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El Imparcial. (San Juan, P.R.) 1918-197?, 1921-05-06
EN- Ell SENAD0

i El jupvcs hrbo mayor srabaio cn
las comisioncs. pucs q termino De In
legislature "a a dia "a De los co.
rrientes y In mayor parte del traba-
10 estk pendienfe en- 10 que sc rcferc
a aprobaci6n definitiva dc los mas
importantes Proyectos dc Ley.
II cue muchas cOmisiOnes del Se-
nado Sc compongan de miembros,
hace que muchas veces no pueda des-
pacharse mas trabajo, pOrque estan-
do reunido un comite, cuyOs miembr0s
forman parte de otros, no pueden rcu-
nirse los demas.
: FL doctor Barbosa cree-y en- este
coincidimos con el dicho y antique
leader-que el nuevo GObernadOr de-
jara que sc termine compl' tamente la
anterior legislature para entonces, y
despues que termine sus asuntos par
ticulares en- su pals, venir la Isla a
comenzar a orientarse.
/ De todos mOdos la idea de un rece-
SO parece que esta' en- la mente de
muchos Senadores, pues probablemen-
te el Gobernador Wager, una vez de-
signado su sustituto, no guerra asu-
mir responsibilities de una Legis-
llatura que el nuevo ha de desarrollar.
4 Algo asi COMO una pelota en- Ell te-
jado, que hay que recojer, pero que
parece que va a estar alg1n ITEM
I po inm6vil.~ Despues de un paseo en-
attomovil antes, que es 10 msPno,
tuvieron una grata comida en- ell Pa
Lacey no es reclamo-y seg1n in
1 formes- los Senadores Iglesias, DR..
Barbosa Y Tous y Soto. Pues, tam
POGO tiene NADIA de particular, cuando
desde ahora hay que preparar la CAM
pafia del 1924, no empiece las ulti-
mas Y terminates. manifestations
del Presidente Harding.
/ Un interesante y justo. Proyecto
que viene de la Camara dice asi:
i vsR. C. de la C.>68. En- la eCamara de
Representatives. de Puerto Rico. Mar
20 rs, 1921. los senores Tulia y Saa-
yedra presentaron la siguiente Resolu
icion Conjunta. ie ta'
Para autorizar al Comisionado del
Interior ceder a la Comisioii "Pro-
,monumento de Diego, sitio adecuado
en- cue levantar un monumento que
l-perpetde la memoria del ilustre puer-
itorriqueno Jose de Diego, y para otros
4 fines
| Por cuanto, Sc ha organizado una
comision denominada "Pro-monumen-
to Jose de, Diego;
! Por cuanto,e ell objeto de la expresa-
da comision es el de erigir un monu-
lnento que perpetue la memoria de
tan ilustre puertorriqueno;
Por cuanto, Jose de Diego fue uno
de los hombres mas connotado en- la
ciencia, en- la politica, y en- las bellas
artes; ai fSsSH
| Por cuanto, es un deber de tedo pue-
1blo enaltecer v honrar la memoria de
sus hijos mas preclaros;
I Por tanto; Resdslvese por la Asam-
blea Legislative de Puerto Rico:
sSeccion 1.-Por la presente Sc au-
toriza al Comisionado del Interior pa
ra que se1ale UNI sitio, en- la munich
Ipalidad de San Juan, de acuerdo con
la referida "Comisi6n Pro-monumen-
ito, de Diego, a fin de que en- eel Sc
Ferija un monumento que perpetde la
nemoria del ilustre puertorriqueho
'fJose de Diego.
/ Seccion 2-Los pianos del monu-
lmento seran sometidds q la aproba-
lcion del Comisionado del Interior, sin
cuya aprohacion no podra ejecutarse
la obra.
/, Seccion 3.-Terminada que. sea la
construction del expresado monumen-
to -pasara' ser prppiedad de FL Pue-
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El Imparcial. (San Juan, P.R.) 1918-197?, 1921-05-06
GARAGE

