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The New York herald., 1922-10-07
TO PRODUCE "oMIT FLOWERS,

omit Flowers" a sketch by Monta que
Glass. written In an entirely different
vein from anything he has heretofore
done, will be one Of the numbers on
the first bill that the Forty miners will
offer at the Punch and Judy Theater
on November g. This opening bill is to
comprise skits. burlesques musical num-
bers and fantasies-seventeen or eigh-
teen items in ALL averaging four or five
minutes in length
The New York herald., 1922-10-07
UTICA CHORUS WINS $1,000.

BUFFALO. n. Y. Oct. 6.-The Haydn
mixed chorus of Utica took first place
here tonight in the National America
Music Festival $500 open competition
for mixed choruses. The only other con-
testant was the Toronto Festival Choir,
the Cleveland choir. which was expected,
not appearing. The Utica singers made
161 points of a possible 200, and the
Toronto choir 157.
The New York herald., 1922-10-07
NEW PLAY Is POSTPONED.

David Wallace announces that the
opening of THE Ever Green Lady" at
the Punch and Judy Theater has been
postponed to Wednesday. October IL. In
the cast will be Miss Beryl Mercer, Rob-
ert T. Haines. Miss Jane Meredith. Miss
Elsie Esmoud and Miss Beatrice Miles
The New York herald., 1922-10-07
AMATO WILL RETURN.

Pasquale Amato. barytone. will ar
rive i'm this country in January and will
appear in twenty concerts given by
orchestras and societies Of America He
will also sing in the Biltmore Friday
morning musicales
The New York herald., 1922-10-07

don early this spring in connection with
rehearsals for the special performance
Of -. Stree. which a group of
critics gave at the Forty-ninth Street
Theater They appeared together in
one of the numbers in this show
The New York herald., 1922-03-19

teeth of the cultivator instead Of
forming clods. Many farms which
were abandoned have been reclaimed
and rendered profitable through
draining.
The record corn crop of Canada
two years ago was grown on land
which was little more than a swamp
twenty-five years ago, being covered
with heavy growth Of timber, most
OF it rock elm, which was cut into
stave bolts and heading material.
With the disappearance of the tim
Der ditching operations began and
the finest corn lands in Ontario are
now found in the fiat terrain be-
tween st. Thomas and Windsor, the
latter being opposite Detroit on the
Canadian border.
Tile draining is one of the best
aids to successful farming and it is
featured extensively in prosperous
agricultural communities.
The New York herald., 1922-03-19
The Poe Cottage.
Efforts to Raise mn Endowment Fund
TO Provide for It's Care.

To THE NEW YORK HERALD: The let
ter from Henry G. Alvord is very in
teresting reading to those who recog-
nize the great value to the city OF New
York of the little cottage which was
inhabited by Poe during the last four
years of his life. 1t is, however one
thing for the city to possess such a
treasure and another matter to pro-
vide for It's care and maintenance.
That duty falls upon the members OF
the Bronx Society of Arts and Sciences
and History. the custodians OF tho cot
tage, which society has supported the
public service OF the cottage for num-
Der of years and has paid the expenses
out of It's modest income derived from
the dues of its members.
The Poe Cottage Committee, which is
directly In charge OF its care, has or
ganized a permanent endowment fund.
to which subscriptions are now being
earnestly invited. believing that the
matter of providin- he necessary means
for the protection and public exhibition
of this interesting shrine should not be
left in any uncertainty. Aid in this
direction would be the best possible
means of exhibiting the appreciation OF
New Workers.. both of the genius of the
author and the inestimable value of this
building. REGINALD PELHAM Bolton.
NEW York, March IS.
The New York herald., 1922-03-19

In Bedford street, Troy street, Chris
topher street and Perry street previous
to 1860, called himself Greenwich VIII
lager. My mother's relatives. who lived
In Macdougal street on the block south
of Washington Parade Ground from 1875
to 1870. did not speak of themselves as
Greenwich Villagers, but my mother,
who was born In Vandam street, was
always proud to be known as a Green
wich Villager after she moved to Jane
street
Bleecker street was the main shop
ping street of Greenwich Village. ex-
tending as it did diagonally from Car
mine street. After we moved to Wash
ington Square my mother did some OF
her shopping on Broadway. and / used
to go with her to Arnold & Constable's
on Canal street.
When Croton water was introduced.
about 1912. my grandfather put a foun-
tain in his front yard or garden. This
was one of the first of the fountains.
which became quite common. When my
father bought his house on CHRISTOPHER
street in 1s49 the lot extended through
70 Grove street. A. w. EARLE.
NEW HAVEN, Conn. March is.
The New York herald., 1922-03-19

