Evening Star Newspaper, February 7, 1924, Page 6

THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, 'D O, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 1924. IHE EVENING STAR|then techntcally excuse the lapse of |The Memorial bridge is a feature of ‘With Sunday Morning Edition. WASHINGTON, D. C. THURSDAY....February 7, 1924 THEODORE W. NOYES. ... Editor Xhe Evening Star Newspaper Company Busioess Office, 11th St. and Penuaylvania Ave. New York Office: 110 East 42nd St. Chicago Office: Tower Building. Laropean Office: 16 Regent 8t., London, England, ‘The Evening Star, with the Synday morning ®dition, is delivered by carriers within the ity at 60 cents per month: 45 «cents per month; Sunday only, cents per month.” Orders may be sent by or tele- phone Main 5000, Collection is made by car wiers at the end of exch month. Rate by Mail—Payable in Advance. Maryland and Virginia, Daily and Sunday..1yr., $8.40; 1 mo., 70c Daily only. 1 X Bunday oniy X All Other States. Daily and Sunday.1 yr., §10.00; 1 mo., §5¢ Daily only. 2 $7.00; 1 mo., 60c Sunday only... + $3.00; 1 mo., 25¢ Member of the Assoclated Press. The Associated Press ix exclusively entitled o the ‘use for republication of all news dis- patches credited to it or not otherwise credited 0 this paper and also the local news pub- lshed berein. Al rights of publication ot wpecial dispatches herein are also r Lloyd George's Charge. It has been said that history is Bometimes dug out of gra of statesmen. It would seem that David Liloyd George is exploring in this fash- ion, even in the open grave awaiting its tenant. The other day. in comment- ing on the death of Woodrow Wilson, he said that in his absence from Par during the peacd conference the lute former Presid, the United States had ent, to a sccret agreement with France for the French occupation of the Rhineland. This essertion is now vigorously and in- dignantly denied in Paris and is re- sented by Mr. Wilson's friends and political supporters in the United States. A formal French reply is in Ppreparation, with a preliminary in- quiry to obtain the exact text of Mr. Lloyd George's statement. In Lon- don the assertion of the former pre- mier has caused amazement and aroused much criticism, 1t would scem 10 have been at least tactless for Mr. Lloyd George to make this so-called disclosure after Mr, Wil- son's death, when he could it with denial or wi There is no immed the statement other than the px of the man whom the ex-p virtually accused of bad faith Great Britain. No i raised by any other happe: it was in the most dubious taste for one who had sat with Mr. Wilson at the peace table at Ve 1o impugn his conduct and his motives ‘when death had sealed his lips for T Tt was a flagrant violation of the rule ‘which obtains in all countries to speak nothing but goed of the dead, cer- tainly in the fow hours that lapse between death and burial, controversies will Wilson time to He was a widely discussed man during his life, and now that he is zone he will be even moy discussed for a time. But certainly not incumbent upon his peace table colleagues to wait until he had gone befo ing him with dupl. pecially as the was no con e rcason for such an utterance at a time of American national bereavement. Mr. Lloyd George has doubtless ere now realized that he nmitted & gricvous mistake in judgment, if Tot an unpurdonable mistake of fact. e occasion in Momentous Days. The next few days will constitute @ momentous period in democratic yolitics bearing upon the fortunes of presidential candidates. The attention of the country will be focused upon ‘William G. McAdoo, and his support- ers and followers will anxiously await Lis testimony before the oil investi- gating committee in regard to his legal services rendered ‘the ‘ofl inter- ets. Mr. McAdoo and veral of his managers are in the city and they will confer on the political aspects of the case. Mr. McAdoo, upon the publication of the testimony which disclosed his Jegal connections, promptly asked to be heard by the committec, at the same time insisting that his relations ‘with the Doheny interests were en- tirely legitimate. and that it was unjust to draw unfavorable deduc- tions. His managers became awure of the eriticism in some democratic circles that there was danger of impairment of Mr. McAdoo's availability as a candidate for the presidency, should the party nominate him, based upon public and press comment upon the wituation and upon the realization ihat he would constantly be upon the explainer's bench. Mr. McAdoo in his coming testi- mony will have opportunity to present ‘his argument in rebuttal of that wbjection to his candidacy and to put his case before the public in a sati factory light. The situation is im- ‘portant to the democratic party, for, in event of his inability to remove 1he objection urged against his can- dJidacy, perty lines would be badly shaken and plans of other candidates and their political fortunes would be affected. —_————— It is at least a gratification to note that the Teapot Dome enterprises in- volved no fake oil wells to absorb wmall savings. Diplomatic Discourtesy. A storm of indignation has been wroused by the tactlessness cxhibited at the German embassy in this city in the matter of the official token of respect for the late former President Woodrow, Wilson, 1In the strictest senge there ‘was no imperative occa- sion' for any display of mourning, fnasmuch as Mr. Wilson died in private life. But he had been Presi- dent of the United States and the American people were in mourning for him in that capacity. Every other foreign establishment in Washington $mmediately recognized the fact by that placing of the flag that indicates & token of respect. The absence of wuch a mark of condolence at the Germany embassy was, of course, at lonee noted and was resented. The explanation "hat Mr. Wilson was fmerely. & grivats citizen did no mare 2t £ 0c | that rage | courtesy,. The fact. that this blunder was later corrected by a belaced half- stafling of the flag only emphasized the initial error of judgment. There is no ground for protest to Berlin on the part of the government of the United States, for no actual breach of official propriety has been committed. But a protest has, nev- ertheless, gone forth in the news dis- patches and, it would seem, has been noted at the German capital, with the result, it is hinted, of the possible early recall of the incumbent at the German embassy on the score of a diplomatic error of judgment. It is the function of a diplomatic representative to observe the niceties of official social intercourse and to manifest no temperamental punctilio might in anywise militate against good feeling. Unquestionably if @ former President had passed from life who had in nowise been con- nected with a conflict between the host and the represented nations the occasion would-have been marked by immediate show of sympathy. 