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The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-12-19
AFRICAN NATIVES NOW
WEAR FRENCH HEELS
Silk Hosiery Also Popular
Among Dusky Danes.

Special Gable to THE NEW YORK lIFRALD
Copyright. 1890. bv THE NEw YoRK IGrRuD
New York Herald Bureau.
Paris, Dec. ts.
Gay beads and bits OF she'll are no
longer good wampum" in the Congo.
according to the report OF a French ex-
plorer and trader who has just visited
some of the native villages which TWEEN
ty-nvc years ago were inhabited by
veritable savages
The incursions of European traders
has left desigc for real civilization, as
typifcd by French high heels OF the
Louis XIV type. and the glossiest OF silk
hosiery. The remainder OF the tradi-
tional costume of savagery-natIve
paints. feathers and more or less eff
fectlve attempts TO initiate European
ballroom effects--have all been retained.
so the vision of stout semi-nude ma
tive carrying two picaninnies in her
arms. stalking daintily through the un-
derbrush OF a Congo forest. rather
startled the French traders.
Fortunately one had n half worn pair
Of dancing slippers which stlll bore evil
dences OF having been enamelled. and
with this he was able TO close a deal
involving more than a ton OF raw rub
Der. lie IL now ready TO purchase high
hecled shoes---worn or new--in any
quantities, hut silk hosiery at $40 n pair
would hardly be In keeping with the
profit making traditions of the Congo
traders.
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vide themselves first with everything
from bread to needles and to travel In
sleighs or on horseback as II they were
engaged on an expedition into desolate
polar wastes. Above all. they will have
to take wagon loads of insect powder
With them and to avoid sleeping In any
house that has not been thoroughly dis
infected.
AS for tho outlying provinces of the
former Russian Empire 1t Is almost i'm
possible that they can be prevented
from falling off or from being con-
querred by the nations which have al
ready been formed out OF the great
Muscovite wreck. But all this may only
be the first phase OF n gigantic histor-
ical movement which Will end. fifty OF
a hundred years hence. with most of the
old Russian Empire Excluding Finland
and Poland brought together again As
n real federated republic on the Amer
lean system. The reason for this COM
ing together will be the fact that one
part OF the old Russian Empire supplies
what another part lacks. and thrt 1t
will lie difficult. therefore. TO imagine
any one portion permanently setting up
house for itself.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-12-19
40 Paris Families Arm
to Fight Eviction Order


Special cable to THE New YORK HERALD.
Copyright, 1890, by THE New YORK HERALD
New yorl, Herald Bureau
Paris, Dec. 1876
WHILE their wives and chill
dren remained in bed the
male members of forty families
occupying three tenement houses
in La Villette, suburb of Paris,
barTicaded their Railways with
chairs, tables and washstands in
en- effort TO defeat an eviction
order issued by a Paris court on
the plea Of the owners Of the
buildings that they were about
to collapse. The protest against
eviction is chiefly by war veter-
ans, some of whom are still suf-
fering from bad wounds and are
unable to find suitable winter
quarters for their families, some
of whom number at least ten
children.
A police commissioner visited
the scene and listened to the OBJ
jections of the tenants. Then
he decided to shift responsibility
for action on higher officials.
The tenants, however, fearing
trickery. declare they will main
tain state of siege over Srndav
and that, if they are molested
Monday, they will resort to arms.
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the most necessary supply of fish from
the north and the probability of the
arining OF Corea and anti-Japanese ag-
gressions once more in Manchuria,
Japan will arm for another defensive
campaign and repeat, II possible, the
victory of the Russo-Japaness War 1t
will be a defensive war in every sense
of the word. forced upon a most I'M
willing people, but II the present trend
continues Japan will have no option in
the matter, as her existence will be at
stake.
One factor at present is in favor of
Japan should she be foced into a con-
fiict For the first time in many years
her food supply equals the demand. Re-
ports Just made by the Ministry of
Commerce and Agriculture show that
q record crop of rice is being harvested.
q crop some ten per cent. above the aver
age and the greatest crop in the history
ofJapan. The department estimates. COM
degree. is $1,000, 600 koku. or approx
imately 325.000,0 900 bushels.
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SPAIN MAY BAN LUXURIES.
u. 3. Dry LAW One Factor I'm Pro
posaI OF Drastic Action.

