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The Washington times., 1921-09-20

, as the delicate thumb off the Orient
polishes lacquer: to dare a solvent
when needed, timing it's strength to
the second lest disaster tarnish for
ever the exquisite bloom of the
shrouded glazing; to cautiously ex-
plore for suspected pedigrees; to
compare prints and mezzotints.
photographs and engravings In
search for identities: to study
threads Of canvas. flakes Of var
nish. flinty globules OF paint under
the microscope; to learn. little by
little, the technical manners and
capricious mannerisms significant of
the progress periods of each dead
master; to pore over endless vol
umes, monographs, illustrated for
eign catalogues of public and pri.-
vate collections-in these things and
through them happiness came to
Quarren.
Never a summer sun rose over
the streets Of Asccuion arousing tho
Philistine to another day of toll, but
It awoke Quarren to the subdued
excitement Of another day. Eager,
interested, content in his self.rs-
spect. he went forth to a daily busi-
ness which he cared about for its
own sake, and was fast learning to
care about to the point of infatua-
ton.
He was never tired these days.
but the summer heat and lack of
air and exercise made him rather
thin and pale. Close work with tho
magnifying glass had left his fea.
lures slightly careworn. and had
begun little converging lines at the
outer corners Of his eyes.
Only one line in his face ex.
pressed anything less happy-the
commencement Of short perpen-
dicular crease between his eve
brows. Anxious pondering over old
canvases was not deepening that
The Washington times., 1921-09-20
By Robert w. Chambers.
Whose Novels Have Won Him In
ternational Fame.

whose Novels nave won Ihih ="
ternational Fame.
~ JARREN learned how the old
Of painting pr PREPARED S.rSs sssOoIs sSnSSs
or panel-how the snowy we'll" was
spread and dried. how the under
painting was executed in earth-red
and bone-black, how the glaze was
used and why, what was the me-
dunn, what the varnish.
He learned about the baths of
sunlight" too-those clarifying i'm
mersions practiced SO openly yet
until recently not understood. He
comprehended the mechanics.
physics and simple chemistry of
that splendid. mysterious Inward
glow" which seemed to slumber
under the colors of the old masters
like the exquisite warmth in the
heart Of gem.
To him. little by little, was re-
vealed the only real wonder of the
first of all, they were self-respecting
artisans, practicing their trade Of
making pictures and painting each
picture as we'll as they knew how;
that, like other artisans, their
pride was in knowing their trade.
in a mastery of their tools, and in
executing commissions as honestly
as they knew how and leaving the
"art" to take care of itself.
Tricks Of the Business.
Also he learned-for he was
obliged to learn in self-protection-
the tricks and receptions and
forgeries of the trade-all that was
unworthy about it. all it's shabby
DISCUSSES and limitations and crude
articles and cunning falsehoods.
He examined old canvases paint
ed over with old-new pictures and
then refined; canvases showing por-
The Washington times., 1921-09-20
LET BOYS SEE
u. S. A.
BY w. A. McKeeyer-
Known Lecturer and Author
and q National Authority on
Juvenile Problems.

A NEW JERSEY youth, TWEEN.
~ ty, with five companions,
spent six weeks, driving to
the Pacific Coast in an auto re.
mained away eight months, work.
ing part time and finally returning
5000 short In purse. Did he gain or
lose and how much.
The young adventurer Is decid-
edly q gamer: provided, he has re-
turned as sound in health, morals,
and ambition as when he left
home. Eight months Of seeing the
country. Of jostling up against all
classes Of people, of being treated
as stranger-all that may be con.
sidered fairly good return for the
money. Such a record might be
considered a loss for q twenty-five.
year-old man: but for a boy of nine
teen or twenty the account may
be checked up as valuable exper-
ience."
The youth who takes an extern
sive outing like that described
above is inclined to accredit the
affair as a distinctive epoch in his
life and to make II a sort of per-
sonal date time for many years to
come.
D No matter what may be the fam
lily circumstances, your twenty
year-old needs the experience Of
roughing 1t through an extended
trip and on his own resources. He
must find out for himself that
strangers are not specially inter-
ested in him, and that they do not
care much whether he gets a job
or not. He must learn that the
best way to make the world give of
its goods to him is for him merely
to give himself in service to the
world through honest employment
and faithful erformance Of duty.
Help your boy plan that contem.
plated trip and let him go with your
blessing.
The Washington times., 1921-09-20
do YOU KNOW
THAT

