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The New York herald., 1922-08-20
The Seamen's Institute.
A Sailor Finds Fault With Some Of
the Rules in Force.

TO THE NEW YORK HERALD: The arti-
Gle printed recently In your paper about
the seameh's Church Institute should
be Supplemented by other statements.
The institute is not charity. Every
sailor pays FOR his room and board.
Oficefs pay 81 week for a room that
they could get elsewhere for the same
price with better attendance. The only
reason for their living at the institute
is that they are on the ground and In
touch with getting employment on any
ship needing men.
The restaurant charges the same
prices as any ordinary place outside.
II man hires room by the week
and does not renew his payment by
noon on the day his rent IL UP his
clothes sre put Ia the baggage room
and II he Is out OF employment and
money he sleeps in the park A sailor
without money would have a hard job
to get a meal at the institute and a
harder job to get a bed
A man with $3.50 a week room has
TO leave his key in a box In the eIe.
vator when he goes out in the morn
ing anu Is not dliOWeQ 10 ftturn 10 Hfs
room until P. NJ. The laundry In
connection with the institution does not
open until A. NJ. and closes at P. NJ.
II a man gets his laundry at 8 A. M.
he will either have to pay ten cents to
check his parcel at the baggage room
or carry 1t around with him the whole
day. as ne is too late then to return
TO his room.
III a sailor sends luggage to the in
stitute and Is not there personally 10
receive II the people In the baggage
room refuse to take IL.
These are just few things to show
that you pay for everything you re-
celte. The reading room was given BY
the members 81 the Produce or Maritime
Exchange IN memory Of Philip Ru.
bfeeht. II an 5ffieef wants to play b
game OF billiards he pays for II.
To read the afticle in your paper
might iead one to believe that sailors
were receiving charity. Everything they
get at the Ssafnen's Institute they pay
for. F'br obvious reasons do not sign
my name. SAILOR.
NEW YORK, August 10.
The New York herald., 1922-08-20
A War That Never Ends.
exnerts mo- sooner Ia

Agricultural experts no sooner gain
Q measure OF control over the depre.
dations OF pest insects than they are
beset by the necessity OF finding
means to combat new enemies Of the
same kind. This summer their dim.
culties have been multiplied not only
by the greater activity OF the moths
and borers with whose capacity for
destruction they have been long "a.
miliar but also by strange varieties
which have heretofore concerned
them little.
The Department OF Agriculture IL
just, now finding its resources taxed
by the ravaees OF the Japanese beetle
and of European corn borer. pests
which appear ~ he foemen no less
worthy Of the attention OF prevens
tive science than the boil weevil and
the gypsy and brown tail moths. No
fewer than 207 varieties OF plants are
attacked by the Japanese beetle.
which makes itself unusually trouble.
some by It's habit Of avoiding leaves
which have been sprayed. The corn
borer also extends its operations over
many varieties OF plants.
II ia many times more difYicult to
prevent the introduction OF foreign
insect pests into the United states
than IL is to keep out. immigrants
who carry communicable diseases,
because Il can never be foreseen In
vhat manner the new enemy will
MAKE an entrance. The Japanese
beetle Is thought 10 have arrived
with a shipment OF Japanese iris
roots to Philadelphia several years
ago. The corn borer was imported
in the corn straw used In making
brooms.
There is a further Disadvantages In
the Importation Of pests. and that
lies In the fact that when they ar
The New York herald., 1922-08-20
Golf in Terms Of Walking.
How Far Does One walk in Playing
\ Eighteen HOlesl

To THE New YoRk HERALD: Some
years ago an editorial article In THs
SUN stated that Edward Payson wes-
ton was an exponent OF "the best Of all
exercises, the simple and old fashioned
one OF walking briskiy With head up
and arms swinging" AS a corfobofa-
ton OF my own opinion and a duasi
justification of my practice during tie
past sixteen years Of walking twelve
miles day, rain or shine, that state
rnent has Afforded me stch pleasure that
have frequently quoted 1t both In talk
and In priht.
dust now I should like TO have THE
New yoRK HERAtb's opinion Of the pc.
destrIafi value Of golf waivins tire
uuestiofi whether two OF three hours Of
golf "A or Is not better exercise than two
Or three iiours OF walking. about how
many fiiles Of actual wdikihg does one
accomplish In playing eighteen holes?
Az a comparatively yotng pedestrian--
I'm only si=-who looks forward to tar
ing up--ir fifteen or twenty years-the
nold mans game" | am interested In
discovering an approximately correct
answer 10 the question.
A. q. o'Nsirt, t. 8. G.
NorRs DANE. Ind. August IS.
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"why Do 1 Ask for Beautyi"

