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The New York herald., 1922-01-25
Whale.and Torpedo.
The English Song Added to Audran's
Merry Comic Opera.

To THE NEW YORK HERALD: The in
quiry you printed as to origin and words
of the whale and torpedo song grieved
me because the inquirer heard her grand
father sing it, while this writer heard 1t
early in its stage history, But, come 10
think of it, that was a matter OF thirty
five years ago or so.
In the original of Audran's opera
comique "Olivette" there is a song based
on a marital situation which French
libretto writer's consider full of humor
but which we do not. When an English
translation was made by III. b. Farnie
he wrote new words for that song hav-
ing no reference to the French theme
and cleverly adapted them to Audran's
music.
Omitting the repetition of lines and
the long drawn refrain of "Ohs," the
song, which the author calls "a Shell of
Ocean," runs thus:
In the North Sea lived whale,
Big ia bone and large In tail.
Oh-o-o Chorus rcfrain).
This whale used unduly
To swagger and bully.
And oh. and oil,
The ladies loved him so!
All went we'll. until one day
Came strange fish in thel bay.
This fish was indeed, oh.
A woowich torpedo
But oh, but oh,
The ladies loved him so!
"Just you make tracks," cried tho whale.
Then he lashed out with his tail.
The fish. being loaded,
Then and there exploded
And oh. and oh,
That whale was seen no mo-!
/ first heard the song In little the
alter In Bush street, San Francisco
where not much heraided company
was playing a season Of light opera a
season which was made a roaring sue
cess when the company produced "Oli-
vette." and that success was made by
the singing OF THE Torpedo and the
Whale" by an English speaking French
actress--Louse Baudet, am quite GER
tain il was. II became craze to hear
her, fashion to praise her and an ac-
complishment to initiate her.
In her young life numbers and lenses
OF English grammar meant nothing; {
finished artist, she used all her skill
every device of training In producing
tho maximum of comic effect with af-
fected tragedy methods. She rendered
tho line "The ladies loved him So" "zc
lady love heem so" dsmisslng the uu-
interesting generality of the authors
version for the always more interesting
personal equation. 1t was her greatest
triumph that auditors at other theaters
left 10 their inevitable conclusion Tho
plays they attended TO hurry and joir
the jam OF standces waiting for th'
legend of the whale and torpedo near
tho end Of the last act Of "Olivette."
Grandfathers? Surely a niece oi
one OF the chorus girls who "oh'd" the
refrain OF that song In the little Bush
street theater is now an established ac'
tress In this city. u. w. Il.
NEW YORK, January "a.
The New York herald., 1922-01-25
Daily Calendar
THE WEATHER.

For Eastern New York-Fair and cola
to-day; tomorrow fair with slowly,
rising temperature, fresh northwest
winds. =
For New Jersey-Fair and cold to-day and
For Northern New England-Fair and cold
to-day; tomorrow fair with slowly risiix1
temperatures; moderate northwest winds.
For Southern New England-Fair and col6
to-day; tomorrow fair with slowly rising
temperature; fresh northwest winds.
For Western New York-Generally fair to-
day and Tomorrow. slowly rising tempera-
ture.
WASHINGTON. Jan. 24.-Hish .prsssutse
continues generally over the United sta.esj
In the West Canadian provinces; PressurY
Is alse low east OF Newfoundland. -
The temperature has risen over the North.
Western States, but tempeTa tures below the
avera ~ continue In practically all parts or
the country. There have been rains within
the last twenty-four hours IN the Gulf and
south Atlantic States, Washington, Oregon
and Idaho and local SHOWS in the region
of the great lakes. Fair weather prevailed
In other regions.
The outlook is for unsettled weather anf
rains in the south Atlantic and east G,r.e
States and generally fair weather elsewhecs
east of the Mississippi River during K.
continue Thursday IN the Atlactic States
and east Gulf States, while the temperature
will be moderate somewhat Tomorrow and
Thursday In the Ohio Valley and the region
OF the great lakes.
Observations at United States Weather
Bureau stations, taken at s +. NJ. yesterday,
The New York herald., 1922-01-25
Fauna.

