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Taormina. Sicily. lonely flowerbound
village overlooking the Straits of Mes
Duchess Of Argyll, whose portrait by
Reynolds was sold at Christie's to
America not long ago in the Hamil-
ton sale.
My mothers grandfather was sent
out to South Africa to coloniZe about
the time of the 1920 settlers by the
Colonial Secretary, his uncle, Lord
Derby. My mothers father was a
Scotch settler who made a fortune in
South Africa. My own parents had
five children. All have left South
Africa and married in London not be-
fore they used many of their talents
singing, fiddl.ng, playing, painting.
acting. l travelled backward and for
ward from Paris to Cape Town, from
Cape Town to London or Munich. My
first efforts at expression were-I can
hardly remember-probabl designing
and composing opera libretti and plays
for my sisters and writing poems and
stories.
My family gradually recovered from
the shock of the four daughters leav-
ing home, one by one. My father, Sir
Henry Juta, was now Judge President.
wrote for South African papers and
then in London for the Morning Post
and Daily EIpress-the last paper
gave me column called "Cabbages
and Kings" The Morning Post pub
lished a short story based on the
amazing life of the historian Martin
Hume. The Countess of Warwick. her.
self writer. became kind friend. and
/ used to stop with her and met the
little coterie Of writer's that included
Wells and Stacpoole. Rudyard Kipling
has been my friend from childhood
he and his family lived next door to US
in South Africa in house Cecil
Rhodes gave him. quite near the
Government House at Newlands men,
toned in my book
We live in Chelsea. near Thomas
Carlyle's house. on the ground of Sir
Thomas More's lovely old country
house. whore Horny VIII. and Eras-
mus and Holbein loved TO foregather.
There are mulberry trees in the paved.
fountain garden. planted by James I.
and Elizabeth. The Queen fiirted here
with her etepfather. Seymour. Chelser
i~ fu'l of ghosts
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Robinson Crusoe
At Wholesale
WEST WIND DRIFT. BY George Barr
McCutcheon. Dodd. Mead & Co.

WEST WIND DRIFT BY George Barr
McCutcheon. Dodd Mead & Co.
George Barr McCutcheon's West
Wind Drift" Is a cooperative Robinson
Crusoe story. presented in q whole
sale lot. In place of a mere single
hero he casts away a whole shipload;
passengers and crew OF a great liner,
lost in the South Atlantic when their
ship is partially blown up by German
bombs. They come to roost upon an
entirely suitable island that the
author pulls up for them from the
ample spaces of ocean. Inasmuch as
1t was made especially for them It
is naturally unknown to photographers
and the outside world. so The cast
Always were effectively lost, IL not
quite spurlos versenkt. AS to that
they are still there. and thriving
greatly. as the story ends without any
rescue or escape-leaving room for a
sequel.
The castaways develop a sort OF
model commonwealth: cooperative
concern. with benevolent despot on
top of It, OF course there is plenty
OF excitement. plotting, crime, love
and politics, but the Admirable
Crichton who serves as hero manages
the thing very nicely. The characters
move with all the lifelikeness of a
complete set of Noah's Ark puppets
But the central idea is good one and
to please Mr.. McCutcheon's larg,
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hams home for convalescent officers
up to the Weld and, with friends or
alone, wandered from farm to farm
and "treked' or "camped out" joining
in great "springbok" (antelope) drives
and shoots, exploring caves where
quaint races lived, leaving curious
paintings behind colored with pigment
made from river stones. One day 1
shall write a story of all this.
Olive Schreiner, who wrote the first
South African novel C'The Story of An
African Farm") and one of the first
books to place the womans point of
view before the world, was a friend.
She lived a great deal alone on the
weld. 1t seems odd, recollections of
this life when viewed from a Queen
Anne house in Chelsea, from amid
ones circle of friends that include the
great painter Augustus John. and
George Moore; or from Paris, where
| knew the Maeterlincks. the Rostands
and the great singer, Jean de
ResZke. Now my brother and / are at
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Tour Last Chance to Get a FREE SET

