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building. Five of the twenty were Of
cotton and must have cost about ss
cents.
Then 1 walked over to the Patriotic
Block on 1920 street between Columbus
and Amsterdam avenues. THE New
YORK HERALD-or was 1t THE SUM-
so named this block in 1918 when It be-
came known that 31s residents had en-
listed or had been inducted into the
world war. There I found forty-hve
flags floating on one side Of the street
and flfty-five. on the other or north slde
On Memorial Day there were more than
twice one hundred displayed. 1t is true
that it had rained early in the day and
also true that many Central Park West
residents were out of town on the
Fourth, but so we're many Of the resi-
dents In 1920 street on pleasure bent for
the day; nevertheless. the flags were
put out first.
4. As patriotic instructor OF q Grand
Army post feel that much of. our effort
has been wasted. We give nags to
public schools and other institutions OF
learning and have been doing so for
twenty-five years. ! have looked into
the eyes Of hundred thousand children
while with their hands uplifted they
promised to love. honor and protect tho
flag then being presented to them. Some
of those children have prospered and
may now pay from one thousand to
three thousand dollars rent In some OF
those undecked apartments passed In
my walk. II any such there be ] adture
them to read the editorial page OF THE
New York HERALD OF the Fourth OF
July. S' ~. "
NEW YoRK. July 8.
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Early Corners to America.
Trip Of HwuI Shan, Chinese Priest,
in the Year 400.

To THE NEW YORK HERALD: DR..
Frank vizetelly's interesting commune
cation concerning. early voyages to the
American continent prompts me to add
the account OF another. not accepted as
authentic but worth reading.
Legends common to the literature OF
both China and Japan relate that about
the year ls9 Hwui Shan, a Buddhist
missionary. in company with five brother
priests found land many miles to
the eastward of China which he named
Tussng. They sailed along the Chinese
coast to Kamchatka and thence along
the Aleutian Islands to Alaska. The
description Of the peoples they found
fits the Aleuts and the Eskimos as they
are to-day.
From Alaska, which they called Great
Han. they sailed along the coast to
Fusang. Hwai Shan describes the
dwellings made of blocks OF sun dried
mud. which housed many people. = de-
scription which hts the pueblos OF an
cient America. He mentions a plant
used in making cordage and paper,
which afforded vegetable milk and
which yielded tender edible sprouts. The
maguey plant answers this description.
He also describes a plant and It's
fruit which Is the species Of cactus
commonly known as the prickly pear.
From the Chinese records. therefore.
Fusang was very like Mexico.
few years ago the Chinese Cow
crnment directed it's historian to make
search of the imperial records. and
from them came the foregoing account.
Whatever credit may be given to the
story, 1t is well to bear in mind that
steady winds are blowing from the Chi
nese coast to the American coast and
that Chinese and Japanese junks in
thousands sailed the nearby coast OF
Asia. That In the course Of time some
OF the junks were blown across the
ocean must have been certain
MOUNT VERNON, July s. OBSERVER.
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Mile. Lenglen's Victory.

The tennis match SUZANNE LENGLEN,
holder of the women's championship,
won from Mrs. MoLLA BJURsTEDr
MALLORY at Wimbledon yesterday,
was a contest for something more
than title. Mile. LENGLEN was ter
ribly humiliated by her fiasco in her
visit to America last year; Mrs.
MALLoRY's friends have never been
willing to admit that the French
woman is her better on the courts.
Yet the record is against them.
Mile. LENGLEN beat Mrs. MALLORY on
the hard courts at the st. Cloud Club
in France in two straight sets. 60
and 6-3, June 5, 1921. At Forest
Hills, Long Island. Mrs. MALLORY
won one set, 6-2, before Mile. LENG-
LEN defaulted under circumstances
which created one of the most un-
pleasant incidents in the history of
tennis. Yesterday at Wimbledon the
French player won decisively, again
in two sets. allowing Mrs. MALLORY
only two games in the first and none
in the second.
When Mile. LENGLEN announced her
decision to play at Wimbledon she
declared emphatically she would not
default. 1t is plain that the impress
sion her game made on the specta-
tors as she played her way through
to the finals was greatly in her favor.
Before the match began yesterday
she was a three to two favorite over
Mrs MALLORY.
There have been persons who pre-
dicted Mile. LENGLEN would quit
rather than face Mrs. MALLORY again.
She didn't.
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situation of Germany will be black

