Evening Star Newspaper, October 25, 1925, Page 48

Washington Painters Who Have Contributed to the Centennial Exhibition of the National Academy of Design—Fine Works in Sculpture Are Attracting Attention. BY LEILA MECHLIN. HF centennial exhibition of the National Academy of Design, ¢ Waich opened to_the public, & week ago in the Corcoran gal- | lery of Art, has proved, of all- sbsorbing interest. Appraximately 2,000 invi ed gue ittelded the re- cepuion Saturday eveniog, October 17, and cvery ince chen, practically from hours, the | gallery a by inter- | ested v . is ot surprising, | for no more aiable exhibition has | ever been et forth in Washington | nor leulated to arouse | both siic intytest and pride \ Agaiy and agiin one is asked what our smerican artists have achieved; i how they stand as compared with the aptiss of Europe, hoth of today and ©of the past. This exhibition admirably ers questions and makes > that in this field there comparable with the | ominant characteristic of ibition. comprising | ¢ be 00 works is art, uty— nspir sort lence of tech- in (m but equally, with t some phase of heautiful exhibi- poridon of the livi ts, of a lowering larg for as a works shown there is no need of ideals. ar of the this great exhi Lirth rly resi- for local pride. Willoughby Ma nzer, Hobart and I Warner, Kudoiph Evans and Howel | ard, th gh artists repre- tion ave er George e N Spear Waldo M is the lving a | Spencer Arth hols er Goot st in point | these who | 1 producing. He 3 and studied, nat | ubroad. ay the Antwer - Blashfield, in his introducien to e catalogue of the prese,t exhibition, | places him in the goualy company of | Frank Duveneck, “mrrier, Chase and | Millet, wi . Seeking out the best | in E reairned to this country | full of siasm and hecame leaders | in ou & school. Al of these men won for themselves and | handed. on their ideals to others though the medmum the WO @nd th eachir Maynard was one of those who helped to make the | great Workl in Chicago what was. He is represented in this exhi b a painting entitled In * owned and lent by the | Museum of Art, in- { of is time 10t today was born hi r. this co Royal A “IN STRANGE SEAS,” BY GEORGE W. MAYNARD, N. A, WHO WAS BORN IN WASHINGTON r= “DIANA,” BY ANNE HYATT HUNTINGTON, AT THE CORCOR- AN CALLERY OF AR take pride in the f this talented group. \chievements is natural to give, in su hibition the paintings, ove 1n sculpture for the these form part of t 1sed to induce de the present instance pauntings are but. meas i by merit, the sculptors mike no less notable a showing. Reference has been made in a previous review the exquisite beauty and the fine placement of the cast of Augustus Saint-Gaudens’ beau 'ul “Caritas™ at the head of the main staircase. This have been made f th it would be ouzh the gen spirted, art-loving citiz ticular work in sculpture, this t masterpiece of one of our t ulptors, could be givem permanent placement here. It is by this work t wili he remembered, that Augustus b an ex- v wor very reason that wnd are numerically, the 2 m hap, f sof n e pub this par subject and style and yet all of in- trinsic interest and exceptional merit. Here, for instance, is a small-size model of Danlel’ Chester French's seated Lincoln, the Lincoln of the Lincoln Memorial in this city. And not far distant is a standing Lincoln by Lorado Taft, quite a different in- terpretation. Mr. French has chosen to represent Lincoln with a beard. Mr. Taft shows us the shaven Lin. coln. Both figures are thoughtful and thought-provoking. Here is an ex- quisite little nude by Abastenfa St. L. isherle: a_beautiful group, “Consecra. tion,” by Evelyn Longman Batchelder, and a “Venus Anadyomene” by Paul Manship, in quite new mood. Her- mon MacNeil is represented by his charming “Sun Vow,” belonging to the Corcoran Gallery of Art; Frederic MacMonnies by little “Diana. Charles Keck by fine “Victory Mahonri Young by one of his labor | subjects. “The Rigger” There is an | exquisite little figure in marble, | “Surf,” by Chester Beach: a “Mother | and Child” by Furio Piceirilli, and a | beautiful portrait in bas-relief by | Karl Bitter, to say nothing of Isidore | Konti's imposing group, “The Des. | potic Age’: Frederick Roth's “Polar | Bears,” a nude by Edmond T. Quinn, an impressionistic carving of a_fizure coming out of a solid rock by Robert Aitken: a classical figure, “Tying the Sandal,” by Charles Louis Hinton, and another in the same genre, “Ces: tus,” by Charles Niehaus. re a number of fine