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The New York herald., 1922-11-17
Daily Calendar
THE WEATHER.

For Eastern New York-Fair to-day
tomorrow cloudy and warmer moderate
west and southwest winds.
For New Jersey-Fair to-day to-mor-
row cloudy and warmer, gentle to mod
crate variable winds.
For Western New York-Fair and
warmer to-day; tomorrow cloudy and
mild. gentle TO moderate variable winds
For Northern New England-Fair and
warmer to-day; tomorrow cloudy. with
moderate temperature. fresh northwest
to southwest winds
For Southern New England-Fair to-
day; tomorrow cloudy and warmer
moderate west and southwest winds.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 16.-Pressurc was
low tonight over the Canadian maritime
provinces. low and falling rapidly over
the Northwestern States and the Rocky
Mountain region and high east of the
Mississippi Valley. This pressure dis
tributon has been attended by widely
scattered showers within the last twenty.
four hours In the Atlantic States,-Texas
and on the north Pacific coast, and
local SHOWS in New Mexico, Colorado,
Vermont, New Hampshire and Maine
The temperature has fallen throughout
tho Eastern States and the southern
Rocky Mountain region. In the middle
Atlantic States and New England States
the weather will be fair tomorrow and
partly cloudy and warmer Saturday. In
the south Atlantic States the weather
VIII be fair tomorrow and probably
saturday. with rising temperature. In
the upper Ohio Valley and the lower lake
region the weather will be fair and
warmer Tomorrow and cloudy and mill
Saturday.
observations at United States Weather
bureau stations. taken at p. NJ. yesterday,
seventy-fifth meridian time: -
The New York herald., 1922-11-17
For These Innocents.

Legislation to make legitimate help
less victims of the fraudulent Miller
divorces in Westchester county will
be favored by all who understand the
priceless privilege this would assure
to the unfortunate children who were
deprived by the avariciousness Of a
legal impostor of the birthright to
which all of them are entitled. With
out special act of the Legislature
more than one hundred children
of couples who thought themselves
legally divorced and thus free to
marry again will be without name.
Through the criminal Vaccinations
OF an absconding attorney these mar
riages, although the contracting par
ties entered into them in good faith.
are bigamous under the law and their
offspring are illegitimate.
There is another view of the situa-
tion besides that which rests on hu-
manity and justice. In years to come
there might be endless litigation as
the result of these unions. Especially
confusing would be the questions Of
inheritance which might arise in the
case Of the descendants of couples
divorced by this lawyers devices. If
by special act of the Legislature
these marriages were declared valid
when the parties contracted them in
good faith no such disturbing and
complicated issues could arise.
But it is the simple humanity of
the proposed measure which recon-
mends it to all men and women who
sympathize with these children. 1t
was in the years 1919, 1920 and 1921
that these fraudulent divorces were
manufactured by the attorney HER
BERT F. MILLER Unless a special act
OF the Legislature makes legal the
subsequent unions of his innocent
victims the harvest of unhappiness
and shame may continue for half a
century.
The New York herald., 1922-11-17
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER IT. 1922.
Tamrnany on the Job.

In Tammany Hall politics is never
adjourned. Instead of resting on his
oars after the Democratic triumph of
last week Boss MURPHY is holding
political conferences at French Lick
Springs, the haunt of his Western
ally, Tom TAGGART. With MURPHY
are TOM FOLEY and other lights of
Fourteenth Street.
Boss MuRPHYs man captured the
city of New York last year. His
candidate won the State of New York
this year. But MURPHY instead of
resting is making plans Of what he
will do with his growing power at
the national convention of 1924.
The Republicans of this city can
find lesson in MURPHY's industry.
He is always on his job; they are
not In New York city there is no
Republican party. There is not even
an organization that deserves the
name. Just before an election the
individual Republicans get together,
recall one anothers names and faces
and try to elect a ticket. After cleo
tion they disband until next time.
The Tammany men take their job
seriously because SO many of them.
big and little, make a living out Of
politics. The district leaders keep
their little kingdoms stirred up.
MURPHY keeps the district leaders
stirred up. The machinery Of the
organization is never permitted to
grow rusty. When election day comes
the Tammany people know who their
loyal followers are and who is open
for conversion. And when a cam
paign seems lifeless, as the recent
campaign for the Governorship
looked, the Tammany machine gets
out the vote. The voter is coaxed to
the polls or led to the polls, which
ever is the surer way.
The Republicans Of this city may
as we'll realize that they cannot win
elections with twelve days work a
year when their adversary is working
twelve months year. Just causes
and great principles are very fine, but
organization and the habit of keep
ing everlastingly on the job win
elections.
The New York herald., 1922-11-17
Anger, Expensive Luxury.

