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England's Unemployed.

Latest reports indicate. that Eng
lands unemployment problem still is
as serious as 1t has been at any time
during the year. Official figures show
1.750,000 workers wholly unemployed.
Besides this there are 30S,000 on part
time work. According to the Man.
chester Guardian Commercial there
are thousands Of additional unem.
ployed who have not registered, so
the number without jobs must exceed
100000, without counting those on
part time.
Insurance doles provided by the
Government and the Board Of Guar
dians in the various boroughs and
cities are discontinued in each indi.
vidual case as soon as benefits have
been drawn for twenty-five weeks.
Workers in this class. who according
to the latest reports have no means
of subsistence, number 395.251.
AS time goes on the British public
is beginning to distrust the various
schemes of the Government to relieve
the unemployment situation. No ben.
efts are yet in sight as a result OF
the Prime Minister'S plan for extend.
ing the export credit insurance, by
which the Government guarantees up
to 100 per cent. on risks taken in
commerce with the new states in
Europe. The unemployment benefit
was increased to Is shillngs week
for each unemployed worker, with 5
shillings additional for a wife and I
shilling for each child, a total of FL Is.
for family consisting of man, wife
and one child.
Obviously this payment of less than
SIS week for such family is made.
quate and the public Is beginning to
realize that while IL helps the unem.
ployed very little It puts heavy
burden in the shape of taxes on the
rest of the community.
Hopeful eyes were turned toward
our unemployment conference several
weeks ago. but since no remedy was
evolved state Of gloom has spread
once more over the United Kingdom
so far as the immediate outlook is
concerned. This has been reflected
in the financial and commodity mar
liets. although the English newspa.
pers contain optimistic observations
on the signs Of trade revival.
English production costs In the ar.
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JAPANESE PRINTS ON SALE.
Work by Hnrunobu Brings High
Price Of $500.

An interesting collection of Japanese
color prints. the property of Messrs
William s. and John 7. Spaulding OF
Boston, who are known as having one
of the finest collections Of Japanese
prints In the world. was brought under
the hammer last night at the American
Art Galleries. These prints are chiefly
duplicate impressions. but include soma
fine examples. Last nights sale totalled
$685. The sale continues tonight and
tomorrow night.
The highest price Of the evening was
$3.50. which was paid for a print by
Susuki Harunobu Of "Izutsu-hime Ut
the Window" originally from the coll
lection of Frederick w. Gookin. The
print sold to Yamanaka & Co. Mr.
Gookin paid $3.50 for print by Utagawa
Toyokuni. Spring of Bunkwa l." Otto
Bernet. agent, gave $145 for two prints
by Suzuki Harunobu. 1.-The Troubled
Dream and "A Clandestine Visit" A
print Of ''Kisegawa or Matsuba-ya," by
Hosoda Eishi. sold to Miss l.. Alger for
$125. and a might Scene,.' by Kubo
shunman. went to Yamanaka & Co. for
$50
The New York herald., 1921-11-17
Daily Calendar
THE WEATHER.

For Eastern New York-Rain and
warmer to-day; Tomorrow clearing and
colder. fresh southerly winds.
For New Jersey-Rain and warmer to-day;
tomorrow clearing and colder fresh SOUTH
For NJ.-,ern New England-Rain and
warmer to-day: tomorrow clearing and
'Js%vr; Enr ,,s,an ,,ssn sou.neriy . winds s ,a.
er to-day; Tomorrow clearing and colder;
fresh southerly wiRds.
morrow cloudy and colder; fresh southerly
winds.
WASHINGTON. Nov. 16.-A disturbance
OF marked Intensity Is central east OF New
foundiand and moving eastward. and an ex-
tenslve area OF low barometer covers the
Mississippi Valley and the Southwest. and
pressure. one over Missouri. another over
northern Texas. and yet another over west
ern Colorado. Pressure is high In the At
lantic States and high and rising In the
Northwest. The. temperature has risen
decidedly in the great central valleys and
the weather Is abnormally warm In the
Gulf States. Much colder weather has
Rocky Mountain region and the western
plateau region.
Clouds cover much of the country and
rain fell within the last twenty-four hours
region of the great lakes and the Interior
of the south Atlantic and Gulf States and
on the north Pacific coast. There have
been general to light SHOWS In the northern
plains states and the northern Rocky Noun
tain region.
In New England the weather will be un-
settled. warmer and rainy tomorrow and
clearing and colder Friday. In the middle
Atlantic States there will be rain with
warmer weather Tomorrow and clearing
colder weather on Friday. In tho south
Atlantic and east Gulf States the weather
will be warmer with local rains tomorrow
and unsettled. with showers OH Friday. with
consider etlys lower temperatures in the east
Gulf States and Georgia. In Tennessee and
tho Ohio Valley there win be rains to-mor-
row and cloudy and considerably cooler
weather tomorrow night and Friday. In
the region of the great lakes there viii be
rains. possibly changing to snow In the up
per lake region. and with lower tempo ratures
and cloudy and colder weather on Friday.
Observations at United States Weather
Bureau stations taken at p. NJ. yesterday.
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will mean more daily material comfort
to the eighty million or more souls now
under the sway Of the Mikado.
To those Americans Of lifelong ac-
quaintance with this man Of proved abil-
tiles. of poise amid noisy partisanshir
and Of profound insight into the best
American and British feeling and opin-
fon. as well as minute knowledge Of the
needs Of his own country and people
the Emperor's choice of Viscount Kore
kiyo Takahashi Is one that can bring
only hope and cheer
WILLIAM ELLIOT GRrFFIs.
NEW YORK, November 16.
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u. =. M. c.

