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The New York herald., 1921-05-21

men had no particular trouble in ex-
tinguishing the fire in the wooden
trim or the vessel. but even special
squads equipped with gas masks could
not get at the seat of the fire. In oil
fires water may not only fail to
smother the flames but may actually
spread the fire, the burning oil float
ing on the water as 1t is pumped to-
ward the heart of the fire. In small
blazes sand may be used by the fire
men, but in great fires this is imprac-
ticable. A number of chemical com.
pounds have been put on the market
10 meet this emergency. but 1t is not
TO be expected that these will be on
hand in sufficient quantity for a grave
emergency.
Undoubtedly the firemen and the
fire underwriters who are constantly
seeking practicable methods to de-
crease the fire loss will evolve plans
TO meet the new conditions. 1t is
plain. however, that they will never
find any successful substitute for un-
remitting watchfulness on the part of
those charged with safeguarding oil
burning machinery and oil storage
tanks. Eternal vigilance is the price
Of safety from fire for property and
life as ii is the price of liberty.
The New York herald., 1921-05-21
Soft Coal Wages and Prices.

Soft coal operators complain that
their bituminous product is confused
with anthracite or hard COAL that
the soft coal prices are very much
down as compared with a year ago,
and that II the consumers do not buy
at the lower quotations they keep
miners out OF employment by the thou
sands and do not help to Improve
general industrial conditions"
But as the great bulk of the soft
coal used is by railroads and manu-
featuring plants, which know per-
fectly well the difference between the
bituminous and the anthracite fuel,
there is no possibility that such large
and expert consumers are refusing to
buy because of any misunderstanding
as to the two kinds Of coal. Further
more, whether soft coal Is 50 or $3
ton cheaper at the mines than 1t
was year ago, when II was outrage
ously high. is not the point at all for
industrial consumers. The point for
them Is whether the coal at present
mine prices, transportation charges
and other handling costs is too dear
TO be used profitably now in existing
business conditions; and it is.
Coal workers may have contract
war imitation wage scale which does
not permit the mine owner to read
next year, but if they cannot get
work at the prohibitive scale it ought
to be possible to make them see that
they would be better off to readjust
the war imitation scale so as to get a
chance to dig coal and draw pay.
Railroads may have a war imitation
coal traffic rate fixed by the Inter
state Commerce Commission, but If
they cannot get the coal to haul at
that war imitation rate it ought not
to take them long, after their own
war imitation wages come down, to
20 TO the Commission and arrange a
revision Of the traffic rate so as TO
get chance to haul the coal
The business that does not work
out the price readjustments that are
imperatively required by after war
conditions is I'm for short but not
merry life. The labor that will not
agree to revision OF war imitation
wage scales to enable the national
industrial wheels TO turn again looks
into a jobless future.
The New York herald., 1921-05-21

unyeiling Of tablets. Hall OF Fame. New
. York .rIds university. s;so 7. NJ; preceded by,
Albert Einstein and and Prof. CHAIN Chain weitsmsn W oi;
by the American Jewish PHYSICIANS Com
New York City Federation OF Women's
Clubs. garden party. Niles estate, 204th
street and bainbridge avenue. 2:3o P. NJ:
York, meeting. Hotel Plaza. 8:15 P. NJ.
Former Governor Alfred E. Smith will
speak at a testimonial dinner In honor OF
p afS NJ. = ''a"'e'' h''e' o0""0a0re'
Woman's Press Club, benefit tea for Ward
30 Of Fox Hills Hospital. Hotel Pennsylvania.
Gen. Nelson A. Miles win review the Eff.
teenth Infantry. n. G., Central Park. 4 AZ
Z. NJ.
Speakers class OF the New York Adver-
tising Club, second annual dinner and dance.
in the clubhouse. II East Twenty-fifth street,
The Rev. George Adams will be Installed
as associate minister OF the First Reformed
Episcopal Church. Fiftieth street, east of
Second avenue. p. NJ.
Prof. Leo Honnor will speak on "The jew
ish Contribution to Culture before the cul-
tural Club, Central Institute. 125 East
Angelus Council. $40. Knights OF CO
lumbus, smoker and entertainment. in the
clubrooms. Bushwich avenue and Hart
street. Brooklyn. s P. NJ.
Societies of Westminster Church. blocs
party. Hopkins avenue. between BaInbridgc
and Decatur streets. Brooklyn this evening
Iowa Society OF New York spring festival
and dance. Hotel Plaza, beginning at s:ia
p. NJ.
Mr.. G.. ". Nash win give an illustrated
lecture on Water Lilies and How 10 Grow
Them" museum building, New York Botani-
cal Garden. Bronx Park. p. NJ.
Wheaton College Alrmhae, luncheon, Hotel
McAlpin, 12 80 p. NJ.
Catholic Choir OF the United States Mill
tary Academy, dinner. Hotel Commodore, :
T. VI.
National Coal Association. conference
Waldorf-Astoria. all day.
Oswego State Normal School Alumni Asso-
citation, luncheon. Hotel Astor. +. NJ.
University Glee Club, dinner, Hotel Nc
Aipin. p. NJ.
The New York herald., 1921-05-21
Good Western Collies.
Different in Type From Eastern Show
Dogs, They Killed No Sheep.

