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fore getting into the banks, where it is to be exchanged for the new cur- - | rency. Similarly the individual pocket- THE EVENING STAR| ‘With S!nda; Mor Edition. WASHINGTON, D. C. SATURDAY.....August 11, 1028/ Editor | same reason. | A material saving in the co THEODORE W. NOYES. . of man- The Evening Star Newspaper Compan Rusiness Office. 11th St. and Pennsyivania Ave. New York Office: 110 East 42nd St Chicago Office: Tower Ruilding. European OBEQEYI‘QX Reflrem St., London, ernment in this change of dimensions. 'Cnmpulnnons of the probable economy | have mounted to the millions of dollars | in the course of a short time. It re- Rate by Carrier Within the City. IThe Evening Star. 45c per month | of custom will cause the people, for and Sunday Star for the new-sized curren But a- all there will be no inclina- e | tion ¢~ -luse to accept the new small | bills, which will be worth just as much s8¢ per montn | distaste cnday Star Sc per col fon made at the end of each mont s be sent 1 or telepr 2'4 ones. and probably in a few wee a’or the change is made the public will be handling the new money with- out thought for its size and with deep titude for its possession. v a— New York Wants a World Fair. Undeterred by the sad experience of Pl elphia with the Sesquicentennial of 179 pusiness men in New York are ropostng the orgenization of a world air in that city in 1932 on the occa: of the anniversary of the birth man of |George Waciington. A meeting Motors and | just been held by representatives of de Nem: & Co., hold- | portant merzantile organizations and a ation cf the prohibition ' committee DLeen appointed to wait e ¥ jssue of the day, is lupen Mayor Walker to urge the forma- p elect Gov. Smith President. | tion of another committee of citize has dos mine the advisability of such an He has served to | enterp Some time ago the Brook- e in this [ lyn Chamber of Commerce considered e. he | the matter, but voted in the negative e because of the failure of the Sesquicen he does 'tennial in Philadelphia. However. private organization was formed to 2 te for a great “ar in Marine Park. in Brooklyn. Apparently this step h of Pierre Samuel du the boards of beth Gen Samuel du ng else. . n Smith and re wet and dry issue. He and his choice goes to Gov He professes to see Gov h in the role of an ardent enforcer of the prohibition law if he is elected But Mr. du Pont really hopes to see in fier of the dry laws. the office. is Greater New Yol the proposed celebration one of city 1de proportions. Grover Whelan, who, by reason of his | frequently during the past year in the Pierre Samuel du Pont takes a crack | welcoming of aviators and other celeb- at the conditions existing under the Tities, is one of the movers of this vlan 2n administration, in regard to | When asked whether it was not rather inition enforcement. He sees in |futile to try to advertise New York by man who can and will en- | means of a fair, he is reported to have dry laws—although Mr. du|thumped his desk vigorously and re- iy antagonistic to those | plied that New York could never be ad- he makes the mistake |vertised enough. He advanced the iag that all the prohibition en- | Opinion that New York is the logical + officials under Smith will | place for the celebration because George take wings unto themselves and in | Washington was inaugurated in that gngelic manner will be able to prevent city, which was the first seat of the @l the thirsty men and women in the | Government. He undoubtedly had in ccuntry from obtaining liquor. mind the fact that Congress has pro- Unfortunately there is a certain per- vided for an official celebration of the of rogues among the enforce- | anniversary of Washington's birth in ofeials. They are punished and | 1932 with this city as the central point @riven out of the service as fast as they | Washington has no desire o go into ean be discovered. There may be even the “world fair” business on the scale excentions that are retained aithough |of recent enterprises of this character sir shortcomings have been called to 35 & local undertaking. It is. however, ‘&;Int'mtinn of :;,m in power. But if confident that the national notation of tained it is because of the | the George Washington amniversary will 53&2’; : sm::e of our big ‘business | be a large and impressive demonstration men. w‘ho personally enjoy an alcoholic of the love and respect of the American beverage, exeried upon polticsl office |PEOBle for him who is known as the e s Sora Moeol (B4 5 | TAtee of El Comntey’, It other e iion il e ke i Tha | Hee, Wow Youk i pasislac, wih t interest of complacent officials i Tam- i;";xzmzz" fl"fl':l: :x:bl::; many, the friend of the liquor traffic as (553 d | e ke 5 ftn i 50 1 Wi York | iototal. buliGiogs i -Araoeembnt 1 1 features, for advertising