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New-York tribune., 1921-12-11

table with its heavy silver tray set
with cups and saucers and the other
necessary equipment. The silver keJ-
tie is filed and the lamp under it
lighted by the butler, and after that
Mrs. Hughes takes care of her guests
herself. She has no fancy idea about
tea caddies, but pours the tea from the
tin carrier in which it is shipped to
this country into the ornate teapot and
almost Immediately filters it from he
grounds into the cups. She serves a
bit of cake or biscuits, and there you
are! The custom breaks the formality
Of the conversation. Mrs. Harding fre-
quently has & small table set for tea in
a corner of the red drawing room, just
as did former Presidents wives, and
Miss Harlan pours.
1t is a pleasure to see how members
OF the delegations attending the ar,na =
ment conference take our climate, our
people, our customs and so on. The
delegate from India, the Rt. Hon.
Sprinivasa Sastri, member of the vice
regal council of the government of his
over the snowstorm, and at the
diplomatist OF Maryland who each
week carries guests by automobile
to his splendid country estate Fvrr-
green, in the Green Spring Valley, not
far from Baltimore the indian 'gents
man, with his head wound about with
o silken scarf, spoke as if fairy fingers
had touched the earth. Everything in
America pleases him, and h views with
wide-open eyes the hustle and hurry
and aack of caste IN the American
CaDital
New-York tribune., 1921-12-11
Sulphur Springs Chosen
For Women's Title PLAY
National Golf Championship
in 1922 Will Be Settled at
West Virginia Resort

WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, W. Va,
Dec. 10.-At the recent meeting of the
United States Golf Association this
resort was chosen as the scene of the
national women's championship fol
1922, to take place the week Of Sep
tember 25.
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas L. Chadbourne
Of New York. were visitors to the
Greenbrier this week, en- route TO the
main there for fortnight.
Eugene Anderson and w. S. Ander-
son returned to New York on Thurs
day, completing 8 ten-day sojourn at
the Greenbrier.
Delightful weather the past week
has made out-ofdoor sports a genu-
inc pleasure and each day the trails
and golf links were alive with So
journers. Mr.. and Mrs. William War
rem Barbour, Of New York, members of
the honeymoon contingent at the
Greenbrier, were on horseback each
day riding over the various trails Mr.
and Mrs. Barbour are remaining at
the Greenbrier for an indefinite stay
Nrs. James B, Regan ir. left for New
York after passing several weeks at
Proctor terminated a. two months stay
at the Greenbrier, returning to New
York. Mr. and Mrs. Frank E. Nc
Ardle, Of Jersey City, came over from
the Homestead, at the Virginia Hot
Springs, and are remaining for sew
era weeks.
Among the golfers here were George
E. Fahys, John n. Stearns, John R
Maxwell and c. D. Smithers, all of
New York.
Mrs. Thornton Lewis returned this
week to the Meadows after an extended
soiourn with Mr. and Mrs. George E.
Van Hagen, of Chicago.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frederick Kellogg
Smith have returned to Westh eld,
Mass, after very pleasant visit of q
fortnight.
Mrs. Ruby Ross Goodnow. of New
York; Mr. and Mrs. Nathaniel Phillips,
of New York; Paul Lennon, of New
York; W. E. Carter, of Philadelphia.
New-York tribune., 1921-12-11

the street entrance they donned their
cloaks and bonnets and went out TO
meet him. Many Of the old ladies
climbed into the automobile to sit be-
side him a moment, while other con-
tented themselves with a handclasp as
they stood on the edge of the curb.
Present at the tea were the former
Secretary of the Navy and Mrs. jose
phus Daniels, the latter spending some
days in Washington with her mother,
Mrs. Adelaide Worth Bagley, and the
Misses Bagley.
Brilliant Opera Ball
Planned for December
Always ready to add to the spectacu-
lar effect of social life in the capital,
where SO much sterotyped entertaining
i'm the way of dinner parties and re-
being arranged for Thursday night, De-
cember Is, with the proceeds to go to
charity. Some of the handsomest girls
of society will form a frieze of historic
portraits above the boxes to be occu-
pied by the fashionable folk. Famous
portraits will be minutely copied in
the costumes of the girls, who are
being selected for their resemblance
to the real characters. For instance,
Miss Ingegard Bryn, daughter of the
Minister of Norway and Nine. Bryn, is
a perfect type for a Reynolds portrait.
There will be several other spectacular
features and then general dancing.
species of pre-war entertaining is
suggested in the musicale and recep-
ton which Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Ev-
erett give Monday night, when Titta
Rufo, the opera singer, will give sew
eral numbers.
The youngest hostess for the dele
gates and those attending the arms
conference is Mrs. Grafton Minot,
daughter of the late Captain Augustus
Peabody Gardner, one of the first
Americans to fall in action in the war,
and whose mother is the daughter OF
Senator Henry Cabot Lodge. A recent
dinner she gave was in honor of the
Countess of Annesley and her grand
father, Senator Lodge. Mr.. Balfour ar
many other of the older men concern
in the conference were present, Will
later on she entertained company in
honor of Lord Lee of Fareham and
Lady Lee, when other guests were the
Speaker of the House and Mrs. Fred
erick H. Gillett, Representative and
Mrs. Nicholas Longworth, the Under
Secretary of State and Mrs. Henry 2.
Fletcher. her mother, Mrs. Gardner,
and several Of the older officers in the
service.
Mrs. Hughes, wife Of the Secretary
of State. has a charming way of serv-
ing tea after the fashion Of years past
sitting at her small, daintily laid tea
New-York tribune., 1921-12-11

