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| The Life Story of W. ] L’&i’)h at Europe—S » W. MURRAY CRANE: A Man and Brother.”' By :Solomjori ~ Bulkley Griffin. - Boston:: Little, ‘Brown' & HE recent death .of John Win- gate Week-{alnm:r Secretary of War, followed as it was by a general expression . of. re- spect and. love, gives. to .this study of Murrdy Crane a fresh and, deepened timeliness. These two men were warm friends, ene’ succeeding the other to the Senate of the United States. ;. Bpth were . rich men; -both possessed ' the influence that wealth eombined with worth insures; both .were men of strong character, = of clear = vision, of straight methods; both' suffered to a degree the misunderstanding * that wealth and stréngth are bound to breed among the rank and file of dis- satisfled people. Within the last féw days John ‘W, Weeks bas received the tribute of a Whole people for belng the man that he was, many of Whose acts of worth and, kindness for the first time carde into gemeral knowl: edge. Some time this life will be gathered up’into a -book; as it should be, for the fortifying of the youth of ;’Mu country in the ways of fine man- 00d. 3 Such a book is nmew In hand, with Murray Crane as its subject of re- spect and homage. A rich man—here was a generous one, spending both his wealth and himeelf in a thousand unheralded ways: 4 strong man; who exercised his inflaence in the ways-of | clvic honesty and mational wisdom; & leader, who, belleving in his: country and his party, used his powers toward directing others.along the ways that he himself trusted for the. general good; a silent man, he was often mis understood. - This is the lot of silent men. Yet one sfinds here that this silence, just a natural trait, as cour- age or fortitude are natural traits, covered innumerable benefactions that were never known save by the bene- ficiaries of so much of human kind- ness. It is good for people, especially good for growing young Americans, to read such a book' as this one is. It is good to clear the atmosphere around them of false report and wrong im- pressions, It is good for them to learn of the real greatness that lies in simply being “a man and brother. It must be a privilege and a retresh- ,ment for a writer to dgive :;u: 80 "cu:er and sympathetic and so fair an ac- count of ‘Bny fellow man. To this book by Mr. Griffin, President Coolidge has writteh @ simple- and feeling tribute. "To it also Chief Justice Taft has added the homage of his friendship with a simple and fine American. * ok k¥ LOOKS AT EUROPE. ‘Washburn Child, for- Ambassador to New York: A DIPLOMAT" By Richard mer - American Ttaly. Illustrated. Duffield & Co. THE intimacy and informality of these observations stand as their chief charm and their prime value. To a' gréat extent the book is drawn from the daily jottings of Mr. Child about measures of vital interest, not only to America but to the world as a whole. Roughly, the book splits into two parts—one concerned - with the eftorts toward world peace-making that various conferences embodied, the other keenly alive to the making of a new Haly under the direction of Mus- solini:* Both - of these- lines of en- or came under. the eye of Mr. Mld. then Ambassador to Italy from this: eountry. Gifted with.a keen eye.and a_good . wit, unhampered, -b) revererice for tradition as such, He speaks a good wordb:or §hs old i t diplomamy,” so bitterly con- e 3 it a good deal of demned, ascribing to hun::ty and fair intent. He is of opinion that open aiplomacy would get nowhere at all, much, perhaps, as the . primary mode of elections is proving to be more or less of a ragl futile inconclusions. It is, however, in his observations upon ‘Mussolini, upon his firsthand intercourse ‘with this amiazing man, that his work takes on its exceldlent \'ulue, ?!f“pollrt:- cal discussion and personal erpre- tation. A very entertaining book from any ‘point. of view—frank, fearless, wholly/within the proprieties of the author's position of confidence and trust.. It offers to the reader some- thing llke a personal contact with those matters that are here consid- ered by this former Ambassador from the United States to Italy. * kK * * ok k¥ MAINSPRINGS OF MEN. By V\'M't- ing Williams, author of “What's On the Worker's Mind,” etc. New York: Charles chlbnn‘u Sons. NTERESTED in labor and its prob- Jems, - this author studied the sub- ject for a long time from. the outside. Convinced that he must see the other side .also, -Mr. Willlams became a laborer in many kinds of manual work in many fields, each distinct In character and problem; that is, inso- far as he was able, he act: a manual worker. Now, of course, it is plain that even under this effort there could not be a complete identl- fleation of the two—of the laborer himsel and this man trying to be one. But. it was the nearest possible,ap- proeh to the state of mind nm‘.a maie doing the work possesses—to point of view, to