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The New York herald., 1922-07-03
BIackfishlng On the Wrecks Is Wonder
fuIIy Good.

Clarence de Garmo. who makes trips for
blackfish from Babylon. has been bringing
IN great messes OF these fish, which have
been taken on some wrecks Off Fire Island.
On one occasion he bagged more than 100
blackfish, many of which weighed ten pounds
apiece, and none Of them under three pounds.
We have had wonderful blackfishng through.
out May and June said the captain, and II
will last for some time to come. The cap
tain has been on the lookout for some oil
the albncore that come In close to shore AZ
Fire Island. but he has not yet seen them
They are about due for as a rule they are
about on July 4. Last year there were
plenty OF them In the waters In the vicinity
Of Fire Island inlet. They are brutes 10
fight and any one who gets fast to one with
a light rod viii have his work cut out fol-
him.
The New York herald., 1922-07-03

Weather raining; track muddy.
Five pounds apprentice allowance claimed.
The New York herald., 1922-07-03
Auueduct Entries.

First Race-Claiming; three-year-olds and
upward. six and a half furlongs:
Index Wt.lIndex. W.T..
The New York herald., 1922-01-08
Sweet Voiced Wambold.
Ballads Encored by New York
Audiences in the '60s.

To THE NEW YORK HERALD: The in
teresting and amusing controversy about
David Wambold's singing or not sing
ing THE Old Arm Chair" invites the
statement Of the names Of the songs that
I heard him sing many times in Birch.
Wambold. Bernard and Backus's San
Francisco Minstrels Theater In this city.
Here are the titles of some OF the songs !:
Little Footsteps" my Pretty Red
Rose" Darling Jenny "Come, sit by
My Side, Little Darling" Little Robin.
Tell Kitty I'm Coming" "Oh. Sweet Be
Thy Repose" and Beautiful Isle OF the
Sea-"
Dave wambold's voice was extremely
sweet, very light and always true. He
never sang any but pretty ballads. and
I remember that these were always
enthusiastically cncored.
At the American Theater, 444 Broad
way, in 1865 and later / heard his
brother Jim Wambold sing negro melo-
dies and play an accompaniment upon
the banjo. Jim's humor was abundant
but his vocal abilities never approached
those possessed by his brother Dave.
There may be @ few left who can re-
call the halls and theaters on lower
Broadway in the eos. Bob Butler was
manager of 444 Broadway and J. Acker-
man or Ancrman was treasurer and
sold my schoolmatcs and myself ten cent
admission tickets to the Saturday after
noon performances in 1866 and later.
To subdue continued applause and some
times kissing Mike Norton welded a
rattan. hitting the wooden rails, and
even touching human offenders. / do
not know that his activities in maintain
ing order guided him later on to the
realm OF statecraft at Albany. but not
many years lapsed until the Hon.
Michael Norton occupied seat in the
Senate Chamber in the Capitol of this
state. G. b. THOMAS.
NEW YoRK, January 7.
The New York herald., 1922-01-08

served in the unconscious under repres-
sion. The bedecking OF ruler with
mirrors further illustrates this preser-
vation of the infantile self-love. since
the ruler represents the narcissistic con-
ccption OF omnipotence OF the SELF The
many customs relating to the discovery
Of tho future mate, or otherwise asso-
ciated with love, show plainly that love
Of an object outside of the self has as
its basis the love of oneself. There is
evidence here of the varying success
which attends the transference over to
the love of object. IL the narcissistic
attitude has become a fxation the OBJ
ject discovered In the mirror will take
negative form, n threat Of death or
other symbol of the repression.
There Is evidence of the use OF animals
as transfer objects of the self, repre-
senting probably phyiogenetically
closer relation between man and beast,
as well as sometimes a symbolic rcgres-
sive expression of the peeping instinct.
The prohibitions which pertain in great
number TO the looking into a mirror or
the use of mirrors to guard the human
being from demons give the negative
form of the unconscious interest, its
repression. or, as the author says. speak,
ing ethnologically. its taboo. This mega
tive phase is evident also in the super
stitions which center about the break
ing of mirror and which make It es-
sential to cover the mirror from the dead
or dying. The writer gives an interest
ing chapter upon the relation Of the
mirror and the heavenly bodies.
The New York herald., 1922-01-08
A Well Deserved Punishment.