To THE New York HERALD: spent
year on one of the largest sheep
ranches in the Northwest. We covered
some twenty-five miles Of range, had
Ave ranch houses and at our main ranch
kept between forty and fifty collies.
have spent many days in the hills
with some OF these dogs and worked
with them and therefore / know their
characteristics. In the spring we used
to kill lambs that were injured beyond
cure and feed our dogs with the mea; /;
Thus the dogs certainly tasted blood, yet
In the time I spent out there I never
heard of collie killing sheep or
lamb.
They were gentle dogs. with a gentle
spirit, easily broken. We had several
halfbreed dogs, whose mothers had
mated with coyotes; even these dogs
showed the characteristics OF the pure
bred. Our collics were smaller dogs than
the show collies one sees on the Eastern
fancy farms, and very few OF them were
marked with white. Tan with black
markings prevailed throughout the lot.
The outlaw type Of collie seems to be
confined to the East.
CHARLES II. BApcocK.
NEW YORK, May 20.
The New York herald., 1921-05-21
Fifth Avenue Hopes.
Steps Taken to Effect Two Reforms
in the ThOr0ughfare.

To THE NEW YORK HERALD: In an
swer to the two suggestions for the inn
proveinent of Fifth avenue made by one
Of your correspondents we desire to say
that there is before the Corporation
Counsel a proposed amendment to the
parade ordinance Of the city which will
prescribe certain routes for parades 1t
is hoped that this will be presented to
the Board of Aldermen for passage very
shortly. If passed Fifth avenue will
be relieved OF a great deal of the dis
comfort and confusion caused by so
many of these parades.
In regard to the second suggestion
Park Commissioner Gallatin has advised
Us that upon the termination Of the
present salvation Army drive permission
will not be given to use the Public Lii
brary for any further drives or similar
enterprises.
We desire to say also that we well
come inquiries of any kind, as we'll as
constructive suggestions in regard to the
Fifth avenue district from bolh non
members and members.
THE FIFTH AVENUE ASSOCIATION, Inc.
New YORK. May 20.
The New York herald., 1921-05-21

Forty-three omitted the apostrophe
in worlds; forty-two omitted it in
lets; thirty-ive forgot the period
after Mrs. twenty-nine omitted the
quotation marks in the last example or
else misplaced them. There were eleven
unquestionable errors in the use of cap
ital letters. Nine failed to line the
stanza. Cattle" was not misspelled
The stanza from Longfellow was Sc
lected because 1t contained the word
bivouac. The poem itself had been
memorized by many of the pupils, prob
ably most Of them. The custom of re-
test, SO far as this particular word is
concerned, was to ascertain whether or
not the word had any meaning to The
pupils.
The fact that 1t was spelled in sixty
five different ways Indicates that 1t had
no meaning to any except the ten pupils
who spelled it correctly. An examina-
ton of the written exercises indicated
several cases of defective hearing anG
larger number Of cases OF defective
vision.
Another test with elementary school
pupils showed that the sound or is
proper in "lawr' but not In ''goil"
All this confirms the opinion OF a lady
who occupies a responsible post in the
editors room OF magazine of very
high standing. The fact is" she said,
thirty years of college requirements
have made the English language n
patois and English pronunciation a glib
berish.''
Latin, Greek. French, Spanish and
German are studied in the schools of the
system. There might be a dim suspi-
cion. however. that English is dead
language. Judging by results II is.
ONE TIME SCHOOL TRUSTEE.
MOUNT VERNON, May 20
The New York herald., 1921-05-21
Business in a Tariff Fog.

