The Washington herald., 1920-07-26
In the Linelight
A secret of the Greeks,
BY George Perry Morris.

American art circles are much !
given to talk these days of the
validity of the claims of Mr.. Jay !
Hambidge. whose book. Dynamic !
Symmetry: the Greek Vase sets |
forth his claim TO have discovered |
the principles of proportion employ
| ed by the Greek artists of the
| Classic Age. Following these prin-
ciples they produced masterpieces
which succeeding races have had to
adore but could not duplicate.
That this discovery should have
been made twenty years ago and
substantiated by subsequent re-
search and massing of data Of an
Lobjective kind and now find ex-
Ypression In a book issued by the
Yale University Press is suggestive
of the increasing importance of
American contributions 10 the his
tory and philosophy OF aesthetics.
: The Pan-Pacihc Congress.
Honuiulu next month will be the
. meeting place OF a rather unusual
group of men gathered at the first
Psn-Pscihc Congress. This is not
an organization OF governments.
I but of leading citizens. Some will
be turists interested In international
lproblems arising from clashes
between nations bordering on the
. Pacific. Some will be statesmen
= who have practical duties arising
/, from these national and race rival
r ries. Some will be linguists and
= ethnologists who have delved into
i the history of the peoples of the
$ islands of the ocean. Others will
e be scientists and economists In.
d formed as to the geology. agricul'
d ture, natural resources and trans
l. portation problems of the domain.
= now so variously owned. Tht
IS movement as a whole indicates /;
= growing consciousness in botl
America and Asia that il is tint
l. to begin to think IN terms OF th'
Ot Pacific as well as the Atlantic. TIL,
Is main credit for this congress is du
D. TO the editor Of The Mid-Pscific
n Alexander Hume Ford, recently il
Washington working out details o
the congress and arranging 70
n speakers.
G. A Botnnfst Re-vIsits Old scenes.
One Of a group of Washington
N. ians who left for Honolulu recent
ly to attend this congress was Will
"a lahm Edward Stafford, economic bot
~ snist of the Department Of Ayr
+, culture. In his wide wandering
~ over the seas when a naval office
and in his later trips of explOra
ir ton, the islands OF the Pacific haN
o. become for him well-known hunt
~ ing grounds His range OF int
$50 lectual interests is wide, and :
'g- he can spin yarns for you at a
nd indefinite but delightful lengi
ID about the music, folw-lore, liter;
&c ture and domestic customs OF u
he Hawaiians. Samoans and other IL
Of suIar folk. He has a library rit
10 in valuable books in English. Spa
Lo ish and other tongues found in ou
he of-the-way ports, books former
,,s the property of traders. explore
and foreign residents Of semi-tro
Ical chimes. His Stevensonia. &C
leCted in Samoa. is unusual in
value; and was acquired for a trif
His friends expect him to come ba
from this trip with some treasur
trove His finds" seem TO be wa
ing for him. saying. Come. ia
me I've long hidden myself frc
M others, especially for your capt
. Eyes for the Blind.
Pope Benedict recently gave
avs special audience to Miss Winifr
,un Holt, daughter of Henry Holt,
tact well-known publisher. who beg
her notable career as a sculpt
and who has now become wor
famous as one of the most intel
gent and bountiful friends Of
nat blind that this or any other cot
e i Try has given to the world. Fount
no" of The Beacon for the Bill
n movement she has become an
l" ternational figure. and had ms
." s and deserved honors from Eu
80, pean governments. Her war r
-t.,, ord has been superb. and with
49, immense increase in the blind
&C.. to the war she has been called u
, ~ for wider-ranging administrat
b.jr duties and more intense labor.
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