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The New York herald., 1922-01-09
Pedestrian and Motorist.
Difficulties of Crossing the Street in
Busy ThOr0ughfares.

To THE NEW YORK HERALD: Permit
me 10 take exception to your editorial
article on "Those Who Need Traffic
Cops"
1t has been my experience number
less times to wait until the signal is
given TO cross the avenue or street. and
when about TO start the avenue traffic
will turn into the street or the street
traffic into the avenue. whichever the
case may be. and by the time 1t Is safe
10 cross the avenue the signal Is given
for traffic to go in the other direction.
j; has also happened that have been
able to get only as far as the middle
OF the street, due TO the delay as above
explained. and then have been marooned
there between oars going In the two
directions.
Why should it be necessary for
person on foot to have to sprint to the
other side of the roadway on streets
where there are no traffic regulations
when a motorist half block away toots
his horn to give warning of his ap-
proach and then makes every effort to
see how near he can succeed in throwing
you there?
A little consideration for the foot
traveller and more rigid regulations for
the motorist would perhaps save some
OF the unnecessary traffic cops.
Time is not beyond remembrance
when it was safe for a pedestrian to
traverse our streets without having to
look north, east, south and west and
then not be assured of safe crossing.
NEW YORK, January z. F. KEPPLER.
The New York herald., 1922-01-09
Prosperity Dawns in Serbia.

A most cheerful New Years report
on Serbia and a forecast full Of hope
for the future are furnished by cor
respondent of this paper, who COM
pares the conditions as he found
them in a recent journey through the
country with the serious plight OF
this Balkan nation three years ago.
Serbia, he says. has emerged from
her years of misery, want and woe
in an almost miraculous manner.
She has put her house completely in
order, and, he adds, 1t is model
house for the rest OF the world to
see.
This report is all the more strik-
ing when Il Is remembered that but a
few years ago Serbia was held up
as the greatest sufferer from the
world war--a land of men and women
homeless. hopeless, clad in rags and
afflicted with disease; OF babies dying
from exposure and want OF susie
nance. of hospitals crowded with
typhus patients and orphanages over
flowing with parentless children.
serbia, as a nation, had practically
ceased 10 exist: her territory was d.
vlded among her enemies. her people,
led BY her aged king. had fed through
the SHOWS OF the Albanian noun
tains 20 the Adriatic coast. the bodies
OF the old. the weak and the infirm
etrewing the wsyside.
Prom the day that peace came TO
Serbia the people gave evidence OF a
determination 20 help themselves.
This in itself was a promise that
they would rise superior TO their
misfortune. They put aside racial
hatreds aud bittcrnesses engendered
by war: they left the remainder Of
Europe 90 quarrel over boundaries,
economic zones and indemnities--
and they went 20 work.
They were n nation or peasant
farmers. but war had destroyed their
NNFNA NINN"NAtfNt AAttA th'HaAN' INV
driven away or killed their horses
and cattle and they we're without
grain seed and farm implements OF
any Kind. The men OF the country
undertook a remarkable pilgrimage
into the slavic lands of former Aus
tria.HuuRary. Many tramped for
hundreds of miles. but they carried
home on their backs the necessities
for their nrat after the war crops.
Fortune favored them with a good
season. So far as food was con-
ccrned Serbia was freed then from
outside assistance From an inde.
pendence thus won by her own hard
exertions came the change In Ser
bia'r economic conditions.
The amazing change" which the
correspondent notes in the appear
ance az the people is that the men
and women look strong. vigorous and
well fed. the children healthy and
full Of life. the babies bright eyed
and smiling. Serbia Is now a nation
OF warmly clad people. with homes
which are examples Of cleanliness.
comfort and abundance"
Serbia gives full credit for this I'm
The New York herald., 1922-01-09
Tn n Snowstorm.

You see in the blind swirl that blurs the
sky
Sharp winters admonition, the chill
threat
That days tcmpestuous above us set
At last to its white climax brought.
but !,
Through some strange magic OF the
wind, deecry
A shower of citron blossoms meath
whose net
All save youths passionate glamour
I forget
In a walled garden Of old Tripoli.
In the blasts swoop and eddy you dis
cern
only mad discords. warped and tor
tured strings
Swept by insensate winters cruel
hand;
While toward strains OF rapturons
music turn
Moved to fond dreams. to sweet imag-
inings.
BY loves low lutings in a summer
land.
CLINTON SCOTLAND
The New York herald., 1922-01-09
JOHN M'CORMACK'S CONCERT.
Gives Vocal Treat TO Large Audi
ence at Hippodrome.

