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The New York herald., 1922-01-25
Ideal Prisons.
Something Wrong With Jails That
DO Not Reform Criminals.

To THE New York HERALD: Your
correspondent Justice" wields a ham
mer upon the prison system In his let
ter entitled life in Prison." occason-
ally hitting the nail on the head, oc-
casionaiy hitting his own thumb. He
happens to be right when he says the
prison system Is a Joke. for the peo-
pie who pay the bill allow 1t to be. He
and many other thoughtful citizens are
to blame for the present condition Of the
prisons.
A life Of ease, moving pictures and
all the other so-called attractions in
side the prison are as nothing to the
feelings of the man locked in and de-
prived of his liberty. Liberty counts
with all Of us and we suffer the greatest
defeat of life when II is taken from us.
No prison should furnish free eats free
shows or free clothes; every privilege
should be earned and those unwilling to
earn should go without those unable
should have hospital care.
The present day failure OF the prison
system rests largely upon age encrusted
prejudces. For centuries we have COM
bated crime with force and fear with
out any appreclablc resultN Our meth
ods OF drastic punishment have not
cured sin and they have not checked
tho wrongdocr.
The purpose OF prison Is twofold--
to prevent the man from repeating the
offense and to show him tho error OF
his ways. Our strongly barred prisons
of to-day accomplish the first while we
hold him. but as to the second I have
my doubts. The tendency OF the system
is to make the bad citizen a worse citi-
zen than before.
II would he venturesome for Justice"
or for me to criticize the prison system
II II made men and sent its graduates
back TO the world as citizens. but when
II returns to society prison made crimi-
nails there must be something the matter
with the method OF It's conduct.
The prison as a State institution, con-
Quoted and supported by the people.
can be and II should be place of cie-
walton, not degradation "a show place Of
cleanliness. efficiency and hope. Every
thing vile and unworthy should be left
behind when a man steps into ana
through tho prison gate.
Finally, when he has paid his debt to
the state and when he faces the most
crucial time In his career. he should be
aided to regain citizenship. AS 1t Is
now horde of detectives are on his
trail ready to suspect him. to make his
life miserable, and thus he loses JOB
after Job. B. OGDEN CHISHOLM.
NEW YORK, January "a.
The New York herald., 1922-01-25
winter Dreams.

Dreams arc mine these snowy hours
OF n garden fair with flowers.
Visions for my solacins,
Glimpses for my gladdening,
OF a little plot that lies
Nesting under mountain skies,
And n cottage rooted with green.
o beloved and lovely scene
IVciJ' and bridge aud climbing hH
Beckon mo aud lure me stu,
CdH 10 me, aud cUor tciH.
with these dreams would / abide
Till the brimming summer tide
Floods with swimming gold once more
Crest and slope and singing shore;
And the vesper rapture stirs
All the forest choristers,
vireo, whip-poor-wll and thrush
from the underbrush.
Then. dear heart, tcouId I toith you
These fond lcintor dreams roneu,
Findin0 oUery dream como true.
CLINTON scoLrArD.
The New York herald., 1922-01-25
Zoos Without Bars.

The director OF the geological park
in Sydney, Australia. is telling New
York OF the fenceless zoo in his town.
Meats instead Of bars are used TO
keep the animal from the spectator.
The park i'm which tho lions live is
separated from the visitors walk by
a moat thirty feet wide and sixteen
feet deep. The lions. we hope, are
taught that they must not jump more
than ten yards.
The Australian thinks the barless
zoo will be favored in this country.
But we fear IL is not well adapted TO
New York. The small boys Of this
town have passion for swimming
that is greater than their judgment
In summer the City Hall Park foun-
tains often have more boys than
water I'm them. A lad wandering
about a zoo streaked with moats
The New York herald., 1922-01-25

