Evening Star Newspaper, December 25, 1922, Page 2

CHRISTMAS OPEN ONSNOWLESS DAY Washington, With Entire Na- tion, Greeted This Morning by Summer Temperature. Not only Washington, but the entire nation, awoke this morning to some of the warmest and most unusual Christmas weather in years. With no snow on the ground here, il which to track the reindeer of Santa’s team. the lights of Christmas trees uml' i bright red candles shone out this morning into a duil fos. With the absence of Snow hearten the little ones, there however, the promise of the weather | bureau that thre would be mxml to dis- was, weather here for two days at least with no prespect of immediate rains Unusually warm weather prevailed generally throughout the United States, according to repotts thisg morning to the weather bureau. while | there was the uncommon condition of higher temperatures on hoth sides the Rocky mountains, with the mercury averaging from five to thirty-five de- grees above the normal No Snow Falling Anywhere. s reported falling any- ock, with slight pro pects of a white Christmas hlanket anywhere, except th ces in the north which have one left over from recent snowfalls Washington was five normal at & o'clock t No snow w where at § o' With prospects taking a soar later in the « evening at 8 it stood at 1 highest yesterday here was 53 But throuzhout th jon, it wa said at the weathe cau. not onl does warmer weather prevail, but tain northern points like Winnipe Canada, and Havre, Mont.. which b low normal te ratures. we above the erave morning. ‘Winnipeg. which has nal of 1 above zero at Christma s thirty- | five degrees above norm with the | thermometer standing pra 1y the same as it did here in Washington. Records “Amazing" Wenther. amazing | r 17 the mercur; slid down to which | was 51 below normal for that date. | Shortly thereafter it rose xlhrupu_\-j 64 degrees in twenty-four hours, and | this morning at § o'clock the folks | at Havre, who a week from yesterday | were shivering at 32 below, were ! basking in the pleasant weather ofl 42 above zero. degrees warmer than | Washington, and 2% above the Havre normal for Christmas day Generally uniform incre normal were reported numerous fmportant points. New York was 11! above nornal. With the thermometer | at 42; Boston was 9 above normal, | with ‘the thermometer at 8%; San Francisco, which usually has an even eclimate, was 1 above normal with the temperature at 18, below zero, ases above Above | normal. | 10! o 9 nd, Balt Lake Ci H Records in i warm Christmas over the country in- cluded: R Even New Orleans was 6 degrees above normal with the mercury at 56 | degrees, and the warmest spot in the | continental United States was Key | West at exactly normal, 68 degrees. | AN UNFILIAL PRINCE. Visit of William IT to His Dying Father. By Btephane Lfl'lllllllzl" in the North American L On November 9. 1887, at about 6:30 | In the morning, he who sever: months later became William 1T ez:l]’ off the train at San Remo. The local authorities. Prince Henry of Prussia and the aides-de-camp of the Crown Prince Frederick, met him at the station. With his usual spontaneity, Prince Henry rushed forward to throw himself into the arms of his older brother. as he had not seen ! him for some weeks. Prince Wil llam stopped his fraternal gesture | it his usual vainglorious 'pride. | showed himself proud, ial hierarchic. b S n one minute everybody pres of the morrow who had arrived and that the man who had descended from the train was not a devoted child | who was anxious to sce his sick father, but a visitor who merely de- sired to see the progress of events for himself. When he arrived at the villa, he was ushered into the sick room, and remained with his father about ten minutes, showing himself deferential but cold. He then announced: “I want to see the doc- tors. He called them into conference and, after listening to the explanations of Sir Morell Mackenzie with indifers | ence, and to those made by the Ger- | man’physicians with interest, he con- | cluded the discussion brusquely: “If | my father is suffering from a cancer | in the throat” he declared, “it is} something that nev, relent. * & & He cannot surviv The following day, German had spoken! At a medical council held under the | presidency of Prince William, which | lasted two hours. the German doctors had triumphed in their views. They claimed that the Crown Prince suf- | fered from @ cancer in the throat, and | that it was necessary to perform the | operation of tracheotomy. At the same time that this grave decision | had been taken. Prince Willlam an- | nounced that he would leave the fol- | lowing day, November 12. at 9 o'clock in the morning. He thus stayed with | his dying father but forty-eight | hours. i Words Cheapest. From the Kansas City Star. Mrs. Somerset Maugham, wife of the author, is an expert in house dec- oration. She and a friend, also an! author’s wife, were putting the fin- ishing touthes to the latter's new house when a mutual friend called and wished to be shown over it. The visitor, however, expressed surprise. How is it,” she asked, “that in Your books you describe stately ma sions and ancestral halls, but when you build you put up a little house Mrs. Maugham explained, s because words are cheaper than bricks, you know.” Willing to Please. From Exchange. “Your references are satisfactory,” observed a_merchant, “but can you er{’e lho.rthand" “Yes, sir,” answered the appli for a clerkship, meekly. - . “You undersu:nd gouhls entry and can correspond in French a - man, T believe. b “Yes, sir.’ e “Humph! Do you smoke or drink?’ “No, sir,” was the reply; “but I ‘could soon learn if you want me to.” Miscalculations. “DA you hear about Old Man Coyne going to the wall?” 55 “You don't say? And it was his daughtéer who married Duk tingleft about two weeks ago! “Yes. think of how surprised that duke will be when he | munity Washington i i |ings, which are a_mixture of offices. i the Savage. CHRISTMAS “CHEER” NOT LACKING IN D. C. CELLS SHOW Precinct cells showed an over- abundance of ‘*‘Christmas cheer”* victims during the week end, with inebriated prisoners declaring that the price of corn liquor had not been Increased for the holiday trade, and with their breath as redolent testimony to the fact. Arrests for intoxication during the twenty-four hours ended at 8 o'clock yesterday morning num- bered seventy-two, while twenty- nine similar arrests were made dur- ing the succeeding twenty-four fours. Police were unable to suggest the probable number of those who im- bibed too much and escaped the vigilance of Maj. Sullivan's ener- getic police. Other arrests for allezed violations of the prohibition enforcement act during the two, days Included the folowing: Trans: porting liquor, 6; selling liquor, 2 operating vehicle while 6: drinking in public, 4; spiracy to violate the liquor law, 3. HOME CHRISTMAS PARTIES FEATURE YULE OBSERVANCE _(Continued from First Page.) the boy: zlyzed” that dinner going after it was a wonderful sight. especially to the men who had Biclped prepare it Prisoners Get Gifta. Every one a the District jail gotd ‘nts today, but not until each Sent and th piece of fruit or had been carefully inspected to aws or drugs were con Just a bit of pr Santa Cla its the Distric ke e that no u- wled therein. tion that even good take when he mus Jaii. The Knights of Columbus are pro- viding Christmas presents for dis- « veterans at Walter Reed, Mount Alte, St. Elizabeth’s Hosp sther institutions, every man wengbered with gifts. Other or- ganizations have done much the same | thing. so that no one will be over- oked. Walter Reed the various com- houses, including the Red Cross house, have provided for “en- te ments on a lavish scale, to last hroughout the week. In the Knights Columbus hut last night at Walter ed Hospital a midnisht mass \\‘;L\l | At chserved. the on last night a presented by 100 under di tion of Dr. I C. Chen. The hall deco- rated in oriental fashion, there was a Christmas tree, Churches Hold Services. of the city held thew tmas observances vesterday Tresidenl Harding attended the Cal- | vary Baptist Church. held at the Fran night, more than in attendance. i There was much singing of carols last night at various places in the city. Cleveland Park residents were entertained by a group which went about sin fark! the Herald An- gels Sing,” "It Came Upon the Mid- night Clear.” “Silent Night" and other hymns. The Salvation Army, Central Union on, Gospel Mission and other or- | ganizations vesterday finished their | tasks of giving thousands of well | At Chine Chine w and Churches Chri n monastery last 000 persons being Chri £ askets to th oor | = Other _temperatures Indicating the | ot the s> Lo G } At Friendship House vesterday af-| ternoon a large community Christ- mas tree was the center of attraction. the people of the entire neighborhood joining in the festivities. 1 Scouts visited Children's Hc pi . singing carols in the | wards. At the various hospitals u!'i today Christmas was ob- | rved as far as the condition of patients would permit, and those who had no people to send them presents Bifts. } Phone to Bathroom. ! From the Nation's Busines: Fred Kelly, in “The Nation’s Busi- . writes that for years hotels have competing with one another to provide the ultimate in a_guest's com- fort. But it is only recently that any one had enough Imagination to think of anything so sensible as a telephone e n in the bathroom. What is more annoying than to have to get out of the | bathtub_all dripping and stand by a wall telephone? Oue hotel I saw re- cently has two telephones in each room, one by the bathtub and the other on a stand by the head of the bed. Excel- lent places for phones, but think how long it took for hotel men, even hotel men with the best of intentions—to quit putitng them on the wall where a guest can't even sit down. For that matter, it was many years since phones in private homes were placed where one could talk and be comfortable all at once. MAY LOSE THEIR HOMES. Barrie and Shaw Will Be Dis-| possessed if Adelphi Is Razed. l Sir John Fraser Foster in Arts and Decoration. { One of the most fascinating bits of old London is the Adelphi, just oft the Strand. Adelphi terrace, over- looking the Thames, was built by the i great Adams a century ago, and in design was intended to be like the palace of Diocletian on the Bay of Spalatro. It has always been asso- ed with the arts, though there is 4 certain drabness about the build- clubs and flats. From one doorway you see emerging a shy little man oing off to a chophouse to have a ovely meal. That is Sir Jam M. Barrie, the playwright. A rough-| clad, whiskered man comes swinging by with long strides. That is Bernard Shaw. Close by is the Savage Club, the most bohemian of our coeteries. where the liveliest speeches are delivered at the Saturday night dinner. There is not a celebrity Who does not think it an honor to dine at King Edward, as Prince of Wales, was a frequent Visitor and thoroughiy enjoyed himself. Now there is a proposal that