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The Parker post., 1914-07-04
Didn't Need Books.

Governor Miller Of Delaware re-
marked not long ago that even book
agents sometimes fail of achievement
through unforeseen misunderstand-
Ing.
can affable agent of this sort ap-
preached a Texan whose record he
had previously acquainted himself
with.
" Colonel, said he, those are mighty
fne boys Of yours
The finest ever, stranger, acQui-
esced the colonel. The finest in
Texas
"T reckon you buy them anything
they want!'
why, sure, stranger; buy them
anything they need, whether they
want it or not
"'Then, colonel, let me selh you a
cyc}opedia for them There's nothing
else that will benefit them so much.
The colonel looked at the agent in
astonishment.
"'Why, stranger said he, them
boys of mine don't need no cyclopedia.
They ride mules '"-Lippincott's
The Parker post., 1914-07-04
UOrld
HAS ENGLAND FAILED IN INDIA7

five whose Inhabitants exceed a quar-
ter of million. There are more than
200,000,000 people in India directly de-
pendent-not merely indirect1y-upon
agriculture. The Indian farmer-"the
ryot at the plow"-is the dominant
figure in any picture of Indian life
which has true perspective. The land
problem is at the very heart of things.
The final test of British rule is how it
has helped the dweller on the land
Taxation EquitabIy Adjusted.
Judged by this test, the measure of
success is not small. The land tax
has been changed into an approxima-
tion of fairness and reasonable justice,
left unassessed or uncollected alto
gether in times of famine, from which,
by failure of the monsoon, the wind
bringing rain, certain Indian provinces
often suffer. When the British came
the tax-gatherer was king, all south
ern India was in his merciless grip,
and in northern India the farm la
borer though he made fortress Of
his village and followed the plow
sword in hand, was the constant vic
tim of spoliation. The first attempts
at land revenue adjustment which the
British made were disastrous failures.
Gradually, however, schemes of taxa
tion have been evolved and problems
Of land ownership have been settled
that are placing rural India, as far as
these questions are concerned, in the
same condition as the countries Of
Europe where such questions have
been more equitably and longer set
tied.
Close akin to the problem Of the
taxation Of land is the question Of
rural credits. The British found the
Indian peasant in the hands Of the
usurious money-lender. The grip of
this creature, who has all countries
for his own, has not been entirely
shaken off. 1t has been loosen6d,
however. The establishment of CO
operative credit societies has done
much for the rural laborer. The OBJ
lection that Indians lack the necessary
spirit of cooperation has been shown
to be without foundation. In seven
years 1856 societies have been estab-
lished, with a membership of 226,958
persons and with a working capital Of
$3,430,OOO, of which the state contrib
uted only $23O,0o0, the rest being fur
nished by the people themselves.
The Famine Evil MinImlzed.
India has always been subject, in
part, to famines, which is the eastern
word for partial or total crop failure.
These famines are caused by what an
old writer quantity called "the intem-
perateness of the weather" British
rule has not been able to cure this
The Parker post., 1914-07-04
ASIATIC ART is DISPLAYED
City of Cologne, Germany, Erects
Splendid Structure for Proper
Display of Treasures.

Appreciation of Asiatic art, litera-
ture and music is growing apace in
this country, but not SO rapidly as in
Europe, and in a certain respect the
city of Cologne, Germany, leads the
Occidental world. This enviable pre-
eminence is represented by magnlh-
cent museum of Eastern art which
was recently opened there.
The basis OF the display is the won
derful collection of East Asiatic arc
which Prof Adolf Fischer gave to the
city of Cologne four years ago, on con-
dition that suitable building be erect
ed and donated by the municipality
The new building is near the Arts and
Crafts museum. 1t is splendid
structure, four stories high. containing
80 exhibition rooms. The architect
was Herr Franz Brantsky
A distinctive feature Of the new mu-
scum was put in by a Japanese car
penter, in the form of three character
istic rooms Of Japanese monastery
In these rooms a magnificent collec-
ton of Janpanese arts and curios is
housed.
The historic development Of Chinese
and Japanese painting from the dawn
Of history to the present day is clearly
depicted by the museum. due to the
most excellent arrangement of the
hundreds of subjects. Only one or two
ancient collections in China and Japan
surpass the display at Cologne.
Worthy of special mention is the col
lection of Chinese stone sculpture.
German artists are now considering
the advisability Of building and equip
ping a similar museum in Berlin.
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TO INVENT ARTIFICIAL WOOD
French Expermenters After Many
Years of Study Have Substitute
Straw Is Used.

