davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Washington herald., 1921-02-05
J. h. POWELL WOULD AID
u. 4. BUSINESS IN CHINA.

The future of American trade in
China depends upon the passage by
congress Of legislation which will
give American investors there the
same rights Great Britain and other
governments grant their business
men operating in that country, j.
Is. Powell, honorary secretary of the
American Chamber of Commerce of
China and publisher of Millard's
Review of the Far East, of Shang-
hal, said at the Washington yester-
day.
Powell, who is here in the in
terests of the Dyer-Jones bill, now
under consideration by Congress.
which is intended to provide the
machinery for incorporation of
American companies directly with
the government here in Washing
ton for the purpose of doing bust
ness in China, says that unless
something is done at once we shall
lose the trade advantages gained
in China during the world war.
The problem which confronts the
American business man in China is
technical one" Powell explained.
In the first place Americans do
business in China under their own
laws as administered by the va
rlous American consular officials
and the officials of the United States
court of China. The system is
known as 'eXterritoriaIity' and dates
back to China's old exClusiveness
and refusal to have business with
foreigners
The Washington herald., 1921-02-05
FIRST AGRICULTUR PAPER
HAD MODERN IDEAS.

The first English aErtCuIlurs'
publication, issued from 1851 70 10.
dUrInC the reign OF King James j..
Second, had many articles Of ve-y
modern tone. Miss Mary g Lao.
Librarian Of the Bureau Of Markets
OF the Department OF Agriculture
told the Agricultural History Soc
ETY. at the Public Library last night
The editor. John Houghton. cu0
strued his title. "Husbsndry and
Trade" very broadly. Miss Lacy
said. The noted John Evelyn made
a contribution containing actual
recipes on the Making OF bread
in France, where by universal CON
sent the hest bread in the world is
eaten" The retaining OF some bran
in the flower" was advocated. al
though We are prone TO think that
this advice is the most modern lad
OF the dietitianS- Another subject
treated was a life insurance scheme
with the death probabilities care
fully worked out. There were df-
rections for the making OF colonies
for bees and also a new invented
model OF hives to improve them, 90
and there was an essay 70 prove
that IL is better to have ireland
rich and prosperous than poor and
thin which sounds like an echo
from the Irish hearings. There was
an article on the potato. which was
just beginning TO be cultivated as a
field crop in England.
The Washington herald., 1921-02-05
BRITISH FIRMS
FREED or TANES.

Another disadvantage under which
the American investor in China la
hOrs is the obligation to pay income
and Corporati"n taxes to the United
States government The British
corporations. on the contrary, are
exempted from taxation provided
they are incorporated in Hong Kong.
Powell says.
These differences in facilities pro-
vided by the foreign and American n
governments have continued to
work against the American business
man. Powell says. The fact that
the British obtain their charter
from Hong Kong lends stability to
the corporation in the eyes of the
Chinese government. for there is
something tangible on that side of
the water.
"American companies have no
standing in China" Powell said.
only the integrity of the promoters
counts for anything. British com
panies. on tn" other hand. do have
standing and prestige. Every bank
cr knows the Hong Kong regula-
tiOns and he knows that when a
company is formed under these
statutes that the company is a good
company. otherwise a charter would
not have been granted. He knows
that before charters are granted
skilled auditors have gone through
the prospectus and the charter with
a fine toOthed comb and that when
a charter is granted it means some
thing"
The Washington herald., 1921-02-05
FOREIGN FIRMS SUBJECT
TO OWN LANDS LAWS,

Since foreign firms doing busi-
ness in China are subject to their
own laws, practically all nations
have enacted special legislation for
this purpose. Thus the British and
the japanese. who are our chief
competitors out there. have enacted
special legislation governing the
conduct of business by their ma
tiOnals in China"
Both these countries have pro-
vided for the incorporation of com
panies to do business in China.
whereas the United States has done
nothing in this respect, according
t" Powell If a group of British
business men desire to incorporate
they simply apply to the British
auth0ritics for a charter. at Hong
Kong. a British colony, where tn"
machinery has been provided for
the incorporation and regulation ni
British companies in China It tn.
enterprise is a legitimate one. tn
charter is readily granted.
American business men. on the
other hand, are forced to apply to
ono Of the States Of the United
States for charter to do business
in China, Powell pointed out.
when tn" charter is granted it
is inadequate for doing business in
a foreign country. since the inCor-
pOration laws of the various States
have been framed to meet the needs
Of those states and do not include
regulations for doing business out
side the continental limits Of this
country
The Washington herald., 1921-02-05

