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to this appearance. The writer Is an
Englishman who, at odds with luck.
came out to America to seek new for
tune. About every occupation known to
the great west contributes but coldly
and half-heartedly to this end. But,
whether fortune laughed or frowned, the
tenderfoot invariably wrested from 1t fine
crops Of stories in vivid portrayal of his
rough adventures in the prairie country.
as Vancouver. From this point he took
the long way around to return to his
cattle ranch-a point which he did not
reach. This long way around began by
embarkinE on OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
mail steamer Honolulu was the first
port Of call in this roundabout home
going. Fiji, the metropolis Of the South
Sea Islands came next, with a long
lingering there observing life on the CO.
coanut plantations and hobnobbing with
a South Sea prince. And then came New
Zealand, and then Australia, where the
tenderfoot settled. for a time at least,
and where he now is, one gathers, wrap
ped up in the delights Of pineapple
, farm not far from Brisbane. in the
Queensland province-a place and occu-
patton that have cattle ranching In the
Canadian northwest beaten by long odds,
according to this report.
THE OLD-FASHIONED WOMAN:
Primitive Eancies About the Sex.
BY Elsie C1ews Parsons, author OF
1.-The Family" etc. New York: G.
p. Putnam's Sons.
Out of what appears to be almost no
end Of reading and research Mrs. Par
sons, with woman as her subject, has
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experience fortify the facts set down in
this unusual book, and an untechnical use
of words coupled with an uncommon gift
of story telling carries it's absorbing and
appealing substance across to the general
reader. The study deals with the social
life OF the insane, within these walled
cities. with their diversions. with their
care attending the everyday life Of these
unfortunates. The book. in great frank
ness. discusses the government Of these
institutions. defining it's aims, pointing
out its shortcomings, where these exist.
and holding up the benefits Of rational
and humane control. 1t presents. more
over, intimate and most interesting pic
lures personal to these curiously unbal-
anced folks. hundreds Of these pictures.
the thin dividing line between balance
and unbalance. Though dealing with a
gloomy subject the book IL on the whole
q hopeful one, turned steadily toward
the growth of these cities into healthy,
busy, not unhappy communities The
whole constitutes just the sort of revela-
ton that thousands OF intelligent readers
and social workers ought to have and
wish to have.
LITTLE THANK YOU. BY Mrs. T. p.
O'Connor. author Of "I Myself" etc.
New York: g. p. Putnam's Sons.
Like most Of the love stories having a.
their heroines one and another Of those
extraordinarily lovely young women with
whom the areas south Of the Mason and
Dixon line appear to be blessed mex
haustibly, this one also moves in an at
mosphere Of surcharged admiration and
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up q bit. to liyen the color In which the
story threatens to proceed to the emo.
From this point OF relief matters slowly
but steadily improve until. at crisis:
the general brilliantly retrieves hl"sel,
and becomes. what he ought TO De. anu
desires to be-the hero again tnat ne
once was. It is a story OF good stIuc.ure
and invention. interesting even thousn
its general tone il gray and 10 n0t VIA .,1s1
may be called unequivocally exhiiarao"e
and diverting.
ZONE POLICEMAN, SO, Close Hen II
Study Of the PaAama CanaA na
Workers. BY Harry A. Franck.
author Of IA vagabond Journey
Around the World" etc. New YORK
The Century Company.
To spend I'VE months on the isthmus
as policeman and CENSUS enumerator'
and to possess the literary knack OF put
ting such an intimate viewpoint OF the
canal and its environment into entertain
ing print, is q happy combination which
adds one more worthwhile addition to
this country's ohe-thousand-and-nv 1eet
Tranck's literary title seems to be that
of .born tramp and story teller. &C,
corflinR to all early reviews He ACQUIRES
it doubtless because Of the informaI trall
he has made around the world. anu py
HE habit OF cutting across lots to get az
q .it,,a tion In any country he happens
TO be. Add q gift of adaptabinty. an
ever-ready humor and a useful coilection
NJ IanRuagee-Spanish having served MN
at Panama-and one gets a working
idea of the writer's charm.
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Facts and Fancies.
