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The New York herald., 1921-06-19

The earlier chapters of the book exercise
IN appeal like that of music 1t would be a
stony hearted Sovietist who could resist the
Joyous little creature who delighted In dane
ng and also In hearing Lord Melbourne read
md explain state papers and who ran up
stairs after her coronation threw off her
grand robes and gave her dog Dash his
evening bath.
Coming to the kingdom was solemn
hing. but 1t brought n certain relief. She
her own mistress and free at last from
he long regime of preparation. This is the
picture of those earlier years:
Morning and evening, day and night.
there relaxation of the maternal
vigilance. The child grew into the girl. the
girl into the young woman but still she
slept in her mothers bedroom still she had
no place allowed her where she might sit
work by herself. An extraordinary watch
fulness surrounded her every step; up to
the day Of her accession she never went
down stairs without some one beside her
holding her hand. Plainness and regularity
ruled the household. The hours, the days,
the years passed slowly and methodically
by. The dolls-the innumerabe dolls. each
one so neatly dressed each one with it's name
so punctiliously entered in the catalogue
were laid aside, and a little music and
little dancing took their place. Taglioni
came, to give grace and dignity to the figure,
and Labache. to train the piping treble
upon his own rich bass. The Dean Of Ches-
ter the official preceptor. continued his end
less instruction In Scripture history. while
the Duchess Of Northumberland, the official
governess, presided over every lesson with
becoming solenlnity. Without doubt. the
Princess's maip achievement during her
school days was linguistic. German was nat
uraly the first language with which she
was familiar: but English and French
trilingual though her mastery of English
grammar remained incomplete"
No wonder that her realization of new
powers was followed by such a scene as
this
When after her first Council, she crossed
the anteroom and found her mother wait
ing for her. she said And now. Mamma.
am really and truly Queen? You see. my
dear, that It is So Then, dear Mamma.
hope you will grant me the first request
make to you, as Queen. Let me be by my
self for an hour For an hour she remained
in solitude. Then she reappeared and gave
a significant order: her bed was to be moved
out of her mothers room. 1t was the doom
of the Duchess OF Kent. The long years OF
waiting were over at last; the moment of
T. lifetime had come: her daughter was Queen
of England. and that very moment brought
her own annihilation."
Victoria found she could not always have
her way without contest But she
ready enough to assert herself
=" sir Robert has behaved very ILL., she
wrote; he insisted on my giving up my
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forest fires are caused each year by the
carelessness of campers. Indeed. many fires
are discovered reported and fought by them
People are coming TO realize that thousands
Of unafraid live deer and elk are much more
to be preferred than a few invisible or dead
ones, and hundreds Of real sportsmen get
more pleasure hunting with camera in ma
tIonal parks than they woulc with gun out
side"
The close packed little handbook has chap
ters OF the history of the Yosemite region
Indians. ideals and policy Of the park SER
vice. administration. geology, life zones
birds. mammals. reptiles fish, insects. trees
and flowers. II closes with the necessary
information as to camping and motoring
The writer's are men of authority i'm their
subjects. scholars from the University Of
California and the San Francisco Academy
OF Sciences An example Of the varied i'm
terest Of these sections may be found in the
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public camps i'm Yosemite Valley have be-
come very popular. total of 23.400 persons
having been registered during the season of
1920. Better facilities must be provided in
these camps. The sanitary system by which
they will largely benefit is already under
construction. and all camps should be lighted
by electricity. Time and again European
visitors express astonshment that all this
service can be free. To them II Is as in
comprehensive as is sense of American
freedom.
The public is one of the best allies of the
service in many OF It's practical problems Of
preserving the park absolutely unlmpared.'
Campers realize the justice of being allowed
to use only dead wood for their fires. II is
especially gratifying to note that fewer
The New York herald., 1921-06-19