purposes, they :u‘,w,u s, ': e mt:r;ln' t: ;ntm;:: are, of course, to be given the best s - 1 for their en- et 5 Cov. Recdcius uighé nive: | e Of the Cestal, Ior en deavors, But “world fairs” are dubious know of this influence personally, if Be |y ogments n publicity. Philadelphia’s beceme President. experience was a sad one, Other cities .:;‘d sm'"" :y“ sy o oo | nave suffered heavy losses through their a rently, - 4 xposition enterprises and the feelin; ment of the prohibition laws 18 a one- | bos 2 prevails that these big booming demon- ’ Jobs He mays Tt Beith oo o 5. ations are somewhat outdated. They the job. The probabilities are that|.,. mgjions of dollars and sometimes with the tmpetus which Gov. Smith's ), .00 yaayy gebts that are never fully election would give to the wet ideal in{,,0,i45065 New York would undoubted- this country, instead of more effective |, oy yp an ymmense show and would enforcement, there would be EreAler |,y tremendous crowds. But it cer- laxity all down the line. Why enforce |, iniy cannot want more population, 2 law which admittedly the head o{;md it is already doing more than its the Government is out fo modify OF Te- | are of the Nation's business, and is peal? Do not the anti-prohébitionists | parg pur to accommodate those engaged rejoice mightily in the deciaration that |, s ~ goyever, if the business men of prohibition cannot be enforeed. ©an |aannattan and its sister boroughs are Tever be enforced, and that under it | ent'unon' aritalizing the George Wash- corruption flourishes like the green bay | inoton anniversary for business pur- tree? Yet now they are making asser- | poeeq there is no one to say them nay. tions that with & wet President in the prsmi White House it will be easier to enferce i ® | Parmers need reliet the dry laws. They are “kidding” | ,.ny workers. The broad open spaces either themselves or the public | combine with the concentrated city liv- Pierre Bamuel du Pont admite that |, oonqitiong in the same demand bhe has not been a strong party man | i and that he has voted both the Re-| nany challenges to debate will be de- publican and Democratic presidential | veloped by # willingness on the part of prohibition to an end. tickets in the past. He voted, he frankly | 4 gggressive speaker to share a candi- | seys, for Woodrow Wilson. Now is he | ga00c pupiicity with him. going to vote for Gov. Bmith because he believes him to be an efficient lnd‘ Bonest Government official, but above | 231 because he believes that the prohi- | pition lzws need to be amended or re- pezled. In a measure he seeks (o align | witnessed 2 spectacle which is worth big business with the wets, But big | few hours of wakefulness to observe pusiness hos seen the economic benefits Between midnight and dawn, unless of prohtbition, and Pierre Samuel du the astronomers’ calculations are awr: Pont and John J. Raskob are the ex- there will be a display of natural fire- ceptions among the big business men works as the Perseids, or relatively have come out for Smith on the | minute meteors that flow through space we. And meny of the working | in a regular orbit, encounter the at- 4 their wives will still prefer a | mosphere of the earth. These heaven- ner pail to & full “bucket of | ly tramps are constantly in motion and their coming can be computed | with a remarkable degree of accuracy Belence 1s fairly well agreed upon their origin fragments of a comet which ages ago was shattered by contact with a mem- v Nature's Fireworks. Some time early tomorrow morning .o - ing Florida becomes to meteorolo- to rusticators s The New Currency wiil elapse before the ich 15 1o be about one- the itself, and that they are continuing to which that body had previously trav- eled. But whatever the origin, it is known that these fragments, invisible | From the Svracuse Herald until they reach a denser medium than ether of space, recur annually with- the cour ry stmul- | that at periods of five years they are he cities of the coun re numerous than at other times. er year before this | This chances to be the five-yearly occa- Meanwhile | sion, on which an exceptional meteoric dieplay is expected and great mercantile or tions are considering and| For the benefit of those who are ns of handling the new money »1," willing 1o remain awake on the chance svely, without confusion and loss, | of witnessing this phenomenon, 1t may A drastic change in methods be said that the hest time for observa money caring Will be necessitated by | tion will be tomorrow morning Just be this alteration of the size of the bills | fore daylight, when the earth will be Money drawers will eventually have io| traveling in the opposite direction from be altersd in dimensions. Yet for some | the stream of fragments time after the introduction of the new | then will be almost overhead eursency the old