1n this case the failure to make the ordinary sign of condolence betrayed a feeling of resentment which cannot be tol- erated on the part of a fully aceredited ambassador or minister representing a definitely recognized government. The incident of the flag on the oc- casion of Mr. Wilson's death may be by Berlin construed as a personal Llunder at the embassy, in which case the head of the establishment, who is responsible for all that hap- pets there, is accountable., If there is no token of such a feeling at the 1 the discourtesy will people of this ascribed to the government itsclf. | Co-Operative Marketing. 1n co-operative marketing, in the in- terest of which a conference now is being held in Washington, American farmers have real hope for permanent betterment of their condition. In cases of acute illness, physical or eco- nomic, administration of stimulants may be helpful and necessary, but sound and enduring health is never promoted by artificial stimulation. Some of the measures proposed, in and out of Congress. for the relicf of agriculture are stimulants, pure and simple. They may be justified to sone extent to help a small scction of the agricultural industry out of u situa- tion too serious to await the processes of natural healing, but agriculture 4 whole neither asks nor needs to be fed on stimulants. The farmers arc on solid ground when they s by cooperation, to obtain a larger share of the con- sumer’s dollar by lessening the cost of distribution. President Coolidge at the heart of the matter in a letter which was read at today’s session of the conference. “In the long run,” he said, *'we will all be bettered if we can lessen the burdensome costs of con- ng our necessarics from the pro- [ ducer to the consumer. There is necd {for co-operative organizations among agricultural producers to help them both in selling their products for a hetter price and buying their require- {ments more cheaply. There is like- | wise need for organizations of the | urban consumers, to give like bene- {fit. The establishment of a close- | working relationship between these {1 groupd ought to be the ideal to i which the larger co-operative move- !ments of the country should aim.” | The President here puts his finger on a grave menace to the continued prosperity and well being of all the people. Distribution is taking an ab- {normal toll from the fruits of the i producers. An unnecessarily large number of persons are engaged in distribution, and every person above the necessary number so engaged becomes an economic parasite, living on the toil of others and contributing nothing to the common pool out of which all must be fed and clothed. All such movements as to the one to which President Coolidge has ad- {dressed himself are entitled to public | encouragement and support. City lawellers owe it to themselves to seek understanding of the problems in- i volved, for in the end the consumers are the ones who must pay the major costs of wastage. —_—— Every effort will doubtless be made to get the oil investigation out of the way in time to prevent it from encumbering the proceedings of the national party conventions. ——— Several people will join Henry Ford 1in closing down presidential prospects, | but some of them may not manage the matter with so much grace and good will. ———— Foreign debtors may go too far in assuming that tax reduction is a sign that Uncle Sam is never going to need the money due him, ——— A twoyear prison sentence may seem a comparative relief to Nicky Arnstein after the long suspense un- der whichshe has lived. —_——————— The Memorial Bridge. If construction of the Memorial bridge were to be begun now ten vears would pass before the bridge, its terraces and approaches would be fin- ished, if the design of the bridge com- mission were carried out. The exce- utive officer of the bridge commission told the Lee Highway Commission at its fourth annual convention that tha bridge commission will decide in a few days what recommendations to make to Congress, and that “the Me- morial bridge will be started very shortly or laid aside to sleep for fifty years more.” Tt is believed that the building of the bridge will be begun eoon, but if the work should not be begun this yeay it is inconceivable that the proj- ect would be set aside for fifty years, or even five years. But the man who made that statement perhaps knows ‘more about the matter than anybody else, and the thing to be done is to press for beginning work on the bridge as soon as possible. A bridge is needed from Potomac Park, near the Lincoln Memorial, to cross Columbia Island and reach the low lands of the Arlington reserva- tion, where good roads will lead to the heights of Arlington and connect with highways to the south snd w the plan for making Washington the greatest capital. Such a bridge was proposed about forty years ago, and soon after it was proposed the idea ‘was widely approved. Since 1900 the Memorial bridge has had prominence in discussion looking to improvement of the Capital and has been indorsed by national organizations, congress- men and other public men without number. At the national encampment of the Grand Army of the Republic in Wash- ington in 1902 the building of a me- morial bridge seemed so near that a stone to be used as the corner stone of the bridge was presented and ac- cepted with becoming ceremony. That big block lay for years on the vacant lot at the corner of Pennsylvania avenue and Madison place and was there until the building of the Treas- ury annex was begun. That corner stone ceremony took place about twenty-two years ago. Potomac Park, then mud and ooze; has been mude a pleasure ground, the Lincoln Me- morial has been built, other bridges have been built, but the Memorial bridge has progressed no further than a splendid design on paper, The time Is at hand when work on this bridge should begin. An ancient law preventing the clos- ing