If Representative LoNGwoRTH is
the new customs duties effective from
the date on which the Ways and
Means Committee reports the tariff
measure to the House he must have
a very faint, not 10 say feeble. con-
ception of the fundamental laws which
govern business. Business can face
with courage even rocky future that
Is clear. 1t can manage TO operate
in some fashion or other on any basis
that business cannot do is to navi-
gate in fog.
Importers could grope in no more
hazardous adventure than tariff fog,
where nobody could offer TO sell any
thing at fiat price for future de-
livery with an idea of what would be
the cost Of laying it down in this
country. Nobody would dare to buy
such imported goods for future de-
might turn out to be, for when he
came to pay the duties in the final
price settlement 1t might put him to
bankruptcy loss
For the matter Of that. under such
circumstances domestic business trans
acted for the future would become a
risk because neither the domestic
manufacturer selling goods nor the do
nestle merchant buying them for the
next season could know on what
basis the foreign goods would compete
with theirs.
And for years and years customs
officials, lawyers. the courts and busi-
ness houses would ne spending meal
culable time and money trying 10 set
tie the complexities. differences and
damages growing out of such an i'm
possible tariff situation.
Industry and business are slow
enough now. Their one hope is for
better future. But If anybody could
make industry and business more eau
tious about the future than they al
ready are about the present 1t would
be an indefinite. hazy, foggy tariff
preventing anybody from forecasting
the future.
Why is it that business sense can
not be applied in the halls of legisla-
ton TO business matters?
The New York herald., 1921-05-21
Flags on Memorial Day.
The British Great War Veterans Will
ShQW Only Stars and STRINGS.

To THE NEW YORK HERALD: Because
OF protests from certain posts Of the
c.. A. r. and the American Legion
against the carrying of the allied colors
in the Memorial Day parade the British
Great War Veterans OF America at their
meeting Thursday evening unanimously
passed a resolution to carry only the
Stars and Stripes, although they had
been invited to carry the Union jack
presented by the Prince of Wales.
In passing this resolution the British
Veterans feel. that they are winning q
moral victory. They are parading 10
honor the dead, not to wave flags If
others wish to desecrate Memorial Day
by using 1t to foster III feeling and
dIscord they will get no encouragement
from the members of the British vet
erans association.
This association Is grateful to the
American Legion for its invitation TO
carry the British flag. but will waive
the privilege rather than add any fuel
to the fires Of i'll feeling which are be-
ing kept well stocked by certain eie-
ments in New York.
WILLIAM NEWMAN CHEW,
Director OF Publicity British Great War
Veterans of America. Inc.
NEW YORK, May 20.
The New York herald., 1921-05-21

seems to grow with every season and
organizations have apparently no
great difficulty in securing members.
One club on Long Island formed last
winter and which secured tract of
land large enough for two eighteen
hole courses and for the erection of
a commodious clubhouse is not yet
open but it has waiting list of
ninety light in excess of the several
hundred members as originally
planned. But the fact remains that
these new ventures are expensive
most IL not all propose the purchase
of bonds and dues at S10O or more a
year. And our correspondent adds
II can't afford a car and caddy and
the purchase of couple of thousands
Of dollars worth of bonds added to
heavy initiation fees and dues
But the remedy for the conditions
which the correspondent sets forth
is not easy. The public courses are
likely to be crowded on Saturdays
ond Sundays; 1t would be difficult
to limit the players or to equalize
things by getting more persons to use
the links on other days. One solu-
tion which proved successful in Eng
land was that Of the Winchester
Royal Golf Club. which opened its
links to men Of moderate means for
a fee Of $3.50 year each.
Another successful plan was that
Of playing membership" by which
golfers had the use of the links for
compa aratively small fees. There
would also appear to be something
in the suggestion that the luxurious
clubhouse be dispersed with and the
upkeep reduced to the minimum by
going back to the simplicity Of the
early days Of the game, when built
ur tees were unknown, the bunkers
remained as nature left them, and
work on green and fairway was not
slavishly overdone.
The New York herald., 1921-05-21
Daily Calendar
THE WEATHER.

