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The New York herald., 1922-01-18
A Famous Chickens Heart.

For ten years. as THE New York
HERALD told In its news columns
yesterday, the scientists of the
Rockefeller Institute have kept alive
a piece OF a chickens heart. 1t
grows so rapidly that two-thirds of
1t has to be cut away every two
days. Nobody knows how long the
tissue will live if 1t is fed and kept
at the normal chicken temperature
of 103 degrees.
Ten years Is not remarkably
long life for chicken, as every old
fashioned boarding house keeper
knows. But this chicken tissue, un-
der the watchful care of DR.. CARREI
and his successors. may live a hun
dred or a thousand years. 1t may
show men the way to live as long as
MErHUsAIEn.
1t rs pleasant to think of this
chicken heart living until, say, A. ID.
2922 and then having great public
funeral with no pallbearess less than
500 years old. 1t should be buried
in Yellowstone Park, which by that
time will be the site OF the University
OF the Universe
The New York herald., 1922-01-18
Moving Pictures in World Trade.

The United States Government is
using moving pictures to increase
our foreign markets. The Depart
ment Of Agriculture has had films
made showing the processes Of Fed
eral meat inspection. This picture,
which has been playing its part in
educating the people OF this country
in the methods employed in safe
guarding their meat supply, has been
taken abroad. The films have been
seen in London and they will have
a presentation throughout Europe in
an effort to develop foreign markets
for our meat products.
1t is reported that representatives
of the South American meat trade
were among those who viewed the
films In London. The Argentine Re
public is one Of our strongest com
petitors in the dressed meat field.
Films showing the vast herds OF
sheep and cattle on the South Amer
ican pampas may be looked for In
these days of keen competition for
world trade.
Thus moving pictures find their
place in the warfare by which saga
cious, long headed merchants and
suave. tactful, persuasive drummers
are trying to decide the commercial
supremacy of the world.
The New York herald., 1922-01-18
Labor in Conference.
Results OF the Meeting af Geneva
Pronounced Disappointing.

To THE NEW YORK HERALD: A news
dispatch dated Geneva. December 81.
reports that the International Labor
Conference recommends the considern-
tion of remedies for unemployment and
the consideration OF the eight hour day
and the English week for farm labor.
II IL also reported that II adopted vari-
GUS conventions favoring labor. inciud-
ing a weekly rest day In all Industries.
restrictions on the employment OF sea-
men under eighteen. prohibition OF the
Use OF lead In interior decorations. limi-
tations on the employment of children
under fourteen on farms. and extending
to farm hands the right OF organization
and the right to indemnties for acci-
dents II also favors the proper hous-
them OF old age pensions.
All Of these things will take care of
themselves under favorable circum-
stances. One looks In vain for any rec
ommendation Of Importance. II the
news reports are complete the Tnterna-
tional Labor Conference. and this Is the
third gathering, has never expressed
itself on the relation OF labor TO mo
ncpoiy. II has not as yet made an,
recommendation that monopoly should
get Off the back of labor.
Its idea OF remedies would DC ANUS
ing II not 30 disappointing. Interested
parties will watch closely next years
meeting For some expression going to
the root OF isbor's difficulties.
EDGAR DAYTON BRINKrRHorr.
East ORANor, N. j.. January ~.
The New York herald., 1922-01-18
Better Than Civil War.

In days OF yore petty kings
charged knights to defend the ma
tion's honor on the tourney field.
Fair ladies graced the fray with their
presence and gave heart to their bat
Ting heroes with smiles and flowers.
Honor was satisfied and few lives
were lost
An Associated Press cable message
from Budapest. Hungary. last Wednes-
day indicates a revival Of ancient
ceremonials to satisfy national honor
without the bloodshed which accom-
panies civil war. The Horty Gov
ernment spoke disapprovingly Of the
Carlists and their monarchist in
trigues. The Carlist leaders were
highly indignant over this but did
not attempt to stir up civil war. In
stead they took the Cabinet remarks
as personally offensive and chal-
lenged the Ministers to duel.
The Premier pleaded his immu-
nifty, but the Minister of Foreign AT
fairs and the Minister of Justice
accepted the challenge and selected
their weapons. The Minister OF JUS
tice chose as a weapon the symbol
OF his Office, the sword.
The superiority of the duel to
civil war was evident in the fact that
no lives were lost. The Minister Of
Justice received slight flesh wound
ir the arm. It may be presumed that
between such gallant foes the Carlist
swordsman was considerate enough
not to damage the pen hand Of the
Minister, so that he could continue
to sign his letters without any break
In the administration of justice. The
other Carlist, who confronted the
Minister of Foreign Affairs, shot wild,
SO that there was no interruption in
Hungarian diplomatic negotiations.
This duel satisfied the honor Of all,
and may have averted conflict in q
way not foreseen by the founders Of
the Hague Tribunal.
The New York herald., 1922-01-18

