move alone.
And yet--and yet sometimes wish
That might be Jelly fish.
Expiring only with a yqulsh.
You see, II has no teeth to ache.
Nor rent TO pay, nor bread TO bake,
Nor anything to keep awake.
IL has no thoughts to make IL sad;
II lacks n liver II must pad
The jelly nsh IL not half bad.
MAuRIcw NORRIS
The New York herald., 1921-01-29
Daily Calendar
THE WEATHER.

For Eastern New Yorlx-Fair to-day +;
tomorrow cloudy; moderate tempera-
ture; moderate east and southeast
winus.
,For New Jersey--Fair to-day; to-morrow
oiouuy and unsettled moderate tenlpera tire :
TOT Northern New England-Fair to-day
ana probably tomorrow somewhat warmer
"a sne lrterior; moderate variable winds.
,op,uot ur southern New England-Fair to-day !:
.o.AnioIioW cloudy: moderate temperature I:
ihoaerate east and southeast winds.
aa ror western New York-Partly cloudy to-
rsy' rsy' tomorrow unsettled, with probably
ram or snow. moderate temperaturs.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 2s-The southern
se sortn passed rapidly east -northeastw ward and
dsne mudsss as centre is northeast OF the Ber-
over the Plains States and N third is sns
proaonins rs the North Pacific coast The
proviuce Is rising over the west Canadian
states. The weather was fair d,,rinr ~
.n, ,ast twenty-four hours east OF the Rocky
aountaihs 'a,o.,i ana unsettled with rains and
SHOWS west or the Rocky MountairS
There has been further rise In tem,ar.
ture oyer the States east OF The Pn.S,,
nountains. except on the Immediate Allan
Nc Nc coast. Ihe temperature is falling In the
In the New England States the weatber
VIII De fair tomorrow and probabiys sun
"a gay, WITH somewhat warmer In the interior
ol nortn New England. In the mid Atlantic.
south Atlantic and east Gulf States the
weather Will be fair Tomorrow and oIo,,dv
SUNDAY, with moderate temperature In the
De cloudy and unsettled. while In the region
OF the great lakes II Will become unsetfiad
with probably rain snow Tomorrow nirht
ana ana sunday. with somewhat lower tempers-
DISSERTATIONS at United Stats Weather Ru
reAu stations taken at 8 r. NJ. yesterday.
The New York herald., 1921-01-29

sponsive to care and feeding than
pheasants.
If the same laws that apply to pheas-
ants were applied to chickens hunters
could 60 upon the farmers land and
kill them unless he posted 1t, and re-
gardless Of how many chickens he pro-
duced he could only kill, but not sell,
three cock birds each year. and these
only on four certain days. and could
make no use OF his eggs or hen birds.
How long could domestic fowls of any
species survive such foolish laws?
II We want game we must lay aside
cur prejudices. recognize and respect
the farmers rights and pass laws that
will protect his lands from trespass and
make it profitable to the farmer to pro-
duce game.
He will do 1t II you will give him
half a chance. HENRY NJ. BRIGHAM.
NEW YORK. January %.
The New York herald., 1921-01-29
New Land for Rome's Growth.

A new food supply for Italy at the
centre where her population is dens-
est and the demand perhaps great
est Is appearing through the reclama-
tion Of the Campagna Romano, the
vast tracts Of land which for centuries
have lain fallow and neglected for
miles around Rome. That this land
should be restored to productiveness
has long been the dream of italian
economists and that it is being real
lied IN surprising degree Of prog
rcss is now borne out by official
reports.
The Campagna to the modern world
ls land of marshes and malaria,
dotted here and there with remains Of
ancient Rome and cut by the still
existent chariot roads that led from
the imperial city 10 the provinces Of
the empire. The only habltetions are
the huts OF the herdsmen who
watch the half wild cattle, for the
peasants who work small and more
favorably situated tracts make their
homes high on neighboring hilltops.
T.'sm May to the end of the year the
few PEOPLE remaining on the Cam
pagns lead miserable fever stricken
existence. WILLIAM ID. HowELLs has
told us Of It's charms for the anti
qunrian researcher. HENRY JAMES In
his "Daisy Miller" Of the perils OF its
miasmntic night air and DUMAS and
other novelists have peoplcd II with
bold, daring brlgands, though in real
lty even the husky bandits Of romance
could not survive In It's malarial
ma nrshes.
Against this untoward condition Is
set the conditions of the Campagnn
Of the Roman Empire as described
by ancient writer's. Then II was
densely populated. prosperous dis
trict with a perfect system OF drain
age and more heslthful than Rome
itself. Tho present most desoiate sec
The New York herald., 1921-01-29
Evils at the Workhouse.
The Responsibility and the Remed,
for Conditions Complained OF.