A wall in southern China. wide and
dim.
Hoarse voices lifting In chaotic cries !:
The drift of battle smoke on eastern
rim,
And Stars and Stripes beneath exotic
skies.
The sea washed Philippines. with am
buscade
In steaming forests by the Moro
bands;
The crack OF rifles In the midnight raid.
And tricks across the miasmatic lands.
Long isolation on the Haitian shore.
Guerrilla warfare In old Mexico;
And then in answer to Tcutonic roar
They crossed the main when France
was stricken low.
Now do they sweep to duties new and
strange,
On street and rail where bandit peril
leans;
with ready rife swung afar they range
TO guard tho mails--United States Ma
rines. THOMAS J. MuRRAH.
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From the Manchester Gudrdidn.
Tho Endeavour. In which Captain Cook
sailed from Plymouth on August 20. 176s.
was bought at the modest price OF f2.so0.
Tho small tonnage OF the Endcavour was, to
Cooks practical mind. one OF her chief
merits. She could be easily careened and
easily handled, and when he was struggling
with the currents OF the Great Barrier Reef
her captain was able to thrust out oars
through ethe ports OF the vessel and thus
turn her into galley. He crowded into this
small ship a complement OF eishty-five men.
with provisions for nearly two years. The
main object OF Cooks expedition was to
take some astronomers to Tahiti to OBJ
serve tho transit Of Venus. but he was In
structcd to proceed afterward to make
discoveries in the south Pacific Ocean," II
was IN pursuit of this secondary object that
the Endeavour won her place In The history
Of exploration.
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ticles like coal and iron, on which
England's foreign trade chiefly hangs
and on which her workers are de-
pendent for jobs, are still far too
high, IA, higher than before the
war, although the markets of the
world show no demand and there has
been a great expansion in productive
capacity,
To keep up costs and wages, which
are the bulk of costs in nine-tenths
Of all industries, is not economic law
or economic common sense. The
British public, and, it may be added,
cur own, is learning this truth.
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Japan's New Premier.
yiscount Takahashl a Friend ol
Peace and Economy.

To THE NEW YORK HERALD: The ape
pointment of Viscount Takahashi to
the Premiership of the Japanese En-
pire means more than lies on the sur
face. Peace and economy are Japan's
imminent needs and Takahashi incar-
mates both. The choice of a civilian at
this juncturc means harmony with Pres
ident Harding's sentiments. while the
fact that he is n northern man. almost a
neighbor since boyhood Of his late mar
tyred chief, will cheer the non-military
elements as against those which have
their hereditary stronghold In the south
west of Japan.
OF impcrturbable good nature. thor
oughly familiar with the English Ian
guage and the American forms OF 4,
since early childhood. often abroad and
a fnancier almost from his youth up,
he promises to fulfil the needs of the
hour and the age. II for no other rea-
son the business men Of japan might
rear In his honor an enduring memorial
for he first killed the well travelled and
time honored falsehood about the pres.
once OF Chinese officers and cashiers IN
Japanese banks.
Swindled by n German promoter ir
Peru and taken to California undel
promise OF free education, but there
virtually enslaved by an American who
disgraced his country's name. Mr.. High
Bridge. as some of us who knew him
we'll loosely addressed him. might have
but did not become prejudiced against
aliens on two continents After render
ing essential service in the education
department Of japan. assisting especl
ally the American educators and ad
visers, he mastered finance and became
bank president Never n partisan ir
politics. he has served his country with
such signal ability--his especial tri
umph being the financing Of the Gov
ernment during the Russian war--h'
has been sought for at several construc'
tions of the Cabinet, but served undel
two Premlers only.
He was especially pleased when hi'
old neighbor In the north. Mr.. Hara
was elevated to the highest Office that 9
commoner could reach In life and wa
awarded the most exalted title possible
after death. Takahashis insistence ol
reduction of the budget by sun
equal to one hundred million dollars
while Q blow at militaristio jingoism
The New York herald., 1921-11-17
Lowering Theatre Standards.

