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French Minisuy's Downfall.

Just when to the outer world it seemed most
secure, the Leygues ministry in France, is over
thrown. 1t was generally taken that the Senate
election was an expression of national confidence in
President Mierand and his, less personal
government.
Yet the vote against Leygues and his policies
most emphatic. The Paris dispatches indicate
that much of'ths was due to Millerands own desire
to either unload, get rid Of Leygu6s.
Going from the premiership to the Presidency
Millerand determined to still shape the national
policies. He declined to take the innocuous position
usually accorded to and accepted by French Presi-
dents.
He named Leygues tractabe agent who
would take orders But recently, differences have
grown up between them. Also Mierand may have
thought best to throw his premier to tighten
ballast realizing that he had become a liability
rather than asset.
Both to military service and pressing the
treaty obligations of Germany, French sentiment
had strong undercurrent demand for more strenu-
Gus and emphatic action. This is what Mierand
still has to reckon with,
France, it is believed, will not be satisfied with
a mere pawn of his to speak for and represent her
1t is not thought he can longer maintain his posi-
ton OF dominance and dictate, through his premier
where he cannot lead in person.
There is demand for premier of recognized
independence strength and ability 1t is for real
premier who will not be hampered by any retarding
regulating force back of the scenes; for one di
rectly responsible and responsive to the assembly
and the French people, rather than to Mierand
The preference seems to be for Niviani, BRAND
Poincare, each the Presidents equal or superior
in ability force. Poincare, who was himself
President during the period, had unusual infu-
public affairs but exercised by indirection
by sheer force of his ability.
Viviani and BRAND were both war premers
Neither is overfriendy to Millerand and certainly
would accept the premiership only if assured COM
plete independence of action. 1t would seem that
Millerand's ambition to be both President and
premier had ridden to a fall and that he rather
than, or fully much Leygues, the object
of the vote of no-conhdence.
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Those Silk Shirts.

Was Senator Medhl Mccormick overcharged
when he paid a Paris shopkeeper $50 francs each
1r silk shirts? This would be but $3.50 of Mr.
McCormick's money, plus the duty, unless he wore
them there enough to get them in duty free.
Just why the Senator bought French shirts to
wear m Berlin is not disclosed. Possibly it was to
show his entire neutrality Possibly, he thought
it would be we'll for German children to nestle their
heads against bosom covered by French silk
But whatever the reason, he could afford to
crafty his desire. He is not financially subject
for protection from the pro6teer, French other
wise. If he picked, he has plenty of feathers
left to protect his silk shirts from chilling blasts
Think, too, of the satisfaction the Senator will
have when he returns to the Senate and displays
his Paris neglige on the hot days, when in COM,
mittee room, he can doff the burdensome coat He
will be envied by all his confreres.
He can tell them. all about it, while they gaze
with envious eyes 1t will be. worth the price even
II it had been SS9S or anything under 5000
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Just a Human Hero.

No one should take too seriously that one of
the lost naval baloonists in fit Of temper smacked
one of his comrades on the jaw. This act should
by no means topple the offender from his hero
pedestal
There is altogether too much of an inclination
to class hero also supernatural Usually
it islthe man, who on occasion has temper, who
on occasion is hero. Frequently Monk" East
man, social outcast, becomes hero.
Heroism is distinctly human quality 1t is
by no means a product of civilization 1t does not
marh man as an archangel as a saint These
three balloonists went through marvellous endur-
ance test. During it, they held together, were true
conHades, shared alike, supported eachsother and
fought for life. None showed the white feather
None despaircd. None broke down. None encum-
bered the others. They showed the real hero
stamina. ~ ..a.
Only when the strain was over, and the nerve
tension; only when relaxation developed the extent
of the trial they had been through did one of them
lose ahis self-restraint and self-controI Whoever
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blames him, expects too much in merely human
being. -
His comrade who was the victim of his fash,
knows He realizes that less than they endured,
have driven many men insane They are not the
htst who having to blows, are but the better
friends.
One fash-in-the-pan will not nor lessen the
bonds OF their. common experience. They are
equally heroes and mutually understand that under
the conditions, one blow does not make life enemies,
s not to be weighed against their common adyen-
ture and does not mark the one who for the mo-
ment lost his self-conrol as any less the sort of
man who in emergency would stick to the death
and be first to offer the supreme sacrifice. - -
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Comment.

