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New-York tribune., 1920-02-22
A Woman in Propaganda
Mrs. Norman de r. Whitehouse Tells How sh.
Violated the Ethics of Diplomacy
vt WOULD be pity II Mrs. Nor
man De Ruyter Whitehouse's book.
"a Year as Government Agent"

WOULD be pity II Mrs. Nor
man De Ruyter Whitehouse's book.
"a Year as Government Agent"
fHarper Brothers). were to have
consideration only as record Of war
experiences. Already the war seems
outmoded. and anv story Of it, how
ever stirring. is family anti-climatic.
Nevertheless, that shadowy battle
which went on behind the physical con-
fict-the struggle for the command of
.be impalable forces which controlled
norsle-has scarcely been written of.
IN that struggle lay the essential
drama Of the war, and few were
privileged to be spectators Of 1t.
Mrs Warehouses; account Of it is
as fascinating as any glimpse behind
The scenes ever is. That blaze of
diplomats and officials, military and
civil, those mysteriously romantic
political exiles who thronged Berne,
those bewilderingly complex group
ings OF every country which intrigued
for advantage in the shelter Of Swiss
neutrality, that swift and dazzling in
.ernational kaleidoscope that flowed
constantly through Berne have the
quality and color Of pageant. Of
her own plucky achievement Mrs.
whisehouse is not vainglorious, but
on the other hand neither is she OBJ,
aoxiously modest, and the result Is an
account vivid. convincing and sugxes-
tive. 1t is amazingly suggestive, 70,
one thing, Of AAce-like wanderings in
the Wonderland of officialdom.
Diplomatic Housekeeping
The distinctive and noteworthy thing
about the book is not entirely In wha
/. tells. It's greatest significance Is i,
its point of view. Intensely persona
ss the judgments md reactions ar
.h-t Mrs. Whitelouse has set down
usy are also the critical Judgment
o. a woman in ner new capacity a.
citizen on world affairs Given a
gradging foothold in the exclusive
masculine precincts of diplomacy, he
view Of it is fresh and critical. She
sees that the housekeeping is untid,
In ths. imposing edfice
In 1917 Mrs. Whitehouse, freed from
her self-appointed suffrage task by
the passage Of the New York State
amendment offered her abundant en-
ergy to Mr.. Creel's service. They both
believed that an essential part of the
machinery Of propaganda was the es-
Enlistment in Switzerland of an Of
flee OF the Bureau of Public Informa-
ton A thick veil of meaningless Sc
crecy had concealed from neutral as
well as enemy papers the extent Of
Americas participation in the war. Mr..
Wilson's speeches we're cut unrecog-
nizably for foreign consumption. AS
nuetral papers we're the only contact
Germany had with the rest of the world,
as in spite of the censorship the Ger
man press, avid for news Of the outside
world, could and would print much
that would contradict the lies of Ger
man leaders, the importance Of free
and generous information to the Swiss
press was obvious.
But this was where the Bureau Of
Public Information and the State De-
New-York tribune., 1920-02-22

quality, the same strong tinge Of
symbolism, the same subtle production
of effects by veiled and obscure refer
ences to the events of the past.
The action, passionate interplay of
complicated emotions, takes place with
in the wall of an old Polish castle. At
the outset Willy Can incongruous namo
in tragedy, the owner Of the castle,
and his young wife, Bronka, are living
N a state of complete happiness and
affection. Bronka has invited an old
school friend, Eva, to visit her Eva is
an old fame of WHY'S To complete
the situation Arthur, WHY'S brother,
disillusioned, world weary figure, is
hopelessly but passionately in love with
Bronka
pr2yhyszewski's plot moves iowa rd
its climax with the inexorablc rhythmic
Heal Of Greek tragedy Eva inspires
Willy with passion that cannot accu-
rately be described as love. that has,
indeed, many clements of hatred, but
hat irresistibly carries him away from
his wife. 1t is in vain that he tells
Eva that their old feeling is buried
beneath the snow; the snow insists
upon melting.
Upon Bronka's highstrung, excitable
nature, her husbands spiritual inhdel-
New-York tribune., 1920-02-22
Now It's Jazz Poetry
Vachel Lindsay's Place in
Literature Crystallizing
ACHEL L1NDSAY's contribu-
tion to our poetry is beginning

