Evening Star Newspaper, December 20, 1923, Page 6

] THE EVENING With Sunday Morning Kdition WASHINGTON. D. C. THURSDAY . . . December 20. 1923 | the d THEODORE W. NOYES. ... Editor|sian propag The Evening Star Newspaper Comj Rusiness Offiee. 11th Xt and Pennsyivauin A New Yok Office: 110 Eaxi 420d St Oftice: Tower Buiidivg. < 16 Kegent S, London, Englond. Chic European Offic The Evening sition, s de vty at 80 ceots At per monih £, with the Sunday ed by earriors wit cr month: daily only. snday only, 20 cents p month. Orders muy be xent by mail or phone Maln 5000, Collection is made by ricrs At the end of each month Rate by Mail—Payable Maryland and Vir, Daily and Sunday..1yr. $8 »ily on 1vr, $6.00: 1 mo., nday 1¥r., $2.40; 1 mo All Other States. Dally and Sunday. 0.60: 1 mo,, § Daily only $7.00; 1 me Sunday only.... §3.00; 1 mo., 2 only Lyr., Member of the Associated Press. The Associated Pres to the use for repnbl yatches ore it o n this pa also the local <his of publioat in are alse reserved. fvely ent Motor Reciprocity and Taxation.! When motor the District and put hetw Mary reciprovity of Columbia proposed effect by it the basis of the imposition in hoth Jurisdictions of tax soline. Marvland had aiveady passed law to this effect and the standing with the District and was and into Maryiand was A twocent on ‘a under- Commis- sioners is that they will undertake to | secure from law, A bill to this effect sented and has already, of cari District committees of the two houses, It provided in its first form a tax of 2 cents a gallon. which, it has been estimated equal that bined onal vound figures a vear. And and Congress a gasoling has been n the interest pre would vield a revenue the taxes to produced by and about a million dollars only Maryland inerease nor per: license since reciprocity neither of taxation gas tax plus §1 for substitite for the taxes on automobiles n hoth of District Jowever, endments adopted to the bill retaining the per sonal taxes on motor cars in add impos tax Senate reports hill where decreas was sought. the £ was made a personal and Heense the ¢ a have been The the the =asoline committec has it is now on th thus amer nate ealendar ¥ revenue measure in any not There part of hould any tax wits a was desire on the Commis and th no desire the part lator, to utilize the emergency portunity to effect reciprocity hetw the District and Maryland to the end ot increasing the taxes and there fore the revenues of the District. To tio 80 ndMans to a much heavier batden on the motor car own- ers of tam District than is imposed upon them now, to the extent of ap- proximataly half a million dollars a vear. If the House committee persists in holding to the amendment, which has falready been tentatively adopted, and the bill goes to the House in the present changed form, it will depend 1pon the sense of justice of the legis lators in the two houses whether Con gress will be put into the position of no e Tegis ioners, re on or op en pose seizing upon this chance to mulet the | residents of the Di t in a large additional sum for the use of motor cars. The question tnsignificance in the light of this ent move to “soak” the car owners of Washington. ——————— When the salaries of tertainers are mentioned there is jus- tification for the prevalent European impression that the American public does not care what it does with its money —_———— Russia would find no difficulty ahout | recognition if her diplomatic agents were as successful in eliciting ap- plause as her stage entertainers. Tt is noted with regret that the elimination of Pancho Villa has made no real difference in Mexican affairs. Proof of Propaganda. Doubt as to the Moscow-directed propaganda in this country for the spread of communist doctrines should be dispelled by the statement au- thorized by the Secretary of State vesterday accompanying the text of instructions given by Zinoviev, pre: . ident of the communist internationale, to the Workers' Party of America. the communist organization in the United States. Secretary Hughes ac- companies these instructions, the au- thenticity of which is assured by the Department of Justice, with a quota- tion from Sw!{ln\', member of the Russian communist party and of the all-Russian central executive commi tee and also editor of the Izvestia, official organ of the soviet regime, which establishes ‘“the spiritual, ma- terial and palpable character” of the connection between the soviet repub- lic and the communist {nternationale. In other words, according to this high authority, the internationale at Mos- cow is in effect identical with the soviet government. p Thus when Zanovlev instructs the Workers' Party of America to or- ganize among the large industries of the United States units of ten, each of which is to have its own fighting unit of not less than three men; when the unit leaders of each district, who are picked men, are enjoined to meet bimonthly to discuss progress and plans; when the three fighting men of each unit of ten are to be given weekly instructions in shooting and i, “ploneer work'—when these things are enjoined from Moscow, it can mean only one thing, end that the subversion of the American govern- ment. As in most docurhents of this char- acter, the concluding paragraph is chief in interest: ‘With reference to the organization hy the W. P. A. (Workers' Party of America) of the Federated Farmer- Labor Party, the communist interna- tionale expresses its complete satl Zaction and its approval to the cen- tral committee of the party for its holdness and tact in putting this idea We hope that the part, tentatively | tax | ¢ action, been considered by the | in! mmittees, the of reciprocity | with Maryland sinks into comparative | THE EVENING » STAR, WASHINGTON, D. STAR the i ved flug o I o1tis o be | be two rejoind proletarian forces of Ameriea and ot distant future raise ihe er the White House. i “The contention i foodstuffs is necessary if German pro- expécted that there will |4UCHVIty 18 to be restored. And it i to this, first, that |conceded that German productivity not cuthentic, that