Sc alquila uno magnifco, en- La ca
sa No. 9, Gale de la Calma, en- La Ca
rretera de Lola. Escriba pidiendo in
formes NJ. NJ. R.. .Apartado BAG, San
Juan. Advt.
El Imparcial. (San Juan, P.R.) 1918-197?, 1921-05-06
EN- SAN JUAN

Visit0 aver la ciudad, el. Sr. Ramon
Flores, propietario en- Aibonito Y per-
soma muy apreciada en- Comerfo. dom
de hoy tiene su Residential. lie saluda-
mos.
New-York tribune., 1921-12-04
Decline of Big Game

THE PASSING OF THE OLD WEST. BY
Hal G. Eyarts. Little, Brown & Co.,
Boston. $3.50
FEHE title to Mr.. Evarts's book is so
broad in scope that it is trifle
misleading. The book is concerned
chiefly with the passing of the big
game from the West, more particularly
in Yellowstone National Park and vi
cinity. II the book had been printed
few years ago Mr.. Evarts's story
about the lax administration oe the
national park and the prevalence of
poaching would have called for an
investigation. The parks are better
administered now, though the author
makes clear that the bad conditions
maintained until the bison were all
gone and it was necessary to import
"show herd" of impure blood to re-
place the wild bison that were slain.
The sad recital revolves chiefly about
Mart Woodson, trapper who becomes
ranger in tho park and fights vainly
against the poachers. 1t is a story
which should help in the conservation
of the big game that is left. The au-
thor has strangely confused the war
like Sioux with the peaceable Crows in
his opening chapter, even designating
the fighting Sioux chieftain, Red Cloud,
as Grow.
New-York tribune., 1921-12-04
Starving Russia
An Eyewitness Describes
the Great Famine

THROUGH STARVING RUSSIA. BY c.
p. Bechhofer Published by Methuen &
Co.. London. Six shillings
THE long valley Of the volga River,
in Russia, is now the scene Of one
Of the greatest tragedies In hu-
man history. A drought Of unexampled
length and severity Is bringing death in
its most horrible forms to millions Of
peasants whose crops have been almost
literally burnt up before their eyes.
The catastrophe Is aggravated by food
shortage in other parts Of Russia and
by the shattered condition Of the trans
port systems, which have been serious
ly disorganized by years Of violent rev.
olution and devastating civil war.
MT. Bechhofer, who visited the fam
Inc area as recently as last September,
is a pronounced anti -Bolshevik in his
political and social views. But he
feels that the duty Of relieving the
millions who are starving far tran
scends all political considerations.
Whatever may be its past and present
sins, the Soviet government is doing
everything in its power to insure the
prompt and efficient distribution of the
foreign and domestic relief supplies
which are arriving in the stricken re-
gions. And the author heartily praises
the efforts to save rs many lives as
possible which are being made by Mr..
Hoover's organization, by the Society
New-York tribune., 1921-12-04
A Girl Who Dared
Sprightly Story of Actress
Who Leaves Stage

JULIA TAKES HER CHANCE. Ey Con-
cordia Merrei. Published by Thomas
Seltzer 81.
T is not often that successful novel
is constructed on q basis Of chatter
and told in the first person. The
story Of Julia Grey, who storms London
from the stage Of theater, and then
voluntarily goes into metropolitan exile,
Is one Of the lively few that do capture
attention at the outset and hold 1t to
the last page. Concordia Merrel has q
rare gift Of flashing talk, frequently de-
lightful in its tinge Of slang, apropos
and individual. Through it as q medium
she evolves Julia to complete salts
factory figure.
The plot Of this novel is conceived
with the rapid rise to secondary stellar
rank Of Julia Grey, her unprecedented
acceptance Of British lord as q hus-
band-to-be, her fight from him an hour
before the time set for tho marriage GER
emony, and her days in tho refuge Of a
New-York tribune., 1921-12-04