he renounces all claim and title to
the descriptive term.
This is as ii should be. The ma
tionalistic designation is ours. exclu-
sively ours. OF course the Republi-
can leader in the New Jersey Legis-
lature Is a Yankee. So Is the CORE
spondent of the PHblic Ledger. So
are we all of US. AS Yankees we have
managed to get along pretty well in
the world. We are quite satisfied to
be Yankees and quite satisfied with
this our Yankeeland.
The New York herald., 1922-01-18

ABRAHAM DE PEYsTEg shows practi-
cally as little trace of discoloration
as does the Farragut up town.
II the use of soft coal could be done
away with there might be chance
that our marble statues would pre-
serve their original color. But this
is at present impossible. Sculptors
consequently have problem OF their
own TO face. The use of low toned
bronze appears TO be one way of solv-
ing this problem of keeping city
statues clean. But sculptors might
resent being restricted TO one ma
terial. Certain 1t is that the munic-
ipal solution as TO renovating and
weatherproofing public monuments,
as 1t is illustrated In the case OF the
Verdi monument. does not seem to
DO happy one. After looking at
that Job as far as 1t has progressed
most New Workers. would rather see
statues with dirty faces.
The New York herald., 1922-01-18
Discolored City Statues.

In his letter TO THE New YoRK
HERALD discussing the renovating and
weatherproofing Of the Verdi monu-
nent, GUsTAvE J. SrEIyAcHER, Chief
Engineer OF the Department OF Parks,
brought to attention the fate Of out
door sculptures in this city under the
influence of the atmosphere. The
eject of the use OF soft coal, moder-
ate as that is in comparison with
the consequences produced in com
munities less careful in its regula-
tion, is noticeable.
The white marble figures OF the
Verdi monument have been treated
with a chemical that changes the
original color OF the stone to a yel-
jowish white. markedly different
from the tone OF the sculptor's origi-
nal material This alters the effect
Of the original work. result admir-.
ers OF sculpture may well regret.
Apparently u is the fate OF our
outdoor sculptures TO suffer some
change except when they are cast in
bronze with dark patina. SAINT
GArprNs's Farragut in Madison
Square is a striking example of how
little bronze with the right kind of
patina is affected by the gas charged
city atmosphere. In contrast TO this.
the golden patina of the same sculp-
tors Sherman with the figure OF
victory at the entrance to Central
PARK has become discclored. An.
other example is furnished by the
marble figures on the Custom House,
which we're intended TO add colo-
to the architectural design OF the
facade. Now they are so badly dis.
coiored by soft coal smoke as TO be
tlots on CAss Gif HEE1's clssSical de.
sign. Yet across n Bowling Green
2 rark ifnresEri'a scntcN, nrnre ot
The New York herald., 1922-01-18
Snow in the Country.
In Retrospect at ANY Rate II Is a
Pleasant Spectacle.

To THE NEW YORK HERALD: When.
Announced by all the trumpets Of the
sky. arrives the snow" IL 10 truly a
beautiful and inspiring spectacle. Out
of an unseen armament the snowflakes
fall. white and pure. driven hither and
thither by a restless wind. They seem
nowhere to alight" yet the ground Is
soon covered and the window pane is
partially fiecked with ciinging snow
fakes. Now and then a heavier gust
OF wind rattles the window and the pop
AR tree near by sways gracefully back
and forth.
At such tfrna who of the older gen.
Grafton has not gazed out OF the window
and then dreamed OF the winter days
when he was boy still? Who has
not faced. out Of door. the sharp sting
OF wind driven snowfiakes and the tim
Cling breath Of snow laden air? Who
mas not ehoveled pathway from the
street TO his front door and not felt
better for so doing? Who of us has not
sat before some cheerful bisze on the
hearthstone. hardening to the invisible
storm outside and thankful indeed that
he Is, within the comfortable shslter cf
his own homer
And next morning. whom the snow
storm Is wholly over and the sun h
shining again amid clio d1ess frr,a-
ment, how delightful It. Is to go out Of
doors How delicious the cold, still air.
how beautiful Is nature everywhere :
The landscape is spotless white. the sky
is spotless blue There does not seem
to be flaw anywhere, above or below.
II is not the world in which we were
born---it is q. sort Of silent, sparkling
fairyland. SpeIlbound. we gaze upon
snow clad field and farm, upon trans-
formed wade and hill. For q while we
mediate. with the feeling that we are
almost in dreamland, until we are gently
awakened by the musical tinkling Of Tho
bells on some old fashioned sleign which
10 passing by.
CHARLES MEYERS HOLMES.
NEwroN. Mass. January II.
The New York herald., 1922-01-18
The Tax Exempt Bond Evil.

