The Washington herald., 1920-06-08
In the Limelight
BY George Perry Morris.

BY George Perry Morris.
Samuel Adams of Virginia" who
Is In Chicago pressing his own claim
for the Vice Presidential nomi-
nation. is Of the old Massachusetts
Adams stock, though not descended
from the famous Sam Adams of the
Revolutionary period. The latter
was one Of the slickest politicians
and most radical agitators that ever
has lived on this side OF the Allan
tic. man for whom the propertied
classes of the Massachusetts Colony
had much lily concealed distrust:
but who found him useful in the
nght against Great Britain.
WI Ting Fang. vulnerable but VI
rile. looms on the scene again as
one OF the leaders of a South China
revolt against the Canton govern
ment and as the promoter of q Sc
cessIon of six of the provinces from
the movement that hes arrayed the
South against the North. Associat-
ed with him is Sun Vat Sen. former
provisional President of China, who
at one time was the rising hope Of
Chinese republicanism; but whose
radicalism lately has brought him
into disrepute with the moderates.
/ WI Ting Fang got a large and deep
I placed injection of democracy while
serving the old dynasty in its diplo-
matte service in the Occident: and
! he is an interesting illustration of
! the fact that some men as they
grow old do not become more but,
on the other hand. less conservs-
tive.
: Edward Hines. prominent in the
lumber trade of Chicago. is the first
conspicuous donor to the new uni
versity for Roman Catholic students
which Archbishop Mundelein is
planning to create in the mid West
capital Of American Roman Catholi-
cism. The plan laid out by this able
administrator is comprehensive. in
Guiding immediate coordination OF
the many church colleges in and
about the city: ultimate creation of
schools of law. medicine. engineer
ing and the liberal arts: and all
centering around a school of the
I ology. the home of which will be
! in the building to be erected with
the 100000 which Mr.. Hines has
given.
\ John Finley. superintendent OF
education for the State OF New
York and formerly professor in
/ Princeton University. is a poet, a
charming after-dinner speaker. a
modernist who withal is religious,
a pedestrian whose feats in Pales-
tine astounded the British army Of
ficials. and A man of letters. For
his book on The French in the
Heart OF America" which he first
gave in lecture form before French
university audiences. he has just
received the prize medal of the So
ciete de Geographic de Paris,
awarded in 1917. but only delivered
now owing to the decree forbiddins
the making of medals during the
war, The book has to do mainly
with the history of French eNplora-
tion OF Canada and the Mississippi
Valley: and Finley prepared him.
self to write it in his own charac-
teristic way. canoeing and walking
over as much of the region describ-
ed as was possible. and seeing with
his own eyes the transformation:
wrought in territory first described
by Parkman in a classic way.
Europe is TO be interested more
than ever in the music OF the Amer
ican negro as the result of Johr
PowelI's share in the concerts which
the New York Symphony Orchestrs
has been giving. Meantime. while
Interest in this folk music and its
adaptations. increases here and
abroad, / like to think of the di'
rectness of method for gaining
larger knowledge of his own peo'
lple's are which Hayes. the negro
tenor. is showing. Two years of hi:
life are now to he dedicated to res
idence in Africa and to study at frs
hand of the origin. evolution anc
achievements of the races from
which the former slaves derive
their own melOdic and harmonic
forms Hayes is former BostoT
Conservatory of Music pupil. will
the best of subsequent training. 50
that he can hold his own with Eu
ropean and American Caucasians IL
rendering the best of their music
An artist he also is a scholar: ant
when he comes out of interior AT
rica il will be with spoil such al
never has been garnered. The common =
race tie will enable him to win con
fdence and master secrets that ;
white investigator could not. Be
sides he is a lovable lover of men.
Last week two italian aviators
Masiero and Ferrari. landed safel!
in Tokyo. Japan, having flown from
Rome. The press has made littl'
comment upon the fact. so wontec
are we, coming to be to feats Of th'
kind, such as the flight from Eng
land TO Australia and from Egyp
to Capetown. While railroad build
ers prattle in terms of information
alism. the aviators speak with thu
eloquence of accomplished facts.