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The Washington herald., 1921-08-21
Bad Action;
Food Atmosphere.

lrhe Dark Geraldine,, BY John
Ferguson. John Lane Coy
John Ferguson has the knack of
feating without much effort the
ind OF atmosphere a mystery story
3nght to have. He Is much more
killful at creating atmosphere than
telling a story. and that is a pity.
rhe Dark Geraldine" begins zest-
billy with two mysterious murders
hich in themselves would supply
|bundant opportunity for the I'M
Slding OF an excellent yarn. But
n. Ferguson isn't content to stop
ere; he proceeds blytheIy to in
oduce any number Of persons and
cidents which add to the compli-
tions, but which we eventually
scover serve no other useful pur-
bse. We have no objection to the
Imber Of complications, but we
bid that they should be germane
the plot not merely for the pur-
bse of throwing sand in the eyes
the faithful reader. The story
kes place in q remote village in
otland and has to do with the
ruggle OF a large number of I'M
3rupulous persons for the posses
Pn OF a mysterious piece of paper
hich falls into the hands of a
lung law clerk who struggles long
ID diligently before he learns its
be significance. We are not sure
I just what that significance was
yond the fact that Il concerned a
cret Irish society, an amiable
sh soldier Of fortune and his
vely daughter. The events OF the
Pry are exciting enough and there
suspense and q respectable eli
x. but the climax doesn't solve
e mystery: IL merely ends the
Pry, leaving any number of lose
IDS lying about. We like Mr.. Fen
sons style and many of his char.
FORMATIONS, but as q story teller
leaves something to be desired.
The Washington herald., 1921-08-21
Does Heroine Meet Death
In Novels Last Chapter?
"Coquette," Exquisite Literary Line
Drawing Other Books.
.ooauETrE.p BY FRANK swINNERToN.

HERE has been violent controversy recently IN
!; 4: : 4 !; !:
I-6cIhan striking her head railing to kill Sally Mimic
whether did kill her not to us to be
beside the mark in For whatever happened to Sally we
her place intact caught
ceany "Coquee' is complete and therefore
satisfactory why necessarily OF weak
chief characters die violently the last
they reached had Sally and
things realest OF lie
Sally London eockney child of ambition and amazing
father conveniently fell down stairs
drunken braw Sally began to arrange Tor herself NE .aat
than her mothers BY
other articles herself West End
dressmaing and shortly chance for further a
sly Of the propetress Previously
of Toby who lived the house
Gagas advent Toby safely at
she loved Tobys physical strength she naturally
mother died; he himself ILL., Toby
complications fell thick and fast about the clever
Sally naturally since both Gaga and Toby loved her. they
doopoed to meet
The Washington herald., 1921-08-21
Striking Compositions.

Striking Compositions.
There were light. airy compost
lions, like Degas' dancing girls, or
racing jockeys on horseback, and
pictures heavy and sombre, such as
Cezanne's grieving figure La Dou-
leur." or mystical and fantastic
faces like Odilon Redon's "Silence"
finger on lips, or weird and
sensuous studies, like the South Sea
Island girl and the pagan god in
Paul Gauguin's "Hina -Tefatou,"
from an ancient Maori legend re-
lated in Noa-Noa. The goddess
Hina In the form OF a soft, cling
The Washington herald., 1921-08-21

was q welcome novelty to American
art lovers. Names of artists whose
works we had previously known
only through uncolored reprints. be-
came colorful realities in the varied
showings presented at the differ
ent galleries throughout the great
modern Babylon.
Careful critiques. written by
American scholars and reviewers in
description of these schools. were
appended to programs of the pic
lures, attesting the serious con-
sideration which this art has at last
evoked. 1t was a new French spirit
The Washington herald., 1921-08-21

devoting the summer to pirates and
fishing, but as there has been .
serious drought in England. most
OF his time lie taken up with the
pirates. This drought, we assume.
10 the water variety and not the
kind we are familiar with in Ameri-
ca As for the pirates. they are 90
appear in a new book with the IN
spring title Captain Blood" The
action takes place in the Caribbean
Sea, and a. Il is as absorbing a yarn
as ''scarsmouche" e will be worth
looking into.
The Washington herald., 1921-08-21
Great Singer Pronounced
Voiceless in High School

By FRIKpA HEMPKL.