the Adelphi, as it exists today, be swept away and on the site be erected a great Masonic temple. In conse- quence there are ructions. We Lon- doners are constantly divided be- tween our desire to keep pace with modern times in up-to-date architec- ture and our sentimental affection for buildings which remind us of easier-going other days. George Ber- nard Shaw Is kicking his hardest against the possibility of eviction. He says the Adelphi is an ideal place residentially. He appreciates that on the Adams site a skyscraper could be put up, but he says. “owing to the waste of space for lifts (elevators), skyscrapers are really uneconomical and they are also extremely danger- ous.” Still there are lots of houses in the vicinity which should be knocked down, and George Bernard Shaw declares that what Is wanted in a good many cases is “an energetic bombardment.” ' . —_————— Relative Rewards. From the Birmingham Age-Herald. ‘Do you know,”rsaid the earnest person, “that there are men renowned in literature, art and science whose annual incomes are not large enough :o‘ g’l’ve them the ordinary comforts of ite?” - 1 don’t doubt it,” sald Mr. Gawker; “but if nature gave them sound bodies to start with and they've en- joyed reasonably good bealth, ft seems to ‘me that it's their own fault if they haven't gon&—in for athletics 4 and acquired proficiency with a pair of eight-ounce gloves." {FORMER SWISS ENVOY Services were | o Were will cared for by contributed | {the ancient fortil CLASSIFYING BILL MUST BE CHANGED jSenator Smoot Declares Sterling-Lehlbach Measure Unworkable at Present. The Sterling-Lehlbach reclassifica- tion bill for government employes will have to be amended in vital par- ticulars before it can become a work- able plece of legislation, in the opin- lon of Senator Smoot of Utah, chair- man of the appropriations subcom- mittee which is considering the meas.- ure now. it stands, the bill cannot be administered,” sald Senator Smoot, commenting upon the measure today. “There would be no use in placing upon the statute books legislation which would have to be changed im- mediately to make It work.” Senator Smoot indicated that he considered the proposed classific: tions unworkable. He sald he ex- pected the subcommittee to resume arings on the bill Wednesday after- n. How soon the hearings would concluded he was unable to pre- many government were asking to be »ot said he was desirous sification legislation he hoped it would report a bill to the nd have it d at the Lill when * of the nneciion with ends March legislation present. ation decidedly uncertain for the TO AMERICA IS DEAD Frey Was Major in U. S. Army During War Be- tween States. Emil By the \sxocinted Press, BERN. Switzerland, December mil Frey, former president of the Confederation 1 first Swiss dor 1o the United States, died his birthpl r Basle, in his ei hty-fifth year. Switzerland in to 1888, and of Switzerland M. Fre resented shington from 1% ected president mission to' Washington, how was not h first v t to the < he took an active ivil war. serving as a the 24th Hlinois Infan- His record in this war was one roudest memories. Captured was heid E e until {dent Lincoln <ented to the exchange of Capt. « ion, who pre us ad been sen- tenced to death, Upon his departure om the Unit.d States M. Frey was veted as a major for bravery by President Johnson. - served for twenty-four vears as tor of the Internati Cable snd Telegraph Union, and one of the technical experts attached to the wiss delegation at the Genoa confer- ence. His rt in Pr MUSEUM AT LOURDES. . Portrays Ancient Customs of the Pyrenees Mountain People. From the New York Times. One of the recent attractions added to the historie city of Lourdes. which s been the scene of 5o many pilgrim- ages for the cure of physical ills, is a museum to illustrate the old customs of the natives in that reglon of France Close to the I'yrences mountains. The museum, s the French government Tourist Information Bureau in this city, was opened a short time ago under the auspices of the Touring Club of France. The officials of the club and many leading citizens of Lourdes recognized . owing to the increasing number of v ors attracted to Lourdes, much of the former simplicity and quaint char- ac ics of the early life had dis peared. The old customs are rapidly passing away, and the organization of the museum was due to a desire to preserve for future study many of the interesting evidences of old Pyreneean life. A picturesque feudal castle, ip an ex- cellent state of preservation, in the im- mediate_vicinity of Lourdes, was ob- tained for the museum. Built on a rocky hilltop overlooking the Pau river. d_castie dominates the valleys and hills around Lourde: Six halls in the museum are reserved for a permanent exhibition of the fur- niture and costumes of the Pyreneean people, the equipment of their artisans (weavers, potmakers, shepherds, hunt- ers, fishers, etc.) and their characteristic footwear. In other rooms are dis- plaved botanical, geological and entomo- logical collections, also painting, sculp- ture and applied arts of the region. Since the museum is a sort of microcosm of the entire Pyrenees, the hurried trav- eler will get there in half a day a glimpse and an idea of the life and pe- culiarities of the entire mountain chain. Since its inauguration, less than a vear ago, the museum has been ited by 35.000 tourists, and the officials of the Touring Club predict even greater numbers for the coming years, for the Route des Pyrenees is regarded