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The New York herald., 1921-11-22

women out of work and willing to be-
come household servants.
But they cannot get places because
they are old and most housewives want
girls" she said.
Henry D. Sayer of the New York
State Industrial Commission recon-
mended that the conference urge girls
not to come to New York unless they
first have obtained places. His idea
is to get employers to take on a few
more workers.
1t developed at the conference being
held under auspices of the Association
to Promote Proper Housing for Girls
that many women who rent rooms to
girls have stopped calling themselves
landladies and term themselves host
esses. One delegate suggested that IL.
term landlady be retained merely to .slf-
ferentiate from the hostess the woman
who rents rooms yet has no heart and
who calls up Bellevue Hospital after
one of her tenants has been i'll two days
and who refuses to permit the tenant to
make tea or prepare any delicacy in the
house. The hostesses have already or
ganized a club under the presidency of
Mrs. Zachary r. Lillard
man OF the Joint Legislative Committee
on Housing. spoke briefly and Walter e.
Sammis counsel for the committee, said
he expects soon to take up the question
of the bonus which some janitors are
charging for renting houses and apart
ments.
The New York herald., 1921-11-22
CHICAGO OPERA TO QUIT
TRANSFORMING IN EAST
Miss Garden Says This Season
Will Be Last.

Special Despatch to THE New York HERALD.
CHICAGO, Nov 21.-Director-Genera
Mary Garden announced to-day that
after this season, and not before, as
might be construed from the statement
sent out last night, the Chicago Opera
Company would be strictly a stay-at-
home company.
Every time we play New York for
five weeks we lose s150,000," she said
1--WE play Philadelphia for one week on
a straight guarantee OF s12,5O0 per-
formance and still 1--we lose money. We
could fill the Manhattan Opera House
at every performance and still we would
lose money by the bucketful
Next season we will lose the support
of Mr.. and Mrs. Harold +. Mccormick
the financial sponsors Of the company.
Our 500 guarantors at $1,000 each-if
we get them all-will not permit us to
travel east to show off and lose money.
We must retrench by staying home.
Commencing with next year there will
be no more high class transforming for
the Chicago company" concluded Mary
with a smile.
The New York herald., 1921-11-22

or brown coal. which is poor fuel in
comparison with the free burning
fuels to which we are accustomed.
But there is good coal. excellent coal
and great deal Of 1t, in the region
reached by the railroad. The road.
moreover. runs through a broad
strip of territory nearly 100 miles
long where profitable farms may be
established.
AS a picturesque route for tourist
travel the new road will be hard to
match on the continent. Mount Nc
Kinley with its 10000 feet Of alti-
tude. overtopping every other peak in
North America; Mount Sanford. 49,
210 feet: Mount Blackburn. 16.140
feet; Mount Wrangel, $4,000 feet
all these and scores of other tower
ing peaks will be in sight from the
trains. "See America first" will have
an added Significance when the trav-
eller discovers the magnificent nat
ural beauties this new railroad of
ours has opened up.
The New York herald., 1921-11-22
28, 900 Miles of New Roads.

Along with all other public i'm.
provements road building went into
a decline during the war, and in the
after war period of extortionate
prices construction was so expensive
that comparatively little new work
was undertaken, in some communi-
ties even repairs being neglected.
This year, however, things have
taken a turn for the better. About
$4,000 miles of road have been con-
structed with Federal aid and as
many more without help from the
United States. The Bureau of Pub
lie Roads in the Department of Ag-
riculture says that in 1921 more
miles of improved road have been
built than during any other year."
This record has been made posi-
BILE because costs Of grading and con-
struction with local materials are
down practically to the 1914 level,
prices Of manufactured road mate
rails are now considerably under
those of 1920, and some reductions
have been made in freight rates on
road materials. The bureau says:
''The Importance Of this item is
shown by the fact that In some cases
it has been estimated that increased
freight rates have added 10 per cent.
to the cost of a road"
The Association Of State Highway
officials will meet in Omaha, Ne
braska, December 5. It's sessions
will last week. 1t is hoped from
this meeting to bring about harmoni-
Gus cooperation in highway improve
ment, SO that the road building agen-
cies, from the United States Govern
ment to the smallest hamlet, shall
spend the money appropriated for
this purpose in the way which will
bring the greatest good to all.
The New York herald., 1921-11-22