Cabaret and dance to aid disabled soldiers
at Fox Hills Hospital Masonic Temp'e
D,HUsiss The Rev. Or. Caleb r. stetson will be
instituted formally as rector OF Trinity
and FIfty-ninth street. 1880 r. M.
Conference Of State and city officials to
asss sSs sTqs Fsar ras'sSn srsss
DIR. Will Durant will lecture on 1.-THE In
stincts OF Reproduction" Labor Temple.
Fourteenth street and Second avenue $3.50
Alfred e. Smith and Lady Ann Azsapetian
win speak at an auction Sf frT,t cSr ana pTUauco
& secceemb,s apction rooms' aeA Franklin
the 'ih ThirteentS S Regiment M Post. American Le-
gion. Sumner Avenue Armory' brookiyn' silo
shall We Reform Our Prisons" at a Ciyitas
Club luncheon. Hotel Bossert, Brooklyn
Wsdieisn Hish School. graduating e1er-
cisss, I15th street. west of Seventh avenue
Dr.. Clement 3. shaw WIN give q, an opera, ,s,
Republican Neighborhood Association, an
nSa ,ss.ns hsms g Ms
p Pf;onS.'''0"' n. % East ssVs"'s's'A ''
Bowling Green Neighborhood. Association.
"An Hour with Poets," home Of Mrs. John
r. NJ.
Prof. John W. cunliffe. director of tho
Pulitzer School OF Journalism. Columbia Uni
yersity, will speak before the Wonens Con-
ference Of the Society for Ethical Culture on
The Relations of English CHARACTERISTICS to
street. 3:55 7. NJ.
Poetry Society Of America. annual dinner,
Representative siegel will speak on Post
War Aspects OF the Immigration Problem,
Spanish and Portuguese synagogue, Central
American jewelers. Protective Association,
meeting. National jewelers. Board Of Trade,
45s Fifth avenue. e:3o T. M.
Astor. $3.50 r. NJ.
Associated Travelling Statesmen of New
fGr sstns brsss sse
meeting, Hotel Martinique. p. M.
Madison square Garden Poultry Show.
Madison sqsare Garden. afternoon and eve-
United Ladies' Aid Society. whist, Cafe
Cameo Club, dinner Cafe Boulevard, z
Long Island Real Estate Board. luncheon.
American Jewish Congress. dinner, CATO
boulevard, Z 80 =. NJ.
METROPOLITAN Life Insurance Company. vet
erans' dinner, Waldorf Astoria. Z y. NJ
Eclectic Club. meeting and luncheon. Wall
dorf- Astoria, II a. NJ.
Blessed Sacrament alunnae. dance. Wall
school Children's Free Lunch Association.
bridge. Waldorf Astoria, = p. NJ.
Burns Society. dinner. Waldorf-Astcris. Z
T.. NJ.
klwanis Club. luncheon. Hotel McAipIn.
IL 80 L. NJ.
,c0ntrolisrs,,, Congress. dinner. Hotel Nc
Lsdies' Society FsTanca''e. luncheon. Hotel
New York state Commission TO Examine
Laws Relatiw to Child Welfare, public
hea ring, f37 IfNst Twenty-second street, 10
4 NJ. 2 40 and $3.50 r. n. 80,
Camp Fire Girls. meeting, " West Elev-
cnth street, 10 A. NJ, . 80 and y. NJ
Mrs Jackson Fleming will lecture on
States" Town Hall, II A. NJ
Dr. Blanche Cotton Williams, lecture,
"Current Tendencies In Short story Writing.'
Associate Alumnse OF Hunters College. Sixty
eighth street and Park avenue. II. M.
ton road. The Bronx. graduating exercises. 8
+. NJ.
Arthur n. Recx lecture on Disarmament.
Is IL Coming?' Cooper Institute. Eighth
street and Fourth avenue. S:i5 r. NJ.
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cars contents were probably ruined
or the shipper had lost his market.
1t is not clear whether or not the
officials higher in authority received
percentage of this graft; but it
appears that they had their own
sources of illegal income. These
sources were varied and comprehen-
sive. One OF them was the farming
out of cars and engines to large man
ufacturing and mining concerns. An
other was the establishment of fast
freight lines. Shipment by these
lines cost so per cent. more than the
regular railroad rates, but the goods
reached their destination.
OF course to the successful opera
tion of this system political pull was
necessary, but in government OPP
Grated business political pull is al
ways available. 1t is not necessary
to go to Mexico to find that out.
The New York herald., 1922-01-25
D'Artagnan on the Film.
A Literary Classic Misrepresented by
a Moving Picture.

