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The New York herald., 1922-11-26

An order recently issued at Mos
COW by the Soviet Executive Com
mittee confers on the State Political
Department the power Of carrying
out executions and inflicting pun
ishments without trial before court.
This is the, ,Gpower which the Boil
shevists' notorious secret police, the
Cheka. had before II was suppressed
last February. The order is taken
by Russia 10 mean the revival of the
cheka with the especial object of
combating -Bolshcvist activity.
The reported expatriation from
Russia OF several score anarchists,
among whom was MoLxE STEINER,
who was deported from the United
states. without public accusation or
trial In accepted as evidence Of ac-
tivity under the order.
when the Cheka was reported TO
have been suppressed Moscow made
an effort 10 give the news the widest
possible circulation. and at the same
time n announced the release OF
mapy % the political prisoners
confined BY order OF the Cheka.
This was done. ~ was generally ha-
iiev~d. because the Soviet ..yShed TO
dean house and 90 give TO the world
the impression that ~ had aban-
6oned itn revolutionary methods OF
terrorism before sending It's repre-
senfafives 20 the conference at Genoa.
The Substitution for the Cheka OF a
rev police department with the same
personnel and with DJERzHTSsKY, its
fcad. aa chief led. however, to con-
siderable doubt as 90 the Soyiet's
sincerity.
DJnxuIxsKY was tho chief de-
fender % the cheka. lie acknowl-
edged that the organization was In
many respects similar 10 the okhrana
or the secret service OF the Cars,
but he declared that its existence was
justified by revolutionary conditions
IN Russia. n was necessary as
means Of nghting the bourgeoisie
early In the revolution. but since
there was no longer any bourgeoisie
naturally there was no need OF the
Cheka.
Exactly what he meant by this
The New York herald., 1922-11-26
Boys Not Afraid of Work.

When Mr.. EDISON said that he was
out of patience with college men
because they shrank from hard and
dirty work he was imputing to>one
group in the community a failing
which does not distinguish 1t from
all other groups in the community.
There are college men who shrink
from hard and disagreeable tasks and
shirk them; and there are plenty OF
men who without going to college
learned to like soft life.
Anybody who is minded to accept
Mr. EpIsoN's complaint in its en-
tirety would do we'll to read the an
nouncement just made from Prince
ton University that during the last
college year students who are put
ting themselves through college in
whole or in part earned $161,530. In
the employment bureau maintained
by the university 800 students were
enrolled last year. These are boys
who are doing double duty; they are
working outside the college course to
win the chance to work in the col
lege course.
That is a good record. particularly
I'm a university which is not stu
ated In on near large city. In. uni
versities like Harvard. Yale. Colum-
hia and Chicago the opportunities for
a student 10 earn money during term
time are much greater than they are
In institutions like Dartmouth, Will
liams and Princeton. There are stu
dents at universities situated In or
near large cities who are earning an
nually sums OF money that might
surprise Mr.. EprsoN.
The money that these boys earn il
not always or even usually earned
easily. Some athletes are able to
capitalize their regulations and 80
meet their expenses In ways less
arduous than those they might other
wise have 10 follow. but they are the
exceptions. The majority have tc
take such work as they can get. be II
clean or dirty.
The truth is. as THE New YoRH
HERALD has maintained before. thai
II there are too many men in colleg'
who do not work as they should. there
are too many men. strangers to thu
college. who do not work an they
should. Thousands OF college students
every year are fitting themselves b,
hard work I'm the college for ever
harder work outside II. and the,
must be remembered whenever tn,
collegiate group is condemned as Z
group.
The New York herald., 1922-11-26
Onion Soup at S A. M.

