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The New York herald., 1922-05-27
Fill the Sailors Library.

The American Merchant Marine
Library Association is doing all it
can to provide books for sailors on
American ships, but 1t needs help. 1t
asks everybody who has books or
magazines to spare to send them to
the New York Public Library, marked
plainly "For American Merchant
Marine Library Association"
Men at sea have time for reading.
but the books to which the crew has
access are usually few, and the ships
library needs replenishing as much
as the ships galley. In nearly every
home there are duplicate copies Of
books and other volumes which are
not wanted once they have been read.
There are stacks of magazines that
must be disposed of somehow. These
can be sent to the association with
the assurance that they will be put
to good use.
If gifts are accompanied by the
donors name their receipt will be
acknowledged.
The New York herald., 1922-05-27
Babe Ruth's Misdeeds.

The two offenses committed by the
Hon. Babe RUTH on Thursday must
be considered each by itself. The
first chronologically was the tossing
Of a handful of earth in the face of
an umpire who had called him out.
This was as unwise as it was repre-
hensible. Umpires, as every ball
player will agree, need clean faces
and clear visions. Throwing dust in
the eyes OF an umpire would obvi-
ously unfit him for his job.
And yet is the Brobdingnagian bats
man solely to blame for falling into
such a gross error? Should not the
traditions of the game be indicted
jointly with him? Baseball is the
only American sport in which 1t Is
fashionable to dispute an umpire's
decision. The most famous players of
the game include large percentage
of umpire baiters. JAwN McGRAw
early attracted public notice by his
habit of stalking up to an erring UNI
pire and breathing fire at him. Dis
putting the umpire was followed by
The New York herald., 1922-05-27
Old Music Halls.
The Hong Que and Tony Pastors
Theater In Broadway.

To THE NEW YORK HERALD: I was
living In North Moore street in 1868
and heard Gus Williams sing the oins
and needles song In that year at Tony
Pastors Theater at SIS Broadway.
He was a graduate of the Hong Que,
free and easy institution that flour
ished in those days in Spring street
Just east of Broadway and opposite the
Astor estate office. Among Gus's asso-
ciates in the Hong Que were Harding,
Van Denmark, Melville and Johnny
Roach.
Tony Pastor brought out Lillian Rus
sell at 5s5 Broadway In 1868 and gave
her that stage name. her right namc
being Lillian Leonard.
Only few years ago Gus Williams
committed suicide In Yonkers after
some young fellow In a booking Office
asked him what he could do for an
engagement. This read in your paper.
The last time l heard him, and I went
there expressly TO hear him sing TWEEN
ty-seven Cents" was at Proctor's Fifth
Avenue Theater.
T.. J. o'SHAucHNEssY
NEW YORK. May 2e.
The New York herald., 1922-05-27

children Of long ago had jointed
dolls manipulated by strings.
Although toys were among the
first things man made, progress in
their manufacture was slow. A CEN
tury ago they were limited in vari-
ETY. and Of the simplest construction.
Besides dolls there were hoops and
jumping ropes, tenpins and marbles,
popguns, battledore and shuttlecock
and jack in the box. That was
about all.
The modern toy store is minia-
ture exposition of life. There is no
triumph of engineering the toymaker
does not emulate after his fashion.
But it is doubtful that the children
are happier than rag dolls and stick
horses made them. If the child's
genius for finding substitutes for the
real thing could be carried into adult
life the nerve specialists could take
down their shingles.
The New York herald., 1922-05-27
Union Station and Loop.

That the Transit Commission is
getting closer to the real problems of
travel in New York is made evident
not only by the great program of
new subways recently announced but
by the latest plan, indicated at
Thursdays meeting, of a union sta
tion for suburban traffic. This, ac-
cording to Chairman McANENY's re-
marks, would be built on the site Of
the car barns on Fourth avenue be-
tween Thirty-second and Thirty-third
streets. 1t would tap the Pennsyl-
vania tunnel and save Long Island
commuters who work on the East
Side from making a long trip to
Seventh avenue. 1t would take the
place Of the Grand Central Terminal
for large amount Of Westchester
and Connecticut traffic. 1t could be
the terminus for practically all the
large committing business between
New York and Westchester.
The proposal to build an under
ground loop in the shopping district
fits in with the union station idea.
Such loop would naturally have as
its four corners the Pennsylvania
Station, Times Square, Grand Gen.
trail and the suggested union sub
urban station. Now a traveller in
haste must take a cab to get from
the Pennsylvania Station to Grand
Central; the loop would take him
there in five minutes. At present
there is no comfortable, swift and
cheap way of travel between Grand
Central and Times Square, for the
shuttle is maze and a failure; the
loop would take its place. With the
loop a shopper could cover both the
Forty-second street and the Thirty
fourth street districts with ease. The
commuter could reach his train,
north or east bound, with speed and
comfort. The theatergoer woald find
the loop boon.
This loop should be moving plat
form, not railroad. Only an end
less belt would be able to do the
trick. Trains, starting and stopping,
would be a mistake on line only
two miles long. The four stations at
the corners of the square are about
half a mile apart. Long trains could
not be handled and short ones would
not hold the traffic at the rush hours.
But moving platform is a train
which in this case would be two
miles long and which would have no
starting or stopping or maneuvering
of doors.
The New York herald., 1922-05-27
An Old Guitar.
ladows are