it | MUt be restored before Germany can ifactured for anti-Rus- | D4y reparations. It would seem, nda purposes: nd, | therefore, that it would be good busi- theh e e ‘[noxx on thespart of France to encour- ttorale. to belage the loan, rather than to place ob: ibuted to the an soviet gov- | stacles in the ‘way of it. Secr Hughes, in 1 Tt is frequently charged and widely statement, res that the | believed that the aim of French diplo- genuine, and {macy is the destruction of Germany, ready pointed out, | than the collection of repara- his is vehemently denied by statesmen, but their denials - would have more weight if there were 1t | fewer such instances as opposition to ocument is fis a fake mar even if the o inter not be me: | official o he the and t: tary a is assured as also inti e nection 10w tte, the “spiritual, material character” of the the third intern soviet government friends of soviet Russia to|the food loan. o the contrary. Mean stand virtually e purpose of the soviet, organization is to “raise the White Hous there can be no negoti anle con between tionaie and the for onstrate it sured tha the de ———— Checking Stock Swindlers. “Before you inve investigate” are warning to the publi | from high financial quarters and are lecoming slogan, In Cleveland, Ohio. they are actually d and are heard by all whe be “tuned on the 1 New York's Better | Business Bureau is now sidering I utilizing the Cle and de- the swindling and the schemers over the radio In Cleveland, when the Better Busi s Burean learns of plans of indi while will as as tussian the flag over words of < why | tions for Russian recognition a ut ———— Henry Ford for Coolidge. Heney Ford's d for the nom Presid may dio Toterest ! tion that fand election of in " plan schemes Caolidg wribing cen, hut even keener is (he interes in statement arouses the of far it the President’s for fon on aues how far it may go ne { vidu align side thuse 5 or Broups (o fleces it Company unsuspect- notifies the of that city, “talk"™ { who have tin t Dot That past manu s the § Henry Union which in which This radio, with alleged swind! pproach and of the The imonition, ming” the weturer | Trust ctieal { in prepare I it analyzes the Henvy | road the many the of are trying to seil. with the invest, investigate.” The e ion reports that many swindling schemes have been dis closed to the authorities and prospect- ive of the swindlers have | heen saved from loss. for the radio, and in view of the which is now on throughout the country after bogus stock selle Cleveland plan into sral application ul a dividual influe how 15 is one voto. I vat ast on de- of manner wd as an v b iption v, s st many remains od o their the | seeurity 1 talk “RBefore [ e determined. or estim in they [ final coum |oas presidential - possibility Ford has not been taken seriously of shown e persistence conclude: a Mr o by the people. He remarkable made and cous bu the richest the ualities you o mmis any great number | has undoubtedly {ability in { himself. by business. of methods has victims dint This is a new { sagacion by ur: us broad-vis Pl vichest and 1ed concepts of of men i arts world. fit American ness prin one th he the gen [ not | But j tir uftice on in may come own no the hizhest 1 | « poiitical prefermen Christmas Mail. Christmas he has demonstrated | of sponsibility {but the peak has not been reached. | People are mailin {Ch in public and Neve { larg position theless, there A following fullowing but as will be thin rush| has developed and mailin it the Per fol con stmas comes close there “ rush of n The to be the 1y will have wisdom to do this, e would be But finish the Christinas gifts for nd plainiy addressed the offi be seramble heg Verhaps rand ailers 18 Wished t jis of dissent from o : a0 mail politic o not clearly methods. m particu haps it is an sely sonal everyh se the no rush he wise mailer will buying, the Phas ziven it ne encouragement toutly wrapped Lrecently has definitely discouraged it. | and have them Now the question sa whether it | fore the wild ma remains a will , The city post office is working now lead its dissent under Chri the supy hiee trucks ave in service, and nine are on the xo in ser times. One hundred extra carriers land.” {at work, and another hundred 0 one can question Mr. { standing ready to shoulder their bur cerity in his statement dens. Three hundred extra clerks and lowing {pact and ne P ways ix arly uminated as to | { { | i Me. Ford himseit | TG in e ¥ hegin: con following, or scatter | | s, and anifest in mas pressure Sixty | crens | of others whose promises in wherea appeal to wrong in { | twenty n norma prote: of tafions may omething the are rd's sin | wdorsing the as i b places. . v situation™ a “string frain a stronger i a s, s cav is a A today and by says, ———————— Oklahoma will at least be persuaded not to bring into national politics the agitation that distinguishes her local | campaizns. ——————————— An election always starts an argu- ment and Mussolini no reason | for troubling his country to discuss points that he has already decided. e 1t would be a happy situation for Bergdoll if so many American titizens wanted him back home because he is popular. —————— SHOOTING STARS. BY PHILANDER JOHNSON President. He states the simply | laborer ady to take off No ma: right to say he nev day will be the day of greatest mail own nd feelings so strongly as . counters in the City Post Office build running azainst Calvin Coolidge for e mail should be in the boxes by Satur- time last year. Whether this is he- 5 from statement. | 3 of any possibil- 1,0 Ty heaviest on record. cannot ity of serving b country, knows % | : stal history. that he only potentiy tin postal ) 9 a candidate for estion ists find themselves confronted with a Therefore, as Mr. Ford | Wh: tion from the Ford announcement nation in June and election in N example will be followed by many with an eye to the ntenance of land strongly. He leaves no ground | their the city post office for doubt as to his meaning. He says: | Postal people believe that next Mon will cons public office, nor accept | e, Branct flices will not b v g. Branch post offices wi blic of an can predio public off 0. man can predict nia| "% SR PO Y arel post that. But this I will say, that I would never for w moment think of | {5 Ly busy City Post- {President. on any ticket whatever. | master Mooney urges that Christmas {In this present situation I am for “In this present idunpt] cayievening, Ennct goat e ilin S Y o 5 per cent heavier than at this . " Mr. Ford is right in re. | Mn& 15 per iy el { cause of the “mafl.carly” campaign, ;\ [han, as he says bas a vieht 0] Ghether the total Christmas mail it potertiel .]"