Evening Star Newspaper, October 11, 1923, Page 46

SR 6 THE EVENING STAR, With Sunday Morning Edition. WASHINGTON, D.'C. THURSDAY....October 11, 1923 P s THEOIOME W. NOYES........Editor Business Ofice, 11th Kt, and Pennsylvania Ave, New York Office: 110 East $2nd St. Chicago Office: ~‘Tower Bullding Luropean Office: 16 Regent St., London, pocket—all money messengérs must be armed nowadays—and the robber fell, But his companions ran toward |the car, from their own miotor across gland. | collection wagons, the street, firing as they advanced. filled to capacity, s if was yestérday, and the tremendous totals cited above ‘would have been evén larger. For the fact is that the world series draws to the limit. CAPITAL KEYNOTES _ BY PAUL V. COLLINS Before the melee was ended the mes-{ The opening contest was ftself a senger who started the firing was base hall classic, an ideal game. One slain. The money was saved. Conveyance of money through the streets has become extremely hazard- ous. Some banks in New York use steel lined, with The Bveniig Star, with the Sunday motsing '8quads of armed men in charge. So edition, s delivered by carricrs withio the eity 2t 60 cents per month; dally ouly, 45 cents get month; Sunday oaly, 20 cents per ders may be sent by mail or tel Main 6000 Cotlection 1s made by carriers at the eud of cach mouth. Rate by Mail—Payuble in Advance. Maryland and Virginia, Daily and Sunday..1 yr., $3.40; 1 mo., 700 Daily ouly. ., $6.00; 1 mo., Sunday only. 1 mo. 20¢ Daily and Sunday.1yr., §: Daily only. 1yr., $7.00;1mo., 80c Sunday onl; 1yr., $3.00;1mo., 25¢ Member of the Associated Press. The Associated Press {5 exclusively entitled to the ‘upe for republication of all news patchies credited to it or not otherwise credited in this paper and also the local news pub- lshed hereln. All rights of publicaton of tches herein are also reserved, Postmasters and Politics. Postmaster General New bhas an- nounced that the army of postmasters and postal employes is not to be mobilized as such in the interests of the republican party during the na- tional political campaign next year. Addressing the twenty-third annual convention of the National Associa- tion of Postmasters, in session here, the Postmaster General said he in- tended to keep the Post Office Depart- ment absolutely above suspicion in the matter of politics, - It is a healthful sign. The postal service is @ part of the great civil service of the country, which, after all, is responsible for governmental efficiency and service to the people. Too much politics in the government is as detrimental to that serv- ico as too much politics is to any big business organization. Furthermore, to use the civil service, or any branch of it, as a great political machine in tnjurious to the country at large. It is no more nor less than using gov- ernment funds, raised from the whole people through taxation, to help re- tain a political party in power. This | 5 0 o ol v may be}y eaking vote on election d is true no matter what par the beneficlary of such a machine. The postal service has not always been above suspicion in matters po- ltical in the past. have been regarded as the plums which fall in the mouths of degerving republicans—or democrats—on the change of an administration. The efficiency of the appointee has been considered not at all, whereas the abil- ity of the appointee to “‘get votes” has bLeen a requisite. The Postmaster General, in a measure, has been re- garded in years gone Ly as the poli- tician of the administration, the man who could crack the whip and furn out delegates for the renominatipn of a President at a national convention; the man who could well be selected to act as chairman of the national com- mittee to run & campaign for the ad- ministration. With thousands of jobs at his disposal, he was popularly be- lieved to be in a position to make promises of preferment and to ‘“‘come through”” when an clection had been carried, Postmaster General New, in his ef- fort to show that politics is to be taboo in the postal service next year, even went go far as to announce there would be no postal conference conven- tions next year, for fear that they might be considered—or might be used—for the purpose of influencing the coming elections. , These ‘confer- ences, he said, should be resumed after the campaign was over. The old spoils system had its roots 50¢ | This crime of banditry i i i { Post ofice Job8 gepengent glate put in the fleld last numerous are the pay-roll robberies that a great many large cmployers are paying off by check. But the problem of getting the cash into the banke remains, short of the armored collection car, to be solved. This is truly & te. situation. the efowded cities would seem to be profitable enough to attract men despite the 10-00: 1 mo- 8¢ | heavy risk. ‘There appears to be no lack of reeruits for the ranks, how- ever heavy the casuaities from gun- fire or from prosecutions. The rem- «-.]edy. it is plain, lies in safeguarding valuables more securely, in making it more difficult, if pot impossible, for the gunmen to seize the cash in tran- eit. To this end banks and business men throughout the country are co- operating now, with the result of a general change of practice. Meanwhile the police and the courts must be busy. Banditry in the cities of the United States must be sup- nressed or the boasted clvilization of this country will become a tragie joke. ———————— A Lively utf Season. For an off year, with no national issues at stake, politics in New York state promises this fall to present some lively and interesting features. The campaign is for the election of the lower house of the legislature and for judges of the supreme court. Both Gov. Alfred E. Smith and the Tam- many chieftain, Charles F. Murphy, are described by the political writers as being anxious over the outcome and are urging their followers to re- newed fritereet In the campaign and the polling in November. Boss Murphy, for the first time in his career, it is said, has issued a persongl appeal to the party captains in the democratic assembly di to get out the fullest registration liam R. Hearst, who is opposing the Tammany supreme court candidates | and is held to be sponsor of an