as one of the most attractive in Europe. Though very different. it is as charac- teristic and enjoyable as any route through the Alps. Modern hotels have arisen in the Pyrenees. They are built not only on the western section, toward the Bay of Biscay, but also on the eastern section, not far from the Medi- terranean. White splashes of snow on the highest mountain peaks blend with the pale green-blue of glaciers in a color duet that is imore beautiful even than one often finds at Chamonix and in Switzer- land. Instead of the dark Swiss pines, green beeches. acacias and oaks cover the slopes of the Pyrenees, and the val- leys are dotted with silver lakes. At Lourdes, near the Holy Shrine, the new museum’ presents to its visitors the ret- rospective view. through centuries past, of the life and customs of a very inter- esting race of mountaineers. The Hated Publisher. Exchange. W. B. Trites, the Philadelphia novel- ist, abominates publishers on _ the ground that they degrade literature and sweat &Ilel‘!. Mr. Trites was accosted one da; a Drothor novellst, who salas . = O You remember poor old Brown?” ‘N “Poor old Brown the publisher. He got stung on the stock exchange, doc- tored his books and busted. great scandal. Well, poor old Brown died in the almshouse Yesterday. Will you con- tribute $1 to bury him?" “A dollar to bury a publisher!” Mr. Trites laughed grimly and his hand went to his Docket. “Here, old man, is & ten spot. Bury ten. Limited Ability. From Kansas City Star. A bather got out of her depth .and her scream soon brought a life guard to the rescue. A few strokes brought him to the girl and he reached out a mus- cular arm just as she was about to sink. At this moment her frantic strug- es dislodged her bathing cap which oated away, carrying with it, what was more precious, her wig. “Oh, save my hair,” she cried, “save my hair."” “Madam,” replied the gallant rescuer, as he towed his burden to the shore, “I'am only & lenv!r.mshafi’n— oot A s . T. LA VARRE, JR. BBLE N DEFENSE Movie Comedian Pleads for; Fair Play and Attacks Crit- | ics Among Clergy. LOS ANG . December coe C. Arbuckle,-motion picture actor, yesterday quoted the scriptures ye judge, so shall ye be judge his first official statement on the con. troversy which followed the Chris mas granted him by w H. Ha picture “pardon titular head of the motion industry M At the same time, the comedian, an- nounced he picture would be begun as soon s it was found Arbuckle's statement 10 in part fol- b k is the rights of an Ameri can zen L Through mis tragic acci- | dent I was trie urge of which 1 was absolu Tnnocent. A jury | composed of eight men and four| on. all of whom were of high, ch cter and excellent ic stand- ! {i nd all of whom w members | 1of churches of various faiths. found | same Jury sent a me American peop! in this language ‘Acquittal is not enough for Roscoe Arbuckle.” 8 | We fecl that a great injustice hasj been done him. We niso feel that it as only our plain duty to give him, this exoneration under for there was not the sl adduced to connect him in any way With the commission of a crime. Ighorant of Facts. “Unlike the jury. those denouncing heard purt of the evidence e to the me no udging me M’.Pli‘n(iullsg(l( my country, | courts and juries l:md th :x uf};hk]'; d ve declared me innocent and S hm:ddq.. the benefit and protec " Those who are un ‘maliciously and | . are refusing | blished law of the | am entitl tion of the law untrut fully, Venomously attickir to abide by the ¢ land. Lt £ . time o , ifi'w the birth of Christ. have happened if some of th now heartlessly denounce me the vior thief on the is mot difficult to visualize at| which commemo- what might who ad been | forguev | penitent cross in words that Yaee more than any other words ever uttered. Would not some of those| persons have denounced Christ stoned him for what He s one ever saw a picture of mine that was not clean and wholesome. No | one ever will see such a picture. I claim the right of work and service.| The sentiment of every church on day will be ‘peace on| carth and good will to all mankind. hat will"pa_ the attitude the day after Christmas to me2” 3 (Signed) “ROSCOE C. ARBUCKLE: BIG CEREMONIAL BOWL. Christma . — ( Indian Relic Weighs 600 Pounds and Is More Than 500 Years 01d. From Portland Oregonian. An Indian treaty bowl weighing 600 _pounds and said to be the largest in existance was found at Nimkish, 100 miles north of Vancouver, B. C. The relic, which is said to be more | that 500 years old, is fifteen feet long. and, according to archeologists, was made by Indians using stone tools and axes The bowl, which was the center of an interesting Indian ceremon: was called by the aborizinese “the mother of the Five Tribes.” These tribes would meet to discuss hunting laws and tribal boundaries and on such occasion the bowl was filled with some kind of liquor. After the conference of chiefs of the re- spective tribes they would take a smaller bowl and, filling it with liquor, would take it back to their councilors. It the terms agreed on for a treaty were approved by those councilors the liquor was accepted, but if the council- ors objected to any of the terms the Tquor was returned and the vessel was laid under the neck of the idol, this constituting an ultimatum. Family Damage Suits. From the Worcester Telegram. There continue to appear in the newspapers suits for damages brought by one member of the family against another for injuries received in auto- Mobile accidents. When the man is driving and the