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The New York herald., 1921-05-01
MARITIME MISCELLANY.

Steamboat Smithfield. bound from Keams-
burg to New York. Is broken down and an
chored off South Beach. she passed In Quar-
antine II 80 AM.
The Munson Lnc announced yesterday.
strike or no strike, their passenger str
Acol,ns viii leave Montevidco for the United
States on May and that on May the
Clllao will sail from this port for the regu-
lar South American ports at which the Mum
son Line ships are in the habit Of calling.
Str Independent Bridge. bound to this port
from Alexandria and Bizerta. was reported
10 miles cast OF Delaware Breakwater ~ .
Independent Bridge has turbine trouble.
Str Chepadoa, bound to this port from
Adelaide and Pagoumene. according to IN
formation received here yesterday. developed
furnace trouble on April 10. Proceeding to
Honolulu for repairs.
BARDADOS, April 21-Str Cushnoc, bound
10 New York from Rosario and Santos, ar
rived here yesterday with boiler trouhle.
Temporary repairs made and vessel pro-
ceeded to-day. May stop at ST Thomas to
complete repairs.
BLOCK ISLAND. RI. April 30-Str Mormu-
bccome total loss: Is hard and fast on
ledges and apparently iTnpalcd on rock, as
si,e does not move In roll OF the sea; naval
vessels gone from Providence to-day TO take
off remainder of passengers. The coast
guard cutter Acnshnet, which went from
Boston TO aid steamer, was ordered this
morning 10 proceed to assistance of sIbrna-
r.ne O-1O. which ran ashore this morning on
Montauk Point: believed In no danger and
expected she can easily be floatcd.
NORFOLK. April 3O-Str Coquitt. bound to
Charleston from Liverpool which was pre-
y'ously reported with rudder lost, arrived
here to-day.
RIO JANEIRo. April 25-str Neshaminy.
Rosario, and which left port here to-day.
returned with condenser leaking.
The New York herald., 1921-05-01
AMERICAN PORTS.
IBy Telegraph. /,

BOSTON. Mass. April 29-Arrived, str Nal
den, Baltimore.
Arrived :soth, strs North Land. New York
Prince Arthur (Br). Yarmouth; Lake Els
mere, Jacksonvile and Charleston.
Arrived 10Th. str City of Madrid dBr). sgd
Sailed Goth. strs Harold Walker, Tampico
Frederick Ewing, do.
Sailed 3oth. strs Mercer Victory. Montreal
Azores, Gibraltar, Naples and Genoa via
New York: Delaware, New York: Howard
Norfoik and baltimore; Moliere (Br). Liver
pool Meteor, Newport News; Essex, Phila-
dciphia. tug Piedmont, towing barges Nos
o, from Lynn, Is and 81, from Salem, for
New York.-wind at Highland Light. noon,
BALTIMORE, Md, April 2g-Arrived, str
Gloucester. Boston, &c (and sailed on re
turn.
Arrived 30th, strs Effna, New York: Lake
Tanquer, do; KifulSu Maru (Jap), Antwerp;
Nieuwe Mas Dutch. Narvik; Gcrty UtaD
Venice.
Cleared 10Th. strs Eten (Pcru). callao
Salen (Sw). Gothenburg via Philadelphia:
Fruor Spar. Rio Janero. Santos and Buenos
Aires via Norfolk.
Sailed goth. str Transportation. Portland
Sailed 30th. strs Yesoking, Norfolk. West
ern Star. Mrleenhead and Avonmouth: West
crn King, Dublin and Glasgow: West Cele-
Hamburg and Bremen; Modesto GSor), Ha-
vana: Rapidan Port Lobos: Ramon Mumbru
Spartan Prince tBr). NovorossLsk; Quaker
City, Liverpool via Norfolk. Point Judith,
san FranS-LSco, &c. via Norfolk: Kenmore
MIr), Liverpool: Mount Seward. Hamburg.
BATON ROUGE. La. April 30-sailed. str
O II Warirg. Tampa.
BRUNSWICK. Ga, April 3o--Arrived. str
Lake Fillmore, New York.
CHAIR. .ESTON. sc. April 27-Arrived. str
rngold. Savannah for Liverpool (and pro
cecded).
Arrived 3oth. str Lcnape, Now York Cand
proceeded for Jacksonvilie) Bark Renit
Marie Stewart, New York.
CAFE HENRY. Va, April 80. 500 AM
Passed In, str Persian, Savannah for Bal
timore.
Passed out 2oth. midnight strs Nurturetor
(Br), Baltimore for Hamburg.
Passcd out goth, AM. strs Robin Good
fellow. Baltimore for New York: Nantucket
do for Savannah and Jacksonville; $40 AM
Monviso UtaD, do for Gibraltar tfor orders)
8 80 AN, West chatRla. do for Hamburg =
Wind ~, "a miles; cloudy.
Passed out 29th, str Everett, Lamberta
Point for Boston; tugs Chas i Greenough
towing barges Ernelie. Flora and Irene
Sewalls Point for Boston, Murrcal. from do
with bargcs Hattie & Beattie. for do, and
Edith, for New Bedford.
GALVESTON. Tex, April 2o-Arrived. sire
El sud. Nov York: Quittacas, New Orleans
The New York herald., 1921-05-01
ALLPASSENGERS OF
THE REMARMUGAOSAFE
Men Taken Yesterday From
Steamer Wreck Off Block
Island.