To THE New YORK HERALD: The chief
responsibility lor the continued use OF
the obsolete cell house at the work
house belongs 10 the Board Of Esti-
mate and Apportionment. which has
failed TO mako appropriations requested
by the Department of Correction to
complete the new workhouse at Grey
court. which Is intended to relieve the
situation on Blackwells Island. The
failure to appropriate the $4,000 asked
for results In keeping Greycourt unfin-
shed and unoccupied when II might be
caring for 100 of the present work
house inmates. giving them the benefit
OF the open air life of a country in
stitution.
The Board of Estimate refused also
to allow money for the salaries OF four
teen additional matrons, which the De-
partment OF Correction asked for. The
rnatrons at the workhouse are alternat-
Ing ten and twelve hour days. with little
time off. With an inadequate and over
worked staff It ia difficult to improve
the methods OF treatment
Though about 40 per cent OF the
prisoners are hospital cases there Is not
one trained nurse. because there is not
enough money appropriated for salaries
TO attract nurses: there Is no woman
physician. except woman dentist;
there is no psychiatrist. either resident
or visiting, though It Is recognized that
a considerable proportion of the inmates
are mental cases. II educational work,
Industrial training and recreation are
TO be provided, so that the women pris-
oners may leave this institution better
be furnished by the city for salaries.
wages and equipment.
One important way to improve the
condition of the city's women prisoners
is open to the city's courts and that
Is to send fewer young women to the
workhouse and more to Bedford Re-
formatory. Tho Prison Commission
says that three-fourths of the work.
house women are between eighteen and
thirty years of age. and large numbers
of these are probably eligible for Bed
ford state Reformatory. where with
room for 450 inmates there arc now
15s.
When the state furnishes an up to
date plant primarily for the use Of the
city, why should the courts continue
to send so many OF these young women
to Blackwelis Island. where facilities
for their Improvement and reformation
are 80 deplorably inadequate? With
the small number of women prisoners
now at the workhousc. fewer than $50,
II should not be difficult for the city to
provide suitable care. Let the courts,
the Board of Estimate and the Depart
ment OF Correction cooperate and the
evils complained of will be soon n thing
Of the past MARY VIDA CLARK.
Executive Secretary Women's Prison
Association.
N-ruy yopK. January 2S
The New York herald., 1921-01-29

The composer has expressed himself In
idioms far removed from the common
place and in his second movement he
has reached level of expressive art.
But 1t must be confessed that the other
two movements seem at a first hearing
to be largely manufactured of figuration
twisted and contorted for fear of pre-
senting an ordinary front. The coinpo-
sttion as whole raises again the ques-
tion Of the delineative limits OF chamber
music. The future alone will be able to
determine whether some Of the ambitious
and earnest young men of to-day are
trying to burden the piano and violin or
even the string quartet with lyric
dramas too heavy for their powers.
Miss Pavlow and Mr.. Brockway
played the sonata admirably. 1t Is not
an easy work. but the two artists have
certainly brought to 1t fine sympathy
and ardent devotion. Miss Parlow played
also, with Walter Golde at the piano.
Glazounov's concerto in A minor and
several short numbers.
The New York herald., 1921-01-29
Visiting on the Telephone.

