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The New York herald., 1922-01-30
Golden Fleece Not for Belgium.

Belgiums claim to the treasure of
the Golden Fleece, one Of the most
distinguished and wealthiest of the
ancient orders of knighthood and
chivalry, made more than year ago
under the terms of the treaty of st.
Germain, has been denied. She based
her contention that the wealth of
this order, which had been accumu-
lating for almost five centuries, be-
longed by right to her on the fact
that PHILIP the Good, Duke of Bur.
gundy, founded the Golden Fleece and
dedicated IL to his bride at Bruges
when he was the ruler of Belgium.
Three experts of the Reparations
Commission, legal advisers of the
American. French and British delega-
tions, decided against Belgium. Now
the Belgian Government by protest.
ing against this decision has revived
the centuries old controversy with
all its bitterness and intensity.
There is no question but that
PHILIP founded the order in Belgium
that he and other Dukes Of Burgundy
enriched il with their gold, and
that he gave it the start that made
Il the most coveted Of orders. with
kings for its presiding officers and
princes and mobiles for it's members
But with the extinction of the Bur
The New York herald., 1922-01-30

passed save by that of the she-ass. In
Latin countries herds of burros are
driven about the streets and milked
at the doors of those who have sickly
children. Under this system there is
never any question about the fresh
ness of the milk, nor yet of the guam
tity, for the customer furnishes the
receptacle into which the milk is
drawn.
Everybody knows when the pro-
cession is due. There is tinklins
df bells and musical cry from the
vender. Presently the tiny beasts
clatter over the stony pavements fol
lowing the horse upon which their
owner is mounted.
The amount OF milk yielded by n
goat under favorable conditions is
surprising, some of them giving as
much as seven quarts in the twenty
four hours. AS they have as many
as three kids at birth there would
seem to be promise of a fair return
on money invested in these useful
little animals, even with desirable
females bringing 5000 each in the
open market. AS foragers goats are
unsurpassed by sheep, and they have
the advantage of being able to fight
off dogs, which sheep cannot do.
The New York herald., 1922-01-30
Where Genius Fails.
English Professor Says 1t Is Slow
TO Grasp n Point.
From the London DAILY Nal.

From the London Ddiiv Nal.
Defining "smartness" as the capacity
to adjust oneself rapidly to the immedi-
ate circumstances. Professor T. II. Pear,
University of Manchester. said at the
Educational Associations annual con-
ference at University College, Cover
street, w. c., that "a genius is usu-
ally anything but smart, and he dis
tinguishes himself from the merely
smart man, who lives up to external
demands by refusing to accept the sur
roundings, by setting about them In
stead of allowing them to set about him.
II believe that some geniuses might
not achieve the topmost ranks in good
many mental tests. especially In those
requiring rapid solution of problems.
genius never sees any complex problem
in the same light as an ordinary person
and in a mental test may appear to be
stupid.
''Some brilliant scientists would make
woefully bad hospital orderlies, district
visitors or managers of a household
The reason Is not that they cannot un-
derstand the problems involved. but that
they cannot attune themselves to the
situation"
Professor Pear divided people into
two classes, the extroverts and the in.
troverts. The extrovert won the v. c
The first class aeroplane fighter is q
specimen of the healthy extrovert. but
the mathematician who calculates the
aeroplane's stability is an equally
healthy introvert.
The New York herald., 1922-01-30
PUBLIC LECTURES TONIGHT,
MANuATrAN AND THE BRONX.

MANHATTAN AND THE BRONX.
.'Trend OF the Times" Prof. Nelson r.
Mead, at Washington Irving III. s.. Irving
pIace and sixteenth street.
Trend OF the Times" Prof. william r..
Otis, at Pilgrim Hall. Fifty-sixth street and
Broadway.
at Morris II. s.. I66th street and Boston
"I,ooks That Every One Should Know.
Coldsmith's She Stoops to Conduer
Prof. Y. q. Carter Troop. at p. 8. 165. 225
"piays OF the Hour" Miss Ada Sterling at
N. Y. p. L.. Tompkins Square Branch. a3i
East Tenth street.
Vocal and instrumental concert, under tho
direction OF Miss Marcia Schupac. at r. B..
46. t50th street and ST. Nicholas avenue.
s'The Smile OF Beauty" Arthur j. Wee-
termayr, ut r, s. 20. c2s East Fifty-scventh
street. Illustrated
"sccial Reconstruction In Home and
school," Winfield Scott Hall. AZ y. =. lo1,
81 Nicholas avenue and f27th street.
ssColor In the Arts Robert Won Nardroff.
M Labor Temple. Fourteenth street and
second avenue. Illustrated.
"The Bichos OF Brazil" Mrs. Ethel Pax
so, M NY. r L., f03 West f35th street.
"rhe Freedom OF the Slaves" Father
Daniel G. Cunnion. at ST. Columbia Hall, 343
West Twcnty-fif street. Illustrated.
''Disarmament--whe or How Franli
chapIn Bray, at Evender Childs II. s..
fs4th street and Field place, The Bronx.
Illustrated.
The New York herald., 1922-01-30
BY w. J. HENDERSON.