will continue o cir-| from the ouiste, end the accommodations for that style of bills must be maintained 2t i impossible o determine how long # will be before all the old- will diseppear. Probably some of it will zemiain in circulation for several years Sosling aboul frog Land W bBand, b . ways | as the atmosphere and, becoming heated by their own heat if the skies are clear, there may be | book or billholder cannot be immedi- | through the atmosphere are relatively | ately changed in size to measure to the small, and merely appear as streaks of | new dimensions of the currency, for the | light which are popularly known as‘ y | ufacture is to be effected by the Gov-|note that in one of the Western State: | mains to be seen whether many vears |six hundred feet down 60c per month | whose uses the money is issued, to feel | soil with ma .| some aomination for denomination, as the | v be reached will prove profitable There is insignificant chance that i any of the meteors which flow through | (r]f:flh | the atmospkere tomorrow morning will | conseles | hit the earth head on, as did this giant, | huge and ince and inflict damage probability of such an encounter is too small to cause the slightest worry. Cer- 2inly those who rise from their couches tonight in the hope of witnessing the meteoric shower need not be concerned about the risk of being struck | stimulated the present endeavor to make | version to the cherished though deride | official | press agents are able to get out of the take the lead in bringing ' creeter and has figured in the news |et cetera class and let the world know | { | i | | 1 | | | 1t is believed that they are the | her of the planetary system in which | ! the earth is included, perhaps the earth | , | Uncle Eben pursue the course of the great ellipse | YOh preyers instead o' makir In the range of the earth’s orbit, and | The display | traveling | northeast to the northwest | It the skies are clear they will be seen | NEYE In rings at fights brilliant trails of fire as they meet | 4 money | 1o incandescence by the friction with | From the Butler Eagle the air, bleze and perhaps are consumed Some of them may reech te earth. In times past meteors groceries? |15 not in the slightest danger of being | ang happiness STAR D. €., SATURDAY. ATUGUST 11, 1928 THE EVEN have fallen, some of very great size, burying themselves in the ground. But the great majority of those that pass WASHINGTON THIS AN BY CHARLES E. | shooting stars. | In this connection it is of iterest to | sand ha it Seashore something pe- about nd in a bottle is Mony a per has filled a ome h little or not sand on the specially in h sand, a py Summer, to nothing when there is now buried far below the sur face a vast mass of meteoric fron which tests and probings show struck the sur- face untold centuries ago. It les some 1ts presence wa youth. souvenir of find it meani he_got it home. The sand of indicated by a deep depression in uw;l‘ir:;l of 'Iv'- r.;f G o disaasociate hich pi t s which proved that at | g0 “pTeT EES long time past an enormously | play boxes. | he body had crashed through earth 1: mu: :I be in its natu # -tv. | 10 have the infinite peculia /and stone at an angle of about forty e five degrees, Operations have been con- ng. On the shore ducted from time to time to recover the | clear kle which belis ore of this metcor. Now, with new “W‘r? methods, work is under way to this | esty, jend. and it s estimated that if the | visited its reclamation e shore i cany turn- children’s from | stuff to fill habitat ity whic and inter- retaing &Py parents. while every the havin: one En human hich spe; atn who maj- ha lac New coast ntal i s can a rf. The percentage of | _Rock has gone and b degree which p the care and or dren th in happines It might revive the American sports- man's confidence after the Olympte I'};Ikd‘j“: Lw games it Sir Thomas Lipton could be | Jverv tndulation persuaded to send over another Sham- | There is mustery rock to be distanced with genial en- [Usually fo be foun thusiasm and ceremonial propriety the beach proper, Bills in small denominations were re- ferred to, a long time ago. as “shin- plasters.” The smailer paper currency will inevitably be regarded as a re- it not clothing in the the slow to return to f in the dunes whi by the will of lesser wind. The dunes. with o grass, offer exciting play place children Behind their humped forms a thousand a may take place h one is a to be guarded against the enemy next dune What if there is nn enemy makes no difference. Children. with {touch of their wand. ean | easily place an enemy there as not {fact it fs questionable whethe enemy that is not seen not mor citing than the seen f We believ referendum of children would shov for the at on the standards of Victorian art N Only the night clubs with the best there? Tt a a¢ In the