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The New York herald., 1922-01-17
Benjamin Franklin's Faith.
His Spiritual Side Shown in Hi
Views on the Constitution.

To THE New York HERALD: While
our nation pays honor to that great
American BENJAMIN Franklin, he who
"snatched the lightning from heaven and
their scepter from tyrants," II Is good
In this hour OF national and universal
stress to emphasize the spiritual side of
Franklin's great work.
II was natural and logical that he
should make the discovery OF the source
of lightning. We find Franklin guided
always through the mazes OF his diplo.
matte. journalistic and phiiosophic ex.
periences by infinite wisdom, which
could only emanate from God.
The Boston boy. born in the bosom OF
New England Puritanism, In young man.
hood was protesting against ecclesiasti-
cal autocracy and hypocrisy. II con.
ceived the bold and arduous project q
arriving at moral perfection" he re.
corded. This conception, held ever be.
fore him. matured. through the yeare OF
unceasing and successful effort for the
preservation of pure Americanism-this
beacon light of right action brought
forth his immortal words to the makers
OF the Constitution, spoken by the right
OF divine authority:
We have searched for three weeks IN
political darkness. and have found moth
ing Let us invoke the divine guild
snce OF tho Father of Light upon our
proceedings The longer live, and
the more know. the more believe that
God governs IN the affairs OF men, and
IL the sparrow cannot fall without His
notice. Is II probable that an empire can
arise without His assistance?, Except the
Lord build tho house, they labor In vain
that build H." firmly believe this, and
I also believe that without His concur
ring aid we shall succeed In our political
building no better than the builders of
Babel.
This sublime command was the vi.
talizing light which was the potent fac
tor In the unfoldment Of the Constitu-
tion. Let us crown Benjamin Franklin
with an immortal wreath Of his own cre-
ating on which Is emblazoned let
there be light"
1t Is to the childlikc that the wonders
OF heaven and earth are revealed. il
was child's kite that led Franklin &c
the discovery OF lightning. At this hour
OF the revelation OF the ''ncw heaven
and earth" LET all the children of God
all true Americans. children of light
emulate Benjamin Franklins life OF un-
selfish endcavor. OF spiritual patriotism
May they be imbued as was he. the child
OF light, with tho spirit OF the divine
command Let there be light and there
was light" Genesis l. 3.)
A DAUGHTER or THE AMERICAN REV
oLUTIoN.
NEW York, January 16.
The New York herald., 1922-01-17
Taxing State Bonds.
The Hour Has Struck for Protest
Against q Federal Proposal

To THE NEW YORK HERALD: won
der II Comptroller Craig knows that
hearings are now in progress before the
House Ways and Means Committee. Of
which Mr.. Fordney is chairman. and
that Mr. Mellon, Secretary of the Treas
ury. is to be heard on the proposal to al
low the United States Government to
tax all state and municipal securities
hereafter issued. What is Mr.. Craig
doing about It? What Is our Mayor
doing? What are our Governor and
State Treasurer doing about Il?
One OF your contributors letters told
us clearly and forcibiy that "this should
not pass" that any loans to the State
or municipality were liable to be taxed
out of existence; hence the present pro-
vision that these securities shall be ex-
empt from Federal taxation; hence their
value and attractiveness. This corre-
spondent showed us how In former years
governments had confiscated these loans
and how hard it was for governments to
borrow money until they were made
tax exempt.
Why should washington seek to hog
every means OF borrowing money? Are
iOl OuT Otdlt ut-u iuuIiiSipdi 6ONCthh-'VbeS
as much part OF our existence as the
Government at Washington?
Every State and municipality in the
United States should join In protest
against this attempted aggression on
their rights and privileges, and con-
vince the committee the plan will not
be accepted.
Let every charitable society, every
college. every savings bank Join in this
protest and write the Committee on
Ways and Means protests against any
such course and let them give their rea-
sons. as they are all good ones.
Let legislators and administrators In
Washington know that there are heads
In the different States and municipalities
who are ready to protect their rights
and do it now. JOHN II. JUDGE.
NEW YORK. January 16.
The New York herald., 1922-01-17
The Wedding Gown.