Why do ask for beauty 6n this earth.
Hungering for truth, as lonely ones
desire
The warming comfort 81 friendly
FIRE?
why do all things OF loveliness and
worth
Bring to my soul serenity, rebirth.
My spirit seeking ever higher, higher,
AS eagles soar the submits 10 respire,
or as great clouds pass onward above
earth?
And though the heart Is lonely that
would know
Only the glowing pinhacles serene
(The lofty and immaculate things
are far
And there are hills TO elimb II we weula
soj,
/ shall fare on indauhted 10 the green,
Vast SUBMITS where both God and
glory are.
BLANCHE SHOEMAKER wAosrAFy.
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Shots Not Meant to Hit.
Andrew Jackson Set Precedent for
Men OF the Wild West.

To THE NEW fokK HERALD: Shots
that went wild or were not intended 20
take effect, mentioned In Mr.. 0leson's
letter OF August 10. were not peculiar
10 frontier life In the Northwest. In
1894, two years before Tennessee was
admitted into the Union. Andrew Jack
son, then rising young attorney In the
Territory, fought duel near what Is
now Jonesborc in that state with Colo
mel waiehstill Avery OF Morsarton, y.
c., as the result OF some sharp ex-
changes In court.
After the duel. which was without
casualties, the two shook hands. and on
their way back 10 town, according to
Buell's life Of Jackson. they agreed that
II had been a very foolish proceeding
to put II more mildly than the bioera-
pher does. jackson was slightly over
six feet and slender Avery much shortur
and broader. During their conversation
Avery said that he had aimed at least
six feet above Jackson's head. and Jacks
son answ cred that his aim had been at
least yard from the centor.
This anecdote suggests one OF the
summaries In the diary Of an editor for
n strenuous year on the old frontier:
.'Threatensd to lick John Doe''--edltor
Of the opposition psSer--"elsht times. Hs
threatened 10 lick me. seven times. Afs
fair sidn't e6me on. ffteen times.'
fsosERr BRucf.
Nrw yofk. August 49,
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Star correspondent says, "a great
field for a musician able to train the
material found here without destroy
ing its existing simplicity and
wholesomeness." These Ozark peo-
pie, men, women and children, have
not forgotten how to sing as their
American progenitors sang. The
quality OF depth OF voice may have
been attained, music critics say, at
the cost of the quality of sweetness,
but this has not destroyed the gem
eral effect of the music. Their song
conventions cannot be compared with
two other notable instances in this
country of peoples choruses, that Of
the Bach Choir at Bethlehem, Penn
sylvania, and that of the May festi-
vals at Bethany College. Lindsborg
Kansas. The Bach Choir was trained
under the inspiration of J. FRED
WOLFE of the Moravian church, and
the elaeruses of the Kansas May fes-
tivals were organized and trained by
the musical department OF Bethany
College, inspired by the intense musi-
cal enthusiasm of the Swedish Luth-
eran church.
These Ozark people, by all modern
standards, are without musical train
ing. They are largely descendants
Of the English settlers Of the Allan
tic coast who moved westward along
the Ohio Valley and across Kentucky
and Tennessee. They are cohserva-
tives who have preserved carefully
early American traditions. They sing
as their forefathers sang in New
England, Virginia, Kentucky and at
those great revivals OF militant
Christianity and hymn singing OF
which PETER CARTWRIGHT and other
pioneer evangelists were the leaders.
In their singing they perhaps come
nearer than any other persons to per-
petuating the earliest popular Amer
lean music.
The New York herald., 1922-08-20
Intelligence Tests.