There is no exaggeration in the
charge that the metropolitan stage
has this year offered more dramas
Objectionable in their moral charac-
ter than any previous season has put
before the public. Half dozen are
now attracting audiences that sit
amiably under vulgarities which a
few years ago would have been hotly
resented. 1t is mistake to suppose
that enterprises of this kind are the
efforts Of obscure and struggling man.
ayers. They are put forward by the
best known men in the profession.
Why are they SO numerous this
year? Why have they grown not
only in numbers but in every quality
that makes them menace to man.
ners in the broader sense of the
word? It does not seem difficult to
find an answer. The theatre season
has so far been abnormally bad. The
business of amusements was never
worse. The public is inexplicably
lukewarm. 1t is all but impossible
to awaken the interest of the thea
tregoers who during the previous
three years were willing to pay high
prices for anything that the imprs
sarios were willing to give them.
But this year 1t is necessary to
arouse them by something sensa-
tional to the mood of theatregoing.
GEORGE M. CoHAN characterized the
methods of some managers by draw
ing sharply the analogy between the
impresario Of the offensive play and
the yeggman. Both are out for the
money and both look to the results,
not the methods. The advantage is
rather in favor Of the theatre man
ager. since whatever may be said
to the contrary fortunes have been
earned through the exploitation Of
vulgar dramas. The yegg rarely
does more than knock a precarious
existence out of his trade.
Back OF the exploitation OF the bed
room farce and all its meretricious
kind is the search Of the manager
and the playwright for the common
denominator of theatre taste in this
country. With the vast and unas.
simulated foreign population there
cannot be the unity of interest in
national affairs that exists in Eng
land, France and Germany. There
is no dominating national type OF
trait to which the playwright may
appeal. He knows Of but one emo
tion with which every element of the
so-called melting pot will sympathize
That is sex. and the manager says
in his heart that the most emphatic
and elementary exploitation Of this
will increase patronage. From this
conviction there follows the stream
Of banality, indecency and pruriency
which is a disgrace to the theatre
as well as to the society which toll
crates It.
The New York herald., 1921-11-17
SEWARD ART EXHIBIT.

Two collections Of pictures. totalling
$50, are on exhibition at the Plaza
Art Rooms preliminary to sales. Most
of the paintings sre from the estate OF
the late Mrs. Chesterman Seward. wioow
of the nephew of william I. Seward,
Secretary Of State in Lincoln's Cabinet,
and. the rest are from the collection of
an old New. York family. The English.
French, American and modern Dutch
schools are represented. There Is a
large marine by Edw ard Moran, n figure
painting by T. Addison Millar a genre
by Won Hagen landscape by Kruse-
man Van Elton and an example of the
work of Meyer Won Bremen.
The New York herald., 1921-11-17

How He Came to Confide Impressions
About Mr.. Hughes to a Reporter.

To THE New YORK HERALp do not
believe you were more "fabbergasted'
than / was when l read in the World
what purported to be an interview with
me on a phase of the Conference for the
Limitation Of Armament.
The facts are these: A reporter of the
World came to see me Sunday afternoon
to get, as he told me. some further light
on the demonstration In front of ex-
President Wilson's home after the cere-
monies at Arlington on Armistice Day.
We met on the street as was leaving
my home to keep a speaking engagement
that evening In New Jersey. and as I
could not stop the reporter accompanied
me In the subway and on the train all
the way to my destination.
After had given him the information
he wanted we naturally talked informally
on the conference. he informing me of
certain late dispatches that had come to
his office that afternoon and telling
him Of some Of my impressions of the
stirring events of the day before.
told him. among other things. that I
was Informed by one Of the most reliable
Of the British correspondents that 1t was
understood In British circles fully week
beforehand what in general the United
States was going to propose in the way
Of naval reduction. the only question
then undecided being whether the an
nouncement of the actual programme
would be made at the opening session OF
the conference or deferred to a later
date.
told him that an official connected
with the British delegation had informed
me that Mr.. Balfour was with Mr..
Hughes two hours last Friday afternoon.
I added, therefore. that my guess was
that the British were informed before
hand Of Mr.. Hughes's proposed action
and personally did not believe that Mr..
Hughes would have taken the course he
did II he had any reason to believe the
British would not have supported him.
regret that the reporter OF the World
| obviously, no doubt, through misun-
derstanding. should have made col
Iloquial STORY" wholly out Of the part of
our conversation which did not sup
pose he would use for publication. and
especially regret that he quoted me SO
as to make it appear that what I stated
was fact when It was only an infer
ence.
| My conclusions were reached princi.
pally as a result Of the incidents above
mentioned. They were Of course moi
based on official information.
HAMILTON Holt.
NEW YORK, November 16.
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RARE BOOKS ON VIEW.
Library of Late Charles r. Libby
to BE Sold.

