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The New York herald., 1921-01-02
Last Years Death Rate.

The Health Department has an
nounced that the 1920 death rate for
the city of New York was 11.93 to the
thousand, as compared with 12.39 for
1919.
The number OF deaths in 1920 was
80, ,249, against 74,433 in 1919, an abb
solute decrease Of LISA. From this
decrease the department figures a
saving of 1884 lives in the year, on
the basis of increased population.
In 1919 we had a serious epidemic
Of influenza, which was much worse
10 Its effects than the milder vista
ton Of last year. With regard to the
health prospect for this year, as af-
fected by the possibility Of a recur-
renee OF influenza, 1t should be borne
In mind that susceptible persons have
been exposed to this disease now for
"a comparatively long time, and Inn
munization Of the population may be
assumed to be fairly general.
Last year 130,377 babies we're born
in New York, 2.479 more than in 1919.
There we're 64,422 marriages in 1920,
against 60,256 in 1919.
All these figures are highly encour-
aging. They show substantial In
creases In the number of marriages
and the number Of babies born, and a
decrease in the number of deaths. All
New York will be glad to read them.
For the birth. marriage and death
rates figured on the Department Of
Health estimate Of population. which
credited to the city 100000 more In
habitants than 1t has, we have no re-
spect, however. There should be a
rearrangement of statistics in the de-
partment to bring It's working tabula-
tions into decent harmony with the
facts.
The New York herald., 1921-01-02
Storage Libraries.

An interesting suggestion Is made
elsewhere on this page by Mr.. G. B.
WHITE. His observations during a
voyage across the Atlantic In the
steerage have convinced him Of the
need Of libraries for third class pas
sengers, who, for the most part, are
immigrants.
Mr.. WHITE readily imagines the ef-
feet II the newcomer were able TO
spend q week with books telling him
Of American history, literature, geog-
raphy and government. Nor does Mr..
WHITE overlook the largeness Of the
job of supplying books that could be
read by men and women who speak
dozens Of different languages.
A proposal like Mr.. WHITES must
be reduced to practical possibilities.
A library of twenty-five different
books, each volume printed In. say.
twenty-five different languages, would
be asking too much. 1t would take n
million dollars to set up such a library
system as this; and drives are out Of
favor just now.
But isn't there some American gen.
ius, BoorH TARKTNeroN, for instance.
who could put into ono volume the
life and spirit Of America with which
every Immigrant should be made IA
mlliar? Such a book would tell the
immigrant the basic principles Of the
government, the necessity OF obeylng
laws and accepted customs. the oppor-
tunlties in agriculture, the unlimited
range Of individual ambition. the great
advantage OF learning the English
language-theye and a hundred other
things that the immigrant and the
United States would be better Off for
the strangers knowing them.
We believe that such q book could
be written In less than $4,000 words.
Its size really In tiss least important
The New York herald., 1921-01-02
Comparing the Incompatible.

Are our actors as great as those of
older days; are plays now as well
written to be played, not to be read?
A successful modern play producer
thinks the answer should be "Yes. :"
But he is no better equipped to answer
than is the next man interested in
drama to whom the question may be
put, whoever he may be.
The value of any quality which must
be estimated by sight and sound, as
the qualities displayed in acting or in
an acted play must be, may be written
about until groanlng shelves collapse,
yet naught will be set down to en-
tighten the reader except that what
the writer saw and heard pleased. dis
pleased. or possibly bored him. The
actor does nothing which can be meas
ured by tape line, split second
watch or an adding machine.
A boy may be told that BOOTH was
q great actor, and he is but informed
of an impression the player made on
certain individuals through the senses
Of sight and sound. Proudly explain
to your son why your cherished old
sweater bears your college letter, that
you once ran hundred yards in nine
and four-fifths seconds, and he may
know how many men in all recorded
track sports ever ran faster. how many
whose sprints are recorded ran not
so fast. The split second watch re-
corded comparable performance, not
an Incompatible impression.
The eye and ear do not convey the
same impression in the minds of two
men at the same play at the same
time. More surely must II be that Il
normal man who wrote thousand or
fotTn handrcds Years ago about play
he saw was differently impressed than
would be normal man to-day seeing
the same play similarly acted. Tastes
change; mental fineness alters In de-
gree; the eye records precisely the
same picture for two spectators; one
of them shudders In horror, one laughs
In delight.
Plays and players Of to-day may be
as great as those Of older days, but
no one can know.
The New York herald., 1921-01-02
Decline and Fan of the Resolution