Jerfery Farnol says that he made
a sketch Of his pirate novel Black
Bartlemy's Treasure" as far back
as 1910 and wrote the opening chap
tcrs, laying il aside for his other
hooks. This is the FIRST sea story
Mr.. Farnol has written
Arthur James BalfUur is an ex-
Ceptional personality and now that
his life has been written by so keen
a biographer as Z. T. Raymond, au-
thor Of "Uncensored Celebrities" "
II is sure 70 attract many readers
The London publishers announce
that the book is already in it's sec
ond printing. Little, Brown and
Company are the American publish
ers.
Thomas Seltzer writes TO the
Bookshelf that he plans Co publish
two unusual novels in January. The
first of these is The Lost Girl" b.
D. H Lawrence which was publish
ed about two months ago in Eng
land. The other, The Dispassionate
Spectator" is by Jane Burr, Amer
icsn, who unable to find a publisher
here, took her manuscript to Eng
land and offered il TO Duckworth
by whom it was Immediately ac-
cepted.
Capt. James Norman Hall, whose
Lafayette Flying Corps" (Hough-
ton. Miffiin Company is one of the
most distinctive books about the
war, is now enjoying a long rest
among the South Sea Islands. In
letter, he says, Moving is a very
simple matter with me. can be
ready in ten minutes for a voyage
TO the ends OF the earth. This ia
cility is the result OF long practice:
and then l never allow myself 10
acquire possessions. Tahiti isn't
such an atom of a place as Il an
pears TO be on the map. / am eighty
kilometers- from Papeete; but this
is about as far distant as can 70
from the great capital Of French
CceaniSa- l have a house Of two
rooms. with two large verandsx, for
which 1 pay rental of-sT. 90 Ameri-
can pe:' month; and this includes
my washing service and coffee in
the morning. 1t is a delightful place.
quite -unspoilsd, and a place Of sucn
beauty that I seem TO be living in
dream, or rather a long succession
of dreams, IN which events shane
themselves to the hearts desire. by
jove, am afraid that we are done
for. The more we see of islands,
the stronger the enchantment be-
comes.
The Charm School" the comedy
from Alice Duer KILLERS novel Of
the same title, wFich was published
by the Harpers, spened last week at
the Comedy Thehter in London, The
play ran for several months in New
York, and was recently taken &c
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Recent Books.

FICTION
Samuel Lyle-Criminologi By
Arthur Crabb Century.
The adventures Of a lawyer.
'Old Reliable in Africa" by Har-
ris Dickson CStokesD.
Escapades OF a colored valet.
"Brite and Fair" by Henry A
Shute Cosmopolitan.
A boys diary.
Man 10 Man" by Jackson Greg
Ory CSCribner'sr
A Western romance.
Marie Claire's Workshop" by
Marguerite Audoux CSeltzer).
A sequel to Marie Claire.
POETRY
PLANE and Shadow" by Sara
Teasdsls (MacmiIlan).
Lyrics.
Smoke and Steel" by Carl Sand .
burg (Harcourtl.
Vigorous free verse.
THE Twelve" by Alexander Biloxi
(Heubsch).
A poem Of Russia.
NONFICTION-
''On the Art Of Reading" by Ar
thur Quiller-CoUch CPutnam).
Autobiography of Andrew Car
negie" (Houghton. Minlin).
The Making of Herbert Hoover %
by Rose Wilder Lane Century.
The Quest Of the Indies" by
Richard Dark (Stokes).
Profits, Wages and Prices" by
David Friday (Harcourt).
The Washington herald., 1921-01-15
Advocates Entry
Into Politics of
Business Women
Prom the Independent Woman 3

From the lndepenoeHI W oman
Now comes Miss Alice X. Grady,
OF Boston. advocating the double en-
try in politiCs-not only Of the busi-
ness man. but OF the business w"-
man. Miss Grady assisted Judge
Brandeis in working out and put
ting through the system Of Nassa-
chusetts savings bank life insur-
ance. and is now deputy commits
sioner. practically in control Of this
business which returns nearly one
half million . year in premiums.
i believe that business women
are vitsIIy interested in politics
and I cannot myself be anything hut
hopeful that they will be willing to
make the necessary sacrifices. Miss
Grady says earnestly They will be
willing to sacrifice their work for
politics IL they believe they can hefp
in better government
Politics is the business Of the
whole community. and ] believe NO
men are so much more interested m
betterinE conditions than in MAX rs
money that the business woman
will be willing TO sacrifice some
thing Of her own interests and de-
sires il she is needed in public lite-
I should like to think that th'N
will keep apart from bossism and
that sort. Of thing. However. We are
new TO il ali; We have got 10 learn
the old methods before We can sug-
Eest new. There are things that
seed reforming, and I hone that wo-
men will be the OQes TO s,e that
they are reformed; but We won't
succeed il we 60 in with the idea
that everything is wrong. and start
right in 10 reform. Politics should
be something like Housekeeping. II
we must use the same old pots and
pans men have been using ever since
politics began. we are going 90 Try
and keep them a little bit cleaner.
that's all"
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rOpepgouH>
|LettkrS toA
heHkEald.
w Otbsr Folks Nw,~s "
on Topses o ~
IL NJ Current Interest NFWy
IaT N2AW. -
SAYS LANSING FAILED A
FRAMEU OF TREATY.
ro ID. EdI,or. ~ washInrton Her.Id

