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The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1921-04-28

In Japan hundreds of the natives throw
themselves from the rocks to the cataract
of Kezon, in Mikko, to die amid the beau
tiful rural scenery. Others jump from the
edge of the crater of the Asam Volcano.
A society has been formed to convince the
aspirants of self-destruction of the fool
ishness of the intentions.
In Alaska, potatoes planted the first
week in June mature about September
eleventh and yield between 1000 to 5000
pounds an acre. The government expert
ment station produced cabbages which
weighed eight to twelve pounds while
sugar beets grown at Matanuska con-
tanned from fourteen to seventeen per cent
sugar.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1921-04-28
By Scissor,

The skeleton of a prehistoric animal
believed to be over 100000 years old was
unearthed recently in Nebraska.
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COCO brandy. lives at Tsaos. near
Mademoiselle y
"MademoiseIle y. has gone back
TO the brush. She has turned
Marquesan absolutely and lives by
her fathers tomb. despite her wealth.
She had her fling in Tahite and IL
sad
"Tittihut lie dead OF tuberculosis
Her daughter. whose picture YOU re-
produced. is dead OF tuberculosis, too.
Her other daughter. Kake. is living
with Exploding Eggs. your valet.
who is now nearly twenty. He took
her away from her husband. and
took also the baby at whose birth
you were the midwife. OF course.
YOU know the baby is named Frederic
for you.
Americans Termed "Biufeurs.-
"A moving picture yacht. Wisdom
II. came here from America and made
pictures Of all the scenes OF your life
here. The yacht captain said he was
making these pictures for you. but
the Americans are such blufeurs that
did not know II 1t were true.
MALICIOUS GOSSIP and llmoteo i've
happily. anc because many people
have died they are very rich in land.
Flower is married at last and
has two children.
lie Moline. the painter who loved
Vanquished often. died a mailman
Pierre Scallamera is dead and also
his wife and daughter.
"Teata. the Beautiful. is dead OF
tuberculosis. as also Tepu. the Wild
Woman who tried to carry you OF,
and also The Daughter Of the Pigeon
Ben Santos. from whom she got the
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1921-12-04
Plan for Woman's National
Foundation Group Finished
Magnificent Buildings and Sunken Gargen to
Grace Dean Tract-Paul Art COL
lection Offered.
By GERTRUDE R. BRIGHAM.