gNn<5 WAS born poor By the grace OF God was born
with q singing voice The voice and my hard work
~ M combined have made the of empeors and
Ml tS who often invited their palaces
IN N still lives freshly this world Of
SG9RSz But before the happy particular
nance were reached. had to learn what IT was 70
endure, and above all work Never had 70
help prima donna whose interest
would of Ali that did for myself
There twelve children family; each of
living had been decided that
Already had studied the
Conservatory begun make place for myself that branch
my discovered Personally welcomed that
discovery with mixed emotions As pianist concert appearances
chosen instrument
would all again music But the donna
won. offered a bigger
The Washington herald., 1921-08-21
|oolishness
lost Acceptable.

ne story Of DR.. DoIittIe.- BY Hugh
Letting. CF'rederlck A. Stokes
Col
John Dolittle, N. D., was a most
Eagfng person He lived in the
are OF NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
The Washington herald., 1921-08-21
ART NOTES.

Miss Helen Wright. Of the print
division. Library OF Congress. Is
spending the month Of August In
East Gloucester. where she has
charge Of the weIl-known Gallery
on-the-Moors. built by Mr.. and Mrs.
r. Atwood. for the benent of the
artists who have studios there along
the shore. A regular jury presides
over the exhibitions. which are sup
piemented By a dramatic school.
connected with the gallery. Here
plays are given by the students.
under the charge of Miss Florence
Cunningham.
Miss Bertha Perrie. who Is paint
ing as usual this summer at Glouces.
ter, writes Of many artists there
who are either from Washington or
we'll known here. among others Miss
Felicie Waldo Howell. Mrs. Gladys
Brannigan, Hugh Breckenridge. viii
Low. Walter Palmer and Hobart
Nichols.
c. Powell Minnigerode. director OF
the Corcoran Gallery and secretary
of the board of trustees. issat pres
ent absent on an extended tour IN
Europe. an official trip. especially
to visit the galleries Of England.
France. Holland. Belgium, Switzer-
land. Italy and Spain.
Edmund C. Tarbell, principal oil
the Corcoran School and a favorite
American painter. Is at his summer
home at Newcastle, near Ports
mouth. N. H. a beautiful site over
looking the harbor.
The vice principal OF the Corcoran,
Richard Meryman. and another art
Quoting the Dublin School of Paint
ing this summer. The session con-
tinues until August 81. Dublin Is a
favorits haunt for its fine scenery,
near Mount Monadsock. Many
painters and sculptors of note. as
well as writer's. have found Dublin
congenial, including the late Abbott
II. Thayer. George de Forest Brush.
Joseph Lindon Smith. George Gray
Barnard and others.
Mr.. James recent portrait of Gen.
William Crawford Gorgas now
hangs in the surgeon generals Of
nee.
The Corcoran School Of Art win
reopen October 3, with the same
stan as formerly, except for the ad-
dition Of a new instructor, s. Burtis
Baker. who halls from Boston. Mr..
Baker is represented as an artist by
work in the Massachusetts, Stat.
House and the Girls Latin School in
Boston. the Harvard Law School At
Cambridge and elsewhere.
Ossip Perelma, the Russian paint
er. SO well known In Washington,
painted while here q three-quarte,
length portrait of Dean William
Allen Wilbur OF George Washington
University. This picture was re-
Gently shown in the artists Paris
exhibition. 1t was made in Dean
Wilbur's classroom while he was
lecturing to his crowded afternoon
classes. There is a movement just
starting among Dean Wilburs thou
sands of students to raise fund for
the purchase Of this portrait to be
presented to the university.
Jack Diamond. district manager
Of the Broadway Music Publishing
Company. Of New York, has been in
Washington for the past week In
behalf Of three numbers recently
published. He visited all the orches-
ira leaders in town and sang at the
resorts and the roofs as we'll His
new songs include lilo" and Anna
From Indiana"
Joseph and Elizabeth Robins Pen
nell were in town this summer. ar
ranging their remarkable whistler
collection. now on exhibition at the
Library Of Congress.
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1t proved strong drawing attraction
to public with the Metropolitan exhibition.
The opening day vivid invitation at,
people fought for the cards. The gallery
with New Yos critic elite all talking they moved
hail. their eyes upon gay,
like arrangement of the pictures the walls
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ing woman gently touches the hair
of Tefatou. the earth-god, and
speaks to. him: Let man rise UP
again after he had died -
and the angry but not cruel lips of
the god open to reply. Man shall
die. -.
Spring exhibitions in New York
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brought to America. Yet in the
minds of q few Americans, at least.
there was sometimes question as
to how much Of this French paint
ing should be accepted as true art.
Some staunch patriots. like. the late
John Burroughs. raised q voice of
protest. calling IL . fresh craz>- the
The Washington herald., 1921-08-21
Impressionists, Mild and
Wild, in New York Showing
Metropolitan Museums French Exhibit Runs
Gamut from Striking Power to
Amorphous Grotesqueness.