v 1s%Ha ssa to .a1 anDsays pss.y !. s:ssass sstsss
to crystalline. 1t is jazz. There
are religious and moral elements in
his work, but his latest volume, "The
Golden Whales Of California" Macmil-
LAM, indicates that Lindsay's search
for something exclusively American
has carried him to vaudeville. His
rhyme in the American language" may
not be couched In the jargon Of Big
Time, but the music Is that Of Jazz
choirs.
In some Of his previous books, Lind
say has experimental with ragtime,
but In "The Golden Whales of Cali
fornia" he displays himself as the
veriest Jazz baby. His verse Is de-
signed to be read aloud, and the ar
rangemcnt Of the lines Is so skillful
that it Is difficult to intone his rhymes
without feeling the urge to perform
a fox-trot.
"A blues" explains Mr.. Lindsay,
New-York tribune., 1920-02-22

individuals within the castle. And the
human figures Of the play gradually
assume the aspect of types of ele-
mental forces. The Faust spirit of
yearning after the unattainable appears
in Willy; Arthur represents the disil-
lusioned spirit Of culture sick with
age and superintendent; the eternal
temptress, the Lorelei, is embodied in
Eva; Bronka represents the equally
eternal spirit of woman's devoted love.
1t is, perhaps, futile to speculate fur
her on the mystical implications of
Przybyszewski's play. 1t is work of
fascinating lover and distinction, and
It's publication arouses the hope and
some of the authors other works, nota-
bly, the Homo Sapiens," may soon be
available in English translations.
New-York tribune., 1920-02-22

ity acts with devastating force. She
becomes more and more hysterical;
Arthur's love works powerfully upon
her; and the play closes with double
suicide, after the manner Of "Rosmers-
holm"
The bare outline Of the plot covers
little idea Of the terrible and abiding
beauty Of the drama. Ono Is always
conscious Of supernatural, symbolic
quality In the play which adds cryp-
tic significance to the speeches and
actions Of the characters. Even the
background Of snow, which is empha-
sized in every act, seems to take on a
symbolic meaning; 1t suggests tho cold,
passive Indifference Of nature as con-
trasted with the fiery passions Of the
New-York tribune., 1920-02-22
pomacy and Intrigue Among War Exiles in Switzerland

as were under grave suspicion Of be-
ing spies for the Central powers.
Against Mortified protests, official and
otherwise, she cheerfully hired them,
1t made little difference how her In
formation reached Germany, she said
the spy route was as good and swift as
any other. When the Presidents mes
sage to the nations which had achieved
liberation from the Austro- Hungarian
Empire was cabled to her she received
orders with it to get for It the wild
est possible publicity. She promptly
called in Nine. Roszika Schwimmer
and asked her to carry it into Hun
gary. Nine. Schwimmer, besides being
of an enemy country, had been prom
inent pacifst. Every diplomatic eau
tion was against sending her. But
New-York tribune., 1920-02-22
Mystical Play by Przybszewski F
Eerie Fascination in Symbolic Drama, by Noted
Polish Author

Up TO the present time the
great body Of Polish litera-
J ture has been sealed book
to most American readers.
Only the novels Of Henryk Senkicwicz,
and very few isolated works by other
authors, have been translated into
English. Outside of Mickiewicz's epic
"Pan Tadeusz." the Polish lyric poetry
of the nineteenth century, poetry which
Georg Brandes considers unparalleled
III the history of romantic literature,
has not excited the curiosity or interest
Of q single English translator.
In publishing O. F. Thesis English
version of "Snow," play in four acts,
by Stanislew Przybszewshi, Mr. Nicho-
as l.. Brown has given the American
ublic representative work of q very
remarkable man. Przybyszewsk COM
ines within himself the qualities of
nc thinker and the poet: he IS at once
keen psychologist and rhapsodical
nystic. "Snow' is scarcely a play for
the stage; it would require almost
supcrhuman clairvoyance on the part
Of the actors. The play is quite sug-
gestive of 1bsen in his later period the
period Of Little Hyolf," "John Gabriel
Borkman." even of "When We Dead
Awaken There is the same eerie
New-York tribune., 1920-02-22

