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The Washington herald., 1921-01-08
WANT BAN LIFTED
FROM MUSIC SCHOOL

Representative Hustled from the
House judiciary Committee yester-
day favorably reported an amend
ment to an act Incorporating the
National Conservatory Of Music OF
America to permit the maintenance
and operation Of branches OUTSIDE
the District of Columbia.
In the original act the corporation
was restricted in its activities TO the
extent that it would only be per-
mitted to establish headquarters In
the District, Hustled said. Since that
time it has been realized that oeIter
results could be obtained If the cor
poratiou would be. permitted to es-
tablish and maintain branches out
side the District.
The amendment provides for the
substitution of a number OF names
in the articles of incorporation. Ihe
new names are: Henry White, George
Peabody Eustis, Charles D. "aIcott'
Mary Harrison Mckee, Anna Coch-
ran Ewing. Lillian Babbitt HYDE
Helen Hartley Jenkins, Dorothy
Whitney Straight, Jeannette M
Thurber, Thomas Ewing. George NC
Aneny and Ernest NJ. Stires.
The names for which these were
substituted are: Abram S. Hewitt
Frank R. Lawrence, william Pinck-
ney whyte, Enoch Pratt, Fitz Hugh
Lee, William H. Payne, Olive Risley
Seward, John Hay, S. P. Langley,
Anthony Pollock, C. R. P. Rodgers
and John NJ. Scofield.
The Washington herald., 1921-01-08
Comment.

Bookstore tales are as a rule 10
be taken with a grain OF salt. The
following is vouched for, however
by one of Americas most Veracious
booksellers and must be given
CredenCe.
Into a shop had come a lady OF
vivid colorinG and emphatic manner.
She stood silently for a moment
before the new fiction table, then
seizing a copy of Harrison Rhodes
High Life" studied it closely.
Every woman is entitled to at leasy
one wild oat" she read upon the
cover. "Humph!" she exclaimed as
she slammed the book back into
place, Not enough" Then picking
up her well-thumbed copy of Made
leine Marks Women" she swept
majestically out of the store.
A simplification of some OF the
fundamental questions that veX our
modern world is offered in Eco
nomics," by James Cunnison, NJ. A,
lecturer in social economies in the
University of Glasgow, recently
published by E. P. Dutton & Co. The
book is divided into intersections:
The Making Of Wealth" The
Wealth of the Individual: Earning
and Spending" and The Question
Of the system" The book is occupied
chiefly with simplifying for the gen
eral public the great question Of
wealth as II is produced, as It con-
Germs the individual aud as il con-
Germs the State.
Robert NJ. Mcbride & Co. New
York. have published in pamphlet
form Hugh Walpole's article, The
Art of James Branch Cabell," which
appeared in the June number Of The
Yale Review. Copies Of the PAM
phlet may be secured upon appIica-
ton to the publishers.
WI. George, whose novel Cali
ban" has been very widely dis
cussed, has recently returned to
England after a tour Of the West
Since last August, when Mr.. George
arrived here, he has been on a lecture
tour which took him to the Coast.
The second instsllment OF his Amer
ican impressions .appears in the
January number Of Harper's Maya
zine and is devoted to the Middle
West. where the English author says
the real American is to be found.
Almost lost in the maZes OF the
advertising pgaes Of the January
number Of Worlds Work is an en-
tertaining article by William NcFee
on himself. Mr.. McFee writes abc1t
his own early adventures as delight
fully as he does about ships, books
and driving across New Jersey in
the middle of the night in a Ford.
His latest novel, Capt. Macedoine's
Daughter" has recently been pub
lished by Doubleday, Page Co.
The Washington herald., 1921-01-08
Bomb Injuries Healed,
DrWy Returns to ". Y

Leo h. Drury, son Of Peter X.
DrUry, president Of the Merchants
Bank OF this city, who was injured
in the bomb explosion in Wall street
last September, returned to New
York last night. He will resume
his position with the United States
Mortgage and Trust Company. with
which he was identified at the time
OF his injuries
Drury was passing through wall
street at the time Of the explosion.
He was knocked TO the pavement
and, being thought dead, was al
lowed to lie unattended for more
than an hour when IL was dis
covered that he was still alive. Mr.
Drury was hurried TO = hospital.
where he hovered between life and
death for several weeks. When he
became convslescent he returned 20
the home OF his parents in Rhode
Island avenue here.
The Washington herald., 1921-01-08

