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Is usually represented as more
youthful, though they were probably
contemporaries.
Still another beautiful Madonna
here, which cannot be overlooked, is
the Govaert Flinck, by a Dutch
genre and portrait painter, a pupil
of Rembrandt. This Madonna +;
holding the Divine Child to her
bosom for sustenance. The picture
is a pleasing one. and has the strong
characters of the artist, in compost
ton. broad treatment, warmth o.
color in flesh tones, natural pose,
animation and feelings of tender
ness.
We may believe this work belongs
to Govaert Flinck's later period.
when he was influenced by the
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i'm MEXICO HAVE NO FEAR OF LAW

Then he boldly reappeared and re-
turned to his old haunts and his old
habits of display.
A guest recognized him and told
the proprietor of the hotel that the
runaway manager had reappeared in
the capital.
II know it," replied the proprietor.
81 saw him myself. He was sitting
in a chair in front Of a popular cafe
on the Paseo de Reforma. But what
would / get IL I had him arrested?
There would be a scandal and much
loss of time at the police station and
in the courts. 1t is better to stand
the loss"
So the recreant manager still rides
or strolls through the avenues. Some
day he may get another chance to
pocket a little money that does not
belong to him.
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Aerial Caravan Latest
British Air Express"

LONDON, Dec. 24-Caravaning by
air is the latest flying idea.
A well-known British firm Of avia-
ton engineers has been asked by a
merchant to redesign a passenger
plane for use as luxurious private
aerial caravan.
One Of the latest British "air ex-
presses" is being used for this pur-
pose. The big, long cabin is to be
converted into a comfortable minia-
ture drawing room. with armchairs,
tables and a bureau, at which the
traveller can conduct his correspond
ence while his 100-mile-an-hour
caravan" is in flight.
At the rear of the living room will
be comfortable sleeping accommoda-
ton for the owner and for his pilot
secretary, for it is the intention
when necessary to have meals in
the machine and to sleep in it. The
plane will be landed, and made snug,
and the night spent on the spot.
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)NNAS HERE is PORTRAYAL OF TRUE CHRISTMAS