Nine. Schwimmer used her passport as
a Hungarian citizen to cross the from
tier and worked day and night to gec
Mr.. Wilson's words before her country
men.
The Illuminating thing is that Mrs.
Whitehouse represents so amazingly
the impersonal feminine point of view
Just what this is in government it
seems little too early to formulate
1t is little the gibe Of the intensely
practical sex at the theoretical sex. 1t
is her natural skepticism in the face
OF the solemn ritual Of statecraft. 1t
is threat of the injection of a new.
and potent force. Under Mrs. White
houses book there is the faint, omi
nous sound of laundering feet.
New-York tribune., 1920-02-22

orned press was common enough A
t~iplicate system of spies honeycombed d
Switzerland. All the traditional melo-
dramatic and opera bouhe eQpipmsnt
Of secret service was present But at
the thought of any candid or true re-
port the State Department was rigid
with horror.
A Clash of Authority
A failure in Mrs. Whitehouse's ere
dentials obliged her to depend on the
American State Department in Berne
for corrobative references in her work.
Besides their hostility to the Bureau
of Public Informal ton, the State De-
partment was deeply contemptuous be-
cause its work was intrusted to a
woman. It blocked and obstructed her
at every turn. She had an amazingly
liberal education in the devious and
evasive and wasteful ways Of 'practi-
cal diplomacy" She learned through
experiences amusing, grotesque and
exasperating the twists of the diplo-
maLlC MlnQ. one learned tNaC CNcy
were willing, nay anxious, to accept
her as q woman, but no consideration
Of a common cause could make them
accept her as an equal in work. On
the other hand, when the Swiss au-
thorities found that they we're con-
fronted with an unheard-of phenomena
a government agent who respected their
hospitality and who made a sharp dis
tinction between legitimate and lille
gitimate propaganda, they were ex,
tremely respectful.
Her countrymen in the State De
partment we're continually Mortified a.
her heresies Of direct action. She die
not hesitate to return to- America tc
straighten out the error in her creden
tials. She made weary Journeys to Paris
to cut short official blunderings that
hampered her. And her heresies Of
Judgment were even greater. Wher
she was assembling her Office force she
found that she could And no clerica
assistants except among such people
New-York tribune., 1920-02-22

"is song in tho mood Of Milton's III
Penseroso,' or q paragraph from Bur-
tons Anatomy Of Melancholy
Having expounded his medium for
tho benefit of those who never have
sat at the syncopated feet Of Ted
Lewis, the poet presents "Thc Apple
Blossom Snow Blues" Try this ex-
cerpt to "a very delicate drumbeat":
"Your
Grace and slightness,
And your fragrant whiteness,
Make me see the bending
OF an apple blossom bough.
YOU
Are a fairy.
Yet a jump jazz dancer,
And your heart
Is robin,
Singing, making merry
With the apple flowers now"
Lindsay seems to be trying to add
jazz to poetry, and his efforts may be
successful. 1t would be rather inter
csting to see how Edward Arlington
Robinson, for example, would celebrate
the shimmy. At any rate, Lindsay has
managed to add poetry to jazz.
"The Golden Whales of California"
marks no new phase in Lindsay's de-
New-York tribune., 1920-02-22

partment came to grips. The invio-
'aoie creed Of the State Department
was secrecy-secrecy about everything
and that of the bureau, however in
adequately executed, was publicity. 1t
was new weapon against an old one.
"A huge amount of time and money was
spent by the state departments of all
countries In Switzerland on the Gus
eomary secret propaganda. The sub
New-York tribune., 1920-02-22
By Haywood Broun

Irwin S. Cobb suffers somewhat from
the fact that he writes for such a large
audience that many critically minded
persons are sure he can hardly be
worthy because he is popular. 1t seems
to US that the effort to speak each week
to more than two million readers has at
New-York tribune., 1920-02-22
THE TESTIFY Roger Regis
Translated by William L. Mcpherson
Copyright, 1920. Neso York Tribune Inc.)