John Mccormack. singing in the Hip
podrome last evening before all the
hearers the house would hold. gave an
other OF those vocal treats which have
made him not only famous but dear to
hundreds OF thousands. His program
contained airs by Mozart and Handel.
songs by Julius Harrison. Deems Tay-
lor. Granville Bantock, Arthur Whiting.
Walter Kramer and others. and the
usual group OF Irish folk songs. DON
aid McBeath contributed violin solos.
All the features which have made Mr.
McCormack's art noteworthy were In
evidence last evening, together with
some not always exhibited. Rarely does
an audience have an opportunity 10 hear
how huently and with what long phras-
ing he delivers horid passages. but he
gave the opportunity In his Handel num-
bers. His voico was In excellent condi-
ton. and as to his singing Of the songs.
it need only be said that IL had all its
familiar charm.
Not often are two such lessons in
vocal art given In one day as those set
before local audiences yesterday by Mr..
Mccormack and Mime. Calve. The num-
ber and demeanor OF their hearers went
to prove that good singing is still at
least dangerous rival 10 stentorian
voices ana generally rude methods.
The New York herald., 1922-01-09
Mortality Figures.

Organic diseases Of the heart stand
at the head Of the list as cause of
death in the mortality statistics OF
1920. Indeed, they have held the
foremost place ever since mortality
statistics have been gathered by the
Census Bureau. Epidemic diseases
like influenza have alone surpassed
them at times. In 1919, within the
registration area, the rate was 131 to
the hundred thousand; in 1920 it
was 141.9. an increase of 1S,500
deaths.
An organic heart disease is not
like an acute attack of contagious
ailment; it is comparable to motor
with loose journals. leaking valves
and gears worn down to the pitch
line. 1t is an ailment in which pre-
vention rather than cure must be
sought. Prevention means an abb
stemious and temperate life in which
worry is transferred to the practice
of the other fellow.
AS a rule the mortality from or
ganic heart diseases is proportionate
roughly to density Of population. 1t
is highest in New York State, 1908
to the hundred thousand of popula
tion, and lowest in the central States
of the Middle West. The rate in Ne
braska, for instance, is less than half
that of New York, or of Massachu-
setts. Such diseases are not epi-
denies of the masses; they are all
ments Of the individual.
The mortality from tuberculosis
shows drop somewhat greater than
was forecast. In spite Of the calcu-
lated increase of population the
deaths within the registration area
in 1920 were fewer by 1000 than in
the preceding year. The rate, 215.7
to the hundred thousand, was highest
in Colorado; it was lowest in Utah,
40.S to the hundred thousand. In
New York State it was 114.5, drop
Of about twenty points.
The high death rate from tubercu-
losis among colored people is a mat
ter which is giving epidemiologists
grave concern. Among colored peo-
pie the rate is from two to three
times as great as among white peo-
pie. Inasmuch as this disproportion
sxks
gathered, it is apparently a matter
of race susceptibility rather than en-
vironment. Whatever may be the
cause, preventive measures must be
intensified wherever there is coloni-
zation Of colored people in consider
able numbers; otherwise an infected
locality may become a means of in
creasing the spread of the disease.
The New York herald., 1922-01-09
by w. J. HENDERSON.