car overturns, the next move is a suit by his wife for injuries, This has brought muchl moralizing about the lack of family feeling, or of fillal regard. Now it is revealed that this moralizing is! beside the point. / For in'most of the suits the action, apparently directed against the de- fendant, is, in reality, directed against the Insurance companies which have ! issued policies on the car. In New | York a jury brought In verdict of damages for $28,000 for mother ! against daughter. The court at once | stated its belief that the two were! in collusion to mulct the insurance company, found the verdict exces- ! sive and reduced It to $10,000, which the plaintiff was given ten days to accept, and accepted in ten minutes. | Army of Civil Servants. H By Roscos O, E, Brown, in the North American The United States government l!l today probably the largest employer | of labor in the world. With a civil personnel of more than 560,000. per- | sons and an annual payroll of nearly $750,000,000, it‘presents a problem of empioyment administration far more complicated ‘and far more impera- tively derhanding solution than that of any private industry, to which expert attention is given as a matter of ordi- nary business prudence. . The em- ployes of the states, citles, counties, towns and villages, it is estimated, dring the number of public servants’ in the United States mearly to three N.V.WORLO _PrOTOS ’ ARBUCKLE QUOTES % s e s | undersized and tim | dlan Schenck, producer, Wwho | mas dint Not only that but the | ldrawings caricatur, ave influenced the human |2 lher down and then informed her that SMBER 25, 192: IFAR-AWAY POINTS HEAR D. . SERMON |(:hur(:h of Covenant Pastor Offers Listening-in Prizes to Boy Scouts. Sermons from Washington have reached radlo audiences as far away as Texas, Missouri and Massachu- setts, This was revealed yesterday by the Rev. Dr. Charles Wood, pustor of the Church of the Covenant, who last night in a speech preceding his ser- mon, not only to his congregation, but to his “invisible” audience, dis- cussed the ‘“creepy sensation” a preacher foels in speaking to radlo, and announced a contest for boys and girls who listen in. “It 18 a curious, not to say ci s . Mot 1o say creepy, |aennlmn," said Dr. Wood, “to speak LE LA VARRE. —_— to an invisible audience. To some it might even suggest a trial before the medieval inquisition, where the oner saw no one but the judge, but every word he uttered was taken down by skillful penmen be- —_|hind the curtains, ; e o e “Thousands Are Listening.” which jungles arei “To know that hundreds or their heads and |thousands may be listening, while noises and arg response is perceptible by cith from their campjor gesture, is an unaccuston the jungles at!perience for a speaker. Ver: ndants of the |esting letters ha id. | from some of our u pris- masked ge.) ued from First P: Reac environment in k. they hang at’ strang id 1o set foot s und walk Into They are de Caribs “ibed by Columbus, he ven no look afl -4 ex- fire: inter- night and west yields with s “ho S rvasted, it|sharply eritical of the him a fattening breadstuff. |x--| or of the su j“""“"\(ll(. jtions. MOVIE STAR SENDS JOY : TO “DOWN AND OUTERS” |34t icles. Raw casava provides the In- | A few of these letters rourage our’ t Troops listened in Was 80 un- Lila Lee Gives Christmas Dinners | tola that to 1,000 Men in Chicago. R A S Mary McCormich Helps. th. T usually more interested erions than sermons, thought well, in ord: in that to hold th CHICAG! o 2 — ou- : js CAGO. fccember One thou ng interést and, if possible, in isand “down-and-outers” turned their that a prize should be offered 10 faces to the west today and thanked SrEE R idva iinlieen Li e ens in or who ns here tress, for her series of five sermons to be b Ze ity in furnishing them a Christ- { gun next Sunday e ning on i Lessons from G nd who sends of these sermons eat Modern Painters, in the best report the They declared it w they had had in 3 in Lox Ang-les, “best hand- Prizes Are A ced. : sraphed her fatber. | oy grgt prise will & = life of Ch Appel, to furnish a Christmas | Washington, 'the second . o life of din r “with all the trimmings’ to {liincoln and the third, a of Roose 1,000 homeless men and send the bill | Y21t or books of a similar sort at e chofce. These reports are to be sent to the church not later than a we Miss Mary McCormich, grand opera |after the lust discourse. star of the ¢ Cidie e | “I wish ‘a merry Chiristmas and 2 very happy New Year to all the young competitors and to all listen- rs-in, invisible and visible™ 1 fw THE HOME LIBRARY. i 3 ¥ mbers of Civie Opera Company | ng a leading part e than 100.000 destitute pe red for by newspapers and ch tions. ! LIBEL AND CARICATURE. L t = B Where One May Settle Down and Be at Rest. orati Stroc plac the uld Estelle Ries in Arts and In every bedroom. gu room and other intina one may relax. and library itself, there living divisions of human knowledge: all suggest new opportunities for vou if you but had the time to look into them. The and are without knowledge of ”f“Nnmw Margin Separates One | ticrably be a single shelf set ‘ts. The scripture says that ‘As yej| {for a special purpose. As facts. 1 Judge, so shall ye be judged. How | From the Other. rounded person. you Judksi my accusers 1ike to be JudBed | cang ge Fornaro 1n Arts and Decorstion a genéral gortiotiway in sl the maln ver 1ce city has a It mpooned, ignored in Ital of any impor- weekly paper of carica- d a high honor and only nonent In England Max eph Simpson are ter, in Germany they son, Hengeler and some extraordinary caricatures by the famous painter Franz Stuck. In America writers confuse cartoons and comic valentines with caricatures. 