e a thet they have been padlocked. To a wise “hostess” a padlock is dearer by far than a “slave bracelet.” magic g e A certamn amount of confusion has always resulted from the desire to utilize | Teferendum of children would show every presidential campaign as & means | ing more real, if vou will, tha of permitting every agitated citizen to | palpable. get something off his mind, regardless | of whether it is relevant. | the * too. which the rm of th he air | It is a question ——— RS AP TN | greatest factor in t! side—~the sea, the sun, After studying many photographs, | ey ¢ 62 the sur there can be no discourtesy in a candid | _Each gigantic factor play g mpatgn | This immortal quartet w opinion that the presidential campaign Sasea ths Aiviie Harmony of bealt! The sea is the very essence of them all. From it comes the water, across it the air. from its depth the sands, into its green and blue shines the health- | 2iving sunshine The ocean is at once the frame and the picture, the reason for being of all the forces which conspire to make tne seaside town at once popular and in- | spiring. ! It s fortunste for aviation that |, One inay admit all this and vet feel Charles Lindbergh is employed not as |y ro he le play hugely im-~ portant roles. Not the least of these is an active flyer but in an advisory | the shore itself capacity. mistaken for a beauty contest. G A N It has become customary to refer to “Mr.” Tunney. The prize ring may yet become the scene of deferential bo: and solicitous apologies for every well | planted blow. with its billions of sand grains. Not all of them are { smooth. Some sand is sharply | each | him D THAT . TRACEWELL. but the result of their so close nestiing is a certain smoothness underfoot Now there e two ctates of and, distinctive and each very much while. Wet sand is one thin another hen one think of the seashore he thinks in dry sand, but memory tefl the wet sand played and t important compacte he finest vorth dry b terms actly of that by water walking in bare foet m may vhereas the and would i 5 not world, alsn the be al fort it dry be con 2 me Wall le it of tur stand m in the of all but the most pretention: » build such fairy palaces at rt must be se will come on often. This i keep the break he Iected 2 of edd vhere the water n nccasion ton 3 not ordér to t 8 beact wave: point must run be chosen 1p. in the rifting in 1aps led ivity, thus that water e forward manifestin 1 fortifications <hovel of some & purpose a = tion res 15 buried up ld not recommend When one's feet and eep.” as the re- sepulture, much is needed to re the proper cleehlation of thai bl t by ething parent will pouring a handful down a neck, or by making a play- face Into the eyes go the tiny grains with dry and a recklessly one idea as much into the o mad nd v that, his f opponent d hair quite a is solved ster al manifestation of ay respects the most ps for that very rea. sand storm. Perhaps there ot be more than one of these at any ort dur season ms that wind and A e with of you bt worl throwing hi a filled with roblem, 1appily in most must prevail Once started, the sa the air as if it were t air i It cuts the face, and gets into the eyes It piles up a foot thick on the board valk hes lik shovel and ut, exactly had been thah snow, howe penet doors and windows, and gets into the clothing and daily food. 1t lucky for seashore regorts that genu- T are rare broom must as if the dis snowstorm Worse the sand SHOOTING STARS. BY PHILANDER JOHNSON, Telling Troubles. I'm goin® to tell my troubles, Old Priend of Mine, to you. The hurt, concealed, redoubles And starts the pain anew. If troubles I'm concealing Beneath fictitious glee, You might not be revealing More Intere | Gene Tunney, as a millionaire ret | ing from the prize ring to wed a societ girl and begin a new career, attracs) | probably more attention than he did a {an active champion heavyweigi | pugilist. His future interests the Ameri- Your own, in turn, to me can public to a marked extent, and | there is much speculation as to the | field to which he will ultimately gi I shall not hide the sorrow 1 may have had to learn, | i et LRI 3 ! | s vthing—fame, fortune, a For confidence may borrow { superb physique, a stout heart, a keen A confidence in turn. { mind, goad habits, a determination to ‘Through memory’s thorns and stubbles "‘r‘" "»‘”‘W“rl‘fl;'t}l‘\' ad great :;'."