Pink, II maItvrs AtOt, ue can fiud q
book on Russia which will confirm
any opinion he may chance to holo.
Not so long ago it was announced
that Bertrand Russell. who is a
brilliant philosopher and a thor
oughgoing radical. had advocated
Sovietism as the most desirable sys-
tenn of government for England. A
little later he went to Russia to
find out how the system was work
ing there. In "Bolshevism: The
ory and Practice" he gives US his
conclusions. Briefly these are that
while he still believes communism
to be a better system than capitai-
ism, he does not think II worth the
cost which the Bolshevist method
of securing il demands. He is also
convinced that the struggle for the
dictatorship of the proletariat may
result in the dictatorship Of another
sort which would be worse than the
present system II II is possible TO
learn anything about Russia through
the eyes OF others, il is likely that
we can get more revealing Elimpses
of the truth from such a book as
this than from the more lurid but
less thoughtful accounts OF political
refugees or communist propagan-
dists.
The Washington herald., 1921-01-08
Making Alliances for the Future.

1t is not at all surprising that Senator Penrose
has changed his position to the Fordney emer-
gency tariff bill 1t is merely matter of tactics,
OF political generalshiP.
Mr.. Penrose is chairman Of the Senate Finance
Committee This committee will have charge in
the coming special session of framing a complete
revision Of the present tariff law. He does not
wish to start with opposition and a party split
brought about at this session by the Fordney bill
NHe probably also knows that his present action
viii have little effect on the result to this i'm
mediate measure. 1t has about one chance in a
thousand OF getting through the Senate before
March 4, or in time for conference action.
AS he says, he has always been protectionist
Tariff is his speciality. In recent interviews he has
clearly indicated decided change, however, in his
Judgment as to the height of future tariff wall
He realizes, it may be taken for granted, that
the war has completely changed the industrial and
financial situation in this country. This is no
longer a debtor nation, but creditor for all the
other nations.
During the war Europe returned here practi-
cafiy all the investment securities of American en-
terprises, held by its people. In addition it bor-
rowed from this government nearly SIo,oooyooo ooo
More than this, Americans have brought enor-
NOUS amounts Of European securities and also hold
great sums Of European money taken in the course
of business and also bought for investment. The
flow of interest and dividends is this way and
not..from here.
Europe can pay this vast, annually renewing
debt only in goods and materials, or in bonds and
stocks Of its own enterprises. There is limit to
the possible absorption of the latter.
Mr.. PenTose must appreciate this and that
many American industries are more anxious to
secure a European market than to hold the do
mestic field exclusively for themselves They are
aware that until the balance of trade, we'll Of
Indebtedness, is adjusted exchange rates form a
high Barrier to European markets.
Mr.. Penrose has task ahead of him that will
test his full ability and generslship in framing
tariff bill that will meet these conflicting condi-
--i-as 1t is situation complex beyond any he has
10, undertake.
tot merely follow the old fule-even
81 rss bf fixing rates to represent the differ
st of production here and abroad He
The Washington herald., 1921-01-08
A Continued Story.

There is no more interesting part of a news
paper than its advertising columns. This is pc
culiarly just when buyers are so univer-
sally looking for bargains and the merchants have
shut their eyes and slashed prices
The retailers are liquidating in earnest. Large
Iy regardless of replacement cost, they are de-
ermined to turn their present stocks into cash.
They will then use that cash to, in turn, become
bargain hunters
1t seems like dream that there ever was
time when the highest priced goods sod first.
Those tales of the rival shoe dealers who dis
played exactly the same make and quality of shoes
and the dealer who had the high prices sold out
his stock while his competitor carried over his
lower priced stock, like fairy stories
Yet that time is only about year ago and
the stories were based on fact 1t was about
year ago that the refusal to buy became general
stagnation and then liquidation followed. Factor
les and mills closed Men lost employment, and
now has come the slash in wages we'll as prices
Economic ups and downs do not play favorites
When the people stop buying, they have to stop
working. Each one buys what others make and
each helps to make others buy. 1t is an
interdependent house of cards.
The downward trend has been somewhat of
plunge. 1t started and was caused by the buy
ing boycott. This movement back-not to higher
prices but to industrial activity-whl come when
this boycott is lifted and buying begins again
What,is bought others will be hired to make
Certainly the prices are now low. They should
satisfy the bargain hunters. The dollars value
in goods has increased a third. The merchant is
standing the loss. He is doing his part 1t is for
the buyers to end unemployment
This is the story the advertising columns of
the newspapers are now telling from day to day
AS always, they are the best index to the coun-
try's economic condition. They tell what is of
most interest in every home and the continued
story they give from day to day is the one for
which the buyers have been waiting
The Washington herald., 1921-01-08
"BUY A BOOK A WEEK

