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The New York herald., 1921-09-09
Sargasso.

From Leslic's Weekly.
The herring gull on tilted wing
Is wary of its winnowing.
Nor shark nor barracuda's fin
VIII venture meath its dreadful whin,
For ever since the world began
Atlantic currents round 1t ran,
Nor ever crossed its mighty span,
Nor counted it as kin.
Sometimes a ship that's lost at sea
Slips down the green profundity,
Some, rudderless from tempest fed
Drift to this liquid Limbo dread,
Where. though the sky above is blue
And sun and stars shine brightly too,
They seem like birds of brilliant hue
That hover DER the dead.
Here treasures from the Spanish Main
Wait for adventurers in vain.
Poor ships with rusty chains a-clink,
They cannot sail and cannot sink.
Wearily lurching to and fro.
Their huddling squadrons all arrow
Cast on the greasy tide below
Reflections black as Ink.
OF all the shining oceans floor
This spot Is cursed forevermore.
And as a sign it's lost to grace.
Great God has turned away His face,
And sailormen in terror tell
When Lucifer from Heaven fell
Right through the sea he sank 10 Hell
Upon this very place.
LEON DEMO.
The New York herald., 1921-09-09
Transylvania's Annexation.
Count Paul Teleki Denies That q
Popular Wish Was EXPRESSED.

To THE NEW YORK HERALD: You pub
lished in your paper OF Wednesday.
August 81, new letter of the Ruma-
nian Minister concerning my Williams
town lectures. I do not think 1t of
great value to continue this exchange
Of letters because Prince Bibesco seems
inclined only to attacks and not to a
discussion. He does not attempt to
defend his vitlated arguments but
changes the subject.
Bur I must state that with the new
list OF rivers cited as examples to provo
that Hungary has not to fear the in
crease Of floods now that the upper
courses OF It's rivers are in other coun-
tries he has no more luck than in his
first letter with the Rhine and the
Rhone. The Tagus and Douro have
characteristic broad and deep torrentiai
beds filled only at flood time, but car
rying down the fiood-all this due to the
irlcomparably different climate. The
Meuse, Mosellc. Elbe and Oder are again
quite another class of rivers; the COM
parative grade Of their upper and lower
courses does not show the sharp differ
ences displayed by the Hungarian rivers.
The Ruinanian Minister forgot one river
from his list. 1t Is in his own country.
The Aluta would have been a somewhat
better example than those cited at ran
dom from any pocket atlas of Europe.
The wise policy Of the Hungarian forest
and food protection service controlling
formerly the upper course made the Ru-
manian Minister forget about 1t.
Anyhow. The NEW YoRK HERALp's
space Is too valuable to explain things
which can be found in any school geog-
raphy. can assure Prince Blbesco that
I would have never "transsubstan-
tiated." as he calls 1t. In a political dis
cussion to my quality OF geographer II
the Rumanian Minister had not launched
his attack on the ground of my pro-
fesslon. would have been reluctant
to employ a weapon unfamiliar to my
adversary. AS to the coincidence that
happen to be statesman and pro-
fessor. giving Prince Bibesco cause for
sarcastic criticism, feel myself in good
dent Masaryk. &C.
AS FORMER Prime Minister i did not
need to be rescued by myself, the geog-
rapher. / do not need geographical
knowledge to say that the Runlanian
Minister'S statement as If the Ruma-
nian population of Transylvania would
have expressed It's wish to be detached
from Hungary and attached to Ru-
mania is a grave mistake. Prince BIZ
besco must know quite well that the
Assembly which expressed this wish in
the presence Of the Rumanian army had
no authorization by the Rumanian pop
ulation OF Transylvania its members
were not elected by the people. He
knows further that no wish was ex-
pressed before the arrival Of the Ru-
oianian armed force, though since
months the Hungarian army had been
dissolved.
! understand. however. that the Ru-
nanian Minister must defend the off,
cial standpoint of his Government. This
makes any discussion futile.
COUNT PAUL TEIEKr,
Professor of Geography.
w syYYxnroN- Capfa,phar q
The New York herald., 1921-09-09

Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Curtiss James
have arrived from Newport on board
their yacht. the auxiliary bark rugged
Aloha to prepare for cruise around
the world, accompanied by several
friends. 1t Is expected that the Aloha
will clear from this port for her long
cruise September 10.
While Mr.. and Mrs. James have made
many lengthy cruises, this one VIII be
the longest they have undertaken. The
route will be from New York through
the Panama Canal, and then across the
Pacific to China. where 1t Is the pur-
pose OF Mr.. and Mrs. James to make a
lengthy stay. Continuing the Aloha will
put In at the Philippines, cruise down the
China Seas, through the Malacca Strait
along the coast of India and then into
European waters through the Suez
Canal.
The longest previous cruise OF the
Aloha was to Egypt, although Capt.
Bezanson, her skipper, has sailed around
the world three times. The crew will
number forty-five men. So anxious were
able seamen In and about Newport to sign
for the voyage that there were nearly
100 applications. The yacht, which is an
auxiliary bark, is one OF the most beau
tiful and perfectly equipped afloat. Mr..
James himself holds navigator's
license
The New York herald., 1921-09-09
The Country Fair Season.

Few become too sophisticated to
enjoy the pleasures Of the country
tair, for which September and Oc-
tober are the open season.
The old boys whose memories go
back to early days on the farm
treasure recollections of these ex-
cursions after the grain had been
threshed and when there was a letup
before fall ploughing and the saving
Of the root crops began. Perhaps
mother had a log cabin quilt in the
Crystal Palace or samples Of her
preserved fruit in the big hail with
its rows of good things to eat so
temptingly arrayed that one could
scarcely wait for noon when dinner
was served in the big tent at 25
cents a head.
On occasions father showed
favorite roadster or a team Of STEP
pers to a red wheeled wagon, or
Buddy had in the county trot a colt
from the old bay mare that took
nobody's dust. Those whose tastes
did not run to horses had cattle.
sheep, swine and poultry to stimu-
late their interest, and it was a
proud boy whose entry won prize
or even an honorable mention.
Those were the days when work
was accomplished under pressure
with fewer aids from the implement
man. II the wheat was in the field
ready for garnering and rain threat
ened. nothing accelerated things like
a promise to be taken to the fair.
Ii was a meeting up place for all
the youth of the countryside, and
events of moment were reckoned by
It; it was so many days before the
fair or after it.
The modern fair may be more
progressive than the older type,
which did not have the vaudeville
and circus acts which are now a
rart OF fairs held in even remote
districts, but none of the newer
style will ever have the appeal
which thrilled the boy Of the period
when red lemonade cost nickel a
glass and every peanut was a double
barrelled mammoth.
The New York herald., 1921-09-09
NEW YORK OFFICIALS
SEE LINCOLN HIGHWAY
Commissioner Sisson Leads
Tour to Harrisburg.

TRENTON, Sept. s.--A delegation or
New York State officials. headed by
Herbert slsson. state Highway Commis1
sioner, reached here to-day on a two
day inspection of New Jersey and Penn
sylvanla highways While here the ofn-
ciais we're guests OF Thomas j. Hasser.
state Highwpy Commissioner
Tho party rode from New York 20
rren,on over the Lincoln Highway.
they were pleased with The State road
co.. struction. particularly several pieces
az concrete building and complmented
Hassor and his assistants. The inspec-
lion trip continued from Trenton over
the Lincoln Highway to Philadelphia
and from there the party will go to
Harrisburg and thence to Allentown.
and Easton.
In the New York party were Fred
erick Sarr. First Deputy Commissioner
John Huber. Special Deputy. and Major
John Rirley. William Atcheson. Ray
Hall and Perry Fillcn, division en-
giuners.
The New York herald., 1921-09-09
Woman for County Clerk.
Miss Margaret Douglas, Lawyer, q
Republican Candidate.

To THE New YORK HERALD: In look
ing over the primary list I see that but
one woman is designated for the Office
OF County Clerk In New York county
Everybody who has considered the mat
ter must realize that this Office Is pecul-
Iarly suited to women, who are ac-
knowledgcd by all business men to be
master file administrators.
So far as can find out the one
woman candidate. Miss Margaret Doug
las seerns particularly fitted for the
Job. as she Is lawyer who has been
In practice some years. Also II appears
she IS not recent convert to Republl-
can doctrines. but comes OF long line
Of leaders OF that party.
Women are just as large taxpayers as
are men. but up 20 the present they have
had but little actual part In administra-
tive work, and 1t seems too bad TO lose
this opportunity TO put a capable woman
lawyer In charge OF a public office that
is sui gencris woman's field.
MICHAEL SHAPIRO.
NEW YoRx, September 8.
The New York herald., 1921-09-09
Mate Grown in Florida.
Yet to BE Proved II Cultivation VIII
Be Profitable.