last edition of E. Phillips Oppenheim we car
e special price which permits Of our giving
ee with 0. Henry When this one edition !.
and there are comparatively few sets nov
,ou VIII be able to get E. Phillips Open
S wonderful stories only at their resulai
e of SI.75 or more a volume.
Now, while you can, get the o. Henry
at the low price with <. Phillips
Oppenheim FREE. Never again can
we give you such a chance. Don't miss
' it. Cut the coupon. Send IL to-day.
rHE REVIEW OF REVIEWS Co
ding Publishers Of n. American Rsns~ Of R-n.w.
'i mnre NSo Irving Place New York
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An English Woman in South Africa

at Cimiey I sat next to a Col. Cloete,
and In the course of conversation he
told me that he was the son Of Josias
of my novel, who had become Gov
ernor OF Jamaica and married at sew
enty-rive. He very kindly sent me
his fathers private and unpublished
memoirs. where. to my joy. I found
my story, a great deal of it, supported
by Sir Josias's own experiences.
The Cape is an amazing place. In
the days before I left it was like
world funnel. all sorts of interesting
people blew through and back again,
and as I spent great deal of my life
at Government House and because my
father always had an important Gov
eminent position I met every one.
Every winter with NV horses went
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sina and Giardini, from where Carl
baldi went off to make" Italy.
I was born among pine trees under
Table Mountain. My father was the
son of a Dutchman who came to the
Cape for his health and ended by
starting the first publishers business
in South Africa. The Juta family, ac-
cording to the records. came to Hol-
land in 1880 with Oscar Juta. a Swede !;
but the original family got their name
from Jutland in Denmark-a certain
number of Jutes settling in Sweden.
Ny grandfather was extremely Gull
tured and a most dignified. beautiful
man.
On my mothers side l am the great
great-grandchild of Elizabeth Cunning,
Duchess Of Hamilton and later
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By RENEE JUTA,
Author of "Cape Currey."

When l was a little girl in Cape
Town, where I was born. l saw por-
trait Of thin. little man, with red
hair and blue eyes, in a tight uniform.
and they told me that was Cape
Currey"-a doctor who was really a
woman! 1t was a we'll known story
at the Cape. My father was Speaker
of the South African Parliament and
had access to all the archives ana
papers of political Importance. l came
tcross many papers dealing with the
Somerset scandals and limiting al
ways at more than was said l wrote
a book of Cape history stories and,
collecting material, rode a great deal
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274 Complete Stories-One Long Novel

Like the caliph of ancient Bagdad was
o. Henry. He has explored the byways
of colo full New York He has walked
the waterfront, dropped into strange
eating places on the Bowery he has sat
for hours, disguised as a tramp, on a
park bench, waiting for the adventure
around the corner. And he always
found it. The city was his wo Id, and
it gave him tribute of rich store of ma
terial, unfailing inspiration and the key
to that inner life which remains to
most of us sealed book.
His death put an end to a life as
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I'D DID Vo1,--o. E. PHILLIPS
l. NIL v0-4-nSeo OPPENHEIM

Monte Carlo, Oppenheim al
ways has a thrilling, gripping
story to tell.
He makes them so real that
you TO get everything about
you in the joy of them. He
lets you into secrets that take
your breath away. He shows
you the real inner workings of
European diplomacy. He holds
you enthralled with the ro-
nance, the mystery of his tale
right to the very last word.
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know it, the tang, the zest, the
breathless, careless haste, the
ironic, happy, tragic irrespon-
sibility which go to make up
life as it is really lived.
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varied and romantic as one of his own
tales-for he was one of the lovable
spirits of earth. At heart he was al
ways a vagabond, a wandering min
strel, telling the stories that dubbed
from him as he went seeing WHY
More people are re. g o. Henry to-
day than ever before. They read him
because he has the flavor of life as we
L. A., 1.
The Washington herald., 1920-03-10
Obstacles Confronting
Heavy Gold Imports