“" "“' be said with certainty, but apparently y an s a potential presidentia i e 1623 Christmas mail is to be the candidate. But Ford plainly Jhetosbics lity. Mr. Coolidge is an actuality, both as Pres dent Even the once welcome auto tour- specific announcement. Mr. Coolidge has, in his judgment, | drastic phase of the parking problem made good. when they reach Washington, D. C. change? ! It is significant that the first reac the opinion, freely expressed, that |the President's chances of nom vember are strengthened. This s probably due to the helief that Ford's who are not hard and fast partisans, but who regard the general conditions stability in national affairs e e | Thanks to the Ten Commandments, the Golden Rule and the Sermon on the Mount, it is not necessary for the general populace to grope in moral darkness while church lead- ers reach a decision on certain dis- ! puted points of faith. Christmas Holidays, “I'm takin' a vacation, Said Hezekiah Bings, “Though I ask no recreation Of the kind that loafin’ brings. But T put aside the worry And the sense of growin’ care As T watch the big world hurry On its way, T don't know where. a —_——— Greece is willing to provide her king with an income with the strict understanding that he will do as little as possible to earn it. ——— If 1924 is to start with party har- mony a remarkable number of po- litical New Year resolutions will have to be rapidly formulated. —_———— The German Food Loan. Premier Poincare’s government will make a serious political blunder if it refuses to assent to priority for the proposed German food loan. France | may or may not be right in contend- ing that there is no actual scarcity of foodstuffs in Germany and that the trouble lies in the inability of the Ger- man people to pay cash for the foods they need, but the world has accepted as a fact that importation of bread grains and fats is necessary, and it would be poor psychology for France to veto the undertaking. The proposed loan is only for from $50,000,000 to $70,000,000, an amount 8o relatively insignificant, when com- pared with the total sums involved in reparations, that France is made to appear arbitrary and intransigent in | opposing this concession to world opinion. Especially in America is the reaction of public sentiment bound to be unfavorable. Americans have pour- ed out thelr wealth in such unstinted measure to relieve hunger and dis- tress the world over that they are unable to understand a spirit which would deny to Germany opportunity to obtain foodstuffs on a business basis. “‘Don’t git disappointed,” said Uncle As a matter of fact, instead of | Elhen,” if de chillun don’ go on bein’ delaying = reparations payments to | good after Christmas like dey was Jes’ France, the natural operation of the|befo'. It's only natural. De weath- 080 Wouid her 3o hasten m“w’#'__ - “The universe that's grindin’ On a path of joy or gloom: The relics they are findin® In a prehistoric tomb; Traffic problems an’ taxation; These are interestin’ things, But I'm takin' a vacation Said Hezekiah Bings. Prudence. “Why don’t you put your hat in the ring?” “What's the use?” rejoined Senator Sorghum. “In such & rush it would merely get stepped on.” Jud Tunkins says the man who calls bootleg liquor “Christmas cheer” doesn’t figure as far ahead as ten or twelve hours. The Late Shopper. 1f you will aid me in the throng And see my shopping through, Friend Santa, I will move along And ask no more of you. Unimpressed. ‘“Have you paid any attention to this newly discovered Mayan calen- dar?” asked the popular scientist. “No,” answered the languid girl. “At this time of year one gets so many calendars of all sorts one loses interest.” that importation of WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS BY FREDERIC WILLIAM WILE Willlam H. Green of Nebraska, ap- pointed representative for the United States on the “international peasant soviet” executive at Moscow. is a Ford-for-President man. He told this observer so at Omaha in July last. Green thought it might be possible to mobilize the democratic delegation from Nebraska for Ford. The vice president of the “federated farmer- | labor party,” who attended the Mos- | cow peasunt conference in October, | was once a dealer In agricultural im- | plements in Nebraska. He achieved | |some notorlety a few years ago by | serving as the federal gavernment's star witness in the original proceed- s to break up the International i Harvester Corporation. * ok ok ok Hiram W. Johnson, President Cool- ‘s chilef rival for the republican esidential nomination, has just ad- dressed a réemarkable message to hlxi supporters tn California, To a cau- assembled to organize Juhllsh"',\‘ ATy mpaig the senator phed from Washington as follows: “We enter now upon “poct making contest. Progress challenges The California spirit philosophy of government, inv every part f our throws down the pauntlet to long cutworn by a great people's advancement. | fee juxt pride that a Califc n is th humble instrument of this challeng. a id ous prir te i western that nation, the ar has ed aie system It is the Yuletide season that finds Attorney General of the United tes overwhelmed with applica- tions for pardons of federal prisoners. .t us have the poor fellow home for Christmas” is the appealing note that runs through many a petition the Department of Justice. Mr. Daugherty he's often tempted to et ‘em out” in time for holidays at ho But whenever his heart shows signs of melting in that wholesale