noon receptions at the White House,
one for each day, when Mrs. Harding
received little groups of women. Mrs.
Harding took a party of friends to the
concert Tuesday, having with her Lady
Lee, wife of Lord Lee of Fareham and
a member of the British delegation to
the conference. Lady Borden, wife OF
Sir Robert Borden, delegate from Can
ada; Nine. SEE, wife of the Chinese
Ambassador; Nine. de With, wife of
member OF the Netherlands delegation,
and Miss Harlan were in the company.
When Mrs. Harding went to the Capitol
Tuesday morning to hear the Presi-
dents message read she had with her
the Under Secretary of State and Mrs
Henry P. Fletcher, Brigadier General
and Mrs. Sawyer and Miss Harlan
Judson c. Welliver, of the White House
executive staff, conducted them.
There is q decided military air in the
ranks of debutantes, by far the greater
number coming either from the army
or navy and each one presented to the
futtering. as g. background. Senator
and Mrs. James W. Wadsworth jr. will
rot introduce their daughter, Miss
Evelyn Wadsworth, in a formal man
ner, but will take the more foreign
fashion of letting her so about when
and where invited, having some enter
tainments specially for her, such as
the dinner which they gave for her
Friday night, which ended in merry
dance.
Nine. Wallenberg, wife of the Min
lister Of Sweden. is having her debu-
tante daughter, Miss Ingegard Wallen-
berg, to receive with her on each of her
lriday afternoons at home, and she is
enjoying the series of debutante teas,
luncheons and dinners. Sonora de
Ballivian, wife of the Minister of Bo-
livia, is taking the same course with
livian, who was formally presented at
court in London, where her father was
minister before coming to Washington.
Senator and Mrs. Arthur Capper, of
Kansas, are taking a far more formal
way of presenting their niece, Miss
Isabel Crawford, to society, as they
have issued several hundred cards for
a reception with dancing in her honor
Friday evening, December 49, when the
Senator's colleagues in the Senate and
the greater part of the diplomatic and
unofficial social world will pay its
respects. However, the extravagant.
spectacular flower balls with which
girls were introduced few years ago
are unknown in Washington, and TIE
teas and receptions even when very
large are simply arranged.
The ladies of the Louise Home, a
building endowed by the late William
Corcoran, benefactor of Washington,
for INDECENT gentlewomen, invited the
former President and Mrs. Wilson to
tea a few days ago, and, while the
former President declined on account
of not being able to climb the stairs,
Mrs. Wilson accepted. When on her
arrival the old gentlewomen found that
Mr.. Wilson was in the automobile at
New-York tribune., 1921-12-11
ST. Vincent's Auxiliary
To Have Silver Jubilee

The Ladies' Auxiliary of st. Win
cents Hospital will hold silver jubi-
lee and dance at the Waldorf-Astoria
on Wednesday evening, January 4
Supper will be served in the main din
ing room at midnight.
The officers of the auxiliary are:
Mrs. De Lancy Kane, honorary presi-
dent; Mrs. Joseph Steven jr., presi-
dent; Mrs. Constantine Mcclure, vice
president, and Countess de Laugier'
Villars.
New-York tribune., 1921-12-11
Mount Holyoke Alumne
Concert Here December 20