his thoughts about his_work and about his employer, to th#” whole ‘sum ‘of feelings and m tivas and actions that constitutes t! o w""'ll'hl book is-a record of. T. s bool 3 :mz;leHan‘ experience in this direc- tlon. Under one headin “What the Worker Wants,” the author talks aboat working conditions, about the pay envelope, about the “organizer’ and'the employer. Under another he . he “wish for worth” that discusses the ey o v everybody .wants. ts he does very suggestive think- r::’ l: s to both sides of the labor uestion, of feeling and t! :rofld:( together. Plain, every-day recprds pany. : SPEHNG in some cathedral built by. and art of | - 1 little book will give to you the origin laf the art of ‘u:lm’d and painted glass, Jt. will trace, its development from the time of Charlemagne through its rise to something near perfection (& and then on down ";; its decadence. Tilustra objectify the text, and ithe names, and specidl distinction of the various pramoters of this ‘art are | added to ‘the more speciat study of the aft ‘itself. A~ handbodk of the best and most helpful type. . LN # BLACK'. TVORY. By i Polan Banks. New York: Harper & Bros. f aBLA_ck TVORY* 1, "first, a_good, navel, Tt 1 dlsp Buthentic hig a novel it has a striking' bound to bring nruse arq attention. ‘Ifs course is that of ad- venture, @ faring ‘out : ithat call for rsckgau daring, for thi high hazard, for the ready turn, for the swift recovery ‘ufider mishap, for. itenacity and endurance. Its herg is of the stripe that ‘exactly fits into this weave,_of strange nnd perilous’und taking. Its time'is tory. theme, oné ting is oné of the two or three ,pic-’ turesdue spots «in' the settlement of the United States, one of the few that to thig: day possessed that sy compelling guality known as “ phere."’” Boston has - | than a ripe apple. But Eve's day was Orleans, however, is the one spot here is “wholly. redolent of an irides: “Black - Ivory” and. | richly under the h«:’firz'f this wi Spaniard, ‘Frenchman, and, and white man, and Indian, ole, ‘human motley iegro contribute to, of this adventure. - The and straggling waterways and heat of New Orleans have a hand in the. man side of the 'adventure.| The smuggling of negroes into the country from Cuba. is the thriving and hazardous business that names the story and sets it on its way. The dashing and romantic figure of Jean Lafitte dominates and directs "the course of the tale throughout. Love and war play controlling parts here, as they have done time out of mind. The one secures a mate for the hero{ the other deals with a vital question: in the control of the South by the United States. These, however, are in this case but complementary parts to the story, which is in effect a story of' piracy, where the negro. smuggled into the country, was the prize rather than the treasure of gold and silver and guns that as a rule directed the ways and methods of the buccaneer. An admirable story, of clean construc: tion, of uncrowded lines of action, of vivid and believable characters, of generally fair portraiture in”its his- torical aspect. Not only an admirable “story, but a corking one.to read be- sides. 2 * k¥ ox MAN ALONE. By George Agnew Chamberlain, author of “Rack- ete. Ne\v York: G. P. house,” Putnam’s Sons. | - IT is not good for man to be alone. Here isan old saying which of late has been undergoing .spirited revival at the - hands, of novelists. A, Oddly enough, the writers devoting’ them- selves chiefly to the negative side of this question are men. The woman romancer is absorbed rather in;the vleasing .and popular business.of see- ing to'it that man shall not be alone— never for a mipute. It is a host of male writérs who nowadays are -ext tremely active setting to dramatic in- vention the muititudinous forms of mantrap. ingenious and intricate, that women ‘have devised since Eve, who could think up nothing more subtle & simple one and Adam was the easi- est of game. It is another matter nowadays, involving all the arts of a complex civilization, and the outcome is matter of hot- dispute among the artists. Bernard Shaw and the late W. L. George, Scott Fitzgerald, Sinclair Lewis, George Hummel and many an- other write novels of explication and admonition, all bearing upon the help? lessness of man, all drawing together in suppert of Kipling’s “He travels the fastest who travels alone. Now and then oné takes the other side of this common question; now and then one supports the adage in its full meaning. George Chamberlain does ually became | is | and does not’let one go. and | just about su in “Man Alone.” He here projects a grim story of the ruln wrought withi L a man whose wife betrayed him by de- serting him and their son. Selecting the temperament to react in tragic intensity against his wrongs. Mr. Chamberiain develops a story that is black with human resentments and reprisals. The son must be trained to a hatred.of women—that is his safety. 