A banker who deals in such
things does not subscribe to the
popular idea that we will receive be-
tween $1e0. 100000 and $25o.0oo.0oo
gold from Britain and France with
in the next six or eight months, not
so much because these countries
would find IL dif1cult to send US the
metal. as because he thinks we
would be hard put to find employ:
ment for it after It arrived. He
admits. Of course. that it would be q
big undertaking for England and
France, but that is not his chief OBJ
lection. He argues this way:
A member bank has to keep Is
per cent reserve on deposits in this
city. or this, he goes on to point
out. the Reserve Bank has to keep
only a IS per cent gold or legal
money reserve. Hence, he says. I'VE
are on a per cent basis" figuring
s5 per cent of Is per cent as ap-
proximately per cent. Thus he
contends that gold sent here really
would be expanded in the ratio or
2 to 1, or so that SIC. 100000 gold
would make scot. 100000 Of credit
while S250,o00.000 at this ratio.
would mean $4,000. .ooo.ooo new cred
II. And the threat Of anything like
this, he maintains, would be sum
cient cause for us to beg England
and France not to send the gold to
The Washington herald., 1920-03-10
Action May Be Taken
To Stabilize Call Loans

There was a story abroad in the
financial district yesterday that
something probably will be done"
TO stabilize call money rates. The
reason, the report stated, is that
interior bankers, who have become
tired of reading of the very high
rates which obtain occasionally
without getting these high rates
for their own funds, have adopted
policy of Withdrawing from the
call market whenever the rate gives
indication OF breaking to around s
per cent.
The interior bankers can now buy
acceptantes or commercial paper on
better than 6 per cent basis, and
are said to he doing so when call
rates go below Z per cent. As these
bankers are supposed to be lending
upward Of $500, 100000 in the local
call market. any concerted with
drawal on their part causes no lit
tie embarrassment, and because of
this the cryptic statement that
something probably will be done
to stabilize the market" was gem
orally believed by those who un-
derstood the situation.
The Washington herald., 1920-03-10
Sir Georges Latest Idea
Not Favorably Received

1t is violating no confidence to
say that most American bankeSs
were not impressed by the latest
ideas of Sir George Paish. who
wants a revolving credit created by
having the War Finance Corpora
tion finance exports. the exports to
he sold. the proceeds to go to the
reparations commission. the league
Of nations to issue bonds against
the proceeds. and American bankers
to sell these bonds and turn. the
proceeds back to the War Finance
Corporation.
It Is not nearly so involved as
1t sounds, although involved enough.
But. as most American bankers see
IL. the weak link Is that which
provides for the sale of league Of
nations bonds. Two weaknesses pre-
sent themselves here: First. What
can the league offer as security?
And second. Who Is going to buy
the bonds after--or if--they are is
sued?
The Washington herald., 1920-03-10
80 - M1TTlMlT MlPKETV p~~I
~
Dropping a Brick on
The innocent Bystaad

Quite apart from its s6sct q
putting the bear party TO fight
the blunder made In transmittina
the news Of the court decision frem
Washington to Wall Street cost
lot of innocent people real money
Most investors and spectators
looked for the Supreme Court t.
decide favorably and declare sfock
dividends nontaxable- Accordfngiy
when the FIRST Hash came through
TO the effect that -stock dfvideuds
are income. and therefore taxabie,s
q good many holders who lad long
been waiting for this decision threw
up their hands in disgust and then;
proceeded 70 dump their long stock.
There were enough Of them doins
this to cause quite . swift set.
back. and of course the profess
sional bears did not let the grass
grow under their feet
One trade on the long side lost
5000 in eight minutes and Whist
was worse. was out OF the market
when the big rally came later On.
The Washington herald., 1920-03-10
EQUIPMENT BONDS.