‘;:V"‘\Hfl . i 2 | curiosity e judgment of the Cin- WS e T ey g cinnati Times-Star, whose belief is that I'm goin’ to tell my troubles, “whet he makes of them all will be Old Priend of Mine, to you worth watching” The Nashville Ban- | ner thinks it t& “safe to wager that he {will go into something worth the while | and make good at it.”" while the verdict | {of the Kansas City Post s tk “whether or not he will be able to liv the rest of his life with equal success, | no one knows, but whatever he does, it is cartain to be interesting “He has impressed us as being a man possessed of fine qualities. Withdraval from the ring will bring him still higher {in our estimation” says the Schenec- | tady Gazette, and the Duluth Herald | observes: “Anyway. Tunney has beaten | the game, and if he shows much | | sense in handling his money as he does |in quitting while t quitting s good, | he ought to' lead a useful and happy | life, Jud Tunkins says a politician works | harder than a prizefighter and doesn’t get anything like as much money. Strait and Narrow Way. “A statesman has to be careful in climbing the ladder of presidential fame.” “Yes,” answered Senator Sorghum ‘Once started he has to keep going. It's a narrow ladder, with no chance for side-stepping.” Ode to a Thermom. 1 warbled to a Summer day In an ecstatic bluff. But now I know, I wish to say, When I have had enough! The Hartford Co ute to the retiring on the ring: “A few more vear | Tunney as heavyweight champion, plus |a few more years of strict boxing com | missions and above-hoard promoty and boxing might attain the irreproach able status of tennis or golf.” “He has fine qualitics” according to | the Philadelphia Record, “which M kept him from winning the wild ap- plause and the unreserved admiration {of those fight fans who prefer the | brutal bruiser to the skilled and gal- | lant boxer, but his place is secure in | ring history; his niche is the highest in that hall of fame' The Springheld | Sun records that he “has been a gen- ! tleman throughout his ring career” and { “has shown that o ghter can be a business man also by the way he has handled his ring ears The i8- ton Star ranks him as “different almost. every other professional f of the past or present His farewell o the ring i | by the Ann Arbor Daily New | statement: “He has a right | while the quitting is good. Indeed shows good judgment. He has been | good fighter Juare fighter—a gentle man of the ring” The Santa Barbara Daily N tat T'he former Marine will now devote his attention to study | Possibly he will find an enjoyment in { his new occupation that the prize ring | tafled to give 15 prabably the only champion who ha ¢ found retire ment either in a cafe or on the trih effect nt pavs thi champion Rapid Age. “We're going to Paris,” said the bride, “What, purpose,” inquired Miss Cay- enne—“honeymoon or divorce?” “Plattery is dangerous” sald Hi Ho the sagé of Chinatown, “since money is judged by the brains that manage it.” Radio Intrusion. Across the ether bounds Noise that will roam With utterance that amuses. A stranger’s volce resounds Right tn my home, | And sings or says 'most anything he chooses! bothers or from approved with the quit he \ “Religion is a help tn politics,” sald 41 it persuades you to say n' speeches " ———— | Loud Whisperers. If this is a whispering campalgn some of the whisperers must be using mplifiers v | His Real Role. " “Forthright sporting writer From the Passaic Datly Herald hinted," 1emarks the Atlanta the | “that the present champlon is not New York thinks It elected Ay e Drsant A orable Jimmy as elected, ‘e | sort of popular idol o attrs Honorably Jimmy a3 mayor. Dy P8 lorowds, and his i & handiehp th i : { most_persevering promoter would find s | troublesome. 1t his champion, bewng Silent Voters. | 1iterary, fails to excite red-blooded fan From the Dayton Daily Ne | the only course left Mr lm‘luxr\ii\ o S Lot o T {open ' leeturs circult” The Minne That woman leader who said »mlm‘!'-,’;‘};ylu. Pribune makes the further sug constitute the great silent vote certainly | . tion As Ciene likes both philosophy | handed a lot of husbands a good laugh and fiction, both these goals ought to S—; | appeal to mim; and, after all, when | Pug e a | he looks the field aver and the men | Pug in Corner, Maybe. | he has to beat, how easy would the fiom the Omaha Evening World-Herald. | Ginvire of either title be Even our astule sports editor can't | v stage ha Journal large The Milwaukee Journal feels that it xplain to his wife why there are cor- | i5 possible hils retirement from fighting will lead “perhaps to a life of studiou { oase, perhaps to some other champi Ship—in business, In a profession research.’” A world without competition,” thinks the Bt Louls Times, “may send every- body seurrying around to find new ac- cupations,” for "It might conceivably be a dismal bore to do even the big- —— A Problem for Economics " | On the other hand, when the two- dollar bill finally disappeais what shall we use to buy a dollar's worth of ired ting Than Boxer | gest | tury. | make a iire | their | balls on public Millionaire, business, if there petitors to prevent But the Seattle Daily Times a return to the arena, explaining i no far cry from the classroom a. Above the droning of the men have heard the