E Philadelphia Ledger

From the Philadelphia Ledger.
Some women marry for love, others
to avoid working downtown.
The men suffer from indigestion, the
women from dissatisfaction.
A good husband seldom succeeds in
attracting the attention Of his wife.
Auction pitch is another good game
that has never been able to get into
society.
The fact that the fool-killer neglects
his business contributes much to the
safety of most of us.
Considering the fact that the audi
ence knows it. every orator wastes a
good deal OF time telling 1t that it is in
telligent
The tremolo stop is the favorite
weapon of the attorney for the de-
Tense. But an appeal to the prejudice
of the jury Is almost equally effective.
The attention which the robin at
tracts is out of all proportion to the
performance 1T gives. The robin lays
but three eggs . year. and they are
small eggA
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will doubtless soon dispose Of the $3OO,-
600 that has been collected.
The new museum planned for Philadel-
phia will be among the finest in Anne: lea.
The facade is to measure 400 feet. There
will be twenty-six galleries on the first
floor and forty-eight on the second. 1t
is understood that the private coilections
of John C. Johnson, p. A. B. Widener
brought together to form one of the
most valuable and comprehensive col
lections in the country.
LEW washingtonians realize what
treasures Of art are TO be found in
their own city. Apart from the public
galleries, many private homes possess
remarkably fine examples Of the Ameri-
can, French, italian and English schools.
Mr.. Duncan Phillips has splendid COL
lection of American paintings. among
them a remarkably fine Innes, Metcalf
and Redfield's prize picture Of the first
Corcoran biennial exhibit.
Mr. Perkins Of Connecticut avenue owns
a beautiful Turner and several lovely eX-
amples Of Italian masters Mr.. Glover.
president of Riggs Bank, has an eXcep-
tionally fine Innes, a Corot, Daubigny and
many other valuable French pictures, as
we'll as a number Of charming portraits
by the best English painters.
Mrs Christian Hemmick is the for
tunate possessor of two remarkable old
Dutch pictures and several originals by
the Italian primitives. Mr.. Ralph cross
johnson has perhaps the finest collection
of old world masters in Washington. and
Mr.. Thomas Nelson Page a number OF
interesting and valuable paintings, as has
Mrs Richard A. Harlow, in whose gal
| lery hangs a splendid example Of Ameri-
| can work by Elizabeth Nourse, On the
Dixie, Volendam.'
These are but a few Of the names
Of those possessing celebrated paintings.
1t is hoped that a loan exhibition may be
held in the Corcoran Gallery, and that
Washington will then afford the public
an opportunity to enjoy their precious
old masters and magnificent modern
paintings.
MISS CLARA SAUNDERS has recent
AvA ~ returned from Paris with new
enthusiasm for her art work, the two
years of study there having confirmed
her resolution to devote her entire en-
ergies to painting. Working in the
studio of Richard Miller during her
first year, she learned much of that
noted Americans brilliant technique.
But, after all, one does not go to
France to study with an American, and
her second yeaS was spent in the
Academic Moderne. and under the per-
sonal supervision of Lucien Simon and
Rene Menard. These men embody the
highest ideals Of modern French art.
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BOOKS RECEIVED.

THE MANUAL OF STATISTICS; stock
FtftA Annual Issue. Railroad Securi-
ties. Industrial Securities, Govern
ment Securities. stock Exchange
0uotat1Ons, Mining. Grain and Pro-
Visions. Cotton. Money, Bank and
Trust Companies. New York: The
Manual OF Statistics Company.
AMERICAN HISTORY, First Book
eI%e5.l783). By Arthur G. Perry.
tr, Phi. D.. principal public school.
New York city. and Gertrude A.
Price. teacher in public school New
York city. New York: American
Book Company.
MORAL TRAINING IN THE SCHOOL
AND HOMES . Manual for Teachers
and Parents. BY f. Hershey Sheath.
Phi. D.. LII D.. professor in Yale
University. and George Hodges. u.
D., d. c. L., dean of the Episcopal
Theological School. Cambridge.
New York: The Macmillan Com
pany.