The mythical New Englanders who
manufactured wooden nutmegs and
sold shoepegs for oats would have
been nightly astonished to learn that
the time would come when mankind
would busy itself in trying to invent
artificial wood. In the days when the
forests were thought of as inexhaust-
lble wood was the article most used
as a substitute for other substances.
But matches were invented. and news
papers, and now wood Is an tncreas-
lngly expensive article.
:, French experimenters working in
the vicinity of Lyons have just pro-
duced an artificial wood, says the
American consul at that city. The
new product has been found, after
years of study and experiments, the
most recent of which have given emf
nently satisfactory results. The proc
ess consists in Transforming straw
into a solid material having the re-
sistance of oak. The straw is cut into
small pieces and reduced to a paste
by boiling. Certain chemicals are
then added When the paste has been
reduced to a homogeneous mass it is
put into presses, and planks, beams
and holdings are readily made. The
new material can be sawed like nat
ural wood. 1t makes a good fuel.
emitting little smoke.
The Parker post., 1914-07-04

business, sees constantly in the back
ground the Philippine islands, with
amateurs molding the scheme of
things. But the Philippine problem
is another story" to quote Kipling,
the masterful poet-journalist, who
came out of India, trailing jingoism.
Let's stick to the Indian text
Beginning as a purely commercial
enterprise, with no other object than
to make money for British traders,
often more aggressive than scrupu-
lous, the government of India by the
British has as it's chief concern the
making of men. That's big job any
where, but it is particularly large
when the territory Is a continent, as
is India, and not a single country, and
the inhabitants are one-f1fth Of the en-
tire human race.
The problem is not lessened by the
ignorance, poverty and superstition Of
the alien and diverse peoples who
constitute the inhabitants. The good
fruits Of British rule are many, but
window nor their Importance gagged
by the tourist fitting from hotel to
curio shop.
Not Governed by Bayonets.
British rule in India is not military
rule. Bayonets may establish, but
they cannot maintain government.
British rule in India is government by
the civil power. Less than $4,000
white soldiers are stationed in this
empire of more than 300,000,0O0 peo-
pie. The United States have larger
standing army for less than one-third
times the soldiery for the American
republic as compared with the Indian
empire. True, military rule was un-
The Parker post., 1914-07-04
HEAR MOVIES" TALK
Mutes Follow the Motions of the
Actors Lips.
Not Always Safe to Indulge In Pleas
antries, Though the Majority Of
the Audience, of Course, Would
Not Notice Them.

Marjorie Wood, who plays the part
OF Rose Gaythorne in "The Third
Party" confesses to being movie
mend. When she is not rehearsing or
playing she may be found at some one
OF the nearby picture shows devouring
the hrid melodrama of the western
plains. Miss Wood is a philanthro-l
pist in her own way, and when at
home in New York she frequently
takes girls from the deaf and dumb
asylum to the movies. These girls,
as a rule, have been taught lip read
Ing, and can tell by watching thet
muscles of ones face what is being.
said. Naturally Miss Wood was rather
surprised when one of the girls wrote
these words on a pad of paper and
handed it to her:
What do you think that man in
the picture said to his sweetheart just
noW"
Miss Wood wrote her reply and
handed the pad back to her COM
panion:
That he loved her, l suppose"
The mute girls reply was startling.
1t read as follows:
Darling, please remember that the
firm pays me $3.50 week to make
love to you. You don't suppose I'm
doing this because l like you, do your"
Miss Wood was interested immedi-
ately, for the acting was so sincere
that no thought of guying had entered
her mind.
What did she say?" she wrote on
the deaf girls pad
You wait till tell my husband how
you've insulted me, and he'll beat your
ugly face to a pulp
Upon inquiry among her deaf and
dumb friends Miss Wood learned with,
astonishment that the conversation Of
the actors in the pictures invariably
had nothing whatever to do with the
scene depicted. For actors who are
fond of guying soto voce she recon-.
mends the movies as field for their
pleasantries.
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Novel Union.