B. Coke, DAVID LOOK, RIcHARD
DELAFIELD, ALFRED II. CosDEN, HARRY
X. DEvEREAUx, p. w. HASKELL and
other followers of the trotter, came
into existence.
And now the Blue Grass country is
to have race of the same kind, to
be trotted at the meeting of the Ken
lucky Trotting Horse Breeders Asso-
citation. 1t is to be entitled the May
Day Stakes and the conditions are to
be framed by Ed A. TIPToN, the presi-
dent of the association controlling
the track on which it will be decided.
1t would be fine thing to have
a premium for the breeders of the
first three horses at the finish of all
such races. 1t is a feature of racing
that creates and sustains interest in
any contest and is a stimulus to tho
breeding industry.
The New York herald., 1922-03-19
Sporting Spirit.

The sporting spirit is brought to
the surface in many ways. Often
benefits of permanent value arise
from IL almost spontaneously. This
is particularly true of racing.
The Saratoga Special for two-year-
olds, which is feature of the race
meetings at the Springs, was the out
come Of a bantering match among a
number Of sportsmen one evening
shortly after the beautiful property
had passed into the hands Of the
syndicate headed by the late WILLIAM
g. WHITNEY. Each thought he had
the crack of the year and a sweep
stakes was proposed to settle the
question OF superiority. Other turf
men who we're not present when the
race was discussed were eager to
take part in the contest and the
event was made open to all.
The Saratoga Association for the
Improvement Of the Breed Of Horses
added a trophy to the sweepstakes,
and no contest has surpassed the
Special in general interest at Sara
toga since, the pick OF the twoyear.
olds meeting in 1t every August.
One afternoon at Cleveland a few
years ago, when the Grand Circuit
meeting was in progress, there was
q postponement of a race because Of
rain! A number Of breeders were
talking horse, as they always do on
such occasions. The outcome of the
discussion was a special race to be
irotted the following year by two.
Nar-olds. This was how the Rainy
Nsstakes, which is annually sub
o'%, by w. B. DrcKEBMAN, A.
The New York herald., 1922-03-19

two were successful and practical
miners, while FLooD and O'BRIEN had
piled pick and shovel in an attempt
to get a living out of mines. The
practical knowledge they gained in
mining helped them In the specu-
lations and purchases from which
came the great wealth which they ac-
quired. Senator TABOR of Colorado
was another gold digger who accu-
mulated fortune through shrewd
speculation. Senator WILLIAM M.
STEWART of Nevada was a gold pros
pector who was ranked as a million
aire and who eventually, losing his
wealth, went back to Nevada to prac-
tice law and again to tramp the hills
in the hope of making a new strike
which would restore him to fortune.
The prospector of romance and
perhaps too of reality is usually
man who gets his grub stake from
the storekeeper or mine owner in
a mining village and goes alone into
the hills with his outfit strapped on
the back of a burro. He may not
return for year. When he does he
may have found nothing, or he may
have made rich strike. The pecu-
liar thing is, though, that whether he
fails or succeeds he Is likely to re
turn again to his search. Once a
prospector, it is said, always a pros
pector. A man who has slept so
many nights under the stars and who
has been inspired in his lonely quest
for hidden secret of nature falls
completely under the fascination of
the life and he is seldom content
to abandon it.
This was evidently the case with
STEVENS, for when his death came
he was seeking the lost mines Of
Indians and Of De SoTo's men. 1t
was, too, perfectly in keeping with the
character of the prospector that he
should leave some unsolved mys-
teries. Specimens which he had sent
to the assayer were rich in tracings
of ore. But he left no clew as to the
place where he had found them.
They will form the basis Of new
tales Of lost mines and will send
other prospectors such as he was
out on the long trail that will end
only at the great divide
The New York herald., 1922-03-19
SUNDAY, MARCH 10, 1929.
Housing Legislation.