One ton Of coal yields 10000 feet
Of gas7
The Bible is printed in b2s diff
ferent languages?
The Polish alphabet contains forty
five letters7
Mars has day forty-one min
utes longer than our own7
A large nest Of wasps will &C
count for $4,000 flies in a day7
A single orange tree Of average
size will bear 10000 oranges?
An ounce Of gold could be drawn
into q wire fifty miles long7
The family Bible Of William
Burns, father OF Robert Burns, has
been sold for S2,250.
A man should weigh 2s pounds
for every foot Of his height.
Eighteen gigantic fossilized tur.
ties Of an unknown species have
been unearthed near Valencia,
Spain.
The two extremes in human hair
are that Of the Negro, fiat in Sec
ton and curly, and that of the
Mongolian. which Ii round and
straight,
The Washington times., 1921-09-20

LIS = opuid cuCCCbb.
SSTTELLQ. your own self" Miss
storrs gave back with a
friendly nod. You're saw
ing the office a postage stamp, Mrs.
Harrison, but that's not why I'm
glad to see you"
why, then7" I asked, sitting
down and preparing to enjoy my
self
."Oh. I Just am"' smiled Miss
Storrs, with the flutter OF dimples
which makes her face sweet and
friendly instead Of stern and beau
tiful. And here is the check on
which I'd have been compelled to
spend q .two-cent stamp Of our
hard-earned funds II you hadn't
come in just this minute"
Thank you" said, taking the
lavender slip from her. This leads
right up to what I came in to tell
you. I'm glad to have this money
now-my cash basis is largely i'm
aginary. But you won't have to
send me any more checks"
Wont have tor"
Miss Storrs' voice had q peculiar
intonation. All the warm friendli-
ness went out OF 1t, and she re-
sumed her usual succinct business
manner.
We've been over all this before,
Mrs. Harrison. You know how I
feel about carrying out your hus-
bands wishes"
Yes. l know" conceded, lay
ing my hand for the fraction of a
second on her smooth wrist. But
circumstances have altered-in q
way Jim couldn't forsee when he
expressed those wishes. came
In to tell you that I've gone back
to work. That's why you mustn't
send me any more checks"
You've gone back to workr'
Miss Storrs exclaimed. "Oh, I'm
sorry to hear that. There's really
no necessity for you to do such a
thing-I can manage a larger
check each week. I-I-please,
Mrs. Harrison. don't think I'm in
truding or trying to force an inti-
macy just because you're so sweet
to me--but I know a little about
how Mr.. Harrison would feel about
having you-suffer."
Do your" I said half to myself
and almost bitterly. Then forcing
myself to a more bouyant frame
Of mind, I went on, Don't think
I'm suffering about going back to
Haldane's. The mere thought of
1t Is making me happy. I couldn't
have stood doing nothing much
longer-and I love to feel that my
earnings are helping you here"
Miss Storrs colored, and replied
stiffly:
You mustn't think Of ua. We'll
get on. Mr.. Harrison expected US
to get on, you know"
Il know" I twinkled, amused at
the way she said "us" and I'VE" to
gloss over her pride in the trust
which both she and I knew was
hers and hers alone. But he could
not see the dreadful condition of the
market-nor his own protracted
absence. Things don't appear to be
going well with my husband. so
what Is more natural than for me to
put my shoulder to the wheel?"
"Oh, don't you seer" cried Miss
Storrs. 1T isn't fair to Mr.. Harri-
son. People will talk. II he were
here I'm sure he wouldn't like It,"
IF he were here I wouldn't have
to do It," / replied in a calm voice
which masked the beginning of per.
turbation.
That's just IT," burst out Miss
Storrs. Besides, II I'm carrying
on successfully while Mr.. Harri.
son Is gone you won't have TO do
II. II you go back to work you
brand me failure. And you betray
our pressing needs
The Washington times., 1921-09-20
When q Girl Murries