When mellow bells of old ST. Pauls
And Trinity began
To play on New Years Eve I mot
A pale and haggard man.
He wandered up and down Broadway
But needed not the throng.
touched him gently on the arm
D. And asked him what was wrong.
"The glad New Year is here" he cried
mo resolutions !
Can make on this auspicious date
AS In the years gone by.
The girls smoke cigarettes and so
II cannot be a vice.
The anti-gambling law has put
A ban on cards and dice.
''The voistead act has made Il nigh
A capital offence
To eat raisin or q prunel
/ would that l were hence
At calendars l therefore feel
Inclined to sneer and scoff,
For what is New Years when, alasi
There's nothing to swear OFF,
MINNA IRvIEo.
The New York herald., 1921-01-02
The Lost.

From the Seattle Post-Inteis0encsY.
The clouds lay in waves of gold across
the west,
The wind came and coldly blew upon
my chest.
The night crept UP s. ntly. and with
II came
An echo-an empty voice-your whis-
peied name.
The stars bloomed like narguerites In
field of black,
The moon came and strolled along its
westward track.
My prayers came like teardrops on an
April day;
Your voice whispered faintcst words
from far away.
Through fog riffs the rays OF moonlight
ehimmered down,
A -lstle came from wind blown leaves
of autumn brown.
BY moonlight a rosebud peered through
ieafy lace,
A dream came, and through its haze
saw your face.
HELEN EMMA MAEINc.
The New York herald., 1921-01-02
What a Lot of Time!

We like optimists and we hail
Professor MoULToN of the University.
Of Chicago as one OF them. He Insists
that 'the past and future existence
of the earth is a million times a
million years" In short, a trillion
years. So, even if we should by this
time have used up half the allowance,
there are still half q trillion years be-
fore this planet will be cold cinder
in the back yard Of lnfinity.
The promise stirs the imagination
and banishes despair. There is a
chance. evidently, that some genera
ton will see the new court house, the
MacMonnies fountain in City Hall
Park, a new Sing Sing prison, fin
lshed Erie Canal and the destruction
of the down town post Office. Or do
we overestimate progress2
The New York herald., 1921-01-02
Poems Worth Reading.
Time and Life.

Time and Life.
Time said to Life: do thou my bid
ding. slave
Weave thou my fabric or I ous the
thread
About thee are the unnumberable dead.
And all thou eeekest hides In yonder
Before thee went the beautiful. the
brave,
The undaunted heroes whom the
Cesars led
These are laid low within little bed
And over them brown autumns grasses
wave"
Life said to Time: mo slave am 4 TO
thee.
Master am, and thou my trusted tool
Wrought by the high God to my eager
hand
WELDING thee we'll verify am free
Tree from the folly OF the taskless
fool
Who knows thee not, to servo or to
command"
JOHN JEROME ROONEY.
The New York herald., 1921-01-02
The First Snowfall.

snow--and tho closing In Of wintry
days.
The white and bafilinR w~atrAr.
And does II mean the pnrtiyg OF tho
ways
we gayly walked togstherf
snow--and a wind that piercos snrewd
and chill.
fncessant in It's blowing,
And does II mean the light behind the
For us has ceased It's elowinTf
snow--and gray shadows etched upon
the earth
Before US and behind us,
And does it mean only some ghost OF
mirth
win now bo left to bind us?
snow--and hear the shiver OF the
night
AS one a poignant warning;
Would might look tomorrow on the
light
OF some blue vernai unorninsi
carr7or ecczsAsDs
The New York herald., 1921-01-02
No Trade With Russia.
Lenine and Trotzky In the Position Of
Dealers In Stolen Goods.

