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The New York herald., 1922-06-10
The Princeton Monument.

The battle monument which Pres
ident HARDING dedicated at Prince
ton yesterday was to have been
built within the lifetime of GEORGE
WASHINGTON, whose achievements and
memory it chiefly honors. The Con-
tinental Congress voted in 1888, six
teen years before WASHINGTON S
death, to commemorate in lasting
form the victory he won at Prince
ton at time when the cause of in
dependence was at its lowest ebb,
tut the project lay dormant for 4
century. After twenty years of ne
gotiation for site MACMoNNIEs
started work on the monument ten
years ago.
There is no place in the country
more fitting for memorial to
WASHINGTON the soldier and to th7
ragged Continentals who are pictured
with him on MAcMoyNIEs' relief,
In the battle of Princeton on Janu-
ary 8, 1879, the cause for which
WASHINGTON fought took new lease
of life. His success brought new re-
cruits to his hard pressed army. 1t
made eventual victory possible. The
country has waited long time for
the Princeton monument, but 1t is
good to know that at last it stands
there.
President HARpINa displayed his
customary sense of the fitness of
things by attending the dedication.
and in the appropriate words he ut
tered on this historic field he once
more showed his deep understand
ing of the fundamentals for which
WASHINGTON struggled, the funda-
mentals of American institutions,
which are recorded not merely in
commemorative stone and bronze but
in the life of mighty nation.
The New York herald., 1922-06-10
EVENTS TO-DAY.

jewish Theological Seminary, commence
ment. baccalaureate sermon by Rabbi Kohn.
331 West 123d street. forenoon: graduating
exercises, Aeolian Hall, 20 West Forty
second street. T. NJ.
Webb Institute of Naval Architecture.
commencement exercises. 1ssth street and
Sedgwck avenue. The Bronx. p. M.
Marble shooting contest for the Champion
ship OF Queens. Rockaway Park, 2:30 p. NJ.
Camp Fire Girls Day. outdoor festival.
Prospect Park. Brooklyn. afternoon.
Bronx Borough Day, celebration. Grand
Concourse. The Bronx. 80 P. NJ.
Manhattan College. Diamond Jubilee OF
Christian Brothers, alumni baseball game
followed by beefsteak dinner.
Lady Rose Society. lunch and dance, Hotel
Pennsylvania, l p. NJ.
Women's Press Club. meeting. Waldorf
Astoria, 2 p. NJ.
DR.. J. II. Barnhart win speak on Euro
pean Influences In American Botany" Boz
tanical Garden, Bronx Park. p. NJ.
Chrstodora House. twenty-ffth anniver-
sary celebration.
Esperanto in Photography and Song viii
be the subject OF meeting at the Green
Witch. 6S East Eleventh street, p. M.
School for Printers Apprentices. closing
exercises, Shields Hall. Schermerhorn ard
Smith streets, Brooklyn, +. M.
University of Wisconsin Alumni. dinner.
Hotel Commodore, Pm.
Julia Rlchman High School, faculty dinner.
Hotel Commodore, p. NJ.
P Delta Sienna Fratsnity. dance and sup
per, Hotel Astor. 8 ;00P M.
Cameo Branch. fuessnational Sunshine So
ciety. luncheon and card party. Hotel Shell
burne, Brighton Beach. p. NJ.
Phi Sigma Delta Fraternity. dinner, Hotel
shelburne. Brighton Beach, p. M.
Cashiers Section, Association of Stock
Exchange Firms, dinner, Hotel Shelburne,
Brighton Beach. r. NJ.
Robert @; Macauley. former Presidential
candidate OF the Single Tax party, win speak X
on Your Duty In the Coming Election"
Single Tax Forum. 20i West Thirteenth
street. 1880 p. NJ
The New York herald., 1922-06-10
The Wild Duck Knew.