. 80 you want me to sit back and
fold my hands and do nothing for
my husband, while you make good
for him here"' / began. Then the
words she'd been saying when !
broke In on her hauled me up short.
Your pressing needs" cried.
Then. things are in a bad way
here?"
Miss storrs bowed her head.
30 the expression in her eyes
was hidden from me. But as
she sat focusing her gaze on the
hands clasped tensely before her on
Jim's desk l got the impression OF
a struggle. I'd seen her in one new
phase already this morntng-gay
and friendly-where before she'd
always been curt, incisive and bust
ness-like. wondered II now / was
to behold another revelation Of her
character. A confession Of weakness
would be the most natural thing
in the world.
rs that the reason you're going
back to work?" she demanded sud
denly in a jerky voice.
I'm going back to Haldane's be-
cause I'm bored by doing nothing,
because / want q worthwhile in
terest in my life. Miss StOrrs, I'm
amazed at your lack Of understand
ing. And still more amazed
You're still more astonished at
my venturing to dictate to you."
she said. my position here Is
very difficult, Mrs. Harrison. but
you've been very sweet about
it"-
Then she in turn stopped abrupt
ly and we sat staring at each other
across the chasm Of things we
couldn't discuss. After q moment,
Might as well start now"
said. "And there's another matter.
How about the rent check we get
from my apartment every month?
VIII that be Of more real service
to my husband put away in the
bank as a sinking fund against
his return or spent to carry his in
terest here?"
Miss Storrs hesitated. Twice she
opened her lips to reply and twice
she closed them again, while back
Of her steady eyes l could almost
see the thought-processes Finally
she took up a pencil and began
figuring on the pad lying before
her on the desk. She was so tense
in her concentration that she for
got to mask her real feelings and
I could see how nervous and hard
driven she had become in the last
few days. At last she looked up
and said quietly:
"We'n manage without your
help, Mrs. Harrison. It's best to
have a-reserve fund-for emer.
gencies."
"If you need the rent money,
however, you know it's at your dis
possl," said, then added half
humorously, "See how I trust you?
I wish you felt as sure Of me-"
please" she replied very gently.
Don't think l lack faith in YOU
or fail to recognize that you're a
sane and generous woman as well
as avery able one. I've seen you
face q situation you could be ex-
pected to sympathize with and
face 1t down. But il Mr.. Harrison
hadn't wanted to spare you, IL he
hadn't wanted to make things easy
for you, would he have put me
here? That's why I feel as II I'm
failing him when I don't find some
way to make life-more like a bed
OF roses for you"
I laughed to relieve the tension
and because I was afraid that the
sentiment her splendid frankness
had aroused bordered on the maud.
lin.
Go be continued Thursday
The Washington times., 1921-09-20
ADVICE TO THE
LOVELORN
Beatrice Fairfax
THE BRIDESMAID PAYS.
.EAR MISS FAIRFAX:

nEAR MISS FAIRFAX:
= Would you please settle an
argument between two girl friends.
A says the bride should pay the
expense Of the bridesmaids clothes,
especially when she wants her to
wear just what she picks.
b says the bridesmaid should pay.
READER.
THE brides attendants pay for
i their own clothes. Naturally, for
though the bridesmaids dress Is
worn first at the wedding 1t is the
property Of the maid and she goes
on getting the benefit Of 1t. The
bride generally gives each OF her
attendants a remembrance-a bit
Of Jewelry or something dainty to
wear.
The Washington times., 1921-09-20
This Day in Our History.

TE1S is the anniversary of the death, in 1881, Of
President Garfield who was shot in cold blood by
Charles J. Guiteau, disappointed office seeker The
assassin later hanged for his crime in Washington
The Washington times., 1921-09-20
A Great Star of the TrOpic.

RETWEEN 10 and II you may see the lone, bright
star Fomalhaut, the meridian, low in the south.
1t is of the four royal stars visited by the
Conspicuous by solitary situation in Piscs Australis
The Washington times., 1921-09-20

Hollow. he and strelsa had ex.
changed half a dozen letters Of all
sorts-gay. impersonal notes. sober
epistles reflecttng more subdued
moods. then letters fairly spark
ling with high spirits and the hap
The Washington times., 1921-09-20
BY ANN Isle.

Whose Present Serial Has Scored
Big Popular Success.
CSTTELLQ. your own self" Miss
III Storrs gave back with a
- frinnIdl., .oa a.N...,.. .a..
New-York tribune., 1921-10-27
Chamber Backs
BRAND In rio
To Arms Parlev

Continued from page one)
representative of all France instead
OF the representative of a prccarious
majority which would be likely to dis
appear while he was engaged in critical
decisions"
Demands Chambers Judgment
"You have between your hands com
plete knowledge OF the case" said
BRAND. Now render your judgment" "
The boldness of the Premier's chal-
lenge predicated his knowledge that
the Chamber would not dare to jeop-
ardize Frances chances of having the
strongest possible delegation at the
conference
In his hyss reply to his critics
last Friday BRAND. with parliament
tary shrewdness adroitly switched the
issue on n vote of confidence from
the governments policies to the ques-
tlon of whether France should be
strongly represented at Washington.
With only few days remaining before
the sailing of the delegation in time to
be present at the opening of the par
ley. it would be manifestly impossible
to construct a new delegation which
would correctly represent the policy
of any other government than Briand's
The Premier knew that the Chamber
realized this when he boldly demanded
tonight it overthrow him or give him
a big majority.
New-York tribune., 1921-10-27
''Brooklyn Eagle Gives
Party on Both Birthday
700 Employees Take Part in
Celebration; Medals for All
IO-Year Service Attaches

