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The New York herald., 1922-02-21
Coal Wage Scales Without Jobs.

The wrangling among the leaders
of the United Mine Workers them.
selves as to whether they shall dc.
mand six hour day does not mean
anything to anybody.
The issue, the crucial issue, for
the mines and for the workers in the
union coal fields is the wage scale.
If the war wage scale stays where it
is there will be neither an eight hour
working day nor six hour working
day for the majority Of the men.
There will be no working day at all
for them because under that prohibit
tive wage scale the mines in the main
cannot operate. This is the exact
condition to-day in hundreds of union
mines. 1t has been so for months.
Facts and figures coming out of a
newspaper controversy between w.
X. KAvANAUGH, president of the Coal
Operators Association Of the Fifth
and Ninth districts of Illinois, and
JOHN l.. LEWIS, president of the
United Mine Workers of America, lay
bare the barrier which blocks Sc
many thousands of unemployed union
mine workers from jobs in the BIZ
luminous fields. This barrier is the
war wage scale not only higher than
in similar industries throughout the
country but very much higher than in
other districts-non-union districts
in the coal industry itself.
In the union mines of Illinois, ac-
cording to tables published in the ST.
Louis Star, an actual nine and one
half days of work out of two week
period for. 3S,461 men under the
United Mine Workers scale would
call for S11.55 day for mine run
ners, 1884 a day for leaders and
all being 1915 a day. This covers
days actually worked. For the two
week period counting days worked
and days idle the average earnings
would be: Machine runners, SS.44;
leaders. $6.97; day men. SLY; all
men, STA
But Mr.. LEWIS himself is authority
for the statement made in one of his
official circulars that in the non
union fields of Pennsylvania and KeIl-
lucky miners are working for $3.44
for nine hour day. Other things
being equal, how can anybody sup
pose that mine averaging 1915
man day for days actually worked
can stay in business in competition
with mine averaging s3.44 a day
for such laboH
Other workers than the coal miners
proper show similar difference Of
wages in the union and the non.
union districts. The following table
contrasts the United Mine Workers
scale in Illinois and the readjusted
scale in Harlan and other counties
Kentucky
The New York herald., 1922-02-21
Harmonies.

These harmonies beguile me-
The whip-poor-will afar.
And the clear choir of the thrlrshes
Under the vesper star.
Fain would hear the murmur
Where the brown weir hurries by,
And tho white laugh OF tho alders
Beneath the mountain sky.
Fain would list the birches
Their silvery legend tell,
And the wind within the rose tree
Weaving its crimson spell
These harmonies beguile me,
But love most of all
The charm OF your voice blended
With the chime OF the waterfall.
CLINTON scoLLArp.
The New York herald., 1922-02-21
Rene Benedict, Violinist, Wins Success
Beautiful Tone and Admirable Finger Work Character.
ize Playing at His First Recital Here.

terday she was not true to the pitch in
her singing. She seemed not so much
to lose touch with the piano as TO be
unable to intone intercals correctly. Most
of the time she sang sharp. IL may have
been that she was not in good vocal
condition. though there was nothing in
the quality of ner tone 10 reveal IT.
What seemed more likely was that she
strayed from the pitch because she had
acquired questionable method of tone
placement.
1t is a pity that a singer with such a
beautiful voice and such dramatic insight
should permit her art to be marred by
false intonation. But this is a defect
which is regarded more seriously here
than in her own country. Walter Golde
supplied excellent accompaniments yes
terday
The New York herald., 1922-02-21

Rene Benedetti, violinist. gave his
first recital in this country last evening
at Carnegie trall. Born at Toulon,
France. of Italian parentage be mc1e
his public debut at the age of ~. when
as the soioist he played Saint-Saens's
"Rondo Capriccioso'' with the Colonne
Orchestra under Gabriel Pierne. He re-
ceiyed his musical training from Ed
Guard Nadaud at the Conservatoire, and
i was on this field in 1918 that the
young violinist came forth as a first
prize winner.
Last night with Frank Bibb at the
piano he gave an attractive program,
comprising Saint -Saens's concerto in
minor and Tartini's Devils Trill"
sonata arranged by Kreisler as the
principal numbers. He followed these
with RimskyK Hymn to the
Sum- the Witches Dance" OF Paga-
mini and Ysaye's transcription of Saint
Saens's Caprice en- forme de vaise."
The vioiinist's performance disclosed
many merits and brought him great sue
cess with his large audience.
At the close of the first number-the
Saint-Saens's concerto-the applause be-
came a genuine ovation. He Is hand
some, and his stage bearing is digni-
fed, calm and reposefu. His delivery
contained a beautiful tone and admir-
able finger work. His bowing in certain
passages could have been a little more
flexible, but he was generally able to
accomplish with ease the recognized
feats of violin technic.
In the French music of Saint-Saens
his phrasing incisive rhythm and cor
rect intonation We're delightful. and in
the classic Tartini score his tone was
generally pure, his taste and feeling
good and his style correct.
Mr.. Benedetti was fortunate in his
successful appearance, as he also was
in having the valuable support of Mr..
Bibb. In the brilliant French concerto
the loss Of orchestral support so often
detrimental in recital was not really
selt
The New York herald., 1922-02-21
Daily Calendar
THE WEATHER.

