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The New York herald., 1921-11-16
'Blue Boy" for America.

Mr.. HENRY r. HUNTINGTON has con-
firmed an earlier report that he had
purchased GAINsBoRoUGH's blue
Boy" This notable painting by one
of the most famous of the eighteenth
century English artists will thus
come here not alone for exhibition
purposes, as previously announced,
but to find a permanent home in
an American gallery.
The "Blue Boy" was bought through
Christie's, London, last month by the
Duveens, together with an equally
well known work of a contemporary
of GAINsBoRoUGH, Mrs. Siddons as
the Tragic Muse" by Sir JOSHUA
REYNOLDS. The Blue Boy" is be-
lieved to be a portrait OF youth of
the Bootall family, wealthy iron foun-
ders of London, and to have re-
mained in it's possession until 1t
came into the ownership of Prince
GEORGE of Wales. He presented the
canvas-he followed the presentation
with a bill for $500, which was CON
sidered a fair valuation for it at the
time-to Mr.. NEsBIT, a great beau of
the day and one of the Princes COM
panions. 1t was bought early in the
last century by Earl GRosvENoR and
was always one of the most priced
treasures of the Grosvenor House col
lection. At the beginning of the
world war, when this mansion was
turned over to the nation, the Duke
OF WESTMINSTER had the painting
removed for safe keeping to the
National Gallery.
GMNsBoRoUGH was a very prolific
painter his portraits alone number
ing at least 220. Many of these have
already found their way to this coun.
try. Mrs. GEORGE w. ELKINs and
JOSEPH f.. WIDENER of Philadelphia
are the owners each of one or more of
his canvases. In the collections of
CHARLES p. TAFT, HENRY C. FRrcK,
former Senator WILLIAM A. CLARK
and GEORGE j. GOULD this painter
is we'll represented. Before his
purchase Of the Blue Boy" Mr.
HuvTISGroN had three notable cx.
amples OF GAGNsBoRouGH's work IN
the portraits Of Lady PEuE and
the viscount and the Viscountess
LIGoNIER.
The Blue Boy" is the most popular
and at the same time the most indi.
vidual of GArNsBoRouGH's portraits.
The New York herald., 1921-11-16
General Lawton's Grave.
Tribute to n Fine Soldier Who Is
without Monument.

To THE NEW YORK HERALD: Mr.. Hoff-
mans letter was no doubt a shock to
many who remember the greatness Of
General Lawton and his achievements in
the Spanish war and the Philippine in
surrection.
Major General Lawton was killed in
action on the firing line, standing erect,
while his men were all prone on the
ground, taking cover. His towering
height OF more than six feet, topped by
white helmet. made him shining mark
for Filipino sharpshooters. Yet such
was his contempt for danger he would
not heed the advice of aids to take
shelter or so to the rear.
Most of the army of 1898 and 1929
looked upon him as the greatest soldier
of his day, and it was common talk then.
il he were not interfered with, as he was,
by Manila headquarters General Lawton
would have squelched the insurrection
in few months.
Yet this man lies In Arlington with so
inconspicuous a marking that one needs
a guide and a map to find his resting
place. AS he was a real soldier in every
sense of the word and devoid of frills.
perhaps he might not wish it otherwise
Yet 1t seems to me we owe this man
more than an ordinary marking in that
hallowed ground at Arlington.
THOMAS w. FABER.
New YORK, November Is.
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Charles Goes Into Exile.

