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i The Searchli8ht
Diplomas in Citizenship.

Regular courses in citizenship at
high school instead of the recitation OF
a few fragments of hastily and me
chemically crammed information about
the Constitution and the names OF the
Presidents is to precede the issuance
of naturalization papers in the Los
Angeles district in the future. The
candidates are to receive diplomas on
completion of the course. The plan has
been approved by the government bu-
reau of naturalization. and citizenship
papers will be made out on presenta-
ton Of the diplomas without further
formality.
The "citizenship course" consists or
ten lectures on the science of govern
ment and the duties Of the citizen in
a republic. Glasses are held at night.
one lecture being given each week. At
the first Commencement" held at Los
Angeles High School No. 20, twenty
one graduates received "sheepskins.
Educators, government officials and
sociologists see great merit in the de-
parture from present unsatisfactory
methods of ushering in new citizens.
Indications are that the new plan Will
spread and that it's spreading will be
welcomed by the government.
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the painter. AS the interest in etch-
ing has greatly increased in recent
years, and as really excellent work is
being done now in this delightful me-
dium. it is very gratifying to have
this opportunity to study at first hand
SO comprehensive a collection of the
work of one of the foremost of CO.
temporary etchers.
nm the main corridor adjacent to the
grand staircase in the Library of
Congress an exhibition of prints Of no
table examples of architecture in for
eign cities is set forth. This is COM
posed exclusively of photographs, not
few Of which, however, are colored.
Care has been taken to select for dis
play such buildings as may be consid-
cred monuments of art, and the collec-
tion as a whole, therefore, brings to
the attention of the public the extra
ordinary richness of Europe in this re-
spect. There is something pathetic in
the showing of buildings, nobly de-
signed and exquisitely fashioned, which
are now within the area serving as dhe
stage for the fearful drama of war
which Is being SO horribly enacted, for
the ever-present thought is that while
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"NOvEMBER HILLSIDE" BY BRUCE CRANE.
Purchased by Corcoran Gallery OF Art.

truths. 1t is to be hoped and believed
that. architecturally, these expositions
certainly the one in San Francisco
will be much more impressive and,
from the standpoint of merit, notewor-
thy than these photographs now on
view in the Library of Congress would
lead the observer to believe.
Exposition architecture has. it is true.
peculiarities created by conditions OF
time, purpose and place, but this does
not prohibit fine proportions, some dig
nifty and, above all. impressive quality.
BY those who are in position as well
as qualified to know. it is said that the
architecture of the Panama Pacific eN-
position is notably fine. If so. these
photographs do it meager justice. But
it should be remembered that one of
the special features Of the exposition
soon to open in San Francisco is Its
color scheme, devised by Jules Guerin
and carried out under his direction. 1t
is this which is to bring the buildings
i, into harmonious relations with their
landscape setting, and it is this which
the photographs in black and white
do not give. This architectural use of
color if proved successful will be re-
echoed in permanent buildings
throughout the United States after the
exposition has passed into the annals
of cotemporary history. Certainly it
is an experiment well worth trying.
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the citizens of Keighley and those OF
Suresnes and Puteaux into personal
relations"
It was DONE Keighley had about
$4,000 Inhabitants. The French cities
had about the same number. There
was a basis of equality.
The English moved first. In 1905
some thirty workmen of keighley
visited their brothers In Suresnes-
Puteaux; they were entertained hosplt,
tones they made themselves under
stood. They had a gorgeous time and
returned home enthusiastic
The following September thirty
French workingmen made visit to
keighley. The custom grew. Each
each other. At first the men only made
the voyage; then they began taking
their wives, and finally they exchanged
children. English little ones went to
Suresnes-Puteaux to learn French. and
French boys and girls came to kefgh-
ly to learn English.
They exchanged gifts upon occasions.
Suresnes-Puteaux sent to Keighley q
work of art; the latter responded with
a loving cup.
the streets of Suresnes-Puteaux were
inundated, the workers OF keighley
raised a relief fund Of thousand dol
lars for their brothers" The bonds
OF fellowship were cemented.