Tho distinguished visitor from
France has without doubt planted a
new issue in many American minds.
This is the breakfast issue. 1t con-
fronts our conservatism with the
deadly argument of fact.
Here Is man 81 years old who
rises at S O'Clock, eats onion soup,
Gruyere cheese and hard boiled eggs,
and goes forth like a lion into the
fray of the world.
Shall Americans emerge from their
isolation OF sausage and pancakes at
1880 A. M. and follow Mr.. CLEMEN-
cEAU? 1t is big question, far more
vital to most Of our hundred million
breakfasters than Europe's fate.
America will demand further de-
tails before taking pattern from
Frances grand old man. How is the
average cook induced to rise before
5 A. NJ? Is the Schweitzerkase
grated in the onion soup or served
on the side? Are the eggs Of the five
minute or the twenty minute sort?
At o'clock in the morning the
kitchen is lonesome place. What's
to be done for amusement while the
soup is heating and the egg water
coming to boil? Have some coffee?
No, for coffee Is not On the program.
If you live in house you can let
the cat out, take the milk in, accel-
crate the furnace, rustic the ash can
and indulge in gymnastics.
Getting the rest of the family to
join the revolutionary movement
would be an interesting exercise Of
will power. Onion soup is for win
ter dinners, they will say, hardboiled
eggs are sacred to picnics, and
Swiss cheese Is no good without beer.
Such obstructionists must be talked
to severely. They do not understand
what is good for them. They do not
realize that the tottering world must
be made over.
1t is heartening to remember, In
connection with the Clemenceau pro-
gram, that many ancient New Eng
landers started the day with pie.
But the cheese they ate had no holes
in 1t. And they lolled in bed until S
o'clock on special occasions only.
The New York herald., 1922-11-26

The State OF Pennsylvania has
been suffering from the worst drought
Il has known In years. Conditions
in some localities have become criti-
cal. Coal production has been ham,
pered and even threatened with seri-
GUS limitation The drought n much
prolonged. win mean curtaiiment OF
coal output az Just the time when the
existing fuel shortage 10 being felt.
The lack Of rain has already caused
heavy losses. Many industries have
shut down. throwing their workers
out of employment. Johnstown n
the center % q district threatened
with the sfnicticn of q record break.
Ing drought The conditions be-
came last wceh 40 critical that Il
was announced that uniess rain fell
within q few days 5000 men would
be thrown out % work by q 60 per
cent. shutting down of the steel plant
AZ Johnsfown. Only y per cent Of
the citys normal water supply was
availahla
In wessmor~isne county all indus
trial plant. have h~en restricted 90
three DAYS op~rntion q week. A
aour min near nloomsburs Columbia
e0unty. was compelled % stop grind
ina Tor th~ frss time tn the Ire years
az lfa exiatence Several towns have
been in partial darkne~@ from thu
shutting down az their elecfrfs plants
on acrgurt of the droawht
Stretches of the Hunuuehanna
River are Described ss being llisls
more than mud amtn The acEnyikin
has shrunk IN piaces to q mere brook
Smaller streams have cutie dried %.
causing death % valuable nah- Fnrm-
ern have had 10 haul water long dis-
tnnces Cor their stock ana Cor house-
hoid uses. Ana ov-r an there has
hung ths constant peril % disastrous
forest fres
This ABNORMAL condifion began "a
FAR back a. last July ana with oc-
oasional short Intervals 90 partial re-
I lief has been continnous frxm that
time % the present During the frst
half of November the rainfall was
from two-thirds % more than two
thirds below the normai average for
the State AZ large Prayers for rain
have been offered IN many churches.
Naturally. there have been appeals
70 the weather authorities. but the
best the metsorolosista could DO was
70 explain the conditions causing the
irought and 10 point out that by the
'aw of meteorological averages the
,eople of the Kcyston~State must he
prepared for abnormal precipitation
The New York herald., 1922-11-26

Golf IS making inroads on other
sports and the followers % these
other sports do not relish A. They
are casting aspersions on golf. For
instance, billiard experts lay the poor
showing OF Young JAKE ScuAErrn
against WILLIAM r. HorrE In the anal
for the championship last week
partly 70 the beaten mans devotion
to golf
They assert that In his assiduous
attention TO the stymie ScHAEFEn
lowered his effectiveness with the
masse, that in his development OF
golf shots he lost some OF that finesse,
some OF that sensitivencss Of touch.
which is essential In balkline bill
lIards. HoPPE played golf good deal
about three years ago but was per-
suaded to drop II.
The question Of the effect OF golf
The New York herald., 1922-11-26

A Plan Of Grouping the Paintings by
Schools Proposed.

To THE New 'Yoax HERArD, Your
editorial article about the new orand
Central art gallery rings to the point.
Ths dimoulty you suggest can b
avoided by following my suggestion.
The hanging COMMITTEES should ssrrs.
gate each school OF painting to special
walls. For instance. the academic than
tho futurists and cubists together: again
tho impressionists and romanticists side
by aide.
AZ is the custom In the independent
show and otherA even in the present
Academy exhibit, tho walls are q mere
tumble of different schools. A rough
painting Il seen alongside Of q deli
cately executed masterpiece. One kills
tho other.
Should this method be tried I think
the galleries would prove better for tho
artists ~ well a. for the buyers.
LOUIS N. ErLsHEMIus.
NEW YoRx. November 26
The New York herald., 1922-11-26
North Carolina Statistics.
The Death Ratio Falls and Jails and
Their Inmates Increase.

