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The Semi-weekly leader., 1922-08-12

A psyehuanalogist says blondes are
more fearful than brunettes. The drug
store kind are certainly more fearful
looking.
The Semi-weekly leader., 1922-08-12

Uncle Sam has uncovered q postage
stump counterfeiting ring, believed to
be the last word in stiek-ups.
The Semi-weekly leader., 1922-08-12

Many a witness would be glad Il
there were law against cross-exam-
nation.
The Semi-weekly leader., 1922-08-12

There Is a reason when an automo-
bile bumps into a trpin Standing on
a crossing
The Semi-weekly leader., 1922-08-12

Under the radio laws. aviators, Of
course. wih be warned against butting
into the conversation.
The Semi-weekly leader., 1922-08-12

Some women now play tennis Ia
baggy klilckerbockers. But perhaps
they prefer to win rather than to look
pretty.
The Semi-weekly leader., 1922-08-12

Some people go ON the theory that
China's open door is the door to her
safe.
The Semi-weekly leader., 1922-08-12

Monrt vralvias Is tltrpwing Ell
hes. Nil;f i hp0n i wpaid As, IS.
~: E's II liis poAyei ssf 's
The Semi-weekly leader., 1922-08-12

Why not start boom in the tex.
tile trades by adding another inch to
the 1877 skirt2
The Semi-weekly leader., 1922-08-12

Since the radio has been intro
duced, the air seems to be carrying the
air.
The Semi-weekly leader., 1922-08-12
Quin WIN Win.
{ adv j

Nothing Is impossible. The radio 10
bringing that home to us.
The Semi-weekly leader., 1922-08-12

This may be in eoif year. IL poll
tics, but the candidate crop apparent
IL will be up to normal.
The Semi-weekly leader., 1922-08-12

II a man gets shot, the papers re-
veal his,past. II he gets half shot, he
does it.
The Semi-weekly leader., 1922-08-12

Some patriotism is only skin deep,
and some goes clear to the bone.
The Semi-weekly leader., 1922-08-12

All the pedestrians ask Il a little
more cooperation bstwes horse
power and horse sense.
The Semi-weekly leader., 1922-08-12

India's Gandhi seems to have ac-
CURED the art of mastery Inactivity.
The Semi-weekly leader., 1922-08-12

II takes ii cOnceited man to exag.
gerate his income tax return just to
prove how successful he Is.
The Semi-weekly leader., 1922-08-12

Development Of culture in homes is
fine for the boy in the family. SO Is
culture Of the woodbox.
The Semi-weekly leader., 1922-08-12

Man has conquered the air with
the exceptions that the law Of gravity
still Is hold-out.
The Semi-weekly leader., 1922-08-12

Berlin regards the Jap seizure Of
German patents as patiently unfair.
The Semi-weekly leader., 1922-08-12

A new get-rich-qulek scheme, too,
seems to be born every minute.
The Semi-weekly leader., 1922-08-12

Maybe the earth really Is losing
peed. bun the alarm clock registers
eeelei4tion every morning.
The Semi-weekly leader., 1922-08-12
A6arriage raosnsss Issued During the
Past week.

White. Mr.. Frank Ainsworth
and Miss Maggie Lambert; Mr.. Joe
Cain and Miss Florence Eta Rut-
land; Mr.. Robert Pennington and
Miss Jane Norman; Mr.. w. /. Smith
and Miss Jessie Lucas.
The Semi-weekly leader., 1922-08-12

A court has ruled that jewsharp
ntt d tnasis ID Instrument Justice
..s, e lsslNsk puI sizes nNl ueaf.
The Semi-weekly leader., 1922-08-12

Eloping with her is new angle Of
the Elother-in-Iaw joke, though whom
1t is on is debatable.
The New York herald., 1922-04-17
Blacklisted.

The Conservation Commission of
this State has asked the active CO.
operation of citizens in its war on
predatory animals and birds which
destroy game and crops and il has
started campaign Of education in
regard to the vermin against which
its efforts are directed.
Commissioner MACDONALD in an
appeal to officers of fish and game
clubs says the harm done to. game
by red squirrels, vagrant cats and
crows Is we'll nigh incalculab,e. The
squirrels he accuses OF the destruc-
tion OF eggs and hedglings during
the breeding season. vagrant cats
and cats which have strayed from
civilization and have become almost
wild are cIassed as the greatest enc
mics OF song and insectivorous birds.
and their annibilation is demanded
in the interest OF the farmer.
That cunning rogue. the crow. Is
rated as double dyed villain. fully
ss black as the sable coat with which
nature clothed him. lie not only
uproots the sprouting corn, wheat
and oats but invades the nests OF
other birds. destroying their eggs.
He will kill young poultry too on
occasion, and the Conservation Com
mission calls for his annihilation.
The great horned owl is destroyer
OF pheasants, grouse and other game.
while no barnyard Is safe from his
raids.
There is nothing like concerted
action In a cause like war on vermin,
and IL sportsmen and farmers com
bine in campaign against the
beasts and birds in the following list
the conservation authorities declare
there will be better sport and larger
crops throughout the state:
Lynx, bobcat, bunting house cat
rcd fo1, gray fox, rsd squirrel, hcusc
The New York herald., 1922-04-17
A London Editor.
Ralph ID. BIumenfeld Began as a
Telcgrapher Here.