The whole affair is marked by the
utmost sincerity. why" said Pu-
teaux man on his return from one OF
these visits, upon our arrival our
English friends took our train by as
sault. We were overwhelmed by their
cordiality. And they say the English
are cold and phlegmatic! Where did
they get that? Provencals could not
have been more hearty"
'T used to have the most stupid ideas
about Frenchmen," said a Keighley
workman, II didn't know them, you
see. I could kick myself for my ienor-
ance.
what was done BY these two cities
might be done on q larger scale.
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Not that he had expected to find any.
He hadn't expected to, and so he wasn't
disappointed when he didn't. He had
looked because he is smart enough to
know that the unexpected sometimes
does happen, and he was going to
make sure about Buster Bear. He and
Old Granny Fox had hunted every
where through the Green Forest with
ter's big tracks in the snow. Now he
had been all through the Old Pasture
with Just the same result.
He has gone back to the Great
Woods from which he came" thought
Reddy as he trotted back toward the
Green Forest. II hope he'll stay there
and never come back Now Granny and
can hunt in peace where we please"
On the edge of the Green Forest he
was seen by Sammy Jay. What luck"
had been up to the Old Pasture for.
HE isn't there, and hasn't been there
since the snow FELL" replied Reddy.
Have you found d., any hsad signs Na Of him. M
II haven't. and nobody else has. I
don't believe that Jumper the Hare and
| Prickly Porky know what they are
talking about when they say that Bus
ter Bear has gone to sleep Tor the win
away"
"Of course he has" replied Reddy in
| the most positive way. "Of course he
has No one can tell me that he could
hide where the sharpest eyes in the
Green Forest can't find him. There
isn't a single cave for him to hide in.
and there isn't a single hollow log big
enough for him to crawl into that
haven't looked into. He isn't under
that great pile of fallen trees where
he used to make his bed. He doesn't
dig holes in the ground like Johnny
Chuck and some Of the rest Of US. and
IL he did we would have found 1t. It's
my opinion that he just sneaked away
when no one was about, and has gone
I back where hc came FROM"
! A sudden thought came to Sammy
Log a.Ynu don't snnnosn he has heeN
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here today they may be gone tomor-
row, and that great, indeed. is the price
being paid for this uncivilized conflict.
The collection is not. however, restrict
ed to buildings in France, Belgium and
Germany, but includes those of note in
Italy, Spain. Austria and even Russia.
1t is very interesting collection, and
manifests most graphically the value
of good building and the right of ar
chitecture to a foremost place among
the fine arts.
I'M the main floor of the Library, to
w the right of the main entrance. is
to be found the third of the exhibits
recently set forth. This is also made
up chiefly of photographs and CONSISTS
of various views of the expositions to
be held during the present year in Cali
fornia the PanamaPacific interna-
tional exposition at San Francisco and
the Panama California at San Diego.
These prints were obviously derived
from the copyright collection, and
hence. while showing part. do not ex-
hibit the whole and cannot be regarded
as altogether exemplary. The camera
is not an entirely dependable witness,
often telling half and even perverted
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on the big rock. Before Buster Bear
had come to live in the Green Forest
this had been a favorite place for a
sun nap with Reddy. He would have
one now. for he was rather tired. He
gave a little sigh of satisfaction as be
cuLled up on bare spot where the
wind had blown away the snow. The
warm rays from jolly, bright Mr.. Sun
fell straight on him, for there were no
trees in the way.
IT'S a long time since l have been
here, and now / can come every day.
thought Reddy, blinking sleepily up at
Mr.. Sun. He gave another sigh of
pleasure and was just closing his eyes
when tiny breeze tickled his nose. If
some one had stuck a pin in him he
couldn't have jumped to his feet quick
er. No, sir. he couldn't. Every hair
stood on end. That little breeze had
brought him the smell Of Buster Bear!
His eyes had told him that Buster
Bear was nowhere around, but now his
nose told him that he was. And Reddy
has learned to believe his nose rather
than his eyes.
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drama Of the look Of cheerful inde-
pendence that a. sixty-dollar type
writer can impart to the face OF a
woman who chooses self-support to
some other things that she might have
had. "Rosalind," perhaps all in all the
most enjoyable of the four. is the com
edy of the middle-aged actress who
plays the role Of blooming youth: On
one of her vacations "Rosalind' be-
takes herself to a country corner and
complete retirement. There she unties
her corset strings, rests her feet In
roomy shoes, abjures for the time be-
ing paint powder, curls and the gen.
eral abstemiousness necessary to pro-
sheer depths of comfort Rosalind cries,
"Hurrah! l am middle-aged and eats
and drinks and slouches to her hearts 8
content. Amusingly, and bit pathet-
reappears upon her stage Of personih-
cation Of young life. The WIFI pic
lures what money does to really de-
cent people who dedicate themselves to
the delicate sensitive delight that lies
in most OF the Barrie books.
