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Teaching Social Hygiene.
From the New York Times.

From the New York Times.
Women have undertaken in Newourg
the task very recently performed by
women in New Rochelle-that OF a mu-
nicipal spring cleaning of much the same
kind that good housewives do in their
own homes at this season. And In the
town on the Hudson. as in the town Oh
the sound, the women have done the
work, not as a duty, which, of course, IL
was not at all, but through sheer inafnl-
ity longer to tolerate dangerous and Of
fensiye conditions resulting from negn-
gence or incompetence or combination
Of both on the part Of the local health
boards.
In both towns the members of those
boards were fully authorized by local
ordinances and state laws 10 do exactly
what the women have done, or. rather.
to do the vastly better thing OF not al
lowing such conditions TO arise, and Il -
only because they have not exercised
their powers or met their official re-
sponsibilities that others had 70 and
din undertake 10 clear away the piles or
refuse and worse that had accumulated
In vacant lots, back yards and cellars.
There need be no surprise that the
health officers have not welcomed these
volunteer assistants or substitutes-thar
they have resented their activities a.
..meddIesone" and have tried, fortu-
nately In vain. 10 make them ineffective.
Naturally. they did not enjoy having pub
lie attention called TO their own laches
or to the fact that women. III spite OF
lack OF official standing making hard for
them what would have been easy for the
health boards, have been able 10 show
really wonderful accomplishments.
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ist, reaches his house unexpectedly to
discover a painful situation which he
meets in chivalric though quite UNI
usual manner. Determining that his wife
shall suffer nothing socially from the re-
suits of his decision, he assumes full pub
lie responsibility and blame. and goes
abroad on a journalistic mission that
keeps him away several years. When he
returns he finds that his little son Is
being brought up by his former wife, who
has remarked one of his best friends,
in a manner to promise a most unsatis-
factory result. Failing in an effort to
change the regime to which his child is
subjected. he steals him, and in the
course of his flight is thrown into the
company of a troop of travelling players.
headed by an old acquaintance. Here Is
where Diana Ralston appears. truly
remarkable young woman, and one al
together worthy of Manchester The
story which turns upon these adventures
has no late counterpart for ingenuity OF
construction. 1t is filled with several eN-
cellently drawn characters, Nellie Bas-
sett, the eX-nurse, who becomes a most
important factor of later confusion and
ultimate solution; Hardness. a minister
of broad humanity; Little Renwick. man.
ager of the provincial dramatic troupe;
Levy, the blackmailer, and Sir Adrian
Stallwood, Lanchester's successor. A
story to hold the interest and keep alive
belief in the chivalry of modern man
kind.
THE WINGS OF PRIDE. BY Louise
Kennedy Mabie. New York: Harper
& Bros
The transformation of Olive Muir from
an extremely disagreeable woman to a
high state of unselfishness Is perhaps al
most too great to be accomplished as
quickly as this author suggests. Yet
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-05-10
Dictagraph and Professional Secrecy.

From the Springfield Republican.
The rumor. no doubt unfounded, that
an attempt had been made by the use OF
the distagraph to overhear what prison
e.. in New Jersey under arrest for muir
der told his confessor attracted attention
mainly because the thing is physically not
impossible. In another case 1t was
charged that the conversation OF q
prisoner and his lawyer was in this
fashion overheard and put at the service
of detectives.
In either case such a violation OF the
established rights Of a prisoner on trial
is a serious matter. and it is likely that
the progress of mechanical invention will
make necessary some restatement OF the
law. Obviously either the prisoner must
be protected. really as Well as nominally,
in his right to confidential intercourse
with lawyer doctor and religious adviser,
or such intercourse will have to be drop
ped; it would be a discreditable farce to
recognize the right of professional secrecy
and at the same time to violate it by me-
chanical contriyances that surpasS the
famed ear of Dionysius." -
Such professional privilege does not
pass without criticism. In the Philippines,
for example, a recent case of the. failure
of justice has been causing much sharp
comment. a cabin boy was convicted of
stealing a considerable sum in charge of
the captain of a ship and was imprisoned
for two years. More lately the second
officer was convicted as an accomplish.
And quite lately the stolen money was re-
stored by priest on behalf OF the real
and sole culprit, whose identity he re-
fuses to divulge. 1t has been called
compromising felony, but 1t is hardly
that on the priests part; he made no
bargain but merely made restitution. But
it Is not surprising that there should be
Indignation that the Innocent should suf-
fer and the guilty escape.