A woman member Of the faculty of
the University of Illinois, Miss MAR
JoRIE SIMS, declares that "the aver
age woman wastes large part OF
her life visiting on the telephone
She believes that women should lob
serve business hours as men do" II
she means as good business men do
very well, but If she thinks that the
fair sex Is the only culpable one in
the matter of wasting time she does
her sisters wrong.
There Is great deal of time
wasted on the telephone, and it is
squandered by both men and women
The real waste, however, Is not so
much the time of the person who has
the telephone habit but the time OF
him or her who is called up and COM
PEELED to listen to piffle.
Telephonitis is disease of the un-
occupied and lazy. The person who is
too slothful to make visit, business
or social, Is still able to drag the tele-
phone instrument to his or her elbow,
TO engage q victims ear and to pour
forth all the trivial gossip and the
banal inquiries that kill time and
friendship.
OF course politeness is needed in
telephone conversations. The tone of
voice. the form of address, should be
as discriminating as II a yard and
rot a mile separated the takers. But
Il is necessary to remember that the
person at the other end Of the wire
may have been interrupted by the
bell In the midst Of most important
business.
A symptom of telephonitis Is that It
recognizes no rights In others. The
person who has it does not consider
that he or she may be breaking in on
a man who is trying to complete n
sale or woman who Is engaged upon
the multifarious duties of a house
hold. The telephone fiend wants to
telephone to somebody and that some
body must take the consequences or
be accused Of rudeness.
Those who have telephonitis be-
lieve that, by calling up dozen per-
sons and chattering with them on
every subject from the weather to
golf and opera criticism, they are ac-
complishing n mornings work. The
person called up may be interested In
those topics, but not in their discus
sion at that particular time. AS to
this point the telephone fend has
neither knowledge nor consideration.
II Is enough for the flend that the tel.
epbone Is cheap and quick way OF
trapping a victim.
The only escape from one Of these
mlsusers Of the telephone lies In cold
and somewhat brutal treatment of
the guilty How to apply this must
suggest itself to 'eack sufferer ac-
cordlng to the circumstances and his
knowledge Of the offender
The New York herald., 1921-01-29
Choir Docs .CindereIla."

ST. Bartholomew Chapel choir dipped
into operetta last night and produced
Cinderella" In the church house at cOS
East Forty-second street. Johanne Bern
hard was Cinderella and Edith White
and Frances Lawson, her cruel sis
ters. Other characters were taken
by Helen Ryan, Mabel Westaway.
Charles Sawyer, Joseph Bernhard.
Alma Westrom, Lloyd Everdeen and
John Jacob. The fairies were imperson-
ated by Elisabeth Ryan, Joan Lynch.
Elsie Nichols. Dorothy Boone. Grace
Riddell. Nina Gaich, Eva Abbott, Edna
Lindstronr, Gladys Micklejohn, Ruth
Ryan, Mary Ungermach, Dorothy
Rasche, Anna Anderson. Gladys Scnos.
Margaret Schaffner Winifred Manning.
Mary Adrian and Dorothy Manning.
Ada Winston. Edith Humphreys, Hilda
Hulling and Alexandria Engleberg did
the solo dances.
The New York herald., 1921-01-29
The WRONG way to InyestIgate.

To THE NEW York HERALD: ! had
the pleasure Of meeting Charles NJ.
Schwab In London and have also met
number of persons who know him
intimately as man among men and
a man beyond reproach.
I believe that 1t is an insult to the
community to allow a public investiga-
tion to cast false reflections on a man
of such high standing. II this matter
had been brought to the attention of
Mr.. Schwab personally. previous to the
newspaper publication. II would have
been corrected immediately.
1t is generally known that Mr.. Schwab
as an executive had little or nothing
to do with the details OF auditing and
expenditures. To accuse him of trying
to take money from the Government for
his personal use Ia beyond comprehen-
sion. JOSEPH MENcHEN, Jr.
NEW YORK, January 2s.
The New York herald., 1921-01-29
{. Milton Was Mistaken.
He Thought Shakespeare Did Not
Need Witness Of His Name.