through the reduction in the mortality Of
pulmonary tuberculosis. The average
total from this cause during September
for the past five years was 636, whereas
during the month just closed the total
mortality from this malady was $40. a
saving Of 266 lives.
Another important saving of life was
effected through the reduction of the
mortality of the diarrh9al diseases. 220
fewer deaths having been reported from
this cause. Nor have the acute infec-
tious diseases be,n the only ones the
mortality Of which has been reduced ;
organic heart diseases showed a de-
crease of III and Bright's disease a de-
crease Of 172; and there was decrease
Of 33 in the number Of deaths reported
from cancer
Another note of encouragement is
found in the fewer deaths reported dur
ing the month from violence. The aver
age for the past five years was 421. Dur
ing the past month BIS such deaths were
reported. The steadily mounting mortal
ity from accidents has been a cause Of
grave concern, and many serious at
tempts have been made to effect re-
duction ir this preventable cause. There
fore a decrease of 103 in these deaths
during September is most gratifying.
From the viewpoint of age distribution
the greatest saving of life was effected
among children under years of age,
as 1,042 deaths were reported during
September from this group. the average
for the past five years being 1892. In
fants under 1 year OF age to the num-
ber of 773 died during September Of this
year. the average for the same month
during the past five years being 1,146.
In the age group over 65 years of age
100 fewer deaths were reported: 900, as
compared with 1909.
Marriages TO the number of 1854 were
with f.i41 during September. 1920, an
actual increase of 443. In view OF the
present financial depression and wide
spread unemployment this increase in
the number of marriages reported is
striking because the marriage rate has
always been an accurate barometer of
financial conditions. The marriage rate
for the month was 1894. The number of
births reported during the month was
1929.
The statistics for the month indicate a
most favorable condition In the city, to
wit an increase in the number OF mar
rlages and births and decrease in
the number OF deaths and amount OF
illness
The New York herald., 1921-11-22
Mime. Cavalier May Not Sing for Year
Suffering From Strange Nervous Ailment and Cannot
Appear in Chicago Opera.

Special Despntch 10 THE New YORK HERALD.
CHICAGO. Nov. 21.-Mme. Lima Cava-
ueri, who signed a new contract with
the Chicago Opera Company after an
absence of several years has indefinitely
postponed her reaprearance here prob
ably until next season. She was an
nounced to sing Tosca last Tuesday
night, but Miss Mary Garden announced
that the singers temperance had been
forbidden by her physician.
''Mme. Cavalier Is suffering from a
nervous breakdown due to overwork and
excitement" said DR.. Cyrille Vermeren.
nerve specialist. :. "She has overdone
her frail physique In attempting to re-
turn to the operate stage. The mo-
ment she attempts to sing she collapses.
1t is a strange ailment. Her voice
seems ell right, but she cannot use it
because of her nervous condition. There
seems to be a lack of synchronism be-
tween her nervous system and her vocal
chords. 1 have advised her to cancel
her engagement and take a complete
rest"
Nine. Cavalieri said: II am almost
heartbroken at the way things have
turned out I sang for three hours
day all last summer in Europe.
worked hard. / came here all prepared
to show the world that l was as good
as when I appeared in concerts with
my husband. Muratore. in 1914"
The New York herald., 1921-11-22
Rikers Island Nuisance.
Burning Rubbish a Source OF Dis
comfort IL Not Danger.

To THE NEW York HERALD: I was
greatly interested in your editorial
article on "Air and the Death Rate"
and / would like to call attention to a
great menace to the health of large
part of the population of New York.
namely. the pollution Of the air by the
garbage disposal plant at Rikers Island
The Street Cleaning Department of
Manhattan makes n practice of dumping
rubbish and garbage In the open air on
this island and setting it on fire at
night. The smoke and smell are car
ried for miles in whichever direction
the wind may blow and 1t Is almost
impossible to breathe in the atmosphere
thus poisoned.
This has been going on for several
years and should be stopped by the
Health Department, which at the pres
ent time overlooks the great danger to
the health Of the community lurking in
this detestable nuisance.
AUGUST KUpKA.
ASTORIA, November 21.
The New York herald., 1921-11-22
Immortal Man.
A Doctrine Found in the Old Testa.
ment as Well as the New.