From the saturday Repie,c.
Proud pumas stalking somberly
Through the hushed forests OF his
brain;
A broad baboon on squat haunch,
A macaw on twisted branch,
Slow snakes that wax and wane.
These things by day. What things by
night
Traverse those shuddering glades?
Nothing stands clear. Never a moon
To silk the coat OF bird, baboon.
Naught through the solid midnight hewn
Save the fierce eyes of shades
LOUIS GoLDING.
The New York herald., 1922-01-25
New Soprano With Chicago Company
Miss Graziella Pareto Sings Role of Violetta in III
Traviata'-Tita Schipa the Alfredo.

has a good voice and an agreeable pres
enee. He wins q great deal Of applause.
but he might arouse fervid enthusiasm
II he did not shatter SO many good
tunes.
Joseph Schwarz was the Germomt. He
has been heard here in concert and has
made favorable impression. He has
q good barytone voice of high range,
which he uses with dramatic. instinct.
His performance last evening was COM
mendable. There are no other important
parts in la Traviata." The opera was
well put on the stage and the chorus
did it's share creditably.
The New York herald., 1922-01-25
Law School Standards.
The Higher They Are, the More Stu
dents Are stimulated TO Good Work.

To TIE New YORK Herald: Nothing
can be more important to-day In legal
education than greater scholastic pro-
Hciency In analytical and comparative
Jurisprudence. The extension of Ameri-
cas- commercial interests, the future of
its merchant marine and the wise de-
velopment of its influence in foreign af-
fairs depend entirely upon progressive
accord between the legal eystems OF for
eign nations and Anglo-American juris-
prudence.
The instant need of the hour Is ability
TO grasp the salient features of foreign
The New York herald., 1922-01-25
Bureaucracy in Schools.
and Individual Train
ing Lacking NOWADAYS.

To THE NEW YORK HERALD: Nicholas
Murray Butler is absolutely right in his
views on which editorial comment was
made in your paper last Monday.
A multiplicity OF unnecessary Offices.
divided responsibility and an over
crowded course of study in practically
every school system have made anything
ike thoroughness out OF tho question.
In addition to this mass teaching has
eliminated every vestigc of individual
training. As result the youngsters
arc getting about everything but a little
learning. J. w. r.
MOUNT VERNON, January "a.
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could not resist the temptation to
whip OFF his outer garments and have
a swim. A little thing like roaring
Numidian lion would not prevent
him from crossing the moat.
Still, it's a poor, idea that can't be
made some use of. Why not try the
moat idea on that greatest of bear
gardens, the Board of Estimate?
The New York herald., 1922-01-25
Facts About Coal Costs.