mothers feet are bare, as disclosed
by the lifting of her robe.
Next we come to our great Ru
bens' Holy Family" one of the
most interesting OF Madonna pic
lures in our gallery, and very pos
sibly an original. Peter Paul Ru-
bens was born on June 2S, 1877, the.
eve of IS. Peter and Poul day,
and in the richness of his painting
he suggests the Italian schools, par
ticularly the Venetian. Although
his home was in Antwerp, Rubens
was sent on commissions tor the
king of France and lived an ex-
tremely busy and successful life.
RUBENS TWICE MARRIED.
He was twice married, being de-
votedly attached to his wife IN both
instances. After the death OF his
first wife, Isabella Brandt, he some
times represented her portrait in his
large groups, along with the face o;
his second wife, both of them very
beautiful women, and frequently
painted by him. In our Rubcns pic
ture here, we have no doubt a por.
trait group. 1t is easy to prove that
the st. Joseph is a picture of the
artist, by comparing Rubens' own
portrait painted by himself, in which
the features, especially the nose, are
distinctly similar.
The Madonna. so kind and mother.
ly, is probably the first wife, Isa-
bella Brandt. with their own little
son as the Infant Saviour-all chill
dren are divine-while the elderly
Saint Elizabeth is said to be Rubens'
own mother. II she were not thus
named in the picture, we might poe
sibly mistake her for Saint Anne,
mother of the Virgin, but Saint Anne
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Diaz, the missing paymaster Of the
Chamber of Deputies, is supposed to
have taken a woman with him when
he disappeared. II he really has
such a companion, it is believed that
his capture would not be difficult. IL
active search is made for him.
The young paymaster was a men,
Der of a good family here and had
many friends. Great regret Is ex-
pressed because of his DOWNFALL and
the wrecking of what had seemed to
be a promising career. Careful check
ing of the handling OF funds. 1t is
said, would prevent such thefts OF
public money and prevent scandals.
A number of incidents similar to
that of the disappearance Of Diaz
have been reported. Not long ago
a paymaster in Durango vanished
with about 5000, 900. and is supposed
to have crossed the border In an
automobile with his plunder.
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man of mild and winning face. sur.
rounded by children of all ages.
A second work by the same artist
is evidently portrait study OF
the same model, called Christ Be
fore Plate" representing merely
profile view of the subject. Mr.
Beck has twenty paintings of the
Life Of Christ" in the Brooklyn
Institute Museum. Ours belong to
the Evans collection, and they are
favorites with the American public.
But If we are not too tired, before
we go, let us glance also at modern
symbolical pictures, which repre-
sent, perhaps, our closest approach
to the religious. These works were
inspired by Raphaelite influence
of the nineteenth century, group
of British painters, led by Dante
Gabriel Rossetti. They sought to
return in their work to the sim
certify and simplicity which charac-
terize Art before Raphaels time Of
perfect expression.
ONE BY ELIHU VEDDER.
Here is Elihu Vedder's exquisitely
painted Cup Of DEATH" two mysti-
cal, weird figures, one an Angel
offering the other a chalice, illus
tractive of Fitzgerald's lines In his
"Rubaiyat" translation:
80 when that angel of the darker drink
At last shall find you by the rivers
brink,
And offering his cup, invite your soul
Forth to your lips to auaff, you shall
not shrink"
Then we have Pre-Raphaelite sym.
bolism in George Frederick Watts
large picture. Love and Life" a
mystical youth rescuing a beautiful
maiden In peril. charming nude.
which caused such a protest by the
w. c. T. u. when received at the
White House in 1888, from tho
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is saying, I'VE must be born again"
Nicodemus holds open before him n
Book OF the Law. Harmonious low
tones suggest night. The coloring
is somewhat iridescent, a charac-
teristic of tho artist. Also in the
Evans collection this is an impor-
tant picture. "A Protestant Inter
pretation," 1t was instantly termed
by an Italian who saw it for the
first time, but the artist, we know.
held deepest sympathy for the
church and her history.
Two other pictures in our Ma
tional Gallery, by Otto Walter
Beck. represent modern religious
expression: "Suffer the Little Chill
dren to Come Unto Me-" a trip
tych picturing the Savious as
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THE festivities last for thirteen
Gays altogether. The first three,
however, are the most important
During this period people call on all
their friends at designated times
The Persians are very generous and
hospitable and they always insist
upon your taking at. each visit of
tea, sweets and sherbet. So people
feel quite proud IL, at the end of a
holiday, they have had only twenty
one sups Of tea.
Perhaps the greatest event of the
season is the Shah's 'Salaam.' On
the morning Of the 21st he receives
all the foreign ministers. When this
ceremony is over, he ascends the
throne. This is Of beautiful
alabaster and is on a platform.
which opens upon a large court. In.
this the troops are all congregated
and it is here that, at the close Of
the ceremony, they parade before
the eyes Of the king. The prime
munster delivers an ADDRESS IN De-
half Of the cabinet, and the poet
laureate recites an original poem in
praise of the Shah.
The Persian officials in their flow
ing cashmere robes look very strik-
ing. And the troops are very
picturesque in their scarlet and blue
uniforms with cartridges across
their chests and huge, sheepskin
caps which give them a very war.
like appearance. The bands play
the national anthem and the
ceremony ends with the soldiers
shouting Long live His Majesty
ION the thirteenth day every one
dons their new clothes (for every
body must have new clothes for this
holiday, and takes a promenade out
side the city walls. And thus the
Persians say that they take out the
Old Year and bring in the New"
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to put it into his pocket and walk
away. He made a pleasure trip to
the northern part of Mexico and,
when funds ran low, decided to re-
turn to the capital.
Return of such men is not I'M
usual. Some are even seen by their
victims, but no effort is made to ar
rest them. Some time ago, the ad-
ministrator or manager of a hotel
here ran away with considerable
money belonging to the hotel and
some cash that had been left with
him by guests. He had been a major
in one of the revolutionary armies
and was fond Of wearing something
resembling a uniform and riding
horseback in the avenues and parks.
After his departure with the
money. nothing was seen Of him for
q time.
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Flemish School and by the Spanish
Murillo, for the Dutch School in gen
eral is noted for realistic rather than
religious quality in it's painting.
If we had time we would step
through the gallery to look at
genuine old Spanish work. Ribera's
Job and His Comforters," a large
picture of most interesting compo-
sition, by the third most famous
artist in Spain.
But before we go, let us examine
a few modern religious subjects.
and see what is the difference be;
tween the Renaissance painting
and that of our nineteenth century.
VIII Hicok Low, an American art
list, living in New York. born in
Albany In 1853, has a pleasing
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Writer Tells of Art
list who Painted His
Lovely Wife as
Central Figure