To THE NEW YORK HERALD: The
very mental atmosphere is pregnant to-
day with the thought that man is i'm
mortal now and lives because God lives :;
but back Of this scientific statement is
a fixed principle, and this principle is
God-good. and God Is life, truth. love.
Man is here to live. to be happy. to en-
joy and appreciate this beautiful uni
verse and everything in it.
My attention was attracted to Miss
Milholland's letter There Is No Death"
heartily indorse what she has said on
this subject. 1t is gratifying to find so
many intelligent. thinking people voicing
these views on the Immortality of man
when governed by God.
This is no new doctrine. 1t was
taught by the prophets, and David sang
II shall not die, but live and declare
the works Of the Lord" (Psalms,
cviii., 10. Christ Jesus gave this mes
sage to the world and proved His own
words: Verify, verify. l say unto YOU
he that believeth on me hath everlasting
life. I am the living bread [spiritual
substance1 which came down from
heaven. If any man eat Of this bread
he shall live forever" (John. vi, AZ.
5D. H. S. B.
New YORK, November 81.
The New York herald., 1921-11-22

1t is general knowledge how the
motor car abounds among the gran
ger States of the West. II 1t is not
so common on the wide prairie as in
the Fifth avenue canyon between 6
and Z o'clock at evening, it Is only
because 1t has more room by millions
of acres beyond the Alleghanies to
spread out.
But the Western farmers modern
conveniences are not confined to the
automobile, the tractor, the talking
machine and the lightning rod. De-
partment of Agriculture reports
show that every other farm in Mich
igan and Oregon has a telephone.
In Minnesota, Ohio and Missouri 81
per cent. Of the farms have tele-
phones; the proportion in Indiana
is as high as 66.4 per cent; in
Illinois 1872, Nebraska 76.4 and Kan
sas 77.9. Iowa, the agricultural ex-
ample Of America in so many ways,
reports 1S3,S52 farms equipped with
telephones, or S6.1 per cent. of all
the farms in the State.
Perhaps even more astonishing is
how gas and electric light have been
carried to farms far from the sea-
board and even from the traditional
water power regions. If Vermont
can boast 11.4 per cent. of her farms
lighted by gas or electricity, Nevada
counts 1872 per cent. New York's
are 1873 per cent, but Washington's
are 1873 per cent. Ohio runs 14.7
per cent, Iowa 1873, California 25.9
and Utah 43.4.
A striking and a cheerless con-
trast Is Arkansas, with 22.7 per cent.
Of the farms supplied with telephones
but only IL per cent. with gas or
electricity, while South Carolina,
where 2.7 per cent. Of the farms have
the modern light, shows only 81 per
cent. with telephones.
The New York herald., 1921-11-22
Germany's Foreign Trade.

Official reports from Berlin setting
forth the results of German foreign
trade for May and June of the cur
rent year give exports for tho two
months combined as 10,026,0O0, 900
marks, imports as 1885, ,000, 900
marks, and the unfavorable balance
as 1853, 100000 marks. To the mer-
curial behavior of the German mark
is laid part Of this export deficit,
which is in stirling contrast with
the excess Of exports, unofficially es.
timated at 1000, 100000 marks, for
the year 1920. There were other
causes also for the German trade
slump in May and June.
The left bank Of the Rhine was oc.
cupied by Entente military forces
last March. but 1t was not until May
5 that the economic sanctions were
put in force imposing not only con-
troll Of German customs but also a
penalty of so per cent. on German ex-
ports. Great German industries i'm.
mediately laid an embargo on exports
to the Entente nations.
Meanwhile German trade with
America continued to expand, our
exports to that country increasing
from s20,0OO,000 in May to nearly
$40, ,00o,0 900 in August. while imports
increased from s6,400,o00 to $780,
900. The economic sanctions and the
The New York herald., 1921-11-22