be an organization with ideals and program which
will appeal to the best elements of the South and
must take active part opposition party in
State as we'll as national campaigns.
1t must learn to stand alone upon its own
feet with moral stamina which will bring it re-
spect. AS between Democratic factions, it may
soon hold at least a balance of power in many
instances. What Republicans have never seemed
appreciate is that before the party hope for
any measure of success in breaking the solid South
in national campaigns, it must first win rccog-
nized standing in the States in State affairs.
The work in building up the party there to
national usefulness must begin with State useful
ness To do this it must be very different organ
ization and first have that sef-respect which is the
essential forebear Of gaining the respect of others.
The Washington herald., 1921-02-05
Teams Named by G. W.
For Triangular Debate

Tentative teams to participate in
the Triangular Debating League
have been selected by, the George
Washington University with David
NJ. Hedge, Washington I. Cleveland,
George NJ. Moore and Thomas D.
Behne, as the affirmative team, and
Charles w. Maxwell, Leslie Jackson,
Stanton Fitzgerald and Harry Per-
lin, as the negative team.
The other colleges to be in the
Triangular League will be from
Swarthmore College and the Univer-
sity of West Virginia. The first de-
bates have been tentatively set for
March II, when George Washing
tons negative team will debate at
Swarthmore, the Affirmative team
will debate the University of West
Virginia, at Washington, and
Swarthmore will send it's negative
team to West Virginia
The Washington herald., 1921-02-05
Making a PARTY.

The Republican National Committee can do no
better service for the Republican party as an orr
ganiz&ton, than by cleaning up making respectable
anil dependable the organization in the States of
the solid Democratic South This it has finally
undertaken to do through a committee recently
named.
Those who should know, credit this latest move
to the Hon. Clarence B. Miller, secretary of the
cotpmittce! 1t is said that it his influence and
insistencc which got the necessary resolution in
troduced and adopted in the Chicago convention.
II 50, Mr. Miller has done to the party great
service.
As he is a member of the committee it is to
be expected as we'll as hoped the expurgating and
eNpungng will be thorough After years of effort
and scandal, the Souths representation in conven-
tiohs cut. This is now the time to complete
the work then begun.
. If the party is ever to be party of even
useful opposition in those States, it must have in
its management and operation there the respect
and confidence Of the people of the South 1t
must be more than of trading stock in
conventions. 1t must be under leaders who are
recognized for their ability, their convictions and
their standing as citizens.
There must be in this leadership and back of
it, a purpose Of service, with definite clear-cut
policies based upon Republican principles 1t must
The Washington herald., 1921-02-05
CONTRACT SYSTEM AIDS
LOGGING LABOR UNREST

How a new method OF Co-opers- o.
tive logging operations is being
developed and is solving the labor
problems Of the northwestern log
ging regions, was told by James W
Girard, Of the Forest Service at the
meeting Of the Washington Section
Of the Society Of American Forest
ers at the Wilson Normal School.
Labor unrest that has resulted IN
a reduced output has been allsyed
by a piece-work plan under which
the men are payed so much a log
or so much per foot board measure
for different operations Of the log
ging, he said. The men enter into
contracts with the lumber company
and work comparatively in groups
Of four or five, sharing equally in
the proceeds.
The Washington herald., 1921-02-05
THE HERALD BOOKSHELF
REVIEWS

MITCH MILLER. By Edgar Lee
Masters. (The Macmillan Coz
Mitch Miller" has been Classed
with Tom Sawyer and "Huckle-
berry Finn" and has been called the
best boys story in our generation.
This is high praise. and high pr'dse
is merited, yet serious comparison
with Mark Twain's masterpieces is
both the hcstowal of praise and the
imposition Of a handicap. 1t is very
difficult to avoid such a comparison
since Tom and Huck furnish the in
spiration for so many of the adven-
lures of Mitch and Sweeters Kirby.
But measured by such standard
Mitch Miller" is an extraordinary
book There is something about
growing up that depriVes most of MS
Of the power of understanding the
point Of view OF boyhood. Our efforts
to apprehend that point OF view-if
we make the efTort-are clumsy and
ineffective and to the youngsters
doubtless GrotesqUe. In self defense
the youth of 10 or IL is forced TO
lead a double life. For his elders
he does his best to act like the Gu
rious creature they seem to think
ne is. revealing himself only to his
compatriOts and to the very few
crown-ups who are worthy of such
confidence. Mr.. Masters appears
to be one of the elect. Mitch Mil
Ier' is not the story of two bad little
boys. Mr.. Masters has done much
more difficult and much more un-
usual thing; he has written of real
boys. Mitch is an unusual boy, but
neither a paragon OF light nor an
imp of darkness, and Skeeters is
just a boy, but very far removed
from the commonplace youngster OF
conventional fiction. Some OF Mr
Masters grown-ups are almost as
good as his boys. Skeeters' grand
ma and grandpa and the ecClesias sti-
cal uncle are perhaps the best,
though Mr.. Miller and John Arm
strong are not far behind. The
story has no plot in the usual sense
of the word. Ones interest in Mitch
and Skeeters does not depend on
what they do, but on what they are.
Because this plot interest is absent
and because the humor is not so
broad as we have come to expect in
stories about boys, the popularity OF
Mr.. Masters book may not be as
great as it deserves. We hope this
does not prove to be the case.
The Washington herald., 1921-02-05
RECENT BOOKS.
III
FICTION.