There was much mirth at recent
session of the House Of Commons
over the intelligence tests to which
British ex-soldiers and ex-sAilors who
seek permanent posts in the home
civil service are subjected. Judging
from the questions quoted in the
London Timess report the tests are
very much like those which became
familiar to 100000 Americans dur
ing the war and to which thousands
Of other nephews and nieces OF UNCLE
SAM have been subjected in educa-
tonal institutions since.
The Members of Parliament were
provoked to hilarious laughter when
they heard this example OF the
psychologists cunning: Write here
the name of the first drink in the
following list, IL 1t is only drink, but
il 1t is not, put cross instead, and
IL it is, an e under it. Underline
whatever you have put. The list is
house, bean, sugar, paraffin, coffee,
milk, cheese"
That is exactly the sort Of thing
that hardboiled Regular Army
Colonels sat down cross legged to
decipher in our army cantonments,
while their outraged common sense
was displayed in language known best
to the army mule. According to figures
quoted during the discussion in the
Commons, the British test was SO
severe that out of 10000 men who
had been recently examined 10000
were rejected.
There were loud cheers in the
Commons when somebody suggested
that IL anybody ought to be turned
out OF the civil service it was the
man who drew up the paper.
n Probably the type of mind best
fitted to achieve distinction in such
tests as this is that OF the profess
sional or semi-professional prize puz-
zle contestant. He would approach
with easy confidence and superior
manner the completion of such SEN
tences as. "A public house is to
barman as hotel is to -" or Body
Is to heart as clock Is to 49," AS a
measure Of real intelligence testsS OF
this kind have value somewhere
near that Of Mr.. EpisoN's we'll adyer-
tised questionnaire.
All examinations are unsatis-
factory in establishing ability, at
best, even when they are applied
In special fields of knowledge. When
they take the form of trick ques-
tions or are mere exercises in men,
ory they aren't worth the time 1t
takes to do them.
The New York herald., 1922-08-20

The gas and electric light compa-
nies of New York city have issued an
appeal to their customers to use as
little as possible gas and electricity.
Every burning gas stove, every glow
ing electric light globe, means coal
consumed. The gas and electric
plants are running short Of COAL and
unless the ultimate consumers Of
their product practice economy a
day is likely to come on which grave
inconvenience, perhaps real hardship,
will be caused by shortage Of gas and
OF electricity.
The Transit Commission already
has acted to save coal BY authoriz-
ing the Interborough Rapid Transit
Company and the Brooklyn Rapid
Transit to reduce train service. This
reduction is to be so managed as to
impose the least possible inconven-
fence on patrons OF the lines, but its
effects will be felt all over the city.
In Maine the outlook for obtaining
coal for winter use has become so
disheartening that Governor, BAxrkR
is urging his yellow citizens to pre-
pare for cold weather by laying in
ample stocks of firewood. With char.
scteristic good sense the Dirigo State
men and women will not let their
disappointment in not getting one
kind of fuel prevent them from pro-
viding against, the future with an
other kind.
In New York and other large cities
and in the towns which surround
them the obligation Of each individ-
ual in the present emergency is clear.
Each man and woman should heed
the appeals of the gas and electric
companies to, use only as much gas
end electricity as Is essential. This
means saving in little things. It
means that cook stove burners shall
be turned out when their flames are
not actually needed. 1t means that
desk lamps shall be shut OF when
the light from them is not REQUIRED.
1t means that in every home and in
every ofice each individual must save
light and heat, for saving light and
heat is saving coal, and the country
is hard up for coal to burn.
II every coal miner In the land
were to 60 to work to-day, and every
railroad In the land were to begin to
transport that coal at 100 per cent.
sfnciency, there would still be empty
bins in the United States next winter.
The only force that can prevent ac-
tual hardship and actual misery 10
the force OF popular economy In the
use OF fuel. The ultimate consumer
must be the ultimate conserver, con-
serving coal for his own happiness,
comfort and health.
The New York herald., 1922-08-20
Oliver Optic at Sshool.
A Boy Reader Remembers Translat.
ing Latin for Him,

