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The New York herald., 1922-01-12

the brambles, briers, berry bushes
and shrubs, and consequently the
birds have not been attracted to help
the farmer in the protection of his
crops.
The numbers of bugs and para
sites birds consume are amazing. Fed
eral authorities have figures to back
their contention that the maintenance
of bird houses and bird refugees is of
great benefit TO agricultural and
fruit growing communities. Aside
from the question of economics the
birds are pleasing guests, rewarding
their hosts with their varicolored
plumage and full throated choruses
at morning and eventide.
The New York herald., 1922-01-12
by w. j. HENDERSON.

'Die Tote Stadt' the remarkable
opera of the precocious Eric wolfgans
Korngold, was given for the fourth time
last evening at the Metropolitan Opera
House. People in this carefree town do
not permit themselves to be kept at
home by unseemly weather. provided
the means OF transportation are not all
out of business. Therefore 1t is safe
to say that the audience would not
have been much larger had the stars
been shining outdoors as we'll as in. II
was good sized audience and its ap-
plause was hearty and long continued
after each act. But, nevertheless. in re-
the local stage it is not possible to make
what Bacon would have called Arm
and pregnant conjectures"
Die Tote Stadt" has real quality. and
no one would be astonished to find It
enjoying new lease of prosperity next
season. Much Of its favor however,
will depend on the return of Nine
Jeritza and her willingness to repeat her
admirable impersonation Of the volatile
dancer who almost persuaded Paul that
he could live his life twice. In this part
the brilliant Viennese artist has revealed
most OF her talent, though 1t was re-
power. Again last evening she dazzled
and captivated her audience by her
witchery. her picturesque action, her
subtlety of vocal color and her radiant
personality.
Arville Harold once more imper-
sonated the fatuous Paul This role has
been his chief occupation In the current
season. and 1t is enough. The psychology
of the character is well nigh impossible
to convey clearly to an audience and the
music is we'll nigh unsiilgable. AS for
that. however, Mr. Harold sings it, and
he has also succeeded IN giving the part
a clear outline and an air of reality.
Among the secondary personagcs in
the drama. the PIerrot Of Mr.. laurent
and the Frank Of Mr.. Leonhardt con-
tinue to be we'll presented. Miss Marion
Telva as Bri0ittd, the housekeeper. and
Misses Miriam and Anthony as the
dancers who went dancing out into a
square. were other members Of the cast.
Mr.. Bodanzky conducted.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Whites guests
iE Box II were Mrs. John Turner After
bury and Mr.. Alexander NJ Hadden.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edward II. Swan. Mr..
and Mrs. Walton Livingston Oakley and
Mr. and Mrs. Banyer Clarkson were
with Mr.. Shipley Jones In Box 23.
Mr.. and Mrs. Newbold lie Roy Edgar.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph B. Thomas, Mrs. De
Belleville of London and Mr.. Ashbel H.
Barney were members OF the party in
Box /.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles NJ. Connfelt,
Mr.. and Mrs. John NJ. Dickinson and
Mr.. and Mrs. Edwin c. Jamison were
In Box 33.
With Mr.. and Mrs. j. Stewart Barney
In Box 90 were Mr.. and Mrs. Charles
Reed. Miss Mary Alice Barney, Mr.. John
The New York herald., 1922-01-12
Sapphires From Anakie.
Australia Adds Color to the Gem.
Now Fashionable.

