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The New York herald., 1921-09-12
SUBURBAN TRANSACTIONS.

A wrecking company is now at work
razing tho former residence OF Com
mander Ballington Booth on tho Noun
tainside at Montclair, n. J., TO make
way for modern brick Colonial house
to be erected by Fred r. Long. Mr..
Long recently purchased the former
Booth holdings through r. NJ. Crawicy
& Bros. Fred Mason Of Niagara. vice.
president OF the American Sugar Re.
fining Company. leased the residence OF
Percy l.. Gallagher on the west slope OF
the Montclair mountain through f. NJ
Crawley q Bros. and Wilmer 8. Fos-
ter of tho Equitable Trust Company has
purchased from Major w. l. Lincoln
Adams Of Montciair the residence on
the south side In the Lincoln street
section.
H. w. Sullivan sold the eight room
stucco house at 81 leighton avenue, Van
Cortlandt Terrace. Yonkers, for Charles
Hauk to Mrs. Margaret Murphy or this
city. The dwelling is modern and stands
on a plot 50x10o. 1t was held at s25,-
900. The same broker sold a three
family brick building at IS Elliot ave-
nue. Yonkers. for A. Jumpol to NJ.
Cooper. 1t was held at $4,000.
Robert e. Farley Organization sold
for the estate OF William B. Rice a plot
in the Bryn Mawr Park section of
Yonkers. N. Y, to Mrs. Eleanor
Records Of this city.
John F. Scott sold for DR.. Albert II.
Buck Of Cornwall. ". Y. plot OF half
an acre on Franklin place, Hewlett.
L. l.. to Theodore Sizer on which he
will build residence and garage for
his all the year home.
Burke Stone, Inc. sold for Emma r
Geary four lots on Young avenue, Pei
hamwood. to Charles H. Wilson OF
Mount Vernon. N. Y.
L. Schwencke Land and Improvement
Company sold plots of four to seven
lots at Hampstead, L. l.. to T.
johnson. A Upper. F. Hilebrand, f.
Mortimer, w. Lynch. Edward Weir II.
Knobloch. NJ. Trip, L. Malone. T.
Kirby. L. Wenchel. A. Chamberlin. c.
Benson. p. Schaefer. Ell Jackson. j.
Schideri. C. Rotnoff. T. Espenscheid. j.
Geftert. NJ. Marrazzo, L. Rubsamen
w. Bosworth. T. Thonebe, NJ Green
berg. e. E. Van elect. A. Maffe
F. Ouimet, F. Pinsdorf. A. Castellano
T. J. Mundy, M. Higgins. J. Cooney. G.
Johnson. Fl. Wilhye!m. E Thiel. JOSEPH
| Ouimet. Oates & Fahey. X. Davis. T
Cole. w. LiddeIl. C. Lossmann. X
Laube. j. Schipp. III. Taylor, J. keenan,
T. Mundy. o. Klernpt, J. Charlton. G.
Castrovijo and A. Conneh.
John J. Randall Company sold to
Stephen F. Petit a block Of twenty
nine lots fronting on Juanita avenue at
Freeport, L. ].
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SEVERE TREM0R RECORDED.
100 Miles south OF WashingtoI
Ee0rUctown REPORTS.

WASHINGTON, Sept. 11.-An earth
quake, described as very severe. was
recorded early to-day at the Georgetown
University seismographic observatory.
The disturbance began at IL 20 o'clock
last night and continued until Q o'clock
this morning.
The centre of the tremors was esti-
mated by the observatory to be about
LOO miles south of Washington.
The New York herald., 1921-09-12
Fire Record

