Evening Star Newspaper, October 11, 1923, Page 6

THE, EVENING STAR With Sunday Morning Edition, WASHINGTON, D. C. THURSDAY. .. .October 11, 1828 JE———— THEODORE W. NOYES........Editor The Evening Star Newspaper Company Oftice, 11th St. and Pennsylvs b York Office: 110 East Chicego Office: Tower Bullding Luropean Office: 18 Regent St., London, Figiana. The Eyening Star, with the Sunday morning Squads wdition, 18 delivered by carricrs within the city a1 60 cents per month: daily only, 46 cents per mont] nday only, 20 cents per month. OF- ders may be sent by mail or telephone Main 6000. Collection s made by carr the end of each month. Rate by Mail—Payable in Advance. Maryland and Virginia. Daily and Sunday..1yr., $3.40; 1 mo., %o Daily only {1 yr., $6.00: 1 mo.. 800 Sunday only .1yr., §2.40; 1 mo. 203 All Other States. Daily and Sunday.1yT., $10.00; 1 mo. Laily only .1yr. $7.00;1mo., Sunday only. 1yr., $3.00;1ma., 25¢ Member of the Associated Press. The Assoclated Press Is exclusively entitled to the uee for republication of all news dis- patches eredited to it or not otherwise credited in this paper and also the local news pub- ished hereln. All rights of publication of a1 a alvo reserved. Postmasters and F~ 1ucs. Postmaster General -+« has an- nounced that the arm» ° postmasters and postal employes 1s mnot to be mobilized as such i’ the interests of the republican party during the na- tional political campaign next year. Addressing the twenty-third annual convention of the National Assocla- tion of Postmasters, in session here, the Postmaster Gener: aid he in tended to keem the Post Office Depart. ment absolytaly above suspicion in the matter of pafitics, It is a )oalthful sign. The postal s is m part of the great civil service of the country, which, after all, is responsible for governmental “fliciency and service to the people. Too much politics in the government s as detrimental to that serv- i s £00 much politics is to any big businwss organization. Furthermore, 10 usa the civil service, or any branch of i as a great political machine is injufious to the country at large. It is mo more nor less than using gov- ernment funds, raised from the whole people through taxation, to help re- 1aln .a political party in power. This 18 true no matter what party may be the beneficiary of such a machine. The postal service has not always been above suspicion in matters po ltical in the past. Post office jobs have been regarded as the plums which fall in the mouths of deserving 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 been a requisitc. The Postmaster General, in a measure, has been re- garded in years gone by as the poli- ticidn of the administration, the man who could crack the whip and turn out delegates for the renomination of & President at @ national convention; the man who could well be selected to act as chairman of the national com- mittea to run a campaign for the ad- minisiration. With thousands of jobs at ms disposal, he was popularly be- lieved to be in a position to make promises of preferment and to “‘come through” when an election had been earried. Postmaster General New, in his ef- fort to show that politics is to be taboo in the postal service next year, even went g0 far as to announce there ‘would be no postal conference conven- service pocket—all money messengers must ! ifell. But his companions ran toward | the car, from their own motor across the street, firing as they advanced. Before the melee was ended the mes- senger who started the firing was slain. The money was saved. l Conveyance of money through the ! streets has become extremely hazard- ous. Some banks in New York use collection wagons, steel lined, with of armed men in charge. So numerous are the pay-roll robberies ;that a great many large employers are paying off by check. But the problem of getting the cash into the banks remains, short of the armored collection car, to be solved. This ig truly a desperate situation. This crime of banditry in the crovded cities would seem to be profitable cnough to attract men despite the heavy risk. There appears to be no lack of recruits for the ranks; how- ever heavy the casualties from gun- fire or from prosecutions. The rem- edy, it is plain, lles in safeguarding valuables more securely, in making it more difficult, if not impossible, for the gunmen to seize the cash in tran- sit. To this end banks and business men throughout the country are co- operating now, with the result of a | general chunge of practice. Meanwhile the police and the courts | must be busy. Banditry in the cities | of the United States must be sup-| pressed or the boasted civilization of this country will become a tragic joke. ———— filled to capacity, as it was yesterday, ? be armed nowadays—and the robber 'and the tremendous totals cited above would have been even larger. For the fact is that the world series draws to the Umit. The opening contest was itsif a base ball classic, an ideal game. One 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, with two men out, a home-run hit scored the leading and, it_proved, the winning run. It wis a “see-saw,” such as delights the hearts of the fans. It is a great game, a thrilling sport, and, however