\ new department Of Letters and
Fine Arts" 1t is announced. Will be
added to the activities of the WON
ans National Foundation. of which
Mrs. Clarence Crittenden Calhoun
s president. The foundation, which
Is soon to erect ma gnificcnt build
inSs, oceupies-as everyone knows
the old Dean estate, as IL is call
ed, at the top OF the hill, where
Connecticut and Florida avenues
intersect. The organization will
include, not only an appropriate
art center, but the actual recogni-
tion and encouragement OF artists
and writer's.
Arts and letters are going to be
studied here" said an official OF
the foundation. The America n
huthor, actor, sculptor. or other
artist Is going to be especially en-
courayed. The foundation will Of
fer a place for them to demonstrate
their ability. and the machinery OF
the foundation will be used to see
That they get proper recognition
throughout the country"
Main structure Magnificent.
VI n W ms tne
buildings already planned are high
ly idesIistic in character. The ar
chitects selected are F. Burial
Hoffman. jr., and Murray Hoffman
of New York city. The Temple
Triumphant" will be the main
structure OF the group. which will
be approached from Florida and
Connecticut avenues by monumental
steps. and from the opposite side
by a generous driveway leading Ia
porte cochere formed by a Lofts
colonnade.
Although the foundations
home" Mrs. Calhoun explains. will
be magnificent in its massiveness
and compelling in its beauty. the
insistent requirements OF utility
run throughout these plans The
auditorium In its general proper
lions. its tiers OF boxes. it's prone
made and foyer. is inspired by the
Scala Theatcr of Milan. famous ru,
Its acoustics. A unique feature will
be great door in the rear which
may be opened to afford a piano.
rama Of the city beyond and below.
The parquette. modelled on the ar
rsngement of the old French Opera
House at New Orleans. Is so de-
signed that II may, at will. be con-
verted into q ballroom floor. level
with the stage and just below the
boxes"
The first building to be erected
we are told. will be the sylvan
Theater." which will be so con-
structed as to take advantage OF
the hillside In true Greek fashion
OF the ancient outdoor theater.
Set In Natural Glade.
THE Sylvan Theater." Mrs. CAL
houn continues, will be available
for many months during the year
in t-e mild climate of Washington
II is situated close beneath the
curved terrace OF the temple. and
fts into natural glade. It's
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arches and inches are reminiscent
OF Paladio's charming thester in
vicenza." ..
Most beautiful OF all the draw.
inss by the architects, say NAM
who have seen. them. are the Sunk
en- Gardens of the Guest House" a
walled enclosure to be entered by
steps leading down from terraces
above and adorned In the center nv
playing fountain.
A distinctly valuable art colIec-
ton which has been offered to the
foundation. and which II is expected
will occupy a separate building,
specially designed for its display.
Is the immense group of Oriental
costumes. historical relics and ar
Genealogical objects assembled by
the late Nine. Mountford, and now
the property OF Mrs. Nanette b.
Paul. Of Washington. widely known
as a lecturer. writer, psrliamenta-
risn and identified with the Wash
ington College of Law.
This collection" said Mrs. Paul
at her home. 20O7 Columbia road.
has been variously appraised a,
$4,000 and more. but it Is of an
intrinsic value difficult to estimate
because many Of the costumes could
not now be obtained in the Holy
Land. Nine. Mountford gave years
to the gathering of these treasures.
which she and her sister, Miss Anna
Mamreov. also deceased now, both
explained to me most carefully
while / studied the collection with
them. 1t would be impossible ever
to find again duplicates of many
articles. 50 returned travellers tell
me, because during the war fam
lilies were scattered. old heirlooms
were lost or destroyed and antiquat-
ed garments. preserved. perhaps.
for centuries, were cut over to
make clothing to cover the chill
dren's max edness."
Collection Highly Varied.
One may study here q bewilder-
ing array Of Oriental costumes. such
as Joseph's coat of many colors, the
seamless robe" OF our Lord. the
garb OF Mary and Martha OF Beth
any. the striped robe of the woman
Of Jericho. the dress of the Pharisee
who thanked God that he was not
as other men, the white trousers,
striped vest and brilliant coat of
the little messenger boy who flies
through the Oriental streets to an
nounce a formal visit, and a host
Of others, besides such mementoes
as the Grown of Thorns," the shep-
herds club, in which he drives a
nail for every wild beast or snake
that he has killed, and many more.
Last summer. when lecturing in
Atlantic City. Mrs. Paul and her
troupe were photographed In NOV
ing pictures on the steel pier. which
have since been shown in various
lectures. one OF which &. to be given
tomorrow evening by Mrs. Paul and
George X. George. an oriental
scholar associated in her work. at
the First Congregational Church.
Tenth and G streets northwest.
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KRElSLER ADVISES:
MUSIC TREATMENT
FOR CERTAIN ILLS
Violinist Gives Instances
Of Cures Through ~.
Dulcet Strains.