artist. that it had to be removed for
a while to the Corcoran, then back
to the White House, until now it has
come here to stay, and it is ours,
yours and mine. for keeps. Watts
painted three of these, but this was
the first. One of the others is in
the Tate Gallery, London, and the
third In the Luxembourg, Paris
Tennyson's "Idylls of the King"
have furnished subjects for tho
legend Of the Holy Grail" which
greets US in large symbolical pic.
ture at our entrance to the National
Museum. IMPLYING the lines:
MY good blade carves the casques Of
My strength is as the strength Of ten,
Because my heart IL pure.
Sometimes on lonely mountain-merss
find n magic bark:
l leap on board, no helmsman steers
l float till all Is dark.
"A gentle sound, an awful light
Three angels bear the Holy Grail;
With folded feet. in stolss - white,
on sleeping wings they sail"
This story of Sir Galahad was the
nineteenth century revival Of poetic
tradition in art. What shall I've the
inspiration of the twentieth cen
fury? Shall we not look for it in an
awakened sense of JOY in Art
from among our people as a wholei
Merry Christmas and Happy New
Year,
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By VIRGINIA STUART.

Christmas in the East. where
the Magi followed the Star of
Bethlehem. and In those countries
where the gospel was carried only
after 1t had spread through Europe
and the New World, led me to in
terview some of the notables ia
Washington for descriptions Of the
fete as it is celebrated in their ma
tive lands.
In the rose-tinted reception room
at the Cairo. Madame Tyau, wife
of DR.. M. T. q. Tyau, gave
graphic description Of the holidays
in her native land. Madam Tyau's
name is Tsailwan Yen Tyau. TIE
first two being her maiden name.
to which is added the last name
Of her husband.
Born in China and educated i'm
the city Of Shanghai, her schooling
was completed in the United States
at Oberlir College. In recent years
she has accompanied her husband
on q tour of the world, visiting
england, France and Germany lust
before coming to America. Very
young in appearance WITH her
slender figure gowned in the sim
pie robes of her nation, she Is
most attractive personality and an
interesting conversationalist.
Ia National Holiday.
while we have no universal
religious festival to correspond to
Christmas here, yet it Is strange to
say that in China the 25th Of De-
cember is a national holiday. This
celebration IL Of ecent date and
was occasioned by the fact that 1t
was on that day q few years aSo
that a rebellion was started against
the then president, who was tIY-
ing to make himself emperor.
'In 1912 China was governed by
President Tuan, but wishing TO as
sumo the role of emperor, he i'm
December. 1915. was resisted by
one of our generals, who fell and
died of a broken heart, but the Re-
public was saved.
80 it is that in China on your
Christmas day we will be rejoicing.
too, over what is now our national
holiday. like your Fourth Of July.
There being many different ref
ligious sects in China, the various
feasts are celebrated by each one
at a different time. The birthday
Of Confucius, our great philoso-
pher, comes in October and is q
holiday in the modern schools.
"Our New Year is in February.
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at which time there is a general
gathering of families. feasting, toys
are presented TO children and a
great deal of entertaining at din
ners goes on for three weeks. Dur
ing five days of this time the
shops are closed and no papers
printed, so that all may be able
to rest and enjoy themselves.
Another feast which follows liz
that Of the Lanterns, when the
homes are illuminated by many
beautifully colored lanterns OF vari-
Gus shapes of flowers. fishes. ami
mails and birds. We have also
then PROFESSIONS, in which the Ian.
terms are borne through the streets
by gaily dressed people. forming
bright and attractive spectacle.
THE Chinese Easter, or spring
celebration, comes just about the
time of yours in this country. 1t
is called Using Ming. which means
pure and bright. At this time the
old-school Chinese go to their fam
lily tombs for ancestor worship,
hence it is commonly known as
grace cleaning day
"Of course. this feast is not cele-
brated by the Christian Chinese
in this manner, for all sects have
their own ways Of anniversary re-
To, hn
feast of the Dragon Boat, in which
persons row about rivers in boats
with dragon head prows, and enjoy
themselves by feasts. Then we
have the harvest feast. which ia
in the Chinese August-your Sep
tember-and little later an Arbor
day-which is in October--for tho
planting of trees. There is no uni
versal day of rest in China to cor
respond to Sunday in Christian
lands, but the religious festivals
are each celebrated BY the mem
bers of various sects according to
their own customs"
Madam Tyau is a Christian, her
father having been minister and
for time the pastor Of a church
which he built and in which he
was buried.
Nine. r. Tail IS the wife Of the
Japanese commander attending the
delegation to the conference from
his native land. She is an English
girl-was born in London. and met
her husband when he was a student
at the naval school in England. Hav.
ing lived for several years in the
land Of her adoption, she gives an
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BY l.. p. KIRBY,
Universal Service.