portrait Ilugene O'Neill, by n; Thomas Moran, Sanford Gifford, by Launt n: Willlam Page, by Willlam O'Donovan, and Charlés Elliott, by Charles Calverly, painter members of the represented by thelr sculptor coll ues. At the far end of the atrlum is 2 strongly modeled head by Andrew O'Co w It is en | titled ““Sleep.’” In the semi-cr the works of the clder emicians are hung, has been placed a oup, 'he Landing of the Norsemen,” by John Rogers, who had a faculty, it will be remem: bered, for producing story groups in little. In an adjoining gallery are two very fine little bronzes, “The In dian Hunter” and “The Slave,” by J. Q. A. Ward, one of the first of our American sculptors to turn to Amer- ican subjects. - Across the hall is a little bronz Indian Break Wild Horse.” by 1. K. Brown, also one of erican pi. 1 work pro- however much in_the the Two of Paul exquisite little bronzes, powerful interpretation, *are in the third gallery his a Edmond by J. 8, gallery, wh painted ac ppropriately 2 neers duced, | style very, of French | | | well placed are to be seen teresting theme well conceived and finely rendered. The brothers, Hobart and Spencer Nichols, not only were born in Wash- ington, but made their reputation as painters while living and working here. They were both members of the old Art Students' League und later | prominent in the local professional or- ganizations—the Soctety of Washing- ton Artists and the Washington Wa ter Color Club, exhibiting annually with both. It was Hobart Nichols who arranged, if we are not mistaken, the charming exhibition of Henry Snell’s | water colors at the Cosmos Club more than 25 years ago. At that time he was beginning his own career and only giving his leisure hours to paint- ing. "His Winter landscape, “Kent- ish Hills,” is one of the most charm- ing pictures in this exhibition and has been hung to the left of Mr. Plashfield’s impressive allegorical pic- ture, “Academia,” complimenting a splendid snow landscape, “Morning Light” by Gardner Symons. Spencer Nichols has given most of his time to | decorative destgning, and his contri- Dbutions, well placed in the center gal lery, “Water-worn Rocks,” has dis- tinctly decorative quality. Everett Warner also is recalled in connection with the old Art Students League days, and as ome of those closely associated for years with the local art organizations. He, too, has won natfonal recognition. ' His pic- ture, “Brooklyn Bridge,” is a long, upright panel and has been honored by placement as a center in Gallery H. A collection of “Paintings of New | York,” by Mr. Warner is at the pres- ent time being circulated among the art museums and assoclations by the American Federation of Arts. Charles Bittinger and Arthur Spear have each chosen unique subjects for interpretation, the former specializing in interlors, such as the library of the University Club, New York, which rep- resents him in this collection—com- plicated compositions, elaborately and beautifully rendered; the latter in fan- ciful figure themes, more or, less in the spirit of the lovely group entitled “The Slopes of Parnassus,” which he shows here at this time. Felicle Howell, in point of years, has the advantage—the youngest of the group—but already many honors have come her way. She has special- ized in_pictures of streets and has set down for us for all time the charm and dignity of that notable street of homes, Chestnut street, Salem, by which admirable painting she is here represented. Rudulph Evans is the one sculptor among these elght. He, too, won his first laurels in Washington and has risen to the distinction of having his figure, “Girl With Apples,” a beautiful life-size bronze nude, piaced at the head of the grand staircase opposite Herbert Adams’ exquisite “Nymph of Fynmere.” Washington has good rea- Saint-Gaudens is represented in the French national collection. On_ the staircase to the right and left, below the figures by Mr. Adams | and Mr. Evans, are to be seen Adolph ‘Weinman’s reclining figure, “Nar- cissus,” and A. Phimister Proctor” equestrian group, “On the War Trail. On the landing to the right of the “Caritas” is a portrait head of Saint Gaudens, by John Flanagan—an ad- mirable likene finely to the left a head in bronze of J. Al den Welr, the painter, by that most gifted, shortlived sculptor, Olin L. Warner—a work modeled with exqui- site beauty, refinement, strength and finish. On this same landing, against the north wull stands Anna Hyatt Huntington’s beautiful “Diana, in