bor Eastern New York - Fair and
colder to-day; probably fair tomorrow !;
moderate west winds
For New Jersey--Partly cloudy and some
wnat colder to-day; tomorrow cloudy and
ue,sv,sSa' uos,he'' moderate temperature; moderate
For Northern New England-Fair and
mnaar. ,o-uay tomorrow probably fair;
or southern New Englnni--Fair and colder
,veo,sri, to-moFrow probably fair; moderate
For Western New York-Fair to-day: 10
,,n,i,rw n,osrow cloudy and unsettled moderate
WASHINGTON. w Feb. 2O.-The pressure IL
niBh generally over the coast cast az the
MISSOURI and lower Mississippi River and
10Y ,.,,, generally west of the Rocky Mountains,
Vii VII tne c.ntcr OF minimum pressure over
nevada Within the last twenty.four hours
.nis pressure disturbance has been attended
~ ~ raans en- IN the middle Atlantic and New
Ensiahu states, the Ohio and central Mis-
sissippi valleys and California.
Fair weather prevails In other regions.
W. waln n,i weatner , eontinued To-day in the At
m ian,ic ana tsulf states. Tennessee, Arkansas,
oklahoma and Kansas The weather les
become colder in the region of tie great
,akes ,'aH,a, and the Ohio and upper Mississippi
Esleys, In New England and east New
York the weather will be fair and colder
tomorrow and probably fair on Wednesday
~. ~ the middle Atlantic States and the upper
ONO valley the weather win be cloudy and
colder on Tuesday and unsettled on Wednes-
day. In the south Atlantic and east Cult
states the weather VIII be generally fair and
warm tomorrow and Wednesday. IN Ter
nessee and the lower Ohio valley. the
weather viii be cloudy and unsettled to-
and with higher temperature in the lower
Ohio valley wednesday. In the region Of
the great lakes the weather will be gener-
ally fair tomorrow and become unsettled
on Wednesday. with probably snow in lower
Michigan.
The New York herald., 1922-02-21
The Garden.

The garden is white with enchantment
For many light footed fay
Who even in winter would frolic
The swift flying moments away.
The moonlight looks in through the
branches
And silvers the trees in a trice.
The rime is coating of armor.
The pathway is sheeted with ice.
From under the roots of the bushes
A goblin creeps forth from his hall
And scatters some ashes of roses,
So never a fairy shall fall.
McLANpBURGH WILSON.
The New York herald., 1922-02-21
The Mountain Lions Scream.