NOV ELS
Blind" by Ernest Poole CMacmiI-
LAM.
4 significant novel OF postwar
conditions by the author OF The
Harbor" and His Family"
Laughing House" by Meade Min
neEerode (Putnams).
A diverting first novel OF youth
in an old Connecticut town.
POETRY
"EIght Royal" by John Masefeld
(Macmillan).
The story of a steeplechase
Plays" by Susan Glaspell tSmau,
Maynard).
Eight unusual plays that have
been performed by the Prov
inCetown Players.
Letters to a Niece" and The
Virgin of Chartres," by Henry
Adams (Houghton Mifhin).
The Engines of the Human
Body" by Arthur Keith (Lippin-
CotO.
A popular account of the work
ings. functions and structure OF
the human body.
The Washington herald., 1921-01-08
Oh, My Stars!
HOROSCOPE.
January s, 1921.

Mercury dominates today in plan
etary rule, according to astrolory.
The planet is iU a strongly ber. S-
aspect.
The sway is read as presaCtr-
Tremendous business for publish.
whether they produce books. peri
Odicsls or newspapers. New m.01s
will contribute to a year OF su-
preme prosperity.
This should be a favorable rule
under which to sign important
state documents. One that vii
bear a iRnature Of President W.
son will become more famous than
any since the declaration Of vs-
Contracts entered into durinc tal>
direction o! the stars shoul6 bc :.--
tunate to all concerned. il they ar'
completed today.
Irrigation is tC be widely dis
cussed in the coming year which
should be favorable TO colonial, o.
enterprises an this country.
Many signs point to the sdyss
ability OF tn eAmerican peopl.
turning away from cities TO till ..
land. The West is 10 beneft EreaI.
Diplomacy has the best sort Of d
leading at this time. America
are to gain cleverness in this
branch Of statecraft and a youu-
man will gain sudden fame before
the autumn.
Mercury is ia en- aspect that To-. -
shadows much stress on personal
in TUblic AFFAIRS and while the
signs are all good for the incomrrE
administration there may be 20
much chsrs Cter analysis to acc.
vita old GtsnoGI ds Of journalism,
the seers prophesy.
Activity in naval and military A.
fairs is forecast for Great Britain
next spring.
Fires will multiply at this time
and schools she uid be especially
safeEuaI oed.
Persons whose birthplace il Is
shoU,d avoid all business ventur,s
Attention 10 business will pay well.
Children born OF this day may ha
clover and -esourcefuL These sub
jects Of Capriccrn usually make
success with great rapidity and are
popular with the opposite sex, al
though not necessarily successful in
marriage
The Washington herald., 1921-01-08
Final Arguments Heard
In NeJUberry Appeal

Final arguments on the appeal
OF Senator Truman H Newberry
and sixteen others from conviction
on charges Of illegal expenditure
in the Michigan Senatorial cam
paign OF 1918 were heard in the
Supreme Court yesterday.
The recount in the Ford New berry
Senatorial contest has disclosed no
evidences OF fraud thus far. Senator
Spencer. Missouri. chairman OF the
subcommittee making the recount.
said today. Clerical errors accounted
for the 325 net gain for Ford in
the vote so far noted, he said.
The Washington herald., 1921-01-08
Urqe u. S. to. Purchase
Forest Land, Check Fires

Ten millions annually for pur-
chase of additional forest lands and
$1,000, 900 to cooperate with various
States in checking forest confiagra-
tions was urged yesterday by rep
resentatives of big organizations
from every section, of the country
before a subcommittee of the House
Appropriations Committee.
with an annual forest fire loss
OF S30,000,o00," said E., T. Allen. of
Portland. Ore, we can easily see
what a direct drain such a loss is to
the business of the country"
Every business and organization
interested was represented at the
hearing by members of the National
Forestry Program Committee, re-
Gently organized to further national
forest legislation.
The Washington herald., 1921-01-08
BUSINESS AND LIQUOR EN-l
PEDIENCY.