1 have even heard cditors call Gibson's single bookshelf solves this problem. Place upon it at 1 representative book discu: of the half dozen or more top at the moment are teasing deration. Then whenever those are moments offer themselves there utomatically be some one of the that will meet the mood of th For all of the topics are 1y interesting to you, E 3 ible, and it simply T solves itself into readily selecting the particular thing that finds favor. Paris Is the one city where carlea ture Is honored and conveys great standing. Other cities have ! philistine idea that a carica- n_insult to the dignity of the | Sem the famous Parisian told me that he he i reer with a series o prominent people in ht he only escap- breadth a knife which | him from a dark alley stuck In a door at his|factor in the charac the gro Later he was warned to leave ing children in the househol S farseilles in a hurry. since the next|dignified simplicity, its inviting at- time the knife would not miss him. :mosphere, create an environment that He left immediately and wandered |leave its mark. and it over to Paris, where he captured |thoughtfully considered in the plan- money and fame. ning of every real home. A In German ser, cari as many nooks and corncrs as po ible. Recesses make for charm and ziness and architectural interest nywhere, n a library living jroom, where several groups are car- irying’ forward thei terests, they are almos his artist caricatures of Marseill. On: ed by a hai was thrown a and which ide. 5 urists had a hard ‘time {urge and stress of the houschold of it. Scores of (hur: went to jail | where one’'s thoughts may have a for lese-majeste. In France Daumier hance in this hurrying world. where was sentenced to a vear in Jail for!one may really settle down with one- a lampoon which showed in three!gelf and be at rest—the library should pictures the evolution of a pear into!be such a place. the heavy-jowled features of King ‘WHEN KING VISITS PEERS. Louis Philippe. Once a famous operetta singer saw | herself in caricature by Alfred| Fruch: she stamped her feet. raged. | wept and finally called her lawyer to | start a libel suit against that terrible ! caricaturist. The man of law quieted | ance of Royalty. ‘ 8ir John Foster Fraser, in Arts and Decoration, the libel laws only included written and implied libel, such as would hurl] In some ways the house of lords the reputation and character of a person, as, for instance, the case of a Tammany chief, who was cartooned in a prominent New York paper as wearing stripes. The chief threaten- ed a libel suit and the newspaper stopped the cartoons. The lawyer ex- plained the difference between a the world, though it would be an little plaques in their buttonholes telling who they are—like members {of a Rotary Club. Indeed, -the only Paricature and a cartoon—he showed | time vou can distinguish lords from That the atripes in the cartoons were | ordinary folk, like stock brokers, is Hbelous, hecause. they wera an in. | When the king opens parllament. and famous reflection_on_the politician’s | they wear thelr crimeon robe character, but the features of the(€d With ermine. Some of those robes chief could mot be in themselves|are dingy with age. I remember one Theous for they were a gift of God |Deer, the late Marquis of Clanricarde. and. therefore, only the Lord could be | uncle of Lord Lascelles who married sued for libel. Princess Mary, who used to ride down Frueh is the gentlest, most unas- |10 ‘Westminster in a public omnibus, suming, modest young man; tallhis robe wrapped in brown paper. He e Swith a boy's voice and man- |Tather startled his companions one ner. he is fond of fishing and cuts|night in the house by producing -a hfe’own caricatures in linoleum, One|small packet of = sandwiches and B ars ‘where. any one could find |munching them while reclining on the 58 who saw him and was told v ouse R s of lords, that of the queen being an he was the formidable and fearful i i ‘hose work he had ad- |inch lower and an inch behind the line caricaturist whose Wwoj s | 1o e e e nd {nejing mired, exclaimed: “Go on. Don't kid me. That blond chap is only an in- |18 a wonderful scene when the royal- nocent boy. The man who signs him- | ties enter accompanied by the robed self Frueh is a nasty old cheese of {ministers of state, being preceded by a peer carrying the crown on a t least sixty years and full of gall :nd vinegar!' cushion and|another with the scepter and cnfl of maintenance, and the lord . S chancellor presents on bended knee Fire-Extinguishing Pistol. the speech from the throme. Just From the Pathfinder. as the king enters, the electric light A pistol to shoot a fire-extinguish- is put on full glare and everybody ands. and Ine Bomqer has been devised In Ger- | beay e seated > savs the "mire oo many. Carbonate of sodium is packed | then everybody it 3 in_an alr-tight iron cartridge pro-| In the stained-glass windows are the Tded v by D atnke, &, Shotzun | portraits of England's kings for six ayonet clasp the cartridse Is afixed | bf the bagons of Runnymess wiatues to the gun. A simple trigger allows of the barons of Runnvmedo who ex: 1R breds to be cocked and discharged | g oho e T oo Lt from King The’ powder is sprayed about vers John, though few of their descendants effectively. A single shot of about are now to be found in