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Evening star., 1921-05-12
SEEK COLLEGE AID
2-CENT STAMP
Thirteen Universities Instruct
10000 Students by the Cor
reSpOndenCe Method.

CHICAGO. May 12.-Opening of the
university front door by means OF
correspondence courses. so that vaude-
willie actor. cook or printer. can go to
college by mail if he chooses. is one
of the most striking developments OF
the college world of today, it is in
dicatcd by 4 partial census of this
field taken by the Associated Press.
In thirteen universities more than
10000 perSons-the great majority
past college age and from great
many walks of lifc-wcre reported
taking college courses with two
cent stamp.
List Of the Colleges.
This was the list: University of
Chicago. 800: Columbia University
500: University Of Florida. 3.SO4: In
diana University. $50: Iowa state
College o4O: University Of Kansas.
$500: University of Kentucky. 4t4
University of Minnesota. 152; tniVer-
sitv of Missouri. l.291: University or
North Dakota. 80: Ohio state | nj
vrrsity. 1900: University Of Okla :
hOma 500: University of Texas. l.1-";
University Of Wisconsin. coils.
They come from everywhere, here
aud abroad one member of the tnl-
vcrsitvs of ChjCaGO'S correspondence
classes lives above tn" arcuC circle
- miles south of Alaska's tartheSt
northern point. Another. in emma. Is
ten ,Iavs by coolie train beyond the
farthest navigable point on the
YangtSe KianC.
Occupations Vary.
More than 300 different occupations
were furnished students for ONO
State Tniversity's agricultural cor
rcspondenCe courses at the iast IIst -
ing. Persons taking college mali
q IN
from day Iaborers. clergXmen, farm
crs grocery clerks, hc2-Lng mousse
keepers cooks. bank cler ~ seolo-
ciStS and uuarrymen 70 carpenters D.
mill workers, vaudeville actors. ar
fists. walters. men in p"nitentarleS.
ianitors. probation officers, dressmak-
crS and ball players.
courses most favored differ. with
different institutions Al Nlscoh.
sin business was most popular. a
+hird of tho correspondence students.
or 6S9S taking il. while engineering
and industrial studies draw fourth.
At the University of Kansas IL was
foreign languages that stood hrst:
the University of Kentucky pract1cal
mining: at the University of Okla :
homa education. and at the universl-
tics Of Chicago. Indiana and IeXaS'
English.
Characteristic Features.
4 characteristic feature of the col
1ere CorrespondenCe courses IS the
rapidity with which they help the
university to meet popular demand
|or instruction. An outstanding IL
I,,stration of this is noted at the Inl-
versitv of Wisconsin, where work on
the preparation of course in Ted
eral income tax accounting was car
ried on while the law was IN ths
making The course was completed
and enrolment of students begun
within very few days after the
President signed the act.
Indicative of the extent to Which
this work is carried on at the nj
yersitv of Wisconsin. twenty-slx text
books have been prepared by the cor
resnondenCe staff. The number OF
copies sold in the last ten years 10
others than the universitES CORE
snondence students. upon which the
institution received q royalty, was
1S5.O5o. Royalties the past year alone
totaled 100000.
Evening star., 1921-05-12
PLACE AND DATE FIXED.
Merchants and Manufacturers tt
Have Outing on West River.

June : is the date and the AlmaS
Temple Club on the West river. the
place for the annual outing of the
Merchants and Manufacturers Asso-
Ciation.
1t was decided that the undertake
ing would be inaugurated with "A
grand parade leaving 11th street and
PENNSYLVANIA avenue at o'clock in
the morning and traversing the busi-
ness section to the accompaniment of
a big band. The run to the Shriners'
fifty-acre clubhouse on the West river
is contemplated to occupy one hour
and forty-five minutes.
Distinguished public men will be
invited to join in a day Of pleasure.
during which the cares of trade and
legislative desires will be put aside.
President Philip King, who is the
Evening star., 1921-05-12
EIGHT YEARS FOR ASSAULT.