Under the baton Of Albert Coates the
peace of the usual Sunday afternoon
ceremonies Of the Symphony Society in
Aeolian Hall was considerably disturbed
yesterday by the Introduction of a COM
position entitled -Four Conceits." by
Eugene Goossens. This British mu-
sician of Belgian ancestry is not un-
known to local music lovers. We have
heard several of his compositions. al
ways with interest sometimes with
astonishment. never with ennui. Nor
could any one have been bored by the
-Four Conceits" delivered yesterday. II
they had possessed no other merit. they
were at least In brevity the very soul
Of wit.
There was suggestion in every one
of the four titles. '"The Gargoyle" re-
minded us that another Briton, Miss
Ethel Leginska, had found inspiration
in a similar theme, and dance Mem
ories" recalled Rubinstein and his bal
Costume" Percy Granger wrote a
walking Tune" too and as for "The
Marionette Show" Gounod marched one
puppet to the cemetery and Stravinslky
made a surprisingly flne ghost of an
other.
Mr.. Goossens cares nought sor the
Gilbertian advice to ''be early English
ere 1t is too late" He prefers to shoot
his soul. into the future far as human
eye can see. He even experiments with
methods of writing for orchestra. The
program notes informed us that in the
Dance Memories" while the other parts
were written in the key of A those of
the bassoons, violas, cellos basses.
harp and tympani were in E fat. This
cruel divorcement Of the violins from
the rest Of the strings may have pre-
sented an extraordinary appearance on
the printed page, but to the ear the fam
lily quarrel offered no evidence of more
violent discord than that to be heard in
music of the hereafter written without
any key signatures at all.
AS for tympani in e fiat. these in
deed are exotic plants in the instru-
mental garden. To write for a double
bass in e fat when the violins play In
may mean nothing except more
trouble for the readers of one or the
other; but II they all do play in A and
the tympani keep honestly to their two
or three tones in e fat. the hearer may
taste of those splendid dissonances which
snlite the palate OF the ear as aloes
smite the tongue. And all the world
rnows that we are tired of sugary mu-
sic stealing along the auditory nerves
ike molasses from a faucet. At any
rate Mr.. Goossenss "Conceits' were
mighty pungent and filled with orches-
trail WITNESSES which justified the title,
so that when he fell with a cold. hard
thud at the end to the shopworn de-
vice of parodying the wry-necked squeak
of piccolo with the coarse snort of a
tuba, some hearers must have felt d
shock run down their spines and whis-
pered to themselves, 80 Ariel consorts
with Caliban at last"
The other numbers on the program
were a concerto of Vivaldi for strings
and wood wind arranged by Alexander
Siloti. Saint-Saens's cello concerto
with Lucien Schmit. first cellist OF the
orchestra, as the solo player, ano
Tschaikowsky's symphonic fantasia
Francesca da Rimini.' Mr.. Silotis
version of the Vivaldi work proved to
be very discrcetly made. and it was
performed with much beauty of tone
The New York herald., 1922-01-30
Be Prudent in Eating.
Limitation of Meats PrecautiOn
Against Influenza.

