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Newark post., 1921-10-05
Only Four Delegates
Will Represent this Country
AT the Arms Conference

Although it is understood that
other countries invited to the Con-
ference on Limitation of Armaments
will probably name six or more dele
gates, President Harding has decided
that four men will adequately handle
all the work demanded of representa-
tives of the United States. The four
members of the Conference to repre-
sent us will be Secretary of State
Hughes, Senators Lodge and Under
wood, and Elihu Root.
Our representatives have already
been comforting on some of the prob
lens they expect to deal with at the
conference, but have had no formal
meetings. Mr.. Roots presence IN
Washington this week will make pos
sible immediate meetings of the
American delegation.
Japan has officially appointed hel
delegates. Great Britain, France
Italy, and China are still to be heard
from as to the personnel of theil
delegations.
Newark post., 1921-10-05
National Flag Law
in PENNSYLVANIA

Governor Sproul of Pennsylvania
signed an act Of the 1921 Legislature
requiring that the American flag be
displayed at all public entertainments
in halls, auditoriums, tents, rooms, or
other places of amusement. Violation
of the law is punishable by maxi
mum fine of $100. Churches and all
places used for public worship are
exempted from the law. If the object
Of this law was to stimulate and in
tensify the significance of the flag as
an emblem and symbol of liberty and
democracy, we doubt if the Pennsyl-
vania legislators will accomplish their
object. The very exemption of the
churches suggests a divorce of God
and Country which is repellant to the
true patriot. Let legislators exemplify
in their lawmaking for the public
welfare, the true spirit Of American
democracy and the peoples hearts
will enshrine the Stars and Stripes
deeply and spontaneously.
Newark post., 1921-10-05
American Army on the
Rhine Has Cost $3.50, 900, 900

The high cost of maintaining the
army of occupation in Germany has
become problem for the Allies. At
a financial conference soon to be held
in Brussels it is understood that the
United States will be represented
when measures for reducing the total
cost of all armies in German occupied
territory are discussed.
Germany is not inclined to meet the
cost of maintenance above her first
indemnity payment, which she claims
covered her full responsibility. The
United States is still unpaid for the
S26O,OOO,OOO which the American
army in Germany has cost to date, and
how she is to be paid is another vital
question to be discussed at Brussels.
The United States will be represented
at Brussels by General Henry I.
Allen, Commander Of the American
Army in Germany, and Roland w.
Bayden, American representative
with the Reparations Commission.
Newark post., 1921-10-05
The Sales Tax Grows in Favor

As was expected from the intention
EXPRESSED while the Senate Finance
Committee was wrestling with the
tax bill, Senator Smoot of Utah has
introduced a separate bill calling for
a sales tax on manufactured articles.
The bill would repeal all special war
taxes, retain the 10 per cent income
tax on corporations and the present
individual income tax rates, and to-
bacco, liquor and Inheritance taxes.
The manufacturers sales tax on
articles as finally fin he'd for con-
su,;ipton or use il the one feature OF
his bill which seems to he gaining
popular interest and support free
from any partisan bias in regard to
the various tax bills. Senator Smoot
explains the simplicity of this method
of raising revenue:
"There will be but one tax. If a
commodity is sold for consumption or
use in a further process Of manufac-
ture no tax will be imposed.
an order to avoid administrative
difficulties with small sales the bill
provides for an exemption of all sales
of less than $4,000 during one year.
This will exclude about l per cent of
the manufactured goods in the coun-
try, according to the census of manu-
facturers. 1t will practically exempt
all the agricultural products, since
the average value of products of
farms for this year has been esti-
mated by the Department of Agricul-
ture as between $1,000 and $4,000,
but as most agricultural products
would find their way into manufac-
tured products, they would be exempt
any way under the definition of the
tax.
"Provision is made for like tax
upon similar imported commodities
so that there can be no discrimination
against American products.
Estimates Yield at Billion
"The yield of this tax has beer
carefully estimated and approved by
one of the foremost economists in thu
country, Professor Charles j. Bullock
of Harvard, to produce during th'
calendar year 1922, $759,756,0OO
Conservatism has been exercised
throughout this estimate. The yielt
will undoubtedly be close to $1,000,
100000, but the figure given is NOR,
than ample to provide the revenue
which will be lost by the repeal
which l propose"
Newark post., 1921-10-05