"The earth, ragged beggar maid.
Is old King Winters bride,
And 10 she has no wedding Dress"
The misty snow cloud cried
"Ill spin for her a filmy veil
And weave "a wedding gown.
And Frost the sllversmith shall make
Her jeweled marriage crown"
All night they worked and when the
rose
OF dawn began 20 glow
Behold the earth was beautiful
In robes or satin snow,
And every sunlit branch was gemmcd
with topazes and beiyls
And amethysts and diamonds,
And hung with 10y pearls.
MINNA IRVING.
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sense that it represented no war
supplies, no hangover credits ad-
vanced from the United States Gov
ernment war chest.
Despite whirlwind dedation all
over the world, the scarcity of credit,
the closing of many markets and the
general topsyturvy condition OF for
eign exchange, American trade held
to a figure greater by far than in any
previous normal year in the coun-
try's history. In this there is surely
nothing over which to weep.
The New York herald., 1922-01-17
Life in Prison.
Conditions Which Explain Why Evil.
doers DO Not Fear Punishment.

To THE NEW YoRx HERALD: The
prisons Of to-day have no terror for
the evildoer. Upon entering prison he
Is received by an inmates reception COM
mittee, which instructs him In how TO
get along with all possible ease.
With good bebavior--a wise crook
always behaves himself in prison-hc
may enjoy all the privileges extended
by a benevolent state. lie may go TO
the moving pictures frequently. A COM
missary has been provided so that he
may spend the money with which his
underworld friends supply him. At fire.
qucnt intervals vaudeville artists and
other entertainers appear to amuse him.
Doctors, dentists, clergymen, oculists and
other attendants are placed at his dis
posal. He works short hours and not
very diligently, hence the remark Il
should worry" when an cx-convict was
arrested a few days ago.
A refractory inmate may be vulgar
and insolent to the point of cxsspera-
tlon, yet under the present rules the
prison officer is not allowed TO use force
except when he has been attacked or
in the defense OF others.
Thus the convict enjoys a life OF
case. moving pictures and light labor
In prison. lie has everything that any
man could wish for excepting that he
is not allowed TO roam the streets and
practice his trade. The entire system
Is q Joke.
The wardcns and superintendent OF
the various institutions arc not entirely
to blame for following the lines OF ieas.
resistance. tho system which is now In
vogue. Various commissions. assocla-
tions and we'll meaning reforniers have
made life misery for the prison heads.
Each one has some pet theory or hobby
that he wants TO force into practice, and
10 have a so-callcd successful admins
tration tho prison officials weakly ac-
qulesco and make a farce OF prison
discipline.
MY sole object in writing this letter
is that it may reach the eyes OF some
legislator who will have sand enough
70 go to the mat and make II his busi-
ness 70 see that the recreation places for
crooks which now are run under tho
guise of prisons are abolished.
NEW yoRK. January 10. JusTrcr.
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Hoover's Job Needs Him.
Philadelphia's Proposed Offer to Him
Brings a Protest.

To THE NEW YORK HERALD: Will you
allow me to express the deep regret with
which read that Philadelphia proposes
to invite Mr.. Hoover. our Secretary of
Commerce, to manage the sesquicen-
tennial at $1,000 900 for five years?
This announcement, following so soon
the offer made by the moving picture
syndicate to Postmaster-General Hays.
is the more regrettable because both
have been doing such splendid work in
the Cabinet. Other men can surely be
found to take care of moving pictures
and exhibitions. But as for men who
have been tried and have proved them
selves to be Of great value in the Cab
met and to be right hand men Of our
President they should stay where they
are. THOMAS CLEMENTS.
OCEAN GROVE, N. j.. January 16.
The New York herald., 1922-01-17
The Snntching of BENJAMIN.

To THE NEW York HERALD: OF some
what similar philosophic cast as the
epitaphs recently published In your
paper is one found on tombstone
In Maine. This tombstone stands. a
solitary one. In a meadow bordering
beautiful Belgrade Lake, and was
erected to the memory OF Benjamin
Allen. who died December Is. 1850. 1t
reads:
Dear brother and my sister 10.
bioomed In health as well as YOU.
But by that pond which you do soc
was snatched 20 Eternity.
Whether Benjamin broke through the
Ice and was snatched by the pond and
drowned or whether he died n natural
death by It's shores Is left in doubt.
NEW York, January IS. IL. X. d.
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Libel in the Fishermen's Cup.