direction, he says, he pulls himself together With the reflection tiat by the New Year he'd probably Lo busy “locking a lot of new s| up st * % E. Edge of New he commendable inted to the Sen- e on foreign e day he addressed Senator of Connecticut, chairman of the committee mitte, told of his desire to in g Senate foreign A the arguments Edg £ht to was that he has large bhusiness in lests in Lond I a red rag were waved in fr a bull there could | b - violent results than ensie from & about Great Britain to rank ndeges Another buil 1o is version. | George Harve fond Walt cherishes to be apy Senator | i Jerses cmbit at The other andegee | and | mold- non | var | on e assist pol broy Beiol w talki 1 Jiven his (Gift of Library | BY THE MARQUISE DE FONTENOY. | 2 Maria Chigi, was Killed the othel through her au- tomobile skidding and tumbling over | an nkment. th feet high | about twenty miles out of Rome, was | incess who I i a Torlonia by birth and married to | is Chigi, only brother of eighth Prince of Chigi. and hereditary marshal of the Holy Roman empire and the guardian of the conclave by which cardinals are elevated through el to the chair of St. P The guardian of the conclave now makes his home in the Via Lunga Rome, having sold the stately e of his family to the [Italian g nt, which uses it the headquarters of the department of foreign affairs and as the official residence of Premier Mus- soli; The sale to the government included the well nigh priceless li- | brary formed by the Chigi Pope Alex- | ander VIL and which, housed on the | top floor of the palace for over two 1d w half centuries. was presented by the government to the Vatlcan li- brary. This was the first gift by the Italian government to the Vatican since the papacy was deprived of its temporal power in 1870, and among its treasures is a letter from the Eng- lish King Henry VIII to the Prince Palatine of the Rhine, urging him to show no mercy whatsoever to Martin Luther, and also a number of orig- inal sonnets of Tasso. A Prince Fran Don Ludovico l | pals ern as The so-called Farnezina Palace has | lkewise p; ed out of the possession of the Chigl famis It stands on the right bank of the Tiber, the grounds overlooking the river, and the palace contains the Rafael “Galatea” and other world famed frescoes. It wa: built by Don Agostino Chigi. who was celebrated as & banker and a3 a finan- cier, and who had charge of the monetary affairs of Leo X. designated the Magnificent, a scion of the house of dicl. Tt is related of Don Agostino that, on one memorable oc- casion, when the pontiff had honored him with his presence at a banquet given on the shady terraces of the gardens of this exquisite riverside palace, he flung, at the close of the repast, the whole of the superb gold service which figured on the table into the Tiber. declaring that plate thus sanctified by the use of his holiness should never be employed again or be exposed to desecration by serving people of less exalted rank. Leo X was vastly impressed by this compliment and remained, until his death shortly afterward, in happy ignorance of the fact that Don Agostino had the precaution to place & net carefully concealed from view, beneath the surface of the water so that. after the departure of the holy father, he experienced no difficulty whatsoever in recovering possession of the gold plate, which still figures among the heirlooms of his descend- ant. the present head of the house, The house of Chigi has furnished a large number of prelates to the sacred college and one pontiff to the holy seat, namely, Alexander VIL The present head of the family comprises among his many dignitfes a num- ber of dukedoms, among the most important of which Is the dukedom of Aracci, and also a princedom of the Holy Roman empire by virtue of & patent granted by the Emperor of Germany 300 years ago. This en- titles him to ‘the prefix of ‘serene highness. * ok x * With regard to the Torlonias, to whom the ill-fated Princess Maria Chigl belonged by birth, she was the niece of that Don Marino Torlonia who married the daughter of Charles A. Moore of New York, and a daugh- ter of the late Don Leopold Torlonla, Duke of Poli and of Guadagnolo, and of his wife, who was a member of the historic Roman house of Colonna, While the Torlonias cannot boast of ancient lineage, vet they have proved themselves to be such useful citizens of Italy that they are well entitled to their places In the “Golden book” of the Italian nobility. The late Duke Leopold, a very public spirited man, ‘was removed from the office of mayor of Rome by Crispl when premier for having conveyed, without the permis- sion of the government, the con- ratulations and good wishes of the itm.l city to Pope Leo XIII on the occasion of his jubllee. But it is doubtful whether Crispi would have Bad recourse to any such Harsh. mes ure not tho mayor's wi a8 sy Bemontas, dsalingd ée | ped that has all the ingre i South Dakota, which is busy makl | Tammany | Army | Arms | woman: | immense tobacco plantation | Torlonia ness for the British hasn't softened Brandegee's feelings toward them. ok ok ¥ Thomas J. O'Brien of Michigan, once American minister to Denmark, and later ambassador to Japan and Italy, in conversation with this writer, coined a phrase about Calvin Coolldge that has the merit of uniqueness. Mr. O'Brien sald he had never known a President “who measures his distance s0 admirably.” The former ambas- sador, who hails from Grand Rapids, spends his winters in Washington at | e home of his daughter, Mrs. Henry | Getty Chilton, wife of the British charge daifaires. * ox ok ok These are the witching times at Washington when one has to watch his step, or, rather, his conversation, when participating in the soclal de- lights of the season. A presidential campalgn is impending and men and women are “lining up” for favorites in_both republican and democratic camps. To one’s host or hostess, or ven fo one's dinner-table companion, a word or suggestion may be drop- jents of a first-class faux pas. It is easy to be- come one of those ¢ & igocial offenders well be