To THE New YORK HERALD Such Of
US as lived in the far West years ago
when that section was IN the making
can understand how readily acuuain-
tanccs were made and also the frc-
auency with which firm and lasting
friendships were established. This
statement Is probably moro especially
true OF old time telegraphers and those
connected with transportation. II Is
doubtful II any other class responded
more promptly and willingly 20 the lure
OF the wanderlust than the men identi-
fed with these two cailings.
This Is recalled 10 me by the recent
visit TO New York OF Ralph d. Blumen-
field. part owner of To,cr and Country,
published In London, and chairman OF
the board and editor OF tho London
Daily Express. 7 hrst met him as a
beginner In teiegraphy about forty-two
years ago. MY early impression OF him
was that he would not remain an ordi-
nary telegraph operator very long.
Like 20 mnny other telegraphers he
began to shift about. moving here and
there and lost sight OF him tempo
rariIy. About this time I also was a
most willing recruit TO the call OF the
wandcrlust. On one OF my nomad.c
transcontinental trips I visited the night
Office force of n large inland central re-
peating Office. Among the force here I
spIed this young delineator OF Morse In
dustriously weaving his way further
into the realm OF experience.
on another occasion after had made
southerly trip TO San Francisco. re-
turning by way OF ogden and Salt Lake
CITY to Chicago, I again met my friend
In the main office Of one OF tho large
telegraph companies where he was
working one OF the New York trunk
lines. Not long aftcrward he was as
signed TO fast grain wlro betwocn
Chicago and New York that had 10 do
Win, vrar arhitrtsing srd required The
swiftest operators. Under this cxperi-
The New York herald., 1922-04-17
Children and Crime.

To THE New York HERALD: Your
paper contains great amount OF news
regarding crime, and one reads many
articles which speculate concerning the
cause OF SO much lawlesmess. Most
writer's do not seem to realize the part
which neglected childhood plays in the
problem.
Our streets in certain sections are
swar.ning with little children at the
most impressionable age. They are all
entitled to receive kindergarten train
ing, but in an i'll conceived spirit OF
economy we are depriving them OF gan
educational advantage which is their
right and permitting them TO start out
on the path which leads to the reform
atory and prison, where some OF them
will spend many wretched years be-
cause OF our neglect.
1t Is evident that since 100000 per-
sons in this country are incarcerated
every year then 100000 of the little
children OF to-day are headed toward
penal institutions. The kindergarten
could save many Of them by cultivating
right ethical. social and industrial ha5-
it's early in life.
A nation which is forced by present
conditions to spend sS,5oo.oo0 day on
It's criminal classes should economize
by providing carly training to improve
those conditions. BESSIE LOCKE,
Corresponding Secretary National Kin
dergarten Association.
NEW YORK, April Is.
The New York herald., 1922-04-17
The Police Hero Pension Bill.

Mayor HYLAN's veto of the bill
providing adequate pensions for the
widows and children of policemen
killed in the performance OF their
duty must be source of regret not
only to the police themselves but to
everybody who appreciates the cour-
age and fidelity of most members of
the force.
Under the existing law pensions
in such cases are granted only to the
families of men who have served
more than ten years. These PEN
sions, moreover, are small-only $500
a year-and there has been delay in
the payment OF them. The Lockwood
Crews bill, which the Mayor vetoed,
wiped out the ten year service re-
striction, raised the pension to not
less than half the yearly pay of the
dead man and eliminated delay in
its payment.
There could be no objection to the
bill on the ground of economy. The
number OF policemen killed in the
performance Of their duty is not so
great that the payment of a generous
pension to their dependents would
be a drain on the pension fund. The
bill was just. Its effect on the police.
IL it had become law, would have
been good. Brave as a man may be,
he goes even more courageously into
the face of danger when he knows
that, whatever happens, those he
loves will be cared for.
The killing Of such splendid
measure cannot help but be harmful
TO the morale OF the police force.
The New York herald., 1922-04-17
Ending Seasickness.

