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A Consecrated Feast.

thousand men and women filed great ban
quet hall in New York City. There was never
banquet like in the history of the world It is to
be hoped there will never be another, as no one
could wish the occasion
Rather than a banquet, it was a communion
service. 1t was not feast; it was rather symbol
lcal-"lnasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the
least of these, ye have done it unto Me"
Every person present nominally paid not less
than $1,000 for slice OF stale bread without butter
bowl OF boiled rice and cup of cocoa The total
paid by the guests $2oII, ,z2I, and the cost of
the function was paid by fund provided by others
The hosts who were present were Herbert
Hoover, Gen. Pershing and Franklin K Lane, rep
resenting the European Relief Council. But the
sented by an empty high-chair.
1t was the invisible host" rather than the
invisible guest" They were the ones the present
hosts personated They were the spirit in the con-
secrated bread. Because of them, soemnty, not
mirth, marked the occasion
And yet it may be we'll be believed that there
never were 1000 gathered around banquet tables,
who were happier in being there, who had more in
tense satisfaction in the distinction of being able to
be guests and so testify their support of cause
But just as they were there, so every American
can sit at the tables and partake of the same
consecrated bread All share their satisfaction
as they give, and so all can gain as the 1000
gained in their giving.
The European Relief Council has headouar-
ters here in Washington as it has in all cities
But any one give his portion and feel his sense
OF sharing, by sending contribution in any amount
to the Literary Digest, New York
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to be expected. that new economies in street car
operation in motive power and its transmission in
the mechanics of operation, will be developed in the
future as in the past, and even more rapidly
1t is certain that the overhead costs of opera
ton of 1920 viii soon be materially reduced. 1t
will be strange if thepresent net earnings at I-2
cents will not be still greater within the year after
the fare drops to cents.
1t will not be surprising if this same company
may not, in future day, be before the commission
protesting against demand for a fare less than
5 cents. If that day comes the most potent argu-
ment to override its protest will be that made by
itself to boost its fares to the present rate and for
a still greater increase
If the public must share public utilities ad-
Versity it certainly should share its prosperity. If
they are partners the public has good claim
to share profits as obligation to share losses In
either event this, however, would be but to share
1t could not claim all profits; it has, no response
bility to bear all the losses
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COMMENT.

To admit not having read Mr..
Wells Outline Of History is rap
idly becoming a very damning con-
fession to make. 1t is sometimes
embarrassing not to be able to say
with perfect conviction that it is the
best history that has ever been writ
ten, or that it is not a history at
all Those who cannot afford to buy
or are unable to borrow the out
line" may be able 10 hear Mr.. Wells
during the course of his lecture tour
in America, which begins January
IA
The play made from zona Gale $
splendid novel, Miss Lulu Bett,"
which was published by Appleton,
was first presented at Sing Sing
Prison.
B. w. Huebsch, Inc, announce the
publication Of an American edition
OF John Gays The Beggar's Opera" 8"
which was written in 1928 and
played in America in 1850. 1t has
recently been revived in both Lon
don and New York.
Clemenceau's book, The Strong
est" has been movieized. Reports
from France indicate that the movie
version has not been a startling sue
cess. The former premier. however,
is said to have received $4,000 francs
in advance
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NATURALIZATION.

PHENOMENA OF MATERIALIZA-
tion-By Baron Won Schrenck Not
zing, translated from the Ger
man by Z. E. Fournier d'Alba, D.
Sc. E. P. Dutton. New York
No researches into these little
explored and much-questioned phe-
nomena could have been undertaken
with more regard for scientific ac-
curacy than these Of DR.. Schrenck
Nothing. and in this they are unique
The result is to carry forward the
work begun in 1874 by Sir William
Crookes and to establish beyond
any question of doubt the existence
of the so-called teleplastic phenom-
enar about which such controversy
has ragged. THE common spiritistic
explanation OF these strange man
ifestations is avoided expressly and
no other is vouchsafed, the intent
of the book being to bring before
modern science the proved fact of
naturalization in the hope that
this will lead to serious investiga-
tions everywhere.
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Oh, My Stars!
HOROSCOPE.
January I, 1921.
} anuary I, 1921.