At the American Art Galleries a large
collection Of books by English, French
and American authors is now on display,
to be sold at auction on the afternoons
and evenings of November 21 and %
and on the afternoon of November 23.
There are numerous illustrated books.
standard sets. first editions, autographs.
caricaturcs and colored plate books, the
works shown including the private IL
braries Of the late Charles +. Libby Of
Portland, Me-. president of the American
Bar Association and Officer de rAcad-
emile Francaise. and of the late Edward
B. Camp of Millburn. N. j.. together
with selections from the libraries of Miss
Susan Minns Of Boston. Mass. and the
lato Judd Stewart of Plainfeld. N. j.
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YSrs GssmSsn annus sf dinnar S sn
s Sir James Atkins and William D Guthrie t,HS
will speak at, a dinner Of the CANADIAN
clS H&ersaa HSss iastSae hSTe Of Electrical Engineers
ost meeting with sSSsy Of
Street, sqss.ifs sla'nF n FFrof Alfred N Soidsmit
the evening session s:15.
National COMMITTEES for tho prsysnsiSn ,o1 Of
ndess nnTa meeting sage and
YSsS S5is National saSSs
Hotel Mems Exposition. sixty-ninth Regiment
sSss H's S..sR A:s :s:s. ::'.
.aNS "Water ensta Supply "n and Water publication
will be disc issed at a.. meeting OF the
A%srSs sssss, scSy SaSnH f GS j 55nSTb Ws Tbi E
A'bsa pr. S'rfss William Norman Guthrie Will speak
on Color Psychology and Its Application in
iumna,ins nrf Ensneerng socesy S. Marks tas
in-the -Houwerre. Second avenue and Tenth
meeting. IL West Forty-third street. S:sd
George Earle Raisuel win lecture on The
Judge Learned Hand VIII speak on The
Deficiencies Of Trials to Reach the Heart
AZ West Forty-fourth street. s:15 p. M.
Prof. Henry Charmard will lecture %
The Morality Of La Fontaine," before the
Alliance Franchise. Waldorf-Astoria, $3.50
p. NJ.
DR.. Eiwood Hendrick will lecture on "The
Significance OF the Coal Tar Dye Industry"
Doremus Lecture Theatre. College OF the City
OF New York. go p. NJ.
Thanksgiving bazaar. benefit Of Silver
Cross Day Nursery. waldorf-Astoria. after
| Commissioner James A. Hamilton of the
Department Of Correction win discuss
Modern Methods In Reforming Criminals"
Forest Avenue Congregational Church, Forest
p. NJ
Annual bazaar. women's Auxiliary to the
Rescue Work of the Salvation Army. 310
East Fifteenth street. afternoon and evening.
Miss Janet Richards win lecture on "Ques-
tions OF the Hour" before the Ely Club.
Roosevelt Hospital Training School for
Nurses. Aiumnse Association. bazaar, in the
hospital. Ninth avenue and Fifty-ninth
Francis F.. Thomassen VIII discuss
Personal and Living Trusts At the
'.Thursday Talks" for women i7o Remsen
Lieut.. Samuel l.. Hamilton will lecture on
'The PROGRESS of Prohibition Bowery
"sss,Ha society Of New Nv England women. meeting.
Famous Players-Laslky Corporation. iunch-
con. Hotel Commodore. 1890 p. M; c,-~-~.
New York credl. Mems Association. dinner.
Hotel Astor. Z p. NJ
dorf-Astoria, o a. M; Institute OF Cold
Rolled Strip Steel. meeting and luncheon,
beginning 0:30 A. NJ. Hot Rolled Strip Steel
Institute. meeting. r. M; diner r. NJ.
| National Fourdcrs Association, convention,
Carpet Association of America. dinner.
National Industrial Conference Board.
luncheon, Hotel Astor, ! r. NJ.
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Rare Art Objects on View at Museum
Terra Gotta Medallion by Luca Della Robbia Among
New Accessions at the Metropolitan.

