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The New York herald., 1922-11-25
eALLY-cURcr ITO AID LEGION.

Nine. Amelita Gall!-Curci will give a
concert in the Orange Armory on the
evening of December /, under the aus
pices of the American Legion Post No.
73 of East Orange for the benefit of the
league relief fund. The artist will be
accompanied by her husband. Homer
D. Samuels, and will have Manuel
Berenguer. flutist, as an associate artist.
The New York herald., 1922-11-25
sALMAGUNDI CLUB AWARDS.

The SalTnagundi Club. which opens it's
annual exhibition of thumbbox sketches
to-day. announces the following award
OF prizes: the Vein prize of $500 to j..
Sloan Bredn: the Arthur Turnbull prize
of 500 to w. Granville Smith, and the
Porter prize 20 VIII s. Robinson. The
exhibition. which will continue until
December 81, is open to the public.
The New York herald., 1922-11-25
BEsNARD DIRECTS ART SCHOOL

PARIS, Nov. 24.-Albert Besnard. the
noted artist, has been appointed director
of the school of Fine Arts in succession
TO Leon Bdnnat. who died last Septem-
Der. NJ Besnard, who is 70 years old,
spent eighteen months at the school as
q student. In accepting the appointment
he said he enters on his new duties with
an open mind and Is prepared to intro
duce any reforms which appear benefi-
rfa1
The New York herald., 1922-11-25
TO REPEAT ONE ACT PLAYS.

This evening at the Metropolitan Au-
ditori1m the East-west Players will re-
peat the performance of four one act
plays. Dinner. by Fereno Molnar
Fancy Free" by Stanley Houghton; ;
Progress" by ST John Ervine. and
"The Turtle Dove. by Margaret Scott
oliver
The New York herald., 1922-07-26
One Great Issue.
The Right Of Man to Work When
and Where He Wants to.

To THE New York HERALD: As a pub
lie spirited citizen wish to express my
profound respect and appreciation for
the straightforward and courageous atti-.
tude Of THE NEW York HERALD in re-
gard to our two national calamities !:
the coal strike and the railroad strike.
There is still hope for the American
public while newspapers Of the callber Of
THE New YORK HERALD have the public
spirit and the courage to publish such
editorial articles as that entitled ''The
Men TO Dig the Coal.''
l am not qualified to discuss the mer-
its or demerits of the questions involved
in these strikes. nor do presume to do
so. But, in common with every fair
-.......aca citizen. I 40 know that every
man has the inherent and constitutional
right to work when and where he may
without being subjected to murder or
mob violence such as was perpetrated at
Herrin and elsewhere.
The newspapers form the only medium
through which the public gets a hearing
on these questions. and since no matter
which side wins or loses the public pays
the bills 1t is a great satisfaction to
know that at least one prominent paper
has the courage feariessly to state the
unvarnished truth.
Keep UP the good work.
YoNxERs, July 20. A. L. SANDEN.
The New York herald., 1922-07-26
An Offer to Henry Ford.
Government Might Put Responsible.
ity for Muscle Shoals on Him.

To THE New YORK HERALD: In regard
to your editorial article "Ford's Muscle
Shoals Offer" why not a counter propo-
sition from our Government to Mr.. Ford,
that he take the property as is. he to
complete the two dams?
In the event our Government completes
and undertakes to operate this great
plant 1t is a safe prediction that within
the next ten years the taxpayefs will be
required to put up in taxes $50,000, 900.
in addition to the money required to
&C mplete the dams.
There are very few examples of Gov
ernment business undertakings that have
shown a profit to the Government. I
note on your editorial page Of the same
date appears an account of Canada s
recent experience in the shipping game
and of her losing 5o.ooo.o0O for her tax
payers to make up. while the Canadian
Pacific makes shipping pay dividends.
New YORK, July 25. u. l.. Dixie.
The New York herald., 1922-07-26
Keep the City Clean.