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such things have happened occasionally
under the stress of powerful circum-
stances This is story of life in New
YORK and middle western city dis
guised under the. title Lake City. It
deals with the empty society dofngs of
the metropolis and the political machina-
tons of q smaller center. The tale ulti-
mately turns upon the efforts of re-
former to c!rcumvent and, destroy an ar
rogant political boss. BY excellent de-
signing the author brings about a dra-
matte climax in which an act of heroism
is performed by the weakest of all her
characters. who Is thus conveniently re-
moved from the scene. The chief inter
est rests in the remarkable TRANSITIONAL
ton of Olive Muir.
THE WORLDS LEADERS-THE
WORLDS LEADING CONQUER
ORS: Alexander the Great, Caesar,
Charles the Great, the Ottoman Sui
tans. the Spanish CONQUEST ad0rs,
Napoleon. BY W. l. Bevan doctor
of political science, Munich. with
portraits. New York: Henry Holt
& Co. Washington: BrentanO's.
Two volumes OF this series have pre-
viously been issued. dealing with the lead
ing poets of the world and the leading
painters. The present volume presents
the characters Of leading conquerors OF
the worlds history. dealing individually
with Alexander the Great, Caesar. Charles
the Great. Napoleon and grouping the OF
toman sultans and the Spanish conquista-
doris. In each case the character Of the
| conqueror Is sketched chronologically and
mary of the results Of his military
achievements, in terms of world develop
ment. The portion of the work dealing
with Napoleon is especially interesting
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1t is unfortunate that this story could
not continue upon the lines of its early
presentation. The Pedro OF the road.
with his winning companion, small
brown bear known as Mr.. jones'" is
more pleasing than the Pedro of later
days. Furthermore. it is to be doubted
If the author has done wisely to offer as
all conventions as that of Iris Wander
pool. Ultimately there is whiriing
sequel of events with a tumble Of fill
clustering and intrigue. and fighting and
fraud Of q melodramatic sort. and only by
chance is the confusion untangied. Little
brown Mr.. Jones trots along delightfully."-
in the pages and helps in the working out
of the complex story. 1t is not fair to
suggest the true circumstance which
gives rise to the title, but 1t Is well to
hint that ultimately all is well with
everybody but the wicked conspirators.
Mr.. Keller's pictures work we'll with the
text
THE BURNING QUESTION. By Grace
DEMO Litchfield, author of I'm the
Crucible." etc. New York: G. p.
Putnam's Sons.
Divorce is the burning question. DR..
Dean does not believe in the severing of
the marital bond. and though this con-
viction causes him to travel a rough
road Of conjugal complications 1t also
leads him into the path OF peace. with
renewed happiness at the end. His young
wife deserts him and their child and de-
liberately creates the impression that she
has died abroad. Believing himself to be a
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X NEWS AND NOTES OF ART AND ARTISTS X

street. Many of the paintings were made
in Colorado. where the very light quality
Of atmosphere completely changes the
aspect of distant, snow-crOwned noun
tains or long stretches of valley. produc-
ing very different problems for the artist
In the treatment of color from those of
landscapes painted in or about Wash
ington.
where she was a charter member of that
citys first art club She came east
some years ago to study in the Students
League, New York. and I'm the summer
school at Woodstock under Birge Harri-
son. where she expects to return next
month. Her loveliest sketches show the
influence Of this artists teaching in their
successful rendering OF outdoor enects
Each landscape possesses certain IN
dividuality and tells it's own story as TO
what is happening in the way OF rain or
sunshine. fog or mist, or even the time
of day, as In Early Morning, Nantucket
and Rain on Meadows" canvases full
of subtle color and alluring suggestions
Her Connecticut Avenue Bridge IN
Rain" reveals unsupported beauties and
harmonies OF color in this famiiiar
Washington landmark.
X
A VERY novel exhibition has recent
"A ly opened in Paris-that Of gowns
designed by some OF the most worid-re-
nowned painters Of women's portraits
Last year an association was formed en-
titled LES Peintres de Ia Femme" the
members of which appointed committee
to pass upon the designs for women
toilets that were to be submitted for ex-
hibition. Those accepted are now being
shown in the Maison Buloz. The artists
painted imaginary women In raVlsnlng
toilets Of their own conception. FROM these
portrait studies costumes We're copied Tor
mannequins, which are posed in natural
attitudes in an adjoining room.
