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The New York herald., 1922-12-23
EVENTS TO-DAY.

Federation for Child Study, entertainmen nj.
by Thornton w. Burgess Plaza Theater,
Madison avenue and Fifty-ninth street. II
A.. M.
Humane Society," Christmas tree for ani-
mails Seventh avenue and Thirteenth street.
1 to 3 p. NJ.
Zeta Beta Tau Fraternity. convention. Hotel
Plaza. tea and dance In the afternoon.
d. p. o. r.. Brooklyn Lodge, Christmas
party clubhouse. South Oxford street. Brook
lyn. afternoon.
jefferson School. Christmas festival,
Sherry's 800 Park avenue. $50 r. NJ.
Metropolitan Museum OF Art. gallery talk.
Roman architecture. Elsie p. Carey. . r. M:
Roman art-furniture. Gisela M. A. Richter.
J.. NJ.
PAU Mall Supper Club. rnistietoe ball for
soldiers and sailors. Hotel Lorraine. $50
r. NJ.
stuyvesant High School Alumnae Associa-
p. NJ.
Les Amis Club Of Brooklyn. entertainment,
Aldne Association. % Fifth avenue.
Mothers Club OF the Henry Street Settle
ment. Chanuka party p. NJ; junior Christi
mae party. 3 =. ".
Municipal Building. Christmas vaudevie
and dancing for employees of the Depart
ment Of Plant and Structures. afternoon.
Tau Delta Phi Fraternity, convention.
Hotel Astor. supper dance In the evening.
Metropolis Club. dinner and dance. Hotel
Biitmore. +. NJ
Goodwill Auxiliary, Israel Orphan Asyisn,
dance, Hotel Commodore. $50 T.. M.
Alpha Epsilon Phi Fraternity. tea. dance
ard supper. Hotel Bltmore.
Dondhnn Club. dinner. Hotel Biltmore.
r. NJ.
Association Of Dress Manufacturers. din
ner and dance. Hotel Astor y. NJ.
suppdt Club. dance and supper. Hotel
Astor. o +. NJ.
pydell club. dan.s. waidorf-Astoria. 9
r. NJ.
Lebanon HOSPITAL Nurses Aiurnnae. dance.
Waldorf-Astoria. II. NJ.
Huron cub. entertainment and dance.
waldorf Astoria. y. NJ.
Alpha Phi RI Fraternity dance. Waldorf
Astoria, y y. NJ
Young Folks Democratic Club. Hotel Me-
Aiptn. y r.. NJ.
The New York herald., 1922-12-23
GEN. DAWES REPORTS
POST OFFICE DEFICIT
Former Budget Director Says
1t Was Submerged.

CHICAGO, Dec. 22.--Gen. Charles G.
Dawes, former director of the national
budget, made public to-day what he
termed the Submerged" balance sheet
of the post office department. 1t showed
q deficit of $16.19s.0O0 for the first
three months operation Of the postal
service this year. ]. C. Knapp, vice.
president Of the Otis Elevator Company,
assisted in making out the report
Liabilities of the post office depart
ment according to the reproduced re-
port, were s140.S46.590 for the first
three months of the year and assets
were 124,64S,590.
"Bureaucrats" were charged with at
tempting to throttle the Government in
a statement by Gen. Dawes regarding
the post office balance sheet.
Although the balance sheet had been
approved by VIII Hays, former Post
master-General. Gen. Dawes said he
had heard nothing of the post office
balance sheet and declared the Gov
ernment's accounting to-day to be "a
.disgraceful and archaic system"
The New York herald., 1922-12-23

fable and unbecoming a Supreme Court
Justice. revealing an unworthy and vim
dictive spirit and the lack OF judicial
poise and balance"
Called "MinOr Dolngs."
Against all these charges ex-senator
Bracket tnterposes no specific defense.
He simply submits a brief in which he
declares 1t to be beneath the dignity of
the Legislature to interfere in the
minor doings" of judicial officials.
"It is not for the Legislature to pre-
scribe. nor to censor the manners OF the
executive. nor of the members Of the
judicial branch" he submits. II that
did fall within the proper province of
legislative action, 1t we'll might be that
the entire time Of that branch OF the
Government would be taken up In, first,
adopting q code of manners and then
seeing that is was followed.
MANY very great judges. judges who
loom large in our judicial history, were
not men Of the ,politest manners, nor
free from temper. we'll remember see
ing a Justice of the Supreme Court
stamp under his heel with every evil
dence of rage. proposed order that
was submitted to him by counsel"
When the Strong investigation ended
last September ex-senator Bracket de-
clared that Assemblyman Thomas A.
McWhinney had prompted the accusa-
tlons Of the Nassau County Bar Asso-
citation. Assemblyman McWhinney. who
introduced the resolution authorizing the
investigation. was recently reelected TO
the Assembly by the slender majority
Of 32.
The New York herald., 1922-12-23
: New York's Name.
But for the Work OF Chance 1t Might
Have Been Albany.