In tho Rio de las Animas Valley,
Colorado, w. w. DAWES, crack rife
shot and pioneer, hunter of many
years standing, recently killed his
fourth mountain lion this season.
He has all the pelts stretched along
his Larn wall. 1t is pretty well COW
cred, for not one Of his trophies
measures less than nine feet from
tip to tip.
Mr.. DAVIES is in especially high
favor with the Federal Government
and the Colorado State authorities,
since no other animal is so destruc-
tive to the cattle ranges or the game
preserves as the mountain lion. II
lays heavy tribute upon the ranch
er's young cattle, and the game
wardens say that single lion often
kills fifty deer in a year. 1t is too
a very difficult animal to kill. Mr..
DAvIEs's bag is considered record
in southern Colorado, where the or
dinary hunter thinks himself lucky
if he shoots lion a year. Mr..
DAVIES owes his success to the fact
that he knows where the lions live
and that he is as familiar with
the tricks of the big critter as a
spinster is with the ways of her
favorite tabby."
This is the sort of authority which
this country needs just at present
to settle for all time the question,
Does mountain lion ever scream
outside of the pages of frontier
novel? This controversy has ragged
from the Mexican border to the tall
pines of Washington, men have
fought over it from the Missouri val
ley to the Pacific coast and the ont
door magazines have sizzled in the
heat of the printed contentious. Old
BEN MACoMBER, the San Francisco
nature student and scientist, has been
egging the dispute along. He de-
clares that trappers, hunters aad
StoShiiSu soy Tic niOuHldlu ilOu
never screams. He produces also :he
statement Of c. HART MERRIAM, for
many years chief of the United
States Biological Survey. who assigns
the tales of the weird and awful
scream of the mountain lion to the
cry of loon, the hoot Of an owl OF
90 fba baorav
ENos A. MILLS takes issue with Mr..
MERRIAM and declares that on three
different occasions he heard the cry
of the mountain lion, and lin each
instance it was given by the lion call
ing for its mate recently slain by
hunter" Old Ben says: "All | have
to offer now is that the screams
have heard on q few occasions in
mountain lion territory were the
widest, most diabolicai and at the
same time most thrilling sounds l
have ever heard" Very well. See,
though, how he crawls out: But
whether it was the scream of lion
have to say l do not know"
Why not let Mr.. DAVIES decide the
question and bind both sides to abide
by his decision? Our forefathers
have told us that there was nothing
so terrifying as the scream of the
mountain lion; the noyelists have
raised goosehesh on generations Of
timid readers with their descriptions
of its frightfulness. Lei us have the
truth. Have our forefaihers de-
ceived us and have the novelists
been false to us?
The New York herald., 1922-02-21

Il fights NIT Sigel!" is a historic
phrase. perhaps well on its way to
oblivion, yet FRANZ SrGEL, son of Cen
eral FRANZ SrGEL, whose soldiers in the
civil war made the locution familiar
throughout the nation, died Sunday
only 40 years old. General FRANZ
SIcEL was a valuable and valued sup
porter of the Union two generations
ago; his son upheld the family reputa-
ton in the world war by performing
important services for his country,
though he was obliged to do his work
i'm civil life.
The New York herald., 1922-02-21
PUBLIC LECTURES TONIGHT.
MANHATrAN AND THE BRONX.

MANHATTAN AND THE BRONX.
''Trend of the Times" Prof William B.
Guthrie. at Wadleigh II. s., 10th street
west OF Seventh avenue.
PLAYS of the Hour" Miss Ada Sterling.
at N. " r. L.. Woodstock branch. TJo East
t6Oth street, The Bronx.
..Haunts of Nature" Edward II. Bigclow
at p. s. t6, o0s West Thirteenth street
Illustrated.
''wit and Humor I'm American Verse Miss
Ada 'r zimmerman, at r. s. G6, Eignty-
eighth street, east OF Firs, avenue.
asEvoiution of Law and Order from Moses
N the Present Time" arthur ]. Brothers
at p. S. 1872. is2d street and Wadsworth
avenue.
.'schumann, Mendelssohn and Diszt." Miss
Marie Josephine Wiethan. ut American
Museum Of Natural History. Seventy seventh
street and Central Park West.
Historical violin recital No. I, Giscomo
Ouintano at Hunter College. Sixty-cighth
street and Lexington avenue.
..The FREEDOM Of the Slayes." Father Daniel
g. ,sunnlon, at II. S. 80, 2BIth street and Hui
avenue. The Bronx. Illustrated.
'''rhc Italians IN American Music" Hsrod
n Yarroll. at 81. Anselns Hall. linton ave-
nuo, near iJ5th street. The Bronx.
BROOKLYN AND QUEENS.
n.rrend OF th, Times" Miss Jennie W.
Davis. az the Bay Ridge ". s.. Fourth s,.hiic
and Senator street.
.pook of tho Hour Prof. j. G. Garter
rroon. az H. l.. l.. Pacific branch Fourth
avenue and Pacific street
.epetter Motion Pictures" Mrs. Clarence
Waterman. at Boys ii. s., Marcy and Put
nam avenues.
The New York herald., 1922-02-21
Arkansas Business Note.
t,.n.n llr nn go nn,lclln

From nc Boytcr Buliciia
Bart Burns. the we'll known Canova coffee
salesman. states that well known under
taker IN ono OF the larger towns south Of
here told him he expected to establish
branches at different points In the White
River country. my business will be better
the next five years than II has ever been
before" he said. 1.-THE present crop OF
moonshine drinkers will be about ripe Them
and 7 want to extend my business so that
win be able to resp the benefits
The New York herald., 1922-02-21

In the non-union districts the wage
scales have been adjusted from the
war levels and the mines there get
the business and their workers have
steady Jobs day in and day out.
In the United Mine Workers dis
tricts the unions are demanding So
The New York herald., 1922-02-21
Writing s-se--e2.