BLOCK ISLAND, April 30.-The last OF
the passengers on the stranded Portu-
guese steamship Mormugao were taken
off to-day by the Block Island Coast
Guard crew and transferred without
mishap to the destroyer Coweli. The
Cowell then started for New Bedford,
where others were landed to-day by the
destroyer McCalla and the mine sweeper
Grebe All those transshipped to-day
were men, the women and children hav-
ing been taken of first yesterday.
With the passengers safe Capt. VII
dinko and the crew turned their atten-
ton to the cattle on board and the
purser was sent ashore with an in
terpreter to obtain supply OF hay.
Fodder for the animals. he said. be-
came exhausted two days ago and since
that time they have been fce on mat
tresses and such otheg cdibles as the
ship afforded.
Personal baggage was removed after
the passengers had been taken OF.
The trunks and bags were loaded on
a lighter 10 b. taken 10 Newport and
thence shipped By railroad TO New Bed
ford.
No atterzgt was made to-day to float
the vessel. 'Nith the continuance of the
present moderate weather she was be-
lieved to be in no immediate danger
and II was indicated that unless the
wind veered pulling operations might be
postponed until Monday.
The fog. which resulted in the Nor
mugao getting off her course early yes
terday while bound into New Bedford on
trip from Lisbon for New York, was
still thick tonight. and the steamship
with the rescue vessels swarming about
her. was just discernible from shore.
The Mccall and Grebe had not re-
turned from New Bedford tonight. and
the coast guard cutter Acushnet. which
arrived here early in the day. had pro-
ceeded to Montauk Point to assist the
submarine O-10, ashore there for 4 time
but later refloated. Her commander re-
ported to naval authorities that he would
return later II his help were needed.
The New York herald., 1921-05-01
CABLE REPORTS.