of a government department as a mark of respect to a former official made it necessary for President Cool- idge to direct that no work be done in the departments after 12:30 on the day of Woodrow Wilson's funeral. Red tape must have its fling even in the most serious even : ——— It is charged that radicals under- taking to stampede the United Mine Workers had an abundance of funds at their disposal. An era of great pros- perity prompts strangely reckless in- vestments. ——————— The frankness with which several oil witnesses have testified makes it seem possible that the new drug sup- posed to make men tell the truth has petroleum as onc of its in- gredients. —_——— 1t is regarded as impossible ascertain accuras the amount of German capital employed in invest- ments outside the country. This is a case where foreign entanglements are a financial advanta; ——— Students of thrift have said that the first thousand dollars is the hard- est. Mr. Charles H, Levermore may incline to the opinion that the first $50,000 is the casiest. —————— Mr. Bok and his stafl evidently feel that they have done enough in se- curing an answer to the big question they set out to place before the public. to Negiect to fly the flag at half-staff over the Gierman embassy is an in- stance of forgetfulness that will not readily be associated with forgiveness, —_——— Senator Hiram Johnson has demon- strated the amount of wear and tear rapidly cxperience after being thrown into the ring. ———eme———— Venizclos has been asked to over- work the old motto slightly about trying again if success is not imme- diately in evidence. ———————— There might be more encourage- ment to finance an early presidential boom if, under certaln circumstances, it could be made transferablc. ———— SHOOTING STARS. BY PHILANDER JOHNSON. Investigation. A share of trouble we might save, And time and money, too, If people ere they misbehave ‘Would pause and think anew: If every man would seek to know His own precarious ways Instead of waiting for a show On which the world must gaze. As individuals we might make The world a better place And unto higher purpose wake All of the human race; If every man with mood inclined To glory or to pelf Would, with a frank, unfavoring mind, Investigate himself. As History Repeats. “New questions ure coming up every day.” 7 “It would seem s0,” answered Sen- ator Sorghum. “As a rule they are pretty much the sume old questions, only they have to be asked about dif- ferent people.” Jud Tunkins says life would be casy if every man had nothing worse to worry about concerning his past than the theory of evolution. The Turning Point. ‘We long, when scandals ‘round us burst, To greet that day &f rest When weo can say, “We know the worst; Let's labor for the best. Safety First. “What Crimson Gulch needs is a " answered Cactus Joe; “and we might have had one if Snake Ridge kadn’t located so near. The railroad simply had to make a detour. Any- body lookin’ at them Snake Ridgers would know in a minute they was natural-born train robbers.” Diluted Danger. “That bootlegger puts water in his whisky.” “Well,” answered Uncle Bill Bot- tletop, “mebbe that'll make both his ‘whisky and the feller that drinks it last a little longer.” “Mighty few people,” said Uncle Eben, “has so much religion dat dey kin afford to use it up arguin’ about n ——— e — Tat’s Fame Waning.' From the New York Tribune The prestige of Tut-ankh-Amen is waning steadily. Now it is suspect- ed he was only s hfll-klr‘xg Jtionly remains for ‘some astute archeol- ogist o prick the bubble finally by mmuhpx hat he was oothlng but @ vica preaident, WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS BY FREDERIC WILLIAM WILE Senator James Couzens of Michigan, who wants to engage in a joint debate jwith Secretary Mellon on taxation, plans to hale Mr. Mellon before the bar of the Senate under a federal statute dated 1789. It reads: “The Secretary of the Treasury shall make report and give Information to either branch of the legislature in per- son or in writing, as may be required, respecting all matters referred to him by the Senate or the Housé of Repre- sentatives, or which shall appertain to his office. ‘ Couzens is informed that the statute is to be found in the second edition, revised statutes, page 41, section 248. When the Senate §s not so deeply im- mersed In oll, the Michigander will in- troduce a resolution summoning Secre- tary Mellon to appear in accordance with its provisions. Then, Senator Couzens says, he'll have the opportunity to debate, which the chancellor of our exchequer thus far has denfed him. * % x % Mrs. Coolidge not long ago was es- corting a couple of intimate friends from Massachusetts through the White House and personally pointing out some of its historic treasures. She called at- tention in the east room to the well known ivory-white and gold-leaf en- crusted baby grand piano which stands there—a gift to the Executive Mansion during the Roosevelt administration. “Once,” said_the First » “when 1 was ‘seeing Washington’ as an excur- slonist, 1 looked admiringly at that piano ‘and, as our party passed it. I strummed a scale on its keys. A vigi- lant White House police officer gently rebuked me, saying the piano was there to be looked at and not fingered. It's mine, now!” “Paderewski and many of the other celebrated pianists of the world have performed on the white- and-gold instrument, It is always used (‘:‘Hme occasion of White House musi- ® % x ¥ American schoolboys and college men who have been spending their summer vacations as “bell-hops,” stewards or sailors on Shipping Board liners are to be deprived of such employment in the future. A decision to that end has just been made. It appears that the thou- sands of seafaring men and youths who sail the ocean biue for purposes of live- lihood_object to amateur competition. The Shipping Board agreed that the point was well taken. Some three hun. dred men spent their summer holidays in 1923 seeing the world as temporary sailors ¥ oE ok ¥ Leroy T. Vernon of Chicago, veteran Washington newspaper correspondent and ardent collector, owns what is per- haps the finest collection extant of Ger- many’s so-called “notgeld” (emergency money). It is a bewildering collection of paper, leather and porcelain *cur- renc: Apparently pocketbooks in Germany no longer serve their tradi- tional purpose, for Vernon has import- ed, along with the money, enormous