To the Editor. The Washington Herald.
Representatives Of American YES
sells say that their business will 70
TO pieces II the Eighteenth amend
ment is enforced on them. Trans
portation and travel will go to for
eign vessels. IL the merits Of the
case are to be settled on a queS-
tiOn OF business expediency how will
the Supreme Court then Judge otne-l
business eXpedienCies. The avenue
will be open 70 question. II tho
Eighteenth amendment is the -rs
will Of the people let II stand com
plete. II not and il is a detrimenr.
abolish il complete. not in sections
The final end would be the same
only quicker. One thing is certain.
No business, no nation. Another
thing is very certain: We are cur
failing the field for labor and in
creasing our deficit, with millions
out OF work. A very unhealthy
situation.
FRED T. HAFELFINGER.
The Washington herald., 1921-01-08
Would Increase US. Pay
OF Those on Retired Lists

Increased pay for those on the re-
tired lists of the army, navy, Marine
Corps and Public Health Service,
commensurate with increases grant
ed those on the active lists of these
branches of the government, was
urged upon Congress yesterday.
Senator Knox laid before the Sem
ate a petition from Capt. Gridley
Post No. of the Army and Navy
Union of Erie, Pa, pointing out the
fact that the Increased costs of liv-
ing affected those formerly in the
service as well as those now in the
service. The communication was re-
ferred to the Senate Committee on
Military Affairs.
The Washington herald., 1921-01-08
THE AMERICANIZATIo OF Ed
WARD BoKI The Autobiog-
rnphy of n Dutch Boy Fifty
Years After. (Charles Scribner's


This record of Nj Bok's life Is
considerably more than one story
of a selfmade man. II is to GER
tain degree the story OF the years
during which Mr.. Box rose from a
newsboy to be an influential figure
in the publishing and magazine
field. 1t would appear that during
the fifty years of which he writes he
has known more or less intimately
nearly all those who have been prom
inent in our political and literary
life. Through his editorial connec-
tions he has been concerned with
innumerable moveU'nts looking
toward the development of civic
pride and a deeper appreciation of
music, art and architecture. 1t Is
often said of a. self-made man that
he is prone to worship his own
maker. In his record Mr.. Box does
not lay himself open TO this charge.
for his story is told modestly and
without eXaggeratioD.
1t may not be at all necessary that
an author Of detective stories should
forsake the familiar paths that nave
been so we'll beaten by the genera
tions of story tellers from roe down
1t is not often done, hut in the tales
which are included under the title
The Sleuth OF st. James square
(Appleton), Melville DAWSON Fost'
The Washington herald., 1921-01-08
THE HERALD BOOKSHELF
BOOKNOTES

new tricks and twists that should
delight the most hardened OF de-
tective story readers. With the eN-
Ception Of three all the stories OF
this volume deal with the reason
ably probable adventures OF Sir
Henry Marquis. chief OF the Criminal
Investigation Department OF Scot
land Yard
Another yarn OF mystery which
contains a considerable element OF
novelty as well as a large variety
Of exciting incident is The Man
Who Convicted Himself CMcBride)
by David Fox
The Washington herald., 1921-01-08
Denies Woman Writer Is Spy

Reports from Moscow that Tho
Soviet government had once more
charged Mrs. Marguerite Harrison,
OF Baltimore, a newspaper writer,
with being a professional AmeriCaP
spy, drew from the State Depart
ment further denial Of her service
in that capacity. They admitted
that they were attempting TO effect
her release from the Russian prison.
The Washington herald., 1921-01-08
APPROVES OF EDITORIAL.

APPROVES OF EDITORIAL
To the Editor. The wSshinEton Herald:
want to congratulate you on
your editorial on Prohibition" in
yesterday Thursday mornings
Herald.
The Herald is getting better all
the time.
Sincerely yours,
DEETS PICKETT.
Research Secretary.
Washington Board Of Temperance,
Prohibition and Public Morals
The Washington herald., 1921-01-08
THE AGE OF INNoCENCE-By
Edith Wharton. ID. Appleton
& 20
REVIEWS