n. following srs quoted .. . psrseatas.
The Washington herald., 1920-03-10

Exchange carry interest 20 the dafs =
OF sale ana the seller receives this !
interest in addition to the sale price,
Miscellanesss Bend Maz1Eef.
In the bond department Of The
Stock Exchange forty represenfa- :
tive securities reached eI77, the !.
lowest price on record s7sa
This figure compares with sf.1s /,
in January, 1920, and Sl.s1 In yan-
uary, 1917, the record high
The February decline was severe.s.
covering all classes Of corporation =
bonds. high-grade and seeond-grades-
railroad. public utility and indus-rE
trial bonds. H
The latter made the largest loss, :
sos points, with high-grade rai1- I
road issues next 70
Weakness in bond market p0ces :
in February was influenced by a.
tight money market and uncertainS
ty over railroad Legislation. then
pending in Congress- -
Since the close Of that month the
Esch-Cummins bill has become
law, and there is some indication
that money will be easier later in
this month, SO that the future trend
OF corporation bonds may be ups.
ward.
Railroad issues have already dis
played an advancing tendency.
The Washington herald., 1920-03-10
And
OTHER BONDS
Temporary Liberty Certi6r
Gates to Be Exchanged for
Permanent Bonds.
OFFER HIGH YIELD
Miscellaneous Bonds Re-
covering from Low Rec
ord Quotations.

As to the exchange Of temporary
certificates for permanent bonds Of
the Third Liberty Loan, the New
York Federal Reserve Bank says
that: "Inasmuch as there were more
than 100000 original subscribers to
the Third Loan in this district, and
a large quantity of bonds issued
in the other districts will undoubt-
edly be exchanged through the Fed
eral Reserve Bank OF New York,
the task of issuing the bonds will
be large.
Yesterdays liberty bond market
was strong and active. Dealings
were more than usually heavy.
Approximate investment yield of
liberty bonds at closing Stock Ex-
change prices YAsferfiay.-
The Washington herald., 1920-03-10
Odd Lots.

An authority on what is happen
ing in the market for small lots OF
stock says that for the first time
this year there was a balance last
week on the selling side to the
odd lot market. The amount OF
stock sold was approximately 5 per
cent greater than the amount
bought.
The Washington herald., 1920-03-10
STANDARD OIL
STOCK DIVIDENDS

oiV(h OiWD6NUO
Following are the various
Standard Oil companies that have
declared stock dividends in 1915
and the years thereafter:
Per Cent
Company Dividend
Declared
1916.
Stand. Oil (Ohio). 100
Stand. Oil (Cal.) )............ so
Nat. Transit. .............. so
Cheseborough Mfg. Co. zoo
1917.
South Penn Oil. 80
Stand. Oil (Cal.) SO la
Stand. Oil (Ky).. 100
In addition many companies
have offered stockholders valu-
able subscription rights.
The Washington herald., 1920-03-10
: Lissett & Myers.

Liggett & Myers Tobacco COM
rauy have omitted the extra divi-
dend on common stock usually voted
ct this time because of Increased
requirements for working capital
occasioned by continued advance In.
prices Of raw materials.
The Washington herald., 1920-03-10
STOCK DIVIDEND POSSIBILITIES.