This movement on the part of portrait
painters Is a protest against the disfigur-
! their sitters. They wish humbly to sug-
gest how far more beautiful 1.-The human
form divine would look II robed accord
ing to their ideas Of grace and harmony
in line and color. AS the general effect
in these artistic creations follows pre-
Yaiing fashions. they will doubtless be
; adopted by many of the foremost dress
makers of Paris.
This is probably the first time that
noted artists have deigned to use their
talents in the service of dress since the
great days of the renaissance, when such
painters as Leonardo and Botticelh de-
signed the costumes for court pageants.
!. =.
EVERINd, one OF the futurist leaders,
- Ia giving an exhibition Of their work
In London which will probably shortly be
shown here. Severini claims that "the
essentially masculine spirit of the English
people ought to understand our exaltation
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the National Museum collection is by
Carol Beckwith-a splendidly dramatic
conception of Napoleon. This is II sou
venir OF a rainy afternoon at Versailles,
where the statue of Napoleon in the
tobeS of Caesar crowned with laurel
stands on lovely terrace" said the ar
tiSt."1 was just back of the statue when
the storm clouds broke and the sun set
at its feet in a sea of blood. This gave
me the conception of filling the heavens
with his battling legions."
There Is nothing moiodramatic in this
noble canvas In spite of the suggested
battles. The heroic bronze figure stands
out against the sky enveloped in atmos-
phere in quite Il remarkable way. In
spite of its size the entire canvas holds
together, forming dramatic and har-
monious ensemble not often attained by
large historical pictures. 1t was hung in
last years Paris salon, where il attracted
much attention and received many ia
yorable criticisms.
THE School Arts Magazine for May
gives the result of praiseWorthy
attempt to discover which works in
American art rank first in the minds OF
Intelligent observers. Last year the
school committee of the American Fed
Grafton of Arts sent 5000 letters to those
supposed to be specially interested in this
subject, asking votes for the best exam
pie in architecture, sculpture and paint
ing.
To make q definite choice of any one
work of American art is more than diff
cult when so many factors must enter
into this decision-one painting for in
stance being more beautiful In line, an
other in color, another in composition
and but 30 out OF the 5000 persons APP
pealed to sent In definite answers.
In architecture the first choice was the
Boston public library; in sculpture, Saint
Gaudens' Lincoln and in painting, Stu
arts George Washington" Whstler's
portrait of his mother came second. the
Mother and Child by de Forest Brush.
third. and John Alexanders Pot of
BASIL" fourth.
In spite of the comparatively few
answers returned. this ballot stirred up a
deal of inquiry and ere ated much interest
in the works of our American artists as
apart from those of foreign importa-
ton.
y ICHARD y. BROOKE has recently
~ completed a large oil portrait of
Mrs. J. Morgan Smith, honorable regent
and honorable vice president of the Ala
bama Chapter Of the Daughters of the
American Revolution. 1t is a portrait
that carries conviction, being painted
with great sincerity and possessing not
only the dignity but also the forceful
personality of the sitter. The entire
color scheme is pleasing and we'll carried
out
The background is very simply painted
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-05-10
Memorial Stones in Palestine.
N tie Christian Herald.

I TOM ILt Ilrisllal htItIu.
In every part OF Palestine. along the
roadside and in the fields, particularly on
the hilltops may be seen piles OF stones.
usually not over three feet high. IL We
should question a native about them, he
stones set up in recognition of some spe-
cial providence OF God. il we should ex-
anime the stones closely We would dis
cover that they are blackened with oil.
which indicates their sacredness. as they
had been amounted. These stone heaps
actually became objects of worship SO
common that Moses issued edicts against
them.
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would refuse to run away from such a
prison as Farmer Browns boy had made
for that baby Chuck. No. sir; johnny
Chuck wouldn't believe Sammy Jays
story.
johnny Chuck was SO sure that Sam
my's story couldn't be true that Sammy
began to doubt IL himself. To make sure
he flew up to Farmer Browns dooryard.
There he saw something that made him
gasp for breath He thought his eyes
must be playing him tricks. There sat
the baby Chuck right on Farmer Browns
doorstep sucking milk from a bottle
which Farmer Browns boy was holding,
and close by sat Bowser the Hound look
ing on and grinning as he wagged his
tail.