The New York Alumnz Association
of Mount Holyoke College, Frances
Holmes Abbott, president, announces
it's second annual Christmas concert
by 100 members Of the college choir
in Aeolian Hall on Tuesday evening.
December 20. The proceeds will be
given to the Mount Holyoke $4,000 ,oc0
endowment fund.
Among the boxholders are Mrs. Dill
lard Straight, Mrs. Henry Lanca shire.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Skinner. Mary
Emma Woolley, president of Mount
Holyoke; Mrs. John D. Walton, Mr-
and Mrs. W. H. Gilpatric, Mrs. Edwin
Atwell, Mr.. and Mrs. Burton Hendrics !,
Miss Helen Marshall Pratt and Mr.. and
Mrs. William T. Mutually. The COM
nittee in charge of the concert in
cludes Miss Abbot, Miss Mary Louise
Allen, Miss Margaret Goldsmith, Miss
Margaret CAN'T and Mrs. Edward W..
Stitt jr.
New-York tribune., 1921-12-11
Kirkwood, at Camden, S. c.,
PreDares for the Season

The Kirkwood at Camden, S. c., will
open it's doors December ia. Among
the many attractions at Camden are
the Country Club eighteen-hoie golf
course, bride paths and two polo fields
near the Kirkwood.
I. Edmund Krumbholtz continues his
direction of the Kirkwood and the
c. trN Clrh.
New-York tribune., 1921-12-11

Young Women ActiUe In Winter Ball
The dance be Thursday
OF the Loomis Sanaorun for the of tuberculosis
of the brilliant affairs of the
members of large preedc
The ball
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-12-02
FAIRIES TO BE FILMED BY MOVIE MEN

saying:
What water inc the sea are to us
| for our necessities, the air is to them
and what air is to US, hat ether is
to them. But their are OF
such a temperament that they are
free from disease and live for a much
longer time than those here. ano
surpass US in sight, hearing ano
smelling, and everything of this
kind, as much as air excels water
and ether air, in purity"
The Able de Villars, a slightly
less ancient sage. who wrote q
pamphlet anticipating Darwin's con-
illusions concerning the origin Of
species, gives an entirely different
description of the fairies in his re-
markable work, "Comte de Babalis."
THE Air is full of an innumer-
able multitude OF Peoples, whose
faces are human" he says, seeming
ly rather haughty yet in reality
! tractable, great lovers of the scien-
! ces, cunning, obliging to the Sages
| and enemies of fools and the ignor-
ant. Their wives and daughters have
a masculine beauty like that of the
Amazons. The sea- and rivers are
inhabited as we'll as the air. The
ancient Sages called this race OF
people Undines or Nymphs. There
are very few males among them but
a great number of females; their
beauty is extreme and the daughters
of men are lot to be compared to
them.
THE Earth Is filed well-nigh to
it's center with Gnomes. people OF
Slight stature, who are the guardians
of treasures, minerals and precious
stones. They are ingenious, friends
of man and easy to govern. They
furnish the Children of the Sages
with all the money they require. and
as the price of their service ask
naught save the glory of being COM
handed. The Gnomides, their wives,
are small, but very amiable, and
their dress is exceedingly curious
AS for the Salamanders, flaming
serve the Philosophers, but do not
seek their company eagerly"
Dignity is lent to these strange
VIE VS. by the fact thar the elements
referred to are not the usual fire,
water, air and earth with which
most of us are familiar, but -four
cosmic rates of vibration which, &C
cording to occult science, constitute
the essence of those forms of mani
festation and the foundation of the
universe"
All of this is doubtless wholly con-
vincing to those who believe it, but
most Ieople will probably wish to
reserve judgment until they see the
fairies. Meantime however, we feel
impelled to shed a silent tear for
the property man assigned to the
task of building a movie set for the
four cosmic rates of vibration.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-12-02