To THE New YORK HERALD: notice
the following paragraph in the Moniteur
de la Bijoutcrie of Paris:
Among the precious stones in fashion
one must mention the sapphire. which Is
the stone in fashion: the ruby Is neglected
as well as the emerald. The diamond is
always sought after but It has a great
competitor In the pearl.
We have then only three classes Of
precious stones leading the fashion: The
sapphire, the diamond and the deep black
spinel: this last is, according TO the rul-
ing gem fashion. mounted in high class
jewelry In association with white dia-
monds, producing a harmonious effect.
The colors Of the leading gem fashions
are thereby reduced to blue, white and
black. These are not sufficient. but we
have found the remedy for the high
class jewelers..
Last year during the visit here Of the
Prince Of Wales some beautiful gems
of a fine water. oriental quality and
brilliancy. from our Anakie gem fields.
were presented to him. They excited ad-
miration in London and awakened in
tercst in Paris and New York. They
included specimens of the oriental em-
crald. the oriental olivlne. the oriental
peridot, the oriental alexandritc, the ORR
entail aquamarine. the yellow sapphire.
the cornflower blue sapphire, the parti-
colored sapphire. all of hardness and
brilliancy next to the diamonds and the
fame red hyacinth.
A London gem merchant writes me
that some OF these lovely rare gems have
now appeared on the London market,
and he adds that they are very pretty
when mounted in jewelry associated with
diamonds. and that there Is absolutely
no need to be alarmed In the West End
about the breakdown of the ruby and
the emerald of the beryl variety. as
our Araxie gems, owing TO their strong
dichroinisni. cannot be initiated success
fully by countcrfeiters.
From February I. 1921. we had on
these Anakie gem fields a Government
monopoly on our whole gem production,
but on November II. 1921. this inonop-
oily was abolished. The New York gem
merchants we're angry against this mo-
nopoly now their grievances are against
the United states postal authorities for
having refused to renew their parcel
post insurance policy with Australia. so
that parcels OF gems can only be sent TO
New York from here by letter mail SER
vice at an enormous cost, and II the
parcel Of some f250 worth OF gems gets
lost through the post the sender will
only draw &C compensation. a too great
risk for the sender. The New York gem
merchants can thus not import their gems
direct from here unless they can bring
their postal authorities TO reason.
~. BENcTssoS.
SAPPHIRE. Anakic. Queensland, AUS
tralia. December 10.
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DUTCH vIOLINIsT HERE.

Leon Sametini. Dutch violinist. gave
a recital last evening at Town Hall.
This player has been heard in Europe
and he has played as soloist with lead
ing orchestras Of the Middle West. At
present he is at the head Of tho violin
department Of the Chicago College OF
Music.
That he is a violinist OF musicianly
intelligence and experience was shown
by the difficult program he offered and
his manner of Interpretation. His list
included selections from Pugnani. Le-
clair and Bach, arranged by Kreisler
Paganinis D major concerto and
Chausson's "Poeme." He played with
much technical dexterity. good rhythm
and ease and abandon of style. His
tone sometimes lacked fullness and
evenness in certain music. as in Bach's
gavotte, though this was in part due
to the bad weather which affected his
strings. Not brilliant virtuoso. Mr..
Sametini is nevertheless an interesting
violinist.
His performance was much liked.
The New York herald., 1922-01-12
Man and His Dog.

The pathetic story told In THE New
YORK HERALD yesterday OF the Chi.
cago boy who, when his pet Boston
terrier died, wanted to die too, might
have been told of some other nine
year-old boy who lived before the
pyramids were built. Friendship be-
tween man and dog is one of the
things that do not change. 1t endures
because it is founded on fine qualities
in both man and dog.
Nearly every family privileged to
count dog among its members has
a story of devotion to tell. Some of
these narratives record how children
have been saved from drowning or
rescued when they have wandered
away from home and have become lost
in strange surroundings. Other tales
have to do with deeds Of courage or
intelligence done by dogs on the
farm or while they have guarded
property or lives intrusted to their
care.
But the affection existing between
man and his dog is not a one sided
devotion. The news has recently been
recording other instances of mans
fidelity to his dumb friend besides
that recorded in the news from
Chicago.
The youth who risked pneumonia
to rescue a strange dog which had
broken through the ice in a New
Jersey stream a few days ago was
an example of the type that regards
the dog as friend and companion
worthy of preservation even at the
risk of great personal danger. An
other instance Of the same spirit
was brought to popular attention
when a young sailor, rescued with
others from a fishing smack bound
from the island Of st. Pierre to Bor-
deaux, declared he would return to
the wreck and stay on 1t unless the
boat rescued a fox terrier and her
puppy which had been left behind.
1t is to the credit Of human
ity that this was done and that
through the action one more faith
full creature lives to show her love
for mankind.
The New York herald., 1922-01-12
EVENTS TO-DAY

