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| THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., .T[jNE 27, 1926—PART 2. IDA GILBERT MYERS. THE MEMOIRS OF WILLIAM | NINGS BRYAN. By Hinself Tiis Wife, Mary Baird Bryan lustrated. Philadelphia: The John . ton Company. HIZ death of Willi Bryan left his De completed by Mrs. Bryan his work accomplished, " the ory of Mr. Bryan's hfe fronts clearly upon two distinet uses. Its most immediate service is to seize upon and to project the full quality of the man as this is objectified in his distiug make this projection in an almost complete freshness of effect. But a short t:me after his death, this book comes almost direct out of his own 1. It bears this mavk of imme cy it was without doubt in- tended 0 to do. His own retrospec sot down in his own words, many of his letters and speeches, polit] epi- godes in which he took ading part —ail of these retain the person ality and force of the man himself. In this respect the book is of re: auality and high value, turning ¢ the pubiic, @ count of the purposes and act | £ his own life-—a life that is itself the history of the country 16 book has another use. in this other sense, a body of 1 nered up W n Jennings Memoirs® 0 je laid aw work upon it « longer per: <hed national service aid to | | SHBPHE .| crowded with the happenings of this self. ‘Temperament and genuine | skill of invention fit these writers in ¢ for thelr stories of Ire- land. This is one of the best of them. I cannot refrain from quoting a note Dby one of these authors, for it will mean much to many readers. Here it is: “An_established firm does not change its style and title when. for any reason, one of its partners may be | compelled fo leave it. | “The partner wi { with me has left me, but the firm has not yet put up the shutters, and I feel T am justified in permitting my- sell the pleasure of still linking the vame of Martin Ross with that o | OE. Somerville.” shared all things * RDS. By Oemler, author Gee,” ete. Com g OEMLER has not the gift of laughter, but rather the gift of s that are of the fugitive and elusive sort. Little half smiles that a sudden slight turn would change to something quite remote from mirth. Just a gentle humor that here has the best of chances this story is the daily chron minister's household, set down in middle of a working city dis- All_day and every day are Marfe Con 3 of “Slippy Me- New York: The Cen- a frultful situation. And to make the most of an already rich opportunity the author sets the matter out from tive has intervened, when i i politieal period shall have settled into its proper piace in the political history of the country, then this book will ve ns one storehouse from wi ch to| draw cortain strands of thought and action : of the broader fabr life. It i | the immediate use of this r | §s at the moment most impt e. | he avthor commanded strong feel- « from all. His friends were ardent | Those who did not his, 0! economi nd po- were equally earne: Jut both will vead this elear and earnest story of one man’s life in our great republic with interest and enthusiasm. ANGTON. rtescue, LL. 1 A History Y ete. m York: Dodd, Meacd T() doubt a library of could | be filled with the Duke ¢ Well- | ington literature—series of \‘l‘lln_nl: | pamphiets, manuscripts, { 1 Yet her nother | t soldier—one, too, hndantly. ocates. th | Ry {he Hon. John| j.. D. Litt., author | of the British | trated. New i & Co | WELI IS of Army For % the new biography wherein the historian and the novelist work to- gether to recreate a character lnn"ll'\;! fn the flesh among the events that gave him a lasting hold upon life fiself. This new art of biography causes the great ones to advance co- temporaneously with every period. This the King's librarian, 15 primarily the historlan, a man of books, @ delver among old volumes end forgotten manuseripts and buried | Tecords. And from such research he | has brought to the subject under his hand newly discovered facts concern ing the great soldier. By means of} snch fresh material certain modifica- tions of opinion have ar isen and cer- tain revisions of old cone nsions. Yet, the crowning value of this “wellington” lies in the author: kil it e art of the novelist. For, by Tith e At e man himself walks alive among the events that consti futed a large part of the history of his da These events therefore take on new life and significance. And history is again served, But it is the man himself that counts here. A very human man this one turns out 1o be and, at the last, a pathetic one— as he would to 1 » any great figure has to be that lives lofi | Hevond the height of his service and hevond the times that produced him. | Yot, this is one of the great points| of the story However, hfl_!'fi is a Vivid personality giving veality to a Jong and important period of Buro- pean history. An_outstanding ex- emuple of the new bic ¢ that is coming Into such worth e in subst 1 literature. By iling New BATTLE Chatterton and Their The M TPON a Lory Yorl itlan Co. i wir foundation of knowl-| J edge mo other method of study excels that of making compar and contrasts. The mind appear have an instinet for uni en the child at play assorts 1 vbles and pebbles and other t _gathering them into families by one likeness or another. And so on throughout the yea the mind acquires new facts b virtue of their kinship to those al- ready in possession. 