MADRID, Dec. ls.-virtual prohibition
against the Importation of all articles Of
luxury is being considered among the
leading exporters OF Spain with the OBJ
ject of improving Spanish exchange. the
position OF which is becoming more So
rious daily. The suggestion is that in
creasng greatly the duties on motor
cars and machinery, and I'm fact on
every article Spain usually acquires
abroad. will improve the balance OF
trade by the stoppage OF unessential i'm
ports.
The recent action OF France in i'm
posing heavier duties on Spanish wines.
the new prohibition law in the United
States and England's restrictions on The
expectation Of coal all have served 10
lead to this suggested measure on the
part Of Spain. which might result in a
tariff war.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-12-19
JEWELS STOLEN FROM COFFIN.

MARBURG Jugo-slavia, Dec. 1S.-The
wonderful coffin of ST. Elizabeth in the
church of that name has been robbed
of many of Its finest Jewels Twelve
large pearls and 1913 precious stones OF
great value were pried from the en-
crustation. Many valuable robes also
were stolen.
In life st. Elisabeth was the Countess
Won Thuringen Won Wartburg and was
known for her charities. Against the
will OF her husband it was her custom
10 slip from the Castle Wartburg and
carry food to the poor OF the town.
The legend goes that on one occasion
he caught her bearing a great basket
and demanded to see its contents. The
frightened lady lifted the cover. but
instead OF the bread and meat and wine
she had placed there It was filled with
beautiful roses.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-12-19
KING VISITS THE POPE.

ROME, Dec. 1S.-When King Christian
Y. OF Denmark. accompanied by Queen
Alexandra, was received by Pope
Benedict on Wednesday OF this week 1t
wes the first time in about five centuries
that a King OF Denmark had entered the
Vatican.
Christian T., the first King of the Old
enburg family. was the last to come to
Rome. This was in the year 1474
When Christian X. his descendant en-
tered the Vatican Wednesday he was re-
ceived with great pomp between the
walls of the Apostolic Palace, where two
Danish soverelgns. Canute ". and
Canute v, were canoniZed.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-12-19
ALFONSO DIVIDES ESTATE.

MADRID, Dec. 1s.-Instructions have
been given by King Alfonso for tho for
nation OF an agricultural syndicate, the
object OF which will be the parcelling
out OF the Kings royal estate at El
Pardo. nine miles west OF this city. for
cultivation under the auspices OF the
Catholic Agrarian Federation. The prop
erty contains nearly $500 acres and will
be divided into small plots. and plan
has been devised which will permit
10 borers TO acquire the land allotted to
them
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-12-19
v.Lprs SPANISH AcApEMIorAS

MADRID. Dec. 1s.--Armando Palacio
valdes. the Spanish writer. has been
nominated ss member Of the Royal
Spanish Academy.
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The Ukrainc's Fortunes.