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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1921-01-09

Mr.. Peixotto has found q certain def
mite element Of beauty.
The series as a whole - monu-
hoped that some day viii form part OF
the national collection.
X \ X
Miss Felicie Waldo Howell 10 ex-,
hibiting at the Macbeth Gallery, New>
York. between January 3 and IL.
collection OF paintings OF old Salem
doorways painted during the past
summer in Salem. In this old city to-
day are found many of the homes Of
| great architectural beauty Of dis
| tinguished men of long ago.
/! There are twenty-four paintings in
the series and they are all most
skiilfufly rendered. Paintings OF this
sort preserve not merely the archi-
| tectural aspect of the houses, but the
very spirit of the dwellings,, savorfng
OF the romance OF accumulated mem
! cries.
Frank Alvah Parsons. president OF
the New York School of Fine and APP
piled Arts. who is giving q series of
| lectures in this city this winter on
i Art In Every Day Life" under the
auspices of the Washington Society
Of the Fine Arts. announces the open
| ing of summer school in France
next June for students in interior dec
grafton. The class. which is limited
| w L" chSy Will HtNo us
quarters i'm Paris. where six weeks
will be spent There will DO two
| weeks in Versailles. one week at Fon-
tainebleau. two at Tours and the
! Loire Valley and one week devoted
to short trips to Compiegne, NAL
| maison. Chatres and Blois
The class is under the distinguished
patronage of the directors of the
Louvre. du Musee des Arts Decoratifs.
Walter Gay. Ogden Goldman, Miss
| Elsie De Wolfe and others
The purpose is to give background
and a better comprehension of the art
or interior decoration than the ma
9ority OF our untraveled decorators
nave. 1t is interesting. both as an
IeAperiment and as an extension Of the
estapnShed held of art study.
LEILA MECHLIN.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1921-01-09
Watch Your Hands.

I'VE have held many types of
w hands in our lives" say the
Hoban sisters, in Ed Wynn's big show,
land we know from experience that
hands are very interesting. for, while
completing our musical education. we
earned our daily bread as manicurists
in the William Penn Hotel in Pitts
burgh.
"One day I would take charge of
the business said Bessie, while
Marguerite would be at school, and
the next day I would go to school
while she would take charge.
ITO break the monotony Of our
work We agreed to study the types
in a year we both held more than
thousand pairs Of hands as we pol
ished and cleaned and trimmed the
nails.
1.-The bookkeeper has a differently
shaped index finger from the execu-
tive. The stenographer has a still diff
are no two pairs Of hands alike. Char
acter is marked as plainly in the
shape of the fingers as it is in the
face.
Ibid you ever notice that the in
deg finger OF the left hand OF an
the second finger. while the little
finger Of the gambler is very long?
"Once q psychologist Of national
fame told US Of the observations we
could make. He was the first to show
Us that the character OF the person
is registered in the shape of the
hands and particularly in the length
Of the fingers.
I'VE have held the hands OF every
type Of man almost from the loWly
clerk to the statesman, and the claim
Of our learned friend WAS borne out
by our observations and inquiries.
I'VE still have the habit Of observ-
ing the hands Of our acquaintance,
for nature surely registers character
in them"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1921-01-09
Reviews of New Books