under ground. And who never would be missed— who never would be missed” Of whom Gilbert and Sullivan in the immortal “Mikado." R James W. Gerard of democrat, is the first preminent w in either party to have a vie: pre: idential launched for him ng who might New York, n hoom and unmaking possibilities for 1924, plumped for Gerard as a MeAdoo running-mate at its recent proposal conventions. The former American ambassador to Germany Is of an- cient New York state democratic stock. ~He has a western tinge through his wife, the charming Molly Daly of Montana, as she was when she” married the New York lawyer and former state supreme court jus- tice. Mrs. Gerard was one of the daughters of the famous Anaconda copper king, Marcus Daly. ? Gerard could probably c near carrying New York for a certainty & any democrat, with the single ex- ption of “Al” Smith. While main- taining intimate relations with the silk-stocking element of his party, ierard has always been a devoted pan and long served as the Hall's leaders. He is with ex-service men, t f himself is one. beini a the New York National one of popular whom he veteran of Guard. A Washington's winter of notables contains no more interesting figure than Mrs. Custer, widow America’s famous Indian fighter and hero of the m which bears hix name. Mrs hale old lady, is at the Women's Club. and colony ssacre Custer, American Her memories of the plains are still vivid i} 3 right, 19250 to Vatican By the Italian Governmen permit be pr very the late Mme. Lina Crispi to nted to her on account of the ormy antecedents of the and also on account of the irregularity of her marriage The late duke started. in the very heart of the Roman Campagna, an object of gradually freeing Italy from Ler dependence upon the United States for nearly the whole of the 000,000 pounds or so of the herba Was wont to con- 1o of toba y is a_government monopo but the state has been obliged to buy nearly all of it In America, wher: the tobacca consumed hy the < can be grown {n their native the money heretofore spent the Naturally, the development of this project has been hampered. in & measure, by the great war and also by the wars with Turkey and in the Balkans, which preceded it. But the tobaceo plantation of the Campagna 18 now proving a success, and there is no doubt that, in the course of time, the aim of the late Duke Leopold Torlonia will be ful- filled * ok ok * In devoting his vast wealth to this useful and patriotic enterprise, the late Duke Leopold was walking in the footsteps of his father, Don Giu- lio, who, during the two decades end- ing in 1875, completed a task which Roman Caesars, emperors of the Holy Roman empire and sovereign pontiffs had striven in vain to achleve dur- ing a period extending over twenty centuries, namely. the draining of Lake Fuelno, that big inland sheet of water, the Lacus Fucinus of the an- clent Romans, measuring some forty miles in circumference. As all the mountain streams of the region drain into it and there was no outlet, it was | constantly overflowing its borders and carrying death and destruction into the surrounding country. the town of Avezzano being among the chief sufferers. Julius Caesar was the first to propose the draining of the lake | in order to avert the disaster and ever- recurring inundation. Caesar Augus- tus actually fnaugurated the work. Emperor Claudius employed. in vain, some 50,000 men on the work through- out the last eleven years of hisreign. Emperor Frederick 1T lavished human lives and money without stint, and, in fact, after every great inundation of more than ordinary destructiveness the attempt would be resumed to drain the lake. It was not, however, until the late Duke Giulio Torlonia and his brother, Don Alessandro, undertook the task that the enterprise was brought to a successful concluslon. thanks to the amount of money Wwhich their enor- mous fortune permitted them to em- bark in the venture and to the skill of the eminent French engineers whose services they engaged, namely, M. de Montrichet, the chief engineer of the French department of the Bouches-du-Rhone, and M. du Place, the chief engineer of the Paris-Lyon Rallroad Company. The difficulties were enormous. The greater part of the huge tunnel constructed to drain the lake into the River Irus having to be cut through rock many hun- dreds of feet below the surface. The tunnel Is eight or ten miles in length. * K K K The Tolonlas are of humble origin and are the only parvenu family at Rome which has managed to secure admission to the inner and exclusive circles of the old patrician houses of the Eternal city by means o(T:\te]:- jage. Every reader of Thack- etay will remember the Torlonia fam- ily which figures in so many of his pages. The eat-great-grandfather of the present head of the Torlonias was a Frenchman who hailed from Auvergne and who bore the name of Torlogne. = He accompanied the first Napoleon to Italy as one of the sut- lers of his army. Not that he was in any way attached to the cause of Napoleon. In fact, he fared so badly that he was reduced to selling in the strests of the Eternal city the wood- en chips used for getting fire from the tinder boxes, which was then the common_method of kindling a light. When Plus VII decided to publicly oxcommunicate Napoleon then Gen. Bonaparte, for having dared to lay hands on the patrimeny of St. Peter’s, he found no one willing to nail the duly sealed bull of ex- communication to the huge doors of the Lateran Basilica, that mother of churches, as by law. No one ventured to brave the wrath of Napoleon and of his troops, until Tor- ogne undertoak the perilous task and lished it in without bis C., THURSDAY. DECEMBER lilted | of | University | With the | 20, 1923. The North Window BY LEILA MECHLIN Prizes are supposed to stimulate effort, but their award most often serves to bewilder the public. At the opening last Saturday evening of the Corcoran Gallery's ninth exhibi- tion of contemporary American ofl palntings questions concerning the valldity of the jury's judgment in making the announced awards of Corcoran medals and