80 the father thinks, A warped and foolish man, Thomas Strayton, to. think he could balk so wily an enemy as nature. . He does, however, train his son to his own dark outlook, to his own z\‘lrly fronting upon life. Yet Dboth of these men are truly Admirable in their strength, in their self-con- tainment. The story grows by way of business, by ~-of the manufacture of glass out. o‘;‘t 3 %Iow J’:.rnyjunu int ing ne A really close and in . yecor stands. here’ of the ce of an industry. But the story is one of harsh: action, of relentless business habit, ‘of independenceé.:” A.hard story, throughout, but one that takes hold .. The grows tense the outcome, feeling that that pair of men are never going to save themselves to an instant of happiness. Wonderfully . well .. pro- jected’ and sustained as a theory of the that women can work in the lives of men—of some men, * ok Kk RHODA FAIR. By Clarénce Buding- nd, author of ‘“The Stead- etc, New York: Har- f | tragition in Iialy that the main-to’ please lers, £0 them along in & happy- accord wi ch situations- and. sonalitiés as they meet and accept l: n oné of moment ta, the. history ‘of this country. Its. set:|Bee! it to adegree | DU and Philadelphia in a measure, New |, k verdure aye dnd -sun | O r | the natives “a | earn; they take So |sw Murray érane—-—A:nd Then a Diplomat| ome qi' the Newest Novels and ™" ] the Various Stories TheyiT 11. R e i 5 jrdund the two lines of. inheritance that possess this young and lovely and wholly engeging, girl. If Mr, Kelland goner s this would have been vhaps & truer one, iLet us be unfi:m iyed nearer ithe sui Novels are as a whole much’ too absorbed in-deep diggings. :This one gives pleasure and is at. the n'm‘o time consistent, believable, sat- ying. oyt > A 0 atgesslons at the “Public Recent - |Library and’ Hsts f recommended reading will & ’b'ur.oln this column ieach Sunday, " ¥ e Books on o, | | e Allen, G. M: Birds and Their Attri- .- butes. PE-AISS. . m{gfi H. T /The Tree Folk. NX-B {Balfour-Browne, Frank. _Concerni the Hablta of r::.-w‘. 3t C. W. “Argturus “Ad Puy, W. A, gr Foes, PEDIZ60L. 56 Dyer, W. A._All Around Robin Hood's ;Barn. PR-D#83, ' h A logical Soclety of America. Natu- ‘rMnl ;ll';cfum to the Americas. Ref. fvans, H. R.. Forest Friends. O-Ev1f. (. v | Finneniore, Hilda, A 'History of the Man. Gregg, W. R. Aeronautical Meteor- ology.. MH-G864. . + Hall, C. A._ How -tp Use the Micro- scope. MB-HI142. X 2 Hartland, E. 8. Primitive Society. 1921, PX‘H257p. 1 A The Glacial, Anticy- 5 OC.HT86w. Hrdlicka, Ales. The Old Americans. PW-H8580. Kelly, . C. You and Your Dog. PR- K9: ; . 'y . A. The Growth of Biology. M-L818g. , Mrs. A. K. Bird Companions. PE-M286. A Malinowski, Bronislaw. ~Argonauts of the - Western 'Pacific. 1922, PX- M294. McAdie, A. G. Man and Weather. MH-M112ma. McAdie, “A. G. ‘War Weather Vig- nettes. - MH-M112wa. Neill, R. M. Microscopy in the Service MB-N3. of Man 1. Pearse, A. S. Animal Ecology. OC- P317. Peirce, ;. J. The Physiology of Plants. B-P357p. s Price, Willard. The Negro Around the orld. "PY-P933. Quny:. W. A. A Book: of Clouds. M : -Q28. Shand, S..J. Useful Aspects of Ge: ology. MM:Shi. . Shipley, Sir A, E.. Life. MV-Sh Shimer, H. W, An Introduction . to EarthHistory. Shull, A. F. Heredity. Thomson, J. A. The New Natural His- M-T387ne. tory R, D. The Climates. of the United States. - MH:213c. R Boole ot Birds of the. South: of e @ os Sthtes, PEWOSK. . western Uni . P 3 Yerkes, R. M. ‘Almost Human. PT- ; - ‘Bvolutlom. - - Ev«;luuorln‘d in the Light of Moder Knowledge. "EVeS. ., Goodrich, E. 8. Living Organisms. 1924, MW-G625. Machin, Alfred. The Ascent of Man by Means of Natural Selection. NW-MI183. . ¥ Morgan, T. H. Evolution and Genetics. Neom ¥t 0. Evolution, Gen ewman, H. H., ed. Ev , - etics and Eugenics. MW-N466e. Newman, H. H‘.“'l'he Gist ‘of Evolu- ~ - tion. "MW-N A b J. "',;f:‘ Gospel ‘of Bvolu- tion. MW-T386g. Wlld:'r, H. H. The Pedigree of the Humlnvma_e. xw-wsup. g Work Proves Great Aid In Sleeping Sickness Sleeping sickness, the ‘terrible mal- ady. which works ~such devastation among the black population of French equatorial Africa, is due ot alone, French savants say, to the infectious bite of the tsetse fly, but to the low vitalty which makes - infection pos-| siblé. ; § z The ‘black 'man, sitting idle all day before his hut in the forest shade, ill- nourished, loses all physical and moral resistance. For this reason the program of combating the disease now adopted by the ministry of colonies contains both medical and moral fac- tors,, On the medical side the num- “of specialized doctors and nurses and the ‘quantity of medicines is to e -increased. On the moral side it has’ been found that in those commu- nitiés where the ‘openfng of roads and the beginning -of industries has given chance to work and ‘more interest in life, ?.re more ‘active, ‘eat & smore nourish- ng diet and oppose a greater:Tesist- ance to infection. - .. On Left Side of Street Owing’ to’ the congestion in Roman reets an order has been issued which and_Englishmen -ever walked iin the’ ow the Romans will' have to. - know! .