TO THE NEW Yonx HnRArDi In your
paper of November 10 occur these two
statements on different pasest
The death rate in North Caroline
within few years has dropped from
bp4 to ge.5
North Carolina led IN the construction
OF new fails, e8 In 1917 10 i6s IN 1922.
and inmates 1899 IN 1917 to <.ies In ie7a.
Is this a case Of cause and efreot or
does II merely signify that the Tarhssi
jailbIrds have their physical welfare
carefully looked afterf
Or does Il imply that n moro people
had been put IN jAiis the death rate
might have experienced . still lower
drop7
A statistical fan like our good friend
Josephus Daniels Of the Raleigh Ne,os
and Observer might juggIe with these
comparative figures and extract some
interesting conclusions. II. A. Q.
New YORK. November rs.
The New York herald., 1922-11-26
The Theatre Coznique.
Entertainments Given BY Harrfgan
and Hart and Others.

To THE NEW YORK HERALD; HArrigan
and Hart became managers and proprie-
tors Of the Theatre Comique in 1879 and
remaineds there for about five years.
meeting with phenomenal success. In
1881 they gave - control of tho Com
ique and moved to their new house. the
old New York Theater At 72s Broadway,
which had been recently vacated by the
worrell sisters Harrtgan and Hart re-
NAMED there until the theater was de-
etroyed by fire. which event terminated
their partnership.
spent considerable Of my time at
the Theatre ComiQue. It's entrance was
at b14 Broadway. Tho theater proper
was on Crosby street and had been used
as a synagogue. An entrance was cut
through to Broadway and tho house
was opened by Henry Wood and his
minstrels on July Z, 1884 In Dcoem-
Dor. 1865. George Wood. former pro
prietor Of Woods Museum, afterward
Daly's Theater, became lessee and
named the house Woods Theater. Later
Sam Coville became lessee
In August, 1887. W. Horace Lingard
became proprietor and named the house
the Theatre Comique. Linsard met
with great success as lightning change
artist, a form Of entertainment We see
little Of nowadays. Tho Grecian
Bend" Captain Jinks." "On the Beach
at Long Branch. were very popular
songs of his regime. other managers
were Sam Spencer. Robert w. Butler.
d. q. Gilmore and Josh Hart Robert
w. Butler and Josh Hart controlled the
house from 1871 to February. 1915.
During their tenancy many notable
performers appeared. among them being
John wild, who in 1899 with Hughcy
Dougherty. gave up their minstrel troupe
and Joined the Comique company. Then
there were Sam Hickey. Master Barney.
Gus williams, Harry and John Kerneil.
Billy Barry. Sheridan and Mack. change
artists; Ella wesner. the Irwin sisters
and Kitty O'Ncil. the prcttiest little
song and dance artist of the period
Robert w. Butler. Josh Hart and
Tony Pastor were the producers of a
style OF entertainment that is now al
most wholly absent or diluted to the
vanishing point
WILLIAM HAxRrsoN RoDuERs.
OAKLAND, N. J., November ab.
The New York herald., 1922-11-26
Initiating the Black Shirts.

It Is natural that the Fascist
should be copied in Europe outside
OF Italy. Tho success of MUssoLINI
and his black shirted followers was
SO quickly and easily achieved that
men in other disturbed countries are
tempted to initiate the Fascista
method.
How many Of the so-called Fascista
movements in Central Europe and
France are genuine remains to be
seen. The Bavarian brand Of Fas-
elmo Is suspected Of being monarch
ism In disguise. In Prussia the
movement has a taint OF anti-Semi-
tism. The French Fascist. organ
lied at Rheims, seems to start with
the purpose which impelled the Ital-
ians-the defeat of communism and
radical strikes.
The Fascista idea was born of ne
cessity. 1t was intended to protect
property and private rights. 1t put
Bolshevism to rout in Italy. 1t saved
industry and produced order. Only
when the Italian Government neg
lected to hold the ground which the
Fascist had gained did MUssoLIN1's
men overthrow the Ministry.
II the imitators OF the Italians will
stick to the lines of the original
Fascist they may do some good in
the regions where destructive forces
are at work. But no spurious Fas-
cista group will go far IL It is merely
masked band of political adven-
turcrs.
The New York herald., 1922-11-26
The Closed Heart.

