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The Book of Madeleine,
Who Is Not Magdalen

IRON the house of Harper & Brothers
l. and with an introduction by Judge
Ben B. Lindsey comes volume entitled
Madeleine: An Autobiography. The au-
thor, We are informed by her introducer, is
now respected member Of society. Her
book is a concise narrative Of ten years in
the most ancient of the professions There
are few attempts at literary adornment,
but the style is smooth If occasionally
crude.
The time is in the sos and ZOOS Of the
last century, and the scenes are varlously
Kansas City, Chicago and Winnipeg. The
book has some of the darkness of Mol
Flanders and some of the vicious glitter
of RogdnG; some of the atmosphere which
Reginald Wright Kaufman tried to put
in The House of Bondage, and much OF
the horror which can be found in almost
any official report on the social evil. Not
that it is hodge podge of these; it is gen
uine. 1t has unity.
The writer deals with her own miserable
progress, without concealment and with
little moralizing. She is, consistently with
the character, inconsistent-one moment
regretting her fate, the next refusing to
escape when the way is open. She will
excuse herself on the plea Of ignorance;
and on the next page despise her wretched
companions for being ignorant She is
scornful of them for drinking, but it is ap-
parent that although she went for nearly
ten years cold sober and rarely repentant,
the miraculous redemption" which the
jacket Of the book speaks of came only
after she had begun to drink heavily and
had found her general fortunes on the
down grade. Such a reformation, it is
evident, could not be achieved In this
country after January 16 next
The psychologist may find problems OF
interest to his science in these contradic
tory sides of Madeleine's nature As TO
the books supposed contribution 10 the
number of 'great human documents" il
merely adds 10 the printed record such
minutia as would convince any plain
clothes man attached to the West Forty
seventh street station that the autobiog
raphy is authentic. 1t is not a vicious
book, not consciously evil book like
Three Weeks or an unconsciously nasty
book like Mr. Arnold Benefits Pretty
Lady.
But a wallow cannot be pictured with
out showing mud, and therefore Madeleine
should not be found on every parlor table.
1t may be Truth with a capital 7, but it
teaches nothing that was not stale gossip
in the back alleys of Babylon; and if there
is nothing in it that would damn a soul,
there is also nothing in it that would save
a soul This is one anonymous book over
which there will be no authorship quarrel;
at least no lady in this century will rise
and claim that it is her story. Both Daisy
and Sir James are automatically acquitted.
f. M. OBJ.
MADELEINE: AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY
Harper G. Brothers.
The sun., 1919-11-02

TINE State Teachers Reading Circle
Il of Wisconsin has adopted as one
Of the books which every teacher in the
State must read during the year Evelyn
Dswey's Nes0 Schools for Old published
BY r. p. Dhtton & Co.
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ping up the spirit Of that North country,
urging it to awake and bend its energies
toward loftier endeavors.
As presented through the medium Of the
TRANSACTIONS he is always simple and d.
rect. The laundering purple line is not
there, and although a certain lyricism is
undoubtedly manifest t is not as a
rhythmical singer that he can take high
rank. A sturdy sane valuation of life is
evident-optimistic and calm, but always
aware that shadowy places do exist.
His first volume was composed chiefly
Of pieces clothed in the colors of the East,
and here the imaginative element is most
evident. With the succeeding volumes he
finds himself as the singer of his country,
its great forests and snow-flled valleys:
I'm longing for the forest:
The pathway in the grasses,
The house that on the ness is.
What orchards hold such apples
Deep hid from eager spyingf
What grain, when zephyr dapples,
Can breathe so soft sighingf
Where can / better slumber
When bells the night hours numbers
SWEDEN'S LAUREATE, SELECTED
POEMS OF WERNER Won HEIDEN-
STAN. Translated with an introduction
by CHARLES WHARTON SroRK. New
Haven: Yale University Press
The sun., 1919-11-02

MADELEINE: AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY.
Harper 6 Brothers.
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trated, vindieated. When America be-