| provea most SAILOR from a foreign ,was rolling along the Avenue. +To be strictly truthful, he .walked like anybody else, but hip | senger who had squ ND THE CITY was going to market and eezed. her l?pklt unx:r her feet so as not to take up extra room. by me in the aisle was a | you have' to bring in a sug- | man—a gestion of bounding billows. It is ex- pected °§ you—atmosphere, dont you 0— - : A . sallor was rolling along ihe Avenue in front of the Willard Ho~ tel, just as ‘a group of distin- guished - looking relates. and their were ¢rosse ing the pavement to get into carsat the curb, ‘At sight of the clerical gentlemen the satlor took off ‘{his’ cap in rever. ence to the cloth, and - ane. ,of the party, & yenerable personage, show- ing ‘the touch of that marked him a *| church, recognized the youngster as a compatriot and, stepping toward him, extended a hand in hearty greeting. "Phen both started talking together. The mother tongue must have sound- ad gweet to the reverend gentleman, for his eyes sparkled under steel | ¥ rimmed spectacles and his face was a rosy glow. = The youngster's double deck " of teeth shone out like Bnow peaks {n his bronzed ‘face, yes were ‘midnight suns. And as they talked and gestured and chuckled the group stood by the car and wiited with smiling enjoyment of the bit of scene, without showing the first sign of impatience—which, of itself, was a fine thing to look at. And when one of them 'said that the two acted as if they had:all Washington' to them- selves, one venerable man with monas- ti¢ eves ‘corrected him:' - - _“Not Washington, son. . They are back in Spain.” . Wyl (R R JKNOW, exactly What we would do if- somebody were to leave us a. million’ dollars, ‘but—have you ¢ver figured put,a line of action in case you should become sudden owner of the Capital Traction Railway? If doubt- ful on the subject, you might.get a helpfal idea from a woman who poked her head in a small office and inquired of another woman at a desk: » “Do.you suppose it would do amy ®ood for me to go to the head of the Capital Traction and tell him. bow to run his business?"” The desk woman congidered: “It would please him, no doubt, but gfi not limit yourself to your, own For answer the visitor came in, seated serself in the ‘other chair, sniffed at a glass of pinks—not carna- tions—pinned one to her blouse and blossomed forth in speech: “It is my affair. ~That's-why I'm hopping—say, if I owned that Capital Traction Company, know what I'd do? Well, sir, the first thing, I'd pl every car with two warnings. Over the side seats at each end should hang a printed notice: “* “This space will accommodate four passengers.’ 7 “That would put an' end to the pres- ent custom which permits three people to take up all the room while the rightful _foyrth ger has ' to stand. You know how they do it— sitting sideways ‘with " erossed legs; looking out of the window at the back, which requires a turn of the body: reading a_néwspaper, unaware, per- haps, that relaxed posture swells up space, orsthe -raw. selfishness that doesn’t care.a hang if the straphanger in front should falat from weéariness, or maybe:the infirmities of age—Let- tem! If they can't stand up Jike other people lettem- stay hom It is these open-faced hard shells that are most likely to lack thé nerve of their convic- tions, and resentfully miove up if you demand the place you are entitled to. Naturally there are others who recog- nize the amenities of life, but there are so many who loll. 6n those seats Instead of sitting upright to give others a chance. Well, sir, by the time I got my cars posted, you bet 1 would be carrying four passengers on the side seats, regular,.and no kicks from—nobody—These pinks are so. sweet they must have come from an old-time country garden—And I'd have another notice: in the middle of the car where the ‘Move Forward’ sign hangs: =, 5 t “ ‘No non-paying child shall be:seat- ed in this car while a paying passenger stands.” B4 % “It would ‘put a stop to mothers of Joung =,*",§2;"' who a cross-sec- tion, pu y on the window side en- tirely regardless b have to'stand, and who express indig- nation if some one of equal nerve asks them please to move up. This is so general a habit as to have be. come a general nuisance. For myself, T would rather stand than have to be mashed alongside of mean-spirited | served, people, but occasionally, like this morning, I have others to think of. 1 had a comfortable seat next apas- of passengers whot lurch of the car as it curved in s on the way around Capitol Hill " looked like the hands of an inall but-—a big man ought not to mind small a discomfort as standing in ‘tha a/ clation in co-operation taken, her lap, and she told me it was too hof to hold the baby. I, said, all right, only please move up—and I sat down on the