I closed\you In my heart
when you were dead;
when others came and asked for love
There Is no room," said.
SO went the months, the years.
Until one night
I looked within my heart for you
And found II empty quite.
For you who loved so we'll,
How could you stay
In any heart grown hard and cold.
Where love was shut away7
I opened wide my heart
With love to share;
I let the others In, and then
! looked and found yon there.
ABIGAIL CREssoN.
The New York herald., 1922-11-26
Hats in Elevators.
Old Fashioned Politeness and Modern
Business Conditions.

To rHn NEW YORK HERALD. I have
no doubt that most men agree with
Mayor Kohler OF Cleveland In his sug-
sestion that men riding In tho city's els-
vators keep their hats on their heads,
al rules OF politeness Notwithstanding.
They wear their hats In taxicabs or
subway cars while In the presence Of
women. SO why stand In solemn state
OF baldheaded dignity when In using a
lift woman enters? In the haste ana
crowded conditions OF our modern busi-
ness buildings tho old fashioned ideas
OF courtesy must be sacrificed.
Have you ever experienced the shift
ing and nudgins that results as mon
seek TO raise their hands to their hats
In crowded car at the entrance OF
women who are too. busily engaged. In
gossip TO acknowledge the show OF bun
CLING and Jostllng that masquerades
under the name OF politeness7
JAMES w. TuLLY.
NEW YoRx November On ,,l
The New York herald., 1922-11-26

posed in case of an attempt to escape
or q wreck.
I took the subject UP with tho At
torney-General and the reply received
from the Assistant Attorney General
was: These criminals were doubtless
under tho supervision of deputy mar
shais. Since It Is a long trip to Atlanta
these deputies doubtless considered their
own convcnisnce and overlooked the In
eonveniepce te yourself and Others"
How long shall such practices prevafl7 :
II the Department OF Justice giving ,us
Justice or injustice7
cHARLEs p. HnrwAln.
sourHuRN PTNxs, ~. c., November -.
The New York herald., 1922-11-26
Poetry That Pleases.

10 THE NEW YoRK- HERArDi wish
to congratulate you upon the quality OF
poetry which has appeared In THn NEW
YonK HERALD during the last yvar.
Poems from the pens OF Clinton Hocl-
lard. Elisabeth scollard. Edith M.
Thomas. Charlotte Becker. Helen Frasee-
Bower. Abigail Cresson have increased
the worth of poetry to great extent
1 could not let this opportunity pass
by to congratulate you upon the poetry
you have been printing.
GEORGE FRANKLIN ArxRRrEr.
NEWPORT, r. l.. November ~.
The New York herald., 1922-11-26
Criminals in . Pullman.
Of Annoyance % Passen.
eers on q Train Going South.

To TEE NEW YoRK HnaAsDi Permit
me 20 call attention 70 IN outrage on
iawabidins. respectable. tsxpsyins citi-
zena On October 4 on q train leaving
New York for Atlanta, Ca. therc were
ten or moro criminals In the same Pull
man with my wife. AZ meal times they
wcre taken into the dining car. Their
actions wero very annoying TO ladies
ana their language Objectionable 20 both
SEXES, not to say anything OF tho dan
ger to which tho passengers were ex-
The New York herald., 1922-11-26

tecame clear through the publication
last September Of the of,ciAl report
OF the Cheka's work. IL executed
1,T66.11s persons. or these more
than 5000 were professors and teach
ers. $500 doctors and sss,2So other
intellecfuals. In the list were also
260. 900 soldiers. is2.35o workmsn and
SIS. 100 peasants. This record Affords
very evident explanation OF the
complete failure OF the Soviet's EFFORT
at the economic and educational re-
building OF Russia. IL gives an
idea too OF what its return 20 power
means.
The secret police has recently been
under much the same training ~ the
army, and the two branches Of ser
vice have been moro closely united
since the reported suppression OF the
Cheka. TRorzxY says that this CO.
operation Is beneficial 10 both soldier
and police. What. perhaps. he really
meant was that the soldier. with the
constant fear of being under the sur
veillance Of the Cheka. will not be
htciy to enter into plots against the
Cnvernment and less free in his ex-
preston OF dissatisfaction. The
day has passed when the Soviet
scorned military aid. II is now en-
deavoring to build up strong army.
1t believes with all Russians that
who holds the army holds Russia.
This combination Of army and go
cret police is unique product Of
Bolshevist rule. II has q strength
that neither would have alone, a
strength which in the hands Of the
Bolsheviki imposes az great a terror
now as in the early days Of the Rus
sian revolution.
The New York herald., 1922-11-26