To THE NEW YORK HERALD How Ear
New York may claim any relationship
in nomenclature to the English York
is extremely doubtful. Physical re-
semblances may be dismissed. The
cousinship is of the slightest and 1t was
only by fortuitous circumstance that
New York was not named Albany and
Albany New York.
At the bottom Is the custom of con-
ferrlng titles Of nobility coupled with a
territorial designation. The brother of
Charles II. was James and bore the title
of Duke OF York and Albany. He was
the patentee of the grant Of the colony
and on the expulsion Of the Dutch New
Amsterdam and Fort Orange were re-
named New York and Albany.
On this ground 1t will be seen that
the city was named for the Duke and
it's connection with York can only be
through him. w. E. ALLEN.
New BRUNSWICK, ". j.. December %.
The New York herald., 1922-12-23
The Call Of the East.

l hear the calling Of the East. to me
There comes the glamour OF the SUM-
rise lands,
Dim caravans that trail on desert
sands,
And calling temple bells on lotus lea.
The streets of Cairo and the bended
knee.
To Allah when the muezzin COM
mands:
Caliph and sheik and all the rowing
bands,
That spread the color of rich Araby.
And clamor Of bazaars in lands away.
Slave markets stretching by the
haunted Nile.
Fades far the Western mist and cling
ing gray,
For l embark on camel trains that file
To romanced Samarkand and lantern
feast
I hear the calling of the gorgeous East.
THOMAS j. MURRAY.
The New York herald., 1922-12-23
Hospital Fires.
An Average OF More Than One a
Day for Tv, Years.

From the Journal OF American Medical
Association.
1t is startling to learn that during
1919 and 1920 $40 fires occurred in
institutions classified as hospitals. asy-
lums and sanatoriums--an average of
more than one fire a day in that type
of institution. If any structures should
be properly protected those in which
human beings lie incapable of self-pro-
lection should be considered first.
Among the causes of fire In these
institutions were. first. sparks on the
roof; second. defective chimneysN and
flues: third, lightning: fourth. heating
installation. and fifth. electricity. These
etiologic considerations point the way
to prevention, but there are further
special considerations which apply to
hospitals. The height of hospital build
ings is a matter for concern ambu-
latory patients should be placed on the
higher floors the lower floors being re-
served for those completely bedridden.
In every hospital there should be To-
Gated fire alarm boxes for prompt noti-
ication in case of fire. Volatile liquids
which are easily innammable should be
handled with caution. Chemical extin-
guishers should be easily available and
fire drill for the employees should be
a regular experience.
When II il realized" says the Ma
tional Board of Fire Underwriters, "t,iat
most firts are preventable. and that
there are none too many hospitals, IL
seems pity that large sums must go
annually toward replacing what might
have been conserved for further USE
fulness."
The New York herald., 1922-12-23
In Memory of the Dead.
Christmas Gift Of tne Sisters Of n
Soldier Killed In France.

To The New YORK HERALD: May 1
tell a Christmas story? Just day or
two ago two sisters. young women who
are working for their living. brought a
gift of $50 to the Soldiers and Sailors
Club. "Our brother was killed In
France" they explained. "and this is
what we would probably have spent on
his Christmas present II he were with
us now. We want other soldiers to
have it---we've been saving 1t UP all
the year."
wonder IL some OF your readers who
are particularly lonesome at this Christ
mas time because Of some dear boy who
did not come home from the war would
like TO follow the example of these de-
voted sisters and make other soldiers
and sailors happy in his place.
CoRNELIA b. ROGERS,
President Soldiers and Sailors Club Of
New York. 2s1 Madison avenue.
New York, December 22.
The New York herald., 1922-12-23
A Nation of Readers.