To THE NEW YoRK HERALD: AL civ-
ilized nations should refuse to trade with
Russia for the reason that Lenine and
Trotzky are trying TO destroy the gov
ernments OF all civilized nations.
Lenine and Trotzky are usurpers An
the property they have In their possos-
sion or control they have taken from
the owners by force. without paying
them for It. In other words they have
possession of property. but no lawful
title thereto.
All the goods they want to trade with
other nations are stolen goods, and any
who acquired possession Of such goods
in trade would get no lawful title there
to. This fact Of itself is q sufficient
reason for refusing to trade with Rus
sia, and as soon as the Russians find
out that this Is the reason they will
Danish Lenine and Trotzky and organize
stable government founded on the
principles Of law. justice and liberty.
JOHN e. KUHN.
PTrTsBURa, December 81.
The New York herald., 1921-01-02
Seafarers.

From the National Marins.
Not theirs the cunning. shifty ways Of
shore
Shrcwd eyes half closed. suspicion III
concealed.
They meet us openly. and. what is more.
In their frank truth our smallness Is
revealed.
familiar with great forces, strong and
real,
They face life's burden with their fear
less gaze,
They have the faith that only strong
men feel,
They live unconscious of our scheming
ways
The New York herald., 1921-01-02
A New Administration.

Found wanting In affairs Of note
The old year now Is downward hurled.
And by an overwhelming vote
Tho new year comes to rule the world
He lacks experience. but yet
Possesses virtues rich and rara.
We needs but hope his Cabinet
Is chosen with the proper care.
Let wisdom take the post OF State;
The post OF War let Honor Ill,
Economy upon the slate
Would give the Treasury a thrill
These are but hints-could II be done
Unhesitating we affirm
We feel that 1921
Would almost set another term.
McLANpBuRoH wrLsoN.
The New York herald., 1921-01-02
Light.
From The IL

From the Los Angeles Tiynss.
My lamp shall be thy gentle eyes,
So calm. so full Of love.
That brighten all life's gloomy Skies
Az stars that shine above.
My lamp shall be thy ardent hope,
So steadfast, true and clear,
A beacon TO poor souls that g-ope
A-down q darkened year.
My lamp shall be thy tenderness.
So soft and free from care,
Like mothers hands that come to bless
A child at nsped prayer.
NANCY BUCKLEY.
The New York herald., 1921-01-02

pleasure which comes to all those who
love the soil and its cultivation. They
give literally of their time and money
In the economic development Of mod
ern agriculture, and by their efforts
many wise and useful object lessons
have been impaired.
Most of the farms are In New York,
though several are located In Massa-
chusetts, Connecticut and New Jersey,
while one Is In Rhode Island and an
other IN Vermont. That of W. B..
DICKERMAN Is at Mamaroneck and
there he has developed a splendid
type of the trotting horse through
blending the blood of the sires Bel
lini and Atlantic Express. WALTER
cessfully and extensively engaged in
farming near Cold Spring Harbor, on
Long Island. AT Tuxedo GEORGE f..
BAKER, Sr., and Mr.. WILLIAM PlEBsoN
HAMILTON have their working forces,
while at New Hamburg REGINALD
RIvEs has kept intact and improved
the fine property which was long cul-
tivated by his father, the late FRANCIS
r. RIvEs, who was for many years
president of the Farmers.
In Massachusetts President STURGIs
breeds coach horses, cattle and sheep
of excellence near LenoX. In the
same State is located the establish
ment of FRANCIS r. APPLETON, whom
Mr. STURGIs succeeded in the presi-
dency of the Farmers. The farm Of
HENRY A. G. TAYLOR, in Rhode Island,
Is of more than local renown because
Of the splendid Guernsey cattle bred
there. That Of OLIVER GOULD JEN-
NINGs at Fairfield. Connecticut, serves
to make still more notable that lovely
region.
In New Jersey, near Bernardsville,
are the farms of PERCY r. PYNE, LED
YARD BLAIR RICHARD V. LINDABURY,
GEORGE p. PosT, WALTER BLISS and
other members Of the organization.
Another member, II. r. G. WATSON,
breeds Morgan horses of quality In
Vermont. Other active members Of
the Farmers are ex-senator CHAUNcEY
VI. DEpEw and Professor CHANDLER
OF Columbia, the latter an ex-presi-
dent of the association.
Those who regard the country es-
tates Of rich men as mere show places
have no idea of the amount of practi-
cal information disseminated by such
organiza tions as the Farmers. The
men who do the hard and exacting
work of managing great affairs in the
city apply their trained minds to the
efficient management of agricultural
experiment stations, privately main
tanned but distributing the knowledge
acquired through their operation to
the public. Thus they. turn their
hours of recreation to the benefit OF
the community.
The New York herald., 1921-01-02