scholar, who finally adopts him as his
own son.
| Then the war comes. Paul enlists be
fore his time and goes to the front
| The author puts his whole soul into d
series Of contrasted pictures OF French
courage and German brutality. There
Is vivid and terrible description OF
the sacking and burning Of French
town by the invaders.
AT the front Paul more than fulfills
the promise Of his boyhood, when he
had gone to prison rather than betray
the wrongdoing of comrade. He is a
perfect soldier, courageous, modest,
steadfast. And in an act of supreme
heroism and self-sacrifice he finally
lays down his life. The spirit Of un-
wavering admiration for gallant France
is sustained throughout the novel.
THE BLACK MOTH. BY Georgette Heyer
Published by Hough hton. Minlin Com
pany. $l.90.
England in the eighteenth century is
the scene of this swiftly moving ad-
venture story. The hero is an earl
who has surrendered his title and en-
dured disgrace in order to spare his
younger brother the shame Of being
exposed as cheat at cards.
There is debonair and polished
villain, who attempts to secure q wife
in cave man fashion, by kidnapping her.
The earl always comes to the defense
Of the girl at the proper moment; and
two very spirited duels occur.
English society of the time, with its
hoops and rufTies and other affecta-
tions Of dress and speech, is admirably
mirrored in the novel. The plot is COM
plicated enough to be diverting with
out being confusing. All in all, Miss
Heyer must be given credit for having
written one Of the most entertaining
romances of the season.
THE PRINCESS MAZDA. BY Brewer Cor
eoran. Published by the Page Company,
Boston. $3.50.
George Barr McCutcheon long ago
popularized the adventure novel with
mythical principality for a back
ground. "The Princess Nadia" is
worthy to rank with any of the Grau-
stark stories. A young American ad-
venturer falls in with a distressed
princess, who is about to be sacrificed
as a pawn in an unscrupulous political
deal. Taking hand in the game, he
rescues her from her unwelcome suitor,
even though he is compelled to travel
to Nirgendsberg, her native state, and
brave innumerable perils In doing So.
The development of the plot progresses
rapidly, and is punctuated by many
thrilling episodes of mortal combat
and hairbreadth escapes.
New-York tribune., 1921-12-04
ero in New Novel Fall Fiction in Review
Of Friends and by several European
humanitarian bodies.

Of Friends and by several European
humanitarian bodies.
Whatever is being done is pitifully
inadequate for the necessities Of the
situation. Mr.. Bechhofer's short book
Is full Of haunting and unforgettable
pictures Of tho helpless multitudes
along the banks Of the volga. moving
aimlessly along the roads in vain ef-
fort to find some province which has
not been touched by the famine, or
sitting down to await death in the las-
situde Of despair.
The new economic policy Of tho So
viet government also Ia touched upon.
The author believes that the Bolshe-
Wiki are sincere In abandoning their
moro extreme theories In favor Of a
regime where private trading and
other capitalist practices are tolerated
under certain measure Of state con-
troll. But the chief significance Of the
book lies in it's realistic portrayal Of
The conditions existing in the famine
zone. Mr.. Bechhofcr's description of
the appalling disaster which has be-
fallen so many human beings should
constitute an irresistible appeal to the
humanity OF the American people.
New-York tribune., 1921-12-04
Walt Whitman in Fiiction
And Crop Of New Novels
Good Gray Poet Sketclled by Grant Overton-
/ French Hero-Eighteenth Century Ro-
1 mance-A Distressed Princess