\. Nature provides for-her own in a
way that compels the admiration Of
the man who with good intentions
attempts to improve on her handi-
work and discovers his folly in so
doing.
There was the case of the New
England man with a fondness for
mallard ducks. He set a number Of
the eggs Of these fine birds in an
incubator along with hens eggs. The
result was failure. The yield was
away below what he expected and
the ducklings were harried by the
chicks until one after another they
gave up the struggle for existence
and died.
Then followed the plan OF confin-
ing the ducks in comfortable house
with an abundance of clean straw
available for nest making. One Of
the beautiful female ducks, disdain-
ing the comforts of the house, built a
nest out in the open without a parti-
Gle of shade and industriously laid
sufficient number of eggs to fill it,.
The yield hatched in the open amid
the rubbish Of the yard was 100 per
cent, while the yield in the house
under conditions that would be con-
sidered ideal for domestic fowls was
not more than 60 per cent.
The mallards were one-year-old
birds from wild stock. That they
were true to type was indicated by
their preference for the environment
in which the species has survived
for countless generations. 1t is diff
cult to improve upon natures meth
ods after all.
The New York herald., 1922-06-10
Philippine Religions.
More Than Nine Million Christians
in the Islands.

To THE NEW YORK HERALD: In an.
swer to an article entitled Progress OF
the Filipino" in your issue of May 2s
we wish to state that we have written
to the Church Mission House, 2S1 Fourth
avenue, New York city, about this cam
paign of theirs as follows:
We are in receipt of clippings which
read:
''The Episcopal Church has inaugu-
rated a novel departure IN church effort
at the Church Mission House.
IN the display is shown what the mis-
sionaries are doing in the Philippines,
the collection ranging from the primitive
days of savagery before the American
occupation. down through the various
stages of progress TO the advanced de-
gree of civilization which the natives
have attained"
The wording OF the above. paragraph
implies that your display is OF such a
nature as to lead any one not familiar
with facts TO suppose that II Is only
within the last twenty-four years that
Filpinos have reached any degree of civil
izatlon and become Christianized. We
hope that this is not the case and that
you have been generous enough to con-
cede the fact that the majority of the
Filipinos are Christians and have been
for 400 years. and that Christianity was
well planted In the archipelago long be-
fore the American occupation. The work
of any religious body speaks for itself
and II Is not necessary in order to en-
hance Its glory to beittle or misrepre-
sent Christian people. We find that
the Filipinos are being very much mis-
represented In this country and some
missionaries are playing up the non-
Christians. who number about soc, 900,
but are silent about the nearly 10000 600
Christian civilized Filipinos.
For your information we furnish yot
the following figures composing tn,
Philippine population according to tn,
census of 1918: Catholic. 7,790,9 ,937'
Aglipayan (Filipino Christian church,
1,417,44S; Protestant, 124,575; the res
non-Christian. e. b. RODRIGUEZ.
Acting Director Philippine Pres.
Bureau.
WASHINGTON, d. c., June s.
The New York herald., 1922-06-10
The Wicked Judas.

From the Manchester Guardian.
During visit he paid to Oberammergau
several years ago the late Mr.. Andrew d.
White. the American diplomat. made the ac-
quaintance of the Judas, whom he described
as by far the best actor In the whole per-
formance. Mr.. White remarked to him that
he ought TO have double salary. as the
Judas had In the miracle plays of the Middle
Ages. when this was thought due to him as
compensation for the injury done TO his
character by his taking that part. At this
the Oberammergau Judas smiled pleasantly,
and replied: mo; ] am content TO share
equally with the others. But the same feel
ing toward the Judas stlll exists" Ho then
told Mr.. White tho following story: few
weeks before. while he was working at his
carving bench. the door of his workshop
opened and a peasant woman from the
mountains came IN. stood still. and gazed at
him intently. On his asking her what she
wanted she said: 81 saw you IN the play
yesterday. wished to look at you again.
You look so like my husband. He Is dead
He too was very bad mani"
The New York herald., 1922-06-10
Venomous American Snakes.
Few Persons Encounter the Danger.
GUS Reptiles.

From Department OF Agriculture Bulletin.
Although the average mortality from
American venomous snakes is a little
more than 10 per cent of the persons
bitten. death from snake bites is quite
rare, because relatively few persons
encounter or are bitten by the danger
Gus species.
The most venomous of our native
snakes live in lonely, little settled dis
tricts. often on stony or swampy land
that cannot be cultivated. Usually they
disappear at the approach of man,
and while they may strike II provoked,
the popular belief in respect to the dis
tance they can strike is erroneous
Three-fourths of their own length is
about the greatest distance possible. If
the legs are well protected when one is
going into deep woods or places known
to be infested by rattlers or other pol
sonous snakes there is slight chance of
being bitten.
AS the food OF snakes consists of liv-
ing prey they cannot be killed by poi
soned bats. The only method thus far
devised to kill them seems to be club
bing or shooting. This is best done in
early spring, when they are still slug
gish after the winter Information. AL
lowing hogs free run of infested land
may reduce the number of snakes How
ever. the popular idea that hogs are
immune to snake bite is probably based
on the impenetrabillty by the venomous
fangs of their thick skin and fat layer
rather than on actual immunity of these
animals.
The varieties most commonly found
in this country are the Elapide, or
Harlequin snakes and the Crotalidn,
or 'pit vipers." which include rattle
snakes. cotton mouth water. moccasins
and copperheads.
The New York herald., 1922-06-10
The PIowshares.