The adaptation of the gyroscope to
the ocean liner is an old drsam Of
shipbuilding, which seems at last to
be realized. The tests made at Phila-
delphia with gyro-stabilizer weigh
ing 120 tons are reported successful,
and 1t is announced that the Shipping
Boards steamer Hawkeye State,
which runs from Baltimore to Homo
lulu by way OF the Panama Canal.
viii be equipped with the great bal
ancing wheel.
A steamship which cannot roll
will be a godsend to individuals
cursed with seasickness. Some Of
these persons never dare a crossing
of the ocean; others stick to their
berths from port to port. In future,
by boarding a ship equipped with the
stabilizer, any scagoer, no matter
how wabbly his previous perform
ances, no matter how deep his past
debt to the stewards for keeping him
alive, may be confident that the hori.
zon will stop it's terrible motions.
But when Atlantic steamers no
longer roll, what excuse will there be
for voyagers to sip long glasses OF
champagne with cracked ice?
The New York herald., 1922-04-17

ence he developed ability of the first
class.
A couple OF years subsequently again
met him In New York, where he was
engaged with the United Press. The
latter was then a new Richmond In the
press service field arrayed against the
old Associated Press. A bit later he
and a number of tclegraphers were
given trials on various newspapers and
IT is most gratifying to be able to state
that all of them made good--exception-
ally so. Mr.. Blumenfeid on the Epc-
ming Telegram made a most enviable
record Besides his other duties on this
publication he became assistant dra-
matte critic But after all Is said re-
garding this matter the highest teeti-
monial to his abilities is unuucstionably
the fact that he was appointed editor
II the London edition of THE NEW York
HrRALp.
1t Is always pleasing to record the
success of a friend. The measure OF
satisfaction Is all the greater. however.
IL 1t should happen that he who has
climbed the rounds of the ladder to the
altitude reached by Mr.. Blumenfeld IS
one whose personal qualities are of a
character to make those who know him
well proud to call him friend.
J. FRANK HOWELL
ENGLEwooD, y. j., April 15..
The New York herald., 1922-04-17
Miller Vetoes Two Bad Bills.

Governor MIILER's ability to rec0g-
nize bad legislation on sight is well
illustrated in his vetoes of the West
all parole bill and the Knight mental
deficiency bill.
Whether or not it was intended to
set BRINDELL free, the parole bill was
wrong. AS the Governor says in his
veto message, ''it allows every in
mate of States prison who has never
before been convicted of States
prison offense to be paroled after one
year, regardless Of the nature OF his
crime" The greatest evil OF such
law would be, as the Governor re-
marks, that "a years Imprisonment
would come to be regarded as the
probable punishment OF first offend
ers, meaning not those who have
actually committed their first offense.
but those who have not before been
eS2victed OF State prison offense."
No matter how careful the courts or
how conscientious the parole board,
the criminally inclined would no
longer be deferred by the certainty
OF long Imprisonment.
The mental deficiency bill was We
toed by Governor MILLER because of
dangerous features which THE New
York HERALD has several times
pointed out. The power" says the
Governor, ito deprive an individual
Of his liberty for an indefinite period
on finding by magistrate that he
is apparently mental defective
should certainly be most carefully
guarded, il it is to be conferred at
ALL The protests of the supporters
of the bill that the powers contained
in it would not be harshly used evil
IDENTIFY did not outweigh, in the mind
OF a great lawyer like NATHAN l..
MILLER, the hazards which the bill
might hold for the liberties OF many
innocent and harmless persons.
So the Governor has prevented
serious mistakes in two directions.
The parole bill would have eIicour-
aged the guilty. The mental def
cheney bill would have threatened
the guiltless. If reforms are needed
either in the parole system or in the
method of handling detectives. then
better. bills than these will have to
be drawn.
The New York herald., 1922-04-17
The Arabian Nights.