Rage is expensive. A Vermont man
found this out after having his fling
with a telephone instrument which
would not raise Central. He tore the
machine from the wall and carried it
in his motor car to the central Office,
where he hurled it through window
pane. In the end he had to pay for
the damage he had done and he was
fined S25 for breaking the peace.
His loss was greater than that,
really, for he did damage to his mind
and his body which ten times $25
would not cover Blind anger Of this
kind is more dangerous to the brain
than O whack on the head. 1t is
more dangerous to the body than
sitting in a draft or eating whole
mince pie. Rage poisons the body
just as surely as arsenic. 1t checks
the normal functions, particularly di-
gestion. 1t saps vitality and weakens
the wonderful human machine.
Anger, and particularly anger over
trihes like telephone messages, is
futile. Foaming at the mouth never
brought quick action. This rage over
petty things harms the man who in
Gulges in it and the persons around
him. These bursts Of passion break
up homes. They wreck business en-
terprises. They strike at good man
ners. which are the base Of human
comfy. Without SUCH senseless ex-
hibitions Qf bad temper there would
be fewer failures, divorces and wars.
The New York herald., 1922-11-17
pom sitting SO near the stage.

upon sitting so near the stage. 1t
would be willing to take some of
the other places from which one can
see and one could also hear il the
actors would only change their
methods. They must speak up. The
premium on theater seats is due to
their unintelligibility. If the actors
would only enunciate so that they
could be heard one seat would, in
Mr.. KLAw's opinion, be almost as de-
sirable as another. 1t will be pos
sible if this millennium arrives to
hear in all parts of the theater.
In spite of the strike of the actors
Mr.. KLAw's suggestion has the in
dorsement of HENRY HULL, who has
expressed his confidence in the raised
voice of the player. He thinks it will
sound the knell of the speculator. He
does not blame the player but the
director who believes that to be mod
ern and lifelike is to be inaudible
to the audience. II the director can
be wooed from this view Of his art
there may be an opportunity for the
theatergoer to buy his ticket at the
box office price.
When two authorities so widely
separated as the manager and the ac-
tor agree on any topic concerning
the welfare Of the theater it may be
worth while to give their suggestions
a trial. So will the actors please
speak up?
The New York herald., 1922-11-17
The Merchants Association.

The Merchants Association of New
York will celebrate tonight the twen-
ty-fifth anniversary of its founding
in June, 1897. by party to its mem
bers at Madison Square Garden.
Compared with many of the business
houses which are represented in its
membership the Merchants Associa-
tion is a newcomer in the life of New
York 1t should have been formed
long before IL was, and nobody who
has watched its increasing influence
for the best interests of the COM
munity can fail to hope that the asso-
citation has long life before It.
New York was already great city
when this organization was founded,
six months before the union of the
five boroughs. Like most bodies of
similar purpose it had as a chief OBJ
iective to foster the trade of New
York, but unlike them II needed not
so much to build great city from a
small one as to give direction to the
activities of city which was already
vigorous and powerful.
Its first public service was its lead
ing part,>in the fight ending in the
defeat of the plan to make New York
dependent upon private corpora
lion for its water supply. The asso-
citation then threw its support to the
development of the Catskill supply
system. II has helped in the de-
velopment of the port, the extension
Of transit facilities and the enforce
ment of traffic regulations. At this
moment one of its committees is
working to secure a change in the
bankruptcy law which would reduce
ihe cost of its administration for the
benefit of creditors.
The association will probably un-
dertake, through its committee on
education. q survey of the school sys-
EN- in coflaboration with the city
authorities. Its committee on sani-
tation and pNblic health seeks All
improved sewage disposal system
Traffic regulation, as an increasingly
dfficult problem. is also being studied
Dy the association.
These are all legitimate concerns
Of a civic body and ones in which the
Merchants Association can perform
a useful service. The association
eceks a larger membership, for every
The New York herald., 1922-11-17
Special Dispatch to THE New York HERALD.
New York Herald Bureau.
Washington, ID. C., Nov. l6.