THIN ANswMRER- ny Grant overton.
Published by Harcourt, Brace & Co. 81.
"% HE life Of Walt Whitman offers
excellent material TO the
imaginative novelist No one
better exemplifies some Of the
finest qualities Of what may be called
the frontier period Of our history; its
democracy. its friendliness, Its faith
in the future.
Mr.. Overton discusses three stages
of Whitman's life. First, the poet is
shown as young school teacher, wan
dering about Long Island, achieving
friendship with men and women
everywhere because Of his rare gift
for comprehending sympathy. Then
She is transported to New Orleans,
passionate episodes of his life occurs
In the third section Of the novel
Whitman is shown ministcring to the
wounded soldiers In the hospitals of
Washington, meeting Lincoln and
sharing with the President his ideals
OF democracy. The book has q sort
sof epilogue, an impressive picture of
whitman mourning for the murdered
Lincoln.
In his treatment Of Whitman's ca
reer and personality the author has
achieved triumph Of creative inter
probation. His sympathetic familiar
Sity with the poets work is obvious
land some of the most effective pas
Esages In the novel depict Whitman
hammering out the new kind of poetry
which was destined to create such a
furry in academic circles. The au-
thor never sights his background for
the sake Of his central figure. The
description of life in New Orleans
fifteen years before the Civil War is q
brilliant piece Of writing.
Mr. Overton avoids very skillfully
the ordinary pitfalls Of the historical
novelist. He does not sacrifice any
dramatic or emotional values out Of a
too pedantic regard for documentary
facts; at the same time, he steers
clear of needless anachronism. "The
+Answerer" is significant work of
fiction; it is also striking valuation
Of Walt Whitman as man and as poet
THE GIFT OF PAUL cLERMoNr. By
Warrington Dawson. Published by Dou-
bieday. Page & Co $1,75.
Although written in the form of a
novel, this is primarily tribute to
French war heroism by an attache Of
the American Embassy in Paris. Pau,
Clermont is French boy whose un-
happy childhood is only lightened by
the friendly interest Of an American
New-York tribune., 1921-12-04

sun, from trapping the sheriff in a cave
under the delusion that he is a bandit
to stealing spare tire from General
Pershing's car in France.
For Tish goes to war, determined ia
look after the safety Of her nephew
Charlie Sands, who Is a captain in the
American army. And once in the wal
she certainly makes a record for her.
self, capturing q town in No Mans
Land from the Germans single-handed
and achieving the still more difficult
task OF patching up love affair that
was threatening to fly asunder.
Mrs. Rinehart at her best possesses
quality of humor that is peculiarly
and distinctively her own. And she is
at her best in "More Tish," especially
in the concluding story of the book,
which is entitled Salvage" Tish pre-
pares for ambulance work in France
by running her automobile into a deep
hole In the middle Of the night and
then forcing the stunned occupants to
dig their way out. Having arrived in
France, she "salvages," or appropriates,
everything that is lying around loose,
miraculcusly escapes arrest and court
martial, and finally ends in a blaze
of glory by capturing tho aforesaid
French town from the Germans, No
amount of praise can tell how funny
this book really is. It must be read to
be appreciated.
"The Panelled Room" is detsctive
story that is well-knit, coherent and
plausible, as we'll as exciting. A hap
PLY married woman Is suddenly re-
duced to misery and terror by the ap-
pearance Of several members of gang
Of criminals and blackmailers, with
whom she had unfortunately come in
contact in Francs many years ago.
They all extort larger and larger sums
of money from her.
The climax comes whom the chief Of
the blackmailers is shot dead in a
room where several panels offer con-
cealment to possible murderers. The
complexity Of the situation is enhanced
by the fact that three shots were fred,
only one Of which took effect. The un-
raveling Of this affair provides fas-
cinating ending to an unusually we'll
written mystery tale.
New-York tribune., 1921-12-04
Modern English Statesmen

The game of shying brickbats Mt
eminent figures of the past and pres
ent has been Joined by new player,
G. r.. Stirling Taylor, whose "Modern
English Statesmen" has just been pus-
lished by Mcbride. Mr.. Taylor's booi,
is collection OF studies of six Of the
leading figures in English statecraft
in modern times: Cromwell, Walpoie,
the Pitts. Burke and Disraeli. These
men are examined with the realistic
eye OF the modern historian and de-
picted with a pen which is by no
means free from satiric acid
New-York tribune., 1921-12-04
We, the Musk Chasers'

