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The Oxford Accent.

The protest by BERNARD SHAW
against acceptance Of the accent Of
Oxford University as a standard in
pronouncing English will find few
sympathizers in this country, al
though. there will assuredly be ap-
prevail of his commentator Of the
diction of FORBES ROBERTSON as a
model of the way English should be
spoken. There are, however, few ex-
amples Of such skill. Indeed, the diff
ference between the manner in which
he spoke and the speech Of his sue
cessors on. the American stage has
led Americans often to wonder what
sort Of English they are listening to.
There is little reason to believe that
the speech of the average. English
actor had its origin at Oxford or any
other seat of culture.
Yet their speech is the excuse given
by the average American theater
manager when he is rallied for his
tendency to employ British actors.
Thex are supposed to deliver their
lines in a manner more acceptable to
the ears of the cultivated. American
players are likely to reveal provin-
cialisms of accent from which their
rivals are presumably free. AS a
matter of fact, the speech Of the i'm
ported player is frequently quite as
provincial as any heard from the lips
of our own actors. The latter unde-
niably indulge in peculiarities which
betray the part of the country In
which they were bred.
Authorities on speech have more
than once suspected that some Of the
English heard on our stage may have
come from the Land of Cockaigne.
When two or three players from Lon
don are united in common struggle
in the interests of dramatic art ex-
perts are said to delight in differen-
tiating the accent of Mile End road
from that of Bayswater, and White
chapel from High Holborn. SO they
would never hold out for the musi-
cal flow of FORBES RoBERrsoN's speech
but gladly accept the accent OF OK
ford. There seems precious little OF
Maudlin or any other college about
the English of actors to-day.
There has always been one excuse
or another on the part of the Amer
lean manager for engaging the Brit
ish actor. LESTER WALLACE. pioneer
of the American impresarios who
made a speciality of English actors.
always said they could act more like
gentlemen on the stage. Then tai
ented natives were neglected for
years in New York on the ground
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1922-10-27
North Woods Beavers.
They Are the Efficiency Experts OF
the Animal World.

To THE New YORK HERALD: None of
the animals native to North America
surpasses the beaver in point Of interest
The industry Of beavers has long been
proverbial, while their sound engineering
sense has excited the admiration Of all
who have. inspected their dams of wood
and earth so well placed for the purpose
of furnishing supply OF food for the
colony through the rigors OF @ northern
winter.
The ingenuity of the beaver in telling
trees deserves the praise 1t has received.
The wood is gnawed most deeply and
the cut Is lowest on the trunk on the
side the tree is to be felled. Once
the timber is In the water the branches
are detached In convenient lengths and
stored for food. The roofs OF the
beavers huts are conspicuous above the
frozen surface Of the artificial lakes
formed by the backwater from the dams
built by the busy creatures. The dams
are sometimes upward OF 200 feet in
length and from four to five feet In
height.
Ono OF the largest Of these beaver
dams is at Windfall pond In Hersimer
county. New York State. where a num-
Der OF beaver colonies have existed I'M
molested for long time. A recent Wis
itor familiar with the region reports an
area OF one hundred or more acres which
he once knew as beaver meadow-ter-
ritory which produced a fair crop OF
wild hay in the summer but which was
inundated spring and fall because of the
dams---has been transformed into a lake
through the construction of a dam across
narrow outlet leading to defle be-
tween the hills. Rocks which were once
landmarks have become submerged. Ma
lures entire face had been altered by
the craft OF the beaver.
In some regions the inundation of
lands caused by these beaver meadows
became a serious menace The authori-
ties gave permission to destroy the dams.
The result was an illustration OF the
logged persistence of the tribe. Dams
destroyed were quickly rebuilt, the ami
mails only giving up when their work
was torn out repeatedly.
A capable engineer. the beaver has
other qualities which are worthy of
emulation by the human family.
New YORK, October 26. Fits.
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Special Dispatch to THE New YORK HnzALr
New York Herald Bureau,
Washington, ID. c., Oct. 20.