Pleading guilty to an assault with
a dangerous weapon. Elbert Lee Moss
colored. was sentenced Tuesday aft
ernoon. by Justice Gould, in Criminal
Division ]. to serve eight years in the
penitentiary. Moss entered the store
of L. S. Callisher, jeweler, 933 Penn
sylvania avenue northwest, November
3 last. and asked Charles S. Frantz
the clerk, to show him a diamond
ring.
When the clerk stopped to take a
tray of rings from the showcase Moss
struck him over the head with a
club. and, grabbing a handful of
ringc. ran from the store. He was
captured a few blocks away.
Evening star., 1921-05-12
MT. RAINIER KEEPS NAME.
Efforts to Have It Called Mount
Lincoln Cease.

Efforts to have the name Of Mount
Rainier. WASH. changed to Mount
Lincoln probably will cease as the
result Of Il unanimous vote yesterday by
the national geographic board to re-
tain the original name OF the noun
tain. The meeting was held in the
auditorium of the Interior Department
building.
Mount Rainier has been known by
that name for the last 130 years. Eff
forts to change the name are said
to have been directed by the Grand
Army of the Republic.
Evening star., 1921-05-12
TAKES UP DUTY HERE.

Lieut.. Commander Haller Belt,
naval inspector of ordnance at Roch-
ester. y. y, has been assigned to
duty in the bureau of ordnance. Navy
DeDartment this CITY
Evening star., 1921-05-12

chairman Of the outing committee,
was directed to name subcommittee
to arrange the details and at the
close of the meeting announced the
following chairmen of subcommittee
who. with the chairman OF the general
committee. will constitute the execu-
tive committee in charge of the out
ing:
Ross j. Andrews. guests; o: !. De
Moll. music; 4. Lisner, publicity:
John S. Dunn. entertainment; Sylvan
King. games. and Joseph A. Berber-
ich. transportation:
Secretary Charles J. Columbus an
nounced that the executive committee
would hold its first meeting Friday
at 1890 O'Clock, at which time the
personnel Of the various Subcpmmit- L
tees will be announced and details
of the outing put in order.
The elusive something you cannot
afford to let get away.-Adv. A col
lar button. Come on; give US the
The Wrangell sentinel., 1921-02-03
Gallant Young Men Entertain in Honor Young
 Lady Friends

Complimentary to the young ladies who gave the leap year party at New Years, a number of young men entertained last Saturday night at the home of Julius Mason. The young men had spared no effort to make the affair a great success and de- lightful evening resulted. The ladies who were honored with invitations were kept in the dark as to where the affair was to be given. At the appointed time,
 their escorts led them to the Ma son home. Here they were met at the door by Harold Shangle, who, appropriately costumed, ac- ted as major domo and received their cards. All the guests ap. peared in costume. The acting host, Julius Mason, represented the king of Spain and there were several notable and interesting personages. Games furnished amusement for part of the even- ing and there was a program dance which was greatly enjoyed.
 A delicious supper was served in the dining room. A large Amer ican flag draped one wall. The table was very attractive with it's centerpiece of flags of all nations.
 Ribbons running from this center to the various plates were at tached to favors which were drawn later. These gifts were concealed in gay paper caps, pink and white for the ladies and green and white for the men,
 which were worn by their recipi- ents at the supper. Mrs. Mason and Mrs. Hofstad were dressed as maids and served the guests. After the supper, dancing was resumed. During the evening, two extra dance numbers were arranged which caused much mer. riment. In the first one, the men stepped behind a curtain. Only their noses were visible through slits in the curtain and each lady selected her partner by indicating the nose she preferred. The sec ond dance gave each young man a chance to show his ability to choose the partner he wanted from a row of slippered toes pro- truding from behind the same curtain. Another feature of the evenings entertainment was an impromptu program of songs by Mrs. Towers and a recitation by little Betty Matheson. The young enjoyed the party and the young men who were responsible for the arrangements, covered them selves with glory, judging by the anthuSiaS Stic nraiSe of the quests.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1921-02-03
Of Interest toTrappers to

Chief Isaac of the Moosehide Indians near Dawson says that ptarmigan and rabbits will be plen- tiful next year.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1921-02-03

The fur farmers on Axel island in Western Alaska have killed 6a blue foxes this season, receiving SIS for each of them.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1921-02-03
RAW FURS WANTED
Alliance, Neb.,
 July 16, 1920.