e.. H: outerbridge. Alfred L. Smith and
Lewis II. Pounds Will discuss the proposed
Sinner nf tho ot nss ass pHs o. New YORK <.
York. Delmonicos. beginning 80 p. NJ.
Benefit vaudeville for the slain detectives Of
the the i3oth street police station, New Douglas
p. NJ.
George white Alumni Association. annual
THE Origin Of Modern Gas Lighting and
Some New Wrinkles In Gas Lighting viii
be discussed at a meeting of the Illuminating
street, r. NJ. N'''"'"
Brooklyn. Entomologicai Society. annual
meeting, Brooklyn Museum. Eastern Park
Ordway Tead. lecture, Methods of Fac
tory Labor Analysis" Bureau OF Personnel
Administration. II West Forty-scventh street.
Carl W. Aekerman. lecture. "The Foreign
Aspect OF tho American Valuation Plan."
W. momahs republican pn =, Association Hotel
Congress Of States Societies. state lunch.
eIp DR.. John john G. Coyie. lecture. @Ths NJ Rise OF
Religious federation in America" Aiumns Of
81. Gabriefs Academy. Waldorf-Astoria. go
James A. Hamilton. Commissioner of Cor
rection. will speak before the woman's
Municipal League. headquarters. II East
Midtown Club. luncheon. Hotel Martinique.
RS,aSy ass & Club. luncheon. Hotel MeAlpin.
s. stanwood Menken will speak at meeting
OF the Civics Club of tho College Of tho City
Of New York. st. Nicholas terrace and 10th
street, noon.
studebaker Corporation. dinner. Hotel
Plaza, i. NJ.
Mrs. jackson Fleming lecture. Foreign
Affairs In Relation to the United States"
League for Political Education. Town Hall.
123 West Forty-third street, IL A. NJ.
Teachers Interests Association. meeting.
Waldorf Astoria, 4 T. NJ.
Buick Motor Car Company. luncheon. Hotel
Biltmore. p. NJ.
Society OF Automotive Engineers. dinner.
Hotel Astor, 2. NJ.
New York Piano Manufacturers Associa-
tion, dinner. Hotel Commodore. 1880 p. NJ.
International Association OF Clothing De-
signers. convention and fashion show. Hotel
McAIpir. all day.
wiliys-overland. Inc. luncheon. Hotel Com
modore, +. n.
Prudential Insurance Company. dinner.
Hotel McAlpin, T.. NJ.
IIupp Motor Car Corporation. luncheon,
Hotel Commodore. p. NJ.
New ENGLAND Women. meeting. Waldorf.
Astoria. . +. NJ.
Paige Detroit Motor Car Company. dinner.
Hotel Commodore. p. NJ.
New York Principals Association. meeting.
Waldorf Astoria. 4 p. NJ.
The New York herald., 1922-01-12
Famous Sayings.
A QUESTIONABLE About Remarks At
tributed to New Workers.

To THE NEW YORK HERALD: AS sc
great an authority as Thomas A. Edison
has established the QUESTIONABLE as
measure of useful knowledge I venture
to submit the following sayings. more
or less associated with what Francis
Wilson Is pleased to call the "Metro!-
opis." How o,any who consider them
selves we'll informed on the history OF
New York can name the authors?
I. Hangin' for murders played out in
New York.
.. What are you going TO do about II?
3. But where are all the customers
yachts?
4. Touchin on an appertainin' to.
g. Gone where the woodbine twineth.
9. IL any man attempts TO haul 1t down
shoot him on the spot.
Z. Der chail Is oud
8. Send for Duncan Machines.
q. 'Bject. 'bject. 'bjecti
10. Come here. boys, and see Sam Bar
low with his hands in his own pockets.
II. Who's loony now?
H. For money / got honey.
13. Powder your head. Henry, and go
rs pill.
H. The public be damned.
IL. Here's to our mich COW. New York.
w. p. STEPHENS.
BAYoNNE, n. j., January IL.
The New York herald., 1922-01-12
The Hearth.

The fame that leaps on the hearth fol
you
Was stored from the primal sun,
When giant trees in the young world
And the race was yet to run.
Through the changing forms Of death II
passed,
Felt heavy the cons roll,
To spread its warmth on the hearth at
last
In the live and glowing coal.
The light that leaps in the eyes of you
From the Source OF life was drawn
When the heavens formed and the earth
was new
In the dim creations dawn.
Through million changing lives II
passed,
And weight Of the buried years,
To shine in Love on the hearth at last
With the strength that warns and
cheers.
McLANpBURGH WILSON.
The New York herald., 1922-01-12

wheat or bushel of corn at present
prices to exchange into more coal
than it can now exchange into; into
more lumber, more machinery and
tools, more clothing and miscellane-
Gus commodities.
Better that the freight charges on
his crop shipments to market should
go down and that the freight charges
on what he himself buys and has
shipped to the farm should go down
as they now begin to do. Better that
his other selling costs should go down
as they can be made to do through
cooperative handling agencies and
other common effort. Better that his
mortgage interest and bank loan
rates should go down as they are now
doing.
President HARDING's clear economic
vision and plain sense are safe guides
for Congress and others to follow in
this all important matter of giving
the American farmer real help. The
purchasing power of his crops could
be increased one-fourth, if that be the
right proportion: it could be increased
one-half, if it be the right proportion,
much more surely and rapidly by in
creasing the quantities Of the neces-
saries of life into which his bushel of
corn or wheat or whatever it may be
will exchange than by plastering more
dollar marks on that bushel while
the producers of the things the
farmer needs to buy off the farm
rival him in multiplying the dollar
marks on their goods.
The New York herald., 1922-01-12
Heart to Heart Railway Talks