Madam" by Ethel SidGw ick
(Small, Maynard). A love story.
The Eye Witness" by Eric Levi
son (Bobbs-MerrilD. A detective
story in which DR.. Lester plays an
important part.
The First Sir Percy" by Baron
ess Orezy (Doran). The love
story of Gilda and her laughing
cavalier.
POETRY.
THE Three Taverns." by Edwin
Arlington Robinson (Mscmillsn).
The Domesday Book" by Edgar
Lee Masters (Macmillsn).
NON-FICTION.
The History of a Literary Rsdi-
cal" by Randolph Bourne Huebsch).
The Truth About the Treaty" by
Andre TardieU (Bobbs- MerrilD.
Russia in the Shadows" by H. G
Wells (Doran).
The Stories Editors Buy and
Why" edited by Jean Wick (Smal,
Msynard).
"Revelstions Of Louise" by Al
bert S. Crockett (Stokes).
The Washington herald., 1921-02-05

Mr.. Harding will be the first President to
come under the income tax law. This will
slice $4,000 from his $4,000 salary, with no
allowance for house rent Yet at that this is
not one CT the Presdent-elects real worries.
The Washington herald., 1921-02-05

Possibly if the government would pay the
railroads what it owes them, it would not have
to plan what it would do if there should be
general railroad strike.
The Washington herald., 1921-02-05

Mr. Harding broke convention to ask his
then fellows Of the Senate to please clean up
the docket by March T. The response has been
to pile it with ffty-scvcn varieties OF new
trouble.
The Washington herald., 1921-02-05

Mr.. BergdoIl did not take any chances on
going to Germany until the peace treaty had
abolished the draft there.
The Washington herald., 1921-02-05
Scientific
Notes and
Comment
Calendar of Meetings;
Activities of Societies
In Washington.

biological society. Cosmos club.
this evening. y U'clo,h Ta.' or-
toloEiCsl Work at the National
Museum" by r. :. Bsssre- Nnrcs
OF the Flora OF the I0erlsn IsH.n-
sula," by Ivar Tidestrom
The Washington herald., 1921-02-05
BOOKNOTES

iished by Henry Holt & Company
The Old Mans Youth" may be re-
Earded as being largely autobiogra-
phicsl. II is written with the aU-
thOr's customary skill, kindly hUmor
and patient attention 10 detail. u
will be one OF the really big books
OF the spring season.
The Pipes OF Yesterday" by
Frederick Arnold Hummer and
Mary Christian, is announced for
publication by The Century Com
psny in February. Mr. hummer is
the author OF a number Of plays in
addition TO his novels: his co-au-
thor collaborsted with him in q
previous novel entitled Peggy
| Elise" The Pipes OF Yesterday" Is
( said to be a record, told in the in
innate form of letters. Of a passion
ate love affair beyond the bars OF
convention.
A searching scrutiny and a keen
and original analysis OF the eco,
nomiC developments Of recent times
have been made by Sidney A. Reeve
in his new book. Modern EConomir
Tendencies" which f. P Duttor
and Company will bring out early
next month. The core OF his dis
cussiOn is to be found in the dir-
ferontiatiOn he makes between the
making of those things which are
productive of material good and the
commercial warfare which has aris-
en- over their distribution. He is
not destructive but evolutionary in
his treatment Of the economic sys-
tenn. and he believes that the ex-
panding commercislism. which h.
holds responsible for the rising cost
OF living, the growing uncertainty
of employment and the industria
unrest and discomfort can be con-
trolled and the forces Of which it
is the outgrowth turned into chan
nels which will secure the economic
freedom Of the ultimate consumer.
Alexander NJ. Bing is the author
Of War Time Strikes and Their
Adjustment" which Z. p. Dutton
and Company announce for early
publication. Mr Bing is a retired
lawyer and business man Of New
York City, who was active during
the war in the adjustment Of indus
trial difficulties.
Maj. Ian Hay Beth. the popular
English novelist and playwright, is
now hard at work rehearsing The
Safety Match" at the Strand Tnea.
ter, London. Ian Hays Happy Go
Lucky" has had a most successful
stage career in this country as well
as a long run in England. The
Safety Match" and Happy Go
Lucky" are dramatizations Of nov
els with the same titles. Maj. Beth
has just returned from a lecture
trip in Scotland.
Another book to find its way 70
the screen is Norah Davis THE
other Woman" which the Century
Company published not long aCo.
This dramatic narrative Of a mans
struggle with an alternate person
ality and the crisis this struggle
brings about in his married life will
be shown shortly to film fans.
The Washington herald., 1921-02-05

