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The New York herald., 1922-06-22
Choosing u Wife.
Il Is Exclusively the Job OF the
Interested Man.

To THE NEW YORK HERALD: Recently
divine preached a sermon on "Choos-
ing a Wife and Choosing a Husband.
which aroused desire in me to dissent
at once.
When did Dan Cupid delegate to
third person the right to tell lovers VINO
and where to find their mates! DO not
men and women marry for love and not
compilations? The sordid things relating
to compilations and cooking should re-
main in the background. for they have
nothing at all to do with love.
Were the everyday enjoyments OF
our intelligent and affectiopate families
faithfully portrayed they would exceed
in moral heroism, interest and romance
most of the productions Of pen ana
fiction.
We all should know that the homo Is
the abiding place of women and that
It is there where all that 10 character
istically feminine in woman unfolds and
fourishes. as 1t is the woman who makes
the home.
It is the personality that a woman
takes with her in her marriage which
constitutes her real dover. She nearly
always possesses industry. self-abnega-
ton. purity and intelligence, combined
with capability. and is herself treas
ure OF treasures.
1t is within the heart and soul Of
woman to make man happy and con-
tented during his greatest adversities
| and misfortunes. She saves the life OF
her husband by her confidence. devotion
and cheerfulness. And there are count
| less thousands Of single men who are
yearning for such savior to-day. and
there Is still a Jill for every Jack.
which facts should irradiate tho hearts
and souls Of more men and women to-
day than any subject discussed since the
Invention Of newspapers.
I guess We will still have to consult
Dan in the affairs Of the heart.
JOHN CHEENwoRrH.
BAR HARBoR, Me-. June 20.
The New York herald., 1922-06-22
Hundreds See Show of Spirit Pictures
Miss Emma Mabel Field Displays Latest Efforts il
Automatic Drawing-Magician Hung Psychic
Artists Work in Independent Exhibition.

of person. with a keen sense OF humor
regarding her drawings. talked regard
ing her sketches, but could shed no isht
upon the why and wherefore or It all.
She pointed out two of her drawings,
one of which was an impression she had
made after looking at the Wooiwortn
building, and the othef which she had
drawn after a hurried glance at Mayor
Hylan. Judging from the other things
present, the drawing. which looked more
or less like a coffin and head OF let
tuce, seemed to be good likeness OF the
tallest building. but the portrait made
after looking at the Mayor was puzzle.
> Careful examination Of the details IN
this sketch revealed many indian
figures of small dimensions which were
taken to DO Tammany influence.
Interest IN this sort of art seems 20
be on tho increase. When the draw
ings were exhibited in this city berore'
the attendance was limited but hundreds
visited the exhibition yesterday.
The New York herald., 1922-06-22
Cuts in McCumber Duties.

The Fordney-McCumber tariff
makers have bitterly and scanda-
lously denounced the American busi-
ness man, abused the American press
and challenged even the American
public for protesting against the ir-
rational duties these tariff fanatics
have insisted should be piled upon
everything. They have declared that
none Of their duties were too high,
that the greater number Of them, on
the contrary. were still too low. They
have threatened that Upon final re-
vision they would send them up
even higher.
But it Is to be observed that the
United States Senate, when 1t does
any tariff work these days, is reduc-
ing schedule upon schedule from the
sky high elevations of the McCum-
ber duties. The work Of the Sen
ate as a whole, in fact. has become
a veritable program Of rate reduc.
ing frbm various impossible duties
Of Chairman McCuMBER's Senate
Finance Committee. So the public
uprising against the Fordney-Mc-
Cumter makers Of mad tariff rates
has, after all, made a dent in their
stubborn purpose.
But sharp cuts Of the McCumber
rates on chains, for example, even
though these reductions include
everything from massive ship anchor
chains to light chains for eyeglasses,
are not going to reconcile the Amer.
lean people to the hundreds of mil
lions of dollars more year they will
be compelled to pay II the frenzied
tariff band has its way with their
sugar, their gloves, their shoes. their
clothing and other necessaries Of life
calling for constant expenditure from
week to week. Such notifications
are going to outrage the American
people the more II they get none Of
those they ought to have.
Since the United States Senate
recognizes that scores Of the McCum-
Der duties are beyond the limit Of
sense or federation and proceeds to
modify them, let the Senate face the
whole truth about the bulk Of the
important tariff schedules and make
general revision downward of all
the duties that will pile crushing
burdens on the American people.
This country is not free trade
country; 1t is a protection country.
The people Of the United States are
prepared for and demand duties that
are reasonably protective Of domes-
tic industry when 1t Is carefully man
aged. efficiently productive and not
greedy. But the people of the United
States never will stand for duties
that repudiate the very fundamentals
of the American tariff system.
The New York herald., 1922-06-22
Rail Unions and Coal Unions.