Although this is the first day Of
the year astrologers read this as
unlmportant in planetary direction.
Jupiter and Neptune rule strongly
Tor good. while the Sun and Mars
are adverse
Ihe stars seem to Indicate that
lSzl Will be fairly good from a bust
ness point of view, Jupiter being in
benefic aspect.
There is a sign that seems 70
promise clearer vision in all nationar
affairs and progress toward the set
tlement of many vexing public
problems.
Positive belief in the actual prog
ress of the world toward better con-
ditions is enjoined by the seers as
necessary to assure the best results
from efforts to bring back peace and
contentment in all countries.
The outlook for the next twelve
months is on the whole most en-
couraging. although there will be
labor troubles and various other diff
ficulties in many States.
Astrologers predict that following
industrial upheavals there will be a
general acceptance of cooperation
between capital and labor which will
supersede the unions.
The wise today will send good
wishes to relatives and friends on
whom they are dependent for favors,
instead of presenting them in per-
son. Calls will. not be lucky. while
the Sun has sinister sway.
Warning is given that the rule NAV
be conducive to dissatisfaction with
existing associations or environ
ment and care should be taken to
cultivate an optimistic mood today.
Persons whose birthdate II is NAV
have rather a strenuous year but
success will come IL they keep busi-
ness affairs well in hand
Children born on this day may
have many obstacles to overcome,
but these subjects of Capricorn
usually are extraordinarily clever
and able to succeed.
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An Excellent Decision.

rhe Washington Railway and Electric Com.
pany viii have to get along as best it can with a
token rate OF Ia cents. The duration of this fare,
however, has been extended to April I, when, if
khere is no further action, the fare will automatic
ally drop to cents.
The findings of the commission form an admir-
able judicial document. The company can. by Us
careful consideration, find in it much tfsk Is Of
value. 1t may discover that the commsssion IS iot
committed to taking all statements al taeir faee
value,
1t may 6nd that it is always wisdom sc iook
far ahead and put ones house in order 10. whst
may come. 1t is not at all improbable ndeed i IS
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ADVENTURE.

Dramatic incident color and
movement, which are necessary
components OF stories of adventure,
are abundantly supplied in the three
stories which compose Talbot
Mundy's Told in the East" (Bobbs-
MerrilD. The events in the first
two Of these stories take place in
India in the days Of the mutiny. The
third deals with the amusing and
extraordinary experiences of two
bluejackets at Adra on the Persian
Gulf.
An island in the South Seas is
the scene of a thrilling tale by Bea-
trice Grimshaw, The Terrible ISL
and" (Macmillan). The tale con-
Germs adventures of a party OF
treasure seekers on Kuku's island
where the treasure of a barbarian
chief is reputed to be. The account
Of their struggle with a band Of
near pirates who have taken pos
session of the stronghold is vividly
and effectively told.
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Discretion 0utruns VaIor.

1t IS better to be live hero than dead Joke
Discretion though it comes late, has several laps
the lead at the goal, on going out in blaze Of
asSnlnIty without any chance of reading the press
comments.
So it is that D'Annunzo, after repeated flights
OF fancy as King of the Eastern Adriatic if not
Italy, has taken a flight in handy aeroplane.
Where ne lands is OF less interest and importance
than that he has gone
But before he left Fiume, Fiume left him
Its people decided he was too costly luxury, and
since they would be Italian any way, the treaty of
Rapao providing this, they preferred to live to en-
joy this age-old aspiration
They arranged a truce with the Italian forces
told their stage-hero-poet his room would be pref
cradle to his company, waved him good-bv and
surrendered the city.
DAnnunzio probably saved Fiume to Italy, but
with wholly unnecessary final payment in lives
and money. There are dead heroes because of his
folly, but he lives. He hurrahed that he would "die
for the glory of Italy" but changed his mind on the
plea that Italy was not worth the life of such
sublime being. Men might we'll die for him. he
drew the line on dying with them
So ends the dream of Fiume, with truly Fal-
stafian illumination. Why compare its leading
character with Garbaldi when Shakespeare has pro-
vided the true prototype. He has gone as he came
and the curtain has rung down.
The only dignity in the play has been provided
by Italy. With infinite patience, with tact and in
creasing frmness that country's government has
seen most trying situation to fortunate close
Fiume should have been Italy's without any of
this hulabaloo. "Self-determination," sea protec-
ton, the safety of her Istrian coastline COM
and the trade interests of the interior coun-
tries demanded that it should be Italian and Italian
it is to be-
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Identify Man Slain
In Jacksonville Hotel