A. M. Loss.
:2O--532 East 172d ST.. The Bronx;
M. Paulinsky. Unknown
2:f0--754 East 169th st.. The Bronx;
william Mcmahon. Unknown
II :3S-Pier 90, North River; steamer
Elsile South Pacific Steam
ship Company. Unknown
Pm.
2 :ao--3fs 9th av. M. Finkeman.. Unknown
S:15--1632 Bathgate Av, The Bronx:
James Kaplan. .............U Unknown
$4,000 West 10th st.; Hazel Bath
7.2o--234 Av. b: N. Y. Rys. Co.. Unknown
Unknown
7:4o-e7 Fort washington av.: Morris
,.4S7a Csssv "a ON. M. 'i;auckow;sjxy. .t!nknown
s:Oo-2450 7th av.; Mrs. Lowbek. Unknown
s:40--123 Cannon st.; Samuel Rothman,
Trifling
e:4s--io7 East 125th st.: Baltimore
lsa unSn West at: The Mondcr Lunch 0"n
co. ........... DHkuOWu
II :iy--o3 7th av.; The Evening Tele-
n :s5-fo4 "a av.; Bernard weisen.. Unknown
The New York herald., 1921-09-12
Average Bond Prices
September 10, 1921.
NEW YORK CITY TO GET
S443,I87 IN MOTOR TAX
Share of $4,000, 900 to Be
Divided by State and Counties

ALBANY. Sept. 1s--Approximatel
ss.nnn-ncr Siil be distributed this week
by Secretary OF State John =. Lyons in
the monthly division OF motor vehicle
receipts between the State and counties
New York city's share OF the $4,000
900 will be s4f3.iS7.3s This sum will
go into the city's general fund. The
amount which each county In the State
receives Is determined by the receipts
rom the registration OF cars and tho
licensing of chauffers from that county.
outside OF New York city the money
must be used by the counties In better
ing their highway systems.
Up TO July the motor vehicle bureau
had receipts OF se,ss9,363.32 accruing
rom the registration Of automobiles and
motorcycles and tho licensing OF chauf-
fcurs and operators from February I.
This sum establishes record and ex-
ceeds by a considerable extent the bu-
reau's receipts for all Of last year.
The New York herald., 1921-09-12
CARS CRUSH CONDUCTOR.
victfp,. n world War Veteran
Probably Fatally Hurt.

vincenzo sinisguiii. 2s years old. of
10 Sumpter street, Brooklyn. conductor
OF Ralph avenue trolley car. was
crushed between his car and Ber-
gen street car at Rockaway and East
New York avenues last night and prob
ably will die. He had stepped down to
adjust the trolley pole. Because Of the
rain. the brakes OF the Bergen street
car failed TO work.
Two patrolmen made a tourniquet for
the conductors left leg and saved him
from bleeding 20 death before the ar
rival OF an ambulance from St Mary's
Hospital sinisgulli Is n world war
veteran.
The New York herald., 1921-09-12
PENNSYLVANIA OIL MARKET.

OIL CRY, Pa, Sept. 1f.--Credit bali
ancss. sa.7s. No runs or shipments yes
tsydsy.
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INSPECTOR COMMITS SUICIDE
lwmsgrmtion Omcisi mt osdensbura
shoots Himself I'm Head.

oonwwsBrRo, ~. ". Sept 1i.--Olivcr
r. Robinson. so. chief immigration In
spector ~ this port. committed suicide
to-day by shooting himself through the
over his duties
Mr. Robinson was born IN Spencer,
ina. ana wsa a graduate OF Syracuse
University Several years aro no was
stationed ~ Seattle. He is survived by
his wife and two scrs.
The New York herald., 1921-09-12

:K ENDED SEPTEMBER 10. 1921.
The New York herald., 1921-09-12
LATEST REPORTS FROM
REAL ESTATE MARKET

