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The New York herald., 1922-11-15
Chimes, City Mode.
Evening Hymn in the Fashion Of the
Music Of the Future.

To THE NEW YORK HERALD: From,
the square tower looming UP against the
dark blue evening sky and above the
seminary yard where lights glow over
doorways and the pointed chapel WIN
dows make a vivid pattern OF color in
the dusk the bells strike o'clock.
Then out over the old quarter Of the
city there float the opening notes Of the
chimes beginning:
LEAD, kindly Light. amid
Roar, rattle, bang, slam, crash, grind
ing Of brakes. A train on the Ninth
avenue elevated road passes by and
stops at the station.
and / am far from home.
Lead thou me-
Ker-ump, ker-ump, ker-urnp, roar.
roar, roar. roar, ker-ump, ker-ump. A
big motor truck goes through a cross
street needless of speed laws and the
regulation regarding cutouts.
Keep thou my feet; do not ask to see
Tho Distant
Put. put. put. put-put-put, put, put,
put (prestissirno, forte. da capo). A
motorcycle roars up Ninth avenue IN
different to man. law or the devil.
Tho mutilatcd hymn is ended. Richard
Strauss and Stravlnsky are outdone.
The chimes, city mode, are heard as in
an effect of the music OF the future.
Yet, being of the undying past, the chime
ringer persevercs in the hope OF his mes-
sage Of the older beauty reaching some
body. Occasionally It does. w. 3. NJ.
NEW YORK, November IA.
The New York herald., 1922-11-15
EVENTS TODAY.

National Horse Show. Squadron A Ar
nory. all day.
National Academy OF Sciences. meeting,
Rockefei,sr Institute; dinner. Hotel Astor.
Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement
Of Teaching. meeting. 6c2 Fifth avenue.
1880 A. NJ.
National Association Of Leather Betting
all day.
National Industrial Traffic League, rnees-
irg. Hotel Comm odore. 10 A. NJ. and p. NJ:
dinner. @ AS +. NJ.
American Hackney Horse Society. meet
ing. Squadron Armory. noon.
National Industrial Council. advisory COM
niittee. executive sessions, Hotel Astor. 10
A. NJ. and 8 p. NJ: dinner. p. NJ.
Westchester County Chamber OF Com
rnerce. forum and luncheon. Hotel Coumo-
dore. noon.
servations in the British Isles" League FOR
Political Education. Town Hall. 113 West
Forty-third street. II A. NJ.
Shut In Society. annual meeting, Brick
Presbyterian Church. Fifth avenue and
Thirty-seventh street. 1880 A. NJ
Mrs Jessie L. Payne will ppeak on Ills
tory in the Making" auspices OF tho New
York Diet Kitchen. Aeollan Hall. 1880 A. NJ.
Book and Play Luncheon, the Biltmore. l
p. NJ.
Leroy T. Tarknsss. Transit coumissione,r
Greater New York." New York Board OF
Trade and Transportation luncheon. Al Park
row, noon.
Manhattan Matinee Club. luncheon. Wal
dcrf- Astoria, ic go r. NJ.
Merchants Association. luncheon. the Bit
more. Il: so =. NJ.
Kiwanis Club. luncheon. Hotel McAipin.
IL 80 +. NJ.
Michigan Woman IN New York. meeting.
Waldorf-Astoria, p. NJ.
Daughters of the Union, meeting, waldorf
Astoria. 2 +. NJ.
Opening OF the Museum Of the American
Indian. Heye Foundation, Broadway and
155th street. 3 20 r. NJ.
Discussion of the music teaching situation
IN New York. Mayors Committee. Board OF
Estimate room. City Hall. p. NJ.
| One Hundred and sixty-fifth Infantry, re-
view, Arrnory. Gs Lexington avenue. S:40
=. VI.
d. p. Q. EilSs. Charity Ball. Hotel Astor.
$3.50 p. NJ
| New York County Lawyers Association,
meeting. Hotel Astor. 8 p. NJ.
New Jersey Medical Club. dinner. Hotel
| McAipin. p. NJ.
Or. William Allan Nelson, president of
Smith College, VIII speak on ''Tie Need for
Better English" Ethical Culture School, SO
Central Park West. s:15 p. NJ.
The New York herald., 1922-11-15