The case OF a Phlladelphla mousse
holder who paid STATS a ton for coal
delivered in his cellar, although the
coal sold at the mines few miles
away for $1.75 ton, was cited by
JOHN l.. LEWIS at the anthracite
miners convention at Shamokin,
Pennsylvania, last week, as proof
that the present high cost of coal
must be attributed to charges for
transportation and middlemen'S
profits after the coal leaves the
mines. But there is something de-
cidedly wrong about the story.
Bituminous coal now costs 81 a ton
at the mines in central Pennsyl-
vania and can be bought in Phila-
delphia and New York for little
above $5 a ton. Bituminous coal
brought all the way from the Welsh
mines has actually sold within the
last few weeks for So ton in
American seaboard markets.
The Philadelphian who paid $14.75
for coal which cost only $1.75 at the
mines must have been grossly i'm
posed upon, or else Mr.. LEWIS made
a mistake in the figures. If the wage
element in the cost of coal were no
larger than the proportion between
$1.75, assuming the total cost of the
coal at the mine to represent wages,
and the STATS which was given by
Mr.. LEWIS as the retail price OF coal
delivered in the consumers bin, then
cut OF 80 per cent. or SO per cent.
or even rs per cent. in the wages OF
miners would have only a slight ef-
feet on the cost to the consumer.
But the ratio of wages to selling
prices is much larger. j. ID. A.
MORROW, representing bituminous
operators at the freight rate hearing
last week, told the Interstate Com
merce Commission that wages con-
stitute CTS per cent. of the cost of
coal production. The average pro-
duction cost of bituminous is $2.13 a
ton. The average wage cost ton is
therefore $1.44.
The average retail price of bitumi-
nous coal now is about So ton, and
the miners wage represents just
about 30 per cent. of this selling
price, and not IL per cent, as Mr..
LEWIS contended. Furthermore, on
this ton of coal selling for So the
freight averages S2.27, and here again
wages are by far the larger part or
the cost of freight transportation.
BY the time the cost at the mine
and the transportation charge to
market, both representing chiefly
labor cost, come out of the selling
price, there is less than dollar left
to cover the carriage, stowage and
profit of the retail merchant, &C., in
stead of the big margin of $13, minus
freight, alleged by Mr.. LEWIS to be
the profit of. the middlemen.
Industries in England, Germany
and France get their coal third to a
half cheaper than their competitors
in this country get coal. The export
coal markets have been stripped of
American sellers, not because we had
no coal for sale, but because we asked
too much for it. On top of all this,
foreign coal is being sold in our own
markets, fact which emphasizes the
urgent need for a drastic cut in all
our fuel costs, so that the prices can
come down to basis where the coal
can sell.
The New York herald., 1922-01-25
WEDNESDAY. JANUARY 25. 1922.
With Regard to the Genoa Con
ference.

In his great LONDON Speecn SaIur-
day LLOYD GEORGE said: "The Wash
ington Conference is one Of the out
standing events of the world. 1t is
establishing peace in the great West,
and l am looking forward to the
Genoa Conference to establish peace
in the East. 1t will be the greatest
International Conference ever held"
How can there be the greatest In
ternational Conference ever held
without Americas participation?
The Genoa Conference is to be a
business conference, and America is
first and last business country.
America cannot isolate herself and
her products from the rest OF the
world without serious injury to her
self and to the other nations.
We have grown to be very rich.
We have grown to be a creditor ma
tion. The bulk of the gold of the
world is in American vaults. Europe
Ain her present plight needs our coun-
sci and our help even as we needed
the counsel and the help of Europe
in the building Of America into a
matchless empire.
To refuse now to accept Europe's
urgent invitation to join the Genoa
Conference when Europe SO much
needs our presence and our counsel
and remain smugIy at home would
be un-American in spirit and un-
worthy of the American people.
Last summer America sent out in
vitations to a number of the big Pow
ers for conference to be held in
Washington to discuss certain spe-
cific questions. The nations invited
accepted President HARDING's invita-
tion and sent to Washington their
most distinguished citizens to repre-
sent them. That conference has done
great work for the world. 1t is still
going on, still adding largely to its
achievements.
In view of the gracious response
OF these nations to Americas invi-
tation, can America with becoming
sraciousness refuse Europe's invita-
tion to the Genoa Conference, a con-
ference that is Americas meat? IL
the primary purpose of the Genoa
Conference had to do with the politics
of Europe it would not be Americas
meat.
Europe is so well aware of this
fact and so familiar with our long
established attitude in respect OF
meddling in European politics that it
is certain we should have received
no invitation to an international
conference assembling for any such
purpose.
THE New YoRK HERALD opposed
the League OF Nations with all its
strength. 1t did not oppose it be-
cause we did not believe in interna'
tional cooperation. On the contrary,
we most emphatically believe in in.
ternational cooperation, and have al
ways believed in it quite the same
as we DeileNe Ill cooperation III hidI'
ters at home.
But cooperation within the limits
Of our national interests and our ma
tional entity is one thing and co.
operation of the kind demanded by
the League of Nations is quite an
other. The international coopera-
ton, now the spirit Of the Washing
ton conference, is the sort of coopera-
tion THE NEW YORK HERALD believes
i'm and will fight for. But this kind
of international cooperation and that
called for by the League of Nations
are no more alike than a jack rabbit
is like bull pup.
The New York herald., 1922-01-25
PUBLIC LECTURES TONIGHT.
MANHArrAN AND THE BRONX.