German trade reverse in May and
June had. therefore, no bearing on
trade between Germany and America
except to speed it up while German
trade with other nations was being
slowed down. '~
But there is more serious aspect
to the German trade deficit from the
point of view of the Entente. At the
present rate of imports and exports
the former would amount to 71,25e,-
000, 900 marks and the latter 60.000..
10000 marks. This would leave al
export deficit Of about 1880, ,000, ,000
marks instead of the favorable trade
balance Of about 1900, 900. 900 in 1920.
Notwithstanding this reversal in her
trade Germany is generally conceded
to be in the most advantageous posi-
tion industrially Of all the European
nations. At the beginning of May
the total unemployed in Germany
was officially given as 394,262. At
the beginning Of September this had
been reduced to only 232,396.
But no matter how strong Germany
may be from the internal industrial
point Of view this, fact can yield
little nourishment for the Entente.
1t has long since been realized that
Germany can pay her war obligations
only by shipping surplus goods
abroad. Not only does the shrinking
value Of German exports deprive the
Entente of a considerable revenue
from the 26 per cent. German export
tax provided in the London agree
ment, but the prospects of German
trade deficit in excess of 1900, ,000,.
900 marks makes less hopeful the
whole situation as regards Germany's
ability to meet reparations payments
out of surplus exports.
Despite the exhaustive research
and analyses by the Reparations
Commission and the experts Of the
Supreme Council Germany's true ca
pacity to pay remains the same elu.
sive and uncertain factor 1t was the
day the Treaty of Versailles was
signed.
The New York herald., 1921-11-22
PUBLIC LECTURES TONIGHT.
MANHATTAN AND THE BRONX.


Trend of the Times" Prof. William b.
Guthrie, at Wadleigh II. S., 18th street,
west of Seventh avenue.
plays Of the Hour" Miss Ada Sterlings
Branch. 759 East i60th street. The Bronx.
'The Troubled Land of Mexico." Or. Peter
MacQueen, at p. S. 1G. 206 West Thirteenth
street: illustrated.
p. S. &c. EiGllty-eighth street. east of First
avenue: illustrated.
product of the Melting Pot " Mrs Mary
II. Lease, at y. 8. 132, 1S2d street and Wads-
Nine. Marie Narelle VIII give a concert at
American Museum OF Natural History.
Seventy seventh street and Central Park
Wert
.'Tone Poems and Descriptive Music" Miss
Mary Plowden Herman. at Hunter College.
Sixty eighth street and Lexington avenue.
Niclsen-Lang. at p: 8. SO. 2o7th street and
Hull avenue. The Bronx.
'The Struggle for Freedom on the Land,
Father Daniel 9. Cunnion. Mt St. Anseln'a
Hall, linton avenue. near 1o5th street. The
Bronx: illustrated.
BROOKLYN, QUEENS AND RICHMOND.
.'rrend of the Times" Miss Jennse M.
Davis, at Bay Ridge II. s.. Fourth avenue
''BooS of the Hour" Prof. J. G.. carter
Troop. ct Brooklyn Public Library. Pacific
Branch. Fourth avenue and Pacific street..
''What In the Matter with tho Wcr.i Ts-
day?" Miss Myran Louise Grant. at Boys
II. s., Marcy and Putnam avenues.
''Circlng South America" William Moss,
at p. $. 30. Conover and wolcott streets;
THE Mystery of Space" DR.. G.. Clyde
Fisher. at p. s. 1I4. Dumont and Alabama
avenues; illustrated.
at p. 8. o. Old House Landing Road, Little
Neck, l.. l.; Illustrated.
Health Success" Miss Doris Doscher, at
r. s. 26, Richmond turnpike. Linoleumviiie.
The New York herald., 1921-11-22

While baseball has it's devotees by
the million in this country it is be.
ing approached in popularity by golf,
which was brought from Scotland to
prolong the days of many who with.
out it would never have known what
life in the open really meant.
That neither of these pastimes can
be indulged in during the winter
months in the North is unfortunate
but in this off season many turn their
attention to handball, one of the best
Of all pastimes. This purely Irish
game calls for no special equipment.
1t can be played the year round,
either in an enclosed court or in the
open at any point where there is a
blank wall. Either hard or soft
ball may be used.
Handball is played by every gos-
soon in Ireland. 1t is the favorite
game Of policemen and firemen every
where in the United States. Like
tennis, it can be played in doubles
and made to fit the physical require
ments Of those who engage in it.
Baseball players and pugilists say
1t keeps them in better condition
than any other game during periods
Of light work; the wise athlete never
let's down entirely. 1t is beneficial
in preserving that keenness of vision
essential in judging distance-the
first requisite in batsman or a ring
general.
One Of the best features of handball
is the charm it possesses for men
past the prime Of life. AS in jai alai,
that great Spanish game, judgment
and the placing of the ball enable an
expert to prolong the period when he
may play with skill. The late PHILIP
CASEY of Brooklyn, who was cham
pion for years, was at the top of his
game when As, and few of the young
sters from Ireland could defeat him
when he was much older. The late
JAMES DUNNE Of Brooklyn played
handball every day, and at 60 had
the grace and elasticity Of youth.
Handball courts are now a part of
every well equipped gymnasium. 1t
is a popular pastime with that great
element of American manhood which
refuses to grow old or fat. The sport
is now prime favorite, and with
many it is rated a good third to
American baseball and Scotch golf,
and as such has right to endure.
The New York herald., 1921-11-22