QUEEN VICTORIA. BY Lytton Strachey.
Harcourt. Brace & Co
T the long line of English monarchs the
TWO most impressive actual parsonage,
were women. Arthur and Alfred are
legends. The early Edwards are lost in
worn threads of the tapestry of time The
Henrys as the world knows them are Shake
speare's creation rather than history's The
earlier Georges served as foils for Beau
Brummels wit George Washingtons
character.
But elizabeth and Victoria by kind o.
irreducible and abiding national quality
which had something immortal In its es-
sence, drew into the radius of their royaI
being the elements of the time Living in
a profound and mysterious isolation-I am
thinking of Victoria after the death of the
Prince, Consort-they identified themselves
with their people so that "Elizabethan" and
Victorian" are not mere labels of conve-
nience.
And this fact holds, although in the latter
case the greater streams of human power
flowed silently past an oblivious throne.
How little could Victoria understand the So
cial or scientific or artistic forces at work
In the creation of the century to come 1t
was partly because she did not understand
AS Mr.. Strachey puts it, referring to the
time of the great exhibition, about 1850
THE public looked on with approval
few aristocrats might sniff or litter, but
with the nation at large the Queen was now
once more extremely popular The middle
classes In particular were pleased They
liked love match; they liked household
which combined the advantages of ROYALTY
and virtue and in which they seemed to see
reflected as in some resplendent looking
glass. the ideal image Of the very lives they
led themselves. Their own existences less
exalted, but oh! soothingly similar. ac-
quired an added excellence and added sue
culence from the early hours, the regularity,
roast beef and Yorkshire pudding of Os-
borne. 1t was indeed model court.
Even the very chairs and tables had as
sumed, with a singular responsiveness. the
forms Of prim solidity. The Victorian age
was In full swing"
Strachey's triumph ,s achieved in a blend
ing of sympathetic Interpretation with a
clear view Of the absurdites of a royal court
He does not hesitate over a record of royal
conversation amazing In it's badness:
when the company was reassembled in
the drawing room the etiquette was stiff.
For few moments the Queen spoke in turn
to each one of her guests, and during these
short. uneasy colloquies the aridity of roy
atty was apt to become painfully evident.
One night Mr.. Greville. the Clerk of the
Privy Council. was present; his turn soon
came; the middle aged. hardfaced vfveur
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would address himself to his wife and she
In turn would repeat the statement to her
mother. who would make the necessary an
swer by the same route. even though all
three might be sitting in the same lodge.
For a young man to do otherwise would be
the grossest breach of decorum, and the old
lady would no doubt complain to her friends
that her daughter seemed to have married
a man lacking In all propriety and affec.
ton This Is another custom which the In
dams assume as self-evident and when
asked for a reason they can give none ex
cept that they would be mortally ashamed
to behave otherwise
Joseph Grinnell and Tracy Irwin of the
universty's zoology museum give this sum-
mary OF other native inhabitants of the
park:
~ total OF 226 kinds of birds is now au-
thentically known from the Yosemite sec
ton: there are 81 kinds of mammals. rang
ing In size from bats to bears; 20 kinds OF
snakes and lizards and IL kinds OF frogs,
toads and salamanders. This makes. all
told a vertebrate fauna. outside Of fishes, OF
353 forms This richness in number OF kinds
is Que to the wide range OF climatic condi-
tions with the depending vegetational fea-
lures. covered in the Yosemite section. Only
a small proportion OF the total number OF
species occur together AZ any one level The
curious and interesting thing s that the
changes in faunal constitution across the
Sierras are not perfectly gradual but take
place at intervals. abruptly. Several belts
or zones OF life result. in each of which
conditions are relatively uniform"
And there IL no better suggestion OF the
larger aspects OF the region as whole than
this passage on It's geology by Prof Andrew
G. Lawson:
THE contours of Yosemite are in general
zig-zag expressive of salients and reentrants
which are full Of surprises and suggest some
mysteriously intentional process OF sculp-
ture. In the profiles the vertical element
dominates and gives the valley It's atmo-
sphere OF solemnity and majesty. the same
atmosphere which the great architects of the
Middle Ages gave to their splendid Gothic
cathedrals. These features are In striking
contrast with The smoothly flowing. though
unduatory contours and profiles OF Tenaya
Canyon below Clouds Rest as seen from Mir
ror Lake. when we try by close observa-
ton TO ascertain the cause OF this contrast
we discover as Matthes 30 well told us. that
In the sculptural modification Of the valley
~ glacial erosion there has been a large
element OF control inherent In the structure
OF the granite which is the prevailing rock"
when Europeans come to America we
can take them to the Yosemite and to the
Grand Canyon and say
These are our cathedrals."
The New York herald., 1921-06-19
Lyman Abbott tells
his inner life story