professional it may have become, however commercialized, how- ever vast gre the money figures in- volved, it remains the supreme source of American outdoor entertainment. A Noiseless Street Car. It is very important if true. From Minneapolis and St. Paul a report comes of the trial of & nolseless street car. It eannot be belleved-that the car makes no sound in running on the rails, swinging around curves and crossing intersecting tracks, but it is believable that much of the nolse which it is the habit of cars to make has been done away. It is sald that much nofse has been eliminated “by discarding the old-fashioned Jjournal box and fron brakeshoes and putting rubber gaskets between the body of the car and the trucks.” Tt is discour- aging to read in the dispatch that no plans have been made for bullding A Lively Off Season. For an off year, with no national more of the cars, but if a nolseless street car can be it is likely that cities issues at stake, politics in New York state promises this fall to present some lively and interesting features. The campalgn is for the clection 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 interest in the campaign and the polling in November. Boss Murphy, for the first time in his career, it is said, has issued a personal appeal to the party captains in the democratic assembly district to get out the fullest registration pos sible, so that there may be a record- breaking vote on electjon day. Wil liam R. Hearst, who is opposing the Tammany supreme court candldates and is held to be sponsor of an in- dependent slate put in the field last Tueeday 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 support of Mayor Hylan's administration, while Mr. Hearst lambastes Murphy and his judiclal candidates mercl- 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 legis- 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. Increase in Salaries. The Personnel Classification Board makes _a statement which carries cheer to a large body of federal and will demand {t. Some years ago we had long 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 noiseless. Yet the battles of the late war were not quiet. Quite the contrary. Perhaps we shall have @ silent street car, but cautious persons should not let their hope of that rise 100 high. —————— An incognito {8 not necessarily in- tended to deceive. It merely serves notice that a member of royalty de- sires to relax and dispense with for- malities 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 help 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 natural forces will cause | the carth to blow up. This is one way to promote the impression that ap earthquake may after all be re- | garded as a minor incident. I It is suspected that Lloyd George thought he might as well go to Canada and let the U. §. A. give the opening | of the world series undivided atten- | tion. H France is opposed to a militaristic policy and is cspecially determined to prevent any future tendencies on the | part of Germany in that direction. CAPITAL KEYNOTES BY PAUL V. COLLINS Report was made recently that the. Lead of a certaln “baby farm, in Washington, where eight 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 thelr sustenance, and had not returned until late in the evening. There is in Washington an institu- tion for dependent children which contains nine bables.; The head of the home sollcits gifts of food and { clothing for the bables. Tt transpires that geven of the “inmates” are his lown children, the otMer two being de- { | Rendents for whose care he is pald. | Twenty-six children's institutions exift in the city. Two receive the mothers as well as the babes. Should they be inspected and supervised by authority? * Kok % Washington s not lacking in char- itable organizations. Until about two and a half years ago, these many ac- tivities 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 pubiic, 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 néeds of the District by heading a move- ment for a general soclal welfare | code, and to cover the situation. | His bill was introduced in the Sen- ate too late for passage, but its dis- | cussion tended to arouse public in- terest in the need of organizing the mumerous societies and omes” into one general councll, for mutual and public benefit, resulting in the Wash- ington Council of Social Agencies. Its membership now comprises 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., Jewish societles, Catholic socleties, Protestant socleties 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. ok % To the Council of Soclal Agencies each of the private organizations | elects two delegates and each of the | public institutions one delegate, mak- ing a total of ninety-seven members of the council. Mrs. Louisa S. Rob- | erts is the executive secretary of the organization. The council divides its interests | tnto four parts, assigning each group to a spectal committee: The children’s | committee, having alt the children’s | relfef in charge; the community com- | mittee, looking after the work of the Associated Charities, child labor office. “ommunity centers. etc.: family com- migtee, for Instructive visiting