Testimonial dinner to Police Commissioner
Richard E. Enright. Hotel As,or. r. NJ.
&C. C.. Y. Chen and Miss Ang Lee will discuss
The Chinese Problem at the broadway
Tabernacle forum. Broadway and Fifty-sixth
street. S:15 =. NJ.
Dr. Lawrason Brown will speak at a meet
ing under the auspices of the Association
of Tuberculosis Clinics. New York Academy
Of Medicine. II West Forty-thlrd street. 30
l.. NJ.
Russian Famine Fund, dinner, Waldorf
Astoria, s r. NJ.
The Open Door," pageant. benefit of At
lanta University. Carnegie Hall, $3.50 p. NJ
Glass Of 1917. Stuyvesant High School. re-
union meeting, at the school, 3iJ East Fif-'
teenth street. 7:45 y. Nj.
New York Chapter. Knights of Columbus,
y. M.
Fraternai Association OF Musicians. meet
Ing, Carnegie Hall. s:15 p. M.
Dr. John L. Tildsley will discuss Politics
and the Board of Education" before the
Woman's Republican Club. Inc, Hotel Plaza.
this noon.
Dhan Gopal Mukerji will lecture on THE
Literature and Life OF the Hindu League
for Political Education. Town Hall, at II
A. NJ.
Marion Gaylord Atwel will lecture on
Current Events" New York City Colony,
National Society of New England Women. at
the Hotel Pennsylvania at II A. NJ.
Dr. Stockton Axson will lecture on "Shake-
speare." Brooklyn Institute of Arts and
Sciences. Academy of Music. p. M
Chauncey M. Depew will speak on 'Rem-
iniscences of Public Life" League for
Political Education. at Town Hall at p M.
Motion picture on why Drink Milk?" and
an address on balance Sheets" by A. G..
Thienel, at meeting of the Society OF
Accountants at Rumford Hall, 80 East
Forty-first street, beginning at 7:45 p. NJ.
Herbert Lang, paper on african Scuir-
rels' at a meeting OF the Linnaean Society,
at the Museum of Natural History. at q
p. NJ.
DIR. Algernon S. Cropscy will speak on
Value and Danger of Persecution" Peoples
Institute, at Cooper Union. at p. M.
American Wholesale Garment Associations
dinner, Hotel Pennsylvania, F. M.
Junior Emergency Relief Society. meeting
Hotel Biltmore, A. NJ. =
Chicago Club, meeting. Waldorf-Astoria. 2
The New York herald., 1921-11-22
GhandHs Remorse.

Mahatma GHASDI, the inspirer and
guide Of the non-cooperationists in
India, whose policy of boycott and
passive resistance has proved highly
troublesome to the British, has been
deeply affected by the violence which
has accompanied the later stages of
anti-British agitation. He has issued
a statement deprecating the rioting
which marked the arrival Of the
Prince of WALES. He declares the
outbreaks, which resulted in blood
shed and death, "stinf in his nos
trils"; he beseeches Hindus and
Mussulmans alike to repent and seek
Cons forgiveness; and he announces
that he will neither eat nor drink un-
til peace is restored.
1t is possible that GHANDr's ap-
peal for order will be needed. His
influence in India is extraordinary
and Is potent regardless of caste or
religion. He is looked on as a saint,
even as divine being. Yet when a
mob has drawn blood even the most
respected leaders may be ignored
when they urge a return to peaceful
methods. Passion and fear of retri-
button unite to put the frenzied men
beyond control. GnANDr may have
started something he cannot stop.
The sincerity OF GuANpI in his ap.
peal to his followers is not likely to
be questioned unless there has been
complete change in his conception
Of the proper means by which to