To THE NEW YoaK HERALD: With re-
spect to the doubts OF Henry James and
others about Shakespeare the ordinary
mind wonders Just how positively these
extraordinary minds would desire to
have Shakespeare indicated as the au-
thor OF Shakespeare's plays.
It IS now more than three hundred
years since his death. Shall we accept
the doubtcrs now or the testimony of
the living thcn7
John Milton was born eight years be-
fore Shakespeare died. and fourteen
years after. when he was In his twenty
second year. wrote his famous poem
beginning:e
What needs my Shakespeare for his hon
ored bones
The labor OF an age IN piled stones7
Or that his hallowcd reiiques should be hid
Under a star-ypointing pyramid7
Dear son OF memory. great heir Of fame.
What needst thou such weak witness OF thy
manner
Once more let US ask. Shall We accept
the verdict OF John Milton or the doubts
Of modern writer's? e. o. WEEKS.
NEW York. January 2s.
The New York herald., 1921-01-29
You Can't Fool the People.

Let politicians and new spapers try
as they will to infame public opinion
against Governor MILLER's rapid tran.
sit programme, the people Of this city
are going to find out what that pro-
gramme Is. Then they are going to
judge whether 1t Is good thing for
them or whether it Is bad thing for
them on the hard, cold facts. And
the hard, cold facts are so simple and
so plain that nobody can keep the
public from seeing them and under-
standing them.
Begin at the beginning: The. State
has full and absolute power to do
what the Governor wants it to do.
There is no shadow Of doubt about
that. But he does not propose, and
the State does. not intend to deprive
the city of it's interest and riglMs in
the local traction matter. What they
want to do is to give the people Of
New York what they must have
more transportation lines. more, cars
and more seats--in the only way,
under existing circumstances. they
car get II.
The city cannot now raise half a
billion dollars to build the new con-
struetion. extensions and equipment
which are necessary TO solve the prob
lem. The city is already sQuarely up
against its debt limit. Private capi.
tai will not put half billion of
money or any money at all into sys-
tens that are so bankrupt they can
not even earn their taxes. The State
can so manage 1t that either the city
or private capital or both can pro
vide the money.
The city cannot throw all the tran.
sit companies into one unified sys.
tenn. The State can.
The city cannot bring about sin.
gle fare. The State can. -
The city, in short. cannot under
existing circumstances do anything
to solve the rapid transit problem
OF our six million people. The State
can do everything that Is necessary
TO solve It.
The people Of this city want and
must have more transit facilities.
Nobody can fool them about that.
They want to be able to travel about
this town rapidly, comfortably and
decently. Nobody can fool them
about that. And nobody can fool
them very long as to the way to get
what they want, get 1t before the
crack of doom and get II right.
The New York herald., 1921-01-29

tion Of the Campagna, the strip from
Monti Albani to the sea, was the
home OF the ancient Romans who
won their supremacy over their
neighbors and ruled the then known
world. The decline came when the
small farms gave way to the large
landed estates. An Italian Minister
Of Agriculture in describing the stu
alton said: This system was as Inn
possible then as 1t is to-day, for a
high degree of land culture, large
population and efficient drainage
alone can avert malaria and make
the Campagna inhabitable."
Many Of the great Popes tried in
vain to reclaim this lost land. A law
recently passed decreeing that land
not cultivated to Its utmost capacity
is liable to confscation was the real
turning point. The owners of some
Of the largest estates undertook their
cultivation. The results We're beyond
their greatest expectation; the land.
which seems to have stored up the
fertility of centuries, yielded immense
returns on the labor. Hundreds Of
acres on other estates have been
drained, plans made for irrigation
and modern farm machinery installed.
These efforts are believed to be the
beginning Of a restoration which will
eventually include all the arabic
tracts of the Campagna. In this
transformation the ancient city sees
new hope for the supplying of her
two greatest needs, nearer and
cheaper source of food and a chance
for the long demanded extension of
her present limits.
The New York herald., 1921-01-29
President McKinley's Greatness.

