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The New York herald., 1922-08-28
Another Near East Conference.

The British Government has ac-
cepted the suggestion made in note
by the French Foreign Office on Au-
gust for another conference upon
the difficulties between Turkey and
Greece. The meeting will be held
within a month in some italian city,
probably Venice, and representatives
of Greece and both the Constanti-
nople and Angora governments will
lie admitted on an equal basis with
the representatives Of Great Britain.
France and Italy.
Western Europe, with her diff1cul-
ties arising from economic conditions
and international finance. 1t would
seem, has enough worries to absorb
her energies without being COM
PEELED to struggle with the perplexing
problems of the Near East The
trouble, though, Is that this problem
continues to exist and at the same
time the demand for It's settlement
seems to grow more insistent with
each effort to avoid 1t. Long delays
and indecisions have had the effect
OF aggravating its seriousness until
now a solution of some kind seems
absolutely imperative.
with each succeeding conference
which attempts an adjustment Of the
Near East question there arise new
and compelling phases. The matter
OF boundaries which the meeting at
Sevres believed the chief point to be
settled has lost much OF It's. signifi
cance In the present curious con-
tiicts OF interests. The Greek High
Commissioner at Smyrna recently Is
eued proclamation OF autonomy for
Smyrna and the adjoining territory.
He insists that the region thus
passes by the terms of the Sevres
treaty under the supervision of the
Allies and that in case of an attack
by the forces OF the Angora Govern
ment he should have allied support
in repelling It. In other words. he
has placed the Allies In the position
OF both sanctioning Greek resistance
to tho Turkish Nationalists and of
helping the Greeks to retain their
hold upon the Asia Minor coast
The Athens Government at the
same time massed four divisions in
Thrace, threatening to occupy Con-
stantinople. II Greece really con-
templated such move II was de-
feated by the prompt action OF the
Allied Commission at Constantinople.
Possibly the Greeks made both of
these moves merely as a gesture to
attract Europe's attention TO the
Near East and the need of a settle
ment OF the whole controversy. In
this respect they met with success,
for their aggressions were instru-
mental in bringing about the plans
for the promised Italian conference.
But at the same time Smyrna and
some OF the neighboring Greek ISL
ands are nominaily autonomous and
Lne trSoh uiNibhVub bAihl arc OUhC5u-
trated In Thrace near the outer de-
lenses Of Constantinople.
In the meantime state OF war
continues In Anatolia. The disturbed
condition throughout the country has
made It impossible to examine into
or repress the atrocities charged
against Turk and Greek alike. That
there has been no cessation of re-
prisals made upon the lives and
properties of the unfortunate people
of Anatolia seems evident from the
oficial reports which have come out
CT the land. Again, the delays in
settlement have afforded the Angora
The New York herald., 1922-08-28
Big Town Prices.
Less Expense Attached to Automo
bile Owning In the Country.

To THE NEW YORK HERALD: note
letters from 8. I. Austin and American
Mechanic" regarding gasoline prices, but
they do not seem to hit the nail on
the head.
We pay war prices for gasoline and
oil simply because we do not know bet
ter. The same thing is true as regards
everything we buy. IL we are unfortu-
nate enough to live in big town.
Upstate. outside of three large cities,
one is not even compelled to have an
operators license to drive motor car
and one pays for car insurance just about
one-half Of what Il costs here. although
one may do most of ones driving in
large cities. In New York you must be
mugged and carry photograph with
you, while any crook can drive in from
out Of town without botherins with such
formalities. w. M.
BROOKLYN, August ss.
The New York herald., 1922-08-28
Big Figures in Life Insurance.