1t Is twenty-eight years since the
great santussa glided upon the stage
of the Metropolitan Opera House. That
was on the evening OF November 30.
1893. when Nine. Emma Calve made her
American debut. The Corpaen furore
came little later. Mime. Calve was a
great Carmen till she succumbed to
public adulation and began to believe
herself more authoritative than the
score. She sang the role for the last
time at the Metropolitan on March 2.
1904. but Oscar fIammerstein brought
her back to New York for a few ap-
pearances in two seasons at the Man
haitian, where she was heard as the
gypsy, as SGntnssG and In la Navar-
raise" which Massenet wrote for her.
She made her last appearance at the
Manhattan on March 23, 1908, as
Carmen.
Yesterday afternoon she came before
a local audience once more In concert
IN Carnegie Hall. 1t was a character
istic entertainment. Nine. Calve. whose
shadow has not become less, clad In
a voluminous and flowing robe of fuchsia
tint, strode about the stage in the glare
Of footlights, acted. gesticulated, and
even limited at the dance, while she
sang various songs and operatic excerpts
to the accompaniment of piano played
with manifest anxiety by Francis Moore.
The opera fragments were an air
from Gounod's "Sappho,' the "Casta
Diva" from Norma" Lasciatemi
morire" from Monteverdrs "Arianna'
and the "Habanera" and dance song
from Carmen" The songs ranged
from old Frenca airs through Bee
thoyen's I'm Questa Tonba Oscura" to
Berliozs La Captive" 1t was an un-
usual afternoon. To those who heard
Nine. Calve in the bloom of her young
womanhood and voice the recital was
a faint echo Of far off times and an elder
art OF which almost nothing Is known
to the contemporaneous opera stage.
It was sad and It was wonderful. And
1t was astonishing.
For with what remains of her natural
equipment and In spite Of her personal
idiosyncrasies. Nine. Calve must have
impressed those who never heard her
before as a genuinely great singer past
her prime. The voice long ago lost its
marvellous pliancy. it's voluptuous tints,
its subtle shades. and acquired a hard
ness and brittleness which robbed 1t OF
much of its pristine eloquence. Long
ago. too, the singer abandoned her re-
spect for the written text and violated
rhythms, phrases. and even melodic
progressions to suit her own whims
or vocal convenience. But no matter
what she did. there remained the potent
spell of a great singer and command
ing personality.
Yesterday, although sometimes the
proceedings OF the prima donna were
almost ludicrous and though she sang
off the key not infrequently and shat
tered phrases at will, the same i'm
preston remained. There were voice
and art which stood forth the peers
OF anything known to the contemporary
opera stage. The skill in coloring tone
which was one OF Nine. Calves most
valuable assets, was still present in a
sufficient degree to captfvate the ear
and the intelligence of the young music
lover who Is accustomed to incessant
monotony and loudness Of tone. Nine.
Calve still can sing a ravishing pianis-
The New York herald., 1922-01-09
PUBLIC LECTURES TONIGHT.
MANuArrAN AND THrs BnoNx.

Trend OF the Timcs.'' Prof. Nelson r.
Mead. at Washington Irving II. s., Sixteenth
street and Irving place.
''Trend OF the Times" Prof. william n.
Otis. at Pilgrim Hall, tifty-sixth street and
broadway.
Trend OF the Times" Arthur u. Rcc.. a,
Morris III. S.. 1G6th street and Boston road,
The Bronx
Books That Every Ono should Know--cer-
~antess Don Quixote.' Prof. y. q. Carter
Troop, at r. S. i65. 2c5 West 1Oeth street.
''How to Get job" Jacob Penn, At +. q.
80. t58th street and ST. Nicholas avenue.
''What 20 Look For IN Work ot Art"
Ernest knaufft, nj II. 8. %, 2es East fifty-
seventh street. Illustrated.
Vocal and instrumental concert under the
direction ot Miss Marcia Schupac, AZ r. =.
15T, ST. Nicholas avenue and 127th street.
''F-lin Metchnikoff" Dr. Israel Weinsteir,
nj Labor Temple. Fourteenth street and Sec
"piavs OF the Hour" Miss Ada s'erllnr,
at N. Y. i. L., Tompkins Square branch.
33t East Tenth street.
at NY. r. L., 103 West 135th street
Speech song sonata recital Mr.. and MR..
Frank woelber. at st. COLUMBIA Hall. sD
Weet Twcnty-fifth street.
Music OF italy" Miss Marie Josephine
wiethan. nt Evander Chllds II. s., fsfth
street and Field place, The Bronx.
The New York herald., 1922-01-09
Popularizing Art Museums.

The Metropolitan Museum Of Art
took the lead several years ago In
the movement to clear art OF the i'm
putation that 1t is purely high brow.
The management of the museum
reasoned that art collections should
be for the public more than merely
places in which to kill rainy Sunday
afternoons. AS repositories OF Egyp-
tian mummies and as rooms for dis
playing rows Of carefully labeled
paintings and suits Of armor they
meant nothing to the man on the
street.
The old idea OF the museum
merely as picture gallery has been
abandoned. A chair with graceful
lines of the Colonial period is inf
nitely superior to a third rate pic
ture OF the same period. Furnish
ings and domestic utensils of former
times are always interesting and
afford valuable suggestions to de-
signers and to housekeepers for
bringing beauty into the home.
The commercial designers have
learned that they have much to ac-
quire from we'll arranged museum
displays. In Minneapolis recently was
held an art exhibition inspired by
the desire to show how correct prin-
ciples of ornamentation might be ap-
piled to products of local industry.
Engineers who attended it were de-
lighted with the possibilities for
closer contact between art and the
factory. One of them found loco.
motive oil cup with lines as graceful
as those on any snuff box of the
rocco period.
The common idea that popular art
and commercial art are cheap is en-
tirely erroneous, ROSTER Howard of
the Cleveland museum, one OF the
leaders in the new movement, said
recently, adding "Art lives on COM
merce, and commerce always pro-
duces art, whether good or bad"
Various measures are used to popu-
larize art. Exhibits are made more
accessible. Glasses are organized for
factory workers. In Chicago the Art
Institute has put instructors and
rooms at the disposition of a busi-
ness mems club which has taken up
painting. Art authorities also are
rearranging displays with view to
eliminating the traditional atmos-
phere which made museum some
thing between a public monument
and a tomb.
Architects have always recognized
the desirability of having reproduc-
tions OF recognized masterpieces at
their elbows. The art experts who
are now bringing museums into the
factory and the home have taken a
happy initiative.
The New York herald., 1922-01-09