situation of Germany will be black
black for Germany and black for the
Allies, waiting for their reparations.
But how long shall that security
be denied? Not, we think. very much
longer now.
AS for the German political situa-
tion, it does not look to-day so black
as it looks electric. The German
people seem definitely committed to
a republic. and the German people
cannot be conquered from within.
Yet who can say what the German
people in their economic stress will
choose to do with their political
system?
The world versed banker, the sharp
thinking and clear seeing economist.
can judge from far distance when
a country is in dire economic and
financial straits. But the sure politi-
cal analysis can be made only by the
discerning expert. perhaps the in
stinctiye critic, on the spot.
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The company sells as many as 10000
Communication tickets per month. These
tickets for at least four years past have
been misused. They we're to be bought
at various stores. fruit stands boot
black stands. poolrooms. barber shops.
cigar stores and groceries In most OF the
tation tickets in great many OF the
small places. and conductors took up
tickets on the trains from parties to
whom they were not issued. Bundles
Of tickets so taken up were presented at
the hearing. 1t was obvious, as shown
by the signatures Of the purchasers
thereon and of the persons from whom
they were taken. that they were pre-
sented by others than the purchasers
At Ossining one man rented space in q
store and dealt In these tickets. and on
Sunday night could be found on the
station platform collecting the tickets
from persons 20 whom he had rented
them. on their return. One woman at
White Plains had eighteen or twenty
tickets month. The practice was, at
the start Of each month"; for her to give
q customer wishing to 60 to New York
and return the price Of Communication
ticket to be taken out in his or her own
name. The next man or woman did the
same. and the process continued until
the dealer had accumulated enough tick
cts to last during the month. One could
60 to her, secure ticket, ride to New
York and return on it, pay her the
charge. and return the ticket to her.
Her charge was considerably less than
the regular rate which the passenger
would have needed to pay.
The company procured injunctions
against persons renting out these tickets
in the State and Federal courts. and re-
strained, for. instance. In Ossining thir-
teen persons, In Poughkeepsie thirty
seven persons, In Newburgh forty-four
persons. The injunctions. however. did
not stop the sales by other people.
After the requirement of the photo
graph on the Communication tickets was
put in effect the sale of communication
tickets fell off in one month at:
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The House in the Highlands.

pine for the, far OF hills folded ir
azure mist
Where early the twilight comes in silver
and amethyst.
And the smell Of birchen boughs Il
waited up in the dark
From wooded hollows damp where the
fireny fans his spark.
There Is a small brown house. but 81
lence dwells within;
Spiders over the pane their filmy cur
tains spin,
up by the door.
But the pool Is choked and foul with
the leaves of the sycamore.
The lock on the door is fast. the key
hole sealed with rust.
The snail has left on the sill Shiny
trail In the dust.
Only the moonbeams chill in the empty
chambers fail.
Only the lonesome owls from the weedy
garden call:
Mold and slow decay and the wild
things own it now
4HS Aitlic Houoc WHcIc AONc % SOOu
forgot his vow
And lived by the distant blaze of the
city's crown Of light.
Dreaming of tinsel toys, went out and
away one night
But the eyes of my spirit see the faded
rose In bloom
BY the broken gate, like the ghost Of a
rose that grew by tomb.
And the ears Of my spirit hear the
cricket's song in the grass.
And the tap Of the ivy green on the
grimy window siass.
yearn for the high blue hills that SEN
try the Hudson's tide,
long for the house that clings like a
nest to the mountain side,
For when to all but the lights of the
siren city blind
Love went out In the night he left his
heart behind.
MINNA IRVING.
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system requires; whole grain bread
possesses the mineral substances
necessary to health.
vitamine C is the antiscorbutic
principle of fresh fruits and many
vegetables. The discovery Of vita
mine C is matter of the last few
years; its properties have been
known for two centuries as specific
against scurvy. 1t is quickly de-
stroyed by cooking. but canned toma-
toes retain it pretty nearly In full
strength.
Alkaline substances impair or de-
stroy it; acid solutions preserve it.
Lemon juice is rich in vitamine c;
lime juice is not 1t can be preserved
in an indirect way. Dried peas con-
tain very small proportion, but
preserve it indefinitely. But II they
are put to soak in pure water until
termination begins very abundant
reproduction occurs. Up to the pres
ent this seems to be the only method
Of concentration known.
Vitamine D, the most recent dis
covery, is associated with the growth
of bone tissue. Information con-
cerning it will be published from the
laboratories of Johns Hopkins Uni
versity very shortly
Physicians and dietitians are Of the
opinion that much of the sterilization
of foods which has been practiced In
the past has been i'll advised. The
sterilization of milk destroys its con-
tent Of tubercle germs, 1t is true;
likewise 1t destroys the vitamines.
The employment of devitalized foods
may not be responsible for the preva-
lence of defective teeth and ricketts,
among children, but evidence points
to this as the cause. That dietetiI
fads and commercialized vitamines
travel hand in hand goes without say
ing. One thing, however, is certain:
IA human being whose diet includes
milk products, fresh vegetables and
fresh fruit gets all the vitamines
nature requires.
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Commuters Pictures
Why the Public Service Commission Approves the
Requirement Of Photographs for Identification.
OPINION BY comml.,tonsr sempIs.