ADELAIDE, April 20-Arrived str Port
Elliot Crr). New York Via Cape Town.
ALEXANDRIA. April 2e-Arrived, str
AIl;oA BAY. April 2o-Arrived. str East
Wind New York.
ANTWERP, Aprf 28-Arrived. str Easterly
(Br) Port Arthur.
Arrived 10Th, str Comerio (Br), Newport
News.
sailed 26th, strs Wheaton, New York;
wareyvorth (Br), Sand Key; 9th, Burgon-
dier Uf,elg). New York.
MONMOUTH. April 2S-Arrivcd. str PAIL
sadcs Baltimore.
from Santos for Now York. -,
BAIlTbOA April 2--Arrivcd, str Yayoi
Maru (Jap), Iquique.
Sailed zfn,. str Pomona, Los Angeles.
BANEs. April 2o-In port. str Mis- tNor).
loading for Boston.
nAVnApOS. April 2J-Sailcd, str Canadian
g1uatter (Tlr) from Hosnr1o for New York
BusRMuDA, April 30-Sai1ed, str fort
Hamilton uT3r) Nex York.
The New York herald., 1921-05-01
NEW CUNARD BUILDING
OPENS TOMORROW
~ Story Structure Is in
LolDer BroodOay.

The big bronze doors of the Cunard
Building at 9 Broadway will swing
open to the public tomorrow for the
first time
The new building. although only twen-
ty-two stories in height takes its place
as one OF the greatest OF the city's mod
ern skyscrapers because of its beauty
within and without and because of its
great ground area.
The hall into which the main en-
trance leads is one OF the largest and
most beautifully decorated in the city.
The great central dome rises to q
height OF sixty-eight feet. The interior
decorations consist of marine and myth
illogical subjects. with remarkable color
effects
The first four floors of the building
are occupied in the main by the Cunard
and Anchor lines At the northeast cor
ner OF the building fronting Broadway
and running back down Morris street
are the new quarters OF the Produce
Exchange branch OF the Mechanics and
Metals National Bank.
The plot. OF 4s. 400 square feet ground
area, has frontages Of 203 feet In Broad
way. 2fs feet in Morris street and 23i
feet in Greenwich street Next to II
Is the Bowling Green Building.
The New York herald., 1921-05-01
sPERFECTBABY'S'MOTHER
SEEKS ITS CUSTODY
Wants DiUorce From Man
Who Fled to Germany.

Custody OF their four-year-old son
Walter. who was judged New York s
most perfect baby ut the Milk and
Dairy Show In 1915 Is sought by Mrs.
Josephine Schneider, writer. OF Aa
Flfty-fifth street. Brooklyn. In an ac-
ton for divorce begun yesterday before
Supreme Court Justice Davis. She al
lcges her husband, Charles Schneider.
stole the baby last July while she was
M and fled to Casen. Germany. where
he now is. He took with him. she al
leges. $4,000 in cash. which he accumu-
lated By investments here during the
world war, and now has rcnounced his
American citizenship.
After listening to the mothers story
end to testimony of several witnesses
that they had found Schneider living
last June in an apartment at 2is East
Eighty-seventh street With woman
not his wife, Justice Davis expressed
the opinion that n divorce could be
granted. but that he could not order
the restoration OF the child, as the
court lacked jurisdiction over a non
citizen. His formal decision will be
handed down later.
The New York herald., 1921-05-01
COOLIDGE WILL PRESENT
MEDAL TO NINE. CURfE
Honor viii Be Conferred al
Dinner Here May l9.

ice-President Calvin Coolidge will
present the gold medal Of the National
Institute of Social Sciences to Mime. Ma
rie Curie at the annual dinner OF the in
stitute in tho Waldorf-Astoria on May
10. Nine. Curie Will g6to Washington.
II. c., the following day TO receive a
gram of radium. President Harding will
present the latter
Gold medals also will be> presented
at the institute dinner to Ch;h>es Fred
erick Chandler. for distinguished<se service
In the field OF chemistry. and to Gleve-
land II Dodge in recognition of his hfe-
long services 10 the cause OF education
and philanthropy. Presentation medals
OF the society also will be conferrek
upon Edward w. Box of Philadelphia
Theodore e. Burton. Robert ErslSine Ely.
Miss Lille Hamilton French and to Miss
Julia c. Lathrop. chief OF the Children's
Bureau, Department OF Labor
The New York herald., 1921-05-01