Music Is being recognized as an
effective medicine" says Fritz
Kreisler. the famous violinlst. who
has just returned from a record
breaking tour of Europe.
In an article in the December
Mentor Magazine Kreisler says that
scientists are investigating the
curative possibilities OF melody.
My father was a physician" he
writes. "and ] studied medicine Tor.
about two yesrs-so ] know a little
about medical science. do not
think IL is unscientific TO say that
in certain instances. music can ef-
fectively be used as a healing
agency.
Recently a case was brought 10
my notice. A young lady was sick
with a high fever in her home In
one OF the Western states. The
doctors home was far away and he
could not be summoned readily. A
friend asked the mother 10 give her
daughter a music cure A certain
record wa< played on the phonn-
graph a few times. The young
lsdy's temperature came down. a
young woman suffering from sleep
ing sickness was awakened by a
Known 10 Ancfents.
Music as medicine was known to
the ancient Egyptians. Hindus and
Christians. Kreisler says. and calls
attention TO its use in soothing the
insane.
Following are some interesting
things about music from Kreisler's
article:
His musicslly trained ear enabled
him TO tell with astonishing ac-
curacy the range Of the gun from
the sound OF a passing she'll during
the war.
Music has a curious effect upon
animals. Horses are fond OF the
flute. while drums and trumpet
cause them 20 rear and plunge.
The dread cobra of India loses
it's menace at the sound OF the
snake charmsr's peculiar pipe
Animals at the New York zoologi-
cal Park did not like jazz music
the monkeys in particular went
wild with anguish at the bls-a-h OF
the saxophone
The power OF music has been the
theme OF legend and story since
the beginning OF time. kreisler
says. The Greeks told how Or
| pheus charmed the animals with
/ his playing and drew the soul Of
his beloved Eurydice from hzdes
and OF the sirens that lured sailors
to their doom with song. The Lo-
relief maiden on q rock above the
! Rhine is a German version OF the
| siren story.
kreisler does not believe that
| there is such thing as bad"
music. When music can be called
/ bad. he writes. lit ceases 10 be
music
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write of this phase of the novel /.
TN the presentation of 1t (the ia
panese problem), the author and
the publishers have performed a
signal service" We are not COM
petent to speakNof such things and
are willing to take the Senator's
word for it. But we are prepared
to state that Mr.. Kyne has write n
q novel which has q splendidly con-
ceived plot. 1t Is a vigorous ro-
nance, full Of action and color.
Miguel Farrell-Don Mike-returns
to California to find his ranch al
most in the hands of q New York
financier who plans to turn II over
to Japanese interests. The finan-
cier has a daughter. And there you
are. That Is the situation from
which Mr.. Kyne with great skin
develops his story. As propa "a nds
1t is convincing enough. As q
story 1t IL highly sntertainins.
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Singer sewing machine. survives her
Francois Gerlet. the Swiss. with
whom YOU lived At Oonoa In dead. as
also the Ghost Girl. Nehime- hse.
Il am married TO TRhiapii. and We
have named our FIRST child in remem-
brance OF you.
such is the news. sad as IL is
There are very few OF the Msrquesans
whom you knew still alive. Those
love you. yet
why do you not return here and
live in comfort and peace ] never
want to go away. Exploding Eggs
asks that you come back. and Apporo
informs that she will let you have
the Golden Bed which she has KEEP;
polished.
''Avec mes remercismeuts je vose
prize de croire q ma sincere amitie.
LIE BRUNNEC.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1921-12-04
ART AND THE ARTISTS
A Book Buyers List.
THE BIG TOWN." by Ring w.
Lardner. (Bobbs-Merrill,.

THE BIG TOWN." by Ring W.
Lardner. tBobbs-Merrill).
si.75.
How I and the Mrs. 70 to
New York to see life and get
Katie u husband"
.JACk O. JUDGMENT, by Edgar
Wallace. (Small. Maynard &
Coz $3.50.
A new mystery story by the
author Of The Daffodil Murder"
.APPLEs AND HONEY" by Nina
Salaman (Editor). double
day. Page & Coz S1.75.
A compilation OF stories. es-
says and poems to show the ma
tional and spiritual aspects of
Zionlsm.
Perry. (Bobbs- MerrilD. $3.50.
A tale of the northern border,
of American lumbermen, Indians.
half breeds and habitants. A
wide variety OF violence.
"EL DIABLO." by Brayton Nor
ton. (Bobbs-MerrilD. sl.75.
A romance of the fishermen of
SoSthern California.
ARE ALL MEN ALIKE" by Ar
thur Stringer. (Bobbs-Mer-
RID. s2.00.
Two novelettes, Are All Men
Alike" and The Lost Titan"
by the author of THE House of
Intrigue" and The Prairie
Mother"
.'THE DAUPHIN." Nouis xVID
by G, Lenotre. doubleday,
Page 4 Coz $500.
The story OF the Inflated son
of Louis XVI and Marie An
toinette.
1.-THE DRAMA OF THE FOR.
EsTS,- by Arthur HeminG.
doubleday, Page & Coz
s5.0c.
An authentic and dramatic
story Of Canada's Northern wilds.
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MUSIC BRIEFS.

