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The New York herald., 1922-12-18

patronising form by observing. "Ele-
phant. yes. But why pygmy"
Even II the fame of Funny Face
be 90 incongruous he is not alone
In the possession of q celebrity rivals
might question. To be merely a
pygmy. might be enough. To be
merely an elephant is certainly In
sufl,cisnt to put him in a class apart.
Yet the anomaly Of being at once a
rygmy and an elephant makes Funny
Face different, and to be different is
enough to create Importance In these
crowded days.
Before this refugee from, French
South Africa rose to, the dignity OF
newspaper celebration other celebri-
ties won their eminence by narrow
margins. How did other exhibits In
dime museums and circus sideshows
regard the smallest giant In the
world? What did his colleagues feel
about the largest dwarf? Perhaps
the smallest giant was only by q
fraction Of an inch shorter than his
discounted rival. Yet that little adj
vantage made him vastly more i'm
portant The speciality Of giant
ought to be his size. Yet II he is
not the tallest there is something In
being the shortest.
The New York herald., 1922-12-18
cannibaIs and Colleges.

From London comes a tale that
appeals to the Imagination Of every
tody interested in education or
ethics. Three young missionaries at
work in either Borneo or Papua--
the yarn Is shaky as to the exact
geographical details-were seized by
the cannibal natives. who prepared
for a feasting. Suddenly up came the
chief of the tribe and he, after gas
iEg upon the prisoners, set them free
and gave them safe conduct, to their
missionary station.
"You do not recognize me-" said
the cannibaI chief to the young men
Of the cloth. but I know you well
enough. You we're along with me
at Balliol three years ago, and OF
course no 3alliol man could think
OF eating fellow Balliol man."
Now, says the advocate Of the
higher education, there is proof of
the benefit of going to college. But
is It? The three missionaries may
say so, but what benefit had the can
nibal chief, who by this time may
have been deposed by his tribe as a
weakling! Again, the dusky leader
OF the savages was narrow in his
statements. He said that he. as q
Balliol man, would not eat another
Dalliol man. Suppose the prisoners
had been OF Exeter or Magdalen--
what then? Or suppose that they had
been Cambridge men whom he had
met at the boat races? Would they
have escaped 80 easily?
The ethical side Of the story must
bo faced. There Is no hint that the
missionaries recognized the cannibal
chief as an old college chum. Was
his word sufficient in case like this ?
The Englishman we used to meet In
novels would never have accepted
life and freedom under false pre-
tcnses. MY good fellow" he would
have said to the chief, unless you
have credentials you must base your
kindness on something besides pre-
vious acquaintance which I do not
recall. Pretend to be humane, or
admit that you fear the swift arrival
Of q British warship. but please do
not expect me to admit having known
a perfect stranger at Oxford"
The New York herald., 1922-12-18
A Stock Owning Nation.

The interest Of the American pub
lie in American business Is not con-
fined to the wages 1t gets from such
business. 1t Is not bounded by the
service it gets, not by a long shot.
The American public, the rank and
file OF the American public, have an
ownership interest in great corpora
tions representing all divisions and
subdivisions of American industry,
railroads, steel companies, public
utilities, motor car manufacturers, oil
companies and everything else.
In the American Telephone and
Telegraph Company alone there are
more than 211,000 stockholders, the
great bulk of them small stockhold-
ers. The same thing is true of the
Pennsylvania Railroad, in which
there are about 100000. The United
States Steel Corporation has more
than $4,000 stockholders. the Durant
Motors and associated companies
more than $4,000, the Southern Pa
cifc Railroad moro than $1,000. the
General Motors Company about
SO 900, the Atchison Railroad moro
than 41,O0O. the Union Pacific $4,000,
Sinclair Oil 10000 and the Westing-
house Electric and Manufacturing
Company more than $1,000.
That industrial group alone.
merely ten companies out OF the
country's many thousands, has more
than three-quarters OF a million
stockholders-to be exact 778,152.
But that isn't patch on the great
mass Of securities in which millions
of American citizens have AZ clear
an ownership, investment or partici-
pating interest as II their share Of
the securities were inside their own
breast pockets or locked up In the
strong box or other place where they
keep their articles Of value.
There are 27.0O0.000 savings ac-
counts in all the banks Of the coun-
try, and every last owner OF q saw
ings account has a property interest
in the securities in which the banks
de posits are invested--the securities,
Government and private, that are
back of the savings deposits.
There are $4,000. 900 life insurance
policies in the United States and
back of the policies are the invest
ments of the insurance companies,
very largely In the securities OF
American corporations.
The American public, the rank and
file Of the American public. are very
directly and very deeply interested
In the securities OF American indus
try and American business. They are
In them as investors up to their
necks. So when the Socialist and
the Communist go cunning for the
vested interests" in the United
States they 90 cunning for the prop
erty OF the American people.
The New York herald., 1922-12-18
Daily Calendar
THE WEATHER.