The former Emperor CHARLES and
his wife ZITA, a cable message from
Constantinople reported yesterday,
are on their way aboard the British
cruiser Cardiff to Funchal to begin
their exile on Madeira.
They had been transferred to the
cruiser after a journey partly by
British monitor and partly by rail
way to the mouth OF the Danube
CHARLEs's departure from Budapest
was not marked by manifestations
which would inspire him with hope
of another venture at the recovery
of his lost crown. Not a dozen of his
former subjects took the trouble to
see him off. Hungary, as if still more
to emphasize this fact, apCeoved a
decree while the former Emperor
and Empress were not yet beyond
the Hungarian border dethroning
CHARLES and making all members of
the Hapsburg family ineligible to the
kingship.
The exiles will find the Madeira
island no gloomy isolated st. Helena,
nor the home assigned them another
Longwood on desolate wind swept
plateau. The sun shines every day OF
the year on Funchal, the islands pic
turesque little capital, and on the vine
clad hills whence Madeira's chief
and world renowned product comes.
Transatlantic steamships to southern
European ports often stop at the
island capital and boats plying be-
tween Madeira and the European
mainland drop anchor in it's harbor
Funchal welcomes the Hapsburgs. Is
there another island on the tourist
route with two such distinguished
exiles?
Living is cheap on Madeira. This
is not a small matter to the father OF
a growing family whose head is
crownless and to whose purse there
now comes no weekly stipend from
Vienna or Budapest. A dinner in
Funchal costs 1000 reis, about dol
lar, and CHARLES casting his eyes on
the figures on his bill might imagine
he was back in one of his former
! CAPITALS.
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possible cent on what they believed
to be their national existence.
Yet if Japan's absolute limit were
only twice her present expenditures
inevitably the United States and Great
Britain would go on up as Japan
went on up, doubling il Japan
doubled, in any event spending two,
three and four dollars to every dol
lar she spent.
If tho three great Powers can save
$500, 100000 a year there is little
doubt that other sea Powers, big and
little, will follow the example of the
great Powers.
Half the naval expenditures Of
France and Italy saved from the
1920-21 appropriations would amount
to about $125,OOO,OOO. The still
smaller naval establishments of such
Powers as Spain, Holland, the Sean
dinavian and South American couu-
tries, with no reckoning whatever
made of Russia, might add another
25,O00,000 to $50,0O0,0OO of savings.
Call it, all told, three-quarters OF q
billion of dollars year.
All this might mean-if there were
no Hughes plan before the nations
almost certainly would mean--an
increased naval expenditure waste
of five to seven billions of dollars in
the next ten years instead of saving
of seven and half billions. So it is
not unlikely that this Hughes pro
gramme for slashing armaments will
accomplish IN the next ten years a
relative saving of twelve to fifteen
billions of dollars to the world.
The New York herald., 1921-11-16

emily inherent in modern music. 1t
is always the intention of billiard
player when he hits the cue ball in ii
certain spot to strike the object bail
and achieve definite angles. Like
wise, when a composer arranges GER
tain notes in a prescribed order he
expects the ensuing harmonies to
produce the tonal effect his imagina-
tion conceived But the scores of the
song writer's billiard tournament
showed that aim is one thing and
accomplishment another.
The relation found between missed
shots and modern cacophonies in mu-
sic is very simple If it is difficult to
coordinate purpose, hand and eye in
connection with cue and ball it is
equally difficult to write musical
notes exactly to express the compos-
er's thoughts. displacement may
produce that acidulous effect upon
which SAM BERNARD used to dilate.
Sour notes are the miscues of the
composer. In billiards they present
this paradox. Nobody ever became a
champion of the green covered table
by piling up misses, yet some com
posers have risen to fame by assem-
bling more "sour notes" in their
works than others brought together.
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likeness" Genesis l.. 26). Nothing but
the most sincere devotion to those who
desire to be emancipated from "the
wages Of sin"--so- called death-and To
awake to the reality Of life hid with
Christ In God" inseparable from omnip-
otent Life and Love. urges me to repeat
to any that will hear these inspiring
words Of Professor Seiss, to be found in
his Lectures on the apocalypse:
With the dominion OF death broken the
whole empire OF darkness breaks with It.
the reign OF hell is dissolved and the vic
tory of redemption Is complete With the
curse Of mortality and corruption thus
swallowed UP of life, the DEVILS sway Ia
gone and all his malignant hopes
against the Church overwhelmed.
America shall not be held under the
shadow of death. which is an illusion
The voice of Christ is heard to-day
throughout the land life is eternal and
man is immortal. "scientific thinkers
Of this era recognize that the testimony
OF the corporeal senses is deceptive and
that these senses can know nothing OF
spiritual facts. Spiritual perception is
essential for the understanding Of spir-
itual truths.
Let these words of the compassionate
Christ comfort those that mourn: He
that believeth in me. though he were
dead, yet shall he live" John XII, 25)
With Him we say, LET the dead bury
their dead" but as true Christians. true
Americans, let us rebulSe the paganism
that mourns at bier. that follows to
a grave an idol of clay, and honors dust
instead of the divinity of the real man.
who lives.
! am urged to resist this national ad-
mission of the reality of death by the
overwhelming conviction that my sister
Inez Milholland Boissevain, never died
but continues to exist. and is actively
carrying on her work of emancipation
from mental slavery, with its results
fear and death-by revealing the eternal
verities of being. VIDA MrLHoLLAND.
NEW York, November Is.
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Laundry Rates.
They Have Failed to Fall as the
Value of the Dollar Has Risen.

