The Washington herald., 1920-05-28
In the Linnelight
BIZ George Perry Morri.

BY George Ferry horris u
The journalists who had the con-
fidence of Roosevelt and who fol-
lowed him SO Loyalty for so many
years had Boswellian opportunities
which no doubt many OF them have
utilized. First In the field Of pub
licity is John J. Leary. jr.: and he
has Produced live" book. State
papers and personal opinions regis
tered In Intimate conversation do not
always agree. ''oficiaI' Biographies
have their sombre discretions. They
may be better documented than un-
Official lives" of the great dead
but they mummify their personages.
The sort OF book that Mr.. Leary has
written may be hero-worship; but Il
furnishes data not to be had in any
other way. and not always of a kind
that makes feet Of clay like gold
pedal extremities. Its chief virtue
is that II makes for nudity.
Comma nder G. Metin OF the French
naval ordnance and coast artillery
mission, which has been visiting the
country, has been interviewed. New
York he finds gayer than Paris. Its
sky rubbers" astound him. Wash
ington Is different. more quiet. not
so crowded. not so nervous" Quite
a. Il.
the northwest region of the city sees
q steady influx of former wealthy
residents of Neg York. who cannot
stand Manhattan's present pace. its
submergence by alien hosts. and the
impossibility of maintaining the
older American social standards.
Kennesaw Mountain Landis. Chi
cago's famous jurist with the land
.scape name and the big g-fine" spirit.
has temporarily passed from the
field of judgments on matters Of
economics to those OF literature and
art. The point at issue before him
was the asserted monopoly rights OF
the producer of the Drinkwster
play. Abraham Lincoln" That is to
say. Mr. Harris contends that neither
Ralph kettering or any other play
wright can produce a play called
Abraham Lincoln" Judge lands
says that the claim is valid. Here
law collides with common sense and
esthetics. so often divorced, but in
this case wed. Rather ironic. isn't
it, to soy that IL one of the Chicago
school Of poets and playWrights
should happen to produce a play
about the supreme democrat and
anti-monopolist of the country's in
escapable past he may not compete
with an English author and New
York producer. but must call his
play Nancy Hanks Son." or The
Illinois Rail Splitter" or From the
Log Cabin TO the White House."
II Louis Cabrera miniEter of the
treasury in the Carranza govern
ment. has been captured and is in
prison in Juarez. the Oregon -Huer-
ta-Gonzales combination OF rulers
has a chance to deal as policy may
see At with the most consistent and
hitter foe the United States has
had in Mexico. He has erred
through malice and not through
ignorance. for he has studied our So
Nldl anu pOllllCdl uTHL-
hand. The last time ! heard him
was at a CLARK University confer
enCe on inter-Ame ricRn affairs, and
there he va as mild as a cooling
dove AMI as wise as a serpent.
VeniZeIos. whose grHndiose plan
for a Greater Greece has been "a~-
ried through and ratified in the
Turkish treaty. is pledged 10 give
equal suffrage to Greek women
within 4 reasonably short time !;
therein showing agar his siatcs-
manship ami political shrewdness
combined. This Cretan has a brain
and a development Of character that
bring him a maximum Of victory
for his people with a minimum OF
injury 10 his cors"iei.CC 6nd Of Of
fense tn worlC public opirion. That
is consupmatc states nanship.
Considering how quickly in these
days of modernity biographies of
minor and major persons appear.
and that too prior TO their deaths,
il is somewhat surprising that a
life should not have appeared OF
Z A. Abbey, the American artist
whose illustrations in the maga-
zines were 80 popular uuTlnk lUe
last two decades Of the last cen
tury and whose mural decorations
in the Boston Public Library have
won for him permanent fame.
r V. Lucas. the English writer
Of charming books and the man
who has been to Charles Lamb
what q. Birbeck Hill was to Samuel
johnson, announces that he has =
hiogranhy of Abbey coming out IT.
the autumn.
Mrs. Mime Maddern Fiske is not
in the class" with President Des-
chanel or King GEORGE. but il any
thing serious had happened to her
in the recent railroad wreck in Cali
fc rnia she would have had thou
sands of sincere Tnourners. Here
again the miraculous" happened
as they say of the French Presi-
dents niEht-walkinE episode. and
the company's scenery seems 10
have had the most casualties. Later
details OF the enforced sojourn o.
the company in the Latimer desert.
200 miles from Salt Lake City. may
Indicate that :he leading American
actress has had an opportunity TO
get color" for a future play.
Coast Guard Transfer Up.
Hearings started yesterday before