WIDELY-HERALDED exhibition of French impress
sonst and PostImpressionist painting is in progress
the Metropolitan Museum in New York, to continu
second time in America that large public gallery Ia
admitted this modern school for serious display TIL
The Washington herald., 1921-08-21

Joseph and Elizabeth Robins Pen
nell were in town this summer. ar
ranging their remarkable Whistler
collection. now on exhibition at the
Library Of Congress.
The Washington herald., 1921-08-21

"Psychical Research for the Plain
Man." by S. NJ. Kingsford. is a
book for the everyday. unscientific
reader who wants to know some
thing about the various phases of
psychic phenomena and about the
evidence for them. There are
chapters on telepathy. clairvoyance.
crystal gazing. mediums. trance
mediums, automatic writing. pre-
monitions, Authorizations, haunted
localities, and poltergeists.
The Washington herald., 1921-08-21

Miss Bertha Perrie. who Is paint
ing as usual this summer at Glouces.
ter. writes of many artists there
who are either from Washington or
we'll known here. among others Miss
Felicie Waldo Howell. Mrs. Gladys
Brannigan. Hugh Breckenridge. viii
Low. Walter Palmer and Hobart
Nichols.
The Washington herald., 1921-08-21

The fall announcement Of Double
day. Page and Company contains q
number of titles by weIl-known
writer's. Among them are: Her
Fathers Daughter" by Gene STRAIT
ton Porter; The Beloved Woman"
by Kathleen Norris: The Bright
ener." by Mrs. Williamson; The
Marriage Of Susan" by Helen r.
Martin; "Harbors Of Memory" by
William McFee; Plum Pudding" by
Christopher Morley. and The Girls"
the first full-length novel by Edna
Ferber.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-03-20
LARGER REAL WEALTH.

The United States is not the only country wrest-
ling with a defation problem. All the world faces
f. or the nations America and Great Britain seem
ingly are most optimistic-and they have the best
reasons for being So
Reginald McKenna. OF large London bank inter
ests and who was British chancellor of the exche-
Quer during a portion OF the war, indicates how
Britain feels confident carrying dehation with
the least harmful effects upon trade and industry:
THE fall in prices will be very gradual. and
though a less rate OF profits viii be made than
II prices were stable. Il will be on larger guam
tity. and there still be for a
turn on capital and a fair reward for labor
This Is the kind Of dehation at which
ought 10 alma defation which viii be brought
about by a larger supply OF the commodities
we all need. greater surplus for foreign eX-
port. and a larger total of real wealth"
such a program Of dehauon would be ideal for
America to adopt. don't you think?
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-03-20
"For They Know Not What They d"
By John Henry Zuver
XIV

TRD d B had % int g to d @ tho
day of doOmsto dhess flames mans Good Friday-and
reality for the good he has done Such was the crime Of Him Who for
that day at least be termed the Man of Sorrows.
Je~y had proclaimed the King the Jews whose He
lame % wak-hrng rhearsv Of new faith
thus offending the high priests njung the pride the phase
% ing n the the scn0es and the
The satisfaction thereof go
added disgrace aon snd between R' t sa the ''0''
of the punishment bear crosses The
along: the mob His heels modern Parnce bias
last lap of long journey from Bethlehem to Coigotba
the eu d S besv % dSag sas on Ass fF
Simon bysnder finally drafted bear the Galean physical bur-
wood and vinegar were served to Him alone
AT the srs., of the hill the standards pitched The three & nailed
the other pressed a of horns.
He would endure the o Millions H se 5s follow 6 s m
Sggated Varying and kind the miniature fac SMILES have
Plate written Hebrew Latin and Greek this inscription:
This the King of the
and ee and Which eus the h e took p 84a
But the chief wiser than the mob and wanted changed They
ting and felt the sting should say He said King Jews they
Plate and word erased Let them have the dis
the end of the third hour crowd hostile with no SYM
pathy for the suffering He saved others Himself He
temple in three days. they
Ietu the soldiers as they
divided the clothing of the condemned of the per-
Rs fleet back t1 mbsP f sst4 my
and then begging for drink they saturated with
much Jesus have physical torture perhap.
uhd had His
by the insult stupidity and had borne
enough Death His
Father forgive them for they know what they do Into
thy hands commend my spirit
His proud head dropped ward-and terrible thunder
ragged and the falling of clouds that night while gtngs flashed
and the earth quaked,-He the ghost"
When the clouds lifted the body of the Chief hung limp re-
axed dumb soldier with His
the Peace Envoy of Eternity had taken hold there was No
response Autumn the ambassador Of Winter had gathered
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-03-20
10 MAKE FACTORIES HUM.