Alliance, Neb.,
 July l6, 1920. , Veil Bros. X Co.,,
 Fort Wayne, Indiana.
 Gentlemen: It may surprise you to know that the 100 rats that 1 shipped you, and for which you paid ne S200.00 that these rats were shipped to one of the mos: prominent fur houses in the United States at Chicago, and they offered 50 cents piece for them. They were ordered to be returned. and were returned to Nebraska. 1 thought it was right to tell you this. because where one firm pays 300 per cent more for an article than another firm in the same line of business-and that firm claiming to be one of the largest in the United States you are quite right in calling yourselves THE OLD SQUARE DEAL FUR HOUSE of Fort Wayne, as you certainly do give a square deal. l have not only received square deal on this shipment but on great many other shipments.
 If anyone doubts this state- ment they can write to me for confirmation. enclosing postage and l will affirm it.
 With my kindest personal re- gards, l remain
 Yours truly,
 HARVEY MYERS,
 P. O. Box 40. Alliance Neb.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1921-02-03

The fox farm on Wingham island belonging to Frank Town send has been leased tor five years to Wm. Dugdale of Katalla.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1921-02-03

A man who recently arrived from the Hot Springs district reports that late in the fall between 40 and SO bears were shot near Cinema Hot Springs. One man shot six in one day.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1921-02-03
BankofA1aska
Wrangell. Alaska
April 2s, 1920.

April 2S, 1920. A. NJ. White Company, Juneau, Alaska. Dear Sirs:
 Referring 10 your letter of the 2lst inst. it is true that we shipped about s30.000.00 turs through the bank to Well Bros. this season.
 The principal reason we ship ped this amount to hem was be- cause they handled our business satisfactorily and paid a fair price for the goods. - We did receive Veil circular and you deserve credit for this. However, we shipped to several other houses which did not mail us any advertising matter. The. reason Well got the big end of our business was because he treated us right.
 Yours very truly,
 G. W. UPSHAW,
 Vice-President. (This is reproduction of letter to our advertis- ing agent in Alaska
The New York herald., 1921-05-15
Heroine is good.
beautiful, deaf

THE UNSEEN EAR. BY Natalie sum-
ner Lincoln. ID. Appleton & Co.
Charles Darwin was. il we may be-
lieve himself and his biographers, an
eager reader of detect -a-tive" stories,
finding In them the best surcease from
his absorbing scientific Iabors Alas!
unless the shades in the world of spirit
are able to provide themselves with
the latest fiction (and this is almost
unbelievable), they haven't had q
chance TO read Natalie Sumner Lin
coins latest thriller. The Unseen
Ear" We are willing TO wager a small
amount of money, however, that IL he
had had the chance. the shade of Dar-
win would have done what the present
reviewer unblushingly admits she did,
which was, after reading four or five
chapters enough to get everybody
more or less suspected OF the crime Of
murder--to turn to the last chapter
and learn who was the real criminal
Other books BY this author have
reached a very large public. and no
doubt this one will too. n opens
promising innumerable thrills. While
the heroine. beautiful and good, but
absolutely deaf sits quietly in the
library OF her fathers house In WASH
ington his safe is rifed and man is
stabbed few feet from her chair. At
the moment she did not happen 10 be
wearing one Of the many devices she
possessed to help her hear. SO she
knew nothing Of the crime until she
stumbled over the dead body
AN eager public" says the blurb,
watches for each new story from this
author" We can't help advising that
eager public TO read the book back
wards.
The New York herald., 1921-05-15
Modern Galahad
without one vice

