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The New York herald., 1921-04-18
Look Backward and Rejoice.

Two news items side by side in THE
New YORK HERALD the other day Illus
trated the progress of the age. A
Manhattan barber who charged a
steamship cook S615 for treatment
which the cook had not ordered was
sent to the workhouse for five days.
A cabman was arraigned in Brook
lyn court for swindling a family of
immigrants out of $50; and he too
went to prison for five days.
Thirty years ago, perhaps less,
harbers and cabmen were considered
privileged to swindle. The stranger
in the chair who did not wish to pay
for q shampoo that he did not need
had to see to it that it was not forced
upon him. The person who used
public street conveyance did well first
to bargain for his ride. The old
stories of the charges imposed by
Niagara Falls hackmen were true;
and most drivers everywhere had the
Falls spirit. Now the hacks are con-
trolled by ordinance and the BARRIERS
know that they cannot commit larceny
with impunity. A generation ago the
Manhattan barber and the Brooklyn
cabman would not have been written
up in the papers; their offence was
then too common, and It was not the
custom to arrest them or send them
to prison.
Your gray haired friend who be-
means the attractions of an older day
wouldn't really like to go back to the
period when the piracy of BARRIERS and
hacl1men was accepted as unavoid-
able. He wouldn't like to recall to
life the corner grocery store which
had a ginmill in the back room and
was a perfect stranger to sanitation.
He would not live in the old town,
deep in mud In spring and the only
sewers were the open cutters. He
would not care to live in the old house
without electricity or furnace; when
you remind him of II he thinks of the
seven lamps he had to clean and fill
Saturday mornings and the three
highly ornamented stoves he had to
tend twice a day all winter.
No, indeed He would not like
transition to the days when the youth
full sufferer from measles or scarlet
fever was refused cold water and
fresh air, when children were
wrapped like mummies, when wet feet
we're considered almost fatal. If he
were boy again and going hunting
he would scorn the old muzzle loader
and demand his modern fowling piece,
ejector and all.
The reminiscent cynic will insist,
of course, that mothers, pipes and
circuses have not been improved since
he was a lad. Likely he is wrong
about the circuses. But there are
relics of the old days which still may
be encountered daily: and these,
peculiarly enough, he objects to most
| fiercely. We refer particularly to
feather busters and red plush car
seats. AS soon as they disappear
some misguided fellows will be say
ing how wonderful they were.
The New York herald., 1921-04-18
EVENTS TO-DAY.

Senator William NJ. Calder and former
Governor Alfred i. Smith win speak at
of Trade. Hotel McAlpin. II 80 +. NJ.
Pan-American Student League. inaugural
reception. Earl Hall. Columbia University,
The Free Synagogue of New York will hold
its fourteenth annual celebration In the
Hotel Pennsylvania, $3.50 p. NJ
The vestry of Trinity Church viii hold
special meeting at Trinity Office. 1877 Fulton
street, this afternoon.
Should Minister Have an Open Mind?"
will be discussed at a luncheon OF ministers
Of the Brookiyn-Nassau Presbytery at the
Hotel Touraine. Brooklyn, this afternoon.
Phllanthropic Societies =" viii T'yp hold q confer
ence discussion on delinquency" at Rum
ford Hall, so East Forty-first street. $50
DR. G. Clyde Fisher win give an Illustrated
lecture on with John Burroughs in His
Favorite Haunts," at the American MuseuIa
of Natural History Seventy-seventh street
and Central Park West, S:15 p. NJ.
J. A. II. Hopkins and Samuel O. Dunn will
debate That Our Railroads. Including All
Necessary Distribution Facilities, Should BE
Publicly Owned and Operated" Is East
Fortieth street, this evening.
Prof. @. L. Dake and Prof. 9. p. Beriey
will speak at meeting of the section -
geology and mineralogy at the American
Museum OF Natural History. Seventy-seventh
street and Central Park West. s;15 p; NJ.
Mamma yucca will give recital at Hunter
College under auspices OF the Music Club.
4 p. M.
A ''CaTnlNul OF sport VIII De given Tor
the benefit OF crippled service men In tho
Park and Fox Hills hospitals at De witt
Clinton High School. Fifty-ninth street ard
Tenth avenue, p. NJ.
The New York Fresh Air Fund for Adults
and Elderly People, annual card party. Ho-
tel Astor. 2 +. NJ.
George H. Sherwood will give an illustrated
lecture. Our Waterways and Their Protec-
tion." for children, at the American Museum
OF Natural History, Seventy ty-seventh street
and Central Park West. $3.50 p. M.
Alice T. Coseo will talk TO high school
classes on How the Great Masters Have
Expressed Action" at Metropolitan Museum
OF Art, p. M.
Tufts College Alumni Association, concert.
Hotel Commodore. 3 r. NJ
Testimonial dinner to Nat ID. Jacobs. Wal
dorf-Astoria, Z p. NJ.
Indiana Club in New York. meeting. Hotel
McAlpin, p. NJ.
National Safety Council. meeting. Hotel
Commodore, 10 A. NJ.
National Metal Trades Association, dinner.
Hotel Astor, p. NJ.
The Lutheran Society. dinner, Hotel Astor.
II Il. M.
The New York herald., 1921-04-18