In its last issue the Insurance Press
reports that in 1921 life insurance
organizations operating in this coun-
try and Canada distributed $1,170,-
722,o00. To this report are added some
peculiarly interesting details as to
the residences OF the beneficiaries nf
some of the largest claims, the cause
of death and the increase In the
number of policy holders and the
amount OF insurance.
While the population in the United
States increased Is per cent. during
the decade from 1910 to 1920, the
amount of insurance in legal reserve
companies increased 120 per cent.
In other words, comparison OF the
figures shows that for each person
added to the population nearly $1,000
was added to the outstanding life
insurance ofsthe nation.
So far as the number OF policy
holders Is concerned, the distribution
over the territory covered in the re-
port is In a measure in proportion
to the population. AS regards the
emounts OF the claims, the largest
payment, s1,517,s2o. was made on the
policy which was held by FERDINAND
ScHLEssINeER of Milwaukee. The
largest payment made in Canada was
s360,000. The second largest claim
in the United States was $500, 900,
the amount paid upon the policy held
by ISAAC KAUFMAN, Pittsburgh
merchant.
That the automobile has become
an important factor In the calcula-
tions Of the life insurance companies
Is shown by the fact that Of the
largest sixty-three insurance pay
ments In 1921 in tho United States
and Canada eight OF the policy hold
ers died as the result OF automobile
accidents. The automobile death rate
has now risen. says the report, ito
alarming proportions. with no signs
of abatement" In 1920 that death rate
was 1897 to the million population
and in 1921 1t increased to 1870.
II Is interesting. however, TO note
that the automobile death rate OF
New York Is considerably less than
that Of Chicago, San Francisco and
Cincinnati. and that the death rate
In Detroit, where 1t is said there are
more automobile owners than In any
other American city, Is only 1853 to
the million population
The magnitude Of the life insur-
ance business In the United States
has frequently been illustrated by
figures showing that the aggregate
premiums paid for life insurance ex-
ceed the expenditure for any other
form of insurance. But few perhaps
would conjecture that the life insur-
ance premiums in 1921 topped the
total fire and marine insurance by
nearly one billion dollars. Here are
the figures in support of this state
mcnt as reproduced by the Insurance
Press from the report: Life insur-
ancs premiums. s1.71o,ooo.ooo; FIRE
The New York herald., 1922-08-28
Scraps.


I have been poor. but never yet known
hunger
That eats into the heart.
OF life I have demanded one thing only
Let small scraps be my part"
A scrap Of song that in some careless
moment
The meadow lark let's fall
From heavens gate. and scraps Of leaves
entangled
With sunlight on q wall;
A scrap Of sky and green trees bending
over
A little scrap Of sod
Where all day long the buttercups and
daisies
Look up and smile at God.
I have been poor, but on such scraps
81. of fancy
My starving soul has fed.
How poor are those who, being merely
wealthy,
Must live alone by bread
HELEN France Bower.
The New York herald., 1922-08-28
DR.. Stephen Smith.

1t gas coincidence that DR..
STEPHEN SMITH should have died ON
the very day when that other dis
tinguished citizen and exemplar of
the long and active life, JOHN A.
STEWART, was celebrating his hun
dredth birthday.
DR.. SMITH would have been 100
years old IL he had lived until next
February. He missed the mark at
which he aimed by less than six
months. He believed and he taught
that century, rather than the three
score and ten years Of the Psalmist,
was the allotted span of mankind.
The thing by which DR.. SMITH will
be long and gratefully remembered
is not so much his own accomplish
ment In breasting the tides of time
as what he did to lengthen the lives
Of Americans and particularly Of the
people of New York.
When DR.. SMITH entered Bellevue
Hospital in 1851 New York was a
foul city. 1t was as bad when the
civil war was over. There was no
health department, no tenement SUI
pervision. The streets, many of them
not drained, reeked with garbage.
Animals ran loose. The butchers op-
Grated where and as they wished.
Cholera came and killed thousands.
Smallpox was epidemic every FIVE
years. Typhus arrived with the i'm
migrants and ravaged the tenements.
The so-called health wardens" were
ginmill keepers, payroll grafters.
After years Of work, which in
cluded a hygiene survey Of New
York, DR.. SMITH in 1866 induced the
Legislature to- establish the metro
politan Board OF Health. Very likely
the local politicians raised the home
rule cry, as they still raise It; but
the State, aroused by STEPHEN SMITH,
rescued the city from it's own wretch
edness.
Before DR.. SMITH brought about
New York's sanitary reformation the
annual death rate here was some
times forty in thousand. Now It
is one-third of that figure. Quaran-
tine, disinfection, street cleaning and
the regulation Of tenement houses
quickly reduced the life toll that had
been taken in the years Of ignorance
and graft.
STEPHEN SMITH was the pioneer In
these reforms. To him, more than to
any other individual, this city owes
its reputation as the healthiest city
in the world. In the State he
wrought improvement not merely In
bodily health but in the condition of
the mentally afflicted. Wherever In
this country there Is great society
devoted to health or charity STEPHEN
SMITH had something to do with its
beginning or its progress.
He was one Of those fortunate ben
efactors that are appreciated in life.
Governors and Presidents heaped
honors on DR.. SMITH. AS President
BUTLER of Columbia said of him last
June, when he was comforting the
honorary degree OF Doctor of Science
upon this still active man In his
hundredth year. STEPHEN SMITH was
''the most interesting figure in Amer
lean medicine and in American pub
lie service"
The New York herald., 1922-08-28
EVENTS TODAY.