For Eastern New York-Fair and
warmer to-day; tomorrow fair and
continued warm moderate south winds.
For New Jersey-Fair and warmer to-day.
to- morrow fair and continued warm; mod
crate southwest winds.
For Northern New England-Fair to-day
and tomorrow; moderate south and south
west winds.
For Southern New England-Fair and
warmer to-day, tomorrow fair and con-
tinued warm; moderate southwest winds.
For Western New York-Cienerally fair to-
Gay and tomorrow. continued warmer; mod
crate south and southwest winds.
WASHINGTON. May 20.--Air pressure Ia
h8h throughout the East and South States
and the great central valleys and is low in
far Western districts. The highest pressure
lowest over the west Canadian provinces.
This pressure distribution has been attended
by a further rise in temperature in the Rocky
Mountain region, the plains States and the
northern nc states from the Mississippi Valley
70 New England. The temperatures are now
decidedly above normal. excepting the south
Atlantic States and over tho west plateau
region and California.
There have been local rains within the last
twenty-four hours in the south Alta ntic
States. along the northwest border and in
the Pacific States. In all other parts of the
country the weather remained fair
Inc outlook Is for unsettled weather in the
south Atlantic States and fair weather in all
day and Sunday. The temperature will rise
somewhat Tomorrow along the middle At
lantic and New England coasts and Il will
remain above normal In all interior districts
east or the Mississippi Silver.
reau stations taken at r. NJ yesterday.
seventy fifth meridian time:
The New York herald., 1921-05-21

Hook rugs from the collection of c.
E. Lawrence of Belmont, Mass. were
sold yesterday afternoon at the final
session of the f1na1 sale OF the season
at the American Art Galleries. The
days sale totalled $11,372 and the entire
sale Of 35S pieces totalled $15.46S.
A late eighteenth century American
square tile hook rug brought the high
est price of the day, selling to Mrs. J. #.
Erdmann for $420. 1t was a closely
hooked rug with bordered squares In
dark and pale blues. pinks. grays, tans.
lavender, ivory and soft yellow. alto
gether beautiful piece of color. A rare
medallion hook rug. early American,
with hooking unusually close and heavy
and design of flowers and fruit cut
and finely modelled in relief. was bought
by Otto Bernet, ageNt for private pur-
chaser. for $500.
An early American rug of unique de-
sign and color displaying an eagle
perched upon the American flag in the
centre and a scrolled symbolic flag and
leaf border OF oak leaves, the whole
executed in sapphire blue red. ivory and
green tones Of rare quality. sold to w.
w. Seaman, agent. for $500. Otto Ber-
net, agent paid $240 each for an eight
eenth century American rug with pat
tern of interlocking square and cruci-
form notves in the manner of a tile
mosaic. and an exceptionally heavy
early American floral rug. An early
American floral tan rug was bought by
Emil Feffercorn for $500, and an early
American rare scrolled hook rug went
to %. A. Shewan for S140.
At yesterdays session in the Ruiz sale
of Spanish antiques at the Clarke Gal
leries sixteenth century carpet orig
inally from a convent in CASTLE brought
the high price of the day, selling to
Charles of London for $4,000. 1t was
fine piece Of color. with background in
salmon and drawing in blue, green and
yellow. The Ssteri Art Shop paid $1,000
for a fine embroidered cloak of the six
teenth century covered with Renais-
sance design of the Saints in gold thread.
the bodice embroidered with a design of
branches. The total for the day was
$29,473 and the grand total for the sale
to date is $55,104.
w. R. Hearst acquired a variety of OBJ
jects including a sixteenth century
Spanish bargueno, with gilded irons,
made in Bargas (Toledo), for which he
paid $1,000; walnut bench of church
chorus. with coat-of-arms of a cardinal.
sixteenth century workmanship, for
1925; sixteenth century Spanish bar
gueno, with incrustation in ivory, made
In Bargas (Toledo), for $s10 prim-
tive Gothic painting. dating from the
fifteenth century representing "The
The New York herald., 1921-05-21
Memorial to Athletes.

The Metropolitan Association of the
Amateur Athletic Union will conduct
memorial exercises In honor of the attn
letes of the Metropolitan district who
lost their lives in the worlds war.
These exercises will be held at DE Witt
Clinton High School auditorium. Fifty
ninth street and Tenth avenue, Man
haitian. on Tuesday evening, May 81
at O'Clock.
Justice Victor J. Bowling win speak
on "Traditions and Memories" Richard
". Enright, Police Commissioner Of New
York. will speak on "Patriotism": Gen.
George w Wingate, president Public
Schools Athletic League win deliver an
address on Victory. Thomas w.
Churchill, former president of the Board
OF Education. will address the audience
on "Tribute to Our Flag Rev. Peter
t. Hoey OF the Paulist Fathers will
speak on Religion and tho Soldier
The New York herald., 1921-05-21
Golf as a Luxury.