nurses, public health hospital, Parent-Teach ers’ Association, etc.; and the health committee, covering hospitals, Asso- ciatton for the Prevention of Tuber- culosis, ete. Some of these interes! he care of more than one o | | | 1 ts come under | t f the four | Press Cordial in Welcome i dll;"clllon of /500 and Washington only committees, but, through the councll, ork is avoided. ‘or example, the interests of chil- dren are looked after by all four committees, but from different stand- points. The chlldren's committee finds, after a survey, that it could organize subcommittees, one composed of e executives of children's institutions, and the other of executives of day nurserie ‘These could get together, compare experiences and plans and be mumuu{ helpful. At the same time, the heaith committee finds need of sanitarfum where tuberculoys chil- dren who do not need a hospital may combine schooling with medical care. This need has been reported to thebrandt, board of education, which agrees to undertake to get the funds necessary to wupply the sanitarium school. The famlly committee is looking after the organizations which help homeless men, stop street begging. care for homeless girls, unmarried mothers, lost persons and victims of non-support. There are also a few special com- mittees for specfal problems, and a standing legisiative 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 and & new municipal lodg- ing house. The council of delegates, as above described, meets from time to ti as called, having held elght meetin during the last year. A former sec retary, Miss Sophy Sweet, prepared the first complete directory of the nocial agencies of Washington, and it is found to be of great value to social workers. * % % x At the last meeting of the councll, 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 council. The speaker followed with some pungent suggestions based upon his many yvears of experience in so- clal work, and his knowledge of what other cities are doing. Dr. Hart emphasized especlally the very great importance of securing congressional establishment of au- thority, vested In a director of soclal 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 council is excellent go far as its powers go, but there is need of real | authority. ‘which will license all so- cisl activities and supervise them. At present, the council is somewhat divided in opinion as to whether to support public supervision with gov. erning authority over all private | organizations—church and social—or (o 1imit that supervision to public in- titutions, 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 ctivities—public or private. Dr. Hart called speclal attention to the fallure of the District of Colum- bla to recognize the importance of its Juvenile Court, as demonstrated by the salary pald its judge. Pittsburgh pa its judge of juvenile court $8,00 Minneapolis, $6,200; Norfolk, Va.,' $4. $3,600. Philadelphia pays its probation offi- cer $5,000, Pittsburgh $3,000 and Wash- ington’ $2,040. Does not the Capital need the edu- cating Influence In social responsibil- ity, urged Dr. Hart, which will come through organization and authorita- tive control, upheld by Congress as well as by churches, city officlals and the charitably disposed citizens? (Copyright, 1923. by Paul V. Collins.) Of Lloyd George to America The spontaneous, enthusiastic 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 Ly the editors of the country. Here is a visitor, they point out, who | il visitor to these shores.” Although accepting his general friendliness to- ward America, the St. Paul Ploneer- Press recalls that “the roots of pres- ent difficulties, to Lloyd George's em- barrassment, reach very deep into the past and wrap themselves around a certain election campaign of 1918 'and around the peace conferenc ‘majority of the paintin ! 1 | 1 The North Window BY IA—IILA' MECHLIN A few'months ago an astonishing statement made in Paris that certain works of art of the French renais- safice perfod in the Metropolitan Mu- seum, New York, and in other great public collections were not genuine created no little sensation; but more remarkable and disconcerting.1s the reported pronouncement of John C. Vay Dyke, professor of art and arch- eology at Rutgers College, that the attributed to Rembraddt, not only in this country but abroad, were not painted by Rem- but by certain of his pupils. Prof. Van Dyke makes this sweep- ing charge in a_volume entitled “Rembrandt und His School” just published by Charles Scribner’s Sons. 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 460 paintings by Rembrandt cata- logued by the foremost of his blog- raphers he seems to think that less than fifty-five are genuine. * % A K 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 _tercentenary was celebrated in 1806 Royal Cortls. 80z, in an article in Munsey's Mag azine on “The Master and His Worl ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS "+ BY FREDERI Q. What month and year was a total eclipse of the sun visible here? —J. G. A. The Naval Observatory eays no eclipsé of the sun has been visible as total within the limits of Wash- ington, D. C, since the founding of the city. Q. How large an estate is Sagam Hill?7—R. T. 8. TR A. Tt embraces about eighty acres. walls to dry thoroughly before T- stick to walls?