Dreams OF the desert and the narrow
streets
or ancient Cairo. where the wide world
meets
In strange confusion mid the city's mart
There called together by the Teller's art;
To hear with eager longing and surprise
The thousand Tales Of Wonder and en-
prise:
Tall travellers from the Mountains OF
the Moon,
Swart Syrian sheiks from distant Scan
deroon, Nf
Dark Abyssinians. and the lords
Who rule in terror DER Sinai's hordes
Pale Persians from far Ispahan,;
Wild servants OF some Tartar Khan;
Red Sea rovers from Aden's shore
And Hindu hinds from Midnapore:
Pilgrims and Priests from Cashmere's
lovely wales a
Or borne from Ceylon's Isle by favoring
gales.
Out Of tho East where poor mankind
was born
To greet the Prophet in the early morn;
Listening with widened eyes and open
To changeless Romance from departed
years.
Here rise Aladdins castles on the sand
While jewels shower from the Afrits
hand
And Sinbad voyages over surging seas
Through great adventures to luxurious
ease:
The Genii Ioosened from his copper flesh
Expands his form and now essays his
task,
Shah zemen greets his princess from
her cave
Deep in the coral underneath the wave
And through the Bagdad streets at mid
night hour
wanders the Caliph and the wise Mes-
rour.
0 glorious tales. to make a gray world
bright
And ieaven dullness with their fancy's
flight
Ye come from Nothing and go back
again
Into the spaces OF the Asian plainl
Don c. SEIrz.
The New York herald., 1922-04-17

had magnificent physique and a
keen batting eye. He could tell to a
fraction of an inch where a curve
would break, and his hitting record
was due to the fact that he would
let the bad ones go by" Naturally
this sort OF hitter had many differ
ences Of opinion with umpires. His
protests were vehement.
AS a contemporary Of the late A.
G. SPALDrNo, AHsoN saw the game de-
velop. His colorful personality and
his skill did much toward making
baseball what 1t has become. Some
of his achievements have been
dimmed by the years In which Gap"
ANsoN became merely Pop" ANsoN.
The coming of new stars, the Ruths,
the Cobbs and the Hornsbys, has
eclipsed the diamond deeds of the
sos and the zoos.
The New York herald., 1922-04-17
Why Men Go Wrong.

A good deal OF time is being spent
by such eminent bodies as the Law
Enforcement Committee Of the Amer
ican Bar Association, by newspapers
and by social workers in an effort TO
find out why men go wrong and be-
come habitual criminals.
Six prisoners in Joliet penitentiary
have been asked what led them
astray. One Of them said expense Of
entertaining "fappers."
Another put the blame on failure
TO keep first offenders away from
hardened criminals in county jails.
Prohibition enforcement officers
who do not make IL impossible for
him to get whisky we're blamed by
one man.
college graduate. who after the
war had "a queer kink" in his mind.
thought he could beat the game"
This convict volunteered the observa-
tion they teach you things in war
they won't let you practice later"
These excuses arc familiar. The
flapper OF to-day is Mother EVE OF
Father ADAMS day. Selection OF a
place in which TO incarcerate first
offender presents difficult problem.
Putting him among the virtuous may
corrupt them: to determine inst how
hardened his associates may he with
out harm being done TO anybody
would stump SOLOMON A man who
blames lax enforcement of prohibit
tion laws for his plight wouldn't fare
we'll under system that allowed
drink. Neither college graduate
nor a non-collegc graduate can beat
tho game" An honest soldier learns
nothing in the army that handicsps
him in civil life.
Tho fact Is these convicts, like
most other persons, avoid the central
factors in the production OF profes.
slonal criminals. Those factors are
greed and laziness. Men turn crimi-
nails because they want TO live as
they mistakenly fancy millionaires
live without doing the hard work
millionaires do 20 gather and keep
their fortunes. They are greedy for
what they conceive 10 he the good
things OF life. but they are too lazy
-Irk hard enough to earn those
The New York herald., 1922-04-17
Crir.e Preventives.
Service Reyolvers and Shooting Les
sons Wanted for the Police.

To THE NEW York HERALD: 1T Is
supposed that the police carry revolvers.
Perhaps they do. But if so the re-
volvers are out of sight and reach in an
emergency. and from what I read /
think the policemen are poor marksmen.
Some years ago / was in Southern
city and saw the policemen carrying
service revolvcrs outside their clothes.
and the holsters were open at the bot
tom, showing an inch OF blue steel.
was told that after the police had been
so armed. had been instructed in the
use of their revolvers. and had been
told the revolvers were for use. not
show, the city got very peaceful.
My suggestion Is that this city bor-
row or buy from the United States
Government enough service revolvers.
belts and holsters TO equip every man
on the force and send the policemen to
school until they can hit what they are
aiming at
District Attorney Joab III. Banton hit
the nail on tho head in his recent speech
before the Board OF Aldermen. The
police force in this city are all right,
but when a policeman sees crook he
has arrested out on bail and doing busi-
ness in the same old way he gets dis
gusted and asks himself. What's the
use? DICK Law.
NEW YORK, April is.
The New York herald., 1922-04-17
MISS IvoGUN's RECITAL.
Hungarian Soprano Delights Large
Audience Mt Carnegie Hall.