MEXICO CITY, Mex, Dec. "a.
~ EARCH. for Eduardo S. Diaz,
- paymaster of the Chamber of
Deputies, who disappeared
with about ESQ 900 pesos, has so far
failed, but 1t has resulted in the
apprehension of another pilfering
government employee Of a minor
grade, who returned to Mexico City
after squandering his loot. He was
j. Trinidad Mendoza, who is accused
of stealing $4,000 from a safe in
one of the offices Of the Department
of Commerce and Industry.
Mendoza, according to his report
ed confession, when left alone in the
office of Lilo. J. Ruvaloaba, noticed
that the door of the safe was open.
Looking inside. he saw the money
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Victor Flambeau DE-
scribeS Art of Old
Masters Adjoining the
Virgin and Child.
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hell. The irate Cardinal protested
to the Pope.
'I am sorry" said the Pontiff,
with some humor. ~ he had only
put you in purgasfsS 1 could have
got you out; but o. you are in
hell there is nothing I can do about
t." And there the Cardinal re-
mains, in the picture. to this day.
In our National Gallery we have
one early Nativity" representing
the birth of the Saviour, and doubt
fully attributed to Otto van Veen. a
Flemish painter living from about
1855 to 1929, and distinguished as
having been Ruben's teacher, a pic
ture len. to us by DIR. Anton
Gioetzner.
And now to return to the Ralph
Cross Johnson room, we may study
here an early and interesting
Flemish Virgin and Child" by
Bernard van Orley u493-1542). a
Belgian who studied in Italy and
became an imitator of Raphael.
The mother sits. clasping her son,
while the smiling child holds an
apple, symbol Of the fruit Of the
tree of life. The background is
carefully detailed, and scholars find
in It, on the right side, story of
war. and on the other, peace. The
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welcome to all entering the portals.
THE shops will be displaying ex-
quisite gifts of silks, sashes. toys.
and novelties, and all are looking
happy in anticipation OF the joys to
come. On the first day of the year
every one dons their newest and
daintiest clothes, and there Is no
prettier sight to be seen than the
little girls, in their gay komonos,
dainty sashes, and hairbows carry
ing 'hane' (battledore and shuttle
cock), beaded with elaborate silks in'
bright colorings. Happiness radiates
from their little faces-in fact. in no
country are children happier than in
Japan, the land of flowers and sun
shine.
ION this day Of days every house
will be spotless and polished bright
as a new pin. and feasting is every
where. Guests calling at any hour
are offered tempting dishes of fish.
soups, and many kinds of delicious
candies, and always the roasted
'mochi,' or rice cake. All these little
dishes are daintily served on tiny
ing Japan this feast is very delight.
full.
EAT, DRINK, AND BE MERRY.
I'm a few words, the New Year is
TO the Japanese as the Christmas is
to us-one long eat. drink. and be
merry"
Miss Dorothy Caldwell, daughter
of Hon. John l.. Caldwell, former
minister to Persia, writes about the
New Year at the Persian court for
The Times. Miss Caldwell spent
two years in Persia, having Joined
school course in America. A girl OF
unusual ability, she displays a
knowledge Of countries and diplo-
matte affairs not often seen in a
young girl.
THE Persian day which is most
similar to our Christmas is the New
Year or 'NorRug,' as they call II.
Although their months are governed
according to the lunar calendar and
the holidays come ten days earlier
each year than they did the preced-
ing one, yet the New Year is a sta
tionary date. And 1t always falls on
the 21st Of March.
"The Persians tell you that the
winter Is ended with the arrival of
this day and that there will be no
more snow and cold. They are
usually right, too, for it really
marks the arrival Of spring weather.
The gardeners place huge jardiniers
containing lemon and oleanders
throughout the gardens, so there is
a decided note of green in the land
scape.
Then every one sends every one
else flowers. And there Is an eX-
change of gifts Of all kinds,
especially candies, which are gen.
orally made by the Persian ladies
themselves and are most agreeable
delicacies.
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interesting description of the New
Year there.
Just as preparations for Christ
mas are in full swing in this great
big America, so the little land of
Cherry Blossoms heartily welcomes
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CHRISTMAS in EAST WHERE MAGI FOLLOWED THEIR STAR
PORTRAYED BY WOMEN OF NATIONS ATTENDING p
JAPANESE OBSERVE
NEW YEAR AS THEIR
GREATEST FESTIVAL