New York Society for Prevention OF Cruelty
to Children. opening Of new home, Fifth ave.
nue. and 104th street
Conference of local merchants on coal
situation. City Han. 10 A. M.
Provincial Synod, Anglican Hierarchy.
Church Mission House. morning and after
noon.
American Numismatic Association, conven-
Fine Arts Society, 10 A. NJ visit 10 Afneri-
can Museum OF Natural History, p. NJ:
visit TO Metropolitan Museum Of Art, $50
2. M; dinner, Great Northern Hotel
The New York herald., 1922-08-28

SO many of them remain to this day.
Such grouping Of statutory fees would
be a real aid and convenience. alike for
public officials. for lawyers and for the
general public. AS 1t is now such fees
are set forth in hundreds Of different
parts Of the statute books.
ALEXANDER u. MAYER.
EAST CHESTER, August 28.
The New York herald., 1922-08-28
Daily Calendar
THE WEATHER.

For Eastern New York-Partly cloudy
and somewhat warmer to-day. To-
morrow fair and warmer; moderate
northerly winds.
For New Jersey--Partly cloudy and
somewhat warmer to-day: Tomorrow
iair and warmer; moderate to. fresh
northwest winds.
For Northern New England-Partly
cloudy preceded by rain on the coast
to-day; tomorrow fair and warmer |,
moderate to fresh northerly winds.
For Southern New Eneland-Rain.
followed os clearing. to-day; tomorrow
Iair and warmer: fresh north and north
east winds.
For Western New York-Fair and
warmer to-day; tomorrow fair: moder-
ate TO fresh northwest winds.
WASHINGTON, Aug 27.-The disturb.
ance over the Caribbean Sea moved
westward from the position 1t occupied
yesterday and tonight its center was
apparently over northern Honduras. The
future course of this disturbance Is un-
certain.
Io-night pressure was low off the
middle Atlantic coast. over the northern
plains States and the Western plateau
Se.oi, nHu AZ WhS hlgn over the great
central valleys. the region OF the great
lakes and over Alberta, Canada. Theirs
nave been{ rains within the last twenty
TOUR hours in the Atlantic and east Gulf
states. Tennessee, and part of Texas.
ana the southern Rocky Mountain region.
Tne temperature has risen consider
ably over the Mississippi Valley and
the plains States, and it has fallen In
tne Atlantic States and the western
Canadian provinces.
The outlook for the middle Atlantic
and New England States is for clearing
weather Tomorrow and fair and warmer
weather on Tuesday for the Ohio VAL
ley, tennessee and the lower lake region
iair and warmer weather tomorrow and
fair weather Tuesday.
observations at United States Weather
Bureau stations. taken at P. M yesterday.
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The New York herald., 1922-08-28
The Kind That Wears.

From the Fulton tMo.) Eventn0 Gnsette.
pair OF tow linen trousers, made
twenty-five years ago. are finishing the sea-
son in good shape. j. N. Hook. the wearer.
tells the Evsnsno Gazette. Mr.. Hook says
that the flax was grown In Galloway county.
His stepmothcr hackisa r. spun ana wovs
II, finally making Il into pair of trousers.
The New York herald., 1922-08-28
ana marine insurance premiums.

and marine insurance premiums.
SITS, s,00o. 900.
The Insuronce Pross would seem
to be justified in saying that an out
lay Of one and three-quarters billions
of dollars by 100000 life insurance
policy holders. or a yearly per capita
payment of $43, is a conclusive proof
of the high valuation which the
American people place upon life
insurance.
The New York herald., 1922-08-28
The Problem IN Ethics.