WHAT CHRISTIANITY MEANS TO Me:
A SPIRITUAL AUTOBIOGRAPHY Bv
Lyman Abbott. The Macmillan Company.
~ r. ABBOTT says that this volume of
spiritual essays, which have thus
melted together into an autobio-
graphical current, is IAN endeavor to state
simply and clearly the results of my sixty
years of Bible study and Of my more than
sixty years of Christian experience"
The author recognizes the fact that the
Christianity of the twentieth century ls not
the same as the Christianity Of Jesus Christ
and he says II ought not to be- for Chris
uanity is life, and after nineteen centuries
OF growth II can no more be the same that
it was in the first century than an oak is
the same as an acorn. America in 1920
the same as America i'm 1887. He finds that
a changing and sitting and shifting and
replacement process is going on throughout
the world in this modern Christianity, and
he welcomes it wherever it appears and
whatever questions II asks. "Unbeef Is
less dangerous than insincere beliefs" But
in this book he does not take part in this
Sitting process. but he invites the reader to
get back OF all the centuries of life and
thought and inquire what was Christianity
as taught by Christ in the first century. and
what In that teaching makes men and
women Of widely differing beliefs all confess
and call themselves Christians In the chap
ter Thy Kingdom Come on Earth" DR.. .
Abbott tries 10 condense the message of his
pages into a few sentences and his words
will be OF cheer and encouragement TO thou
sands who would gladly acknowledge their
own hope and faith as fastened on the same
things sought for.
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ladies' to which T replied that neDer would
consent, and / never saw man so fright
ened ! was calm but very decided
and l think you would have been pleased to
see my composure and great frmness; the
Queen of England will not submit to such
trickery Keep yourself in readiness, for
you may soon be wanted. Hardly had she
finished when the Duke of Wellington was
announced. Well Maam. he said as he en-
tered L am very sorry to find there is
difficulty. OH she instantly replied he
began It, not me- She felt that only one
thing now was needed-she must be Arm.
And firm she was The venerable conqueror
of Napoleon was outfaced by the relentless
equanimity of a girl in her teens. He could
not move the Queen one inch At last she
even ventured to rally him. Is Sir Robert
so weak she asked. that even the ladies
must be of his opinion" On which the
Duke made brief and humble expostula-
ton. bowed low. and departed" ~
The art of Strachey's narrative Is shown
by the way he keeps Victoria placed in the
centre of interest even while he draws un-
forgettabe portraits of the chief men and
women closely related to her. AS individuals
they might surpass her in every gift. But
they passed and she remained. gathering
weight of dignity from the years and from
those who served with her. There Lord
Melbourne her first Prime Minister:
The habits or his lie, underwent a sur
prisng change. His comfortable, unpunctual
daSs became subject to the unaltering
routIn, of palace: no longer did he sprawl
on sofas not a single damn escaped his
lips. The man of the world who had been
the friend of Byron and the Regent. the
taker whose paradoxes had held Holland
House enthraed the cynic whose ribaldries
had enlivened many deep potations. the
lover whose soft words had captivated such
beauty and such passion and such wit. might
now be seen, evening after evening, talking
with infinite politeness to a schoolgirl, bolt
upright amid the silence and the rigidty of
Court etiquette
We have heard all the stories of Gladstone
and Disraeli. They are told again, and we'll.
But the figure that remains clearest after
the book Isl closed is Prince Albert. He
lives in Victoria's adoring love for him and
he lives in his own person. Strachey re-
marks that unhapply the Queens very pas
sionate purpose to honor him. after his death
resulted in making his memors that Of
stony statue instead of a man. He was
a man. nevertheless. with .ouch of pathos
and unfulflment in his personal history. He
approached the ancient ideal of king more
yearly than most of those who have worn
a crown.
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following passages on the Yosemite Indians
from the contribution of Profs A. l..
Kroeber, cuyator of the university's anthro-
biological museum:
ut s clear that in his bodily type the
Indian more nearly resembles the Mongolian
of eastern Asia than any other variety of
the humaR species. The long, straight, stiff
hair, one of the most valuable marks in race
classification, is alone. sufficient to estab-
lsh a strong presumption in this direction
AS to when this migration of the first in
habitants of America OUT of Asia took place,
there is growing up a fairly unanimous
consensus among aDthropologists that this
movement must have occurred at about the
time that the old Stone Age was giving
place to the new in Europe; that is to say
The New York herald., 1921-06-19