Whether it is HERBERT Hoover S
idea or the idea of somebody else, 1t
is an excellent plan to get the rail.
way managers and railway workers
into conference over wages and
working conditions to see what
agreements can be reached without
going to the United States Railroad
Labor Board. They should resort to
this last refuge only if and after re-
lations have become strained to tha
breaking point.
There is no more sensible body of
men in the country than railway
workers when they are not willfully
misled by their own leaders or wan
tonly inf1amed by incendiary politi-
clans. They know, and they know 1t
of their own experience, that traffic
rates are too high for farm products,
lumber, coal and other commodities
to flow freely to market. They know
by the same test that traffic rates
must come down in the interest Of
a general business revival and in
the interest Of providing and main.
tanning employment for the railway
workers themselves, whose Jobs un-
der present conditions daily become
fewer and less secure. They know
the only way rates can come down
in any worthwhile measure is through
a general and thorough readjustment
OF the operating expenses OF the car
riers. They know the great bulk Of
operating expenses is in the hands Of
the workers.
Railroad managers and railroad
workers always have comprehended
their common problems better when
they went over them together in
heart to heart talks than when some
body else went over those problems
for them. There is a natural un-
derstanding and sympathy among
the managers and workers. They
have grown up together, working
side by side, many of them, and they
speak the same language.
The managers and the workers
alike, knowing that traffic is the life
tlood of the carriers, are more likely
tc find the solution among them
selves for rate, wage and other read
justments to produce the traffic than
anybody else is to find it for them.
Let them find it together and to-
gether settle the question.
The New York herald., 1922-01-12
Dame Cunhilda's Voice.
Women's Names Given to Pieces OF
Artillery by Medieval Princes.

To THE NEW YORK HERALD: Your edi-
torial article tracing the word gunman
to an innocent and even honorable
source recalls the fact that gun itself.
originally gunne. is merely the worn
down smooth bore form Of a womans
name. Gunhilda.
An English document Of 1880 A. ID. de-
scribes a cannon as "una magma balista
de cornu que vocatur Domino Gum
hilda." Dame Gunhilda's eloquent voice
has reechoed ever since throughout the
ages whenever the English speaking
races have engaged in war. AS Cum
hilda means literally "warlike in battle"
the name gun has a certain fitness.
Let us hope that some day some doc
tor Of philosophy will tell us why the
princes of the later Middle Ages always
bestowed womens names on their noisi-
est artillery. Thus the cannon which
quellel the jurkers and established the
Hohenzollerns at Berlin was called
"faule Crete" or idle Margaret"
NEW YORK, January II. GUNpuLr.
The New York herald., 1922-01-12
England Coming Through Right
With Ireland.

While ARTHUR GRIFFITH, as head
of the Provisional Government in
Ireland, is doing his utmost. with
the aid of an intelligent Cabinet, to
put into effect the treaty with Great
Britain, England herself is coming
through quickly and right with
Ireland.
One of the outstanding signs of
the British determination to leave
nothing undone which shall lead to
complete peace is the decision to
release hundreds of imprisoned Sim
Feiners, including forty who have
been under sentence of death for
their attacks on British troops. This
sweeping amnesty should go far to
convince any still doubtful Irishmen
that the British Government is sim
cere in its purpose not only to OBJ
literate as much as possible of the
regrettable past but to put absolute
trust in the good faith and will Of
the people Of Ireland.
Another notable manifestation is
the withdrawal of British troops en-
tirely from the south of Ireland.
This is not merely a gesture of con-
tidence in the restored temper of Ire
land. 1t is a convincing illustration
of the fact that the Irish Free State
is to be free in more than name. 1t
is to maintain its own military de-
tense force, administer it's own pub
lie property and debt, impose its own
taxes and make its own laws relative
10 banking, commerce, shipping, post
offices, patents and copyrights.
Most of the people of Ireland, who
are inherently keen on political mat
ters, realize already the freedom and
dignity that come to Ireland by the
terms of the treaty, for she is made
the equal of the proud Dominions of
Canada and Australia in every i'm
portant respect. And those who do
not realize it now will arrive at the
AHoWiSuSc pclOic thc iidSAlhCiy 10
ready for the first election of mem
bers of the Southern Ireland Parlia
ment for the Irish Free State.
Great Britain is making good her
treaty promise to transfer to the
Provisional Government "the powers
and machinery requisite for the
discharge of it's duties" The Pro-
visional Government, headed by
GRIFFITH and COLLINS and backed
by large majority of the press.
the clergy and the farming and bust
ness interests of southern Ireland,
is going about the business of giving
Ireland the peace and order and
good government" which the world
trusts it to give. 1t is not an easy
task like that of England, which has
only to let go. The Irish are taking
up the huge burden of reorganiz-
ing a country which has had what
amounts almost to a complete politi-
cal revolution.
Should her new masters fail in
their undertaking Ireland would sink
into economic chaos. But the Grif-
fifth government has brains and ex-
perience; all il needs for success is
a united country behind it. The
outer world is roofing for the Irish
Free State. Every Irish sympa.
thizer outside the island would be
disappointed IL Ireland. with the ball
in her hands, dropped il.
The New York herald., 1922-01-12