A%NlNh W hal NOus VI.
G. Coz
Mrs. Wharton's picture of New
York in the seventies has driven
certain readers to question minor
details OF its back ground. But it's
value is not in its historical cor
rectness, but in Mrs. Wharton's
sure. clear handling of the mental
environment of that generation.
The situation is familiar-the ia
nous triangle. The interest lies In
the attitude of mind of the three
concerned and all their connections
an attitude far removed from our
own and yet recognizabIy related to
it. Nothing is open or frank in
The Age of Innocence; nothing real
is ever said out loud. But every
one is conscious enough of the facts
and politely tries to hide them since
they are, according to all accepted
standards. scandalous. and scandal
is more to be feared than disease,
crime or poverty. All the superb
ciality and the oppressive strength
of the existing social structure are
clearly portrayed. Sewland Archer,
the hero, kicks feebly against the
bonds, while May, his wife, more
than accepts them. Nine. Olenska,
the disturbing third party, is prob
ably the least clear figure in the
book, because she is the most out
of the picture, the farthest removed
from the standards of the moment
In the lay figures, the surrounding
maze of relatives and friends, there
are some priceless character
sketches, and the background, no
matter how right or wrong some
details may be. is beautifully
drawn. Mrs. Wharton is always
sure of her medium; she never hes
itates: and the result is a strong.
admirable piece of work.
The Washington herald., 1921-01-08

must protect American industry, and labor while
permitting Europe to pay its debts to this country
and so 'readjust exchange.
He must at the time protect Americans
against that very exchange difference. No one
need envy him and he is not entitled to condemna-
tion ofhsnd for a shifting of his alliance at this
time, to strengthen his forces forthe battle which
is to follow this skirmish
The Washington herald., 1921-01-08

The following occurred at tho
Union Station: A plain clothes
detective saw a colored woman in
qUiring anXiOusly at the informs, ),
tiOn desk, and having found a
ladies purse, he stepped up and
asked II she had lost anything.
Yes" she said. I have lost all that
have" How mUch?" he said.
Forty dollars" Was that slle"
he said, Think hard now" oh.
yes, and my tobacco" she said. That
settled the ownership OF the prop
erty, and he handed her the purse
G. NJ. DRAKE,
Washington, D. c.
The Washington herald., 1921-01-08

- Chorus ladies have rebelled against smok-
ing cigarettes in show. Now girls, the next
step is to force the manager to abolish the
present chorus costumes-we mean, to supplant
them with properly dignihed and ample robes
The Washington herald., 1921-01-08
THE LITTLE wARRIOR-By P. G.
Wodehouse George H. Doran
ComDaOyl
COmpany.) }

Company
?. G. Wodehouse becomes a habit
If you know and enjoy the flavor of
his particular brand of humor, you
pursue it avidly. He hits off the
London nut and the Broadway
bounder with equal skill and throws
in a few scions of first families,
theatrical managers, playwrights,
regular fellows, and beautiful maid
ems. all for good measure. But II
is like onions; either you like them
or you don't. If your taste runs to
stark reality" or along severely
serious lines. The Little Warrior is
not for you. 1t moves gaily from
the Savoy in London to Broadway,
out to Long Island, back to Fifth
avenue, and so on to the proper,
joyous conclusion. 1t is frankly
superficial, frankly unpretentious,
but amusing.
The Washington herald., 1921-01-08

A California woman wiIled her husband to
her closest friend. The legacy and the legatee
should be able to talk of the good qualities of,
the bridegrooms first wife without breach of the
peace in this case
The Washington herald., 1921-01-08

Senator Mccormick has spent four days in
Berlin and held several German babies on his
knee. He now return superlative au-
thority on why the United States must not as
sociate with the allies
The Washington herald., 1921-01-08

The coal barons are not the only ones who
refuse to free their serfs
The Washington herald., 1921-01-08

The visitors within our gates at Inauguration
time will remind US forcbly of the days when
the war-workers were here in force and one lii
room was a mansion.
The Washington herald., 1921-01-08
BOLSHEVISMi THEORY AND
PRACTICE.-BY Bertrand Rus

sell. (Harcourt, Brace and
Howe.)
Sooner or later in every discus
sion of Russian affairs the remark
is sure to be made that the western
nations know nothing about Rus
sia. This is very probably true,
but the. worst of it is that there
appears to be no way of our ever
finding out about that mysterious
country, especially as it is today
under the communistic despotism
or the benevolent oligarchy as one
chooses to tonk, Ever since Ar
thur Ransone's excellent Russia,
1919, adventurous and inquiring
persons have gone into Russia to
discover the truth, and have come
out to write books about the truth
as they saw it. Unfortunately for
US, however, no two have seen II
quite alike. And so whichever ones
political coloring, White. Red or
The Washington herald., 1921-01-08

The naval balloonsts who are returning
from Canada will probably be satisfied ito stay
home and play tiddledy-winks for while.
The Washington herald., 1921-01-08

What is most worrying a lot of people is
to get something to liquidate