Putnam patriot., 1925-02-20

 gentle. but t seems fhe very quintes- sanee of beauty in the dance.
 cathedrais or Hespissls'
 Imagine our surprise fhis week in receiving from 8 reader of The Patriot a most indignant letter conforming us for q paragraph which we wrote week or two ago in praise Of the great campaign for the completion of the Cathedral of St. John the Divine. "Why." asks this writer, complete, at great expense, huge structure that is useless and preteutious, when every hospital in New York is crying for funda7 Why erect q building for the especial uses of the rich when the poor are crying With hunger Why return to the habits of the middle ages when modern religious thought Is working towards the relief of humanity of i,s woes rather than enriehing the Church with ita material gifts and SD ca. Perhaps our correspondent is right. Perhaps the Cathedral is an ecclesiastical extravaRanee However it cannot be . foolish monument in the midst of nation that spends mil lions q gear on chewing gum and mil lions more on candy and the tawdry dslights of the movies We for one Nili be glad to see the beautiful Ca theafai rise h all its glory on the heights Of Morningside Drive.
 Hylan vs Smith
 Ta the outside dwelier, Mayor Fly Ian is largely subject for amusing cartoons but he Is something more than that Co the New Yorker The mayor. popularly known Co the many irrevarentiy as sRed Mike" has been in office . long time. and he has not passed a day in office wherein he missed an opportunity to show his sell known keiligereneg. As all New York knows. the city is crying for re lief of it. complicated transportation problems. Yet the mayor has stub bornle and consistently opposed the erection of more subways. The mat Ter finally became a state measure and it vas put up to that other popular idol. Governor smith it became Tammany fight. The Governor. who is TammaHs man. appointed q Tam muuY Judge to investigate the opposis fiau q the Tammany Mayor The Tammany Judge handed down de cislau that the Tammany Mayor was all wrong and that be had deliberately blocked transp spuriati0u relief for the Narldts largest and mast crowded city Nef result. victory for thc Governor and fhe defeat Of HsIan. That the mayor Wll not run for office again aoW seems certainty
 Good Plays and Bad
 There |. Il great deal of easslng iH the NeR York theatres thia sen on That il is accompanied by some excel lent acting ls also true. but a. one ulaQE0fr remarked the other night ThIa might well be called tine pro fame zen on n thc metropolitan thea tres Miss Jeanne Eaglca started something When she played Sadie Thampaun But this is not true uf nll the plays by any means and one of he pieces af quality that stands out for ils 6neness of performance and presentation is "Old English. written fby GaIsworthy and played by that very great actor. George Arliss There is a great deal of competent act ing in the theatre of today, but there |is not much that k really great. George Arlisa's performance this sea son. however, can well he claased as fhr latter
 On the Avenue
 Time was when to say uH the Ave nue meant on Fifth. but times and locations have changed There are crowds on Fifth Ayenue of @ Sunday as of yorc. hui they are not the same crowds The real New Yorker iu that enjoyable hour after sunday church and before lunch. now hics himself to ] Park Avenue and walks on the sunny side and meets his friend and hts ne guaiutnnres and aH jays the air ss4 he sunshine The ,op hat and ths' tail coat. that disappeared during che war have come back. and milady in her Paris "tailleur is lhere. and New York H herself again.
 F. NB.