in- Tuesday night, also appeals to the! voters to register and vote. And the republicans are clamoring for full reg- istration. The paradox is presented of Boss Murphy having to appeal for suppert of Mayor Hylan's administration, while Mr. Hearst lambastes Murphy end his judicial candidates merci-! lessly. Paradoxes in Tammany poli- tics in New York are not novel, how- ever, and the co-workers of yesterday, as has been shown in the past, may become bitter enemies today, Gov. Smith's stake in the game is his desire to have an assembly which will carry out his program of legls- lation promised the people when he was elected. The republicans are in- tent upon defeating that purpose and their leaders claim that prospects of doing so are bright. ———eee Increase in Salaries. The Personnel Classification Board makes @ statement which carries cheer to a large'body of federal and District employes. Fifty-four thou- sand men and women in the public | service in Washington, including | 2,200 in the service of the Dln!.rlct.’ i year, Tt will be a small increase team went quickly to the front in the early stage. Then the other team “came from behind” and scored a small lead. Later in the game the trailing team tied the score. In the ninth inning;. withtwo--men out, & homerun hit scored the leading and, as it proved, the winning run. It was a “‘see-saw,” such as delights the hearts of the fans. g It is a great game, A ‘hrilling sport, and, however professional it may have become, however commercialized, how- ever vast are the money figures in- volved, it remains the supreme source of American outdoor entertainment. ————— “ A+ Noiseless Street Car. It is very important it true. From Minneapolls and St. Paul a report comes of the trial of a noiseless street car. It<annot be believed that the car maked no sound-in. running on the ralls, swinging “around curves and crossing intersecting tracks, but it is believable that much of the noise which it is the habit of cars to make has been done away. It is sald that much noise has been eliminated “by discarding the old-fashioned journal box and iron brakeshoes and putting rubber gaskets between the body of the car and the trucks.” It is discour- aging to read in the dispatch that no plans have been made for building ore of the cars, but If a noiseless street car can be it is likely that cities will demand it. Some years ago we had fong and exact accounts of silent rifles and cannon, and it seems true that the reports of those weapons were much reduced by the use of silencers. ‘It was said that because of the discovery the battles of the future would be noiscless. Yet the battles of the late war were not quiet. Quite the contrary. Perhaps we shall have a sijent street car, but cautious persons should not let thelr hope of that rise too high. An incognito is not necessarily in- tended to deceive. It merely serves notice that a member of royalty de- | sives to relax and dispehse with for- malitics that become more or less tire- some at times. Everybody knows who Lord Renfrew is, and his Canadian visit has indicated a sense of hu- { manity that will heip to make him a first rate king some day. People who assert that America has no literature have evidently falled to give due attention to the largest and most elegantly worded propaganda the world has known. Literature has dif- ferent forms of appeal for different generations. Chemists fear that the experiments with vast patural forces will cause the earth to blow up. way o promote the impression that an earthquake may after all be re- garded as-a minor incident. It is suspected that Lloyd George thought he might as well go to Canada and let the U. 8. A. give the opening of the world series undivided atten- tion. France is opposed to a militaristic policy and 1s especially determined to prevent any future tendencies on' the part of Germany in that direction. German paper marks are causing insanity, The vicious cirele is again in evidence. Insanity caused the Ger- man paper marks. A new senatur may be.liked by his ‘This is ome | Report was made recently that the head of a certaln “baby farm,” In ‘Washington, wherp elght infants are ‘cared for,” had bought a pint of milk and one orange, in the morning, with which to feed her eight charges; then she had gone away without further provision for their sustenance, and {had not returned until late in the | evening, There is In Washiggton an Institu- tion for dependent children which coftains nine babi The head of the home solicits gifts of food and clothing for the bables. 1t transpires that seven of the “Inmates” are his own children, the other two being de- pendents for whose carg he s paid. Twenty-six children’s institutions exist in the clty. Two receive the :r,n'(:t;w.brl = well ;. the abes. Should e inspected and ised b; authority? i ok * Kk ¥ Washington 1s not lacking in char- itable organizations. Until about two and a half years ago, these many ac- | tivitles of the Good Samaritans amongst our citizenry each went his or her or their own ‘way, lapping over each other, with no intelligence as to what was being done by others, and with no public, general knowledge of what was being accomplished, on the whole, for the care of the poor and dependent, or the wayward. Vice President Thomas R. Marshall, in 1920, undertook to meet the needs of the District by heading a move- ment for a general social weifare code, and to cover the situation. His bill was Introduced in the Sen- ate too late for passage, but its dis- | cussion tended ® arouse public in- terest in the need of organizing the numerous societies and “homes' into one general council, for mutual and public benefit, resulting in the Wash- ington Council of Social Agencles. Its membership now comprizes thirty nine private and nineteen public or- ganizations. It is non-sectarian, and | amongst its private organizations are |included the Assoclated Charities, Y. M. C. A., Y. W. C. A., Jewlsh societies, Cathoilc societles, Protestant societies and clinics and social organizations of all kinds. Amongst its public in- stitutions are the board -of charities, board of children’s guardians, Home for the Aged and Infirm, women's bu- reau of the police department, school {attendance