The Washington herald., 1920-06-26
In the Linelight
By George Perry Morr.a

nupeft hughes mas an trontc
suggestion. Since by customary
sleuthing methods 1t seems impos-
sible to nnd out who shot ElweIl
he urges that the spirit of Eiweil
ibe invoked. Sure..., he argues. no
more direct source Of information
can be invoked and there are
countless mediums" who will sum-
mon any desired aural personality
at will. Already. according to
Canadian authorities on psychical
research. the spirit Of the renowned
DR.. James H. Hyslop has communi-
Gated with them. or course there
is the possibility that the spirit
Elweil" might not care to disclose
who shot him. especially IL a
woman. For the "chivalrous atti-
tude may be carried over into the
next world. BY the way. I see that
letters are appearing in the papers
full of pretensions as to what
Roosevelt would do toward Messrs.
Harding. johnson, Nicholas Murray
Butler and A. Mitchell Palmer,
were, he, Roosevelt now in the
flesh. How do these writer's know?
Have they had seances?
1 am interested always in the
use Of adjectives. Style, especially
in polemics. is based chiefly on
their artful use. For instance
when Professor Simon n. Patten, of
the University of Pennsylvania, an
eminent and original thinker in the
social philosophy. says that most of
the social welfare workers who
have served during the war in Eu-
rope, seem still 10 have crude
views of distribution. sloppy poll
tics, thread-worn biology and milk
bottle sociology" l sit up and take
notice. The coIIocation of words
reads snappily, albeit analysis does
not always indicate accuracy Of
terminology. For instance, what is
"thread-worn biology?"
James A. Patten, who has been
the good angel of Northwestern
University. Evanston, Ill. is resign
ing all his official positions. He
is said to be tired of this world. it's
unrest. its ceaseless discomfort. and
| the covetousness of the workers.
He thinks the human race Is stand
ing on its head. He is IS years
old.
Labor is finding champions among
the high-born Japanese members of
the old ruling castles, who, like
their British radical peers, are
fighting the newly rich plutocracy
for the rights of the masses. the
aristocrat being more of a democrat
than the plutocrat. Such an one
is Viscount Okawachi. who has been
openly arguing for a liberal labor
policy by the government against
the obstructive tactics of the Nit
zubishi Company and other great
aggregations of capital.
Nikolai Tchaikovski, for over
fifty years a Russian liberal and
reformer. who in the '70's had his
experience with communistic
state while he was resident of a
colony near Independence, Kan, is
pessimistic about the future of
Russia. He came out of the Kan
sas experiment broke" Now Rus
sia is. So is Emma Goldman. the
deportee. who seems to be anxious
to get back to the country she has
reviled. 1t is one Of the most iron
ical incidents of the postwar pc
riod. this yearning of Emma's. The
ory and practice have proved anti
thetical.
William II. Schofield, head of the
department of comparative litera-
ture at Harvard University, who
has died at the early age of 49,
years. was a Canadian, whose intel
II int n in
became identified with the history.
language and literature of the
Scandinavian countries. Later, when
he came into control of consider
able wealth. he remained loyal to
this interest, and the American
Scandinavian Foundation and all
the up-to-date devices for promot-
ling intercourse of cultural sort be-
tween Norway. Sweden and Den
mark on the one hand and the
| United States on the other owed
much to his sympathy and gener-
osity.
The Republican party and the
| business and manufacturing inter
ests which support it have no more
loyal supporter than Rev. Charles
A. Eaton. formerly Baptist
pre acher of some eminence In New
York City. who has announced his
candidacy for Congress in the
Fourth New Jersey District. MIR.
Eaton is a Canadian by birth and
was connected with the Emergency
shipping Corporation during the
war. He is a close rival of Rev.
DR.. d. n. Hills as a militant cler-
ical.
WET OBJECTION