, of the Americas and that all are due
to similar cause is generally ac-
cepted by students OF seismic phe-
nomena. The theory Of Professor
PICKERING is fascinating enough to
have many adherents. While the
earth levels of other seas are prac-
tically plains. the bed of the Pacific
is yet raw and deeply indented. The
reason for the difference between the
beds Of other seas and the Pacific, ac-
cording to Professor PICKERING, is
that the Pacific Ocean represents the
great cavity left when the moon was
thrown of from the earth. Through
these extruded Masses" as explained
by the scientists, "the molten matter
of the earth's interior Is still forcing
its way to relieve the inner pres
sure" and thus on the edges OF the
land affected the shock of slup and
fault is commonly manifested.
Upon this theory depends the ex-
PLANTATION offered by the seismologists
for the tidal waves which often ac-
company these disturbances and
which proved so destructive In this
latest earthquake on the Chilean
coast. The most generally accepted
idea Of these waves is that they fol-
low volcanic eruptions which cause
the ocean bed to give way. Into the
gulf thus made the waters of the sea
are drawn from the shore line and
there is a resultant upheaval which
forms the tidal wave.
The Chilean disaster recalls many
other similar catastrophes In recent
years, for we do not have to go back
to Lisbon in the eighteenth century
to find suffering and misery in the
wake of earthquake and tidal wave.
We need but remember San Fran
cisco, Galveston. Charleston, Guate-
mala City and Messina. San Fran
cisco rose a new and more beau
tiful city from its double scourge of
earthquake and fire. Valparaiso is a
greater and far more populous city
than before it was stricken sixteen
years ago. The world sympathizes
with Chile, but it knows that with
the strength of her youth she will
soon rebuild the stricken districts
better than they were before.
The New York herald., 1922-11-15
There werc No Birds to Sing.

There were no birds to sing that after
noon,
Though the clear rillct made tender
tune,
Down ripping through the aislcways of
the pines
That on the sward cast long and level
lines:
A sense of music breathcd from every
thing.
And yet. and yet. there wero no birds
to sing.
There were no birds to sing. The trees
were mute.
Save that the wind upon It's airy nute
Played I'm their gwaying boughs slen-
der strain
AS soft and soothing as is summer rain.
There were no birds 70 sing the sweet
hours long,
And set your presence nllcd tho air with
SONG
CLINIoA ScoL1ARD.
The New York herald., 1922-11-15
The Chilean Earthquakes.

The news from Chile yesterday
makes the catastrophe to the north
ern Chilean coast more severe than
1t was at first reported. The lives lost
are now placed at 1000 and the
shocks have extended over a much
larger district than was affected by
the earlier earthquake and It's accom-
panying tidal wave. The earthquake
of 1906. which occurred four months
after the shocks at San Francisco
and has frequently been referred to
as the most disastrous Of Chilean
earthquakes, resulted in smaller
loss OF life but greater property
damage, in that the city of valpa-
raiso was almost destroyed.
Chile has been frequent sufferer
from earthquakes. Slight earth tre-
mors are so common as to cause little
fear among its Inhabitants. In one
year as many as thirty-five shocks
were recorded. The town Of Santiago
has the rather unusual distinction OF
having the anniversary OF its great
est earthquake observed as festival
day, that OF Saint Fifth of May, not as
marking the day of deliverance from
disaster but as commemorating the
death Of the person whose irrever-
ence brought destruction upon the
town. The neighboring States OF
Ecuador and Peru have also been
great sufferers from earthquakes.
The Pacific coast to the north has
been less subject to earthquakes, but
Central American countries. particu-
larly Guatemala, have an earthquake
record which comes near equaling
that Of Chile.
The seismic disturbances in the Pa
cific and along its coasts have been a
matter of observation and study by
scientists for years. The greatest
earthquake area Is believed TO be of
the Japanese coast, and one years
record of this region almost reaches
an earthquake day. Last February,
when the seisrnographs at Washing
ton registered what was said TO be
the greatest upheaval the instru-
ments ever recorded, the disturbance
was located somewhere in the Pacific.
When, in the war, the cable between
Australia and America failed 10 was
reported to have been destroyed by
the enemy, but investigation after
ward disclosed that seismic disturb
ance on the ocean bed was respon-
sible for the trouble. The great Pa
cifc is not pacific In the opinion OF
the seismologist.
That there is an interreiation be
tween the disturbance off the Japan
coast and those on the Pacific coast
The New York herald., 1922-11-15
Fraudulent Auctions.
Warning to Holiday shoppers
Against an Old SwindIe.