THE GOLDEN RULE SERIES-THE
GOLDEN RULE books . school
Reader. By e. Hershey Sheath, Phi.
D.. LII D., professor In Yale Uni
verstty; George Hodges. ID. D.. l..
c. l., and Edward Lawrence Ste
vens. Phi. D.. l. H. D.. associate
superintendent OF schools, New York
city. New York: The Macmillan
Company.
BOHN's POPLAR LIBRARY-THE
IDHLLS OF THEOCRITUS, and the
Eclogues of Virgil. Translated into
English verse by c. S. Calverley.
with an Introduction by r. Y. Tyr
rell, Lift D., u. c. l.. New York:
The Macmillan Company.
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ows, and how he suspected that the
stranger with the terrible voice had had
something to do with 1t. Bobby listened
gravely.
'Pooh." said he. Probably Jimmy
Skunk knows something about it,
NO." replied Reddy. I'm sure that
Jimmy Skunk doesn't know anything
about it. Come over with me and see it
for yourself"
Bobby began to back down into his
house. you'll have to excuse me this
morning, Reddy Fox. You see, I'm very
tired and need Sleep said he.
Reddy turned his head aside to hide a
smile, for he knew that Bobby was afraid.
I'm sure it must have been Jimmy
Skunk continued Bobby. why don't
you go ask him? l never like to NEEDLE
with other peoples business
And with that Bobby Coon backed down
out Of sight in the hollow tree.
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which time it will be visited not only by
Washingtonians who remain in the city,
but by thousands Of strangers. eager to
see the little nucleus of pictures which
must one day develop into a splendid ma
ttonal collection. The arts and crafts ex-
hibits and the superb chronological groups
'of Indians, at work and at play, are to
be seen near the pictures.
THE old engravings and colored prints
now on exhibition in the Congress
sional Library will remain on view for
the summer months.
The Library is open every day and
evening, Sundays included. Those I'M
able to go abroad can here study such
faithful reproductions in color and text
ure Of the old masters as to render pos
sible very fair judgment Of the works
Of Titan, Botticelli and many other
Italian, French, English and Dutch mas
tiers.
x X
THE Public Library on Mount Vernon
square is having an exhibition of
very interesting reproductions showing
the interiors and eXteriors of library
buildings in every part Of the world.
These can be seen in the upper corridor.
On the ground floor is an exhibit of
photographs of the magnificent scenery
Of America in the east, west, north and
south.
Several new books on art have been re-
Gently acquired, among them a beauti
fully illustrated Life Of Gainsborough, the
famous English painter. Mr.. Bowerman.
the librarian, is especially anxious to
place such works within the reach Of the
Washington public. He and his assistants
are eager to do all in their power to
facilitate the study Of art history and to
assist in every possible manner the work
Of the Washington Fine Arts Society.
THOSE going north for the summer
should stop over in Boston and visit
the Japanese garden and japanese handi-
crafts which are among the many things
well worth seeing In the Boston Museum.
The Fogg Museum, Cambridge, also pos
sesses a number Of rare and valuable
works OF. art, and Worcester's far-famed
galleries are but an hour by rail from
Boston. The Springfield Museum is not
much farther. Both possess paintings
that W IL richly repay the short journey.
Kansas City and Minneapolis are soon
to possess their own art museums. More
than half million dollars has already
been subscribed for the latter, and the
firm of McKim. Mead 4 White has been
chosen to erect the building. Kansas City
has appointed its museum director who
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To meet and work with such painters
Is a liberal education, and Miss Saun i
ders deeply appreciates not only their
instruction. but the broad culture
which they enabled her to enjoy.
MISS BERTHA MOVES is to leave
1V1 shortly for New Hampshire. where
she expects to spend her summer In
outdoor sketching, and Mrs. E. Foster
goes for her vacation to sketch in and
around Montreal and Quebec. Her re-
cent work has been confined to por-
traits and portrait-interiors. One of
the latter is of young girl in white.
who is reading before a large window.
The light falls on her book and on the
cushions on which she leans; the color
the whole composition holding together
and making a delightful picture.
So
MIR. AND MRS. BUSH BROWN will
IVA spend their vacation at Greenbrier.