NEW YORK CITY, Nov. 29.-One
of the many heroic achievements
now expected of the movies. is TO
| prove the actual existence of fairies
| While several enthusiastic persons
in Great Britain, including Sir Conan
DOYLE, have produced extraordinary
still photographs of fairies, they
have left the public astonished but
unconvinced. Clearly more emphatic
proof is needed. So now, according
TO latest reports, a moving picture
expedition has been sent into York
shire to camp on the fairies trail
and get close-ups of them If posi-
BILE.
Yet Just how this is to be done re-
mains a mystery, because it is well
known among the initiated that only
| the very old and wise the very young
and those with clairvoyant sight can
really see fairies. Can it be possible
that the fairy believers have discov-
cred a c~lairvoyant movie camera
| man? The report does not say. Like
/ most attempts to bring the fairies
! within the mundane sphere or ordi-
nary folk, it is all cry singular and
battling and much like a fairy story
itself.
The ancient wise men, presumably
even Socrates, believed in fairies,
and many poets and artists through
out the ages have protested COM
plete faith in their existence, but the
first great Believe-in-Fairies move
ment originated in this dull and un-
romantic twentieth century. When
Peter Pan came to the edge of the
c...rs.I. ,,,I Anornn1 ~ tn ho1iova in
fairies, most of US rose CALAMITY to
the occasion simply to oblige Miss
Maude Adams, little dreaming that
in a few more years people would
begin to take Peter seriously, Even
less did we dream that the movies
would be trying to get the fairies
under contract.
Fairy films should prove enor-
mously popular and make a lot of
money for their producers, since
merely an exhibit of their photo
graph draws a large and enthusiastic
audience in London. At such an ex-
hibit, held in the hall of the Theo-
sophical Society, not long ago, the
photographs were shown with the
appropriate assistance of a magic
lantern, and explained by r. l..
the brlllsn ieduer VI inc
Believe-in-Fairies movement, who
has made a laborious study of the
little people, as they are presented
in the folklore of all nations.
Pictures Already Made.
The first photographs shown were
some made in 1917. The nan who
did the photographing. according to
Mr.. Gardner man named Car
| penter-did not see the fairies him.
self. but simply focused his camera
wherever his young children-who
were evidently on familiar terms
with the little creatures-told him
to. He regarded the whole thing as
a childish prank until he came to
develope the plates when he was so
amazed at what he beheld on them
| that he left them in the dark room
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-12-02
WHY MEN DO NOT VOTE
TO BE PROBED BY WOMEN

government as It should be to get
the participation of more people in
IL and more efficient administration,
Miss Sherwin added.
"Its has before it," h said. tive
questions: What will make govern
ment more truly representative and
what will make its operations more
efficient in political units of every
size?
This institute will only the
first question. 1t will devote Itself
therefore to a study of the whole
voting system.
I'VE are rot planning a debate,
but a school with one speaker at
each session.
I'VE want to get over a medium of
education which is non-academic
and asfar as possible a substitute for
actual experience. We want to give
women what you might call political
sophistication."
Women for whom the institute is
held, Miss Sherwin said, are espe-
cially those who are liable to talk
back snd set up a method of present.
ing in government to women who
were not primarily Interested in be-
coming voters"
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-12-02

CHICAGO. Dec. 2.-Why men do
not vote. what's wrong with the bal
OF and how politics handles electoral
machinery-these are some of the
problems hat women voters have set
to look into hers December 1 to 3.
At this time the National League
of Women Voters will hold its first
institute on efficiency in government
in Chicago.
Its purpose" explains Miss Belle
Sherwin of Cleveland, who is in
charge, lis an expansion Of the poll
teal education for ome begun in
our citizenship schools. We started
with a study of government. the con-
stitution and the laws. and are going
forward to consider much more care
fully what political parties are doing
with the Institutions we are studying.
IF the league is q university for
adult political e~ducations / might say
its citizenship schools present the
freshmen cours and this institu-
ton is a second years course"
The program of the League is to
study government as 1t is. govern
ment as it is practiced under the in
fiuence of party organizations, and
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-12-02

IL is my impression that the war,
TO which it is just now fashionable
TO attribute everything wrong, did
not a little to make people less
neighborly. They became less care
full of social obligations. They
merged all their energies in war
work and kindred activities.
Social clubs and literary organiza-
lions were largely given up. Dress
suits were packed away in the moth
balls, and it seemed that Gabriel
could not call them out n tthe
realm of life. Weddings were hur-
ried up and executed to the drum
beat.
A new vocabulary came into use.
Rough language became more COM
mon; profanity appeared in respect
able places. Old-fashioned neign-
borliness disappeared. We were all
busy selling liberty bonds or roll
ing bandages or making four-min-
ute speeches or rushing off to Wash
ington to collect our dollar a year
which was fully as much as some
Of us were worth.
But neighborliness is something
too precious to spare out of life.
A current magazine has a two
page article, a mere outline sketch
OF a suburban community into
which a new family has come, AND
her neighbors Intend to CALI
But perdition is paved with good
intentions, one of which is the IN
tention I cali upon our new neigh
bors. Then a hearse is seen at the
door and the word ~percolates around
that the mistress of the new nome
is dead.
ut is too bad" say her neighbor
"I am sure / should have liked ner
and I intended to call" But II de,
velops that II is not the mistress OF
the home who is dead, but her hus-
hands mother who was visiting
| them
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-12-02