1In no other field i< this method more useful than in that of history. To pursue a vital line of human prog to period is to objectify that line most sivikingly, as it is also to capture it in its unity of content and effect. Batties by * is a dramatic_ex emplification this method. Pr ccted by a practised writer of se: history by way of a dozen great demonstrates the ¢ sea warfare throughout a nning 400 vears before the| a and ending with the The drama opens with nd closes with . the latter an episode of the World War, disastrous to German activity by sea. Between these two are sea fizhts that ever: <hootboy knows—Actium, Lepant the Niley Trafalgar. But not before! has the schoolboy seen them in this | brilliant alignment that reveals tc him the underlying unity of sea; sirategy throughoui the ages. The| tactics change through the chanzing! conditions that range from gailey to sail fighting and from the latter to| steam @nd the modern dreadnaught. ! it is this unity at heart under di-| versity of extérnals that makes the story one of particular enlightenment 1o the student of history and(to the general reader as well. A dramatic matter no less than an | informing one. Great men come into action again, each one of a glorious| company Persian and Greek andl \nglo-Saxon and far Oriental. And liere is study for the seaman vell as an exciting tale for the veader of true adventure. History, quite alive with the spirit of thé heroes 'who created it, stunds here in true perspective for our pleasure and advantage. Christian e World War. the battle of Salamis at of the Eop THE BIG HOUSE OF INVE 1. Somerville and Martin authors of ““Along the Irish Shore,"” etc. New York: Doubleday, Page & Co. ERE is a charming story—Irish to the heart of it. And since it is Irish it is story of fighting—clans and tribes and dynasties at one an-| other in rocity that is likely to} give sudds v cither to fierce con- | clusive reprisal or to a warm flood of | temporar, ation. “The Big * rests its elaim on its kinship with the nature of the vishinan and on the rare beauty of | its pictured landscape. The latter is clearly @ beauty that goes below the surfacé, reaching down into the fan. 1 By w q iasies that @56 literal part | Strange story in which a little myste [ venture the standpoint of a boy, the right t of boy. Inspired by the beloved “Chronicles of the Schonberg-Cotia amily,” the plan for this new family ‘record rose and was carried rd with a spirit and thorough- n that involves not only the family. concerned but that drew in a host of Interesting and amusing incidents of the neighborhood round- about. An eusy running account that is at every point interesting with its truth to human nature and with its general good will and good feeling toward even those that lend themselves to ,a bit of fun-making. A romance goes along with the rest of the to-do, but the real enjoy- | ment runs on every page, even long before romance is thought of. * ok ok ¥ RENDEZVOUS. By Elisabeth ley Thom: Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill Co. HI girl tells her own story and does it quite convincingly. Only now and then a point of strain, when, as heroine of her own tale, she is compelled to endow herself with the qualities of this high office. How- ever, this is but a slight matter in an account running from childhood on through disillusionment and some- thing very like hopelessne “This hronicle, moreover, passing from New gland to Paris and back to New York gives admirably clear and con- | sistent pictures of these regions in their social outlook ‘and ¢ommon be- havior: More than one side of life turns uppermost here—the staid routine of the east, the hectic glamour of Paris, the social excitement of New Yor The story turns upon the girl's realization of her husband’s disloyalty and further upon the adora- tion of her son for this father. It is the son who makes necessary his mother's renunciation of any personal life of her own through his idealiza- tion of a father who was some dis- tance from any ideal whitever. Fin- The, still lurks, even after one reading and a second scanning. A fresh and in- zenious approach to the theme and a natural treatment of the matter in- dicate that there will be call for more of this writer's work. * ok K THE DEAN AND JECINORA. By Victor L. Whitechurch, author of “A Bishop Out of Residence,” etc. New York: Duffield & Co. R. WHITECHURCH must have come of a churchly line. His ame and the canonical trend of his ances say as much. However, the case in point, “The Dean and Jeci- indicates only that the cleric ve remained within the eafe- of his own dioc rather than to e ventured upon a holiday which, ting to the on became a very turmoil of ad to (aid adventurer of one Summertime. It would be highly nfair to indicate even the variety of angers that threatened 'the cloth within this short but packed season of -ccuperation. Mystery, plain events falling over ome another to arrive, sur- prises of startling turn, problems that no mere cleric could solve—these race through the pages of this diverting and laughing Summer varn. * ok K Kk BOOKS RECEIVED A HISTORY OF ENGLISH LITER- ATURE. By Emile Legouis and Louis Cazamlan. - Volume 1, The Middle Ages and the Renascence (550-1660). ranslated from the Jerench by Helen Douglas Irvine. New York: The Macmillan Com- pany. INVESTING FOR A WIDOW. ton: Barror THE INTERNATIONAL ANARCHY, 1904-1914. By G. Lowes Dickinson. York: The Century Co. OF 'THE UNITED NCE THE CIVIL v Ellis Paxson Oberholt- Volume III, 1 8. New York: The Macmiitan Compan, THE SILK COQUETTE. By Edwin| Bateman Morris. Philadelphia: | The Penn Publishing Co. LSSAYS ON NATIONALISM Carlion J. H. Hoyes, professor histors in Columbia University. New York: The Mecmillan Com pany. | A BUCOLIC ATTITUDE. By Walter | Prichard Eaton. New York: Duf-| field & Co. RELUCTANTLY TOLD. Hillyer. _ Introduction Collins, M. D. New Macmillan Company. IMAGINATION AND RELIGION. By 8. Varkes Cadman. The Cole lec tares for 1924, delivered before Vanderbilt University. New York: ‘The Macmillan Company THYE FREEDOM OF THE CITY. By 3 Downing L Fellow So of Landscape New York: Duffield & | | Bos- A B | v E By by York Jane Joseph The Ame Architects. Co. SCHOOL KEEPS TODAY. ' By garet Ashmun. New York: Macmillan Company. THE MEANING OF PSYCHOLOGY. By C. K. Ogden, director the In- ternational Library of Psychology, Philosophy and entific Method. INustrated. New York: Harper & Brother: THE RACIAL TRANSYLVANIA; of the Conflicting Claims _of Rii- mania and_Hungary to Transyl vania, the Banat and the Eastern Section of the Hungarian Plain. Boston: The Beucon T Inc. THE ROAD TO HAPPINESS: and Other