The streets and parks of New York
are dirty. Some people are saying
that they are dirtier than they have
been for many years, but it is difficult
to judge whether or not that is true.
The condition of the streets and parks
goes unremarked by the average citi-
zen for long periods, until some day
his eye is held by an exceptional
amount Of dirt, or his attention is
centered by a campaign like that
which the Merchants Association has
begun. Then he looks about him and
discovers that he is living in a dirty
city. Tf
The fault is not wholly that of the
Street Cleaning Department or Of the
police. A large share of it rests
squarely on the shoulders of the citi-
zen who has just discovered that his
city is dirty. If every man, woman
and child in New York were as care
full about littering public places as
they should be their city would be
transformed before their eyes.
At present conditions appear to be
most aggravated in the parks. Whole
families of Sunday camp themselves
on newspapers and 60 away in the
afternoon or evening, leaving the
papers behind them, mot in the re-
ceptacles provided but on the grass
where they were sitting. Nothing
does more to destroy the pleasant
aspect of park than the presence OF
litter. Green spaces are inviting be-
cause they have about them fresh
ness which rubbish, unfortunately,
can remove. It would not have been
difficult to make the Garden of Eden
look like a pigsty.
1t is not enough to say that only
people who know no better clutter up
the streets and parks. Such people
contribute much to the city's dirt,
and they should be taught to respect
the rights OF others. But great
deal can be done by people who do
know better and yet are constantly
careless. And It requires much less
work to keep city clean than to
clean up dirty one.
The New York herald., 1922-07-26

since the Congress tariff makers are
going the limit on all duties, that the
Senators in question would be just as
strong for their excessive wool duties
IL they did not have dollar of prf-
vate interest in the sheep and wool
business. 1t is possible. 1T is even
probable. that IL they did not have q
dollar in the business these Senators
would put the wool duties still higher
IL they dared to do so. because they
have simply gone tariff mad. But
what do they think the American
voters are going to do at the polls
against wool tariff monstrosity
made by United States Senators who
themselves are personally and deeply
interested in the sheep and wool busi-
ness, and taxing the consuming pub
lie an extra 5000. 100000 year?
The New York herald., 1922-07-26
Bleached Flour.

The desire for whiteness in flour
probably results from the idea that
whiteness implies purity and cleanli-
ness, while the slightest tinge OF yell
lowness arouses a suspicion Of inferi-
ority in quality. Where a choice
exists. white -four, even II inferior in
quality, is preferred by some house.
keepers. Flour having yellow cast
is not unstable, but 1t is usually
rated as Of second quality and brings
lower price than white -four.
A considerable proportion of the
wheat grown in the United States
produces a -four with a distinctly yell
lowish tints and the color cannot be
removed by the ordinary milling
processes. SO far as its food value
The New York herald., 1922-07-26
On Tamrnany Hall Stages.
Famous Actors, Dancers and Min.
strels Appeared There.

To THE NEW York HERALD: Allow
me to clear up some Of the obscurities
mentioned by J. II. James in regard to
"Shoo Fly and Tammany Hall.
There We're three amusement centers
in Tammany Hall when the building
was first opened In 1868: Bryant's
MinstreIs on the first floor, hall in
the basement used as a saloon. Punch
end Judy show. and for other perform
ances later, such as Harry Gurr's eat
ing and drinking under water. and the
large upper nall. opened July IL. 1868.
with n concert by Graffula's Seventh
Regiment Band. a regular theater and
known as the Tammany. Under sew
eral managers, beginning with Jarrett
& Palmer. who had produced 1.-THE
Black Crook" at Niblos a couple Of
years before, Levy the Hanlons. the
Lauri family. the Zanfrettes, Alice Har-
r!son, Leffingwell and a host Of other
famous players appeared from 1893 to
1870.
Bonfanti danced and nearly al the
great artists Of the variety stage came
to the Tammany. while number Of
directors tried vainly for permanent
success. The last was Josh Hart.
whose idea OF London music hall
didn't go at all. but who was in con-
troll Of the Theatre Comique when, three
years later, Ed Harrigan and Tony
Hart made their phenomenal hit with
'The Mulligan Guards" 1t closed Its
doors as a regular theater in the sum-
mer of 1870, though occasional per-
formances were given until 1875, when
the big hall became a big ballroom.
Delehanty and Hengler. who had APP
peared in the Bryant's Hall in 1869,
came with their own minstrel troupe In
1870. : Mr.. James inquiries about an
early partner Of Delehanty. His name
was William II. Ward, and the team
was Delehanty and Ward in 1865. In
1856 Delehanty and Hengler came to-
gether; in 1875 they separated and the
team was Delehanty and Cummings,
Hengler doing a single" The next
year Delehanty and Hcngier teamed up
again and so remained until 1880, when
Delehanty died. Hengler--real name
Siattery--died in 1888.
They were the greatest song and
dance team Of all but closely followed
by Hogan and Hughes. one of whose
speoialties was II Really Shall Expire"
Ruey Hughes. whose real name was
James Quigg. died In 1871 at the age
of 23. There never was team known
an Delehanty and Hughes. John p.
Hogan survived his partner In the
neghborhood OF forty years. He was
splendid dancer, kept a dancing school
and was very popular. especially as a
leading Elk.
No doubt "shoo Fly was sung on all
three Of the Tammany stages. including
the basement known as the Cafe
Amusant, but Dan Bryant and Dave
Reed first gave It vogue with 225 repe-
titione, while Delehanty and Hengler
were among the first to sing 1t. as Dave
Reed always said.
HERBERr S. RErroN.
NEW RocHELLE, July 25.
The New York herald., 1922-07-26
AUSTRIAN ASSEMBLY
PASSES DRASTIC BILLS
For Forced Loan, Cut in Off
cials and Bank of Issue.