Many unimpeachable spouses had
neglected their Sunday dinner in or
der to attend church to hear the banns
read Of several approaching weddings.
Rustling and knowing whispers,
and mods and nudgings prevailed
among the feminine portion Of the
assembly when came the momentous
moment of the announcements.
The old pastor fumbled among his
notes, and found to his dismay that
the all-important paper containing the
names of the contracting parties was
missing.
However, he desired to trust to
memory
II publish the banns," he started.
in a hushed silence, "between-be-
tween-or-betwe een-"
There was a shutting in the aisle
as the old verger hurriedly moved to
the pulpit.
Between the cushion and the seat,
sir!" he said, in a loud whisper.
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Deafness as a ,Heritaoe,

An examination has been made OF
the records of 4,500 marriages of the
deaf, and it has been found that, while
taking the marriages Of deaf persons
as whole, nearly 9 per cent Of the
offspring are deaf, and contrasted with
less than one-tenth of l per cent. Of
deaf children as a result of the mar
riages of normal persons, a very diff
ferent and much more favorable re-
suit is obtained If It be found that the
deaf parents had no trace of previous
deafness in their families, says the
Family Doctor"
Marriages Of deaf persons without
deaf relatives is no more likely to re-
suit in deaf children than any mar
riage in the community at large, while
marriages Of hearing persons who
have deaf relatives is just as likely
to result in deaf children as the mar.
viage of the deaf
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duly exalted at the time of the contro-
versy between Lord Curzon, the vice
roy, and Lord KitChener, the comman-
der-in-chief, when the latter asked Of
England-and was given-a free
hand" in administration. The free
hand" when inquired into, is usually
found to mean a complete abandon
ment Of all checks and safeguards
which long experience has devised.
When these are set aside at the be-
hest or in behalf of the exceptional
man, trouble follows. And so it was
in India. 1t is sham Imperialism, not
real one, that puts the army and
navy ahead of justice and liberty, of
civil rule.
2oO,oo0,ooo Dependent on Agriculture.
India is not governed by bayonets,
neither is it an empire of camps and
cities. The city is cf secondary i'm
portance in this land. We hear more
of Calcutta and Bombay and Madras
and the new-cld capital Cf DELHI, but
the real Indian is a villager In all
India there are only Il cities with a
population exceeding 10000" and only
The Parker post., 1914-07-04
Not All Fun for PhotopIayer.

THE life of moving picture vii
lain grows somewhat strenuous at
times" says Joseph Levering. mot
long ago I was forced to climb out of a
fourth story on wire cable, have a
desperate combat with one of my kind
in midair, and fall to the ground be-
low. l did we'll for the first two times,
but l gradually lost my enthusiasm
for, the occupation. Because of a
ruined negative the scene had to be
repeated each time. On the third and
last time l was to be dashed into the
waiting blanket below. But the wait
ing blanket had ceased to wait, and l
had a chance to find out how hard the
ground is"
The Parker post., 1914-07-04

"intemperateness' although it has
been frequently blamed for it's exist
ence-but it has devised a plan which
mitigates to considerable extent the
evils arising from it. Under this plan
not only are taxes remitted, but f1nan-
cial aid is extended in the famine dis
tricts. Nothing rebounds more to
the credit Of the government Of India" 4"
said Lovatt Fraser, for years the edi-
tor Of the greatest newspaper in the
East, the Times of India, &"than the
success with which they have gradu-
ally evolved system Of dealing with
the conditions caused by scarcity, a
system admirable in conception, al
most automatic in it's operation, and
unfailing in it's efficiency" Famine in
India is now misnomer. AS we'll
m4ght one describe as famine in the
United States the conditions caused
by the drought in certain districts in
1913.
Perhaps the monumental work of
the British in India in dealing with ag-
riculture has been it's development of
irrigation. irrigation enterprises,
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HAS WON PRAISE OF CRITICS
Talented of the Stars of the Nov
ing-Picture Films.

Francis x. Bushman, leading man.
is handsome chap and has had wide
experience in all branches of theatri-
cal work on the legitimate stage. He
is adept in the art of makeup, and
his remarkable versatility in portray
ing character studies has won him in
stant recognition from the most criti-
cal of critics and keen observers.
Bushman is an all-round athlete and
an expert swimmer, wrestler, boxer,
horseman and swoGdsman Personally,
The Parker post., 1914-07-04

Delhi, India. -
British rule in In
dia is suffering
the evil results Of
it's own virtues. It
has taught Indi-
ans to stand alone
and some Of them,
superfcially edu-
Gated u s u a lily,
wish to try the
experiment with
out assistance. In
dian unrest and
it's attendant trag-
edieS are virtues
own reward. The
citizen of the Uni
ted States, look
ing at the work
ing out Of the CO.
lonial problem by
old hands at the
The Parker post., 1914-07-04