thing about It. IL should hrst of all
interest the immigrant and Ii should
be written so plainly that every reader
above the age Of IL could assimilate
the most Important parts Of II. II
should present a large and truthful
picture Of the United States and the
hundred million people who find happi-
ness here. 1t should explain wherein
they are happy and why they are
happy. The book should be free from
fads and fatuous promises. 1t should
make plain to the reader that while
he or she will be safe from racial or
religious persecution, he or she, to en-
Joy America as prosperous and con-
tent generations have enjoyed It, must
become real Americans and not merely
transplanted Europeans.
If such a book-and we have merely
limited at the proper contents-should
be printed in his own language and
put in the hands of an immigrant on
the day he set sail for this country.
he would, If he was worth his salt,
have q week of valuable education.
But the book should be so fascinating
that the immigrant would read it over
and over until 1t was q part of his
mind. There Is where the need OF a
genius comes in. We spoke of Mr..
TARKINGToN, but perhaps GEORGE ADE
or the author OF Mr.. Dooley would be
the man to hit the nail on the head.
We cannot think of any active profes-
sor of history who would fit. The i'm.
migrant must be kept awake.
The New York herald., 1921-01-02

The Treasury Department made rul-
ing the latter part OF November which
permits sales of wines and beer as well
as trade In run. in the Virgin Islands.
The Treasury Department holds that tho
islands are outside the United States
so far as enforcement OF prohibition ts
concerned. from Washington
The Amalgamated order OF Boot
leggers. whose members prosper 30
notably elsewhere in the United States,
IL likely to protest against this de-
cision as a distinct restriction OF its
possible field OF profitable operations.
The New York herald., 1921-01-02
Charitable Possibilities Of . $780,
600 Literary Article.

To THE NEW YORK HERALp Kindly
ask President Wilson to write that arti-
Gle for which sl5o.ooo has been offered.
II. as no considers. Il Is not worth
II and Il would be unethlcal for him TO
receive II, why should he not donate
the sum to the Hoover fund for starving
children7
A few days ago q number OF persons
paid $1,000 each for ten cents worth OF
food for these sufferers NEW YEAR
NEW YORK. December 81.
The New York herald., 1921-01-02
Puzzle of the Shirts.
Uncle Sam Said to BE Buying In Al
bany, Selling I'm New York.

To THE NEW YORK HERALD; I have
just arrived here on a business trip and
find the local Industrial situation very
much stirred.
A big Government contract for mems
outside shlrts--not undershlrts-has just
been awarded to Albany manufacturers
and operators are coming here from
other cities on the promise OF work.
At the same time In New York city
and other trade centres note the Gov
ernment ls advertising large quantities
OF men's shirts for sale. don't un-
dcrstand this. J. w, GrRsots.
AIaAsvS, Deocmber sl
The New York herald., 1921-01-02
The Procession Back to Europe.