VIENNA, July 25.-After passing .
group Of bills. among them the Govern
ment's financial measures, the Assembly
adjourned to-day for the summer re-
cess. The measures provide for a forced
loan, reduction in the number of Federal
officials. issuance Of bank bills. upward
revision Of the tariff and heavy increases
In Dosta1. telegraph and railway tolls.
The Government evaded having to re-
ply in the Assembly to Count Czernin's
Interpolation regarding the participation
In a recent demonstration in Vienna OF
two sons Of the Soviet Minister inform
ing Count Czernin that an answer would
be given him privately in writing. Count
Czernin wanted to know whether 1t was
true that the men were released by the
police when they were identified on the
ground of diplomatic immunity.
The New York herald., 1922-07-26
When World Disaster Comes.

A Philadelphia physician whose
leisure has been devoted 10 the study
OF volcanic disturbances predicts that
within thirty. days southern Europe,
northern Africa and the whole of
Asia viii be destroyed by earth
quakes and the residents of these
countries win all be killed; the west
ern section Of the United States be-
yond the Rocky Mountains is also
scheduled to disappear"
If the Quaker City pessimist is ac-
curately informed, an important frac-
ton of the inhabited, land surface of
! the earth will survive the catastro-
phe. The loss OF human life will be
so great the human imagination will
not be able 70 encompass it.
However, there is one grain of com
fort TO be extracted from the appall-
ing situation the Philadelphia seer
forecasts.
There, will be enough OF the habit
able world left to accommodate the
survivors, and there will be among
those survivors enough men and
women of warm hearts and generous
minds to care for all the victims of
the disaster for whom relief is hu-
manly possible. There will be sur.
vivors ready and capable to grapple
with the staggering problems of re-
construction. There will be survivors
to do the work that must be done
1t is soina to be tough, but we
must do the best we can.
The New York herald., 1922-07-26

is concerned, II a difference between
yellow -four and the natural white
-four exists, It is likely to be in
favor of the yellow article.
Inasmuch as the housekeeper de-
mands whiteness, without reference
ITO quality. the miller must either sell
his off-color product at lower price
than white -four or make II white
by artificial means. Often he does
the latter by one Of the various
bleaching methods. For the greater
part this is done by aerating the -four
with air containing nitrogen oxides
and ozone, which are produced by
high voltage electrical discharges.
These substances, produced wholly
from the air, are powerful bleaching
agents. Nothing is added to the flour
by their use: and. so far as is
known, there is nothing deleterious in
bleached -four.
In the milling process most Of the
vitamines are removed; so also are
the mineral elements, and these can
not be artificially replaced. Whether
or not the bleaching process destroys
the remaining vitamines has not
teen determined. In part, however,
these are restored by the yeast.
The order OF the Health Board re-
curing bleached -four and bakery
products made therefrom to be dis
tinctly and conspicuously labeled is
justifable, no matter in what aspect
it may be considered. If it will en-
courage the use Of -four quite as
wholesome and nutritious as the
natural white -four, it will accom-
rlish good purpose.
The New York herald., 1922-07-26
Rain Kills the Birds.

New England ornithologists report
great mortality among the birds this
summer Unusually heavy rains
have drowned fledglings and starved
their fathers and mothers to death
by the thousan nds. From single tall
chimney at one town in Maine two
wheelbarrow loads of dead swallows
were taken. They died of starvation.
say the bird experts. Swallows, the
same authorities declare, fly with
their mouths open and feed on the
insects with which the summer air
abounds. The heavy rains this sea
son have driven the insects to the
ground. The food supply of the
swallows has thus been cut off, and
great numbers of the birds have died
OF exhaustion in the chimneys In
which they nest.
But swallows are not the only birds
that suffer from the rains. Those
The New York herald., 1922-07-26
Duties on Cutlery.
Rates In the New Tariff Bill De-
scribed rs Prohihltlye.