scrapbooks labeled “Notgeld,” which in the thorough Teutonic way are fitted, pige after page, to hold the nonde- script stuff which now passes muster as legal tender. The German nowadays, Death of Arthur Meyer Recalls ! l l when he goes shopping, evidently car- Ties not a wallet, ‘bat an album. Ver- non's hoard, which would maké Midas dizzy if it weren't stage money, in- cludes Reichsbank bills with a face value of ten billion marks. The Ger- mans' penchant for art and poetry finds full play in the flood of money issued by communes, towns, counties, districts and federal states. The notes, made of exquisite white kid-leather, are embel- lished with beautiful designs in color. Many bear famous quotations in verse. Numerous bills carry a militant note and are illustrated with soldiery and ‘war trappings. * k ok * George A. Morgan, the veteran chief coin designer and medalist of “the United States mint at Philadelphia, is at work on bronze medals of Calvin Coolidge and Andrew W. Mellon. Tra- dition and the law call for the striking of medals of recurring occupants-of the presidency and the secretaryship of the treasury. The design for the Coolidge medal ‘bears on the reverse side a standing female figure holding in her arms a tablet inscribed: “Constitution, Law; Order.” The sketch will require the approval of Mr. Coolidge before the medal is actually cast. Mr. Morgan narrates that Meilon is 2 most particus lar person concerning the reproduction of his likeness, the medalist having had to make four separate trips to Wash- ington for sittings at the secretary's home.. Morgan is a native of England and seventy-nine years old. The United Statex asked the royal mint of Great Britaln to send to this country the fin- est designer it had, and Morgun was dispatched. He calls himself “imported labor.” * ¥ x % The Evening Star recently printed a cartoon by its celebrated artist, Berry- man, depicting Uncle Sam writhing amid coils of oil. Entitled “Laocoon, the cartoon showed the republican clephant and the demoeratic donkey both being strangled by oleaginous pythons. Whether it was in Berryman's fertile mind or not, a lot of politicians in Washington have been fearing that the oil scandals might choko ,the life out of both old parties. There is no doubt that the third party movement, which has not been prospering of late, has taken on new buoyancy during the lzlll ten tempestuous days. Senator La Follette's cohorts are perking up. They call him a more “logical” presidential candidate than cver, as the man who blazed the oil trail. Senator Borah, 0o, is being bombarded by his legion of ad- mirers,” who, for the past two yeurs, have been urging him to lcad a new party. * ¥ ¥ ¥ A reader of these observations in far- off California, having noticed a recent reference to the mistaking of Senator Lodge for Dr. Sawyer, as chronicled by Senator George H. Moses, an eye- witness, writes: “In San Diego coun| is a Paradise Valley. 3 there wus a cloudburst which caused @ flood of the Tia Juana river. A certain Mr. Moscs went to the soldiers’ home at Santell. He gave his He was asked whe he =aid ‘Paradise.” ‘When d Paradise? was the next gue: replied: ‘Before the flood (Copyright, 1924.) there Rise From Low to High Station BY THE MARQUISE DE FONTENOY. Paris has just lost a familiar land- mark through the death of old Arthur Meyer, who has justly bLeen described as the dean of the French press, and who rose from hectic beginnings to become one of the most respected and popular members of Parisian society, a welcome guest in the houses of the oldest and most exclusive aristocracy and who has now died in the odor of sanctity. Only a few weeks ago he occupled the limelight through the delivery of a series of largely at- tended addresses for the purpose of proving that, the French fashions of the last ten years of the reign of the Third Napoleon, and of the Court of the Tuileries when Empress Eugenie exercised acknowledged supremacy over the world of fashion, not only in France, but also In every civilized country, were infinitely more decorous, less jYulgar and less insanely extravagant than they are today. While Arthur Meyer—for that is the name which he bore throughout his eighty-five years of life—was perfectly right in his declarations with regard to Em- press Eugenie and her court. he could not speak from personal experience. ¥or he mever crossed the threshold of the Tuileries, of the Palace of St. {Cloud or of any of the other homes of the last Napoleon and of his Spanish consort. During the closing years of the em- pire and, indeed, until the moment of the outbreak of the Frarco-Ger- man war of 1870, Arthur Meyer was occupying the position as bookkeeper and as_ factotum of that infamous queen of the half world, Blanche d'An- tigny, whom Emile Zola portrayed to the life as “Nana” in his repulsive but well known. novel of that name. Blanche d’Antigny’s death under hor- rible circumstances, left Arthur Meyer for a time without resources, forced to adopt all sorts of strange callings In order to save himself from starva- tion, and then he drifted into news- paper reporting, speclalizing in stories relating to the demi-monde and to the least reputable element of the dramatic profession. This led him by degrees to the fringes of society, and in course of time, perceiving that there was o gold mine in the exploitation of social news, he made it a specialty and finally got some rich parvenue to help him to start a dally paper devoted to social news and to the advancement of the ambitions of the people with more money than birth and breeding and imbued with social aspirations. In order to convey the impression to his financial backers and early read- ers that they were getting into so- ciety, he filled a portion of his paper with' news and storles about the Bourbons, the Bonapartes, about for- elgn royalties visiting Paris and about the old aristocracy of France, who eventually with the object of seeing what their neighbors and fel- low nobles were doing became per- manent subsctibers and readers of the paper. That was the real origin of the Gaulois, which for more than forty years past has been regarded as the organ par excellence of the monarchist parties, of the old nobil- ity and of the fashionable world, the stage and-the half-world being es- chewed and no longer finding any place In the pages of the Gaulols. *x %3 Needless to add that Arthur Meyer