the house of 500 grams of powder will suffocate | '%Fa, o Leonle:the elabo a flame extending over three cubic |, 01\ 1s theatrical. So- i o Serorci Jarde” yen, gesoline _tnd otk |Mat everything doneia. syutolcr) Cartridge after cartridge can be dis. | LOf Instance, the king sends Black Charged until the blaze ts subdued. Rod to invite the commons to be present when he reads his speech. Needs Studying a Bit. From the London Telegraph. But when the messenger of the king reaches the commons the door of that chamber is banged In his face by The cleaning of the big clock on the English house of parliament reminds a story teller of his grandfather's the sergeant-at-arms and Black has to knock and erave permission 1o clock, which he treasured very highly in his Gloucestershire family. enter. This Is always done as - minder that the king can claim no ‘The ancient in whose house 1t stands tells. visitors that nobody in authority over_the chosen re; = tives of the péople. e the household understands much about it except himself, though the clock, Fatal for Bachelor. he insists, is a good timekeeper, “It | From tbe Floater. 2 only wants studying'a bit” he He—Do you think kissing is as dan- “Yeu -see; when the hands stand ‘at]gerous as the doctors sa: 12 it strikes 2, and then I know it .is] She—Well, it has just put an end to twenty minutes to 7.” x a good many bachelo: 4 s of that age, who are | The library living room should have ! should be | during the rule of the quiet and dignified, removed from the | Scene in House of Lords on Appear- i is the most impressive assembly in admirable innovation if all peers wore | h- | 'Christmaa Brings Truce in Pastor’s “Battle of Air” Tis Christmas. Rev. Charles Wood of the Church of the Cov-\ enant and Rev. Earle Wilfley of the Vermont Avenue Christian Church, rivals in the local radio fleld on Sunday nights, are going to “talk turkey” with a view to amicably putting to an end the “alr battles.” Dr. Wilfley said to- { day he will make all the neces- | sary arrangements for the con- I 1 ference. According to Dr. Wilfley the “air battl are not interfering with the ether waves as much as some people are inclined to belteve. He does not profess to be versed in the raido science, but gets his in- formation, he sald, from “volumes and voiumes of letters” paying the highest commendation to his wire- less pulpit services. n the pile of letters,” said the clergyman, *“1 found only one which was critical. And they came from persons ail over the city, in Maryland and Virgini Just as #oom as the radio amateurs learn to tune in and tune out properly 1 don’t believe they will have any difficulty In picking up either the at my church or at Dr. “But if our broadcasting is go- ing to ruin the Church of the Cove- nant ser of course we will discontinu, CALY FALLSANDN ONUNON STATION {Christmas Rush Subsides | Over Night as Travelers | Seek Joy of Firesides. | the | i Christmas brought peace to Union station today. The fever of bustling activity of the last few days has subsided. The thou- | sands who rushed through the station | in a hurry to get trains that would | whizz them “back home,” as well asi | the thousands who stepped from trains | hed with relief at being “back ! re with relatives and friends { i | and { hom | today i in <t waiting room perhaps | two of the customary 1'll(-‘r»rs" are on the benches. the A mother, with | four children, all dressed on the verge | of shabbiness, is sitting at one corner ahout her. e well worn wicker | of apples and | 1 thin snowy tis aiting for ! tive i rcorner is a group of “red- : poriers gossiping _with each The gibbering cliRety-clickk- « of the telegraph desk resounds Ver the quict concourse. Christmas jessuges are coming in lazily. A n. clad in black and white, is await- \er train with her handbag at her feet. A man with Gen, Grant whiskers nd a dirty & opposite wer. At the the aisle. . ading_the sport- | paaze of a4 news He is about | teen o seventeen years old. He is well dressed. He has a blue yim_ shirt with ck spotte of his feet, cocked acrc knee, | a sole that needs resoling. holds the observer. T Cistfulness in it that is hard to put | words. And the question comes: | is his family this Christmas : and why isn't he with them? 11 these wre part of the Union sta- | Christmas scene. They fit in the train shed that is empt ers except for one or tw the train bulletins. It is st lent throughout its length, and | rash boxes lined up in the center | ike a line of m ature sentry ! 7 ir brake explodes, | »junds the louder because | Stacks of late mail are baggage cars. But there's something in the atmos- | phere there that tells one the Unfon | tion has found peace today after | turmoil of vesterday. i how re juiet. 