To THE New YORK HERALD: With the
approach OF the holiday season New
York is again becoming infested with
fraudulent auction rooms. Along Broad
way and on important intersecting
streets INSCRIPTIONS auctioneers in tenn
porarily rented premises are victirnizing
credulous and unwary purchasers. Aided
by glaring lights and gaudy display and
with suavo address, clever assistants
and brazen Misrepresentation, they are
reaping a financial harvest.
The unprincipled auctioneer plays upon
human weaknesses. AZ tho occasion re-
quircs he dwells on the intelligent ap-
pearance Of his auditors. upbraids them
for their lack OF judgment. labels them
parsimonious, and II they are apathetic
to his cxhortations calls them impoc J.
NOUS. These tactics prove effective.
When offering an article for sale he
usually falsifes it's quality and custom
ary selling price. He will call mercer
lied cotton linen, silver plated metals
sterling silver and cheap crockery valu-
able chinaware. and he will beg for
prices commensurate with their fictitious
Vdluco- IL uli opchihS jill 40 iiOt AoAAl-
coming promptly he announces the re-
ccipt Of an imaginary one far above the
intrinsic value of the article. lie will
sell II he obtains a genuine succeeding
offer.
Tho INSCRIPTIONS auctioneer competes
against the bidders on the floor by pro-
claiming spurious higher bids. but should
,,o ovor-each himself he will revert Ia
the previous authentic ono and consunl-
mato the sale. II the bide from the
floor do not reach n high enough price
he will himself make higher offer and
cell TO non-existent purchaser, the
article being sent to the rear OF the
store and then back TO stock. The care
euI observer can detect other dishonor-
able practices.
The crooked auctionecrs should be
prevented from operating.
IFvrNc LEVY.
NEW YoRr,. November "A.
The New York herald., 1922-11-15
Dull Care Goes Motoring.
The Day Perfect, the Country Beau
tiful and the Talk Dismal.

To THE NEW YORK HERALD: Early
this month an acquaintance drove TO my
home with hts wife and invited me TO
accompany them on a motor trip to the
suburbs. II was q wonderful machine,
and as it stood before my door with
It's bright nickel and brass finishings, end
new varnish, all glistening In the morn
ing sunlight. I was just bit envious
as thought OF the money one may pos
sess and what it will buy.
II was a typical day, with just enough
crispness in the air and the varied
autumnal tints in the foliage to make
one feel that life was surely worth liv-
Ing. Having gone some distance in the
country my host turned his CONVERSE
tion to the cost of maintaining car
III the city-the cost OF gasoline to-day,
Of the chauffeur. OF tires and repairs 10
be made constantly; matters of far less
interest to me than was the wonderful
scenery through which we were passing.
We had luncheon at one of the famous
hotels on Long Island, after which my
host talked about his many and varied
Ills and what he had suffered during the
last year, and what hts family doctor
had charged him and also q specialist
that he had called in consultation; thus
giving abundant evidence Of his own
enjoyment in the recital.
On our return trip his wife dwelt at
extraordinary length upon the cost Of
running the home, the waste OF those
employed and the servant problem in
general.
1t was relief to return to my home,
not without regret that these good peo-
pile never seemed to be able to enjoy
the things that add SO much to life:
things that SAVIOR OF cheer and cheer
fulness: for ono Of the secrets Of happi-
ness lies in the emphasis and influence
of pleasant things.
GEORGE WILSON JENNINGS:
BROOKLYN, November IA.
The New York herald., 1922-11-15
Open the Doors to Labor.

II there are not enough hands on
the farms to do the work Of raising
the crops the American peoples food
cannot be cheap, 1t will be dear. II
there is shortage Of the rough labor
required for construction work rents
cannot be moderate, they will be ex-
cessive. Without plenty Of wage
carners to do the nations work all
along the line the country cannot go
ahead. it will go back.
For months the crying need OF the
country has been the missing labor
that is shut out of our gates by the
drastic immigration laws. II these
laws are not revised to let IN the for
eign workers that are imperatively
required to do our manual labor the
need will become desperate.
Sons of American parentage, COM
ing forth from our splendid school
system, will not swing the pick and
the ak, they will not do other work
that IS uncongenial. Even the Amer
lean born sons OF foreign born
fathers will not.
Either we must get from abroad
the labor that Is needed, the labor
that the country cannot do without,
or we shall not have It at all. And
IL we do not have It the age of Amer
ican industrial supremacy is ended.
1t does not follow from the coun-
try's dire need of labor that the rigid
immigration barriers should be
knocked away entirely. On the con-
trary, aliens that are undesirable for
whatever reason should be unre-
servedly shut out and aliens that are
not required here may be let in only
under close restrictions. IL the laws
can be changed on q carefully selec-
tive basis rather than on an inflex-
IDLY exclusive basis, so that the coun-
try may have all the foreign work.
ers It now lacks. provided they come
here wanting TO work and can be
admitted to meet our necessities and
share our opportunities without dan
ger to American institutions.
No business In Congress will call
for action more loudly than this ma
tional business of making II possible
to supply the labor shortage which
now threatens to deadlock the wheels
OF American industry.
The New York herald., 1922-11-15
Working Women's Pay.