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New York Herald Bureau,
Washington. ID. c.. Oct. 20.
President Harding will oppose vigor-
ousIy any plan for reduction OF the army
below the authorized strength Of $4,000
enlisted men and $4,000 officers. To DO
so while military conditions throughout
the world remain what they are would
endanger national security. he feels.
His purpose to enforce the national
defense act OF 1920 and oppose further
-raids by Congress on the army budget
was set forth in lie Ger to Secretary of
Weeks held that the budget estimate of
1912, 932, 800 for the fiscal year 1924 was
inadequate to carry out tho purpose Of
the national defense act. The letters
were made public to-day.
The Presidents letter follows'
my DEAR Mr.. SECRETARY:
IT have had under advlsement your
letter of September 81, wherein you point
out that budget requirements of the next
fiscal year have occasioned the forma-
ton Of the War Department estimate on
basis which cannot be justified except
by the absolute necessity for immediate
economy.
although there has been some IN
crease in the limiting sum since the
date of your letter, understand that
there still must be a very appreciable
curtailment in the military program for
next year. Disappointing as such a
course must be, do not believe that we
are justified in exceeding the govern
mental resources for the coming year.
Nevertheless there are limits in re-
duction beyond which we cannot go, even
in the praiseworthy cause Of economy.
without destroying the excellent founda-
ton now laid for our national defense
and forfeiting the accrued benefits Of
world war experience.
at is intended to adhere to the pur-
poses and provisions y the national de-
Tense act Of 1920. Recommendations OF
our war tried military advisers as to the
essential requirements for the effective
and satisfactory operation OF that act
cannot be ignored. / believe that the
army Is now as small as should be con-
templated unless there should be de-
cided change in military conditions
throughout the world.
Very truly yours.
~ WARREN C. HARDING"
The letter Of Secretary Weeks on Sep
TENDER 81 said:
DEAR Mr.. PRESIDENT
II have this day transmitted to the
Director of the Bureau Of the Budget
the budget requirements Of the War De
partment for the fiscal year 1924 and
feel that would be neglecting my duty
II did not present to you certain salient
facts in connection Herewith.
1.-THE estimate Us submitted for the
1876 900 enlisted men and 10000 officers
now authorized by law and does not ex
press the military requirements in order
to carry out the spirit and object of the
national defense act In my opinion
and he opinion of military leaders of
the sgular Army, National Guard and
Org lied Reserves the minimum num-
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Late October.

Soon will November como with sobbing
rains
. That drip along the caves. low winds
to wall,
And mourn for summers ravished golden
gains.
That drove her into exile, wan and
pale.
White frost will, bring the Icy kiss of
death,
On hostile dawns to blooms that tarry
late;
While on the morning airs congealing
breath
VIII mark the toilers bound for their
estate.
Twilights will hasten and bleak sunsets
flare
Far in the cullen west where chill
winds creep
With dread inslstence from the nights
low stair,
Turning our thoughts to lighted panes
and sleep.
Rut Moons will blaze to rival summers
gold,
Bright lotus hours that Fate UNDER
scores,
Touched with a pensive fairness we be-
hold
In youthful valiants trooping to the
THOMAS J. MURRAY.
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Women With Souls.
Testimony From Genesis, From Elisha
and From Moses.

To THE NEW YORK HERALD: / beg
leave to inclose these memoranda show
ing that Moses and Elisha recognized
the fact most clearly that women have
souls.
And It came to pass as her IRachersl
soul was In departing (for she died) that
she called his name Ben-oni: but his
father called him Benjamin. Genesis
So rs.
And Moses spake unto the heads OF
the tribes II a woman also vow a
vow unto the Lord. and bind herself by a
bond. being in her fathers house in her
youth and her father hear her vow. and
her bond wherewith she hath. bound her
soul, and her father shall hold peace
at her: then all her vows shall stand.%
Numbers 30:1, 8. 4.
And when she came to the man of
God to the hill. she caught Him by the
feet; And the man Of God said
Let her alone; for her soul is vexed
within her: and the Lord hath hid it
from me, and hath not told me-" IL.
Kings 27. ]. w. STINsoN.
NEW YORK, October &c.
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American Etiquette.
1t Seems to Fight Shy of the Words
Husband and Wife.

