The Washington herald., 1920-06-13
In the Linelight
BY George Perry Morris.

Ahc Danisn Legation Is TO nave
join II in a Eecretarial capacity
Miss Eleanor Walker. daughter of
7. Dart Walker. the artist. She Is
American born; had Danish
mother. has resided in Denmark
for many years, and is now a cit
tzen Of that country, where she
mas served in the Foreign ONCE at
Copenhagen. Diplomacyward the
star OF woman takes its way.
Thomas Mott Osborne's resigna-
tion as lieutenant commander in
the naval reserve and as deviser of
a new form Of discipline for per-
sons convicted OF breaches of or
der. allows him to go back to ci-
william life. 1t had been rumored
that he was to set up at Auburn.
N. Y, a model institution for Civ
ing effect to some of his theories.
but this he denies. His is an inter-
esting case of man of wealth be-
coming champion of a betterment
cause, and concentrating on II in a
way to make him a national figure,
just as Clifford Pinchot did in pro-
paganda work for forestry. It is
the fashion to be pessimistic now
adays. but as a matter of fact the
United States has many citizens to-
day who believe that life is only
worth living when employed in
some vast impersonal service"
TUFTS College he's Joined the pro-
cession of colleges. once mainly de-
nominational and wholly cultural, in
selecting a business nan for presi.
dent. John NJ. CCusens. of Il { class
OF 1898, formerly a coal dealer in
Boston and acting president since
the retirement of DR.. Fl. c. Bumpus.
a man Of science, is to be the now
executive. Tufts College was found
ed by Unive salists. but il long
since ceased to craw most of it's
students from that body; and IL Is
now one of the educational institu-
tions in Greater Boston, that with
small endovments and Inadequate
facilities, are rceting the demand
for education from youth who can
not possibly pay the fees txactcd by
Harvard and the Institute OF Tech
nology.
Gerald Stanley Lee. who first won
attention by his book. The Shadow
Christ" is out With another one on
The Ghost in the White House"
Booming the latter book in an ad-
vertiscmert of his own production.
h" shows his accustomed verbal
facility by incidentally telling the
Chicago convention delegates that a
put off with an evaporated Presi-
.n-ith III
generalizations. paper principles and
breathy words" 'Squoozy generali-
cations" is gocd. but only a trifie
better than "breathy words"
The death of William Churchill
takes from the ranks of American
journalists and scholars an unusual
person, with an encyclopedia range
of knowledge that the New York
Sun in its palmy days was glad to
utilize. after he came back from the
prolonged tours of the islands of
the Pacific. A graduate of Yale. a
journalist for a while in San Fran
cisco. then a scholarly investigator
of all the peoples of the South Pa
cific, American consular represen-
tative for a season in Samoa, friend
Of Robert Louis Stevenson. and
writer of books with the imprint
of the Carnegie Institution. he
stood out in any company permitted
to enjoy his recondite and at the
same time brilliant conversation.
He had been commissioned within
year to proceed to Hawaii. and
there, with Honolulu as headquar-
ters and the Bishop Museum as
seat of administration, share in the
most thorough study of the past and
present of the South Pacific Islands
that ever has been projected.