From the clan Center (hdE) Times.
People who write the month. day and year
by figures will have the thrill Of lifetime
on Washington's Birthday this year. when
they VIII write Il 2-22-22. The date will
sound like the Rock Island whistling for the
l.. X. and w. crossing.
The New York herald., 1922-02-21

THE NEW YORK HERALD was founded by
James Gordon Bennett in 1850. 1t remained
Tho sole property of its founder until his
death. in 1872, when his son. also James
Of the paper, which remained in his hards
until his death, in 1918. THE HERALD be-
came the property of Frank A.. NIunsey, its
present owner, in 1920.
The New York herald., 1922-02-21
The soldier Bonus.

The Dollar Sign-C;oodncss, II they put me
on patriotism lll feei ii':e rub,c
The New York herald., 1922-02-21

Tho Associated Press II exclusively entitled
10 the use for republication OF all news dis
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All rights Of republication Of special dis,
patches herein are also reserved.
The New York herald., 1922-02-21
EVENTS TODAY.

Highest temperature, GO. at p. y
Lowest temperature, 4S. at 6 A. n
Average temperature. s52.-
The New York herald., 1922-02-21
ANDRE CHENIERv HEARD.
Muzio, Danise and GigIi in Lead
ing Roles.

Gordano's ANDRE Chenier" was re-
reated at the metropolitan last evening.
1t was the second performance of the
work this season. This opera, which
was permitted to lie silent for years,
bids fair now to remain in the repertory
Tor some time to come. 1t is likely to
do so as long as Mr.. Gatti-Casazza can
assemble for its presentation such a
competent cast as that heard last night.
Miss Muzio is especially happy in her
role which. musically and dramatically.
agrees with her gifts. She makes the
part prominent and interesting. Mr..
Danise as Gerard has deepened the i'm.
preston he made in the same role last
winter. lie effectively denotes the grim
passions of this strong character. Mr..
Gigii sings the music of Chenier to the
pleasure of his auditors. The minor
parts are in competent hands. The audi
ence was large and there was much
applause.
The New York herald., 1922-02-21

Society was well represented as the
fifteenth week of the season started.
The Spanish Ambassador and Sonora
oil Riano and Mr.. and Mrs Francis K
Pendleton were with Mrs. Henry Clews.
Countess Hermann Scherr-Thoss, Mr.
Frederick II. Baldwin and Mr.. Alex
ander M. Hadden were with Mr.. and
Mrs. Henry White.
In Mr. Clarence III. Mackay's box
were Miss Noel, Miss Ellin Mackay
Miss Elizabeth Kountze, Messrs Robert
p. Gray, Rafaelo del Castillo and Basil
Davis.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frederick Goodwin and
Mrs. j. Russell Soley were with Mrs
George l.. Rives.
The guests of Mr. and Mrs. John
Aspegren were Mr. and Mrs. George
Eustis Corcoran and Mr.. and Mrs. A.
Duer Irving.
With Mrs. Vanderbilt were Mrs. Richl
ard Stevens. Messrs. ]. Coleman Dray-
ton, Meredith Howland and Karrick
Riggs.
Mr.. and Mrs. William II. Porter's s
guests were Mr. and Mrs. Andrew
Fletcher and Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Hat
field
Mrs. Hugh c. Wallace, Mrs. Joseph
S. F'relinghuysen, Miss Katharine c.
Miller. DR.. Albert II. Ely and Mr.. w.
Wickham Hoffman were with Mrs. Cor
nelius Vanderbilt.
With Mr.. and Mrs. James Lowell Put
nam were Mr.. and Mrs. Adolf Paven-
stedt and Mr.. and Mrs. Preston Davie.
The New York herald., 1922-02-21
ItIIIpCTdTUTD. Ita1nfaTI
last "a hrs. Bsro- last -

Observations at United States Weat.,sr
Bureau stations. taken at r. M. YESTERDAY,
seventy fifth meridian time:
The New York herald., 1922-02-21

The temperature in this city yesterday "a
recorded by the official Thermometer,
The New York herald., 1922-02-21

Minus q indicates below zero.
The New York herald., 1922-02-21

Directors and Officers: Frank A. Munsey,
isresident: Erwin Wardman, President;
NIn. I. Dcwart, Treasurer; +. II. Tither-
ington. Secretary.
The New York herald., 1922-10-22
BRADY WEEK.