for New York: 6:1o AM. Caledonia GSs). do
for Havana; $3.50 AM. Lom CNor). DO TOT a
Now York: AN. Ausable. do for 90. ~ ~
Lonlba rdia (sw). do for Morro Castle: 80
An Sassenheim Dutch. do for Norloak /:
8: 40 AM tug International. towing oarses
CIeona, for East Cambridge. Salem and
Eagle Hfl, for Boston.
Sailed 30th, AM. tugs Bristol, towing
barges Chatham, Mount Hope and WoIaston' :
8 40 AM, Wiliiam Mills. towing oarges. sea-
ward; 70 AN. Atkins Hughes. to~nis
barge Pure OIL No 3. Philadelphia Ios New
tsuaw ard Wind NV. 22 miles; cloudy;
smooth sea.
PORTLAND, Me, April 29-Arriyed. str
Harvey II Drown, Norfolk; tug Clara II
Doane. towing barge Rah. New York. w..
Sailed 3oth. str Cairvalonn Cbrl, NOW
castle, Eng: Herbert G Wylie, TaInpico
Wind aOth. NE, ~ miles: cloudy
PROVIDENCE. RI April 30-ln port. str
Brilliant, with barge Socony 30. for boStoh
SAN FRANCISCO. Cal. April 2a-Arrived.
The New York herald., 1921-05-01

33 under instructions IN submarines: Lieu
tenant Commander Greene w. Duggcr. 10
". s. s. Harding: c@pt. Hayne Ellis. 10
duty Naval Examining Board. Washington.
u. c.; Capt. Raymond ID. Hasbrouck. 10
Naval Attache, Rome. Italy; Commander
Henry M. Jensen. to Navy Yard. Philadel-
phia; Lieut.. Elliott M. Semm and Lieut..
der instructions In submarines: Lieut.. Hugh
s. Sease. to Asiatic Station; Lieut.. Louis
r. Vail, to connection fitting out u. s. 8.
Lieutenant-Commander Eugene L. Wilson. 70
connection fitting out u. s. s. Wright and
On board when commissioned; Lieut.. Theo-
dore +. Donahue. Dental Corps, to duty
r. S. Boston: Lieut.. Stephen d. Falken-
bury. to U. s. s. Newport News as enEt-
neer officer.
The New York herald., 1921-05-01

strs City of Para. Balboa. &C: Fairfield
City: Mobile. &c: Willsolo. New York. &c.
SAILED 9th. str Tahiti CBrl. sydney.
Canadian Winner CBr). Sydney.
sailed 2sth. str West Isieta. Portland. o
GO finish loading for Atlantic portg.
SAVANNAH. Ga, April 30-ATgived str
City OF Savannah, New York
sailed 30th. str Moline. Danish ports City
OF Montgomery. New York.
TACOMA. Wash, April 29-Sailed, str ANA
zon Maru Gap). New York.
TAMPA. Fla, April 30-Arrived, ctr TEXAS,
MarrseiiieS,
Sailed 3ota,. str Truxino. New Orleans.
The New York herald., 1921-05-01
SAILED.