@. How far does direct rail con-
nection extend between North and
South America?
A. The Bureau of Railway Econ
omics says that according to the
latest map the United States has rail
connection to Mexico City. The new
Pan-American railroad, which is
not quite completed, will make a
connection from the United States,
through Mexico, Central America,
and down the coast of South Ameri-
ca. This new Pan-American rail-
road to late is completed from Mex
leo City to San Salvador and from
San Salvador to San Jose 1t is under
construction: from Lima down the
coast to Puerto Montt. also from the
western coast of South America to
the eastern coast of Buenos Aires il
is under construction.
Q. How is wood treated to make
1t bend and what is the best kind OF
wood to use? G.. NJ. c. ~
A. The Forest Service says thu
hickory. ash and oak are the most
reliable woods to be used for bend
ing purposes. They are treated BY
steam under pressure.
@. On what day did President
Harding sign the Peace Proclama.
~ lIs LIZ
A. The Peace Proclamation wal
signed by President Harding on
November IA. 1921.
@. A says ito weep crocodile
tears NEAR to act hypocritically.
b says 1t means to weep copiously.
Which is correct? A. A.
A. A is correct as the crocodile
was said to weep as it ate it's victim.
@. Can you tell me whether SOL
diers' wives are entitled to allot-
ment?
A. Family allotments carrying
government allowance were discon.
tinued through the Bureau of War
Risk Insurance on July 81. 1921.
@. What is meant by drinking Q
heel tap? D.. w.
A. Drinking a. heel tap means to
drain the glass to the bottom. a
heel tap is a shoe peg stuck in the
heel and taken out when the shoe Is
finished.
@. Please give the full name OF
Laura Richards, author of Captain
January" and date of her birth and
death. r. e. /.
A. The name of the author OF
Captain January" is Laura Eliza
beth Howe Richards. She was born
February 27, 1859, and is still liy-
ing. Her mother was Julia Ward
Howe.
@. What is an aladdin window?
S. r. s..
A. One of the windows In Alad-
din's palace was left for the Sultan
to finish. His treasure gave out and
the window was w completed:
hence the popular allusion to an at
tempt to finish something left UNI
finished by a great man.
@. Under the Army Reorganiza-
ton Act, which part of the force
will be commissioned officers? H. r.
A. The. Regular Army authorized
by the Army Reorganization Act,
June 4. 1920. as amended by act Of
June 80, 1921. will have 16,675 COM
missioned officers and 1858 enlist
ed men. ~
@. Who is president and who the
vice president of the American Red
Cross? G. Il.
A. Warren G.. Harding is president
of the American Red Cross, and
William II. Taft and Robert w. do
Forest are vice presidents of the or
g~anization.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-12-02
Daily Letter by Frederic j. Haskin

for eighteen months.
"A large audience" remarked a
London writer, was able to share in
his astonishment. They saw a pic
ture of a gnome hopping onto the
knee of a young girl who was sitting
on the grass in a Yorkshire dell.
The child told Mr.. Gardner that the
gnome wore black tights and a red
Jacket; he also had a scarlet cap and
had wings like q moths. l n his left
hand he carried a pair of Pans
pipes. All this was shown clearly
enough on the screen, and a photo
graph of the winged gnome many
times enlarged from the original
| also was exhibited. Inquirers had
wanted to know the source and tex
ture of fairy clothing. Mr.. Gardner
said it was of the substance of them
selves.
Later one saw a ring OF fairies
gamboling on a grassy bank where
one OF the children knelt to watch
them One incredulous spectator
dug into his memory and recalled
such q band dancing on a poster
round a night light. Another fairy
photographed alone had excellent
bobbed hair and wore a dark gown
of stylish cut.
In a further picture there was
shown a band OF little people" play
ing among flowers. This was a pho
tograph taken last August specially
for Mr.. Gardner. One of the fairies
was half hidden in a cocoon, which
the lecturer explained was a sort
of health-giving bath used by them
afte" bad weather. Witnesses In
Scotland and the New Forest testi-
fled to seeing the same sight. Mr..
Gardner declared hat the plates
from which the slides were made had
been submitted to every possible test
TO detect fraud, ana none had been
discovered.
Mr.. Gardner went on to explain
that fairies could be photographed
only if partially materialized with
elairvoyant aid. The matter COM
posing a fairy's body is plastic to
thought. Currents Of human thought
gives fairies the FORM in which they
are seen by the c~lairvoyant.
"They have a definite task in the
scheme Of nature and are subject
to evolution. Their duties are con-
cerned with the color, growth and
shape of flowers. They live on a
very humble level and are about as
intelligent as a Newfoundland dog"
This may sound like sheer nom
sense to practical people. but it is
interesting to note that the same
kind of nonsense vas INDUCED in
by ancient gentlemen whose reputa-
ton for wisdom remains intact even
in this sophisticated and i%rreverent
age. Plato, fc; instance. declares
that Socrates ~expourded on the in
visible little people of the elements,