The United States census report OF
the printing and publishing industry
for 1919 shows to what an enormous
extent we have become readers OF
periodicals
1t seems almost incredible that the
combined circulation of all the news
papers in the country should be less
than that of the weekly, monthly
and quarterly periodicals, but that
is the case. In 1919 the newspapers,
Including the country weeklies, at
tanned an average combined circula-
tion OF 56,2S1,632, reckoned without
Sunday editions. Papers published
in foreign languages are not included
in the total. This newspaper circu-
lation was more than doubled by the
periodicals. Their average combined
circulation was 122.s43,377.
OF all the classes OF newspaper pub
lications and periodicals the month
lies had by far the largest circula-
tion-much larger than that OF the
daily newspapers. The average COM
bined circulation OF monthly publi-
cations in 1919 was 91,6S1,s07. That
OF the daily newspapers, exclusive of
Sunday editions. 33,02s.630. is almost
equaled by, the weekly periodicals
with 31.161,570.
This contrast Is more understand
able when IL is recalled that there
are many more periodicals which
never reach the newsstands than
there are TO be seen in those already
crowded booths. There were. for in
stance, $50 religious weeklies pub
lished in the United States in 1919.
There we're 81 labor weeklies. 1876
trade weeklies. In all classes OF
periodicals there were 767 trade jour
nails. There we're 314 fraternal mag
azines. The circulations of such
papers as these help to swell the
totals rolled up by the general mag
azines of large national circulation
70 a combined circulation which ex-
reeds in size the population OF the
United States.
The figures show that religious
publications lost 100000 in circula-
tion between 1914 and 1919. The
number Of such publications dropped
The New York herald., 1922-12-23
A Cotillion Again.

How much variety the social year
in New York may now contain is in
dicated by the revival of the cotillion
at the home Of New Yorker who
has thus departed far from prevail
ing modes in the dance. Social dane
ing in New York, except under the
most unpretentious circumstances,
consisted at one time of only the
cotillion. Square dances disappeared
and the german came apparently to
stay-in reality to continue for more
than twosc6re years.
Cotillion leaders were the mus
keteers of society. Few among those
who essayed this kind Of leadership
turned out to possess all the quail
ties necessary for success. To be a
graceful dancer, firm but polite in
controlling his cohorts. clear headed
and quick to remember and act-all
these traits did not exist in every
aspirant. Good leaders were few in
number and highly priced in society.
The german retreated before the
arrival of the onestep. Further prog
ress in syncopation drove it out of
use and out of the minds Of dancers.
Is this isolated restoration Of the
oldtime fashion the forerunner of a
period of more formal dancing? Are
the waltz and the polka, the galop
and the schottish once more to make
up the dance repertoire of society?
And where are the new leaders to
come from? No first class leader Of
the german could be trained on JAZZ.
The New York herald., 1922-12-23
Stars in Their Courses.
Suns OF Night Speeding Through
Space at Terrific VelOclties.

To THE New York HERALD: AS we
stand beneath the star bespangled
armament upon the whirling surface of
our tiny planet home we behold at pres
ent the sun Capella rising from the
eastward, followed by the Pleiades, AL
debaran, Betelgeux, Rigel and Sirius
As we watch them they rise higher and
higher. but we know that their appar-
ent motion. their ascent. Is caused by
the eastward rotation OF our little earth.
And most of us forget that all these
suns. indeed. every body in the dark
ened armament possess individual mo-
tions Of their own. They are moving
through space. fast or slow; but their
remoteness--trillions and trillions of
miles away-prevents US from observ-
ing their individual movements.
Some suns of night are speeding
Through space with terrific velocities.
For example the sun Arcturus, whose
brilliance Is SO noticeable during sum-
mer nights, is travelling with a speed
approximating 100 miles a second. Then
there is the star Groombridge 1880,
whose velocity is greater than that OF
Arcturus or course our own sun has
also such a motion. but 1t is only about
eleven miles a second.
And lately astronomers have discov-
cred that the sun RI Cephei in the
constellation Of Cepheus, not far west
ward from the North Star. possesses the
swiftest known motion. According to
their calculations it is travelling through
space with velocity approxima ting
100000 miles an hour. That is. about
700 miles a second. In other words. RI
Cephei would cross from New York city
to San Francisco in about four seconds |!
CHARLES MEYERS HOLMES.
NEWTON, Mass. December 81.
The New York herald., 1922-12-23

from 1.412 to 1852. Among the
weeklies those of general interest
either all fiction or fiction and other
matter, now hold the lead which be-
longed 10 the religious group as late
as 1914.
In the periodical field as whole
magazines dealing with science and
mechanics have multiplied more than
any others. There were 135 Of these
listed in 1914. In 1919 they num-
bered 246, and since then radio alone
has added much to the total
The New York herald., 1922-12-23
Windowless Museums.