Bushman has wide circle Of &C
quaintances with whom he is ex-,
tremely popular for his many natural
charms of manner and his capacity for
friendship. Mr.. Bushman will be seen
in such forthcoming features as "Shad-i
ows," THE Three-Scratch Clew" and
"Mongrel and Master"
The Parker post., 1914-07-04

Hackett in Monsieur Beaucaire."
James K. Hackett will go to Europe
early this summer with cast to make
a motion-picture production of Mon
sieur Beaucaire," in the exact scene OF
the story.
The Parker post., 1914-07-04

Lenses have been given some French
lighthouses which enable them to send
their light from fifty to sixty miles to
Va.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-07-10
ANOTHER SETBACK
FOR CUP YACHTS
Foggy Weather Prevents Meet
ing of ResoIute, Vanitie
and Defiance.

For the second time within three
days the Resolute, Vanitie and De-
fiance, Americas yachting defense
cup candidates, were unable to race
off Newport, r. l., yesterday on ac-
count of heavy fog. 1t was said last
night that after the Newport series
is completed the Resolute, looked
upon as the most promising selection,
will undergo certain changes in rig
ging, including a return to the single
head rig. The outlook for a race to-
day is not very promising, but IL the
weather Is In any way favorable ef-
forts will be made to run the second
of a series of contests.
The committee and w. Butler Dun
can, of the cup committee. were on
c. X. G. Billings's steam yacht
Vanadis and as there were signs that
the fog would clear early in the day
this yacht went out of the harbor, ac-
companied by the mark tug Julia
Moran and waited for the racing
craft. The racers never moved from
their moorings. The Resolute sent
up her mainsail and then waited.
The vanitie's n1ainsail was uncovered
and later hoisted. but the Defiance
just tugged at her mooring with her
mainsail covered to protect 1t from
the dampness.
The fleet of the Eastern Yacht
Club was to have gone to New Lon
don yesterday. The sailing craft were
to have raced and last night the
members of the club were to have
dined together at the Griswold. Com
modore H. M. Sears signalied for the
fleet to get under way from his
steamer christobel and some of the
more venturesome left the harbor,
HIT When fna foo zh11t in tbiala,. ba :,
ever at midday they made the best
of their way back to safety and COM
fort.
A spell seems to hang over the
yacht racing this summer. On Long
Island sound the yachts found moth
ing but light, fluby winds, which
spoiled the sport and made the VIC
tories fiukes. 1t was fairly good
weather for preliminary trials and for
experiments. but not to show the true
merits of the three seventy-five foot
ers. and consequently there was much
disappointment early in the season.
Then everyone said: wait until we
get to Newport, we'll have fine racing
weather there and out in the open,
too, without fiukes,'' but now they
have been at Newport three days
and only one race has been sailed.
w. Butler Duncan. who is repre-
senting the cup committee in the
Newport races, is determined that the
three yachts shall be tried out thor
oughly under all conditions and in
watching the races he is taking into
consideration the speed of the DIFF
ferest yachts. the judgment with
which they are sailed, the way the
crews handle the sails, the start and
the way they are navigated.
The Resolute In her earlier races
outsailed the vanitie and was much
better handled, but in Wednesdays
race the Vanitie showed a marked
improvement in every way. Former
Commodore e. d. Morgan, who had
charge of the Columbia when she
raced against the Shamrock IL. was
on board. The Vanitie was handled
better than the Resolute at all points.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-07-10
CHAMPION KELLY
WILL SEEK REST
State Quarter-Mile TitIe-HoId-
er to Lay Up Until Fall
Campaign.

Willie Kelly, holder of the Northern
New Jersey State quarter-mile title,
will take a long rest after next Sat
urday. when he is slated to run IN
the 1oo-yard- dash event and leg Of
the Prudential Insurance Company
relay in the Mutual Benefit games at
staten Island Kelly has had an ac-
tive season thus far this summer, and
Harry Coates. the dean of Newark S
athletic coaches, who brought out
Kelly, Higgins. and other local stars.
thinks the rest will do his charge
good. According to present plans,
Kelly's Inactivity will extend to Sep
TENDER l, after which date he will
start getting in shape for the big
meets In the New York district. This
schedule will keep Kelly out of the
Diocesan Union games, which arc 70
be held Saturday, August s, at Hill
side Park, Belleville.
Kelly's decision to rest is due In
part to the fact that Harry Coates
VIII leave Saturday for Detroit on
business. Harry will be gone until
about the time that Kelly will re-
sumo training.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-07-10
BILLIARDS NEXT