TO THE NEW Yonx HBRALp: Answer
TO the problem In ethics which you have
propounded:
II don't remember" T. G. l..
NEW York, August 26.
The New York herald., 1922-08-28
oRursp OF THE sfAyrLowEn.

wAsHfNorow. Aug. 81. - The yacht
Mayfiower. with President Harding and
party OF friends aboard, anchored IN tho
Potomac River or Quantico, Va, at
o'clock tonight, said a message to the
White House. s.
The New York herald., 1922-08-28

Baseball is supplanting bullnghting
as the popular sport in Mexico; UNI
pire batting supplies the thrills once
derived from gored horses
The New York herald., 1922-08-28

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20 the use for republication OF all news dis
patcnes credited 10 Il or not otherwise
credited In this PAPER. and also the local
news published herein.
All rights of republication Of special dis,
patches herein are also russrved.
The New York herald., 1922-08-28

Burmese are divorced by burning O.
candies.-NetospGper headline.
Presumably at both ends.
The New York herald., 1922-08-28

Highest temperature, II, at 1880 A. M.
Lowest temperature. 90, at 400 P. NJ
Average temperature, 67. Mt ~
The New York herald., 1922-08-28
LOCAL WEATHER RECORDS.

The temperature In this city yesterday, a.
recorded by the official thermometer, 4
shown In the annexed table.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-04-11

Now that you Know I realize the responsibility of my work, let us relax a bit and get off of the serious ser cises. It hurts me to write in a ser ious, dignified manner very long. It is not my role as a physician or a writer Not always merry and gay that's tiresome, too-but most always bright and fare.
 The chief reason I as asked to do this column (aside from my great fitness otherwiseD is because I am able to write scientific articles with enough fun thrown in to disguise the fact that they are scientific and really teach some much needed les sons. We hope you are all going to enjoy this column every day as well profit by it.
 We shall call this column ''Diet and Health Some title, I'll say, won't you? Can yon think of anything that we cannot cover under that? I shall answer any question that can be an- swered in the columns of a daily pa per, and the questions and discussions and sou1-to-soul talks ought to be half the life of the party.
 Any questions that have to be an- swered privately you must take to your own family physician. Later, shall have certain days de-
  | 'em-and to other important matters. But for the first series I shall start a very modest little campaign. One should always begin modestly. I shall start a campaign in which at least three-quarters of you will CO., | operate with enthusiasm. This modest little campaign will be l to prevent the following trifiing ail- | ments: Diabetes, stomach troubles heart disease, arterio-sclerosis, kidney disease, cancer, apopIeXy and fiat | feet.
 These can all be prevented in g | large measure by a campaign agains | one thing-and that one thing is obes. | ity, or to use the short and ugly | term, FAT,
 Hurrah! You're with me. I knev | it. We're off,
 1 Tomorrow Whats Your Weight
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-04-11
OUR DECLARATION OF
 PRINCIPLES

There is no power equal to the pow er Of the written word of the daily press on all subjects, art, science, mu- |Hc, literature, religion, sociology-al, end the responsibility is great on any Triter on these subjects.
 nave been asked to write a daily Article for you on the promotion and Snatntenace of health.
 ITS 10 write such a column and give |Hdv1ce regarding so vital a thing as nealth-health, upon which all ones lectIvities and happiness depends-is | responsibility greater by far than |Fhe responsibility that rests upon |FEriters on any other subject. Many lives your own life and the Hives of those you hold<most dear, may lat some time depend upon some Knowledge thus derived and depend led upon.
 \ To direct the diets and habits of growing children so that they may Eain in stature and strength and health for future citizenship and happy homes-to guide the diet and health habits of adults so that they 1maay gain and maintain health and tehciency to carry on the worlds work, this is no irresponsible task! So it Is with a profound feeling of lthe seriousness of the work that have agreed to write for you, my readers in The Times
 feel very deeply that what I write must have thoughtful, intensive study, accurate observation, logic and sci
 ence as basis. and that I must all ways realize my accouinta bility. I
 shall do that to the best of my power.
 want my readers to feel the confi-
 dence in me as a. writer that they feel
 for their well-beloved family physi- elan. I shall not try to take his place
 in any manner in prescribing for dis
 eases that should have his personal
 attention. That is not my idea of a health column. Rather, shall I write on the prevention of disease and the Drom otion of health.
 The prevention of disease and the
 promotion of health-that shall be
 our motto.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-04-11
Lessening the Drudgery