1o fof the { waiting 1 Buttons From Cement. Science Sery i Manufacturers in Germany are now making buttons out of cement. Me- nical filling machines bring a! mixture into automatic | which form the buttons and stamp the small holes in them. The {}uttons are then hanlened under| m pressure. Next they are pol-! d between two wheels. The but- | are then ready to be colored, which is done by spraying similar | to the methnd used in coloring ivory nut and horn buttons. In spite of ! {heavy increases in the price of Ger- | man cement. it is still a very cheap | © this purpose, and the t that the buttons can be pro- -d automatically in great quan- {tities is likely to inake possible the jextens button. al i . p | i Rings Platinum Coated. A recent story in the papers telling | of the vogue of platinum wedding { Pings and of the tendency of many | married women to replace their origi- ihal plain gold rings with platinum hands told only half the story, says Dr George F. Kunz, jewel expert, in the New York Sun. According o the doctor, the best jewelers now make a practice of toating the old-fashioned wedding Fings with platinum. This is done | % moderate price, and the rings | e both brought into harmony with the latest fad and glven a longer lease of life. —_—— i On Father's Trail. From the New Haven Register. With a sentimental leaning toward the days of his own youth, a certain iness man sent his son to the col- ;’e":so where he himself had been edu- cated. On arriving at the place bol much wledge the young man began to Ko e ew Inquiries. I should like to see my father's record,” sald he to the head of the college. 'He was here in 1890. « shall be very pleased to show you the record” was the reply. “But have you any special reason for con- 1ting it?” 1 SUPEL" replied the youth frankly, “when I left home dad told me not to disgrace his record, and I only want to see how far I can go.” and 5¢ S 5 cents Sundays. Brilliant Christmas Scenes of For- {room and jfence was ordered bullt after sev jof a single pot or vessel in ve introduction of ths cement ;& such a thing for your mother! i%c a Day The Star delivered by regular carrigr to your home every evening and Sunday morning for 60 cents a month costs you about 1% cents a day and Telephone Main 5000 and BERNHARDT FIGHTS GAMELY FOR LIFE - Noted Actress Suffers Re- lapse—Strength Ebbing Fast, Say Doctors. SICKROOM IS GUARDED mer Years Recalled by Sor- rowing Friends. By the Associated Press, PARIS, December 25.— Sarah B hardt, the famous actress, suffere relapse when she had another fair ing spell which lasted for a conside: able time. Courage alone is said to i Ing the actress. Her physic is declared to he fa. hbing. doctors who constantly are in ance upon her expressed 1 this evening that on save her. Christmas eve m. in ' in the Boul i silent an of the through 2 seven "ar-oid buzler, Ar. thur, was sad of eye and disconszolate Madame is very u Iy ng Tins adame was progressing favoral “he added, ~untl thie rejane Prof. Obissier, ¢h staff attending Ber Associated Press th While we st recover. s certain Bernhardt never again will footlights. Absolute repo for many mo. During the p correspondent several lifelon of Bernhardt entered the £tood bene buffalo head presented to Mme hardt during one of her tr America. They desired to ¢ ck room, but the doctor e permit thém to do so. M see no one.” he said citement might prove fatal.” e lea imme Mme. Bernhard: s being alive with consomméd with the whii of an egg beaten into it. She ng given n ever. She is weaker. “Her Tast Ttalian trip greatly tigued her.” declared Arthur, the b ler, who added somewhat’ bitters and there was no need for it Mme. Bernhardt is said to res the hopelessness of the situation, i to be_ meeting the crisis with me fortitude as she has met man: other crises in her seventy-cight ve of life. Strange “Pipe Organ.” A giant “pipe organ,” with a stranss medley of notes, iz formed b long barbed-wire fence that gu the 1,000-foot bluff at the Stone mountain, near Atl says Popular Mechanics. Th iron posts supporting wires the fence have in them slits of abe half an _inch on the side cing the bluff. These form a series of wh tles when struck by the wind An {as the. slits are at varying heights and every shift of the wind inciud:~ 2 mew group of posts, a weird, ever- changing sound is produced. The persons had fallen to the rocks near'y 1.000 feet below. No Magic Gold Finder. From the Pennsyivania Farmer. There i8 no instrument that can use to discover gold supposed to have been buried in an fron pot or steel safety box, writes the director of the United Staes geological sur- vey. Iron ore beds exten v large areas have been for wi s b called “dip needle,” but this instru ment would not indicate the presence partic lar spot. her is there any instru ment that would indicate the p of gold and silver or their cres. Iron attracts the “needle.” but gold and silver, however attractive to ma: are not magnetic.” you Thoughtful. From London Answers. Mother was much surprised Jimmie came up to her and “Mother, didn't you sa that you wanted the carv and the chopper sharpened, “Yes, 1 did.” admitted Mrs. Greens How thought- w ell, I'll take them around to the cutler’s for you,” was the next unex- ected offe: How sweet of you to offer to do rn replied Mrs. Greene. wrap them u grateful No, no!” answered Jimmie, quickly “Don’t wrap them I want them to show. There’s a oy out there waitine to fight me, but I fancy that when he sees me coming with them he'll xo home.” Unsurpassed Tact. From the Pittsburgh Sun. Booth Tarkington was praising ored people. “They_have a hard time of it he said. “Yet they never sour. They are, in fact, a delightful race know a minister who married a ng colored couple. “*How much Ah owes you, T+ the bridegroom asked at the mony's end. *“‘Oh,’ said the minister, whatever it's worth to vou.' “The young fellow looked his bride over from head to foot with adoring eyes. Then he turned to the minister and said: “You's ruined me fo' life, reviend— you suah has.'" na» cere- | ‘pay me Sensitive About It. The Poor Fish—Dearest, don't vou think we'd better keep our engage- ment a secret until we're ready to marry and go away? His Fiancee—Sure! That's best. 1 don't want to hear every one say. “Heavens! Couldn't she do better than that?” unday