bronze, and ugainst the south wall At- tilio Piccirilli's beautiful nude in mar- ble, “Fragilina.” Above, in the center of the atrium, are a number of works differing in modeled; and | two bronzes by Bessie Potter Voanoh, |a single figure and a group of “Mother |and Children”; also a typical work by the late Solon Borglum, “Wash- ingtorf, 1763, representing mnot the victorfous general, but the Washing- ton of French and Indlan war days, the young surveyor scout. Willard | Paddock shows a “Sun Dial Boy"” and | Edward McCartan a charming group, | “Nymph and Satyr.” | Examining these all carefully, pass- ing from one to another, the thought | occurs, Have not we made even larger contribution in this field than in that of painting? It is hard to say. * Kok % OTE may be made in passing of the sumptuous catalogue of this centennial exhibition which has been issued by the National Academy of Design, a catalogue containing not only the list of the works shown, but fllustrating many of them and list- D. C, OCTOBER 25 JARITAS” BY AUGUSTUS SAINT-GAUDENS, N, TENNIAL l'\ l! Ill(Tl()\. Alli(*s Saved From Premature Pl-acc By Action of United (Continued from First "age.) In any event, this question of past is of small conse- quence as compared with the question whether interests this reps necessary or advisible at the present time. But in view of what passed at the chancellor of the exchequer’s in terview with Mr. Page, the chancel lor of the exchequer thinks it right to quote the actual words received by cable from Sir . Spring Rice ov April 9, which were the foundation of what' he said on that occasion Spring Rice telegraphed: “Sir R. Crawford desires the following to be communicated to the chancellor of the exchequer. 1 told the Secretary of the Treasury last night that you appre- ciated and concurred in his proposals He was very gratified and asked me to convey his compliments. 1 men tioned to him the four considerations referred to in paragraph two of your telegram. He agreed that repayment of overdraft on four h »d million dollars would be 1 on the loan. * * * This morning Gov. Harding called, at the request of the Secre tar; and confirmed the views ex- pressed by the latter on the above points. This evening I went over the ter again with the counselor of the State Department, who fully con- curred that our overdraft should be a first charge.” Reserves Not Intended. There are seteral indications in Mr. McAdoo’s nota that he desires above all a fuller and freer communication of facts on our part. We have never desired or intended to keep uny re- serves from him as to our financial position. On the other hand, it has been our preoccupation to bring home to him exactly what that position is. Any specitic question we will answer. In the meantime the following figures | are presented in the belief that th are the figures most relevant to pres ent issues: (A) Mr. MecAdoo points out “That America’s co-operation cannot mean that America can assume the entire burden of financing the war.” How much less than this has been express- ly asked of it is exemplified in the fol- lowing table of assistance rendered to the European allies by the United States and the United Kingdom, re- spectively, since the date of the en- try of America into the war. Financial assistance from April 1 to July 14, 1917: Advanced by United Kingdom to France, £56,037,000 sterling; to Russia, misunderstanding as to thy the ctal o alliance miake ‘ment ing those who have had the privilege of placing “N. A" or “A. N. A.” after their names during the past century. This book also contains a charming resume of the development of Ameri- can art by the academy’s distinguish- ed president, Edwin H. Blashfield; an account of the schools of the National Academy of Design and the story of the Ranger Fund, the former set forth by De Witt M. Lockman and the latter by Frederick Ballard Wil- | alli tates, Say £78.472,000: to Italy, £47,760,0 gium, including Kon minor allies, £3,54 849,000 sterling. Advanced b Great Britu sta) nil, (to Italy) Belgfum) $15,000,000, ) $2.000,000 equals pounds sterling The vances by States equal, roughls sainst the advances dom of nea Russia has been p 000, but it is unde has aol yet received uny stalmen For Belgian amounts promised $45.000,000, Serbia total amount promised $3,000,000 The chancellor of equer tefully acknowle the United States Trea. vanced $636,000.000 Mdition to alltes he invites attention to the since America came the financial assistance the