The Trowbridge Hall collection of
Japanese books and objects Of art, now
on view in the galleries OF the Ameri-
can Art Association. comprises much
that seldom appears in auctions in this
country 1t was accumulated for the
most part during extensive travels by
Mr.. Hall in the land of the Mikado. and
consists of Chinese snuff bottles. Japa-
nese inros and netsules., Oriental and
European fans and a truly notable col
lection of Japanese books and colored
prints.
The books relate to the literary. ar
tistic and religious life of Japan and
prove Mr.. Hall to be a genuine lover
Of books. for they have been given the
protection of cloth portfolios and have
been preserved in immaculate condition.
Mr.. Hall was especially interested in
theatrical performances and has secured
many annotated and illustrated accounts
of celebrated performances. important
the No Dance.
There are many rare manuscripts,
including ancient Buddhist Bibles dat
ing from the Fujiwara times. as well
as hand painted scrolls and paintings
by both Chinese and Japanese masters.
or particular interest to collectors of
prints are the rare books by the early
masters of the Ukiyo-e schools, Moron
obu, Masanobu. Sukenobu. Kiyonaga,
Utamaro. Shunsho ToyolSuni. Hokusai
and Hiroshige. 1t gives an idea Of the
difference between this and the usual
collections to state that the thirty-six
views Of Fuji by Hokusai are offered
as one item. the prints being beauti-
fully mounted in an album.
There are scrolls illustrating famous
old Japanese festivals in the various
provinces, horizontal sets of Hiroshige's
sFifty-three Stations of the Tokaido,"
sketch books by Hiroshige and other
artists, flower and bird drawings by
Masayoshi and the Mushiyori Of Uta-
marc.
The books in English relating to
Japan and Japanese art include sets Of
Lafcadio Hearn, Arthur Morrison's
Painters OF Japan works by Prof.
Basil Chamberlain and maps, catalogues
and guide books.
The snuff bottles. netsukes and inros
illustrate in most compact form all the
graces, Imagination and skill of the
Oriental artists The instinct for the
artistic use of precious and semi-pre-
cious materials has never ceased to be
an astonishment to Westerners. The
netsukes and inros have been arranged
in interesting groups, and in some IN
The New York herald., 1921-04-18
BlackwelIs Island.
A Protest Against the Elimination
of a Historic New York Name.

To THE NEW York HERALD: see
that the name of Blackwells Island is
to be changed to the somewhat ironical
appellation of Welfare Island. Does the
Welfare include that portion devoted to
the penitentiary and workhouse?
To old New Yorkers the change of a
name which has existed for over ESQ
years Is a matter of sincere regret. 1t
Is apparently implied that the present
name carries with 1t certain stigma,
but 1t is insulting to cnply that this
is due to the name OF Blackwell. Call
the island what you will, as long as
the penal institutions remain so will a
certain amount of stigma.
The island came into possession Of the
Blackwell family about 1866 through
marriage. then being called Mannings
Island, owned by Mary Manning, said to
be niece of Lord Cornbury, Governor
OF the Province of New York. Robert
Blackwell, the first proprietor that
name-it was he who married Mary
Manning-was a member of the Provin-
cial Assembly 1692-95.
During the French and Indian war
his grandson Jacob served as Colonel.
and during the Revolution he was a
stanch Loyalist. His property was
conf.scated and held during the long
occupation of New York by the. British.
Soldiers were encamped on MS Long
Island lands opposite the island and Of
ficers were quartered at his residence.
His death was hastened. 1t is said. by his
financial losses.
When Mr.. Tully was Commissioner of
Charities the idea of the change of name
was brought up by certain persons
ignorant of or Indifferent to New York
history. but it was met by strong pro-
test at that time. Formal opposition
was voiced by the American Scenic and
Historic Preservation Society, the New
York Historical Society and the Ameri-
can Geographical Society. The first
named society took action on the sub
ject at it's trustees meeting on Monday
evening. The plan was opposed on the
ground that the tendency to change
names of landmarks without adequate
cause produces confusion not only in
historical records but in real estate
transactions. and should be discour-
aged.
1t was also argued that If a name
is to be changed when it has acquired
associations unpleasant to some persons,
then by the same principle the newly
adopted name should be changed again
q few years hence, as soon as II has
become identified with local activities
OF the place. e. G. r.
NEW YORK, April 16.
The New York herald., 1921-04-18
The Time Puzzle.