Whether the coal unions now on
strike, and such railway unions as
are threatening to 90 on strike join
forces to try to tie up the national
transportation system and put tho
business Of the country out of COM
mission is of little consequence at
this juncture.
In the first place, the railroads car
get all the coal they need from the
non-union mines. Far from being q
help to any railway unions that
might quit their jobs, indeed, the
coal union allies would be a mill
stone tied to the rail union necks.
The rail unions would be assuming
the contract Of getting the ctriking
miners back on Jobs that could not
take them all back now II the strik-
ers were to surrender this very day.
The majority of the striking min
ers In the bituminous field would be
dead weight on the rail unions for
the simple reason that the bitumin-
Gus mines as whole are overmanned
by from 100000 to 100000 out of a
total Of 100000 miners in all the
fields.
AS 40 per cent. Of the bituminous
capacity Of the country is non-union
and as one-third Of the country's ca
pacity is not required in existing In.
dustrial conditions. the non-union
mines are really producing half or
more than half the coal required by
the country with perhaps only 200,-
900 miners out of the total number
OF 100000.
This means that strike or no strike
there cannot be any full time employ
ment for half the union miners OF
the country until industrial condi-
tions improve or the unions produce
coal as cheaply as the non-union Goa!
is produced.
And, with or without the coal union
milestone at its neck, the union rail-
way labor now threatening a strike
will neither wisely nor safely ignore
the plain truths told them by Chair
man HOOPER of the United States
Railroad Labor Board. These truths
are that walkouts by rail unions that
are not indispensable to the roads,
while the great brotherhoods OF engi-
neers, flremen, trainmen and dis
patchers who actually operate the
roads continue at their posts, will be
fraught with misfortune for the men
and with disaster for their organiza-
tions.
With none OF the arguments ad-
vanced by the officers and leaders
against the slight wage readjustments
have they leg to stand on, as Chair
man HOOPER shows. The men in
volved are not getting their pay cut
to anything like the readjustment
levels of other industries. Their
wages still run all the way from
double their prewar wages to nearly
three times their prewar wages
The New York herald., 1922-06-22

Mystery. dark. deep and seemingly
unfathomable. which for two months
has shrouded the hanging Of Emma
at the last Independent Artists show.
held at the Waldorf-Astoria. was dis
PEELED yesterday at Clarkea Galleries.
~ East Fifty-eighth street. where an
exhibition OF Mrs. Fields latest efforts
in automatic drawing was opened.
Kalvin Harris, representing q well
known magician. related to reporter
for THE HERALD the successful plot
which placed this picture on tho gallery
walls after the hanging cor1mittee had
decided that there was no more room
and that the picture should not appear
in the exhibition.
The magician upon hearing that the
picture had been rejected decided that
an injustice had been done to Mrs
Field and that he would no. only rem
edy the bad judgment OF jury but play
a trick on them at the same time. With
two of his assistants he visited the
gallery. found John Sloan and A. f.
Baylinson. the president and treasurer
Of the Independent Artists. who accom-
panied them through the galleries dis
cussing the pictures. When the magi-
CldH udQ RcleClcQ u lOSdtiOAi tOA eAAO PAS-
ture his assistants engaged the Inde-
pendent officials in animated CONVEX
sation while a shifting OF canvases was
made and the Field drawing was hung
and labeled by the power best known
to maSicians.
The sleight Of hand work did not.
however. end here. The magician gained
20 ssession of the cash box. The fact
that 1t was locked and the key was In
the possession OF the treasurer made
little difference to him. who again in
voked his craft while he opened the
lock. inserted Mrs. Fields entry fec for
$40. again locked the container and put
It back on the desk. The proper en-
tries were then made in the books and
the card index before the conspirators
called It days work.
This present exhibition contains about
a. hundred and fifty drawings, some OF
which were exhibited here In April at
the studio Of Charles Albin. 554 Fifth
avenue Not one Of them looks like any
thing that is now being done In the
world Of art, a person casually passing
through the rooms where they are hung
would Immediately credit them to
Egyptian art of the ancient days as they
have a certain formality and tone. re-
gardless Of the fact that they are done
in pencil, which is quito like the stone
carvings OF that age.
Mrs. Field. herself most normal sort
The New York herald., 1922-06-22
Is 1t Fair to the Cal? Z?