other xlics by gdom has been more than the assistance afforded them the United States, and that assistance the United Kingdom has afforded these other allies much ex- ceeds the istance she has her- self received from the United States. (B) The United States Treasury have so far limited their assistance to expenditure incurred by the allies within the United States, rightly recognizing that such assistance in- volves a much less onerous than a financial assistance The United Kinzdom have been un- able to adopt this attitude toward their allies, but have supported the burden of their expenditure in all parts of the world. Without thi support the allies would have be unable to obtain the supplies of food and munitions which ' have been essential to their prosecution of the war, To such to Bel 0,000,000, (to Rus- £100,000,000: (1 T inor total, $427 £90,0 by United 0,000, United £ 194,000,000, ised $100,000.- ood tha cash o in- relief total th ury this that the above sums But lar ever war K ble Mr. Mcadoo's iited burden 5 n extent has the above been the case that up to the pres- ent time, the United Kingdom is still financing the expediture of Russla in the United States. British Expenditures. (C) The total expenditure out of the British exchequer between April 1, 1817, and July 14, 1917, amounted to £825,109,000 sterling, of which pounds sterling £131,245,000 was met from loans ralsed in the United States. Both these figures relate to expenditure and income brought to, account out of date fourteenth. (D) The financial burden upon the exchequer of the United Kingdom did not begin, however, on April 1 last. The total expenditure between April 1, 1914, to March 31, 1917, amounted to £4,362,798,000 sterling, which, add- ed to the expenditure of £§25,109,000 sterling since April 1, 1917, makes a total expenditure of £5,161,471,000 sterling. It 18 after having supported an expenditure of this magnitude for three years that the United Kingdom ventures to appeal to the United States of America for sympathetic consideration in financlal discussion, where the excessive urgency of her need and the precariousness of her position may somewhat impart a tone of insistence to her request for assist- ance which would be out of place in ordinary circumstances. A statement s appended at the end of this note for Mr. McAdoo's In- formation showing precisely how this sum of £5,000,000,000 has been financed up to date. The proceeds of the overdraft in New York are in- cluded under the heading of the ways and means advances. This statement included several particulars which have not been communicated to Parliament and is to be regarded, like all the other figures cited in this note, as being only for the confiden- tial information of the United States Government. Operations in New York. (E) The following statement shows the expenditure and receipts of the British government in New York from April 1 to July 14, 1917: Payments out of the treasury ac- count in New York for the purchase of commodities and interest due, $602,000,000. Purchase of exchange (e. g., the cost of all wheat purchases for allies) is included in this figure alia during the greater part of the period in question, $529,000,000—total, $1,131,- 000,000. Loans from United States Govern- ment, $685,000,000. British treasury notes (sundry mu- nitions contracts), $27,000,000. Repayments by French and Italian governments, $134,000,000. Gold, $246,000,000. Sale of securities, $58,000,000; mis- cellaneous, $19,000,000; total, $1,169,- 000,000. 4 (F) Tt will be seen from the preced- ing statement that gold and securi. ties were realized during the period in question (for the most part during June) to the extent of $304,000,000. The possibility of the United King- " abroad. | n | 1925—PART 2. y | REVIEWS OF AUTUMN BOOKS An Interesting Study of Brazil After a Century of Independence. Novels for the Coming Winter Evenings—Folk Songs of the South and a Volume of Tales About the Chinamen. IDA GILBERT MYEF | BRAZIL AFTER A CENTURY OF| JEPENDENCE. By Herman G. | author of e Constitu- | tional System of Brazil,”” ete. New | York: The Macmillan Company. ‘ HIS study offers to the gensral reader panoramic vie of the great Latin-American Re public whose situation and patural resources and com- | mercial importance, together with fts' history as an offshoot of the Latin civilization of southern Europe, make the subject one of rich substance and romantic interest. There is a very special reason, apart from all other why