To the Editor. The Washington Herald:
read in today's issue OF The
Herald an article headed Lansing
Memoirs on Peace Meet, BrosdsIde
az Wilson. VIII Be Published After
Inaugural" The article goes on 10
say: Lansing rakeE Wilson fore and
aft. That Mr.. Lansing reveals he
was 50 dissatisfied with the final
draft Of the covenant that he be-
lieyed the American delegation
should refuse to accept q, but In
his efforts. in that direction, as IN
others, failed 20 influence the shap-
| ing Of the treaty" His failure 90
influence the delegation shows most
I conclusively that he did not have
much weight with the delegation
and less with Wilson. Mr.. Lansing
claims he dfsapproved OF the shan
tUng matter-so did Mr.. Wilson.
England, France and Japan had dis
posed Of Shsntung by a secret
/ treaty. which President Wilson
! knew nothing about and all that
| he could do was 10 get a promise
| from the japanese representation
20 turn ShantUnE back 70 China.
| The other alternative would have
been TO withdraw from the HTalr
! and wash his hands Of the whole
matter: but he was no gutter and
resolved TO stay and do the best he
could TO get up an instrument that
would prevent as far az possible
future wars Mr.. Lansing claims
that for some months his mind did
not travel with Mr.. Wilsou's-lhru
as an honorable self-respectinE man
Inc should have. resigned az Serrr-
ltary Of State. The American Ueu-
pie would lhsve had more respect
for him.
Woodrow Wilson needs no defense
from me or anyone-he is able 90
handle such small game as his
trsducers no matter who they may
be or their positign. Wilson will
be remembered when all Of his
Idefamers are forgotten
GEORGE Z. ALEXANDER
Washington, January Is. 1921
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REVIEWS

MooN-CALF-By Floyd Dell. CAL
fred A. KnOpf)
Felix Fay, the moon-calf, is es-
sentially American, but not at all
the practical, successful American
Of our usual fiction. For Floyd Dell
has done what no other American
has yet done, that is, honestly and
seriously analyzed the dreaming,
cropping, young American of the
kind that mostspeople call queer. "
who is poorly adjusted to his sur
roundinGs and neither gets a hold
on life, nor slides insensibly through
1.-THE type that runs away from a
smallish town to eXpatiate on life
and art and love in Bohemian quar-
ters of New York and Chicago.
Writers have laughed at these
youths and burlesqued them. But
no one but Floyd Dell has succeeded
in actually speaking for one. Felix
grew from a frail. neglected child
hood into a lonely, bookish youth.
He loved to read. think and talk
about life. but he couldn't quite live
it. Yet he had his moments of real
ity, and he had some very real.
though oddly assorted, friends. He
tried all kinds OF jobs. ended in
newspaper work in a small mid
Western city. and, eventually. haV-
ing been thrown over by the girl he
loved, set out for Chicago. and there.
on the road, we leave him. The book
is hardly a novel: it is more like
a fragment of biography. There
will be some direct, impatient souls
who will not be able to wade
through its close analysis. Yet the
style is simple and charming, and
the atmosphere of an American
small town is handled cleverly. with
humOr and insight.
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BOOK
lcopyrirht, 1890. By the PreAs Publishing Co
THE New Yort Evenius worsd.l
BOOKNOTES

most famous, are compendiums OF
all sorts Of useful information in
regard to books and authors. The
BOnEoi 1920" for instance. contains
original articles by such prominent
authors as VILLA Gather. Joseph
Hergesheimer, II. l.. MenCken. a. +.
Herbert, and II. NJ. Tomlinson; a
Who's Who" of authors connected
with the BOrzoi imprint: and a bib
biography OF the houses publica-
tions: and ii is illustrated with pho
tOgraphS OF authors, facsimiles, etc.
The Washington herald., 1921-01-15