Forgotten in corner of the field.
Where ferns in pity half conceal its
plight.
There rusts a plowshare. Who can
say the day
When last II broke the sod, or whose
those hands
That guided through the breeze Of early
morn,
Or through the fervid breath of after
noon,
The sturdy team? And who can say
the day
When, from the north, with snail like
pace there came
That other plowshare, irresistible,
A frigid phalanx, leaving In It's wake
Moraines and drumlins, kames and
eslkers, too.
And smiling lakes, surmounted by the
brows
OF ice abraded mountains-yes, who
knows
When God a-plowing went. and then
forgot?
H. suRrLEEr VAN DoREN.
The New York herald., 1922-06-10
Bennett on the Sirius.
A Contemporary Discovers the Jour.
naIist mt Sea.

To THE New York HERALD: In refer
ring to the editorial article Bennett
Fifty Years After" wish to quote
from an old book, "Reminiscences of an
Idler," by Henry Wikoff, quondam
friend of James Gordon Bennett, whose
acquaintance the author made while on
voyage on the steamship Sirius when
steam was first introduced on the At
lantic. Mr.. wikoff relates a descrip-
tive incident of this brilliant editor
which may interest the readers of
THE New YORK HERALD:
Once out at sea / began to scrutinlze
my fellow travellers. consisting Of five
men and two women. Some one had
told me the formidable editor OF THE
HERALD, ]. G. Bennett. was among them,
and was only half pleased at the in-
telligence. He. was certainly a man
worth knowing. and 1 was eager'>to
analyze such an extraordinary compound
of brain and pluck. Still there was
something IN him TO inspire dread. He
seemed TO look on mankind as fit for
little else than to be converted into para
graphs. which he never failed to spice
with his ironical wit, that made them
very piquant. but not over pleasant for
the individual who was made the butt.
He had promised his readers to send
them a full account OF his travels, be-
ginning with his voyage in, the Sirius.
He might not condescend to notice me.
or he might regard me as good target
for his playful sarcasm. determined to
find him out and make n friend OF him.
though 1 had heard he was not man
easy to conciliate. but rather difficult Of
al
was standing in the stern while
thinking this over. and perceivlng tall
slim man near me entered into con-
versation. and found him intelligent and
quite dignfied IN tone. His physiognomy
was striking: lofty forehead. prominent
nose, firm mouth and the general ex-
preston. though somewhat stern. not
forbidding. After chatting for some time
remarked:
Il heard the famous Bennett is on
board"
Eyes. I believe he is." said the tall
man with smile.
"Do you feel at all nervous about
it?"
Not at least" was the reply.
well, for my part I continued. II
am not altogether comfortable on the
point
WnyE' asken my companion.
Because he Is so given to saying sar-
castle things OF people"
That depends good DEAL" he an
swered, ''whethor they are worth It."
"Do you know him by sight?" I In
ouired
VERY well.'
Then do point him out II you see
him on deck
HE Is standing before you. My name
is Bennett"
what" exclaimed on recovering
my breath; ARE you the man so fiercely
assailed and whose humorous sallies I
have read with delight these six months
past?'
'Ecce homoi' he retorted, greatly
amused at my establishment.
Thus began my acquaintance with this
remarkable man.
All went merrily for the first week.
There was another Engishman be-
sides: q conceited. dogmatic fellow. .
The New York herald., 1922-06-10
SATURDAY. JUNE 10. 1922.
Hylan Keeps On Hating.