For Eastern New wYork---Generally fair
and colder to-day and tomorrow
strong northwest winds.
For New Jersey-Fair and colder to-
oay ana TO o-morrow |; freAh TO. styong
northwest and north winds.
For Northern New England--Fair and
colder to-day and Tomorrow: fres6 west
and northwest winds
For Southern New Engiand--Fair and
colder to-day and tomorrow; fresh to
strong northwest winds.
For Western New York--Cloudy and
rnuoh colder to-day. probably snow fiur-
rios In north portion: tomorrow cloudy
and continued cold fresh to strong
northwest wfnds. -. -..-t.-t4, ete
WAsHIN0poN. Det- ia disturbances
Of moderate intensity was central Off
the New England coast to-nisht, moving
northeastward. Precipitation has oc-
CURED in, tho Pacific, States and almost
generally over the eastern haff Of the
South within the last twenty-four hours.
Colder weather. has again oyerspread
the upper lake region, tho middle and
West and Gulf States and tho southern
Rocky Mountain region, and abnorInally
low temperature still prevails through
out the Northwest. At Havre. Mont, It
was rs degrees below zero, which is
nfty degrees below normal, at p. M.
The Indications are for mostly fair
weather tomorrow and Tuesday in the
states east of the Mississippi River ex-
cept that local rains are probable in
Florida and local SHOWS tn western New
York. -,
The New York herald., 1922-12-18
Mystery of Louis.
His Studio Unvislted, His Paintings
UnsoId, His Books Unread.

To THE NEW YORK HERALD: Your
readers might be pleased to get ac-
quainted with man whose life has
been q mystery.
Well, my life has been mystery.
Even now 1t is still mystery.
When go and visit artists and take
the time to look at their paintings /
generally invite them to my studio
However. and this Is mysterious. not
one of them returns my visit.
Again. three weeks ago met lady
at Fifth avenue gallery. We talked
together about the paintings. When
told her that I was an artist she asked
II she could see mine at my studio.
appointed date for her to call. She
said she would bring Ave others along
with her. Well and good. Up to now
she never made her appearance. Nat
urally gave her up.
"A week ago a young woman at. the
Public Library made a date to call to
see my works at Q p. M. On the day
And there have been other appoint
ments with no results whatever.
Another mystery: have written At
least fifteen letters to celebrities within
the last three months. One to q pianist
with a book of mine on musical themes
Not one acknowledgment How 10 that 2
] always answer any letters sent to mo.
Again. no magazine will pays cent
for my poems nor accept any short story
OF mine.
No bookstore will take my books on
sale.
No art dealer Is willing to handle my
paintings.
During forty years I sold only three
pictures out Of my 1000 paintings. And
not one Of them is a daub.
Every publisher who printed my eight
books failed after three years existence.
Out Of my ten books published by my
self not one Is popular hit.
never but once received an appre-
ciative article In any magazine.
Only one reviewer came to see mo,
ten years ago.
/ never received a commission for any
art work All have done has been
self-ordered. so to speak.
In short. no one has seemed to care
about me and my works. am utterly
alone here In the city, imprisoned in my
lonely room.
Now. IL this Is not mysterious what 10 +?
Y How in the world do the other artists
get there? Very mysterious.
LOUIS NJ ErLsHEMfus.
New YORK, December 16.
The New York herald., 1922-12-18