office, several hospitals. | ete. 3 . i * X K K To the Council of Sociul Agencles each of the private organizations elects two delegates and each of the { public institutions one delegate, mak- | ilng a total of ninety-seven members | of the counctl. Mrs. Louisa 8. Rob- | erts 1s the executive secretary of the | organization. | Tho council @ivides its interests| into four parts, assigning each group | to a special committee: The children’s | committee, having all the children relfef in charge; the community com- | mittee, looking after the work of the | | Assoclated Charitles, child labor office, | community centers, etc.; family com. mitt for instructi visiting nurses, { public healih hospital, Parent-Teach- | {ers’ Association. etc.; and the health nmittee, covering hospitals, Asso | ciation for the Prevention of Tuber | culosis, ete. Some of these interests come unde the care of more than one of the four I The spontangous, evthusiastic wel- come accorded former Premier Lloyd George on his arrival in this country {and as he passed north into Canada [has been almost unanimously in- dorsed by the editors of the country.| i Here is a visitor, they point out, wh | has very much in common with the| { United States as a whole. Hls war- time services are commended whole- | heartedly, as is the fact that he has maintained his “democratic” view- | point on life throughout. The fact that he was unable to stand the | erning | organizations—church and social—or Press Cordial in Welcome Of Lloyd George to America {and making the German people pav, ! committees, but, through the council, duplication’ of work s avoided. For examp'e, the Interests of chil- dren are looked after by all four committees, but from different stand- points. The children’s committee finds, after a survey, that it could organize subcommittees, one -composed of the ‘executives of children's institutions, and the other of executives of day nurseries. These could get together, compare experiences and plans and be mutually helpful. At the same time, the heaith committee finds need of a sanitarfum where tuberculous chil- dren who do not need a hospital may combine schooling with medical care. This need has been reported to the board of - education, which agrees to undertake to get the funds necessary to supply the sanitarium school. The family committee is looking after the organizations which help homeless men, stop strect begszing, care for homeless girls, unmarried mothers, lost persons and victims of non-support. There are also a few speclal com- mittees for speclal problems, and a standing legislative committee, which is urging legislation by Congress to establish a home and school for fee- ble-minded, to obtain an increased appropriation for _tuberculous pa- tients, a compulsory school attend- ance law, and a new municipal lodg ing house. / The council of delegates, as above described, meets from time to time as caled, having held elght meetings during the last year. A former sec- retary, Miss Sophy Sweet, prepared the first complete directory of the soclal_agencies of Washington, and it is found to be of great value to soclal workers. * K Kk * At the last meeting of the council, a report was made by Dr. Hastings H Hart of the Russell Sage Foundation, of a survey of the situation In this city which he had made for the councll. The speaker followed With sdme pungent suggestions based upon his many years of experience in so- ctal work, and his knowledge of what other citles are doing, Dr. Hart emphasized especially the very great importance of securing congressional establishment of au- thority, vested in a director of social work, Who shall have power, by law, to restrain undesirable duplication, imposition and fraud under the guise of charity or social relief. The pres- | ent councll is excellent so far as its powers go, but there is need of real authority, which will license all so- | cial activities and supervise them. At present, the council Is somewhat divided in opinion as to whether to | support public supervision with gov- authority over all private to 1imit that supervision to public in- stitutions. That has been a moot question for many years, but the rec- ommendation of the Russell Sage Foun. dation is unquestionably ~urgent toward full supervision of all such activities—public or private. Dr. Hart called special attention to the faflure of the District of Colum- bia to recognize the importance of its Jurenile Court, as demonstrated by the salary paid its judge. Pittsburgh pays of_ juvenile court $8,000 finneapolis, $6.300; Norfolk, Va., $4.- 500 and Washington only $3.600. Philadelphia pays its probation offi- o Pittsburgh $3,000 and Wash- gton $2.040. Does not the Capital need the edu- cating influence in soclal responsibil- | ity, urged Dr. Hart, which will come | through organization and authorita- tive control, upheld by Congress as we 1 as by churches, city officlals and | he.chariably disposed citizens? in (Copyright, 1923, by Panl V. Collins.) 1sh visitor to these shores.” Although accepting his general friendiiness to- ward America, the St. Paul Ploneer- Press recalls that “the roots of pres- ent difficuities, to Lloyd George's em- barrassment, reach very deep into the past and wrap themselves around a Cortain election campaign of 1918 nd around the peace cunfprence.] Lioyd George may today be very sorry hat he went to the people in 19181 on a platform of hang'ng the ka'ser and that he drove so many_ shrewd bargains _over President ~ Wilson's head at Paris, ‘but he is lacking in candor if he pretends that these nimble feats were never accom- plished.” | Eenuineness of certain paintings at- will receive an increase in pay next above the basic pay plus the bonus| .qj.agues for his personality, but can- strain imposed on him from the very | * kK ¥ The North Window BY LEILA MECHLIN A few months ago an astonishing statement made in Paris that certain works of art of the French repais- sance perfod in the Metropolitan Mu- seum, New York, and in other great public collectfons were not genuine created no little sensation; but more remarkable and disconcerting is the | reported pronouncement of John C. Vay Dyke, professor of art and arch- teology at Rutgers