During the boom Of last there were many con-
dividend aeelar.ons In cas-. of favorable court decision II
that 1918 indications
Of financial strength which might permit of declaration of dv-
~ 4
In the following an attempt the
mated book
the latest balance
dividends
share for the strongly fortified;
innate Year ~onsaI
The Washington herald., 1920-03-10

les of liberty bonds on the Stock
The Washington herald., 1920-09-17
Man O. War to Race for
Big HaUre de GracePurse

Belmont Park on Wednesday in the
first running of the Autumn Gold
Cup, race of two miles in which
EXtcrminator made a new American
record of 3:21 As.
Wildair, which arrived at Havre
de Grace Wednesday. worked mile
and furlonE in 1853 after the'third
race yesterday afternoon Paul
Jones. which has not started since
the running of the Suburban IIandi-
cap, in which he trimmed Boniface
and ENterminator, is IN grand condi-
tion. He has Calloped one mile and
a furlonG here twice in better time
than l:56 and a mile in l:4l,
Following is a list of the other
horses eligible to start in the Poto-
mac Handicap against Man O. War:
John +. Grier. ll5; Gladiator, IO6:
Dr Clark, 1O5: On Watch. lOJ:
GraysSian, lO2; Constancy. lOI: Paul
Weidcl. l61; Blue Wrack, 90: Eddie
RiCkcnbachcr. 90; Neddam. %;
Sandy Ecal. 90: Fair Gain. 90; Car
mandate, 96: Afternoon, 95; French
Mortar. Sj; Faisan dor. %; Krewcr,
%: Master Bill, 90: GeorCie, %:
Shoal. 90; Besthonr. 81; Jadda. an:
Cock of the RoOst. 90: Arethusa. 90 .
lie GlorieuN, 90; My Dear. 90; Mock
Orange. S5; La Bablce. SIS; Mari
anne, SS: Betty J., So Ralco. SIS:
Gallagher, SS; Siren Maid, 81: Tou-
jours, 81: My Boots, SS Pocatello.
81; Overcast. s.: Laughter, s.:
NonuS. S5; kallipolis. IS
The Washington herald., 1920-09-17
Zachary's Wild Pitch
Gives Indians Decision
And First Place Again

Cleveland 6Ten thousand Cleveland baseball fans
Washington today and again take first
place the American
The victory them threpoint Lead the New
thoroughly trounced by the White Sox
Cevelands and only hande and
Tecumeh Zachary works for the Nationals
through half peaceful innings before tally made
Zachary ball. and the might be
for the that Jezebe made wild pitch the
eighth that permitted Joe Scwcl from third.
The Washington herald., 1920-09-17
by HIGHWAY.

Man o War will fulfill his en-
gagement to race in the rich Potc-
mac Handicap at Havre de Grace
tomorrow.
Samuel y. Riddle. # Philadelphia,
wired the Hartford Agricultural and
Breeders Association from New
York yesterday afternoon that his
unbeaten 3-ycar-old left last night
for Havr" de- Grace to start SatuI-
day in the $4,000 ,ddcd purse, Il
race OF one mile and siXtccn,h
for 3-y"ar-olds exclusively.
Unless all signs fail. Man O. War S
participation in the Potomac Han
dicap will develop the most brilliant
contest between 3-yedr-olds OF the
current season.
Man O War is asked to take uO
the crushing burden Of 1873 pounds.
He is due to arrive at Havre dc
Grace today. 1t is generally agreed
that Man O. War has set before him
for Saturday the hardest task he
will have faced. If no rain falls
today the going will be as fast as
It ever is and it is a certainty that
with Man o. War running in thc
Potomac the Hartford Agricultural
and Breeders Association will be
Ndlltl On " enter Ia III Nllt = tbltSA
crowd that will ever have assem-
bled at the Havre dc Grace course.
Man O. War is the hero of the
PreaknCss. Withcrs. Belmont. Stuy-
vesant. Dwycr. Miller, Travcrs and
Lawrence Realization and the Cs-
tablisher this season of world
records for one mile and three fur
longs and one mile and five fur
longs as well as American records
for one mile, ono mile and A fur
long and one roile and a half.
His prospective opponents arc:
Paul Jones G14, winner of the
Kentucky Derby and the Suburban
Handicap; Wildair. winner of the
Metropolitan and Tenbroeck Handi-
caps and the Empire City Derby;
King Thrush. the smartsst Swear
old of the stable of Comdr. J. *.
l.. Ross, OF Montreal: Blazes. a com
panion of Paul Jones in the stable
OF capt. RAJ Parr. of Baltimore. and
possibly Damask, the contender at
The Washington herald., 1920-09-17
SKATERS START
SIGNAL DRILL
Coach Byrd Picks Team
Which Has Promise of
Exceptional Strength.