TO THE NEW YORK HERALD: Is it not
time now to defiate laundry prices? Be-
fore me are laundry bills for May 6
1919. and November 10, 1921. The first
bill charged IA cents for shirts, cents
for collars, s cents for underwear. 10
cents for night wear. 8 cents for socks.
3 cents for handkerchiefs. To-day
shirts are 22 cents, collars cents, un-
derwear 15 cents. night wear 20 and 80
cents, handkerchiefs cents.
1t will be seen that we are paying al
most double for the same laundry work
to-day as compared with two years ago.
I submit that it is time for some dras-
tic cutting here.
Why? Because the value of the dol
lar in two years has advanced from 3S
cents to par. In other words, every
dollar we pay for laundry work to-day
has a purchasing power of S1.62 as
compared to two years ago. The rise
of the value of the dollar world over.
calls for the drastic cutting in prices
that is going on.
It is a common thing, for instance, to
say that stocks have greatly deprecated
in price and value. They have not.
Their value remains stationary because
Of the greater purchasing power of the
dollar. For the same reason rents
should and must come down since the
man who is paying a hundred dollars a
month"; say, is really paying 1852 dollars
in cash value. In consequence we are
buying rent Of retailers when we make
a purchase. w. II. BALLoU.
New York, November Is.
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Al the Metropolitan Opera House last
evening Richard Strauss. the eminent
co11l,oser, gave the first of three orches-
trail concerts. conducting again the Phila-
delphia Orchestra as he did In the spe-
cial concert which sigNalized his re-
appearance before the New York public.
The programme consisted of the tone
poem, ALSO sprach Zarathustra," the
dance from "Salome." five songs with
orchestral accompaniment. sung by Miss
Elizabeth Schumann. and "Tod und
Verllaerung."
Fourteen years ago "Salome' was
performed just precisely once in the
Metropolitan Opera House and then
withdrawn as unfit for publication.
Since then its music had not been heard
in that place till last evening, when
after some by no means inmoderate ap-
plause. which the composer. with swift
facility construed into a demand for an
encore. the dance was repeated. Thus
did Strauss take his little revenge upon
the Metropolitan.
But the dance was not danced. In
1907 Miss Blanca Froelich, the leading
dancer of the opera, executed it while
Miss Olive Fremstad. the Salome, hid
and permitted the audience to indulge
in some illusion as to the identity of the
dancer. Miss Froelich's dance of the
seven wells at the dress rehearsal was
even more pictorial than 1t was at the
public performance. 1t is impossible to
tell what might have happened had she
not cut out some Of her shimmy shvers.
which to-day are allowed even by the
virtuous police. while the public views
them and far worse things undismayed
Strauss's "Salome" dance sounded
rather feeble last evening, and as for his
ponderous and pretentious musical
revelation OF the emotions excited in
his bosom by perusal of the extraor-
dinary work Of Nietzsche, 1t pales rapidly
with age. Even the fugue "Of Sciences"
no longer shocks. 1t Is dull, desperately
dull, and the dance song sounds like
Johann Strauss suffering from water on
the invention.
There are brilliant pages In "Also
sprach Zarathustra," but unfortunately
the noblest Of them are the first ones.
The grandiose proclamation which ushers
In the work makes the rest, save the
final pages--a second inspiration-sound
faccid. However. the time is not yet
ripe for final adjustment of the vari-
Gus Strauss values. We can only specu-
late on these works as they accompany
us through our own years. Their fate
Is In the lap of the future.
The songs were sung by Miss Schu-
mann, who came to this country to sing
for Strauss. She sang well. but not
The New York herald., 1921-11-16
The Star Spangled Banner.
The Last Stanza and the Conference
at Washington.