National Safety Council, meeting. Hotel
Commodore. 10 A. NJ; luncheon. 1880 p. NJ.
cdn., L..r,: , for ,s, RS,,,s:, EsuestiGn m % pnan
Town Hall. II A. M.
Fifth Avenue Association. luncheon. Hotel
Biltmore. 2:30 P. M; dedication of new
trafic signal towner. Fifth avenue and Forty
sorosis, business mems meeting and iunch-
con. Waldorf-Astorfa, 10 A.. M.
/. New York Academy of Sciences annual
dinner. D. X. r. Club. 30 West Forty-fourth
s,se =. Mr DR. H:cw ssagy z. 4Ds
Gorilla at Home." Z p. NJ. = tr-
League OF Advertising Women. dinner.
Advertising Club. Al East Twsnty-fifth
street. $3.50 p. NJ.
rammsny Hall speaksrs' Bureau. eleventh
annual dinner. Hotel Commodore, p. M.
Civltan Club. Governors night. dinner.
Hotel Astor. 8 p. M.
Trafnc Club OF New Jersey. ball. Hotel
Pennsylvania. $50 p. M.
Second Battalion. Naval Militia. review.
armory. First avenue and Frfty-sscond street.
brooklyn, 6P. M.
Lace and Embroidery and Allied Trades.
dinner. Hotel Commodore. p. M.
Society of Gas and Electric Accountants.
dinner. Hotel Astor. Z p. M.
Educational Alliance. East Broadway and
Jefferson street. exercises reopsnins activi-
brotherhood of the Sinai CONGREGATION OF
Tho Bronx, annual election of oficers.
temple stcbbins avenue near 1884 street.
p. M. ..-
Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences
lecture ''some Newly Discovered Properties
Of Invisible Light" Academy OF Music. Sis
Centenary of Louis Pastsur, ceIebration.
DR.. Emmanuel de Margerie. Or. Gary N.
Caikins, Or. Frederic g. Lee. speakers, 400
Havemcyer Hall. Columbia University. Sio
p. NJ.
Marquette Club. smoker. Plaza Hotel. s:i5
The New York herald., 1922-12-18
Dividend From Courtesy.

About 200 men and women who
we're courteous and considerate in
their treatment of JOSEPH BIsAGNo
OF San Francisco, or who without
knowing him gave him pleasure,
we're remembered by him in his will
and have just received substantial
legacies under his will.
The beneficiaries include actresses,
mattresses. bootblacks. walters, law
yors. judges, physicians, business
men. the matron Of jail, a hat boy
and saloonkeepers.
The recipients Of these bequests
have reaped cash dividends for their
courtesy. Not all polite persons are
rewarded with cash, but courtesy is a
good investment.
Men and women who dispense
courtesy freely, doing the everyday
work Of life and meeting the minor
crises OF everyday existence with a
smile, displaying forbearance under
Irritating circumstances, holding out
q helping hand to individuals mo-
mentarily in difficulties. do not ex-
pect money payments for kindly acts.
The kindly acts are expressions of
good hearts. They are the fruits of
naturally friendly dispositions.
Such acts cannot be bought. A
surly. mannerless man cannot sue
cessfully feign good temper. Jeal-
ousy, selfshness. unneighborliness
cannot be hidden. Purchased polite
ness is a hollow, worthless thing.
Truly courteous men and women
dc not expect pay for agreeable con-
duct. Their kindliness is spontane-
Gus, unprecedented. In every call
ing and trade are workers who do
the best they can because their con-
sciences and their ambitions urge
them to, not because they hope to
profit. And these are the men and
women who oil the wheels of life
ana help to make the daily grind
easier for all OF us.
The New York herald., 1922-12-18
From Main Street to Broadway.

A host of readers living In towns
whose population exceeded 10000
read SINcI.AIR LEwIs's MAIN Street"
and pitied the cramped lives OF those
whose lot is cast in smaller places.
Others, who lived in uncelebrated
Gopher Prairies themselves, smiled
in superior fashion as they perceived
the subtle differences that marked
them off from the mass OF their
fellow townsmen.
Then Mr.. LEWIS wrote "Babbitt,"
and host of persons living in cities
., more than two or three hundred
thousand population pitied the
cramped lives Of those whose lot Is
cast in cities like Zenith. And there
were dwellers in Zenith who smiled
over their neighbors and thought,
This book paints them to the life"
Presently. perhaps. Mr.. LEWIS will
write THE New Yorker" and the
shafts of his derision will be d.
,ected against the provincialisms of
this city. Just as certainly as be-
fore there will be an audience wait
ing to shake their heads over the
starved existence of dwellers in the
metropolis.
It is all very much like that old
story Of the circus, in which II Is
told how a simple countryman was
laughing heartily at the antics Of
the clowns. and how back OF him
sat prosperous butcher. who
nudged his neighbor and laughed at
the fellows simplicity. Back Of the
butcher sat a college professor, who
cfuckled over the butchers satisfac-
tion in his own superiority. And in
the rear stood a man Of the world
who smiled at all OF them.
Mr.. LEWIS has done the thing he
set out to do with considerable acute
ness. Incidentally. or by principal
intention, he has successfully capt.
talized a weakness common to most
of us. But those who mistake his
adept surface skimming for great
iovel writing. for fair and true
plumbing into mems hearts and
minds, are not Judging clearly.
About the time Mr.. LEWIS was
born the late viscount Bryce dis
earned the increasing standardiza-
vfon Of American life which is the
Iasis Of Mr.. LEwIs's "Babbitt." He
found 1t regrettable, as Mr.. LEWIS
does, though regrettable is a mild
word to use in characterizing the
novelist's fine disdain. That stand
ardization may close over us even
more completely. II may affect even
The New York herald., 1922-12-18
"Shall We Send It?"