A prominent woman occupying A public office has recently said that one of the principal reasons of woman's unhappiness in her home is the old ougbear of 'dishwashing." There are few, if any, jobs in life that do not involve more or less drudgery, and dlshwashing may come under this head, although many wives do not consider it as such. The. way to
 Tighten our burdens in this direction is to use our brains to make ait as pleasant as possible and as easy. AL ways soak or rinse the dishes before washing Leave the dinner dishes whenever practica ble if your dinner is at night. In the morning you are rested and dressed in working clothes and if the dishes are well rinsed they can be washed with the breakfast things very very little more labor. Use good hot, soapy water, and if it is hard on your hands learn to use s little mop. The china may be put into a rfnsing pan or wire basket. hot clear water poured over it and Jeff to drain and steam dry. One can not help finding little pleasure in the doing of a task, however distaste- full if one tries to see how we'll and easily one can do it. Some women wash all the pots and pans first. Have the securing powder or soap handy and use it freely as well as the uten- sils invented to help remove grease and food that clings to the sides and bottom of pans. It is a discoura ged housewife indeed who does not get thrill of pride and pleasure at the slsnt or shining glass and china, pots and pans.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-04-11

REFRESHING FACE TREATMENTS
 If you are frightfully tired and are in that uncomfortable state when you dislike the sight of your own face in a looking glass, try a hot and cold treatment. When you are very tired, if you are at all like most women, your face will seem to have a shadow over it which won't wash off, the skin will be dry, every pore will show. powder won't stick and your hair will not lie becomingly around your face; in addition to which you will prob ably notice wrinkles. It is just the time for a hot and cold treatment.
 Don't use soap. First of all wiring a large was cloth or an old towel from hot water and lay it over the skin. Then massage in a generous amount of cold cream, rubbing it thoroughly into the face and neck with the finger tips. Then wiring the cloth once more from hot water and hold this over the face Repeat this two or three times, the last time wiping off all the cream remaining on the surface of the skin.
 Then wiring the cloth out of cold water. if possible from ice water and hold this over the face and neck. The treatment is more effective if you can take a piece of ice and finish up with a few minutes massage with it. Its extreme cold is most refreshing and stimulating and will close up all those ugly large pores. If you have no ice spray the face with toilet water or rub a little witch hazed over it. Both these are astringent and stimulating.
 Then use a little powder on the skin and look at yourself once more in the glass. Your skin will be young
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-04-11
GhTE GOLDEN GIRLI ! SS S4
- HN pllYlliS pAlllDS aHa

nice. young man here I know. I like T Hke-rough men an dthat's the T hke-rough men and that's the
 you wasted a lot of time and money on the making of me, nkAller-
 "Ffddlesticks!" answered Mrs. Cam
 eron. "Als girls are alike. You've not been trained, I grant you, but there never was a girl yet who didn't
 love balls and beaux, and the fun of
 getting engaged and un-engaged half
 a dozen times before she marries.
 Never. Why I was engaged to three
 men at the same time that your fla
 ther eloped with me. And we had a
 had time sending@ back the proper
 rings to the proper men too! In the
 end we got muddled up, and three
 soon found out from each other that
 I had allowed myself to be engaged
 to all of them at once. We South
 ern women are adored by our men,
 dear, and you will have some most
 wonderful and romantic adventures if you choose to open your eyes and be sweetly feminine. Never think too hard, don't be clever or moody above all things or you'll be a wal1-f1ower before you're a debutante. Our men are just lovers. They want their women to be beautiful and passive. You can be a great success If you lis ten to me and enter into the life prop erly, my dear. You and Truda to be very rich girls one day although you have not guessed this before. People in. Wellington always have 1 called your sister the golden girT for 1 they know what her fortune will be. | Now, of course. she will get but half l of it, for you must have your share. 1 So my dear little gilded girlie prepare | to be loved and successful said Mrs. 1 Cameron with her gayest smile.
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