Hero et
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-11-05
CHURCHES TO HOLD
| GIRL SCOUTS DAY
Next Sunday viii Be Devoted
to Increasing interest
In Movement
|NEED FOR MORE WORKERS

Girl Scouts Day will be observed
Sunday in many Of the churches of this
city, as well as all over the country,
and sermons on, the Girl Scout move
ment will be preached on the basic
theme of the ten rules Of the organiza- :
tion. g.. ....l. -.
The purpose of the Girl Scout cam
paign, which is to last ten days, is to
|rsise a fund Of 81, ,o33, 900 for the gen :
eral expansion of the organization. The
plan Is to secure sufficient number of
adult sustaining members at 81 a year.
Lack Of trained leaders has been
keeping down membership in this or
ganization and at present there are but
211. paid workers in the field.
Philadelphia's quota is $27 900 and a
strong effort will be made to secure this
amount throughout the city. ......
The Girl Scouts now have 50, ,176
cities and towns throughout he country,
with a membership of 5496 in greater
New York. The membership during
the past year has almost doubled. But
the membership has reached the maxi
mum, which cannot be handled with
the limited funds and leaders available.
An, average of 1000 girls month who
apply are denied membership. ...
The appeal of the campaign to the
elders is that it provides the girl an all
around training. She is trained in that
|resourcefulness and self reliance, which
|is 20 essential to the young woman who
|is 10 become economically independent,
land at the same time she is trained
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-11-05
RADIO PLOTTING EXPLAINED
|dm'ral 6ullard Tells Of Wonders O,
System to Franklin Institute

Admiral W. H. G. Bullard. director
naval communication, of Washing
Pm, spoke in the Franklin Institute
st night before representative aud
nce. Many of the army and navy Of
eers stationed here were present. The
pDJect OF the illustrated lecture was
LIhe Application of Radiotelegra phy
Navigation Problems"
IN discussing many of the recent in
fntions used in radio work especial
e1tion was made of the directive pilot
role invented by DR.. Robert Bowie
Wens' secretary Of the Franklin In
,ute. Admiral Bullard said that il
;s 30 accurate in its results that
mb.o III was recently, navigated through
tors who relied for guidance soisiv
Rble. 'en' 'u' py the
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-11-05
WOMAN BEAT HER TICKET
Mrs. Marion, for Senator, Ran Ahead
Of Other "Drvs"

Mrs. Leah Cobb Marion, Of EN-.
Porium, the first woman in Pcnnsyl
Pnia to run for. United States sena :
(r, received a heavier vote on the Pro-
bition ticket than Watkins, the presi.
ntial candidate on the same ticket.
Pllowing are the counties that have
pofhcially reported the vote, for Mrs.
arion:
Adams. 1os; Bradford. 2o5o: Cam.
on, 534; Centre. 1868; Clarion.
IS; Columbia, 1916; Dauphin. 2SO4 !:
laware, 2S4; Forest, sci: Fulton
Greene. 303: Huntington, 6o3 ::
niata: 22l ! Lawrence, o4I9.; Leba
227; Lehigh. 794; Lycoming,
IL; Miffiin. 439; Monroe. 645 Mont.
masery,, 1913; Montour. 26S; Potter,
ss; Somerset. 1904; Sullivan, oil !:
isquehanna, 1899: Union, '345 !:
aayne. $50; Wyoming, 627.
Senator Penrose has a lead of $40.
~ with $50 districts to hear from
Senator Harding's plurality for
resident, with S42 scattered districts
|nreported. is 645,O95. If the same
Ito is maintained, he will have a plu-
pity exceeding 100000.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-11-05
FARMS ARE QUARANTINED
Ban on somerton Section Because
Of japanese Beetle