To THE NEW YORK HERALD: Won
Pnpen. Boy-Ed, Dumha. Rustem Bey.
Bernstorff. Berkman. Emma Goldman
and now the Soviet amoassadoriai tn
imitabic. the Trotzky-Lcnine representa-
tive. Ludwig Martcns--all deported.
My word. though the mills Of the gods
grind somewhat slowly. yet withai they
grind musicaliy and exceedingly hard.
Nexti FnrENpsu1p GLOUCESTER.
NEW YORK, December 81.
The New York herald., 1921-01-02

Ex-gangsters who have "gone
straight" are to be guests at a hotel
dinner. This entertainment Is a form
OF compliment which might be ex-
tended even until II blossomed into
invitations to a dinner party to men
who. In spite of temptations OF oppor-
tunity and environment. kept straight
all along.
The New York herald., 1921-01-02

A man who cannot run an auto
mobile is accused OF exploding tho
Wall street bomb. His inoapacity
should aid the authorities In their
search for him. In this day n man
who cannot run a motor car Is an OBJ
ject of general curiosity In all parts
of the land.
The New York herald., 1921-01-02

It was most discourteous for thief
to rob a young lady In City Hall while
Mayor HYLAN was comforting the free
dom Of the city on Mrs. MAcSw1NEr.
A polite regard for the Mayors feel
ings would have stayed the maraud-
er's hand at least until the steps of
the town hall had been reached.
The New York herald., 1921-01-02
After Death, Dreams.

To THE NEW YoRK HERALD: My way
of thinking OF after death: II We 1.-Two
good life Il will be as a pleasant
dream: II We live a bad life II will
be as q bad dream. One Ia heavenly
and the other In hell and torment
GnoRoB A. scHuLrs.
Fer Myws, ,glA., December exs
The New York herald., 1921-01-02

The Associated Press Is exclusively entitled
TO the use for republication Of all news dss-
patches credited 10 u or not otherwise
credited ~ this paper and also the local
news published herein.
All fights Of repubiioasisn u spvcfss 49,,
patches hercin axs e1se fNeervNa
The New York herald., 1921-01-02
A Tribute TO raithfulne...

From the London Times
The death is recorded on our front psgs
OF Mary Susanna Birch, aged 50. 'the faith
ful and loved nurse and friend for fifty-four
years to the family OF the late Sir William
Crookes."
The New York herald., 1921-01-02
The New Cool.

The worid-How n 1891 doinEf
His wife-shs has already given notice
she WIN leave ~ shs snA II the yssss
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-03-18
ancient Nanny Relates
Tale Of Cruelty after
asking for Peace Bond

An ancient colored women hob
BLEED into the police station late
Thursday afternoon and invaded the
presence OF Capt. COrdaler.
Drawing "a chair close TO the Of
fetal she glanced about the room
and remarked il was quite a nice
new house" that the police had built
themselves. since she called around
tho last time. Then conhedenGally
she announced that her name was
Mrs. Gales. and that she could not
get along with her forty-eiSht year
old daughter and asked If there
was "any SIGH thing as peace binds"
Capt Cordaler assured her that
there was and the elderly woman
declared her daughter made a prac-
tice OF beating her regularly when
the mother did anything that ran
counter 20 the young woman's
desires and she wanted il stopped.
Mrs Gales said her husband was
dead and that che was not man
that YOU would have 20 run 20 law
abot."
She was advised 10 take the matter
up with Pros. JeIlison and Il is prob
able that charges Of assault and
battery viii be p-~derred against
the forty eight year old daughter.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-03-18
OLIVER CLUB GIRLS
End ANNUAL STUNT
10 Do Club Banquets IN Pink
Room at Oliver Hotel
Dancing Features.