To THE NEW YORK HERALD: What
will the next generation of Americans
know of the literary classics? Less
even than the present generation.
More and more a conception or the
literary classics is being derived by the
masses through the medium of moving
pictures. 1t is true. perhaps, that the
masses would never know much about
these classics anyway but the question
arises whether 1t would not be better to
remain ignorant of them than to enter
tain utterly false and absurd ideas con-
cerning them.
Take. for instance, what seems to be
considered the best screen production
of a literary classic, ''The Three Mus
keteers." recently witnessed perform
ance. Judged solely as a picture weH
screened and full of interesting cpl
sodes. II was undoubtedly well done.
But why give 1t the name OF Dumas's
masterpiece?
The authentic D'Artagnan was willy
Gascon, a skillful swordsman, shrewd'
brave, self-possessed. The feats he per-
formed were plausible enough. 1t re-
mained for the author Of the screen
version to make him hystericai, bound
ing clown. playing leapfrog in the pal
ace of the Duke Of Buckingham, sliding
down banisters, jumping from second
story windows, employing the hackneyed
iiu-jitsu trick Of throwing men over his
head, chasing the Cardinals guards
through the streets and into a room
palpably arranged with studied care to
give him an opportunity to perform
full quota of acrobatic stunts.
Add to this travesty of character
portrayal of the Cardinal as an amiable
gentleman, forgiving his enemies. and
of the admirable Constance as the niece
instead of the wife Of the aged Bona
cieux, thereby lending an air of pro-
priety to her affair with D'Artagnan'
and we get story about as true to the
original as-well, as we can reasonably
expect considering the standards OF the
present lords of the cinema and the
virtuous censorship under which they
are permitted to operate.
ALBANY, January "a. SIMON CREEL.
The New York herald., 1922-01-25
MISS EILERMAN IN SONGS.
Gives Recital ana
Makes Pleasant Impression.

Makes IlcaS0nt 1mPICbbAOns
Miss Amy Ellerman, contralto. gave
a recital Of songs yesterday afternoon
In Aeolian Hall. She had the compe-
tent aid of Francis Moore at the piano
and Hugo Kortschak. who performed
certain violin obligati. This recital be-
gan darkly. but soon emerged into sun
shine. Miss Ellerman did not appear
to be nervous when she sang the OPEN
ing numbers on her list. Schubert's
''Dem Undenlichen' and Liszts "Drei
Zfegeuner." but 1t transpired that her
very faulty intonation In these songs
was the result of disturbed breath con-
troll caused by nerve excitement.
The proof of this was revealed in
her third number. Wagner's "Traeume"
from which the bad intonation was al
most entirely absent. In this lyric Miss
Ellcrman began to disclose her true
quality, and thenceforward her recital
was a pleasing entertainment. Her
voice is one of considerable natural
beauty and richness, tending to hard
ness In the low tones, but very flexible
in the medium. Her production was
generally good, and frequently OF a
high order of technical excellence, CIV
ing lovely results in tone.
The singers interpretations were good.
Her pronunciation was clear, her use of
dynamics and changes OF time intelli-
gently applied, her skill In publishing
through song the poetic color and feel
ing of text very creditable. Numerous
auditors seemed genuinely pleased. Miss
Ellerman may not be one of the great
figures in the world OF recitals, but
there should be comfortable niche for
singer who has SO good a. voice ana
SO much ability to convey the sentiment
of her songs.
The New York herald., 1922-01-25
Sailed Seven Days Late.
Shippers IncOnyenienced Think
SteyedOres Should BE Licensed.

To THE New York HERALD: Kindly
permit us to explain one reason why
some steamships do not sail on sched-
uled time.
We had a shipment on a steamship
scheduled to sail December 2S, 1921.
She did not sail until January 4. The
delay was caused by the employment
OF an inefficient and inexperienced
stevedore.
The cargo being improperly slowed,
the Board OF Underwriters refused to
issue certificate permitting the steam
ship to sail. Therefore the cargo had
to be discharged and reloaded in the
proper manner, according to the rules
and regulations of the Board of Under
writer's. causing the steamship to remain
in port for seven days after her sched-
uled sailing date. 1t might help ship
ping interests if stevedores were licensed
by the Board of Underwriters. That
method might save steamship companies
and shippers a good deal of expense.
J. w. c. G. Co.
NEW YORK, January "a.
The New York herald., 1922-01-25