Clark prizes was oft repeated. astute, perhaps, than others, sug- gested that it was a matter of tech- nique, which is ever a mystery to the uninitiated. He was not far wrong. There are certain artists who, | through their mastery of medium and technical dexterity, invariably win the applause of their professional confreres. Such are frequently desig- Inated as painters' painters. George | Bellows is one of these. There could be nothing more opposite or far re- moved than Bellows' style and that of the late John W. Ajexander, vet years ago Mr. AlexandeP spoke with the utmost enthusiasm to a group of friends at his luncheon table one day of Bellows' ability and_tremendous promige—a young man, he said, who had it in him to do great work. ok K x The characteristics of Mr. Bellows' lart are a bold directness and a com- Iplete disregard for the so-called {amenities of beauty. What faults he has are of a positive rather than a negative sort. His paintings are in- | variably forceful and aggressive. may quarrel with his choice of sub- ject, but none can claim that his presentation is weak. Essentially, he paints what he sees. He 18 not a psychologist and does not attempt to interpret life. He Is a great painter rather than a great artist There are men who have a mighty ambition and puny capacity. There are others, like Bellows, who seem to reverse this order, whose capability seems to outstrip their aspirations. In his prize painting he gives a triple portrait of a woman and her two daughters, all three of whom seem to be obviously posing. There is no thought or vitality behind the ex- pressions, which, incidentally, are far from agreeable, but they are types and they are types which in our American life must be reckoned with It is a realistic presenta n. What Sinclair Lewis did in his much-dis- cussed book entitled “Main Street” Bellows has done in this painting, and he has omplished hi: result through an wmazing mastery of tech- nique. The simplicity of his treat- ment, furthermore, shows him akin to danet, and the descendant of Velas- quez, though unfortunately he lacks, it would seem, the sense of beauty which both o these great masters Possessed But Beilows is a great {may like or we may hate his work. bufl we must admit his mastery of medium, and his pictures, once seen, will not prove ily forgotten A | One { i inter. We = | 1isa istand why lcoran medal little more difficult to under- third award-—Cor and Clark prize lto Maurica Prendergast. uniess {were in appreciation of the in !viduality of his work and his tenac- lity for holding to a single style, a style quite out of the ordinary Mr. Prendergast invariably fills his canvases with figures, but subject- ively his pictures do not signify. A Prendergast enthusiast will always point out that it is the pattern of his compositions and their colorful lckarm which set them apart. The sems might hold good in greater de- lres of & woven fubric. a Persian rug {cr an embroidery. = Prendergast {brojders his theme. no matter how commonplace, with pigments, and ldocs succeed in producing. if one for kets all else, a pleasing ensemble the painter-jury this probably {seemed an accomplishment worthy lot award. the -went it * ¥ ok % Atlantic would remain at | The impression in the mind of the public is that the prizes in this and lother exnibitions are given for the first, second, third and fourth best pletures shown in the entire collec- {tion, although the catalogue plainly {states that all are not eligible—in other words, that many of the pic- tures shown are not in the competi- ition. For instance, to be eligible for a prize in this exhibition the pic- ture must have been painted within the past two vears, and it can never have won a prize of ecual or superior jvalue. The pictures which are not in the competition are indicated in the catalogue by an asterisk. but this es- lcapes the eves of the majority. {__For instance, Cecilia Beax' 1 lwith Cat.” a replica of which i lowned by the French government: Ralph_Clarkson’s “Portrait of Fd |ward E. Ayer,” Danlel Garber's “Sy lamores” and 'Bdmund Tarbell's por- {trait of his daughters. “The Sisters, Iwere all out of the runninz, but it must be confessed that Emil Cari- lgen's “Open Sea” and Wa'ter Elmer Schofield's . “June Morning” were eligible for prize awards. as were lalsn M. Jean McLane's “Portrait of a {Little ~ Girl" and _ Walter Ufer's “Luncheon at Lone Looust. * kK % The second Corcoran medal and {Clark prize went to Charles W. Hew- thorne's figure painting, “The Mat la ruddy, seafaring man, presumably ot Provincetown, which, having been lately painted, was eligible for award, whereas his infinitely finer “Fisher- Iman's Danghter” lent by the Mac- beth Galleries, had to be passed over lfor the simple reason that it was painted a good many years ago. The prize picture is obvious—strong, col- orful, & fine piece of realism, but the [“Fisherman’s Daugnter” has subtlety and spiritual significance—a very beautiful work. So, after all, prizes do not mean all they' seem, and If & vote of the paint- ors was taken it is quite likely that ft would be in favor of their dis- continuance—and yet it must be ad- mitted that the exhibitions wherein the highest prizes are offered are those to which the painters con- o their best. tribut st . The psychology of prize juries is undoubtedly perplexing, but there seems to be & remarkable unanimity in the matter of awards. For in- stance, George Bellows not only re- celved this year the first Clark prize of $2,000 and the Corcoran gold medal in the current exhibition, but also the Logan prize In the recent annual ex- hibition at the Art Institute of Chi- cago, and previously the following awards: Hallgarten prize, National Academy of Design, 1908; Sesnan medal, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, 1913; first Hallgarten prize ($300), National Academy of Design, 1918; honorable mention, Carnegie In- te, Pittsburgh, 1913: third medal T4E005, Carnegle Institute, Pittsburgh, 1914; Maynard prize, National Academy of Design, 1914: goid medal, Panama- Pacific exposition, San