To THE NEW YORK HERALD: The
Appellate Division has advised County
Clerk Schneider that the court time
will be observed during daylight saving
as municipality arranged.
Why could this whole situation not be
clarified II the watch were to remain
as at present and all Industries and
other conditions to meet or start and
end or quit respectively an hour earlier?
The general mixup, State versus city.
will be analogous to Ed Harrigan's
clock. when the gong sounds six. the
hands pointing to twenty Of eleven. you
can know that It is precisely nine min
utes after three" LEWIS PHILLIPS.
NEW York, April Is.
The New York herald., 1921-04-18
MONDAY. APRIL IS. 1921.
Governor Millers Great Work.

The New York Legislature closed its
session so late yesterday. in so terrific
a drive and so wild a turmoil, with
hundreds Of bills popping out of the
law making machine at the rate of
two a minute, that q well balanced
estimate of the quality as well as
the quantity Of the whole work must
await for a day or two longer the
time and chance to take, so to speak,
a careful account Of stock.
IN the meanwhile it Is safe to say
without doubt and it is right to say
without qualification that the truly
massive performance of this Legisla-
ture was from first to last the par
ticular programme and the very great
personal achievement Of Governor
MILLER.
In the four months he has been at
the head of the State Government
Governor MILLER has proved himself
not only the ablest Executive New
York has known in a generation but
the strongest lender since the virile,
dominant Governorship of BENJAMIN
3. ODELL.
If it should develop that in the clos
ing hours of the session, with its
sweep, confusion and clash of law
enacting, some bad things were done
and some good things, were left un-
done, the fact will remain that the
drastic economies, the great rapid
transit plan, the reorganization and
rejuvenation of moribund departments,
the reformation of the discredited pri-
mary system and many other works
of crying need and cardinal impor-
tance were all put through to the
huge benefit OF the State and the city
of New York, the high credit of the
Legislature and the national fame of
Governor MILLER.
The New York herald., 1921-04-18
Goluchowski and America.

The recent death of Count GoLU-
cHowsK1, one of the best known OF
the Hapsburg diplomats of modern
times and for twelve years Austro-
Hungarian Minister of Foreign At
fairs, recalls a European political
move involving American interests In
which the Count was reputed to be
the leader.
! AT the time of the Spanish-Aneri-
can war in 1898 he made himself the
spokesman of an effort to bring about
European Intervention against the
United States. In some or the Eu-
ropean nations which had expressed
alarm at the danger of American
competition there began at this time
an active and well organized move
ment to Increase the feeling OF oppo-
sition to imports from this country.
IT was soon discovered that back
of this movement was an Austrian
professor of political economy. He
asserted that the exports TO Eu-
rope from the United States were
double the imports of the United
States from Europe. He showed how
American iron was finding its way
into new markets, how the American
paper industry was exceeding that
Of England and how American ma
chinery was becoming known as the
best in the world.
The real point, however, was In
his reference to the sugar production
of Cuba and Porto Rico. He de-
clared that If the United States con-
trolled this production through sue
cess in war the balance Of trade in
our favor would become still greater.
Europe. however, saw Austria merely
acting for Spain and saw also that
the whole scheme was Hapsburg
family affair with GoLUcHowsKI as
a Hapsburg agent.
His failure in this enterprise was
the beginning of the decline OF GoLU-
cHowsKI's influence In Austro-Hun-
garian politics. FRANCIS JOSEPH
dropped him, and the once famous
Foreign Minister retired forever from
public life. Not long before his death
he is reported to have declared that
his effort to arouse European feeling
against the United States was a job
not to his liking, that 1t was, as
Europe believed, entirely a Hapsburg
project. and that 1t was impossible
for him as loyal official of his Em.
peror to do less than attempt to carry
II out to the best Of his ability.
The New York herald., 1921-04-18
its villages maintain, school teachers

