The Washington herald., 1920-04-19
In the Linelight
BY George Perry Morris.


Arthur'T. Dawson. who leads IN.
Harvard Glee Club In its concert
tomorrow night. has done more for
the musical education Of the Har-
ward and Radcliffe undergraduate
than any person ever connected
with the faculty Of the music de-
partment. Paine. the composer,
and Foote. the composer and or
ganist, doubtless have seen to IL
that posterity will know them well
through their compositions -sut Il
mas been Davison's spec al task
10 get youth to express themselves,
10 subject themselves to the rigors
OF rehearsals. to love the art of
vocal rendering of great MASTER
pieces. and to do II with dignity and
distinction. The Glee Club that he
mas trained does not sing the GUS
tomary college songs exclusively.
IL grapples with the best of the
masterpieces of choral work pro-
duced by church and secular COM
posers.
Miss Grace Abbott, who during
the war became well known In the
city as an aide to Miss Lathrop, of
the Child Labor Division Bureau, is
now the executive secretary OF the
Illinois Immigrants Commission.
IL Is a sub-department OF the State
Board OF Education. and has re-
Gently come into being as the re-
suit OF popular support for study
OF this problem and informed Crap
ping with it. Her choice for the
post was natural in view Of her
former dictatorship of the Chicago
Immigrants Protective League. No
schemes will be put over" on her
which make capital out of bastard
patriotism so as to exploit and
make fearful the alien.
They run the famous marathon
road race into Boston today and
one of the chief competitors will be
Pete Trivilidos. a Greek. of a family
noted for it's tenacity and swiftness
in long distance runs. and that al
ready has had one winner in this
annual race. that OF 1896. Another
competitor will be Nicholas Gianna-
kopulos. Both of these men now
claim New York as their home. II
either or both of them are among
the first four they will 60 on the
American Olympic team to the Bel
gian international meet. How clas-
sicsl it all sounds-Boston. mara
thon. Olympic and Giannakopulos!
To be a Higginson or a Peabody
in Boston is. in certain branches Of
the families. to develop naturally
into being a banker. The same is
true In New York with the Morgans
and Seligmans. In San Francisco
they have the Crockers. First IL
was Charles. of Southern and Gem
tral Pacific Railway history and af-
filiations. then William. OF the
Crocker National Bank. and now
w. w. Crocker is coming into posi-
tion and power.
The McCarthys. to the number Of
335 soldiers and sailors, fought in
the cause OF American independ-
ence. George washington's siother
had a cousin. Sarah Ball. who mar
ried Denis Mccarthy. and the ties
between the Washington and Nc
carthy families were close. These
are specimen facts from a book.
The McCarthys in Early American
History" which Michael J. OBrien
has written and Is about to publish.
Mr.. O'Brien is an indefstigable. ar
dent and race-lovinE antiquarian
who intends. before he dies. TO let
his fellow Americans know thst the
early Irish emigres to this country
were valuable members OF society
Admiral Viscount Jellicoe. OF
Scapa, gets a nice berth as Gov
ernor of New Zealand. where he
will be a convenient adviser Tor an
the South Pacific British domain on
matters naval and imperial. Leis-
ure for further adventuring into the
field OF authorship also will be his
To date there has been difference
of opinion as to the felicity OF his
Efforts to defend his own reputa-
tion. Judging by recent comments
ON the battle of Jutland by Rear
Admiral Plunkett and Lieut. Col.
Halloway Frost. American naval
oninion is not overfavorable to the
Rritish case when IL comes 10
candid discussion of the respective
merits Of the German and British
admirals.
Lieut.. Col. Wooton, L. 5. A, has
an important assignment as con-
sulting engineer for the United
states to act with our representa-
tiyes on the international joint COM
mission to consider further I'M
movement of the ST. Lawrence
River between Montreal and Lake
ontario. Together with w. a. Bow
den, who is chief engineer Of the
Ministry of Railways and Canals OF
Canada, Col. Wooton Will gather
data, make the necessary surveys
and present evidence to be used by
the Joint commission. To shippers
in the Middle and Far West this
nroiect means much: for whether
the eastern ports and railways Ike
II or not the producers OF the In
terror do not intend to be shut out
of getting their grain and goods
on, into the North Atlantic without
transfer of cargo. IL it possibly can
be done.