Francisco, 1915; Harris bronze medal and prize (3300), Art Institute of Chicago, "1916; Isidor hedal, National Academy of Design, 1916; Temple medal, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, 1917; jandscape prize, Newport Art Asso- clation, 1918; Beck gold medal, Penn- sylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, 1921; Norman Wait Harris bronze medal, Art Institute of Chicago, 1921; first prize, Carnegie Institute, 19227 firat prize, National Arts Club, 1922, All of these awards were made by jurles of artists; therefore, whatev the layman may think of George Bel- lows' work it obviously stands high aalniers, One layman, more | ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS Q. Who was the author of the pl. “George Washington,” given in Wash- ington during February, 192 M. E A. Perry MacKaye is the author of the play “George Washington,” given the week of February 23, 1920, at the Belasco Theater. Walter played the leading role. Q. How many books are Washington?—T. H. R. A. Last year, approximately 2,500,- 000 books were sold. Estimating the population at 450,000, each person :vuufihl an average of five or six hooKs, Q. Is a lapped and riveted corner seam or a stronger?—E. J. B. A. The burean of standards says a butt-welded joint in soft steel plates can be made practically the strength of the materfal. The weld may be made either by the electric arc or the oxy ene process and the plates should be welded from both sides. A riveted point is weaker than the plates due to the holes in the plates. Usually igth of riveted joinis « about half or two-thirds that the plate —L. sold in Q. Who invented cribbage?—F. A. According to John Aubre “Brief Lives,'” the game of invented by ir John lived from 1602 to 1642 em to live you explain E in his ribh uckling, wh Q. l on Cut long_in why ?—F" A. Any one of the following may be the cause: Hot or cold drafts air: a stuffy room; smoke or fumes such as those from coal or illuminat- ing gas: Insufficient watering: too | many flowers In one vase; stems not cut daily, or leaving in wurm room | overnight | « of | | Q. How many people enter Chicago daily by rallway?—A. H. H A. In the course of twenty-four hours, 1,339 passenger trains bearing an _army of 192,000 passengers enter and leave Chicago, the terminal of thirty-nine lines. Q. Name the four fastest typists in the world?—J. A. P. A. In the last world's champlonsht typewriting contest, held York city, October 22, 18 four operators in point of speed were Albert Tangora, 147 net words minute; George Hossfeld, 116 Bessie Friedman. 143 words Gaskill. 1 Q. the W A. Jean Papillon. the engraver to bear the name, was the first to plan and execute continuc repeating designs in wall paj matching on the sides the sheet t was placed next it. Thesc ifirst used in 1688 and wera soon established fash Who invented wall continuous repeated s wood t Does over?—E. C. G A. The Fi freaze over, thoy below them, som In_ certain s 1856, 1860 and 1 formed, and have ito construct an ice of the American rapids. Only very bold sightseer. however. risk viewing the Falls from bridges of fce, which might o at any moment, Q Niagara winte isl S0 cons nds ha dated bridge over h railways?—N. K A. Boston, Chicago, New York and Philadelphia have elevated street rai Of the Coo Although announcement admittedly was a formality, editors g have welcomed the opening quarters on behalf of President Cool- {idge by his friends, William M ler, republican national committ man from Massachuetts, W. Stearns, millionaire Boston. It has “cleared the air.” it is universally conceded, and will allow the Coolidge supporters in the states which compel a presidential primary to take off their get to work for the Romination at Cleveland next ‘While the switch from Chicago Cleveland may result in Johns los- Ing some strength, the Lynchhurg Advance (democratic) points out “it Frank merchant of and 1ts “bosses the al- ment- ahout ‘boss-chosen’ by pointing out that the have already obtained control of convention.” The announcement though “unwelcome Mr. ¢ was absolutely neces: field Union (indepen: and “u presidential ination days certainly does not go to shrinking violet, if it ever did Mr. Coolidge himself will tak ive part in the scramble for d gates. He wlll keep risht on bein President and glying the country the best that fs in him. And, r all there is no surer road to continued political success than that. It isa road Calvin Coolidge has traveled before and it has led him to high places The Springfield Republican = (inde- pendent) holds that should Mr. Butler eventually become chairman of the republican national committee he “inight be prevented from becoming a candidate for United States senator in this state” and that, because of this fact, “President Coolidge’s friends might easily reach the conclusion that the chairman of the committee should ba a westerner and not a New Englander.” * x ok % The announcement, as the Balti- more Sun (democratic) sees it, “is the Massachusetts answer to the bronco-busting cavalier from Cali- fornin.” It also will “give the Cool- idge supporters, who are legion,” the Hartford Courant (republican) ar- gues. “opportunity to go to work. The country had expected the announce- ment and would have been disap- pointed if it had_ not been made Because the Coolidg: message “caused a great reaction in his favor,’ the Harrisburg Telegraph (independ- ent) believes, “the formal announce. ment of his candidacy for that reason will meet with more open and un qualified approval than had it been made a week earlier. It is well timed and in good form.” The fact that he hi - these {he But “side-tracked” the old-time polit- he feal manipulators is significant.” the Butte Miner (republican) says, as drafting new men he has placed him-{ self in a position where it cannot be said that any of those connected with | great financial or corporate interests are in active management of his campaign.” The candidacy “h launched in auspicious winds Cincinnati Enquirer (independent) in- sists, while the Waterbury Republi- can (independent) adds