attached himself to the fortunes of Gen. Boulanger, who for a time de- luded some of the more credulous of the monarchists and would-be royal- ists into the belief that if they would help him into a military dictatorship he would take advantage thereof to use the control of the army which he had acquired as minister of war to bring about a monarchical restora- tion. In fact, Arthur Meyer was a sort of liaison officer between the Faubourg St. Germain and the “brav general” as long as the latter's vogue lasted and before he was overtaken by disgrace followed by ignominious flight and suicide. How Arthur Meyer was looked upon in those days, that is to say about thirty-five years ago, is best shown that when some Parisian papers pub- lished a photograph of the Dowager Duchess of Uses, who foolishly ad- vanced several millions of francs to further Gen. Boulanger's echemes, the picture showing Arthur Meyer stand- ing by her chair, her sons instituted a suit against 'the ' newspapers in question for libel, on the ground that to show their mother in such com- I pany was nothing less than a dis- gTace. And as recently as in 1895, When Princess Helene of France was married at Twickenham near London to the royal Italian Duke of Aosta her eldest brother, the Duke of Or- leans, who gave her away, created a scene by ordering Arthur Meyer to be ejected from the church as un- worthy to figure among those present. Undismayed by this treatment, Ar- thur Meyer and his newspaper, the Gaulois, continued to support the monarchical parties in France, divid- ing his allegiance between the Bour- bons and the Bonapartes, and inci- dentally undertaking the manage- ment of the publicity of all the phil- anthropic and charitable entertain- ments organized by the members of the two formerly soverecign houses and by their adherents. Indeed, scarcely a day passed without his winning the usually reluctant friend- ship of the leading persons of the Parisfan great world. I as most obliging and useful. * * ¥ Finally, one day, the old French aristocracy awoke to the fact that the young and handsome daughter of the Comte Leo de Turenne had been foreed by the terribly straitened circum- stances of her father and mother, to accept a position as reporter on the Gaulois and that she had thus been brought into contact with its editor- in-chief, Arthur Meyer. He learned through her that the total income of her parents did not exceed 4,000 francs ($800) a year, on which they found it almost impossible to bring up their children. He also learned how she had been forced to break off her engagement to a man of her own rank owing to her poverty. Becom- ing more and more interested in her, he at first proposed to adopt her. But he found it would present no end of difficulties, and, moreover, that it would naturally’ give rise to malevo- lent gossip, owing to the fact that h was an aged bachelor of particularly stormy antecedents and she a lovely young girl. So, he finally offered, at the age of sixty-five, to make her his wife, at any rate in name and in law, with the avowed object of providing for her welfare and protecting her from the financial difficulties that were crushing her. B ‘The announcement of the projected marriage aroused no end of indigna- tion among the members of the old aristocracy, especially when it was learned that she was virtually driven into the union in order to provide actual sustenence for her father. mother, her young sisters and for herself. She "had _some enormously rich relatives, among them the mem- bers qf the ducal houses of Uzes. the Noalll the Wagrams, the Fitz- Jameses, the Gontaut-Birons, etc. In- deed, her mother was a daughter of the late Duke of Fitz-James. They were assailed with re- proaches for their lack of generosity toward the old Comte de Turenne and his wife and children. Stung thereby, a first cousin, the Marquis de Biron, started a subscription list among the near relatives to provide an annuity for the de Turennes, he himsel? heading the list with a sub- scription of 1,000 francs a year, which was a good deal for him, since he was not rich. But none of the others would consent to contribute a cent, jand so his marriage to Mile. de Tu- renne took place. It is said and be- lieved in Paris that Arthur Meyer treated his wife in the most chival- rous manner and that his relations with her always remained those of a father rather than of a_ husband. Thanks to his generosity, her father and mother were able to pass their declining years free from monetary troubles and in relative peace and comfort, while Arthur Meyer took charge of the education and of the future of his wife's young broth- ers. ‘This conduct on his part finally won over to him those who still had re- tained up until then prejudice against him by reason of his antecedents. When the relatives of the de Tu- rennes remained aloof he had stepped forward in the most generous and withal chivalrous manner to protect from complete destitution and from utter ruin and from the horrors of the poor house the heirs of one of the most illustrious names of France, namely, that of the great Marshal de Turen: who drove the Germans from Alsace in 1676, defeating the great Elector of Brandenburg at the battle of Turkheim, and who lies en- tombed in the Palace of the Invalides. That Is why Arthur Meyer is now going down to an honored grave, widely regretted, in the odor not of sanctity, at any rate, in that of what is next best, namely, that of, The North Window BY LEILA MECHLIN When photography was first discov- ered there werc those who prophesied that the result would be the ddciine of art. Instead, however, photog- raphy has become an art, and the painters and sculptors have profited through its Instrumentality. ‘Within recent years there have bden not a few who inclined to the belief that moving pictures would pot only in time put an end to the legitimate drama but would have an extremely detrimental effect upon art. But again we see art getting the upper hand, for through this me- dium the “movies” are being placed on a higher plane and are coming to have new significance, The moving picture is essentially the child of the hour. It climinates all non-essentials; it Is a time and effort gaver; it is, in short, concen- trated food. It s precisely in line with the modern newspaper of the less conservative sort, the works of the post-impressionist, the writers of free verse and the