There are not enough small Christ
mas packages in sight this year.
They exist, but the buyers are not
carrying them home. Shoppers are
having them delivered. And that,
at this particular season. is some
thing to be regretted.
The Christmas shopper who does
not take from the store a purchase
which can be put in the pocket. the
bag or the motor car or easily car
rIed in the hand is imposing a need
less hardship on men and women and
horses. The employees Of all the
stores are working at top speed The
delivery departments, particularly in
this week, are put to it day and night.
The public can ease their tremendous
labor if it will. 1t has only to carry
i.s own small parcels.
A little package is as hard as a
big one for the delivery department
to assert, assign and put on the
wagon. 1t is in most cases as hard
to deliver. The thoughtless shopper
who orders half a dozen handker-
chiefs sent to her home is putting
as much strain on the delivery peo-
pie as the shopper who orders a
big hat.
Shoppers do not say ''send 1t" be-
cause they are snobbish or lazy.
They forget the crushing burden
which the holiday buying puts on
the patient souls of the stores. They
forget the good old days when no
body considered himself human
being in Christmas week unless he
went home with an armful OF telltale
parcels.
Say "I'll take II" when you buy
something small. Then you will
know that tired horse, driven by a
tired man. will not have to 30 an
extra quarter Of a mile In slippery
streets on your account.
The New York herald., 1922-12-18

The Improvements which the Tran
sit Commission has ordered in the
Oldest parts of the subway system
are work which the builders would
have done if it had been possible for
them to see twenty years ahead.
The men who planned the first sub
way could not have known that
lhirty-third street would in time be-
come logical express stop. They
could not have known that the four
car local trains and short local plat
forms would be found inadequate.
The first subway was in some re-
spects an experiment Engineers
have learned from its mistakes,
which happily were few
Making the ThirV-third street sta
ton Of the East Side line an express
stop will serve double purpose. 1t
will provide better service for a
reighborhood which has developed a
great deal in two decades. 1t will
relieve the congestion at Grand Gen.
trail, which is due in great part to
the transferring Of passengers be-
tween express and local trains.
With Thirty-third street clearing
station for much of the strictly Lex
ington avenue line business. Grand
Central will have more room to han
die the commuters. the shuttle users
and the Greensboro passengers. And
with ten car local trains, which
longer local platforms will make pos
sible, transit will be more comfort
ahle and the crowds more easily
handled.
The improvements. including the
enlargement of the old local plat
forms on the West Side subway from
TIftieth street to Ninety-irst street,
win cost s4,000,000. AS subway
costs go, that will be a moderate
price for such relief.
The New York herald., 1922-12-18
IreIand's Foremost Veteran.
1t Is Suggested That Dillon Is Moro
DISTINGUISHES Than Healy.

Distinguished Than Healy.
To THE Nsw YoRx HERALD: noticed
In the newspaper accounts of the cere-
monies In Dublin attending the estab-
lishnent of the Irish Free State repeated
references to the new, Governors General
rs the most. distinguished survivor Of
the Home Rule party OF Parneli,"
With all due Difference to Mr.. Heaiy's
undoubted qualifications for his high
once 7 think the consensus of opinion
among Irishmen IL that rthis distinction
belongs not TO Mr.. Healys but to John
Dillon. the man who4 as Parnells chief
lieutenant and In later years as leader
OF the Irsh ParliamsntaEysParty occu-
pied place In the affections Of his coun-
trymen; second only to Parneil himself.
Though now living in practical re-
tirement Mr.. Dillon still retains strong
hold on the confidence and esteem OF his
countrymen throughout the world. In
deed, even among his political opponents
OF recent years there are those who.
rejecting on the bitter sacrifices. the
dauntiess courage and unsullled personal
honor Of career SO fruitful Of perma-
nent benefit to his unhappy country. can
not help regarding John Dillon az the
most distinguished survivor of the bril-
liant company that comprised Parnell's
party and one of the greatest OF living
Irishmen. PARNELLirr.
NEW York. December 1s.
The New York herald., 1922-12-18
Danger at the Corner.
A Condition Traffic Policemen Agree
Should Be Remedied.

To The New YORK HERALD: This
rounding the. corners by motors when
the traffic is moving in the other, diree-
tion creates confusion and trouble In
crowded streets and becomes q source
OF danger to pedestrians
People think they have clear chance
to cross the street when round the cor
ners come cars and trucks. some driven
with no care or consideration. moving
too fast. frequently making pedestrians
hustle and frightening them.
! have spoken to many policemen on
the subject and they all cay It Is a
nuisance.
That Is something that should be
regulated. They should all stop at the
corners and await the change Of orders
like other vehicles. NJ
NEW YORK, December 16.
The New York herald., 1922-12-18
Could You But Know.