Charles +. Noyes Company leased the
building at 90 Warren street 20 Bilcwi'
& Shapiro for ten years at an aEgre-
gate rental OF about s75.ooo: also space
In 106 Fulton street to the National
Monogram Printing Company. and with
Carstein q Linnekin otices In - West
Twenty-fourth street TO Jersey Seryics
Bureau.
w. E. Dean q Co. leased the upper
part OF 101-1o3 Broad street 70 Aureiia
Rasulo for a term OF years: also the
store and basement in AL Ninth avenue.
for ten years to Alex Ashkenas a Isi-
dor Lubin.
Harris. vought & Co. leased for
Gaines. Van Nostrand d Morrison an
apartment in 10 West Fifty-fifth stree,
to Miss Marie Ormand.
Kent Realty Company leased tho
north store In 2272 Broadway for ten
years at an aggregate rental Of $4,000.
Shaw, Rockwell & Sanford leased the
dwelling at 10s West 12sth street 70
Katharine Francis.
Pepe & Brother rented with Alfred J.
Robertson for John Wyeth & Bro. of
Philadelphia. Pa, the vacant plot on
the corner of Seventh avenue, Chris
topher and West Tenth streets 70 the
Service Packing Box Company.
Loans ON Out OF Town Apartments.
S. w. Straus & Co. have within the
last few days underwrjtten first mort
gage loan Of $75o.oO0 on a new apart
ment house In Cleveland and also made
loan Of $375,000 on new apartment
house in Portland. Ore. The Clevc-
land apartment house. which will be
known as the East Boulevard Apart
ment Building, will be a nine story
structure containing 1874 apartments.
The Portland Apartment house will also
be nine stories and will contain AZ apart
ments.
In the Dwelling Market.
Coughlan & Co.. Inc. sold for Mrs.
Quanz the three and a half story dwell
ing, 1Sx100, at $50 West .cighty-eighth
street.
Ernest T. Bower sold for Catherine
Spillane to Margaret Clarke the three
story dwelling at 233 West 123d street
The New York herald., 1921-09-12
To Auction Realty at Harrison.

George w. Bard will sell at auction on
Saturday. September IT, at 2 p. NJ. on
the premises at Harrison. N. Y. ninety
nine building lots. plots and acreage.
The New York herald., 1921-09-12
In the Dwelling Market.
BRONX MARKET NEWS.

Harry Calm sold to Harold J. Grant
a plot 50xs7 on the south side Of Have
meyer avenue. SO feet from Ellis avenue
. C. f. Heitmann sold for Joseph G.
Abramson 1340-1342 wilkins avenue
50x11O. held at $4,000 and renting fol
about $4,000.
Joseph Sager purchased from Francis
Conlon sos fremont avenue. near Mar
mion avenue. a vacant plot 50x100. Mr.
Sager will erect q one story taxpayer
Clement II. Smith was the broker. Mr..
Sager sold to David Cohen 500 East
175th street, a Ave and one-half story
fiat on plot 45x144. renting for $4,000
and held at $4,000. s. Makransky was
the broker
The New York herald., 1921-09-12
QUEENS BOROUGH MARKET.

Anthony Ulik Of Bayside has pur-
chased through J. Albert Johntra from
Mary r. Pinkham the dwelling and
store at tho corner OF Union and Lin
coin streets. The seller will continue
to occupy
The Washington herald., 1921-08-21
A Lexicon
For Inspectors.
american Police Administer tisn.,
BY Elmer ID. draper. (The Mac

american Police Administer tisn.,
By Elmer ID. Graper. (The Mac
milan Coz
Mr.: Graper's book is a study of
the Organization and methods of ad-
ministration of the police Of Ameri-
can cities. It is nor an exciting
story of the detection Of crime or
the methods employed In the capture
Of famous criminals. 1t was not the
authors purpose to write a book
which would serve as a vade-mecum
for patre1men. The book Is written
rather fore those who are charged
with the responsibility Of police adj
ministration and for anyone else
who may be interested in learning
something about the scientific and
complicated system which has been
evolved for the maintenance of
order and the prevention of crime.
The author discusses In detail the
methods of administration in Diff
ferent cities, traffic regulations, de-
tective service, secretarial bureau.
special police services, police courts,
police matrons, police salaries, police
unions, pension funds. training
schools-in fact every phase of
police activity. There Is a great
mass of information in this volume,
well arranged and clearly and con-
cisely set forth. It Is a valuable
addition to the series OF books on
city administration which have been
written under the auspices of the
New York Bureau of Municipal Re-
search.
The Washington herald., 1921-08-21

A BOoKBUYER,s LIST.