To THE NEW YORK HERALD: It has
long been matter Of interest to me to
notice how We Americans fight shy of
the words husband and wife.
American etiquette seems to demand
that Mrs. Smith shall introduce her hus-
band as mr.. Smith," though Tor pre-
senting brother. sister. cousin or indeed
any other more remote family connec-
ton she would unhesitatingly use the
formula my brother, Mr.. JONES'" my
sister. Mrs. Brown" MY cousin, Miss
Patterson" p,6
Now Mr.. Smith. so far as the public
is concerned. might be a distinguished
visitor from the Fiji Islands. since, ex-
cept for the identity of names. there Is
no reason to suppose that he bears any
relationship whatsoever to Mrs. Smith.
In England one introduces my hus-
band" and my wife" quite simply and
unaffectedly.
I, for one. detest this Mr.. Smith and
Mrs. Jones habit and should be glad to
have an explanation OF why 1t is con-
sidered good form.
A DAUGHTER OF UNCLE SAM.
SEABRIGHT, N. j.. October 26.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1922-10-27
Mrs. Manning's Crime.
Story Of the Supposed Original OF
H0rtense in "Bleak House."

To THE NEW YORK HERALD: Mrs. Man
ming. the English murderess. about
whom r. NJ s. Putnam asks as a pos
sible original of Hortense In Dickens's
Bleak House. was hanged with her
husband at Horsemonger lane jail in
London about 1s49 for the murder OF a
man named O'Connor.
O'Connor lodged with the Mannings,
was employed In the custom house serv-
Ice and was supposed to have money.
Before he was killed his grave had been
dug In the kitchen or near by and he
often walked over It. Mrs. Manning
forced her husband to help her to COM
NIT the crime. When she was hanged
she wore black satin dress and in
consequence black satin was In GER
tain degree of disfavor long after.
A young man working with mo saw
them hanged and came back and told
me about II. HENRY wHITrENBuRY.
NEW YORK, October 26.
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Death Rates of Cities.
Only Two Report Lower Mortality
in 1921 Than New York.

From Bulletin Of Health Department.
A comparison of the death rates for
the year 1921 of nineteen Of the large
cities of Europe with that of the city of
New York shows that 1921 was n phe-
nomcnal year as regards the low death
rates recorded. Two OF these cities.
Amsterdam and stockholm. showed rates
slightly below that Of New York. but
the rates are not strictly comparable
for the reason that in some OF the Cont
mental cities. notably tho French. Bel
gian and Dutch. the deaths Of children
occurring before the registration Of their
births are not comprised In the death
totals. with the result that the death
rates Of these cities are actually hisher
than those reported.
The low death rate in Amsterdam OF
1924 and the low infant mortality rate
of "a deaths to 1000 births arc there
fore not strictly true rates by reason Of
this non-inclusion of the deaths OF young
infants under three days old. In the
city OF New York II an infant dies. even
moment after birth. this birth is
counted as death and recorded as
such. If the mortality of infants under
one year OF age In the city Of Stockholm
be analysed we ind that there is q
strong possibility that the deaths of ex-
tremely young infants are not all re-
corded. so that II may be Justly claimed
that the death rate Of the city OF New
York, I'LL. for the year 1921 was the
lowest of any OF the cities specified In
the tabulation.
Rouen had the highest death rate.
21.ss to 1000 of the population: Buda-
pest was the next. with a rate Of 20.s5 /;
then comes tremendous drop In the
rate TO that of Vienna, 1914: Glasgow
had rate of 1911; Paris. n rate OF
14.43; Milan, a rate of 1899. The Ger
man cities showed rather low death
rates: Bremen. HI; Dresden. 12.45 ;
Hamburg. 1913; Cologne. 1916 Mu-
mich, 1891. The English cities. Birming-
ham, London. Bradford, Manchester and
Liverpool. showed rates Of 11.27. 12.46,
1912, 1881 and 1927 respectively.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1922-10-27
If You Loved Greatly.

II you loved greatly would you scan the
throng
With eye intent to search each
woman's face
For hint of beauty; would you look
for grace
In some slim figure as It passed along?
All, no. your heart would hear one glo-
rious song.
And in your thought there would be
left no space
To contemplate another in LIES race,
One love would fill your soul II love
were strong.
pray that you may never think me
cold:
4. Can I lean as / once did on your
heart
When your fond words are but a
mockery
OF something sacred? gave all my
To you. you gave mo OF your store a
part.
And you still give to every one you
ELISABETH SCOTLAND.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1922-10-27
EVENTS TO-DAY.