Coach Byrd made his first selec-
tion from the players that reported
to him this year and ran them
through a snappy signal drill using
four plays only. The men who were
selected for the team were Epley
and McQuade, ends; Buckheister
and Nisbet, tackles; Sullivan and
Moore, guards; Bailey. center. In
the backtield, Mackcrt, who did spec
tacular line plunging in the game
against Hopkins University last fall
was at fullback; Semler. the flash
from st. Johns College was at quar-
ter; Brewer at right half and Gil
bert at left half. This combination
looks far superior to any that the
school has ever had in previous his
tory. 4 few surprises might be
handed some of the big schools that
Maryland meets in the carly part OF
the season.
Capt. Ike Mcdonald has not had
suit on this season as yet, but it
is expected he will report tomor-
rom. He will add a lot Of strength
to this already powerful team that
Coach Byrd is tutoring.
Branncr and Gundry, two Of last
years players, reported to the team
yesterday with Brooks and Gritan'
two of the last years freshmen
players.
The Washington herald., 1920-09-17
KERR TOPPLES
YANKEE TEAM
Quinn Batted Out of Box as
Chicago Pulls Hugmen
To Second Place.

Chicago. Sept. 16.-Jack Quinn
the YanlSs pitcher whom Manager
Higgins selected to work in the
first game of the series here today.
was knocked out of the box in the
second inning. Five hits were made
off him in that frame including
triple and two doubles, netting four
runs. They were enough to decide
the victory for the White Sox, to
3, keeping them in the pennant race.
The failure of Ward to cover third
on a bunt to the box of Felsch
seemed to rattle Quinn, anyhow it
took all the pep out OF him, If he
had any. for right after the fusilade
of the Sox was fierce and was the
means of Quinn being sent to the
showers.
Babe Ruth did not make a home
run. He did not try ror any, appar-
emily on account of the strong wind
directly again the batting. He
made two singles but he also struck
out twice, the third one each time
being called by Umpire Moriarity.
The Washington herald., 1920-09-17

Captain Gore deserves great!
deal Of credit for the victory, for
he not only had the bulk Of the
work to do. but his American re-
verse twist service was working
to perfection and had his opponent,
worried all through the match. It
is a wonder that Mai. Yenckeu did
not get cold but when he got the
chance h" usually scored with a
fast passing shot that nearly al
ways meant q point.
Dudley and HiHon Tie set ID.
In the second set. with tho score
at 4 love. Dudley and HiNon grItted
their teeth and with backs to the
wall won the next four games and
tied up tn" set. The winners then
came through with another game
on Cores service. and Hixon made
it deuce set by getting his. Yen
cken then won his service and Hix-
On's was taken after a hard battle,
and the match was won.
In the tenth game Dudley by a
terrific service aced both Gore and
YcnCken. tn" former junior district
champion played consistently
throughout. HiA"n being bothered
by the foot Cault rule which was
enforced by TIA, referee. Col John
son.
Arthur Holl"n. the Chevy Chase
star. had 20 put ,vorythinE he had
in the match hr Won from MAJ
Footc. former intercollegiate cham
pion. in tho fourth round which he
landed g. G-3
FoOte wa~ bothered quite a little
with H~l'u's sUuthpaw service.
Footc mad hI. younger opponent
step some To land tH. first set which
went % double deuce. and although
the second set was won TO ;. he
made Hcllen fight for every point
YencLSn-C@re mitch Unhnished.
Mai Ncnckcn and Capt. Gore
played through one set OF the fourth
round Of singles when they had to