Society for PkuOsOphicHI Inquirr,
Public Library, today, $50 o. .r.0. Is
Henry Fsrquhar will suraE n
"ReCoEnitions in Phuosonry."
The Washington herald., 1921-02-05

AS the cost of living goes down, the joys of
life seem to toboggan with it ......- $780,.
The Washington herald., 1921-02-05
THE THEATER, THE DRAMA, THE
GIRLS. By George Jean Nathan.

(Alfred A. knopf.)
This volume contains a series Of
critical notes on the drama, notes of
varying length and value. But it
must not be assumed that the long
est are the best. Some of them, both
long and short, are extremely anus
ing as we'll as wise, yet whether
amusement or anger be derived from
the reading of such statements as
at would take a bribe of at least
$1,000 to get me to go to see another
play by Percy MacKaye or Charles
Ram Kennedy" or The latest
mystic to blow up and go off is the
Rev. DR.. Maurice Maeterlinck," de-
pends entirely upon the humor and
tastes of the reader. One thing is
certain, Mr.. George Jean Nathan is
making no attempts to please any
one. Instead he is stating truths as
he sees them, but always with the
pleased knowledge that his truths
are bound to annoy some one. 1t is
unfortunate, perhaps, that he adopts
the air of being so much above the
rest of the world in taste and judg-
ment, and that he insists so often
that his reader take note that he has
been a student of the stage for six
teen years and therefore speaks
with authority.
These things, together with his
bad-boy way of sticking out his
tongue at popular gods, give him
the air of being far younger than
he is, and are bound to detract
from the effect of even his most
sagacious utterances. No matter
how much people ieer or rail at
him, however, the fact remains that
he is one of Americas foremost
dramatic critics, and as such de-
mands notice.
The Washington herald., 1921-02-05
-

with their employers, painfully pur-
sue virtue rather than apparent hap
piness, and OF course finally attain
success, happiness and love all to-
gether. Whether this is the real
New York or not makes no differ
enCe if you like a story simply as
a story. Things move quickly in
The Brown Moth" there is a good
deal of clever atmosphere" and
some Of the Characterization is ex-
cellent. Mrs. Jayne, of the art"
gift-shop, who paints orange flowers
and scarlet birds on black trays
and boxes for frenzied women to
purchase at Christmas time, is only
a lay figure. but peculiarly well
drawn. Mr.. Barton. another lay fig
ure, is especially amusing because
Of his utterly complacent egotism.
The story is well planned and moves
without hesitation, but not with
out suspense and climax, to its in
evitable happy ending.
1T PAYS To SMILE, by Nina Will
cox Putnam George H. Doran
Company.
A Boston spinster answers the sd.
Of California millionaire who
wants a chaperon for his daugh-
ter. Peaches" They all go abroad.
fall into the midst OF adventure
and vicissitude where Peaches" be-
comes enamoured of an enhancing
Italian nobleman, who for a large
part OF the book appears to be a
smuggler and a villain. After thrill
ing events both in Europe and Amer
ica during which Peaches" is en-
gagged to a most Objectionable OLD
person and flees from him at exactly
the right moment, II develops that
the Italian is all that he ought to
be. SO that the story ends with the
necessary closeup. Miss Talbot. the
Boston spinster, OF course, under
goes a metamorphosis in the course
of all these excitements. and her
development together with num-
Der of very cleverly handled comic
situations make the tale far more
amusing than the ordinary adVen-
ture story. Nine Wilcox Putnam
has a talent for racy dialogue and
quick Characterization.
The Washington herald., 1921-02-05
BOOK NOTES.