The State Department of Agriculture
Today announced quarantine on the
Farming district in Somerton, Thirty
fifth ward. and surrounding territory
adjacent to Bucks county because of
he appearance there of the japanese
beetle. By the order, no garden pro-
iuce may be shipped out Of these dis
riots without federal permit.
Somerton, Bustleton and other small
Communities constitute the major por-
fion Of the Thirty fifth ward in the ex-
IRENE northeast. It is in this agri.
cultural section of Philadelphia that the
destructive beetle made its appearance
ast summer and wrought havoc to the
(rops. BY quarantine state officials
ope to prevent it spreading during the
winter.
Similar restrictions We're imposed on
he farm products in Bensalem town
kimilar to that in effect in part of New
Jersey.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-11-05
& Clothier's General Reduction Sale
Special Values in
Leather Goods

Here are just a few selections
typical of the many excellent
values throughout this interesting
section
Most attractive Hand Bags, of
duuetine or veluet. Covered frame
style-with novel 7uffe IN cen-
tre--ftted Nth mirror and
swinging purse, and beautifully
lined. A s6.75 value--1t $5.95.
AL Brief Cases haze been re-
duced; of good cowhide, Nth
from one to jfue pockets. Prices
pere S7.25 to ss4.o0-no,1 $3.50
to 5000.
AU Mocha Hand Bags, that
Were $3.50 to sS5.00--ure now
$5.25 to $3.50.
Imported JeWel Bores, north
$500, at $1.65.
Drd,c-string Beaded Bags,
$500 Ualue-at $3.50.
strawbridge q clothier-sAisle o. Centre
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-11-05
For Women
For Men

Cotton Socks, black and colors;
were 29c-now 6 pairs for $1.45.
Colored Mercerized Lisle Socks;
were 50c-now 2 pairs for 75c.
Silk-plaited Socks, black and
colors; were 75c-now Csc a pr.
Silk Socks, black and colors;
We're 81 1.00--now 86c a pair.
) a clothier--Eishth and Market Streets
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-11-05
Notions Reduced

These excellent values in the
Notion Store:
$l.00 Hair Nets, cap or fringe
75c a dozen.
Waist Innings, ready I'm made-now
75c and Sl.O0
BAG FRAMES REDUCED
Shell color, were $3.5O-now a
OF Celluloid, were $2.75-$2.25
Metal Frames, were 50c-now 45c
Celluloid, were $l.50--now Sl.1S
strawbridgs q Clothier-Aisle 0, csntr,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-11-05
Save on These Neck Furs

Gathered here for Saturday. Neck
Furs at reductions that place them
they oveyn fact there things equal prices that
add so much to the costume:
Sl6.5O Rngtail Opossum Scarfs in the Sale-S12.75
$4,000 Patagonian Fox Animal Scarfs in the Sae-S235O
$450O Stone Marten Choker Scarfs in the Sale-S325O
S6OOO canadian Wolf Animal Scars in the Sale-S5OOO
S3O0O Russian Fitch Choker Scarfs in the Sale-S225O
5000 Blendid Japanese Marten Animal Scarfs-S55OO
$1,000 Natural Skunk ChOker Scars the Sale-S25OO
$500 Black French Coney Scarfs in the Sale-S135O
$4,000 Twoskn Patagonian Fox Stoes SaIe-S5OO0
$500 Dark Natural Mink Scarfs in the Sale-S65OO
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-11-05
For Women
For Men

Heavy Ribbed Shirts and Draw
ers; were s1.50-now 95c each.
White Gauze Merino Shirts,
from the American Hosiery Co,
seconds of $500 grade-$1.15
each. -.r
Ribbed Union Suits. were $500
NOW $1.75. Not all sizes.
xAA Strawbl
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-11-05
Dresses, Special at S21.5O

WOOL JERSEY DRESSES in tunic
styles with long sleeves and tie sashes, and
al attractively embroidered. Beaver, Flem-
ish blue and navy blue.
-S'strawbridse cother-second Floor Market Street
The Washington times., 1920-04-03
MOB LYNCHES NEGRO
WHO ASSAULTED 3 BOYS
Laurens, S. c., Men Storm the Jail,
Hang Victim to Railroad Bridge
and Riddle His Body.