JACKSONvILLE. Fla, Dec. 81
The body Of the man found dead IN
a room at a local hotel with two oul-
let wounds in his chest and with
woman in an unconscious CONDITION
with a bullet wound in the temple
lying beside him was ioentineo as
Jack Sandefur, oklahoma city Okla
The name Of Jack SandefUr' was
found on a key ring.
The wounded woman is still in the
county hospital in an unconscious
condition. Hospital attendants Fri
day afternoon stated that there was
no hone for her. No news concern
ing the woman has been received by
the local police department
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CHILDREN's BOOKS.
HANsEL AND GRETEL A

HANSEL AND GRETEL AND
OTHER STORIES SNOW
DRIP AND OTHER STORIES
(E. P. Dutton & Coz
The familiar stories by the Broth
ers Grimm marvelously illustrated
in color by Arthur Rockhsm.
ANCIENT MAN. Hendrix Van Loon.
(Boni & Liveright)
A history Of man to classical
times told in story form, with COL
ored illustrations and animated
maps.
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Miller Far Behind Harding.

ALBANY, n. Y, Dec. sL-Gov.-
elect Nathan L. Miller was elected
with a total vote only slightly sur
passing President-elect Harding s
plurality in New York State, accord
ing to the official canvass completed
today. Miller's vote was l,33S,S7S
and he defeated Alfred z. Smith,
Democrat, by only 74,O66 Hard
ing's plurality in the state vss L.
oSs.s2s.
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NOVELS.

tion for this week from the fol-
lowing list:
NOVELS.
POOR WHTTE-Sherwood Anderson
(B. W. Huebsch).
An unuyual novel Of American life
by the author Of ''Winesburg, Ohio"
MAIN STREET - Sinclair Lewis
(HsrcoUrt, Brace & Howe).
A novel Of life in Gopher Prairie
or any other American town.
THE AGE OF INNoCENcE-Edith
Wharton (Scribners).
A vivid novel Of New York OF the
POETRY.
MODERN AMERICAN POETRY
Louis Untermeyer (Harcourt
Brace and Howe).
Selections from the works Of
modern Americans.
COLLECTED PoEMS-walter de la
Mare; 2 vols. (HolD.
Collected works OF the poet Of
white magic"
NoN-FICTIoN.
WHITE SHADOWS IN THE SOUTH
SEAS-Frederick o'Brien (Cen-
tury).
A colorful account OF life and
experiences in the South Seas. A
non-fction best seller.
THE LETTERS OF WILLIAM
JAMES - Edited by Henry
James (Atlsntic Monthly Press).
Intimate, entertaining and pene-
trating letters OF a great teacher
and a great man.
THE ABANDONED FARMERS
Irwin s. Cobb George H. Doran
Co.).
An account OF the sort Of rural
experiences Irwin S. Cobb might be
expected to have.
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THE VANITY GIRL-By Compton
Mackenzie. Harpers.


Compton Mackenzie has an anus
ing way of using the same group
Of people in his London novels. 1t
is just as II you know a few peo-
pie in that city and were always
running across them wherever YOU
went in his tales. Dorothy Ions
dale, the present heroine, waS only
a lay figure in Sylvia Scarlett," but
here she is carefully analyzed and
you learn to your great amusement
all about her background and the
unexplained episodes of her earlier
life. AS a much pursued Vanity
girl she marries the Earl of Clare,
who also is an old acquaintance lie
you have read the earlier Mackenzie
novels. As usual, the book is full
of color and incident, full of stage,
atmosphere and the cosmopolitan
gaiety of London. 1t is perhaps less
careful than Youths Encounter" or
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Stately S. G. Hobson. The
Macmillan Company.
The guild movement, which
amounts to considerably more in
England than it does here, pro-
poses to do what the Socialists, Di-
rectionists, Communists and the rad
icai folk have thus far failed to
do-namely, to save the state from
the destruction towards which the
capitalistic system is driving 1t. by
placing industry and transporta-
ton in the hands of the crafts and
the professions which actually do
the work. 1t is the aim of the guilds
men to do away with the bureau
cracy which communism produces.
as well as the capitalists of the
present system. In the new society
pront is to be eliminated and all
Will be producers and alp will be
consumers. In this way one group
OF producers will not be tempted to
prohteer at the expense of another
and the problem is solved. Mr.
Hobson's book, which is largely
devoted to guild policy and the re-
lations of guilds in the state, con-
tains interesting material on civil
guilds, the workshop and the effect
of war on labor.
Admirers of Joseph Conrad will
find in the December number of
the Dial introductions to three Of his
Lord Jim" "Sostromo," and
IAN Outcast Of the Islands" These
are to be included in
the new Deep Sea edition of Con-
RAIDS works.
The Houghton-Mrlin Company
has announced a Life of venizeIos,"
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Americans are smoking less, statistics show.
1t is possible that the present wave of econ
omy has led to recrudescence of tobacco
Fletcherization?
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Between falling down, bursting a blood YES
sci and pleurisy, CaE:lso seems to be runner
up for bad luck with the Washington ball club.
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THE, HERALD BOOKSHELF
REVIEWS -, COMMENT :: BOOKNOTEs
COMMENT