"A PERSONALITY Of strength, humoI
: and understanding Is reflected in
the collection of poems published by
Ralph Fletcher Seymour, of Chicago
under the title of eve, the Musk
Chasers." Loureine Aber speaks unre.
servedly In these poems, which are
strong flashes of realism. Typical OF
her frankly expressed thoughts are the
following lines called IA Certain Man;
Lips that were made TOR the glorious
tasks of love and speech,
Kept hungerless and stupid through these
thirty years,
Hungry lips are the only producers,
Stated dogs maui each other by the dreslde
They use the precious things for ken
I'm great believer In the hungry oneA
Who don't live in small towns and grow
Fn<
New-York tribune., 1921-12-04
Boy Heroes

IN THE TIGERS LAIR. BY Leo e. Mil
Ter. Published by Charles scribner $
Sons. So.
FEsHIS is one Of the most absorbing
works in the recent crop of ju-
venile fiction. Two American boys,
Aeeking treasure in South America,
stumble upon hidden valley, where a
descendant of the Incas, the old indian
rulers of Peru. still holds sway. They
are seized and doomed to a terrible
death by order Of the Inca. How they
effect revolution. with the help of
an eclipse and charge of dynamite,
how they fight with saber-toothed tigers
and finally leave the unknown land
after having endowed it with the bless.
ings Of constitutional democracy, all
this Is told in a narrative that fairly
bristles with action and adventure.
New-York tribune., 1921-12-04
Fisher Folk

Ell DfABLO. By Brayton Norton. Pub.
Ished by tho Bobbs- Merrill Company
THERE Is plenty Of action and ex-
element in this story Of the nshs,
folk Of Southern California. The hardy
sailors whom the author describes are
quick to Aght for their rights and there
are several episodes Of fierce CONFLICT
BESIDES giving US dramatic story Of
love and adventure. the author creates
very realistic picture Of California
fishing village.
New-York tribune., 1921-12-04
Fine Feathers
Young Woman Aims High
in Life

ANanLrGA; BY EIiaabsth sanIsy Hold
i Company. $i.so.
wv 7 HEN Elizabeth Sanxay Holdings
w "1nvincible Minnis' pushed its
way to the bookahops and the
attention Of readers, many people knew
that a surprising keen critic Of life,
particularly Of the career feminine, had
arrived. There were reviewers who as
serted that the novel was squirt Of
effort, happy shot at the target Of sue
cess, and that the author could not re-
peat. Her second novel "Rosaleen
Among the Artists" fell below the level
Of the Minnie book in quality, but her
angelica" now with US, challenges the
latter at every corner.
| Angelica, a girl Of eighteen, living
with her widowed mother in room or
two below the street, replies to an ad-
vertisement, and through sheer nerve
and her fortunate beauty secures po-
sition as companion in heterogeneous
family supposedly placed in Westchester
County. Once with them, she straight
way becomes the storm center Of con-
ficts of moods and physical antipathies.
The family comprises mannish Mrs.
Russell, her insipid husband. who is q
physician, the poet Vincent and his wife
Polly There is an Eddie also, brother
of Vincent-the two are sons Of Mrs.
Russell by a former husband--but he is
little more than moneymaker, although
his love for Angelica, of family pro-
tective coloring, does not get HIM very
far in the narrative.
Vincent, writer Of abnorrnally poor
verse, hawkfaced and libertine, sweeps
Angelica off her feet and into whirl~
pool Of wrongdoing. The girl Is stub
born thing, selfish, possessed Of ma
tive brilliancy in quick thought, ever en-
crossed In her single fight for advance
ment. Alert In copying the ways and
means of the rich, she dreams that she
may be able to slip into circle far
above her own environment. What is
wrong and what Is right do not concern
her so much as the getting there" She
faces bitter end to her few hours with
Vincent, breaks with the family and at
length finds her work and place in the
world as a useful citizen.
There is no question that Angelica is
drawn with free hand. She runs true
to type all through her story. Every
act done, every sentence spoken by the
girl, is in sympathetic accord with her
physical and mental entity as conceived
by author and reader. One can find
flaws In the presentations Of one or two
Of the other people in this novel, but he
will have TO admit that the central per-
sonallty Is vivid creation. S.A.
New-York tribune., 1921-12-04
A Tense Novel