its villages maintain, school teachers
not being counted.
According to the Civil Service Com
mission the compensation paid to all
the civil servants In New York State
is $500, 500, ,S95.S6. Considerably more
than a quarter OF this vast sum goes
TO meet the Federal payroll.
Naturally the United States must
maintain a considerable force in the
greatest port OF the nation, the rich
est city Of the nation. Customs must
be collected, internal taxes must be
collected. the mails must be handled.
Protection of the currency and the
revenue requires a large number OF
workers in world capital Of finance.
The United States courts need many
attendants. New laws imposing new
duties on the Federal Government
call for new officials to enforce them.
Yet even these facts, understood
though they may be by everybody,
have not prepared people generally
for the disclosure that one-quarter
of all the persons IN New York State
on public payrolls are Federal ap-
pointees. Understanding of that fact
will give some indication of the enor-
nous expansion the Federal civil ser
vice has undergone of late years and
the extent to which the United States
Government has taken on duties even
the present generation never expected
to see 1t assume.
The New York herald., 1921-04-18
Boston's Capital Wage Cut.

Reduction of the discount rate from
to 8 per cent. by the Federal Reserve
Bank of Boston, with the approval of
the Federal Reserve Board, is mat
ter Of national and even of world
wide import
Capital destruction during the re-
cent war ran higher by far than in any
previous conflict In history. The
amount Of wealth wiped out has been
estimated at as much as $3.50, 600 Ooo,-
OO0 Only by long years of toll and
thrift can this destroyed wealth be
replaced out of surplus production.
Until 1t is replaced the world cannot
live In the comfort and enjoy the lux
uries II did before the war
But to hasten the recovery of this
surplus wealth IL is necessary for the
world to extract from the capital it
now possesses every last ounce of
efficiency. Increased efficiency Of cap
ital means Increased production, in
creased trade and prosperity. For
this reason anything is wise that will
promote the efficiency Of capital.
Reduction of interest rates increases
the efficiency Of capital by accelerating
It's turnover. Capital is human in
the sense that 1t works harder and
faster at low wages to keep Its earn
ings up to standard. This is true of
real capital only. and not Of fictltiou:
paper values on which the interest
rates may be raised sky high or
dropped out of sight without adding
one iota to the wealth of mankind
But here is added reason for kicking
these stills from under cur abnormal
interest rates.
The accumulated wealth in this
country is real wealth. 1t Is in the
shape OF cotton, wheat, copper and
other supplies piled up in warehouses.
It Is unsold because buyers see no
promise that It will yield profit large
enough TO amortize the carrying
charge on its counterpart in credit.
Nobody but a fool win mortgage the
future for more than the future can
possibly bring.
Boston wins the distinction and the
benefit Of starting the movement for
lower wages for capital because Bos.
toms employers and workers had sense
enough TO bring general costs down
by reducing wages and prices, thus
making every dollar Of credit 90 fur.
Their in financing general business.
The same number Of dollars doing
more work Is the snme MS an increased
number Of dollars. So Boston found
n had enough money to make lower
interest rates possible.
The same elements which brought
about the lower discount rate in Bos.
ton are at work elsewhere In this
country, though the progress has beer
slower. The agricultural sections art
The New York herald., 1921-04-18

the property OF Francis r. HITCHCOCK
and JoHN Il. MADDEN, who sent him TO
France, along with other thorough
breds, when the blood stock breeding
industry in this country was suffering
from the restrictive legislation in the
period between 1908 and 1912. He
was brought home when racing was
resumed here and was given TO the
Federal Government.
Another fine race horse In the gov
ernmental stud service is Cock o. the
Walk, by the British sire Peep O Day
He was given by FREDERICK JOHNSON.
Still others are Greek Legend, by
Polymelus; Ganadore, by The Com
moner; Moharib, by Esher; District
Attorney, by Meddler; O'Sulliyan, by
Odd Fellow, and Home Sweet Home
by Ballot.
When the project Of placing Gov
ernment owned horses throughout the
country was first discussed there was
a feeling In some quarters that 1t
would interfere with the prosperity OF
the private breeders. This has not
been the case. There Is dearth of
light horses and the opportunity to
increase the supply Of half-bred horses
has been welcomed The chance to
get the type Of light mare to breed
TO Jacks has made an ally of every
mule man In the country, as the light
or cotton" mule, as distinguished
from the sugar" or heavy mule bred
from heavy draft families, chiefly the
Percheron, is in great demand. 1t Is
tougher and more active than the
sugar" type, and on the soils which
produce the bulk of our cotton crop
it is thoroughly at home.
The remount authorities say their
problem is how to get enough horses
to fill the demand for the breeding
campaign of 1922. Patriotic citizens
have given some thoroughbreds for
the work, while others have been
bought in the open market. The sup
ply is growing scarcer, and in order
to help 1t out many thoroughbred
mares in the pastures at Fort Reno,
Front Royal, Fort Keogh and other
remount headquarters have been bred
this year to Federal sires.
The New York herald., 1921-04-18
Persistence Wins.
Special Advantages a Education
Not Needed for Success.