College, that the B ajority of the paintings attributed to Rembrandt, not only in this country but abroad, were not painted by Rem- brandt, but by certain of his pupils. Prof. Van Dyke makes this sweep- ing charge in_ a_volume entitled “Rembrandt { published by Charles Scribner With one stroke he sweeps away tra- dition and removes from some of the most famous Rembrandts the honor of authenticity. Not one of the paint- ings catalogued as Rembrandts In the Metropolitan Museum does he give to this master. In fact, there is not a Rembrandt In any American public gallery, according to his list. Of the 450 paintings by Rembrandt cata- logued by the foremost of his blog- raphers he seems to think that less than fifty-five are genuine. * ok Fow Perhaps Prof. Van Dyke is correct, but if so, how much more remarkable it would be that instead of bringing forth one genius little Holland in the day in which Rembrandt lived actually brought forth half a dozen of practically equal caliber. When Rembrandt's fercentcnary was celebrated in 1906 Royal S0z {n an article in Munsey’ azine on “The Master and His Work," said: “If you ask an artist to tell you how many of the old masters, in his oninfon, knew how -to paint, he wiil name at the outside only four or five, and perhaps not so many, but_three at least he is sure to name—Velas- quez, Rembrandt and Hals” Now Prof. Van Dyke would add three or four hames to this group, for if Bol and Maes and Flinck were capable of producing paintings 0 nearly like Rembrandt's that they have passed as Rembrandt's work for over two centuries as painters they were scarcely less great. * % K There is a difference between tho charge brought against the French renaissance sculptures by the Parls dealer and that which Prof. Van Dyke makes against these so-called Rem- brandt ‘paintings. In the first in- stance the claim was that the works were imitations—deliberate imita- tions. Now Prof. Van Dyke does not say that these paintings, supposedly by Rembrandt, are coples of Rem- brandt’s works, but that they were done by his pupils quite indepe dently, and in some instances, if not most_ instances, from self-selected models. It is true that for some years ex- perts have disagreed in regard to the i i | tributed to Rembrandt, For instance, | the famous portrait of Elizabeth Bas. | This portrait, it_will be remembered, is in the Rijks Museum. Amsterdam. Dr. Bredius has attributed it to Fer- | dinand Bol, though he first declared | that it was the work of Jacob Backer. | On the other hand, Prof. Six and Dr. Jan Veth dissent from this ver- dict,” as _docs also Dr. Hofstede de Grote. Dr. Bredlus' reason for be- lleving that this portrait was not by Rembrapdt was the way the hands were painted, and the reason he hoids | the portrait to be by Bol Is because he has discowered a hand in ‘one of Bol's portraits painted in the same way as the left in this portrait. But even here experts are not agreed. What Dr. Bredius calls Bol's stroke, Dr. Hofstede de Grote calls Rem- brandt Prof. Van Dyke bases his im- peachments on the same argument Studying the brush work of the vari ous paintings, he finds what he be- lieves to be dissimilarity. It s as if one had examined various specimens of handwriting and discarded certain documents as false, on the ground of dissimilarity of character. Aslde from actual documentary evidence, such as bills of sale and, cotemporary manuscripts proving ownership, no painting can be authenticated through other medium, but of the 450 or more paintings now attributed to Rem- brandt, the belief that a large num- ber, or a_ majority, were painted by Rembrandt has been handed down through numerous generations. * %k ¥ % One of the most recent works on Rembrandt's paintings came from the {have sought to expiain earthquakes as {part of the phenomena of a planet | peroxide, sixty part: | thirty parts; powdered castile soap and | ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN Q. What month and year was a total eclipse of the sun visible here? . G. A !hl Naval Observatory says no eclipse of the sun has been visible total within the limits of Wash- ington, D, C., since the founding of the city. o i1l—!—ur: 5.{’5,’ an estate {s Sagamore’ A. It embraces about eighty acres. walls Talk i ST A. The walls should be scraped, then sized with vinegar and sugar. One pound of sugar should be used to | one gallon of vinegar. Do not use glue nor water in the vinegar. Allow lv’ll:us to dry thoroughly before paper- hly before - e Q. Is- appendicitis more prevalent among men than women?—D. F. W. A. About 80_per cent of the cases occur In_males, because of their greater exposure to weather and In- jury,-and because the female -appen- | dix has' a greater arterial supply. Q. What is the size and strength of ‘t’hehla;lgeu thermos bottles made?— A. The bureau of standards says that metal vacuum-walled vessels of 100 liters capacity are made In Ger- many. - Glass vessels of five liters capacity have been made. The ves- sels are made of sufficient strength to hold a vacuum without collapsing and to withstand ordinary usage. Q. Does a countrv’s proximity to thq sea make it more llable to earth-; quakes?—O0. C. W. A. It has been thought by some that | the center of earthquakes and volcanic | disturbances is always near the sea or other large supplies of water, and that the disturbances are direct’y caused by the filtration of the water down to | {gneous matter, and the consequent | generation of vast quantities of steam, | which frees itse'f by explosion. (I!hersi cooling at the surface or to the yield- ing of strata so as to slip downward | upon each other { Q. Were ‘two rivers ever known to flow in one channel—)M. C. V. A. At Khartum, the capital of the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan, the two Niles, the White and the Blue, meet. The | water of the one river is of a greenish- ' gray color, that of the other is clear | and blue, except when in flood, when It gains a chocolate brown from its al-| luvial burden. 1 1 Q. What is meant by wassatling?— | L E. F. { A The term wassailing is of old| English derivation. It means @rinking | to the health or success of some one. {Gradually the idea of carousing has crept into the meaning of the word. | Q. Could you supp'; tooth powder?