To THE New YORK HERALD: DR.. Cope
land Is telling us to take 'every possf-
BILE precaution" to keep away pneumonia
and influenza but I do not hear any
thing about the most important meas
ure to this end.
One may make the very best selec-
tion of food, may have 1t prepared In
the most scientific fashion. may take
plenty of sleep, may avoid worry and
may abstain from 'muggy. damp
weather.; but If one INDUCES in toe
many meals day one will invite the
flu germ and the pneumococcus.
Wait until one meal clears away be-
fore YOU eat another. This may limit
you to three meals daily or two or one
which was quite sufficient for the Amer
lean Indian. An old rule was an apple
day will keep the doctor away. A
much more efficacious rule is meal a
day will keep the doctor away.
When your condition improves, eat
oftener. In all cases eat few enough
meals to keep the tissues healthy, and
malignant germs will have nothing tc
do with you. Watch yourself and keep
This winters victims will be those who
are consuming too many meals
1t is not the quantity Of food but the
frequency of meals wherein the danger
lies. One might better restrict ones self
to meal every other day than to be
made meal of by the germs.
EDGAR DAYTON BRINKERHoFF.
EAST ORANGE, N. j., January %.
The New York herald., 1922-01-30
One World Union.
A Plan to End War and Obliterate
international Questions.

To THE NEW York HERALD: Since
all the nations of the world have con-
tributed their share to the making OF the
United states, would 1t not prove OF
greater benefit to the other nations to
consider Joining the great American
Union instead of striving to form leagues
of nations. alliances, ententes and all
the rest of the combinations which have
been failures? Each foreign state could
apply for admission to the Union on the
same terms which have governed the
admission of the existing States compos-
ing the Union. Such foreign states as
were considered unfit for admission as
states could be acquired as Territories
and organized with a territorial gov
ernment until such time as they were
qualified for admission as States.
Under this plan all questions regard
ing reparations.. territorial boundaries
and other causes of war would be auto
matically obliteraJsd. As a beginning
let the most advanced nations In civilza-
ton be grated first. These might in
clude England, Scotland. Ireland. Wales,
Franc, italy, Spain and even Germany
and Austria. Then the question OF the
allied debt would become subject to re-
view by the United States Supreme
Court. Disarmament with the resulting
saving of billions OF dollars would be-
come an actual certainty. The South
American republics. Canada, Australia
and New Zealand could be relied upon
to follow the example OF the other coun-
tries.
Here tho objection might be offered
that ruling monarchs would be thrown
into the discard. Nothing of the kind
need be done. When we acquired the
Philippines the Sultan of Sulu still re-
tained his authority in all his rega
spiendor. The same treatment could be
accorded to any and all the rulers OF
the countries which might elect to join
US. The peoples who prefer pomp to
democratic simplicity could have thei'
tastes gratified. What better nucleus
for forming a united world. free from
international jealousics and ambitions.
can be presented than the United States
| of America? Sour MASH.
MoNTcLAIR, N. j.. January 2s.
The New York herald., 1922-01-30

tion of the Adirondack beaver, and
to what extent should the little dam
builder be restricted in its opera
tions? Are many Of the animals
classed as destructive to property
and a danger to various interests
and industries actually as bad as
they are represented, and are they
outlaws which should be extermi-
mated? And does not the question
of the protection of game and OF fur
bearing animals call for settlement
based on scientific and not mere
rough. offhand knowledge?
There are more proposals to-day
for the establishment Of animal
sanctuaries than ever before. But
the mere setting apart of stretch
of forest or wild land does not al
ways achieve the purpose which the
originators of the plan had in mind.
With all the discussion and talk upon
the subject we have not yet clearly
defined and generally recognized pol
icy for the management of animal
sanctuaries. The principal reason
for this, as DR.. ADAMS shows, is that
we know so little about the larger
dominating species which would be-
come denizens of these sanctuaries
and Of the activities of the living
animal and its relations to the world
in which it really lives. In fact Of
the larger wild animals of this coun-
try we know almost nothing as COM
pared with our knowledge Of the
harmful insect pests, such as the
chinch bug, the Rocky Mountain
locust and the San Jose scale.
1t is the work of supplying this
knowledge of animal life through
scientific research and experiments,
knowledge of which Mr.. ROOSEVELT
SO clearly saw the necessity, that the
Wild Life Experiment Station has
undertaken as it's chief purpose. The
first reports indicate that it has met
with gratifying success in carrying
out the plans of this distinguished
naturalist.
The New York herald., 1922-01-30
Greenwich Village.
Geographical Points Settled by n
BOy Born There.

