The Washington herald., 1920-03-01

ties fighting their way into formal
existence. the single tax advocates
should talk Of creating a new party
! ia not clear to a political opportu-
a claiming that even in politics
: some attention should be paid to the
waste Of duplication of effort and
use of money. But II such a party
is formed, and It induces Gen. Will
! lam c. Gorgas to be its Presidential
candidate, his assent will be an in
! teresting episode in a career al
ready varied and somewhat excep-
tional.
1sadora Duncan's return to money
making and public dancing-Paris
being the fortunate city-is one or
those by-products of the war regis
tered in loss of property and invest
ments, upsetting of plans and
changing of life's program that have
been numerous in the art world.
She had formally retired from
public dancing, had set up a school
for THE Dance Beautiful" and was
to be the inspirer and trainer of
maidens with charm and grace and
power to interpret classic models
to an age running after strange
gods.
The war came. her home and
school were claimed by the state
as needed for war-uses, and the
plant" is to be retained as
laboratory Of research. Postwar
Paris. and Europe for that matter.
is not dancing chaste, classical
dances but the contrary sort,
blend of primitive mans lust and
modern woman's naturalism. Pupils
are not forthcoming for Isabella.
Life must be maintained. So she
resumes public dancing.
Philadelphia is to have its streets
cleaned under the supervision of
Lieut.. Col. z. B. Morden, who made
a creditable record in the recent
war as an engineer in the construc-
tion division of the United States
army. A Pacific coast man, and
formerly connected with the Great
Northern Railway as bridge
builder and construction engineer.
he came to hive high standing with
the Hill interests in the Northwest.
Entering the army he naturally was
given the work of a specialist to
do. and he did IL well. whether
erecting cantonments. overseas ex-
peditionary depots, or what not. 1t
so happened that much of his ad-
ministrtive work was done in and
about Philadelphia, where he at
& 4 L. a H.
Now he has a chance under Mayor
Moore and Director Winston to
show what an engineer with army
experience can do in wrestling
with politicians. contractors and
| uptoward highway conditions.
Able Felix Klein. whose book.
| America at the End of the War"
has been issued in Paris. is one of
TIE best friends that the United
States has in France and also one
knowledge of us goes back to the
pre-war period when We were liv-
ing a normal life. French Roman
Catholicism of the liberal type never
sent us in those days a more intel
l'gent or sympathetic observer: and
the freedom of expression which he
displayed in his several books writ
ten primarily for French consump-
! tion enable many an American Pro-
estant to learn facts about the
American Roman Catholic Church
! tt at he had never suspected before,
much less known. Why is it that
we so often have to rely on Europ-
can visitors and Investigators to en-
! able us to see and know ourselves
with something like objective truth? =?
Calvin NJ. Kendall, who is to be
president of the department of SUPER
intendence OF the National Educa-
tional Association during the next
year. is we'll known in Michigan. In
diana, Connecticut and New Jersey
circles of educators. This is because
he has gone up and down these States
since 1886 living UP to his duties as a
| teacher and superintendent. To a
much larger constituency he is known
as writer of textbooks, and n prolific
contributor to the professional press.
Since 1911 he has had general super
vision of the schools of New Jersey
to their profit. He has come now to
the point where he is a veteran" and
can be reminiscent, and he has seen
and known so many persons OF emf
nence and has studied them to such
advantage, that he is being enccur-
aged to write much and often.
During the Roosevelt administra-
tion the White House was remodeled
and more or less reconstructed. Who
did the job? Orlando Norcross. OF
Worcester, Mass, whose life be-
gan in Maine as long ago as 1899
and who has just died. He also
built the Corcoran Art Gallery, and
when I say built il, 1 mean that he
took the architects plans and gave
the structure a durable dress. 1t is
doubtful whether the country ever
had a more masterful and efficient
contractor for and constructor of
public buildings and private homes
on a regal scale. He could walk
around Boston, New York, Albany,
Cincinnati, New Haven, Providence
and Pittsburg and with the pride
of demonstrated power say, as he
looked up at churches, courthouses.
Statehouses, customhouses, dormi-
tories, asylums, and the like-T
made you" 1t must be a delightful
sensation to think that, in an age
of increasing fuidity and evanes-
cence. you have done something that
is durable. "A durable satisfaction"
in living Is what Charles w. Eliot
calls this fine asset.
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