the people of the United should inform themselves intimately and understandingly as| may be about these nelghhors to the south since both of the continents of the New World are in combination to | make of the Western Hemisphere an | integral hody of republicanism, it parts bound together both by hemi- | pheric isolation and by a commun- | ity of democratic ideals embodied in political forms of republican govern- | | ment. - By way of the book in hand Brazil opens up to the reader in a compre hensive view of the country ature jtself provided for it and superimposed | upon this founda swift-moving acts and scenes showing the develop nient that has taken place under Euro pean settlement and under the march of modern progres: A spirited study ! that sweeps into its forward march the natural features « ntain and| plain, rivers and soll, ate and its growths of plant mal life. A progres: 15 mineral ¥ to and on are jon count power on its w ettlen sinistration and period becomes minion under | revolt and An. ntative control. a chapter which stirs the th i p The colonia of § sell-government supplement sistance on following dom’s America this scale i3 show facts Gold. We United St since. of the war (inc marked for the continuing have exported to the the commence Federal If of the U par ents an erves d the ¢ enormous eff the U the benefit. Sums Left Reserve. rited Kingdom n 1,000,000 in the I nd am The w have 1 £ land's rese rency note reserve, amount estimated at £50,000,000 with the In addition there is £10,000,000 at th treasury but not lished 1 sbout £140.000,000 ally no government bonds in circula- This is about 6 per cent of ou liability and considerabl wdlotted circulatic the bonds in the lited xim1 ck ba ks tion inking ss than government | States. The am this Government loan which we could part with, with- out destroying the confidence upon which our credit rests, is inconsid- erable. ecurities—Before the Treasury initiated their official mobilization of dollar securities large amounts were disposed of through private chan nd also by the Bank of England, who were systematically enguged in the disposal of Dutch government se- curities in New York The following figures the treasury scheme: V ties purdyased $7 sec urnw;\nm.m.od loan $1,130,000,000; total $1,900,000,- 000. The above has heen disposed of las tollows: Sold in New York, 1000,000; deposited as security ags loans $600,000,000; deposited curity against call Joans, $400,000,000 still in hand _$150,000,000; total £1,900,000.000 I figures approxi- mate). We have now obtained virtu- ally all the dollar securities available in this country and, in view of penal- ties now attached, it is believed that the amount of saleable securities still in private hands is now of very small dimensions. The balance in hand can only be disposed of gradually and is not In any case an important amount. Resources Are Exhausted. In short, our resources available for payments in America are exhausted | 2 | relate only to lue of securi value ¢ on deposit as i i nst can meet in full our expenses in America, includin exchange, the whole financial, fabric of the liance will collapse. This conclusion will be a matter not of months but-of d The question is one of which it is necessary to take a large view. It matters continue on the same basis as during the last few weeks a finan- cial disaster of the first magnitude cannot be avoided In the course of August the enemy will receive the encouragement of which he stands in so great need, at the moment of the war, when perhaps, he needs it mos Mr. McAdoo suggests that the se tlement of joint allled purchasing ar rangements must precede any prom- ises from him of financial support in August. His majesty’s government do not know how to interpret this statement. They are doing what they can to promote the establishment of such arrangements and at the end of June prepared a detailed scheme, on lines which they had been given to understand would commend them- selves to the United States Govern- ment, for submission to the other allies, but the settlement depends upon the progress of events in Amer- ica and the acquiescence of the other allies concerned. They will instruct Sir C. Spring Rice to communicate unofficially the details to the United | States Government immediately with- out waiting for replies from the other allies. His majesty’'s government cannot believe that, if these or other natural and unavoidable causes of delay are operative for reasons which may be out of thelr control, financial support will be withheld and a ca- tastrophe precipitated. 