Complaint against the New York Con-
trail Railroad Company of = requirement
of the tariff duly nied that a commu-
tation ticket for the exclusive use Of The
purchaser shall be valid only when pre-
sented with a holder bearing the pur-
chaser's photograph. furnished by him.
and the same signature as appears upon
the ticket.
The questions are two:
]. Whether the photograph require
ment is reasonable one under the cir
cumstances and not discriminatory.
2. Whether the requirement that tho
photograph be furnished by the pur-
chaser operates to give the company
greater compensation for transportation
than the rates specified In the schedule
hied and In effect at the time. and Is
therefore unlawful.
I. As to the reasonableness of the re-
quirement. the evidence tends to show
that the mileage and the one way fare
from New York city. as compared with
the Communication fare per ride. Is:
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extinction of typhoid; scarlet fever
is weakening under the knowledge
that the germ is spread almost en-
tirely by direct contact; tuberculosis
gees steadily down before fresh air
and sunlight.
There is a definite assurance in
these figures of the Department of
Health-the assurance that man can
to some degree beat down the un-
seen forces that plague him from his
birth. There is more than lowered
death rate in the report for 1921.
There is the conviction that man can
make himself a better world to
live in.
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Independence Day.
Historic Authority for the Celebra.
tiOn on July 4.

To THE. New York HERALD: With
much interest I read the article in your
paper on the signing Of the Declara-
tion OF Independence and the account OF
the controversy as to whether 1t was
proper to celebrate the anniversary on
July or August O.
Now with all due respect to the late
Mellen Chamberlain, with whom I had
a slight acquaintance, believe there
can be no doubt as to the fact that
the day we celebrate is correct. One
of the ablest writers OF the Revolution
ary period was Francis Hopkinson. also
one of the Signers. At the close OF the
second volume Of the edition of his
works published in 1912 occurs the
following:
publication the following account Of the
grand procession, performed at Philadel-
phia on the 4th OF July, 1888, but had
no small share in planning and direct
ing the arrangement Of 1t. have
thought proper to give it a place here
that tho remembrance Of 1t may have
one moro chance of preservation in ad-
dition to those Of the newspapers OF the.
time. .s. r ~
IAN account OF the grand Federal
procession. performed at Philadeiphia'
on Friday. the 4th OF July. 177s [evi-.
IDENTIFY misprint for ssl. st
"'On Friday, the 4th OF July. 1888. the
citizens OF Philadelphia celebrated the
Declaration Of Independence, made by
the Thirteen United States of America
on the 4th OF July. 1776. and the estab-
lishment of the constitution or frame OF
Government proposed by the late, gen.
ersl convention of the States and now
soiemnly adopted and ratified by ten OF
those States"
= Under the subtitle Of Independence"
1t Is related that John Nixon on horse
back bore white silk flag with these
words: Fourth of July, 1776."
Later in the narrative 1t Is stated
that 5000 men were in line and were
viewed on the green by 1900. A
large majority of these persons were
well acquainted with the events Of 1776,
and certainly the promoters of this
pageant would not have misplaced the
date in the celebration. That this was
a spontaneous public showing is evil
denced by Mr.. Hopkinson's closing note:
This extraordinary exhibition was
not undertaken in any order or recon-
mendation Of government nor was any
part Of the expense borne by the public
treasury. The voluntary exertions and
contributions of the citizens furnished
the whole"
II the sIgners and most prominent
men Of the period deemed July 4 the
proper day to celebrate. knowing we'll
all the circumstances. IL surely seems
superfiuous to raise any question at this
date. GEORGE NJ. BROWN.
New York, July 8.
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New Jersey.