Justice was not slow in the case
of the man who, searching for cheap
notoriety, staged fox hunt at Forty
second street and Fifth avenue Tues
day. Yesterday he was arraigned in
Jefferson Market Court, convicted on
a charge of cruelty to animals-the
fox suffered a broken leg in the
ohase-and sentenced to pay a fine of
800 and suffer Imprisonment for
two days.
This was the fitting conclusion of
a prosecution which arose from as
mean a piece Of cruelty to dumb
animal as has lately come to public
notice. The perpetrator of the deed
could offer no excuse based on rage
suddenly aroused or on the conten-
tion that he acted in thoughtless haste.
His conduct was carefully planned
and his plan was deliberately exc
cuted His motive was gain. He
sought free advertising; he has paid
highly for advertising of kind; but
it is the kind even he would pay
high to avoid.
Frequently in cases Of cruelty to
animals 1t is impossible to bring the
offense home legally to the guilty
man. 1t is refreshing to find that
when guilt can be established there
Is way to inflict merited punish.
ment on the culprit.
The New York herald., 1922-01-08
Job Hedges's Greatest Joke
on the Public.

OF course it is not a matter Of
record that JOB HEDGES ever vowed
that he would not marry. However,
the public assumed it. He was the
bachelor of bachelors. His evenings,
which in the case Of q married man
are dedicated at least in part to the
fireside, have been devoted these
many years to the enlightenment and
enlivenment of the public and its
affairs. Mr.. HEDGES has been in de-
mand, longer than the younger gener-
alton can remember, at every feast
which needed the Hedges mixture Of
wisdom and humor.
What would life in New York have
been these last twenty or thirty
years without the post-prandial SER
vices OF jon HEDGES and CHAUNCEY
DEPEw and SIMEON Ford? But of
these JOB was the most patient, reli-
able and enduring. He was the first
TO be called out under the after din
ner draft act, bachelor that he was.
Into the banquet field with him, to
act as shock trooper or to mop up
the bored feeling left by previous
speakers He never claimed exemp-
tion. In he went, hurling his gren-
AIDES Of common sense, his delicious
philosophy and celestial irony.
The Hon. JOB has been (mark the
tense) a jester. That is, he has told
the public disagreeable truths about
itself and it has laughed as men
always laugh when they are caught
in the act of doing something foolish.
But nobody expected that he would
one day stagger the same adoring
public by telling it an agreeable
truth about himself--that he was
about to leave the ranks of the bach
elors. Yet all who like him--which
is the same as saying all who know
him--will congratulate him. And
some lesser stars in the field of ora
tory may grin in anticipation of the
disappearance of this Betelgeuse
from the orators heaven.
If envy ever burned in the femi-
nine heart there would be confia.
grafton over the news; for remark
able indeed must be the accomplish
ments of her who lures jon HEDGES
from the tradition OF singleness.
The New York herald., 1922-01-08
Elusive Art Treasures.
Romantic Tale of Two Rembrandts
Saved From the BOlsheviki.

To THE NEW YORK HERALD: Two
Rembrandt pictures. the portraits of a
man and of a woman, the delight but
also the despair of art critics because
of their temperamental way of appear
ing and disappearing, have finally landed
in the collection of Joseph L. Widener.
These pictures for many years were
hidden in the galleries of Prince Yous-
soupoff, an eccentric Russian nobleman,
who only displayed his pictures to per-
sons of rank equal to his own. This
reduced the number of visitors to his
gallery to himself, the Czar and one or
two Others some of whom knew too
little about art to identify the pictures.
The present Prince Youssoupoff man
aged to hide a few art treasures about
Petrograd when the Bolsheviki conf1s-
Gated his palace. But most of his valu-
abes were hidden in secret vault under
the ballroom floor. The one servant who
knew of this hiding place disclosed It to
the Bolsheviki. The two Rembrandts,
however, were saved, and were snug
Gled out OF Russia aboard a British
cruiser.
Only recently art critics were excited
over a contradiction between the asser-
ton that Mr. Widener had bought the
pictures and that Of Prince Youssoupoff
that he had not sold them. The truth
of the matter was that a London banker
had negotiated the deal. Now that the
man and the woman are to have ap-
propriate accommodations in Philadel-
phia 1t is presumed that they will re-
a., fAt 60 Co..
New York, January Z. STUDENT.
The New York herald., 1922-01-08
The Agricultural Bloc.
Its Composition by States and in
Personnel AnaIyzed.