outer edge and ‘then shoved her up. I wouldn’t have acted like that ‘except I across wouldn't want place for him, as if | how car bables take to strangers. If I owned that- car' line, those placards of mine would save all’such embarrassing situations. I cah figure out & lot of Httle improvements, be- cause I have been going:and coming on those cars for years and years.” xR ¥ ¢ HERE ls another Mttle something to show that kindness'is some- times & niistaken virtue—ort the prin- ciple that it is foolish tq cast pearls before swine. /It is true that nothing whatever to do! pearls or swine, rut anyhow: . There Is a little quicktlunch place that sparkles with cleanlipess, thou as plain in its appointments as the pipe-stém that lends itself so accom- modatingly - for comparative emer gencies. ‘Along abput ‘noon; say, you couldn’t reach out without teuching some artist, writer or otherwise worth- while professional worker from a big studio building nearby. The two wom-. en proprietors are efficlent bodles, btit there come:timés when the run of customers overtaxes their.ability to serve, as, for one instance, one evening about dusk after a musical matinee. ‘At one table a couple of regulars were waiting for jced tea and cream toast—and at least five others phil- | osophically bided their time, but— there are always others. Two young wemen came in with the air of sailing into a Ritz-Carlton —hand-painted young ladies” with satin cloaks over fluffy frocks, and with bare heads, silk knees and. per- fume. They wanted coffee and sand- wiches—quick! ‘They said. so—aloud. The proprietors were rushing their smartest, but first comers had the right of way, so—by soothing the sityation— One of the cream-toast women got up, poured two coffees from the urn, put a couple of sandwiches on plates, took them to the ritzy ladles, and then returned to her seat. Whereupon, one of them said to the other—meaning the nifty ladies— “Look at that, will you. Sitting down while customers have to wait. Waiter, you forgot our napkins and I some mustard.” Cream toast got ‘up grinfully, obeyed orders, and returned to base. Then_ her companion had her little say: “Servés you right. And it is what you may expect every time you do a fool . kindness .like that. I'm not questioning your good intentions, old girl, but—-" “Oh, they don't cbunt. I know of a place that is paved with them. T used to run true to class in the old days, but now that I walk the world alone I can afford to make myself useful. My best friend couldn't call me _ornamental.” this has | § with either nique Contest Sponsored by Animcan Home Economics Asso- Yciation—Federation of Business and Professional Womien's * 2= ~Clubs Conyene&—Nev'vs of"flqaguc of Womafi Voters. BY OORINNE FRAZIER. - ONSIDERABLE interest among + ' the ¢lubwomen of prominent national organizations is ex- pected to be evinced in the unique essay contest; open to faderation declaved that while woren’ still are handicapped greatly by sex in the legal n, & noticeable fm- provement in their status is recog- nized as many of the prejudices are being overcome steadily wherever iwomen prove thelr ability to’handle 18 | o ffairs of law with success. ford Hmorleel Soclety . of Boston, blems of scientific home making' ‘mow are holding the attention of many of ‘the leading women'’s organizations of ‘the country, and’as this contest is directly in line with their study pro- grams, it is thought that many women outside of the home economics groy will be interested in tufln{ the skill of their pens and at the ‘time adding to’ their -store of information on this partfcular question. . o A ng to the provisions of the contest, a prize of $100 will be giyen for the best essay on the work of Ben- jamin_ Thompson, Count -Rumferd. Dioneér economist. and phy; - of America and England in_tl ht- eenth mtury,:f-'ilt relates to the mod- ern problems ome ocoxnflnfl The essay must be written in two Elna.' the first, a review of Count mford's essays relating directly to economics problems. - In other words, @ summary of those of his writings which may be interpreted legitimately a8 of interest in the study of hom«; of lege, Bos- ton, and Carleton J. Lynde of Teach- ers’ Callofe. Columbia University, New Miss At- 1, 1926. ) should be addressed to her at | h rters of ‘the Amcr}mn Home Economics Association, M York.