To THE NEW YORK HERALD: When
Francis Scott Key wrote THE Star Span
gled Banner" he was simply filed with
the purest of JOY and Thanksgiving to
Him who had made and preserved us
nation" During the war nobody
doubted the fitness OF the words; why
now?
The letters / have read criticsing its
fitness as the American national anthem
have quoted the first verse only. which
does not express American feeling ae
well as the last, which Is the one which
ought to be sung:
Between their lov'd home and wild wars
iesolation;
Rlest with vict'ry and peace, may the
heav'n-rescued land
Praise the Power that hath made and pre-
served us a nation.
Tnen conquer we must. when our carse II
is just.
And this be our motto: "In God is our
.trusti''
And the star spangled banner IN triumph
shall wave.
Ger the land OF the free and the home
of the brave.
What are the men gathered at Wash
ington to-day doing If not STANDING
between their loved homes and wild
wars desolation"? And is It only on
battlefields that we can conquer? Are
we to forget to give praise to that Power
which made and preserved us a nation
and gave peace and victory to that
nation, with our Thanksgiving Day SC
near? And what of our motto? is that
to go into the discard?
Above all, let us have no League OF
Nations hymn. such as Mr.. Wise sug-
gests HELEN ELMIRA WAITE.
NEW MILFORD, N. j.. November 15.
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Strange Spitzbergen Birds.
Rare Collection Brought Back b!
British Expedition.
From the London Times.

From the London Times.
The Oxford expedition to Spitzbergen
Is holding an exhibition of the results
OF its work in Spitzbergen in June, July
and August. A we'll arranged and COM
prehensive collection of ornithological,
geological and botanical specimens was
shown. as we'll as a striking set OF pho
tographs by Mr.. Seton Gordon of the
bird and animal life of the islands.
The members of the sledging and sur
veying party also exhibited number of
excellent pictures of some hitherto un-
explored regions. one view Of the newly
christened "Oxford Glacier" attracting
much attention.
The work of the ornithological section
has evidently been very thoroushly done.
IL Is doubtful If there is in existence a
more complete or better arranged col
lection Of Arctic birds and their eggs
than that brought back by the Oxford
scientists. Tiny snow bunting, little
auks-which. Mr.. Jourdan stated, in
habit Bear Island and Spitzbergen In
countless thousands. until the air re-
sounds with their twitterings-guille-
mots, barnacle and pink footed geese,
king elders, puffins, skuas and fulmar
petrels were all fully represented. Great
interest was aroused by the collection OF
no fewer than twenty-five eggs OF the
barnacle goose. Not single egg OF this
bird OF mystery has ever before been
taken In wild state by Englishmen
The Oxford collection Is thus an ornith-
olosical prize of great interest to col
iectors. Two sets of eggs OF the rare
king eider--another valuable prize
also were shown.
The geological specimens attracted
much attention, especially those contain
Ing fossils OF what must have been
once-thousands Of years ago-mighty
trees and other plants flourishIng in n
tropical climate. There are now no
trees on Spitzbergen. but the fossils ex-
hibited were full OF evidence that the
climate of Spitzbergen has undergone ar
almost incredible change and that II
was once as tropical MS South America
or Northern Queensland Prehistoric
animals Hike the ichthyosaurus and the
labyrnthodont (the latter about the size
Of n rabbi) also have left geological
traces of their existence, and 10 speci-
mems aroused greater interest than thos
containing the fossilized remains Gin
one case the vertebrae. in another the
ribs) OF both these creatures.
The New York herald., 1921-11-16
MR.. GRANGER IN NEW WORK.
Appears as Organist at Chamber
Music Society Concert.

The New York Chamber Music So
ciety. Miss Carolyn Beebe. founder and
pianist, gave the first concert in its sew
enth annual series last evening at AGO.
liam Hall. Percy Granger assisted the
society by appearing as organist in a
new work by himself called 'Green
Bushes" The other compositions given
were Brahms's r minor quintet for
piano and strings, and a sextet in B fiat
opus 6, for piano. flute. oboe. clarinet
bassoon and French horn, by Thuille.
Mr.. Grainger's "Geen Bushes was
heard for the first time anywhere. Ten
additional players besides Mr.. Granger
assisted the anization--consisting of
eleven players, with Scipione Guide. first
violin, in the performance of the work,
which is a passapagiia on an old English
folksong.
The New York herald., 1921-11-16
The Horse Show.