To THE New YORK HERALD: Scrutiny
OF the Senate agricultural bloc and it's
members as designated in the correspon-
dence from THE New York HERALp's
Washington Bureau discloses a number
of interesting details.
The twenty-five charter members of
the bloc were not recruited from eleven
States but from seventeen. Five States
are represented in the bloc by both their
Senators. Twelve States supplied one
Senator each. That is, less than one
half of the States represented cast their
whole voting strength with the move
ment for class legislation. The five 100
per cent. bloc States are Arizona, Iowa
North Dakota, South Carolina and Wis
consin the twelve States to whose Sem
ators its recruiting sergeant, Tom
Hehin of Alabama, spoke less persua-
sively are Alabama, his own State; Ar
kansas. Florida. Georgia, Idaho. Louisi-
ana Nebraska. New Mexico, North Caro-
lima. Oklahoma. Oregon and Wyoming.
Those who have more than a casual
acquaintance with the relative states
manship Of the Senate personnel will
observe with interest and perhaps not
without satisfaction this list of Sena-
tors not in the bloc but whose States
are therein represented by their col
leagues: Underwood (Ala.). Robinson
(Ark.). TrammeIl (Fla.). Watson (Ga.).
Gooding (Idaho), Broussard (La-), Bur-
sum IN. M. Simmons On. c.,
Hitchcock (Neb.), owen {Okla.), STAN
field (Ore.) and Warren (Wyo.).
other interesting speculations on the
composition of the bloc are aroused by
noting that from these agricultural
States not a recruit was mustered in:
California Illinois, Indiana. Mississippi.
Missouri, South Dakota and Texas;
mighty muster they make of farms.
ranches. plantations, orchards and stock
ranges.
Are the Senators from those States
nninfuenced by offered opportunity to
effect legislation demanded by class.
or do they cling to the outworn creed
that the good OF the whole nation Is the
first and highest consideration Of ma
tional legislator rather than the appar-
ent benefit to class which would be
in fact a real hardship for the majority
Of the people? t. w. L.
NEW YORK, January Z.
The New York herald., 1922-01-08
AS to Wearing Furs.
Suffering to Animals Due to Trap.
ming in the North Woods.

To THE New YORK HERALD: For
eleven years have been living much OF
the time up in the North Woods. where
trapping animals for their furs is COM
mon winter occupation. And the other
day when your Society for the Preven-
ton Of Cruelty to Animals so properly
resented that wanton piece Of brutality
on the part of the furrier who tormented
live fox until an automobile ran over
1t and broke its front leg the incident
appeared to me in pathetically humor-
Gus light.
One fox had been tormented and had
got @ leg broken and the humane society
was properly quite excited. But. please.
I should like to know how many MEM
bers of the society wear furs? For every
fur the size of a fox worn on their bodies
these members Of the humane society
have broken in the traps one leg at least,
and in the case Of fox pelts In addition
O. live small rabbit---usually a rabbit
will probably have been used for bait.
For every small animal--skunk. squirrel,
muskrat and the rest--they must count
crushed bones around shoulders and
neck. not always killing the animal. only
gripping 1t in the crushing steel trap till
the trapper happens to come along, and
this is sometimes several days later.
And this does not count those animals
fortunate enough to chew Off leg and
get away. Neither does It count the
dogs and cats that stray from the homes
Of settlers and fall into the traps.
/ should like to know how many OF
the society's members wear furs. Then
we could count the full number Of broken
legs to be indignant about. and 1t might
do some real good. BELLE SILvEGA.
PHILADELPHIA, January z.
The New York herald., 1922-01-08
SUNDAY. JANUARY s, 1922.
The Irish Treaty Ratified.

Through the clouds of uncertainty
that have hung over Ireland for a
month the sun has broken at last. Ac-
sceptance by the Dali Eireann of the
treaty between Great Britain and
ireland, negotiated with the British
Government by the Griffith and Col.
slins group, ends, in all human prob.
liability, the bitter contest that has
ragged for centuries.
The best thing about the ratifica.
stion of the treaty is that public opin.
ion in southern Ireland seems to be
overwhelmingly behind it. The
3press, the clergy, the farmers, the
business men and a great majority
3even of the Irish Republican army
the men who followed COLLINS in
war--approve the agreement which
establishes Ireland as a~Free State,
the equal in rank of Canada and
Australia.
There may be discomfort here and
there, due to the activity OF a com
.paratively few irreconcilables. But
with the country behind the majority
which GRIFFITH and COLLINS led in
the Irish Parliament there can be
no continuing warfare, for the dis
senters win find small sympathy in
the outer world.
Ireland's morning has come, and
may she take advantage of 1t to the
fullest,
The New York herald., 1922-01-08
Actors Fail as Managers.