WeenaWkens O1ten spoken,
And Hoboken is a token
That is heralded far and wide;
And there Is Jersey City
As name 1t is a pity
They're over on the Jersey side.
There are Belmar and Absecon.
con.
And Barneeat, where sweeping goes
the tide;
Angiesea, Atlantic City.
Brigantine-Yo! no a ditty-
They're over on the Jersey side.
Camden-makes you think of Walty--
Sea Girt. where the waters salty;
Montclair, where the roosters crow In
pride;
Avon. Deal. Long Branch and Jobstown.
Swedesboro--surely that's no gob's
They're over on the Jersey side.
Allamuchy. Elm. Shamong.
Manunkachunk, Cox, Hopatcong.
Egg Harbor. where the leghorns all
abide.
Railway. Red Bank. Matawan.
New Egypt. Freehold. Manasquan.
Are over on the Jersey side.
Mayeta, Bamber. Lacy, Squankum.
Trenton. where they brew the bunkum,
Princeton. where lot Of Hessians
died,
Paterson, all fine and silky,
Asbury. whose ways are milky
They're over on the Jersey side.
Pauiina, Pompton. Woodmansie.
wheatiand. Manahawken--whce
Elizabeth. eiect--a blushing bride
Hacklebarney. Hightstown, Davis.
Swain, Point Pleasant--fun to lave is--
They're over on the Jersey side.
Orange. Bound Brook, Perth Amboy.
Sandy Hook and ships ahoy.
Tumble, where you possibly may slide.
And lots Of other towns and places,
Full Of queerness. airs and graces.
Are over on the Jersey side.
MAURICE NORRIS.
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Retrospect.

Love has so many ways in which to die.
And I. who am so old in love. stood by
so many beds of death. / know
At different ages, love dies thus and so.
Yet never one Love went unto his death.
But had tried to stay the falling
breath.
Never a passing Love but leaned near
With parting whisper and falling tear.
When I was young grieved to see Love
die,
Now I am old-and understanding why
They passed. despite my pleading call.
Now am old know I killed them all |
Er1zABHrH EVELYN MOORE
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Reflect Governor Miller.

To THE NEW YORK HERALD Your edi-
torial article referring to the reelection
of Governor Miller, while premature, de-
scribes foregone conclusion. The Gov
ernor has acted soundly on every qucs-
tion. am especially impressed by HE
care for the security of lives and prop
erty as demonstrated by his policy to-
ward those convicted of crime. No
Democrat ye. named can beat him.
New YonK, July 8. DEMOCRAT.
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The Fourth's Flag Display.
The Patriotic Block Excelled Cen.
trail Park West.

To THE New York HERALD: After
ponderIng your matchless editorial ar
tIcle on John Adams's letter to the lady
and the prophetic dream dug up by Ros-
sitter johnson on the Fourth Of July, I
walked mile along Central Park from
West Ninetieth street to 10th street
There were just twenty-six flags in
evidence.
six were properly projected from the
window ledge on poles the twenty 9TH
ers hung BY strings nat against tAs
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what Are These scentsi

What are these scents that drift along
the breeze,
And All the sordid. dingy city street
For one brief space with fragrances
as sweat
AS golden apples Of Hespcridcs
What dim Arcadian meadows lent W
these
Faint breaths Of loveliness from other
where,
That let our hearts fieeting mo-
ment fare
Beyond the withered, brown, dust laden
trees7
Perchance the buds and blooms of long
ago
When this was open country. still
come back
On windy summer evenings to bcstow
On prisoncd folk the blossomings they
lack
Vague, wistful ghosts, that mourn mid
sIums uncleen,
Old orchards and old meadows van
sshed green
'cHARLorrB BEcxER.
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The Best War.