—N. 'i-} {' s A. The walle should be scraped, then sized with vinegar and sugar. One pound of sugar should be used to one gajlon of vinegar. Do not use glue nor water in the vinegar. Allow ‘waus to dry thoroughly before paper- ng. Q. Ts appendicitis mors prevalent among men than women?—D. F. W. A. About 80 per cent of tho 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 $ne largest thermos, bottles mideT— A. The byreau 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 country's proximity to-the sea make it more liable to earth- quakes?—O0, C. W. A. Tt has been thought by somé that the center of earthquakes and volcanic disturbances s always near the sea or other large supplies of water, and that sald: “If you ask an artist to tell you how many of the old masters, in his opinion, knew how to paint, he will name at the outside only four or five, and perhaps not so many, but thres at least he is sure to name—Vel quez, Rembrandt and Hals.” Now Prof. Van Dyke would add three or four names to_this group, for if Bol and Maes and Flinclk were capable of producing paintings so nearly like Rembrandt's that they have pa a4 us Rembrandt’s work for OVer two centurles as painters they were scarcely less great P There is a difference between the charge brought agalnst the French! renafssance sculptures by the Paris 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 copies of Rem- brandt’s works, but that they were done by his pupils quite indepen- dently, and in some instances. if not most_instances, from self-selected models. It is true that for some Yyears es- perts have disagreed in regard to the genutneness of certain paintings at- tributed to Rembrandt. _For instance, the famous portrait of Elizabeth Bas. This portrait, it will be remembered. 16 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 does also Dr. Hofstede de Grote. Dr. Bredius' reason for b: lleving that this portrait was not by Rembrandt was the way the hands were painted, and the reason he holds the portrait to be by Bol is because he has discovered a hand in one of Bol's portraits painted in the same ay 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 Rems brandt’s. z 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- leves to be dissimilarity. It is as if one had examined various specimens of handwriting and discarded certain | documents as false, on the ground of | Qlssimilarity of character. Aside ! from actual documentary evidenc: such as bills of sale and cotempora manuscripts proving ownership, no the disturbances are directly caused by the filtration of the water down to igneous matter, and the consequent neration of vast quantities of steam. which frees {tself by explosion. Others have sought to explain earthquakes as part of the phenomena of a planet cooling at the surface or to the vieid- 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 Elue, mect. 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. Q. What is meant by wassailing?— L E.F. > A The term wassailing is of old English derivation. It means drinking to the health or success of some one. Gradually the idea of carousing has crept into the meaning of the word. Q. Could you supply a formula for tooth powder?—N. B. C. A. We suggest the following formula for tooth powder as prescribed by the public health service: Magnesium peroxide, sixty parts; sodium perborate | thirty parts; powdered castile soap and flavoring, ten parts. Q. Into how many “Piigrim’s Progres: —S. B. A. It has been translated into 107 languages and dialects. languages has been translated? Q. Does a person’s temperature vary during the day if the person {s well?— A variation of 1 degree to 1.5 degree: Fahrenheit. It is lowest in the morn- ing and highest late in the afternoon. Q. What kind of fire should be used for smoking meat?—J. B. 8. A. The Department of Agriculture says that green hickory or maple wood is best for this purpos In the adult there is a diurnal: C 1. HASKIN Q. What wur x e A. 1f a few drops of glycerin aro added, to ‘the soap and water, the bub- bies ¥ill have a more brilliant color and witl last much longer. 3 Q. What is the relation between the Bow bells and cocknevar 3 Lom A The word “cockney” is applied. to gne born within_ the sound Tot Bow . Mary-le-Bow, 1 3 London, England. i Chonet Q. Wag it ever proposed to name 2 state for Thonias Jefterson?—G. DL . A. 1In 1559 delegates met and adopted a constitution fof & etate of Jefferaom with an arca scmewhat lagger that Colorado. “The opposition held & second convention und established the *“Terri- tory of Jeffersou.” which later becamo the territory of Colovado, Q. When was Coner Island_opened up as a pleasure resort’—I. P. L. . A Steamboats first began makifg gxcursions to Coney Island in. 1840, and t may be sald to have been a pleas resort since that date e = Q. What part of the country has'tho greatest acreage in cramberriestrc. A. The cranberry bogs in Massa- chusetts are the largest cultivated ones in the world. Q |ls “truffle-hound” & slang phrase? A. In France truffies are located and dug out of the ground with the aid of dogs and pigs. The latter are com- monly used in Perigord, their rootimg instinets and fine nose for nt being turned into aecount. A trained sow will enift the peculiar pervasive odor ex- haled 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. Q. 