There undoubtedly exists in the sit
uation Of the theaters to-day enough
to worry their people. Much of the
business of amusements is said to be
conducted now at financial loss.
The public is buying, but buying so
cautiously that enterprise is re.
stricted. There is money in plenty
for the best. Indeed, there is enough
OF IL to make the most expensive
productions profitable as long as they
appeal to the public. Opera has al
ways been regarded as the most lux
urious form of public entertainment.
Yet the Metropolitan has never
known a more prosperous season
than IL is now enjoying. Half dozen
theaters are now drawing receipts
which ten years ago would have sup
ported twice as many theaters.
But the general condition Of tho
theater is such as to suggest various
means of improvement. One of these
was the formation of company Of
we'll known actors, who took a the
ater and announced cooperative
season OF indefinite length. Nobody
suspected in advance that the activi
ties OF the organization would end
after a week. Noted names were on
the first program, famous play was
presented and a new and commodi-
GUS playhouse was the home OF the
company. But failure was swift.
Observers who devote their time TO
deploring the evils, artistic and com.
mercial, which they assert menace
the theater have long urged the
actors to take matters into their
own hands. In greater control OF the
artistic departments Of the theater
by the players prosperity was de-
clared 20 lie. Economic as well as
artistic simplification has been
pointed out as recommendation Ia
such a course. II was not until this
company was formed that the expert
ment OF actors working In coopera'
ton was actually made.
Any organization which cannot
last more than week will be termed
wretched failure. Lack of capital
must of course be urged as the first
cause of this smashup. If public sup.
port is not quickly forthcoming to a
theatrical enterprise lacking large
capital reserve the shutters must 20
up. But other factors require con.
The New York herald., 1922-01-08
Mechanics Who Want Work.
The Question Of Wages and Of In.
reference by Unions.

To THE NEW York HERALD: In let
ter printed In your paper Reader" says
there are many building mechanics out
of work who would be glad to work for
moderate wages doing repairs and the
like.
1 wish to ask "Reader" what he and
they would call moderate wages. Also.
does he think they would give fair
days work. when. in their opinion. they
we're being scandalously underpaid? II
they ioafed on the job there would be no
economy in employing them. Again. how
long does Reader" think the builders
union would permit them to work? They
would all be liable TO get beaten up as
soon as they were found at work. Does
not Reader" know that men are no
longer allowed 20 accept work as they
choose and that the law no longer pro-
tects them when at the work they
choose? J. X.
RosLYN, January Z.
The New York herald., 1922-01-08
Mirror Lore.
Scientific Explanation Of Popular
Superstiti0ns.

From boors reuieio ~ the New York Med.
icoi Journal.
It is natural that many such SUPER
stitious as those associated with the
mirror should cluster about children,
since childhood is the period when the
individual passes through the narcis-
sistic period The many phantasies.
however. which extend In other direc-
items show clearly enough that the mar
ciss,stic stage is not completely left be-
hind with childhood. There Is the ten
dency of the unconscious to hold fast
this carly realization of the value OF the
self as a distinct thing. and the need
ON the other hand, for the growing per-
sonality to find other objects for Itself
in the external world. resulting In these
often apparently contradictory manifes-
tations of the mirror phantasies which
exnress both sides of the desire and in
the taboos and the fears they evidence
the conflict which the opposing tenden-
cies engender
The common use OF the mirror in fore
telling future events reveals the infan-
tile tendency to objectivation OF the
inner impulses. II represents sometimes
the image Of the ego. eecond self, or
in some instances 1t is an objectivation
OF the peeping instinct OF tho child pre-
The New York herald., 1922-01-08
The Unlocked Door.
A Hudson Tube Incident Shows How
Testimony May Conflict.