>stEs Richcoucal. Port IIobos; Panama, Port
aV Prince; Lake Stirring. Riehpond; vitsorio
ton Mitchell. Norfolk: sanuki Maru (Japl
BaltilSore: Henry II Mallory. Havana; II II
Norfas Moss Mnsa T New drssns Seson
La Lorr.%se (Fr). aiavre; Caron.a cBr)
Liverpool; sGare. Arroyo: Corneiia,, San
pool: CatheiSrfSk Sanchez: Belita (Nor)
Kingston; Ka.Xlhpe Br). Faraeus Panoil'
strISa ssrs Slemenoe GAAoree. Baltimore; Apache,
Charleston and JaAyA onviiie; Santa Theresa.
Jacksonville; lnv.nsh' e, Rotterdam Ponce,
San Juan: AuEonIas 1TS; New Ro.3srS.m ORLEANS
Esssauipo GBr). callao Lake Eessus, Tam
gleo; Potter, Norfolk; be1so,ss nost (RS,sa, nsso
VAN. Ss Tsns: Amur s' MaTu "a p: Hong Kong
carionia. Bahia: MunamafA Nipe: Eastern
Knight. fca,sadeAph.a: rraneA . (Bsl;, HUI
r. s,.S Nor,s, GaTsron ann,co M1laL Lneke nnacn
Rottsrdam: Cavpur CBr). Rio Janeiro Via
Norfolk: VAGUE. La Romana EurydaInas a
GtaD. Naples and Piraeus; Nobo. Feoridon
Esstport; Sor,olk Hog Island c,,Ns cSSaaniis, 1ia
waco, Copenhagen: Evergreen CITY. NA,r-
fnk: liaiInon CHr). Bombay; Western ~
s,hm Hiram d Mclean. -: Jessie &
Sailed roth, sohr Nancy Hanks. Jackson
VILE.
The oorrccted reading OF the barometer
(reduced to sea ievel) at New York on Satur-
day, April 80, 1921, at AM, reported
by the U0ieed States Weather Bureau, wrs
twcnty-nine and eighty y-nhnc hundredths
(29.S9) inches. This closely approxlmatcs
seven hundred and fifty seven and one-tenth
T5I.D miilmeters. Captains of all vessels
now lying la or near the ports of New York
and DnoolSlsn can advantageo,Bly use above
official data for observing whether their
own barometars require any considerable
corrort.on or adjustment.
Wind at Sandy Hook. PM, w, overcast:
smuDtl ssa
The New York herald., 1921-05-01
Dangers to Navigation.

lReported to the PHOTOGRAPHIC OfficeI
The master OF the Argcntinian str Asturi-
ano reports that his vessel struck q Shoal
about iO.5 miles 81 deg from North Point
beacon, in approximately LAT 60 Oo $, Ion
81 As w. No further details are known at
resent.
April 70. lat 10 70. lon ~ 30, a red spar
standing upright and projecting about feet
out OF water. apparently attached to sub
merged wreckage.
April ~. lat j, IS, lon % go derelict.
bottom up and awash, apparently schooner
about 200 feet long.
April /, lat - OF, lon q 43. a red conical
buoy. marked &c.
Tuie following radiogram was received from
the US coast guard cutter Yamacraw. under
late of April %: Observed small bcrgs In
lat n O6, Ton 40 "a. drifting southwest y
knot per hour. Numerous bergs reported be-
tween lat "A 30. Ion 40 40. and lat ~. Ion
A
The New York herald., 1921-05-01
SHIPPING NEWS.
CONTINUED FROM pREcDpNG,PAaE. !,

Str Potter. Jensen. Norfolk-Moore Nc
Cormack Co. Inc.
Str Texari1arn, Crowley. Norfolk-SNorth-
ern Steamship Co.
Str Wslimantic. Atkins. Norfolk-Orientnl
Navigation Co.
Str West Galcta, King, Norfolk-Oricmal
Navigation Co.
Str Esstpore Cole, NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
Steamship Co.
Str Western Sea. Raven. Norfolk--,James W
E,wer q Co.
Str ENergreer City. F'rolsiand. Norfolk
The export Steamship Corporattm,
Str Eastern Knight. Blerd (from Caicutta)
Ihilpdolphia-W r Grace & Co.
Str Norwalk Crowell. Boaton-Eastern
Steamship Corporation.
Motor ship Daniel NJ Munro (Br), McDon-
aid, Wlndsor-J + Whitney & Co.
Sehr Talpara, Krlegcr, Paramaribo (for
orders ns)-liuana DEVELOPMENT Co.
The New York herald., 1921-05-01
X. OF c. LAUNCH NEW
WELFARE WORK TO-DAY
Funds Intended for Memorial
Will Be Used