trated, vindicated. When America be-
came a belligerent in the war just
closed we had no merchant marine,
next to no Army, and Navy plainly
much too small. We needed all three of
large proportions, and, so pressingly,
we had to pay emergency prices. for
everything necessary. What at the
proper time could have been secured
at reasonable rates was now "out of
sight"
Both the Army and the Navy will be
well supported in future. We shall
not again, in either particular, be
caught shorthanded. The bugaboo of
''miiitarism" has been definitely laid.
The problem of the merchant ma
rine, now that we are assured of such
fleet, is yet to be solved. The gov
ernment is building the ships, but how
or by whom they are to be operated
has not been determined. But when
the time for decision comes, we shall
confront the same old conditions as
respects the nations which have an
established ocean carrying trade. Their
merchant marines will still be subsi-
died, and we shall have to compete
with them for all the business we
transact.
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q sufficient consideration, however, to
prove their practieability. Yet there
was no move toward adoption.
1t would be interesting to know pre-
cisely why this opposition toward a
measure which fairly promised high
er degree of safety was so consistently
rejected. That, however; is a matter
of railroad history, to be worked out,
perhaps, in the course of time. Suffi-
eient for today is the fact that finally,
after the existing train control systems
have proved their faults again and
again, and in the best possible condi-
tions Of operation, the government,
itself now in charge of the railroads
during the war emergency, has acted,
and if the commission just named dis
charges its duty fully and impartially
it is to be expected that out of it's in
quiry will come a practical train stop
system which will make it impossible
for the "human element" to fail and
cause the death of passengers. Per
feet operation is not to be expected
at once Of any device. It must be de-
veloped in actual use. In the process
of development there can be no more
risk to life than that which has at
tended the handling of trains by the
old method, and the chances are that
the percentage of safety will be greatly
increased, even in the development
stage.
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An Emergency Employment Fund

A bill introduced by Senator Ken
yon provides for an appropriation of
$100,000,000 for expenditures on pub
lie works to prevent unemployment
during the period of rehabilitation
and industrial reorganization. This
will be worthy of consideration as an
emergency measure. Undoubtedly
there is need at this time of some
emergency fund to start federal enter
prises giving employment to large num-
bers of men. Such a measure should,
in fact, have been adopted immedi-
ately after the signing Of the armis-
tice, when it was evident that the labor
tide would soon turn. There was no
lack of admonition then, but the oc-
casion was permitted to pass, and now
in midwinter there is no definite pro-
vision enabling the government at
critical juncture to provide work. The
sum mentioned, $100, ,000, 900, is not ex-
travagaht. Indeed, it is small in pro-
portion to the number of men who
may in the next six months be await
ing employment. Public roads, recla-
nation works and buildings are all ed.
sential. Every dollar spent in these
and other lines will be we'll invested
in terms Of the works themselves. If
Congress is to do anything on this
subject it should do it quickly.
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The People and Teachers Pay.

Public feeling on the subject OF
teachers salaries was manifested last
night at mass meeting at which the
utterly inadequate scale of pay was
described as a menace to the welfare
of the local educational system. This
is matter that affects every parent
in the District and every person who
is concerned in the development of the
capital Washington's school system
is excellent and has been maintained
on a high standard, despite the fact
that for years its scale Of teachers
pay has been too low.
While some confusion may have been
caused in the Senate by the presenta-
ton Of differing scales of pay in pro
posal of advances, the fact neverthc-
less remains that the present basic pay
of the teachers is altogether out of
proportion to the duties imposed on
them and to their living necessities
Longevity increases and annual bonuses
do not bring the compensation up to
the mark required for decent susie
nance.
It may be true that through sense
of loyalty the teachers of the District
schools have with remarkable fidelity
remained with the system, notwith-
standing the low rate of pay, but this
fact does not justify persistence In
the old scale. The teachers cannot live
on loyalty and the schools must neces-
sarily suffer if they feel dissatisfied.
This means that the children suffer,
and the community in turn.
Time was when public school teach
ers we're paid the most miserable pit
tances. This rule prevailed generally.
Washington, however, has never caught
up with the movement toward a more
adequate pay scale for the instructors
of youth, and consequently an arrear.
age has been maintained for years.
Successive and long separated changes
in the scale may have been regarded
by Congress as liberal, but in fact they
never brought the District up to the
required point, and the situation is to-
day particularly bad in view of the
excessive cost of living here and every
where else.
With the District appropriation bill
still under consideration in Senate
committee this matter may be adjusted
in good season. An opportunity pre-.
sents itself for squaring Of this ac-
count, to bring the teachers pay up
to mark for once in the history Of the
District. The general prayer Of the
District people is that this will be
done.
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A Move for Automatic Stops.

Practical steps toward the adoption
Of some form Of automatic train stop,
to prevent rear.end railroad collisions,
has been taken by the federal railroad
administration in the creation Of a
commission of seven to study and re-
port upon the devices now undergoing
test or available for test. This conf
mission is to submit recommendations
for the installation and further prac-
tical test of any devices which it may
consider practicable and reasonably
conforming to the purposes to be aci
complished.
Thus after q long time, marked by
many wrecks which have cost heavily
in lives and property, definite move
is made to accomplish that which the
railroads themselves for years refused
or. failed to undertake. Automatic
train stops are not new. Several de-
vices have been available for nearly
two decades, awaiting practical tests.
When their inventors applied to the
roads for their adoption they were told
to perfect and demonstrate them first.
When they asked for chance to dem.
onstrate in working conditions they
were either told to make their own
tests-which they could not do, mas
much as they did not own or control
railroad lines-or were given short
stretches Of line on which the devices
could not be satisfactorily demon
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An Extra Session.