Island Kingdom Celebrates Beginning of Year,
Having No Christmas, When Toys Are Given to
Children and Families Gather for FcaSting.
Chinese Have More Festivals Than Almost
Amy Other Nation
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PERSIAN OBSERVANCE
OF DAY is DESCRIBED
BY WASHINGTON GIRL

interviewer Finds That China, by Strange Co.
incidence, Has Made December Is Her National
Holiday i'm Celebration of the Revolution That
Gave Her a Republican Form of Government.
Japanese Commemorate the New Year.
BY VIRGINIA STUART.
MANY varied nationaes represented in the circles
" of foreigners attending the Conference Limitation
of Armaments, and just at the time when Americans
planning the celebration of the great festival of all the
Christian nations of the earth it does not amss
sketch the various fances and customs of those who like
the wise of DID, come from affair."
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with a large orange and bright
red shellfish and white paper
streamers, which bears q sign Of
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ABOVE-Madame 4. K.
- Tail, wife of the jap
anese naval commander
attending the conference,
and her two children,
John Hamilton and little
Yurie. She gives an &C
count of the New Year
celebration in Japan.
In the circle is Miss
Dorothy G al d W 9 l !,
daughter of the former
minister to Persia.
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MADAME TYAU, who
w explains why Decem-

Der Is is a national holi-
day in the Country of
Confucius, is shown
above. The picture at
the bottom of the group
is the great hall of the
palace Of the Persian
Shah, where he holds his
great fetes.
Cleveland County herald., 1921-05-05
COTTON SEED VALUABLE
 FOR MANY PURPOSES

Washington, D. C., April 30.-Cot- ton experts have devised methods for using everything about ton of cot ton, except the 146 pounds of dust and dirt, and volatile substances that are thrown away or vanish into thin air during the process of manufac ture. Specialists of the Bureau of markets, United States Department of Agriculture, have estimated that the actual cotton in a ton of ungin- ned product weighs only 700 to 750 pounds, the remaining 1,250 to 1900 pounds being seeds. During the "cotton yea" ending July 31, 1920, the average yield for the United States for one ton of cotton seeds was 76 pounds of linters, BOP pounds of oil, 906 pounds of cake and meal and 570 pounds of hulls in addition to the 146 pounds of foreign matetr and volatile substances. These pro- portions vary from year to year.
 Cotton seed was formerly of little commercial value but there are now some 800 plants in the United States where it is manufactured. Even af- ter ginning a short fuzz clings to the seeds. This fuzz is called linters and is removed before the crushing be- gins. Linters are used to stuff such 1 things as pads, mattresses, upholste- ry, and in the manufacture of ex- plosives, paper stock and low-grade yarns. The seed are crushed prima- rily for the oil which is of importance both economically and gastronomi- cally. Cotton oil may become an im- portant constituent of shortening, or of salad dressing or be camouflaged as butter. it is also used in manu- featuring soap, candles, roofing tar and many other things.
 The cake and meal which remain after crushing are used for cattle and poultry feed, fertilizers, dye stuffs, and small quantities of flour. Even the hulls are useful for fertili- gers, cattle feed, household utensils, for making paper stock, as basis for explosives and also for stuffing horse collars.