call of p sport this, and so might he kept his ear cocked windward. Mr. Rickard Is a persuader of eloquent tongue in these matters.” were no spects 1t to “The neme: public aver legram finally beaten It 238 beaten Turney impr boxin 1 until he be ¥ his _implacable Worth Re goes into the and loses his title by in a ‘fight of the cen- a law. Public opinion them all—except Gene The Montgomery Advertiser the fact that “the bewildered, chagrined it_comes in contact who was “boxing to 0 that he could re- and indulge his finer tastes. He ide the. fortune and now he takes up the march in quest of a Ph. D. “With foof ball just ahead.” con- cludes the Manchester Leader, “this is 2 bad time for fighting to have n- terest sag, to drop out of the news, sut of public interest. But this 1 going to happen. It looks very much as if Mr. Tunney had pronounced its funeral oration.” v UNITED STATES WORLD WAR Ten Years Ago Today. The 1 American been organized and i command of Gen. F tion is the frst step ordination all th in Prance vainly try Field under t Army has the direct shun, Its crea toward the co- American force German reserve allied troops in advance on the Western front The rench storm the western end of the massif of Thiescourt, capture e illages and now menace Noyon British airmen report great confusion n Peronne, with the Germans hurry ing their supplies to points of greater afety The enemy has already thrown 31 divisions into battle without temming the allied advance » German forces. in the last 24 deliver three coun ttacks against the American lines on the Vesle sector evidently with the intention of hinder ing or blocking any proposed ack by the American Army along the Ve whil the drive from tb west on, American soldi rem the Germen cross the grave of Quentin Noosevelt, near hauny, and pul up an American insctihed Here rests on the field of honor First Taent Quentin Roosevelt killed in action July, 1018 German sub marine attack a of 30 fshing 16 60 miles oft tucket and sink of them British ng n 122 plane in two day Our ualties abroad pass the mark with publication of today including 154 kil in action and wounded severely o apons On the Agenda. Daily e that touch to hait hour hove fleet N b o list ed 6 We supp “lih China Latgines ginaw News. commercial pact on the laundry " ao The Warrior's Comparison. the it New said (he sultable and fast links." phin Horrors of Strife, Prom the Roanoke Time A writer has told the story Vil War in an 80.000-word ar 1 an awlul thing, From Detr The bulle searching for a flying as thick old imile as the soldier were golf of the poem. W whale | far enough | in | com- | one from doing 1t.” | 0,000 | THE LIBRARY TABLE By the Boollover Gt sehools In the | etehteenth centur very different. from the | secondary school | Thustration of the | found In the | logue boarding in this country modern pri and juntor haok { ographie | An early | didactic es | edition | with age cled are now ot 1d their shape, | Ma, preface 14 on the subiect nt 1 th lender fic discourses b aM of dir casy Brigh . part of and arr fem: ter ground ne a preceptre virtuous reliet v deportr he create My circum 2 little | after he sire of pres nd and e to open an eye undertak at a time imony, tc band's decease ing this for to promote their their soclety induced ding school. A3 & to the social pecuniary profit he admitted onls the privilege of her t all young ladies who had received first rudiment and been initiated into the | ments which embel often the care even young her vantag 1 her | arge 3 bos ple to vere the d o ate the exp: the juveni seminated to prune which v tender figure, to extend and purify thei to elevate and refine their affect Rgavern direct their passion: to polish the mental part, to call forth the dormant virtues, to unite and ar- range the charms of person and mind nepire 2 due sense of decorum and propriety and to instill such principle f piety, morality, benevolence, pru- dence and economy as might be useful through life." The object of the cur- rienlum i not unworth; jand high-minded woma | i schedule at Mrs. Williams' | es no allowance for indolent v rising is considered con ducive both to health and character de- velopment, so the young ladies leave | their beds at 5 a.m., but as bre: not unt and the two inter The d School m: habits. E: he ening hours are “at their own disposal,” per- | haps extra naps are indulged in. Affer breakfast, which ic “seasoned with the | unrestrained effusions of good humor and sociability.” all the students ex- | cept one take their needlework and the | j chosen one reads “some amusing and | instructive hook, for the benefit and en- | tertainment of the rest.” From 12 to 1 | they have another hour at tieir own | | disposal, then comes dinner, after | which readings and discourses occupy | | the on. The young ladies pre- sent pieces of their