That untiring deliver into psychic
things. HEREwARD- CARRINGroN, an
nounces that he Is going to try to
photograph the astral body of cat.
He will put the cat in glass box
surrounded by a second glass box
and an@sthetize it. The astral body.
he hopes, will pass from the cat into
the inner glass box and thence to the
outer box, where an atmosphere Of
water vapor will await it. Reducing
the air pressure in the chamber Is
expected to result in the radiation Of
the cats astral body, which will be
outlined in ions and thereafter easily
photographed.
This is all very well so far as sci
ence Is concerned, but is it fair to
the cat? The first injustice in pros
pect consists in subjecting the astral
cat to water vapor. Cats in their
material state hate the wet; does It
not follow that the astral cat will be
miserable when it feels the dew
gather on its pallid form?
But the really big question lies
elsewhere. What guaranty does DR..
CARRINGroN give to the cat that its
astral body will be returned to it
complete and without a scratch? A
cat notoriously has nine lives, but
there is not scrap of evidence that
1t has nine astral bodies. DR..
CARRINcToN no doubt intends to treat
the subject cat in the most humane
manner. offering 1t the most appe-
tizing an@sthetic In Grade A milk
and returning 1t to consciousness in
the most approved manner. But sup
pose that the cat, on being let out
Of the glass box, free to hunt mice
once more, discovers that its astral
body fitted into the Nowhere!
Never. we fancy, would It be the
same cat again. 1t might go through
the motions Of feline life, but some
thing would be missing. How would
DR.. CARRINGToN like to spend the
rest Of his life without his astral
body? He would as soon leave his
subconsciousness in a taxicab.
The New York herald., 1922-06-22
Ed Ceers at the Trotting Tracks.

The affection in which Ed GEERs,
the veteran reinsman is held by
the public is attested by the efforts
county fair managers and racing as
sociations in all parts Of the country
have made to book him and his fast
PAGER Sanardo for exhibitions
No other reinsman has held his ad.
mirers like the man from Tennessee.
For thirty-hve years his rugged hon.
esty and unquestioned skill in his
profession have made him9a conspic.
uous figure in the harness horse
world. He has In addition the quail.
ity of taciturnity which Is admired
by those who prefer deeds to boast.
ing. Pop GEERs never has glorifled
himself or his horses, preferring to
let their achievements in races speak
for their prowess.
The $4,000 or moro which is guar
anteed to him for the trip through
the West is only 1.-THE Of what the
admirers Of the silent man would
like to see contributed as his money
reward. GEERs will get a greeting
from admirers everywhere which
will mean more to him than money.
The New York herald., 1922-06-22
AMHERST GIVES DECREE /.
TO JUSTICE HOLMES
Dr.. w. w. Palmer Of Colun,.
biu Also Honored.

AMHERST. Mass. Juno 81. - Justice
Oliver Wendell Holmes Of the United 4
States Supreme Court received Gin abb
sentia) the honorary degree OF doctor Of :
laws from Amherst College to-day. Other
honorary degrees were conferred AZ fol- .
lows:
Doctor Of Divinity Jason Noble :
Pierce Of Washington and Eherrod 6ouls :
Of Hartford. Conn. To'
Doctor OF Science-Dr. Walter W. =
Palmer Of New York city. head OF tho
new Medical School at Columbia Uni..
versity. y
Doctor Of Letters-Allen johnson. pro- ~
fessor Of American history at Yale Uni.
versity. -
Master OF Arts-Frank L. Boyden Of ;
Deerfield, Arthur F. Warren Of New
York city and Kendall Emerson Of.
Worcester. ~
The New York herald., 1922-06-22
Louis Advises an Artist.
Don't Go to Rome, He Says, Stay
at Home and Be Original.