of hunting for this farm-this farm
"of abandoned character"-and. later
the ardors of farming Itself supply to
the reader an hour. or so, of hearty
laughter and frst-rate fun.
ERskINE DALE, PIONEER. By John
Fox. jr., author of 1.-The Trail of
the Lonesome Pine" etc. 1llustrat-
ed by F.. G. Yohn. New York:
Charles Scribner's Sons.
A story of Virginia and the western
frontier in revolutionary days In the
primitive surroundings of that period
the author sets Eskimo Dale. Viz
gilman stolen by the Indians and rear.
ed in the practices and beliefs OF
that race. Later, out Of this train
ing he serves as the leader OF his
own people against both the English
and the Indians. In contrast to the
rude life of the boys up,orInsins
existence in the home Of his inherit
ance. A love story Of mild complex.
ity only goes along with the rugged
warfare through which the larger
part of the adventure develops. Inc
dealing with times, and places ana
circumstances that made an IRE
sistible appeal to this pleasing Amer
lean story maker.
SAND HOLLER. BY Belle kanaris
Maniates, author of "Amarilly OF
Clothes Line Alley" etc. Chicago:
The Reilly & Lee Company.
Not an exacting adventure, this. All
the reader has to do is to hop into
the ramshackle little roadster. along
side its good-looking kind-hearted
owner, and set off with him on his
vacation. This hero does the rest
Where this vacation is to take him, he
has no notion at all. He Is merely on
his way. A strip of torn-up highway
and the pesky temper of the little car
serve to land US in Sand Holler. And
in this unlikely place all sorts OF ex-
elements are pulled off. Mrs. Ann
Bee with her dozen children and her
violin playing mate, Olynthus. consti-
tute the first adventure, one that lasts
throughout. A stolen child takes part.
to be traced back to his beginnings
and restored to his home. The owner
of the car falls in love. OF course.
That is what a vacation is about.
Sand Holler. squatting over mineral
wealth untold, mushrooms into city
and so on, right along, things in
reason and out of it. come to pass
in a gale Of happy inconseQuence and
good-natured fun and laughter.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1921-01-09
Fashions In China.

\ MERICANS have been in the habit
of crediting the oriental women
with a constancy in the matter Of
styles in clothes that has become pro-
verbal. And they have pictured the
Chinese woman clinging to one mode
of dress, until it became almost
sacred institution with, her because
Princess Jue Quon Tai. Chinese
prima donna of the William Rock
Review( however, dispelled the il
fusion in a recent interview.
DO fashions cnange IN Cnina! ask
Tho chsage is in time and ma
terial," was the answer. although we
always wear a great deal OF embroid-
cred silks and brocades. You never
see some Of the wonderful patterns
ssWhy," she said as she shattered the
American ideal Of "up-to-the-minute"
clothes with q laugh, II have walked
down Fifth avenue and seen dis
played as the latest model at $175
what was fashionable in China about
seventy-five years ago. and could be
nicLed I'M anywhere in Shanghai for
"aow does the oriental lady feel
about wearing last years model!
The princess answer showed that
what will the neighbors say was
not a ''made-ni-America product"
Fashions change not only every
season, as they do here" she explain,
ed, ''but almost every two weeks. and
during the period in which brocade is
in vogue one would not dare venture
out in silk, while as for wearing the
loose sleeve when the tight one is
fashionable. or collar cut differently
from the popular one, welr'-and the
look in the dark eyes Of the princess
indicated that fashion DEGREES were
Of as much Importance in the orient
as in this country.
The princess speaks English huently.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1921-01-09
A Retired Actress.

I ANGDON MCCORMICK. the author
Of 'The Storm" is also q producer
of plays and an inventor of stage
effects. manager Of sensational
vaudeville acts and few other things.
One Of the plays controlled by him is
The Forest Fire"
While presenting this play in a
southern city, a large. fat and ebul-
hent negro woman approached him
with request for pass to the gal
lery.
Mr.. Mccormick inquired as to her
reason for making the request, and
learned from her that she was a re
tired actress"
Somewhat astonished. he sought
further enlightenment
"Yessah." she said. Use a retired
actress. I was in Antony and Cleo
patra'' wild Mis- Fanny Davenport.
was de fan bearer"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1921-01-09