Miss CoRNELIA MARTIN, president
of the Association to Promote Proper
Housing for Girls, says that SIS a
week Is the least that the working
girl in big city can live on. This
figure is none too high in times like
these. Rents, food, clothing, in fact
all the items of living expense, are
still inflated. There is no sign that
rents will come down for years and
in this city 1t is her rent that hits
the working girl hardest. Even If
she lives at home that home must be
within reasonable distance of her
employment.
The American standard of living is
high. There are scarcely any excep-
tions to the rule. The silk shirt era
is past, but the passion for porter
house steak and motor cars remains.
Wages among men are high; un-
skilled laborers who cannot speak
English are still making $6 day In
many regions. II Angelo the sewer
digger Is worth Sc day, then Angela
the stenographer surely is worth at
least 81 day.
Much is expected Of the woman
worker. She must keep up to GER
tain standard in dress. She must be
clean and we'll nourished. Even If
she gets SIS week she can scarcely
find food and lodging for less than
S14 of it. That leaves her 81 for
clothes. recreation, medical attend
ance and incidentals. 1t takes won
derful management to go along on
those figures.
Let her get married, says Old
Scrooge Of the girl who wants a fair
wage. Very often she cannot find it
in her conscience to marry. being the
the only support of a mother. And,
even II she is foot free, she cannot
make good marriage II she is too
poor to make herself as attractive as
she should look. That Is another
case of keeping up to standard--the
standard which recently caused Wis
itor from Europe to SAY that the
most beautiful women in the world
were to be seen in lower Manhattan
at the luncheon hour.
The young working woman Is more
important than the young working
man. She not only Is an important
unit In the business of business. but
she Is indispensable in the business
of life. She Is the future mother OF
the race and we cannot afford to
skimp her.
The New York herald., 1922-11-15
Names Lost Apple.
Logically the Wild Rose Sweeting
should Not Have Died.

To THE NEW YoRK HERALD: A budded
or grated apple IL Glrdled below the bud
or graft would sprout from below the
girdle and hcnceforth bear wild or nat
ural fruit instead Of the variety Of the
bud or graft.
Tho wild Rose Sweetins mentioned In
your editorial article entitled "Araine's
Lost Apple" would after being girdled
have sprouted below tho girdle and
would have continued to bear Wild Rose
Sweetings, as It was Seeding and not
a budded or grated tree. j think It's
fish story.
It Ia easy enough TO kill an apple tree
but what you record as having been done
in this case would not be at all likely
TO kill the tree. JAMES PILLOW.
CoLD-SpnINo-oS-Hu HUDSON, November IA.
The New York herald., 1922-11-15
member of the Continental Congress
and stanch Federalist.

member of the Continental Congress
and a stanch Federalist.
His brother, DIR. JAMES A. BAyARp,
was the father of the first member
of the family who was sent to the
United States Senate. This was
JAMES AsHEToN BAYARD, Federalist
leader, who was elected to the House
Of Representatives in 1896 and to the
Senate in 1906, where he served until
1913. In the Presidential contest of
1900, in which the choice of Presi
dent and Vice-President went to the
House, it was his vote that made
JEFFERSON Chief Executive over
AARON BURR.
JAMES AsHEroN BAYARD, his son,
served in the Senate from 1851 to
1864, and again from 1867 to 1869, as
Democrat. Another SON, RICHARD
HENRY, also represented Delaware In
the Senate, but as Whig. He held
Office from 1886 to 1916.
The son of JAMES A. BAYARD Sd,
THOMAS Francis BAYARD, father of
the Senator-elect. had brilliant ca
reer. 1t was not intended that he
should carry on the public service
tradition Of the family. He was to
enter business. but his elder brother
died young, and he succeeded to the
traditional obligation.
With his father he opposed war in
1861 as a Free Democrat, Neither
took any part in it. In 1859 he fol-
lowed his father to the Senate, being
elected by the same Legislature
which gave JAMES A. BAYAED a sec
ond term. He was a conspicuous
candidate for the Presidential nomi-
nation at the conventions Of 1880 and
1884. CLEVELAND appointed him Sec
retary of State. and in his second
term Ambassador to Great Britain.
He died in 1898.
The New York herald., 1922-11-15
Let the Seniority Rule Go, Too.