The eightieth birthday nf "The
Brooklyn Daily Eagle" was celebrated
last night at the Eagle Building, Wash
ington and Johnson streets, Brooklyn,
where more than TOO employees as
sembled for the event. The first issue
of "The Eagle" was published October
g. 1871.
Engraved medals were presented to
all persons who have been eagle" en-
ployees for ten years or more. The
presentations were made by William
Van Anden Hester, president of the
corporation. The oldest Eagle" at
tache in point of service is Robert F.
Clark, who has been with the paper
fifty-four years. More than % per
cent OF the total number have been
with the paper ten years or more.
A feature of the celebration was the
unveiling of memorial tablet to seven
tytwo eagle" men who served in the
World War, twenty-seven of whom
saw service overseas. Herbert F Gum
nison, president and publisher,
spoke at the dedication of the tablet.
Arthur M. Howe, editor of the
Eagle" also spoke in connection with
the presentation of the medals. Scores
of congratulatory messages were re-
ceived at the ,f.ce of the newspaper
Yesterday
New-York tribune., 1921-10-27
Where C0aIiti0nists
Can BE Heard To-day

Henry II. Curran, coalition can
didate for Mayor, will speak at
the following places to-day:
12 (noon) Bethune and West
streets.
1890 p. m.--Luncheon, Lions
Club, Hotel Martinique.
$50 p. m.--Dinner, Retail
Store Executives Association,
Hotel Pennsylvania.
$3.50 p. m.-John Bolles Club
at Public School as, st. Nicholas
Avenue and 156th Street.
9:30 p. m.--20th Assembly
District clubhouse, 317 East
18th Street.
10 p. m.--18th Assembly Dis-
trict clubhouse, 1852 Lexington
Avenue.
William Travers Jerome, for
mer District Attorney, will speak
at the John Bolles Club meeting.
f. II. La Guardia, president of
the Board of Aldermen. will
make his first speech Of the cam
paign for Curran at the Goth AS
sembly District meeting, 317
East 118th Street.
New-York tribune., 1921-10-27
Mingo Operators to Bar
Contract With Union Men

WASHINGTON, Oct. 2s.-Decision of
many West Virginia mine operators to
refuse next sprine to re-enter into
wage contracts with their employees
mons was announced to-day to the
Senate committee investigating condi~
tions in the West Virginia fields. The
statement was made by Ernest NJ. Mer-
rell- Charleston mining engineer and
opc tator, who said that concerted
move was under way to fight the closed
uncn shop when the time for renewal
o. wage contracts arrives, April /.
Disclosure of the operators plans
came shortly after A. E. Hester, for
ner union organizer, had test fed that,
acting under orders of representatives
of the United Mine Workers, he had
turned over strike relief benefit funds
to union men for the purchase of guns
PRIOR to the recent disorders.
Hester was released from jail at
Charleston last Sunday after having
been held lilo days without, he de-
clared, having had formal charges
preferred by the union officials upon
whose complaint he had been taken
into CUSTODY
New-York tribune., 1921-10-27
Hylan Big Issue,
Says Miss Boswell
ToWomen Voters
Broken Promises Regarding
Schools Hit Parents and
Children Most Keenly,
Register Candidate Ayers

Helen Varick Boswell, coalition can
didate for County Register, met both
of her opponents last night at meet
ing held under the auspices of the
League of Women Voters at Public
School 165, in 108th Street, between
Broadway and Amsterdam Avenue.
Henry H. Curran, candidate for
Mayor, and other coalition candidates
who have been indorsed by the League
of Women Voters had trst place on the
program, after which the meeting was
thrown open to representatives. of other
parties for the minor Offices.
1t was the first time chat Miss Bos-
we'll and Miss Annie M athews, her op-
ponent on the Democratic ticket, had
met ohm j. Hopper, who is rum ng in
dependently, and the large audit nee,
composed chiefly of women, enjoyed the
three e-cornered encounter
Mr.. Hopper declared that the Torrens
law was the issue in the campaign, and
Miss Mathews stressed home rule and
the traction problem.
"Hylan is the issue!" cried Miss Bos-
we'll, in her turn. "The fiye-cent fare
is not the issue, for every one of us is
for it and no one mora strongly or
with greater logic than Henry H. Cur
ran. Home rule is not an issue. We
are all for home rule, but what we
want is a different kind Of home rulers.
"The schools under Hylan are the
chief issue, for the broken promises of
Hylan concerning the schools strike
more keenly to the very core of the
hearts, the ambitions and the hopes Of
parents and children than can any other
broken promises. and women know the
truth concerning the schools from the
word of their own children"
New-York tribune., 1921-10-27
Hylan's s'School Week.
Sham Exposed by Poster
Visited More Buildings IN One
Day Than in -Four Years
Before. New Card Shox..s