sThe Mirrors Of washingten,v
Anonymeua. &C. r. Putnam's
An attempt to DO for washing
ton what the sGentleman with Q
Durter1 did for Downing street.
sThree One Act Plays.~ by STARK
s1.3S.
Three shsrt plays through
which runs the. theme Of tragic
renunciation. An have been
produced By Little Theater Com
panles.
ssThe Proyincetown Playa, edited
By George Cram Cook and
Frank. shay. (stewart Kidd
Z Col $3.50.
Ten Of the hest MAY. that hsvs
been effectively produced nv the
Previneetown Players.
r
The Washington herald., 1921-08-21
Legend by
Pageant Writer.

|DogtoNn Common by Percy
Mackaye. (The Macmillan Coz
INLAND among the lowly cedar
dells
or old Cape Ann, near Gloucester
by the sea" Has Mr.. Mackaye laid
Ibis puritan legend. His last stanza
Irarks its appropriateness to this
Fear's Pilgrim tercentenary, and in
note at the end he attributes the
|ource of certain characters in the
|ale to "a little volume, by Charles
+ Mann, entitled In the Heart of
fape Ann" Gloucester, Mass, the
Proctor Bros. Company" and adds
bat some of the figures in the poem
re authentic. There is nothing
Itrikingly original about the theme.
q Is an old Puritan witch stor,
| nd reminds US in some elements of
be Puritan stories by Mary E. Will
ms But there is charm in II. the
harm OF a New England sea-coast
fgend, and it is well suited to Mr..
ackaye's ballad measure and to
10 descriptive ability. It Is a small
olume, easy to handle, and put to-
ether with the neatness and at
factiveness characteristic of the
b blisher.
The Washington herald., 1921-08-21

This Is but q crude outline OF all
but the nnal outcome or "Coquette,"
yet it may give some idea of the
|swift-moving. almost breathless
concentration OF the story. Sally
Mimic is real, and in spite OF her
|cool, hardheaded ambition, you can
scarcely help liking her, At least
things move so fast that you pur-
sue her as inexorably as do the
events And in the end you feel
sfhat you have known her very well.
almost miraculously. for such Is the
Fashion OF Swinnerton's writing.
His work, alongside that of most
rovelists. has always reminded us
|bf a beautiful line drawing in the
midst of an exhibition of gay OIL
paintings. It is hard to appreciate
because IL Is so different. Indeed,
BONE people may even make the
mistake Of considering Swinnerton
F'slight," because he deals in fine
pines and blacks and whites instead
|ot in large splashes of color. Ana
ft Is perfectly true that compared
with Dickens or De Morgan, with
Bennett. even with Sinclair Lewis.
|who has so lately held the atten-
|tiOn OF the American reading pub
Die, Swlnnerton Is remarkable for
|the smallness and simplicity of his
subjects. But because he chooses a
small field. small in point of time
powered or the number OF persons
fnolved. IL must not he supposed
that he does not go deep. He con-
Eentrates- He intensifles. He gets
inside OF the people and the emo
lions he describes. For II is chiefly
with people and not with adven-
lures or with situations that he
Heals. In ''Coquette." Sally is his
interest. and not the crisis of events.
pie Is a realist and a psychologist
without being either morbid or
merely Photographic, and just as
inc drawing may in itself be a
perfect thing and as exquisite a
piece OF artistry as the most gor-
|EeOus of color-studies, so is Swim
|lerton's- work just as fine an
achievement In its way as the most
|nommental volumes of those au-
IhOrs who cram their pages with
people and things and places. Sally
Mimic. we believe, will live a long
ime in English literature.
The Washington herald., 1921-08-21