In a room where shadows are
I have found an old guitar,
Cracked its face and frayed its strings
Frayed its vain imaginmgs.
Ancient case. which now art dumb,
How you used to throb and hum!
You were wont to tinkle nights
All alive with young delights.
La Paloma" fiuttered down
Through the lacing branches blown,
And the Spanish Cavalier"
Caracoled in gay career.
Some ono in crfnoline
From behind q curtain screen
Listened to the tunes I played.
Listened to the serenade.
I can see her. see her now,
Banded hair above her brow.
Peeping from her chamber high
While the moon sailed down the sky.
From her white hand petals fell.
Even now their scent smell.
Even now their colors flame
But can't recall her name.
Was 1t May or Anabel7
There is no one left to tell:
No one left to-day who knows
Whether 1t was Ruth or Rose.
whosoe'er you were. fair maid.
Take anew this serenade
Thrummed upon an old guitar
In a room where shadows are.
MAURICE MORRIS.
The New York herald., 1922-05-27
On Chatting With Venus.

The earth is always a little lone
some. At least its dwellers are in
variably interested when science sug-
gests that one of our neighboring
planets is inhabited. We yearn to
extend the hand OF fellowship across
the vast wild spaces of the skies.
1t makes people happy to learn that
the assistant secretary of the Smith
sonian Institution, C. G. ABBOT, con-
siders it possible that the planet
Venus contains intelligent life.
This is not revolutionary, When
the great Swedish astronomer
SvANTE ARRHENIUs published his
"Destinies of the Stars" in 1918 he
declared not only that Mars was as
dead as the moon but that Venus
was the white hope of the solar sys-
tenn. She has climate about as
warm and moist as the heart Of
Congo forest and therefore Is suited
to the production of vegetable and
animal life.
Confronted with the usual ques-
tion whether it would be possible to
communicate with Venus, Mr. ABBOT
replied that If it were the cost would
be immense. 1t is, indeed, quite a
drain on the imagination to contem-
plate the possibility of chatting with
a planet. We must assume that
Venus has had her Franklins, Edi-
sons and Marconis. and that she has
proceeded along the same lines as
this world in the development of the
radio.
More than that, those who believe
that there will be interplanetary
communication must be confident
that the other satellites Of the sun
have inhabitants imbued with de-
sire to chat with the land of CHARLEY
CHAPLIN. How do they know that
curiosity is not blessing bestowed
exclusively upon the children of
ADAM?
The New York herald., 1922-05-27
Neglected Craveyards.
Memorial Day Recalls Forgotten
Country Cemeteries.

To THE NEW York HERALD: In this
age of progress sentiment is apt to be-
come a wornout virtue In many fam
lilies and communities. AS Memorial
Day draws near there are those belong
ing to the older school who turn back
ward to other years and visit the rest
ing places of those whom they have
known and loved.
1t is not my desire to call attention
to the large city cemeteries but rather
to the many little overgrown grave
yards scattered throughout the country,
where year after year the blackberry
and poison ivy vines are left to cover
the graves of those who are resting
there, neglected and forgotten by men,
bers of their own families. Some of
the hidden brown stones are historical
monuments. being those Of brave men
and women whose lives were full Of
deeds of sacrifice and herolsm and
whose descendants are glad to trace
their ancestry to those who at critical
times took part in the saving Of their
country. Then comes the question.
Why neglect these little forgotten coun-
try graveyards?
In olden times they were placed near
the meeting house and In some cases
the churches carried on the work which
1. should have been the pride of the
family to do. Years pass and churches
become inactive to many of the funda-
mental principles Of the fathers in their
hurry to keep abreast of the times.
MAY CAswELL LIGGErr.
SPRrNcFIELD, N. j., May 20.
The New York herald., 1922-05-27