Department Of Agriculture Press service.
Mate trees have been successfully
grown In the southern part OF Florida
By tho United States Department OF
Agriculture from seeds imported for ex
perimentation. "Yerba mate" as II is
called in South America. is native to
Paraguay and adjacent countries. The
leaves were cured and used as sort
Of tea by the native Indians before the
arrival OF the Spanish settlers.
Mate Is the most important beverage
in Chile and Argentina, where at least
5000 900 people drink It. Tho produc-
ton OF mate consequently has developed
into a large commercial industry In
those countries. small amount Is
now exported TO the United States.
where It can be purchased in many
places from those who specialize in un-
usual foods.
The fact la now fully demonstrated
that mats can be grown from seeds IN
this country. contrary to the long preva-
lent theory that the seeds OF the yerba
mate could not be grown until they
had passed through the body OF bird.
Private individuals In Florida who re-
ceived plants from the Department OF
Agriculture to try out have been curing
end using the mate leaves from trees
IN their own gardens and arc recon-
nonding the beverage 20 their friends.
Mate contains the same alkalo'dal or
stimulating properties as tea, hut de-
vciope less tannin. The flavor Is SINH
lar. but owing to the process OF curing
II has a slight suggestion OF smolslness
which Is enjoyed by those accustomed
TO It. The importance OF mate as
beverage In competition with tea is
worthy OF consideration. as all the
leaves OF the tree can be used and as
tho curing process Is far less expensive
than the proper manufacture of tea.
The experiments tried BY settlers In
south Florida, while they demonstrate
that tho mate tree will grow there, have
not gone far enough to indicate that any
attempt to grow mate commercially will
bc successful there. 1t is, however. an
interesting fac. that certain OF these
settlers have dried the leaves In their
ovens and brewed mate which they
declare IA n very palstable drink
The New York herald., 1921-09-09
Terrors Of Modern Art.

For four months the Metropolitan
Museum Of Art has been exhibiting
loan collection Of French post-im-
pressionist art that the cognoscenti
Of Greenwich Village declare to be
old fashioned. The reaction, as
they say In aesthetic circles. of the
general public visiting the exhibi-
tion has been mild amusement or
the less restrained snorts and sniffs
Of boredom. Few of the casual visit
crs to the institution suspected that
in viewing this assemblage of the
works Of GAUGUIN, MATIssE, PIcAsso,
DEGAs and RENom they stood in dan.
ger Of being worked upon by the
terrors of modern art.
Yet this is the discovery Of a com
mittee Of citizens and supporters OF
the museum" discovery put be-
fore the public nine days before the
exhibition is scheduled to close.
his Is very shabby treatment of the
ultramodernists who, since they
burst upon the world of Paris under
the group name of 'the Wild Beasts"
in 1911, have thrived upon the sort
Of advertising that comes from vio-
lent abuse. In fact, from the view
point Of the ultramoderns any ex-
hibition of their works would be q
fat and dismal failure If it did not
receive such a castigation as the
anonymous committee has now
kindly provided.
True ultramoderns, who are far
advanced from the era of GAUGUIN
and MATIssE, love to wear the hair
shirt of martyrs. They are not made
Of the STUFF that boils peas before
putting them in their shoes to walk
on. They will enjoy being associ-
ated, as in the committees phrases.
with "neurotic egomaniacs in Paris" "
"Bolshevist propaganda" and Satan
lists" We fear that instead OF being
cast down by these assaults our
ultramoderns will take particular
pleasure in that last classification.
They love to be thought devilish.
The New York herald., 1921-09-09
He Squares the Circle.
From Amsterdam Mr.. Eelman Makes
mn Important Announcement.