OF course the Board of Estimate
at it's meeting yesterday decided not
to cooperate with the Transit Com
mission.
Mayor HYLAN and his crew are not
in the business of settling subway
problems. They are in the business
of politics. HYLAN, who probably
wants to be nominated for Governor
even though he is a sandwich man
for HEARST, fancies that he still
deludes the public with his talk
about five cent fares and wicked
corporations.
Defying the Transit Commission is
part of HYLAN's stock in trade. He
defles it because he hates it. He
hates 1t because it has a real pro-
gram for real transportation sys-
tenn and he has nothing to suggest
that can be taken seriously.
HYLAN hates the Transit Commits
sion because it is getting every ounce
of effort out of the subways and is
arranging further Improvement in
the service. He hates it because it is
demonstrating to New York that it
is efficient.
HYLAN will continue to abuse the
Transit Commission and obstruct the
progress of New York's railroads un-
til he discovers that the citizens
want train service and not the talk
OF politician.
But when he learns that 1t will
be too late for him toturn back.
The New York herald., 1922-06-10
Crane Home, Mystified by Syrian Case
Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Curtiss James Return by the
Aquitania After $4,000 Mile Yacht Trip.

man laws and red tape. The best she
could do was to have a roof apartment
built that will revert to the Government
in ten years. Mime. Gluck received
cables from her husband, who was then
making his Far East debut in Shanghai.
saying he had been received enthusi-
astically. She paid 10000 kroner word
in Austria to answer.
Robert Hillard. actor, and Mrs. Hill
lard referred to some European hote.
keepers as perfect bandits" Mrs.
Hillard said they would go to their
summer home in Nantucket to recover
from the foreign trip
The New York herald., 1922-06-10
a Missouri Fur Farm.
MON the Warremsburo star

Fvorl the Warrensburo star journal.
Johnson county is to have one of the larr-
est fur farms In tho United States w. II.
Hout and Harley IToar have leased n farm
on which VIII be placed 10000 10 20, 900
black skunts. The entire twenty acres will
Nbe inclosed with mesh wire fence. heavily
charged with electricity to prevent thieving
and the ssunks will be allowed to run at
large on ten acres. The farm will be
equipped with water works systom and an
electric light plant so that the entire place
can be flooded with light at any time.-Biacl,
slunks will be raised exclusively and the
stock purchased locally.
The New York herald., 1922-06-10
Syringas.

A bride came into the garden bowers
In snowy ribbons and lawn and lace.
But 10 no garland OF orange flowers
Crowned her beauty Of form and face !;
From sillxen lashes a pearly tear
Rolled down the rose of her rounded
cheek.
Her red lip qulvered, she cried. "Ah.
dearl
For bridal blossoms in vain seek"
A white syringa before her spread
It's creamy clusters OF fragrant bloom ;
"They are just like orange flowers" she
said,
"Ali gold and snow and the same per-
fume.
I'll weave them into a wreath--and
more,
I'll carry them too in my bouquet"
And 80 IT happened a June bride wore
syringas sweet on her wedding day.
MfNNA fRviNo.
The New York herald., 1922-06-10
Marion Harland.
A Tribute From the Author OF "Lovers
Once, but Strangers N0w."

To THE New YORK HERALD:
There is no flock. however watched and
tended.
But one dead lamb is there:
There is no firesde. howsoe'er defended.
But has one vacant chair.
With profound sorrow I read Of the
passing of Americas best loved writer
Marion Harland How short is the
span from gladness to sorrow. from
joyous life. bright as the sunshine and
golden with hope, to that calm. sweet
sleep from which there is no awakening
in this world
The miracle of life we cannot fully
understand; the miracle of death that
an eye a human being. warm with life,
love. hope and ambition, to senseless
clay, is still more of a solemn If not
fearsome mystery to us.
Marion Harlands writings endured
through the march of time because they
were wholesome No higher praise
could be given her. She lived to light
the lamp Of hope in many heart that
was overburdened; In lives that were
lonely and homes that were empty.
She was heart musician. touching its
harpsichord with firm but gentle hand.
bringing forth all its latent pathetic
music, turning it's dirges into anthems
of joy and hope. blotting out sorrow
and heartaches.
The bridge of affection over which
her heart crossed to her readers who
loved her has broken in twain, silently
sinking into the waters Of Lethe, to be
reared again--never.
This great writer lived life so pure,
noble and helpful that she did not fear
the cool kiss of death when it-was laid
upon her lips taking from her the
breath it could not return; nor did she
fear when it drew her with relentless
hand from the gladness OF life adown
the shadowy path that led to the great
beyond.
Her star wavered in its course. then
slipped slowly down behind the worlds
purple rim. through the cleaning into
the eternal night.
The clock of-life simply ran down :
the pendulum will never swing again ;
the busy hands that marked the pass
ing of her days and years are stilled
Farewell. gentle. kindly Soul that has
huttered away through the twilight into
heaven of eternal light!
Farewell, gifted author. wife and low
ing mother Farewell. dear form that
has gone back to nature. minsling with
the voiceless dust that shall give back
dewy grass and perfumed> rose!
The world is better for Marion Har-
land having lived in it. Time will not
efface her memory.
"She whom we loved SO we'll, still in
our hearts shall dwell"
We shall meet. but we shall miss her.
There will be one vacant chair.
We shall linger still to bless her,
While we breathe evening prayer
LAURA JEAN LIBBEY
BROOKLYN, June Q.
The New York herald., 1922-06-10
Daily Calendar
THE WEATHER.

