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The New York herald., 1921-05-03
PUBLIC LECTURES TONIGHT.
MANHATTAN AND THE BRONX.

Socialism In America" by Prof. William
3. Guthrie, at Wadeigh High school, I1Jth
street, west of Seventh avenue.
"Health-SuccesS." by Miss Doris Doscher
~ y. ). 90. Eighty-eiEhth street, east OF
Third avenue.
The Romance Of the Pyrenees.'' by Mr.
Garrett 7. Serviss. at +. s. 1872. 1924 street
and Wadsworth avenue. Illustrated.
''Suez Canal and Near East" by Mr. Harry
9. Ostrander, at American Museum of Nat
ural History, Seyenty-seventh street and Cen
tral Park West. Illustrated.
achievements OF the Jew In Modern
Timer" by Mr.. Wilson Aull, at Metropolitan
Temple, Seventh avenue and Fourteenth
street.
''Radium. the Rarest and Most Prcc,ous OF
All Metals" by Mr.. Amos o. Squire al r.
$. 80. 16sth street and Findlay avenue. The
Success" by Mr.. Edward IT, Perry, a. p.
$. 20, goth street and Hull avenue. The
Bronx
birds OF New York and Nearby" by Mr..
Willard Joray, at ST. Anselm's Hall. linton
avenue. near 155th street, The Bronx.
BROOKLYN. QUEENS AND RICHMOND.
''rhe Book OF the Hour" Japan and the
California Problem" by Prof. j. G.. Carter
Troop. al Brooklyn Public Library, Pacific
Branch. Pacific street and Fourth avenue
IAN Evening of Italian Songs by Miss
Esther Benson, at Girls High School. Nos
trand avenue and Halsey street.
"Shavings," by DIR. Henry n. Rose, st p.
5. 80, Conover and wolcott streets. Illus
trated.
Manufacture OF Cotton Clotn,' by Mr..
lanes W. COY. Jr.' a. p 8. -. pumont and
plays OF the Hour" by Miss Ada Sterling.
AZ r. s. %. Old House Landing road. Little
The Pananian Republic colombia"
mond Turnpike. Linoloumville. >. l. Illus
trated.
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owned by the city and cannot be
leased TO private operators. This
will not be the case with the new
channels; individuals, firms and cor
porations will be allowed 10 lease
sites and establish warehouses and
factories with direct access TO water
ways navigable by 24,o00-ton ships.
Fifty thousand acres Of land is to be
made available for development. Ulti-
mately a deep, straight channel will
be opened from the controlled waters
OF the canal TO the Gulf.
New Orleans's people have gone af-
ter big business intelligently and Wig
orously. They deserve to get it. This
newspaper particularly congratulates
them because they built their new
canal on their own credit and did not
sit around hoping Congress would do
the job for them. This is the spirit
that wins success and compels ap-
plause.
The New York herald., 1921-05-03
Hylan's Water Meter Veto.

Mayor HYIAN on Friday, after at.
tention had been directed to the cir.
cumstance by the resumed activities
Of the Lockwood committee, attempted
to explain why he vetoed the legisla.
tive bill designed to break the water
meter monopoly In New York city
The Mayor said:
THE so-called water meter bill,
amending Section ATS. OF the city
charter, had for It's purpose the taxi
ing Of the power AZ present lodged in
the Board Of Aldermen. composed OF
sixty-seven members and FIVE borough
Presidents, elected by the people, and
placing the arbitrary power Of ap-
proval In the hands Of one man, the
chief engineer Of a department under
my jurisdiction. IN my judgment no
such arbitrary power should be
lodged in any one man. Therefore
the veto"
In his contempt for expert advice
concerning water meters Mayor HYLAN
The New York herald., 1921-05-03
King Alberfs Cup Race.