New York Herald Bureau.
Washington, ID. c., Nov. 16.
A conference to bring about a healthier
American citizenship was opened at Con-
tinental Memorial Hall to-day under the
auspices of the War Department. Rep
resentatives Of colleges and schools and
other organizations interested in the
mental and physical Improvement OF
young Americans attended Addresses
were made by Secretary Weeks. Gen.
Pershlng and Brig.-Gen. William Las
sitter.
The Secretary declared that physical
subnormality in America is largely re-
sponsible for the alarming social. polit-
ical and economic manifestations which
beset the country.
In his welcoming address Mr.. Weeks
took the position that the gravest ques-
ton before the country to-day is con-
structive program looking TO the inn
provement of the physical and mental
fiber of tho youth of the country.
Submitting as testimony the expert
ence of the War Department with the
draft. studies made by industries, life
insurance companies and medical asso-
Citations, Mr.. Weeks declared that there
is no doubt that fully so per cent. Of the
people are subnormal in health. This
condition, he said, is primarily respon-
sible for the ferment of unrest, the craze
for new theories and absurd political
ideas, many of which strike at the very
foundation of the Government.
The big essential at the moment. he
asserted, is that the nation as a whole
and educational institutions in particu-
lar should realize the Importance of
physical training. College athletics, he
said. while doing splendid work in the
competitive field and thereby setting an
example, have made a great mistake in
paying SO little attention to the physi-
cal training of the mass Of the student
body.
The devastating inroads made by bac
health on the national economic system
take toll Of two billion dollars a year.
but this financial and economic loss, the
Secretary added, is a nothing compared
with the ferment of unrest which is
tossing the country on a veritable ocean
of uncertainties.
I'm times Of peace disturbing facts
clearly indicate that lacking a crisis,
the average citizen is not keenly inter-
ested in the national welfare he said.
Strikes which involve the discomfort
and almost the lives Of our people.
massacres similar to the one at Herrin,
which should be an impossibility in
civilized nation; numerous organized
groups in our body polite striving for
class or sectional advantages; absurd
political ideas, many striking at the
very foundation of our form of govern.
ment. embraced by supposedly intell-
gent people; local issues overshadowing
national issues at the ballot box, are all
signs of an unhealthy condition in our
citizenship.
Improvement of the physical health
of our people will assist in remedying
this condition. Undoubtedly universal
education will help materially. Our
form Of government is based on reason
and intelligence. One person out OF
every four unable to read and write,
as indicated by the selective service
draft, is an alarming condition. the
more so because 1t could be so easily
corrected.
The New York herald., 1922-11-17
Intolerance.

No sparrow falls but One has numbered 1t,
One wise. One powerful and of most
grace,
Holding the Book of Life wherein is
Each grave and petty secret Of the
race.
No gray minutest particle of sand
Dissolves in spray, no fecund seed
gives birth
To leaf and blossom that escapes His
hand,
Who molds each ardent impulse OF
the earth.
Grows He not sorrowful sometimes to see,
Searching the hidden byways Of mans
heart,
How-little minds OF His profundity
Wax garrulous and tear Him part
from part
So lost in creed they cannot estimate
The simple charity that makes Him
great?
HELEN FRAzEE-BowER.
The New York herald., 1922-11-17
The Mussel Is Not Wild.