Memories of the charges made by
Lord DuNRAvEN in November, 1895,
arising from the Observation-Disclosures
III. contest for the Americas Cup In
that year are awakened by the suits
for libel brought against Mayor
PERCY w. WHEELER Of Gloucester,
Massachusetts, by the twelve Ameri-
can members of the international
Fishermen's Trophy Committee. Lord
DUNRAvEN, it will be recalled, charged
that the ballast of Defender had been
altered before and after the races.
The charge was Investigated by a
special committee of the New York
Yacht Club in December, 1895, and
as O result the Irish yachtsman's ac-
cusations were proved to be without
foundation in fact.
Mayor WHEELER Is reported to have
charged in his inaugural address that
the American members of the Fish
ermen's Trophy race last year bor-
rowed for the American entrant Elsie
"a longer boom than had been used
during the season" He is also de-
clared to have said Elsie used in the
race with the Canadian schooner
Bluenose sails larger than the Glouces-
ter boat ordinarily carried. The
papers in the libel suits allege that
the Mayors reported charges wrong
fully accused members of the COM
mittee OF having acted dishonorably
and of having violated the terms of
the contest.
The tenor OF this accusation shows
that the twelve members Of the
committee feel just as c. OLIVER
IsELIN felt concerning the Dunraven
charges in 1895, for in his letter to
the New York Yacht Club asking
for an investigation Mr.. IsELIN wrote
that he considered himself "as stand
ing before the world solemnly charged
by Lord DUyRAvEN with an offense
as base as could possibly be imputed
TO q sportsman and gentleman.
The fling of these libel suits is
another regrettable episode OF the
International Fishermen's Trophy
race of 1921. What always was in
tended to be race for genuine fish
ing boats came perilously near being
spoiled by the building Of the Ameri-
can Mayflower, more yacht than fish,
erman, this result being prevented
by the action Of the Canadian trus-
tees of the trophy, who barred May
flower as an entrant.
The only comfort those interested
in deep water racing can take out
of this affair is that IL yachting linen
is to be washed in public it is well
to do it in the home laundry.
The New York herald., 1922-01-17
President Guest at Congressional Club
Official Society Brilliantly Represented at Reception
Mr.. and Mrs Coolidge in the Assemblage.