'As regards Mr. McAdoo's concluding passage, the chancellor of the ex. chequer desires to say that Lord Northcliffe is the duly authorized rep- resentative of his majesty’s govern- ment to conduct all financial negotia- tions on their behalf. Lord North- cliffe has, however, suggested that the United States Government would themselves prefer that some one with political experience such as an ex- cabinet member should be asked to cross to the United States for the pur- pose of dealing with the financial situ- ation. If this is the desire of the United States Government his maj- esty's government would gladly com- ply with it. (Copyright. 1925.) Heritage and Honesty. From the Binehamton Press. If your children develop dishonesty you can't copvince your neighbors that they &1@n't come by it honestly. 10 lately $ Unless the United States Government | other chapter covers the achlevement of independence and the empire. So the story goes on, always toward greater freedom, until the federal republic becomes a_fact. Thereafter it moves in the field of development an adequate governmental system. Matters of citizenship, political rights, individual guarantees, the organiza- tion of the federal government and the state governments within it. Here the story sounds in its main fea- tures a good deal like our own story. And right here is offered an opportun- ity for w comparative study of the evelopment of two colonial syktems into republican governments. Each i3 of n inherent attri- utes and, conkequently, of its own peculiar problems. But, underneath, the purpose is ldentical. Therefore the comparison is of high value to the po- Jitical reader and student. This book pives excellent material for such com- wrison. Growing from the political develop- ment of Brazil is a rich sequence of increased population, the growth of possesse its | industries, the transportation problem | met, domestic and foreign commerce facilitated, social condétions improved, education a matter of concern and at- tention. A passing view, then, to each of the states existing under the | government of Brazil. ook that is very much alive from start to finish, clearly the work. of in alive and enthusiastic investigator, who belfeves that we of the north ought to wake up in brotherly interest to the fine neighbor just south of us. A very practical last chapter is de- voted to the traveler, “A Word or Two to the Tourist.” Reading it more han one of us will resolve that next time we'll not cross the water at all. Instead, we'll sail to the south to see for ourselves at 1 t some of the attractions of this great Brazil country and some of its remarkible 1chievements. * ¥ ¥ THE_CITIES OF ROMAGNA AND THE MARCHES. Bv Edward Hut- ton, author of “Cities o Spain,” etc. Ilustrated New York: The Macmillaun Company T h and east of the Apen nines, from the crest of these untains to the sea, between Venetia 1 the old Duchy of Modena on the north the Abruzzi on the south, the two provinces of Romagna the Marches, with which I pro- deal in this book. A hin stand Ravenna, Ferrara, clogna, Rimini, the Republic of San Loreto, Ascoll and another other old Italian town that has y the and fall of the Roman Empire.” And around each of these historic points this author athers the facts that have given it fame a participant in_one or nother of the great events of Roman nd Italian lfe. Th sy freedom the ¢ of each city as it Is reach- is the outstanding delight of the a whole. Almost any writer subject! else why does he ny writers of history, never- knowing facts fafl to them with the spark of lif work lies vy and dead s hands. But here, the wholly different. M ) the nor and pose tc this ar ken part e c knows h write? M thele touch their irated al facts mat ng to the sur e he is s: not only with the big and vi )ncerning it but with all the ing daily facts of that old life we while one realizes that he is read tory, it is a history so moved bodily into the present that he himself becomes, in feeling and effect, 4 part of these ancient forms of civic life. One of the really desirable book for the traveler who, in delight, stays at home while he roves from place to place in search of the great places «ind the great people who hold the past secure against any invasion of the present or the future. * %k ¥ X SYCAMORE BEND. By Frazier Hunt New York: Harcourt, Brace & Co. SYCAMORE BEND is the familiar little home town which