The New York State Legislature
made a grave mistake in failing to
pass the Lockwood committees bill
which provided Jail terms Of at least
three months for violators of the
antitrust law. The revelations of
colIusion and conspiracy made by
the Lockwood committee last year
showed the people what hardships
were caused by the greed Of criminal
combinations in business. Subse-
quent proceedings in court indicated
how futile 1t is to fine offenders of
this sort.
Only one thing can deter the rich
business criminal from gouging the
public and that is personal disgrace.
Fine him $4,000 or $4,000 or $780,
900, and he pays it with grin out
of the million he has grated; but
send him to prison for three months
and you brand him with the felon's
mark that he deserves. He can
never raise his head again, and even
his associates in guilt, IL they them
selves have escaped, will avoid his
company.
AS the Legislature neglected its
duty in this matter the public will
look to the courts to see that viola
tors of the antitrust law are pun
ished in a way that will be lesson
to their kind. The courts and the
District Attorneys of the State must
also supply the punitive force which
the. Lockwood committee sought to
provide in the creation of State
trade commission whose duty was to
have been the curbing of conspiring
and profiteering contractors and
dealers. The Legislatures second
great mistake was its failure to
establish this commission.
In spite of these serious errors the
Legislatures record in the matter Of
housing laws is not black one. 1t
passed some constructive measures
which should bring relief to the peo-
pie. of this city. The insurance COM
panfes are permitted to invest 10 per
cent. of their assets in apartment
houses where the monthly rental is
not to exceed SO a room. The tax
exemption of new dwellings is ex-
tended for year. The rent laws
have been extended for two years
.andrso clarified as to create less fric-
tion between landlord and tenant.
For these benefits New York should
be duly grateful to Senator Lock
WOODS committee and to the lighting
qualities of the committees counsel,
Mr.. UNTERMYER, the man who showed
up the crimes OF the contractors
rings and Brindellism.
The New York herald., 1922-03-19
Whence the Clothes?
Question Raised by Ghosts Who
Appear in Mundane Attire.

To THE NEW YORK HERALD: In re-
gard to ghosts or apparitions / would
like to ask DIR. Prince. DR.. Doyle or any
other eminent authority on the subject
how they reconcile with reason the fact
that ghosts appear clothed and not nude.
| am open to conviction that genuine
ghosts visit and have manifested their
presence to the living through one sense
or another, but I cannot accept any
case in which At Is recorded that vari-
GUS kinds OF costume were worn by the
ghost, snuffbox held in the hand. &C.,
since these are inanimate objects and
being 100 per cent. material could not
possibly assume spiritual form.
What sane mind can conceive Of such
a thing as the ghost Of a suit Of clothes? ?
The only exception in the extensive
literature of the subject that have ever
met with is that OF the radiant boy
seen by the second Marquis OF London
derry toward the close of the eighteenth
century. This ghost was entirely naked
clothed in nothing but light.
Is not the positive assertion therefore
justified that all cases of clothed ap-
partitions are either fraudulent or the
appearances subjective? r. 8. CONE.
WEsTwooD, N. j., March IS.
The New York herald., 1922-03-19
Non-Skid Horseshoes.
Two Extra Calks Said to Make Going
Safer for Horses.

To THE NEW YORK HERALD: In an
editorial article headed days When
Horses Suffer- you said: Here we have
an illustration of the horses desire to
join with man in doing the work in hand.
and 1t Is only fair that in return for
this spirit of helpfulness man should pro-
vide him with proper equipment, as. for
example. the right kind of shoes to
enable him to do his work on ice covered
streets"
That Is fine, and the American HUI
name Association has copied 1t in the
current issue of its review. which is an
evidence of its Endorsement.
About a year ago this association Of
fered a prize OF 81 900 for the best nom
skid horseshoe. This offer brought some
500 replies One of the devices offered
was common horseshoe such as Is
found in every blacksmith's shop in this
country. except that il was furnished
with two extra calks welded on in such
a way that 1t was impossible for the
horses to slip or skid. Any blacksmith
extra.
This device had been in use on the
heavy Normandy truck horses of a
machinery manufacturing company for
some fifteen years and never a slip or
injury of any kind to a horse. 1t was
never patented and was free to the pub
lie. This information was sent with the
exhibit. but the societies interested re-
fused to make any award on the ground
that nothing presented was much diff
ferent from what was in common use"
Thus was rejected this simple device
which the joint societies are so well
equipped to broadcast for the horses
benefit. w. II. ODELL
BROOKLYN, March Is.
The New York herald., 1922-03-19
A Mother on a Jury.