When the announcement was made
that King ALBERT Of Belgium had Of
fered cup for a race for sailing
yachts from Sandy Hook to Ostend.
to start on July 4, nothing was said
in the conditions as 10 minimum
number of entries. Now, two months
before the date set for the start, the
Belgian Race Committee informs the
American committee that 'if three
bona fide entries of yachts, as defined
in the terms for this cup, are not re-
oeived by May 81, 1921, there will be
no race this year, but the contest will
be postponed until such time as three
bona fide entries are received by the
American committee"
Up to April %, the date of this an
rouncement of the terms for the race,
only two entries had been made.
These were the schooner Undaunted,
owned by Commodore FRANCIS r.
MAYER of New York, and the ketch
Siesta, owned by Professor WALTER r.
CLAYTON of Annapolis, Maryland. On
March % it was announced that the
Siesta had been sold and that her
new owner would withdraw the entry.
On the day the race was announced
GEORGE A. CoRMAcK, secretary of the
New York Yacht Club, expressed the
opinion that it would be impossible
to tell until June how many boats
would enter.
That there has been a decided lack
of interest in this ocean race, as COM
pared with that sailed in 1905 for the
Emperor of Germany's cup, has been
apparent. That race was scheduled
TO start on May 16. Entries closed on
the preceding April l with eleven
yachts listed as contenders. BY Feb
Iuary "A seven entries had been re-
ceived, four American, two British
and one German.
Business conditions are now such
that men owning oceangoing sailing
yachts want to be assured before en-
tering their boats for the race that
they will be in a position to give up
TO sport practically two months of
their time.
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The Spirit.

Though i have sought her as one seeks
a song
At nightfaii when the lilacs are in
bloom.
Some tenuous melody that. like per-
fume
Evasive, drifts the purple air along:
Though have followed her where blos-
SONS throng
Upon the hillsides like a lovely loom
Though I have looked for her in glow
and gloom,
Ever she seems to do her lover wrong,
Since she evades me. Some have known
her grace
The apple bough that decks the or.
chard way.
Tho petals Of the early eglantIne
Being n worshipper at Boautys
shrine
Why may l not, In some scquestered
place,
Meet face to face the Spirit Of the
Nav
CLINTON scoLLARD.
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For Mayor, w. r. Wilcox.
A Republican of Fine Repute Put
i'm Nomination.

To THE NEW York HERALD: The city
election is fast approaching and il be-
hooves all loyal American voters to be
on their guard against the placing of
Hearstism and Tammanyism in the sad
die for four years more.
If these insidious and un-American
Influences are to be overcome a vast
majority of the votes required to accom-
plish such a beneficent result must come
from the Republican party.
A Republican should therefore be NOM
mated for Mayor: a Republican who
would command the respect OF all citi-
zens and the support OF all independent
Democrats.
Such Republican is William f.
Wilcox. who has had vast executive
experience. having held the following
offices in New York city: President OF
the Park Department, postmaster, presi-
dent of the Public Service Commission.
1t would be highly presumptuous on
the part of the writer to assume to give
recommendation to citizen so distin-
guished- Men far more capable OF judg-
ing have appraised his value to the COM
munity. The writer merely asks per-
mission to relate certain facts to his
fellow citizens.
President Theodore Roosevelt ap-
pointed Mr.. Wilcox postmaster of New
York and Mr. Wilcox made good.
Mayor Seth Low appointed Mr.. Will
cox president of the Department of
Parks and Mr.. Wilcox made good.
Governor Charles e. Hughes appointed
Mr.. Wilcox president of the Public Ser
vice Commission and Mr.. Wilcox made
good.
Mr.. Wilcox was so highly regarded by
Mr.. Hughes that Mr.. Hughes made him
chairman OF the Republican National
Committee in 1916.
There are two great problems before
New York city at the present time.
One is the transportation problem, and
Mr.. Wilcox is especially equipped to
represent the city in transportation mat
ters because d6 his long service as pres
ident of the Public Service Commission.
The other Is the grave necessity Of
redeeming the city from Tammany Hall.
The stalwart Americanism Of Mr.
Wilcox and his loyalty to the people
Of New York city having been vouched
for by Presi iert Roosevelt, Mayor Low
and Governor Hughes, he would seem
to be the best equipped man we could
elect as Mayor of our great city.
JupsoN G. WALL.
NEW YORK. May 2.
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A Fable.
From the Denver Times.

From, the Denver Times.
Red as pigeons blood, the sun dropped
down
Between a mountain and lutte backed
cloud,
And horsemen stars plunged through the
blackening frown
OF dusk with jingling spurs, crying
aloud:
storm, storm! The hill gods ci1lsel
flint tonight
Then dark swept all the horsemen on
AS il they were but ghosts OF candle
Or shadows passing on a sleeper's
door,
And through the world grew strange
imaginings,
Built on the terror of the hill gods
lust:
Towers on the stun OF towers, kings
upon kings
Would crash through purple flame into
the dust.
But one white bird there was would not
WOO fear.
For he was young and wiser than the
Who held Marchtidc the safest OF the
year,
A coward who Knocked the leisure Of
the ages.
And when the white bird flew above the
plain
The storm clouds raced away like
wide eyed sheep.
And all the horsemen stars rode out
again
And all the hill gods yawned and
went 10 sleep.
THOMAS HoRNsBY FERRILL.
The New York herald., 1921-05-03
Liberty Bonds at Par.
Mr.. Thompson Answers Objections to
His Plan of Adjustable Interest.