The steady dwndling Of foreign trade is one
reason why so many out of work. other
countries want our goods-billions of dollars worth
just as much as we want their orders,--but they
can't pay
Bankers have wrestled with the problem They've
formed a 500, 100000 company to finance exports.
hut this will be slow in functoning to big exporters
The result of this situation, says John McHugh,
New York banker, is that foreign trade is go
Ing a primitive barter basis
The barter works like this: Cotton growers form
ed the Mississippi Delta Export and Trading Co
Their first shipment Is $4,000 bales of cotton It's
sent to an American agent Hamburg. He dis
tributes II TO textile mills in Germany and Czecho-
Slovalia. These mills the cotton into fin
ished goods satisfactory portion of which is sent
back TO Mississippi pay for the cotton.
An American manufacturer of electrical equip
ment Is shipping MS Europe and getting
bristles and eggs in return. Another manufactures
swaps American pottery for Japanese silk This
system of barter, swapping, is taking us back a
good many thousand years. to the days before
money was invented as a medium of exchange.
1t seems primitive but export trade is ulti-
mate loss unless we eventually balance our books
by getting back equivalent amount of commodi-
ties in the form of imports Gold received in foreign
trade is merely calling for reciprocal ship
ments Of imports in the future. You can't eat gold.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-03-20

Wen. sir, it'dbe hard Z calcu-
late tn civnizin effect O. tn auto
mobile" declared Tell Binkley, t'day.
Il reckon tn auto has caused more
loosenin' UP amongst people than
any other innovation that ever hit
this country. You jest can't hoard
money an own automobile. an once
YOU git Z spednd.s money Il soon
flows purity free'y. Folks used =
be too stingy L rent a boss an bug
gy fer a Sunday ride. an II they
went L tn hotel fer a Sunday din
ner they wuz called snobs ole
Wesley Peters skimped an saved till
he wuz sixty years ole His family
drunk cister water an slept on straw
ticks. He cut his own hair an wuz
too mean 4 smoke. His wife
contbed her hair straight back an
went 20 bed at seven o'clock. His
girls wore reformatory clothes an
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-03-20

romantistsl But as for me. my mo-
tives are altruistic. And mental COM
partnership is all that I desire."
Yet, I charge thee. trust him not
in a dim corner on a moonlight
night. For there cometh, always, "a
time when"
And there rs the Appealing-FamFA
He "suffereth" from soul-sickness
and yearneth for sympathy. He tell
eth thee his troubles" and sighteth
to be consoled.
He permi-teth thee TO comfort
him-and to hold his hand.
He calleth upon thee TO mother"
him-and to smooth his forehead.
He is exceeding dangerous.
And there is the Splurge-Artist.
He talketh in big figures" and
dazzleth thee with dreams Of yachts
and motor-cars. and sables.
He longeth to be called a spend
err" and delighteth TO shine in a res
taurant he knoweth the French
names OF all the dishes
Yet, peradventure. he hath lunch
ed upon a ham-sandwich; and, 70
marry, he would have to pawn his
dinner-coat.
But the Vamp -of-Vamps Is the
Romanticist.
He doeth the prince Charming"
and talketh in fairy-tales and IN
poetry. He maketh thee TO see stars.
He murmureth Of love in Green
wich village attic, with kisses Tor
pabulun, and wine-o'- dreams.
10, he is, unto all the others, as
champagne unto home-brew!
Verify, verify, every masculine
vamp hath a method" and a par
ticuIar STUNT" and that stunt which
he hath found to work successfully
with one darnsel. shall be prScuced
ur on tevery Gamsel, in turn.
And each woman shall say in her
heart, 10, I am it,"
And, unless she be wise, she shall
fall for him"
Selah.
Copyright. 1929,
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-03-20
AUDIBLE EATS.