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 comitig in from sea, and black on the port or left-hand &ide. They are also numberad in order from seaward, with even num- bers on the starboard and odd numbers on the port hand. Q. How many kinds of flo | are reported for general sale’—J. L. P. A. The Department of Agriculture says that there are six flower bulbs al- lawed to enter the United States to be sold for general purposes. These are the lily, hvacinth, narcissus, ly-of the-valley, tulip and crocu Q. Has any one person been con ered tho greatest linguist in the woi =M. O. A. Cardinal Mezzofanti (. according to his biographer, learned to speak seventy-two languages and was the greatest of linguists, Oth- ers of fmportance were Sir John Bow- ring, an Englishman, and Elihu Burritt an American, ver bulbs 4-1849), Russell, Q. How cap I treat cloth to make it pink when it rains and blue when it is dry?—C. J. A. Hygroscopes may be made by treatiug light muslin or paper with sympathetic ink. Immerse it in the i following solution: Cobalt chloride. {1 part; gelatin, 10 parts; water, 100 parts. The normal eoloring is pink, this changes to. violet in medium humid weather and to blue in very dry weather. Such a hygroscopeis usually fashioned into a flower, or « frock for a paper doll. (If you have a question you wait answered, send it to The Ster In- formation Bureaw, Frederic J. Has- Fin, director, 1220 North Capitol street. Inclose 2 cents in gtamps for weturn postage.) 2 Birth of Heir in Raby Castle Recalls Jest of Famed Wit BY THE MARQUISE DE FONTENOY. painting can be authenticated through who loved her home at Raby C: Y, {Lloya George may today be very sorr: er medium, but of the 450 or more That ne went o the people in 1918 | paint Sies medium, but of the 430, 0T MOTE | 1o the wonderfully interesting vis where she spent the closing years of tions next year, for fear that they |District employes. Fifty-four thou-{ German paper marks are causing |has very much in common with the; ftors' book at Raby Castle, a huge|her life. She wrote a most interesting His war-! 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 deeply sunk in the governmental sys- tem of this country. Its evils have been 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 spolls 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 employes, whose duty it is to carry out efficiently the every-day work of government administration, the spoils system should go by the board. One of the smeat perlls 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 livihg have taken precedence over abstract political considerations. ————————— So many party factions have arisen that it may be even more difficult than usual next 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, Néarly every day some- where in the United States such a cripe, 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 abquire “aceurate knowledge of the habits and, routes of the messengers with money, and, working in gangs, with guns and motor cars, they oper- te swiftly and in many cases success- fiilfy.” The total of funds stolen in this way in the course of a year is Very large. Many lives are lost in , iiits, warfaxe between the crooks and the owners;of cash, TYesterday one of these crimes oc- curred in New York—the scene of fre- «quent bandit work—in' the center of the business district, in daylight. Two messengers were on their way with 215600 to a bank to make a deposit, laaving the establishment by the rear entrance: Just as they reached their waiting motor car they were confront- ed by a gunman who commanded them to hold up their hands. One of the messengers whispered to his com- _‘punion: “We're'cornered! Let's shoot §t out” Hc began firing from his {uring.” sand men and women in the public service in Washington, including 2,200 in the service of the District, will receive an increase in pay next year. TIt. will be a small increase above the basic pay plus the bonus now paid to these workers in the pub- lic service. That additional stipend, 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 $79,241,031 and the sum paid them as a bonus amounts to $11.- 938,582, or a total of regular and of uncertain pay equaling $91,199,583./ The announcement is that “The allo- cation 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- That is an increase of $15,- 631,255, or 19.73 per cent over the to- tal of the basic salarfes. Tt is an in- crease of 33,672,723, or 4.05 per cent above the basic salary and the bonus. 