for the megaphone; Frances Marion
is directing Mary Pickford, and Mari
holman is new member Of the sex
in the field, as assistant in the Dial
Company's production Of King
Spruce"
who but a woman can accurately
gauge the romantic appeal that has so
strong hold upon the fair sex? Who
can SO we'll guide the artistic branch
Of the production in the preparation
Of attractive gowns which composes
SO large an element OF attraction in
the up-to-date picture?
Out of about $50 directors in the
production field there have been
scarcely more than a half dozen wom-
en-. I predict that their number will
steadily increase for obvious reasons
The ideal thing is the making of
picture would be two directors. man
and woman. in order to secure the
halanoe with the Incorporation tic oe Of
things that appeal specially to the
masculine and to the feminine mind
Watch for the development Of the
woman director"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1921-01-09
Knights Run Wild.

4 VISION of cavalier days-when
knights were bold and fair dam
sells ran wild with Corsican bandits.
NJ. LIE Richelieu is seen dancing
with Ann Of Austria. In the back
ground and in and around them whirl
cloaked and silken figures Of bold
bandits dancing gayly with rosy
checked Norman peasants. on in a
corner ladies-in-wait1ng are resting
on the arms. Of court testers. Up in
the balcony spurred and booted cava-
Tiers pay homage to bare-kneed girls,
and through this whirling and chang
ing maze Of vari-colored figures
comes q nomad OF the desert guiding
q Puritan maid of the early sevcn-
ties.
This big colorful scene was recently
filmed at the Selznick Fort Lee studios
for the forthcoming Elaine Hammer
stein production. 1.-THE Girl From
Nowhere" directed by George Arch
ianbaud.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1921-01-09
WOMAN DIRECTORS IN THE MOVIES.

uuEREToFoRE the fair sex have
IL been identified with the motion
pictures chiefly in the role of actress"
observed Z. p. Hunziker, the picture
play producer. the other day in speak
ing of the growing Importance of
woman's part in the movie industry.
~But Of late woman has turned her
talents into all branches Of the work
entailed in producing the most popu-
lar entertainment in all history.
1.-The scenario niche in the film in
dustry recently has been occupied to
a great extent by women. and some of
our most ingenious screen drama has
come from them. Now ambition is
carrying them into directorial posts.
1--WE are all familiar with the type
of production that Lois Weber has
given to the cinema mart. Ida May
Park, veritable feminine wizard.
whose special forte is the society
drama. has won wide. fame and is
now one OF the leading producer
directors. Mrs. Sidney Drew has de-
serted the lipstick and grease paint
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1921-01-09
Fairies In Pictures.

Cinderella" 'rRed Riding Hood"
The Pied Piper Of Hamelin" and 9TH
er fAiry-story characters come to life
for the children Of Washington. in the
presentation at the ert-Belasoo,
Saturday, January Is. Of a special Sc
fies of children's movies, based on
story-book lore.
Designed specially for children. and
to place before them features more
suitable for their minds than the
average movie. the first program will
Riding HOOD "Bobby Bumps Be-
comes An Ace" 1.-The Pied Piper of
Hamelin." For more mature patrons
natural history and patriotic films are
scheduled. Prominent mothers in the
diplomatic and official sets are inter-
ested in the experiment.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1921-01-09
Knickerbocker.

At CrandalHs Knickerbocker Thea
ter today and tomorrow Dangerous
Business" featuring Constance Tai
madge. with a new bonneville COM
edy, ''The Shippers Treasure Gar
den" will be shown: Tuesday and
Wednesday, Mabel Julienne Scott,
with Milton Sills and Elliott Dexter.
in Behold My Wife," a film version
of Sir Gilbert Parker's story. '"The
Translation of a Savage" and the
Vanity Fair Girls. in 1.-The Sleepy
Head: Thursday and Friday, Pathe's
photoplay of c. Haddon Chambers
drama. "Passers By" and Harry Pol
lard, in his latest comedy, 1.-THE Morn
ing After" and Saturday. Bessie Love,
in 1.-THE Midlander.' and the Booth
Courtship." with a Mutt and jeff
cartoon.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1921-01-09
Apollo.