'Trend of the Times" Arthur d. Rec-,
Cooper Institute. Eighth street and Fourth
"plnys Of tho Hour" Miss Ada Sterling,
American Museum OF Natural History.
Seventy seventh street and Central Park
West "
''Pagiiacci." Miss Marguerite n. Potter.
r. S. ~, Forty-first and Forty-second
streets, east of Third avenue. Arias on tho
yjctrola and stereopticon views.
s'Nathaniei Hawthorne 1sley Boone. r. S.
tot. ftfth street. west OF Lexington avenue.
Illustrated by motion pictures.
''Uumorous Sketches From Life" Miss
Mabel Rogers, =. s. 1871. 81. Nicholas ave-
nue. and 127th street.
.sMarie Antonette-the Queen, tho Martyr"
tomas Lippmann, Central Jewish Institute,
i25 East Eiphty-fIfth street.
''The Psychology OF Youth and 1ts Rela-
tion to Social Development Winfield Scott
HALL Townsend Harris Hall, G. G. NJ. Y,
Amrterdafn avenue and l3sth street.
The New York herald., 1922-01-25

It was an expensive experience. but
the taxi chauffeur who brought two
passengers all the way from Canada
without at least asking preliminary
deposit on tho s453 fare will know
better the next time.
The New York herald., 1922-01-25
A Catchy Arkansas visitor.

From The Branch Argus.
Merritt Measles OF Paris was meeting
friends in town Tuesday.
The New York herald., 1922-01-25

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TO the use for republication Of all news dts
matches credited TO II or not otherwise
credited IN this paper, and also the local
news published herein.
All rights OF republication OF special dis
patches herein are also reserved.
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Brief Poem on New York.
Thugs
Bugs
Jugs.
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LOCAL WEATHER RECORD.
EVENTS TODAY.

Highst temperature, "a az SID NJ.
Lowest temperature. 10. at A. M.
Average temperature, 16.
The Washington herald., 1922-01-28
MORSE ANXIOUS
TO GO TO ITALY
TOSEE PHYSICIAN
Asks Prosecutor to Let
Him Appear Before
Grand Jury.

Charles w. Morse. New York
hnancier and shIpbuilder. whose
connections with the United States
Shipping Board Emergency Fleet
Corporation are now being investi-
gated by the Federal grand jury. Is
again anxious to go abroad and
consult his physician. according to
letter dated yesterday. written
from Washington. and addressed to
Federal Attorney Peyton Gordon
who is in charge of the grand jury-s
activities. The letter is as fol.
lows:
On December G. 1921. our attor-
ney, Mr.. Lambert. wrote you ask.
ing that my sons and myself might
appear before any grand jury that
might be considering a case agains;
US.
In the eight weeks since thi,
request was made one grand FURY
has been discharged and it's sue.
cessor has been in session several
weeks. While in Maine 1 was sur.
prised to see in the public press
that the department OF Shippins
Board proposed to start on Monday
last and obtain an Indictment from
this grand jury. immediately
came TO Washington in person &c
renew the request TO either YOU or
10 the grand jury direct to be heard
waving as a condition precedent
all immunity, as we arc certain No
jury viii ind a true bill. 10 al
the facts arc honestly put befor,
them. which we are certain IN,
Shipping Board officials will not dc
Il desire TO go to Rome TO con
suit Prof. Machiafava on my phys
ical condition at the earliest posi-
BILE day. and IL not needed here vii
be glad TO be so informed. Pleas
reply in care of Mr.. Lambert.
Respectfully yours.
(Signed) &C. W. MORSE.
The Washington herald., 1922-01-28
WHISKY EFFECT
BATTLES JURY