When Secretary of the Treasury
ANDREW w. MELLON declares that tax
exempt bonds issued by States and
municipalities dry UP the sources of
industrial capital and place a pre-
MUM on extravaganza in State and
municipal governments, he is stat
ing 100 per cent. facts. When he
tells Congress-, as he has on several
occasions, that tax exempt securities
constitute one OF the greatest eco
nomic evils the country ever has
faced, no man can disprove what he
says.
Moreover, his recent suggestion
that Constitutional amendment be
passed to taAe away the right OF
States to issue tax exempt securities
would be sound and practical and
OF as much benefit to the States
themselves as to the country at large
IL it were not true that such an
amendment would stand slight chance
of being ratified by the necessary
three-fourths vote of all the States.
Secretary MELLON himself already
had given Congress the key to the
solution of this problem. Before the
tax revision measure was passed last
year he urged that surtaxes be re-
duced to point where tax exempt
securities would be unattractive to
big investors. Congress reduced the
surtaxes from 65 to SO per cent, but
this is still grossly too high.
The SO per cent. rate leaves a large
margin OF taxes which the investor
can save by purchasing exempt Sc
curities even at interest rates yield
ing much smaller income than that
on stocks and bonds which are not
exempt.
Some municipalities, notably New
York city, have realized premium
over the face value OF bonds sold,
the premium being due to the tax
exempt feature Of the bonds. OH
cials. have boasted that an actual
saving has been made amounting to
the sum Of this premium. This fal-
lacy is not often enough corrected.
What the purchaser Of tax exempt
securities escapes in the payment of
taxes other citizens must make up
through an increase In the tax rates.
But the most effective way OF all
to thwart the tax exempt bond evil
is for Congress to get out the knife
and whittle Government expenditures
down to the point where high taxes
will be unnecessary. Secretary
MELLON has told this also to the
AS long as Congress
persists in appropriating money
that can be raised only by excessive
income taxes, just SO long will the
tax exempt bond evil remain to ham,
per both public and private finance
and to stimulate extravaganza.
The New York herald., 1922-01-18
Linking Art and Industry.

In the sixth exhibit of work by
American manufacturers and design
ers, which has just opened at the
Metropolitan Museum of Art, the
close cooperation. possible between
art museum and industry is shown.
Steady progress is evident in this
display both in good taste and in
diversity of patterns introduced in
commercial designing.
Furniture manufacturers find that
il no longer is the best policy to turn
out thousands Of parlor sets after
one commonplace model. Persons
furnishing their homes take the pains
TO select the goods they buy piece by
piece. They seek less fantasy and
more artistic merit.
Reproductions Of art works, nota-
bly, In rugs and in furniture, near
perfection in America. Many pieces
are on view In this exhibit In which
rome but an expert could distinguish
NeIWctu tuC Cop9 dht tht Oii6Auot.
There are also highly creditable
works produced by original Ameri-
can creative art.
Modern scientific methods of pro-
duction can also be an adjunct to
art. RICHARD r. BACH. in charge OF
the Metropolitan exhibit, points out
that rug weavers in the past were
always obliged to spend half a year
retracing designs from a small parch-
ment to the full sized rug patterns.
Now this labor is eliminated by the
use OF Photographic enlargements of
the original designs.
This commercial art exhibit shows
that American industry has the ca
pacity to understand and to assimi-
late foreign arts, utilizing them as a
stimulus to American creative art.
The New York herald., 1922-01-18
Answering George M. Cohan
The Equity Associations Side Of the
Theatrical Controversy.