The coalition campaign committee mt
cut new camnaign poster YESTERDAY IN
the series of "Hy'an Broken Promises !,
1t referred to Mayor Hy'an's recent
school week arranged lust one month
before election, when he visited mora
~chools in one dav than he had visited
IN four wears The nostar follows.
MAYOR HYLAN's SCHOOL WEEK
When was 1t arranged?
Was 1t in 1878 when teachers ware
asElng for living wage? W
NO 1t was not What school did no
visit that year? VIA ne
Was it in 1918. when the teachers, 60,
ary bill came before him? OIL
NO. 1t was not. He vetoed the hiiI ara
said: IF the teachers don't like II "ilJ iat
them get other Jobs ~ 'el
Was 1t in 1920. when pupils had n WALL
the streets because they had no teacbarsa "
NO. 1t was not. Hylan said the teacber
shortage was propaganda ''e'
PARENTS mad to go to Albany TO get baln
Was 1t in 1921? So "eip'
election. e'i'" oelore
Then he visited more schools n ono
day than he had visited in four wears '''o
Vote and get votes for curran 1.,cts
wood and Giroy i1och
They stand by the schools when the
repentance on the school question Gonso't
ool the parents. "oesii !
The poster will be distributed
throughout the five borouehs. 50 that
every voter may be fully Informed.
New-York tribune., 1921-10-27
Rivals I'm Rows
Scare Women
AT Vote Rallies
AssembIyman Reiburn
Threatens to Thrash Kap-
JanWhile Pert of Audience
Seeks Exits During Uproar
Miss Mathews Kissed
Jeers Greet Candidate as
Sire Praises Hylan's Public
School Record i'm Wartime

Two meetings held last night under
auspices of the League of Women
Voters developed political feeling so
intense that the audiences were in up
roar Both gatherings were largely
attended by women, who took part IN
the demonstrations.
Max E. Kaplan, Republican candidate
for the Assembly in the 22d District
who followed Michael +. Reiburn. his
Democratic opponent, on the platform
at meeting in the Church of the Inter
cession parish house, 155th Street and
Broadway, was attacked by Reiburn in
an attempted personal chastlsement
after Kaplan had charged him with
using state papers in his appeals for
re ectlon.
Reiburn, who was in a gallery when
Kaplan made the charge, stripped his
coat and started for the Platform.
shouting:
You're liar and you'll have to take
that back right now"
Rush Made for Exits
A dozen men tried to intercept Rel
burn who threw them off and rushed
toward Kaplan. The audience Of five
hundred persons r. e and many ran for
the exits. Miss Belle Norton, a deputy
sheriff, and the only peace officer pres
ent, ordered Reiburn IN peremptory,
if shaky, voice to desist. He was stand
ing before Kaplan shaking his fist under
the latter's nose and demanding retrac-
ton.
Miss P. A. Kamholz, chairman of the
meeting, agitatedly pleaded with the
shouting and screaming spectators to
remain silent, while Assemblyman Rel
burn replied to Kaplan's charges. The
meeting adjourned abruptly after Rel
burn had registered denials of the Kap-
Ian "roorback."
Five hundred men and women booed
and jeered at a meeting under the
same auspices presided over by Mary
Garrett Hay at Public School 165, 234
West 109th Street, when Miss Anne
Mathews, Democratic candidate for
County Register, declared she was
proud to be associated with Tammany
in its campaign, and added
John F. Hylan ought to be reelected
Mayor of New York because of the su-
perb condition in which he maintained
the public schools of the city during
the war.
"Quit your kidding!" yelled stem
torian voice, and Immediately the hall
v's in an uproar, Nth Chairman Hay
fercely banging the gavel in an effort
to resoore Otuer.
Kissing Is Forbidden
When at last the noise spbsided Miss
Hay said:
"Thele must be no kissing here. II
any one Kisses again l will have him
elected. This is gathering in which
al. will be heard with courtesy. Don t
let there be another such demonstra-
ton"
Let them hiss ii they want to" IL
terrupted Miss Mathews. They can
hiss all they like SO long as they'll just
keep quiet after the Kissing and let
me say my say"