The second annual banquet of enc
10 DO club % divers chilled Plo7
works was held THURSDAY evening in
the Pink room Of the oliver hote'
More than IS members and their
guests were present at the occasion
Dinner was served az $50 O'Clock
President Dorothy Perkins re-
counted the history or the club since
its conception two Yeas ago and
asserted the aims and purposes o.
the organization Other speakers on
the program were. Miss GcnevlVe
smith Miss Jane Davis Miss Elaine
Norlander. and Miss Edith Fair-
Miss Margaret Geyer acted as toast
mistress.
Several good numbers were inciud-
ed IN the program OF entertainment.
a vocal solo by Miss Jeanette Martin
accompanied by Miss Grets Edner
was especially pleasing. 4 comicai
dialog1e was presented by Roscoe
Rinebolt and Herbert Pochlman.
Miss BESSIE Hoguo delivered mon
ologue that got over nicely. Dane
ing was feature Of the evening.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-03-18

justice or Ireiaud's claim 10 indepen-
dence insured it's ultimate triumph.
An grafton about the soul of Ire
land was delivered by The Rev.
Thomas A. L.ahey, of Notre Dame
university. FIR. Degroote. pastor OF
st. Patrick's church. made brief
address
An interesting program iu the
line Of musical entertainment was
presented. Miss Florence Guthric's
vocal solo Of when Irish Eyes Are
Smiling brought a round Of APP
plause. ireland" and THAT old
Irish Mother of Mine" were sung by
Edmund Luther. i violin solo 10y
Sylvester Lahey Killarney" was
responded to an encore Messick' g
orchestra furnished the music.
A resolution asking Iudiana's
representatives in congress-. Sens.
New and Watson and Rep Hickey
TO do all in their power to assist
Treland's claims to recognition of in
dendence, was unanimously adopted.
Copies Of the resolution will be for
warded 70 them today.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-03-18
WABASH COLLEGE
And MANCHESTER
SET FOR DEBATE
Two Schools Meet at Notre
Dame TOnight-Irish Teams
at Wabash College.

Students of South Bend and Mish-
awake high schools, alumni of Wa
bash and Manchester colleges and
the general public interested i'm de-
batting are invited TO Washington
half. at Notre Dame. on Friday eve
ming. where the Wabash negative
team meets the Affirmative trio of
Manchester college i'm the fnal de-
batting series of the Indiana Intercol-
legiate Debating league ON the Ques-
tion: Resolved: That the Federal
Government should own and oLer-
ate all the coal mines in the United
States (all questions as 10 transpOr-
tation waived and constitutionality
granted)."
Wabash viii be represented by j.
Morris Edwards. J. X Ruckel-
shouse, W. r. Morgan and V. r. Gel
ger as alternate The Manchester
debaters are EIdon Jackson, Amza
Ballinger. Lloyd Huff and Paul Nor
ris as alternate. Judges for the de
bate will include the following mem
bers of the Norc Dame faculty.
Prof James Mccarthy. T.. G. $;
Prof David Weir, A. s.; Prof John
Herman. IL NJ: Rev Paul Folk.
O.. s. c., Pm. D., and Rev. Thomas
Grumley, c. s. c., A. b. Hon Fran
els j. Vurpnliat, dean OF the Notre
Dame law school, viii preside at the
meeting selections viii be given
by the University orchestra during
the intermission.
In accordance with the rule of the
League that all schools must debate
on neutral grounds. Rev. William
BOlger. g. $ c., director of debating
at Notre Dame. left Thursday after
noon with the Notre Dame amrma-
tive team; Vincent Engels, Raymond
Gallagher, Worth Clark and Joseph
Rhomberg for Charlottesville. where
Notre Dame meets Manchester col
lege. The local negative team,
James Hogan, Frank Covanaugh,
Leo Ward and Raymond Switalski.
Will contest the Wabash affirmative
at Manchester.
In the first series held last week
nine teams won ON the negative and
three on the Affirmative Notre
Dame. Wabash and Manchester were
the only schools To win on both sides
of the question, and as each of the
six teams entered i'm the local tri-
angle is a winner those who attend
the contests viii hear the best de-
batting teams in the state discuss one
of the most important economical
questions Of the day. The program
begins at eight o'clock.