provement In conditions 20 the Amer
lean Food Administration and the
American Red Gross. which brought
TO her at the critical time when
they were much needed food. cloth
ing and medicine. Credit also must
be given to reforms in sanitation and
medical methods which were intro
duced by these two American agen
cies and the physicians and sanitary
experts of the allied nations. II was
the world war which forced upon
Serbia the necessity for these re-
forms-an expensive lesson OF stern
experience but one which the coun-
try is not likely TO forget.
The world may well congratulate
Serbia upon the happy outcome Of
her trials. The Serbians should find
great satisfaction in the thought that
they themselves are so largely re-
sponsible for their speedy recovery
from the disorders OF the war.
The New York herald., 1922-01-09
In Old New York.
"reminiscences Of Mulligan Guards
and San Francisco Mlnstrels.

To THE New YORK HERALD: There
was no saloon in Prince street off
Broadway where Dave Wambold could
have sung as one of your correspond
ents relates. The only saloon in Prince
street near Broadway was the Hole
in the walr' between Broadway and
street was PAYERS and Kern's place, an
ordinary saloon of the corner type.
Further east on Prince street was HI
bernia Hall, where the Mulligan Guards
held their ball after their return from
their annual target excursion. One OF
their number who lived in Centre Mar
ket place, commonly called the Gut,
was always flush after presiding in the
box office at one of these events. The
captain of the Guards. Hussey, was q
stallkeeper himself In Centre Market.
A place where wamDold was more
likely to have sung. II nc ever did sing
off the stage, in the way described was
Harry Felter's on Broadway just below
Prince street. This was famous in its
day. II was one OF the many sample
rooms where the tired business men of
those DAYS used to find refrcshnent on
their way uptown, generally on foot.
after their days work. Outwardly It
was a store, but In the rear. screened
or. was the place where the liquor was
dispensed.
To my knowledge Dave wambold was
an careful OF his voice as any prima
donna. lie had every reason TO be. AS
n was his sole asset IN the minstrel
- ~ - a.. ...a.m mnf. q L..
fondness for diamonds. He always wore
a large diamond ring. which was made
more brilliant by contrast with the dark
makeup OF his hand.
None OF tho members Of tho San Fran
clsco MinstrciA lived at the Metropoli-
tan Hotel. They would have been out
Of place there. One OF my earliest rccol-
lections "a OF seeing General Grant
vtrolllnr up broadway IN the evening.
smoking his cigar on his way to his
room IA the Metropolitan.
Rurch and Rackus were both married
and lived AZ home. Tho daughter OF
the latter was married not long ago In
This city after living abroad for many
years. Demands disposition 10 save
money gave rise 20 many stories. He
lived with his mother. The story has
been told Of his sitting up all night 20
greet tho milkman IN tho morning with
the news that Mother died last night
and 20 request that only half a pint Of
milk be delivered In consequence
scanty audience was a thing un-
known nt the San Francisco Minstrcls.
Next 20 tho opera their house was tho
r.aor, OF the best paying audiences. All
retired or should have retired rich ar
ter the house was closed. Tho story OF
one Of their audiences being in'ted up
10 the front 40 as 20 be more sociaoie
related by ono OF your correspondents.
has been told of Artemus Ward. The
scene was a town where his Moral Wax
Work show was slimiy attended. After
the nrst invitation had been accepted a
The New York herald., 1922-01-09