To THE NEW York HERALD: AS q
member OF the National Tariff Cutlery
Committee l. desire to call your atten-
tion to the prohibitive rates of duty
proposed in the tariff bill for cutlery
and urge that In the interests of Amer
lean consumers and workers higher
prices and virtual embargo on cutlery
be prevented.
4 The rates proposed are from ten to
fifteen times as high as the present
rates They will undoubtedly increase
the prices on the articles Of cutlery
which the housewife needs in the home
on pocket knives on the tools which the
barber uses. on shears for the dress
maker. on sheep shears that the farmer
needs.
Duties of from 106 per cent. to 445
per cent. are proposed for scissors, hair
clippers. pruning and sheep shears; from
100 per cent. to $50 per cent. on razors ;
from 80 per cent. to 200 per cent. on
table cutlery; from 40 per cent. to 200
per cent. on pocket knives.
For example. pocket knives that re-
tail now at from 25 cents to 40 cents
will cost from so. cents to 81.
These duties, which are supposedly
protective. will merely give the Ameri-
can manufacturer a monopoly. The
American consumer and worker will
have to pay for the resultant increased
costs. The great mass Of American
citizens will pay the price Of the tariff
blunders II the Fordney- McCumber bill.
as now proposed, becomes law.
am both a manufacturer and an i'm
porter Of cutlery and therefore can bet
ter appreciate the shortsightedness Of
such policy as that embodied In the
tariff bill now before Congress. That
Is why we are taking the standpoint
we do in asking for a revision Of the
cutlery rates ApoLPH KAsroR.
CAMILLUs, July IS.
The New York herald., 1922-07-26
Blaming the Motion Pictures.

Another young girl has run away
from home because she wanted pretty
clothes. Her parents believe her dis
content was caused by the motion
pictures According to her mother,
she wanted to know why she couldn't
dress like the girls on the screen
or at least as well as some OF the
girls at public school.
After they read the story nobody
knows how many mothers shook
their heads and remarked the mo-
ticn pictures are putting all kinds Of
notions into the heads of the young
ones nowadays. No doubt they are,
but there is not sufficient ground for
assuming that the screen is at the
bottom of waywardness and dissatis-
faction with simple living.
Perhaps the motion pictures were
responsible for this girls discomfort,
but it seems reasonable to suppose
that the clothes Of the better dressed
girls at public school were more ac-
tive irritants than the pictures she
saw. They were conspicuous in her
own world--girls like herself-and
she could, see no reason why her
clothes: should not be as pretty as
theirs. But the motion pictures
make world into which children
ard their elders escape from the
oppressive limitations Of their own
environments.
That is particularly the case with
unsophisticated persons who are not
conscious of Inaccuracies in the film
plays reflection of life. The pictures
are more likely to dull dissatisfaction
as an opiate dulls pain than they are
to arouse it.
Moreover, If we are to accept the
word Of those who write the "titles"
for the picture dramas, the life that
glitters is not gold. These moralists
never neglect an opportunity OF re-
minding us that the gayety of the
cabaret and the hilarious party is
only hollow mockery. The screen
for the most part is indefatigably
moral. 1t always gives virtue at
least fifty-fifty deal. "
The danger in too much motion
picture watching does not lie in any
imagined power to incite to wrong
actions and desires. 1t is to be
found rather in the power of the film
10 drug the emotions and to make
f1abby, passive minds.
The New York herald., 1922-07-26

that nest on the ground or in low
bushes along the banks of streams
have been severely affected. Nests
with eggs in them have been swept
away in flooded meadows. Young
birds were drowned where they were
Matched. In western Maine, in Mas
sachusetts, Rhode Island and Connec-
ticut wrens, swamp sparrows, song
sparrows and red winged blackbirds
are known to have perished by the
hundreds; unquestionably the NOR
tality has been greater than the re-
ported cases. Some Of the birds,
those that raise only one brood In a
year. have been holding unseason-
ably early conventions preparatory
to giving up the job for the year
and going back South weeks in
advance of the usual time for mi
grafton. Some have already gone
and are reported in Virginia on
their way south long before they
were due. On the other hand,
birds that raise two families every
season are still holding the fort
against the rain, doing their tuneful
best to make the jocund summer
mornings as melodious as possible
under the depressing circumstances.
Not only in New England, whence
the first Official mortality reports have
come. but wherever this summers
rainfall has been abnormal, the losses
of bird life have been heavy.
The New York herald., 1922-07-26
The Tennent Church.
Revolutionary Memories Recalled BY
New Jersey Pilgrimage.