abusing him vocally. Next came the
shaking of the potential fist. And. as
one thing leads to another after the
manner of evolution, 1t eventually
happened that the umpire was not
safe from the touch of something pro-
PEELED in anger. The Cachalot of the
Yankees did not smite HnDEBRAND on
the beezer. Maybe he tossed the earth
as poetic gesture, solely to remind
the umpire that even he was of
common clay.
At any rate, assuming that the
Babe is as guilty as any player who
fiouted an umpire ever was. why does
not the Lord High Commissioner Of
Baseball, Judge LANDS, break the
ancient notion that decisions are to
be disputed by players? Such kick
ing is futile; no umpire changes his
verdict.
Respecting RUTH's second erring
act there will be certain amount
of public sympathy with him for hav-
ing lost his temper and made dash
into the grand stand after q spec
tator who yelled at him "Ya big
bum, ya!" TY COBB under similar
provocation made a similar raid on
the stand. There are limits to hui
man patience and, as Mr.. RUTH re-
marked, the umpires do not eject the
spectators who call names. What
would SpARTAcUs have done to a
Capuan lounger who called him
big bum? Glove him to the chin,
doubtless. Would RICHARD of the
Lions Heart have taken 1t mildly If
a Saracen had called him a big bum
or whatever stood for the epithet in
those days? We hear the swish of
the great two handed sword and the
sigh of the decapitated.
Babe RUTH should reform. So
should the traditions Of the game
relative to umpires' decisions. And
the rowdies in the bleachers and
grand stands should reform or be
kicked out Of the ball parks.
The New York herald., 1922-05-27
Where Cocaine Comes From.
Wild Shrub Of Peru and Bolivia Long
Known to Natives.
Pharmacist IN London Daily maiI.

Pharmacist IN London Daily Mol.
Cocaine, the use Of which Is so greatly
abused because It produces elation of
spirits for a short period, il most
valuable drug when used by the surgeon
for small operations on the nose. ears.
mouth, teeth and other surface parts
as a preventive of pain. 1t obviates the
use of ether or chloroform.
1t is made from the leaves OF the
shrub Erythroxylum coca. which grows
in Peru. Bolivia and Chile and Is now
cultivated in India and Ceylon.
A traveller in Bolivia and Peru will
come across a shrub growing wild which
will remind him somewhat of our Brit
lsh blackthorn. 1t bears a cluster of
small flowers with yellowish white petals
which are succeeded by red berries.
The leaves are oval and about an inch
in length. and when crushed have Q
faint tealile odor.
This is the coca plant.
The leaves have for centuries been
used by the natives as a masticatory.
When chewed they allay the desire for
food and prevent a feeling Of fatigue
when travelling or during great exertion.
Fifty years ago cocaine was practi-
cally unknown.
The dried leaves Of the plant are the
part used and these yield approximately
s per cent. Of cocaine.
From the leaves the cocaine Is ex-
tracted in tho form of crystals. But as
these are soluble only in oils. alcohol.
chloroform and Soma other vehicles. the
cocaine Is converted INTO a hydrochlor-
ide, which is easily soluble in water.
In this form 1t may be used as a powder
for sprinltling on the parts to be oper-
ated on or for smiling into the nose. or
as solution for infection under the
skin.
AS much as f750 has recently been
mentioned as the value Of two pounds
OF cocaine. but this IL probably based
on the price the Illicit dealer expects
to obtain for his smuggled goods. The
present market price is about IS a
pound.
The New York herald., 1922-05-27
SATURDAY. MAY 81. 1922
Mr.. Lloyd Georges Accounting.