Following are today's musicol
programs to be given at the Church
OF the Covenant:
AFTERNOON.
Organ prelude. Larghetto (Sec-
ond Symphony ....B Beethoven
Anthem-"A New Heaven and
New Earth" (Holy City, .Gaul
Baritone solo. Mr.. Miller and choral
sanctus
Contralto solo-'Just as Am"
LudePuehl ...... Miss Lang
Offertory Anthem-"The Shadow.
OF the Evening Hours" .Nichol
incidental solo, Mr.. Backing.
Organ Postlude-"Alla Marcia"
EVENING.
Choir.
Organ Prelude-Andante (Fifth
symphony ...... Tschaikowski
Anthem-"Hold Thou Ny Hand"
Lemont
Incidental solo. Miss Smith.
Baritone Solo Thy Will pc
Done '-......... Ward Stephens
Mr.. Fakler.
Authenticity Appear" (Re-
ueInptioh) ........... Gounod
Incidental solo. Miss Bollin.
onertory Anthem-"O Light Eter-
mai 1880. ............. Miles
Organ Postlude-Scherzo. .Lemaigre
During the luncheon given by the
General Federation OF Women.
Clubs and the District OF Columbia
Federation at the Raleigh last
Monday, a very delightful musical
program was given by the arrange.
ment of Mrs. F. N. Shepard, chair
man of the department of music of
the District of Columbia Fedora
ton. Mrs. Frank Howard sang the
occasional, by KipHnx, and The
Star" by Rogus. Earl Carbaugh
sang Give Man a Horse He Can
Ride" by OHarra, and Didn't 1t
Rain" by Burleigh. The guests on
this occasion were the women In
attendance with the delegation for
the conference on armament. the
wives OF foreign ambassadors and
the ladies of the Cabinet. At the
hoard meeting of the District NJ
Columbia Federation of women's
Clubs. held Monday night at the
Hadleigh, Mrs. Cylde Aitchi.on
sang a group OF songs. accompanied
by Mrs. Paul Bleyden.
The first annual concert of the
District Council, N. c. c. NJ, will
be given at 8:15 p. m. Tuesday
evening at Gonzaga Theater, Al l
stree northwest. In addition to
musical numbers there will be an
address by Rear Admiral Benson,
U. s. n. . &
Estelle Thomas, violinist. and
Gladys Thomas. dramatic mezzo
soprano of New York will be heard
tonight in the first OF the WASH
illGtn UT Eliih,s nacax
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ART NOTES.

On December the annual mid
winter exhibition of the Arts Clubs
OF Washington opened at the Club
Rooms, 2017 I street northwest. 1t
will continue during the month.
The walls upstairs and down are
hung with a representative show
ing of members work, considered
the best that has been displayed in
the history of the organization.
Members of the art committee in
charge OF the selection of works
submitted and other arrangements
were Cleon Throckmorton, chair
man; Henry X. Bush-Brown. Mrs.
L. NJ Leisenring. Miss Elizabeth
Sawtelle. Miss Lesley Jackson, Miss
Sarah Munroe and Mr.. Wheat, jr.
the architect.
The Corcorsn Gallery of wash
ington is closed until December IS
when the great biennial exhibition
will begin. The removal of the
permanent collection from the walls
in order to make room for the
new pictures necessitates several
weeks of work and the closing oil
the gallery. Contemporary Ameri-
can art will be shown in the new
exhibit, which is always the art
event of the season.
Miss Clara Weisman, Washing
ton artist. has recently completed
an excellent portrait of William
Leander Post. widely known in
public work here and elsewhere
The picture. a seated half-length
of Mr.. Post, painted in rather sub
dued tones with a gray background
will soon be exhibited with other
works by Miss Weisman. Including
charming landscapes painted al
Woodstock the past summer. Miss
weisman, who formerly studied in
st. Louis and at the Art Students
League in New York, afterward
continued her studies in Paris, Lon.
don, Holland and Belgium.
In the recent exhibition of works
by the late Miss Bertha f. Perrie a,
the Arts Club. just concluded. more
than forty OF her sketches were
sold In the FIRST two days. and an
equal number during the showing
at the Corcoran Gallery. The flower
compositions were all taken, and
most OF the summer sketches she
made at Gloucester the past season
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Adams Pens Newspaper
Story Catholic in Appeal
Success" Offers Mental Food for Every
Reader of Dailies and Breathes
Reality-Other Books.

sible for a girl to go to mzsquer-
sde ball a few hours after she
strikes town with a gay crowd none
of whom she ever saw before. and
where il Is also possible for her to
meet within q few hours q whole
series of famous or about to- be-
famous people. And under this
superficial study of certain mani
festations of New York. Miss Burr
Is also studying the effects of a
species of love upon creative genius.
The artist, you see, does not thrive
under Evelyn's motherliness. Yet
when she leaves him-but that you
must find out for yourself. 1t 10 not
a great book, nor are we sure that
1t is a good one. but 1t is written
easily and without Alterations. a
good deal of the subject matter.
this bohemian New York" has been
worn pretty thin. yet Miss Burr
dresses it up in the freshness of her
own expectations and the result is
that even those bored persons who
yawn at the mere mention of Green
wich Village or Washington Square
can read il without pain.
MORE TISH." by Mary Roberts
Rinehart. George II. Dorsn
Company
fish needs no Introduction. Her
antics and adventures are WELL
known to a large and admiring Sec
ton of the reading public. In the
present volume fish Is engaged
principally with the war, although
in the first story she 10 merely
chasing a bandit. and II is no sur
prise whatever to learn that she
with her faithful companions Lizzie
and hggie not only reached the
front in a "salvaged" ambulance.
but rescued Tish's nephew from the
Germans and captured a German
genral into the bargain. OF course
they did II in their own inimitable
way which included such esca pades
as making way with an American
coloners papers. "salvaging" a
spare tire from Gen. Pershings
car. and hiding in the cellar of a
ruined church across the lines while
innocent Germans tramp back and
forth overhead. There Is also an
other story OF how fish tried to
prevent her nephew from register
ing In the draft at home and at the
same time endeavored to make an
other young gentleman register.
Altogether the volume Is packed
with laughs for the faithful fol-
lowers OF Tish and no one who is
already acquainted with that dsr-
ing spinster need fear disappoint-
ment upon this further meeting
with her.
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PRUSSIA FROM THE AMERICAN
EMBASSY by David p Fran