1t is not a substantial increase when cne considers the helght 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. The personal policy of President Ebert toward his own government is on: of passive assistance. China finds it as difficult to decide who is going te 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 championship series, in comparison with those of last year; for example. A year ago the paid attendance was 36,514; yesterday it was 55,307. Last year the receipts were $119,036; yes- terday they were $181,912. Last year the share of the players of the first game was $60,708; yesterday's share of the players was $92,775. The-share of the glubs a year ago was $40,472; vesterday -it was $61,850. The base ball commission’s share last year was $17.855; yesterday it was $27,286. These big figures were made pos- sible by the fact that the contest is staged this year, 4o last, in the largest city and on a ball park that offers the greatest accommodations. Prob- ably if the “Yafkee Stadium” had bnn;buw.)um it would have been insanity, The vicious circle is again in evidence. Insanity caused the Ger- man paper marks. A new senator may be liked by his colleagues for his personality, but can- not hope to please everybody by the way he votes. 3 Russia will be a great governmental success as soon as she tralns her of- ficials as well as she does her dancers. 1 i | SHOOTING STARS. i LY PHILANDER JOHNSOX. i i Not to Be Lost. You cannot 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- 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 cannot lose a real friend,” Said Hezekiah Bings. lusion. “What is your idea of a lobbyist’ ““As far as my exparience goes,” re- plied Senator Sorghum 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 Tunkins says divorce proceed- ings often make him wonder.how the two people interested could ever have persuaded themselves to associate with each other. H Hopeful Situation. ‘When eminent persons devoutly agree That matters in Europe are bad as can be, ' At last we may hope, with @ hearty good will, &y They've got to get better, since noth- ing stands still. ‘Wary. ‘ould/we persuade you to runfor Congress?" “No, sir,” answered Farmer Corn- tossel. “After criticizin’ congressmen all these years, I don't intend to turn around an’ git myself talked®bout.” Making Herself Interesting. “She is always talking about base ball. Does she understand the game? “No," said Miss Cayenne. “But she understands men.” 'Tain’ no use,” said U’nele Eben, “tryin' to reduce de cost of livin’ foh de man dat can't live wifout playin® {maintained his iof the allies in the great war. {often say, on this side, that America i is opportunity, and arc prone to boast ¢y ponecter Times-Union, TUnited States as a whole. time services are commended whole- heartedly, as is the fact that he has “democratic” - view- point on life throughout. The fact that he was unable to stand the straln imposed on him from the very outset of his visit is sympathetically referred to by editors, who sugg: he should be afforded every opportun- ity to make his trip onme of rest rather than of strenuosity. “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 fmpressive exhibition of sympathetic American interest in the man who contributed so greatly to the victory e | of the fact that our Presidents usuaily come from humble origin, while our highest offices have been held and our most responsible dutles discharged by those who were generally known as ‘self-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 ** % 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 that 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 liberal leader-, ship. It is one of the ironles of the war that it found in Great Britain al liberal government in .which Lloyd George was a towering figure; in France a socialfst premier in the per- on of Viviani, and in the United tates a liberal President in the per- son 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 powerfyl 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, But 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. Hero today we think only of the golden side of his fine recor: 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 as a great popular leader, one of the most understand- ing_that our democratic age has du that Lloyd George led the ritish Empire through its most hazardous years of the war, and so the whole country i3 glad he has come and bids him the heartiest of Wwelcomes.” In coming “to see and not to lecture,” the Reading Tribune feels “Lloyd George pays a tribute to the United States” And, in addi- | | * language and he sense of humor. The position he has Tocently been taking on the European situation reflects pretty accurately the general sentiment h " He can be depended on to make & good im- pression throughout his entire visit, the Indianapolis News holds, because «, a politician he is too shrewd to meali tn necion Seas e robably the mOSL’ m: o person- :“!Y in public_life, he is likely. to ‘arouse more enthusiasm than any Brite on a platform of hanging the kaiser and making the German people pa. and that he drove 80 many shrew bergains _over President Wileon's head at Paris, but he is lacking in candor if he pretends that thes, nimble feats were never accom- plished.” * ¥ % “Lloyd George was the last of the four great war leaders to have his power cut off 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 t::m to power are forgotten. The yolicies they have advocated may not fare =o well as their memories.” This is also, in part at least, the opinion of which suggests that “Lloyd George was more than one