A New Jersey woman, Mrs. ANNA
CUNNINGHAM of Trenton, who served
on two mixed juries has returned
an emphatic verdict on the woman
Juror question. "A woman's place is
not on jury" she says, "particu-
larly If she is married and mother"
Mrs. CUNNINGHAM entered jury
service willingly, but her first night
away from home showed her that
she had made a mistake. She could
not keep her mind from the thought
OF her five children at home alone,
her husband being a night worker.
After two all night jury sessions
Mrs. CUNNINGHAM was excused from
further duty by Judge MARSHALL.
On another angle OF the woman
juror matter Mrs. CUNNINGHAM has
opinions which may not be so readily
accepted
Il might add my personal opinion
that the majority of women are tenn
peramentally unfit to pass judgment
upon others. Many, I found, were
given to preconceive1 verdicts, which
arguments or logic failed to change.
sympathy. doubtless. was factor
with some. With others it was
matter of reluctance to change their
minds"
This is an indictment to which
most women jurors will not plead
guilty. But Mrs. CUNNINGHAM 8
views on the subject of wives and
mothers serving on juries, mixed or
otherwise, are sound Mixed juries
are mistake. And in the case of
the wife, and particularly of the
mother, the needs of the home should
come first. The jury system came
into being to protect society. 1t
should never be permitted in any
way to injure it.
The New York herald., 1922-03-19
Temples.

Within the church man reared to Gcd.
With carven shrines and altar fair.
Where priests with noiseless feet have
.ro1
And soft swung censers filed the air !;
Beneath It's storied windows height
Wherein. of wondrous colors blent,
Glow forms OF saint and anchorite
Upon their holy tasks intent;
or, azure robed. upon her arm
The Virgin bears the Holy Child,
Whose wide, unquestioning eyes of calm
Look into hers so pure and mild,
or where. thorn crowned, upon the tree
The Man of Sorrows lifted high
Endurcs the final agony.
And for n sinful world must die
My heart is filled with reverence deep,
And while the white robed choir soft
sings
I hear, like music in my sleep,
The beat OF far Off angel wings;
And all grows mystical and strange
Earth seems unreal and heaven still
far.
Half spirit and half flesh range
oclWCch tic cdtlH pdIito anu u star.
But when at length again pace
Beneath Gods dome of cloudless blue,
And feel His winds upon my face.
And hear the brown wren's iuting
through
The bursting buds that crowd the vine /;
When flowers their incense offer up.
And dew, like consecrated wine.
Drips from the shadowed lily's cup
Earth seems a fame God built for man.
And God Himself draws close and
near,
And I read Loves divinest plan
With eyes as reverent and more clear
Than In that vast cathedral dim
Where saints would magnify His
grace
For all the earth Is full OF Him
And mirrors as ,glass His face.
tLoIs WHrrTLEsEY.
The New York herald., 1922-03-19
Puma in the North Woods.
An Encounter With a Supposed
Mountain Lion Near Long Lake.

To THE New YORK HERALD: There Is
a man in Scranton. Pennsylvania, who
might possibly dispute the right Of w.
w. Davies or Ben Lily to the last word
about the mountain lions scream. He
might also deserve a hearing in refuta-
tion of the claim generally made by citi-
zens of the North Woods to the effect
that the mountain lion, or panther, is
extinct in those parts.
This man. whose fellow townsmen
would be willing to back him against his
weight in wildcats on neutral ground and
in daylight struggle. passed a couple
of weeks with me at Long Lake in the
summer OF 1916. Together with two
younger companions he went to camp
one night in the upper Anthony Pond
on the north side of the lake on the prop
erty of Henry Harper and less than five
miles from his summer home.
Two of the trio went out for recon
naissance shortly before dusk and went
astray in the deep woods. They floun-
dered about for several hours in the dark
until they came to the edge of some
water Suspecting this to be the second
Anthony Pond one of them offered 10
walk along the shore and look for the
boathouse at the outlet. So they built
a fire, my friend remaining on guard
They kept in touch with each other b.
hallooing. After time the halloos
seemed to come from a new point. AS
they waxed stronger and closer they be-
came long drawn out walls and were
supplemented with kissing and snarling
when at last the animal crashed its way
through the brush on the opposite side OF
the fire. Then the two. man and beast.
circled about like two boxers with the
blaze between them, for how long there
Is no telling. My friend thought 1t was
the whole night.
His companion at last came along
with canoe which he had discovered
but was so terrified that he was afraid
to land. He approached the shore as
close as he dared. Then the other
snatched q burning fagot from the
flames and hurled 1t at the glaring eyes
opposite him. The. animal retreated
while my friend calmly went down to the
edge of the pond. fllee his hat with
water and extinguished the fire before
jumping into the canoe.
When they reached their hut, a couple
of miles away. the third member of the
party was so frightened with the ap-
parently close proximity OF the screams
he had been listening to that he could
hardly be prevailed upon to open the
door for the returning mixers, who had
made this trip with no other weapons
than two canoe paddles
The man who took his life in his hands
to obey one of the cardinal rules OF
woodcraft Is now assistant commissioner
of the Boy Scouts. DIG.
JERSEY SHORE, Pa, March IL.
The New York herald., 1922-03-19
A Camel Driver.