Sunday and Monday. Lois Webers
ITO Please One Woman" and comedy.
Mutiny OF the Elsinore," and comedy.
sand Witches; Wednesday, Bebe
Daniels, in you Never Can Tell;
Thursday. Ethel Clayton, in The Sins
of Rozanne." and comedy, Home
Rule; Friday. Billie Burke. in The
Frisky Mrs. Johnson; Saturday. "The
Soul Of YOUTH" and Vanity Fair
Girls, in 1.-THE Sleepy Head"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1921-01-09
Hotoplays
This Week
Continued from Third Page.)

Among Cannibals." which will be
shown this week at the Leader Thea
ter, beginning today. Americans
Edward Laemmle and William F. AL
der-cast ashore on the coast of Dutch
New Guinea, managed to make friends
with the Kia Kia headhunters, fero-
cious cannibals and not only succeed
ed in filming the ceremonial head
dance, but obtained intimate scenes
of the cannibals' daily life. The film
was made without artificial prepara-
ton, and the stage settings are the
natural actions of the CannibalS.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1921-01-09
THE PUBL|C LIBRARY.

The following list, arranged by
subjects, includes some of the latest
additions to the Public Library.
The lists which appear in this
column each Sunday are reprinted at
the end of the month in the 1ibrarys
be obtained free at the library. or
will be sent by mail for Is cents a
year.
Fiction.
Adams, s. Fl. Wanted: A Husband.
Agate. J. E. Responsibility.
Altman. Mrs. A.. R. The Harmons.
Anderson. A. w. The Rim Of the
Annunzio, Gabrielle d.. Tales Of My
Native Town.
Ashford. Daisy. Daisy Ashford: Her
Austin. Mrs. M. H. No. ss Jayne
Ayscough. John, pseud. Ahbotscourt.
Balzac. Honore de. Christ in Elan
ders and Other Stories. Every
mans Library
BARLEY, Mrs. N. I. The Gorgeous
Girl.
Baxter. A. r. The Blower Of Bubbles.
Beach, r. E. Partners.
Benson, E. f. Queen Lucia
Beresford. ]. D. An Imperfect Mother
The Best GhOSc stories.
Black. William. In Far Lochaber.
Blackmore, r. D. Grips. the Carrier.
Blasco Ibanez, Vicente. The Enemies
of Women.
Brown. Alice. The Wind Between the
Worlds.
Burroughs. E. r. Tarzan and the
Jewels of Opar.
tanned.
Burt, X. N. Hidden Creek.
Cadmus and Harmonic, pseuds. The
Island Of Sheep.
Carleton. William. Stories of Irish
Life.
Carswell, Catherine. Open the Door.
colmore. G.. pseud. The Thunder
Cooke; Mrs Mrs; G. M. Their First For
Couch. Sir A: T. ODD Fires and
CROCKETT setas s. r. nG The Cherry Ribband
Crockett, S. r. Lochinvar.
Crockett, S. r. Strong Mac.
barrow, c. S. Pennington.
Daudet, Alphonse. The Nabob. 2 v.
Davis. r. H. The Exiles.
Davis. r. H. Gallagher and Other
Deland, e. D. Clyde Corners.
Deland. Margaret. The Promises Of
Deli. E. NJ. The Top of the World.
Dodge, Fl. I. Skinner Makes it Fash
Dodge. Louis. whispers.
Doyle. Sir A. C. The Stark Munro
Dunn. ]. A. f. Turquoise Canon.
Eggleston. G. c. A Captain in the
Evans, Caradoc. My Neighbora
Evarts, II. G. The Cross Pull.
Farnol. Jeffery. The Geste of Duke
Ferber, Edna. Half Portions.
Findlater. Mary. Betty Musgrave.
Fitzgerald. F. S. K. This Side of Para
disc
Fletcher. ]. S. The Paradise Mys-
Foeazzaro, Antonio. The Woman.
Ford, Sewell. Torchy and Wee.
French. J. l., ed. The Best Psychic
rockingham, E. B. Her Roman
Lover.
Galsworthy. John. The Island Phari-
Haggard. H. r. Pearl-maiden.
Harte. Bret. The Bell-ringer of An
Hewlett, Maurice The Light Heart.
Holding, f. S. Invincfble Minnie.
Holdsworth, Ethel. The Tanning Of
Howells. w. D., ed. The Great Mod
ern American Stories.
Howells. w. d. The Vacation Of the
Hrbkova. S. B.. ed. and tr. .Czecho-
sloyak Stories.
Hughes. Rupert. What's the World
Coming To?
Hutchinson. II. G. The Mystery of
the Summer House.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1921-01-09
York.