MY LADY OF THE CHINESE COURT
YARD. BY Elizabeth Cooper, author
of "Sayonara," etc. illustrated. New
York: Frederick A. Stokes Company.
The intimate letters of Kwei-li, a
Chinese lady, make up this captivating
book. There are first, the letters to
her husband who has gone on jour
ney round the world with his master,
Prince Chung. These. written from
his ancestral home, are free and open
disclosures of the intimate life of Chi
nese custom and ceremonial. And,
again, here are letters written by
Kwei-li twenty-five years later to her
august and honorable mother-in-law.
These portray the awakening Of China
toward modern aims and ideals. and
reflects this new outlook and force
upon the life of the Chinese woman.
Apart from the rich fund of fresh in
formation held in these letters, su-
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day about four years ago, he threw
down his cards and quit the game for
good. Since then he has been sum-
ming up what kind Of sport this really
known political writer OF sagacious
views and robust speech. He is also a
humorist of wide reputation. To the
average man, the humorist will. for
good and sufficient reasons. stand in
front of the serious writer, pretty COM
pletely obscuring him. SO many a
man will read this book, or commence
to read it, with the notion that it Is q
joke which the writer is, for tho once.
reporting on himself But this is no
joke. 1t is the serious narrative Of a.
mans triumph over habit. 1t is the
systematic analysis of the immediate
effect, of the physical and mental and
social effect, Of ceasing to be what is
er.' 1t is summing up of the bal
ance, a balance all to the good. that
four years of total water drinking have
piled up against twenty years Of the
not preach. He is not consciously do
ing lick of missionary work. He
holds this account close to his own
personal case. Nevertheless. a more
telling advocate of total abstinence can
hardly be imagined than this retro
spect after three and a half years on
the water-wagon."
HALF hOSnS. by j. NJ. fsarr1e, auCnOr
of Aud LIGHT Idylls," etc. New
YORK: Charles Scribner's Sons
Washington: Woodward & 10th
rop.
These half hours sum to a couple
of hours in the company of Mr.. Bar
rie when he was never more engaging
than he is here. Each half hour is
playlet. The first one revives Colum-
bine and Harlequin. the Clown and
Pantaloon. in a captivatingly gay and
sad little love story that now and then
slants queerly toward the most mod
ern of modern marryings. The second
one, "The Twelve-Pound Look" makes
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Germany and Indemnities.
ON the London Chronicle.

From the London Chronicle.
The fS,O0O,O0O demanded by the Ger
mans of the city of Brussels is exactly
the same sum as was similarly imposed
by Bismarck on the city of Paris at
the conclusion of the peace prelimi-
naries. "Of course" said the iron chan
cellor at one of his parliamentary
beer evenings" II demanded as much
as I knew beforehand would be re-
fused me. I said to Favre, "A city SO
large and wealthy as Paris would feel
insulted If 1 asked anything under a
milliard.' On this Favre made very
wry face and prepared to take his
leave 1 accompanied him out of po-
liteness, and the negotiation was con-
tinued on our way downstairs. and on
the last step but one we agreed to the
Il sum Of 2O0,0O0,000 francs" The war
indemnity itself was f20O,O0O,0OO.
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a fairy wand and changed Martha back
into girl. With two lovers-home-
spun Sam Slawson and Peter Gilroy.
who holds out a spectacular promise to
accepts Sam for fear the velvet might
be cotton back. From the time Of her
wooing, when the heroine, as a SER
want maid, looked like a perfect Jew
Martha's own quotation to a visitor to
whom she opened the door-until the
final reach of years that had brought
marriage, a family and the love of all
who knew her, this latest Martha
story ripples through its pages like a
brook on a summers day; with just
enough shadows, here and there, to
add to the brightness of the sunshine
FOOTNOTES TO LIFE. By Frank
Crane. D. D. New York: John Lane
Company.