To THE NEW YoRK HERALD: As a
matter OF fact the fortunes made in this
counEfy and In all others are generally
made by persons who persist In their
work instead of dreaming away their
time. and who are without special ad-
vantages in the way of health or edu-
cation. They are not due to luck.
Opportunity comes to every man. but
he must embrace it and faithfully labor
from day to day till he has won.
We have only to look for proof Of
this at the thousands of plainly edu-
Gated persons who have made success
OF their lives Many of our noted men
have been feeble and OF poor health. but
their brains and tenacity have won
their aims. whether in art, science or
business. L. NJ. d.
NEW York. April 16.
The New York herald., 1921-04-18
Brooklyn Bridge.

You fling over nothingness your inverted
arch.
You loop and you tie yodr great chains
to the air.
With downward sweep and tossing
soar
And a lift up. UP.
In your rooted fight,
You have plucked out strength
From the grasping earth where it hooks
teeth tight,
And you hold it clean in sinewy arms
And you lift It straight to the pinnacled
day.
Toss me a foothold. Giant!
Reach me a path like sure guiding
hand,
Cradle me safe in your strong wired
sides.
While in your keeping
High above lariat whirlpools--
My soul like your soul,
Swings at ease in Infinity.
KATHRYN WHITE RYAN.
The New York herald., 1921-04-18
To-day's Calendar
THE WEATHER.

For Eastern New york-Cloudy and
continued cold to-day. tomorrow fair
and warmer; strong northwest winds
diminishing by night.
For New Jersey-Cloudy and much colder
to-day: tomorrow fair, with rising tenpera-
ture; strong north and northwest winds
Diminishing by night.
For Northern New England--Cloudy and
colder to-day. probably snow along the
coast; tomorrow fair and warmer; fresS
northerly winds.
somewhat colder to-day, probably rain this
morning; tomorrow fair and warmer; strong
For Western New Yorls-CIoudy. with
slowly rising temperature to-day; tomorrow
fair and warmer; moderate 20 fresh north
and northeast winds.
WASHINGTON, April 1I.--The disturbance
that was central over Ohio tonight moved
directly east ward 70 the middle Atlantic
the Ohio Valley and Tennessee and rain and
snow and strong winds In the south lake
region. hN!r weather prevailed Sunday from
the Mississippi Valley westward. except in
north California, where there were local
rains. Much colder weather overspread the
regions. the Ohio Valley. Tennessee and tho
east Gulf States, while there were was a
the upper lake region. the upper Mississippi
Valley, the plains States and the Rocky
Mountain region.
In the States east of the Mississippi River
Monday and Tuesday. except that rain or
is probable along the New England
coast Monday morning The temperature
win be much lower in the middle and south
Atlantic States tomorrow. while II will rise
slowly in the region of the great lakes. the
lower Ohio Valley and Tennessee and almost
generally east of the Mississippi River Tues
day Storm warnings are displayed the
Atlantic coast from Cape Hatteras TO Bos-
ton. Mass
Observations at United States Weather
Bureau stations, taken at s p. NJ. yester-
The New York herald., 1921-04-18
Beyond.

When the last farewell hae been spoken,
When the final good-by has been said.
Then the tired heart that is broken
Can say to tho tired head:
REST. for thy journey has ended,
Life's duties have fallen away.
The sunshine and shadows have blended.
'Tls the dawn Of a glorious day"
CLARE FITzHU0H RHINEs.
The New York herald., 1921-04-18

Somewhere in Yukon an excited pub
licity agent has discovered a nine foot
silver ledge two feet of which assays
5000 a ton. AS this was cut 1000 feet
below the groupings 1t looks bigger
than the Comstock Bonanza. which
milled $4,000, 900, 900. But congratula-
tions to Yukon should be reserved
until some hard headed miner con-
firms the find.
The New York herald., 1921-04-18
Square Dance Instead Of Fox Trot.

TO THE NEW YORK HERALD: VIII some
Of your readers give the figures in the
old time dance known as the square
dance-something to take the place OF
the present fox trot7 At the time 1t
was danced II was one OF the best dances
for enjoyment. OLD TIMER.
NEW YoRK, April 16.