The Washington herald., 1920-01-16
In the Limelieht
~ GEORGE PERRY NORRIS.

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First IL was Caruso. then Il was
Gaili-Curci. and now Il is Mischa |
Elman, who 10 seeking the rights |
and privileges OF American citizen
ship. The violinist says that he ''is |
very anxious to become an Amer
lean" 'Tis well. There may or
may not be nationality In music.
but there IL harmony in being one
OF ana with the people among
whom you make mussc.
When John Mitchell died and left
an estate Of s2So.ooo the critical
query came, How could a moderate
salaried labor leader and State Of
ficial accumulate 90 much. some
were so unkind as to Intimate
venality in Q man singularIy above
suspicion. Ralph Easely rises TO
remark that Mitchell was unusually
shrewd as an investor. "'uncanny
shrewdness" IL the term used. He
would buy stocks at s31 per share,
and realize $3.50. As Mr.. Easely re-
marks. 1T does not take many in
vestments OF this kind TO enable a
man to accumulate s25o.ooo In ten
years"
. The transfer of the New York
Herald to Mr.. Munsey's control
along with the late Mr.. Benefits
other properties. including the one
in Paris, ends the Bennett dynasty.
II raises all sorts OF interesting
problems for the new owner. who
will now have to serve two con-
stituencies in Gotham and beyond.
Or will he consolidate the Sun and
the Herald? II not, and the Herald
Is TO go on. may IL grow an edi-
toriai page Of quality. Whatever
may have been its Influence" as a
shaper of opinion under the elder
Bennett, II was negligible under
the younger man. Not. Of course.
that its news service did not shape
opinion. II did. As James Parton
once said. News 10 God speaking.
and an editorial may only be the
thought OF a manikin." But the
Herald, under the younger Bennett,
bred no moider OF history by direct
action" OF q thinker on the thought
full
Boston has a law school dean. Clea-
son Archer by name. who within four
teen years has raised the attendance
OF his school from nine to 600 pupils,
and Is now planning a new building
to cost $4,000. which Is to be paid
for largely from the income Of a mo-
tion picture house that is to be con-
/ structed on the street floor. -Four
other floors will be rented for busi-
ness purposes. The Yankee stock OF
the Hub is still shrewd and thrifty,
and II is holding its own fairly well
with Jewish. Greek and Armenia n
newcomers. IL you happen TO have
no academic conventions and tradi-
f, tions holding you back you can make
a law school quite a profitable invest
ment-
Governor Aliens chief adviser and
spokesman in pushing through the
new Kansas Industrial Court Iegisla-
ton is W. l. tIuggins. of Emporia.
who has coined this variant Of the
Lincoln definition Of democracy. Says
Mr.. Huggins. it is Government of all
the people, by all the people. for all
the people" All or nothing-that is
the new slogan. with which the ella ss-
war theory is being fought in Kan
sas.
| SignOTa c!lNld AEresJ. OF Rome,
whose work as translator and inter
prefer for the labor group from Italy
in the recent International Labor Con-
ference held in this city. was So much
superior 10 that OF any mans work
that she seemed like b planet COM
pared with stars. was secretary for
many years OF David Lubin, Ameri-
cas- representative in the Interna-
tional Agricultural Institute at Rome.
She is spending some of her time
now in making State and national
officials see the importance of suit
1 ably filling this post with a man
whose knowledge and experience fits
him for the place and who Is worthy
to follow so great a man as Lubin.
For he was great; in some respects
the greatest the Jewish race has
given to America to serve its de-
mocracy and its public interests. His
tory's ironies are not always as
pleasant to contemplate as the fact
that he who failed to induce the
United States to aid him in creating
the International Institute OF Agri-
culture later had the grim satisfac-
ton of being chosen the first repre-
sentative from the United States 70
sit in a body that Italy's wise king
favored at a time when the President
OF the United States and the Secre-
tary of State passed it by with faith.
less contempt.