To THE NEW York HERALD: I have
made a pilgrimage to old Tennent
Church near Freehold, n. ]. l found it
situated in a peaceful countryside. a
thing apart, remote from the busy world,
shrine as it was SO aptly called in
your paper.
The church and cemetery are kept in
excellent condition. Its history and rel
les are wonderfully interesting Every
body who is able to do so should visit
this place. Those who do will be well
repaid, and refreshed spiritually by
memories of the men and events it re-
calls. Washington. Molly Pitcher and
the men and women of 1878 become liv-
ing. human personalities. PILGRIM.
ELIZABETH, N. J., July 25.
The New York herald., 1922-07-26
Awomaln,.

She wanders down the dusty street.
AS keen Of lovelinsss
AS those whom fortune sets apart
To smile upon and bless. .
She pauses by florists shop.
Her wistful eyes alight,
With hunger for the violets
And roses red and white.
The favored draw their skirts aside
With querulous distaste,
Lest they be soiled by one least touch
OF her they call unchaste.
If they would give kindly glance.
Or just one fragrant bloom,
They might avert the tragedy
or shame that seems her doom.
But. dull to all they do not know
They neither dream nor guess.
That this is common to them both:
The love Of loveliness.
CHARLOTTE BECKER.
The New York herald., 1922-07-26
Place Name Lore.
Time Works Many Changes in Geo.
graphic Names.
From the Saturday Revie,c.

From the Saturday Revie,r.
Where local features do not suggest
the origin Of a place name. we have to
go back to person, whose name Is
generally shown by a genitive in IS or
Seq; and we cahnot disregard such a
solution because the personal name IL
otherwise unrecorded In old English.
Many rude forefathers Of the hamlet"
have sunk out Of memory even In our
time.
Sometimes a name in its latest form
remains surprisingly full. like Har-
wordsworth then again we find mere
fragment. like Elstree representing
"Tidwulfs tree.' Chalk appears in
Chalkhill and Chelsea, neither of which
has challky soil. White colored ground
Is suggested as the origin OF the for
mer, or 1t may have been a chalk de-
pository. Chelsea is the wharf where
chalk was landed. the latter part of the
word being ''hithe" or wharf. This is
clearly marked In the earlier forms.
Otherwise we might suppose the ending
was "ey." island. as in Thorney. the
island Of Thorns that became West
minister. Stepney. the 'hithe of Stiba"
in 1886, is an instance of the phonetic
changes which philologists have begun
te examine seriously OF late years.
Swakeieys (Ickenham) belonged to a
man who came from. Swalecliff in Kent.
here explained as elf by the Swale
River" But the river may be back
formation from the place name. as 1t
probably In In the swalcllff OF oxford
shire. which Is Swallow Cliff" Here
and there we come upon the lost streams
OF London, az In Marylebone and Kill
burn. "bourn" being a stream. more
familiar In the northern form burn"
Mr.. Cover might have explained that
'Ie" is not "the," but near" ulti-
mately from the Latin ''latus," Since
uxbridgc is on the Colne. It seems odd
to refuse the derivation "water bridge
because It involves a Celtic root, and
Celtic roots are rare in this part OF
England. Ceits came to tho London
district like other people. 1t was
great center OF attraction from early
times, as we know from Tacitus.
Mr.. Cover I"Place Names Of Middle
scx"1 gives us Mazda Vale, which goes
back TO the battle Of Nadia t1s06). but
he has not included Ranelagh or Swiss
Cottage. History would call for the
recognition of Ely Place, one of the
many former possessions OF Bishops In
London. famous in Shakespeare for
Strawberries, rich also once In roses,
since an Elizabeth prclate reserved to
himself and his successors the right OF
walking in the gardens and gathering
ten bushels of roses yearly. There ia
whitehall too. with its change Of name
recorded by Shakespeare.
The New York herald., 1922-07-26
Lady Moon.

The moon Is perfect lady.
Though she stays out all night
Dollod up in cloth OF silver gown
And crown of pearly light;
Folks also say she's tickle
And changes often too.
And has a dark mysterious side,
She never let's us view.
But she Is perfect lady
You will agree with me
(Though she gets full must admit
Alas quite frequently,
For stroIIing on the terrace
Last night when avowed
My love and kissed Lucinda's lips,
The moon went undcr a cloud.
MrNNA IRwxo.