Mr.. Willing Spencer. who goes 10 Mad
rid to act as Charge d'Affaires at the
American Embassy. His parents, Mr..
and Mrs. John Thompson Spencer. came
from Philadelphia to wish him bon voy-
age. Others In this group will be Mr..
Nelson p. Meeks, American Vice-Consul
a. Riga: Mr.. Karei Hudec. attache OF
the Cxecho-Slovak Legation at Washing
ton. and Mr.. Albert Halstead, Jr., Amer
.can Vice-Consul at Munich.
Mr.. and Mrs. Alexander Moore OF
Pittsburgh will be among the passen-
gers. Mrs. Moore will be well reTnem-
bcIed by the playgoing public as Lillian
Russell
There will be on board also several
representatives OF large department
stores in various cities. They will in
clude Mr.. Andrew Taylor OF b. Altman q
Co.. Mr.. Henry Kaufman. president OF
the Kaufman Stores, Pittsburgh; Miss
A. Laird and Miss Gossett. of Bonwit
Teller Co.. Catherine Twiss and Miss
NJ Siegel Of Franklin Simon & Co.
Mr.. Frank Miller. Of Abraham & Straus.
an5 Mr. Charles S. McLane of Marshall
Field & Co.
Others going by the liner will be DR..
and Mrs A. A. Hammerschlag. Miss
Sylvia Holt, Mrs. ]. Mason Hoppin.
Judge Bernard A. Rosenblat, Mr.. John
Francis Stafford, Mrs. Francis IL. Leg
gett, Mrs. w. A. Lentilhon. Miss Julie
Lentilhon. Mrs. I. Clihuncey McKeever.
Mrs. clifford v. Brokaw. Miss May A.
Brokaw. Mr.. and Mrs. Oliver Eaton
Cromwell, Mr.. and Mrs. David T. Dana,
Mrs. ]. B. Dodge, Mr.. and Mrs. John
Sheafe Douglas. Mr.. and Mrs. r. 0.
Forester. Sir John Jordan. Mr.. and Mrs.
j. A. Mckay, Mr.. Frank Seaman. DR.. and
Mrs. III. B. Delatour Of Brooklyn, Mr..
G.. r. Marrow. special assistant to
the United States Attorney-General ;
Mrs. Marrow, Miss Eleanore Sawyer,
Mr.. Ernest Lubitsch, a producer OF
German motion pictures; Mr. Edward
B. Corey and Mr.. and Mrs. J. Lionel
Cullen.
The first of the White Star winter
cruises to the West Indies, Panama
Canal and South America will begin
with the sailing of the Megantic to-
cay with 500 passengers. Among them
will be DIR. and Mrs. Alexander Gra-
ham Bell and Mr.. and Mrs. Vernon A.
Dorsey Of Washington, Mr.. and Mrs. r.
Townsend McKeever. DR.. and Mrs. R
d. Reese, Miss Eugenia r. Seabury, Mr..
and Mrs. Charles A. Stone, Mr.. A. J.
| Van Pelt, Mr.. James A. Valley. Mr..
| Windham Jones and Mr.. and Mrs. III.
E. Berry of New York; Mr.. and Mrs.
| Frederic Foster Carey of Tuxedo Park.
Col. and Mrs. Webb c. Hayes. Mr.. and
Mrs. Clark Kretchnnar and Mr.. and Mrs.
George N. Lewis of st. Louis, Mr.. and
Mrs. Howard W. Ludlam. Mrs. Andrew
MacAllister and Mr.. Edward I. Smith,
Jr, of Philadelphia; Mr.. and Mrs. J,
II. Rodgers. Miss Elizabeth and Miss
Margaret Rodgers of Pittsburgh, Mr..
Arthur W. Coolidge Of Boston, DR.. and
Mrs. Charles r. Williams of Princeton.
| sir Henry Drayton and Lady Drayton
Of Montreal, and Mr.. and Mrs. John A
Perkins OF New Bedford, Mass.
The New York herald., 1922-01-17
AMERICANS IN PARIS.
Special Correspondence to THE NEW Yos

Special Correspondence to THE NEW YoRK
HERALD
PARIS. Jan. 6.--The following Amer
leans are registered at the Office OF Tho
Nep York Herald OF Paris:
From New York--Afr. and Mrs. r. w.
Mordaunt-IIall. Paul Bordereau. Mrs. j.
b. Aston. Mr.. and Mrs. II. III. Meyer
Manfrid Barber and Max Weiss
From other places-Rollin w. Van
Horn and Walter Wesendonck. Philadel-
phia; Mr.. and Mrs Durward Grinstead
and Miss Anne Stafford Grinstead, Wash
ington Gustav and Caroline Salter
Millbrook, N. "; Carla Dagmar. Plain.
field. n. j. A. Stieglitz. Yonkers. n. Y.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles A. O'CLOCK and
Miss Clara O'CLOCK. Fargo. n. D.; Mrs
Percy Byron, Cannes. France.
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Special Dispatch to THE New YoaK HERALD
New York Herald Bureau.