To THE New York HERALD: George
N. Cohan has long been before the pub
lie as an actor, composer. playwright
and producer. and go his activities ar.
worth recording. Nevertheless. he is not
infallible.
Your Interview quotes him as saying
he Is going TO make the Producing Man
ayers Association fight. VIII his for
mer partner. Sam II. Harris, who Is
also an important influence In the dra-
matte world. have anything to say IN
this matter? And will Winthrop Ames
and Arthur Hopkins Messrs wagenthaIs
and Kemper and william Harris. Jr.. 10
mention Just a few members Of the as
sociation. have anything to say? VIII
Charles b. Di iingham. who has had a
unusually prosperous season with prac-
tically ail-Equity casts. be satisfied to
be made to night by Mr.. Cohan? VIII
A. II. Woods enjoy falling In liner That
remains to be seen!
Your interview quotes Mr.. Cohan as
saying OF the actors: The trade union
theory cannot wo'k out well with ac.
tors. Any one who has made any strides
In the theatrical profession has had tn
do II on his own" MFR. Cohan is evil
IDENTIFY thinking OF how he himself did
things on his own, not realizing that
other people have their own way, the
Equity way being quito satisfactory to
certain who have assurcdly made strides
IN the theatrical profession. such as
Ethel barrymore. John Barrymore, Lio-
mel Barrymore. John Drew. George
ArIiss. Florence Reed, 1.aurette Taylor.
Doris Keane. Marjorie Rambeau. elsie
Ferguson, Lillian Russell. Mrs. Leslie
Carter. Ed Wynn, Norman Trevor.
Charles Cherry. Helen MacKeliar. Chrys-
tnl Herne. Conway Tearle, Wilton Lack
aye. Leon Enrol. Lionel Atwiii. Ernes'
Truck, Irving Berlin. Thomas Neighan.
Julia Eanderson, Louise Grvody. Frank
Craven. william Courtenay. Florence
Moore, Peggy Wood. Marie Doro and
Irene Franklin. to mention just very
few out OF thousands or players.
At the time OF the actors strike Mr..
Cohan was widely quoted as declaring
that " the actors won he would leave
the theater and run an elevator. The
actors won and Mr.. Cohan did not run
nm elevator. More recently when a de-
sire for Equity shop was overwhelming
~ expressed Mr. cohan said he
would stop producing in America and
would only produce IN England. He
went 20 London ana found that the In
come tax for theatrical producins newly
entering the fieid was almost prohibi-
i've. so II pros, ctions were made at al
they would have to be made through a
hrm already established. He talked OF
an afiliation with Charles y. Cochran,
a London prod GER But branching o Il
In now country where he was prac-
tically an unknown quantity and work.
Ing through another manager appar-
entity did not promise well on closer in
spcclion. So M the urgent appeal" o.
the Actors Fidelity League he permitted
himself 10 be reelected to the Producing
Managers Association, so as to be pcr-
mlttcd urfcr nc agreement with rcnity
The New York herald., 1922-01-18
Mr.. Hylan as a Nominator.

In his speech In Yorkville on Mon
day night Mayor HyLAT nominated
two of his friends for high ONCE"
II is assumed that he would have
RopMAN WAvAMAKEE run for Cover
nor and WILLIAM RANDOLPH HEARST
for United States Senator. The
Mayor is actuated at least In part by
gratitude.
Politicians will look at the Mayors
midwinter one-man convention from
two possible angles. Either Mr..
HYIAN is about to rm a new State
party--a Peepul's Party with the
watchword Down with the Inter
ests--or he intends to make HIM
self the State boss of the Demo
cratic party. II it is a new party
that he intends to found nobody will
try TO stop him. But IL it is his am.
bition to be the new boss Of the
Democrats of this State he will find
a fight on his hands. Mr.. MURPHY
and some Of the Democratic leaders
up the State will not surrender with
out struggle.
It must be suspected from the
Mayors speech that Nir. HEARST
would run for some high ONCE"
although Mr.. HyLAT says that he
isn't sure of it and adds that men
like Mr.. WANAMAKER and Mr.. HEARST
ought to be compelled to take Office
Mr.. wASAMAKER, who is of Republi-
can antecedents, has never shown q
craving for elective Office.
Assuming that the Mayor intends
10 urge Mr.. WATAMAKER and Mr..
HEARST on the Democrats, what be.
comes of AL SMITH, the young man
who ran 100000 votes ahead of Cox
in this State in 1920? What becomes
OF AL SMITH, who polled more Man
haitian votes in the Republican land
slide of 1920 than HyLAN polled In
the Democratic landslide OF 1921?
MIR. SMITH is reported to have an eye
OF, a seat in the United States Senate
the very seat which Mayor HrLAS
evidently wishes reserved for Mr..
HEARST.
The Mayors debut as a Warwick
is likely to give pain to those Demo
Gratis who yearn for united party.
They cannot imagine former Gov
ernor SMITH and Mr.. HEARST playing
the game together.
Very soon the Mayor will have a
chance to show his power by clash
ing with the most respected men Of
his own party on the Port Authority
plan. II he is beaten at Albany by
Democrats he will have an excuse for
starting a third party on a platform
of "Slam the Interests and Kill the
Corporations"
The New York herald., 1922-01-18
By w. y. HENDERSON.