To THE New YORK HERALD: was
born in Perry street, In the real Green
wich Village. Washington Square,
which ] as boy knew by the name of
Washington Parade Ground, was never
a part of Greenwich Village. When my
mother Vas a girl she lived in Jane
street. which was in the re-. Greenwich
Village. and to visit an aunt who lived
on Macdougall street, near Amity street
now West Third street--she walked
across open fields. This is offered in
protest against the present fashion of
including Washington Square as a part
OF Greenwich Village. The village was
absorbed by the Eighth and Ninth
Wards. Washington Parade Ground
was taken by the Fifteenth Ward.
The Eighth, Ninth and Fifteenth
Wards were known as the American
wards. The last words of Bill Poole,
who lived in the Ninth Ward and fought
John Morrissey on the Amos street.
West Tenth street-dock. were re-
ported to have been. 81 die an Ameri-
can" On the Sunday afternoon when
his funeral was held the Sunday schools
of the Ninth Ward were poorly at
tended by the rising generation, which
looked upon him as an idol.
I lived on Washington Square from
1862 to 1877. During the later years
of Washington Parade Ground Pop Will
son was the policeman In charge. He
was an American gentleman of the old
school. who should be remembered by
all who played there. In the summer
the police wore Panama hats, and those
on such duty as Pop wilson's carried
bamboo canes. Captain Petty OF the
Metropolitan Police. II was said, had
made more arrests than any other po-
liceman OF his time, but had never
struck man with his club. He lived
In the sos near Washington Parade
Ground and we all knew him. The
Parade Ground was inclosed by high
iron fence. A. w. EARLE.
NEW HAVEN, Conn.,. January 2s.
The New York herald., 1922-01-30
Roosevelt Wild Life Station.

The first bulletins of the Roosevelt
Wild Life Forest Experiment Sta
tion, which we're compiled by its
director, DR.. G. G. ADAMS, and have
just been issued by the State College
of Forestry. are peculiarly entertain.
ing and timely in view of the increas-
ing attention which the forest as a
place of recreation is attracting and
of the governmental problems which
the necessity for the regulation and
preservation of wild life of the woods
Is now presenting. The experiment
station was established in 1919 as
memorial to THEODORE ROOSEVELT
It is the only State memorial to Mr..
RoosEvELT-and he personally ap.
proved its plans for the study of the
habits of wild animals and game and
for the care OF the records Of inves-
tigations and experiments.
IL is undoubtedly true that the
attention given to wild life studies
has greatly increased in recent years
and that this is due in no small de-
gree to Mr.. RoosEvELT's interest in
all phases OF animal life and to his
earnest desire to preserve it and to
protect IL in it's natural surround.
ings. The Boy Scouts, the Girl
Scouts, the CarlD Fire Girls and
other similar organizations have
been important factors in teaching
young people to safeguard and study
animal life rather than to destroy
II. To these factors may be added
the production every year OF very
readable books on nature subjects
and the very general use of the
camera by amateurs for the pleasure
found in picturing unusual nature
subjects and by the hunter for the
enjoyment which he finds In photo
graphing instead of killing game.
While this general interest is sat
isfying II does not meet the impera
tive demand made today for a tech
nical and scientific understanding oI
the problems which must be solved
What, for instance, are the rea
merits Of the much discussed ducs
The New York herald., 1922-01-30
Women and immigration.

If American women generally share
the opinions on immigration held by
Pennsylvania League of Women
Voters they will strongly favor ex-
tension of the restrictions in force
under the Dillingham; immigration
law, which expires June 80, or other
legislation equally drastic.
The Pennsylvania women have al
ready put themselves on record in
support Of severe restriction. At a
meeting of the league in Philadelphia
few days ago resolution was
unanimously adopted calling upon
Senators and Representatives to give
serious attention to the immigration
situation which will result from the
expiration of the Dillingham; act, and
asserting that, lacking stringent re-
strictions, the country will be flooded
with immigrants gravely menacing
the national welfare.
Before adopting this resolution the
league heard addresses by Repre-
sentative ALBERT JOHNSON, chairman
of the House immigration and Nat
uralization Committee, and w. w.
HUSBAND, Commissioner of Immigra-
tion. Mr.. JOHNSON, recalling that the
Dillingham; act restricts immigration
to per cent. OF the number Of per-
sons of foreign countries now living
here. said he believed the interests Of
the country required greater degree
Of protection. He would allow only
those having blood relatives here to
enter. He favored selective immi-
grafton, all candidates for admission
to be examined by United States rep
resentatives in the candidates own
countries.
This would involve consent OF the
different nations, and as positive
objection to the plan has been en-
tered by France and Italy, while
other countries have intimated dis.
approval of it, here at once is diff.
Guilty which may not be easily over.
come. Mr.. JOHNSON himself suggests
still another obstacle. In Poland and
several other countries, he said, the
tendency is to make it easy for the
political minority to quit the coun
try. The situation is further com
plicated by the fact that in those
countries political divisions involve
racial and religious distinctions
America has hitherto refused gen
orally to recognize.
The New York herald., 1922-01-30