Poems, By Sadie (. Norris. Boston: The Christopher Publish- . st CONFLICT A Discuss Ly | Kock, €. | Kock, C. P. de. Itact, whether deafhess or some other de- | touch | the work ih its general aspects. THEODORE ROOSEVELT, THE AMERICAN. By Edward H. Cot. ton, author of “The’, Ideals of Theodora Roosevelt,” ete. Boston: The Beacon Press, Tnc. MUSIC EDUCATION IN AMERICA. By Archibald T. Davison, assoclate professor of smusic at Harvard University and conductor of the Harvard Glee Club. New York: Harper & Brothers. THE- HYGIENE OF THE HOMIE; And Responsibility for Sex Lduca- tion. By John J. Mullowney, M. D., president of Meharry Medical College. Boston: The Christopher Publishing House. BOOK OF DAILY THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS. By Swaml Parama- nanda, author of “Path of Devo. tion,” ‘ete. La Crescenta: Ananda- Ashrama. THOUGHTS OF A POSTMAN. Manly Ritch. Third edition. Bos- ton: The Christopher Publishing House. By LL OF THE TURF; The of American Racing. By Samuel C. Hildreth and James R. Crowell. Tllustrated. Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott Co. THE PUBLIC LIBRARY Recent accessions at the Pullic Library and lists of recommended reading will appear in this column each Sunday. Fiction. Benefield, Barry. Famil Benet, 8. The Chicken-Wagon Spanish Bayonet. Borden, Mary. Jericho Sands. Burroughs, 1. R. The Moon Matd. Busch, Marle, and Pick, Otto, trs. Se lected Czech Tales, Byrne, Donn. Hangman’s House, DelaGeld, E. M., pseud. The Chip and the Block. of a Young Lady of Fash- ion in" tha Year 1764-173, by Cle- nox. The Land of Mist. Theodore. An American 3 v - After Noon, L 95, e Al Young_Men. ancis, John, Jr. Bagl| Gibbs, Sir P. IT Glenn, Isa. Heat. Herrick, Robert. Hovt, Nancy. Roundabout Johnston, H. H. Relations Johnston, Mary. The Great V; Kock, C.'P. de. Adhemar. P. de. Andre, the Savoyard. the Sad The Successful Mr. Unchanging Quest. Chimes lley. Kock, C. P, de. The ber of Parls. The Bashful Lover The Bath Keepers. The Child of Kock, « v Kock, . Wife, Kock, C. P. P. 4 de. de. My Cousin. Kock, C. P. de. Kock, C. P, de. Kock, C. P. de. Kock, C. P. de. Kock, C. P. de. 2 v, Kock, C. P. de. Kock, C. P. de. Kock, C. P. de. Little Lise. Kock, C. P. de. Madame Pantalon. Kock, C. P. de. The Milkmaid of Montfertueil. V. P. de. Monsieur Cherami. The Flower Girl. Frederlque. ¥ The Gogo Family. Gustave. 2 v, Jean. 2 v. 9 P. de. Monsieur Dupont. 2v Kock, C. P. de. Mustache. Kock, C. mond. Kock, C. 2 v Kock, C. Kock, C. Life. Kock, €. Kock, C. P. de. Kock, C. P. de. Lawrence, D. pent. Lewis, Sinclair. Mantrap. Marshall, Archibald, and Vachell, H. A, Mote House Myster; Masefield, John. Odtaa Maupassant, Gi. de. Afloat. Maupassunt, G. de. Bel-Ami. Maupassant, (. de. A Life. Maupassant, G. de. Our Heart. Maupassant, G. de. Plerre and Jean. Maupassant, G. de. Strong as Death. Maupassant, G. de. The Window. McClure, M. B. A Bush That Burned. Montague, C. . Rough Justice. Norris, C. G. Pig Iron. Phillpotts, Eden. The Treasures of Typhon. Sandy, Isabelle. Wild Heart. Singmaster, Eisie. Keller's Ruth. ribling, T. S, Sue, Eugene. People. Thompeton, Spring. Tolstof, 1 Ward, Chr Warner, S. Wharton, Edith. ‘Williamson, A. M 2 v, Paul and His Dog. P. de. P. de, A Queer Legacy. Scenes of Parisian P. de. The Schemers. Sister Anne. The White House. H. The Plumed Ser- Anna _Teeftallow. The Mysteries of the The Hounds of The Devil. One Little Man. Lolly Willowes. Here and Beyond. Black Incense. graf. commission in favor of the projects, and the two houses also were largely influenced by this report. In regard to the Mammoth Cave project, the following 18 quoted from the report of the public lands committee of the House: ’ “The original Mammoth Cave, known to the world for generations as one of the ‘Seven Wonders of the World,’ must be sold at public auction when ‘the last legatee under a will probated more than 75 years ago shall die. This holder of the life estate is a woman, now well over 90 years of age and very feeble. Because of her advanced age her death may occur at any moment, and since this particular property—the old Mammoth Cave— must be acquired and deeded to the United States, under the terms of this bill before the proposed park may be established, it is considered of the greatest importance that the bill be the friends of the Mammoth National Park project may be in posi tion to raise the necessary funds with which to purchase this property when it shall be sold at auction under the terms of the . 1t this particular property should pass into the hands of speculators this national park project might be forever destroyed. Provision for Larger Area. “In transmitting to Congress the re Ca tional Park Commission referred to the Secretary of the Interior made no vecommendation for or against the Mammoth Cave National Payk proj ect, but indicated that the lands thus far offered in donation were insuffi- cient to constitute a national park. Tt 18 true that the lands and cave rights offered thus far for the proposed park are insuflicient for the purpose, but the bill now under recommendation meets this sitation by providing that if and when the required ar forth in the recommendation of the aforesaid commission, shall be ae anired and conveyed to the United States, free of cost, the Secretary of the Interior shall thereupon haxe au- thority to accept the same for national park purposes.” The House committee on public lands also quoted from the annual re- ports of 1918, 1919 and 1820 of the director of the national park service, wherein his _earnest approval was given to the Mammoth Cave National Park project. The committee also Quoted the statement of the Secretary of the Interior in regard to the na hereinbefore referred to. The com { mittee concluded its report in behalf of the Mammoth C‘ave bill with the following summar “To sum up briefls that the system of caves and caverns in the Mammoth Cave region of Ken- tucky is, it is believed, the greatest and most extensive in all the world. it may be said a century has been known