composers of the modernist school. Its appeal is to sensation, but none will say that it is anemic, and “those who have give the subject most study are of the b ltef ‘that it has possibilitics which only a few, so far, have dreamed of. The moving picture cannot and wili not replace the spoken drama, but it can and it may give us o new form of visual expression truer and more beautiful than we have had before, and there Is a possibility that through such pictorial expression may be trans- mitted to vast numbers emotions of a sort engender high ideals. It is well known that for a number of s Miss Maud Adams has given intensive study to the subject of lighting in reiation to the produc tion of moving pietu to the possibility of " the presentation. of such pictures In a way that will bring them not only within the fleld of art but place them among the higher arts. To continue this experiment Miss Adams is planning to go to In- dia next summer and stage a produc- tion. Others "are working along somewhat eimilar lines, not only with the Intention of securing pictorial ef- ects but of discovering, as it were, a new pictorial language. * % % % its own as an instrument of educa- tion, and the moving picture thea- ters are evidencing gratifying hos- pitality toward such films of the bet- ter class. A number of the leading art muscums have acquired moving picture machines and are exhibiting films for their children audlences, showing the making of a work in sculpture, methods employed in the several crafts, besides the manufac fure of, within the ficld of the industrial a The Architects’ Journal of London recently made note that one of the mMoving picture houses had lately put on u film of recent addi- tions to London's civic architecture, that the audience was interested and indulged in discussion of the merit of the work shown. On anoth casion one of the great Gothic cathe- drals was similuriy displayed, the audience being taken on a sight- seeing tour, as it were. In comment- ing on these films the writer, an architect, suggested various subjects that would be of general interest and that wouid at the xame time help to familiarize the public with the great- est monumental works of art. * % k% There is one thing at least that all Europe does very much better than we do in the United States, and that the issuance of beautiful and artistic post cards, purchasable at a trifling sum. Many of these ar color and are in reality works of art. This. matter has been brought to mind by the receipt of an official post card announcing the fourteenth in. ternational exposition of art, to be held by the city of Venice from April to October of the present vear. The card, which is the work of one of he Venetian artists, shows a group of Venice buildings, one of the great churches, with the canal and its gay gondola crowds prominent in the foreground. It is in color—a charm- ing little picture, which as poster or Dost card instantly attracts the eye and allures the fancy. Those who see it are instantly moved with a de- sire to g0 to Venice, An effort along somewhat these same lines has been made lately by one of the art organizations in Phila- delphia, which has secured the co- operation of three or four of the leading artists and illustrator: among them Thornton Oakley an Joseph Pennell, who have made draw- ings of historic buildings in the {Quaker city which have been repro- duced as post cards and are not only extremely individual, but peculiarly intimate interpretations of place. The post card is a particularly de- sirable medium, for it serves both as a souvenir and as a medium of pub- licity. It is an habitual traveler. * % ¥ = There is no doubt that the art of etching is coming more and more | into vogue and that collectors of etchings are rapidly multiplying. One of the hopeful symptoms of the time is that a good many young people are manifesting an interest in this branch .of art and are acquiring as their means permit really excellent works by our foremost etchers. To some extent this may be the result of college training, a number of the colleges owning collections of etch- ings, which would go to show the advantage of bringing students into direct contact with original works nd would demonstrate tho fact that jappreciation of art is essentially contagious. With reference to “the collector,' a writer in the Bulletin of the Rhode Island School of Design recently re- marked that all mankind might be divided into four groups, viz.: The miser, who collects solely for his own enjoyment; the thrifty one, who col- lacts purely as a business investment; those who acquire because of appre- clation of inherent merit, and those who are collecting and learning at the same time. To this last group, the writer maintained, belong those who give their collections to public museums, desiring to share the joy which they have had with others and appreciating the educational value of the works acquired. Collecting is a great game, and, as the head of the print department of the Metropolitan Museum, Mr. Ivins, has remarked, it is not necessary to have a deep purse to be included in this category. Excellent prints may be bought for trifiing sums, but one must have knowledge, discrimination and the collector's instinct. * ok ok % It is interesting to note how gen- erally music is being included now in the -programs of the leading art museums. The Penusylvania Acad- emy of the Fine Arts was one of the first innovators; the Metropolitan Museum with its great orchestral concerts instituted a few years ago went far toward convincing the pub- le and board of dircctors of other ums that such were appropriate and. worth while. The Cleveland Museum, possibly more than any other in the country, carried out a comprehensive program for musical education along the line of musical appreciation, and this, to a great extent, under the Inspiration and guidance of Thomas Whitney urette. & This week in Washington, through the generosity of Mrs. F. S. Coolldge of New York city and Pittsfield, Mass., three chamber music concerts’are to be given on the last three days of this week—today, tomorrow and Sat- urday—in the auditorium of the Freer Gallery, the first use to which this suditorium will have been put. The compositions to be rendered, it is understood, are those ‘hich have received prize awards In tie annual competitions instituted by Mrs. Cool- idge in the Berkshire music festivals, which have been most successfully conducted under her auspices. . ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS BY FREDERIC ]. HASKIN Q. We are having a discussion re- |garding the nationality of Lenin? Can you supply the name of his birth- place?—T. P. - A. He was a Russian. His real name was Viadimir Ilyitch Uulyanoff, and he was born at Simbirsk, on the Volga, about 1870, Q. What kind of lumber is Japan buying for reconstruction?—X. F. A. Cedar, fir and hemlock are sin igreat demand and many. of the boats |xlmllfing for Jaffan carry deckloads of ' ogs. Q. How is sea level determined?— S H. P A. All elevations determined by the ited States geological survey and the United States coust and geodetic sur- vey are referred to n sea level which s the level that the ses would assume if the influe; of winds and tides were eliminated. This level is not the elevation determined from the mean of the highest and lowes tides, nor is it the half sum of the mean of all the high d tl mean of all the low tides which called the half-tide level. Mean s level is the W all stages of the tide being considercd. 1t is determined from observations made by means of tidal gauges placed at stations where local onditions, such as long, narrow bays, rivers and 1 features, will not affect the height of water. To ob- tain even approximately correct re- ' cults these observations must extend over-at least one lunar month, and if accuracy is desired they must ex- tend over sevel years. At ocean stations the half-tide level and the mean sea level usually differ but Iit tle. It is assumed that there is no difference hetween the mean sea level as determined from observations in the Atlantic oe ulf of Mexico of the Pacific o Q. th i n. In poker, playi ha » & jackpots, nee ¢ his band if he is no Hoyle" says that, when playing jackpots, “if there is no call the layer making the bet or raise takes the pool without showing his | hand, unless he is the opener, wh the whole hand need not be shown, as it i3 no one's business what the opener got in the draw, no one having paid to see it. Q. Can one see a rainbow by moon- light?—F. W. A. The Naval Observatory says that the moon can produce rainbows the same manner as the sun. The colors are much fainter, and the lunar rainbow probably seen only near the time of the full moon. Q. in airehips cost’—F. R. T. A. It costs $30 per 1,000 cubic feet. Q sels come up the . Ocean v treal. 1,007 mil How far inland can ocean ves- St. Lawrence7—0. A, reach Mon- e cntrance te Q. Who wa the Everglade: L A., The first record of a crossing of this ‘great marsh was made by J. E. Ingraham in 189 Q. What is A. E. horse- power rating—N. C. B. A._S. A. E. is Standard Engineers' rating, which is the uni- form standard used for ulating the horsepower of automobiles. Lines of Party In Tributes utomotive That the spirit of Woodrow Wilson | will have much to do with the shaping of the future destinies of the nation he toved so well, and to which e sacrificed himself, is the almost unanimous opin- ion of the press of America. In death party lines were obliterated, while there was an almost unanimous Trecog- nition of the man’s part he plaved in his post as war-time President. “Woodrow Wilson is mot dead,” the New York World asserted. “The mind was the man and it still lives. The word was the man and it did not perish with the racked body any more than the Gettysburg address was snuffed out by Booth's bullet.” To his credit, the New York Herald continues, “let it be said that undoubtedly he ihomsuy Uelieved that his leadershi | w 3 eace and happine: I:g?cl; sy men had fafted wring from the hands of fate.” And the New York American, bitter foe in life, is convinced ‘‘therefore upon the tomb of Wilson may be written the words the French write upon monu- | ments of their great fighting men, “Died for his country.’” Yet after all, as the New York Tribune recalls, “this | in truth, the hour for weighing :‘lse;:l‘::gor motives. The President of the United States throughout one of its most _critical periods, the commander- atest of wars, lies dead. The whole Rhtion, without regard to party or po- litical prejudices, bows its head in sor row and extends its sympathy to h * ¥ ¥ ¥ Somewhat of the same appeal is.made by the Boston Herald, which insists “no cal” of his work now is pos sible, although “the figure of Woodrow Wilson in death stirs in the nation the same tense emotions: which surrounded him in life.” In the opinion of the Philadelphia Public Ledger, ‘the stark power in the man lifted him in the noonday of his fame to such heights of world adulation as no man | ever knew before. It is by his record In the tumultuous years betwee August, 1914, and September, 1919, that history’ will judge him. Into that' half- decade he crowded the lifetimes of A A mighty has gone from Israel” ~ “As we_bid him farewell,” says the Baltimore Sun “we could think of him as Bunyan pic- tured Mr. Valiant-For-Truth. So Wood- row Wilson, Valiant-For-Truth, an- swered ‘I am ready’ when the summous came at last to him, carrying with him the wounds in bo ind soul nesses to his fidelity.” ‘This is also view of the San Francisco Chronicle, which holds “President .Wilson died a martyr to as lofty and noble a concep- tion as ever inspired the soul of an in- habitant of the earth. It was the con- ception of & world united in the bonds of a great human brotherhood forever at peace. Those of us who could not agree with the practical steps toward that end, to which he reluctantly con- sented but loyally defended, never de- nied the grandeur and beauty of his conception, and gladly pay solemn tribute to his memory. His personality was impressed on the nation and the world, as The Star se the record, and it agrees that, while there will 'be dissent In the estimates from partisan causes, “there will be no dissent from the verdict that he was a great American, with the highest ideals, | with a remarkable equipment for the position he occupied, including an in- tellectual qualification such as few, if any, other of the American Presidents ever possessed.” In addition, the Cleve- land Plain Dealer holds, “he tried to put his country on a pedestal, but the pedestal toppled. 