Sinister Street." but it is certainly
less argumentative, and therefore
more readable, than was Sylvia and
Michael"
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1t DAnnunzio is captured it might be we'll
to shut him up and make him write sonnets
about Fiume for few years.
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The lady who killed her business partner
"obeyed that impulse" which most business men
manage, somehow, to resist.
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BOOKNOTES

by Herbert Adams Gibbons. It is
rumored that the former premier OF
Greece may visit this country.
The Washington herald., 1921-01-01

Former bartenders are taking out accident
insurance since sundae mixer was killed by
the explosion of a soda fountain.
The Washington herald., 1921-01-01

An asbestos "booby hatch" might be sug-
gested as appropriate retreat for the young
man who started twenty-three fires "just for
un."
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Probably the women are wondering if the
next First Lady of the Land will use the pres
ent kitchen cabinet
The Washington herald., 1921-01-01

In cancelling their American contracts the
Soviets displayed the wisdom of the empoye
who resigns before he is fred
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Eddie Rickenbacker is arrested for imper-
sonatlng himself. Such are the little incon-
veniences of fame 3
The Washington herald., 1921-01-01

II Mrs. Clara Smith Hamon is acquitted,
she will doubtless be besieged with offers of
press-agent Jobs.
The Washington herald., 1921-01-01

Cisco, Texas. has 7,4aa population, accord
ing to the census. Some people thought Cisco
was FISH
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.AGGIEv EXPERT
TALKS ON FARMERS.

IALns oN FARMERS.
Kansas farmers are not unani-
mously in favor of government aid
in marketing their crops. but be-
lieve rather that the solution should
be left to private enterprise accord
ing to W. e. Grimes, of Manhattan.
Kans., professor of agricultural
economics in Kansas State AgricuI-
tural College, seen at the New Eb-
bitt yesterday.
The plan to revive the War Finance
Corporation and to induce the Fed
eral Reserve Board to extend liberal
credits to the farmers of the country
upon the security of agricultural
products now held by them which
has been agreed upon by the Senate
and the House of Representatives is
looked upon with divided opinion in
Kansas, Prof. Grimes said, but the
majority Of the farmers seem to
think that the financing of the mar
keting of the Kansas wheat crop
may be safely entrusted to private
hands.
Kansas made one OF the largest
contributions to the wheat crop of
the United States and is a large
exporter to foreign countries, Prof.
Grimes explained, but the last crop
moved rather slowly, due to trans
portation and other difficulties. The
harvesting of Kansas wheat usually
begins in July, he explained. This
year there was a shortage of storage
space.
The Kansas State Agricultural
College has been of inestimable
cording to Prof. Grimes, in the de-
velopment OF the wheat industry
increasing the annual yield from
two to four bushels to the acre since
the Introduction OF new methods of
cultivation.
Solid Aid Given by State.
Every year thousands OF circulars
of information are distributed to
the farmers giving helpful advice
leading to increased crops. improved
breeds of cattle and hogs, elimina-
tion of insect and othes pests, and
concerning proper sanitation and
drainage Of farm houses and build
ings. A staff OF chemists and
biologists is maintained to make
tests for agricultural clients and to
specialize in local agricultural
problems.
Attendance of the sons and
daughters Of farmers is increasing
steadily, Prof. Grimes said. More
than so per cent of farmers sons
who take the courses return to the
farm.
Prof. Grimes POINTS out that Kan
sas was among the first States to
grant the ballot to women. He pro-
nounces the operation of woman's
suffrage highly successful in that
State.
Woman is still exercising the
elevating and uplifting influence in
our State and municipal politics
that she has always exercised in
the home. I look forward to a
great improvement in the general
tone of our national politics just as
soon as all women have grown ac-
customed to the exercise Of the vote
as granted in the recent Constitu-
tional amendment"
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LIKES DEMOCRACY
OF GEDDES.