To THE NEW YORK HERALD: here
with let you know that / have solved
the hitherto insoluble mathematical
question, namely. the quadrature of the
circle, and that have the irrefutable
evidences to show the justness of my
theorem.
The theorem and the method to prove
the Justness Of 1t are both very simple
the egg of Columbus--they fail never.
I choose an American newspaper to
rumor this matter abroad. for ] think
that In America are the right men who
know to appraise this discovery.
No doubt. II you appraise It also and
at same the fact that you are the sole
and first newspaper office on the world
which Is enabled to place the report
about 1t and so / do not doubt you do
so. III. w. EELMAF.
AMSTERDAM, Holland. August 25.
The New York herald., 1921-09-09
In Dreamlike Cochin.
Fighting Moplahs and an Ancient
Jewish Colony Found There.


correspondent "O'G." mentions the
Mocha coffee shipped from Cochin. He
may have increased the amount for the
sake of the Moplah boatmen.
The amount OF coffee shipped from
Cochin for the year ended June 30.
1921, was 1905 hundredweight or $50
tons, and that is not more than the
cargo for two or three OF the large
pattamarras that ply on the Malabar
coast. These figures are quoted from
the July issue Of the Cochin Chamber
OF Commerce list. On the other hand.
during the same year there were
shipped from Cochin s,474,717 pounds
Of tea or about $500 long tons. 1t may
be that your correspondent will find that
the Moplahs man vessels carrying cocoa
nut oil and copra. both of which find
their way to Bombay in native craft.
It is hard, however. TO think OF any,
thing warlike in the neighborhood OF
Cochin. For one thing there is nothing
in the climate to incite any one TO ac-
ton. You are reminded Of a green
house that has just been watered into
which Is pouring such intense sunlight
as we never see in these latitudes. Raiee
the hot weather Of the last few days
to the nth power and you get some idea
of the overpowering heat.
The long stretch of Backwater, the
salt creek that parallels the Arabian
Sea south from Cochin to Quilon and
north toward Calicut, is like what you
see illustrated In O'Brien's books on the
South Sea islands. Along the quiet
waters In the States Of Travancore and
Cochin brown boatmen pole their grace
full craft past shores lined with cocoa
nut palrns, the most delicate and grace
full trees In the Oriental tropics. You
are reminded of your childhood dreams
OF the Garden OF Eden. There is moth
ing to suggest wars or rumors of wars.
And yet on the paper rupee--the dol
lar bill OF India-the words "one rupee"
appear In something like eight different
native languages and OF course In the
native characters. That makes you
realize what problem India must be
to the British Government Besides. the
Brahmins want to lord Il over the Mo-
hammedans the Mohammedans want "a
get preference over the Parsees and so
on down to the weakest of the empire
Every one thinks that he ought to be
the boss, with the result that II the Eng
lish left India terrible things indeed
would happen.
Strange as It may seem. there is @
colony OF Jews in Cochin. Some are
white and some. due to infusion OF ma
tive blood. are brown. Locally they are
known as white and black Jews. One
OF the districts in the city of Cochin is
| called Jewtown. The trying climate has
made the white Jews, especially the
women, pale and anemic, but the sturdi-
ness OF the race persists. The syna.
| gogue. with its bronze pulpit pillars and
Chinese tile floor. Ia one OF the sights
OF the town. The library of the Royal
| Colonial Institute In London places the
coming OF the Jews in either the first
or the eighth century. Can II be possi-
Bile that they have maintained theil
identity for the whole OF the Christian
era? P M. WIswALL.
NEW YORK, September s.
The New York herald., 1921-09-09
Hungary's Duelling.

The duelling mania continues in
Hungary. The challenges averaged
about 1000 month during the first
half of the current year. according TO
the report of the Ministry Of Home
Affairs recently made public in
Budapest--6,OOO challenges in all be.
tween January and July l.
The Hungarians always we're fond
OF duelling as pastime. During the
war 1t necessarily languished. But
since the war ended the duellists
have been making up for lost time.
A light word an inadvcrtent bump
against somebody. an accidental
treading on somebody's toes In pub.
lie vehicle. these and a thousand
other trivialities are sufficient to
provoke challenge.
The preliminarles beyond doubt
furnish one of the chief fascinations
n the amusement. The frock coated.
- hated. jackknife salaaming. heel
The New York herald., 1921-09-09