Food which used TO be d.
vided into animal, vegetable and
mineral, and sub-divided into
cheap and expensive, is now d.
vided into two new classical
tons: expensive and dame%pen-
sive. and these, in turn, are
sub-divided into noiseless and
audible. II is with the latter
class we are concerned today.
An audible eat is one which sub
mits to interment only after violent
struggles and loud outcries. Some
can be overpowered rather easily,
while others require a definite tech
nique.
Crackers are rather easy to sub
due as is smorgosbord, the nation
al flower of Sweden. Celery IS one Of
the most plangent (look it up. we
did Of the many tubers, 80 called
because it is shaped like tube. The
cry Of the wounded celery TO its
mate resembles a cracked phono-
graph record of a Chinese love-
song.
other audible eats are Cor Isl
soup, asparagus, nuts, vinegar
pickles, radishes, chow mein,
lobster, Saratoga CHIPS. arti-
chokes and green peas. 1t might
be noted that the green peas
are audible only when they roll
off the knife on 10 the floor.
Spaghetti is one Of the audible
eats which requires a well conceived
approach and a special technique Of
attack. First you want to determine
whether or not the spahetti you
are about to destroy is the smooth
tread or non-skid kind. We would
advise the beginner that If he dis
covers that his spaghetti Is Of the
smooth-tread variety to put chains
on il. The non-skid should be beat
en- with the handle of the knife I'M
til it ceases to squirm. Then 1t
should be cut into short lengths and
tied in bundles of TO- You then have
an accomplice turn in the fire alarm
and during the excitement you eat
Il. If there is sufficient excitement,
the spaghetti can hardly be heard.
OF all the audible eats, the most
interesting noises are exuded by
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-03-20
Reflections Of
ABacheI0r Girl

when he has a headache or a
heartacne, a man thinks there is
something serious the matter with
him; when she hasn't one or the
other. woman KNOWS there il
something serious the matter with
her.
Most love matches MUST be made
IN heaven; the fire never goes ont
In the other place.
Probably the reason why Solomon
shines out so brilliantly. through
history, as the perfect husband" 10
because he has had so little conpe-
tition for that honor.
The only way to live comfortably
In New York, nowadays. is IN have
a lot Of mOney-enough, at least. to
spend your winters in Florida. the
spring in Paris. your summers In
Maine, and the autumn in the Adj
rondaCks.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-03-20

The meanest thief probably lives In Ljnge. Wyo.
for there 1t was that somebody stole babys bottle
while mother shopping.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-03-20
TIP AUTO AS ALOOSENER UP

square-toed shoes. All they knew
O. Niagary Falls they found out in
tn geography, an they wuz grown
women before they knOwed Their wuz
anything Z a circus but tn perade.
Ellie wuz nineteen before She seen
tn public square since oldest an
purtiest daughter. hadn' even got
valentine up Z tn first O. this year.
AL tn girls wuz purity II they'd
dared Z comb Their hair right. but
Yves Peters wuz a hard-fisted, plain.
practical man, an his home WIZ run
ike a factory. But one Gay last
April. in an unguarded moment, he
bought a big car. an tn first thing
he did wuz zusct a fender. Then
tn money begun Z flow. Purity
soon he bounght a spotlight. Next
he blew a tire. Then he got so he
didn' care any more fer money than
q sailor. His girls biossomed out.
he built a cement walk up Z his
house. he bought a washin ma
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-03-20
THE GUTTER
BY Arthur Brooks Baker.

BY Arthur Brooks Baker.
The gutter is citizen whom many
fellows knock.
They say their sensibilities receive a
horrid shock,
To see a man begin a Job with pur-
pose bright and new
But cease his squirt of industry be-
fore he puts it through.
They have a host Of fancy elocution-
airy fits
Concerning the dement's of the citi-
zen who quits.
But lots OF human energy is put TO
frightful waste
Through enterprises men being in
unreflective haste
And carry to the somber end be-
cause they lack the wit,
The wisdom and the strength Of will
to resolutely quit.
The operators struggle in the face
Of doom and doubt
Because they know if they give in
the world will bawl them out.
1 much admire the gutter, with a
mind so stiff and strong
That he can say "Jehosephat! see
that I was wrong.
IN stop at once. my foolish steps
will thOughtfully retrace,
And when the world presents 10 me
its ridiculing face
And labels me a gutter, I will
cheerfully admit
That I possess an intellect which
knows enough to quit"