Asst aside William A
adventures Monday night
- theatrical balderdash written
little
Of quite another soPaul Geadys
The New York herald., 1922-10-22

"Aimer.' fine, penetrating, thought
ful comedy, beautifully acted by it's
small especially by Grace
George and Robert Warwick. For
Miss George as an actress we have
always had the liyeiest admiration.
For Grace George as a translator of
! French plays our enthusiasm Is sorrc-
] what tempered.
! Against the ineptitudes OF our trans
lators we are always protesting
raucously and without hope. Too
many OF our managers seem to share
the viewpoint once expressed by our
old friend. Mr.. Vincent Crummles of
Portsmouth, VINO, in the bitterness OF
having to lift play from the French
before the following Monday, cried out
angrily:
"Damrne, If | haven't often said that
/ wouldn't have a man or woman in
my company that wasn't master OF the
language, so that they might learn 1t
from the original and play IL in Eng
lish and save all this trouble and ex-
pense."
The transmogrification Of "Aimer"
into ITO Love" is by no means a bad
job, as such jobs have been done on
Broadway in recent years. but 1t does
leave something to be desired. When
the con dit" comes out as "one says
it is as jolting as that incredible
"Heigho." with which the more nom
chalant characters in bad English
novels are always sinking into chintz-
covered chairs. Or as prim and i'm
probable as the TITS a fine day, is not
it?' of the Jane Austen stories.
Such playwrights as Geraldy. never,
in their own tongue. strive for the
lifelike, broken casual speech which
lends such veracity TO the dialogue
written by our own O'Neill. Or, for
that matter. by Galsworthy. There is
a certain precision, certain canonicai
elegance in the language they suffer
their puppets to utter. And when
such language is lifted over into Eng
lish there lies n special burden on the
adapter. who must remember that any
survival of Latinity in an English text
is likely to add mincing and peda-
gogical gait to it's speech which may
have been no part Of the first authors
intention.
There is just enough OF this lingcr-
ing in the promptbook they are using
now at the Bijou to inperil from time
to time the precious Illusion OF life.
There are times when you. the caves
dropper. lose somewhat the sense that
you are listening in on the heart-to-
heart talks OF three tormented human
beings. You feel rather that you arc
attending q rather self-conscious con-
ference. an impromptu platform de-
bate on love between--well. let us
say between Clayton Hamilton. Agnes
Repplier end William Lyon Phelps.
And wouldn't that be fun!
The New York herald., 1922-10-22

Lawful Larceny" according to all
the diagnosticians, was due to go the
way OF all royalties in Philadelphia the
last week. 1t was expected that the
playing time there would be kent omen
The New York herald., 1922-10-22

siderable personality. VINO Is made out
TO be rural Romeo to Impress young
woman from the city that the town has
It's points. EMERSON will direct it and
John Cumberland viii suppress himself
in II.
Edward Knobloclx has just won race
against the transatlantic steamship
service which was to determine whether
quickly than liner could do q voyage.
Recently Knoblock, who had his name
featured in the adaptation of Douglas
Fairbanks's Three Musketeers," re-
ceived an offer from the film star 70
make Monsieur Beaucaire" pliable for
the screen as his next picture. Regret
fully Knoblock declined. explaining tina I
he was already under contract with
Charles b. Cochran. London producer,
to write a play for him called The
Lullaby" and that the screen must
somehow get along without his aid.
Then Fairbanks came back with such
a flattering offer that knobloclS went
to Cochran in London in great perturba-
tion OF mind.
My goodness" he said, mopping his
brow. II never heard of so much money
in my life, at least for a scenario"
We'll" said Cochran, II don't want
to clog the wheels of progress"
Tell you what III do" volunteered
Knoblock. 1--WE got one act of the old
thing already written. and I'll hop on
tho boat and see if can't finish the
rest OF it on the trip over with you"
Which he did, spending sleepless
nights composing ''The Lullaby" The
rest of the passenger list. as usual.
were roofing hard for the ship to get
in many hours ahead of time but Knob
lock. driving his typewriter to his limit,
was cheering feverishly every time 1t
lost speed. And talent once more tri-
umphed over mere mechanism. for it
might be said that he dotted the last
~ just before he landed. since he had
the play finished ct 9 A. NJ, Just in
time to pass it through the Customs
House as foreign work OF art
1t Is a play dealing with France of
the Empire period. about 1860 and will
be uncoiled in London by Cochran this
fall.
Lawful Larceny" according TO all
the diagnosticians, was due to go the
way of all royalties in PHILADELPHIA the
last week. 1t was expected that the
playing time there would be kept open