—N. B. A. We suggest the following formula for tooth powder as prescribed by the public health service: Magnesium sodium perborate | %_; formula rof! flavoring, ten parts. 1 Q. Into how many languages has ilgrim’s Progress” been translated? —S.B. A. It has been translated into 107 languages and dialects. .- Does a person’s temperature vary gur(l;ng the day if the person is well?— A. In the adult there is a djurnal varfation of 1 degree to 1.5 degrees Fahrenheit. It is lowest in the morn- ing and highest late in the afterpoon. , Q. What kind of fire should be used | for smoking meat?—J. B. S. | A. The Department of Agriculture' says that green hickory cr maple wood is best for this purpose. = Birth of Heir in Q. What will keep soa from bursting easily 7T, A. If a few drops of glycerin are added to the soap and Water, the bub- bles wil have a more brilliant colgr and will last much fonger. bubbles Q. What is the relation between Bow bells and cockneys?—F. L. F. i A The word “cockney” is lled to gne borrré prbis “sound. ‘ot Bow eils of St. Mary-le-Bow, in Ch ) London, England, ospey Q. Was it ever proposed to name 2 state for Thomas Jefferson?—G. D. T. A. In 1859 delegates met and adopted a constitution for a siate of Jefferson, with an area somewhat larger than Colorado. The opposition held a second convention and established the “Terri- tory of Jefferson,” which later became the territory of Colorado, Q. When \ as Coney up as a pleasure resort?—J. P. L. A. Steamboats first began making excursions to Coney Island in 1840, and it may be eald to have been a pleasuro resort since that date. Island_opened Q. What part of the country has the f{&lfllf:sl acre.ze in cranberries?—C. @ A. The cranberry bogs in Massa- Chusetts are the largest cultivated ones in the world, Q. Js “truffle-hound” a slan age? Qg 2 slang phrase? A. In France truffies are located and dug out of the ground with the aid of dogs and pigs. The latter monly used in Perigord, the instincts and fine nose for scent turned into account. A trair sniff the peculiar pervasive odor ex- baled by the ripe tuber and will make directly for it, either laying it bare or uprooting It, to be rewarded with an acorn or chestnut. Dogs are used in the same manner, especially by poach- ers. . Why are channel buoys marked red and biack?—D. B. L. A. In the United States it is pre- scribed by law that the buoys be paint. ed red on the starboard hand coming in from sea, and black on the port or left-hand side. They are also numbered in order from seaward, with even num- bers on the starboard and odd numbers on the port hand Q. How many kinds of flower are reported for general sal A. The Department says that there are si ed to enter the 1d_for general pu T are the lily, hyacint narcissus, the-valley, tulip and crocus. of Agric flower bul to ba ese six; Q. Has any one person been consid- ered the greatest linguist in the world? —AL 0. A. _Cardinal according to his learned to spea 3 nd was the greatest of rs of importance were S ring, an Englishman, and an American. Mezzotanti bi (1774 Elihu Burritt, Q. How can I treat cloth to make tit pink when it rains and blue when roscopes may be made by treating light muslin or paper with eympathetic ink. Immerse it in th following solution: Cobalt chlorid 1 part: gelatin, 10 parts: water, 100 parts. The,normal coloring is pink this changes to violet in medium humid ther and to blue in very dry weather. Such a hygroscope is usually fashioned into a flower, or a frock for a paper doll. (I} you have a question you want answered. send it to The Star In- formation Bureau, Frederic J. Has- %in. director, 1220 North Capitol street. Inclose 2 cents in stamps for return postage.) Raby Castle Recalls Jest of Famed Wit BY THE MARQUISE DE FONTENOY. In the wonderfully interesting vis- | itors' book at Raby Castle, a huge| volume containing the autographs of all the guests who have been enter- tained there throughout a pefiod of hundreds of years, over the signature of Bernal Osborne, celebrated in his day as a wit and father of the, Who loved her home at Raby where she spent the closing years of her life. She wrote a most interesting monograph on the place for private circulation. a copy of which 1 have now before me. That Christopher “reign” at Barnard Castle, after hav- ing escaped death in the great war with two severe wounds the Militar: of Vane should ! Edinburgh University Press less than|puoyecs of St. Albans, there are the following lines, addressed to the deeply sunk in the governmmental sys- now paid to these workers in the p#b- ;o tem of this country. Its evils have Bope to lic service. That additional stipend, 3 ions, that wa in which his elder brother Henry gave his life, is In the nature of a romance. glease everybody by the ‘isit 1s eympatfletically | “Lioy v Seterred to. by ‘editars, wh "Lioyd Georg® was the last of the |, "yogr ago and was published in this referred to by editors, who Sug®:st)four great war leaders to have hisi The \ heen recognized. Gradually the civil service of the country has been de- veloped and enlarged, There is still room for improvement. There are still men who believe in the theory that to the victor belong the spoils in elec- tions 'in’ this country. They do be- # long, of course, in the matter of elec- tions' and selections of men and women who are to hold the managing offices, the offices that make and con- .trol policies. But when it comes to the rank and file of the government empl , whose duty it is to carry out-efliciently the every-day work of government administration, the spoils systera should go by the board. One of the great perils that possible gov- ernment ownership and operation of the railroads holds is the development of a huge political machine. —_— The plain people of the Ruhr are beginning to protest that the unem- ployment problem and the high cost of living have taken precedence over abstract political considerations. /So many party factions have arisen that it may be eveén -more difficult than usual néxt summer to draft na- tional party platforms. American Banditry. » Robbing the paymaster or the money messenger has become a stand- ard occupation with a certain