law, civil, commercial and administra-
tive, and its fundamental contacts with
American law and the common and civil
law procedure of this country. Private
and public international law command
scientific unification of the worlds law.
The resolution of conflicts of law is
promised upon the most thorough and
exhaustive preparation.
1t is by no means only 3 preparation
for practice in the State and Federal
courts of this country, but an opening
of actually receptive minds to the great
issues of the day, to sympathy with the
currents Of juristic thought, not only in
this country but In foreign lands, and a
just appraisal of the trend of jurispru-
dence. which is the sole guaranty of legal
ability competent to constructive prac-
tice of the law.
Harlan Il. Stone, dean of the Column
bia Law School, is correct when he as
serts that 'it is the duty of law schools
to dissuade the man of ordinary ability
and meager education from beginning
the study OF law" Nothing will ~
crystalline resolve as q challenge to the
integrity OF ones purpose. The dean
Of a law school may be mistaken in his
judgment, but he is performing great
trust when he forces the student to the
last extremity of effort to vlndicate his
ability. think If Abraham Lincoln had
been arraigned as an incompetent stu
dent he would have burned the midnight
oil with greater determination than
ever; he would not have fallen out of
ranks, nor would America have lost the
Great Liberator.
JOSEPH WHrTLA STINsoN.
NEW York, January "a
The New York herald., 1922-01-25
by w. J. HENDERSON.

The second evening of the Chicago
Opera Company's season at the Manhat-
tan Opera House, which was last eve
of la Traviata." The presentation Of
this well worn opera, which steadfastiy
declines to become worn out. served
TO introduce a new colorature soprano.
Her name is Miss Graziella Pareto. q
young singer who is at the outset of her
career and has therefore had no pro-
found experience. Tall and agreeable
in appearance, she pleased an audience
that seemed to be not altogether ac-
quainted with the traditional points for
applause, but was ager to show its ap-
prevail all the time.
Miss Pareto possesses a serviceable
voice, very light and thin In quality, re-
minding one at times of the voice of
Mime. Barrientos, but generally of q
somewhat larger caliber. The natural
scale Of the voice is equal in quality, and
the singer ought to have no great trou-
BILE with register breaks but owing to a
peculiar method OF tone production in
the upper range, she seemed to expert
enced listeners to be usually in diff
culties there. Thin, wiry and pinched
tones issued whenever she attacked a
phrase beginning above the medium. If
she had used an easy. relaxed head tone
there, her phrases would have mad the
musical beauty which they lacked.
Sometimes, too, the soprano was err
ratio in the matter of rhythm, and the
conductor, Angelo Ferrari. was hard put
to it to keep time with her. A melody
whose rhythm is distorted loses its
character But it seems that opera
goers in general are satisfied II they
see pretty girl and hear a pretty
quality of tone most of the time. Miss
Pareto may be classed as pretty and
she proceeded through the role of
Violettg in an entirely proper and
decorous manner. Her performance did
not appear to be that of a young and
unframed artist, but of one who had
been well prepared for a task to which
her powers were hardly equal. The
sunny land of Italy is fairly we'll sup
piled with prima donnas who can sing
VioJetta as Miss Pareto did.
Tito Schpa was the Alfredo. He has
sung the part here before and there Is
nothing new to he said about him. He
sings it just as he always did, by
fits and starts. A broad, fluent legato
seems to be contrary to his vocal prin-
ciples. This is pity, because this tenor
The New York herald., 1922-01-25
1t Won't Be Smothered.

The Hylan administration is max
ing a shocking spectacle of itself in
the Town Hall affair. The investiga-
tion which was scheduled for Mon
day turned out to be no investiga-
tion at all, but an exhibition OF anil
mus and bad manners by HIRsHFMLD,
the Commissioner of Accounts to
whom the Mayor entrusted the job
of finding out why the constitutional
right of free speech was violated.
Just as little clique from Police
Headquarters prevented citizens of
New York from speaking at the
Town Hall, so HIRsHFIELD seems de-
termined to prevent an orderly pres
entation of the facts about the out
rage of November 13. His arrogant,
overbearing conduct was such as to
drive out of the case two such dis
tinguished lawyers as PAUL ID.
CRAvATH and ROBERT McC. MARSH.
That perhaps is what HIRsHFIELD
wanted to accomplish.
But does Mr.. HYLAN nurse the
delusion that fake Investigations at
Police Headquarters and rowdy per-
formances by person of the Hirsh-
field caliber will check public indig-
naticn over the Town Hall incident?
If he does he has less shrewdness
than most people give him credit for.
There will be no smothering of this
violation of the Constitution. There
will be no peace until the instigators
have been discovered and shamed.
The New York herald., 1922-01-25
A New Voice in Mississippi.