ser mance is s ro- chiefly as a point of departure for youth, ardent for adventure and outfaring. There are 10,000 of these Sycamore Bends scattered all over our country, away from which youth is speeding for the conquest of the world. Nobody stays in Sycamore Bend except the second rater, the left- over and the ready loser. That's what the young folks say, in their haste to be out and away. This is the story of a boy who couldn't get away. He wanted to, of course, but thera were always things to do—for the mother, the smaller children, for somebody un- der stress for help. But he was go- ing—always was going. Then one morning he woke up to | his 39th birthday anniversary. He was still in Sycamore Bend, running the “Sycamore Bend Sentinel,” as he had been doing for many a year. And only a vear left for the get-away that all these vears had beckoned him. Surely nobody at 40 is going out to seek his fortune. Anywhere under 40, maybe—only a single year left. There fore the story of this man up to date imply has to be a Sycamore Bend tory. That is what this story of the left-over village greatly busy with going to the post office every day and standing around the tore and reading the *‘Sycamore Bend Sentinel” and joshing its editor in free-and-easy fashion. And the editor is a part of it all, evervbody’s friend, shaping the little weekly sheet to put- ting the best side of everything out, forgetting to collect the yearly dole from the impecunious or the tax from the hard pressed. and upon oc- casion writing some little thing that is real and true and beautiful. Then the great chance came and this coun- try editor—not so young, but with a lot of young blood in him—went to New York to write on a big_paper. That’s enough to tell you. There is not at all the usual outcome of ro- mance here. But it is a beautiful story. If it were not I'd give you the conclusion just to save vour wasting time reading the whole of it. W e FOLK SONGS OF THE SOUTH. Edited by John Harrington Cox, Ph. D., Litt. D., professor in West Virginia University. Cambridge: Harvard University Press. TEN years ago at the Summer school of West Virginia University one lecturer's theme was the survival in the South of popular English and Scottish ballads. The audience, made up largely of school teachers, was de- lighted with the lecture and in the enthusiasm that it aroused volun- teered the fact that some of these ballads were familiar to different ones in the audience. This was the start- ing point of the West Virginia Folk- Lore Soclety, under whose activity of research this big body of folk-lore songs has grown. Old ballad singers have come to light; old songs derived from England and Scotland have beers revived; songs of Indigenous birth mingle modestly with the others; and, above, all, an enthusiastic body of in vestigators have united here to un- cover material, truly historic in con- tent and implication, that forms a part of the groundwork of their own Commonwealth. A fine enterprise, whose value is only partlally summed in this admirable collection of old songs. Hutton i s so submerged himseif in the life{allowed for t *h of these historic places that | ter i | WAYS THAT ARE Lemuel De Bra. ward J. Clode, Inc. {2 sat huddled and indrawn besid his ironing boara under the dim light of his little place; two steps down from the street. He wasn't dofng any thing, but he was doing nothing in a kind of avid intensity. What was he thinking about—this Chinese laundry man, so clearly many miles away from the open streets of this cheerful Amer ican city? I wondered. I went back again to that hunched and unforgett able figure when, a day or so later came upon “Ways That Ate Wary storles of San Francisco's Cyinato in each of which I instinctively set my downstairs Chinaman of Thirteenth street. Was he dreaming of the mar riage broker, who for a good sunm would procure him a wife—thatpomy ous and capable broker in wives out 8an Francisco v or was he wonder ing how in this correct community be might, just possibly, take on stilliar other wife? Maybe, like the youth in this story, he was devising evil in the name of filial piety, or wondering how he could circumvent the strange laws of this land in order to commit & mur- der that was to him an act of Chinese righteousness. Prohably he was think nk none of these things—maybe on waiting for a customer to take away his clean collar. But his tense and troubled face spoke of much besides such simple things to me. So, in the tales of