TO THE NEW YORK HERALD: Mr..
Flintermann's letter, which you printed
on April %, starts out by saying my
plan for adjustable interest bonds Is
not new. OF course not. The intro
duction to my published article states
clearly that no newfangled scheme is in
troduced, but only an old idea applied
in a new way. However. 1t Is hardly
fair for him to instance the British con-
sols that attempted to conform to mar
ket rates. Those bonds involve the
atal defect that there is six months
lag before the added interest 10 paid
the bondholders, or the interest payable
reduced, as the case may be. Under my
plan the new rate Is fixed semi-annually
III advance.
This gentleman says my plan will not
bring the bonds back to par. The man
ager of the bond department of one OF
our greatest trust companies has the OPP
posite opinion. He says the proposed
new bonds will make such tremendous
market for themselves, the demand Will
be so great, that he fears the Admin
istration may be tempted into Imitation.
The assertion that my plan violates
Certain economic laws would be more
helpful IL more details were given. Sun
dry members OF economic faculties OF
various colleges have read the plan and
pronounced it free from economic haw.
See the letter from Professor Stewart or
Amherst, published by you on April 20.
Mr. F'lintermann does mention one eco
nomic law he says the plan violates--the
law of supply and demand. When ne
says this law is inexorable and plays no
favorites 1 applaud his wisdom But
when. he infers that the quantity OF LID
erty Bonds on the market. and not their
interest rate, is what holds them below
par he ignores the competition between
various Issues Of securities.
Every bond competes with every otner
bond first, not to be sold by the pres
ont holder---if that holder owns more
than one kind--and second, to be bought
~ every possible purchaser. Every bond
competes with every other for the buy
er's dollar; and that bond which pre-
sents the best combination Of security
end high interest rate gets itself bought
Indeed. Mr.. Flintermann admits this
later, alluding TO competition. and going
on 20 say that to make Liberty bonds
more attractive would be TO make other
bonds less valuable. A strange argu-
ment to be put forth by one who says
this plan ignores supply and demand
I should especially welcome the ellmi-
nation OF unfair competition" az state
bonds exempt from income tax, Issued In
mounting quantities to build automobile
roads in Arkansas and elsewhere. Not
The New York herald., 1921-05-03

Society crowded the Kingore Galleries
yesterday afternoon for private view
of recent portraits by Nine. Eyre de
Lanux and seemed to accept them
easily in spite Of the marked originality
OF the artists style. For one thing,
many of the pretty sitters for the por-
traits were present. and 1t seemed to be
ar amusing game to compare the
originals with the drawings. and, as the
likenesses were found to be in eacn IN
stance extremely telling. the fashion
ables seemed to think that settled the
matter
1t did and does settle the matter. al
though at the same time there are other
aspects of the case that need being
looked into Nine. de Lanux's style 10
novel and strange. While not cubistic,
1t is redolent of all the subtle influences
that have beset modern artists both
here and In France. To possess such
work is a certificate in itself that the
owner Is entirely up to date In art
Mime. de Lanux's success. therefore. is
significant OF the emancipation In taste
that has come about in this city re-
Gently, for even so lately as four years
derstood.
Most of the artists portraits are In
water color, or, rather. an adaptation OF
water color The drawing Is achieved
in bold, clear lines, and a touch or color
rs added to the lips eyes, hair, or per-
haps q ribbon. The eyes almost always
receive the accented help OF color. Tnis
gives them, In the setting of the other
lines. the incisiveness of jewels. Indeed.
all the portraits are illuminated with
clear, cold light, as though they were
being viewed through powerful lenses.
In that of Miss Alice r. De La Mar, for
instance, only the eyelids have been
touched with color, yet the eyes have
an opalescent life to them that suggests
that color has been used throughout the
portrait.
Nine. De fanux studied in Paris in
the atelier of Maurice Denis, the famous
decorator Of the new Theatre des
Champs Elysees but her manner, 1t can
be seen, does not follow that of her pre-
ceptor, although doubtless she owes
somewhat to him for her sure decora-
tive sense.
Among the most noticeable of the
watercolor portraits are those of Miss
Marion Tiffany, Miss Julie Lentilhon,
Miss Carlotta Monterey, Miss Eva lie
Gallienne. Nine. Raymonde Delaunois
OF the Metropolitan Opera and Mrs.
Molla Bjurstedt Mallory. Mrs. Mallory
is depicted with an upraised arm and
most severe expression to her face. No
doubt it is her tennis face, for this is the
Mrs. Mallory who Is so formidable on
the courts both in Europe and America
Two portraits In oil also attract at
tention, those of Mr.. De Lanux and Mr..
Graham Adds of Chicago Mr.. De Lanux
Is wearing a Japanese costume of black
The New York herald., 1921-05-03
Watching.