where he was loved and respected
by everyone, but especially by the
children and the dogs. The doctor
was particularly fond Of animals
and had a great many pets Of all
descriptions: in fact so many that
his patients objected and one by
one left him to go to another doc
tor who was not so fond of animals.
Things looked very bad for DIR. Do
little until the cat's-meat man per-
'suaded him to give up being a peo-
pies doctor and become an animal
doctor. Polynesia, the parrot. taught
the doctor the animals language,
and very soon he had a reputation
among the animals throughout the
world. Because OF his great repu-
tatfon DR.. Dolittle was summoned
to Africa where there was a terrible
sickness among the monkeys and II
was on this expedition that he and
his companions had their most ex-
traordinary adventures.
One Of the most remarkable OF
these adventures had to do with the
King of Jolliginki and his wife
Queen Ermintrude who captured the
doctor and put him and all his ami
mails in prison, but through the
cleverness OF Polynesia the king
was tricked into releasing his cap
tives. But when he discovered the
trick, the king was terribly angry.
He CRASHED his teeth with rage.
He called everybody a fool. He
threw his toothbrush at the palace
cat. He rushed around in his night
shirt and woke up. all his army and
sent them into the jungle to catch
the doctor" The doctor escaped,
however. to have many adventures
with the animals OF the jungle and
later narrow escape from Barbary
pirates who tried to capture his ship
on his way home -r+ -r.-
Hugh Letting has a delightful
sense Of humor and a proper feeling
for the nonsensical. 1t Is by far the
best children's book we have read in
a very long time.
The Washington herald., 1921-08-21
A Tale of
Faithful Service.

Twelve Months I'm An Army Hos
pital," by "a Nurse Who Didn't Get
Across CThe Able Printers.)
Partly from letters written to
friends during her term as a sister
Of mercy to doughboys in the great
environments and partly from MEM
Dry. the young woman whose
nomme de plume is in no sense a
wall at injustice has woven an I'M
pretentious but pleasing little book.
except as regards the last chapter
1t made very little difference to
nurses Of the high caliber Of "T. e.
L." as she denominates herself in
her preface whether they served on
this side or the other; their business
was to minister to soldiers whether
ingloriously stricken with Ia grippe
In a Southern camp or returned
from France for special treatment,
bearing CHASTITY and unhealing
wounds as a testimonial to front.
line exploits.
1T. E. L. is the kind Of nurse
that formed the backbone of that
corps during war time. Very Diff
ferent from those portrayed in
super-nifty uniforms and unbeliev-
ably French-heeled shoes in lighter
art She relates very simply and
sometimes not in the best Of syntax
her experiences in . raw camp hos
pital. presumably in Texas, and
later at Walter Reed General Hos
pital. Washington. The narrative IL
stfppled with little descriptive
touches which give hope that at.
E l." with more application and II
she so desires might produce most
creditable literary stuff.
1t Is most unfortunate that at the
very end of her volume she flies OF
tangentially on the oft-mooted
question Of furnishing cigarettes to
soldiers and losing her balance en-.
tirely closes the 225 pages with .
sermon as dogmatic and excoriatine
as old Cotton Msthsr himself could
have mustered.
The Washington herald., 1921-08-21

enthusiasm for French impression
ism and NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
Brief for Inpressionists.
Others hailed IL as an amazing in
spiration, along with free verse, in
an age too surfeited with realism
and the conventional. The impress
sionists. 20 these latter sought to
prove, were natural descendants
from the Barbizon School, from
MiIlet and corot, or the yet earlier
genius Of the calm Ingres, who had
been the idol Of one Of the impress
sionist leaders-cezanne, was IL
not?
Compare the portrait OF the beau
tiful Madame Leblanc" painted by
Ingres perhaps 100 years ago, with
q Maltese portrait of recent time.
the Girl with Flowers" What is
the verdict7 Shall we accept both
as true art? But let US not dismiss
the subject too hastily. Perhaps
the seemingly careless sketch Of
Matisse-the long faced girl. with
strange eyes and puffy hair. dressed
in dowdy shirt-waist blouse, and
seated by q table with q flower so
hastily sketched that we are not
quite sure II Il 10 q rose-perhaps
this unbeautiful portrait Is really
the great artists very carefully
studied unconventional, Informal,
and imposed, a really finished effort
after all, but in complete contrast-to
the fngres lady in velvet gown, fea-
lures, hands, and Jewels all ar:
ranged to best advantage. seated
also by a table from which we catch
q hint of q flower, but with every
thing quite perfect. technically most
excellent. Artists are strange crea-
lures. -
1t Is really worth the trip to New
York to visit the Metropolitan, and
see this surprising summer exhibit
ton Of French impressionism and
post-impressionism. And after view
ing IL, ask the guard to direct you
to the other gallery there, where
you may look upon the TRANQUIL
faces of Madame Lebia4n and
Monsieur Labianc" by IngSSs.
The Washington herald., 1921-08-21
A0&@C
Literature of
US. Censured
Dresser the Only Fearless
Writer, Says Prof.
Fagen.