The war against disease is the only
war which man prosecutes with con-
sistent benefit to himself. Nowhere
is his success more splendidly evident
than in the public health records Of
this CITY, The annual report OF the
Department of Health for 1921 is one
| of the most encouraging documents
that ever came from the press.s 1t
tpresents the spectacle of disease after
disease yielding before the deter
mined and persistent thrusts of
medical and sanitary science.
In 1898 New York had death rate
of twenty in every 1000 of popula-
tion. That figure has been reduced
steadily until in 1921 it reached the
mark of eleven in every 1000. 1t Is
more easy to understand what has
been accor olished when one realizes
that fewer people died in the New
York of 1921, with population of
nearly 100000, than in the New
York of 1898, with population Of
3,272,000.
One by one we are conquering the
communicable diseases which are the
price man has paid for the building
up of a civilization composed of
crowded groups. Before the intro
duction of vaccination epidemics of
smallpox visited this city every few
years. In 1875 the death rate from
this disease was 124 to the 100000.
Preventive hygiene fought smallpox,
and now for nine years there has not
been a death in New York from that
| disease.
Typhoid fever has all but sue
cumbed. From a rate Of .21 to the
1000 in 1898 the figures for this
disease have fallen to .02 in 1921.
There has been similar weakening
of the power Of diphtheria and Group,
of cerebro-spinal meningitis, and
during the last ten years in measles
and scarlet fever. One Of the finest
achievements of sanitary science has
been the decline in the death rate
for pulmonary tuberculosis. In 1871
4O6 people in every 100000 died from
that disease; in 1898 the ratio had
dropped to 236 and in 1921 to 80.
The Health Department declares
in its report that New York in 1921
reached the lowest infant death rate
ever reached by any large city in the
world. The figures for babies under
one year show that their death rate
has been reduced from 241 to the
1000 to II to the 1000. That repre-
sents the saving of more than 10000
babies in one year.
The only diseases named as prin-
cipal causes of death which show a
steady gain e.e cancer and heart
disease. Medical science assures us
'.lat there has not really been an
increase in the number of cases Of
cancer but that medicine has i'm
proved its diagnosis OF what remains
the most battling ailment of mankind.
Heart disease has undoubtedly
strengthened in its attack. Nor is
that exactly true, either, for what
has actually happened is that people
have raised the heart disease death
rate themselves by their manner Of
living. In 1898 there were lis
deaths to the 1000 from heart dis
ease. In 1921 there were 200.
One by one we are defeating our
common enemies. Pure milk low
cred the infant death rate; malaria
was banished following the discovery
that mosquitoes carried the germ;
smallpox fell before vaccination;
pure food and water are causing the
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Norwich and His Following.

Repeated successes are apt to de-
velop following for the victor in
contests of any kind on which wagers
are made. This is especially likely to
be true in the case Of a race horse
which wins victory after victory until
he seems invincible. In the day OF
defeat, which comes to all but those
of superlative quality, the losses suf-
fered by the public are all the greater
because Of this fact.
This happened in the case Of Nor
vich. A dozen straight victories had
made the name of BENJAMIN BLOCKS
fine horse known everywhere. The
public interest in Norwich was as
great as the confidence in his speed
and staying qualities. Details Of his
daily life were read with eagerness
by his admirers. What he ate and
how he was trained were described
with particularly. He had as much
publicity as moving picture star.
His picture was thrown on the screen
in every city, town and hamlet.
In the public confidence in his in
vincibility his. owner shared. With
each success the belief in the preemi-
nence Of the colt was strengthened.
1t was natural that very many per-
sons should be eager to bet their
money on Norwich in his race with
Whiskaway..
While many students Of racing fig
ured that Norwich could not give as
much weight to Whiskaway as the
rules imposed, the followers Of Mr..
BLOCK and Norwich were undismayed.
Victory had always perched on their
banner and the fact that it was the
colts thirteenth race had no omi-
nous portent for them. The growth
of confidence in him and the finan-
cial disaster Of his defeat contain
material worthy of the attention OF
students Of mass psychology.