In the hill country Of West Virginia. A
number Of very fine Arab horses have
recently been purchased in Greenbrier.
These will be used as models by the en-
ergetic sculptor, while his wife sketch
their summer camp. Mrs. h-Brown
has just completed a very fine portrait
of Mr.. william Radford Of the British
embassy.
y
MIR. L. S. ]. DUNBAR expects to
AVA spend the summer in his Wash
ington studio, being too overwhelmed
with orders to permit his taking a va
cation. He is now finishing the prize
medal Of the Society of Washington
Artists. On one side are two figures
Painting and Sculpture, carved in low
relief, as 10 the encircling crown OF
laurel. On the reverse side is the name
Of the society and prize winner. en-
circled by the words "HOnus Ait Ar
tes." Mr.. Dunbar is also working or
two busts of colonial heroes for the
society of the D. A. r. and a group OF
American Indians for the National
Museum
THE well known artist. Miss Mary
Vanderbeer Of Amsterdam, n. Y, is
visiting Miss Leslie Jackson and her
sister in the Concord. Miss vandebeer
has painted a great deal in Holland
and her pictures. though very modern
in spirit, are in the style Of the old
Dutch masters, by whom she has evil
IDENTIFY been. greatly Influenced. Her
work has been exhibited in the Cor
eoran biennial, where it received high
praise.
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its annual art exhibition this
week. Many of the designs
and pieces of craft work are
not only exceedingly interest
ing but very beautiful and reflect honor
on both teachers and pupils. The book
lets designed and illustrated by first year
scholars show how practical such work
can be made. All are required to have at
least nine original illustrations in color.
The boys are confined to designs Of neg
lige shirts and neckties; the girls to hats
and dresses. Special attention is given to
the harmonious arrangement Of color. In
this way our young people are being
taught not only color design but good
taste. Few of the boys or girls whose
esthetic instincts have been thus de-
veloped could ever be guilty Of wearing
hashy red neckties or hideously trimmed
hats.
Not only does such practical application
| Of design prepare them to become home
makers but it also contributes largely to
| their present happiness; for as soon as
! they realize that art can be related to
their daily lives all the pupils are eager
| to study it.
| have passed their weekly examinations,
! but my pupils refuse to go home. They
plead with me until / let them come In
and wOrk-then / cannot drive them
away" said one OF the drawing teach
ers.
Drawing and color design is obligatory
| only the first two years OF high school,
but so many Of the third and fourth year
scholars wish to continue their art work
that the classes are overhowing and
many have had to be refused admission.
They evidence such love of design and
handicraft work that the authorities are
considering the advisability Of reorgan-
izing this department in order that no
one may be denied admittance.
Some Of the quick color sketches (ive
or six minutes) reveal a truly remarkable
school. as it lasts two hours. The pupils
take turns in securing models for the
week. They can be chosen from any
high school class and all the scholars
are intensely interested in seeing the out
come Of the weeks work.
Sometimes boys. are induced to leave
the running track and pose in their gym
nasium suits. or the girls consent to re-
main after school and pose for the eager
young artists. While the class lasts two
hours, each sketch is finished in q few
moments, so that it is not hard for the
models to pose and is splendid practice
for all who hope to become professional
artists.
THE Corcoran Art Gallery closes July
1 1, only to reopen about the 18th of
September, but the National Gallery in
the Museum building on 10th and B
streets. remains open all summer, during
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No Room in Her Bag.
From Lippincott s.

FROM Lpplncctt 5.
In Buffalo not long ago there was held
semi-industrial, semi-scientific exhibit
ton whereat all manner Of interesting
things were to be seen.
A young matron who had made the
rounds of the various sections was about
to leave for home when a friend stopped
her with this query:
Have you seen the wonderful exhibit
with reference to radium?'
I'D like to- said the young woman,
but the fact is. my bag is full Of sam
pies now"
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TN the United States at the present
time there are approximately 5000
daughters Of Betsy Ross. These are
practical. Woodworking daughters Of all
ages, who daily follow the Industrious
colonial daughters example. and could
this patriotic dame arise from her grave
she would no doubt feel highly gratified
at her efforts to establish a national en-
blem in 177z. This is because the public
demands have built up an industry Of
which these modern daughters are MEM
bers, an industry which has been and
apparently will continue to be founded
solely on patriotism.