class of Americans. Nearly every day some- where in the United States such a crime is committed. Now it is a pay- master on his way to discharge the pay roll who is held up. Again it is & messenger on his way to the bank with cash who is waylaid. The thieves acquire accurate knowledge of the habits and routes of the messengers with money, and, working in gangs, with guns and motor cars, they oper- ute swiftly and in many cases success- fully. The total of funds stolen in this way in the course of a year is very large. Many lives are lost in this warfare between thé crooks and the owners o€ cash. £ Yesterday one of these crimes oc- curred in New York—the scene of fre- quent bandit: work—in. the center of the businesa district, in daylight. Two messengers were on their way with $15,600 to a bank to make a deposit, now classed as a bonus and about the payment of which uncertainty arises at each session of Congress, is added to the regular pay. What is now a bonus becomes a part of the perma- nent salary, and this spells a decided advantage. Employes in the District thus benefited as one result of re- classification now receive in annual basic pay $79,241,051 and the sum paid them as a bonus amounts to $11,- 958,532, or a total of regular and of uncertain' pay equaling $91,199,583. The announcement is that “The allo- caticn approved by “the Personnel Classification Board will be reflected in the estimates to be sent to Congress by the budget bureau, which means $94,872,306 instead of $79,241,051, ac- cording to the board's method of fig- uring.” That is an increase of $15,- 631,255, or 19 73 per cent over the to- tal of the basic salaries. It is an in- crease of $3,672,723, or 4.0 per cent above the basic salary and the bonu: It is not a substantial increase when cne considers the height to which the cost of living has risen, and it is a small increase when compared with the increase in pay which has taken place in most lines of private employ, {but it is a step in the right direction and will carry some hope and conso- lation to a very considerable number of our people. ————tee———— The personal policy of President Ebert toward his own’government is or» of passive assistance. China finds it as flmlt to decide who is going to run the government as Oklahoma herself. Big Base Ball Figures. Base ball figures grow larger. Take those relating to yesterday's first game of the national classic, the world champlonship serles,” in comparison with “those of last year, for example. A year ago the paid attendance was 36,614; yesterday it was 55,307. Last year the recelpts were $119,036; yes- terday they were $181,913. Last year the sHare of the players of the first game was $60,708; yesterday's share of the players was $92,776. The share Russia will be a great governmental success as soon as she trains her of- ficials as well as she does her dancers. SHOOTING STARS. BY PHILANDER JOHNSON Not to Be Lost. “You cgnnot lose a real friend,” Said Hezekiah Bings. “Regard that’s honest to the end All resolutely clings. The flatterer will drift away; The gay companion, too, ‘Will greet you for a fleeting day And turn to pleasures new. “'Tis true, when times are trouble- Y tossed And thoughts afar -have strayed, As many men our paths have crossed, A friend may seem mislaid. But even though your way you wend, In distant wanderings, You camnotlosé & real friend,” Said Hezekiah Bings. = - Tlusion. “What is your idea of a lobbyist?” “‘As far as my experience goes,” re- plied Senator Sorghum, “‘a lobbyist is a person-who creates the impression that he has a tremendous pull, simply because he knows you well' enough to say, ‘Good morning, senator.’” ‘Jud Tunkina says divorce proceed- ings often make him wonder how the two people interested could ever have persuaded themselves to associate with each other. Hopeful Situation. ‘When eminent persons devoutly agree That matters in Europe are bad as can be, At last we may hope, with a hearty good will, _ °° 3 They've, got to get better, since noth- ing stands sfill. 2 *Could we persuade you to run for Congress?” ) “No, sir,” answered Farmer Corn- tossel. “After criticizin’ congressmen all these years, I don't Intend to turn around an’ git myself talked aboat.” ‘ ) base ball. Does she understand the game?” “"Tain’ no use,” sald Uncle Eben, “tryin’ to reduce de cost of livin’ foh ‘witout ] 4 fi‘ ion throughout his entl ia) 1.5 N holds, becau: {158 Indinaspels News halds he should be afforded every opportun- ity to make his trip one of rest| rather than of strenuosity. H “While marred by a little heckling and some impudent intrusion by a few | hostile persons,” The Star pointed out that the New York welcome was “an impressive exhibition of sympathetic | American Interest in the man who contrjbuted g0 greatly to the victory of the allies In the great war. We {often say, on this side, that America is opportunity, and are prone to boast Ior the fact that our Presidents usually come from humble origin, whi'e ou | highest offices have been held and our most responsible duties d.scLarged by those who were generally known a: elf-made’ men. Mr, Lloyd George's career shows that this may happen| in Great Britain as well. It is per- haps this fact that makes the former premier_so highly appreciative of the United-States: ; * kK K While the American public “sees in Lloyd George the man primarily who mobilized Great Britain's supreme ef- fort during the ‘war,” the New York Evening Post recalls tifat he “has a public record that goes back fifteen years which must be taken into ac- count to make up a correct appraisal of a notable career of Ilberal leader- ship. It is one of the ironies of the war that it found in Great Britain a; }liberfl government in which Lloyd iGeorge was a towering figure; i France a socialist premier in the per- | ison of Viviani, and in the United iStates a liberal President in the per- lson of Woodrow Wilson. If liberalism today feels discomfited over many re- sults of the war, it must be that the forces that brought on the great con- filct and the new forces liberated by that conflict were too powerful for! these men_to stem entirely.” To which the Baltimore Sun adds “Great Britain has tired of this dynamic Welshman