~ All papers rgust be in ‘wat hands by October {lis Building, Mlsfl LITA BANE will head the . American Home Economics As- sociation as national president for the comng - year, according to an an- Tiouncement from' headquarters fol- lowing the confirmation of the elec- tions held at the recent convention in Minneapolis. Miss Bane; who will be a member of the Home Economics’ staff at the University of Wisconsin next Fall, was the holder of {he Ellen H. Richards memorial fellowship -dur- ing the past year, This fellowship isa fund created by Ellen H. Richards, founder of the home economics move- ment, used to carry on research work of the association. For two years, from 1923 'to 1925, Miss Bane served as executive secre- tary of the association. A graduate of the University of Illinois, Miss Bgne took her post-graduate degree work at the University of Chicago and Colum- bia University. ' She has been in agri- cultural extension work for a number of years. Other - national officers chosen to serve with Miss Bane include Miss Cora Winchell of Teachers’ College, Columbia University, first’ vice presi- dent; Miss Agnes Ellen Harris of the Alabama State College of Agricuiture, second vice president; Miss Mylle Mc- Neal of the University third vice president; Mrs. Jean Kru- gex, dean of home economics at Michi- gan-Agricultural €ollege, secretary; H. Gale Turpin, Baltimore Trust Co. treasurer, and Miss Agnes Donhan of Boston, controller. Miss Alice Edwards will continue as executive secretary, Miss Helen W. Atwater as editor and Miss Keturah E. Baldwin as business’ manager of the journal, In addition to the section and com- mittee chairmanships announced last week, the following _appointments have been reported: Institution eco- nomics_section, Miss Katherine Mc- ““That might be all right, except that you know as well as I do that soclety has its unwritten law that ob- ligates us to keep to.a certain stand- ard. And you know as well as I do that there is another law, written in eternal letters, that commands us to dg th things—and you &v{ how those she.cads were worrying poor Miss Smith and Miss Dora.” Then came. the cream toast, and while the two regulars were busy over (it, up rushed the flamboyant wo. \“"Why, the lunch woman says you' are an awful swell artist, and we want to thank you for helping us— it was-so perfectly sweet of you'— and on and on. And when it was over, the awful successful artist, who had sald to the one who had ou right. Neyer again. Kind- ness doesn't pay.” Sdimg: ” Hungarian Chemists Discover New Light Principle Which Does Not Involve Fire “Chemiluminescence” is the term applied to a new kind of light caused by chemical reactions which involve no burnl?f or combustion. The prac- tical application of this principle, ac- cording. to advices received here, been worked out in & factory in Hun- gary. where a tube has beer devised in which - chemiluminescent reactions can be carried out The materials a vacuum. ich have thus far 1 in this ca- pacity are chlorine and sodium vapor. ‘i‘hen two elements brought has | lines has been d to the fact that the light they’ give off is of only one color and not composed, like ordinary daylight, of all the colors of the spectrum. ; An ides !nllow:# somewhat similar sed in this country for making luminous compounds. Ac- cording to a it recently granted, the: phenomenon. of phosphorescence can be produced by the reactions of two classes of substances known as “Luminophores”and *‘phosphorogens,” with a base of some mineral carbonate and a combustible material like starch or sulphur, Lunfinophores are com- pounds of the lighter metals, such as sodium and potassium, while the phos- phorogens are compounds of huv&: this | metals, &lm silver, ' nickel and radioactive . u will | These latter m Safety From Tornadoes Is Greatest ranium and thorium. phosphoresce and 3:. m”f _the ithe desired color to the glow. o | successful courses been " introduced at the TFarland of the University of Minne- sota, chairman; home economics ex- tension, Miss Myrtle Weldon of the Kentucky College of Agriculture; home economics and business- sec- tion, Miss Mary Isabel Barber of Bat- le. Creek, Mich., chairman; home- makers’ section, Mrs, Jean Muir Dor- sey. of Urbana, TlL, chairman. Miss Clyde Schuman of the Ameri- can Red Cross has accepted the chair- manship of the Home Economiss and Health Education Committee. Mrs. Eda Lord Demarest, formerly professor of home economics at the Constantinople College for Women, will head the international committee while the committe on economic and social problems of the home will be headed by Mrs., Chase Going Wood- house of the Department of Agricul- ture. These are three of the most im- portant committees in' the associa- tion. - * ok k X ONE of, the economists’ principal international actiyities, coming’ under the jurisdiction of the :com- mittee. which Mrs. st heads, is.the support of the professor of home -economics at the American College for Women at Constantinople. Mrs. Ethel N, Stiltz is the nt in- structor who fills the chair, She is the third to be sent out from the as- soclation. 