1f "that Woodrow Wilson failed. But no sane man will question whether it be failure | ess, or what proportion it be of hch. for an American, single-handed, and by the sheer force of clear think- ing, honesty and idealism, to focus the attention of the world, even temporar- iy, the fruits of efficient dem '?cy * % x ¥ In doing this “he gave the world a unified conception of the issues of the war," the Boston Globe points out, al- though the Buffalo Times holds “it is not in terms of war that he must be remembered. The peace movement, now marshaling with ever-growing volume and momentum all over this country, average height of the | How much does helium for use | his ideals, could give to Europe, to the | in-chief of the Army and Navy in the however, | is failure, | Q. What was the amount of money| | grants made by the Hritish zovern ment to Field Marshal Haig and Ad miral Beatt I A. Each was granted $500.000 given the title of carl. Other Briti:] leaders of the land and sen fores were also liberally rewarded wit titles and mon: Q. but L. A. A printe; 1 know what a printer's devil what is a plumber's devil? -1 J devil s an_erra boy employed in print office, | a plumber’s devil is a firepot for h {ing solder and lead. Q. Why foo! that nume?—D, H. { A. The term “foolscan” lderived from the waterm fool p, which formerly apy red upo 1l the papers that bore this name p paper er Tlow many calls for troops wer| b ent during President Lincoln made mine | ealls for. troaps during th civil w ‘Why is soiled clothing dange: wearer?—P, M. J | e skin s as a heat re anp: tus througzh ¢ porat: of perspiration and thus redaces bod heat. It also serv in me measur |t climinate the wastes of the bod lin the form of secretions. Perspi tion and are absorbed clothing, and bi of dead skin are icontinually being rubbed off, to find | their futo the meshes f the ; fabric ¢ lunit of ab ption” by i tick arche. Tn thi damp, I t become, rondition if clothing i dirty it is at le | wear, for it pre proper abrorp- | tion and evaporation of moisture from limp not | the body and thus actually Increase iits warmth in summer and its cold |in winter. It is a matter of commor. experience to mothers and nurses | that the fretting of a small child may sometimes be due to clothing that has become damp and sticky with wear. A change to clean garments gives the needed relief by furnishing a fresh absorbing surface. Q. Was Terence McSwiney ever i prison Lefore the notable when he died of fasti nee MeSwiney's May, 1916, whep, us n, he_was ar cported to Wakefield England. He was released but arrested several times after thi and released. His last term begar Augus Q. What infantile paralysis? A. Kinderlahmung means the spinal L is the German equivalent for infantile paralysis. spinale, which (Let The Star information burcay Frederic J. Haskin, director, 12 North® Capitoi street, answer you. questions. There is mo charge for this scrvice ezcept 2 cemts in stamps for return postage.) Obliterated Paid to Wilson pays’ tribute to his munory and trace { its origin to what he did and taught.” is message, the Columbia TEues, “was not to America o { to Burope only, but to man because _th 50 the Lo Times feels “he soared to ' heigh where none other of his generation | could follow. As a writer of history he occupies a high but not an exalted | place. It is as'a maker of history tha he will_iiv mory of futur generations. “He has sealed with his life and his death the charter of new freedom.’ the Albany Knickerbocker Press point out, “for under it mankind itself shal be made free. The world has b | made” safe for democracy and democ- racy, working in the orderly and pro | gressive processes of peace. will sol the problems of the future as th | arise ana keep open the wide highw f civilization which leads to ements for noblest purposes. which the Kansas City Journal adds: “Woodrow Wilson's _place. American history is secure. He will br taccorded his full meed of credit for i | sincerity which even his most v | opponents will not deny. He lai very life upon the altar of h tion of duty i he was in life. State Journal it, “as long_as the tory of the United States of America is read, his name will adorn the pag He was a great war President, and the when the victory was won, came hi: great vision of a whole worid agreeing to peace. He went down fighting. brave a soldier, as devoted a patri as ever fell on a field of battle. W, shall all recognize that now.” COURAGE “I am the master of my fate, “I am the captain of my soul” —HENLEY. ‘ Paderewski's Thumbs “Too Stubby.” Ignace Jan Paderewski changed his plans for life several times, and at each important starting post he wus told that he was not qualified to ac complish what he desired. Born on a farm in Poland, he was three years old when his father was exiled to Siberia. He Inherited his? musical talent from his mother, and she died when he was a child, so hr was taught by decrepit itinerants. Sent to Warsaw Conservatolre when twelve, to learn composition, he want- ed to study the piano, and his teache: sald that his “thumbs were too stub- by and his fingers were not suited,” 80 he had “better play a horn.” 1In his first publ'c recital he could not play the difficult passages, g0 im- provised. . At eighteen, teaching from morniag to night, poverty compelled a concert tour, and sixty performances netted a total of $90. He was married at nine teen, and a widower, with an invalid son, at twent. i Paris and London received the pian fst with indifference, then enthused Amcrica welcomed him. Then came world success and prosperity. He re tired to his beautiful home in Switzer- land. The war began and Poland suffered. | He played and pleaded for his coun- try. Statesmen thought the “pianist- | beggar” of Poland not equipped for statesmanship, but he raised funds united factions and organized armies Peace came, he again retired, an Poland called him to be premier. {Pilsudski had made himself chief of lstatc and Paderewski's life w !threatened several times. At Ve sailles he signed the treaty that mad | Poland free, then recrganized his country’s finances. Back to Switzerland once more. to rest, and he was called to Spa after Pilsudski’s defeat, and saw part of his then discredited country ceded to the Czechs. Again in retirement, he suddenly vealized that nearly all his fortune gathered in thirty vears of hard earned success, had been given fot Poland. At sixty-two, after six v {from the platform, he sure not play or attract’ aud said. - ) But his tour was an ovation and'u financial suceess never known before by an instrumentalist. (Copyrigtt, 1023.) !