and he is out of office. sut in Britain, as in France after Water: 100, there exists a legend about the hero who has been cast down. As time passes, as his triumphs stand out and his failures are forgotten, that legend gains in strength and in- fluence. Here today we -think only of the golden side of his fine record. But in Great Britain, where less than a year ago he was thrown from pow- er, the other side has not yet been swept from recollection.” In the view of the New York Tribune “it was ds a great popular leader, one of the most understand- ing that our democratic age has m«uoed. t Lloyd George led th tish pire h its most hazardous years of the war, and so the whole country come and bids him the heartlest of weicomes.” In coming “to see and not to lecture,” the Reading Tribune feels “Lloyd George pays a tribute i | sucoess power cut oft by the people he served,” the Albany Knickerbocker Press recalls in Insisting “the names of these four great war leaders will be remembered long after the names of the men who succeeded them to power are forgotten. The policies| they have advocated may not fare =o | well as thelr memories.” This is also, In part at least, the opinion of he Rochester Times-Union, which uggests that “Lloyd George was more than one of the organizers of | victory” in recalling his -ettlement of the Irish question and his leader- hip in the victory of the commons; over the house of lords. The! Schenectady Gazette in turn d'rects i attention to the fact that “ten years before the world war he would have been picked out as the most repre- sentative man in England of the an- cient ideals of the old {-land.” Should he later on_‘“enter into a serious dis- cussion of Eyropean affairs as he sees thom,” the Lynchburg Advance is convinced Amer'cans will listen with interest, while the Na-hville Banner, holding¥ somewhat the same opinion, points. to his initial reception as worth while. “He brought so much to England” the Banner points out; “crowned its war stand- ards with o many glories, fought the great fight so well, and has borne personal defeat- so gracefully, that he will remain a world figure as long as he lives and his fame will make more attractive the written story of Britain's achievements.” In a Few Words. To think of the sons of Garibaldi living permanently, after the day of | Rembrandts have been turned out and country by E. P. Dutton & Co. author Is D. S. Meldrum. It is a monumental book, not only & careful- ly written blography compiled from the chief sources of information, both manuseript and published, but con- taining an index to his paintings, five hundred and forty-one of which are;j reproduced as illustrations. Testify ing to the genius of the painter, Mr.| Meldrum gives a translation from the Latin of a manuscript of Huygens; the courtler poet, who was one of Rembrandt's first patrons. Speaking of the miller's son and marveling at his accomplishments, he says: ‘“Rem- vrandt, with industrious self-concen- | tration, loves to attain within the lim- its of a small panel ‘a condensation of effect which one seeks In vain in the canvases_of others,” and cites his “Judas_Repentant” as an example, which he is willing “to oppose to the accomplishment of all the ages. Apparently Rembrandt's _superior geénius was recognized by the great cotemporary scholar, who testifies in the same breath to his brilliancy and to his industry. How strange, indeed, if there had been six such young men, equally gifte R On the other hand, there is mno doubt, and none need be astounded by the statement, that a fair number of the paintings now attributed to Rem- brandt were the works of his pupils. No one who has made a Study of style and individuality of technique could examine the reproductions in this late book on Rembrandt without feeling Inclined to believe that some of the attributions were false or that at times the master “nodded.” ‘Moreover, It is fairly certain that false i i danger is past, under the rule of a tatesman who is said to speak of “my ultimatum” is difficult. —SIR HALL CAINE. The kings of Europe are, one by one, coming to have no more real ower than the decorative thing- umbob on top of your automobile radiator. —WILLIAM P. SIMS. I hardly know a woman of means —independent means—who seems to take the slightest Interest in the equal rights movement. ~—MRS. 0. H. P. BELMONT. 1t it s possible for Germany and Russia_to be_ paralyzed, it is-equally possible for China and India to come to life. —ARNOLD J. TOYNBEE. beliefs of Christianity. —SIR OLIVER LODGE. Nothing is more certaln than that | My own researches have led me to ' after glad he has)a firm conviction of the fundamental : rious marketed’ by those who had an_evil genius for imitation. A genuine Rem- brandt may be worth a hundred or five hundred thousand dollars. How great, therefore, the temptation to those who are unscrupulous and gifted. PR But it is not such works as these which Prof. Van Dyke brings into ques- tion. It is the portraits and paintings which the majority of critics have agreed to accept 2s Rembrandt’s works that he mew pronounces the works of others. Were it a question of imita- tions, of coples passed as originais, it would be a different matter, for such are frauds and in all probability will so be proved In time. But suppose Bol did paint.some of the pictures now attributed to Rembrandt? None need fret; even Rembrandt's ghost might permit the loss of honor, for, all, taking away the less meritas works only In fact eventually adds greatness to the master. * R kK § For the purchaser and for those' who to the Un.ted States” And, in addi- | hardship Is necessary to health, and 'deal in works of art this question of tion, the Fort Wayne Journal- Gazette points out, our lmn’n and he the 2 sense of humor. position he has recently been on the Euro Pitugtion reflects pretty aoccurately eral sentiment here.” He on to make & good im- visit, | se 18 too shrewd to adi . American ite, he. 15 Tnnots pevson | ment | that preoccupation with- comfort is; the most deadly sort of hypochondria. —BERNARD SHAW, Medical sclence has little to offer” for ¥ejuvenation; the tissues of the senile can no more be rejuvenated than can the elasticity of a worn-out