DAVID LLOYD GEORGE was more tnan
extraordinarily clever in explaining
to the House of Commons the Prob
lem with which he and his associates
had to deal at Genoa-the problem
which all but baffied them. He was
great statesman profoundly conscious
of its meaning to all countries of the
Old World.
The picture he painted of the con-
ference was almost entirely the pic
ture of Russia, because Russia was in
evitably the very essence Of the work
of the conference, and no interna-
tional leader and orator of the day
could have done his task with more
skill and more subtlety. done it more
engagingly and more brilliantly than
Mr.. LLOYD GEORGE did his masterful
piece of sketching in the Commons
under the eyes of Great Britain and
of the world.
What the conference had tc deal
with. as Mr.. LLOYD GEORGE told the
Commons in his bold and even daring
way, was not a theory but a condi-
tion. The condition was the physical
power Of the greatest population in
Europe, tyrannized, destitute, famine
stricken, but desperately bent upon
self-preservation, with vast well
trained army massed on its frontiers.
The English delegates to the confer
ence were not afraid Of the Russia
which Mr.. LLOYD GEORGE pictured to
the Commons with all the force and
vividness of his practical eloquence.
They did fear, and Mr.. LLOYD GEORGE
facing his own legislative govern
ment candidly declared the fact,
the shambles Europe might become
again II Russia were not saved from
universal poverty and indescribable
suffering.
It was in this spirit, looking the
Russian situation squarely in the
face, that Mr.. LLOYD GEORGE and
other outstanding figures in the
Genoa Conference set out to make
virtually the whole business of the
conference the saving Of Russia If
Russia would be saved.
But the rulers of that vast coun-
try-and there are no more despotic
and absolute rulers anywhere on the
face of the earth-would not respond
to the friendly approaches CT the
nations gathered at Genoa in the
spirit, the only spirit, that would per-
NIT those nations to carry out their
purpose.
It was the fault Of nobody but
those absolute rulers Of Russia. that
the work laid out to be done at
Genoa for Russia was not done
and could not be done. 1t will be the
fault of the absolute rulers Of Russia
II the work laid out to be done for
Russia at The Hague is not done
and cannot be done.
This is the story and the lesson so
truly and ably told in the Commons
by DAVID LLOYD GEORGE for his own
great country and for all the coun-
tries OF civilization.
The New York herald., 1922-05-27

a billion dollars more than that
s3.s79. 100000,
To talk. therefore, of getting the
railroad rates back where they ought
to be for the American public with
out corresponding wage adjustments
is nothing but cheerful idiocy,
whether it is the irresponsible chat.
ter of a scribbler or the solemn utter
ance of a Government officer. BY
the same ladder the railroad operat-
ing expenses went up. their steep
climb they must come down, step by
step, to earth again.
The New York herald., 1922-05-27
Pumpkins and Sunflowers.
New York Accepts With Confidence
Challenge From Australia.

To THE NEW YORK HERALD: In your
paper recently Australia challenged my
1914 inch sunflower, presenting one 17X
inches in diameter. .saa
The Australian measurements evil
mine was only the dried seed disk with
out the petals. Another sunfiower
raised on the line between New York
and Connecticut measured while the
flower was intact 1871 inches across
the seed disk and 23 inches with the
petals.
This years crop of sunfiowers, meas
rred while they are in full bloom. should
decide the championship.
Australia also very pertinently calls
our attention to its large pumpkin,
weighing 1873 pounds.
Pumpkin raising is another impor-
tAnt crop in which we should interest
ourselves The pumpkin Is really q
winter melon, and, like the cucumber.
citron and watermelon. possesses dis
tinct medicinal properties.
The negroes. who are great pork eat
ers. recognize this fact The water
melon season Is really their Lenten sea-
son. when they abstain from pork and
eat watermelons instead. This purifes
their systems and enables them to sur
vive through another prolonged period
Of pork eating until the next watermelon
season comes.
Our Knickerbocker ancestors evidently
appreciated the benefits to be derived
from the free consumption of the winter
melon, judging from the number of
popular dishes derived from it--pump-
kin pie, pumpkin bread. cakes, &C
One of their capacious red earthen pie
dishes has been handed down to me-
1t is rounded on the bottom like a
wooden bowl This gives It more
depth in the center than at the outer
edges. 1t Is 14h inches In diameter
and over two inches deep in the center
The name Jane Is painted in broad
bands Of yellow In the center and curle-
cues or the same color adorn the edges
Of the platter. A. v. G. THOMAS.
SAUcERrIEs, May 26.
The New York herald., 1922-05-27
Jokers in the Tariff.
Proposed Duties on Gas Mantles and
Aluminium Articles.