To. here is one who ranging with Orion
Has trod the paths from Sinai unto
Pharz;
who meath the rays OF Libra and the
Lion
Has marched at midnight with the
midnight stars
To- here is one by many a tongue de-
rided,
Yet hale OF heart, unhesltant of hand,
Who long and late his camel craft has
guided,
A mariner across the desert sand
Lo, here is one whose ceaseless vows
TO Allah
AT dawn and dusk have mounted up
the skies
Should he not win at last, this swart
Abdallah.
Unto a little nook IN Paradise?
CLINTON ScoLLAnp.
The New York herald., 1922-03-19
A Native Son Celebrates California.

To THE NEW YORK HERALD: What 10 all
this poetizing about names and nature in
Maine and Florida? Place! Place for the
wonder of the West. brightest star in the
galaxy of States!
Palm and pine and snow and sun
All together. linked as one,
California
Fresno, Frisco. Golden Gate.
Figs and flowers and pomegranate-
California.
Sequoia, redwood. silver. gold;
Los An the modern. missions old
California
Climate, color. rainbows. hopes:
Tahoe, Tahama and the Telescopes
California
Sacramento and the San Joaquin,
Coast Range, Sierras and in between
California!
Shasta, Visions, and hold your breath !!
Mohave Desert and Valley Of Death
California;
beauteous. blest!
Why does the sun set in the West?
California;
NEW YORK, March Is.
The New York herald., 1922-03-19
The Challenge Of the March Hills.

1.-THE HIGH PASTURE.
How a painter would rejoice In the set
ting of these bleached rocks and
sere brown grass of the hill pas
ture
Against the distant background of Wa
Shusett's purple dome.
Where vsst hydrangea shapes OF creamy
c.oud just tinged with violet droop
on the translucent blue!
A true New England scene indeed,
With the near dull hues. and austere.
tonic matter Of fact
Yet margined and embraced at their
ultimate reach by the transcen-
dental beauty and romance OF
sapphire mountain heights
Under this lustrous windy heaven OF
mId-March.
A peninsula of stubborn ice yet sur
wives OF, the neighboring pond.
Hard and somber as a cuirass Of unpol-
isiied bronze,
But along it's rim a glory of RANT sun
kindles on the released and dane
ing water.
And listen what delight OF vrnal
prophecy was that upon he
breeze?-
The exultant carol of the first song
sparrowi
All. all wintry doubts and fears.
4 challenge to your tedious tyranny!
The dancer in the sun gold on this gusty
crest
And merry piper on the birdiing's nag
eolet
Ia none other than the 1.-THE and azure
eyed laughing Spring herself!
1.-THE DYING MONTH.
A furious gale sweeps through the last
midnight Of March.
O thrilling tumult OF the unleashed bay
ing hounds on Winters trail!
The militant month is dying hard In the
cold resounding dark
He is shrouded like the great warrior
nj Corunna. in his martial cloak
OF f,ying. curtiled haze, through which
the moon CLEANS wanly in her
pale circlet.
The harassed trees stoop in the blasts
as II TO turn the hard clods of
burial with their naked bayonets.
Then Withdrawing between the snow
notified hills under the milky light
The tempest subsidies for an interval to
n profound and throbbing mur-
muir,
Like the solemn voice of an army speak
ing in deep throats Of men the
name OF a lost leader.
Al they follow with mufied drums to
..,t,rarup raunta nh
Far beyond this reverberant silvern
valley. ELIOT WHITE.