I went to the Horse Show and oh I be-
held
Such costly and wonderful gowns
My senses are swimming in purples and
greens
And crimsons and ambers and browns.
There was Mrs. Van Bubble in tangerine
crepe
And monkey fur gorgeously frocked,
And May Du Vetyne in a gray tricotine
Embroidered and beaded and shocked.
saw Mrs. Stutterby's marvellous pearls,
And Norine of the Follies arrayed
In stunning confection Of velvet and
mink
With a turban of silver brocade;
And Marion Lipstick dressed only in
fringe,
The new fad Dame Fashion indorses.
Who won the blue ribbons? l didn't
have time
For even look at the horses.
MINNA IRVING.
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Mr.. Hughes.

You have furnished startling news.
Mr. Hughes.
For the papers and reviews,
Mr.. Hughes.
Through the farms and lanes and news
Through the streets and avenues
or the world tumult brews,
Mr.. Hughes
There's no gum about your shoes.
Mr.. Hughes.
Straight the path your foot pursues,
Mr.. Hughes.
And the people need no clues
TO avoid pitfalls and slews
If they follow where you choose,
Mr.. Hughes
They arc plain brass tacks you use,
Mr.. Hughes
Not lot OF twists and screws,
Mr.. Hughes.
We are backing up your views;
You will dissipate the blues.
Sure, nobody can refuse,
Mr.. Hughes!
MAURICE MORRIS.
The New York herald., 1921-11-16
The CObra's Poison Fangs.

To THE New YORK HERALD Referring
to the letter from J. X. Hand about the
handling of the cobra at the Bronx Zoo,
possibly Mr.. Hand does not know that
as soon as a snakes poison fangs are
removed another set is Immediately
available. They grow and replace them
selves practically in the same manner
as sharks teeth are replaced.
HENRY J. ROGERS.
New York, November 49,
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"Give Me Thirty Years."
With Them and Thirty Ideas Mrs
Rohlfs VIII Do the Rest.

To THE New YORK HERALD: l thank
YOU for the joyous editorial congratula-
tion on my seventy-fifth birthday.
Give me thirty worthwhile ideas and
thirty more years in which TO develop
them and the thirty books you so gen.
erously say the aublic we:;ld he GLAD
20 read may be forthcoming.
With good wishes for your own sue
cess l beg to remain.
ANNA KATHARINE GREEN RoHLFs.
BUFFALO, November Is.
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To THE New YORK HERALD: 1 am still
looking to see IL you give credit to the
first long range scientific weather proph-
ecy of individual events. which you pub
lished month or two ago. and which
was verified November to s by uni
versal fall in temperature. intensifcation
OF storm energy and snowfalls.
Boston, November 3. \. u. Il.
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Another Copy Of an Old Paper.

70 THE NEW YORK HERALD: I notice
that Emilio Muellen OF Nicaragua writes
that he has in his possession n copy
Of the Ncw England Weekly Journal
bearing date April s, 1928. also have
n copy of this Identical publication bear
ing the same date w. L. LEWIS.
NEW YORK, November 15.
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LOUISE" AT THE OPERA.
''Butterfly.. Also on Next Weeks
Programme.

1'FOEEa me-
Louise" with Miss Geraldine Farrar
and Orville Harold will open the Sec
ond week of the Metropolitan Opera
next Monday.
"Traviata" will be repeated We'd
nesday with Nine. CALI -Curci and Mr..
Bigli. "Madama Butterfly" will be sung
Thanksgiving afternoon, with Miss Far
rar and Mr.. Martinelli; die Tote
Stadt'' will have a second hearing
on Thanksgiving night. Nine Je-
rita and Mr.. Harold. "Mefistofele''
will be sung Friday evening with Nine.
Aida and Mr.. Gigli. and "Rigoletto"
with new scenery will be produced at
the Saturday matinee with Nine. CALI
Curci and Messrs. Chamlee and De
Iuca.
Aida will be sung at the Brooklyn
Academy Of Music November %. with
Miss Ponselle. Miss Matzenauer and Mr..
Crimi and Mr.. De Luca.
"Cavalleria Rusticana" and "Pagliac-
ci'' will be sung at next Sunday nights
Opera Concert"