THE LITTLE SOUL. BY Eltnor Nor
daunt. Published by tho James A. Mo-
Cam Company.
rE,ENSE situations abound In this
novel, which portrays the, disturb
ing influence Of an evil and unscrupu.
lous man, Charles Hoyland, upon q
peaceful English countrysids- The
figure Of the blind mother, striving te
preserve her son from danger which
she senses but cannot see. Is especially
appealing. In tho end the forces Of
lsve and faith prevail over tho power.
# evil.
New-York tribune., 1921-12-04
A Law Booklet

PgTNAMs HANDY Law BOOK W.,
p,a,i,:as bAYMEN. BY Albert Sidney sou.s
published By G. p Putnarrs's Sons
many time one is puzzled by a
problem that involves a knowledge ~
the law. he finds, perhaps after sad
experience, that his trust In comno,
sense has been to his loss: that the
law on a certain matter is other thar
he thought. This little book will ex.
tricats him from numerous perp.exi-
ties. In it are brief but sufficient
chapters on "Agency." "Adooted
Child" "Broker," "Corporationsp
Deeds" 'Firs Insurance." Husband
and Wife," Mortgage" and at least
fifty other topics that involve the ,av
BE your own lawyer and save mopev
New-York tribune., 1921-12-04

position as private secretary TO her
guardian. who does not realize VINO sAs
really is. In the end Julia and guardian
cons to complete and happy under
standing.
We are glad to commend ~Julla Takes
Her Chance" for 1t Is clean, humorous
sprightly and entertaining In these
days Of meddllng With matters unssvorv
wholesome story. well told, is delight
New-York tribune., 1921-12-04
LOST SHIPS
AND LONELY SEAS
By Ralph D. Paine

A book for every reader who loves the
sea and sailormen and sailing craft. A
book of true stories about heroic adven-
lures, strange exploits and memorable
Old ships Of other days. AS authentic as
the scream of sou'wester. a handsome.
sizable, fascinating volume. (Beaati-
tsslly illustrated. Price s4.0O).
New-York tribune., 1921-12-04
WHITE SHADOWS
IN THE SOUTH SEAS
By Frederick O'Rrien

The most famous travel book Of the
past quarter-century. A book that set q
fashion. A volume Of thousand de-
lights. Introduces the reader to Explod-
ing Eggs, Malicious Gossip and other
amazing and lovable Marquesans. Nct
to have read white Shadows" is to be
almost queer. (Profusety illustrated
Price 5000.
New-York tribune., 1921-12-04
Seven Happy Solutions
Of the Gift Problem
5y the aathoz Of Whne Shadoms in the South Seas"
MYSTIC ISLE OF THE SOUTH SEAS
By Frederick O'Brie,,

BOOK to delight many pictures n this u
voume MI his
adventure coming through
and tne beautiful presented
chanting illustrated eA' W
New-York tribune., 1921-12-04

A full-sized novel of extraordinary
whimsical charm by the author Of eMrs.
Wlggs Of the Cabbage Patch," and manv
critics are saying it is the most apneal-
ing story she has written since "Mrs
Wiggs." A gift for all except those who
actually prefer gloom. (Price s2.00).
New-York tribune., 1921-12-04

THE GIFT OF PAUL CLERMoNT. BY
Warrington Dawson. Published by Dou-
bieday, Page & Co. SITS