Chinatown—so strange in cas so alien in color, so weird in effe so fascinating withal—I have set as prime mover among them the little Chink of Thirteenth street, who, may be, was just sick with the most awf of all ailments—homesickness; home stek for his native soil and for his race and for the immemorial customs tt have irretrievably set the quality course of his blood 2% * % DOCTOR RICARDO. ¥ Garrett, author of “F day." New York: D. Co. ETTING out upon the detective story of the present every newcomer to see if, maybe, t is the supersleuth that nowaday 4 dominates the mystery tale. There fore, when the really remarkable fig ure of Dr. Ricardo appears—a fellow g and finished, o in command elf, so ready and versatile, so engaging—one settles back, satisfied that the great detective ie on hand of the sort. This amazing person has an altogether if ferent n accumulation dark b ks this mystery to the limit. T 1 detective i American come of some papers that service as blackm: seemingly by accl un with very whose _detect himself unw WARY. By New York: E Willia iday to Mon Appleton & the of dent tale 5 readers this uncalled-for r no hearing here upor invention. Great Britain Takes Europe Leadership (Continued from First Page.) power is established. And the pres ent importance of financial power is not less clearly perceived It follows. then, that Locarno not only represents the greatest British diplomatic triumph of recent times but that it puts in British hands the leading strings of Furope. Moreover, we know quite well that one of the first_objectives of British pe will be disarmament. To get Europe t | disarm down to the German and Brit ish standards instead of seeing Ger many gradually rearm up to the French level, that is the British pur pose. For the moment the wa still blocked by Russia. It is useless and even undesirable from the British point of view to persuade Poland and Rumania to reduce their armies while the Russian stands unchanged. But Germany will not permanently con- sent to a weaker army than Poland or Hungary than Rumania. Work for Smaller Armies. British policy must, then, still achieve one of two things—an adjust- ment between Germany and Poland c a reconciliation between Russia ar the western natio Bringing Ge:- many into the league is a long step toward isolating Russia. As a conse quence it is conceivable that Russia may come to Geneva of her own ac- cord in a future not too distant. But in any event the British will neve abandon their fight for great reduc- tions in armles. It is the cardinal point in their doctrine, and it is the vulnerable point in their position. Once the basis of influence is mili- tary power, Britain is hopelessly handicapped. for her people will not stand the burden of conscription in peace. But in the effort armament Britain has now the ase sured support of Germany. The treaty of Versailles disarmed Germany and undertakes to keep her dis- armed, but if Germany can bring about the equal disarmament of France her situation morally and physically is totally changed. Unless all signs fail, we are now to see the temporary eclipse of French influence. France has got security and_a promise of reparations, but to obtdin these assurances she has abandoned her hold upon European leadership. The protected power does not challenge the protecting power. Moreover, France is on the edge of financial ~ and consequent political troubles, the end of which it is diffi- cult to percelve. In the end some form of bankruptcy or repudiation seems inescapable. To sum up, among the political con- sequences of Locarno that of first im- portance is the inevitable destruction of French supremacy in Europe. Britain regains paramount influence. France sinks back to the situation of a great power temporarily, at least weakened by terrible domestic diffi- culties. Effect Upon Geneva League. Finally, British paramount influence in Europe is bound to be expressed in renewed efforts to procure disarma- ment. Arbitration and security were continental conditions to pacificatio disarmament is the British condition, and through Geneva and the league Britain is likely now to pursue her own end, not impossibly, to the great enhancement of her prestige and influ- ence inside the league. Meantime, in rejecting the protocol, thus at least temporarily destroyving it, Britain has unquestionably weakened the league, the more because for the protocol she has substituted a peace system of her awn devising. (Copyright. 1935.) is to promote dis-