own composition, | which are eriticized by Mrs, William: {both as regards their sentiments and | their form of expression. Pastimes are | abundant and include all “innocent | gratification,” such as “the sprightly | dance, the sentimental song, and indeed | |every ' species of pastime consistent | | with the decorum of the sex” The | various chapters of the book give the discourses of Mrs. Williams to her | pupils. They cover the subjects: Read- | |ing, writing and arithmetic, music and | | dancing, miscellaneous directions for {the government of the temper and | dress, politeness, amusements, | nd fraternal affection, friend | ship, love and religion. Though the modern girl might object to so much moralizing as prevailed in Mrs. Wil- | ams’ Schoo!, she would undoubtedly | | cosider that in comparison with Mrs. | Williams' pupils she herself iged | to work much harder and is granted | | 1ess free time * " Some of Mrs. Williams | tained in her discourses | nuggets. Schools today which have | | dress regulations might secure some | heipful points from the following | “Any assumptions of the masculine | | habit are unbecoming. Dress and man | ners uld be correspondent | Neatness and propriety should be the main ohjects; for loveliness needs no | foreign aid to give it a passport.” Solid eading is favored by Mrs. Williams | “Novels are the favorite and the most | dangerous kind of reading now adopted | by the generality of young ladies. T |say dangerous because the influence | which, with very few exceptions, they | must have upon the passions of youth bears an unfavorable aspect on their purity and virtue." Conduct is a mat- { ter of supreme importance in Mrs, Wil- {llams' estimation. “Make it an i | vartable practice to retrace the actions {and oceurrences of the day when you vetire to rest; to account with vour own hearts for the use and improve- ment of the past hours.” “Flattery a | dazzling meteor, which casts a_delusive are before the eve, and which se- duces the imagination, perverts the t and silences the dictates of ason Be not ostentatious charms. either of person or Let modesty, diffidence and pr regulate vou in regard to ea should always be* attentive | with whom you are conv let their rank and standing b they may Never suffer your eve be charmed by the mere exterior: nor delude yourselves with the notion of unconquer e love. In 1798 the idea was not yet pr alent that paren owe | | everything to their children and chil- | dren little or nothing to their pa | ents, for Mrs. Willlams tells her voung ladies: “The virtuous and affectionate behaviour of children i1s the best com- pensation i their power for that un- wearled care and solicttude which par- ents only know, Upon daughters, whose situation and employments lead {them more frequently into scenes of dome tendernes who are ften called to smooth the pillow o and d parents apd to administer wit 2 skillful and delicate hand the cordial restorative to decaying nature, an en- | dearing sensbility and a dutiful ac- | quiesence in the dispositions, and even pecultari those from whom they have derived existence, are indispensa- | bly incumbent 1 maxin are educational | | mind | priety { “You | those ant ehat to | Our political debt to France is knowledged in all our American { tories; our cultural debt is diseu: {“America and French Oulture.” | Howard Mumford Jones. Huguenot tlers tn Boston and New Rochell found- | | ed schools and introduced elegance into | | colonfal fife The French colonies of the lower Mississippi Valley were note- | worthy for buoyancy and courage in the | face of overwhelming hardship. Toward the end of the eighteenth century, Mr. | Jones estimates, there were aver 25,000 | | French political exiles in the Eastern | United States, some Royalists, some Re- publicans, some followers of Napoleon. | They all brought the French sang froid decorative facility, and ability to make | the hest of poverty. They taught French | to earn a living or, falling this, ovened restaurants, ¢ ac- hit 1 in by | | | i | | | | | Children who know the difference be fween just a story and a story well told | will delight in Walter de la Mare’s “Told | Again.” 19 of the best loved tales of | childhood told with added detall and | more picturesqueness, and illustrated by drawings in pen and ink and in color gome of the tales are “The Wolf and the Fox." "Cinderella,” "Little Red Rid. Ing Hood," “Jack and th» Beanstalk “Bluebeard.” "The Sleeping Beuuty “Snow White, children | | the | rebuilt?—0. 