II the American public refuses
sntangling foreign alliances politi-
cally Il suffers from no such in
sularity In the literary line, ac-
cording TO Prof. n. B. Fagen, who
discoursed IN . lecture early IN the
week at the Research University on
the general aspect OF native bellies
lettrea
Far from finding satisfaction I'm
this taste for works beyond the
seas. Prof. Fagen declared IL had
proved most detrimental 10 appre-
citation OF homegrown products. 90
such an extent, in fact. that AuerI-
cans generally are unable to under
stand works OF their own author
OF promise. The public. he de-
clared, having been fed on works
OF foreigners. is not inclined 20 &C
cept veracious books written by
the domestic IIterati and reactinr
to this sentiment. publishers are
refusing 20 handle such mann
scripts. A further reaction. he
found. was the discouraginE efrecr
upon potentially powerful writers
drawing upon truly AVerican sub
The literary center OF this coun-
try, Chicago" he said. has prcb-
ably more resident authors thar
any other place in the United
States. Yet. after studying ther
works. eminent critics have found
but one writer who portrays con
ditions as they are and without
fear. and that is Theodore DreiseT
our literature of the present
day IL the product OF authors with
out proper foundations and this
combined with the low fiction
strewn throughout the land IS.
causing q suppression OF true ~
erature. which should be public
necessity"
The Washington herald., 1921-08-21

equaIed the toll had given 20 the
training Of my voice. And always
there was a daily share Of study
to be devoted TO the latter. Today.
just as Il was then. / should no
more feel comfortable II ! went
without singing my scales every
morning than I should feel n I
went without washing my face.
Wagner I'm Eight Months.
After eight months in opera my
success had been such that was
engaged for important roles at the
Bayreuth Festival. something they
tell me never came so swiftly to
any other singer. Meanwhile, had
made Berlin debut as the Queen
in Meyerbeer's "Huguenots." ano
sung the part OF Mrs. Flood In The
Merry wives OF Windsor" winning
a really wonderful reception.
Just about that time had my
first offer TO sing in America Mr..
ConrIed. who heard me. wanted me
to go to the Metropolitan Opera
House for $50 q week. OF course. q
could not go for such q sum as that
Preferring TO keep on studying and
appearing in Europe. where was
getting ahead quickly. / remained
there, and was engaged at the
Royal Opera in Berlin Ny desire
was to 60 to America after I had
climbed to the top rung Of the Lao
der. When / did 90 later Il was
with seventy-hve operate roles that
/ had learned. and with an interna-
tional reputation.
Pretty soon delightful things be-
gan to happen; ] sang in France. ia
Belgium. in Hungary and Austria.
as well as Germany. Sovereigns
decorated me with Jeweled orders:
I sang before them In private, and
at court concerts in scenes more
splendid than any theater eouId
ever picture.
After eight years OF glamour
left Europe for America with my
costumes in my trunks and my
seventy-fve roles in my head IL
was in 1919 that / arrived in this
land which was TO be my own
country, and throughout whose
length and breadth have sung
many happy times. receiving from
the very first a loving welcom-
from its big-hearted people: II is
an American husband that have,
and an American home, IN New
York. MID pleasures and palaces
no matter where I roam" there
truly Is no place like homei Many
a time on my concert tours, I have
travelled all night-yes, two nights
for had TO go back again (and
never can sleep on a train)-just
to spend a day in my sunny apart
ment overlooking Central PARK.
And what a lovely time I have there
with my books and my flowers and
my pots around me.