SPARTANBURG, S. c., April 8
George Robertson, a negro. twenty
eight, was taken from the city jai! at
Laurens, S. c., at midnight Thursday
by a mob and hanged to a railroad
bridge on the outskirts of the city.
Reports reaching here say that
three white youths about eighteen
years of age became involved in a dis
pute with a negro. Robertson ap-
peared on the scene and took the part
of the negro, the one first involved
leaving the scene. Robertson is said
to have drawn his knife and cut the
three boys. City police interfered and
placed Robertson in jail, then started
a search for the other negro. and
while this was in progress the mob
stormed the Jail, secured the pris-
oner, and rushed him to the bridge.
where he was lynched. After he had
been hanged, the body of the victim
was riddled with bullets.
The Washington times., 1920-04-03
MARYLANDSENATE
KILLS BEER BILL
"Wet" Measure Passed by
House Meets Sudden Death.
Sunday Movies Also Beaten.

ANNAPOLIS April 3.-Ending the
hopes OF Maryland vets for any legis-
lative relief at this session, the sem
ate last night, by vote or 10 10 III
killed the so-called Jones 3ls per cent
beer, bill, which had the active sup
port OF Governor Richie.
The bill to permit Sunday moving
picture shows In Baltimore was also
killed by the senate, l5 to IL.
As first introduced the Jones bill
provided that the state or Maryland
should consider nothing as low In al
coholic content as 31s per cent should
be considered Intoxicating under
the Eighteenth Amendment.
While Mr.. Iverson, OF Baltimore
city was busy today trying to dig up
enough votes to bring to life his bill
lcgalizing athletic sports and the sale
OF various articles In Baltimore on
Sunday, the house adjourned with
out further action.
The bill was passed by the house
some days ago, with SO votes In Its
favor. and the senate also passed 1t
Tuesday night by vote of II to 10.
But the house reconsidered and de-
feated the measure. so to AZ.
This would seem to have ended the
matter, but not so, for Delegate liver.
son announced his intention OF bring
ing II up yet again and trying to have
the reconsideration reconsidered.
The Washington times., 1920-04-03
UNCLE SAM NAUCURATES
NEW TEST FOR WATCHES

The Bureau of Standards has ini-
tiated a new test to serve as an ad-
ditional standard for issuing certi-
ficates for watches. Succeeding trials
will be begun each week.
In undertaking this work, the bu-
reau announced that its purpose was
to establish a test which would
grant a certificate to a watch of the
better grades now on the market, but
which will not pass the class A test,
and to give this quality of watch the
merited stamp of approval, which for
merly has been lacking.
The test lasts nineteen days. during
which a watch is tested in five posi-
tions and three temperatures.
The Washington times., 1920-04-03
BRITISH SEAMEN FIGHT
HIRING CHINESE COOLIES

LONDON, April 3-Chinese coolies
are displeasing British seamen, and
the latter are getting their dander
up.
The seamen have protested to the
Board OF Trade, pointing out that but
S,1S2 Chinese were employed in 1914
on British ships. and that this num-
ber had doubled a year later, while
the end of the war has not seen dis
continuance of the shipowners' prac-
tico eff exploiting cheap Chinese labor
while British ex-fghters are Jobless.
The sailors have asked that the re-
cent act which stipulated that no
alien be employed in any capacity on
a British ship at a rate of pay less
than the rate paid to British subjects
be made operative at once.