Special Dispatch to THE NEW YoaK HERALD
New York Herald Bureau.
Washington, ID. O.. Jan. 10.
The President and Mrs. Harding were
guests tonight of the Congressional
Ciub--a further Indication OF a return
to normalcy" in social matters, since II
used to be the custom Of the club to open
Its formal season with q reception for
the Chief Executive and the first lady.
Official society was brilliantly repre-
sented. although the company was
limited to members of the club and theiT
guests. The yice-President and Mrs
Coolidge were present, also the Speaker
of the House and Mrs. Gillett and the
new Senator from Pennsylvania and Mrs
George Wharton Pepper, who arrived
late from another dinner.
The clubs president. Mrs. Irving L.
Lenroot, received with President and
Mrs. Harding. Mrs. Harding's gown had
ir.icscent sequins on cream net and a
girdle of blue velvet. Mrs. Lenroot wore
black velvet trimmed with silver lace.
The reception had added interest from,
the fact that Mrs. Harding was mem
Der of the club while the President was
in the Senate. The marine band played
When Mr.. William Howard Taft was
President Of the United States and Mr.
William Marshall Bullitt Solicitor-Gen-
oral. Mr.. Bullitt said one day: "Mr
president. I want to entertain you al
dinner when you become Chief Justice
Of the Supreme Court" and Mr.. Taft
said You're on" Mr.. Bullitt Is now
in Washington as special counsel for the
Shipping Board and the dinner was giver
tonight. many leaders of the American
Mar being In the company.
Among those invited to meet CHIEF
Justice and Mrs. Taft were the Sec:e.
tary of State and Mrs. Hughes. Senator
and Mrs. George Wharton Pepper. Mr.
John Barton Payne. Mr. and Mrs
George w. Wickersham. Mr.. and Mrs
Paul d. Cravath. Mr.. and Mrs. Wake,
d. Hines. Mrs. George w. Vanderbilt
Mr.. and Mrs. James Byrne of New
York: Mr.. and Mrs. Levy Mayer. Mrs
Marshall Field. Nine. Hague, Mrs. Trux
tun Beale and Miss Mabel Boardman.
Tho Right Hon. Arthur James Balfoul
Of the British conference delegation was
entertained at dinner tonight by Maj
Gen. II. Keppel Bethel Of the British
Embassy staff. The other guests were
Representative and Mrs. Nicholas Long
worth. Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbilt. Mr.
and Mrs. Lampson. Miss Elenora Sears
Miss Ailsa Mellon and Senator Jane:
w. Wadsworth, Jr.
Another dinner party was given by
Jonkheer w. II. De Beaufort of the
Netherlands Legation, who entertained
the Belgian Ambassador. Baron d.
, Cartier; the new Hungarian Minister
and Countess Szechenyi. Mrs. Il. II. C
Slater. Miss Cornelia Vanderbilt, Prin
cess Bertha Cantacuzene and others.
The New York herald., 1922-01-17
A Color Organ Shown at Bunnelps

To THE NEW York HERALD In your
account of the color organ shown at the
Neighborhood Playhouse you mention
that ten years before something OF the
same nature was produced by Mrs
Greenwalt.
IT may be interesting 70 recall the
fact that some forty years ago a color
organ was exhibited at @. p. Bunnelrs
Museum on Broadway. j. $. SALrus.
NEW YORK, January rs.
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In Passing.

In rummaging my desk to-day met
A flask that stirred me In hundred
ways;
looked at 1t with feelings OF regret.
For It had served me well in other
days.
When janitore were stingy with the coal
And radiators would not work bit,
Straight to the dainty hagonet stole
And got lots of comfort out OF it.
The cold outside In me no qualns begot /;
The blasts Of winter little did fear.
Let Boreas do his worst--it mattered
not,
For in my pocket was the source of
cheer.
All, little comrade OF the long ago,
To what sweet memories by you I'm
led;
But what you're good for now I do not
know,
Unless 1t be to hold the tears I shed !!
NATHAN M. LEVY.
The New York herald., 1922-01-17
log Rafting on the Kentucky.
From the Horrodsbilro Heroid.

From the Hdrrodsbtro Herald.
Coincident with the first fall rise OF the
Kentucky River. tho first OF tho winter sup
ply OF logs from far UP the river passed on
the Kentucky River last week. IL is ox-
pected that tho log traffic will be at Its
height about the middle OF January, when
swollen streams arc expected TO furnish an
avenue from the mountains where they are
cut TO the market further down the river.
Frankfort firm, II Is said. has ap-
proxinately $4,000 logs 20 be sawed during
the winter. which Il is hoped 20 start down
the river IN few weeks. In Leslie and
Clay counties oak, poplar. Eastwood and
chestnut arc tho principal varieties cut.
The New York herald., 1922-01-17
Versatile Ben Franklin.