of the organizers of victory” in recalling his rettlement of the Irish question and his leader- ship in the vioctory of the commons over the house of lords. The Schenectady Gazette in turn directs attention to the fact that “ten years Dbefore the world war he would have been picked out as the most repre- sentative man in England of the ans cient ideals of the old island.” Should he later on_“enter into a serious dis- cussion of European affairs as he sees them,” the Lynchburg Advance is convinced Americans will listen with interest, while the Nashville Banner, holding somewhat the same opinion, points to his initial reception as worth while. “He brought so much success to England,” the ‘Banner points out, “crowned its war stand- } ards with so 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 danger is past, under the rule of a tatesman who is sald to speak of “my ultimatum” is difficult. SIR HALL CAINE. The kings of Europe are, one by one, coming to have no more real power than the decorative thing- umbob on top of your automobile radiator. —WILLIAM P. SIMS. 1 hardly know a Woman of means —independent means—who seems to take the slightest Interest in the equal rights movement. —MRS, H. P. BELMONT. If it is possible for Germany and Russia to be paralyzed, it is equally possible for China and India to come to life. —ARNOLD J. TOYNBEE. My own researches have led me to a firm conviction of the fundamental beliefs of Christianity. —SIR OLIVER LODGE. Nothing is more certain than that hardship Is necessary to health, and that Dl’.ge:\:s.llon with comfort is the most deadly sort df hypochondria. ' —BERNARD SHAW. Medical science has little to offer or rejuvenation; the tissues of the enile ca than can the elasticity:of a worn-out pair of suspenders. —DR. MORRIS FISHBEIN. Character is a more valuable ele- ment than culture in the life of a nation like the British. > I name Gt the paintery | Rembrandt's first patroms. brandt, the belief that a large num- ber, or a majority, were painted by Rembrandt has been handed down through numerous generations. * % ¥ ¥ One of the most recent works on Rembrandt’s paintings came from the Edinburgh University Press less than a year ago and was published in this country by E. P. Dutton & Co. The author is D. S. Meldrum. It is a monumental book, not only a careful- ly written biography compiled from the chlef sources of information, both manuscript and published, but con- taining an index to his paintings, five hundred and forty-one of which are reproduced as illustrations. Testify ing to the genlus of the painter, Mr. Meldrum gives a translation from the Latin of a manuscript of Huygens; the courtier poet, who was one of Speaking of the miller's son end marveling at his accomplishments, he says: “Rem- brandt, 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 genius 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 gifted! [} * i ! * % ¥ On the other hand, there no 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 puplls. 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 falrly certain that false Rembrandts have béen turned out and marketed by thosedwho 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. * % % % But it is not such works as these which Prof. Van Dyke brings into ques- tion. It ig the portraits and paintings which the majority of ecrities have agreed to accept as Rembrandt’s works that he new pronounces the works of others. Were it a question of imita- tions, of coples passed as originals, it would be a difterent matter, for such are frauds and in all probabiity will so be proved in time. B?n suppose Bol did paint some of the pictures now attributed to Rembrandt? Rone need fret; even Rembrandt’s ghost might permit the loss of honor, for, after all, taking away the less merito- rlous works ouly in fact eventually adds greatness to the master. £ ¥ ¥ X For the purchaser and for those who deal in works of art this question of authentlcity is a serious one, but for the publié, for those who love art for art's sake, it is not of grave impor- tance, - It Rembrandt only painted, as Prof. Van Dyke claime, fifty or more is no_more be rejuvenated | pictures out of the 455 attributed to , his reputation would still be se- CiT¢, ana 1t he did not do the 400 they are still great works of art. “When doctors disagree, who shall decide’ The only safe course is to prize the 'orfi{'w _the work’s sake, for its merit without consideration of the volume containing the autographs of all the guests who have been enter- tained there throughout a period of hundreds of years, over the signature of Bernal Osborne, celebrated in his day as a wit and father of the Duchess of St. Albans, there are the following lines, addressed to the late Duke and Duchess of Cleveland: “What a pity at Raby There fen't a baby. That reproach can no longer be ad- dressed today to Raby Castle, in County Durham, the finest and most perfect survival of medieval strong: hold architectufe and design, a stronghold which has harbored, in turn, King Edward IV, Warwlick, the kingmaker; Queen Eifzabeth, Mary Queen of Scots, and the four Stuart kings. For the present Lady Bar- nard, a very pretty woman, daugh- ter of Herbert Straker