them to better advantage. The result ap-
pears highly successful, and the some-
what chronological order adopted facili-
tates study and comparison. Several new
acquisitions are shown here, including
two small but beautiful roundels of the
XIV. century in France and the XIV. In
England A remarkable piece of Chinese
gold jewelry of the Tang period Is
shown in room r 9. Four cases OF
textiles, recently acquired In the Bal
kans. are being shown in the room OF
recent acquisitions.
The increased attendance at the
Metropolitan Museum has become mat
ter for comment. The attendance this
year represents an increase of 147.765
visitors over last year. The Sunday
attendance this fall has averaged about
10000.
The New York herald., 1921-11-17

In the opinion OF three Phlladei-
phia Judges women have fully demon
strated their fitness to serve on
juries. Judge MONAGHAN Of the
Court of Common Pleas is emphatic
in his assertion of the woman
jurors efficiency.
Women have made good as ju-
rors," he said. "They listen atten-
lively to the evidence. In the trial
cases, both in the civil and the crimi-
nal courts, they have been most pains
taking in their efforts to adjudge the
cases before them fairly. and they
have succeeded"
Judges BARTLETT and MCNIcHoL Of
the Municipal Court agree with Judge
MONAGHAN. II have found" said
Judge BARTLETT, that woman Jurors
are almost always about correct in
their verdicts."
To be almost always about correct
lis about as much as may reasonably
be expected of human fallibility In
rendering judgments, and when the
verdicts of jurors. men or women,
measure up to that standard it may
be assumed that they were qualified
for the responsibility placed upon
them by their duties.
One of the theories commonly &C
cepted in the old days was that a
woman was temperamentally disqual
flied to serve in cases involving the
death penalty in the event Of convic
tion. It was argued and believed
that woman's sympathies were toe
keen, her emotions too compelling for
her to bring In a verdict of guilty
when that verdict meant the TAX
ing of a human life. No matter
how damning the evidence against
him, 1t was almost an article Of faith
in the minds Of trial lawyers that
the chances of a woman jurors rem
dering verdict according to that
evidence and in stern suppression oi
her feminine sympathies were toe
remote for her to be trusted in the
jury box in such cases.
Yesterday jury made UP Of four
women and eight men brought in q
verdict Of guilty in the trial Of man
accused Of murder in Camden, New
Jersey. Experience in the courts oi
mid-continental States has been thai
women do not finch from the duty Of
dealing justly with slayers.
This, like many another theory
has split on the rock Of experience
In a recent murder trial in Philadel
phia there were two women ON the
jury. The verdict was one of guilty
Of murder in the first degree, which
in Pennsylvania means death. Aftel
secrecy had been lifted from the jur,
room deliberations 1t was revealed
that as a matter of fact there had beer
one case of sympathy overruling tn,
weight of evidence. One juror lont
! refused to assent to a death penalty
verdict on the ground of the prison
er's youth. This juror was one O.
the theoretically Unconditional sternel
sex. The two woman jurors voted
for the death verdict from the frs
ballot to the last.
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South and North.

To THE NEW YORK HERALD: A South
erner writing from Atlanta. Ga. blames
President Harding for advocating eco
nomic and political equality for the col
ored people of the South.
Although slavery has been abolished.
yet the white man of the South still
continues to think that the black man
Is a chattei as in pre-civil war days.
why isn't the colored man of the South
treated In the same manner as the
white man of the North treats him7
WILLIAM B. BARTON.
NEW York, November is.
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SALE FOR woMAN's EXCHANGE.

A rummage sale will be held for the
benefit Of the Madison Avenue Exchange
for Woman's Work on Tuesday and
Wednesday. November % and 2S, from
10 A. M. to p. M. at As West Fifty
sixth street. The exchange recently
went into it's new home at "A? Madison
avenue, where 1t has widely extended its
activities. The committee in charge of
the sale is made up OF the president
Mrs. Ira Barrows. Mrs. William Bar
bour and Mrs. Thomas Denny, Jr
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Honor Roll at Arlington.
Names Of the $500 Unknown Soldiers
Might Be Recorded There.

To THE New York HERALp You
record that there are approximately 1900
unknown dead American soldiers. Would
II not be most graceful and appropriate
for the Government to gather the names
of such and inscribe them permanently
on the walls Of the amphitheatre at Ar
lington? w. A. X.
BENNINGTON, VT, November is.