For Eastern New YorlS-Local show
ers and not quite so warm to-day TO-
morrow showers. gentle, variable winds
For New Jersey--Partly cloudy to-day
and tomorrow. with local Thunderstorm
ers; no change in temperature; south
west moderate winds.
For Northern New England-Unset-
tied. probably local showers to-day and
tomorrow. mild temperature moderate.
variable winds.
For Southern New England-Local
showers and somewhat lower tempera-
ture to-day; tomorrow showers; moder-
ate, variable winds
For Western New York-Local show
ers and thunderstorms to-day and prob
ably Tomorrow; not much change In
temperature moderate. variable winds.
WASHINGTON, June 9.--High pressure
persists over the south Atlantic and Gulf
states and off the south Atlantic coast.
and the pressure is high on the Pacific
coast and along the Canadian border.
Moderate temperature prevails along the
northern border and on the Pacific
coast; temperatures are near or above
the normal in all other regions.
Highest temperatures reported to-day
were 96 degrees at Denver, 9S degrees
at Pueblo. 102 degrees at Phoenix and
104 degrees at Ell Paso. In the Eastern
States the highest temperatures reported
were 92 degrees at Boston and 20 de-
grees at Portland. Me-. and New Haven.
Conn.
There have been widely scattered
showers within the last twenty-four
hours in the Eastern and Southern
St@tes. The outlook is for a continual
t.vn OF unsettled weather and local
showers Tomorrow and Sunday In the
Atlantic and lower lake regions. The
temperature will be slightly lower to-
morrow in New York and southern New
England and 1t will change little in
otner regions east OF the Mississippi
River on Sunday.
observations at United States Weather Blu
reau stations. taken at s p NJ vesterdav
Seventy-fifth meridian tfua.r '-''
The New York herald., 1922-06-10

former expedition doubted would be
the safest and most advisable.
The Royal Geographical Society, it
is said, has been greatly encouraged
by this first success. Neither this
society nor any other authority will.
however, go so far as to prophesy
from it the ultimate success OF the
expedition. The most difficult and
perilous part of the ascent yet re-
mains to be accomplished.
The New York herald., 1922-06-10
Two Friends.

Two friends had 1; one when the sun
light shone
Upon my pathway. left me quite alone,
The other wandered with me mile on
mle
When skies were blue and fortune
deigned to smile.
A storm broke suddenly. he fied apace
To seek again a sunny, sheltered place.
Then came the other one to ask IL he
Might share my burden and might shell
ter me.
One swore he loved me by the blue
above,
The other never spoke a word of love
And to this day the first will still con-
tend
He is the better and the truer friendl
ELISABETH scoLLARp.
The New York herald., 1922-06-10
RICKENBACKER FORCED
DOWN AGAIN IN IOWA
Attributes Mishap to Effects
of Lightning in Detroit.

OMAHA, June g.-Capt. Eddie Ricken-
hacker again encountered trouble in his
around the country flight when late 20
day his airplane was forced down near
Dexter. Ia. on the Chicago to Omaha
leg Of his trip.
The plane alighted in clover field
two miles from Dexter when ignition
trouble developed.
Capt. RickenbaclSer In telephone
conversation declared the mishap was
directly attributable to that which oc-
CURED In Detroit yesterday. when his
plane was struck by lightning.
Efforts to repair the machine and con-
tinue to Omaha tonight were futile he
said, adding he would not resume his
flight until tomorrow.