The Knights Of Columbus intensive
welfare work for disabled men In Amer
lean military and marine hospitals.
which begins to-day. will be financed
by the portion OF the X. of G. war fund
originally set aside for the proposed
construction Of a memorial building In
Washington. y. c. During the last two
years the Knights have conducted hos
pitalIzation work on a minor scale. their
activities being restricted by depart
mental regulations to recreation work.
The new programme, while not spe-
officially extending the nature Of this
work. calls for an inten5ifica;ion of II,
r. the disabled men will receive more op-
portunities for amusement. which forms
al essential part Of their restoration 70
normal physical and mental canAttinn.
The New York herald., 1921-05-01
FOREIGN PORTS.
[By Mall. ]

HALIFAX, April 2S-Salicd. strs lElperoynl
CBD. st John: Canadian Trapper CBr)
Montreal.
Arrived 2Sth. str Alfa DAM, Martinique.
QUEBEC. April 2S-Passed IN Fame Point,
str Cornishman (Br). Avonnouth for Mont
real
dian Hunter (Br), Clark City.
SHEI1BURNE. April 26-In port. schr
Audrey r Brown (Br). from Turks Island.
WALTON. Ms. April 23-Sailcd previously.
schr Gladys NJ TAYLOR, New York.
The New York herald., 1921-05-01
FOREIGN WEATHER CABLE
GRAMS.

CAPE RACE. Nj. April 30-Baromcter a
noon. 80 inches wind. n, strong, weather
fine; temperature 46 deg Falir.
The New York herald., 1921-05-01
NOTICE TO MARINERS.

A now United States naval radio compass
citation was established and placed In COM
mission at wcstport, Warh. Its location IS
In lat 10 - 10 n. Ion 12I OF 70 w. Call
letters MIL. CFrom Information Furnished
by the director OF the u $ Naval Communi-
cation Service, under date of April IS.
1911
The New York herald., 1921-05-01

An advertisement in the Lost ond
Found columns Of THE NEW YORK
HERALD offers a real possibility Of
recovering your lost property.
The New York herald., 1921-05-01
Naval Orders

Special Despatch to THE New YORK HERALD.
New York Herald Bureau,
Washington. ID. c., April 30.
These naval orders have been made public:
Lieut.. Merrill Comstock. to u. s. s. Eagle
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1921-05-19
BIRD THAT LOCKS ITS NEST
ticuIar Care That LIS Eggs Shall
Not Be Harmed.

In Central America are many
strange birds with stranger habits, but
probably none is more interesting than
a little brown wren which may be
seen along the roadsides or on fences.
This little bird, about the size of
canary, builds a nest out of all pro-
portion to its apparent needs, He Sc
lects a small tree with horizontal
branches growing close together.
Across two of the branches he lays
sticks fastened together with tough
fiber until a platform about six feet
long by two feet wide is constructed.
On the end of this platform nearest
the tree trunk he then builds huge
dome-shaped nest a foot or so high,
with thick sides of interviewer thorns.
A covered passageway is then made
from the nest to the end of the plat
form in as crooked manner as pos
sible. Across the outer end as well as
at short intervals along the inside of
this tunnel are placed cunning little
fences of thorns, with just enough
space for the owners to pass through.
On going out this opening is closed
by the owner by placing thorns across
the gateway, and thus the safety Of
eggs or young is assured.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1921-05-19
DEATH OF MRS. ELLIOTT