To THE New York HERALD: After
studying the Prix de Rome scholarship
painting in THE New York HERALD the
following reflections filled my mind:
II young artist. and not SO young
at that. has produced such a mature
painting as Music" why go to Rome ?
He might as well stay right here and
paint more of that subject matter.
Surely the instructors there can't teach
him any more. because the painting
shows mastery in drawing, composition.
knowledge Of classical literature and
fine feeling In tho diversity OF the
figures.
And that Is the most we can expect
from any painter Of figures grouped
If, as he says. he'll return after five
years of study and give his works to
America-well. Mr.. Artist. please stay
in New York and paint pictures that
will portray incidents In American his
tory and life and not the overdone
classical subjects as Music. Peace and
War, &C.
He further says he wants to see the
old masters We have quite few here
In our museums.
II he wants to be q true original
painter It is best to stay away from
foreign influence. While at Rome he
will be initiating the masters old ana
new. that is all. He will lose his lndi-
viduality, the only quality that counts
in art
Therefore It seems ludicrous to me
that he goes to Rome for hve years. IL
he were 10 or 81. all right. But ne
knows at 81 enough to paint Music
When he returns his work will be imi-
tative-will lack spontaneity and orig:-
nality will have died. just as the other
Prix de Rome men who precede him.
LOUIS M. ELsHEMIus.
New YORK, June II.
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d.generacy. A system of punishment
to be effective must among other things
lot allow mon and women to commit
further crimes when they have once
shown that they are Confirmed" crtmi-
mails. They should be taken on the
'~arket" and confined for life.
No harvest of crime could be rcaped
IN this day from prison reform because
no prison reform on a scale to speak of
las yet been attempted.
Tho trouble is that Judge Martin ap-
parently thinks Of prison reform IN
terrus oc Sing Sing. meaning the expert
ment which Thomas Mott Osborne made
there. This individual theory, tried only
in few places and now largely ,aban-
doned even at Sing Sing. In no way null
lilies the necessity for prison reform
along lines dictated by justice and COM
mon Sc.
The reason for SO much misundere
standing lies in the amazing lack OF
acquaintance which the judiciary pos
sesses regarding the Institutions to
which 1t sentences Offenders. A Judge
cannot dispense justice until he knows
to what kind of an institution he Is
sending man. as q sentence Of thirty
days ir one Jail Is often moro punish
ment-using the word in its generally
accepted sense-than six months In an
other institution. 1t is rot by any means
rare thing for prisoner to ask to
have his sentence changed from six
months in jail to one year in the peni-
tentiarJ II he happens to know the con-
citions existing in each. Every Judge
should visit at least cnce year each
institution to which he sends prisoners
and should make these visits at unex.
pected times.
Some prison reformers' have re-
Gently been suggesting that judges be
made to serve six months In Jail IN
Wder to give them an idea Of the mean
ing Of their sentences. More mercifully.
however. I challenge Judge Martin to
serve just thirty days in Sing Sing in
cognito, and even II the prison does
not come up TO his expectations in other
ways let us hope 1t Will improve his
tennis game. JOSEPH F. FIsHMAN.
NEW YORK, Juno 21.
The New York herald., 1922-06-22
Prison Reform.
It Does Not Always Mean Outdoor
Sports for MalefactOrs.

To THE NEW YORK HERALD: The evils
recently attributed to prison reform by
Justice Martin and his description Of
"hotel" conditions at Sing Sing and
other State and city prisons are with
out any foundation in fact.
have no fault to find with the
Judges structures as to the cheapness
of human life and necessity for strin-
gent enforcement Of the law. But when
he speaks of the present crime wave
as a harvest reaped from prison re-
form. and refers to jails and prisons
as hotels and places Of entertainment
where the inmates play tennis all day
long and have motion pictures at night.
can say without reservation that Judge
Martin simply does not know what he
Is talking about.
There may be one or two tennis courts
at Sing Sing. but although have Wis
tied this prison on numerous occasions.
my latest visit having been made about
six weeks ago, I have never seen any.
Just think: at this moment there are
some 1900 prisoners in Sing Sing. 1t
would take about 900 tennis courts to
keep them playing all day.
The fact is that the prisoners at Sing
Sing work all day. and work hard.
Moreover the shops are poorly lighted
and ventilated and decidedly out Of date.
Living conditions in 95 per cent. Of
the jails throughout the United States
and a large percentage of the prisons
are appalling. In some respects Sing
Sing is no exception. The cell house
was built in 1924. just ninety-eight
years ago. The cells are eight feet long
by about four feet wide. and seven
feet in height. The door is about a
foot and a half wide. half Of 1t being
of solid iron and the other half of
closely woven strap iron. Such day
light as gets into the cells filters through
about twenty-five or thirty openings in
the mesh. each about one inch square.
The cells have no toilet facilities. an
iron bucket being used for the purpose.
1t is true that the State has begun
construction of a new cell house. but to
my mind it Is and has been for genera
tlons a monstrous outrage to confine
human beings in such decaying caverns,
no matter WHIST their degree Of moral
turpitude. The Albany county peniten-
tiary and jail Mt the State capital would
be scorned as living quarters by the
filthiest pig. The cell houses at Black
wells Island are not much better.
assert, and 1 think results have
borne me out. that such degrading con-
ditions do not correct criminal tenden-
cies In men, but foster them. And as
at present constituted the majority of
jails In this country. and many o, the
PRISONS. are driving with uniform eff
cheney toward one great end--the maxi
ir q Of hardened. vicious and abandoned
criminals.
Not only is there n most urgent need
at the present time for vigorous prison
reform in the matter of living condi-
tions, but reform tending toward greater
severity and effectiveness of punish
ment. The two must go hand in hand
You DO not punish a man by dulling and
s,unting every instinct and impulse of
decency AMI self-respect. You only
force him into greater recklessness AMI
The New York herald., 1922-06-22
THURSDAY, JUNE %. 1922.
A Year After the Kings Speech.