through- out every civilized land, ready ‘‘sold” to the people of ever civilized natfon. As a national pari this region will attract great number of visitors, and will, undoubtedly, prove to be one of the most popular of all our national parks. It should also prove to be one of the best rev. enue ylelding of all our national parks, situated it is very near the center of American population and accessible, as it s, every day of the vear by steamboat, motor car and railroad. No Rivalry Between Parks. “There is no conflict or rivalry be- tween the Shenandoah, the Great Smok; Cave National Park projects. The: are separated by suflicient distances to avoid any conflict or rivalry, and each will serve a great section of our most populous regions, and each is distinctive in its appeal. Also, each will serve the country at large, and if the Mammoth Cave National Park is established it will be the only na- tional park in the United States which will have flowing through it a nav- igable river on which large steam- boats ply throughout the year. “In a separate repert we have given our approval to a measure having for its purpose the creation of the other two national parks referred to, and we now give like approval to the present measure, having for its pur- pose the creation of the Mammoth Cave National Park. Surely if the required lands-may be donated to the United States Government for na tional park purposes they should be of caves and caverns, together with its attractive contiguous areas, con- verted into a national park and for- ever preserved for the benefit of the American people.” The Senate committee on public lands and surveys adopted as its own the_detailed report in favor of the Maffimoth Cave bill, made by the House committee on public lands. Thereupon, the two bills went before the two houses of Congress and were first acted on by the Senate, where they passed without a dissenting vote. They were next considered by the House, where both measures also passed without a dissenting vote. In view of this any suggestion that Elimination of Deafness Entireiy Is Ultimate Object of Federation _(Continued from Third Page.) the person with a handicap, fect makes no difference, {3 much more likely to be conscientious, indus- triousand interested in his work, feel- ing that he must be above the average n order to nullify this liability in the s, °f his employer and of the rid. The federation keeps closely in with its local bodies in all branches of activity and has a com- mittee in each branch which promotes The employment committee, for example, secured the admission of the hard of hearing to civil service examinitions. | 1t is the purpose of the federation to create a national employment bureau 16 co-operate with the chapters as soon as its resources will permit. Gives Relief to Many. The Tederation through the local bodies further engages in welfare work, furnishing relief to many made destitute by deafness. 1t has also established scholarships in schools of lip reading for the benefit of those who cannot afford to pay for instruc- tion. . Thus it will be seen that the deafened are the first of the handi- capped to organize and fight their own battles and conduct their own welfare work. In helping their “fellow suffer- ers” they feel that they are only help. ing themselves. Soeial workers and philanthropists frequently become members of the federation and give its work added impetus. A'large nroportion of the public still rvegards the deafened person as something half w Detween a comedian and an idiot. No vaude ville show wr slapstick movie seems complete unless it contains a carica- ture of a deaf person with a colossal eartrumpet, to make insane re- warksand sreate dudicious opmalica- \ tions. So it stems as if the federa- tion has a bit of work on hand in educating the public! . An opportunity to comtrihute to such an, “education” was lasi week®when the sixth annual con- vention met in Philadelphia for three days. June 22, 23 and 24. A feature of "this conference was a_lip-réading fournament for the “President’s Trophy,” a silver cup presented to it. pert lip-readers were assembled from all sections of t participate in the contest ’ Free space worth $2,000 at the Philadelphia Sesquicentennial grounds was granted to the federatfon for & six-month exhibition of its work. All phases of its endeavor and achievement are shown by paid dem- onstrators and lip-reading demonstra country to | period of the Sesquicentennial. The federation has “hitched | wagon to a star"—and that star the ultimate elimination of all deaf- ness. That may seem a hope and dream too remote to contemplate, utterly impossible of achievement. But scientists say it can be done, at least the elimination of that great proportion of it which is due to ig- norance or to carelessness. Accidents, of course, will always happen; but never cease to work and hope and to take pleasure In so doing. its Egg-Eating Record. ' tting up what he believes to be a jan American resident of Shanghai con- sumed 48 soft-boiled eggs in 10 min utes. The feat was performed at & Ilucal hotel and grew out of a bet of | not succeed in solving the tubercu- | frase meeung, was acco: 200 sllveny . enacted into law without delay, so that | port of the Southern Appalachian Na- | A | will be most a, as set | tional park status of Mammoth Cave, | afforded | the chapter whose representative won | tions held twice dally throughout the | record in China. if not in the \\‘urld,;ha‘.e tallen vietim to tubes Mammoth Cave, itself, for more than | | and 1s al- | | “Seven | | |them rivaling that great natural phe- | | Mountains and the Mmnmoth | K accepted and this marvelous system | nro | he started. THREE EASTERN PARK PROJECTS DECLARED SOUND PUBLIC POLICY A Volume Concerned With the Life of the Late _William;'s“"“““d"“h’ Great Smokies and Mammoth Cave Jennings Bryan—A Warrior of the Old School. Famous Sea Battles—The Latest Novels. Areas Meet All Requirements for National Play- grounds, Says Representative Thatcher: Congress