A golfer who says that he can hit
the ball and can come in with ninety
one writes to this paper complaining
of the crowded condition of the pub
lie courses and OF his inability on
account of the high cost OF golf on
private courses to indulge his fond
ness for the game, Cant something
be DONE" he asks. 80 that a person
who has taken the trouble to learn
golf and isn't a millionaire may get
a chance to play somewhere once in
q while?"
The complaint which our CORE
spondent makes is one which has in
creased in frequency with the growth
in popularity of the game. and is
made not only by the golfer but by
him who would like to be one. 1t
Is too by no means confined to New
York but Is uttered In cities which
have nearer to their centres of
population much more land available
for public or private links. In Eng
land there has been for some time an
insistent demand for larger oppor-
tunities for golf players. and the Lon
don Times has recently been giving
especial prominence TO proposals
which might remedy the present
limited facilities.
The public courses, although they
tiave increased in number, have not
met the public demand. so far as
Saturdays and Sundays are con-
cerned, despite the fact that they are
seldom crowded on other days of the
week. Our correspondent gives this
as his experience
al go to Van Cortlandt at in the
morning but cannot get off until 2 in
the afternoon and / find congestion
at every tee. / cross the hill to
Jerome Park and find 800 players
registered ahead OF me at Mosholu.
Pelham is almost as bad"
There has been likewise n notable
increase In the number of private
courses Most of the older clubs have
large waiting lists and In the case of
many OF them their stocks or bonds
held by the members have doubled or
trebled in value. The dues, charges
and The ground fees have been in.
creased, the clubs asserting that this
Is necessary In order to meet the
current expenses. One reason foi
this, it Is said, Is that the golfer
is now more fastidious In his demands
than In the past; he must have n
luxurious clubhouse with splendid
bath and locker rooms, green's which
appear almost shaved. bunkers care
fully raked and fairvsys as smooth
as green's. Besides this there must be
high priced professionals and "golf
architects"
The personal expense of the golfer
too has been increased by IA multi.
nlicity Of natty paraphernalia, the
itching palm OF the caddy, elaborate
luncheons and his wagers on the
nme." But despite the increa sed
expense the number Of private courses
The New York herald., 1921-05-21
The Necklace.

Where green and tall the grasses wave
And longest lies the dew,
Half hidden In their clustered leaves
or vivid emerald hue,
And yielding treasures of perfume
To every robber gale,
Behold the sweetest flowers that grow,
The lilies Of the vale.
They simmer in the morning ray
And glimmcr in the shade,
Their dainty blossoms neatly strung
On slender threads of jade
Like rows OF graduated pearls.
For May, the madcap lass,
While rompine with the south wind lost
Her necklace in the grass.
NrsNA IRVING.
The New York herald., 1921-05-21
Twelve Birds Described.
Notes Of Feathered Visitors in Madi
son Square and Bryant Parks.

To THE New YORK HERALD: The fol-
lowing notes should enable observers to
identify twelve OF the birds seen in Madi-
son Square and Bryant parks:
Ovenbird--Walks. Brown olive green
above; crown buff bordered by black
lines; under parts white strealsed with
black.
Towhee or chewink-Male: upper parts
and throat black. sides chestnut, tail
black showing white feathers. Female !:
without the black, chestnut lighter.
Maryland yellowthroat-Small, yellow.
Male with black mask across the eyes !;
female: without the mask.
Brown thrasher---A large reddish
brown bird long black bill and long tail,
breast striped with black.
veery or Wilson thrush-Back uniform
brown, breast white tinged with buff and
spotted rather family with color of
back.
White throated sparrow-Brown with
dark markings white throat and white
stripes on the head.
Redstart-Black with red on wings,
breast and In tail female without black,
salmon yellow in place of red; spreads
tail fanlike as it jumps about after
insects.
Chestnut sided warbcr-Top OF head
yellow, sides with chestnut stripe.
Chipping sparrow--Very small top OF
head chestnut brown, body brown with
black streaks; song: "Chippy. chippy,
chippy."
Catbird-Dark blush grr. top OF head
black under tail feathers chestnut.
Water thrush or wagtail-Dark olive
brown above; sides OF head with white
line, below brown with yellow tinge.
thickly spotted: walks with tall teeter-
ing constantly a small bird.
Wood thrush--A plump little chap !:
back red brown. brightest on the head !;
breast white, thickly dotted with dark
spots.
There are many other birds that may
be seen IL the observers are interested.
and once they are interested they will
not be content until they can identify
every one they see. And if they study
the lives of the birds they will learn to
love them and want to do all they can to
protect them. ]. Il. c.
NEW YORK, May 20.