Mrs. Sarah Elliott, who has been
staying with her sister, Mrs. D. L.
Thomas, the past seven months, died
about midnight last night.
Sarah Ferguson was born in Penn
sylvania rs years ago, and came to
Cedar county, Iowa, when but lit
tie girl. In 1895 she was married
to Wylie Elliott at Mechanicsville,
Iowa, and soon afterward moved to
Chillicothe,' Mo-, and remained there
until the death of her husband in
1915. Since her husbands death
she has ben making her home with
Mrs. Haword Elliott, at Mechanics
ville> Two years ago she was strick-
en- with the flu, from which she new
er fully recovered.
About the first of last November
she came to Audubon to make her
home with her sister, Mrs. L. d.
Thomas. Three weeks ago she be-
gan to fail quite rapidly, and linger-
ed along until last night about 1880
when she passed away.
The remains will be taken to Me-
chanicsville tomorrow morning, and
funeral services will be held Satur-
day. and interment made beside her
husband. Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas and
Alex and Charles Ferguson and
wives will accompany the remains
to their last resting place.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1921-05-19
STUDY DEFECTS OF CHILDREN
School Children of Audubon Measure
Up To The Average Over
The State

Enlarged glands OF malnutrition,
subnormal vision, and defective
teeth are among the most common
physical defects found in a group
of Iowa school children between five
and six years of age recently exam
ined by the Iowa Child Welfare Re-
search Station of the University of
Iowa. The Station is endeavoring to
get an adequate knowledge of the
abilities, disabilities, strengths, and
weaknesses, both mental and physi-
cal, of children, who are being sent
into the public schools from Iowa
homes. With this information a
more intelligent attempt can be made
to plan the first years of a child's
school life.
A variety of tests and measure
ments were made on group OF
fifty-two children just entering
school. Not single child was free
from some mental or physical defect.
These children were not from the
poorest class of society, but lived
In comfortable homes and had as
much physical care as the children
of average parents receive.
Undernourishment was in only
two or three cases due to insufficient
amounts. of food. In spite of this,
they were in poor physical condition
for meeting the strains of school
work. Although the children aver
aged above normal in general in
telligence, there were many instances
of special mental defects and I'M
desirable character traits. The par
ents, it appeared, in most cases
were unaware Of the defects, or, on
the other hand, of the special gifts
and abilities of their children, and
expressed great satifaction that the
child was having a thorough examin-
alton.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1921-05-19
GOETHE HERO OF ROMANCE
Minor Love Affair That Figured in the
Life of Germany's Most Famous
Man Of Letters.

Goethe, famous man of letters, once
loved a pretty little wife of middle
aged merchant, Peter Anton Brentano,
who sold cheese and behring's.
Goethe, always careless Of custom
and tradition, went often to the Bren-
tano home. 1t did not take him long
to discover that the lovely Maximili-
ane was extremely unhappy, and he
did what he could to make her smile.
He romped with her step-children, and
he played a bass viol at family con-
certs.
Both were younger than Brentano,
and both were palpably bored by
his merchant friends and their talk
of sales and profits.
At first Brentano was delighted to
have Goethe come to the house
His visits made Maximillane happy,
and that pleased the husband, who
had grieved when he saw his wife
smile so seldom. But he grew suspi-
cious. He counseled Maximiliane
to see Goethe less often, and there
were violent scenes in the house
hold. Goethe sided with the young
wife, and continued to call frequent
ly. Brentano could not conceal his
wrath and his flaming jealousy. He
upbraided them, and there were
terrible moments" Goethe finally
rushed away in anger from the
house, determined never to be en-
broiled in such quarreIs again. He
plunged into the writing Of "Wer-
Their" and Maximiliane passed out of
his life.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1921-05-19
Ben Franklin, Reformer.

Like many of us today, Franklin
was no churchgoer but firmly be-
lieyed in the desirability of other -peo-
pies attendance at public worship.
In the goodness of his heart, however
he was DESTROYS of making the Church
of England's morning service less
onerous to the faithful. So, while
representing the Colonies in England,
he proceeded to abridge the Book of
Common Prayer! He was assisted in
the task by an English crony, the once
notorious Lord De Spencer.
The whole episode reminds us of
the day when. as small boy, he sug-
gested to his astonisbed parent that
much time and trouble might be saved
If grace were said over the whole
family pork-barrel at once.--Asa Don
Dickinson in the New York Times.