Could you but know what once you were
to me
I wonder. would you grieve so much
to-dayf
You. dear. not I. were first TO turn
away. tt '-
Leaving Afe empty. stripped. like some
bare tree N..
Stark on the sky line hour by hour
alone
When most I needed you came ana
went
And took the faded blossoms which
you sent. M
While now to-day you think should
atone
For wrongs done you; would you. be-
loved. turn
From faint light. or from a strong.
kind hand -
Held out to you as you sank In the
dark.
And one who said he loved you chose
to spurn.
His task. while one you knew not
lent a spark
To guide you till you reached sgain
the iand7
EtfsAsrrH scoLLAnp.
The New York herald., 1922-12-18
BY w. ). HENDERSON.

AS season OF concerts advances
and the horizon becomes hidden by
the flight of whole battalions OF stars.
the managers begin TO e4vo their conn
panies Of soloists tho command Fire
by platoons." This, to be sure. con-
Germs tho lover OF music little. though
It may help to explain to him the rea-
son for certain kinds of entertain
ments. Yesterday afternoon in Aeolian
Hall Alexander siloti. pianist: Paul
Koschanslxi. violinist. and George Bar
rere. hutist. were assembled In a pro-
gram Of chamber music by Bach.
There were four sonatas, all beauti-
ful. AZ Bach's music II certain to be,
oil interesting for numerous reasons,
and all suggesting more than can Be
set down on the morning after day
OF 90 many concerts. Two of the set
Of sonatas for violin and cembalo.
Nos. 3 and s. were on the program.
Between them stood the sixth sonata
for clavier and flute. The nnal num-
her was the sonata in G for ciavier,
fiute and violin. Much has been writ
ten about these works. Much moro
will be. for Bach Is still young COM
poser and his music win grow In pub
lie favor. A.
Among musicians he has been re-
garded for some years---say, about 100
AS the father OF all such a. play
upon the plano and the organ. not to
mention those who sing soberiy and in
reverence before the holy altars and
those who wrest orchestras to their
sometimes uncertain purposes. They
have all busied themselves trying to
and out how It was done; and the
secret remains secret. because the
man and his achievements were like
Grant and his. Senator Yates in
historical speech declared that Grant
was mot ostentatious nor dramatic
It Is the genius Of accomplishment
that he has When the work is done
there It is--done: and there Is the
an. except for the work. ordinary as
before" 5t
The New York herald., 1922-12-18
Tha Care FREQ Holiday.

To THE NEW YORK HrRALp: Through
your columns "A. w. NJ" suggests that
in the exchange OF tasks. one with an
other. on holidays exchange with a
street sweeper. As holidays should be
care free I would gladly make the ex-
change. A great many years ago
Horace Greeley was Walking down the
street with a friend. Az Mr.. Greeley
appesyed to be much perturbed his
friend pointed to a, street sweeper and
said: See how cheerful the street
cleaner is." YES" rejoined Mr.. Gree
ley. "but he has no note to meet to-
morrow" 4. p. HILL
NEW YORK, December 1s
The New York herald., 1922-12-18
cALvE-GERARDY CONCERT.

Nine. Emma Calve. soprano. and Jean
Gerardy. celiist, gave Joint recital at
the Hippodrorne last evening. Nine.
Yvonne Dieune was at the piano for
Nine. Calve and Michel Raucheisen ac-
companted Mr.. Gerardy. Nine. Calve
saEg Gluck's "Divinites du Styx," from
"Alceste Z" La Captive" by Berlioz: a
serenade by Biset. songs by Chopin,
ana compositions by Mascagni -Dvorak.
De Falla and Martini. Mr.. Gerardy
played Boccherinis sonata, Variations
Symphoniques." by Boellman; Schu-
mann's "Abendlied'' and Davidoffs Am
Springbrunnen."
The New York herald., 1922-12-18
The E.minence of Funny Face.

Is the pygmy elephant, bearing the
name Funny Face. latest recruit to
the list OF Or. HoRSApAY's distin-
guished guests at the Bronx Zoo,
passing happily the first days of his
sojourn there? Has his unique emf
nence been acknowledged by his as
sociates; or have some Of them su-
perciliously behind their bars dis
turbed their colleague with doubts
az to the real importance OF a pygmy
elephant7 Has any OF them asked in
the language of condescension,
"Pygmy, yes But why elephant"
or put the same inquiry in equally