Miss Maria Ivogun. the Hungarian
soprano. who has been heard here this
season with the Chicago Opera and IN
recitals and concert. gave her third
and last program Of songs yesterday af-
ternoon at Carnegie Hall before large
audience.
She again delighted her hearers by
her fine interpretations and emphasized
her claim for being one ce the most
interesting singers heard here this sea
son. In her opening selection, Mozart's
aria "Marten Aller Arten," from ''Ent-
fuehrung Aus Der Seail,' she was happy
ir her exhibition of a fine legato style,
although she was too frequently prone
to sing sharp on her high notes. The
beauty of her voice in her middle range
shone forth in such airs as Pergolesi's
"Se Tu Manu. and her dramatic sem
sibility and exquisite finish embellished
her singing Of German iiedcr.
In an interesting set of lyrics by Leo
Rlech she repeated the "Tintenheinz
Und Plactscherlotten.' A closing group
by Grieg was much liked. Walter
Golde played the accompaniments with
iare taste. There were encores during
and after the program.
The New York herald., 1922-04-17
MONDAY, APRIL II. 1922.
The House Heeds the President.

The House Of Representative has
very promptly and sensibly yielded
TO the wish of the American people,
as expressed in President HARDrNG's
letter to Representative I4oNGwoRTH,
and has made appropriation not for
$1,000 men in the navy but for
the necessary $4,000.
President HARDING expressed the
truth very mildly when he said that
the country would be disappointed
il the navy personnel was cut to
less than $4,000. With such dis
mantling Of the navy and abandon
ment OF the 5-5-3 basis of the confer
ence treaty as would be compelled by
the Appropriation Committees pro-
posed personnel OF $1,000 the country
would be more than disappointed.
The country would be thoroughly dis
gusted and deeply disturbed.
The American public agrees with
the President that every reasonable
and safe economy should be prac-
ticed by Congress and the Admins
tration. But the common sense of
the American public tells it that the
country always must carry insurance
against the possibility Of war so long
as there are other sea Powers capable
Of doing immeasurable damage with
their battleships and other war ma
chimes to our Incompatible national
interests. And the common sense
OF the American public tells it that,
in respect OF the hazard of war, in
adequate insurance is scarcely one
whit better than no insurance at all.
That there should be a group OF
cheeseparing statesmen in the House
that would be willing to see the
United States Navy take lower rank
than Japan's navy after the Wash
ington conference agreed that Amer
ican sea power should stand in the
very first rank of the whole world.
with only Great Britain equal to it,
must be incomprehensible to the ma
tions Of Europe.
The House has rectified the grave
mistake of the Appropriations Com
mittee. The President, by calling
attention to blunder which seemed
imminent. has achieved a victory for
Americanism.
The New York herald., 1922-04-17
The Great Anson.

With the passing of ADRIAN G.
ANsoN TO a seat on the players
bench in the Elysian Fields, or
wherever the shades OF departed ath-
lctes go, baseball lost its most con-
nistent hitter. For twenty years
Cap" ANsoH maintained an average
OF over 800. Only three other play.
ers have batted out more than 1900
hits in their baseball careers-HAHs
WAGNER, LAJoIE and Corn.
The achievement OF Gap" ANsoy
is the most remarkable. for he began
his big league career in 1879, before
CoBB was born. In the days whom
ANsov was playing with Chicago the
league ball was not the lively sphere
that IL has become since. If ANsoS
had been batting the lively rubber
and cork center ball hat is used to-
day he might have hit 800 for q
LONGER pcricd than fvoniv ycprs.
Anson Mas natural hitter, lie
The New York herald., 1922-04-17

Nine. Ernestine Schunrann-H -Heinl
made her only concert appearance of
the season last night at the Hippodrome.
The popular contralto was very warmly
greeted when she first came upon the
stage and she received demo nstratiye
applause following her different num-
bers. Her finely varied list included
operatic excerpts from Wagner and
German and American songs.
In spite of many years OF honorable
service her voice in its upper middle
range resounded with clarion power into
the far reaches OF the vast auditorium,
while her lower tones were of a re-
markably deep and massive tinlbre- In
such music as "Brangaene's Rur' from
Tristan und Isolde" her fine breath
support and dramatic instincts did her
good service and in her songs she
showed admirable musical feeling.
Her American selections included
Ward Stephenss lyric SHave You Seen
Him in France?" and the FLANDERS
Requiem" OF Frank La Forge. She be-
gan by singing an air from Rosst's
'Mitrane." Ardittls 'sBolero" closed
her program. Arthur Loesser gave able
assistance at the plano by playing the
accompaniments and some solos.