Unable &c determine whether or
mot three quarts of corn whisky, con-
sumed during a period of about
hirty-six hours. was sufficient to
render the drinker unable TO distin-
Suish between right and wrong. a
jury in Criminal Court No. l dis
agreed in the case of Elmer E.
Brown. tinsmith. OF 1872 Twelfth
street northwest, charged with an as
sault with a dangerous weapon on
Sergt. John L. Kilmartin OF the Sec
ond precinct.
The accused. who was arrested
after New Year celebration. ad-
mitted that he drank the whisky. but
but had no recollection of what hap
pened nfterward. He was alleged 10
have "shot up" the house where he
lived and. the police claimed. shot
himself In the leg three times acci-
dentslly during tussle with Sergt.
kilmartin. who tried TO subdue him.
Sergt. Kilmartin's coat was per-
forated by a bullet from Browns
gun. the Indictment alleged.
The Washington herald., 1922-01-28
What's Going
On Today

senstof Gummins reception, lows So
eieJ. Ebbitt HOUSE. s:i5 p. m.
"Lsdies' Nixht.'' Service Men's Club,
1904 street northwest. Q D. m.
Washington City Forum, People's
Party. 500 @ street northwest, D. m.
Public invited.
4 Musical. American Association Of uni
yersity Women, 1907 II street northwest,
oorintbian Yacht Club dinner. city
Club. D. m.
Georgetown Maryland Club, Ednou-
ston's Studio, I go .. m
Story hour for children, Wilson Found.
tion headquarters. 1sJ Fourteenth street
northwest. 2 TO 3 p. m.
r Ladies' night, Ionic Club Of Master
Nelson's, the Areade. 8 p. m.
Gradust ton exercises, Wilson Normal
scIrcol. q p. m.
Annual meeting. Farmer-Labor marty,
Mschinists' Hall. s p. m.
Address. Women in Politics" nv
Mrs MediIl Mccormick. women's CITY
Club. y. m.
Dance, Eeieet KIub. a4oo Sixteenth
street northwest, 0 p. no.
Dance, Gibbons Club, ga G street
northwest. $50 p. m.
- Lecture. Physical and Spiritual Heal-
Ing" BY Albert Vail. 1914 y street porth-
west, p. m.
The Washington herald., 1922-01-28
Sproul Greeted
ByState Society
Pennsylvania Executive Is
Speaker at Meeting at
New Willard.

The spirit of 'tosetherness.
which is displayed by the people OF
Pennsylvania, wherever they reside
is the crying need of this country
during the present economic crisis
through which it Is passing"
This was the statement made by
Gov. William c. Sproul. of Penn
sylvania, the executive. who, during
the past several months, has APP
pointed two men to the United
States Senate, during a brief address
before more than 1000 members OF
the Pennsylvania state Society In
the large ballroom of the New will
lard Hotel last night.
After the address by the keystone
States chief executive, the members
OF the society formed a line and
ed both Gov. and Mrs. Sproul.
as a mark of esteem for their visit
to the society's monthly gathering.
Representative NJ. Clyde Kelly,
president of the society, introduced
the speaker and later announced
that the speaker for the next regu-
lar meeting of the society would
he Senator George Wharton Pep
per.
The Washington herald., 1922-01-28
ARMY AND NAVY ORDERS