AA bhO PCPAlaA AilAhQ hON oooy
BEN franklin, whose 2l6th birth
day is celebrated to-day. is closely
associated with thrift. This is be-
cause that virtue, which FRANKLIN
practiced just as much as his cir
cumstances and his natural simple
ity demanded, is one OF the great
American needs of this generation.
Most of our early great men lived
well but carefully. WASHINGTON
accounts show that he let no guilty
shilling escape. FRANKLIN not only
pfacticed saving but wrote epigrams
and fables on the subject; every child
knows the story Of the whistle.
FRANKLIN made popular something
which is inherently obnoxious to
careless youth. Nobody since his
time has had the need, not to men
tion the ability, of writing immortal
aphorisms on thrift. FRANKLIN did
the Job for good.
There is no Franklin now This
IS century Of specialization. and old
BEN did not specialize. The young
man who seeks philosophy must look
for whatever professor teaches the
brand he likes. In FRANKLIN's time
the yearner for philosophy could get
all he needed from the Philadelphia
sage. It is too bad that EINsrEIN did
not live In FRANKLIN's day or
FRANKLIN in, EINsTErN's. We are
: sure that BEN could have brought
the theory of relativfty down where
the man in the street could reach it.
AS a statesman FRANKLIN deserves
the title Of Grandfather of his
Country. It was he who offered the
first coherent plan for the union of
the colonies. AS diplomatist he in
vented the American system OF say
ing what you mean. As diplomat
his services could well be used in
Europe to-day. He was only one of
: three men who negotiated the treaty
managed to put it through without
offending France.
Have you a letter to mail? Ben
FRANKLIN established the postal sys-
TEN OF this continent. If you know
the Franklin stove. BEN invented it.
And of course he proved with his
kite that lightning is a discharge
of electricity. AS a young man he
was the Edison, the Ford and the
Will Hays OF his time. 1t was when
he was old that he became Hughes
and a Root rolled into one.
The most curious thing about this
many sided man is that with all the
confidence that enabled him to hold
his own against the greatest minds
and governments OF Europe he was
almost anonymous all his life. In
his varied public career he never
wrote line for publication over his
own signature. "IIad his correspon-
dence been lost or destroyed" says
llis biographer, JoHN BIGELow, "his
name might never have reappeared
in any encyclopedia of our day."
: Only his own writings, made public
after his death, keep the record of
the most interesting of Americans.
+ Gentlemen with press agents will
please take notice. Real fame will
live in a diary carefully kept.
The New York herald., 1922-01-17
1000 START ABROAD TO-DAY.
Mrs. n. II. Baker and Children to
Sail ON George Washington.

The George Washington of the United
states Lines. which will start overseas
to-day for Bremen via Cherbourg and
Plymouth, will carry one of the longest
passenger lists outgoing on any of the
winter ships. There will be nearly a
thousand in the various cabins and Mrs.
Raymond T. Baker and her three young
children. Alfred Gwynne and George
Vanderbilt and Gloria Baker, will be
among them. 1t is expected that Mrs.
Baker will make long stay abroad. as
sho has engaged house at Mentone.
Three other passengers will be Mr.. and
Mrs. Robert Goelet and their small
daughter They expect to remain
abroad until late spring.
The diplomatic and consular services
VII, be well represented. There will be
The New York herald., 1922-01-17

"HYLAN would form a trust of
Mayors" says a headline. A trust in
Mayors would be an attractive now
city to display in ono or two cities
which could be mentioned.
The New York herald., 1922-01-17
Ada GlIman's Death.

To THE New YORK Herald: Refer.
ring 10 the letter from "E +. r." let
me say Ada Gilman died In tho Edwin
Forrest Home. Holmcsburg, Philadcl.
phia. Pa, December IS. 1921.
AMY LEE.
PHILADELPHIA, January 16.
The New York herald., 1922-01-17

WINSTON CHURcHDTs rhapsodic trib-
ute TO tho joys Of painting could not
DO prettier, but It would be more con-
vincing II he ever had TO paint a pic
turc TO pay his rent or settle res
taurant bill.
The New York herald., 1922-01-17
The Best Time.

From the Jeioeli (kon.) Republican.
This Is n good tlmo 10 strike. because II
you leave your Job now you may never have
TO go back TO II again.
The New York herald., 1922-01-17
These Dnys.

Euclid defined straight line ms the short.
est distance between two points.
'srfowever." he declared. "a straight
drink II much more ctrcuitousss