1t is possible to own mussel with
out chaining him up or keeping him
in a cage. The decision of the Su-
preme Court of the United States on
this matter will be of the deepest
interest to those who have contem-
plated having pet mussel. Now
they know that under the law of the
land the mussel is not wild animal
as the law knows wild animals. He
is not fera nature, like the fox and
the partridge. He is reckoned among
the domestic animals. And Of course,
although the court did not mention
it, the mussel is delicious when
properly picked
Mussel hunting, that great sport
Of the Mississippi Valley, may lose
some of it's glamour through the de-
cision. When the mussel was gener-
ally regarded as a wild animal he
was game to be pursued to the death;
pursued into whatever water he
might flee at the approach Of the
mussel hounds. Some Missouri mus
sci hunters went up a navigable
stream and baggeds huge quantities
of mussels, selling the valuable shells
of these mollusks to the pearl button
barons of New York. The owner Of
the banks OF the stream where the
mussels were taken went to court
about it, protesting that these mus
sells were his mussels; that they had
lived on his property since their in
fancy; and that they were, as the
lawyers say, subjects Of absolute
property.
Only the highest of all our courts
could say for certain. it became evil
dent. whether the mussel was wild or
domesticated Was he like the hawk
in the windswept sky or like Fido
barking at the moon? Mr.. Justice
HOLMES, whose father could have
written a dandy poem about wild.
carefree mussel. uttered the opinion
which forever brands the mussel as
domestic. The pearl bearing mol
lusk is not in the same class with
rowing birds and fish. The owner Of
the land where a mussel pitches his
tent is the owner of the mussel too.
Who steals his mussels Is a wicked
trespasser.
SO, we may well imagine, the legal
character of the oyster and the clam
have been established. How can they
be wild if the mussel is not? How
can any animal be of wild nature IL
1t digs in on a mans land and stays
there? But there Is one thing about
the mussel that the courts profound
decision will not affect. The mussel
shells which most men wear in the
form of shirt buttons will come off
in the laundry as regularly as ever.
And the men. unlike the mussel, will
keep on getting wild.
The New York herald., 1922-11-17
Keeping Up the Pastures.
An Experiment With Fertilizers on
a Maryland Farm.

To THE NEW YORK HERALD The
problem of land enrichment Is met in
different ways. Farmers with cattle,
sheep and swine as soil improvers have
no problem save the labor involved In
distributing the manure. but the breeder
of horses alone speedily finds himself
with pastures In a condition known as
horse poor unless he carries certain
number of cattle to rotate on the graz
ins areas.
An interesting experiment Is being
made at the famous old Belair estate
of William Woodward in Prince George
county, Maryland, where much OF the
land has been devoted to horse breed
ing almost continuously since about
1850. when IL was In the possession u
Governor Samuel Ogle. Mr.. Woodward's
thoroughbreds are conspicuous on the
racecourses of the East. while his
Clydesdalcs have long been famous for
their quality at the great live stock
shows Each type has been carried
along to its high state of development
In company with pure bred and grade
shorthorn cattle. Hampshire sheep and
Berkshire hogs
The experiment at Belair calls for
the housing during the winter OF num-
Der of steers In a restricted. covered
area, where the manure from one Of
the longest OF the horse barns Is de-
posted. The constant trampling Of the
mass by the cattle secures better mix
ture than could be obtained in any
other way.
The outcome of the experiment, which
insures an even distribution of the ele-
ments necessary for grass production,
will be awaited with interest. c.
BALTIMORE, Md, November 16.
The New York herald., 1922-11-17
A Traffic Court Solomon.

Judge BARTLETT of Detroit has
chosen a wise way to show reckless
drivers the real evil of their offense.
Not content with sentencing them to
prison the Judge causes them to be
taken to a hospital to see ward
filled with children injured in traffic
accidents.
Nothing could better bring home
to a driver, one perhaps naturally
lacking in Imagination, the blackness
of the wrong he does in violating the
law. In. the ordinary legal course he
may be impressed only with the
severity of the courts. He pays a
fine or goes to prison and his chief
feeling is resentment.
But the man who sees the sad re-
suits of infractions like his UNDER
stands why the law is stern. He un-
derstands why he must be punished.
He realizes that his thoughtless act
may have as consequence the kill
IlS vi hOpSiCso SiiPpiih6 VI tuliu,
the infliction of lifetime of wretch
edness upon an innocent fellow
creature.
Every year in this city the motor
cars kill a thousand persons. A pitt
fully large percentage Of the victims
are children too young to realize the
perils of the streets. In the country
at large $4,000 persons annually are
badly injured in motor accidents.
The drivers are not always to blame,
but it would be well If every driver
could see the picture which Judge
BARTLETT compels the guilty chaffeurs
OF Detroit to look upon.
Laws are necessary, but 1t is the
human heart that really keeps the
peace Of the world.
The New York herald., 1922-11-17
a Puzzle 10 the New Generation.
From the Portland Press Herald.