Dr. Crane is literally an everyday
friend. His greetings come to the
reader with every issue Of his news
paper and seem to bring individual
cheer: spiritual help for the religious
ly inclined, philosophy for the world
ling and courage for all. There Is nc
subject from sky to gutter, loftfest vir-
tue to earth-earthiest fault, that his
humanity does not reach out to: over
flowing the boundaries of a theological
degree to seek and refresh men and
women of all other denominations and
none.
ANY man is better than the instftu-
ton to which he belongs. The voter IL
better than his party. the believer than
his creed. the teacher than his school,
the individual than his profession
Even the great Teacher held that q
man outweighed a commandment, for
He said: The Sabbath was made for
man and not man for the Sabbath All
institutions were made by men. But q
man is made by Almighty God"
This opening "footnote" embodies the
healthy minded spirit of q writer who
has travelled far, read deeply and
CLEANED SO closely that his journeys
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perior even to this information, is the
fine poetic quality of the book. Scrolled
! above it's constantly pathetic under
| tones are arabesques of delicate elu-
sive beauty, pictures in rose and azure
and pearl, mysterious unseizable fra
grances. the whole glamour Of the
east, which at the most the west can
only half divine. Beautiful pictures
add to the indescribable charm of the
book itself.
THE FERMENTATION. By H. de We're
goon,'' etc. Frontispiece by Earl
, Stetson Crawford. New York: John
Lane Company.
This novel goes back for its sub
| stance and setting to the time of Louis
XIV, to somewhere near the middle Of
the eighteenth century. Its keynote is
the pending presentation of Nine. Du-
barry at q formal court assemblage
at Versailles. The plans set on foot by
staid men of affairs, Choiseul at their
head. to prevent this public sign Of
favor, this open Endorsement, as it
were, of the kings mistress. appear
laughable enough at this far day. But
no doubt, to have ones hair-dresser
,.idnaped, and ones presentation robe
destroyed, and ones coach made away
with, all at the last possible moment,
is a tragic combination, or was when
kings were trying to please captious
and ambitious mistresses. Whatever
the real truth Of the matter might
have been, this author revives it in this
form with prodigious effect, building
around the two-penny circumstances
a coil of adventure that bristles like a
defensive porcupine with conspiracy,
intrigue. imprisonment and death I'M
minent by poison, duel and secret mur-
der. Through this perfervid tale of old
Paris runs a clear love story of attrac-
tive design and quality. One who can
absorb exciting adventures as fast as
an Imaginative story writer is able to
produce them will thoroughly enjoy
this tale of intrigue.
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UNA MARY. The Inner, Life Of
Child. By Una Hunt New York:
Charles ScribnePs Sons. Washing
ton: Woodward & Lothrop

UNA MARY. The Inner, Life Of .
Child. By Una Hunt. New York:
Charles Scribners Sons. Washing
ton: woodward & Lothrop.
Una Mary is an imaginary child.
T" hen this writer herself was a little
girl she invented Una Mary to be her
companion in the land of make-believe,
where so many children live the most
acutely conscious part of their lives.
Going back to her earliest memories,
Miss Hunt, step by step, retraces the
years of her childhood to, show the ex-
creations of her own fancy, the extent.
presumably, to which all children are
SO absorbed. That which, iE addition
to its simple and graceful ease of man
ner, gives special stamp to this little
study, is the fresh and full quality of
the writer's recollections, and its OBJ
vious freedom from the revisions and
refurbishings of later years. The value
scriptive character, in its fidelity to
the child attitude, the child nature.
Grown folks having to do with chill
dren-parents, teachers, big brothers
and "big sisters"-may from this un--
pretentious study recapture some Of
their own forgotten childhood, and
with it comprehension of some of
the bewi1derments, and tragedies, and
joys that often so pitifully and some
times so pleasingly. surround and pos
sess children.
MARTHA AND CUPID. By Julie NJ.
Lippmann, author of Martha By
;. the-Day," ETC. New York: Henry
Holt & Co.
Martha" is a. breezily cheerful phi
losopher who downs the troubles of life
with valor undreamed of by old
time knights who charged lance in
valor's name. Many readers know and
love her as the wife of her admiring
Sam and the mother of children so
like other children that they might be
twins to the family next door. But in
this book the author has endowed her
humor- dipped pen with the power of
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THE PUBLIC LIBRARY
GEORGETOWN ORCHESTRA COL
LECTION.