ma; ated in connec- tion with this slation in a_ hap hazard fashion, or because of political considerations, 1s unjust and unjusti- flable. It is difficult to see how a better or more careful method of de- termining the - questions involved could have been pursued by Congress. Surely, no criticism can he leveled agalust the members of the Southern Appalachian National Park Commis- slon. The Integrity, unselfish spirit and abllity of its membership for the work in hand are beyond all question. The country at large should be ever- Instingly grateful to the commission for its splendid work by means of which the creation of an adequate tem of national parks east of the sissippi has been made possible. As the areas necessary for these three projects have to be purchased through State and private enterprise, the legislation involved in the two bills referred to became necessary to the success of the campalgns for the raiging of the needed funds and the procurement of the needed lands. Had these bills failad of y re, all of the work and expenditures which have gone before in these campaigns would have come to naught. The spirit shown by subscribers and do- nors in their efforts to provide for the creation of national parks in the st is, In the highest degree, com- mendable; and since several millions of dollars must be raised in order to consummate each of these projects, it unfortunate if any one clalming to be the friend of an ade- quate national pari system should un- dertake to Inaugurate any back-fire attacks on these projects, now that they have recefved con onal and presidential approval Because, Congress under its consti- tutional right and authority, under- takes to set up the legislative m: chinery whereby the people east of the Mississippi—and, in varying de. gree, all of our people-may have the great henefits which must follow the creation of national parks in this re gion, there should be no denial of these benefits because some one may have ideas upon the subject di from those entertained by Congress and its committees, and by the c mission under the act of Congress ated to make the requisite surveys and studles, 8o long as Congress ma follow the procedure observed in the cases under discussion, will be no6 danger of the “breaking down" of national park system Areas Well Enough Know Regarding these projects it has been suggested that the people have not had the opportunity to see the re glons involved, or to pass upon their merits as national park propositions Possibly, a national referendum on the subject of creating and locating additional national parks ix desired As to the Mammoth Cave project, it may be said that the people of our owh and foreign lands for generations ve heen visitors to the great caves and caverns of this region, since they have united Mammoth Cave to he Wonders” of in’ declarin one of the the . modern world Since this unique and distinguished designation has been bestowed on the original ‘Mammoth Cave, many othe: great cavern units ed, contiguous thereto, a number of nomenon in vastness of extent and in other features of commanding in terest, . Today the whole undgubtedy constitutes the gréatest and most ex- tensive system of caves and caverns in the earth; and this vegion is situ ated near the center of our Amer population, ssible by every of day of the vear. Under the terms of the recently bill, all_these including the original Mammoth Cave, must be ac- quired and conveyed to the United States before the park is established. The maximum area involved is more than 70,000 acres. Large Sum to Be Raised. It has been suggested that the dif- flculties in securing title to the Shen- andoah and other areas involved in these national park projects, because of the private ownership involved, vould entail a delay and_involve vy expenditure. This shoiild be no argument against the legislation which has been enacted hy Congress providing for the establishmer these national parks, but should only serve to emphasize the need for such legislation. To raise the vast sums required each of these national park projects through local and private en- terprise, 18, indeed, . great task. Such work imposes a tremendous ponsi- bility on the civic enterprise under- taking it, and it seems to me that we now need “boosters,” rather than “knockers."” Regarding any suggestion which may be made, that sufficient time has not been given to the consideration of these national park projects, or that the people are not quainted with them, it may be s that questions of this sort must neces. sarily be settied in the general man- ner in which they have heen settled in the present instance. Congress has plenary power to deal with such mat- ters, but as regards these proposed national park units. it sought to se- cure the needed information in a prac- tical and adequate way. Certainly no other areas east of the Mississippi have been indicated by any one as being more appropriate or hetter euited for natlonal park pur poses than are these involved in the Shenandoah, Great Smokies and Mam- moth Cave projects: and no better suited areas can be found. After our people have waited 140 years for the establishment of a em of national parks in the East. Congress has con- cluded that it is time that the work The ultimate authority and vesponsibility in such matters, under the Constitution, rest with Con gress, and Congress, in the utmost £00d, faith, has sought to meet the ob- ligations imposed. In my judgment, not only will the great body of the American people now living commend the work of the present Congress in enacting the legislation complained of, but, also, all of the generations yet to come will commend it. Tuberculosis Vaccine Is Believed Imperfect Will the teine against tubercu- losis, the so-called B. C. G. vaccine, lately discovered by Prof. Calmette of the Pasteur Institute at Paris, be nullified by the recent discoveries in the Pasteur Institute at Utrecht, Holland? Prof. Aldershoff and Dr. W. Schur- mans Stekhoven have come to the conclusion that