In the Ukraine, Petlura, the Plsudski
OF Little Russia, Is capable of making
things unpleasant for the Reds during
the coming winter and Pavlenko Is re
ported to have already advanced against
them with 100. 900 men. comprising all
the Cossacks OF the Ukraine. the original
home OF the Cossack. Unfortunately
Pavlenko has nothing like 100000 men
under his command. and neither he nor
Petlura has any ambition to march on
Moscow. The goal on which their eyes
are fixed is Odessa, just as the goal on
which the eyes of the Poles are fixed Is
the Baltic. Why should they take Mos
COW? II they did so. Lenlne would un-
doubtedly be succeeded by military
rcactionary who would inevitably try to
reannex both Poland and the Ukraine
Soviet Russia has nothing TO fear.
therefore. for the moment from the
enemies on her frontier and, from all
the reports that come here, she has
nothing to fear from any great internal
ccnvulslon. The anti Bolsheviks inside
Russia are beaten TO the ground and
cannot rise. Meanwhile things in Lenine-
land are worse than ever they were, ami
the people In many parts of the country
are relapsing Into barbarian For want
OF cloth they are dressing themselves.
like tho ancient Brtons. in the skins Of
beasts and IL the dsintegration goes
much further all government from Mos
COW will be impossible for the simple
reason that Government presupposes
administrative machinery and in n short
time Russia will have no administrative
machinery of any kind-only mass OF
scrap iron
Lenine may be as strong-minded and
fanatical as you like, but he will never
theless be very soon In the position OF
n motorist in n wrecked motor car
pulling levers that will not answer and
turning handles which will make moth
ing happen. A few years more OF this
and the first foreign contingent which
enters Central Russia will have TO pro-
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An advertisement IN the Lost and
Found columns Of THE NEW YORK
HERALD offers a reul possibility Of
recovering your lost property.
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Meanwhile Lastovsky. who calls him
self Premier of the White Russian Re-
public, has turned up at Kovno with
protest against Zellgouskis intentions
to annex all White Russia. The posi-
ton OF this White Russian Republic is
still extremely nebulous. and il Is not
quite clear how Lastovsky and the other.
members OF it's Government got appoint
ed. for they all say that the White Rus
slams, who are still under the yoke of
the Reds. intend to summon a consttu
ent assembly in order to decide on their
future form of Government. They are
confident however. that il will be an
anti Bolshevk republic but are afraid
that Zellgousl<i. who is in touch win
pro-Polish elements i'm White Russia.
means to overrun the whole country and
to annex il to Poland.
Neither Poland nor any of the Balkan
States is now troubling about Soviet
Russia, though, as / have already
pointed out, the anomalous situation of
Balakhovitch is pretty certain to cause
n Russo-Polish rupture later on. Bal
akhovitch by himself has no chance Of
winning a decisive victory over tho Red
army. He is a guerilla leader Of aboIt
80 years of age who served in the great
war first as an n. c. o. and afta!ward
as a subaltern, but who is not compe-
tent TO command a battalion, much less
an army. In fact, he is little more than
q brigand. and his principal achievement
so far was his arrest of his own Com
mander in Chief. Judenich, for trying 10
escape from Reval with a few milton
roubles after his failure to take Pctro-
grad. In capacity and in habits Balak-
hovitch resembles Semenov Of Chita.
His officers arc not Of good type and
his soldiers are only interested in loot
ing. When there Is an advance and.
consequently. n chance of loot, Balakho-
vitchs army grows: when there Is re-
treat IL dwindles almost to nothing.
Even IL he was n good commander and
his troops numerous and disciplined he
has not got sufficient supplies. equip
ment and transport to make 1t possible
for him to undertake long winter
march into Russia, which Neavng the
Red army out of account altogether) is
protected by n triple shield OF hunger.
typhus and cold. The regions through
which Balakhovitch would hare TO pa IS
in order TO reach Moscow are not only
devastated but also in the grip of the
prevalent epidemic. and in short time
they will also be protected by that for
midable barrier of snow which has so
often saved Russia from invaders
The Ukrainc's Fortunes.
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Special cable to THE New YORK HERALD.
Copyright, 1920, bD THE New YORK HERALD.
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Special Gable To THE NEW YORK HERALD.
Copyright. 1890. bv THE NEw YoRK IGrRun.
New York Herald Bureau,
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1920-07-09
How the Female
Intellect Works

The female intellect is a curious
thing, says Dorothy Dix in May Good
Housekeeping. Her famous charac'
ter "Mirandy" says about it:
Amt hit funny dat when women
wants to have a real, sho' enuf good
time dey des sets down an norrates
bout DER troubles? You'd think dat
when anything happened to anybody
dat was bad enuf for EN- to cry bout
DAT deyd sorter draw de veil Of
silence over hit, but dat amt de way
dat de female intelleck wuks.
Hit likes to parade hits griefs in
public AN dere amt nothin' dat q
woman really enjoys lax havin' a
secret sorrow dat she can tell to any
body dat'll listen. An when she gifts
good an started on tellin' her troub-
les, she des throws de throttle wide
open an let's her tongue go, no matter
if she is castin' asparagus on de
characters of her own flesh an blood
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1920-07-09
By Alice Winqate Erary