3 Student home clubs in the schools and colleges of the coun- try are much interested in this pro- fessorship and contribute to the fund for its’ maintenarce. These student clubs also assist in continuing the Ejlen H. Richard scholarship fund. “Until recently, all of these student ofganizations have been com ex- clusively of girls, but at the gonven- tion last month two boys Were in at- tendance as delegates from the Bache- lors’ Home Economics Club of the high school at Ava, Missourl. According: to Miss Atwater, the home economics ddea. is spreading among the male students of a number of large schools and colleges in the Southwest. Two for men’ have just #fln Itural and Mechanical College a Y " | taining & oF | tiom, Minnesott | “Whether . high-pressure system is |, ‘Avold mmm ruts by main- ce of intes through outside actiyities” ' was the advice delegates ~ by Miss Jane Cousins, who is connected with the legal department of ‘the Michigan ral ralflroad. Too close applica- tion to business and exclusion of other interests is erous not gnly to the health but to the breadth of vision so necessary to the success of the business or professional woman, was Miss Cousins’ warning. The health section of the federation u all member clubs to increase their activities in the promotion of sports and exercises for the physical development of women engaged in commercial or ‘professional pursuits. Emphasis was laid upon the value of physical recreation for all women em- ployed /in' offices, banks, stores or factories. Mrs. Wymond Bradbury, chairman of programs for the District branch of the National Woman's Party, headed a delegation from her organization to the convention at Des Mofnes this past 'week. - Mrs. Florence Bayard {lles of Wilmington, Del.; Mrs. Isaac Dixon of Baltimore; Miss Margaret Hallett, Dr. Margaret Long of Denver, also State officer of the Woman's Party; Miss Luella Clark, member of the Iowa State board of ‘the Party and also board meniher of the Business and - Professidnal ‘Women's Club Federation in Iowa; Mrsi, Lela Gray ‘and Mrs. W. E.- Emmert-.of Philadelphia were among the gro of 30-0dd delegates who' attended the which was introduced by Mrs. Hilles during the sessions. * K % AT the monthly meeting of the District branch of the National ‘Woman's Party, held Tuesday night at headquarters on Capitol Hill, it was decided to hold a series of card ‘Woman's | cut people, [of the town. partles éach Tuesday evening during the summer months at the clubhouse to assist in financing the District work.” The first of these fes is being planned for this coming Tues- day at 8 o'clock. If the evening is clear, tables will be arranged in the exténsive gardens at the rear of the ‘clubhouse. Miss Mary Stewart, legislative rep- resentative of the District branch, presided over the meeting in the ab- sence of Mrs. Henry Berliner, who is out of town. All who ‘desire to at- tend the card party are advised to notify Miss Stewart.or Mrs. Wymond Bradbury, chajrman of program, be- fore Tuesday afternoom, ' 4 pess vy Miss Belle Sherwin, président of the National League of Women Voters, will leave Washington this ‘week for, & two months’ vacation, a large part of which will be- passed on her farm, at Willoughby, Ohio, near Cleveland. Before returning to the Washington headquarters of the league she will preside at a meeting of the board of wrectors and. the organization de- partment of the league in Winnetka, ., from September 13 to 20. Miss Katherine Ludington, treas- urer of the National League, has been selected as one of the four outstand- ing women of Conmecticut who have achieved the most. in art, literature, eivics and music in the last 50 years. The selection was made by & com- mittee of seven judges. Miss - Ludington's . voting citizen- ship, church membership and her, deepest ties of memory and eivic interest are in Connecticut, ' Her an- cestors on' both ‘sides. were Connecti- and” several Branches have Hved in Lyme since the foundi Miss Ludington's ear~ lest paternal American ancestor-was . William Ludington, who was born in mgland &nd came ‘to America in 16%9. Her great grandfather, Henry Ludington, played an “active _part 1ii the Revoiutionary War, and, was_aide-decamp to Washington at the Battle of White Plains. ~ - Before Miss Ludington becamed di- rector of the National League she had led the suffrage fight in Connecti- cut, serving as president of the Con- necticut Woman Suffrage Association for several years. HIGH-PRESSURE WATER SYSTEM INQUIRY WILL BE STARTED SOON Fund Provided for Committee to Visit Several , Cities to Ascertain Value of Plan for Downtown Washington. Conslderable study will be given by the District Commissioners before Congress reconvenes to the advisabil- ity of installing a high water pres- sure fire protection system in the con- gested section of Washington. Urged by the Washington Board of Trade for at least 20 years and sup- ported by virtually all business and civi¢ organizations of ‘the city, this proposed . project is one of the few that has failed to become a realiza- advisahle in view of its estimated cost of approximately $1,600,000- is a’ ques- tion . now - under - investigation by a special committee appointed recently by the Commissionérs. Congress pro- vided in the appropriation act for the current -fiscal year an .item -of $3,000 for traveling and other expenses