HANDBOOK OF YOSEMITE NATIONAL
PARK. Compiled and edited by Ansel F.
Hall. United States National Park Service.
illustrated. G. F. Putnam's Sons.
q INCE 1905 travel to Yosemite National
Park has increased thirteen fold. The
automobile and the war are two OF
the chief later causes which have multiplied
the number of visitors. Motor cars were
first admitted in 1914, and restrictions relat-
ing to their entrance have been so reduced
as to tempt every owner of car to make a
vacation trip there. In 1919 "a per cent. of
the parks visitors arrived in their own ma
chimes. The road from the valley to the FL
Portal entrance has been rebuilt and the
State of California Is now constructing a
year round highway up the Merced Canyon.
This will make the park much more acces-
siple The route will be completed by an
outlet by vernaI and Nevada Falls into Little
Yosemite Valley. other routes will also he
developed. Here Is the picture as II is pre-
sented In the book:
"The Yosemite National Park is one large
camping ground Wherever there is wood
and water. and feed II there is stock. there
Is a potential camp. Trails lead to all parts
OF the park and II is poor trail indeed
which does not pass at least one good camp
ing spot every hour or two. Auto roads are
fewer but afford many camp sites espe-
cially the Tioga Road which passes Lake
Tenaya, through Tuolumne Meadows and
over Tioga Pass. connecting with the roads
to Lake Tahoe on the north and TO Los An
geles by way of OWENS Lake to the south.
The choice OF a camping place or camp
ing itinerary is largely matter of the OBJ
jectives sought and the time at ones dis
posal. II mountain climbing and high Al
pine scenery are desired. the crest of the High
Sierra, forming the eastery boundary OF the
park will afford the best in this line. There
is hardly a section where excellent trout
fishing is not to be had. but the best nearby
points are to the east and northwest of
Yosemite Valley. and It Is still better further
north. where II is less frequented."
The National Park Service. which was
created by Congress in 1916 as bureau OF
the Department OF the Interior. is an active
institution. The late Secretary Lanes de-
serves good deal of credit for his intell-
gent work in this field. And tho need for
continued growth is fully recognized in these
words by Director stephen T. Mather. head
of the bureau:
Each year sees the park better devel-
oped for the of the people. The free
The New York herald., 1921-06-19
A correction

Cecil Rhodes" biography wrongly at
tributed TO another publisher in the HERALD
Of June 3. is issued In America by Henry
Holt & Co. This new life OF the man who
was so closely related to Great Britain's i'm
pcrial development is by Basil Williams. the
general editor OF the series Makers OF the
Nineteenth Century" IL was In this series
that Lord Charnwood's Lincoln" appeared
the book on which Drinkwater based his
play.
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with animation. Has your Majesty got
nice horse?' said Mr.. Greville. Oh a very
nice horse, said the Queen"
He does not hesitate to record, but he does
not overaccent the picture or mar II with
cheap scorn. The philosopher must reflect
upon the strange motions of man in the at
tempt to govern himself But the philos-
opher will not underrate the Victorias or
blame them for not being what they never
were. never could be. They did not ask to be
kings and queens. And being what she was.
Victoria honestly became the very best
queen she knew how to be. Nobody could
possibly work harder at the royal profession
than she did-or take II more seriously.
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Literary Proverbs
BY HAROLD SETON.