Sammy Jay knew then that the baby
Chuck never would come back-that he
was a pet, and would rather live at
Farmer Browns than down in the old
orchard.
Poor Johnny Chuck said Sammy Jay
as he flew back with this astonishing
news.
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BOOKS RECEIVED.

THE CALL OF THE LAND; Popular
Chapters ON Topics Of Interest to
Farmers. BY +. Benjamin Andrews.
chancellor emeritus of the Univer-
sity of Nebraska. New York: Orange
Judd Company.
THE ECONOMICAL EUROPEAN
GUIDE; How to See An Europe In
Fifty Days for 900. 100 Days for
&17O. ETC.. etc." By Carl Wilson.
Philadelphia: David Mckay.
LITTLE TOPSY THISTLE. BY Caro-
Frances Warren. author of Little
Betty Marigold," etc. illustrations
by H. Boylston Drummer. Phila-
delphia: David Mckay.
CANDIES AND BONBONs AND HOW
TO MAKE THEM. BY Marion Harris
Neil. NJ c. A.. cookery editor. the
Ladies' Home Journal, etc. Phila-
delphia: David Mckay.
SERMONS ANDsADDRESsES. BY John
Bascom. author of THE New The
ology." etc. New York: G. P. Put
MANS Sons
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Of strength and Of energy, and also the
inexplicable inner force that drives US
to the study of the phenomena OF human
activity in the modern world. We have
no more use for forests and blossominR
bushes in our futurist pictures. We seek
for subjects in landscapes that are thick
with black factory chimneys, In streets
that are thick with moving throngs. In
cafes which are thick with cosmopoli-
tan crowd.
"Henceforward we are unmoved by the
spectacle of the sen and of the noun
tains. But We understand the tragedy
and the lyriciSm OF electric light, of motor
cars. OF locomotives and OF aeroplanes."
The pictures he is showing are a mad
dening medley of all this ''feverish ac-
tivity which expresses our whirlwind life
of steel, of pride and of speed" The re-
suit produced on the mind OF the spec
tator has been Hkened to bad attack of
delirium tremens. and when the futurists
further announce that I'VE stand upon
the summit Of the world and once more
cast our challenge to. the stars" 1t is
hoped that few will care to follow to that
dizzy height, and that the stars. turning
in their ceaseless orbits in obedience TO
eternal laws. will not pause to heed their
challenge.
!. !.
A COMING event that may. prove OF
: much interest to Washingtonians go
ing abroad will be the sale in Amster-
dam May q Of q celebrated collection of
drawings by Rembrandt lnirty-two eX-
amples Of the masters work owned by, ].
p. Meseltine of London will be sold at
auction. These rawlings have long been
the wonder and admiration of art students
the world over as they have been re-
produced again and again. In them Rem
brandt gives even more clearly than in his
| famous paintings the idea he was striving
| to express.
! They were all made directly from ma
| ture and are uIrivaled examples Of his
| marvellous skill. I'm, few summary
| iines," says A. NJ Hind, The presents
form and action In their most essential
characteristics: what Is more, he express
| ed the vital principle underlying form and
peryading action with an inevitable In
cisiveness and significance of touch. These
qualities are seen In varying degrees in
his casual studies of separate figures. in
his studies of street life, his first sketches
for scriptual and other subjects in paint
ings and etchings, his portraits and draw
lngs."
wv EDNESDAY evening, May Il. at s
W O'Clock. Henry Turner Bailey will
give one of his art talks in the Mckinley
High School. The lecture will be open to
members and friends and under the au-
spices Of the Public School Art Teachers
Association, Of which Miss +. +. Foster is
president Mr. Bailey is state superin-
tendent of art for Massachusetts and edi-
tor of the School Art Magazine
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Disturbing Edward l.
/ the London Chronicle

FROM the LONDON Chronic!e.