Crystal Springs. a pretty little
town of central Mississippi which is
the birthplace of one of the States
distinguished sons, United States
Senator PAT HARRISON, is to have,
quoting the words Of the Crystal
Springs Meteor, "a prominent place
upon the political map of not only
the State bdt of the nation" And
not without reason. One OF its citi-
zens, II. w. MASON, has the hardi-
hood and the fearlessness to an
nounce himself as candidate for Gov
ernor on the Republican ticket.
Mr.. MASON attempts to draw no
hard and fast party lines; rather, he
says Mississippi can expect nothing
from either the Republicans or the
Democrats because the State is so
deep dyed Democratic that even the
Republicans do not contest the point.
The State thus has instead OF two
parties several factions fighting for
ideals that do not exist" What
Mississippi needs, he says, is a con-
structive, economic and progressive
party, a reconstruction of business
laws and an administration willing
to follow the needs of business, farm
ing and industrial development"
He would encourage immigration,
discourage the exodus Of both whites
and blacks, develop water power and
bring in capital. Capital would
build cities and produce markets and
"solve the abused and oft repeated
phrase in political parlance, the
horny hand of TOLL" In other words,
Forget the pound Of cotton for the
pound Of bacon" Other planks OF
his platform are:
"If necessary put every legislator
under a civil service examination.
What the state of Mississippi wants
are men capable of repeating nom
sensical laws that are the laughing
stock of the nation.
"If the people want light wines and
beer modify the Voletead act.
s"Gas tho revenue agent and the
boil weevil, they work hand in hand.
'"Wipe out the Mason and Dixon
line and put Mississippi and tho
whole United States on a working
basis
The Meteor is naturally none too
confident of the success OF Mr..
MAsoN's candidacy. In 1919 a Demo-
cratic Governor was elected without
opposition; this was true also of the
elections of 1903 and 1907. The Re-
publicans have had no State ticket
since 1885, when their candidate re-
ceived 1,0S1 votes to the Democratic
candidates SS,7S3. But in the national
election of 1920 the Republicans had
1900 votes more than in the cleo
tion of 1916. In view Of this mate
rial increase, says the Meteor, "it
would be surprise IL the Republi-
cans did not put forth full State
ticket" Anyhow, keep an eye open
for Mr.. MASON and his candidacy.
The New York herald., 1922-01-25
A Commuter in the Snow.
Winter Beauties Obscured by Prac'
teal Matters.

To THE NEW YORK HERALD: l read
with great pleasure the letter OF
Charles Nevers Holmes under the title
"Snow in the Country" My impression
of Mr.. Holmes after perusing his letter
is of a gentleman with whom fate has
dealt very gently and whose lines have
fallen in very pleasant places. ! PIC
ture him sitting at window OF ms
home in good old Newton. Mass, with
his pipe in one hand and possibly 'Para-
disc Lost" in the other, watching the
approach OF the snow squall storm or
blizzard, as "announced by the trum-
pets of the sky
But whatever else he may be I'll bet
my grandmothers old red bedroom
slippers that MIR. Holmes is not a COM
muter living in a small town who Is
forced to harken to the invisible storm
outside And when it is revealed to
him that the "sun is shining again amid
a cloudless ARMAMENT and "the land
scape is spotless white, the sky is spot
less blue" what then? All very nice,
Mr.. Holmes, but how about that walk
TO the station? "Spellbound. we gaze
upon the snowclad fields" while we tie
cord around our ankles to try to keep
the snow out of our shoes.
"For a while we mediate. with the
feeling that we are almost in dream
land" hoping it is not as deep as 1t
looks, until we are gently awakened
by the musical roar of the locomotive
whistle in the distance.
Then we take the plunge--not one
plunge but many, and how we envy
Mr.. Holmes, who can sit behind his
window pane and ruminate! Lucky Mr..
Holmes! "Sit by some cheerful blaze
on the hearthstone" and gaze upon the
silent, sparkling fairylapd' but don't
be a commuter. w. #. ABEL
WBsTFIEID, n. j., January "a.
The New York herald., 1922-01-25
Words Within Words.
Ten Letters TO BE Arranged to Pro.
duce Seventeen Combinations.

To THE NEW YORK HERALD: Arrange
these ten letters. A II II N o Il S It u.
in single row 30 they shall form seven
teen different English words OF two or
more letters each at one and the same
time.
AS arranged above for illustration /:
neither SON nor ONE nor TON
nor TO nor US would count; but I'm
and NO and NOR and OR and ON
and HE would count as six words.
NEW YORK, January "a. S. A. +.