by nRNOlD De lON.
n lever look a gift book in the binding
NJ book to the wise is sufficient.
Never critcise a book until you
come to II.
BY their books ye shall know them.
A book In the hand is worth two on the
shelf.
one good book deserves another.
It's a long tale that has no ending.
10 is never too late to lena.
Men may come and men may 30, but
books so on forever.
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was addressed by his young hostess. Have
you been riding to-day, Mr.. Greville?' asked
the Queen No. Madam have not replied
Mr.. Greville. 1t was a fine day. continued
the Queen. Yes. Madam, a very fine day.
said Mr. Greville. 1t was rather cold,
though. said the Queen. 1t l1as rather cold.
Madam said Mr.. Greville. Your sister,
Lady Frances Egerton, rides think, doesn't
she?" said the Queen. She does ride some
times Madam said Mr.. Grevile. There was
a pause. after which Mr. Greville ventured
to take the lead though he did not venture
to change the subject. Has your Majesty
been riding to-day?' asked Mr.. Greville oh.
yes. very long ride answered the Queen
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disposed
her family Chief
The New York herald., 1921-06-19

WHAT CHRISTIANITY MEANS TO Me:
A SPIRITUAL AUTOBIOGRAPHY BY
Lyman Abbott. The Macmillan Company.
The New York herald., 1921-06-19

OF YOSEMITE NATIONAL
PARK. Compiled and edited by Ansel F.
Hall. United States National Park Service.
illustrated. G.. T. Putnams Sons
The Washington times., 1921-07-11
DRY INFLUENCE
CHECKED BY NEW
ADMINISTRATION
intimidation of Officials Halted
BY Fairness-to-AH
Policy.

A peculiar form Of intimidation, which
has caused existing laws to be made the
plaything of propagandists, has been
stopped with Jolt. Dry leaders of
every shade, who have been getting
away with lot of things that don't
jibe with unbiased administration Of
Justice, have awakened with feel
ing in the head that now convinces
them that the political wheel has
brought a new day and a new way
of doing things.
This does not necessarily imply
that the new administration Is less
dry than the old, or that II Is in any
sense less alive to the emergency
forcing the laws as they stand on the
statute books.
But the pernicious activity of GER
tain dry enthusiasts, who have mo-
nopolized the time and attention of
certain officials OF the Treasury De-
partment and the Department of JUS
tice. and invoked their power almost
at will in making the Volstead law a
vehicle to impose bothersome and un-
lust rules upon certain classes of
citizens has been halted.
The unadvertised control and domi-
nation Of the "drys" over the prohibi-
tion unit has become something of a
scandal among those of sedste Off
claldom, who frown upon the employ
ment of outside Influence" in shaping
official acts, which affect all the peo-
pie rather than some small part of It.
Drys who have had a habit OF ac-
lually writing regulations for Treas
dry officials to sign, as written, have
passed along with another regime.
They are not found around the inner
precincts OF the dry law chiefs, initiat.
ing Oh suggesting what shall be done,
all the while with some consciousness
that the suggestions of the overzealous
The Washington times., 1921-07-11
.SHERR|LL FAVORS
!. TRUCK SERVICE IN
ROCK CREEK PARK
Public Buildings Chief Agrees
With Times Plan for Pub
lies Enjoyment.

Immeniate application will be made
by Col. c. c. Sheriff.. superintendent
Of public buildings and grounds, for
army automobile trucks, with which
to open a Rock Creek Park touring
service. and so make the beauties of
the park accessible to the general
public.
Colonel Sheriff. this morning ex-
pressed himself as heartily In favor
Of the plan. as proposed yesterday by
The, Times.
Rock Creek Park is the lar gest and
one of the most beautiful parks in the
District, and should be made immedi-
ately accessible to the public said
Colonel Sheriff..
THE most beautiful portions of the
park are far removed from street car
lines, and are never seen by the aver
age pedestrian. The man who owns
an automobile is the only one who can
really reach the real gems of the
park. am very glad that The Times
has taken up the question, and i In
tend to no my utmost to secure trans
portation for those who wish to visit
this park"
The Washington times., 1921-07-11
"AD" AGENCIES CORP.
MAKES SHIP REPORT

The Advertising Agencies Corpora
ton, authorized by Admiral Benson
eleven months ago to make a survey
OF the advertising situation for the
Shipping Board. has submitted it's re-
port. This makes total of sixty
three suggestions for nationwide ad-
vertising campaign to increase freight
and passenger traffic on American
ships and to arouse interest in a mer-
chant marine. Expenditure OF 1.000,-
900 during the next year is recon-
mended.
The report covers every large city
in the United States, and includes the
results of six thousand personal in
terviews. II includes suggestions for
stimulating the market for ship Sc
curities