Miss Myra Hess. English pianist. gave
her hrst recital here yesterday In Aeo-
lian Hall Her program. which began
with three OF Scarlattts short sonatac,
included Cesar Franck's ''Pre.rde. ALI
and Finale" Schumann's "Papiilons." q
group of Debussy pieces and two Chopin
numbers. In England Miss Hess Is re-
garded as one Of the foremost pianists
of the day. Hsr recital proved her to be
an artist of ine 1ber and worthy OF
high admiration.
To begin with Miss Hess is one woman
who does not play like man and for
this let US be grateful. 1t Is not es-
sential to the health Of art thar every
woman should play piano like man.
Certainly men would not or should not.
like II. Men should wish to hear tho
song of tho eternal feminine and it
certainly was heard In the playing Of
Miss Hess.
In the Franck and Schumann com.
positions she revealed exquisite DELI
cacy OF perception, sensitiveness to color.
light and shade. and that clear mus-
cal vision which embraces details al
well as outlines. Fancy and humor
marked her Schumann. for who that
knows and loves the "PapiIlos" could
have failed to recognize her apprecia-
ton of the heavy footed and awkward
grandfather's dance? It was in such
episodes as this too that she showed
her excellent command Of rhythm and
phraslng.
In the same work Miss Hess exhibited
in the opening number a refreshing mas
terry of light and rapid cptavcs and used
this technical accomplishment to good
ends in other places. Her tone was
beautiful always and never marred by
attempts at forcing. Her butterflies
were all butterflies. and she took no
trouble to try to transform them into
hawks.
In the Schumann number as well as
in the Franck she disclosed poetic sem
tlment Whether she ever indulges in
tempestuous utterance or endeavors to
storm up and down the keyboard after
the manner of the various lions and
lionessee was not to be discovered. A
well poised artist is this who seemingly
has no desire to take her cue from Mark
Antony and ''cry havoc and let loose
the dogs of war" Her playing from
beginning to end was well controlled,
directed by intelligence and finished in
its technical qualitiee. Such newcomer
Is welcome. That she will be heard
often and always with restful pleasure
can hardly be doubted.
The New York herald., 1922-01-18
What Is a Yankee I?

Writing about the present New Jer-
sey Legislature correspondent Of
the Philadelphia Public Ledger says
that 'the new Republican majority
leader is Yankee" In specification
he adds: "He was born in Boston"
All persons born In Boston, then,
are Yankees. Presumably the corre-
spondent did not intend to restrict
the Yankee habitat to the modern
Athens. Probably in his view. largely
shared, all New Englanders are
Yankees. This is accurate enough.
but insufficient.
Among the Pennsylvania Dutch
not only all New Englanders but all
the people of New York and New
Jersey are Yankees. In central and
southeastern Ohio all those who
dwell In the northeastern part of the
State are called Yankees. Across the
Ohio River. In Kentucky, all ohioans
are Yankees. South OF Mason and
Dixon's line all the inhabitants OF
the Northern States are Yankees.
To the world at large all the people
OF the United States are Yankees.
But the elusiveness Of the Yankee
does not stop even there. Going back
TO It's genealogical antecedents, the
term Yankee means Engllshman.
The Indian allies OF the French in
the wars between England and
France for possession OF about all Of
what is now the United States save
what the Spanish had staked out
were taught that the name OF the
enemy was "Anglais." The noble red
man tried his best 20 say II and
emitted sounds which reduced to
type would be something like "Yan-
gay" SO In this vernacular, even
when we were under the English flag,
we were all "Yangays': not only all
Americans born but all who we're OF
the British armies as well.
An etymologist of established re.
pute. HEcKwEIDER, derives Yankee"
from attempts Of the Indians to say
English" attempts which resulted
in some such word as "Yanghees"
or "Yangheesh." So, in the vener.
able and rather overworked last
analysts, Yankee becomes simply
an Engiishman. Hence the supcr.
cilious I5riton when he calls us yam.
KEGS in n dispsraglng way Is only
calling himself nnrtss nut thereby