To the unscientific nothing would
seem more indispensable to museum
of natural history than light. But
there are all sorts of dangers to the
exhibits lurking in light. Colors
fade from the delicately beautiful
moths. its brilliancy departs from the
plumage of birds, the fur of mammals
loses it's depths and shadows. Black
fur may turn red under the influence
of light. Rose quartz has been known
to pale in steady glare: it must be
placed in the shadow IL its loveliest
tints are to be preserved.
Yet there must be light. Even IL
window shades are temporarily drawn
to preserve the specimens, museum
that did not have its contents visible
would be a contradiction in terms.
About the difficulties of the problem
FREDERIC A. Lucas writes in the cur
rent issue OF the Journal Of the Amer.
icdn Museum Of Natural History.
Different museums have expert
mented in the effort to illuminate
without harming the specimens they
display Direct sunlight was the most
harmful kind of illumination re-
vealed by any OF the tests. The light
of frosted panes and yellow glass
has provided one means Of utilizing
natural light. but it has the disad-
vantage OF not being entirely white.
Or. II. w. TOWER has established
the fact that electric light has many
advantages. While he was expert
menting sir SIDNEY HARMER, direc-
The New York herald., 1922-12-23

What JAMES B. DUKE has done with
water power on a tremendous scale
in our own South he is going to do
on a more tremendous scale in Can
ada. Indeed, the Quebec power de-
velopment enterprise into which he
has entered is of national and inter-
national import Harvesting 1,2O0,-
900 horsepower at the headwaters OF
the Saguenay River is financial and
industrial undertaking which outside
OF America would rarely call for
lesser support than that of govern
ments. Mr.. DUKE, therefore, may be
likened to some foreign governments
in respect of the resources at MS
command for the utilization OF the
gigantic water flow which is to be
made to give light, heat and power
not only to Canada but to a section
of New England.
The vast North American water
powers that are spilled unused into
lakes, bays and seas are an economic
waste that can be expressed only in
hundreds of millions of dollars
wear lost to man. This natural and
inexhaustible power of the streams
and rivers can save the coal supplies
of the country. drive productive ma
chinery at lower costs, light streets
and roads that are now in darkness,
and add to the wealth of the nation
and the world In an unceasing VOL
ume. Public sentiment and business
vision have come to a realization OF
the possibilities of this problem only
recently, so that the work OF water
power development is merely at its
beginning.
All over this country and Canada,
wherever the genius and daring OF
men like Mr.. DUKE can turn wasted
water into heat, light and power that
can be applied to productive industry
and to improved living conditions,
there are perpetual benefits to be
conferred on nations and peoples.
Coal burns away and the earth be-
comes empty Of it. AS the forests
make room for agriculture to provide
food for increasing populations the
timber supply is diminished. But
the springs and brooks that provide
the power OF the great waterfalls
go on forever.
The New York herald., 1922-12-23
Traffic Tower Bells.
Will They Add to the Unnecessary
Noises of the City?

To THE New York HERALD: In my
opinion one feature OF the new fraffic
towers in Fifth avenue should be elm
mated, and that is the striking bell.
There are to be seven towers In all
and each one will have a $50 pound
bronze bell which will strike the hours
OF the day and night simultaneously
What is the purpose OF these bells and
why should they strike? They mean
nothing. they viii produce unnecessary
noise and help to increase the din which
prevails in this city at all times.
Many people dislike the sound Of a
striking bell. for it disturbs the quiet
Of the day and night. From the stand
point of consideration for those who OBJ
Ject to this noise no striking bell should
be permitted by the city in public
place OF any kind.
l read some time ago that in a South
ern city some citizens were annoyed by
a striking clock on one of the buildings
owned by the United States Government
and when they appealed to that branch
of the Government controlling the build
ing immediate steps were taken to have
the striking bell removed.
Here in New York, 1t seems to me.
many things tend to increase unneces-
sary noise, and it is matter of aston
ishment that our public officials do not
use their influence and have the noises
stopped.
Will not our traffic commissioner
make good beginning by having the
bronze bells in the new traffic towers
silenced first and then removed alto
gether? 1t can be done. believe, with
out destroying the scheme Of the archi-
tect and without displeasing the Fifth
Avenue Association. VISITOR.
NEW YORK December %
The New York herald., 1922-12-23