Percy S. Bullen. secretary Of the
Association OF Foreign Press Cor
respondents of the United States,
seen at the Shoreham, declared that
he and his colleagues were delighted
with the democratic atmosphere
with which Ambassador Geddes has
invested the British Embassy in
Connecticut avenue
In this respect" said Bullen, "the
Ambassador has been ably seconded
by Lady Geddes, whose American
birth and experience have helped to
qualify her for a post requiring
great social tact.
The Association of Foreign Press
correspondents was greatly charmed
with his acceptance of the invitation
to dinner in New York with the as
sociation. In this respect he fol-
lowed in the footsteps of Lord Read
ing, his distinguished predecessor.
Bullen is celebrating his twentieth
year Of residence in the United
States as the American representa-
tive of the Daily Telegraph of Lon
don.
Il recall the time" he said, when
the British Embassy in Washington
was virtually a closed house to a
newspaper correspondent. All this
has been changed now" he added
and as result Observation-Disclosures
due to lack of information are oh
Waited and spirit of mutual service
has developed which cannot fail to
prove beneficial to the public ON
both sides of the Atlantic.
Fw q
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BUY A BOOK A WEEK" d"

II you subscribe to this slogan
Of the publishers you will not go
far wrong IL you make your selec-
tion for this week from the fol-
lowing list:
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THE CAPTIVES-by Hugh walpole.
George H. Doran Company.

George H. Doran Company.
Hugh walpole's new novel is long
and rather austere, but very far
from dull. 1t tells the story of the
unimaginative, humorless, straight
forward Maggie Cardinal and her
endeavor to get from life the things
which she most desired but which
in her childhood had been denied
her-love and freedom and under
standing. The novel contains little
action, but ones interest is main
tained by Maggie's struggle against
forces within herself which she
cannot control. and external infiu-
ences which she does not under
stand. The novel is enriched with
vivid characterization. Uncle Mat
thew, the Inside Saints" Of the
chapel Of the Kingscote Brethren,
and some Of the Trenchards, who
appeared as minor characters in
The Green Mirror" are excellent.
POTTERISM - by Rose Macaulay.
Boni and Liveright.
"Potterism" is advertised as one
Of the three best-selling novels in
New York" and it is also advertis-
ed as an argument against senti-
mentalism. But il people are buy
ing 1t, it is not for what it says
against sentimentalism but for the
interest and penetration of the story
itself. The Twins" are a very
amusing picture of the cocksure
young "moderns" who have, after
all, their vulnerable points, and
Mrs. Potter is a delightful portrait
Of second-rate but successful nov
elist. The whole story moves cas-
lily and is well and concisely told.
IL is decidedly worth reading for
the humor and insight it contains.
THE EMPEROR OF ELAM-by H.
@. Dwight. Doubleday, Page
and Company.
This collection of stories has an
unmistakable distinction. In the
first place Mr.. Dwight writes un-
usually finished, delicate prose; in
the second he writes OF far, roman
tic places, and writes with humor,
feeling, but above all, understand
ing. In 1.-The Emperor of Elam" he
touches Norway, Italy, Alaska, Per-
sla' Constantinople, Batum - even
New York and New England-but
the best and most enthralling of the
tales are the Eastern ones. Like
Michael" The Emerald of the Tam
erlane" and the title-story stand
out as the best, with the Italian
tales a close second. THE Emperor
of Elan" itself was published by
Edward J. O'Brien in his Best Sto-
ries of 1917" while the other two
above named have both been men
toned in his 1918 and 1919 colIec-
tions. Mr.. Dwight, who, by the
way, is at present a resident of
Washington, finds his place easily
near the top of the list of American
short-story writer's.
THE VANITY GIRL-By Compton
Mackenzie. Harpers.
Compton Mackenzie has an anus
ing way of using the same group
Of people in his London novels. It
is just as II you know a few peo-
pie in that city and were always
running across them wherever YOU
went in his tales. Dorothy Ions
dale, the present heroine, waS only
Law fptlra ", ssCxyl lxy1o -
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MODERN GUILnS.

NATIONAL GUILDS AND THE
Stately S. G. Hobson. The
Macmillan Company.