merce reports, Germany has cap
tured the hardware market and is
making rapid headway in the sale
of machinery, drugs, cement and
jewelry. Germany quotes prices so
per cent. below English and Ameri-
can competitors, gives liberal credit
and accepts payment in marks, dol
lars or pounds.
In Mexico ''the prices quoted on
German electrical apparatus and
machinery have been lower than
American prices by 10 to rs per
cant, while well casing has been
quoted at so per cent. OF the Ameri-
can price. American chemicals are
higher by 40 per cent. and German
laboratory apparatus is sold at one
fifth the American price. German
silk and mercerized cotton goods
also are cheaper than American
goods"
These of course are only random
instances. Germany has closed an
extremely advantageous trade agree
ment with China and has reopened
her banks there. She has new
treaty with Russia and is doing a
large business with the Baltic States.
Her agents have reopened markets
in the Near East. She Is selling more
goods to France than to any other
nation.
This all means something. Ger
many knows that to pay the repara-
tions in full she must produce In
goods to be sold abroad about 80 per
cent. Of the 5000 600, 900 debt. Pos
sibly she thinks that when the En-
tente Allies and the United States
realize what this huge effiux Of Ger
man goods means to their own trade
the reparations scheme will be modi-
fed by its makers in self-defence.
The New York herald., 1921-09-09
NEW LEAGUE rs ORGANIZED.
VIII Conduct Campaign to Ad-
vance Personal Liberty.

Special Despatch to THE NEW York HpuAtp
CHICAGO, Sept s.---A new league, the
Peoples Liberty League. the purpose OF
which Is to conduct a nation wide CAM
raign for the advancement Of personal
liberties OF the people. has been organ
ized In Chicago.
The object OF the organization as set
down In its charter is as follows
ITO advance by all lawful means the
cause OF personal liberty; to this end
TO advocate for all Of the people tho
largest measure OF individual freedom
consistent with the general welfare In
their conduct. opinion. occupations and
amusements, and to organize and oper-
ate nationally and locally for this pur-
pose"
The incorporators Of the league are
prominent Chicagoans. including Earl
NJ. Stevens. president; George G..
Stevens, vice-president Albert JAM
polls, secretary. and Francis w.
Walker, general counsel.
The New York herald., 1921-09-09
James Party to Cruise Round World
Will Leave September IS and Circle the Globe Aboard
the Yacht Aloha.

Holland and Mrs. John +. Tooger OF
Buenos Aires are here.
Others arriving are Mr.. and Mrs. NJ.
+. Collins and family of New York.
William d. /. Collins. Mrs. S. b. Black
stone, Mrs. John Crcrar and Miss Cath
crime Crerar, Mrs. II. II. Reid OF Chica-
go, AIr. and Mrs. H. >. Dudley from
Great Neck, L. L.. and Wood Fosdick OF
New York
Mr.. and Mrs. C. c. Lippincott and
family and Mr.. and Mrs. Fl. l.. Price OF
Philadelphia have arrived at the Mount
Pleasant House
Mr.. and Mrs David L. Milne OF Phlla-
delphia are at the Waumbek jefferson.
also Mr.. and Mrs. E. c. Delanie and
party from Montclair, N. j.
Mrs. John Kendrick Bangs. Jr.. and
Miss Annette A. Sheldon, who have been
visiting Mrs. NJ. s. Willing at the
waumbek, have arrived at Breton
Woods.
Mrs. r. II. Bloodgood and Miss M. 70.
A. Hrtle motored from New York to
join Mr.. Bloodgood at Upland Terrace
In Bethlehem.
The New York herald., 1921-09-09
All Votes for Curran Tuesday.

II LA GUARDIA had the Republican
primaries handed to him on gold
platter he could not defeat HYLAN
on election day, for he could not get
the independent votes and he would
not get all his party's votes. HAS
KELL could not defeat HYLAN, be-
cause not even half the Republicans
would accept his wet platform as an
issue of this municipal election.
BENNETT could not defeat anybody
for Mayor, because he is only q
political joke.
CURRAN, designated by the Repub-
lican-coalition forces for Mayor,
must defeat HYLAN this year or no.
body Will defeat him. The thing to
do, then, is to waste no anti-Tam-
many primary votes on anybody else
next Tuesday but give them all to
CURRAv.
A great primary plurality for
CURRAN will put the Tammany
hackers of HYLAN on the defensive
at the very opening Of the Mayor
atty fight. That is the way to go
into a fight, stay in a fight and win
fight-with the other side sur
prised and worried by the very first
blow.
Anti-Tammany enrolled voters
who mean business in their declara-
tions against HYLAN's misgovern-
ment, squander and municipal bank
ruptcy can show it to the full 100
per cent. only by voting at the pri-
maries for CURRAN.
Make 1t an overwhelming primary
plurality for CURRAN. 1t is the thing
to do for all anti-Tammany voters
who want to get rid Of HYLAN more
than they want anything else in
this campaign for Mayor OF New
York. Do it next Tuesday.