business men the profession OF let
terS has produced in EnEland-Mac-
kcnzie, Walpole, Canaan. GtssinG.
Wyndham Lewis-and among the
poets-Kipling, Bridges, Masctield,
Kankau-come in for hard words.
D. II. Lawrence, Flicker. Sassoon,
Graves and Osbert SitweIl arc treat
ed more kindly. One doesn't havc to
agree with Goldring to enjoy his
comments of the great ones But
one can enjoy them more IL he rca =
lizcs that the critic is aware of his
own fallibility
The Washington herald., 1921-01-15
THE LETTERS OF WILLIAM
JAMES. Edited by his son Henry

THE LETTERS OF WILLIAM
JAMES. Edited by his son Henry
James. CThe Atlantic Monthly
PresS)
The popular conception that life
devoted to philosophy-and especial
!! to the teaching of that subject
must in some way be dehumanized,
may be most effectively dispeIled by
reading these letters Of William
James. OF course, for those who
have known William James person.
ally or through his books, any such
conception as this does not exist, and
for them these letters will serve but
to complete and enrich their picture
of him. william James was as in
tensely American as his brother was
cosmopolitan. His humor his hatrei
Of cant and affectation, his direct
ness and his penetration are traits
which We like to think are charaC-
teristic Of the American mind. They
are traits which have endeared Will
am James to thousands of his COun-
trymen. Among-the letters included
in this collection are those to sChOr-
ars, to writers. to statesmen. to his
family, to correspondents whom he
did not know. 1t is splendidly edited.
The Washington herald., 1921-01-15
CALIBAN.-By w. l.: George. (Har
per and Brothers.)

pei anu III ON4ACl -
This is a type Of English move,
recognizable at the first page. 1t
opens in a very English boys school,
preferably in a class room. You
know at a glance that there will
follow gruesome details as to con-
STRUNG, "imposts," bullying. cricket.
and so on. The youthful hero will
be taken painstakingiy through all
kinds of adolescent woes and adven-
lures, finally growing up to adult
adventures to be carried by his ere
ator. the novelist either to ultimate
old age, or perhaps merely to the
point where he finds his true love.
having found several other loves on
the way. 1t is a kind of novel that,
apparently, every one of the younger
English novelists must do at least
once, and upon glancing at the first
page of "Caliban," you deduce that
w. l.. George has done 1t this time.
However, he varies slightly from the
type. The constituting, "imposts" and
adolescent woes and adventures are
all there, but instead of plungIns
his hero into the usual precocious
erotiC experiences, he huris him into
the newspaper world. Richard Bull
neT dSplTeS 70 Oe anu Is d rival TO
Lord Northcliffe. He acquires or In
vents a magazine called Zip" in
numberable gaZettes, morning and
evening. in London and the prov
inces. and even periodicals named
'Mollie's Own Journal" "Jackie's
Own Journal" Wee wfnpie's
Weekly" and so on. Bulmer is the
kind that bursts with volatile ideas
The story is chiefly of his frenZied
progress, his leap into politics, his
ebuIlient wealth. But eventually he,
too, has his experiences, semi-erotic
at least. That is, too late and too
suddenly, he discovers-his true love.
The book has none of the depth of
The Second Blooming" One sus-
poets that w. l. George knows bet
ter how to write of women than of
men. At least, the book is super
fciaI and curiously hurried, as IL he
had found his subject less enthrall-
ing than he expected and wanted to
get away from it. Except for a
sureness in handling details. it
might perfectly we'll be the work Of
any novice instead of w. L. George.
The Washington herald., 1921-01-15

In 1920 the United States army and navy
only cost each man. woman and child average
of $50 each Mr.. Daniels says this was because
we did not join the league Of nations.
The Washington herald., 1921-01-15
regulations. BY Douglas Gold.
ring, (Thomas SeltZer