gundian house the order and its
treasure fell to the Hapsburgs and
were carried away to Spain. In the
eighteenth, century the order was di-
vided into two branches, Spanish and
Austrian, and the greater part of the
treasure was taken to Vienna.
The wealth of the Golden Fleece
grew with the centuries. Into its
treasury kings put precious art pos
sessions as we'll as money. Spanish
grandees endowed it with gold won
from American colonies. Mobiles and
princes enriched it with rare art
of goldsmiths and armor makers.
In the strong room of the Haps-
burg castle at Vienna there reposed
a jewel of the Golden Fleece COM
posed OF $50 brilliants with the
Frankfort solitaire of forty-five and a
half carats as a center piece, golden
cross of 54S brilliants and golden
vessels, collars, insignia and decora-
tions, besides paintings, tapestries
and arms, all the property of the
order, many of which had once been
in the Court Chapel at Brussels.
The commission ruled against Bel
GUM because, in the first place, it
could see no good reason for dispos-
sessing the King of Spain or the
heirs of CHARLES ": in the next
place, Burgundy, Luxembourg, Flan-
ders and Holland as well as Belgium
formed a part of the dominions OF
PHILIP the Good at the time he
founded the Golden Fleece. This
is matter of grave embarrassment"
says report, "to the experts, who
would have to admit Luxembourg.
Holland and France to a share Of
the booty"
The old controversy thus goes on,
but it has a distinctly new phase.
Austria and Spain fought for CEN
turies over the honors and distinc-
tisns of the order. Belgium takes a
more modern view; in this practical
twentieth century the honors Of the
Golden Fleece are not so much to be
desired as they were in the age of
knighthood. So far as history and
tradition are concerned, Belgium is
content to let bygones be bygones.
What she wants is the Golden Fleece
treasure. To her it is prize as well
worth seeking as that which sent old
JASON on his ancient quest.
The New York herald., 1922-01-30
Beauty Due to Art.
Man Psychology and Woman's Use
of Cosmetics.

To THE NEW York HERALD: Some
astonishing notions about man psychol-
ogy are presented by your correspondent
Clara r. Salem in her discussion of cos
metics. or. as she calls 1t, makeup, by
her sister women. She says:
So long as men prefer artifically made
up womer to natural snes. SO long will
women continue to artificial means.
1t Is up to men to stop II II they really
want to. but doubt IL they do.
She evidently Is not aware of that
great outstanding fact in male psychol-
ogy: that a mans demeanor to a woman
is no criterion of his feelings. If she
wants to know what men really think
let her ask the; men nearest to her, such
as her father or brothers, If any. and
note carefully the answer as to what
they desire her to do with her face.
1t answers all the requirements and
descriptions of what is called the acid
test. D. G..
BROOKLYN, January 2S.
The New York herald., 1922-01-30
Putting the Horse in His Place.

In the course of a discussion on
traffic regulations before the Ameri-
can Society of Civil Engineers re-
Gently a consulting engineer called
attention to regulation recently en-
acted in Seattle, Washington, under
the terms of which horses will not
be permitted on the streets OF that
city five years hence. Chief KENLoN
on January 81 announced that early
in March the New York city Fire De-
partment would be completely motor
lied. After that date the New York
city fire horse will be no more. He
has been displaced for this service as
the horse that pulled our street cars
disappeared when cables and elec-
trio motors were proved more eco
nomical and more trustworthy in
passenger transportation.
But legal restrictions barring
horses from city streets and the sub
stitution of motor fire engines for
horse drawn engines DO not mean
that horses are to disappear. Even
in communities like Seattle, in which
their gradual elimination is planned,
it is likely that services will be found
in which the horse is more economi-
cal, more convenient, more depend
able than the motor. The great
trucking firms in New York city find
uses for motor driven vehicles and
for horse drawn vehicles. The motor
truck is adapted to certain hauling,
the horse drawn truck to other work.
The enterprising lawmakers who
erect against the horse barrier ef-
fective in 1927 may find it wise to
modify its provisions before its ell.
forcement begins.