A woman who overheard her small
daughter discussing mothers with her
playmates was gratified to hear her
triumphantly conclude the argument
with the words, well, your mother
isn't such a play mother as mine!"
Being a play mother evidently
meant one who did not permit house
hold duties to crowd out companion
ship with other children The "play
mother" had not known before how
fully her efforts were appreciated.
Grown people sometimes fail to re-
alize how children delight in their
companionship. Every mother should
employ care and insight as well as
love for her child when she selects his
occupation. Given an eager desire to
enter the child's world, he will wei.
come her with countless suggestions
1t is often the mothers privilege to
modify these ideas, to make quiet
occupation more attractive than a
noisy one, to offer materials that are
large and easily handled when little
fingers show signs of restlessness, or
to direct active games when repression
becomes unkind.
If limited to the simplest of mater
ials with children, l should choose
paste, it has limitless possibilities, and
to adults who puzzle their way
through toy departments, l should
say, when in doubt, buy paper"
Colored paper, cut in various sizes, .
large, plain tablet, the child's undis-
puted possession, the wrapping of
kodak film pack, or any colored ad
vertisements will all be hailed with
joy. One four year old was made
happy for days with sample coffee
wrappers, bright colored and glazed.
The little child should have the op-
portunity to experiment freely with
new material, expressing his own
ideas; he should also have suggestions
from the mother as he needs them and
her appreciation of every achievement
Child direction and adult suggestion
should be wisely balanced in order
that the child may make the greatest
progress.
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For the Summer Bride

"Trousseaux, like everything else
have changed nowadays" writes
Helen Koues in May Good Housekeep-
ing. They are no longer the gather
ing of a great number of dresses and
lingerie, but the thoughtful choice OF
a few suitable and necessary dresses
for every occasion. Styles change 50
quickly that women have learned the
wisdom of getting few clothes at a
time and renewing them oftener If
wedding is to be April or May, the 60
ing away costume is usually suit; if
later, dress is often selected in
stead But suit is still indispensable
for every brides wardrobe.
every trousseau needs an evening
dress. For informal dinners and
restaurant wear navy blue GeorgettC
is very smart. new and smart
afternoon frock, bright colored fou
lard, is trimmed with batiste plating
"Organdy, Bingham and linen
dresses will be much in vogue, this
summer and particularly charming is
the organdy frock which combines de-
lightfully with navy blue or red dot
ted swiss"
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THE LATEST IN HATS

1t is not possible for any fashion
reporter to ignore the refusal by the
president of France of the hat sent
to his wife by the miliners of Amer
lea. That President Deschanel in
tended to accept the hat and that he
changed his mind through the forci-
BILE pressure of the milliners of Paris
is well known to those who are famil-
lar with the inside of the situation;
but it is evidence to the laity of this
country of the unusual power of the
apparel industry in France an in
dustry which is always closely con
nected with the government.
1t has created difficult and delicate
situation. 1t is like a pebble thrown
in pond. The ripples are growing
larger and spreading outward. A
patriot of Importance expressed his
opinion of the situation fortnight ago
by forbidding his daughter to buy n
single French hat for her elaborate
trousseau. This is only one instance
of large movement. The whole af-
: fair is unfortunate in the extreme.
1t is pity that so much stress was
laid upon the price of the hat that the
milliners of America offered to Nine.
Deschanel. 1t was first reported at
$4,000 then at $4,000 We Americans
live under continued stigma in Eu-
ropean thought of caring for nothing
except the price of things; there is no
doubt that bad taste was shown in the
widespread insistence of the price of
the hat, which was a fanciful price
even if one stretched truth to its fur
thest limit land it is probable that the
newspapers and not the milliners
might have been to blame.
;; But none of that could excuse the
! bitterness and rudeness of the four
teen points which were given by the
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1920-07-09
BuStle is Returning to Fashion
World, Saws English Journal

suited by something which is not all
too marked. In this connection, how
ever, there is more than enough choice
for while the sos may produce the
smartest fashions of the moment
there are trailing dresses and clinging
dresses and dresses of cotton, ard
dresses. of cloth and gold.
The hustle demand new carriage
and a new hair dress. 'Dodo" held
herself like a drill sergeant and the
Botticelli guards SLOUGH today would
find it hard to carry off the pert.
chantecler suggestion of the hustle
Really big bustles have been seen in
Paris, but as a general rule the effect
has been more gracefully achieved by
the clever use of a sash or bows stand
ing on their sides. Hair is retiring
from the ears, and the Florentines NO
longer have it all their own way. Very
French are some of the newest coats
and very much like those in the early
Sargent portraits. 1t is all rather
smart and rather amusing. The
danger is, of course, that it is fashion
which opens the way to eccentricity
and over the trimming far more than
do the simple lines of the last five
years. At the same time the most
becoming lines can also have their
failings.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1920-07-09