The way to read this collection of
essays in criticism is to begin with
the last one and read toward the
front of the book. The last paper is
called Looking Back" and. the one
preceding 1t Low Tastes" They are
unpretentious, very human and
amusing. Having discovered that
Mr. Goldring's mind has not been
permanently warped by a severe and
devastating attack OF highbrowism.
one can better enjoy lxhncaustic com.
ment on the works on fptemporary
olympians.-- One of the nets of-bis
creed is 1t would appear. "the higher
they are the harder they fall.s' Wells
Bennett. whom he describes as the
most successful among tke many big
The Washington herald., 1921-01-15
THE MYSTERIOUS RIDER.-By

zane Grey. CHarpeT Il BrotherS.l :
Whether Zane Gray has it in the
back of his mird to write thes great
American novel we are unable to say.
He certainly hasn't done it, nor has
he attempted to do it in The Myste.
rtous Rider" This is merely a storY
of the Wild West-thouEh not so
wild as it. once was but wild enough
for the purposes of fiction-well told
along conventional lines. One doesn't [
look for subtle characterization in .
story of this kind; the people are
either good or bad, though there are
degrees of both goodness and bad
ness. There are rustlers and gam
biers, who with the son OF the old
rancher, furnish the villainy; and
there is the adopted daughter who is
the prize; Wilson Moore. an edu-
Gated cowboy, and Hell-Bent Wade,
man with more accomplishments
than ever were vouchsa afed to any
one man before. The plot is not new,
but things begin to happen at once,
and there is plenty of suspense main
tained by expedients not new but
very effective. The climax of the
story brings about enough gun play
to satisfy the most bloodthirsty
reader. Mr.. Grey's The Man of the
Forest" was a best seller; perhaps
his latest novel will equal the record
of its predecessor.
The Washington herald., 1921-01-15

England In Mrs. Mulers lsfes;
book. The Beauty and the Bols1-
visit" the author OF The Cua.m
School" again shows her sbilils jo
write at OaCe a delightful stor, and
a shrewd and suarklinE ssjIre.
A new edition OF John White
Kuhrt's Counting House DiCton-
ary' has just been brought out 10y
Z. p. Dutton & Co. and offers. 90
business meD and TO the public ar
large, -an explanation OF the tech
nical terms used by merchants and
bankers in the money market and
on the Stock Exchange" In add
tion to the dictionary. the volume
contains speciments OF commercial
forms, normal rates OF foreign cur
rencies, and such useful pieces u
information as the bank holidays Or
served in Great Britain. France. the
United States and Germany, and
complete tsbulstions OF the me-r.r
system.
The Century Company announces
the following books for publication
on January Is: "Kaleema," by
Marion McCIellsnd. a realistic nov
eI Of stage life from a new angie.
The Happy Highways" by Storm
Jameson, an English novel Of re-
volt against convention which has
received high praise from foreign
critics; French Foreign Po,ln
1SsS-1slD." by Graham II. Stuart
OF the school OF Political Science,
University Of Wisconsin. and Tive
New Stone Age" by Harrison b.
Howe, OF the National Research
Council, the third volume in the
Century Books Of Useful Science
series
Charles Edward Merriam. o' tNs
department OF Political Science.
University Of Chicago. is well known
as the author Of American Politi-
cal Theories" His new book is a
companion volume. American DoN-
'tical Thought from 1855 to 1917"
II traces the broad currents ~
American political thought in thoir
relation TO the social, economic and
political tendencies OF the time
John Drinkwater has compIetci
two plays since his return from
America" writes ST. John Erviuc.
from London 'One about Msry
Queen OF Scots" and the other about
Oliver Cromwell. It would not
astonish me TO hnd that both these
plays are produced in America be-
fore they are produced in England "
Mr.. Drinkwater has also published
two books since he returned 10
England. "Pawns." h a collection
Of plays; Lincoln, the world
Emancipator," Drinkwater's com
prehension and admiration OF Lin
coin and hts understandings OF the
American people. Mr.. Drinkwster
has engaged his passage for the
nineteenth OF January for another
visit to America
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CULTURAL BENEFIT IN
MOVIE ORGAN.

Few realize" she declared, the
great cultural benetit that has been
derived from the ordinary organ OF
the movie house. 1t has helped in
Culcate a love of good music in
people who otherwise never would
have had an opportunity to hear
good music. At the same time the
standard of taste has been imprON-
ed ana the general public now de-
mands a higher type of picture in
the screen drama"
During her forthcoming tour Miss
Parbury will sing only in cities
where there are large organs, as
her compositions are written espe-
cially for accompaniment by organ.
Although l play six different mu-
sical instruments" Miss Parbury
explained, Il like the organ best
of all. 1t is more like Ihe human
voice than any other instrument, its
tones covering almost as wide a
range as the human voice"
Miss Parbury has two books COM
ing out in the fall, "Careering in
Canada" and "Atmosphering in
America" They will be published
Gin practically the same form, with
her own illustrations, as her recent
successful book on Cashmere, THE
Emerald Set with Pearls"