EMBASSY by David p. Fran
els. (Charles Scribner's Sons.)
Slowly but surely II is becoming
possible for those who desire II to
find out what has actually happen
ed in Russia during the last five
years. No one book has made this
possible, but many have helped.
Ambassador Francis book is one Of
these. Like everyone else, Mr..
Francis has very decided opinions
about the revolution and the re-
sponsibility for the present situa-
ton in Russia: so did John Reed
and so did Col. Robins. II one takes
the opinion of these three together.
he Is able to see the revolution and
to observe its chief figures from
about every angle. Mr.. Francis
point OF view was that Of the sup
porter of the first revolution and
the bitter opponent Of the Bolshe-
viks. He is convinced that it would
have been better for Russia IL
Lenin and Trotsky had been exc
cuted while the Kerensky govern
ment was still in power. He thinks
that even after Brest-Litovsk the
situation in Russia might have been
saved IL the President had permitted
him to return to Petrograd with
$4,000 troops. He IL strongly OPP
posed to entering into trade rela-
tons with the Bolshevist govern
ment.
The book has no literary merit
and one. is annoyed at the frequent
Introduction OF letters to members
OF the Ambassadors family, in
which he writes of the events of
the moment or gives his impress
sions of individuals. The facts
contained in these letters could,
without much trouble. have been
woven into the narrative. and the
book would have been much more
readable. Official communications
and dispatches are in a different
category. There are many Of these
In the volume and they are Of great
interest and value.
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THE HERAPATH PROPERTY,
by J. S. Fletcher. (Alfred A..
KpnpfN

hnOpI.D
Mr.. Fletcher's mystery tales are
better than the general run Of such
stories, because he does not at
tempt with an obvious effort to
make them startlingly unusual. His
method Is to begin with a disap-
pearance. or a murder. or a rob-
berry, which appears at first to be
like any of those we read OF in
the daily papers. As he develops
the plot. the complications are in
troduced somewhat casually until
things are sufiiciently tangled UP to
suit the most exacting taste. More
over, Mr.. Fletcher does not find II
necessary to employ the services OF
superhuman detective. either
professional or amateur and his
policemen are not all half-wits or
morons. And finally. as we have
said before in commenting on some
Of Mr.. F1etcher's other yarns, he
knows how to write. The Herapath
Property" is concerned with the I'M
ravelling OF the mystery of the
murder of Jacob Herapath. a mem
Der of Parliament and a very rich
man. A number of different peo-
pie take part In the solution of the
problem: Herapath's nephew whose
greed and selfishness eventually
get him into great difficulties: Mr..
Tertius. the mysterious friend Of
the murdered man: Triffitt. the
youthful reporter: Davidge OF Scot
land Yard; Cox-Raythwsite. a great
scientist: Burchill, a very clever
crook; and Dimanbro. a dealer in
precious stones. The reader is. of
course. permitted TO suspect any
number of persons and then the
guilty man is suddenly brought for
ward. This particular part OF the
story Is disappointing, but after all
1t really doesn't matter: the fun is
practically over by that time any
way. II is not an ingenious solu-
tion, but II serves its purpose.
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Estelle Thomas, violinist, and
Gladys Thomas. dramatic mezzo
soprano of New York will be heard
tonight in the first OF the WASH
ington Art Clubs December Sunday
evening recitals.
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THE GLORIOUS HOPE by Jane

Burr. (Thomas Seltzer).
Evelyn Kerwin goes to New York
70, be a writer. Instead she marries
an artist who Is more or less down
and-out, and devotes herself to him.
But that Is a very crude way of
indicating that Jane Burr 10 writ
ing about Bohemian New York, that
carefres Nsx York where IT is pos