The supply bills, as usual at the
short session of Congress, are behind
hand. On the face of things, there
does not appear time enough TO pass
them March is only six weeks away
2 and coming like racer.
But, as has frequently been shown
Congress when in hustiing mood ant
trim can hustle. It can dispatch 6
good deal of business in very brief
season. Unpromising as the present
outlook is, this Congress can clear it:
table if it so wills, and gets down te
its knitting. All the money the gov
ernment needs for its support can be
provided within the period prescribed
Let US put that matter entirely aside
and consider the proposition of an e1
ira session of the Sixty-si1th Congress
strictly on its merits, so to say. Why
should not one be calledi When has
there ever been greater need of one
What interests would be injured by
onei What interests would not be
helped by one7
I, The close Of the war-for the wal
has closed-has brought the colossal
problem Of reconstruction definitely
before the country. The word colossal
Hts the. problem. 1t is the biggest
thing of the kind ever presented. Ger
tain features demand the earliest pos
sible attention, and none should be un-
duly delayed.
Now this problem has been commit
ted to the Congress which comes into
!. being March 4. Such is the accepted
meaning Of the November elections
! It was apparent at that time that peace
was practically at hand, and that a
i new order imposed by peace would
have to be shaped.
The republicans won by substan-
/. tial majority. Their triumph in the
House elections was notable, while in
the Senate elections they succeeded be-
yond their own conservative calcula-
tions. They would have been satisfied
with simpiy reducing the democratic
majority. As a matter Of fact, they
wiped it out.
Republican then in both branches
and representing the latest expression
OF the popular will, the new Congress
should be set to work at once ON the
business that has been intrusted to it.
Its presence in Washington would be
an assurance to the people; would
: steady the public pulse; would inaugu-
rate a program which years may be
necessary to complete.
The President will decide. His pres
ent attitude toward the question is
unknown. he may not as yet have
made decision, or if he has the de-
cision may be changed in the coming
six or eight weeks. Great things are
taking shape, and must be handled as
{ they emerge from the forge.
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Subsidy" and "Militarism."

So In his eulogy Of the late Senator
Gallinger, delivered Sunday, Senator
Nelson said:
"He labored ardently and long, in
season and out of season, to rehabili-
- tate, build up and enlarge our weak
p and feeble merchant marine, and had
his plan been adopted by Congress,
~ when proposed, our country would at
"a the outbreak Of the great war at least
- sshave had some shipping which it could
call its own and would not have been
4 entirely at the mercy Of other coun.
sss tries We might have had some swift
Asaocean carriers Of our own to carry our
: troops and supplies to Europe. The
subsidies he proposed. which were then
land Lilliputian when compared with
.eas what has so lavishly been expended
under the direction Of the shipping
board during the last two years"
q a The word Subsidy" WIS fourished
with deadly effect at that time by those
opposing an American merchant ma.
-. rine. They gave it q sinister meaning
(which misled some and frightened
81 many. The result was to keep us at
the mercy of foreign bottoms, which
e1,we had to use on their own terms
very dear and hard terms for US.
And yet those very bottoms were
themselves subsidized. The ocean
carrying nations have known no other
policy. Subsidy has explained their
large and profitable merchant marines
IS How could we, therefore, hope to rival
them, or even make ourselves indie.
%, pendent Of them, by any other means
For years the word "militarism" was
hourished with deadly effect by those
opposing an Army and Navy of ade.
- quate size for nation of our size and
= needs. They cautioned against con-
! verting the country into an EARNED
camp" and covering the seven seal
.s, with American fighting ships. That
way, it was asserted, led to disaster
The republic would be ruined.
q n ellizssr and NJ. Roosevelt livea
Evening star., 1919-01-22

If Poland follows up the suggestion
that statuary be erected to Col. House,
Egypt might contribute something to
current affairs by offering the sphinx
as a model.
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The real leader in Germany will be
the man who asserts himself at the
psychological moment when people
realize that genuine government is
the only refuge from rioting
Evening star., 1919-01-22

W. J. Bryan's happiness over the
triumph Of prohibition is extreme, but
circumstances forbid him to celebrate
by treating the crowd.
Evening star., 1919-01-22

Europe is inclined to laugh at Uncle
Sans enthusiasm for prohibition. The
derision may change to envy when the
scarcity Of carly morning headaches
on this side Of the earth is observed.
Evening star., 1919-01-22

President Wilson might be willing
to see one of the fourteen points elimi.
mated, reducing the number to his
lucky 13.
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SHOOTING STARS.
BY PH1LANDER JOHNSON.
Attire

as your boy Josh particular about
his clothes7"
II should say he is," answered Farm
er Corntossel. "Since he put off his
uniform he'd rather wear overalls than
one O. them high-waisted overcoats."
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The former kaiser is said to have
become a cigarette flend. 30 mild q
form Of fendishness seems scarcely
worth mentioning.
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Strictly Modern.