To-day IS the anniversary OF the birth Of
Theodore Roosevelt.
The National Navy Club of New York viii
observe Navy Day with appropriate exercises
at the clubhouse. Is East Forty-first street.
and at the Todd Shipyards, Brooklyn.
The Second Battalion. Naval Militia. will
hold review for the Brooklyn Chamber of
Commerce at the armory. First avenue and
Fifty-second street, Brooklyn. $50 p. M.
vicc-President Calvin Coolidge and United
States Senator'S Lenroot and Calder will ad-
dress a meeting at the Clermont avenue
rink, Brooklyn. p. NJ.
Americas Making" carnival and dance,
Hotel Aston. p. NJ.
Meeting Of the American Iron and Stool In
stitute. Hotel Commodore. all day.
Representative Ogden l.. Mills VIII address
meeting at the home of Mrs. 8. Borchard,
$40 West Eighty-sixth street. 4:<6 p. M.
Boston Terrier Club show, roof garden
Waldorf-Astoria. all day.
New York State Nurses Convention. Hotel
Pennsylvania, all day.
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SCHOOL CONGRESS ELECTS.
Mothers and Parent Teacher Bod
les Meet mt Albany.

ALBANY. Oct. 26.--The New York
State Congress of Mothers and Parent
Teacher Associations at It's annual con-
vention here to-day elected officers as
follows: Second vice-president. Mrs. AL
bert w. Weaver. Buffalo; fourth vice.
president, Mrs. stephen NJ. Ryder. Mag
ara Falls recording secretary. Mrs.
Philip s. wakeley. Saratoga Springs
directors. DR.. Harriet Bailey Clark. AL
bany: Mrs. W.. l.. Forsythe. Fulton /;
Mrs +. l.. Burdck. Binghamton; Mrs.
X. C. Morris. Clean. and Mrs. v. II.
McClelland, Perry.
The president, Mrs. Montford c. Hol-
ley OF Loclsport. and Mrs. Frederick M.
HosHer of Auburn and Mrs. Paul b.
HerrIck OF Kenwood, first and third
vice-presidents, were elected last year
for two year terms.
The convention closed tonight with
an address by Mrs. David o. Mears.
first president oe the New York State
Congress of Mothers.
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The Way Miller Turned Back
the Spending Tide.

1t is only fair to AL SMITH to say
that when the State appropriations
and spendings increased enormously
under his administration they did
only what the State appropriations
and spendings had been doing under
preceding administrations. Year after
year the taxpayers money had been
pouring out of the State treasury in
increasing and alarming volumes.
But also it is no more than fair to
the administration just before Gov
ernor SMITHS and to Governor MIL
LER's just after Governor SMITHS to
say that Governor SMITH served only
half Of the fiscal year of 1919, that
fiscal period beginning July /, 1918,
and ending June 80, 1919, while Gov
ernor SMITH did not go into Office
until January 1, 1919
The appropriations of s95.S90,93S
for that year were not made under
Governor SMITH; they were made
under Governor WHITMAN before
him. And the spendings of half that
year, the first half, were made under
WHITMAN and only the spendings Of
the second half of the year under
SMITH.
SMITH, therefore, does not deserve
either full credit or full blame for
the record of the appropriations and
spendings of the fiscal year of 1919.
The first fuR~~ fiscal year under
SMITH was the year of 1920, from
July 1. 1919, to June 80, 1920. And
in that year, the complete Smith
year. the appropriations made to
cover the expenses Of running the
State under Governor SMITH made
the terrific leap from s95,s40,9S3 to
$l45,2l9,906.
IN the same way the appropria-
tons and spendings OF the first half
OF the fiscal year of 1921 were not
chargeable TO the Miller administra-
ton, for SMITH was Governor in that
period from July / to December 81
1920, and MILLER was Governor the
second half Of that fiscal year, from
January / to June 80. 1921.
When Governor MILLER went into
Office. therefore, he got the heri-
tage Of the appropriations made
under SMITH and he got the heritage
OF half year of the spendings Of the
Smith administration in the fiscal
year of 1921. Governor MILLER also
got the Smith administration esti-
mates Of what was needed TO run the
State Government for the fiscal year
next following, and that estimate was
for more than S2OO,OOO,eOO.
But Governor MrLLEB's business
administration did not listen TO any
talk Of s20O.OO0,O0O for the state OK.
penses in the new fiscal year Gov.
ernor MILLER's business administra.
tion chopped that estimated $200,000,-
600 down to actual appropriation for
the fiscal year Of 1922 to s139, 353,449.
so here is how the record stands
on the first full fiscal year under
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d ally Calendar
THE WEATHER.