for this committee. Personnel of Committee. The committee 1is composed of George S. Watson, chief engineer of the District Fire Department; Daniel E. Garges, secretary to the Board of ‘Commissioners, and George N. Thomp- son, secretary of the Building Code Division of thy Department of Com- merce. While the plans of the commit- teé have not been definitely outlined, it is practically certain that investi- gating trips_will be made to Balti- more, New York, Chicago and other large cities that afford high water pressure fire protection totheéir busi- ness districts. The committee will re- port the results of its investigation to the Commissioners. ' Lg . Aside from feduced insurdnce rates, the outstanding advantages of ‘such a system as proclaimed by its advocates Effective protection’ of life and property in the business section, in- cluding the presemtation of natfonal and local officlal records which could not he replaced. S Saving in Equipment. 2 Release from the congested district of fire apparatus which would be transferred to other sections. Conservation of filtered water for sanitary use. Establishment of a high-pressuré fire service system was first suggested by the superintendent of the District ‘Water Department October 3, 1901, and- in_the annual estimates of the Commissioners _appropriations = were uested several times to install such The orlginal plan provided, in brief, for the laying of a separate system of mains throughout the principal busi- Tess area, connected with the Reno Reservoir by means of a 36-inch trunk llna Reno Reservoir has a mean ele- vation of 415 feet above tide level, and the layi of this mai would raulic head in the business district of 415 feet above tide, Assuming a flow of 10,000 gallons minute, there would be an . act working pressure at the ‘elevation of F street between Seyenth and Seven- sure of 167 pounds per square inch, of 360 feet or a pres- high-pressure hydrants plan ha e should be instalied” in the business district. < R 3 Territory in Plan. m’p district as outlined in' by‘ ‘ £ | This plan proposed the use of the- of pumping raw river water directly into the fire mains. Under this plan the amount and pressure of water avaiiable for fire-fighting purposes would be limited only by the capacity of the plant. This system would be independent of any derangement of the regular supply and -distribution- » system, and as a last resort in the: case of interruption of -the water stip- ply could be used for emergency pur- Question of Benefits. o~ Under the modified. plan, the. busi ness district proposéd to be served Is that portiofs bounded by Fourth and # Eighteenth . streets .and B and 1. streets. o 3 Chiefly " becausé: of ' the opposition of the Commissioners 'in the-past, the high-pressure system bas not . been. brought to a realization. Studies of the plan whenever the question was agitated, convinced them that its in- stallation would result almost solely to the benefit of the fire fnsurance” companies by way of decreased h: ard without adequate return fo f! public in lower insurance - rites Some years ago the Commissioners - communicated with about 25 insur: ance companies doing business in Washington, to ascertain what effect . the system would have on the ‘insur- ance rates. None of thé replies heéld any promise of a reduction in insur-’ ance premiums should it be installed. The Underwriters’ Association’ of the District, -however, very recently informed the Commissioners that an allowance of 5 per eent for a risk in - the high-pressure district would be . allowable. This action, hterefore, is . expected to have considerable influ- " ence on the investigating committee as well as the Commissioners in de-- - termining whether .the establishment of-, ;?fe system - is advisable. Fascists Win Elections By Arresting Opponents. The Fascisti of Italy hdave found’ t what is probably the simplest method of winning . elections ever invented. In the recent municipal elections of Lecce; ‘according to the report pub- lished by the official party o “the ' opposition partjes’sought to present u list of candidates. “But,” adds the « paper, - “this maneuver -, was: promptly foiled by the competent authorities.” The “authorities”” "in question were the police, who simply arrested the candidates. e Oriions Prolong Life.’ Bela Bicserdy of Transyl lieves eating plenty of onions will tend to proleng iife,” 18 80 certain of it- ; that he is devoting his life to presch- ing this-gospel. by £ “Any kind. onign is good. for rolonging. life,” says Bela Bicserd ‘The only condition ig that it be eaten . W' . ;n:'nts:on e t:‘yxmtmkm”‘ vert a gatheri of skeptics to «aon -eating: The- r:t‘ulr wum;'mf happy. It is poseible, the audfence ob- jected to the support- Bicserdy -was getting from onion samples on.a near- by, At any rate, as’' he was Dbiceps to show eati lludmnfm-hmn,'t;ls:t wd rushed to.the platform. Aided by the - i bierds bl b s o s ¥ g LA Be- [