the other hand. IL the mailer understood
that his neglect to keep his mailing list
in order imposed a penalty either on
himself or his correspondent the ava
lanche of improperly addressed mail
would be checked because the bulk of it
originates with the large mailer and
does not consist of the personal corre-
spondence Of individuals.
In closing / may add that the neces-
sity for something of the sort was so ap-
parent to my predecessors in office that
both former Postmasters-Ge Bur-
Lesson and Hays made similar recon-
mendations. In fact, 1t has been urged
upon Congress since 1916, and for the
reasons / have explained l considered
1t advisable to renew 1t in my last an
nual report. " HuBERT Work,
Postmaster-General.
WASHINGTON, d. c., December 21.
The New York herald., 1922-12-23
The Remedy Grows In Cost.

To THE NEW Yoax HERALD: Police
Commissioner Enright says that the only
way to solve the traffic problem in New
York city is TO cut more avenues rum
ming north and south.
advocated this plan In letter In
THE NEW York HERALD dated July 90.
1904, and you commented on II editori-
ally. The main objection to II at that
time was the stupendous cost OF the
property to be purchased. Since then
real estate has doubled in value. The
longer the project is deferred the more
costly, II will be. GEORGE FENTRicK.
New York. December %.
The New York herald., 1922-12-23
Misdirected Mail.
P0stmaster-General Work Tells Why
He Proposed Penalty.

To THE NEW YORK HERALD: have
just had my attention called to the edi-
torial article in your paper of Decem-
her concerning my recent recommen-
dation to Congress that fee of one
cent should be charged for each piece
of improperly addressed mail accorded
directory service. and In view of the
excellent cooperation we have been re-
ceiving from the public press in combat
ing this burden l thought you would be
Interested in learning the ground upon
which my proposal Is based.
The handling OF improperly addressed
mail Is one OF the most annoying and
expensive problems which the postal
service faces at the present time. and,
despite our constant endeavors to i'm
press upon mailers the Importance OF
proper addressing. the fact remains that
the quantity OF this mail which is pour
ing daily into the mail rooms over the
country is stupendous and represents
an almost needless drain upon the postal
establishment.
In a recent study of the problem In
the Washington. ID. c.. post Office we
discovered that for a six day period II
was necessary TO give directory service
to 39.4S4 pieces of mail: but. more than
this. the following paragraph from an
article over my signature In the Ndtion's
Business for July. 1922. entitled THE
Drag Of the Dead Letter." will give you
an accurate picture of what this means
to the postal service as whole:
The magnitude of the task performed
by the directory service is indicated by
a recent survey OF seventy-five OF the
largest post offices. At these offices
alone Il required the work Of SIS en-
pioyees, working eight hours daily, TO
handle mail requiring this special at
tention. and the annual cost IN salaries
was 81, ,0O0.0ie. The average number OF
pieces OF mail matter given directory
service daily was 1891. and the aver
age cost for each piece OF such mail was
sOOs7. Using these figures as basis.
II Is estimated that the total number of
letters given this special treatment at all
post offices during the past fiscal year
reached the stupendous total OF 100000
900. The cost of handling them was
approximately N.740.000.
The department In urging remedy
for this undesirable condition Is not
actuate by wholly selfish motives, be-
cause the giving of directory service re-
tards the delivery of mail all along the
line to the consequent irritation of pa
irons Of the service.
While. at irst thought. II may appear
that the enactment OF law TO collect
fee from the addresses OF improperly
addressed mail would in effect. be ex-
acting a fine from the innocent, never
theless II is believed that this Is the
most effective way TO reach the source
OF the difficulty, which is TO be found
in the practice Of large mailers of using
Inaccurate and obsolete mailing lists.
The addressee Is protected by his
privilege to refuse mail which carries an
additional charge for postage. In which
event the mail is returned to the sender
or Is sent to the dead letter once. On