A year ago to-day GEORGE w.. open
ing the northern Parliament in Bel.
fast, uttered that plea which caused
the world to realize the Kings deer
concern in the Irish questions:
Il appeal to all Irishmen to pause.
to stretch out the hand Of forbearance
and conciliation. to forgive and to
forget and to join in making for the
land which they love a new era OF
peace. contentment and good will.
at is my earnest desire that in
southern ireland. too, there may ere
long take place a parallel to what is
now passing in this hall that there
a similar occasion may present itself
and a similar ceremony be per-
formed"
1t would be absurd to say that al
the King wished for has been accom-
plished. In Ulster the racial and re-
ligious war is still bitter. But the
Kings wish for the south has come
practically true. His speech started
the era of common sense in southern
Ireland. The Sim Fein accepted the
earnestness of his words. His Prime
Minister took up the conveyed idea
and carried it on with patience In
one brief year we have seen the Sim
Fein leaders in peaceable discussion
with Tory statesmen; the drafting OF
the treaty between Ireland and Eng
land: the acceptance Of that treaty
by the Sim Fein Parliament and the
electors, and the publication Of a
constitution which in some respects
gives to southern Ireland greater
power and freedom than are enjoyed
by proud Canada.
When that much can be done within
a year of the Kings memorable
speech there is no need to despair Of
ultimate peace In all Ireland.
The New York herald., 1922-06-22
Credit to the N0ma.

To THE NEW York HERALD: In one
Of the New York newspapers mention
was recently made Of a cable that was
laid across the mouth Of the Gironde
River in France. 1t is supposed to have
been connected at Royan on one side.
with a station ship In the center OF the
bay martha solange) and at Le ver-
don on the other side.
This work Is given credit as being
done by Lieutenant Astor and q yacht
by the name of the May. Undoubtedly
Lieutenant Astor laid the cable as re-
corded. But the vessel that really did
the work was the Mona, Lieutenant
Astor's own yacht. and on which he was
a member of the crew.
JAMES OLvANEY,
Breton Patrol No. %, s. c.
NEW YORK, June 81.
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Mr.. Marconi's Step Forward.

Mr.. MARcoYI's announcement be-
fore the Institute Of Radio Engineers
and the Institute of Electrical Engi-
neers that he has devised apparatus
by which wireless impulses can be
controlled as to direction in much the
same way light waves are now con-
trolled by the mechanism OF the
searchlight is OF conspicuous impor-
tance. Not only does 1t presage i'm
mediate improvement in the adop.
tion Of radio to meet the require
ments OF commerce and navigation.
but il foreteus as surely as one
achievement in science can foretell
another the day when power may be
transmitted without wires.
What limitations may be imposed
on this transmission, by nature or by
the requirements Of human safety, 1t
would be futile to speculate upon.
The advances that have been made in
quarter of century OF develop
ment, however. since Mr.. MARooNi
announced practicable wireless con-
stitute an earnest Of the possibilities
that lie within the field In which
thousands of gifted and indefatigable
amateurs and professional electri .
clans are laboring.
At present radio impulses are set
free without control; roughly, they
may be said to constitute sphere Of
activity; broadcast" accurately de-
scribes the manner in which the i'm
pulses pursue their way. To control