When he was young. too young to
watch. he played
And often found the joy he values
now:
That was before he knew tho years
endow
Dreams OF the moments which he never
weighed.
lie can appraise the pleasures that have
strayed.
And SO he thinks he should have seen
their light
When suns themselves to him could be
more bright
And days were harder to be disarrayed.
He covets all the glamour OF his scope,
Forsalsing all his worn philosophers.
No dislllusion dulls him, though he
sees
Less grandeur In the buildings OF his
hope
Than x-.Ne casual. Independent trees
Which 80 unbldden IN his memories.
NJ CHARLEs M. PRAGER.
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Liberty bonds at par, but motor trucks
on roads built by tax exempt bonds bear
ing CRITICALLY low interest rates and
maintained at public cost will spell the
destruction OF value of our railroad
bonds.
or course the market prices OF Lib
erty bonds reflect condition and not a
theory" Regardless Of their nominal IN
terest rate, the bonds sell for prices at
which the buyer receives, as their true
OF effective yield. that rate OF interest
which the market demands. Let the
Government each half year announce
that 1t win pay for the ensuing six
months the rate of interest the market Is
demanding on United States obligations
and the bonds will stand SO close to
par during that six months that the
variation one way or the other will make
no material difference to any one. Had
the rate been so set each six months
in the past the widest fluctuations of
values during the war and postwar
periods would not have disturbed the
price of Liberty bonds by as much as
25 cents on the hundred dollars.
/ am earnestly in accord with every
word Mr.. F'lintermann says about the
need for thrift. But the shopgirl who
went without lunches during the war to
buy 800 bond that meant rifle in
her brothers hands on the firing line is
not encouraged to thrift by having her
bond drop TO SIS in value. Four-minute
orators who told her the Liberty bonds
were the best investment In the world
did not mention that they would fall in
value as interest rates rose; did not
tell her that il she had to sell the bond
two years later to send her mother to
the hospital she would lose a discount
double the whole amount of interest that
had been paid her.
The hard working mechanic who sub
scribed for a $1,000 bond and, having
paid instalments totalling $3.50. Is In
danger of having his whole contribution
swept away because the bank can no
longer carry his loan--will 1t best en-
courage these people In thrift to talk
about the need for saving. or will the
girl and the man be better encouraged
IL the Government begins TO pay that
honest rent on their money which their
hard earned dollars are worth, so the
bond they saved up to buy will be worth
the price they paid for it2
M. w. THOMPSON.
NEW YORK. May p
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is at least consistent. But from whom
did he get his notion that the Legis-
iature's bill would have lodged arbi-
trary authority to approve water me
ters in the hands of one man?
For the enlightenment of those who
have not had opportunity TO read the
bill, which went through the Legis-
lature without opposition, we append
the particular section which was de-
signed TO put New York on an equal
footing with other cities, in which
water meters are approved by men
who know what water meters are for,
how they should operate and how
much they should cost. 1t follows:
"Any water meter shall be deemed
as approved for the purposes speci-
fled in this section which water me-
ter has already been approved for
such purposes, or which shall here
after be approved by the chief en-
gineer OF the Department of Water
Supply, Gas and Electricity. after
satisfactory tests by the engineers
of the said department. The deter
mination of the chief engineer of
such department in disappearing any
such water meter shall be subject to
review by the Board of Standards
and Appeals"
That provision was written after
careful study of conditions In other
large cities where favorable reports
by the engineers Of the water depart
ments are deemed sufficient. 1t does
not put arbitrary power of approval
in the hands of one man. Further
more, it provides a tribunal for ap-
peal which apparently has been de-
MED under the present system to a
legitimate competitor who refused to
grease the wheels"
SAMUEL UNTERMYEg, the counsel
for the Lockwood committee, in an
open letter has said that Mayor HY-
LAN's avowed reason for vetoing the
Legislatures bin was no reason at
all. Mr.. UNTERMYER is noted for his
generosity.
The New York herald., 1921-05-03
Daily Calendar
THE WEATHER.