Sunday. James Oliver curwood's
"Nomads of the North: Monday,
Sylvia Dreamer. in unseen Forces"
and Vanity Fair Girls, in 1.-The Sleepy
Head; Tuesday, H. B. Warner, in
zone Hour Before Dawn" and COM
edy, "a Trayful of Trouble; We'd
nesday, Blanche Sweet, in "Help
Wanted: Male" and comedy, "A Soft
Boiled Yegg': Thursday, Billie Burke,
in 1.-The Frisky Mrs. Johnson; Fri
day, Mr. and Mrs. De Haven, In Twin
Beds" and Toonerville comedy; Sat-
urday, Bebe Daniels, in "You Never
Can Tell" and comedy, "Edgar's
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1921-01-09
Avenue Grand.

Sunday and Monday, THE Fur
mace; Tuesday and Wednesday.
James oliver Curwood's "Nomads OF
the North; Thursday, Sylvia Bream-
err. in unseen Forces" and comedy,
without Wife,; Friday, Ethel
Clayton, in "The Sins Of Rozanne."
and comedy. 'Mr. Fatima"; Saturday,
THE Branding Iron"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1921-01-09

Z George NJ Conan announced plans for
new stage productions last week in New
York. A new American drama by Au-
rehearsal. A new comedy farce by, Mr..
Cohan himself will be produced in Feb
ruary. A new musical play by Otto
Harbach and Lou Hirsch. the writer's
of Mary" II due to arrive early in the
year. A new farce by Jose Rubens is
also scheduled for an early spring pro-
ductiOn 5--' y
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1921-01-09

son Ferguson featured. also Harry
Pollard and the Hal Roach fun
makers. in 1.-THE Morning After;
Wednesday and Thursday, another
Metro production, "Parlor. Bedroom
and Bath" will be shown, with Fon-
taine Fox sketches for First Ma.
tional-''The bonneville Trolley that
Meets All the Trains" and Friday
and Saturday. May Allison, IN HELD
in Trust" and Johnny Hines. in
"Torchy Turns Cupid"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1921-01-09

Jean Dedini. once famed as 'the tur-
nip king" as a result Of his spectacular
feat in catching a turnip thrown from
the top of the Munsey building in Wash
ington on a fork clinched between his
teeth, but now retired from the foot
lights. has just launched his second
company on the Columbia burlesQue
wheel, 1.-THE Twinkletoe Girls.''
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1921-01-09
TruxtQn.

Today and tomorrow. Lon Clancy, in
''The Penalty; Tuesday and Wednes-
day, Elmo Lincoln, in "Under Grim
son Skies; Thursday and Friday,
Edith Storey, in THE Golden. Hope;
Saturday, Lyons and Moran. in 'Fixed
by George" and Son of Tarzan."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1921-01-09
Empire.

Today and tomorrow, 1.-The Servant
in the House; Tuesday, George Be-
ban, in Hearts of Mem; Wednesday.
rice Tourniers "Woman"; Friday,
Gladys Walton. in Risky Business"
and an L-ko comedy. and Saturday.
Harry Carey, in Hearts Up; also
episode IL of Bride Thirteen"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1921-01-09
Crandall's.

Jack London's famous story. 1.-THE
Mutiny of the Elsinore," will be
shown in film form at CrandaiIs
Theater the first three days of this
week, with Mitchell Lewis and Cas-