THE MAN FROM AsHALUNA. BY
Henry Payson Dowst. Boston Small,
Maynard & Co.
The vitality of the theme behind the
scorned Sunday school books OF two
decades ago is amazing. In "The Man
From Ashaluna." by Henry Payson
Dowst. we have Judson Dunlap.
modern Galahad whose strength is as
the strength Of ten, not so much be-
cause his heart Is pure as because his
English Is frightful. Judson Dunlap is
a hero without a single redeeming vice.
for toward the end of the book he even
wakes grammatical The portrayal Of
the hero is announced in the pub
lisher's blurb to be a bit of unusual
character delineation. Unusual-to
say the least.
Judson Dunlap comes home from the
war Ca hero, Of course) to take up his
old life in the wild and rugged Asha-
luna region Some few weeks after
his arrival he goes out into the winter
woods, like the superman that he Is,
and hears voice (the heroine's. Of
course). He saves this young lady
from freezing TO death. and she obllges
by making him fall in love with her.
Judson. when the young lady departs
for her home in New York porfects his
Patent Reciprocal Churn. and follows
after. Judson has let II be said. prop
erty on the banks of the Ashauna that
Il violently desired by large timber
interests. Judsbn goes 20 New York
Judson refuses TO be fooled by any OF
these Wall street men, by heck: Jud.
son makes the biggest mon in the
financial world wait on his words;
Judsoh is infalibly shrewd and honest
and sentimental, Judson makes SOW
eral hundred thousand dollars: Judson
gets the heroine;' Judson has the viii
OF Napoleon. the shrewdness Of the
first Morgan. the tender honor Of
Galahad; Judson Is the first man in
tho history of the world not ttF make a
mistake.
The Man From Ashaluna" is a
The New York herald., 1921-05-15

We have to remove our shoes and
wriggle our toes in order that we
might think more clearly over what
Clarence Budington Kelland has to
say in connection with his Scatter
good Baines" (Harpers). II you have
read that book as a book or have
taken II in the morning as a breakfast
serial, you will understand us He
says II was in a hard school that he
acquired the intimate knowledge Of
New England shrewdness which en-
abled him TO write this story Of Il
Yankee David Harum" who finds that
the best way to make money is to "let
smarter folks n YOU be make II for
you"
The New York herald., 1921-05-15

just read a dime novel and decides to-
run away from home like Ben Blunt,
the hero thereof. The scene that fol-
lows, in which she changes clothes
with Wilbur Cowan in the local grave
yard. a few feet from the resting
place OF her most ilustrious and pious
ancestor and smokes a "pennygrab"
with Wilbur while the goody- boy
Merle looks on in horror is one of the
funniest this reviewer has come across
in long time. The jolly lark delights
the human Whipple ramily, who be-
come interested in the boys. When
Patricia insists that she'll run away
again if she doesn't get a brother TO
play with, the Whpples decide to
adopt one of the twins, selecting the
more urbane Merle, who proves to be
"the wrong twin"
Mr. Wilson does his job well, except
when he is striving-always, too hard
to show how much inferior to the
happy -go-lucky Wilbur is the priggish
Merle. This point could have been
registered with much less effort. AS
it is, you get the impression that the
author is trying to influence the jury.
Certainly this is true in the radical
parade scene, in which the author, in
an effort to depict Merle as 100 per
cent. sissy boy. goes too far. The
exercise of little restraint would
have improved this part of the book
tremendously; as it is, the picture is
a false one
Writing humorously Mr.. Wilson is
far more felicitous. The picture of
small town taking up golf is particu-
larly joyous. What with Sharon
Whipple spraying golf balls over the
landscape" Instructor John McTavish
handing out hilarious advice, golf
lawyers" explaining why they didn't
90 better than 13S or 162. as it hap
pened to be, a rollicking time is had
by all. What a gay old dog is John
McTavish We do not get enough of
him. One wishes that Mr.. Wilson
could be induced to write a golf novel
around this lovabe Scotchmaa Among
Johns best utterances lis this one that
he makes as he watches the Newbern
buffers pounding the pills all over
creation: "If / but had the lost ball
pur-r-rivilege of yon sweet courr-r-se
and could insu-r-r-e deliver-r-r-y!"
vi COURSE lHe WRONG lWlH con-
tains a love story-a rather obvious
affair between Wilbur Cowan and
Patricia Whipple, but even this does
rot keep the book from being excel
lent entertainment. To quote Mr..
Gilbert's DeSpard and Margaret,
1T really doesn't matter
No. it really doesn't matter,
40, it really doesn't matter. matter,
matter, matter matter!"
The New York herald., 1921-05-15