To THE New York HERALD: Permit
me to extend my hearty approval and
that Of many Of my associates and
friends. all Republicans. on the stand
YOU have taken against the present pro-
posed tariff bill.
The tariff IS full OF jokers. duties. for
on which there Is monopoly at present
held by the Weisbach company, against
which company the Government Is now
bringing suit in one department. while
presenting it with still more complete
monopoly in another branch of the Gov
ernment. There is also the case OF the
Aluminium Company of America. which
already has monopoly. and for the
last ten years has never failed to pay
10 per cent. dividends earning recently,
we understand. $1o.o00.000 In one year
on a capital of s1s.000,000.
We have written to many Senators,
including those from New York State.
and Senator McCumber. The answers
to our appeals are simply acknowledge
ments. so that recently a Republican
has had to resort to writing letters to
Senator Walsh, a Democratic Senator.
In order to get even hearing. Please
let me add that we have received ex-
cellent attention from this gentleman in
quite non-partisan way.
Senator McCumber has what he calls
a suspense file, into which most OF our
correspondence seems to find its way.
just what this suspense file is we do
not know. but have an idea it is some
where among old and musty documents
or prehistoric public records. or it might
even be the waste basket.
e. w. DurroN.
NEW York, May 26.
The New York herald., 1922-05-27
Special Dispatch TO THE NEW Yosr HrnALn

Special Dispatch TO THE New YosK HmALn
New York Herald Bureau.
Washington. ID. c., May 20.
The War Department will continue its
experiments in the manufacture Of poison
gases regardless of the treaties growing
out of the conference for the limitation
of ornaments.
The Government arsenal at Edgewood.
Nd. will be maintained as q laboratory
experiment station. and the best talent
will be utilized to develop ideas in chem
ical warfare and in poison gases. al-
though they will not be manufactured in
quantity.
This decision is not based on the de-
hay of other countries in ratifying the
treaties negotiated at the Washington
conference. 1t is assumed these treaties
win be ratified in time. The United
States is committed to the idea that the
use OF poison gases in warfare should
be eliminated, but Secretary of War
Weeks feels this cannot be done until
all Governments enter into an agree
ment to this effect and earnestly keep
the compact.
At present, according to information
reaching Washington. all the Govern
ments are continuing experiments In
gases suitable for chemical warfare. and
the United States. as a measure Of
safety. cannot allow itself to be outdis-
tanced.
1t is pointed out that the agreements
included in the treaties merely call for
the non-use of these gases in war among
the nations signatory to the treaties. It
does not pledge them against their de-
nor does 1t bind them not to
use gases against nations not signatory
to the treaties, and. naturally. 1t has no
other effect than a moral gesture"
upon nations not signatory.
The Governments decision to go
ahead with its chemical experiments is
made despite the conviction of every
official. including the President and the
Secretary of War. that the use of gas in
warfare is an offense against civiliza-
ton. 1t is believed the agreement
reached at the Washington conference
has been a move in the right direc-
ton. But it is regarded as only
a step. The viewpoint entertained
by the War Department. that experi-
mentation in new gases should be con-
tinued. is held by the military affairs
committees of both Senate and House
and is reflected in the appropriation
contained in the army bill for this pur-
pose.
The War Department processes to
have no knowledge of a reported British
mission that has como here to learn
American chemical warfare secrets.
The department has kept the secret
that has existed since the world war
concerning the deadly gases which had
been perfected and were ready for use
when the arnistice was signed. 1t is
said sensational progress since has been
made along this line by American chem
,sts, but this secret. too. Is closely
guarded.
The huge supplies OF gases which were
on hand at the close Of the war have
been destroyed and only sufficient
quantities for experimentation are kept
on hand and no supplies are being Gre
ated. The Government Is committed to
The New York herald., 1922-05-27
ARMY-NAVY MERGER
SCHEME IS DEFER RED
Dsnby's Trip Delays Plan to
Unite Departments.

Special Dispatch to THE NEW YoRK HmALp.
New York Herald Bureau.
Washington. ID. c., May 26.
The consolidation OF the War and
Navy departments into one compact or
ganization. under President Harding's
administrative reorganization. scheme.
appears to have been abandoned for the
present.
No conferences have been held on tho
proposed fusing process. At the outset
of the reorganization scheme proposed
by Walter F. Brown OF Ohio, who was
authorized to develop it. both depart
ments were informed they would be
consulted when the subject was ap-
preached.
Secretary of the Navy DENLY will be
absent from the country because of his
trip to Japan. and under the arrange
ment the subject cannot be approached
until his return.
The New York herald., 1922-05-27
: Rctribution.

II you are seeking for an open door,
Seeking escape from shelter you once
sought,
Longing to bear away the gifts you
brought
pray you go-I would not keep you
more.
Aye, go. and take your gifts end so be
free,
shall not try to take revenge. my
friend.
For you will walk companioned to
the end
OF life harassed by haunting memory.
ELISABETH ScoLLARD.