the vaccine of Cal- mette is not a sure preventive. At the most the vaccine exercises a sal- utary effect against extension of the disease. The statement of. Calmettd that he was able 1o save 93 per cent of the babies who otherwise would culosis is ot cepted by the Dutch scholars, Though they hoth express thelr great appreciation for_the work of Prof. Calimette, they are of opinion he did Losia giableme 4] ve been discover. | |1 an | ! | | | | and 1008 { (pijgren's Bureau, United States De- { | | | *nacted Mammoth Cave National Park |and _cther National Education Association Program of Interest to Club- women—Head of League of Women Voters Reports on Paris Convention—Other Notes. BY LUBWOMEN throughout the country will be intensely in- terested in the comprehensive program dealing with child health and education prob- lems which has been prepatred by Mrs. Mary MoSkimmon, president of the National Isducation Association, for the fixty-fourth annual meeting of that body, to take place next week in Philadelphia. After many months spent in travel- ing from coast to coast to study the children of all sections of the country in order that her program might em- phasize all of the vital problems and needs facing American childhood in its struggle for learning and prepara- tion for citizenship, Mrs, McSkimmon has arranged a well halanced schedule which should prove a powefful force in awakening both the teachers them- selves and the country at large to the importance of focusing attention upon the interests and welfare of children, not enly as custodians of the Nation's future, but also as the logical torch. bearers to light the way to greater harmony of nations. It is the conviction of many promi- nent tlub leaders, expressed frequent- ly in assemblies and conventions, that through training the children of the world in the principles of interna- | tional amity rather than international i animosity will come the frst great step toward a better understanding between nations, which {s recog- nized as the only possible cure for war_and its attending evils. 1In the N. E. A. program emphasis will he lald upon the vital funetion of | schools In_promoting a spirit of inter- national friendship among children. One interesting address on_this_sub-| ject will by John H. Finiey of the New York Times, whose subject ucation and the World's CORINNE amon will follow Mr. in the general session on June 28 with an address, “The Challenge of Childhood,” which will further em phasize the impo! e of thinking of children as individuals with latent powers rather than as a mass of irre- sponsible youngsters who must have certain facts drilled into them whether they will or no. The program is too extensive to be discussed in detail here, but it is thought that the clubwomen might he interested in some of the high | lights which coincide so perfectly with their own work in the Interests of child welfare, which is the keynote of <o many women's national organiza tions. g Thé educators will devote the first | gene gession tomorrow morning in | Philadelphia to a discussion of child Ia bor problems which is completely in | harmony with the child labor program | of the General Federation of Women's Clubs outlined during the recent con- vention at Atlantic City Miss ce Abbott, chlef of the partment of Labor, will address the meeting on “The Law's Protection of ildhood.” She will be followed by Cameron Beck, personnel director of the New York Stock Exchange, who will discuss the cost of leadership. pointing out the ultimate loss to dership which comes from putting children to work instead of through | school. One of the p on the first da Mrs. A. H. Reev sminent clubwomen program_ will_be esident of the Na- tional Congress « ents and Teach ers. who will deseribe last Summer's round-up of five and six-vear-old chil dren. This round-up is made annually Ly the congress, in co-operation with the National Education Association nation-wide organizations, in an effort to send 100 per cent physi cally perfect children into the first grades of the echools each Fall. The hildren are examined and their de- | fects, if any, reported to parents in order that they may be corrected as far as possible during the Summer months. On Wednesday the problem of child indusicy will be emphasized further in addresses by Katherine Dozler of Gainesville, Ga., and R. L. Cooley, director of vocational education in the public schools of Milwaukee, Wis Miss Dozier will speak on the “Child and the Mill.” Cooley's subject | will be “Industry’s Interest in the Ed- ucation of the Child Hvery angle of child life will he dealt with before the educators draw | their sessions to a close. Radio and | the child, motion pictures and the child, newspapers and the child—all | will be discussed at length. One of | the unique features of the mo-| tion picture discussion will be the | showing of a film, “California the | lden,” swhich has been produced | Which begins long before Arctic land | % teachers and children in California | Suitable for the purpose can be |y, entirely without assistance from pro- | fessional directors. Mrs. Sara Louise Sullivan, pre of the Girl Scouts of America, talk on the education teer in Girl Scout organization at the | morning session, Thursday, July 1 The importance of adequate school | systems for rural communities, one | of the thingé being stressed now by women's clubs all over the count will be discussed tomorrow by Miss Florence M. Hale and by Mrs. Marie Turner Harvey of Kirkville, Mo., who spent 13 years of her life under great hardship, transforming a. school for rural children into the sort of in stitution all rural communities should have but few ever dream of. Two other women well known to the clubwomen of Washington will have a part in the prozram of the N tional Education Association. Miss Julia B, Sullivan, president of the de- partment of classroom teachers, will preside over the gessions Tuesday and Thursday afternoon to be held in the auditorium of the Central High School. Miss Agnes