This country Is ever content. some
times II rejoices, to have famous Brit
ish authors come to lecture to us. Re-
sponsive to these amiable sentiments
none will consider it irksome TO give
the meaning of his dicta. One says:
"a woman is always in love. or a
little in love, and If she isn't she is a
little uncomfortable" and Women
dress not to please men but to insult
other women" The first requires ex-
PLANTATION: Is It being in love or a
little in love that causes discomfort
to women? AS for the cited reason
why women dress, is 1t not. then, at
all the same reason why apple BIOS
SONS and roses are lovely?
The New York herald., 1922-01-12
The SNOWFALL.

Some say the moons a satellite
For ages dead and cold.
think II is a SNOWFALL by
The bright star-children rolled.
For first II Is "A shining flake
And soon begins to grow
Until II finally becomes
\ ball like frozen snow.
But as IL travels on its course
Observing it YOU may
Behold It dwindie rapidly,
Thin out and melt away.
And If you doubt Il go and watch
The lus.rous orb of night
For only one short month and you
VIII see that am right.
MrNSA iRvrSc
The New York herald., 1922-01-12

A little police clique in New York
ing to abolish freedom of speech with
the nightstick. In Washington lit
tie clique Of busybodies is trying to
abolish the freedom of the press by
legislation.
The New York police clique heard
from the people and will continue to
hear. In Washington the busybodies
are hearing from statesmen who un-
derstand how necessary the freedom
of the press is to the United States.
The attempt to muzzle the newspa-
fore the Senate which purports to
stop the sending of lottery and cheat
ing devices through the mails but
which would prevent newspapers
from publishing racing news.
The bill itself is symptom of the
busybody fever for regulating pop
ular morals. If it became a law as
it stands. as Senator STANLEY pointed
out at a hearing on Tuesday, "a boy
in college. writing home to his
mother that his roommate had bet 5
cents on a football game, could be
sent to prison for five years"
1t must puzzle the average Amer
ican to understand why Congress,
with so many vital problems to solve
problems which affect the prosper
ity OF the nation and the happiness
of every home-finds time to fuss
with the things which are forced
upon It by the Busybody Lobby.
The citizen is wondering where
he will be when the reformers get
through regulating him. He is pretty
sick of being regulated. And, look
ing at the matter in a broader and
less personal view. he sees a real
peril to the country. This bill,
said Senator BoRAH, "is to erect an
autocratic form of government" 1t
is a step in that direction. 1t is Gov
ernment censorship of the press. If
the newspapers cannot report horse
racing-which is a lawful sport in
this and other great States-obvi-
pusly the next step will be to prevent
them from printing news Of rob-
peries and other lawless acts.
But the bypocrites of the Busy
body Lobby care nothing about the
constitutional rIchtS ~ Americans.
They are avou'ediy against freedom
Of speech ne we'll az Of the press.
Postmaster Genera HAYS wrote
letter 10 Senator NELSON protesting
against the section OF 'he bill which
makes it an offcnse for newspapers
to publish racing news. THE whole
BILL" he said, had better be de-
feated than to pass this additional
curtailment of the freedom of the
press" This enraged the Busybody
Lobby. One of them declared at a
Senate Committee meeting that WILL
HAYs's letter was IAN unwarranted
intrusion into this debate" AS IL
any man had not the right to object
TO tyranny
This dangerous bill should be
beaten in Congress. But if the busy
bodies should be successful there the
measure should be vetoed when 1t
reaches the desk of a President who
knows, better than any President we
have had. how important is the free
dom OF the press.
But, whatever its fate. the bill is
still symptom OF an evil condition.
An active min rity is determined to
regulate by legislation the morals.
health and habits of a whole coun-
try. The individual who finds him
self picked out for regulation doesn't
Ike it at all. And 1t is the individual
who makes America great.