lieutenant, November /, 1921.
Second Lieut.. Howard Criswell
Inf, promoted to first lieutenant
November 4, 1891. =
Second Lieut. Andrew Julius
Evans. Inf. promoted TO first lieu
tenant. November /. 1921.
Second Lieut.. Grady David Epps
Inf, promoted to nrst Lieutenant
November l, 1921.
Second Lieut.. John sharpe Grit
nth, Inf, promoted to first lieu
tenant, November I, 1921.
Second Lieut.. Donald Boyer Phil
lips, A. s.. promoted to first lieu
tenant, November 1. 1891.
Second Lieut.. Cecil Gilmore Archer
A. s., promoted to first lieutenant
November I. 1891.
Second Lieut.. Leroy Ponton d.
Arce, A. s., promoted to first lieu
tenant. November 1. 1921.
Second Lieut.. Lyman Perley Whit
ten. A. s.. promoted to first lieu
tenant, November 1, 1921.
| Second Lieut.. Ray Henry. Clark
A. s.. promoted to first lieutenant
November /. 1921.
Second Lieut.. Donald wallac,
Norwood, A. s., promoted to frs
lieutenant. November 1. 1891.
/ Second Lieut.. Robert Crane Hend
ley, A. s., promoted to first lieu
tenant, November I, 1921.
Second Lieut.. Pacifico G. Sevilla
p. s., promoted to first lieutenant
November I. 1921.
Second Lieut.. Juan Rosales Lab
rador. p. s.. promoted TO first lieu
tenant. November I, 1921.
Second Lieut.. Amado Martelino
r. s., promoted to first lieutenant
November 1, 1921.
Second Lieut.. Victor z. Gomez
p. s.. promoted to first lieutenant
November I. 1921.
Second Lieut. Nemesio Catalan. p
s.. promoted to first lieutenant, No
vember I, 1921.
Second Lieut.. Pho Quevedo Caluya
T. s.. promoted to first Lieutenant
November l. 1921.
Second Lieut.. James Lew Bar
ringer. v. c.. promoted TO first lieu.
! tenant, December "a. 1921.
Second Lieut.. James Madison Cal
licutt, +. A., promoted to first lieu
tenant. November I, 1921.
NAVAL ORDERS.
Lieut. Comdr. James IT. Alexander
TO U. S. S.'Tennessee as senior as
sistant engineer officer.
Lieut.. Comdr. Roy +. Enrich, I,
destroyer squadrons. Pacific Fleet
In command of a destroyer.
| Lieut. Edwin F. Cochrane, to com
mand L. s. S. LIZ.
Lieut.. Earl II. Quinlan. TO dist
radio material officer. navy yard
| Norfolk, Va.
Lieut.. q. g. Floyd S. Crosley. t.
| duty Naval Academy. Annapolis. Nd
Ensign william A. Lynch. u
treatment Naval Hospital, Chelsea
Mass.
Lieut.. Comdr. George A. Riker
| tMedlcal Corps), to navy yard
| Washington. ID. c.
Lieut.. William +. Grouse. (Medi
cal Corps) to duty Naval Hospital
! Norfolk, Va.
| Lieut.. Samuel v. Durham (Sup
ply Corpse. to L. S. s. Idaho as as
sistant for disbursing.
The Washington herald., 1922-01-28
Marriage Licenses

Unless otherwise specified, all the follow.
ing applicants are from this city:
Hugh A. German. 81, Of Philadeiphia, Pa.
and Maude A. Walters. y. Of st. Dsvid's
Church, vs.. Rev. n. Schroeder
James n. Gray. IS, and Anna G. Meyers,
IS. Rev. C. W. Ioche
Levy. r. Neal. 81. and Carrie Pryor, IS.
Rev. J. B. Roberts
George II. Morris. %. and Elizabeth l.
Shorter, "A. Rev. p. J. O'Conncu.
Edward L. Farr. ., Of forestvilIe, Nd,
and Martha II. Steele, 20. Rev. &. K. r.
CoTsweil.
Raymond u. Evans. -. and. Edna II,
Adams. 20. Rev. ST. Nicholas.
Harry e. Walker. so. aud Della A. Leon.
ard, %, both Of Richmond. Va Rev. J. u.
Briggs.
Raymond \. Flne.li, Il. and Daisy A.
Johnson, 81. Rev. O. Y. Dudley,
The Washington herald., 1922-01-28
Veterans Protest Cut
In Pay of Navy Men

Protests against reduction in the
nav of the navy personnel. either Of
ficers or men. in lieu Of the proposed
reduction in the material and number
OF ships as a result Of the arms
conference. was voiced in a resolu-
ton passed by the Robert E. Pesry
Post. 4e7, Veterans OF Foreign Wars,
Thursday night
state Department Commander
jacobson installed the following of.
ficers: T.. j. Stewart. commander; 4.
r. Cavanaugh. senior vice COM
mander: Harvey l.. Miller. Junior vice
commander; r. d. Trussell. pay
master; 3. F. Stewart chaplain; T.
+. Evans. officer of the deck; l.. A.
Zirkle. adjutant. and W. A. Rolf.
G. C Manley and ]. ". Hyde. tru3-
tees