For Eastern New York-Fair to-day;
slightly warmer this afternoon; to-mor-
row fair and warmer; diminishing
northwest and north winds becoming
variable
For New Jersey-Fair to-day. slightly
warmer this afternoon: tomorrow fair
and warmer: diminishing northwest and
north winds becoming variable.
For Northern New England-Fair to-
day and tomorrow; warmer to-mor-
row; diminishing northwest winds.
For Southern New England-Fair to-
day; slightly warmer this afternoon; to-
morrow fair and warmer; diminishiug
northwest and north winds becoming
variable.
For Western New York-Fair and
warmer to-day and tomorrow; dimin-
lshing northwest winds.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 26.-The disturb
ance over the Gulf Of Mexico appar-
entity had two centers tonight, one i'm
mediately south of the Louisiana coast
and the other about latitude 28 degrees
north and So degrees west. No strong
winds were reported.
The weather has remained fair during
the last twentyfours except for show
ers In the north Pacific States and along
the Gulf coast and in portions of Penn
sylvania, New York and Vermont The
weather became cooler to-day. in the
southern lake region and the Ohio VAL
ley. and In the Atlantic States as far
south as Virginia, while the weather
was unseasonably warm from the
Mississippi Valley westward. except IN
the Pacific States,
The indications are for generally fair
weather tomorrow and Saturday In the
States east of the Mississippi River, ex-
cept that showers are probable to-mor-
row in tho extreme South. The tenn
perature will rise gradually In the Ohio
valley and the lower lake region ana
IN the middle Atlantic and north At
lantic StaSes.
:, Observations at United States weather
Bureau stations. taken at 8 p M. yesfersay
seventy fifth meridian time:
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Consider the Oyster.
From The Country Bard.

From the Country Bard.
When you're feeling battered and broken.
When your minds reached the stage
OF decline,
When you TEEN with harsh words I'M
spoken.
When you dolefully lament and whine.
When trouble attends you time without
end,
Consider the oyster-my worthy friend.
That iowly thing--part Ash, part she'll.
hell,
Nor lays down to die with the cruel pain
inflicted by man--that would be vain
When caused irritation In Lifc's great
i wthirl.
CLARA MIEHM,
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that in evening dress they failed to
equal the degree of distinction that
players from London possessed under
the same circumstances.
Nowadays 1t is the uncommon
merit of their English speech which
the average impresario urges as his
excuse. 1t must be authentic. since
there were never so many actors of
English birth employed on the New
York stage as there are at present.
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No Free Trade for America.

Speaking as the economist, as the
general advocate Of free trade and
as the particular champion of the
traditional British tariff system Sir
GEORGE PAIsH declared on Wednes-
day evening before the American
Manufacturers Export Association the
following.
THE men responsible for national
and International policy after four
years OF opportunity have not only
failed to find solution for the eco
aomic and financial problems which
the war created but have rendered
them and are still rendering them
more difficult to solve
What Sir GEORGE meant by that
utterance was that the creditor ma
tions of the world expect payment
on the international debts owed them,
yet with tariff walls erected at their
ports bar the debtor nations from
paying the debts. or the United
States he said in respect Of this ban
upon payment in goods:
''Thc American Government is en-
deavoring to prevent the debtor ma
tions from meeting their obligations
in America.
"The very fact that up to the war
America was a debtor nation and
was consequently more anxious to
sell than to buy has prevented the
American people from realizing that
the extraordinary change which the
war has effected in their fortunes by
converting them from debtor TO. a
creditor nation demands change in
their point of view"
But the point of view of Sir GEORGE
PAIsH himself is bound to be strongly
influenced by his own environment,
by the advantages to his country of
its tariff system, by the absolute
needs of his country, with Its differ
ent economic situation, for different
tariff system from the system that is
essential to us with our different eco
monte situation and our vast stake
in home industries and home pro-
ductivity.
1t is true enough that in the main
debts among the nations OF the world
must be paid with goods IL they are
paid at all. This is so as a general
proposition when trading countries
have normal gold supplies to settle
the net balances after the exchange
Of goods. 1t is singularly so now
when the debtor nations have not
enough gold TO do their work at home
and when this great nation has more
gold than II knows what to do with
But this country, different both
in it's economic conditions and In its
trade relations from any other coun-
try on earth, has colossal free trade
among the half hundred great States
and dependencies within It's own
boundaries. And IL has this free
trade among these various and varied
States, exactly as II among various
and varied countries. on perfectly
rational, normal basis. That is to
say, labor costs and other economic