If you have the misfortune to
he sightless you can read the Bible
in sixty-two volumes. or Little
Women" in ten and for Miss Alcott's
beloved novel you must pay $3.50. a
volume Of Kipling's plain Tales from
the Hills" is so cumbersome that 1t
takes a young truck to carry IL from
the blind reading room in the Public
Library to your home. Only the fact
that beneficent Government franks
the embossed books free enables you
TO read at all, and the reading room
for the blind is unique because there
is SO rarely any one in it.
1T is so hard for the blind to make
their way about the city streets and
the cost of a guide is SO heavy" ex-
plains Miss Lucille Goldthwaite, the
librarian. that as a rule we send the
books out. No. the blind have no
particular preference. They are like
other people and incline toward
stories of adventure, romance. detec-
tive stories-anything with quick
action and a stirring plot. When you
do your reading with your hand it
I IL GttllCull 10 carry a lnOuSDl ONfI dS
sighted people do"
Proudly she exhibited 'The outline
of History" the first book to be en-
bossed at the same time it was struck
! off from the presses. The amount of
| space Mr.. Wells's newest occupies Is
! appalling to contemplate. Moreover
1t is illustrated. an entirely new de-
parture In the Braille system. Trees,
animals, cave men. microbes; all are
represented by little raised dots--faint
| dots for distant objects, heavy dots
/ for those at hand. But the magazine
/ cover girl and the beautiful young
man who haunts our daily fiction cam
not be reproduced in Braille The
4 field Of romance is, pictorially speak
/ ing. practically closed TO the blind
And much as they love the daily news
they have no newspapers except a
| weekly embossed edition OF the Lon
I don DaiiD Nail They must depend
I on friends TO read to them.
Where do they learn to read n
answers the librarian. "oh. different
/ places. Some at State institutions
many at the Lighthouse for the Blind
on East Fifty ninth street. We send
out readers into the homes to teach
them. But reading Braille-even for
the most sSilful--is a slow process
III you have leisure and a pleasing
voice there arc always opportunities
I TO read aloud 20 those pathetic ones
/ who are too helpless To leave their
/ homes. The Lighthouse Is eager foi
/ home readers--anything that can put
/ the blind in touch with that world
which they love and from which they
are 50 isolated. IT Is for this that
they are asking $2.O00o0O to estab.
! iish lighthouses and libraries for tho
blind throughout the country.
The New York herald., 1921-05-15

Reviewed by XAVIER LYNDON.
TF YOU are sympathetic person
and have a fairly good dosage
4 of the soulful small town fiction
that so many of our eminent literary
doctors have been dispensing of late,
no doubt you feel pretty sorry Tor the
moor yokels who inhabit our Podunks,
Goshviles and Turnip Centres. Some
thing ought TO be done about 1t, you
feel. The poor devils oughtnt to be
permitted TO languish IN ignorance.
There are thousands OF them, you
say to yourself, who have never heard
of relativity. Probably some OF them
have never even heard OF psycho-
ANALYSIS. There is a big task to be
performed and each must do his part.
Light must be brought to these poor
wayfarers. Our architects must teach
them TO tear down their unsiShtly
railroad stations and build artistic
ones, with gargoyles, frescoed walls,
fretwork towers, marble honed ap-
proaches and ALL they must be taught
the new poetry; their town han per-
formances of Rebecca of Sunnybrook
Farm must be discouraged and some
thing by Dresser. with perpetual emo
ton, Observation-Disclosures and hundred
other things have got to be done"
And then YOU pick up Harry Leon
Wilson's mirthfu The Wrong Twin"
and begin to wonder The small
towners who people it tthe) story is
laid in little Newbern Center) seem to
he having a wonderful time. Wouldn't
it spoil their fun to awaken them?
Isn't it better to let them live on in
blissful Ignorance You ask these
questions and a few more and decide
that maybe you weren't meant to be
a reformer after ALL Certainly it
would be pity to reform the joyous
souls who inhabit Newbern Center.
Whether they are drinking beer in the
back room of Herman Vielhaber's sa-
loon or going around the local golf
course in 1T, under the guidance of
merry John McTavish, the bury
tongued Scotch professional, or sitting
in at or on the quiet boxing match
between the local lad and the city pro-
fessional these Newberners are hav-
ing a darned good time, and it only
StcllS 1hli " ret lIleiI WduOW Oii-
Anyhow there are only a few of them
who would ever make good members
of the intelligentsia most of 'em have
"A sense of humor.
The Wrong Twin" is the story of
Wilbur and Merle Cowan, the twin
boys of Dave Cowan. a printer on the
local paper and unofficial town philos-
opher. These children come 10 the
notice of the wealthy Whipples as
result of a delightful adventure with
little Patricia Whipple. Patricia has