match. with a side bet, against a
boastfui team from another company
OF the regiment.
One OF them. lying at night on a
blanket in n nimsy cotton tent In
which we're temporarily sheltered
rich stuffs the mine superintendents
and their wives purchased. at
tracted by the noise OF a knife cut
ting the tenting. saw the shadow of
three men cast on the tent by brill
liant moonlight. The gunman fired
three times. then went outside and
made HIS targets as comfortable as
might be in the Bagebrush. When
the camp doctor. called by the pistol
shots. his customary alarm clock, ar
rived, the gunman said modestly II
aimed 10 put a ies Of each out OF rum
ming. Doc" After a brief examina-
tion of the wounded the doctor re-
sponded And that's just what you
did"
Once a stage with a gunman on
the box was slowly crawling UP a
grade when two robbers. one from
each side OF the narrow road, swiftly
jumped to the brides OF the leaders,
and third from behind rock called
out. Don't raise your gun. Jack. I've
got you covered"
"Righto!" answered the gunman.
But his cooked sawed off shotgun.
nestled in the blanket over his knees,
was pointed toward the lead mules
ears. He pulled the trigger. And,
SIR" the gunman reported to the
stage agent, "those lead mules sure
did leap a mile, buckshot through
an ear of each. IL was ridiculous the
way they threw off the men at the
brides. The man behind the rock
missed me too. suspect he was sur
prised, like"
They could think as straight and
quick as they shot; an honest. quiet,
valuable lot Of citizens; so it shocks
those who knew them, guardians
Of treasure, to hear whisky truck
bandits called gunmen.
The New York herald., 1922-01-09
litical program end the work Of the

litical program end the work OF the
Free State. The real progress of a
nation depends far less on govern
ment than on economic soundness.
Ireland has problems to solve in ag-
in industry and in finance.
Now. for the first time, her people
can turn to their labors with some
that they will not be inter
rupted by the clash of war.
There can be no hindrance from
outside to the prosperity of Ireland.
or fail, the future depends
upon her own people.
The New York herald., 1922-01-09
SYMPHONY SOCIETY CONCERT.
Percy Granger Appears as soIoist
In Interesting Program.

The regular Sunday afternoon con-
cert of the New York Symphony So
ciety Orchestra at Aeolian Hall yester-
day afternoon. with Albert Coates
guest-conductor. was OF a varied and
interesting character. The soloist was
Percy Granger. The program began
with Anatole Liadov's settings of eight
Russian folk songs. Brahms's third
symphony filled the last half of the
list. and for the second number came
Frederick Delius's piano concerto i'm G
minor.
Mr.. Granger played with surprising
brilliance and dash. and was warmly
applauded at its close. The orchestra's
playing in tho Brahms symphony un-
der the baton OF Mr.. Coates had, first
OF all. commendable dignity. clarity and
virile breadth.
The New York herald., 1922-01-09
The Peace Dollar Askew?
An Observer Finds It's Legends
Are Not Parallel.

To THE NEW YORK HERALD: Is there
some reason, artistic or otherwise, why
the eagle and the marking "One Dollar"
on the new Peace Dollar are not parallel
to the words on the reverse side, I'm
God We Trust?
When n pencil Is held on the tail side
of the coin just above and parallel to the
words "One Dollar" and the coin and
pencil are turned over vertically without
changing their relative positions 1t will
be found that the pencil is not parallel
to the inscription "In God We Trust"
Is this condition an error? Is there
some purpose In 1t, OF is there fallacy
In my observation II. L. AMERMAN.
ROCKVILLE CENTER, January Z.
The New York herald., 1922-01-09
Outbound.
Erotr lha Arknnana Z

From the arkansas Gazette.
Before the dimming doclxlights die.
Ere yet we raise the open main
Let me look long, well knowing
Shall never see this port again.
Not though I knew its winding ways
With heart that loved It. house and
tree:
lts nights Of revel. and gold days
I shall forget them, out at sea.
And be forgotten. All. I know
7 who have borne the barren pain
OF empty memories---and so
Ungricved. l watch land fade again
For anodyne Is IN the flight
or driving tides and flceting ships
And there shall come another night
And other eyes. and other lips.
c. T. DAVIS.
The New York herald., 1922-01-09
Mime. Calve Returns to Concert Stage
Former Idol of Opera Here Still Retains Potent Skill
of Great Singer.

simo. a full blooded forte, brutal chest
tone. fine spun head tone. She can
still msAe her voice as black as night
and the next instant emit thin. cold
"voix Blanche" She can still declsip'
text with an almost infinite variety OK
accent.
She might better have omitted the
"Casta Diva" which she sang very
feebiy indeed and with every evidence
OF want OF breath control Once she
was one or the foremost fiorid singers
OF the stage. but that time is gone. She
sang I'm questa tomoa oscura" as II
is rarely sung by any one. 1t was beau
tifui or course she gave all the young
listeners n lesson I'm what might be
done with the "Habanera." But enough
has been said. Nine. Calve in her later
years preserves much Of what made
her one OF the idols OF t.lis town twenty
five years ago and is still well worth
hearing and study.