Having been victorious in open and
amateur golf, polo and university relay
racing, not to mention the snntching
of the lightweight fight diadem. John
Bull came to bat yesterday with a
challenge to Willie Hoppe for the
worlds championship in billiards"
The English titleholder, Melbourne
Inman. issued the def. 1t was i'm
mediately accepted by Willie Hoppe.
Inman will sail for America on the
Aquitania tomorrow.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-07-10
JOHNSTON MIGHTY
RACQUET W|ELDER
Californian Tennis Star Defeats
William A. Larned in West
chester Tournament.

William M. johnson, of California.
who won the New York State tennis
title and carried off the Longwood
trophy last year, signalized his return
to the East yesterday with a victory
over William A. Larned, of Summit,
in three set match at 6--3. 6--S, 6-3,
in the second round of the singles
matches at the Westchester Country
Club, Westchester, N. Y. Johnston's
play was all the more remarkable
when 1t is considered that he prac-
tically stepped on the courts after a
train ride Of several days.
Another feature of the day was the
work of Harold II. Hackett, of the
West side Tennis Club, captain of last
years Davis cup team. In his second
round match against Dean Mathey
Hackett who is more at home on the
doubles court than on the singles,
came out of his shell and played ten
mis- of the first magnitude, which
brought him victory in straight sets
at GO, Cd. Hackett's victory put
him in the round before the semi
finals against George P. Gardner, jr.,
of Boston, who won slow three set
match from Robert LIE Roy, former
intercollegiate champion, in the Sec
ond round at So, 2-6, 6-3.
Karl Behr, of the West Side Tennis
Club continued to play the brand of
tennis which marks him as one of the
most promising candidates for this
years Davis cup team and advanced
to the third round by vanquishing
Herbert L. Hahn, of Stanford Uni
versity. in straight sets at 6-1, 6--S.
r. Lindley Murray, the Californian.
came through to the second round by
defeating Merrill Hall in the first
round at So, 60, 81.
Wallace F. Johnson gained the third
round by winning from Alfred S. Dab
ney, of the Longwood Cricket Club,
Boston, In one of the prettiest matches
of the day at 6--3, 6--3
Norris williams, of Philadelphia,
who played on last years Davis cup
team and whose work this year has
given the Davis cup committee SO
much to worry about. certainly did
not show any lack of form yesterday
in his match against Gustave II.
Touchard, whom he defeated in
straight sets at 60, g..
George NJ Church, captain of the
Princeton tennis team. defeated Theo-
dore r. Pell, of the West Side Tennis
Club. In the first round, TO, 6-2, but
his victory was due more to poor play
by Pell than to any brilliancy of his
own. In the second round Church
met Nathaniel w. Niles, of Boston,
and the pair split even on two sets
when darkness made 1t necessary to
call the match. The Bostonian won
the first at 6--S and lost the second
at 10.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-07-10
Fourteen Airmen Entered
in Lond0n-to-Paris Flight

Fourteen airmen have entered for
the flight from London to Paris and
back, which will be held tomorrow.
They include the American. Brock,
who won the race from London to
Manchester and back: Garros. who
few across the MediterraneanT Dau-
court, who flew from Paris to Asia
Minor: Lord Carbery and other no.
table aviators
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-07-10
Reach seml-Final Round.

AS a result of yesterdays play in
the annual Connecticut State cham
pionship tennis tournament at the
Litchfleld Club, one Pennsylvania and
three New York, men remained in the
contest for the State title. In the
semi-hnals, which win be played to-
day, N. w. Swayne. of George School.
Pennsylvania, will oppose w. Rand,
Sd, of Rye, and F. c. Inman. of New
York, will play w. III. Y. Hackett, also
Of that city
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-07-10
peyaney Another Rest seeLer.

Another local athlete who will not
don running togs until winter is Mike
Devaney. the Soho flyer. Devaney
was one of the athletes that Jumped
the ranks of the Irish-American A.
9. to the Millrose A. A.. the so-called
Federal League of metropolitan dis
trict athletics. The Millrose A. A.
Is composed of the employees of the
Wanamaker store, New York, and as
Devaney obtained position in the
big mercantile house soon after his
affiliation with the new club, an in
vestigation was started by the A. A.
u, but the charges were not sub
stantiated.