that, “as Mr. Coolidge has the inside track for the nomination, his countrymen will de- voutly hope he may use it to some broad and progressive purpose. He now can “appeal to all of the coun- try,” the Columbus State Journal (in- dependent republican) sayvs, and “a man who truly impresses one section of the country a® measuring fully up to the presidency Impresses other sections similarly.” * k ¥ * His is a “candidacy not lightly to be dismissed,” argues the Cleveland Plain Dealer (independent democrat- ic), because “Mr. Coolldge stepped into complete control of his natural political inheritance upon the death » his chief, The Harding cabinet re- aains tntaét. The party organization 5 loyal. The country, irrespective of e Lxiendlyy Betier than all Hampden | butt-welded corner seam ;of i | | Maes., at Q. What cities have elevated streat | to | Eives him a chance to press his argu- | BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN ways, Of the large Parls and Berlin have elevated. Q. Why Greenwich, AT land was was one of the great institutions of its kind at the time that the werld Was finding itself, from a geograp! licul stundpoint Britain w also coming into ime don {nance. For thesc « Greenw ireenwi came to be the basic meridia foreign citie tracks that are 1= longitude measured from England?—D. . U, Royal O, located a knout This scourge, which nstrument of punt . Wis composed of ma skin interw hundred or equivalent to 3 rarely for- ment in ¥ thongs s considered th sent stnee ved ur victims this pi ment. ‘hat Q. v genics was H. O A ¥ nics is from a Gro meaning well born by Francis Galton, the sclentist, in 1883, who vd “the science which deals with influences that improve the in qualities of a r G origin of o k wo and was first y A Q. How long have ti schools in this country A. The first schools in this lished about the teenth centur: without perm; ere been night —R. T. successful evening country were estah middie of the nix although an attemp: rent results was mad- {in New York in 1534 Q@ Wiow one of m the stage’ A. The ste “You'd scarce expe Ee to speak in public =G. N/ lines quoted were written by David Everett, the American writer, who was born in Princetor 15,1770, and died in Marfetta 13. Ohio, Q. When was the first world's fal: held’—R. E. A. The first industrial exposition h all nationals might partici pate was that held in Crystal Pa ace. London, from May 1 to October 1, 1851. France held an expositior universel 1 and in 1862 tis inglish had their second great in ational exposition in Londor. is the er in th in nort as a widt) more than 100 to near Superior is the body in_ 1) 1@ length of Lal aat west is me breadth is | Lake world the i forence on the sayir spels as o the Cro rent & “Today Paradise™ shalt er forgive them, ey know “My God, My Go irsaken Meg' i is hed": “Father, {11iv 1 mend My spirit.” The Star Information Bursa J. Haskin, director, 12 Capitol answer yor The only charge for th 2 cents in stamps for-re Th fi hands 2 Country Welcomes Launching lidge Campaign of its items fit hour to a nicety.” f t Knickerbocker 1 goes has ich in most th ving an) | . President continuously in the estimat |of the count he assumed offics Unless somathing entirely outside the | range of prob: nterv M wolidge will‘be nominated in Clave nd next Jone to succeed himself Indorsing this opinion, the Lynchburg | News (aemou for the da g is in the ascendant idge is the man of destiny. &0 r as the republicans are concerned. d hor accordingly is being paid to him. rhaps one of the reasons why Coolidee is being so cheerfully given the republican right of way | grown atic) says 0. almost the certain- it awaits the candidate wh 1t deal depends on the cours of events of the next few months, th Indianapolis News (independent) | points out, inasmuch as “even vet th | President 'Is to a certain extent nknown quality in national politic " | The people are prepared to accept and | follow a wise and courageous | ship, with they leader being somewhat out of conc those who do not know wh think till ¢ 1d out what t | peaple are supp to be thinking | It is assumed that the President wi not allow the business of the govern- ment to suffer as a result of his can didacy. o This likewise the view of New York Post (independent), wh further believes that “it now is alf the more necessary for him to prove in unmistakable fashion that he isac tually the leader of his party,” while the York Times (independent { democratic) insiets “neither party wanted real tax reduction. Mr. Coo idse what the people wanted Once in a while the people have their own way. Taking even the strict and parrow partisan view, the demoorats in Congress should help and mot hinder.” s the Roanoke World News (independent democratic) add 'he surest w; for Mr. Coolidge to | &et the nomination is for him to stick 10 his job as President and let the re | publican convention take care of ft- | self. Let him go his present course | sticking to his job and taking it sor! ouely, meeting issues squarely and courageously as they arise, and h need have no worry about the oui- come of the republican convention.’ _One result if Mr. Coolidge is non inated, the Knoxviile Sentinel (demo- cratic) points out, is “there will be 1no such muddling’ of the issues and j befogging of the voters as in the 1920 campaign.” And the New York Eve- ning World (independent democratic) appeals to the President “to stand forth as a fighting figure battiing for his program. Then his enemies will respect him, amd the mi)lions of the i masses will admire him, for America likes virility and courage and hates coward. -In Cop@ress, and during the next few months Calvin Céolidge wilt win or lose the nomination. It is up In a’ Few Words. The true objective of dlvorce is not the dissolution of particular mar- riages, but the establishment of tha highest possible grounds upon which people may continue to live together. —MARY AUSTIN. Cyllage, foot bail s Lecoming Tea and less an. phdergraguade. ‘activit and is now Jargely & forn ofwemuse. ment for the alumni, DR, STRWART PATON (Princston), is th saw