Winn, a member of the executive staff at \Washington, who was the first classroom teacher to be appointed to the staff, will at- tend the sessions. Miss Winn is an active elubwoman in the Capital, he- | ing afliliated with the Woman's City Club, the Soroptimist Club of the Dis- trict of Columbia. the League of American Pen Women, National League of Women Voters and the National Council of Administrative Women in Education. the volun- | Miss Belle Sherwin, president of the National League of \Women Voters, who returned last Monday - from the Paris meeting of the International Woman Suffrage Alliance Congress, brought a glowing report of the accomplishments of the meeting. World peace was hy far the most fm- g:;;ant interest of the congress, she Miss Sherwin also brought back word that Miss Ruth Morgan of New York City, third vice president of the National League and head of the league’'s work in behalf of interna- tional co-operation, was appolnted chalrman of the new peace commit- tee of the international organization. A large delegation of New York suffragists, including Mrs. Carrie Chapman Catt, Miss Mary Garrett Hay, Mrs. Henry Goddard Leach, | Mrs. Charles L. Tiffany, Mrs. Ray. | mond Brown. Mrs. Maud Swartz and | Miss Tose "Schneideran, met. Miss | when | committees | unmarried | the subjects | &r | solved several problems. Washington, a, member of the Ameri-) can delegation. | Miss Kherwin's statement on the | highlights of the congress is as foi lows: Many things were accomplished at | the tenth congress of the Interna tional Woman Suffrage Alliance at Paris by the women of 47 nations, gathered to discuss and to act upon matters in which women are prima- | rily interested. | By far the most important interest | of the congress was the subject of world peace. This was evidenced in the dsbate and by the applause which greoted “every reference to world peace at the great mass meetings. | The high point in accomplishments | of the congress was the formation of a new committee “to examine in what way women can use their politic powers toward promoting the cau of world peace.” | The delegates from the United | States went to Paris with the laurels | of the World Court victdry still fresh and were particularly interested in hearing M. Briand’s comment on the part women of the United States have taken in promoting international co- operation. Speaking informally to a. party of delegates in his office, he said that in consequence of what he observed women had done in the | United States he believes that they | could do for the cause of world peace | whatever they undertook to do! | The United States was honored in the appointment of Ruth Morgan of New York City to the chatrmunship of the new peace committee, after her election to membership in the inter- | national board. | | | The United States delegates were | of particularly pleased by the action of the congress regarding women in in- dustry, when the policy inaintained in this country by the League Women Voters and by the American Federation of Labor was adopted i Paris. It was a victory for those who steer by facts and a blow to theorists the congress voted that no special regulations for women's work should be imposed contrary to the wishes of the women concerned. The | resolution, which followed the most spirited debate of the session, pr vides for special lezislation for wom- en in industrial occupations when the women want it and the facts demonstrate the needs for it. The | Unfted States delegation was grati- fied to find this provision urged by woman workers in other delegations as well as in their own. The resolutions of the equal mor committee, which provided that th hould be no discriminations againsa women in law and no compulsory measures in public health regula tions, were unanimously carried The resolution of the committee o the nationality of married women also reflected credit upon the women of the United States. “The con tee rejolces in the progress toward legislation embodyi principle that women bhe given the same right as men to retain or change their nationality,” noting with spec satisfaction the establishment of in- dependent citizenship of married women in the Uniied tes by the act of 1922 t was sponsored by the Le: Women Voters, un- der the -leadership of Mfs. N Wood Park, the national president that time. The resolutions « on _the problem mother were similar for study in the p the Nat League of Voters, while the recom- of the committee on fam- are for in made m of Women mendation: ily allowances us Him Into Arctic Ex (Continued from First Page) but for the most part there was clear sunshine for 24 hours every day, and on the day of our flight it was perfect. Of course, we were on the ground much earlier than had reached Greenland and, later in the Summer we |at Spitzbergen, there is a good deal of fog. The Summer is never as good as the Spring for exploration in the Arctic for this reason, and at Green- nd we had wind, fog, rain and snow I think that if we do any more fl ing in the Arctic we will Winter there, 0 as to take advantage of an early Spring weather, which cold and clear, and excellent for flying, but reached by bs Protecting the Motors. But this ploneering work this year | We learned | how our skis should be built, or rather | how they should not be built, in order | to give the most eflicient res We learned how 10 overcome motor | troubles due to the cold by inclosing the motors in a specialiy const firenroof canvas cover under which we placed a heating stove. And by cowl ing the motors we found that, even ! under way in zero temperature, we could keep the motors runuing in a temperature equal to that of New | York City. | We found_that by heating our oil and using a heavier oil than had been thought possible we overcame lubrica- | tion difficulties due to the cold, and by | using graphite in our instruments on | the board In front of the pilot and in | the navigation_instruments, such as | the sun compass, we found that the congealing which would have stopped | them was avolded. I learned some- | thing about the ations of the magnetic compass, and 1 found that all the knowledge of navigation I had gained during years of study could be applied successfuily to the unfore- seen provlems of navigation in the most difficult spot on earth. Altogether, 1 feel that this ye: expedition was successiul, and that the knowledge we gained will be of value to aviation. We built on what we learned the year before in Green- land, and other attempts will be built on what was learned this vear. It is only in this way that progress is made in any science. The South Pole Next? And what of the future of Arctic exploration in the air? There is &0 much left to be done that it is hard to say. Possibly the South Pole. Per- haps a more vigorous thrust into ths unexplored region traversed by Amundsen and Ellsworth, starting from a _base at the north of Green- land or Ellsmere Island. two bases on Ellsmere Island last year, and one of them has not been touched since. The South Pole offers perhapd the most romantic bit of exploration, be- cause there is a vast unknown conti- nent, only the edges of which have been explored, and two narrow paths to the Pole traversed by Amundsen and by ,Scott, who perished so glor ously on the way back. It is not easy to explore by airplane. for although the snow rests on solid ground and at. Sherwin at the New York pier. Miss Sherwin, who headed the official American delegation Lo the Paris suf- nfed oh L does not shift as it does on the Arctic ice floes, it is 10,000 feet in the air and bitterly cold. There is this great advantage. how- ever—that bascs may be set down at intexyals between tha edge-of the con- =9 i {turning del | the political wor the | A | situation there | three { entered—Spitzber; 1 established | United question A conspleuous : ment of the congress was t developme solidarity women pre lue to thé t women regard fore them In spi and conditions of infinite India, vpt, Austral the Amer] opinions in were for nd defended stant reference 1o facts and experfen; Theorfsts minorit States Several thousar<l guests are €xpac ed to attend the reception to he give Wednesday night by the Nation: Womns Party in_henor of the re catea from the Interr Convention will be held in rden at headquarters to The par toric g tol Till Miss Jesgje N. Deli, Tnited il service commissioner, expected to arrive in Washington th past week. will be one of the u distinguished guests of honor Ai Dell, wit Flore Hilles, nati Vernon, ex ware; Mi Yo ert more are the tion who will he den party, According announced week t Suffr Stat [ s Mabe Dixon of J s of the dels menihe bonored at « a change in plans at headquarters ional off n 1l _coun Wedne: day the local ton Hooke Al council, tion committ chairman will head the following vdon for eq which members of the W« resident in Paris and Londc ticipate July 3. heade Pe national American group will nd and to Holland to similar d. been insp! the whic ws of the rstrations, themselves : fied Americar ross t plea for eq the econoniic those th ind S0 1 Mre. Edward Nelsor vice pre t of the 1 ican Pen Women, will executive of the ¢ the abse with ‘the N sent ou Americ The letin, fe week in of the mer zine writin next full Appent mal acti with haard Man’s Instinct for Adventure Lures ploration, Byrd Says 1 down at and the Pole. Indes e td s tinen be pos where twithin snow, making much more than by a swift and by 1t come dow wou | s0. make rep: | for we have that a heavy | with safety on the The approach would probably be through N ound to the ice harrier. wh | many expeditions have landed. | ting a pl: ore there should pre sent no g i than Spitzbergen sugh the plane would have to be lifted to the top of the ico barrier, unless it were temporariiy ced on pontoons and flow to the That might be the easiest war would he impossible tell untit facing the problem, b tie e it could be met. In ti greatest peril to flyving we strong winds and the cold, and the meteorolo service would 1 o Le of the best. But the Jure of tha great unknown arvea will undoubted some one to it in an airy new nd remarkable ok n in aviati Ar Still Lures. offers, were be pos: and star proved to the Son whiteve doubt it Antarctic the 1d be the ) t The A some extren for explo point The still howeve v ring opportunities air. There are which i he n by from wtion may Barrow and from Greenland hy way of Etal, the route taken by Peary. Spitzhergen offers the great advantaze of being warmed by the Gulf o0 that Lit is possible to get further north be ship than warm stream of lice floe in a { makes navi { Spitzbergen 11t i iBa Point T t at 1o possible semi-c the fnte A at Kings 3 500 miles north of Point Barrow At no other {point can you get mearer than 1 miles to the Pole at the time of ye we were there. But the disadvantage of is that it lies too far from th which probably iins land possible to reach the region tween Cape Morris Jesup and Pole from Spitzhe but th to the west would too far {unless it were possible to put down base there, which I at first intended to do this year. The danger of land- fng on snow so far from our main base with the skis we were using. however, made this seem inadvisable and I determined to go from the Pole to Cape Morris Jesup and then re- turn to Kings Bay in one flight, which would have been done if \the leak, in the oil tank had not occurred. By striking into the polar sea. fronj the points in Greenland, Ellsmere ls« Jand and Point Barrow all the unex: plored area could be reached very easily. As a matter of fact, it could probably all be reached from Ells mere Island, where 1y in the Spring it would he possible ta take oft on skis from a few places. This area attracts me greatly. and so little of it has yet been seen, even by Amundsen and "Ellsworth on their recent . trip, ithat there is no po surancd Iand does not exist th At avea of 1,000,000 are mi e quires a good deal of exploration he fore it can all be charted. « t. 1026, by the Ne o e a8 Ll B Busmaicn ™ by we | herg It he- the e awa that o