Amid the wealth of oriental and
futuristic color and design this sea-
son there energies with slow persis-
tency one outstanding tendency. This
tendency takes us back forty years,
which is quite long enough to become
respectable again and even popular.
The crinoline had it's day of abuse
yet today everybody admits its grace
and hghtness, and everybody would
be wearing it, were there not too
many other things to do and were not
trans already impossibly crowded.
The era of the hustle is next on the
list and the hustle is already taking
its revenge on those who buried il
forever under a tombstone of infamy
This is not to say that the hustle, in
its modern guise, will ever again be-
comes so universal as to suggest I'M
womanliness in the woman who does
not wear one At the same time the
hustle is on the road to becoming
smart, and the closely fitting bodice
becomes monthly more closely fitting
The truth is of course, that a
pretty young figure can wear any
thing, and that any sort of change,
even if ridiculous, gives it additional
zest. The trouble is that there are
so many figures which are neither
pretty or young and they are best
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Home Occupations
for Children

For more active play, there are
games which can be carried on with
only a little help while the mother is
busy. The sensible hiding or guessing
games can be played by very young
children. One game which trains il
| observation consists in placing diff
ferent common household objects such
as a pencil, a thimble, a spool, scis-
Crs, ETC., on a tray, covering them,
then allowing the guesser a brief
glimpse, after which he is to tell what
he has seen. 1t is wiser to begin with
two or three objects, increasing the
number with each turn.
Physical feats also fascinate chill
dren. | recently saw a small girl
amuse herself for an hour walking
away from a full length mirror with
a block balanced on her head Each
time it fell she marked the spot, then
began again at the mirror, watching
the block as she backed away The
same little girl has her happiest play
times being tossed and swung by her
father, walking wheelbarrow" and
various Impoverished feats being equal
ly entertaining to both.
Why not substitute an extra fifteen
minutes of games or stories for the
more elaborate Greats" in offering
rewards? Is it not an ideal worth
striving for to be considered a good
play father or mother?"
Parents may find the following
books helpful: Play Life in the First
Eight Years by Luella Palmer, pub
lished by CHM & Co., Boston, Mass,
price 1925; Play in Education by
Joseph Lee, published by Mcmillan
New York, price $3.50; Mothercraft
Manual by Mary Reed, published by
Little, Boston, Mass, price SIPS.
Public appreciation of the kinder
garten is increasing If there is no
kindergarten in your school, work for
the establishment of one NOW so that
your children may have the benefit OF
it's advantages in the fall.
The National kindergarten Associa.
ton, s West 40th Street, New York
City, will furnish petition blanks and
leaflets upon request
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1920-07-09

milliners and sent to America as the
reason that the president of France
must refuse the hat. Women are IA
miliar with them through their wide
publication, so it is unnecessary to
repeat them. They were not in keep.
ing with French courtesy
When it is considered that the mil
liners of America were actuated by
kindly feeling in presenting this hat
that one and all they have acknowl-
edged their gratitude to Paris over a
quarter of a century and have spent
vast sums of money weekly and year
ly in the rooms of the Paris milliners,
and given praise without stint to tho
source Of their inspiration, it is an
Astounding awakening of most of them
that the first lady of France should
have received their gift of apprecia-
ton through compulsion by Paris mil
| liners with reasons that were rude and
satirical.
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Pershing an LID.

-Williamstown, Mass.-The honorary
degree of Doctor of Laws was con-
ferred on General John ]. Pershing,
Rear Admiral William S. Simms and
Franklin K Lane, former Secretary
of the Interior, at the commencement
exercises at Williams College last
week. Degrees were conferred upon
124 members of the graduating class.