To THE NEW YORK HERALD: On jan
uary IS at 6 80 p. NJ. l took a Hudson
tube train at Thirty-thrd street and
Broadway for the Erie station. Due to
some block or delay there was an un-
usually large crowd waiting to board
this train and found myself at the ex-
treme rear end of the rear coach.
Just after the train left Thirty-third
street the conductor came to the rear
door. unlocked It and made some change
in his signal lights on the rear of the
train. He then pushed the door to.
turned the key in the lock, removed the
key. shook the door to make certain
that it was locked and returned to his
station at the front of the end car.
The train proceeded to the Eric sta
ton and gentleman standing beside
me braced himself by holding to the
handle OF the door. Just before enter
ing the Erie station the train gave a
lurch rounding the curve and the door
which we had seen locked flew open.
Now suppose a case. II that door
had flown open not at the Erie station
but on the curve before the Grove
street station the man who had been
holding the door might have been pro-
jected onto the tracks and injured. Had
heard OF this / would have felt inn
PEELED in the interests OF justice to go
on the stand and swear that the door
was locked and that ! had seen It done
in spite of the fact that the door was
not locked.
Many of us at one time or another
serve on juries where there Is conflict
ing testimony such as would have oc-
Cured in the case supposed. 1 incline
to the belief that the testimony of one
man TO the fact that the door flew open
is equal to the testimony of any two
men that the door was locked.
i. r. FELANp.
NuTrrY, y. J.. January Z.
The New York herald., 1922-01-08
The Winter Hills.
int amid the hills

I know a haunt amid the hills
Where winter trurnpets loud and long.
Where the gray north wind never stills
The measure of its song.
Here all the slopes are white as sleep
In its ethereal leagues controlled.
Here with fantastic steps there creep
The elflns OF the cold.
Here when the red trimmed sun goes
down
And dark frs stand in silhouette,
One seems to feel and see the frown
or death, and yet--and yet
Let but the springtime set to lip
One lyric reed and blow a call.
And how this bleak domain will slip
Its icy bond and thrall.
"There Is no death 70 the sap will sing
There Is no death !" the sod will cry,
And many another voice will ring
In rapture of reply.
The sepulcher will be unsealed.
To earths renewal found the clew,
And to mans cyo will be revealed
Gods miracle anew.
ELISABETH SCOTLAND.
The New York herald., 1922-01-08

at the end of eighteen months, many
others are sold for breeding purposes
at prices which surprise those not
familiar with conditions in the in
dustry. A good pair of breeding
foxes are worth from $4,000 to $4,000,
while individual skins may bring
from $3.50 to $500.
Each pair of foxes raises one family
year. Litters will run from a
single individual to as many as ten !;
the average is five or six. Great care
must be exercised when the whelps
are few weeks old, as they are sus-
ceptible to much the same ailments
as puppies at the same stage Of their
development.
Cold weather is necessary for the
proper development of the fur; the
animals produce a pels in keeping
with the climate in which they are
reared. Silver foxes vary in color
from those entirely of silver hue to
jet black with a few white or silver
hairs on the back or rump.
Importations OF foxes can be made
only through certain ports Of entry
into the United States, fox quaran-
tines having been established by the
Federal authorities at Calais, Maine,
and Rouses Point, in this State. The
Biological Surveys report advises
persons thinking Of establishing fox
farms to begin in small way and
to master the difficulties presented
by the industry before investing
money in it on large scale.
The New York herald., 1922-01-08

sideration. Did the public feel any
reluctance to support an organiza-
tion composed entirely Of actors?
Would the name of we'll known and
trusted impresario have made the ex-
pertinent profitable? There must have
been some reason why these popular
players who had formed a common
wealth for the benefit of themselves
and the public were unable to carry
out the plan.
Probably the nature OF the organi-
zation had little or nothing to do
with its fate. 1t is in all probability
true that the public cared nothing
about the peculiarities of the makeup
of the new company. Whether it was
an association of players or an ordi-
nary production by a commercial
manager is a matter about which
most playgoers were doubtless igno-
rant. AS to the business of amuse-
ments, they are probably more ig-
norant and just as Indifferent.
If this union of the actors met with
failure it was because it did not re-
spond to any public demand in the
theater. The playgoers were in
different to the drama it offered or
to the actors or to both. There is
no ground for believing that it's con-
stitution had the least influence on
it's fate There is only one question
in the theater patrons mind when
he is choosing play to attend: Is
he going to get his moneys worth
from it? The answer to that inquiry
decides him.