If the Fordneys, McCumbers and
Mondells had not had @ strangle hold
on the nations legislative body there
could have been, in all probability
would have been, Congress record
more in keeping With the aim and the
spirit of the American public. And
il Congress had been more represen-
tative Of American sentiment and
more responsive to American needs
there might have been a far differ
ent story to tell than there was after
last election day.
1t was the antiquated and dis
credited seniority law Of Congress
leadership which was responsible for
control Of national legislation by the
Fordneys, McCumbers and Mondells.
The most powerful committee in
the House Of Representatives Is the
Ways. and Means Committee, and It
was the seniority rule which gave
FoRDyEY the chairmanship Of that
committee, irrespective Of his merits.
The most important committee in
the Senate is the Committee on FL
nance, and it was the seniority rule
which gave McCUMBER the chairman
ship of that committee, irrespective
OF his merits.
1t was the seniority rule which
rut MoNpr1L. in the floor leadership
Of the House to force measures
through regardless alike Of the public
interest and OF the majority partys
future. It was the seniority rule
which gave other controlling posts in
Congress over to the mercies Of party
hacks out Of sympathy with public
sentiment and out OF touch with mod
ern conditions.
The Fordneys, McCumbers and
Mondells will be gone when the Six
ty-eighth Congress comes into ex-
istence next March. They will have
no further license to misrepresent
both the public and their own party.
But the vicious seniority rule which
puts committees Of Congress, the
leadership of Congress, the control
Of Congress in the hands Of men not
because they are the best fitted for
and the most deserving Of such re-
sponsibilities and powers but because
they are oldest in Congress and COM
mittee membership. will remain. IT
can bedevil legislation In the future
as II has bedeviled legislation In the
past and It can wreck new party con-
troll as it has wrecked old party
control.
That seniority rule which has
worked 30 much mischief should go
along with the Fordneys, McCum-
bers and Mondells for tho sake OF
parties that can do good and useful
work when they are permitted to do
IL as we'll as for the sake Of the coun-
try, which always is entitled to the
best there is Of brains and character
In the majority control OF its legisla-
tive government.
The New York herald., 1922-11-15
WEDNESDAY. NOVEMBER Is, 1872.
A Home Rule Charter.

The draft of the new City Charter
made public yesterday is not the
formal and final proposal of the Char
ter Revision Commission itself. 1t Is
a suggested charter submitted to the
Charter Revision Commission by its
counsel as a plan in the rough, so to
speak, for the commission to work on.
What changes the commission may
make In this tentative instrument
THE New York HERALD does not un-
dertake to guess and how much
further the commission can go in the
direction of centering home rule
powers in New York city THE New
YORK HERALD could not say.
But this draft now under consid-
Grafton by the Charter Commission
for further amendment and perfec-
tion is clearly responsive, as 1t
should be, to the overwhelming pop
ular sentiment OF the community for
all the home rule it can obtain under
the Constitution Of the State and
all 1t can exercise without nullifica-
ton OF the sovereign authority Of the
State.
New York city never is going to be
content until II possesses all the
home rule powers that are obtainable
from the State and 1t Is the part OF
wisdom for the Charter Revision
Commission to proceed with its work
on those lines. 1t will be the part Of
wisdom for the State Government to
20 as far as 1t safely can go toward
the same goal.
The New York herald., 1922-11-15
Walking the Chalk Line.

The plan OF the Bureau OF Public
Safety TO chart dangerous street
crossings with white lines is not new
but IL is we'll worth trying. Other
cities have used II and found that IL
reduces accidents.
The effect Of chalked paths is two
fold. They show the pedestrian
where he ought to walk. What is
more TO the purpose OF safety, they
remind him that he is entering a
danger zone and that he ought to
keep his wits about him until nc
yasses out or 81.
They're both dumb, the hooters