TO TIE NEW YORK HERALD. Your edi-
torlal article on Oliver optics centenary
takes me back to the early SOS Of the
last century when read and admired
his stories. He was easily my favorite
author. 1 thank, you for the agreeable
exeafsl9fi y6H have given my memory.
II wolid Be necessary TO count me as
Zone boy IN many thousands ~h6 read
his stories" who knew his real name
was Adams. because IN 1851 and 1855 he
was One OF the school committee who
visited the Dorchester high school IN
Dorchester, MASS Wills MAS A bupi
there: | can remember translatiHs IN
his presence Latin ana Greek while the
principal 6f the seh6si was uhdefssInr
the committees annuai Inspection ~ tbe
quality 80 instruction at the hish school
JoserH WHITLEY.
eikeiksAfi, 6hi6, August is.
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leaves the factory? Let this notice con-
tain d set of pertinent safety frst in
structions. tefsely worded-instruction
to stop at railroad crossings. 20 give
pedestrians the right OF way. never Is
take ehahets. to let the other fellow live
Our Insurance companies presumably
could we'll afford to defray any expense
attached 10 the project. A slight re-
duetion OF premiums would Doubtless
cause the installati6nsof these notices
on ali existing cars and trucks.
Surely such a procedure sh6uld be OF
the greatest value. II would constitute
a step in the direct, positive education
Of several millions Of automobile dfiv-
ers. education Ia the fundamental rules
OF driving conduct, as we'll as warnings
against recklessness. And the results
should be blessing to ALL
@. n. HtTeHiNs.
Nsw ToRk, August 10.
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Eliminating Some Nuisances.

To conserve the usefulness OF
Brooklyn Bridge engineers declare
more careful spacing OF trains and
surface cars crossing the span is
imperative.
Eugenists are pleading for more
intelligent spacing OF children In the
modern family. Tennis experts are
striving for greater efIiciency IN
spacing rallies and the resort to the
chop stroke and volleying at the net.
Baseball enthusiasts are recognising
the need OF better spacing OF home
runs, and golf players are still un-
wearyiQgly endeavorlhg TO space
their game nearer TO the score OF the
elusive Colonel Bogey.
II IL in order to propose a few i'm
provements along this line which
might relieve existence of some OF it's
present discofiforts.
The spacing OF strikes IA now
manifestly mismanaged. Milk wagon
drivers ch0ose the babys breakfast
hour to drop their reins. stokers
throw down their shovels Just as the
ocean liner Is ready to start for
Europe and hotel walters park their
Jackets and aprons and vanish just
as the banquet guests are feeling
the call OF their. appetites. Is It
any wonder that spacing Is a word
to conjure with7
A questlonnaire on the subject OF
vacations, submitted TO the over
hastily sunburned millions OF holi-
day seekers now returning, or soon
TO return, TO work, would reveal an
overwhelming sentiment IN favor Of
better spacing Of cuttings and work.
They would argue that II would be
The New York herald., 1922-08-20
Policcmen's Duties.

II the policeman who snatched a
cigarette from a womsn's hand has
no other complaint to make against
her than that she smoked in the
street Commissioner ENRreHr should
not find II diiYicult to decide that this
patrolman took liberty to which
the duties of his ONCE did not entitle
him. There is no ordinance which
penalties women who smoke in the
streets. It seems impossible that the
smoking of cigarette by woman
in the street should provoke more than
a turn OF the head or smile from a
passerby. Yet the patrolman Is en-
titled to a full hearing and the re-
citai Of all the circumstances before
he is condemned.
When New York policemen act with
severity they usually have cause.
The man in the street, and the
woman too, are often decidedly an
noying and culpable in the way they
try the patience OF police ofiicers, as
fiveH minutes observation at busy
street intersection will convince any
fair minded person.
That fact, however, in no wise
alters the policeman's obligation to
be sure that in the performance Of
his duty he is not overstepping the
rights Of others. There are enough
duties expressly required Of him with
out his assuming guardianship and
controlswhicif is no more his than it
is that of any private citizen.
In every democratic country 1t is
the problem Of police administration
to enforce the law efficiently and to
provide for the protection of life and
property without making the law
abiding public feel that 1t is being
oppressed. Nothing is more sharply
or more properly resented by the
public than unwarranted interference
with freedom Of personal action.
The New York herald., 1922-08-20

a poor cook who could not more
efficiently space raisins or blueberries
in a cake.
Improved spacing of subway
trains, and II possible that OF the
passengers in the cars during rush
hours, is a pleasant hope, although
the present achievements OF the turn
stiles in spacing corpulent patrons
seeking entrance and messenger
boys loaded with packages stimuli
taneously seeking exit does not al
ways yield encouragement.
Perhaps some form of the trafflc
signal lights In operation on Fifth
avenue will have to be used in other
spheres of our congested daily life
before we attain such marked sue
cess in spacing as has been won In
the tidal onset OF travel through that
great channel Of New York's ae-
tivity.
And probably an artist would In
sist that we must not rest satisfied
until we achieve an ordering of our
social, industrial and personal life
that will bear comparison with the
beauty and graciousness with which,
through her seasons, Nature spaces
her flowers, from the golden for
sythia to the pink and Inauve of the
cosmos blooms, and her fruits from
the ruby treasure OF wild strawber-
ries to the last luscious cluster OF
grapes.
The New York herald., 1922-08-20