Few bodies have SO often been disturbed
as that Of Edward L. Every other year
his tomb in Westminster Abbey was
opened, and the wax of the kings cere-
cloth renewed. Probably this was con-
nected with his dying charge to his son
that his flesh SHOULD be boiled. his bones
carried al the head Of the English army
until Scotland was subdued. and his heart
sent to the holy land With the fall Of
Richard III and the dynasty these hopes
vanished. and the tomb was not disturbed
again until toward the end of the eight
eenth century, when the Society of Anti
quaries did 1t. Having viewed the body,
they poured pitch upon 1t, and, as Hor-
ace Walpoic says, boast now of having
inclosed him so effectually that his ashes
cannot be violated z4atn." e
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paintings by Arthur Wesley
Dow opened this week in the
Moore gallery. on 18th street
These splendid reproductions
of atmospheric effects in the Grand Can
yon of Arizona are revelation of what
can be accomplished in the scientific
treatment of color Mr.. BOWS work is
always Illuminating. but these superbly
painted canvases surpass anything hith-
crto attained by this artist in his many
years of experimenting with plein air
painting.
Only n master technician would dare
attempt to paint melting snow falling
through a vertical mile of air or a river
5000 feet below his vision. 81 wanted
to seize the Grand Canyons harmonies
and those only writes Mr.. Dow. II
hoped also to give the sense of vastness,
the immense scale of everything, there"
Besnards mural paintings of geologic
ages, in the Ecole de Pharmacie, Paris,
suggested this attempt at a scientific re-
production OF the color forms of the ia
nous Arizona canyon. The artists po-
etc feeling for tone harmonies, aided by
long study in the simplification of vision,
enabled him to attain these truly mar
velouS results. The pictures will remain
on exhibition until May II.
:,
THE Neerlfoff gallery. on E street. has
an exceedingly interesting exhibition
OF illuminated parchment work by Rob-
ert Wilson Hyde of Santa Barbara, Cal.
This young man spent years in the study
of design, Intending to make 1t his life
work. Going to Italy, he became fasci-
ma ted with the old illuminated mssals
and gospels that are stfl treasured In
the hill towns Of Perugia and Siena.
While his work is in no way copied from
these books, it is clearly inspired by
them. and many of his parchments pos
sess much OF their beauty of color and
design
HIS illuminated wedding and guest
books are especially lovely. being bound
in rare old tapestries or quantity carved
covers that he has collected In his trav-
els in Europe. Most of these have been
ordered for the summer houses of Ameri-
cans VINO are not only wealthy, but cul
tured. and desire beautiful craftwork to
adorn their homes.
e y
WILLIAM I. EVANS has aided an
w other valuable picture to his al
ready generous collection for the Ma
tional Gallery, now housed in the New
National Museum. 1t Is a finely painted
landscape, charming In color and compo-
sition, which forms an effective back
ground for three nude figures.
Another new canvas recently hung in
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COLORED WOMEN
IN HARD STRUGGLE
Work Diligently to Overcome
Handbags Against
Their Race.
APPRECIATE THE VALUE
OF WIDE ORGANIZATION
Have No Aspirations in Regard to
Social Equa' ity, But Want Fair
Treatment.


The history of womanhood In America
would be incomplete without note being
taken Of the heroic struggle Of the col
ored women born IN this country. who.
from the time OF their liberation from
slavery have been exert.ng every effor,
10 overcome in their race the effects of a
bondage extending over unnnmbered CEN
turtles. The Afro-American woman dem
onstrates more than do most others the
teEder. maternal instinct OF the pr.meval
woman. who would labor and suffer and
bear strong sons whose vigor might add
10 the greatness of the world Every
solthern-born man or woman whose
childish sleep was watched over by the
grooming tenderness of the old colored
NANNY Will affirm the faithful constancy
of the women OF this darker race.
-Ihe development OF this great nation
necessitated the freedom of the one-time
slaNe. Unequipped with the training and
education needed for the new duties and
Responsibilities freedom brought TO them.
the eolared women from the beginning
keenly felt the responsibility of preparing
her family for the new life dawning upon
them.
Knows Need of Schooling.
No greater task ever came TO the
women of any nation. and the loyalty
with which they are fuIAIilng it must APP
peal to any one who win consider for a
moment some % their achievements in
the face of great obstacles. The colored
woman recognizes the value OF education
far more than the colored man. as is evil
denced by the much Larger number of
colored women than men now found In
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break the news TO Johnny Chuck that his
lost baby refused to come home.
Sammy Jay made a face at Jimmy
Skunk. and at first refused to go. FL
nally he said he would. and, because II
was an unpleasant duty. he spread his
wings and started for the old orchard al
once OF course Johnny Chuck wouldn't
believe Sammy Jay when Sammy said
that the baby Chuck refused to come
home. Johnny said he didn't believe
that Prickly Porker had tried to set hin,
free. because no Chuck ever lived who