II any man in the perspective OF
our Presidential line deserved the en-
comium of the towering figure In hui
man history, "He that is greatest
among you shall be your servant"
II was WILLIAM MCKINLEY, whose
favorite flower, the carnation, is be-
ing worn to-day In commemoratIon Of
his birthday.
He professed neither superior Wis
dom nor prophetic power. But he
had the divine gifts Of ability to wait
and patience to listen. After discus
sion ended lac could comprise in a
single sentence OF decision, free from
subjective limitations. undisciplined
emotion or partisanship, the essential
worth of hours and days of debate.
Excluding all extraneous thought, he
thus expressed the combined wisdom
Of his advisers.
When faced with the crisis Of war
with Spain how did MCKINLEY meet
the emergency AS lonely hermit
or as the nations friend7
1t is simple history to recall that
Ire summoned or invited 70 Washing
ton those who he thought might hold
divergent views. Hearing all sides Of
the question and many phases Of
thought, his action when taken was
national, not partisan.
That such should ever he the course
10 be pursued by the Chief Executive
when faced with situations without
precedent stands to reason. Our ma
tlonal interests are too vast, varied
and complex TO be trusted to the sud-
den decision OF m individual. To
embody the will OF the nation is the
desideratum for March, 1921. and the
time succeeding. No lonely hermit Is
wanted In the White House
In military affairs instant decision
is often imperative. Councils Of
war never fight was once a proverb
when wars were on a small scale.
Now nations have general staff.
Perhaps this old saw shaped the
policy Of ANTHONY WAYNE when
WASHINGTON called his brigade com
manders into his tent for council
Some might be long In speech. but
The New York herald., 1921-01-29
Sergei Rachmaninov, soIoist.

In the role Of composer-planist. Sergei
Rachmaninov appeared with the Phil
harmonic yesterday afternoon. as he had
done the night before, playing the solo
part in his third concerto for piano and
orchestra at the society's concert In Car
negie Hall. The house was sold out. Mr..
Raehmaninov's performance was re-
markable one. and. MS has often hap
pened before when he played the work
here, he was recalled repeatedly at the
close.
The programme was all Russian, and
Mr.. Stransky. no doubt put to it some
what 10 find a symphony other than
the few such Russian works in this form
often heard, gave Borodin's second.
Saturated with Russian color and well
played by the orchestra, the composition
served it's purpose in the list, which
closed with the 1872" overture OF
Tschaikoysky.
The New York herald., 1921-01-29
Poland's Motion Pictures.

All is not struggle for life and lib.
erty in Poland. The Poles GO in for
diversion as well as the rest Of the
world, and there are now about $50
motion picture houses catering to the
population of 30,O0o.O00. Before the
war German and Hungarian films
we're popular in Poland, but these
have disappeared. The pictures now
most favored are those made In Po-
land, and next In popularity come the
The New York herald., 1921-01-29
Employer and Worker Rights,

Addressing $1,000 garment work
erS or thereabout. in Madison Square
Garden on Thursday evening JOSEPH
ScHLossBEEG, general secretary of the
Amalgamated Clothing Workers Of
America. proclaimed: "The clothing
industry Is ours" This was gross
misstatement; 1t was sample OF the
untruth that underlies all the trouble
in labor disputes. the exaggerated
clap of right.
The large concern OF the workers
in any industry is undeniable. but
ownership Of the machinery and the
organization which make the industry
possible and Of the money which is It's
motive power constitutes at the least
an equal interest. In a certain sense
both are subordinate to the right of
the community to continuous and suffi-
cient production for It's needs at rea-
sonabie rates. The assumptions both
of employers and workers are, in the
long run, subordinate to that right.
But Mr.. SCHLossBERG went on to
say: I'VE are not going. to permit the
employer to determine where his fac
tory is to be or how many hours we
shall work" This is crude and in
accurate manner of stating the indis-
putable principle that nobody can
compel these operatives to work in
any place or for any ihours that they
do not accept. They have the un-
doubted right to refuse to accept the
locations, hours or any other condi-
tions fixed by the employers.
II, however, there are other work
ers, now or In the future, willing to
work in the employers factories,
wherever situated, and for the en-
ployers' hours, such workers have an
lndefeaslble right to do SO and right
to protection In doing so, regardless of
the outgivings of Mr.. SCHLossBER0
and the will of his following, however
numerous. No right OF dictation in
such matters exists. They are merely
subjects for bargaining and for rea-
sonable agreement.