"You don't care so much for rag
time"
"Not since jazz came in," answered
the lady who chews gum constantly.
"To tell the truth, never was much
for hanging on to them old-time clas-
steal tastes"
Evening star., 1919-01-22

In arrangements for traffic expendi-
lures the ultimate consumer continues
to hold . highly important but entire
" unobtrusive attitude.
Evening star., 1919-01-22

An additional tax on theater tickets
viii give the ultimate consumer an
other chance to appear as the generous
and ufitiring hero.
Evening star., 1919-01-22

In order to be fully equipped for
active public life these days man
must be sailor as well as savant.
Evening star., 1919-01-22

No turn that events can take calls for
any change in the American farmers
! plan to speed up production.
Evening star., 1919-01-22

Probably Pancho Villa has remained
quiet SO as to give the offer of $4,000
for him time to expire.
Evening star., 1919-01-22

" Like many another problem, the
league of nations may prove easier
aa than it seemed at first.
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Winter Weariness,

WINTER WeArinesB.
For sleighs and snowballs I don't care
do not yearn to skate.
I wish that could be bear
And learn to hibernate.
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Unbelievable.

"There is story to the effect that
this house is haunted" said the
woman.
"I don't believe it," answered the
man. "This landlord is so close that
he'd find means to prevent a ghost
from staying here without paying"
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"Tain't possible" said Uncle Eben,
"foh a whole lot o. men, no matter how
conscientious dey is, to tell de same
kind O. truth de same way, any more
dan it is foh whole lot O. thermome-
ters to agree exactly on de weather"
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An Object Accomplished.

An Object Accomplished.
My summer garden is q waste.
The earth is brown and bare.
No wandering bee draws nigh to taste
The blooms that once were there.
Some stalks remain in gloomy state,
Though leaves no longer climb.
The food output is most as great
As in the summertime.
And yet / feel joy profound;
A satisfaction vast.
From all that little patch q lground
Evening star., 1919-01-22

sHs West Point has about decided that
. students time is too valuable to be
- wasted in hazing.
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The news from Paris has gotten far
away from mere fashion hints.
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$3.50 Black TniFeta,
$I.37

32-inch Black Chiffon Taffeta,
all silk quality, with rich. lustrous
finish. Guaranteed to wear.-First
Floor.
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$2.25 Fancy Silks, $I.79
$3.50 and $3.50
Comforts, $4.65

White cotton filled Comforts,
heavyweight double-bed size;
covered with satines; others with
mercerized cambrics. Only a few
dozen in the lot-come early
Fourth Floor
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Won1en's Petticoats, G9c

Women's Flapnelette Petit
coats, assorted striped effects,
made with full fiounces.-Third
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3. IS SIX Porlins, csc
500 Tub SIX. 79c

32-inch Stripe Tub SILK, a very
heavy grade. guaranteed fast
colors. In q large assortment of
jacquard stripe effects.-First
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Sale of Blankets

Get your additional supply of
blankets for the cold weather
now. Large, double-bed sizes, in
cluding such famous brands as
Cortex, Woolnap, Part Wool and
others equally well known.
In gray. white, tan and plaids-
SIS & Sc Values, $3.85
$S & 50 Values, $5.85
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100 Crib Blankets, SEC

30x40 Soft. Woo1-finish Crib
!, Blankets. plaid and block designs,
of blue and pink. Each neatly
boxed. - First Floor - Bargain
Table
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So. 2.98 Satin Hats
At 81.

Untrimmed Satin Hats, in the
correct styles for between-seasons
wear. Small and medium shapes,
with colored facings.
Goldenherg Second Fiosr.
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Scotch and Nottingham Lace
Curtains, 2 II and 3 yards long. 40
to so inches wide; white and eeru
colors. plain and heavily worked
centers, with novelty effects and
deep worked borders.-Feurth
FlnOr.
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Goldenberg's Dutch Dad d "
Wash Suits for the youngsters,
Of ctnmbray, madras and percale,
white and combinations. also j..
plain shades; sizes 3 TO years
First Floor.
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;2.5O Wool Velour, $I.39
$3.50 AN-Wool Poplin,

so and "a inch hll-wool poplin,
in navy blue. black and other
wanted shades. A popular ma
terial for suits and dresses
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$50 Bed Pillows, 88c

Extra large size Bed Pillows.
covered with heavy stripe tick
ing. filled with sterilized curled
feathers.-Fourth Floor.
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