rive here they are usually not ac-
companied by the parasites which
help to keep them from multiplying
too rapidly in their native lands.
UNCLE SANS war against the in
sects that eat his crops is war that
never ends. 1t still costs him hum
dreds of millions a year in losses
caused to cotton by the boil weevil
and other insects. He still spends
81. .O00, 900 annually to fight the gypsy
and brown tail moths. The total an
nual loss to the United States caused
by insects which prey on crops is
at sl,554,ses,3 800.
The New York herald., 1922-08-20
Reuinders for Motorists.
Maxlms on the Dashboard Might
Prevent Automobile Accidents.

TO- TIVE Nfw yoRk trnAib: IN the
effort u feduce automobile accidents
by educating the public, and especially
the driver. numerous signs and circulars
have been published and freely eired-
lated, and many wse laws have been
passed. .fhe best thins that / nave
tsSn, however, Ia In the biates fastened
In front of the drivers seat IN the f'fth
avenue busses. Thve plates are *ofdei
ID demand safety hfst ard instruct tie
drivers never 70 tke chances 10 sive
ssdsstfiahs ths fisht 6f WAY, &e.
fsn't lhIs iasA worthy ef further esns
sIaefstiehi why hot fasteH A plate
sentAisins ssicB q Betiee On every bAss
senger car ana every truck Before II
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To tbs NEW YORK HERALD; / have
crossed the American continent many
times and know full we'll the hind OF
men who abandoned the traihloads Of
passengers IN the desert.
Every one OF them, from car cleaner
70 engine driver. Is doing all ne can
I'd force Government ownership 50 he
can loaf on the JOB, draw big money. Bs
Independent and saddle the loss on the
taxpayef's Back. TRAVELLER.
New YoRk. August 10
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Elhion as a Gretna Green.

10 THE NEw yoBK HERALD: with
reference u Elkton Md. as 4 Gfetna
Green. Maryland. as understand II,
does not require anybody to fenalf
there any longer than II takes TO get
a license. therefore every one north
OF Elkton who Is In hurry goes TO
Eikton, the first town In Maryland be-
low the Delaware lire.
Haserstown, at the other END OF the
state. believe, does a big marrying
business too PETER r. CARNEY.
Nkw YoRk. August 10.
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A Praysf.

Sweet 1 lit this prayer for you
who are desfer than the dew
fs 10 the ffsii Movers of spring
Ere they burst Ia biassomins==
May the great Eternal viii
adard you fran, oil touch 81 iii
spare you from ths hitter cup
Needed ssrfcw raises up;
Lad yca through saIf ways where dwell
r,ovs,A heartssss ana ssphodeIl
CLINTON SCOTLAND.
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A Vote on Daylight Saving.

10 TIE Nfw YoRK HERALD Daylight
saving as IL is managed IN this country
Is a nuisance 10 travellers.
why not put the question Of whether
II shall continue on the election ballots
this fall and let the majority ruie' for
the whsis couhtfys
Daylight saving should be standard.
ised or not permitted anywhere.
ALics T. aRoksssck.
sT, bcufs, Nc. August II.
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FstnblI.hins Itis identify.
F,6m ana Hens6s civ star.

From the Hahsd5 CIV Btdr.
"Ah, my iitlfc hisni'' saiuted a rnotofisl
who had hated his car In the big f5ad.
''ysn are one OF the Numerous johnson
ehlareH, a. wheHi I heard baek yshdef N
NE eTsssFeAss ssofe, whien ens afs Ssst'
''Aw, heiii HAinit YEN ct 40 se6Asf''
dissustsdiy' fetufhsd shs little man, 't'm
tho one you're talking to. O. coursei"
The New York herald., 1922-08-20
PIllofy for striking Trainnisn,

70 THR New .YokH HERALD: bet us
have the names and addresses Of the
trainrien who abandoned the hassen.
newspaper print the list, so we may
know who these strange creatures are
ana safeguard ourselves against further
deviltries. g. e. NoRrHRUP.
NEW YORK, August 1s.