The plot of Lawrence klslnb
mystery story, She Who was
Helena Cass," published by George
H. Doran Company, was evidently
suggested by that immortal rhyme
of Gellett Burgess:
II wish that my room had a moor
I don't care so much for a door
But this walking around
Without touching the ground
Is getting to be quite bore!
The rapid rise of Miss Anzla
Yezierska from the obscurity OF the
sweat shop to her present iterar!
prominence is as dramatic ana IN
tensely American as one Of her O."
stories. Like Conrad, she learned
the English language after she was
grown up. as her early home also
was in Poland. But this difficulty
of language, like many others that
might seem unsurmountable' was
overcome by her sheer force OF
genius. The motion picture rights
rof her recent book OF short stories
Hungry Hearts," has been sold TO
the Goldwyn Company for an i'm
pressive check in five figures which
is perhaps a more telling tribute
to Miss Yezierska's work than the
lavish praise which it has been re-
ceiving from our critics. MISS
Yezierska has gone to Hollywood to
superintend the production.
Robert Lansing's long awaited
book on the Peace Conference ana
his break with Wilson is announced
for publication on March 25 by
Houghton Mifflin Company under
the title, The Peace Negotiations;
Personal Narrative"
The former Secretary of State has
based the book on his day-by-day
diary. 1t is chronicle Of facts
covering the entire Peace Confer
ence and giving the inside story or
the league of nations, the Shantung
affair, the mandate question, the
treaty with France, the Bullitt af-
fair, etc.
william De Morgan's last novel,
The Old Mans Youth and the
Young Mans Old Age" will be pub
The Washington herald., 1921-02-05
popeqGouH)
tok.
EheHkala
w Iotb~ FolIa' Ni~n n.
kT On Topses et III
K " Csrr~ut lrt<rsss NAJ
l8T kJ4ANg

Writers Of ee.musiestisns fs-
rubIicstisn In the Open Csurt
are requested 10 make tke4s
contributions 200 words OF Lea.
The Washington herald., 1921-02-05

THE BROWN MOTH, by Oscar
Graeve (Dodd, Mead and Com
pany).
This is a story of New York, the
fictional New York whsCe beauti-
full young stenographers fall in love
The Washington herald., 1921-02-05

William De Morgan's last novel
The Old Mans Youth and the
Young Mans Old Age" will be pub
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1921-03-31

|. lust why 1t Is that women from
- Maine to California are all seized
at one and the, same time with de
Sire for one. particular kind Of hat or
frock, has never been explained. But
SO 1t happens, and some fine morning
milliners frpnS everywhere begin wir.
Ing into their wholesalers for a GER
tain straw or silk hat and merchants
find one fabric has cast all others in
the shadow Of neglect. just at present
there is furore for crepe-de-chine.
Everybody demands it-in gowns, In
blouses, in hats; alone or in company
with other materials. Crepe-de-chine
we have always with usp having bor-
rowed 1t from. China many generations
ago. but we are newly awakened to
Its beauty.
Two very simple and very pretty
afternoon frocks, shown in the Illus
tration, are Of the ..straight-line va
riety which Gun only be developed sue
cessfully in crepes or other very soft
and clinglng fabrics. These are In
crepe-de-chine. blue at the left, with
deep hem and four tucks about the
skirt run with heavy silk floss. The
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1921-03-31

square-necked bodice and short
sleeves are finished off with planted
frills Of cream-colored georgette.
Where the frills join the sleeves there
appears again the running stitch in
silk foss-the utmost in simplicity Of
finish. The designer must have had
lin mind the fashi0ning of a refined and
quaint little frock without any frivoli-
ty about 1t, and the little cluster Of
three crocheted blossoms, posed on the
neck frill, bears out this itlea.
! The frock at the right is more pre-
tentious and boasts several new style
features. 1t calls georgette to its aid
and presents the long tunic, the full
sash and gIrdle. and bodice with
spreading opening ut the front, that
have all marked this season, for their
Own. 1t is all in gray with outline
embroidery on the tunic and about the
am's-eye. The georgette undersleeves
are unusual and becoming, and georg-
cite makes the bloused vestee. The
tie of narrow ribbon at the front
might be in any Of the new shades, US
fiamingo, pink, tangerine. tourato.
red.