D‘l?, —DR. MORRIS FISHBEIN. Chi ia - e K e s e the lie” of 4 authenticity 1s a serious one, but for the public, for those who love art for art's sake, It is not of grave impor- tance. If Rembrandt only painted, as Prof. Van Dyke claims, fifty or more ictures out of the 456 attributed to his tation would still be se- he did not do'fhe 400 they still great works of art. ‘““When doctors 3 flo cure, are Inota late Duke and Duchess of Cleveland: “What a pity at Rab; There isn't’a bab: That reproach can no longer be ad- dressed today to Raby Castle, ~im; County Durham, the finest and most perfect survival of medieval strong- architecture and design, a stronghold which has harbored, in| turn, King Edward 1V, Warwick, the kingmaker; Queen Elizabeth, Mary Queen of Scots, and the four Stuart Kings. “or the present Lady Bar-| nard, a_very pretty woman, daugh- ter of Herbert Straker of Hartforth | Grange, Richmond, in Yorkshise, has | just presented her husband, the | tenth peer of his line, with a son and heir. * % x ok Raby is an old Danish word and means “lonely nook by a village" ! It was glven, by the Danish King Canute of England to the thurch and passed from the latter into the possession of .the historic house of Nevill, which has played so great a role in the anpals of England. It has| furnished a queen, as well as thej juother of two kings, for the nation. | Two Nevills have been Archbishops of York, two more have been lord high chancellors; There have been Nevills who were duchesses and nine have been Knights of the Garter, the most famous of them being, of course, John Nevill, the builder of the castle in its present form, though he Is probably surpasséd in romantic In- terest by Warwick, the kingmaker, portrayed by Bulwer-Lytton in his “Last of the Barons.” The Raby Castle property was eventually confiseated by the crown | in the reign’of Queen Elizabeth and | was subsequently purchased by Sir| Harry Vane, the elder, in the Teign of James I. Sir Harry obtained the! permission to acquire Raby by rep-| resgnting the castle to the canny) monarch as a_mere “hillock of stone Some years later King James visited Raby Castle and, remembering the contemptuous_description given there- of by Sir Harry Vane, exclaimed In his roadest Scotch: “Gude troth, my lord. Ca' ye that a hullick o' stanes! By 1 ha' na sic anither hullock in &' my realm: The most notewarthy object of the | which is" a perfect treasure house 0f historic relics, is the vast! hall, which possesses an arched roof upported by eight octagonal column {t is approached by an arched gat W a port- eu‘l{l’.‘ and . through this entrance carriages and motors drive right| into the hall, past the roaring over which frowns log fires which (n winter burn in huge ates on either side, under the gas| jets, depending from' the roof, to the tway at the farther end of thel long hall, which Is the entrance to the | castle proper. * ko ¥ In the main dining room of the cas- tle ‘there is a fire In the hearth which _ has "never. been extinguished, winter or summer, since the reign of | King Edward /the Confessor, prior to Norman conquest. I have this on constituting one of ine Britigh poerage. On the death of the fourth and last Vane, Duke of Cleveland. in 1891, alk of his honors and peerages, owing to his childlessness became extingt, with the exception of the barony of Bar-: nard. The latter was destined to go to any one who cou'd prove nearest descent from the first and second ane Lords of Barnard. and he further provided in his will that, subject to the life interest of his wife, Raby Castle. with the estates. as well as his very stately mansion in London, known as Cleveland House In_ St James Square, together with a fixe income of $250,000 a_year should go to the person who, within five vears from t time, estab] ed his right to the ony of Barnard to the satis- faction of the committee of privileges of the house of lords. and of the crown. Failing this, the entall was to be considered as broken and Raby Castle and the estates were to go to a kinsman of the duchess, Capt. Fran- cis Foster, * ¥ % % The first Lord Barnard was Christo- pher Vane, son of the Sir Harry Vane of long parllament, from whom Oliver Cromwell, on dissolving it by armed force, prayed the Lord to deliver him. | The second.Lord Barnard was of no particular importance, his principal title to fame having been his mar- riage to Lady Grace Fitzroy, the grandchild of ChaMes I1 and daughter of that monarch’s son by Barbara Villiers, the first Duke of Cleveland. Lady Grace Fitzroy’s son. by reason of his royal ancestry, was created Earl of Darlington, and his grand- son. in turn, was made the first of the Vane Dukes of Cleveland, the ducal line becoming extinct in 1891, as above described. As soon as the terms qf the old duke’s will became known, & elaimant to the barony of Barnard appeared in the person of Harry Vane, then merely a $1,000-a-vear clerk in the government department of public charities, a perfect stranger to the Duke of Cleveland and to his widow, and entirely unknown in society. He managed, without much difficuity, to establish his lineal descent from Sir Morgan Vane, the second son of the second Lord Barnard and of his wife, Lady Grace Fitzroy. Capt. Foster, however, was reluc- tant to lose the inheritance, and con- tested Harry Vane's rights to the barony of Barnard, be.ore the com- mittee of privileges of the house of lords, not because he denied thg lineal descent of the claimant from Sir Morgan Vane. but in consequence of an alleged flaw in connection with the birth of the claimant's father, who made his advent into the world} only three months after the marriage of his parents. The committee of privileges held, however, that thl was not sufficient to Invalidate the claimant's_rights of succession, and on the stfength of its. récommenda-, tion to the crown, summoned the; present peer's father to take his seat in the house of lords as ninth of the Vane Lords of Barmard. This sudden transition of a poverty- stricken and , obscure ~government clerk to the house of lords and to the possession of a fortune of $250,- 000 a year and one of the grandest castles and most historic estates in | England . may. well be regarded the romances