of Hartforth Grange, Richmond, in Yorkshire, has just presented her husband, the tenth peer of his line, with a son and helr. * % ¥ Raby is an old Danish word and means “lonely nook by a villags It was given by the Danish King Canute of England to the church and passed from the latter into the possession of the historic house of Nevill, which has plaved so great a role in the annals of England. It has furnished a queen, as Well as the mother 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 Gartery the most famous of them being, of course, John Nevlll, the builder of the castle in its present form, though ho is probably surpassed in romantic in- terest by Warwick, the kingmaker, porirayed by Bulwer-Lytton in his “Last of the Barons.” The Raby Castle property was eventually confiscated by the crown in the reign of Queen Elizabeth and was subsequently purchased by Sir Harry Vane, the elder, in the reign of James 1. Sir Harry obtained the permlssion to acquire Raby by rep- resenting the castle to the canny monarch as & 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 Tis broadest Scotch: “Gude troth, my lord. Ca’ yg that a hullick o' stanes! By my faith, 1 ha' na sic anither hullock in @' my realm "The most noteworthy object of the castle, which is a perfect treasure house of historic relics, is the vast hall, which possesses an arched roof supported by elght octagonal columns. Jt is approached by an arched gate- way, over which frowns a port- cullls, and through this entrance carriages and motors drive right into the hall, past the roaring log fires which in winter burn in huge grates on either side, under the gas Setw, depending from the roof, to the doorway at the farther end’ of the fong hall, which s the entrance to the castle proper. ERE In the main dining room of the cas- tle there is a fire in the hearth which has never been extinguished, winter, or summer, sinco the reign of King Edward the Confessor, prior to the Norman conquest. I have this on the authority of Lord Rosebery’s mother, the last Duchess of Cleveland, monograph on the place for private | circulation, a copy of which I have now before me, That Christopher- Vane should “reign” at Barnard Castle, after hav- ing_ escaped death in the great war with two severe wounds. the M Cross and other distinctions, that w. in which his elder brother Henry gave his life, is in the nature of a romance. On the death of the fourth and last Vane, Duke of Cleveland, in 1891, all of his honors and peerages, owing to his childlessness, became extinct, with the exception of the barony of Bar- Inard. The latter was destined to &o to any one who could prove nearest descent from the first and second vane 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 a his very stately mansion in London. known _as Cleveland House in St James Square, together with a fixed income of $250,000 a year, should go to the person who, within five years from that time, established his right to the barony of Barnard to the satis- faction 6f the committee of privileges of the house of lords, and of the crown. Falling this, the entall was to be considered: gs broken and Rab: Castle and the eStates were to g0 to a kinsman of the duchess, Capt. Fran- cis Foster. * % ok ¥ The first Lord Barnard was Christo- pher Vane, son of the Sir Harry Vane of long parliament, from whom Oliver Cromwell. on dissolving it by armed force, prayed the Lord,to deliver him. The second Lord.Barnarg was of no particular importance, hf§ principal title to fame having been his mar- riage to Lady Grace ‘Fitgroy, the grandchild of Charles II and daughter of that monarch’s son” by Barbara Villigrs, the first Duke of Cleveland. Lady Grace Fitzroy's son, by reason of his royal ‘ancestry, whs created Earl of Darlington, and his grand- son, in turn;-was.made the first of the Vane Dukes of Cleveland, the duca] line becoming extinct in 1891, as above described. As_ soon as the terms of the old duke’s will became known, a claimant to the barony of Barnard ‘appeared in_the person of Harry Vane, then merely a $1,000-a-year clerk in the government ' department of public charitiés, a perfect stranger to the Duke of Cleveland and to his widow, and entirely unknown fn society. IHe managed, without mush difficuity, to establish’ his lineal descent from' Sir Morgan_Vane, the wecond 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, béfore the comi- mittee of privileges of the house of lords, not because he denied the lineai descent of' the claimant from Sir Morgan Vanei but: in consequence of an alleged flaw in conmection with the birth of the ‘claimant's father, who mads his advent into the world only three months after the marriage of his parent The committee of privileges heid, however, that this s not_sufficlent to invalidate tlie clalmant’s rights of succession, and on the strength of its recommen tion to the crown, summonecd the present peer's father to take his seat In the house of lords as ninth of tle Vane Lords of Barnard. 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 @ year and one of tlie grandest castles and most historic estates m England -may well bo regarded as constituting one of the romances of the British-peeragce »:A !