Svo~s ehs fvsoods~ tAvk.) Journal
Last week ws asksd for 1000 loads of
wood on subscription. Up TO this writing
rcs . single load has been received. Btu
Henderson and Deck Crabtree tnink we made
n too strong IN calling for 90 much wood.
Maybe we ara. We are now willing TO COM
promiSs on one load and win call the first
man who brings n to- us "a prominent citi-
ren.'' "weli TO DO gentleman" or stretch
the truth any other way In order 10 keep
from freezing. We want wood.
The New York herald., 1922-11-26
A Needed Invention.
Limitations Of the Telephone Shown
by the Bootlegger's Mistake.

To THE New YosK HERALD: From
time to time there has appeared In news
papers and periodicals.. especially those
OF tho scientific SORT the promise OF
device by which Photographic nkenesses
may be sent by wire.
At present there n an urgent demand
for somewhat similar invention by
means of which users Of telephones may
SEQ reflected tho face OF the individual
at the other END OF the lire. IL neces-
sity Is the mother OF invention perhaps
we shall get such q contrivsnce.
Thousands. nay. hundreds OF thou
sands. OF telephone conversations take
place in New York every Gay In which
tho speakers cannot sec each other and
have to depend upon the unreliable
method of, identifcatiou Of trying to
recognize each others voioeaL
Never before has there been . time
when II has been 20 essential to ones
welfare. even to ones personal liberty.
and by that mean avoiding incarcera-
tion in jail. thar ono should know to
whom one Is talking. especially over the
telephone Tho truth Of this wfli dawn
on anybody after Q moments reflection.
but briefly cite one caSs ~ proving
tho point.
A friend OF mins rsleasd shis incident
to me with no little show ef fsslins.
It seems that hs returned hoDs tired
out after hard aay-s work only to
discover that thers wAs not . single
drop Of ambrosial invigoratoS in che
house although no always triss 70 have
At least q quart or moro on hand Bvsn
his wife's cologne bottles were empty.
80 he sat himself down at the telephone
and called up his bootlesger.
Now. my friend tells me tl,as ne ana
his bootlegger are excellent friends ana
that tho bootieggsr viii 40 almost any
thing for him except give him = free
sample. In answer to my friends query
over the telephone came the reply.
why, so-and-sos out who's talkingr'
''Is her asked my friend innocentiy
enough.
''Ixxyi" cams tho startled sxciazna-
ton over the wire ana tho connection
wan out on.
Not only could my friend not get ths
wfre again. but on going over to the
establishment he found the place closely
shut. He was forced TO 20 out and
hunt up the right kind of drug store.
which took some time and no little
trouble.
Now. the point I wish to make Il that
II tho telephone were equipped with
some device 90 that the speakers at that
particular telephone conversation could
have seen each other my friend would
have been saved gaoA deal Of trouble.
Such an invention IL sadly needed.
NEW YonK, November rs. r. p.
The New York herald., 1922-11-26

whittier flows the eager stream
That the rain sets free7
Under grass ana over rocks.
To the sea. the sea
whittier flows my thirsty thought
When young wishes start7
Under hope and over fear.
To his heart. his hearth
Sea and stream win blend at last
Blend ana close above
VIII he quench my thirsty thought
In the sca Of Iovc7
HELEN FRAxxE- -BowKR.
The New York herald., 1922-11-26

To THE NEW Yonk HEnArD: Tho
opinion OF Mayor Kohler Of Cleveland
that men should keep their hats on in
elevators and shouid not remove their
hats when speaking 10 a lady in .
windy street is to say tho least, un-
American and savors OF disrcspect for
tho rules of chivalry and good manners
which have obtained in this country
ever since its beginning. 1t would have
been moro In keeping with his ONCE
II no had urged the duty Of mon to
remove their hats in the presence OF
mothers. wives and sisters of Americans
who gave up their lives In the war.
He should also request men not to
blow tobacco smoke into the faces Of
women in elevators
T. N. MArrHEwA
NEW YoRx, November 26.
The New York herald., 1922-11-26

when at last the drought is broken.
In the Connemaugh Valley. in which
Johnstown1 lies, this must cause great
uneasiness, for It was the scene OF
one Of the most destructive floods in
the history of the United States.