From the Portland Press Herald.
c. A. McISenney OF wintcrport has had q
corn crib built on his prenics near the center
Of the village, which has received consider
able comment from those who had never
seen one. Some thought IT was some kind
Of newfangled beehive and that possibly
Mr.. McKenney was intending to establish an
apiary. Some thought II might be sheep
pen TO keep some choice sheep In, while
others had no adequate Idea as to It's in
tended use. But OF course all who had been
familiar with farm life knew that the new
building was a corn crib. such indeed as our
grandfather used 70 rsve in the old but
never forgotten days -out on the farm.
The New York herald., 1922-11-17

increase makes it more widely repre-
sentative of the city. AT present its
membership. in proportion to the
population. is smaller by far than
that of similar organizations at work
in cities like Chicago, Detroit, San
Francisco and Boston. The Merchants
Association has proved its value to
the city; let the city stand by it.
The New York herald., 1922-11-17
Cat Saves Young Master.

From the Arkansas Gazette.
Willie Boatright. aged o. of Buckeye, fell
asleep In his fathers yard Sunday night
with his faithful friend. a big blue tabby cat
also asleep by his side. The evening was
warm and nobody missed the child until
terrific struggle was heard in tho edge OF
the lawn where the boy lay sleeping. The
faithful cat had slept lightly and the stealthy
approach OF big black spreading adder In
the grass had not been without her seeing
and giving battle to save her little master.
Now the blue tabby II priceless. for Mr. and
Mrs. Boatright believe that she saved the
life of their little boy.
The New York herald., 1922-11-17
PUBLIC LECTURES TONIGHT.
MANHATTAN AND THE BRONX.


Books That Every One Should Know
Troop, Public School 1872, 1920 street and
Wadsworth avenue.
plays OF The Hour Miss Ada Sterling.
New York Public Library, Woodstock branch.
15O East i60th street. The Bronx.
Modern Masters OF Light OPERA" Miss
June Mullin, Wadieigh High School. 1i5th
street near Seventh avenue. Vocal sclcc-
tions.
Madame Butterfly" Miss Marguerite H.
Potter, Public school %, korty-second street.
east OF Third avenue. Illustrated by arias
on the victrola and stcreopticon Views.
''sir James Barrie as Great Constructive
Force In Modern Drama" Harry Irvine,
Public School 66, Eghty-eighth street, east
of First avenue. Dramatic readings from
1.-The Admirable Crichton.'
Pottery and Porcelain" Joseph T.. Car
ney. Public school u, Fordham street near
CIty Island avenue. The Bronx stereoptlcon
views.
La Fontaine.' Jonas Lippmann. Public
School 2s, Anthony and fremont avenues,
The Bronx.
BROOKLYN. QUEENS AND RICHMOND.
''siberia, Alaska and Labrador" Frod-
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len street near Neck road Motion pictures
belgium, Yesterday and To-day" wal
lace Winchcl. Public School 81. 10th ave-
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Stereopticon Views
Freedom OF the Sea- Father Daniel G.
Cunnion, Public School SO. Elm avenue and
Fresh Pond road, Ridgcwood IIeights l.. l.
Stereopticon Views.
"A Trip TO the Arctic with Uncle Sam
Mrs lane Stannard johnson, Public school
90 Park avenue, Port Richmond, Staten
Island Motion pictures.
The New York herald., 1922-11-17
The Thief.
Ero,n inc couutrv Bord.

From the Country Bard.
All, Time you are roguish thief,
You steal my treasures one By one,
SO quietly ! never know
Until the work is done.
Then after many years have passed,
And no longer my heart can play,
I know that something Is gone for good,
You've taken my youth away.
FANNIE r. BROOKS.
The New York herald., 1922-11-17
Making n Harder for the Barber.

From the Popular Mcchonics Magdeine
A new combination of flashlight and safety
razor will enable all those who are In The
habit OF shaving themselves TO shave when
the lights are out, or 10 shave with more
comfort where the light ls poor. The handle
Of the razor Is . hashlight.
The New York herald., 1922-11-17

California has shipped its first car
load of oranges from the 1922 crop.
The fruit goes to Ontario, Canada. For
the time being the future of the break
fast table is assured.
The New York herald., 1922-11-17

The Associated Press Is exclusively entitled
20 the use for republication of all news dis
patches credited 10 Il or not otherwise
credited N this paper. and also the local
news published herein.
All rights Of republication Of special dis
patches herein are also reserved.
The New York herald., 1922-11-17
LOCAL WEATHER RECORDS.

Highest temperature, ~, at IL; 20 J.. M.
Lowest temperature. 39 at Z a. NJ.
Average temperature. i3. ~.
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MONTHS OF
SUFFERING
How a Baltimore Girl Recov-
cred Her Health

Baltimore, Maryland. For several
months suffered with severe backache