The following is a partial list of the
orchestral scores presented some time
ago to the Public Library by the
Georgetown Orchestra. All of these
scores have been catalogued and pre-
pared for circulation. The list will he
continued on this page on the remain
ing Saturdays of this month.
", Adam; A. C. lie Roi dYvetot: Overture.
Va Aaber: D. F. E. L'Ambassadricr; ouverture.
lie Domino Noir vYA-Au14d
..,.. Fra Diavolo; ouverture. WA
~. Le Premier Jour de Bonheur; ouver-
,-;:, Die stumme Won Portici; ouver-
s.nby JosspH zaasta %y.
Beethoven; Ludwig Concert No. 1. op. IS:
Bss4c. ''' ''' ''e''A Accompaniment
n,,., Concert No. 3, op. 81; for Piano
B394cc
T,., Concert No. 5. op. %; for Piano
forte, With Orchestra Accompaniment. WA
B394e ''
vYA-Bs94h -''''''
--- Quintette. op. 16: Pour Piano.
Hautbos, Clarinette. ct Basson. vYC- B3a3a
Qnintette. OPP. Is. 1-6. VYC-B B393qi.
- - Rftterballet; for Strings and Reeds.
------ - Scene und Arie "Ah, Perfdo." op
Asss.s 9; tss :'Drsn init 'sss''ons de' 0'shss'sfs
---- serenade. op. S. vYAB3e4sr..
Bas4sa.
Bas4sb.
WA -Bsa4sc
Bssasd.
- Symphonic No. 5. op. G.. WA
B394se.
q
g. vYA-Bs94sf
--- Symphonic No. S, op. 90. WA
B394sh.
- Trios pour violon, Viola ct violon-
eelle ct serenade por Flote. Violon ct Viola.
-. Turkish March. Chorus of Derv-
Beriot. G. A. de Premier Concert pour violon.
o. 16; Avec Accompaniment d'Orchestre. WA
Berlioz. Hector Marche Hongroise, TREE de ia
Damna tion de Faust. vYAB457m.
Bizet. Georges. LArlesienne; Deuxieme Suite
WMC o.enee1e Carmen; Prelude. vYA-B55scp.
Carmen, Selection. VYA-B559c
Toreador Song From Carmen
Boekeiman, Berna rdus Ballabie. op. 3. WA
B6s3b. ..,
Boieldieu, F. A. Jean de Paris: Ouverture.
Bousquei, " First Leaves; valse. vYA.BG6sf.
Brahms. Johannes. Two Hungarian Dances
IID~ Ungarische Taenze. vYA-B734u.
Brenner Ludwig Ritter Schlummerlied,
op. 81; pizzicatopleee fuer yiolnen vSia a,sl u
Bucalossi. p. A Hunting Scene. WA, ,BsiSh-
Buri. E. Won. Fine Waldidylie. w A-b9lfw'
Campa, G. E Lamento. yYA-C159.
Chernbini, NJ. L. Overture zur oper Der
wassertraeger." VYA-Ci2lo-
Chopin, F. f. Crosse Brillante Polonaise. WA
C436po. A. r,.uo-
forte, op. 40. vYA-C458p.
ns. sGGrH55; o1erafs Aasu'3 vYtes7b Ss5H We es me
Grove Fairy Voices Waltz. NfA-Csssf
Czibulka Aiphoas. Chants d'Hymenee ner-
msehIunSsiieder,, Op 3l3: Suite de Vaises- WA
David, Felicien. Lalla- -Roukh; ouverture WA
Dvorak. Antonin slavische Taenze. op ts.
Heft 2. VYAD9oSs. . ,,,.--
EilenberR Richard sehetm Afp"r i"'e'
rnezzo. yYA-Ei53s. -, ,,.
Fahr,,ach. Phillpp. Magyar Nepdal Indulo W
Meter Polka. NYA-F14In. .
Fischer. Adolple: Barcarolie, op: "a: pode
vioioncelie on yioon Ayec Accompaniment de
Fiotow. Friedrich von. Aiessandro stradeiia,
"ee- e.-M- -1-- Martha. Overture. yYA-Fe67mo