For Eastern New York--Overcast to-
day; tomorrow fair. continued cool;
moderate variable winds
For New Jersey-Overcast to-day and to-
morrow: continued cool; moderate northerly
winds.
For Northern New Engiand-overcast to
day and tomorrow; continued cool: moderate
northerly winds.
For Southern New England-Overcast to-
day; tomorrow fair. continued cool; moder-
ate variable winds.
For Western New York-Cvercast to-day
and tomorrow; continued cool.
WASHINGTON. May 2.-The pressure u
low off the south Atlantic coast and over
the Rocky Mountain region and II Is high in
all interior districts east OF the Rocky Noun
tains and on the Pacific coast. The weather
remains abnormally cool over all districts
except the Rocky Mountain region and New
England, where normal temperatures pre-
vail.
Clouds prevail generally east Of the Misss-
sippi River and since last night local rains
have fallen In the Mississippi and lower Ohio
valleys, the southeast States and also IN
the far Northwest.
The outlook Is for a continuation of cool
and unsettled weather tomorrow and Weane5-
day over practically all districts east OF the
Mississippi River.
Observations at United States Weather
Bureau stations, taken at T. M. yesterday.
eey enfN t,nar 1fan I'm
The New York herald., 1921-05-03
Junior Relief Gives Luncheon.

The annual luncheon Of the Junior
Emergency Relief Society, an association
formed to aid needy children of soldiers
who were killed In the war, will be held
on May 9 in the ballroom Of the Bit
more. The guests Of honor will be Capt.
III. Gloster Armstrong, British consul at
New York Mr.. Marcel Knecht of the
French Commission; Mr.. p. Francis
Murphy, the Rev. Horace P. Silver and
Bishop-elect William It. Manning.
The society was formed in 1914 and
was then known as the Junior War Re-
lief Society Since then members have
made and shipped one million and a half
articles.
Mrs. Walter Eyre Lambert is presi-
dent Of the society and the other officers
include Miss Lucy Howe, Miss Isabelle
Watts, Mrs. Snowden Marshall and Mrs.
George e. Ide, vice-presidents; Mrs
Markham Marshall and Mrs. Henry
Hodge, treasurers: Miss May T. Moulton
and Mrs. George Ethridge, secretaries.
The New York herald., 1921-05-03
Lumber Cost Doubled.
Effect of High Freight Rates on Fur.
niture Manufacturing,

To THE NEW YORK HERALD: We here
with enclose q letter in reference to the
freight rates on lumber. We heartily in
dorse the position taken by the writer
OF the letter in urging that rates should
be lowered.
AS an instance of the effect OF the
present schedule the freights on lumber
from the Mississippi valley, where we
get the bulk OF the lumber we use In the
manufacture Of furniture. were "a and
20 cents hundred pounds in car loads
up to and during the year 1918. In 1918
the rate was advanced to 81 cents a
hundred pounds and at present the rate
is 80 cents from this territory.
You will note that the letter says:
Number common gum and number 1
oak. being the basic grades on which the
manufacturer figures his cost, show that
10 per cent. of the selling price of both
OF these commodities represents transpor-
tatloa charges. In 1915 this charge was
only 20 per cent. of the selling price, which
shows an Increase OF 100 per cent, which
Is entirely too much for the traffic to
bear. The transportation charges against
number common lumber to-day are more
than the manufacturer can obtain for his
stock delivered on rate above Cairo.
You can In this readily see the necessity
OF some relief.
In our opinion freight rates as well
as other commodities must be reduced
before business is going to become nor.
NAL. I am at loss to understand how
freight rates can be reduced when the
railroads are barely making expense:
unless the railroads reduce the cost ot
operation, and In our opinion the railroad
employees should be willing to help bea,
at least a part OF the burden.
w. Z. WHITE.
MEBANE, ". c., May /.
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need, as a supplement to this, a tariff
which will not bar out foreign goods
as the only means we have TO collect
the debts already totalling up into the
billions and the only means foreigners
have with which TO buy our goods.
Only by proper adjustment of these
two factors and by recognizing the
qualifica tons to our trade which ap-
ply now as they did not apply before
the war can we as a creditor nation
promote the welfare of ourselves and
OF other trading nations.
The New York herald., 1921-05-03
New Orleans Does a Big Job.

New Orleans dedicated to the
worlds commerce yesterday the great
industrial canal and inner harbor
which have been built on the city's
credit under the leadership Of far
sighted business men filed with con.
fidence in the future Of trade to and
from the Mississippi.
The new waterways will have
cost s20,o00000 when they are com
pleted, and will be operated by the
Port Commissioners Of New Orleans.
The Mississippi River waterfront Is