The American flag has been ever loved
by the people who look to 1t for protec-
ton, and it has been ever popular, out
the growth Of it's use has not Increased
with the population If statistics from the
business world can be taken as cri-
terion- Within the past twenty-five years,
however, it's use has been increased by
spasmodic leaps. due to certain events,
and in late years there has been a gen.
eral increasing demand from all parts OF
the United States for flags.
+ 4
Prior to the year 1895 sentiment Tor
the national emblem was practically DOR
mant comparison of the population
with its use in those years and at present
shows a decided change In faver. OF OLD
Glory. 1t was not the fact that the peo-
pie did not care for the flag; at every
celebration 1t was always cheered. II
was because it was not the custom. Fa-
vors at dinner parties and at dances were
scarcely ever used; at present one sees
them at most of the social functions In
private as we'll as public life.
1t is a sure as we'll as q great jump
from Its use in 1871. when Betsy Ross
first Haunted its stars and stripes to
the breeze for the inspection OF the
officers of the continental army. Old
Glory took its first fire at Birmingham
Meeting House al the Battle of Brandy
wine in September, 1917, and there
showed that II came to stay as our ma
tional standard. After that battle its
use spread throughout the continental
army as rapidly as the patriotic danes
Of those years could turn them out.
But its use by the general population
from then until many years later was
regarded almost as a luxury. In those
years there were no manufacturers,
and the cost of bunting was high. To
see the Stars and Stripes on a private
dwelling, therefore. was to look upon
which the woman folk were handy with
the needle.
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THE GROWTH OF OLD GLORY

to be seen on national days on a gradu-
ally increasing number Of private
homes. Then came the patriotic socie-
ties. each with it's object Of inspiring
ner. One of the greatest factors for
spreading the use of the flag was to
present 1t to each schoolhouse In their
locality. Those presentations always
meant the gathering Of the students
for exercises OF some sort. mostly COM
posed Of orations on the origin and
growth Of the Stars and Stripes, until
| there were few school children who
did not know how the design came to
be adopted. It Is rare thing now to
find a schoolhouse over which there Is
not the national flag flying and in
which the students do not celebrate
the anniversary Of its adoption as the
national emblem.
After 1893 Old Glory sprang into such
popular use that the supply, for a time.
was far less than the demand. A few
years later came the irrigation Of the
western arid lands. to which people flock
ed from many parts Of the world. Up to
that time the greatest demand for flags
came from the eastern states: now the
west runs them a close second, and the
striking fact about it is that most of
those western farmer citizens are foreign
born. 1t was gratitude to q generous ma
ton which Old Glory represented and
which gave them irrigation, large crops
and consequently prosperity that caused
them to revere it's standard, and Inde-
pendence day at the present time
throughout that section means the float
Ing Of Old Glory from each and every
farmhouse.
One suggestive fact about the display
OF Old Glory on national celebrating days
is that as great as the display is ON July
4. it has been exceeded by that on May
30. 1t means that those who gave their
lives for 1t, as well as those who offered
them, are being remembered each year,
and it means also that the number to be
remembered is growing greater each year.
Throughout all these years Old Glory
has gone through a series Of changes. At
the battle Of BrandywiLe there were only
thirteen stars, placed in a circle, decorat-
ing the blue field; at the present time
forty-eight are crowded into 1t. an indica-
ton of the power Of a strong republican
government.
Before July 4. 1895, the arrangement of
the stars in the blue field was fixed, and
yet not fixed. In other words there was
no system used in planning their location
or arrangement when additions were
made. When a state was added to the
Union, the new star was located II there
was room for it: II not, the whole were
rearranged, but with no provision for
other future additions, and new star
could not be added without destroying the
existing symmetry.
No act of Congress has stipulated how
the stars in the blue field shall be ar
ranged. but or July 4, 1898, when Utah
was added to the Union, the forty-five
stars were arranged in six rows SO as to