8. | statecraft | usurped | in 192t the 1talian ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS BY PREDERIC J. HASKIN. heen but temporary structures. Jamese town 15 now deserted, but the church has heen restored and is a point of in- ¢ those interested In early paper puts a to serve e Ington Faluee Yonr mmigration act ich went into effect s Point Barrow, g9 C. . northernmost more mentiones National Education Tine Do <al Docter? < applied to Thomas derivation of the R 2ied to have ©. How old are t ten on | A. The olde from 2,000 B.C Q. Into h ian church A eau of Standards f a v e of ice S gredient corporated ut ice % run heavier than van Terent ice creams mav pounds to 5% pounds rd. from the Reformation to the present time Q. Who worn b f. de the American H B peculiar headgear was a board of officers of the ‘The campal; sed in connection expeditionar P —E. P. American pri rope but once me spent the entire & the native country of her pare 3 it Ireland on her ne: 4 by her great frien John MecCormack, the I the Government give title aple to land containing ol or forests?—E. D. B fitney come t to a small au A Jitney is a term which w f Hp &ynonymous with the nickel plece, but later was 1 ing of the automobile people for a nickel f Q. Can you to differentiate tinfoil>—D. G A. The Bureau of Mines surest_and most cogmon tinfoil is that when it is rubbed plece of paper it will not make a mari Leadforl does make a dark, stre mark if rubbed across paper Q n, at f tle to agricultura ) ich is also. the c: ct to the precious meta. As to the fuel and f h as oil. coal, ph the forests policy title in the Federal between leadf: the Why was Jamests Va., ne A. Middle Plantations, or Williame- burg, as it was erward named, was accessible and a natural place for the Jamestown colon: to settle. It was already a port and hence of interest a a home for the colonists. In manv instances their Jamestow had BACKGROUND OF EVENTS of fvory soap d and dried between BY PAUL V. COLLINS. ey Champton Tun: his Shake- | Alb: amount of in- peare, but Pres more mod- R m: he follows Herbert Spencer:| ivine right of Kings means the divine right of any one who can get the uppermost.” ‘g Mr. Zogu. who was elected Pres dent of Albania, now proposes to have {ts General Ascembly overthrow the Constitut this month and m King. It is not does not originate with but with his own cabinet and the sembly. He is to be declared King as he speaks excellent French now practict on the Leetat, c'est m Zogu is a bachelor son of one of the 40 ar of Albania. He is a man of g and of proved competenc served as prime minister, but his government was overthrown Noli, a Catholic b and 7 forced info exile. in like David in called to himself all_disconter he had gathered sufficient pos turn and overthrow Fan Noli, f as debtor. have compro- plicati ear morat . ‘while Albania to a five-vear exemption all Ital h ha Zogu the duties 1 be collected and | tion he phrase Ttat cannot rely asants efore, and hi Zogu the 3 connections port of the pe democracy the of retention of pow the Republic while Noli 1s classed as as a radica trom the tribesme graduat {8 of cosmopolitan ty extle, lving with' rec while from Ita said to be friendship. is that relation s questioned friendship of exile and throne pon he B et Ambassadors iterest and Alba but oad recently T ence of 1912 it hs 1 account an thot Mu: su it. To fail t a blood s to mark one's self a and completel ratic families v bat gain pow ) con The 40 arist their utmost lest, it he should become so radical estates and div peasants. Yot the aristocrat limited pov Zogu, lest own prestd as_pro-Italian influence of je them do 1 A hospitality older brother »gain the h own bro r fo of the blood for his nel The 18 wildes ters of educat 15 Albanta ¥ br Turkey, but in were weakens Tsmail Kemal dependence Valona The set up A Then of contr the Europe attacked so long as he a woman. No of a feud Albantan i rnme wa \ power and_ Albania w autonon William o the two forced to withdraw compromise candidate, althe not a drop af Albanian blood veins. He was soon forced to relnquish the throne snd Essad Pasha power. During the War the allies fook military pes but tn 1020 approval of the p conterence of the allies, the Alba et up A new g ent, which powers agraed (o recognize, The withdrew their with \ Nali If the purchase ney. then she ood for all her life. If tes that oat unlaw- comes a blood feud with also with the family whom she had been sold had rejected. Thus become involved through ness of one maiden. These d ma dress like men and man’s often in the flelds Wied Albanian ton unr mar work at work of The deel ome King the beat as to n of President Zogu ta this wild country is ance that affairs are monotonous in the ; are predictions not only of interference by Noli, backed by tan intrigue and by Jugoslavia, but wwre may be other jealousies amongst he 40 families of aristocracy suddenly 000 gold france d‘x;»:l'm'rnnxc nxg.v one of the! \\%r claims rule ip over them Only 6000000 gold francs of the ' right of :e-nm.p the uppermos! " promused loan have ever been pald (Comaieht, 2028, W Paul V. 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